A German TV station captured images of two avatars, an apparent adult and an apparent child, involved in sexual activity. The station also said they had infiltrated a ring trading real-world child porn in SL.
I think you don't know how to read. I also think your neighbor has a cold.
Are these two things related at all? Does this mean YOU have a cold?
meaning they could ignore the actual vote by Florida democrats
This is "democracy" at work. Then they wonder why there's such apathy and poor turnout among voters. Why vote if it doesn't do anything anyway. To those who choose to believe the lie about how important your vote is - take note. You are now a slave, you just don't know it yet.
One is assuming that the government doesn't already have a data-mining chip...please watch where you choose to say what you know.
Major problem with your statement: I don't live in the US. I live in a country that enjoys REAL freedom.... in latin america of all places. The government is so inefficient they'll never be able to enslave the masses like the US did.
Making fun of the RIAA and the DMCA to justify pirating music. You are all criminals.
First off, we're talking about DVD's and movies, not music.
Secondly then if you want to live in a world where a corporation has the power to determine IF you are allowed to watch a movie you purchased, how many times, and on what equipment - then so be it. Most of us resent the very thought, much less this feeble and poorly thought out attempt at implementation.
Thirdly, copyright infringement has only recently been made a "crime", in the US. In many other countries it's a civil matter. You know, I have never driven under the speed limit - mostly I have driven 15 to 20% over. Should I go to jail for that, too?
I go to movies. I pay to go to the movies. Why do I have to sit through a 5 minute sermon on how evil piracy is when I paid to get there? Then again, when I buy a DVD, why the hell should I be FORCED to watch trailers and nowadays even ads? So I rip it, and get my right of choice back.
While this code can be used to rip things and publish them on the internet, it's useful to me mostly to be able to see the movies I bought in the format I want. Call me a criminal if you will. I will call you a mindless consumer. Take what you're given and shut up. Leave those of us who want to DO something about the situation alone - when the REAL information revolution happens you'll have us to thank.
One of the basic properties of copyright is that if you enclose it in quotes and attribute the source, like "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0", then there's no problem. This quoted integer is the public key for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players.
IANAL, but IMHO the Bill of Rights applies to individual citizens, and not to public corporations.
It also applies to corporations, otherwise they would be "above the law". God forbid. The hard part though is assigning responsibility when a corporation does a no-no. Do you go after the manager? The board? The shareholders? Personally it would be nice if a corporation's charter got revoked once in a while. That would make them think seriously about breaking the law.
Who would then be prosecuted? By which countries laws?
I am willing to bet this satellite would suddenly become a target for lawmaker approved/sponsored "accidental" testing of the US anti-satellite program...
Still it's a thought, since all the satellite would host is torrent files, quick to upload, very small size.
Actually I DO obey the law. See, where I live, downloading music is NOT illegal. The ones NOT obeying the law are the people trying to force my equipment to abide by the laws of some foreign country and preventing me from doing something completely legal.
Piracy is not theft. Piracy is not casual downloading. Piracy is downloading stuff, burning CD's, and selling the damned CD's for profit. The only clueless person here is yourself.
It's wonderful to know that what with nuclear proliferation, thousands of Americans dead in Iraq (not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis), a President that insists on a millitary "carte blanche" despite his downwardly spiraled track record, international tension at its highest levels since the Cold War, and the highest fuel prices the world has ever seen (with no alternative in sight), it's wonderful to know that the US government has time for the really IMPORTANT issues.
The right to have the right to say how something you own is used is an imagenary right?
No one is stopping them from putting a fence around a concert and charging people an admission fee. But going after the people listening in the parking lot is over the top.
We can tape music from radio, and we can record programs on tv with a VCR. What the fuck is the difference between that and downloading a song? There is NO DIFFERENCE.
This is a battle for the control of YOUR COMPUTER, not "intellectual property". And THEY are winning, what with DRM and "Trusted Computing", etc.
nvent something that can convey information like RFID, but not anyone can read it. In fact, make it so that it can be only read
You've just hit on the essential limitation of cryptography. Make up your damned mind, do you want people to read it, or not?
If _someone_ (ie the GOOD guy) can read it, then AUTOMATICALLY the BAD guy also can read it - IF he manages to figure out the algorithm. QED. There is no more. Everyone who tries to sell you an idea where ONLY the "GOOD guy" can read it is talking out of his ass. Look at DRM, etc.
Thanks to the Supreme Court, now I'll never be able to get my patent for using written tokens to represent phonetic sounds approved. Hey, wait a second... the Supreme Court just denied me potential profit. I guess I will now file a MAFIAA type lawsuit against them for lost potential income and claim that they've put "thousands of people" out of work by this decision...!
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More importantly, how does that translate to students per volkswagen or football field lengths stadiums^2?
we'll have illegal extraterrestrials.
Maybe not. For all you know, Earth might be the Mexico of the galactic community...
a racial slur
:P
Being Estonian is not a slur, sir, it's a compliment!
It all depends on your point of view, racist
While there do not appear to be any long term effects, iPods disrupt the operation of the pacemaker.
I don't understand this sentence. Oh wait, this is slashdot.
Learn to read?
A German TV station captured images of two avatars, an apparent adult and an apparent child, involved in sexual activity. The station also said they had infiltrated a ring trading real-world child porn in SL.
I think you don't know how to read. I also think your neighbor has a cold.
Are these two things related at all? Does this mean YOU have a cold?
