You must not work tech support for a living. You should relay more information if you expect an answer, such as:
What did you actually post?
You posted: Plain Old Text? HTML formatted? Extrans? Code?
Did you preview it first?
Is it repeatable, say by posting anon with the same options and same text (try responding to some FP trolls)?
Otherwise, it's just like a user saying "My document looks funny," which could mean anything from a corrupted file to accidentally adjusting the zoom to hitting the print preview button to the brightness knob being turned down to....
Yes, our health care system may not cover the poor, or provide preventative and pre-natal services to most people, but when we need a quintuple bypass after 30 years of eating our daily big mac and otherwise treating our bodies like shit, our health care system shines.
We have exactly the health care system we deserve.
Outlook is not a part of the operating system. Same goes for Internet Explorer, Media Player, or anything else they choose to "integrate."
So, I downloaded security patches this morning, and there was one that said (not exact quote) 'This patch fixes a vulnerability in IE 6.0 that allows execution of arbitrary code even if it is not used as a web browser.' That says IE is part of the OS to me. Or, if it isn't, try removing IE without removing the entire windows GUI.
MP3s aren't perfect either, but I don't have WAVs on my hard drive. I would imagine a good analog rip compressed into an MP3 and a perfect digital rip compressed into an MP3 aren't that different. Perfect isn't that important to me.
For anything that has an output for a "perfect" digital stream, the DRM information will also be sent out with that stream.
That depends on where the DRM info "is." In this case, it's in a driver loaded with auto-run when you put the CD in; there doesn't seem to be any "DRM info" in the track itself since the author of the article was able to rip with the driver disabled. Food for thought: can you put extra info for DRM into the track itself without confusing pure CD players?
If you're going to quote something, and say you're quoting something, you should at least come closer than that.
This isn't the exact quote either, but it's closer:
"They said eggs were good, then they said eggs were bad, then they said 'no, the whites are good but the yellows are...' MAKE UP YOUR F*CKING MIND ALREADY, I GOTTA EAT!"
Putting criminals in jail certainly does deter crime during the duration of their sentence.
That is, until they get out of prison. Aside from spending a few years in the company of more serious criminals (rapists, thieves of physical property, assault-ers) I'd imagine a sentence for decrypting a data file on your computer or reverse engineering some protocol that was heavier than sentences given to drunk drivers that end up killing people would make someone bitter, angry, and not at all likely to respect the law and the society that makes it.
If I lost a few years of my young adult life for writing a linux DVD player, I don't think the people that put me there would be around long after I got out.
Granted, you have to wade through a lot of legal mumbo jumbo, but it was worth it for this:
Before proceeding further, the Court notes that this case involves two extremely likable lawyers, who have together delivered some of the most amateurish pleadings ever to cross the hallowed causeway into Galveston, an effort which leads the Court to surmise but one plausible explanation. Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact ? complete with hats, handshakes and cryptic words ? to draft their pleadings entirely in crayon on the back sides of gravy-stained paper place mats, in the hope that the Court would be so charmed by their child-like efforts that their utter dearth of legal authorities in their briefing would go unnoticed. Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions.
That is explained well enough by selective memory, I think. You'll remember the camping trip that got rained out much longer than you'll remember the times you just had to bring an umbrella to work.
That is much more scary than you seem to imagine. I have been suckered by clever goatse disguises* so often, I wonder how long it will be until someone hacks every cereal box in the store to change at noon the next day.
I think secure would mean it can't be re-distributed.
Restricted means it's broken somehow, as in I can't really play this the way I want to.
It's worth noting that "secure," according to my definition, will never ever exist without MASSIVE restricition on everybody's computers. Analog holes are fun!
Archimedes' principle states that the percentage of ice floating above the surface is directly tied to the difference of the two densities, so the if the northern ice cap (which is floating) melts, the net change to ocean levels is 0. Furthermore, parts of it freeze and unfreeze all the time, so it should be more or less just as salty.
The problem with global warming as it relates to ocean levels is in non-floating ice, e.g. the south pole, this ice shelf and permafrost in Canada, Russia, Greenland, etc.
