Rest assured that if some kind of law is voted in requiring laws to ensure that cars have these, the ones that voted for it won't have to pay the damages associated with such a stupid law.
If a company ever tried to bring charges against me because I released a fix to their crippleware/malware/spyware/lameware to neuter it or remove it completely, I would be citing 'home defense' laws.
They brought their property, on to yours, with the intent to cripple or hinder use of your equipment, without adequately informing you and without your express permission. In my world, this is the same as home invasion. Just the same as a fat man standing over your computer yelling at you or fucking with your machine's innards when you weren't looking.
Its absolutely retarded that this is even LEGAL. The only reason they haven't been able to apply the DMCA to car innards is because they know that the person OWNS that piece of equipment, and putting in measures to defeat it would be taken apart in all of ten minutes. And spread the information. Eventually it would lead to bad press, as a useless piece of metal would be trying to keep you from having access TO YOUR OWN car. Same thing with computers and software..but people don't think they're as important as things meatside.
I know, because 3/4ths of the '360 displays feature a '360, a cool looking LCD TV, and the '360 in its locked-up state at the GUI, because of some horrible internal error or overheat.
I've tried a one month subscription to match.com and Yahoo personals.
Results weren't too bad, really. Met some friends.
Anyway, on both accounts, when the time was about to expire, I got a message from someone that was way above average in terms of looks, with a great, detailed profile. Its a good thing I'm already used to dealing with cons like this (AIM/yahoo messenger spam to be precise) and I put in the 'why did you cancel?' field that I don't like to be scammed.
Worse: Sue said woman for more than she can ever possibly make under normal circumstances, breaking her family apart and probably separating her three kids.
They could have made it 'better' by being like "We're glad you brought this to our attention and we're going to fix it. Thanks for your vigilence!"
People are using Sony's software to violate the ToS of World of Warcraft.
Something that they tried to HIDE on people's computers to RESTRICT them. People are now abusing it against Blizzard. Blizzard has 'just cause' to start a lawsuit.
"Your honor, the defendant's cell phone was detected half an hour after the crime was committed, heading away from the crime scene along I-85 doing 65MPH. Clearly, he was speeding to try to get away from the crime scene."
Microsoft: We'll help in your project. But we'll make the files unreadable to all other pieces of reader software by breaking standards and making people pay hundreds of dollars to access your free files.
What if your car's paint was damaged everytime it rained? Or everytime you went over 30MPH?
There's 'reasonable use'. I don't expect to sit down with a shovel and dig away gently. I expect to thrust it into the ground and actually shovel. I don't expect to carry around an iPod Nano all day knowing that if I put it down, it's going to get scratched if something else is within 1ft of it.
Its doubtful that your body would even recognize these particles enough to filter them out. Even if they did it might be too late.
Most of the time, the body filters out chemicals by converting them to easier-to-handle chemicals. When these resist change (much like plastics, dioxins, etc, there's room for accumulation. When things accumulate in the body, bad things happen. Look at prions.
The USA pretty much created the internet. It evolved from ARPAnet.
As a result, we have the root servers here. Its like asking Egypt to transfer control of the Pyramids to the UN. We built the wonder, we reap the benefits.
Its obvious that the music execs feel that if their company puts it out, then they are entitled to money even if it is so much as mentioned or thought of.
If they could fit us all with mindreaders and secure microphones with AI, they'd charge us everytime we thought of a tune too close to an existing song.
Generally, contracts are very one-sided. I mean the cell phone company can cut you off at any time, but if you cut them off when on a contract, you must pay.
Anything they can get their hands on means a swift and harsh punishment will be coming.
I mean you can always say 'don't sign the contract!' that's fine and dandy, but the very act of looking at the contract usually means you want (and sometimes need!) whatever service is being provided.
Look at any contract. When you apply for a job and get hired, you usually have to sign a contract saying something like 'everything i do on company time is owned by the company, even if i'm on break or lunch, i have the right to be fired at any time without warning or reason, i must donate all worldy goods to the company, etc.' in exchange for employment and getting paid for what you're working on.
This should be illegal. When you run an ISP, you basically say, "I'll take traffic and route it." along with the usual service providing to individuals or companies. Blocking any section for business reasons is just retarded.
