Forever, specially when copying content from a device to another can be tracked (and charged). If we get to this situation, MPAA will surely profit of it.
Okay I hate guns but here's a thought that I don't even know if it's possible:
Suppose you use one of these things to store light. You store, store, store, and then 'beam' it to a specific direction, using somekind of glass to concentrate the light power. Pretty much like when we (at least I:-)) used to burn ants with magnifying glasses.
That would make weapons where the ammunition is the sun, or some other large light emissor device feeding it. Pretty scary thought, heh?:-(
Anyway... maybe on lamps? Street lamps, for example. If it could store light and later deliver it it could generate huge eletric bill savings for any governament.
Also, imagine this with me. If you have two of those devices storing light, and one beams light to another, what's in the middle will get "iluminated forever"? Suppose no light is wasted by flowing in the wrong direction and this thing can actually beam light to a correct spot.
Some said that you can't compress truly random data. Well, in a set of sample datas you might or you might not compress it. You can't just generalize by saying 'no true random can be compressed'. If it's random and you got a decent number of samples something in the between will have to work.
About the 1 bit discussion, I don't think they meant they can compress something more than one time. Hey, if my 100 mega file gets to 10 mega, I (and the rest of the world) don't need to get to 1 mega, 100k etc... for this technology to be a breakthrough.
I have noted that lately slasdot's comments are tanging the 'vaporware' discussion. I am under the (correct)impression that, from time to time, a certain topic drives more generally all others here. A couple weeks back was M$ bugs. We could talk about biogenetics and someone would comment about 'what if M$ has a bug and our DNA gets shared', etc...
So, the new 'wave' is vaporware. While I neither believe someone has found a way to achieve close to 100:1 compression, I think we should be reasonable that if they do, we don't need to achieve a final file of 1 byte size.
Which in my humble theories is somewhat possible... But that's another topic. Just for the sake of the exercise imagine that a compressor has a large dictionary with levels. So in level one 'a' equals to '1234'. In level two, 'a' equals to '0987'.
I have never worked with compression but I believe it works something like this:
1) You found patterns
2) You replace the patters with smaller combinations from your dictionary, repeat until it's not possible to find patterns.
Well, if you go the other way and take a bit, and it says in dictionary one bit at level one means 'abc' and 'abc' on level two means '1235jdjlh' which in turn means 'mary had a little lamb', well, you could achieve a 1 bit compression. BUT ONLY IF YOU KNOW what is the output. The other way around. 'Decompress' something that you know the result.
Because in your dictionary, one bit in level one will always have to means something fixed.
UNLESS there are two patter dictionary. One in the program itself and another on the file.
If you have another one in the file, it can interoperate with the decom/compressor to discover what 1 bit means.
But then again, the compressed part would get to one bit, at least MAYBE (like I said, never saw how REALLY a compression system works). But it should require tha a dictionary is attached to it, making it a larger file.
Er... can anyone with experience on this field just reply to me if this is how compression systems work? Just curious. And if there's this concept of two dictionaries files interoperating. Thanks:-)
Okay, now, what impact would this kind of technology (if it exists) have in our lives? Even if it's not 100:1, it's 50:1 or 75:1? Slashdot readers and their comments are extremely good for pointing mistakes and flaws on almost everything
:-)
But, some day or another someone somewhere will come with this (or a closer) tech. Maybe it's too much marketing talk, but it will change a lot of things... And I didn't see much comments about the impact.
I remember I saw some news related on this on my local newspaper some time ago, maybe 2 or 3 months.
Anyway I am pretty sure the people interviewed were pretty optimistic about doing it in a close future. Here are a few links about this... it's called 'Travel by Wire' (if I remember correctly, also Arthur C. Clarke's name for the idea or the book):
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/g en eral.articles/1981/high.wire/high.wire.html
The tech seems old and trivial for today's existing tools. Like the article said, it's not a matter if it can be done. I should add 'for what reason it will be used'.
