DRM is really bad at foiling pirates. It only takes one to break the DRM and share the content around the world to render the DRM ineffective.
However it is really good at inconveniencing legitimate consumers. Some DRM schemes have been so annoying to customers that getting a pirated version makes for a better user experience.
So you're not going to be hauled over the coals through a three strikes system - WIN! Certain sites may be blocked - Meh.
If you really want to get to a site you'll get to it either via tor, running your own DNS, or via a VPN. I'd take this system over a three strikes any day.
You don't know any countries that import water? In the UK Evian and Volvic are two popular brands of bottled water that come from France. I've even seen bottled water from Fiji, despite having a plentiful supply of water ourselves. Check the water shelves next time you're in a supermarket. I bet there are foreign brands there.
Please correct me of I'm wrong, but an open mesh network would completely decentralise internet connectivity leaving the Government with no way to implement website blocking and three-strikes laws etc. While a truly democratic government would support open mesh in the public interest I doubt our lot would approve it.
What makes for a free society? One where each of us is free to murder and imprison each other, or one where the only restriction on your personal freedom is that you may not restrict the freedom of others? I prefer the latter social paradigm. That's why I prefer GPL.
There is clearly a conflict of interest here. Two groups of people are paying these companies.
Their customers are paying for net access and don't want someone else getting more bandwidth than they are because of their choice of websites / software.
But then others come along and say we'll pay you to prioritise our traffic.
Symantec and Snoop Dogg are birds of a feather. Running any Symantec software on your machine makes it sluggish, unresponsive and causes it to behave obnoxiously. Listening to Snoop Dogg does the same to people.
Sure stealing is wrong, but copying data is not stealing. If I take code written in house for in-house use from one employer to another how has the old one lost anything if the new one starts using it in house?
My own fall back is that some useful software that I have written for my current employer is now GPLed because I asked them if it could be. If I ever lose this job I'll be hawking my skills in setting up that software from one end of the country to the other.
We don't expect to get a seat in this election. It is enough that we get publicity. However in 2011 we have the Scottish Parliament election. This election is a proportional representation system. Us pirates in Scotland plan to fight this one hard.
We have had good experiences with the HP R5500 XR. You may require a smaller and cheaper model like the R3000 or R1500 depending on your servers. These UPS are fully supported by NUT.
Software versioning does not necessarily follow the decimal system. It has not gone from "point two one to point two two". It has gone from "dot twenty one to dot twenty two", which in standard software versioning terms means it is still on the original code base but has had extra features added.
This is not new. Vein pattern recognition on the back of the hand was developed years ago. So long ago in fact that the computer part of it was a BBC Micro.
Firstly Linux is not 25 years old, but it is 25 years since the inception of the GNU project (NOT 25 years since we had a Free operating system). No matter what some jumped up little apolitical toe-rag wants to call his kernel the GNU project is still going strong.
Oh, and if you don't understand why the system should be called GNU/Linux then have a read at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html where the issue is presented rationally and without any whining.
If you don't value your freedom then you stand to lose it.
The difference was that the telescreen was in Winston Smith's home; in his own private place. Would it be an invasion of privacy if a policeman stood in the street and ordered you to pick up your litter?
No.
So why are we so paranoid when the policeman watching is in an office seeing you through a camera? It is not an invasion of privacy to be watched in public.
If they were really bothered about their trademark they would have disputed the name when it was first announced in 2004. Seems to me their thinking was along the lines of "Wait until Google have built a nice fat mindshare and brand name, then we can extort them for use of the name after that." Judging from the fee they are asking I reckn I'm on the right lines here.
It could be easier if you didn't have to say "Just run GTK installer and then..."
You're confusing easier with simpler. Installing one package may be simpler than having to install one first, then another, but there is nothing more difficult about installing the two packages.
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DRM is really bad at foiling pirates. It only takes one to break the DRM and share the content around the world to render the DRM ineffective.
However it is really good at inconveniencing legitimate consumers. Some DRM schemes have been so annoying to customers that getting a pirated version makes for a better user experience.
At 90MB for the whole site what are the authorities going to do when thousands of us are mirroring TPB on a dedicated Raspberry Pi each?
So you're not going to be hauled over the coals through a three strikes system - WIN!
Certain sites may be blocked - Meh.
If you really want to get to a site you'll get to it either via tor, running your own DNS, or via a VPN. I'd take this system over a three strikes any day.