That being said, I agree with your point on pollution in general. CO2 levels and global warming are the boogey-men used to try and rally non-environmentalists to the cause. There are so many more issues that should get attention (e.g. smog, polluted water) that we could think about while we determine whether C02 is causing global warming, whether it's something else, or whether it's just a natural fluctuation.
Maybe we did the scientific thing, and compared google's ability to 'search for images' to the claims in the article. You know, just to make sure Microsoft didn't have the upper hand.
To paraphrase Seinfeld: they have access to that 'equipment' 24/7, whereas we get access to it... a few times a week? Maybe on a good week, not accounting for the slashdot geeks that live in their mother's basement. We can't reasonably expect to attain the same level of familiarity and expertise.
You know, if this new technology allows me to search for boobs belonging to particular individuals, it may be the best thing to come out of Microsoft's R&D, since....err.... ever!
That has to be one of the most frustratingly vague article I've ever read; it's far below normal post-to-slashdot standards, and that's saying quite a bit.
The development of the Internet has lead to more horizontal and less vertical communication
Huh? What does this mean, and how is it relevant?
This study has found that censorship of the Internet is commonplace in most regions of the world.
Exact definition of censorship? Can I get some sort of quantification of "commonplace" and "most regions" please?
It is clear that in most countries over the past two years there has been an acceleration of efforts to either close down or inhibit the Internet.
Apparently it's so clear no examples of such accleration are necessary.
Some American cable companies seek to turn the Internet into a controlled distribution medium like TV and radio, and are putting in place the necessary technological changes to the Internet?s infrastructure to do so.
Who are 'some american cable companies?' How? What sort of technological changes?
Technological developments are being implemented to protect a free Internet
Examples?
I'm not disagreeing with their overall point, mind you, but the article reads like some people sat around creating a bullet point list of ways they've heard the internet being censored, and then handed the list to their 16 year old intern to fill out. Research? Journalism? The writers know not these things.
If I owned a business, I would not turn over customer data without a court order. The DMCA gives certain groups the ability to get such data without a court order. That is what the reasonable people on/. (we are here, amid the trolls) disagree with. The RIAA should be no different than anyone else in that they should have to go through the legal system to bring about lawsuits.
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You must not work tech support for a living. You should relay more information if you expect an answer, such as:
What did you actually post?
You posted: Plain Old Text? HTML formatted? Extrans? Code?
Did you preview it first?
Is it repeatable, say by posting anon with the same options and same text (try responding to some FP trolls)?
Otherwise, it's just like a user saying "My document looks funny," which could mean anything from a corrupted file to accidentally adjusting the zoom to hitting the print preview button to the brightness knob being turned down to....
Yes, our health care system may not cover the poor, or provide preventative and pre-natal services to most people, but when we need a quintuple bypass after 30 years of eating our daily big mac and otherwise treating our bodies like shit, our health care system shines.
We have exactly the health care system we deserve.
Outlook is not a part of the operating system. Same goes for Internet Explorer, Media Player, or anything else they choose to "integrate."
So, I downloaded security patches this morning, and there was one that said (not exact quote) 'This patch fixes a vulnerability in IE 6.0 that allows execution of arbitrary code even if it is not used as a web browser.' That says IE is part of the OS to me. Or, if it isn't, try removing IE without removing the entire windows GUI.
MP3s aren't perfect either, but I don't have WAVs on my hard drive. I would imagine a good analog rip compressed into an MP3 and a perfect digital rip compressed into an MP3 aren't that different. Perfect isn't that important to me.
For anything that has an output for a "perfect" digital stream, the DRM information will also be sent out with that stream.
That depends on where the DRM info "is." In this case, it's in a driver loaded with auto-run when you put the CD in; there doesn't seem to be any "DRM info" in the track itself since the author of the article was able to rip with the driver disabled. Food for thought: can you put extra info for DRM into the track itself without confusing pure CD players?
I'm just saying he won't have any external player that will have an accessible audio-out, because they will all be DRM'd.
Eh? The player has to have an audio out, or how would you connect speakers?
I've recorded CD's onto my computer when my CD-ROM drive broke by hooking my stereo up to the line-in jack on my sound card.