Simply, if I live in a country where it's forbidden to gamble on-line, I should not acesses these types of sites.
It's not a matter of a technology that helps to break the law, or to prevent from doing it so.
DeCSS can be used to break the law, right? But most/.'ers defend it.
I am 100% favorable to these technologies to exist. It should not be a matter of 'open honest systems', of its technical design. But instead, the way people (and the governament) are using it.
That's what should have to change, in the first place. I believe the net is a new place where you can grow as a different individual with different (and better!) values, as of moral, notions of freedom, right to speech, etc...
This is in no way a particular attack to you, 3seas (as you noticed, I went waaaaay over the tangent of a single phrase of yours), but a more general approach about the way we as/.'ers see some issues.
... traditionally, data is not cracked by attacking its physical form. Kevin Mitnick:-) always said the easier way to get information was only some small and simple conversations with people who work where one wants to crack.
"So, where do you go on vacations? Are you married? What's your spouse's name? What's your favorite sports team? Any music style preferred?", etc...
... anyone who offers me this. I mean, the most important thing it's not THE gift, but what surrounds the idea of giving someone something she will believe it's worth. Or more, to show your friendship and respect and admiration and your love to someone else.
Where's the fun to know what you are going to get? I for one like to receive gifts, okay, but it's more important that the person remembered me, thought about me. And vice-versa.
It's like your grandma giving you money on Christmas. They rarely know what you want, who you are, different generation, etc... (be with me, on most cases anyway). So she gives you money.
Now, from someone who should be my friend, who should know my tastes, what I like and dislike, it's like if they were my grandma.
>
>since every provider would
>(or at least, SHOULD) be using their own set of pictures
Not really, 25 pictures looks like the number of letters on the alphabet (I don't know about you rest of the World, but here in Brazil we have (I think) 26). They could use the same 25 and your options would be similar.
But what could be improved is not to show all 25 pictures and choose 5 at the same time. You should select 1 from 25, show 25 again / pick one, 25/1 and so on. And guess the correct order.
Here's another idea to do it. You could store the book or movie script on a database, which has more features for text search and manipulation, and pull out closer lines when a reply is needed. It's even easier if you regex what an user inputted, for example identifying the nature of the phrase, if it's a question, exclamation, argument, and regex the book's following lines.
Okay, you can't donate and you already help coding or writing docs. Why not teach someone how to use? More users mean more attention by other developers, companies and the media.
When Software Developer Company XYZ sees Linux rising from the 1% user base, maybe will start to develop for it.
IANAL, but I believe you are terrible wrong. If such argument was true, almost all contracts could not be enforced by the police/law system/governament.
'Thou shall not murder' is a contract, between you, your local interest community, your politicians, your religion.
What I am afraid is getting confused is the money factor that is present. But since one of the contracts parts (them) lost money, police can be called.
Your contract with the country you live in (well, you could move to Afeganisthan), forbids you go to your neighbor and pick up the money under her bed.
Same here. There are numerous examples where the police, or any law enforcement system can be used to ensure a contract is completed. Almost any relationship where money is part of it.
It's one hell of easy and cheap form of art. You don't have to be the greatest guitarrist of the world (btw, he's called Jimi Hendrix) to generate a social impact. Just look at punk. Just look at grunge. Sex Pistols and Nirvana are awful bands, on a technical view of their music. Three chords only, c'mon...
But Seattle is probaly one of the most known cities in the world after Nirvana. The way they dress there, everyone around the world copied.
And equipment.. Spend 50$ on a guitar, forget about coding on your free time and practice for 2 hours daily during three months. You will be able to make music.
And everybody understand it, easily... I mean, who usually cares what Britney Spears sings? The lyrics?
Well, I am not her customer, so I care. Looks like it's possible to talk anything you want and someone, somewhere, will hear. Just write about these issues we cover here on Slashdot. Think none will want to listen about DMCA? Think again... You CAN phrase in a way people will understand.
