Anyway, what I mean is that the RIAA cannot force eBay to give up the info, but yes, eBay could voluntarily give anyone whatever they want. Their policy states as much. Will they lose users/$$ the moment they do something like that? Yes.
To form an opinion based on reading Epinions or Slashdot takes a lot more work than soaking up a newspaper headline or drooling in front of the six o'clock news. *snip* On Slashdot one has to read the original article, and think, or at least wade through the posts.
Wait, I should *read* the article first, and *not* form an opinion based upon the article title? WTH? I've being doing it wrong!
Yeah, but the GPU generation cycle is less than 6 months now. Their financials may look OK, but that doesn't always show the big picture. There are some people that make 200k+ a year, but still live paycheck-to-paycheck. Once little slip could spell disaster. They same could be said of nVidia. After all, this is not a very forgiving industry.
...but nVidia has had nothing but success since the TNT2.
A couple of years ago you could have said the same thing about 3dfx (ignoring the Rush fiasco, of course:-) The V5 is oddly similiar to the FX, even more odd when you consider that the FX is supposedly the first nVidia GPU to use 3dfx technology.
I don't pretend to know the future, but there's no harm in speculation.
Maybe, but that's kinda like saying that the majority of phone calls are personal and of no consequence to national security. That may be true, but you still don't want anyone listening in. Privacy is privacy. Would you let the government put a camera in your house, even if it was only trained on a dusty corner of the floor? Just because the information is inconsequential, doesn't mean its not yours alone.
We're taught black-box programming in school because of the simple fact that hardware changes, frequently. Abstraction is necessary, or we would all be writing in assembly.
But, of course, encapsulated programming must be designed that way. A top-down, system-wide approach to security, error-handling, IPC, etc must be established in advanced and trickle-down to each component, even if it means that your software simply returns a -1 on a failure, but the higher piece in the heiarchy sees your -1 and the -1 of other parts and determines that a boolean value of FALSE is deserved, which it returns to its parent component, etc. Eventually, a high enough component will recognize the true problem and do what ever it needs.
The point is, black-box programming works, but only if there is an underlying plan in effect. It's the five (or is it 6?) P's of a successful project in action!
Now when Uncle BillyBob overloads his outlet with one too many bug-zappers and blows a transformer, he'll probably get 10-to-20 years as a "cyberterrorist."
Yeah, but then they would just impose a rating system for software, so that you had to be over 18 to buy anthing.
Any probably, most MS products would get a "MA" rating. "This software will cause you to utter Adult Language that may not be suitable for younger viewers."
Replace the EULA with a "Use at Your Own Risk" label on the box (maybe in a a yellow triangle with an exclamation point.)
IIRC, EULA started out as a way for the software maker to protect himself from lawsuits caused by by mis-behavior of their code. I know *I* certainly don't want to be sued by someone with a weird-ass configuration that, when combined with software I've written, causes data-loss, seg-faults, etc..
But now, software makers have been sneaking in more and more "restrictions" on the use of their products. What started out as a no-liability clause for software makers has become a "no-rights" clause for end users.
You see a crying kid in the mall who says his big brother left him there and asks you to call his mommy for him. You dial from your cell and get a message saying it might cost you $25 to place this call. You think, "Oh well, they won't bill me for finding their lost kid."
*PLONK*
Repeat same situation with "lost" pets let loose in residential neighborhoods with id tags.
*PLONK*
And I don't think too many bank/creditors are going to be keen on the idea of having to pay you for the priviledge of calling to remind you that your credit card bill is 90 days past due. Of course, you deadbeats may think that's a plus, not a negative.
Same thing for police departments, hospitals, schools, etc. They all may have legitimate reasons for calling you, but why should they be forced to pay if some a**hole decides to *plonk* them each and every time.
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Whoa! How about invoking the DMCA against a spammer who "circumvented" your anti-SPAM mechanisms?
Goodbye floppy drive.
Yeah, but it still beats an iBook by 50% (pricewise, anyways). The only other true competitior is a refurbished/used notebook.
I like how they compare it to a PDA: "Does a PDA have a full-sized keyboard? NO!" LOL...
sorry, (stupid submit button)
Anyway, what I mean is that the RIAA cannot force eBay to give up the info, but yes, eBay could voluntarily give anyone whatever they want. Their policy states as much. Will they lose users/$$ the moment they do something like that? Yes.
