DRM is not necessarily ev0l, but in the context that we see this national discussion (CD's DVD's). It is ev0l in this context.
Why? Because it is the primary mechanism for removing consumer "fair use" rights, furthermore the consumer recieves nothing in exchange. Offer new movies on restricted DRM'ed DVD's at $9.00 instead of a unrestricted (or CSS) DVD at $18, then you could make the case that the studio is willing to PAY the consumer to give up those "fair use" rights, which would not be ev0l.
The problem is that someone would get into the bussing business and pay people for votes... the reciept gives a verifiable way to pay for votes. With the current system, no one would be willing to pay for the vote because there is no way to verify that the PAYEE actually votes for the candidate preferred by the PAYOR.
How about releasing a beta patch... on an issue this serious, perhaps they could just release the test... but for download only for specific configurations, until they can complete their full ANALysis for complete compatibility~
Make a great PHONE! Yes, SMS is good WAP not so much Big Address Book is good Slow unresponsive or stuttering menu's - VERY BAD!! I like the responsiveness of the OLD Nokia models... Touch the key and the menu changes instantly, No stuttering and stalling... JUST MAKE ME A #$%# Phone!!!!
Use of graphics and text to sell products over the internet... Darn too late again (see Pangea Intellectual Properties) http://www.chillingeffects.org/ecom/
MoonBuggy has grasped the situation accurately. The fact that corporate interests are able to degrade consumber rights through "purchased" legislation is abhorrent. The DCMA or any other such nonsense laws should clearly defined consumer "fair use" rights and prevent copy protection mechanism which restrict fair use.
No copy protection should be allowed which disallows 1) a backup copy, by burning a backup CD or DVD or simply a backup copy on a hard drive 2) distribution to one's own a)desktop computer b)Notebook c)handheld (treo, palm, pocket pc) d)MP3 player e)Cell phone
Should be hidden in some DCMA protected software so that even discovering the viral code requires a DCMA violation... I am not a programmer, but at least that situation would model the need for security researchers to be able to do their work.
No one is even debating that EVOLUTION is not a fact. Its a theory or an unproven hypothesis that fits most of the facts we have concerning life. What is so threatening about Intelligent Design? Does Evolution has some kind of protection from debate? I personally don't understand it.
Do I support public schools teaching Creationism? No Do I support public schools teaching theory as fact? NO
Teach the kids that there are lots of alternate viewpoints. Teach them the theory we believe to be true and then tell them that other people think differently and explain those ideas to them. Let them think for themselves! Its called critical thinking and it seems to be sorely lacking these days!
Simon's comment is nice, but again flawed. With knowledge of the exact Steganography algorithms, a "brute force" attack is still possible.
The problem is as discussed that simply have hundreds of photos with "garbage" covered with the stegonagraphy algorithm under different "keys" would require a separate brute force attack for each photo, which increases the time they need to keep you locked up:)
Maybe 3 years would not be unreasonable?:/
This is garbage the idea that 90 days would be granted to hold suspects without any other justification is horrible!
1. It is controled by the USA, which means by its government. Most peolpe don't trust this government. Is this so hard to accept for US-citizens? Why shall the US speak for 1.3 billion Chinese, 1 billion Indians, or the other 3.5 billion people?
And we should give away the leadership rights of the internet away why? -to placate the no good, corrupt bureaucrats at the UN -to bow to the new "chinese" or "eastern" overloads This is a silly conversation to continue having... Who developed the internet? We did Who maintained an open access for all people around the world? We have Who gives a damn about the French and German whiners who continually gripe about the dominance of the US in World Politics and Finance? Not me
What about the satellite photos of "presidential palaces" being emptied by tractor trailer rigs after being notified of inspections?
What about the "unannounced" inspections that were held up for days and hours, when full access was promised in the surrender documents.
Remember the IRAQI government faced annihilation in 1st Gulf War... They surrendered agreeing to ALL OF OUR TERMS! Then they decided not to follow those terms later... WAR is the consequence. Thats the way surrender works. You can't change your mind.
Now we know that Khofi and his thugs at the UN we enabling Saddam's government to function through the "Oil for" food, i mean weapons, i mean bribes program. There is little wonder that the UN was reticent to call for action in spite of all the broken promises. THEY WERE MAKING MONEY OFF OF THE DEAL! To hell with the UN!
I agree that there is no doubt that as the most litigious society in history, we are in dire need of legal reforms. Lets look at a couple of the problems.
1) Contingency legal fees - Especially abused in the personal injury/product liability (Car accidents and Vioxx) arena. I am not sure the solution, but the fact that on the day following the FDA pulling Vioxx there were radio ads for lawyers claiming "If you or a loved one believe you may have been injured by the criminal negligence of this drug maker, please call now for your free consultation." Our system has developed to promote this type of behaviour from lawyers. They know that they will get a settlement offer even if the case has NO MERIT. The big companies will almost without fail offer a settlement, because a trial COSTS big $$$$$$. The people behind these personal injury cases would be less likely to pursue them if the money had to be spent upfront to retain counsel. I understand there are some whose only recourse in a valid case would be through these contingency lawyers, so we cannot totally do away with this idea. But there is little doubt that this aspect of fee structure contributes to the problem. 2) Defending against lawsuits is expensive. Note that contingency fees are not used for DEFENSE because there is little change of a successful counterclaim. So individuals in the RIAA example above must spend a significant amount if they are even to investigate the idea of resisting these lawsuits. Compared to the cost of settling... it just doesn't make sense to pursue, when the cost of pursuing the suit is more expensive than "losing" through a settlement, with little to gain even if you defend successfully.
