I hope he has something to sue those f-ckers on. If they did that to me, and I found out that there was nothing I could do back, I would be so pissed off that I would go hi-jack an airliner and crash it into the court.. or congress.. or maybe the whitehouse. The bloody american government does this sort of thing to foreigners and then has the cheek to wonder why people bomb them.
Yes but maybe with all the high ranking ceo's or whatever they are called dead (including ofcourse bill) Microsoft might actually become a decent company? maybe not...
"Judges will start outlawing Linux kernels until they begin incorporating their own digitial rights management system. But I then wonder how Linux could get around this patent issue?"
I know how, by saying "Excuse me, f#ck you american government i will do what i like and you can go f#ck yourself. Anyway, screw you guys, i'm moving to Afghanistan, at least there i still have freedom of speech" and then you go and leave america and the american government and the corporations that run them will die.
If that doesn't work, you can always hi-jack a plane and bomb the whitehouse - if even if they don't change their minds, it will be fun to watch.
Sometime ago, I wrote to you asking if you could please take care of Microsoft. Unfortunately you 'cared' for the wrong target _COUGH_ place. (I think New York is quite a long way away from Microsoft HQ). Please, please, please, could you consider taking care of Microsoft and Bill Gates? He is responsible for America's crimes against humanity and must be stopped at all costs. For example, his use of bribery and monopolising has forced his evil product to be installed on sacred religious computer systems in your land. He is also responsible for attempting to destroy the Internet by brainwashing his minions into using Microsoft protocols. Soon, as the American government plans to deploy the SSSCA (backed by the RIAA (Recording Industry Ass-holes of America) and backed secretly by Bill Gates himself) Microsoft will release its operating system to be compliant with this. Suddenly, almost overnight, the last little bits of freedom that America enjoys today will vanish. Speech will be un free and alternative operating systems (that do not comply with the closed specifications of the SSSCA that will only be disclosed to Microsoft) will be outlawed. Lucky for me, I don't live in America so I will wake up laughing with the rest of the world. However, seeing as they helped us out in WW2, I think we owe it to them to help them out with this.
PS. I have been practicing on (ironically) MS Flight Sim. and have learnt how to use most of the systems on the B767. If you are short of pilots to bomb Microsoft, I would be more than happy to help.
I bet they will use "Superior digital rights management" as an advertising slogan and people will think its a good thing (if it has superior in the name, it must mean its better. The new players will be designed to stop playing old css-based dvds at midnight january 1 2003 so everyone will have to buy all their films again. The movie industry can do this neat trick again when hdtv disks come out. Also, the new players will need to be plugged into a phone line once a month to "upgrade" (i.e download new DRM systems when the old ones are cracked - i mean, the new one that replaces the old one that was already cracked)
It may not be totally correct, but we all love to bash Microsoft. I would much rather read a completely wrong article about how crap Microsoft is, than a technically correct piece of MS PR about how they give money to lots of poor kids.
Because there are all those criminals who would use them to hurt people. If we would just shoot all the stupid pe.. oh yeah. oooops. We used to be able to ship them all off to Austrailia - what happened to that?
"its interesting to ponder that British literature is all of a sudden stealing the spotlight from cheap American paperback-films"
Most Hollywood films are developed with a random plot generator. Unfortunately, most plot combinations have been made and now they are running out of original ideas. Normally this would not be a problem, but allot of studios are scared of legal issues with re-making a film that has already been made 17 times (see Titanic). The answer to this is: use old books. There are many old books in most libraries, and most of them have not been made into films yet (-ie LOTR), this makes it easy for a studio to convert the book and start making the film so they can make more money. Soon you will see films of such great books as "Fly-fishing - the beginners guide", "The Holy Bible" and "The worlds greatest chess openings vol. 3"
"The point is that it makes no sense to "release" the movie in UK while we wait in the USA. Wouldn't it make more sense to just "release" it in all theaters everywhere on the planet?"
Stuff like this just makes the point that Americans have no idea of what goes on outside their country. We usually have to wait for the greedy capitalist-pig-dog movie companies in the US to feel that they have made enough money before they consider releasing their film elsewhere. Now one film gets premiered in England and you complain?
Hmmm yes, your examples of the usefulness of a knife in London are most inovative. I wasn't clear.. what i ment was "can you really come up with a use for a knife _in_ london (actually outside, on the street) i won't count 'hunting the small animals that roam the streets for food'
The WTC terrorists only had knifes and no-one complained when every airline banned them...
