Tell your friend that laws regarding File Sharing should fall on the side of caution and focus on the crime rather than the technology.
Her position won't change on the issue of copyright infringement or wholesale piracy of intellectual property, so don't focus on that. Rather, direct her goals towards legally codifying the "fair use" rights of consumers, and spell out the processes that IP holders may and may not "defend" their property, such as requirements for DRM-based systems to expire gracefully to unlock the data upon the expiration of the copyright period, via a PGP style key that is issued by the government at the time of the application approval.
At the same time, recommend suggestions on how shorter protection times and stricter controls on what might be copyright-protected can actually benefit society as a whole. Advise her to consider legally recognizing licensing systems such as the GPL, Creative Commons, and Open Source. Fund public education programs to teach people about what options are available. Encourage non-profit endeavors that create content and release it unencumbered into the public domain.
The message that should be sent is that technology isn't a crime, and sharing information should be encouraged rather than punished. Carefully delineate what is and what isn't proper to be shared, then emphasize the benefits of an open society instead of protecting the interests of a few.
Respect copyrights, but respect the rights of your citizens more.
Get three pieces of black construction paper and a roll of scotch tape.
Tape them together top to bottom, creating one long sheet. On the bottom, place a piece of tape half over the edge.
Insert the long sheet into the fax machine, and dial the number. As it begins to feed through, quickly affix the top to the bottom sheet, creating a long loop.
The whole point of broadband is to give everyone access to content on the internet quickly and cheaply. If you strictly meter the service, you basically eliminate the purpose of broadband in the first place.
Multimedia distributers such as Youtube, Netflix and iTunes and media rich social networking sites like LJ and Facebook are the reasons why demand for Broadband service is so strong to begin with. Tell people they can only use these services a little bit before being charged out the wazoo, and you've killed the whole point of the internet.
This might hurt the technophile and the hardcore online junky, but for Ma & Pa who only check their email once a week and occasionally watch videos of their grandkids learning to walk, PeoplePC is only $9.99 a month.
Lucas really should have hired whoever did the translation for "Backstroke of the West". That would have been *sooo* much cooler than what actually turned out.
Personally, I can't wait for the day. One, because I wouldn't mind seeing a reasonably priced headless MAC desktop. Two, just to rejoice in the anguish of the apple fanbois.
I'm not sure what they changed in this version, but I don't have all these extensions yet the update killed my firefox. What was worse, it killed my 2.0.0.14 install as well, and it took me a long time backing up and killing all my local Mozilla profiles in order to just get the 2.0.0.14 version working.
I hope the hundred or so error reports that got sent during my testing helps them unfuck this release before it goes gold. This is the kind of broken update I've come to expect from Microsoft, which is kind of why I use Firefox to begin with.
The Richard Chamberlain "Allen Quatermain" movies of the 80s weren't half bad, considering the camp material they had. But apparently there's going to be another shameless cash grab out soon: Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that at some point, Indiana Jones is going to have to find a Crystal Skull. I bet it's probably in some far away kingdom, too.
When these kids (and they are still kids) drop out, there is a very good chance that they will become burdens on society, with no means to support themselves or their families. Independence doesn't equate to self-sufficiency like it did back on the frontier.
The Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the Soviet Union and the United States, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.
Space Race effectively began after the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957. The term originated as an analogy to the arms race. The Space Race became an important part of the cultural, technological, and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Space technology became a particularly important arena in this conflict, because of both its potential military applications and the morale-boosting social benefits.
And how is it "irresponsible and dangerous" to allow someone else to have space superiority? Is it that only we are smart and moral enough to be trusted with it?
While the US certainly haven't had the greatest track record when it comes to dictating morality to the rest of the world, there are others who have done a lot worse with the power they've had. As a member of the home team, I would much rather it fall to our responsibility to maintain order than to rely on another nation that has very different interests to serve.
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Barack Hussein Obama. A name that rings with the sounds of two recent so called enemies.
So? I'm sure it'll be about as effective as pointing out his opponent's own evil name links
What's the worst possible scenario that this country could possibly get itself into?
If John McCain somehow convinced Hillary to be *his* VP.
Talk about a clusterfuck.
Clinton's as much a New Yorker as Bush is Texan
Tell your friend that laws regarding File Sharing should fall on the side of caution and focus on the crime rather than the technology.
Her position won't change on the issue of copyright infringement or wholesale piracy of intellectual property, so don't focus on that. Rather, direct her goals towards legally codifying the "fair use" rights of consumers, and spell out the processes that IP holders may and may not "defend" their property, such as requirements for DRM-based systems to expire gracefully to unlock the data upon the expiration of the copyright period, via a PGP style key that is issued by the government at the time of the application approval.