Heck, The Beatles sang "I wanna hold your hand", which is one the most cheese things I have ever heard. Don't be afraid to be labeled as cheese on the beggining.
AND, producing music could be one of the reasons to maintain P2P alive.
Heck, this remembers me my guitar is sitting there for 4 days. Maybe it's time to write some verses about this.
We? Okay, so we must continue trading. Kazaa is right about they can't shutdown clients. Even if they do, Gnutella, Freenet etc.. will survive.
Why am I on Morpheus? Because it has 500.000 users. The minute it shuts down, other p2p protocol will get these users. And this time many people will have learned their lesson.. Don't go p2p'ing if it has a company backing up almost everything.
That's why I like gnutella. Sadly it doesn't have all the users. BUT IT'S UNSTOPPABLE. 500.000 from Kazaa/Morpheus/Grokster users, please come to Gnutella. Nobody will ever shutdown your ability to trade files.
BUT, they might try to 'shutdown' your RIGHT to trade files, correct? Yes, that's what they are trying to do. But hey, how many people CAN share files in the world? Anyone connected on the internet? Okay... how much does this mean nowadays, 500 million? Maybe more? None can put this amount of people on jail, na, nothing can be done.
Warez sites are easier to shutdown. Pretty much because you have one tunnel where data flows. With millions of tunnels, bam! Impossible.
So, even our 'right' to share is secured somehow (based on 'they can't prosecute every body premise'). Fine, so another way is to make the hardware in a way that it doesn't allow file sharing.
So here goes what I think everyone should do. Tell everyone you know this. DO NOT buy these hardware. It's that simple. Hardware is a lot harder to make them software. So, you rarely will see 'pirated' hardware that allows file sharing. It's an enormous task, and this yes, the governament/RIAA/companies/ has the resource to stop.
Just don't buy the hardware when it comes. Or if contains a return policy (like the soon to be released cds in America), spend your whole bank account and savings on it and ask for the money back. If, I don't know, 5000 people do this, the company will go bankrupt.
It's a matter of value. Who cares what the governament and the companies want? What matters is what the people want.
Our laws are just this, common sense. If we stick to the value that trading files should become the common sense, there's nothing to do.
Just don't buy the hardware, remember.
PS: For developers and content producers. I feel sorry in a way for you. You're are not going to get money now from the usual way (produce, distribute, sell, royalties, etc..)
And don't ask me how to make money too when your new cd can be traded and none is going to buy it. I honestly don't know, but hey, I sincerely hope you find a way.
Square Soft today released Final Fantasy XXX, entitled'Dirty Tricks
with Mana', after a short development period of 9 months. Read on for
some game high moments.
Final Fantasy XXX features dozens of new 3D modeled characters, most of them
based on real actors from the movie industry. "We mixed experienced
and amateur actors, but they all had a good time", says Christina Saynt,
main head developer. Ronald Rocco confirms: "Christina is just incredible.
Her way of work still blows me everyday". When asked to give more impressions
about the development process, Rocco always remember how much cigarrete smoke
was in the office, with a little smile. Another developer says: "The
team of FF XXX was the most excited I have ever worked before", words
of Johnny Longdong Silver, lead actor for the game 3D characters. "We
spent night after night looking for holes on the gameplay".
But the most expected feature is Square's new acessory for PSX 6.9, the "Sword
of Protection", which let players interact with others on the multiplayer
mode. "It's a real simple toy", explains Iamatsu Kokuma, chief
programmer. "... and after it's equiped, you still have your hands free
to enjoy FF XXX."
Registration for multiplayer gaming is really easy. All the player has to do
is send a letter to Square's headquarter, with personal info, a short bio and
a photograph. After it's approved by Square's quality control department, the
player information is shared with others. Altough unusual these days, you don't
have to connect to the internet to play FF XXX multiplayer mode. Instead, all
players meet live, face to face, generally on weekends, depending on the number
of other players in your area. This really increases overall experience, and
we're glad Square revived old concepts. If the player's personalities match,
gameplay could go on almost forever.
