You are also forgetting that in the same vein, Adobe execs/employees should never set foot in quite a few countries in Europe where their 'protection/security' violates quite a few laws.
This arguement that a man who did something perfectly legal in his country is prosecuted when he visits a country where said activity is illegal should be prosecuted is dumb.
I remember the days when Excel did not own the spreadsheet market, and they actually has a "pretend to be Lotus 1-2-3" mode.
You could do a lot of things in Excel using Lotus 1-2-3- commands in those days.
Now thats how you get users to migrate!
I think Linux should borrow a page from Microsoft's book there. With all the window managers out there, getting one of them to behave like m$-windoze is not such a bad idea.
Its all about the marketing. Sony discovered after losing the vcr wars to VHS that it was content that mattered, and hence its purchase of record label and movie studios.
Unless Ogg Vorbis, can convince publishers to release music in that format, or unless there can be another Napster like craze using Ogg Vorbis, and unless the portable mp3 players/manufacturers will support it, and unless... (I could go on), then Ogg Vorbis will go the way of Betamax.
1. Jurisdiction: Not really, he violated American law in Russia and then came here. He shouldn't have travelled here:) Lets say I am a Russian guy who cracked the DVD protection (assuming it wasn't cracked already) and then sold the software to do it. And lets say American's bought the software. Then I booked a flight to the US.. I'm sorry people, but I'm a target.. I shouldn't have been stupid enough to travel to the US where I violated laws. When he came to the US he was in the US jurisdiction.
Are you suggesting that every person who wants to travel to the USA (or any other country for that matter) familiarise themselves with the laws of that country, and make sure that they have not broken them in their home country?? That is very bad reasoning, and sets dangerous precidents
Next time Americans travel to the UK, beware of getting arrested for driving on the wrong side of the road.
If the warrent for his arrest had been issued before he left Russia, it would be a different story, and the man would have been able to protest/appeal while remaining a free man.
That would have been better legal practice... still dodgy, but better.
Can you spell Tomb Raider, and what is this other new animated movie?? Phantom something or another I think.. (never go to movies.... can't sit still that long!!)
I saw the reviews on TV and in the press, and I have already seen the lead character in a print adverts for underwear!!
The only thing human in that movie was the voices.. with this development, even they are not necessary.
With this Code Red story all over the media, and everyone with a calculator going on about the BIG Virus that will strike at midnight, this would be a most opportune time to show just how dumb the DMCA is.
Scare the shit out of congress, and they will repeal it. Tell them that the current law means that virus writers are protected by law from having their software reverse engineered??
I can just see the headline:
Controversial law prevents companies stopping computer viruses!
All he did was sell a machine that allows you to pour any cola you might lay your hands on, and it would then print out a recipe, allowing you to make more of the said cola in your own home, and never have to buy more from the original manufacturer.
In this case however, the manufacturer would have made you swear never to attempt to reproduce their cola. In fact, you also promised not to share your bottle of cola with anybody else. One man, one cola bottle!
Its good enough, but as I have said before, this time the media is on the other side
People seem to forget that the media companies, either directly, or via their parent/sister/subsidiary companies are some of the biggest generators of 'original content'.
Most newspapers belong to publishing houses, most tv/radio station belong to or own studios and music labels.
Do you still think that they would come out guns blazing in support of someone challenging the CMDA??
I think all the compression people are missing the point.
If we can predict a previously unknown nth decimal of pi, then pi cannot be random.
This is where compression kicks in.... we have compressed pi to the formulae that we use to predict the value of the nth decimal.
I say lets use this algorithm to predict the 2000 billionth decimal, and then get a few beowulf clusters working... if the two values match, then pi cannot be random
A man comes to your house, which you built as a smokers den to beat the no-smoking-in-public-areas Laws.
First he tries to sell you cigarettes, and then wisens up a bit and decides to sell you a whole lot of other stuff you don't need... smoking tshirts, books on how to smoke, music to listen to while you smoke.