At the same time, recommend suggestions on how shorter protection times and stricter controls on what might be copyright-protected can actually benefit society as a whole. Advise her to consider legally recognizing licensing systems such as the GPL, Creative Commons, and Open Source. Fund public education programs to teach people about what options are available. Encourage non-profit endeavors that create content and release it unencumbered into the public domain.
The message that should be sent is that technology isn't a crime, and sharing information should be encouraged rather than punished. Carefully delineate what is and what isn't proper to be shared, then emphasize the benefits of an open society instead of protecting the interests of a few.
Respect copyrights, but respect the rights of your citizens more.
It's pretty obvious to anyone with a Playstation 3 what games need:
More Cutscenes.
Get three pieces of black construction paper and a roll of scotch tape.
Tape them together top to bottom, creating one long sheet. On the bottom, place a piece of tape half over the edge.
Insert the long sheet into the fax machine, and dial the number. As it begins to feed through, quickly affix the top to the bottom sheet, creating a long loop.
Go get a cup of coffee.
The whole point of broadband is to give everyone access to content on the internet quickly and cheaply. If you strictly meter the service, you basically eliminate the purpose of broadband in the first place.
Multimedia distributers such as Youtube, Netflix and iTunes and media rich social networking sites like LJ and Facebook are the reasons why demand for Broadband service is so strong to begin with. Tell people they can only use these services a little bit before being charged out the wazoo, and you've killed the whole point of the internet.
This might hurt the technophile and the hardcore online junky, but for Ma & Pa who only check their email once a week and occasionally watch videos of their grandkids learning to walk, PeoplePC is only $9.99 a month.
He got paid a hundred grand?!? I could barely understand every other word he said.
And don't get me started on the Jamaican guy. It was just wabble-wabble-wabble to me.
Lucas really should have hired whoever did the translation for "Backstroke of the West". That would have been *sooo* much cooler than what actually turned out.
Dah-nuh-da-da!
*whipcrack*
*wisecrack*
*swiiiiiiing*
*punchpunchpunch*
INDY!!!
Dah-nuh-da-da!
When will they start to draw Apple's attention?
When they start appearing on Walmart shelves.
Personally, I can't wait for the day. One, because I wouldn't mind seeing a reasonably priced headless MAC desktop. Two, just to rejoice in the anguish of the apple fanbois.
I'm not sure what they changed in this version, but I don't have all these extensions yet the update killed my firefox. What was worse, it killed my 2.0.0.14 install as well, and it took me a long time backing up and killing all my local Mozilla profiles in order to just get the 2.0.0.14 version working.
I hope the hundred or so error reports that got sent during my testing helps them unfuck this release before it goes gold. This is the kind of broken update I've come to expect from Microsoft, which is kind of why I use Firefox to begin with.
And how much of this is going to go into Chris Hansen's pocket?
That's it, I'm officially not getting this.
Rather, I'm not cluttering my house with one more redundant plastic add-on.
I ALREADY OWN A SHITTY PLASTIC DRUM SET.
I don't need my house looking any more like the set of Jack's Big Music Show
Get off your high horse and support the rock band drumset, or get the fuck out.
The Richard Chamberlain "Allen Quatermain" movies of the 80s weren't half bad, considering the camp material they had. But apparently there's going to be another shameless cash grab out soon: Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls
But nothing could be worse than Firewalker
(I know, I blaspheme!)
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that at some point, Indiana Jones is going to have to find a Crystal Skull. I bet it's probably in some far away kingdom, too.
Umm, Zohan anyone?
When was the last time Adam Sandler had a good movie? The Waterboy?
Did they check his Twitter?
Actually, I thought it said "Microsoft reaches IN to Blender"
My first reaction was...ooh, that's gonna hurt.
considering the Dick Cheney had his house
I think you either left out a word or a comma.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/08/1257258&from=rss
//holding out for the 5760x1200 version
3 feet wide, 2880x900 resolution, and no projector necessary.
Of course, it might be a bit pricy, but them's the breaks for something nice.
That totally reminds me of This
When these kids (and they are still kids) drop out, there is a very good chance that they will become burdens on society, with no means to support themselves or their families. Independence doesn't equate to self-sufficiency like it did back on the frontier.
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the Soviet Union and the United States, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.
Space Race effectively began after the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957. The term originated as an analogy to the arms race. The Space Race became an important part of the cultural, technological, and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Space technology became a particularly important arena in this conflict, because of both its potential military applications and the morale-boosting social benefits.
(emphasis mine)
And how is it "irresponsible and dangerous" to allow someone else to have space superiority? Is it that only we are smart and moral enough to be trusted with it?
While the US certainly haven't had the greatest track record when it comes to dictating morality to the rest of the world, there are others who have done a lot worse with the power they've had. As a member of the home team, I would much rather it fall to our responsibility to maintain order than to rely on another nation that has very different interests to serve.