The report should recommend magic cost cutting swords.
Of course.
If you're going to quote something, and say you're quoting something, you should at least come closer than that.
This isn't the exact quote either, but it's closer:
"They said eggs were good, then they said eggs were bad, then they said 'no, the whites are good but the yellows are...' MAKE UP YOUR F*CKING MIND ALREADY, I GOTTA EAT!"
That should do him more justice.
If I lost a few years of my young adult life for writing a linux DVD player, I don't think the people that put me there would be around long after I got out.
Apparently the moderators think so.
Do they also have a more legible version of that post? :)
That is explained well enough by selective memory, I think. You'll remember the camping trip that got rained out much longer than you'll remember the times you just had to bring an umbrella to work.
That is much more scary than you seem to imagine. I have been suckered by clever goatse disguises* so often, I wonder how long it will be until someone hacks every cereal box in the store to change at noon the next day.
*The SCO magic eye guy, for one. Damn him.
...they will do this to a CD with music I'm actually interested in hearing.
Actually, on second thought, they probably won't.
I think secure would mean it can't be re-distributed.
Restricted means it's broken somehow, as in I can't really play this the way I want to.
It's worth noting that "secure," according to my definition, will never ever exist without MASSIVE restricition on everybody's computers. Analog holes are fun!
Call the judge to tell him how you feel, or just try to convince him to change his carrier.
*You seem to have defined low such that
Archimedes' principle states that the percentage of ice floating above the surface is directly tied to the difference of the two densities, so the if the northern ice cap (which is floating) melts, the net change to ocean levels is 0. Furthermore, parts of it freeze and unfreeze all the time, so it should be more or less just as salty.
The problem with global warming as it relates to ocean levels is in non-floating ice, e.g. the south pole, this ice shelf and permafrost in Canada, Russia, Greenland, etc.
That being said, I agree with your point on pollution in general. CO2 levels and global warming are the boogey-men used to try and rally non-environmentalists to the cause. There are so many more issues that should get attention (e.g. smog, polluted water) that we could think about while we determine whether C02 is causing global warming, whether it's something else, or whether it's just a natural fluctuation.
and see who it's to :)
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Maybe we did the scientific thing, and compared google's ability to 'search for images' to the claims in the article. You know, just to make sure Microsoft didn't have the upper hand.
To paraphrase Seinfeld: they have access to that 'equipment' 24/7, whereas we get access to it ... a few times a week? Maybe on a good week, not accounting for the slashdot geeks that live in their mother's basement. We can't reasonably expect to attain the same level of familiarity and expertise.
You know, if this new technology allows me to search for boobs belonging to particular individuals, it may be the best thing to come out of Microsoft's R&D, since ....err.... ever!
That has to be one of the most frustratingly vague article I've ever read; it's far below normal post-to-slashdot standards, and that's saying quite a bit.
The development of the Internet has lead to more horizontal and less vertical communication
Huh? What does this mean, and how is it relevant?
This study has found that censorship of the Internet is commonplace in most regions of the world.
Exact definition of censorship? Can I get some sort of quantification of "commonplace" and "most regions" please?
It is clear that in most countries over the past two years there has been an acceleration of efforts to either close down or inhibit the Internet.
Apparently it's so clear no examples of such accleration are necessary.
Some American cable companies seek to turn the Internet into a controlled distribution medium like TV and radio, and are putting in place the necessary technological changes to the Internet?s infrastructure to do so.
Who are 'some american cable companies?' How? What sort of technological changes?
Technological developments are being implemented to protect a free Internet
Examples?
I'm not disagreeing with their overall point, mind you, but the article reads like some people sat around creating a bullet point list of ways they've heard the internet being censored, and then handed the list to their 16 year old intern to fill out. Research? Journalism? The writers know not these things.
I'm not sure if this is a troll, but I'll bite.
/. (we are here, amid the trolls) disagree with. The RIAA should be no different than anyone else in that they should have to go through the legal system to bring about lawsuits.
If I owned a business, I would not turn over customer data without a court order. The DMCA gives certain groups the ability to get such data without a court order. That is what the reasonable people on