This story is not even mentioned by the news media. And this is America, the land of the free?
Let's take another quick looksie...
Over the past 20 years, media ownership has consolidated. Only a handful of highly corporate companies own the newspapers, television, and radio stations in the U.S. Many members of Congress would like to get rid of even the rest of the slim regulations on concentration of media.
A corporate-dominated news media has to look at this story with just a bit of glee. This type of action serves their interest nicely.
Over the past 20 years, news has become entertainment. Your nightly news is now filled with garbage about facelifts and Paris runway shows.
The public attention is lax and is now used to just seeing garbage media. Because of misuse of Media power and just general garbage, most even believe the 1st amendment should be revolked.
I used to think there was hope, that as a country we could get through the major government-by-corporation problem we have, but over the past several weeks I am begining to think this isn't the case anymore.
Our motto ought to be changed to "Gov't of the corp, for the corp, and by the corp." Obviously they are the ones running the show... democracy has been canceled due to lack of interest.
and now he has admitted that he and his company (or group) sell passwords and cracks etc.
This is not really true... you're using some loaded words that distort the facts. His company sells services and software for companies to use on their own machines. This is for companies that might have been locked out of machines by disgruntled admins or who what to test their sercuity system. The DMCA gives the explicit right for you or someone you hire to break into your own systems.
FBI probably has certain plan - certain number of hackers (better if foreign ones) must be caught per year.
Wow.. this article is harsh. It says that the whole "Pirate Convention" was a setup to bring Sklyarov into the country. It's an interesting perspective, but I even though Def Con gets along okay with Feds these days, they don't get along THAT good...
Well... it appears that his whole mess is totally screwed from the start. The EFF has basically caused major factioning on the free-sklyarov list. SHIT!
I am going to be at the Open Source con (you know, that banner up there at the top of the page) next week, and I think that someone at some time is going to talk about the Sklyarov arest, but thanks to what appears to be a cave in by the EFF, who know if anyone can bring attention to this.
free-sklyarov has not degenerated to crummy trolls and bickering, but it looks like an protest next week isn't going to be affective. The EFF appears to think that a meeting with Adobe will actually get a point across... but look at their statements. Adobe doesn't care about ethics, they care about slapping sklyarov because they can't get to his company through a civil suit.
It's too bad that Americans have forgotten about how important unpopular speech is. They seem to be happy to sign away their rights and work for the devil so they can drive their stinky kids around in their red SUV. Wouldn't Washington be proud of us today!
I find this interesting when Elcomsoft has always said that the software was mostly meant for Russians to be able to make copies, permitted under Russian law. They did give rights to distribute in the U.S., but for explicit purposes for the items to be used under fair use.
The same interviews say a couple of other interesting items. One: "We didn't think the likelyhood of getting any money [from Elcomsoft] was very high," so they pursued a criminal course of action. Can you say GREED??
Also, "we asked them cease and desist," which Elcomsoft *DID,* just keeping up a small demo that should be protected as a research example.
"I propose that before this decade is out we launch a robot probe that actually touches down on Mars without blowing itself to bits."
Not that W would say anything that profound. George might say "We want to be sure that the space stuff works before we make approria.. aprropri.. appropriations for more money. Let's make sure the fox ain't in the henhouse, Mikey!"
Let's face it... NASA has been full of screwups for the past two decades. It's not surprising they would be in trouble again.
That's because there ARE NO weirding modules in the book. The voice was accomplished through training, not a device. The weirding module was something made up for the first film.
The thing is though is that the Herbert vision of the Dune story was closer in the Mini Series than it was in the Lynch film.
While I thought some of the technical work in the Mini Series wasn't that good (how easy was it to tell they were in front a blue screen during the fight sequence), I liked the fact that this series took a different approach and tried to at least stay close to Herbert's world. Lynch took it in an entirely different direction, which is fine.
And at least give me this: it didn't suck as bad as the new TV adaptation of "The Shining." Now that was REALLY BAD.
I don't know about you, but automatic micro-payment would really, really tick me off in a whole number of reasons.
Consider: if I was reading articles on the Internet, and I clicked on a link to an idiotic article by someone like MSNBC's Brock Meeks, I would be MAJORLY upset that I paid anything for such lousy content. At least when I go to the bookstore, I can take a look at the articles before I take a magazine to the cash register. I know it has some quality.