If you're in prison and they find you're innocent, fine - they can let you out. If your body has been fried then.. well they could dig you up and give you a suit and some money but i don't think it will help. The death penalty is a freedom issue - the freedom to live is a basic human right (even if you are in a shit prison). Oh yeah, i forgot - America doesn't have human rights (if they did, then they've all been bought by the RIAA.)
the metal detector issue relates to an issue (guns) that the UK dealt with by a simple outright ban
I don't own a gun, i don't know anyone that does (or did) i also don't feel the need to carry a knife around. I like the gun and knife laws because anyone who feels they need to carry either around in public shouldn't be in public. (can you _really_ come up with a use for a knife in london?) Also, the fact that all guns are banned is a total myth. Anyone (sane) can get a licence. My school had a range and a nice safe full of weapons (mmmm big rifles... dribble...) AFAIK no one was ever shot there or stabbed.
I'm sure England still has bizarre laws about rights of the nobility and crap like that that no one pays any attention to...
Yes, there is a law that makes it legal to shoot a Welsh man on a sunday (or wednesday, i forget) as long as you use a bow and arrow, and are both in a grave yard. (might be church yard).
You have Bush as a president (Blair is a looser too but not _that_ much..)
umm yeah.. any country where they strap you to a chair and electrocute you, and in some places homosexuality is still illegal must be a modern and civilized society (I won't even mention the DMCA, SSSCA (proposed) and the gun crime rate... ooops - just did):)
The UK may not be perfect, but at least our schools don't have metal detectors, and the death penalty. (and Bush! lol)
The United Nations Human Freedom Index (0 = least freedom, 40 = most freedom):
Sweden 38
Denmark 38
Netherlands 37
Austria 36
Finland 36
France 35
Germany 35
Canada 34
Switzerland 34
Australia 33
United States 33
Japan 32
United Kingdom 32
Ooops.. looks like Sweden is the best country on earth.. Um the UK.. er.. must have been pulled down because of err Wales.. yeah, if it was just England then we would be right up there. HA HA HA HA the US is crappier than Canada and Germany:)
Source: http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/8Comparison.htm#Back 87 (does anyone know where the newer index is?)
On behalf of everyone here, I want to make it absolutely clear that Britain is not part of Europe. We have nothing to do with stupid French or German laws (Switzerland and Finland are OK). We don't like Europe and we don't have anything in common with them. In fact we are not even technically in the continent of Europe - this dates back to caveman-times when we attempted to separate ourselves by digging a _massive_ channel between them (the channel tunnel has an emergency flood feature just in case). Unfortunately, we think Tony Blair is 'European' if its true, he will be shot as a traitor.
When governments realise that they can't censor the internet, and corporations realise that they can't make any money off it, and the recording industry realises that they can't stop P2P, then there will be allot of pissed off people - hopefully some of them will jump off buildings making a _great_ show:)
All these stupid advert-technologies can be killed with a simple filtering proxy setup right. The only problem is when microsoft decides that webpages should be made of closed source formats and filtering becomes much harder. What we really need, is a program that scans a page and extracts all the good stuff and puts it in your own custom formatting/fonts etc. and basically makes all pages look the same, with one comman interface. That way, designers can get it out of their dumb heads that they can control what happens on my computer, and instead just provide the content.
Only problem is, if you go to a pop-stars webpage like 'westlife' and the program says "error: no useful content found":)
I know hacking stuff is fun, and also remote flashing and honking at people who walk past your car is amusing but why would you wan't to start your car from remote??? what if you leave it in gear?? i'm sure its probably illigal (safety issues or something?)
I think what is happening here is similar to the xbox - microsoft has realised that the PC is dangerous: those pesky little users can do whatever they like, but, if you close everything up, build things into the electronics, it becomes much harder for the user to do anything more than what its designed for. Thats the ultimate goal - where the company controls exactly what happens and the user hands over the cash.
All i know, is that i played GTA3 a couple of weeks ago, and i'm still jonesing for my fix of pig-beating.
As with drugs, computer games are dangerous, because they remind us that most of the time, life is shitty, its based almost purely on luck, and you don't seem to get any of that luck. Playing computer games is a way out of this shit hole, a place where anyone can be a god. (with cheats of course). Sometimes i wish that i could type something in that would allow me to beat the crap out of those stupid lucky people that have everything i don't.
200 highly trained SAS against 5000 inbred-redneck-yanks who keep shooting each other accidentally. "Gee billy-bob, you shot jimbo! where are them limeys? oh shit AHHHHHHHH.
Hmmm this interesting story says you bombed your _own_ soldiers ROFL!! with a 50 year old plane!! ROFL oh my god i can't breath! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA oh oh oh god jesus yeah. i can't stand up:(
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I hope he has something to sue those f-ckers on. If they did that to me, and I found out that there was nothing I could do back, I would be so pissed off that I would go hi-jack an airliner and crash it into the court.. or congress.. or maybe the whitehouse. The bloody american government does this sort of thing to foreigners and then has the cheek to wonder why people bomb them.
giant lasers set up to blast incoming space debris and not, of course, anyone here on Earth.