What he does not get is that you have tobacco growing in the garden, virtually free for all. Most importantly, with the windows of the house shut tight, there is no smoke loss.... hence smoke a cigarette once, and the secondary smoke is there for all those who come into the house to enjoy.
In frustration at not profiting from your house, he calls you a hippie in frustratino and tells you that your lifestyle does not make economic sense!
Like someone said earlier, if they can't make money, they can file for charpter whatever, and go away.
There was a case in the paper a couple of days ago, about a 60+ year old woman who was caught in the act, after a few months worth of investigation by the cops.
Seems she used to go around scratching/etching the F word on cars, and managed to cause just under £10 000 worth of damage.
Send Radek with a blowtorch and pliers!! Time to get medieaval on her ass!
I think the unwillingness to communicate is not because they feel that other people just do not understand. It is more because other people just aren't intelligent enough
I think I am a fairly loud person, but I find myself suddenly quiet in some social settings where I feel that the 'audience does not measure up!'
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You are also forgetting that in the same vein, Adobe execs/employees should never set foot in quite a few countries in Europe where their 'protection/security' violates quite a few laws.
This arguement that a man who did something perfectly legal in his country is prosecuted when he visits a country where said activity is illegal should be prosecuted is dumb.
is this 512k upstream, downstream, or both ways??
I remember the days when Excel did not own the spreadsheet market, and they actually has a "pretend to be Lotus 1-2-3" mode.
You could do a lot of things in Excel using Lotus 1-2-3- commands in those days.
Now thats how you get users to migrate!
I think Linux should borrow a page from Microsoft's book there. With all the window managers out there, getting one of them to behave like m$-windoze is not such a bad idea.
By the way, I also think that a change in the name is in order.
... James Brown" than if it was "Bed of Roses ... Bon Jovi"
Ogg Vorbis sounds cool in a geeky kind of way, but I rather think that mp3 has a nicer ring to it, and has more street cred.
mp7 any one????
If you think a name does not mean much, think of it this way. Imagine our names were songs.
Now how much different would you be if your name was "I feel good
VHS vs Beta
Windows vs Linux
Its all about the marketing. Sony discovered after losing the vcr wars to VHS that it was content that mattered, and hence its purchase of record label and movie studios.
Unless Ogg Vorbis, can convince publishers to release music in that format, or unless there can be another Napster like craze using Ogg Vorbis, and unless the portable mp3 players/manufacturers will support it, and unless... (I could go on), then Ogg Vorbis will go the way of Betamax.
1. Jurisdiction: Not really, he violated American law in Russia and then came here. He shouldn't have travelled here :) Lets say I am a Russian guy who cracked the DVD protection (assuming it wasn't cracked already) and then sold the software to do it. And lets say American's bought the software. Then I booked a flight to the US .. I'm sorry people, but I'm a target.. I shouldn't have been stupid enough to travel to the US where I violated laws. When he came to the US he was in the US jurisdiction.
Are you suggesting that every person who wants to travel to the USA (or any other country for that matter) familiarise themselves with the laws of that country, and make sure that they have not broken them in their home country?? That is very bad reasoning, and sets dangerous precidents
Next time Americans travel to the UK, beware of getting arrested for driving on the wrong side of the road.
If the warrent for his arrest had been issued before he left Russia, it would be a different story, and the man would have been able to protest/appeal while remaining a free man.
That would have been better legal practice... still dodgy, but better.
What Adobe and the FBI did was low... fsck them!!
This is one of those dumb technology predictions.
...... prdictions.
man on the moon, cloned sheep, and 100GB hard drives later, I am still amazed by these you will never be able to
Have faith!!
Can you spell Tomb Raider, and what is this other new animated movie?? Phantom something or another I think.. (never go to movies.... can't sit still that long!!)
I saw the reviews on TV and in the press, and I have already seen the lead character in a print adverts for underwear!!
The only thing human in that movie was the voices.. with this development, even they are not necessary.
A whole new ballgame.
somebody mod this guy up.
With this Code Red story all over the media, and everyone with a calculator going on about the BIG Virus that will strike at midnight, this would be a most opportune time to show just how dumb the DMCA is.