What if I built a really popular road with my own labor and materials, and said, "Sure! You people can use it..no problem.."
And then I decide that only cars I SELL can drive down that road. Everyone else has to keep off. The government would smack me down and take it from me.
Easy solution.
Dedicate a website to Rome trackers that actually contain other things (like fan-created things). Name them like HBO Rome Episode One.torrent, etc, etc. HBO will ejaculate half their money into lawyers and it'll go down like a burning ship
Banks are RESPONSIBLE for all the money that we give them. If they fumble and lose it, guess who's fault it is...
On the other hand, we're responsible for the money we have, and if we lose it, guess who's problem it is...
The bank needs to take due caution. If your entire account balance is drained in one day by someone from Taiwan, Russia, or some other far-away nation, then it should be pretty obvious that its a fraud thing. They should place it on hold to call and verify the purchase.
On the other hand, there SHOULD be some blame on the customer that decided to give the information out. Something like a mandatory long form to fill out to 'unfreeze' the account to make sure they realize that they were being stupid. Busy work, so to speak.
Point is, the blame is impossible to place on the bank or the customer in some cases. What if someone uses some obscure bug to lame their way to your account information and then drains it? Something that no one has reported yet. Should the customer be smacked on the hand? No. The bank? Well, since they are the central authority that takes care of the money you give them, probably. It could be really easy to impliment.
We build the wonder in the US, are kind enough to let people interface with it, and they still decide to demand control over it. Yeah, whatever. You don't have to use it if you don't want to..hell..cut yourself off if you feel that we're that big of an internet threat to your country.
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Its entirely possible to reformat and still have a virus. What about MBR viruses and memory-resident ones?
Rest assured that if some kind of law is voted in requiring laws to ensure that cars have these, the ones that voted for it won't have to pay the damages associated with such a stupid law.
If a company ever tried to bring charges against me because I released a fix to their crippleware/malware/spyware/lameware to neuter it or remove it completely, I would be citing 'home defense' laws.
They brought their property, on to yours, with the intent to cripple or hinder use of your equipment, without adequately informing you and without your express permission. In my world, this is the same as home invasion. Just the same as a fat man standing over your computer yelling at you or fucking with your machine's innards when you weren't looking.
Its absolutely retarded that this is even LEGAL. The only reason they haven't been able to apply the DMCA to car innards is because they know that the person OWNS that piece of equipment, and putting in measures to defeat it would be taken apart in all of ten minutes. And spread the information. Eventually it would lead to bad press, as a useless piece of metal would be trying to keep you from having access TO YOUR OWN car. Same thing with computers and software..but people don't think they're as important as things meatside.
We need a few more before quantum porn.
Think about it..any kind of porn in one file..
Automatically regenerating veal.
I said in a previous post that every Xbox 360 I had seen save one was locked up or crashed. And I got a 'troll' rating. Guess what?
The '360 sure has a nice GUI.
I know, because 3/4ths of the '360 displays feature a '360, a cool looking LCD TV, and the '360 in its locked-up state at the GUI, because of some horrible internal error or overheat.
I've tried a one month subscription to match.com and Yahoo personals.
Results weren't too bad, really. Met some friends.
Anyway, on both accounts, when the time was about to expire, I got a message from someone that was way above average in terms of looks, with a great, detailed profile. Its a good thing I'm already used to dealing with cons like this (AIM/yahoo messenger spam to be precise) and I put in the 'why did you cancel?' field that I don't like to be scammed.
Bad: Woman rights remarks about your company.
Worse: Sue said woman for more than she can ever possibly make under normal circumstances, breaking her family apart and probably separating her three kids.
They could have made it 'better' by being like "We're glad you brought this to our attention and we're going to fix it. Thanks for your vigilence!"
This affects most websites. This is TOO far reaching. Its like trying to patent a 'submit' button!
People are using Sony's software to violate the ToS of World of Warcraft.
Something that they tried to HIDE on people's computers to RESTRICT them. People are now abusing it against Blizzard. Blizzard has 'just cause' to start a lawsuit.
