" Wanna guess who sold out her email address? First 3 guesses don't count. "
How do you know her email address was even sold? Ever have a Hotmail address? It doesn't come because it's sold, the spam comes because of the brute force spam attacks on it.
Why buy a list of email addresses when you can get millions of hits at *@msn.com?
"Ok, I'm not trying to rip on your spelling, because I really do think that's lame, but this is what came to mind when I thought about what a "Loan Gunman" would be like..."
Heh that's TV's fault. We useta have a used car commercial starring the 'Loan Arranger'...
Now every time I spell 'lone-something' it becomes loan. Tv rots your brain!
"Naturally. Half the people here still believe the pinnacle of Windows' stability is Windows 98. "
"Hmm I would have laughed at that 3 years ago when I was having that problem...."
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"How does everyone keep running into eachother? This galaxy of Lucas' is pretty tiny. Is Wedge going to run around in Episode III and introduce himself to everyone? "
The theory I came up with is that the galaxy in Star Wars is VERY tiny, as "The Galaxy is on Orion's Belt" tiny. Not only does this explain why going from system to system is like going down to the store for a beer, it also explains how the Millineum Falcon can travel around various star systems with it's light-speed drive down.
The movies make a HELL of a lot more sense with this understanding.
"WHY can't the editors realize that there are people who don't want these spoilers, even seemingly minor ones like this? It's extremely inconsiderate. Presumably they don't want people to stop reading their site, right?"
You realize that you would have gotten the same info from a TV spot, right?
You're absolutely right that the editors need to be sensitive *cough*loangunemenaredead*cough*, but this article isn't a call for it.
"First, both tools can be used in the same way, but file sharing apps provide for widespread distribution of content. Generally speaking, VCRs don't have such a far reaching capability."
I don't think the point had to do with distribution, it had to do with the legality of using a VCR. There's plenty of legal things you can do with a VCR even though it can be used to violate copyrights.
As for the VCR being a tool for distribution, it kind of matters how you look at it. Somebody could tape Star Wars off the TV and resell that movie to make money. They'd be encouraged to do so as long as they're making money. With the internet and P2P, there's no real satisfaction towards sharing because you get no money out of it. It's just part of the network. It kinda balances out when you think of it that way. The distribution of it's not as bad as the making money from it. Then there's the whole matter of whether or not the other side is downloading it legally or not. (I.e. what if I'm downloading an Mp3 from a CD I have?)
" VCRs on the other hand, often used for simply watching something at a different time..."
That's part of it, but there's also the archival part of it. That's what got Jack Valenti all upset. He was worried about people making libraries of tapes and then selling them to each other. Time shifting is no longer time shifting when you mean for the tape to permenantly store that content. Then you really have made a copy, and since you didn't pay for it you're in trouble.
Stupid, iddnt it? Good thing the courts ruled in consumer's favor over it.
"Umm, the Verizon case isn't about whether or not file-sharing programs are illegal. Its about some people who committed copyright infringement, and the RIAA wants their names. This decision doesn't change anything for the Verizon case. "
It would mean that it's not Verizon's responsiblity to police their users. I'm not sure that this would apply in the Verizon case though. I guess it would mean, tough, that Verizon would be under no obligation to hand over user info to the RIAA just because they think he/she was distributing movies. They'd have to get a court order to get the info.
... that Morpheus had search options that make sense for a legit service. It wasn't a straight MP3 service like Napster, you could find pretty much any type of file intelligently there. I even fired up Kazaa once so I could find a Linux distro.
No idea if those details made it into the courtroom or not, but it's really not such a hard sell when you use Morpheus to find stuff.
"Your privacy deserves to be gone if you commit an illegal act... Don't even bother replying that the analogy is incorrect, both people stole."
Innocent until proven guilty. Whether or not they 'stole' is up for the court to decide. They cannot arrive at that decision until due process is followed.
"What involvement would that be? Just to remind you, there was an embargo on Iraq and the contracts passed were just that, contracts. Until the sanctions were lifted, and then what? Nothing done was illegal. "
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"know it's hard, but try and read through my entire post, and note this particular point I specifically mentioned:
"it had a very unusual account name(with numbers in it, too)- no dictionary atttack hit this one""
Take your own advice and read MY entire post.
"Ever have a Hotmail address? It doesn't come because it's sold, the spam comes because of the brute force spam attacks on it."
Further supported by this comment:
"Why buy a list of email addresses when you can get millions of hits at *@msn.com? "
In other words, NOT a dictionary attack.
"Next time, read the entire comment, okay?"
Practice what you preach. I was modded up because everybody else understood what I was saying.
" Wanna guess who sold out her email address? First 3 guesses don't count. "
How do you know her email address was even sold? Ever have a Hotmail address? It doesn't come because it's sold, the spam comes because of the brute force spam attacks on it.
Why buy a list of email addresses when you can get millions of hits at *@msn.com?
Beef, the anti-spam.
"Ok, I'm not trying to rip on your spelling, because I really do think that's lame, but this is what came to mind when I thought about what a "Loan Gunman" would be like..."
Heh that's TV's fault. We useta have a used car commercial starring the 'Loan Arranger'...
Now every time I spell 'lone-something' it becomes loan. Tv rots your brain!
"Even still, one would have to assume the planets are all Death Star in size or smaller."
That comment was kind of confusing.
"Naturally. Half the people here still believe the pinnacle of Windows' stability is Windows 98. "
"Hmm I would have laughed at that 3 years ago when I was having that problem...."
