Have you read the typical license agreements that most commerical software companies put out? They pretty much say
that even if the program erases your hard drive, you're just out of luck.
I'm surprised they don't add a Bwahahahahaha! just for grins.:)
The whole "we need someone to sue" argument really is a load of crap.
More like an imaginary security blanket. It allows
big-wigs to sleep at night.
There is a legit use for blocking e-mail. Not so much for security or privacy sake (although I can see some kid e-mailing
threat letters to members of congresss and stuff).
Oh, that's happened. Except it was a large
public university in northern Florida. I don't
know the details, but someone sent email from
the library to the President (USA? the university?? a missing detail) and there was a major stank.
James - you can hear some interesting things at
LUG meetings...:)
Also, the whole concept of this sign for use which prohibits certain uses is foreign to me. Do I have to sign an
agreement when I check out a book which tells me how I can read the book, which pages I'm allow to view, etc. No.
That's because the library has preapproved the material in question. If they didn't want it,
or deemed it inappropriate, they would not have it on their shelves.
The whole solution to this is to provide your own
network connectivity and computing resources. Then
you get to formulate the AUP.
This is an example of the golden rule: them's that
gots the gold, makes the rules.
Why doesn't slashdot layoff of DC a little bit and let them go about their thing
(making money, yes someone is actually trying to make money here).
In order for them to do that from the ones that
got bundled in Forbes and Wired!, they'll be in
violation of US Postal Code. The can not
attach strings to a free (as in beer) gift!
They can't force you to use their service, nor
can they force you to use their software!
DC should quit while they're still ahead, before
the attract they attention of the USPS Inspector
General's office, and/or the FTC.
Do online polls measure anything terribly accurately in the first place?
No. They're inherently biased, even if there
are steps in place to keep the same people
from submitting multiple votes.
The statisticians call it a "self-selecting
sample", so that means you end up with people
who feel strongly enough (positively or negatively) to participate.
To me, all of this seems like trying to rip off companies that are providing something which people obviously want. And
if people succeed, then these companies are going to suffer, which means no more deals for people. Is this what we
want?
Actually, yes. When is a "good deal" not such a
good deal? when it comes with stings attached.
"We'll give this to you cheap, but then we'll
profit mightily on the somewhat inexpensive
service that we'll require you to use."
Let people think that you've given them something
for nothing, then screw them on the backend. Now,
who's stealing from whom?
If this isn't talking out of both sides of your mouth, I don't know what is. You argue that things that could do illegal
things should be legal, because it is personal responisiblity to use them correctly. We have to assume people will use
them for legal purposes, so we shouldn't ban them (and I agree with this for the most part). Then you argue that
Carnivore should be illegal because it can be used in an illegal way. You don't have faith in the government to use it
legally, yet you want the government to trust you to use DeCSS legally. Seems trust works both ways, if you want
everyone to trust you, you have to trust them.
Ha! Ha! Ha! you make a funny!
Hint: the FBI has a rather long and checkered
track record. They don't get a benefit of the
doubt, much like convicted felons don't have
a right to have a firearm.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
-- Cmdr. Montgomery Scott
If you remember, the general attidute of Johansen and the team that cracked CSS was a huge slap to the forehead of "if we'd known they were using such a weak keylength, we would've just brute forced it"
Not to put too fine a point on it, but "duh".
USA product. Strong encryption export restrictions.
:) -- for once...
James - and yes, only 40bit at that...
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The editorial linked to is intelligent and well-written. The defense case made for 2600 well-argued, well-presented, and
logical. But the fact remains that large portions of the 2600 issues that I have read appear to be written as how-to
documents for crackers and would-be cyberterrorists.
Ah, so the good Judge Kaplan has made owning the
Anarchist's Cookbook illegal?
No, it's not the readership of 2600 you
have to worry about. It's the crackers who could be submitting articles to 2600 but
aren't that you need to worry about. By the
time such info hits the pages of 2600, it's old news. Hell, Microsoft may even have admitted there is a problem by that time...;)
I sometimes think parts of Perl were written specifically for non-english speaking programmers.
This shouldn't be a surprise. Larry Wall is a
linguist, afterall, and aimed at making perl a
natural language, and probably borrowed non-english constructs from other languages,
human or computer.
...plans to use its Linux-based service in future Net gadgets. It
has already struck partnerships with chipmaker Transmeta and PC maker Gateway to
produce Linux-powered appliances slated for release later this year.
So no, the intended audience is not the
already installed linux user base but
rather those who want to be able to access
email/web without a large hardware startup
cost, and don't care what software comes under
the hood, just as long as it works.
James
Re:Distributed online voting perhaps?
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There are two ways to tamper with an election (exept for the usual unholy game called election campaign)
a) You either try to cheat outright, replacing notes with "Guy X" printed on them with notes with "Guy Y" (or flood the
booth with "Guy Y" votes, or rig the lists or counting) or
b) You disturb the election itself. Making it difficult for your opponents suspected supporters to vote.
Child pornography -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
Stolen software -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
Stolen music -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
Stolen movies -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
All already prosecutable under various laws and
jurisdictions.
Bomb-making instructions -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
Did you know you might be able to find a copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook at an alternative
bookstore??
but legal commercial advertisements?
Ah, but if you live in the USA, you should know
that commercial speech doesn't enjoy the same protections afforded to non-commercial speec. HTH. HAND.
James
Re:Time to cut Florida off the 'Net.
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Will someone please explain to me what it is about Floridians especially that attracts them to shady business models?