Scare the shit out of congress, and they will repeal it. Tell them that the current law means that virus writers are protected by law from having their software reverse engineered??
I can just see the headline:
Controversial law prevents companies stopping computer viruses!
WRONG This analogy is bad....
All he did was sell a machine that allows you to pour any cola you might lay your hands on, and it would then print out a recipe, allowing you to make more of the said cola in your own home, and never have to buy more from the original manufacturer.
In this case however, the manufacturer would have made you swear never to attempt to reproduce their cola. In fact, you also promised not to share your bottle of cola with anybody else. One man, one cola bottle!
Its good enough, but as I have said before, this time the media is on the other side
People seem to forget that the media companies, either directly, or via their parent/sister/subsidiary companies are some of the biggest generators of 'original content'.
Most newspapers belong to publishing houses, most tv/radio station belong to or own studios and music labels.
Do you still think that they would come out guns blazing in support of someone challenging the CMDA??
Does anyone here remember General Manuel Antonio Noriega... President of Panama c1989.
Now tell me that America's courts will not allow someone who committed crimes outside the US to be tried, found guilty, and imprisoned in the US.
Just my £0.02 worth.
Which part of infinity-is-not-a-number do people not undertand?
.....
Infinity is a direction!!
Your statement should be, as the number of digits of Pi you sample approaches infinity,
if it is truly a random number generator, you will not be able to predict the next number in the sequence.
If you can, then it is not a random number generator!
Its compression not as in winzip, but
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,.......
is N(x+1)= N(x) + 1
I think all the compression people are missing the point.
If we can predict a previously unknown nth decimal of pi, then pi cannot be random.
This is where compression kicks in.... we have compressed pi to the formulae that we use to predict the value of the nth decimal.
I say lets use this algorithm to predict the 2000 billionth decimal, and then get a few beowulf clusters working... if the two values match, then pi cannot be random
Just my £0.02 worth
A man comes to your house, which you built as a smokers den to beat the no-smoking-in-public-areas Laws.
First he tries to sell you cigarettes, and then wisens up a bit and decides to sell you a whole lot of other stuff you don't need... smoking tshirts, books on how to smoke, music to listen to while you smoke.
What he does not get is that you have tobacco growing in the garden, virtually free for all. Most importantly, with the windows of the house shut tight, there is no smoke loss.... hence smoke a cigarette once, and the secondary smoke is there for all those who come into the house to enjoy.
In frustration at not profiting from your house, he calls you a hippie in frustratino and tells you that your lifestyle does not make economic sense!
Like someone said earlier, if they can't make money, they can file for charpter whatever, and go away.
What's the word on SMP AMDs???
Like the man said, AMD rocks, and for some of us, price is #1 consideration. Now give me a dual Duron system with oodles of SDRAM!
Intel who??
Anyone want to register
www.chusssh-chusssh-chusssh.com
bound to be the stickiest site on the net.
While you are at it, have a wav with the chusssh chusssh chusssh sound repeating in the background, and I see 100million hits this year.
That could be a great slashdot poll!
What do you prefer
1. aural iritation --- dogy movie theme song type rings
2. nasal iritation --- I can just see it now - Download the latest bacon/egg/peanutbutter fart
before we hear the classic "I am on the train"
Maybe he drive and eighteen wheeler.
:-)
I heard that when they are reversing, the do make that chussssh sound
Hey, old ladies can be guilty as well.
There was a case in the paper a couple of days ago, about a 60+ year old woman who was caught in the act, after a few months worth of investigation by the cops.
Seems she used to go around scratching/etching the F word on cars, and managed to cause just under £10 000 worth of damage.
Send Radek with a blowtorch and pliers!! Time to get medieaval on her ass!
I think the unwillingness to communicate is not because they feel that other people just do not understand. It is more because other people just aren't intelligent enough
I think I am a fairly loud person, but I find myself suddenly quiet in some social settings where I feel that the 'audience does not measure up!'
somebody mod this guy up please!!!
Maybe its the other way around, and it is the monster surfacing that causes the seismic activity :)