FF XXX's license agreement includes a clause denying any responsability on
these decisions, tough.
PS: See Miguel, I told you I had your text, huehauheuahueh. You own me some beer now, pal
... I would have to call my ninja to protect me using the old fashioned way.
Seriously, a problem is NP-complete if anwers can be verified quickly. I guess we will have to use cryptography algorithms asking such things as 'What is the meaning of life, to be or not to be, where we came from', etc...
And no, 42 should not be used since it's already known;-)
Yes, it makes you wonder why there are so many good programmers comming from Russia.
A lot of CEO's will tell you their programming team is important, but only if you are a programmer. On a daily basis, looks like they are cuddling with the marketing "team".
I am happy to see that at least somewhere in the world people doing what I do, programming to earn a living, are getting well treated. Makes you step back for a while and throw a curse on your boss, doesn't?
So, if it is an agreement, what will the 'other' side win? I mean, DMCA laywers must have thought of some kind of plan to take advantage on this situation.
Perhaps they think it will be impossible to really lock Sklyarov. Perhaps they are trying to show that even overseas companies can be prosecuted. Perhaps they need Sklyarov on some kind of eyewitness position and NOT as someone being accused (I am no legal mumbo jumblo expert).
Perhaps all the bad press canalized over they suing Sklyarov made they change their minds, so they are cooling off the whole deal. I mean, he was the mainly one being 'protected', and not the company.
Maybe the free speech as code talk can really work, and they forseen this possible situation changed tacticts.
What I really mean is, that our little friends defending DMCA would not do this for free.
Slashdot Mirror
Forever, specially when copying content from a device to another can be tracked (and charged). If we get to this situation, MPAA will surely profit of it.
Okay I hate guns but here's a thought that I don't even know if it's possible:
:-)) used to burn ants with magnifying glasses.
:-(
Suppose you use one of these things to store light. You store, store, store, and then 'beam' it to a specific direction, using somekind of glass to concentrate the light power. Pretty much like when we (at least I
That would make weapons where the ammunition is the sun, or some other large light emissor device feeding it. Pretty scary thought, heh?
That's what I was going to post :(
Anyway... maybe on lamps? Street lamps, for example. If it could store light and later deliver it it could generate huge eletric bill savings for any governament.
Also, imagine this with me. If you have two of those devices storing light, and one beams light to another, what's in the middle will get "iluminated forever"? Suppose no light is wasted by flowing in the wrong direction and this thing can actually beam light to a correct spot.
Er... broken link. Correct one.
Of this:
/ 11 /29/suit/
http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/1999
Some said that you can't compress truly random data. Well, in a set of sample datas you might or you might not compress it. You can't just generalize by saying 'no true random can be compressed'. If it's random and you got a decent number of samples something in the between will have to work.
:-)
:-)
;-)
About the 1 bit discussion, I don't think they meant they can compress something more than one time. Hey, if my 100 mega file gets to 10 mega, I (and the rest of the world) don't need to get to 1 mega, 100k etc... for this technology to be a breakthrough.
I have noted that lately slasdot's comments are tanging the 'vaporware' discussion. I am under the (correct)impression that, from time to time, a certain topic drives more generally all others here. A couple weeks back was M$ bugs. We could talk about biogenetics and someone would comment about 'what if M$ has a bug and our DNA gets shared', etc...
So, the new 'wave' is vaporware. While I neither believe someone has found a way to achieve close to 100:1 compression, I think we should be reasonable that if they do, we don't need to achieve a final file of 1 byte size.
Which in my humble theories is somewhat possible... But that's another topic. Just for the sake of the exercise imagine that a compressor has a large dictionary with levels. So in level one 'a' equals to '1234'. In level two, 'a' equals to '0987'.
I have never worked with compression but I believe it works something like this:
1) You found patterns
2) You replace the patters with smaller combinations from your dictionary, repeat until it's not possible to find patterns.
