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Just show a giant picture of the blue back of the CD with a blurb saying "This is the original CD produced by us with our computer" or something. Informs the customer, doesn't lie, and doesn't trigger the bots.
I can't help but wonder that if eBay really uses a bot that dumps everything with the word "CD-R" in it, what about all the auctions I see with phrases like "This is an authorized copy, not a bootleg CD-R" (granted, they usually *are* CD-R, but that's beside the point;).
The difference is that robots.txt opts you out from ALL search engines and bots, while you must opt out individually from EACH business sending you spam. Needless to say, if every business on earth (or even a tiny percentage) starts to use email advertising, you'll be unsubscribing for a good long time.
Education is the answer. Breaking MIME should be a criminal offense.
We at the International Mime Union support you one hundred percent. No mime should have to walk the streets in fear of being set upon and broken. We would thank you personally, but that would involve speaking.
Go as The Receiver from goatse.cx! I honestly can't think of anything more terrifying. Make a giant fake anus out of papier-maché or something. Hey, it beats having to carry a bag to put your candy in (OK, I'll shut up now).
This reminds me of something I heard of years ago, a "hobo alphabet". It seems that hobos worked out a standardized system of symbols for marking properties where they would be taken in and fed, or where they would be shot on sight. They would usually be inconspicuous if you didn't know where to look.
So, in a way, these are signals for "wireless hobos", people wandering around with laptops but no internet connections...
This isn't exactly accurate. While the reasons cited may be of use in invalidating console game EULAs, they certainly exist. I have noticed in particular that Nintendo cartridge games (GB and N64) prohibit making backup copies with ROM dumpers, saying that backups are "unnecessary". Guess they've never witnessed the abuse that consoles get put through.;)
The reason he's focusing on CDs is because the RIAA gets royalties from blank CDs due to the proportion of people that will supposedly use them to make illegal copies of CDs. But now the RIAA wants to make it impossible to copy CDs, but still collect those blank CD royalties. Rep. Boucher has noticed this and (correctly) objected. The issue is not so much about copy-protection in general as it is about the RIAA getting things both ways with CDs. They can have a blank media tax or uncopyable discs, but not both.
I read that book, and thought of it immediately when I saw this article. It really does a good job of explaining the difference between sound scientific thinking and the pseudoscientific impressive-sounding facts and big words that most people consider science and which can be spouted by any quack or charlatan.
We can't really blame uneducated people for not knowing the difference between science and pseudoscience, because there *is* no difference between arbitrary sets of authoritative-seeming statements without understanding the logical thinking and provability that defines science.
That is an excellent, excellent link. I suggest handing it out to anyone you see who claims to possess psychic powers. If they're right, they won't fear to be tested (in fact, they should be running to get their million bucks). If they give you some crap excuse, you now have proof they're BS-ing you without even having to test them. Sheer genius. And if there are actually people with such powers, I can't think of a better way to find them.
In fact, any mailing list that *doesn't* confirm subscriptions *IS* spamming people, viruses notwithstanding. These morons should stop whining about how viruses are "making* them spam people and get real mailing list software.
Amen - there are many programs that I use regularly (like Opera and GetRight) that I would register, only I'm 16 and have no money. If I have $30 burning a hole in my pocket, what am I going to buy, a new video game, or a warm fuzzy feeling for supporting a utility that I'm already using for free? Whereas I'd be more than willing to send a couple bucks their way sometime, when I have nothing better to spend it on. And especially, any programmer that thinks they're gonna get *more* than $30 for their Visual Basic image viewer/Pac-Man clone/FTP client needs a serious visit from the ol' cluestick.
Although, I can see the case being made that there is a much smaller potential customer base for a shareware program than for a store-bought one, so each person needs to pay a greater share of the development costs.
That is the single most impressive list of arguments I have heard against this bill yet. When put in the perspective of violating almost the entire Bill of Rights, it is impossible to consider the CBDTPA as being even remotely beneficial. This is one to send to the Congresscritters...
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I can't help but wonder that if eBay really uses a bot that dumps everything with the word "CD-R" in it, what about all the auctions I see with phrases like "This is an authorized copy, not a bootleg CD-R" (granted, they usually *are* CD-R, but that's beside the point ;).
The difference is that robots.txt opts you out from ALL search engines and bots, while you must opt out individually from EACH business sending you spam. Needless to say, if every business on earth (or even a tiny percentage) starts to use email advertising, you'll be unsubscribing for a good long time.
We at the International Mime Union support you one hundred percent. No mime should have to walk the streets in fear of being set upon and broken. We would thank you personally, but that would involve speaking.
Go as The Receiver from goatse.cx! I honestly can't think of anything more terrifying. Make a giant fake anus out of papier-maché or something. Hey, it beats having to carry a bag to put your candy in (OK, I'll shut up now).
This has always been true...check out http://goatse.cx/robots.txt
Actually, you got two uses of it incorrect. :P
So, in a way, these are signals for "wireless hobos", people wandering around with laptops but no internet connections...
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And "it's" != "its".
The difference is of course that Sega owned the copyrights to the games they were distributing, which is not the case for these folks.
This isn't exactly accurate. While the reasons cited may be of use in invalidating console game EULAs, they certainly exist. I have noticed in particular that Nintendo cartridge games (GB and N64) prohibit making backup copies with ROM dumpers, saying that backups are "unnecessary". Guess they've never witnessed the abuse that consoles get put through. ;)
The reason he's focusing on CDs is because the RIAA gets royalties from blank CDs due to the proportion of people that will supposedly use them to make illegal copies of CDs. But now the RIAA wants to make it impossible to copy CDs, but still collect those blank CD royalties. Rep. Boucher has noticed this and (correctly) objected. The issue is not so much about copy-protection in general as it is about the RIAA getting things both ways with CDs. They can have a blank media tax or uncopyable discs, but not both.
We can't really blame uneducated people for not knowing the difference between science and pseudoscience, because there *is* no difference between arbitrary sets of authoritative-seeming statements without understanding the logical thinking and provability that defines science.
That is an excellent, excellent link. I suggest handing it out to anyone you see who claims to possess psychic powers. If they're right, they won't fear to be tested (in fact, they should be running to get their million bucks). If they give you some crap excuse, you now have proof they're BS-ing you without even having to test them. Sheer genius. And if there are actually people with such powers, I can't think of a better way to find them.
In fact, any mailing list that *doesn't* confirm subscriptions *IS* spamming people, viruses notwithstanding. These morons should stop whining about how viruses are "making* them spam people and get real mailing list software.
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"But will I get head?"
Maybe it's just me, but I think "Android head has a posse" is one of the funniest ideas I've ever heard.
Although, I can see the case being made that there is a much smaller potential customer base for a shareware program than for a store-bought one, so each person needs to pay a greater share of the development costs.
I just hope they don't get goatse'd...
You're forgetting about goatse.cx...;)
It's not a sig - I have sig separators turned on.
That is the single most impressive list of arguments I have heard against this bill yet. When put in the perspective of violating almost the entire Bill of Rights, it is impossible to consider the CBDTPA as being even remotely beneficial. This is one to send to the Congresscritters...
Doesn't this mean some demon or other is about to awaken? Or maybe I've just read too many comic books...
Damn. They've switched to a new layout that doesn't look like Google, but it's got a pile of images and crap. Goodbye, Teoma...
But they don't index my site, so they don't earn my seal of approval. ;)