"How does everyone keep running into eachother? This galaxy of Lucas' is pretty tiny. Is Wedge going to run around in Episode III and introduce himself to everyone? "
The theory I came up with is that the galaxy in Star Wars is VERY tiny, as "The Galaxy is on Orion's Belt" tiny. Not only does this explain why going from system to system is like going down to the store for a beer, it also explains how the Millineum Falcon can travel around various star systems with it's light-speed drive down.
The movies make a HELL of a lot more sense with this understanding.
"With a little bit of mental exercise you can ignore what your eyes see and imagine it's the planet of the Wookies all right."
How do we know that Wookies don't have minorities?
"Uhmmm... I'd like to see *anything* in the Star Trek universe repel the firepower of a Death Star. "
I'd like to see the Death Star spin around to aim it's gun at a moving starship.
"FYI to remove an editor, go to your Preferences->User->Homepage, Exclude Authors (timothy in this case) and then hit save at the bottom.
I've got three in there so far. "
Or you could realize that no damage was done that a movie poster wouldn't cause, and move on.
"All you filthy, bearded linux zealots really identify with Chewbacca."
Well except for the getting physical part.
"Am I the only person over the age of 14 that *LIKED* Jar-Jar? "
Whoah! Hey dudes! Check this out! I found one!!
Man, it's like finding a fart in a jacuzzi.
"WHY can't the editors realize that there are people who don't want these spoilers, even seemingly minor ones like this?
It's extremely inconsiderate. Presumably they don't want people to stop reading their site, right?"
You realize that you would have gotten the same info from a TV spot, right?
You're absolutely right that the editors need to be sensitive *cough*loangunemenaredead*cough*, but this article isn't a call for it.
"First, both tools can be used in the same way, but file sharing apps provide for widespread distribution of content. Generally speaking, VCRs don't have such a far reaching capability."
I don't think the point had to do with distribution, it had to do with the legality of using a VCR. There's plenty of legal things you can do with a VCR even though it can be used to violate copyrights.
As for the VCR being a tool for distribution, it kind of matters how you look at it. Somebody could tape Star Wars off the TV and resell that movie to make money. They'd be encouraged to do so as long as they're making money. With the internet and P2P, there's no real satisfaction towards sharing because you get no money out of it. It's just part of the network. It kinda balances out when you think of it that way. The distribution of it's not as bad as the making money from it. Then there's the whole matter of whether or not the other side is downloading it legally or not. (I.e. what if I'm downloading an Mp3 from a CD I have?)
" VCRs on the other hand, often used for simply watching something at a different time..."
That's part of it, but there's also the archival part of it. That's what got Jack Valenti all upset. He was worried about people making libraries of tapes and then selling them to each other. Time shifting is no longer time shifting when you mean for the tape to permenantly store that content. Then you really have made a copy, and since you didn't pay for it you're in trouble.
Stupid, iddnt it? Good thing the courts ruled in consumer's favor over it.
"And what about the internet, they use it as a tool in pirating software, they should sue it too! "
As long as Al Gore is named in the suit.
"Someone buy that judge a hooker. He's earned it. :) "
I'd like to but I'm still waiting for your mom to return my call!
"Microsoft won't do it until Apple releases theirs. Microsoft has to have something to copy from."
Then, five years later, a clone of it will appear on Linux and make headline news on Slashdot.
"Umm, the Verizon case isn't about whether or not file-sharing programs are illegal. Its about some people who committed copyright infringement, and the RIAA wants their names. This decision doesn't change anything for the Verizon case. "
It would mean that it's not Verizon's responsiblity to police their users. I'm not sure that this would apply in the Verizon case though. I guess it would mean, tough, that Verizon would be under no obligation to hand over user info to the RIAA just because they think he/she was distributing movies. They'd have to get a court order to get the info.
... that Morpheus had search options that make sense for a legit service. It wasn't a straight MP3 service like Napster, you could find pretty much any type of file intelligently there. I even fired up Kazaa once so I could find a Linux distro.
No idea if those details made it into the courtroom or not, but it's really not such a hard sell when you use Morpheus to find stuff.
"Am I the only one who had the Final Fantasy battle victory music pop into their heads after seeing this headline?"
I didn't have that song pop into my head, no. I have the MP3 now, so I can see your point!
"Your privacy deserves to be gone if you commit an illegal act... Don't even bother replying that the analogy is incorrect, both people stole."
Innocent until proven guilty. Whether or not they 'stole' is up for the court to decide. They cannot arrive at that decision until due process is followed.
"Where the hell did you think the drive was? Underneath your desk? Maybe you're too stupid to be operating a laptop computer? "
Why the hell did you post AC? Forget your password? Maybe you're too stupid to register a nickname.
"What involvement would that be? Just to remind you, there was an embargo on Iraq and the contracts passed were just that, contracts. Until the sanctions were lifted, and then what? Nothing done was illegal. "
Really?
"Unfortunately the US has such power it can make anything the truth today, and you through your bad joke are participating. "
Oh grow up. You wouldn't be upset if there wasn't some truth to what I was saying.
"thx for repeating your dumb comment, fattie. "
I had to since you didn't get it the first time, thickie.
"You must have some hella fat assed fingers to ruin a hard drive inside your notbook by tapping on it."
"I ruined one by drumming my fingers on the case of my laptop once. I didn't know the drive was right under the case. Doh."
Nice try.