I really have no problem with micro payments if it's for content of some quality, but even on the best Sites there is no guarantee that what I see will be any good. Forcing pre-payment will just drive people away, especially if they get burned a couple of times.
In this case, isn't the party that makes the choice the point? If I make the choice to remove or ad something sent to my machine, then it seems okay to me. If there is a corporation somewhere that decides this for me without my consent, that's bad.
If it's my choice to not see something, fine... if someone else makes the choice for me, that's censorship.
I went to the link, I got the cookie... then two click later I got another X10 add.
It wasn't the normal size, mind you, but it was clearly by X10. So is this idea: they'll put in a cookie that prevents ONE size of ad, but not all of them?
Let me add to this. I've looked up articles, and the way M$ works on our campus I am almost sure I will get a non-activation copy of XP.
However, I have worked at plenty of small organizations that have the right to use multiple copies of Windows through site license or multiple license that uses GHOST.
The more I look into it, the more it looks like this is just customer hurassment. It won't stop big-time piracy (the non-activation copies will be instantly traded) and it will just piss off small users that aren't really costing Microsoft much money anyway. I can't understand the reasoning at all...
I have a question about XP. I don't have the ability to do trial runs on this, so maybe I can get some background here.
Most corps. and college labs here use utils. like GHOST and other disk imaging software to manage labs and new machines. What is going to happen to imaging with XP. Will it even be possible or will it simply lock every machine up.
I know that my department will not upgrade to XP if disk imaging doesn't work, and I'm sure there will be plenty of other bucking of the Microsoft saddle if something as basic as GHOST images begins to screw up machines.
I don't know why this was marked as a Troll... this person is right on the money. It scares the HELL out of me. The so-called "rights of criminals" are put in to protect the innocent, not protect criminals as every right-winger with a talk show wants you to think.
There are some radio people here in Indianapolis that love to say "if you commit a crime, you have no rights." Okay, let's look at this. If this is true then 1) The state could execute you for a parking ticket once you've been found guilty in a court of law. 2) Every inmate could be raped, tortured, or brutalized in any way the prison organization saw fit. 3) Sick persons in jail could be denied medical treatment. The list of basic human rights abuses goes on and on.
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Let's take another quick looksie...
I used to think there was hope, that as a country we could get through the major government-by-corporation problem we have, but over the past several weeks I am begining to think this isn't the case anymore.
Our motto ought to be changed to "Gov't of the corp, for the corp, and by the corp." Obviously they are the ones running the show... democracy has been canceled due to lack of interest.
and now he has admitted that he and his company (or group) sell passwords and cracks etc.
This is not really true... you're using some loaded words that distort the facts. His company sells services and software for companies to use on their own machines. This is for companies that might have been locked out of machines by disgruntled admins or who what to test their sercuity system. The DMCA gives the explicit right for you or someone you hire to break into your own systems.
FBI probably has certain plan - certain number of hackers (better if foreign ones) must be caught per year.
Wow.. this article is harsh. It says that the whole "Pirate Convention" was a setup to bring Sklyarov into the country. It's an interesting perspective, but I even though Def Con gets along okay with Feds these days, they don't get along THAT good...
YES! Someone with a phone mike needs to do this and get the RMs posted online!
Well... it appears that his whole mess is totally screwed from the start. The EFF has basically caused major factioning on the free-sklyarov list. SHIT!
I am going to be at the Open Source con (you know, that banner up there at the top of the page) next week, and I think that someone at some time is going to talk about the Sklyarov arest, but thanks to what appears to be a cave in by the EFF, who know if anyone can bring attention to this.
free-sklyarov has not degenerated to crummy trolls and bickering, but it looks like an protest next week isn't going to be affective. The EFF appears to think that a meeting with Adobe will actually get a point across... but look at their statements. Adobe doesn't care about ethics, they care about slapping sklyarov because they can't get to his company through a civil suit.
It's too bad that Americans have forgotten about how important unpopular speech is. They seem to be happy to sign away their rights and work for the devil so they can drive their stinky kids around in their red SUV. Wouldn't Washington be proud of us today!
There is an NPR story online where the head Adobe council claims that the Elcomsoft software was "aimed at the U.S. Market."
All Things Considered
Morning Edition
I find this interesting when Elcomsoft has always said that the software was mostly meant for Russians to be able to make copies, permitted under Russian law. They did give rights to distribute in the U.S., but for explicit purposes for the items to be used under fair use.