This time next year:
"Your honor, the defendant's cell phone was detected half an hour after the crime was committed, heading away from the crime scene along I-85 doing 65MPH. Clearly, he was speeding to try to get away from the crime scene."
Microsoft: We'll help in your project. But we'll make the files unreadable to all other pieces of reader software by breaking standards and making people pay hundreds of dollars to access your free files.
Not necessarily.
What if your car's paint was damaged everytime it rained? Or everytime you went over 30MPH?
There's 'reasonable use'. I don't expect to sit down with a shovel and dig away gently. I expect to thrust it into the ground and actually shovel. I don't expect to carry around an iPod Nano all day knowing that if I put it down, it's going to get scratched if something else is within 1ft of it.
Its doubtful that your body would even recognize these particles enough to filter them out. Even if they did it might be too late.
Most of the time, the body filters out chemicals by converting them to easier-to-handle chemicals. When these resist change (much like plastics, dioxins, etc, there's room for accumulation. When things accumulate in the body, bad things happen. Look at prions.
The USA pretty much created the internet. It evolved from ARPAnet.
As a result, we have the root servers here. Its like asking Egypt to transfer control of the Pyramids to the UN. We built the wonder, we reap the benefits.
They said the same thing about X-rays, too. How safe they were particularly.
What counts as a 'virtual processor'?
A GPU? SPU? Fax modem processor? Those are all processors in the literal term. Do I have to pay twice because my job title is 'document processor'?
Its obvious that the music execs feel that if their company puts it out, then they are entitled to money even if it is so much as mentioned or thought of.
If they could fit us all with mindreaders and secure microphones with AI, they'd charge us everytime we thought of a tune too close to an existing song.
How about contract reform?
Generally, contracts are very one-sided. I mean the cell phone company can cut you off at any time, but if you cut them off when on a contract, you must pay.
Anything they can get their hands on means a swift and harsh punishment will be coming.
I mean you can always say 'don't sign the contract!' that's fine and dandy, but the very act of looking at the contract usually means you want (and sometimes need!) whatever service is being provided.
Look at any contract. When you apply for a job and get hired, you usually have to sign a contract saying something like 'everything i do on company time is owned by the company, even if i'm on break or lunch, i have the right to be fired at any time without warning or reason, i must donate all worldy goods to the company, etc.' in exchange for employment and getting paid for what you're working on.
This should be illegal. When you run an ISP, you basically say, "I'll take traffic and route it." along with the usual service providing to individuals or companies. Blocking any section for business reasons is just retarded.
What if I built a really popular road with my own labor and materials, and said, "Sure! You people can use it..no problem.."
And then I decide that only cars I SELL can drive down that road. Everyone else has to keep off. The government would smack me down and take it from me.
Easy solution. Dedicate a website to Rome trackers that actually contain other things (like fan-created things). Name them like HBO Rome Episode One.torrent, etc, etc. HBO will ejaculate half their money into lawyers and it'll go down like a burning ship
Banks are RESPONSIBLE for all the money that we give them. If they fumble and lose it, guess who's fault it is...
On the other hand, we're responsible for the money we have, and if we lose it, guess who's problem it is...
The bank needs to take due caution. If your entire account balance is drained in one day by someone from Taiwan, Russia, or some other far-away nation, then it should be pretty obvious that its a fraud thing. They should place it on hold to call and verify the purchase.
On the other hand, there SHOULD be some blame on the customer that decided to give the information out. Something like a mandatory long form to fill out to 'unfreeze' the account to make sure they realize that they were being stupid. Busy work, so to speak.
Point is, the blame is impossible to place on the bank or the customer in some cases. What if someone uses some obscure bug to lame their way to your account information and then drains it? Something that no one has reported yet. Should the customer be smacked on the hand? No. The bank? Well, since they are the central authority that takes care of the money you give them, probably. It could be really easy to impliment.
This is the perfect smokescreen for some 'renegade' Chinese to do some real damage.
We build the wonder in the US, are kind enough to let people interface with it, and they still decide to demand control over it. Yeah, whatever. You don't have to use it if you don't want to..hell..cut yourself off if you feel that we're that big of an internet threat to your country.