A lot of it is those damn carpetbaggers. Steve Reptile...err...Respis (the
pheromone/cable descrambler/whatever spammer) is also
located in Orlando. Hmmm...I wonder if these
guys are in "business" together?
Being held just so you can be "checked on" is not legal.
It constitutes arrest, which requires valid suspiscion of wrong doing (and no, "looking suspicious" does not count).
This would funny if it weren't so...naive.
Let's see...a political convention, you got a
guy looking like he came from an Army-Navy store,
making cracks about grenades. What does that bring
to mind? I'll wait a moment...
Why is Microsoft trying to reinvent both C++ and Java?
Without using the word "innovate" and its derivatives, it's quite simple:
Embrace-Extend-Patent
MicroCrud is still looking for the One True Ping...errr...Ring.
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
Slashdot Mirror
Three days later, little Johnny obtains a large-calibre hand gun, and blows away his entire family.
Sad, very sad.
James
James
Dr. Pepper, you infidel!
James
I'm surprised they don't add a Bwahahahahaha! just for grins. :)
The whole "we need someone to sue" argument really is a load of crap.
More like an imaginary security blanket. It allows big-wigs to sleep at night.
James
Yeah, it just sucks to be Ranma...
James
Oh, that's happened. Except it was a large public university in northern Florida. I don't know the details, but someone sent email from the library to the President (USA? the university?? a missing detail) and there was a major stank.
James - you can hear some interesting things at LUG meetings... :)
That's because the library has preapproved the material in question. If they didn't want it, or deemed it inappropriate, they would not have it on their shelves.
The whole solution to this is to provide your own network connectivity and computing resources. Then you get to formulate the AUP.
This is an example of the golden rule: them's that gots the gold, makes the rules.
James
Because they're a bunch of clueless gits?
Why doesn't slashdot layoff of DC a little bit and let them go about their thing (making money, yes someone is actually trying to make money here).
In order for them to do that from the ones that got bundled in Forbes and Wired!, they'll be in violation of US Postal Code. The can not attach strings to a free (as in beer) gift! They can't force you to use their service, nor can they force you to use their software!
DC should quit while they're still ahead, before the attract they attention of the USPS Inspector General's office, and/or the FTC.
James
No. They're inherently biased, even if there are steps in place to keep the same people from submitting multiple votes.
The statisticians call it a "self-selecting sample", so that means you end up with people who feel strongly enough (positively or negatively) to participate.
James
Well, if it were licensed to you (ala CueCat's new EULA), then that would probably be a violation of the license...
Only .5 * :)
James
Actually, yes. When is a "good deal" not such a good deal? when it comes with stings attached. "We'll give this to you cheap, but then we'll profit mightily on the somewhat inexpensive service that we'll require you to use."
Let people think that you've given them something for nothing, then screw them on the backend. Now, who's stealing from whom?
James
It ran on top of MacOS -- with all the dangers inherent in that. It was a somewhat strange unix for it's time -- SysV2 based, IIRC.
I think you're the first person I ever heard say good things about it. And it was damnably expensive. Like most of its competition...
James
Ah, if only it where Sun's software...and that's the point.
James
Ha! Ha! Ha! you make a funny!
Hint: the FBI has a rather long and checkered track record. They don't get a benefit of the doubt, much like convicted felons don't have a right to have a firearm.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
-- Cmdr. Montgomery Scott
James
Not to put too fine a point on it, but "duh". USA product. Strong encryption export restrictions.
James - and yes, only 40bit at that...
I'm now frightened and confused.
James
Ah, so the good Judge Kaplan has made owning the Anarchist's Cookbook illegal?
No, it's not the readership of 2600 you have to worry about. It's the crackers who could be submitting articles to 2600 but aren't that you need to worry about. By the time such info hits the pages of 2600, it's old news. Hell, Microsoft may even have admitted there is a problem by that time... ;)
James
This shouldn't be a surprise. Larry Wall is a linguist, afterall, and aimed at making perl a natural language, and probably borrowed non-english constructs from other languages, human or computer.
James
So no, the intended audience is not the already installed linux user base but rather those who want to be able to access email/web without a large hardware startup cost, and don't care what software comes under the hood, just as long as it works.
James
a) You either try to cheat outright, replacing notes with "Guy X" printed on them with notes with "Guy Y" (or flood the booth with "Guy Y" votes, or rig the lists or counting) or
b) You disturb the election itself. Making it difficult for your opponents suspected supporters to vote.
c) stuff the ballot
c) is tried, but true.
James
Stolen software -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
Stolen music -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
Stolen movies -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
All already prosecutable under various laws and jurisdictions.
Bomb-making instructions -- INFORMATION MUST BE FREE!!!!
Did you know you might be able to find a copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook at an alternative bookstore??
but legal commercial advertisements?
Ah, but if you live in the USA, you should know that commercial speech doesn't enjoy the same protections afforded to non-commercial speec. HTH. HAND.
James
A lot of it is those damn carpetbaggers. Steve Reptile...err...Respis (the pheromone/cable descrambler/whatever spammer) is also located in Orlando. Hmmm...I wonder if these guys are in "business" together?
James
This would funny if it weren't so...naive.
Let's see...a political convention, you got a guy looking like he came from an Army-Navy store, making cracks about grenades. What does that bring to mind? I'll wait a moment...
Why, yes, those evil militias!
James
So, you're now the arbriter of what constitutes free speech?
Have you forgotten that your own prized freedoms are only as good as what you're willing to allow others to enjoy?
HTH. HAND.
James
Without using the word "innovate" and its derivatives, it's quite simple:
MicroCrud is still looking for the One True Ping...errr...Ring.James