Whatever, just don't, what ever you do, let Bush have the key.
Bush: "Proffesor Leibstrom. activate the laser beam, i want to play space invaders!"
Yes but maybe with all the high ranking ceo's or whatever they are called dead (including ofcourse bill) Microsoft might actually become a decent company? maybe not...
can't you just use a full duplex card? or does that do a DA convesion and then AD back?
"Judges will start outlawing Linux kernels until they begin incorporating their own digitial rights management system. But I then wonder how Linux could get around this patent issue?"
I know how, by saying "Excuse me, f#ck you american government i will do what i like and you can go f#ck yourself. Anyway, screw you guys, i'm moving to Afghanistan, at least there i still have freedom of speech" and then you go and leave america and the american government and the corporations that run them will die.
If that doesn't work, you can always hi-jack a plane and bomb the whitehouse - if even if they don't change their minds, it will be fun to watch.
Dear Mr. Bin Laden,
Sometime ago, I wrote to you asking if you could please take care of Microsoft. Unfortunately you 'cared' for the wrong target _COUGH_ place. (I think New York is quite a long way away from Microsoft HQ). Please, please, please, could you consider taking care of Microsoft and Bill Gates? He is responsible for America's crimes against humanity and must be stopped at all costs. For example, his use of bribery and monopolising has forced his evil product to be installed on sacred religious computer systems in your land. He is also responsible for attempting to destroy the Internet by brainwashing his minions into using Microsoft protocols. Soon, as the American government plans to deploy the SSSCA (backed by the RIAA (Recording Industry Ass-holes of America) and backed secretly by Bill Gates himself) Microsoft will release its operating system to be compliant with this. Suddenly, almost overnight, the last little bits of freedom that America enjoys today will vanish. Speech will be un free and alternative operating systems (that do not comply with the closed specifications of the SSSCA that will only be disclosed to Microsoft) will be outlawed. Lucky for me, I don't live in America so I will wake up laughing with the rest of the world. However, seeing as they helped us out in WW2, I think we owe it to them to help them out with this.
PS. I have been practicing on (ironically) MS Flight Sim. and have learnt how to use most of the systems on the B767. If you are short of pilots to bomb Microsoft, I would be more than happy to help.
I bet they will use "Superior digital rights management" as an advertising slogan and people will think its a good thing (if it has superior in the name, it must mean its better. The new players will be designed to stop playing old css-based dvds at midnight january 1 2003 so everyone will have to buy all their films again. The movie industry can do this neat trick again when hdtv disks come out. Also, the new players will need to be plugged into a phone line once a month to "upgrade" (i.e download new DRM systems when the old ones are cracked - i mean, the new one that replaces the old one that was already cracked)
It may not be totally correct, but we all love to bash Microsoft. I would much rather read a completely wrong article about how crap Microsoft is, than a technically correct piece of MS PR about how they give money to lots of poor kids.
Because there are all those criminals who would use them to hurt people. If we would just shoot all the stupid pe.. oh yeah. oooops. We used to be able to ship them all off to Austrailia - what happened to that?
"its interesting to ponder that British literature is all of a sudden stealing the spotlight from cheap American paperback-films"
Most Hollywood films are developed with a random plot generator. Unfortunately, most plot combinations have been made and now they are running out of original ideas. Normally this would not be a problem, but allot of studios are scared of legal issues with re-making a film that has already been made 17 times (see Titanic). The answer to this is: use old books. There are many old books in most libraries, and most of them have not been made into films yet (-ie LOTR), this makes it easy for a studio to convert the book and start making the film so they can make more money. Soon you will see films of such great books as "Fly-fishing - the beginners guide", "The Holy Bible" and "The worlds greatest chess openings vol. 3"
"The point is that it makes no sense to "release" the movie in UK while we wait in the USA. Wouldn't it make more sense to just "release" it in all theaters everywhere on the planet?"
Stuff like this just makes the point that Americans have no idea of what goes on outside their country. We usually have to wait for the greedy capitalist-pig-dog movie companies in the US to feel that they have made enough money before they consider releasing their film elsewhere. Now one film gets premiered in England and you complain?
Hmmm yes, your examples of the usefulness of a knife in London are most inovative. I wasn't clear.. what i ment was "can you really come up with a use for a knife _in_ london (actually outside, on the street) i won't count 'hunting the small animals that roam the streets for food'
The WTC terrorists only had knifes and no-one complained when every airline banned them...