Ditz. +5 Insightful yeah.
Welcome to the era of thought crime
meaning they could ignore the actual vote by Florida democrats
This is "democracy" at work. Then they wonder why there's such apathy and poor turnout among voters. Why vote if it doesn't do anything anyway. To those who choose to believe the lie about how important your vote is - take note. You are now a slave, you just don't know it yet.
many spores can survive deep freeze and radiation, re-entry will be somewhat of a problem however.
ps sorry about the italics, I forgot to turn them off because I'm too drunk...
One is assuming that the government doesn't already have a data-mining chip ...please watch where you choose to say what you know.
Major problem with your statement: I don't live in the US. I live in a country that enjoys REAL freedom.... in latin america of all places. The government is so inefficient they'll never be able to enslave the masses like the US did.
Making fun of the RIAA and the DMCA to justify pirating music. You are all criminals.
First off, we're talking about DVD's and movies, not music.
Secondly then if you want to live in a world where a corporation has the power to determine IF you are allowed to watch a movie you purchased, how many times, and on what equipment - then so be it. Most of us resent the very thought, much less this feeble and poorly thought out attempt at implementation.
Thirdly, copyright infringement has only recently been made a "crime", in the US. In many other countries it's a civil matter. You know, I have never driven under the speed limit - mostly I have driven 15 to 20% over. Should I go to jail for that, too?
I go to movies. I pay to go to the movies. Why do I have to sit through a 5 minute sermon on how evil piracy is when I paid to get there? Then again, when I buy a DVD, why the hell should I be FORCED to watch trailers and nowadays even ads? So I rip it, and get my right of choice back.
While this code can be used to rip things and publish them on the internet, it's useful to me mostly to be able to see the movies I bought in the format I want. Call me a criminal if you will. I will call you a mindless consumer. Take what you're given and shut up. Leave those of us who want to DO something about the situation alone - when the REAL information revolution happens you'll have us to thank.
One of the basic properties of copyright is that if you enclose it in quotes and attribute the source, like "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0", then there's no problem. This quoted integer is the public key for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players.
IANAL, but IMHO the Bill of Rights applies to individual citizens, and not to public corporations.
It also applies to corporations, otherwise they would be "above the law". God forbid. The hard part though is assigning responsibility when a corporation does a no-no. Do you go after the manager? The board? The shareholders? Personally it would be nice if a corporation's charter got revoked once in a while. That would make them think seriously about breaking the law.
I will turn over all medical information I have on Verizon employees who are patients of mine to anyone who asks, in the name of free speech.
a schizo/paranoid government that panders to corporate greed while squashing the constitution & rights of the people...
From the government: What constitution? What rights? Oops sorry, that news was supposed to be leaked next month.
Politicians are our employees. We put them there. If they don't work as intended, fire them!
I hate to be a traditionalist, but setting them on fire might achieve a better and faster result.
Who would then be prosecuted? By which countries laws?
I am willing to bet this satellite would suddenly become a target for lawmaker approved/sponsored "accidental" testing of the US anti-satellite program...
Still it's a thought, since all the satellite would host is torrent files, quick to upload, very small size.
Try obeying the law,
Actually I DO obey the law. See, where I live, downloading music is NOT illegal. The ones NOT obeying the law are the people trying to force my equipment to abide by the laws of some foreign country and preventing me from doing something completely legal.
Piracy is not theft. Piracy is not casual downloading. Piracy is downloading stuff, burning CD's, and selling the damned CD's for profit. The only clueless person here is yourself.
It's wonderful to know that what with nuclear proliferation, thousands of Americans dead in Iraq (not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis), a President that insists on a millitary "carte blanche" despite his downwardly spiraled track record, international tension at its highest levels since the Cold War, and the highest fuel prices the world has ever seen (with no alternative in sight), it's wonderful to know that the US government has time for the really IMPORTANT issues.
The right to have the right to say how something you own is used is an imagenary right?
No one is stopping them from putting a fence around a concert and charging people an admission fee. But going after the people listening in the parking lot is over the top.
We can tape music from radio, and we can record programs on tv with a VCR. What the fuck is the difference between that and downloading a song? There is NO DIFFERENCE.
This is a battle for the control of YOUR COMPUTER, not "intellectual property". And THEY are winning, what with DRM and "Trusted Computing", etc.
why can't we start by making RFID more secure in the purest sense?
You want RFID security? Ok that's simple. DON'T USE IT. Otherwise, it's not secure - by its very nature.
nvent something that can convey information like RFID, but not anyone can read it. In fact, make it so that it can be only read
You've just hit on the essential limitation of cryptography. Make up your damned mind, do you want people to read it, or not?
If _someone_ (ie the GOOD guy) can read it, then AUTOMATICALLY the BAD guy also can read it - IF he manages to figure out the algorithm. QED. There is no more. Everyone who tries to sell you an idea where ONLY the "GOOD guy" can read it is talking out of his ass. Look at DRM, etc.
Prediction: This device will be made illegal by the US government (in the name of terrorism prevention) in 5..4..3..
Pussies. America is full of them nowadays, it seems.
Thanks to the Supreme Court, now I'll never be able to get my patent for using written tokens to represent phonetic sounds approved. Hey, wait a second... the Supreme Court just denied me potential profit. I guess I will now file a MAFIAA type lawsuit against them for lost potential income and claim that they've put "thousands of people" out of work by this decision...!