Security guards are complaining that builders have started putting locks on the doors of new homes rendering the security trade obsolete.
Diddums, poor little things.
You don't know any countries that import water?
In the UK Evian and Volvic are two popular brands of bottled water that come from France. I've even seen bottled water from Fiji, despite having a plentiful supply of water ourselves.
Check the water shelves next time you're in a supermarket. I bet there are foreign brands there.
Please correct me of I'm wrong, but an open mesh network would completely decentralise internet connectivity leaving the Government with no way to implement website blocking and three-strikes laws etc.
While a truly democratic government would support open mesh in the public interest I doubt our lot would approve it.
While we're at it - why do red antique phone booths represent the UK?
For the same reason that Malt Shops represent the US.
Ignorant foreigners picking up on something that used to be a part of the nation but have long since passed into obscurity.
The whole world knows that here in Scotland EVERYONE plays the bagpipes.
What makes for a free society? One where each of us is free to murder and imprison each other, or one where the only restriction on your personal freedom is that you may not restrict the freedom of others?
I prefer the latter social paradigm.
That's why I prefer GPL.
There is clearly a conflict of interest here. Two groups of people are paying these companies.
Their customers are paying for net access and don't want someone else getting more bandwidth than they are because of their choice of websites / software.
But then others come along and say we'll pay you to prioritise our traffic.
These ISPs should decide who their customers are.
Symantec and Snoop Dogg are birds of a feather.
Running any Symantec software on your machine makes it sluggish, unresponsive and causes it to behave obnoxiously.
Listening to Snoop Dogg does the same to people.
Sure stealing is wrong, but copying data is not stealing. If I take code written in house for in-house use from one employer to another how has the old one lost anything if the new one starts using it in house?
My own fall back is that some useful software that I have written for my current employer is now GPLed because I asked them if it could be. If I ever lose this job I'll be hawking my skills in setting up that software from one end of the country to the other.
We don't expect to get a seat in this election. It is enough that we get publicity. However in 2011 we have the Scottish Parliament election. This election is a proportional representation system. Us pirates in Scotland plan to fight this one hard.
We have had good experiences with the HP R5500 XR. You may require a smaller and cheaper model like the R3000 or R1500 depending on your servers.
These UPS are fully supported by NUT.
Only if you have told it not to display the mouse cursor.
Software versioning does not necessarily follow the decimal system.
It has not gone from "point two one to point two two".
It has gone from "dot twenty one to dot twenty two", which in standard software versioning terms means it is still on the original code base but has had extra features added.
In what other business realm is failure so grandiosely rewarded?
Banking.
Where I studied LGBT was the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual society. Does this strike anyone as odd?
Power it from your in-car supply and you can use it to signal to other drivers.
Personally I'd use it to send a mirrored message to the car in front:
"Please turn your damn fog-light off. I can see you perfectly clearly when I'm right behind you."
This is not new. Vein pattern recognition on the back of the hand was developed years ago. So long ago in fact that the computer part of it was a BBC Micro.
Firstly Linux is not 25 years old, but it is 25 years since the inception of the GNU project (NOT 25 years since we had a Free operating system).
No matter what some jumped up little apolitical toe-rag wants to call his kernel the GNU project is still going strong.
Oh, and if you don't understand why the system should be called GNU/Linux then have a read at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html where the issue is presented rationally and without any whining.
If you don't value your freedom then you stand to lose it.
Go have a look at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
You'll find he is open and honest, and gives credit where it is due. He does NOT claim to have written the whole thing.
The difference was that the telescreen was in Winston Smith's home; in his own private place.
Would it be an invasion of privacy if a policeman stood in the street and ordered you to pick up your litter?
No.
So why are we so paranoid when the policeman watching is in an office seeing you through a camera?
It is not an invasion of privacy to be watched in public.
No need to manually defrag anymore according to the article.
It will happen automatically and slow your harddisk to a crawl in the process.
How about creating a file system that doesn't suck instead?
If they were really bothered about their trademark they would have disputed the name when it was first announced in 2004.
Seems to me their thinking was along the lines of "Wait until Google have built a nice fat mindshare and brand name, then we can extort them for use of the name after that."
Judging from the fee they are asking I reckn I'm on the right lines here.
It could be easier if you didn't have to say "Just run GTK installer and then..."
You're confusing easier with simpler.
Installing one package may be simpler than having to install one first, then another, but there is nothing more difficult about installing the two packages.