If you're in prison and they find you're innocent, fine - they can let you out. If your body has been fried then.. well they could dig you up and give you a suit and some money but i don't think it will help. The death penalty is a freedom issue - the freedom to live is a basic human right (even if you are in a shit prison). Oh yeah, i forgot - America doesn't have human rights (if they did, then they've all been bought by the RIAA.)
the metal detector issue relates to an issue (guns) that the UK dealt with by a simple outright ban
I don't own a gun, i don't know anyone that does (or did) i also don't feel the need to carry a knife around. I like the gun and knife laws because anyone who feels they need to carry either around in public shouldn't be in public. (can you _really_ come up with a use for a knife in london?) Also, the fact that all guns are banned is a total myth. Anyone (sane) can get a licence. My school had a range and a nice safe full of weapons (mmmm big rifles... dribble...) AFAIK no one was ever shot there or stabbed.
I'm sure England still has bizarre laws about rights of the nobility and crap like that that no one pays any attention to...
Yes, there is a law that makes it legal to shoot a Welsh man on a sunday (or wednesday, i forget) as long as you use a bow and arrow, and are both in a grave yard. (might be church yard).
You have Bush as a president (Blair is a looser too but not _that_ much..)
umm yeah.. any country where they strap you to a chair and electrocute you, and in some places homosexuality is still illegal must be a modern and civilized society (I won't even mention the DMCA, SSSCA (proposed) and the gun crime rate... ooops - just did) :)
The UK may not be perfect, but at least our schools don't have metal detectors, and the death penalty. (and Bush! lol)
Yeah, but they invented TV...
The United Nations Human Freedom Index (0 = least freedom, 40 = most freedom):
:)
k 87 (does anyone know where the newer index is?)
Sweden 38
Denmark 38
Netherlands 37
Austria 36
Finland 36
France 35
Germany 35
Canada 34
Switzerland 34
Australia 33
United States 33
Japan 32
United Kingdom 32
Ooops.. looks like Sweden is the best country on earth.. Um the UK.. er.. must have been pulled down because of err Wales.. yeah, if it was just England then we would be right up there. HA HA HA HA the US is crappier than Canada and Germany
Source: http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/8Comparison.htm#Bac
On behalf of everyone here, I want to make it absolutely clear that Britain is not part of Europe. We have nothing to do with stupid French or German laws (Switzerland and Finland are OK). We don't like Europe and we don't have anything in common with them. In fact we are not even technically in the continent of Europe - this dates back to caveman-times when we attempted to separate ourselves by digging a _massive_ channel between them (the channel tunnel has an emergency flood feature just in case). Unfortunately, we think Tony Blair is 'European' if its true, he will be shot as a traitor.
:)
When governments realise that they can't censor the internet, and corporations realise that they can't make any money off it, and the recording industry realises that they can't stop P2P, then there will be allot of pissed off people - hopefully some of them will jump off buildings making a _great_ show
P2P Filesharing?
I see no ads on gnutella
All these stupid advert-technologies can be killed with a simple filtering proxy setup right. The only problem is when microsoft decides that webpages should be made of closed source formats and filtering becomes much harder. What we really need, is a program that scans a page and extracts all the good stuff and puts it in your own custom formatting/fonts etc. and basically makes all pages look the same, with one comman interface. That way, designers can get it out of their dumb heads that they can control what happens on my computer, and instead just provide the content.
:)
Only problem is, if you go to a pop-stars webpage like 'westlife' and the program says "error: no useful content found"
I know hacking stuff is fun, and also remote flashing and honking at people who walk past your car is amusing but why would you wan't to start your car from remote??? what if you leave it in gear?? i'm sure its probably illigal (safety issues or something?)
I think what is happening here is similar to the xbox - microsoft has realised that the PC is dangerous: those pesky little users can do whatever they like, but, if you close everything up, build things into the electronics, it becomes much harder for the user to do anything more than what its designed for. Thats the ultimate goal - where the company controls exactly what happens and the user hands over the cash.
All i know, is that i played GTA3 a couple of weeks ago, and i'm still jonesing for my fix of pig-beating.
As with drugs, computer games are dangerous, because they remind us that most of the time, life is shitty, its based almost purely on luck, and you don't seem to get any of that luck. Playing computer games is a way out of this shit hole, a place where anyone can be a god. (with cheats of course). Sometimes i wish that i could type something in that would allow me to beat the crap out of those stupid lucky people that have everything i don't.
200 highly trained SAS against 5000 inbred-redneck-yanks who keep shooting each other accidentally. "Gee billy-bob, you shot jimbo! where are them limeys? oh shit AHHHHHHHH.
Yes, all your teenagers are allowed guns... I'm just thinking of another country where all the teenagers carry guns OH YEAH its Afganistan!
what tech? oh yeah, your soldiers all carry gameboys..
Our soldiers could kick your soldiers asss' anyday with bear hands (except in that war between america and england.. um we were out numbered).
Hmmm this interesting story says you bombed your _own_ soldiers ROFL!! with a 50 year old plane!! ROFL oh my god i can't breath! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA oh oh oh god jesus yeah. i can't stand up :(
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_as