So what's the answer? Heck if I know;) But we need to find something!
Xaosiecte has an excellent point. The UN oil for food scandal shows that the UN is just a toy for the powerful to pad their own pockets while rapaciously criticizing a founding member who has been willing to shed blood for other's freedoms. Libya inability to PR their human rights violations, is less a function of PR and more a function of lack of restraint. The fact that someone would defend Libya on human rights indicates a fundemental problem with that person's ability to observe? be rational? think?
The US is by no means perfect! But no other country has a proven track record of supporting other people's freedoms over the past 100 yrs. Furthermore, we have no obligation to turn over a system that we developed to promulgate and enable communication to the the CORRUPT UN, just because we were successful.
msormune's salient comment is not only funny but true. I like KDE as good as the next guy. But as a Mac guy who was converted to Win, then converted to Linux... I have to say that the OSX interface is way to slick to consider screwing around with...
A more 'effective' IDEA might be the idea of using this type of automated system as a premium... like the HOV system to get more people buying into the system because of lowered commute times... perhaps the regulations would allow vehicles with the automated driving system and certain fuel economy standards to join the hybrids in the HOV lanes... Or perhaps there should be a whole new class of 'automated only' driving lanes.
One of our illustrious... Free flow of information programmers should just develop a 'virus' that uses the SETI principle for idle computer time. The perfect Alibi... Jeez Mr MPAA butthole lawyer... I can't say I know how that content got to my hard drive...
Defense 1337 expert testifies... There was a trojan horse program that selected random content from the internet to download during idle computer time to be less intrusive... there would have been no way for the user to know...
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DRM is not necessarily ev0l, but in the context that we see this national discussion (CD's DVD's). It is ev0l in this context.
Why? Because it is the primary mechanism for removing consumer "fair use" rights, furthermore the consumer recieves nothing in exchange. Offer new movies on restricted DRM'ed DVD's at $9.00 instead of a unrestricted (or CSS) DVD at $18, then you could make the case that the studio is willing to PAY the consumer to give up those "fair use" rights, which would not be ev0l.
The problem is that someone would get into the bussing business and pay people for votes... the reciept gives a verifiable way to pay for votes. With the current system, no one would be willing to pay for the vote because there is no way to verify that the PAYEE actually votes for the candidate preferred by the PAYOR.
Just my 2 cents...
How about releasing a beta patch... on an issue this serious, perhaps they could just release the test... but for download only for specific configurations, until they can complete their full ANALysis for complete compatibility~
Make a great PHONE!
Yes, SMS is good
WAP not so much
Big Address Book is good
Slow unresponsive or stuttering menu's - VERY BAD!!
I like the responsiveness of the OLD Nokia models...
Touch the key and the menu changes instantly,
No stuttering and stalling...
JUST MAKE ME A #$%# Phone!!!!
At least they can surely use this to filter out some of the Micros0ft warez spam??
Using a mouse to make an online purchase .... Oops too late Amazon already did it... http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/2000/ amazon_patent.html
... Sorry McAfee already got that one ... http://www.dotgnu.org/patent-analysis.html
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Automatically updating security software over the internet
Use of graphics and text to sell products over the internet... Darn too late again (see Pangea Intellectual Properties) http://www.chillingeffects.org/ecom/
Tabbed browsing... You might be thinking Mozilla or Opera... Nope Microsoft http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/
Maybe "techniques for cleaning one's anus using rolls of soft paper"... I have not checked but I am sure that one's covered too.
MoonBuggy has grasped the situation accurately. The fact that corporate interests are able to degrade consumber rights through "purchased" legislation is abhorrent. The DCMA or any other such nonsense laws should clearly defined consumer "fair use" rights and prevent copy protection mechanism which restrict fair use.
No copy protection should be allowed which disallows 1) a backup copy, by burning a backup CD or DVD or simply a backup copy on a hard drive 2) distribution to one's own a)desktop computer b)Notebook c)handheld (treo, palm, pocket pc) d)MP3 player e)Cell phone
If you are trying to insinuate that there might be an anti-M$ sentiment here...
YOU ARE RIGHT.
But you will find us to be equal opportunity haters, who will criticize the crappy aspects of OS X also!
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Thanks for coming but get the heck out!
Should be hidden in some DCMA protected software so that even discovering the viral code requires a DCMA violation... I am not a programmer, but at least that situation would model the need for security researchers to be able to do their work.
No one is even debating that EVOLUTION is not a fact. Its a theory or an unproven hypothesis that fits most of the facts we have concerning life. What is so threatening about Intelligent Design? Does Evolution has some kind of protection from debate? I personally don't understand it.