Well, if you go the other way and take a bit, and it says in dictionary one bit at level one means 'abc' and 'abc' on level two means '1235jdjlh' which in turn means 'mary had a little lamb', well, you could achieve a 1 bit compression. BUT ONLY IF YOU KNOW what is the output. The other way around. 'Decompress' something that you know the result.
Because in your dictionary, one bit in level one will always have to means something fixed.
UNLESS there are two patter dictionary. One in the program itself and another on the file.
If you have another one in the file, it can interoperate with the decom/compressor to discover what 1 bit means.
But then again, the compressed part would get to one bit, at least MAYBE (like I said, never saw how REALLY a compression system works). But it should require tha a dictionary is attached to it, making it a larger file.
Er... can anyone with experience on this field just reply to me if this is how compression systems work? Just curious. And if there's this concept of two dictionaries files interoperating. Thanks
Okay, now, what impact would this kind of technology (if it exists) have in our lives? Even if it's not 100:1, it's 50:1 or 75:1? Slashdot readers and their comments are extremely good for pointing mistakes and flaws on almost everything
But, some day or another someone somewhere will come with this (or a closer) tech. Maybe it's too much marketing talk, but it will change a lot of things... And I didn't see much comments about the impact.
Where are the scifi fans when we need them
Grow? In the basement? There's another thing that reminds this but teenagers think it's damn funny :-)
Univer$ities? Heh, I was getting tired of poking mostly Gates :-)
I remember I saw some news related on this on my local newspaper some time ago, maybe 2 or 3 months.
g en eral.articles/1981/high.wire/high.wire.html
/ ww w.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/11/13/comdex.clarke/&e=4 2
Anyway I am pretty sure the people interviewed were pretty optimistic about doing it in a close future. Here are a few links about this... it's called 'Travel by Wire' (if I remember correctly, also Arthur C. Clarke's name for the idea or the book):
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/
http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http:/
The tech seems old and trivial for today's existing tools. Like the article said, it's not a matter if it can be done. I should add 'for what reason it will be used'.
/.'ers defend it.
/.'ers see some issues.
Simply, if I live in a country where it's forbidden to gamble on-line, I should not acesses these types of sites.
It's not a matter of a technology that helps to break the law, or to prevent from doing it so.
DeCSS can be used to break the law, right? But most
I am 100% favorable to these technologies to exist. It should not be a matter of 'open honest systems', of its technical design. But instead, the way people (and the governament) are using it.
That's what should have to change, in the first place. I believe the net is a new place where you can grow as a different individual with different (and better!) values, as of moral, notions of freedom, right to speech, etc...
This is in no way a particular attack to you, 3seas (as you noticed, I went waaaaay over the tangent of a single phrase of yours), but a more general approach about the way we as
... traditionally, data is not cracked by attacking its physical form. Kevin Mitnick :-) always said the easier way to get information was only some small and simple conversations with people who work where one wants to crack.
"So, where do you go on vacations? Are you married? What's your spouse's name? What's your favorite sports team? Any music style preferred?", etc...
Where's the fun to know what you are going to get? I for one like to receive gifts, okay, but it's more important that the person remembered me, thought about me. And vice-versa.
It's like your grandma giving you money on Christmas. They rarely know what you want, who you are, different generation, etc... (be with me, on most cases anyway). So she gives you money.
Now, from someone who should be my friend, who should know my tastes, what I like and dislike, it's like if they were my grandma.
That's a regression of a relationship, really...
>
>since every provider would
>(or at least, SHOULD) be using their own set of pictures
Not really, 25 pictures looks like the number of letters on the alphabet (I don't know about you rest of the World, but here in Brazil we have (I think) 26). They could use the same 25 and your options would be similar.
But what could be improved is not to show all 25 pictures and choose 5 at the same time. You should select 1 from 25, show 25 again / pick one, 25/1 and so on. And guess the correct order.