The same interviews say a couple of other interesting items. One: "We didn't think the likelyhood of getting any money [from Elcomsoft] was very high," so they pursued a criminal course of action. Can you say GREED??
Also, "we asked them cease and desist," which Elcomsoft *DID,* just keeping up a small demo that should be protected as a research example.
This just gets worse and worse...
"I propose that before this decade is out we launch a robot probe that actually touches down on Mars without blowing itself to bits."
Not that W would say anything that profound. George might say "We want to be sure that the space stuff works before we make approria.. aprropri.. appropriations for more money. Let's make sure the fox ain't in the henhouse, Mikey!"
Let's face it... NASA has been full of screwups for the past two decades. It's not surprising they would be in trouble again.
and the weirding modules are completely ignored
That's because there ARE NO weirding modules in the book. The voice was accomplished through training, not a device. The weirding module was something made up for the first film.
The thing is though is that the Herbert vision of the Dune story was closer in the Mini Series than it was in the Lynch film.
While I thought some of the technical work in the Mini Series wasn't that good (how easy was it to tell they were in front a blue screen during the fight sequence), I liked the fact that this series took a different approach and tried to at least stay close to Herbert's world. Lynch took it in an entirely different direction, which is fine.
And at least give me this: it didn't suck as bad as the new TV adaptation of "The Shining." Now that was REALLY BAD.
I don't know about you, but automatic micro-payment would really, really tick me off in a whole number of reasons.
Consider: if I was reading articles on the Internet, and I clicked on a link to an idiotic article by someone like MSNBC's Brock Meeks, I would be MAJORLY upset that I paid anything for such lousy content. At least when I go to the bookstore, I can take a look at the articles before I take a magazine to the cash register. I know it has some quality.
I really have no problem with micro payments if it's for content of some quality, but even on the best Sites there is no guarantee that what I see will be any good. Forcing pre-payment will just drive people away, especially if they get burned a couple of times.
In this case, isn't the party that makes the choice the point? If I make the choice to remove or ad something sent to my machine, then it seems okay to me. If there is a corporation somewhere that decides this for me without my consent, that's bad.
If it's my choice to not see something, fine... if someone else makes the choice for me, that's censorship.
I went to the link, I got the cookie... then two click later I got another X10 add.
It wasn't the normal size, mind you, but it was clearly by X10. So is this idea: they'll put in a cookie that prevents ONE size of ad, but not all of them?
Wonderful... do I smell spam burning?
Angelina Jolie in zero-gravity, anyone?
Noooooo! No more bouncy-bouncy-bouncy!
That's the only thing I *really* liked about Tomb Raider!
pffft..
Let me add to this. I've looked up articles, and the way M$ works on our campus I am almost sure I will get a non-activation copy of XP.
However, I have worked at plenty of small organizations that have the right to use multiple copies of Windows through site license or multiple license that uses GHOST.
The more I look into it, the more it looks like this is just customer hurassment. It won't stop big-time piracy (the non-activation copies will be instantly traded) and it will just piss off small users that aren't really costing Microsoft much money anyway. I can't understand the reasoning at all...
I have a question about XP. I don't have the ability to do trial runs on this, so maybe I can get some background here.
Most corps. and college labs here use utils. like GHOST and other disk imaging software to manage labs and new machines. What is going to happen to imaging with XP. Will it even be possible or will it simply lock every machine up.
I know that my department will not upgrade to XP if disk imaging doesn't work, and I'm sure there will be plenty of other bucking of the Microsoft saddle if something as basic as GHOST images begins to screw up machines.
I know.. I am going to patent SEX. That will make me loads of money, but not from many slashdotters.
Seriously, if you want to patent something that obviously PREDATES you, putting a patent of the sex process is the way to go!
I don't know why this was marked as a Troll... this person is right on the money. It scares the HELL out of me. The so-called "rights of criminals" are put in to protect the innocent, not protect criminals as every right-winger with a talk show wants you to think.
There are some radio people here in Indianapolis that love to say "if you commit a crime, you have no rights." Okay, let's look at this. If this is true then 1) The state could execute you for a parking ticket once you've been found guilty in a court of law. 2) Every inmate could be raped, tortured, or brutalized in any way the prison organization saw fit. 3) Sick persons in jail could be denied medical treatment. The list of basic human rights abuses goes on and on.