Do I support public schools teaching Creationism? No
Do I support public schools teaching theory as fact? NO
Teach the kids that there are lots of alternate viewpoints. Teach them the theory we believe to be true and then tell them that other people think differently and explain those ideas to them. Let them think for themselves! Its called critical thinking and it seems to be sorely lacking these days!
Simon's comment is nice, but again flawed. With knowledge of the exact Steganography algorithms, a "brute force" attack is still possible.
:)
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The problem is as discussed that simply have hundreds of photos with "garbage" covered with the stegonagraphy algorithm under different "keys" would require a separate brute force attack for each photo, which increases the time they need to keep you locked up
Maybe 3 years would not be unreasonable?
This is garbage the idea that 90 days would be granted to hold suspects without any other justification is horrible!
Don't forget the ever popular rub and tug...
Massage Parlor!
And we should give away the leadership rights of the internet away why?
-to placate the no good, corrupt bureaucrats at the UN
-to bow to the new "chinese" or "eastern" overloads
This is a silly conversation to continue having...
Who developed the internet? We did
Who maintained an open access for all people around the world? We have
Who gives a damn about the French and German whiners who continually gripe about the dominance of the US in World Politics and Finance? Not me
What about the satellite photos of "presidential palaces" being emptied by tractor trailer rigs after being notified of inspections?
What about the "unannounced" inspections that were held up for days and hours, when full access was promised in the surrender documents.
Remember the IRAQI government faced annihilation in 1st Gulf War... They surrendered agreeing to ALL OF OUR TERMS! Then they decided not to follow those terms later... WAR is the consequence. Thats the way surrender works. You can't change your mind.
Now we know that Khofi and his thugs at the UN we enabling Saddam's government to function through the "Oil for" food, i mean weapons, i mean bribes program. There is little wonder that the UN was reticent to call for action in spite of all the broken promises. THEY WERE MAKING MONEY OFF OF THE DEAL! To hell with the UN!
I agree that there is no doubt that as the most litigious society in history, we are in dire need of legal reforms. Lets look at a couple of the problems.
;) But we need to find something!
1) Contingency legal fees - Especially abused in the personal injury/product liability (Car accidents and Vioxx) arena. I am not sure the solution, but the fact that on the day following the FDA pulling Vioxx there were radio ads for lawyers claiming "If you or a loved one believe you may have been injured by the criminal negligence of this drug maker, please call now for your free consultation." Our system has developed to promote this type of behaviour from lawyers. They know that they will get a settlement offer even if the case has NO MERIT. The big companies will almost without fail offer a settlement, because a trial COSTS big $$$$$$. The people behind these personal injury cases would be less likely to pursue them if the money had to be spent upfront to retain counsel. I understand there are some whose only recourse in a valid case would be through these contingency lawyers, so we cannot totally do away with this idea. But there is little doubt that this aspect of fee structure contributes to the problem.
2) Defending against lawsuits is expensive. Note that contingency fees are not used for DEFENSE because there is little change of a successful counterclaim. So individuals in the RIAA example above must spend a significant amount if they are even to investigate the idea of resisting these lawsuits. Compared to the cost of settling... it just doesn't make sense to pursue, when the cost of pursuing the suit is more expensive than "losing" through a settlement, with little to gain even if you defend successfully.
So what's the answer? Heck if I know
Xaosiecte has an excellent point. The UN oil for food scandal shows that the UN is just a toy for the powerful to pad their own pockets while rapaciously criticizing a founding member who has been willing to shed blood for other's freedoms. Libya inability to PR their human rights violations, is less a function of PR and more a function of lack of restraint. The fact that someone would defend Libya on human rights indicates a fundemental problem with that person's ability to observe? be rational? think?
The US is by no means perfect! But no other country has a proven track record of supporting other people's freedoms over the past 100 yrs. Furthermore, we have no obligation to turn over a system that we developed to promulgate and enable communication to the the CORRUPT UN, just because we were successful.
In larger faster computers? USB drives are a lot slower than HD access. Is there another way to get around the heat and noise of an HD?
Possibly a USB drive for the OS load... with a massive amount of RAM and back to the old days of RAM disks?
msormune's salient comment is not only funny but true. I like KDE as good as the next guy. But as a Mac guy who was converted to Win, then converted to Linux... I have to say that the OSX interface is way to slick to consider screwing around with...
Very nice...
A more 'effective' IDEA might be the idea of using this type of automated system as a premium... like the HOV system to get more people buying into the system because of lowered commute times... perhaps the regulations would allow vehicles with the automated driving system and certain fuel economy standards to join the hybrids in the HOV lanes... Or perhaps there should be a whole new class of 'automated only' driving lanes.
One of our illustrious... Free flow of information programmers should just develop a 'virus' that uses the SETI principle for idle computer time. The perfect Alibi... Jeez Mr MPAA butthole lawyer... I can't say I know how that content got to my hard drive...
Defense 1337 expert testifies... There was a trojan horse program that selected random content from the internet to download during idle computer time to be less intrusive... there would have been no way for the user to know...