"I was only following orders" cant of concentration camp operators during WWII. It is of course not an excuse Riiight. The difference between the Milgram experiment and Nazi Germany is pretty significant I think. Last time I checked, the Milgram experiment didn't involve guys in trenchcoats threatening to kill you and your entire family if you don't do your "duty".
Hehe.. Yes, that's the way it works. Cause, ya know, it's not like there is a huge freakin' oversupply of jobs in the UK for tech workers and a complete undersupply of people to fill them. No. The people who installed those cameras were the usual kind of human being: self deluding individuals who convince themselves that if they don't do it, someone else will, and that they need to earn large salaries while their fellow man starves. Or, to sum it up in a single word: Londoners.
I guess around the time someone cares. You seem to care, why don't you do it? Or pay someone to do it? I use dosbox to run Syndicate to test if I'm doing the right thing in FreeSynd and it works good enough for me. It works good enough for a lot of people, that's why it doesn't get much improvement.
o..k. Maybe you misunderstood the DMCA. It's a law that makes it illegal to crack any "protection mechanism", no matter how easy it is to do so. Most countries around the world that have DMCA-like laws put in some sensible exceptions of course. Fair use being the most obvious. And the work being "protected" has to actually be under copyright. As for whether or not this is "insecure".. I'm confused. A copyright "protection mechanism" has nothing to do with security. You don't use copyright protection mechanisms to keep secrets, you use them to electronically enforce copyright. Claiming that they are "insecure" makes as much sense as claiming that a parking inspector is "insecure".
I'm no fan of laws that say what I can and cannot do with my own computer, but if you're going to attack them, at least be coherent.
Yeah, sorry, I reposted without the superious < that made my post incomprehensible. Any idea why that guy can't make it burn DVDs? Or his he just so leet that he's already running Vista so he doesn't care about XP anymore?
Plain english is a start but, as I understand it, these are all translations right? They're not rewrites by people with actual literary skill, are they?
Meh. I have relatives that have done this to me. Specifically, they show me the part of the bible that they think is relevant to some recent woe in my life that I shared with them. When it is relevant I thank them for sharing their wisdom with me. When it isn't, I have a nice conversation with them about how they thought it was relevant and how it wasn't. Of course, what I never mention to them is that I'd love to read the bible more often, but it is just such poor writing that my brain won't tolerate it. It would be great if Neal Stephenson or Peter F. Hamilton or some equally great modern writer could rewrite the bible so it isn't so boring, tedious, cryptic, and, well, preachy. Then I could read about the coolest jew who ever lived without having to remember the difference between "shall" and "shant".
The FSF has never been worried about appearing as "nutty hippies". Quite the opposite.
Region encoding on DVDs sucks... but does that keep people from buying DVDs... NO NO NO! The fact that no-one can service a new Ford except a registered Ford dealer, who has prices for his services set by Ford, doesn't stop people from buying new Fords either. This is why we need the government to step in and enforce anti-trust laws, but they're so paid off that they people can't rely on them to do anything anymore. This is why we need political action, and that is exactly what the FSF is doing.
What I'm saying is that you shouldn't have the right to tell people you've never even met what they can and can't do with their own copying devices. They should be free to copy whatever the hell they want, and it's only because of copyright law that you have a legal right to claim they can't. Now, I really don't want the job of educating you about what copyright is for but it is not to meet any natural right you have to "own your work".
The idea behind it is that if you spend your life creating something then you should have the exclusive right to profit from it for a period of time. No, that's what you're told by the vested interests. The idea behind it is nothing similar. Go read a history book.
But interestingly enough, you can still go out and buy another operating system or write your own (like Linus did.) Or choose a different book, comment, song or movie. You have that right. So Microsoft is not a monopolist in the sense that Amtrak or the European rail system are. Amtrak or the European rail system are not monopolies either. After all, you can ride a bike, drive your car or walk!
So they do have a true monopoly - on the sale of their own product. So as much as it may not be popular - Microsoft is not a monopoly. Make up your mind.