Here's another idea to do it. You could store the book or movie script on a database, which has more features for text search and manipulation, and pull out closer lines when a reply is needed. It's even easier if you regex what an user inputted, for example identifying the nature of the phrase, if it's a question, exclamation, argument, and regex the book's following lines.
Okay, you can't donate and you already help coding or writing docs. Why not teach someone how to use? More users mean more attention by other developers, companies and the media.
When Software Developer Company XYZ sees Linux rising from the 1% user base, maybe will start to develop for it.
IANAL, but I believe you are terrible wrong. If such argument was true, almost all contracts could not be enforced by the police/law system/governament.
'Thou shall not murder' is a contract, between you, your local interest community, your politicians, your religion.
What I am afraid is getting confused is the money factor that is present. But since one of the contracts parts (them) lost money, police can be called.
Your contract with the country you live in (well, you could move to Afeganisthan), forbids you go to your neighbor and pick up the money under her bed.
Same here. There are numerous examples where the police, or any law enforcement system can be used to ensure a contract is completed. Almost any relationship where money is part of it.
Music!
It's one hell of easy and cheap form of art. You don't have to be the greatest guitarrist of the world (btw, he's called Jimi Hendrix) to generate a social impact. Just look at punk. Just look at grunge. Sex Pistols and Nirvana are awful bands, on a technical view of their music. Three chords only, c'mon...
But Seattle is probaly one of the most known cities in the world after Nirvana. The way they dress there, everyone around the world copied.
And equipment.. Spend 50$ on a guitar, forget about coding on your free time and practice for 2 hours daily during three months. You will be able to make music.
And everybody understand it, easily... I mean, who usually cares what Britney Spears sings? The lyrics?
Well, I am not her customer, so I care. Looks like it's possible to talk anything you want and someone, somewhere, will hear. Just write about these issues we cover here on Slashdot. Think none will want to listen about DMCA? Think again... You CAN phrase in a way people will understand.
Heck, The Beatles sang "I wanna hold your hand", which is one the most cheese things I have ever heard. Don't be afraid to be labeled as cheese on the beggining.
AND, producing music could be one of the reasons to maintain P2P alive.
Heck, this remembers me my guitar is sitting there for 4 days. Maybe it's time to write some verses about this.
We? Okay, so we must continue trading. Kazaa is right about they can't shutdown clients. Even if they do, Gnutella, Freenet etc.. will survive.
Why am I on Morpheus? Because it has 500.000 users. The minute it shuts down, other p2p protocol will get these users. And this time many people will have learned their lesson.. Don't go p2p'ing if it has a company backing up almost everything.
That's why I like gnutella. Sadly it doesn't have all the users. BUT IT'S UNSTOPPABLE. 500.000 from Kazaa/Morpheus/Grokster users, please come to Gnutella. Nobody will ever shutdown your ability to trade files.
BUT, they might try to 'shutdown' your RIGHT to trade files, correct? Yes, that's what they are trying to do. But hey, how many people CAN share files in the world? Anyone connected on the internet? Okay... how much does this mean nowadays, 500 million? Maybe more? None can put this amount of people on jail, na, nothing can be done.
Warez sites are easier to shutdown. Pretty much because you have one tunnel where data flows. With millions of tunnels, bam! Impossible.
So, even our 'right' to share is secured somehow (based on 'they can't prosecute every body premise'). Fine, so another way is to make the hardware in a way that it doesn't allow file sharing.
So here goes what I think everyone should do. Tell everyone you know this. DO NOT buy these hardware. It's that simple. Hardware is a lot harder to make them software. So, you rarely will see 'pirated' hardware that allows file sharing. It's an enormous task, and this yes, the governament/RIAA/companies/ has the resource to stop.
Just don't buy the hardware when it comes. Or if contains a return policy (like the soon to be released cds in America), spend your whole bank account and savings on it and ask for the money back. If, I don't know, 5000 people do this, the company will go bankrupt.