Think about this:
The RIAA != Goverment/Law Enforcement Agency.
They can't do that any more then they can pull you over and force you to pay a speeding ticket...
But if you go buy a "used" car, won't you still get charged for TTL (tax, title, & license)??
Somebody mod this up from "flamebait."
Apparently some moderator has a bug up their ass..
Wait, I should *read* the article first, and *not* form an opinion based upon the article title? WTH? I've being doing it wrong!
Yeah, but the GPU generation cycle is less than 6 months now. Their financials may look OK, but that doesn't always show the big picture. There are some people that make 200k+ a year, but still live paycheck-to-paycheck. Once little slip could spell disaster. They same could be said of nVidia. After all, this is not a very forgiving industry.
A couple of years ago you could have said the same thing about 3dfx (ignoring the Rush fiasco, of course
I don't pretend to know the future, but there's no harm in speculation.
i know.
Maybe, but that's kinda like saying that the majority of phone calls are personal and of no consequence to national security. That may be true, but you still don't want anyone listening in. Privacy is privacy. Would you let the government put a camera in your house, even if it was only trained on a dusty corner of the floor? Just because the information is inconsequential, doesn't mean its not yours alone.
pfft.. 40% increase in IO throughput, that is useless.
IANAL, but if ICANN takes control of IANA, then the ccTLDs just SOL and the IMS are FUBAR'd, IMHO.
We're taught black-box programming in school because of the simple fact that hardware changes, frequently. Abstraction is necessary, or we would all be writing in assembly.
But, of course, encapsulated programming must be designed that way. A top-down, system-wide approach to security, error-handling, IPC, etc must be established in advanced and trickle-down to each component, even if it means that your software simply returns a -1 on a failure, but the higher piece in the heiarchy sees your -1 and the -1 of other parts and determines that a boolean value of FALSE is deserved, which it returns to its parent component, etc. Eventually, a high enough component will recognize the true problem and do what ever it needs.
The point is, black-box programming works, but only if there is an underlying plan in effect. It's the five (or is it 6?) P's of a successful project in action!
Now when Uncle BillyBob overloads his outlet with one too many bug-zappers and blows a transformer, he'll probably get 10-to-20 years as a "cyberterrorist."
Yeah, but then they would just impose a rating system for software, so that you had to be over 18 to buy anthing.
Any probably, most MS products would get a "MA" rating. "This software will cause you to utter Adult Language that may not be suitable for younger viewers."
But that would ... be ... too ... easy. :-)
Replace the EULA with a "Use at Your Own Risk" label on the box (maybe in a a yellow triangle with an exclamation point.)
IIRC, EULA started out as a way for the software maker to protect himself from lawsuits caused by by mis-behavior of their code. I know *I* certainly don't want to be sued by someone with a weird-ass configuration that, when combined with software I've written, causes data-loss, seg-faults, etc..
But now, software makers have been sneaking in more and more "restrictions" on the use of their products. What started out as a no-liability clause for software makers has become a "no-rights" clause for end users.
Hehe... I can see people now, buying MS software, replacing the removable EULA with a "custom" ;-) EULA, and returning the software.
The possibilities are endless... *hmmm...*
*sniff* Smells like troll... But anyway, the argument is not about the CONTENT of the EULA, but the access to it and the ABILITY to reject it.
It can't if the only copy of the EULA is inside the shrink-wrapped box.
Get that man a spoon!
If my name was "John Smith," I'd kick your ass for this. :-)
I can see it now:
You see a crying kid in the mall who says his big brother left him there and asks you to call his mommy for him. You dial from your cell and get a message saying it might cost you $25 to place this call. You think, "Oh well, they won't bill me for finding their lost kid."
*PLONK*
Repeat same situation with "lost" pets let loose in residential neighborhoods with id tags.
*PLONK*
And I don't think too many bank/creditors are going to be keen on the idea of having to pay you for the priviledge of calling to remind you that your credit card bill is 90 days past due. Of course, you deadbeats may think that's a plus, not a negative.
Same thing for police departments, hospitals, schools, etc. They all may have legitimate reasons for calling you, but why should they be forced to pay if some a**hole decides to *plonk* them each and every time.
Target was part of the original suit.
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We have been given DMCA notices regarding the posting of "Black Friday" sale prices from the following companies:
Wal*Mart
Target
Best Buy
Staples
OfficeMax
Jo-Ann Stores Inc.
KMart
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