They're too busy throwing in crippled applications like WordPad and Windows Movie Maker and Paintbrush. Hey, I was with you up to here, but I won't hear you dis Paintbrush, it's the best application they've ever written. Gotta be the only app they've not kitchen sinked.
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Damn, I knew I should have paid more attention in psych class.
I'm gunna go out on a limb here and suggest that your parents got divorced at an early age and your mother got full custody right?
Are you an accountant now? Do you do tax audits?
"I'm sorry Sir, we tricked you. That was just an actor in that booth, you didn't actually torture anyone to death."
..."
"What? You're kiding me, I don't believe it!"
"Really Sir, his name is John Row, he's a method actor from
"Lalalalala, I can't hear you."
"Sir? Sir?"
"God damn scientists, take away my fun."
The second group are double dipping! As you forgot the eigth group, I suggest that they do it with a chicken. A rubber chicken!
Hehe.. Yes, that's the way it works. Cause, ya know, it's not like there is a huge freakin' oversupply of jobs in the UK for tech workers and a complete undersupply of people to fill them. No. The people who installed those cameras were the usual kind of human being: self deluding individuals who convince themselves that if they don't do it, someone else will, and that they need to earn large salaries while their fellow man starves. Or, to sum it up in a single word: Londoners.
I guess around the time someone cares. You seem to care, why don't you do it? Or pay someone to do it? I use dosbox to run Syndicate to test if I'm doing the right thing in FreeSynd and it works good enough for me. It works good enough for a lot of people, that's why it doesn't get much improvement.
o..k. Maybe you misunderstood the DMCA. It's a law that makes it illegal to crack any "protection mechanism", no matter how easy it is to do so. Most countries around the world that have DMCA-like laws put in some sensible exceptions of course. Fair use being the most obvious. And the work being "protected" has to actually be under copyright. As for whether or not this is "insecure".. I'm confused. A copyright "protection mechanism" has nothing to do with security. You don't use copyright protection mechanisms to keep secrets, you use them to electronically enforce copyright. Claiming that they are "insecure" makes as much sense as claiming that a parking inspector is "insecure".
I'm no fan of laws that say what I can and cannot do with my own computer, but if you're going to attack them, at least be coherent.
Yeah, sorry, I reposted without the superious < that made my post incomprehensible. Any idea why that guy can't make it burn DVDs? Or his he just so leet that he's already running Vista so he doesn't care about XP anymore?
The ISO Recorder Power Toy only does < 800mb CD images on XP. It only does DVD images on Vista. WTF, seriously.
better.
The ISO Recorder Power Toy only does on Vista. WTF, seriously.
Plain english is a start but, as I understand it, these are all translations right? They're not rewrites by people with actual literary skill, are they?
I use isoburn. It does that one job, that's all it does.. and it makes a little singing noise at the end.
Meh. I have relatives that have done this to me. Specifically, they show me the part of the bible that they think is relevant to some recent woe in my life that I shared with them. When it is relevant I thank them for sharing their wisdom with me. When it isn't, I have a nice conversation with them about how they thought it was relevant and how it wasn't. Of course, what I never mention to them is that I'd love to read the bible more often, but it is just such poor writing that my brain won't tolerate it. It would be great if Neal Stephenson or Peter F. Hamilton or some equally great modern writer could rewrite the bible so it isn't so boring, tedious, cryptic, and, well, preachy. Then I could read about the coolest jew who ever lived without having to remember the difference between "shall" and "shant".
I can name four.
Don't worry, it's not like anyone can get Tor to work anyway.
It is a live CD.
You are aware that the FSF is behind the Defective By Design campaign, which is specifically targetting Apple at this point, right?
What I'm saying is that you shouldn't have the right to tell people you've never even met what they can and can't do with their own copying devices. They should be free to copy whatever the hell they want, and it's only because of copyright law that you have a legal right to claim they can't. Now, I really don't want the job of educating you about what copyright is for but it is not to meet any natural right you have to "own your work".
So as much as it may not be popular - Microsoft is not a monopoly. Make up your mind.