It's a matter of value. Who cares what the governament and the companies want? What matters is what the people want.
Our laws are just this, common sense. If we stick to the value that trading files should become the common sense, there's nothing to do.
Just don't buy the hardware, remember.
PS: For developers and content producers. I feel sorry in a way for you. You're are not going to get money now from the usual way (produce, distribute, sell, royalties, etc..)
And don't ask me how to make money too when your new cd can be traded and none is going to buy it. I honestly don't know, but hey, I sincerely hope you find a way.
Square Soft today released Final Fantasy XXX, entitled 'Dirty Tricks with Mana' , after a short development period of 9 months. Read on for some game high moments.
Final Fantasy XXX features dozens of new 3D modeled characters, most of them based on real actors from the movie industry. "We mixed experienced and amateur actors, but they all had a good time", says Christina Saynt, main head developer. Ronald Rocco confirms: "Christina is just incredible. Her way of work still blows me everyday". When asked to give more impressions about the development process, Rocco always remember how much cigarrete smoke was in the office, with a little smile. Another developer says: "The team of FF XXX was the most excited I have ever worked before", words of Johnny Longdong Silver, lead actor for the game 3D characters. "We spent night after night looking for holes on the gameplay".
But the most expected feature is Square's new acessory for PSX 6.9, the "Sword of Protection", which let players interact with others on the multiplayer mode. "It's a real simple toy", explains Iamatsu Kokuma, chief programmer. "... and after it's equiped, you still have your hands free to enjoy FF XXX."
Registration for multiplayer gaming is really easy. All the player has to do is send a letter to Square's headquarter, with personal info, a short bio and a photograph. After it's approved by Square's quality control department, the player information is shared with others. Altough unusual these days, you don't have to connect to the internet to play FF XXX multiplayer mode. Instead, all players meet live, face to face, generally on weekends, depending on the number of other players in your area. This really increases overall experience, and we're glad Square revived old concepts. If the player's personalities match, gameplay could go on almost forever.
FF XXX's license agreement includes a clause denying any responsability on these decisions, tough.
PS:
See Miguel, I told you I had your text, huehauheuahueh. You own me some beer now, pal
That's a fantastic story, which I got interested and did a little Google search.
:-)
But from the results you can't tell if it's true
First one will say it's a mith, second it could be true, a few witness reports and more mith saying here and there....
Yeah, much easier :-)
Opera also has the ability to turn off referer logging.
If you click the sphere screenshot link you will see this message:
"Referer Link Error
On every single HTML page of GameFAQs is the following request:
Feel free to link to this page, but not directly to the FAQs.."
So, go directly to http://www.gamefaqs.com.
Seriously, a problem is NP-complete if anwers can be verified quickly. I guess we will have to use cryptography algorithms asking such things as 'What is the meaning of life, to be or not to be, where we came from', etc...
And no, 42 should not be used since it's already known
Yes, it makes you wonder why there are so many good programmers comming from Russia.
A lot of CEO's will tell you their programming team is important, but only if you are a programmer. On a daily basis, looks like they are cuddling with the marketing "team".
I am happy to see that at least somewhere in the world people doing what I do, programming to earn a living, are getting well treated. Makes you step back for a while and throw a curse on your boss, doesn't?
So, if it is an agreement, what will the 'other' side win? I mean, DMCA laywers must have thought of some kind of plan to take advantage on this situation.
Perhaps they think it will be impossible to really lock Sklyarov. Perhaps they are trying to show that even overseas companies can be prosecuted. Perhaps they need Sklyarov on some kind of eyewitness position and NOT as someone being accused (I am no legal mumbo jumblo expert).
Perhaps all the bad press canalized over they suing Sklyarov made they change their minds, so they are cooling off the whole deal. I mean, he was the mainly one being 'protected', and not the company.
Maybe the free speech as code talk can really work, and they forseen this possible situation changed tacticts.
What I really mean is, that our little friends defending DMCA would not do this for free.