"This is a race that content providers cannot possibly win. Draconian legal moves always fail in the face of widespread civil disobedience, which is what we are seeing here."
That hasn't stopped the perpetual "war against drugs".
Seeing as people will pay hundreds of dollars for empty bottles used to hold soda from the 1890s (aka JUNK) I'd say there will always be a market for people into old computers. The trick is holding onto them for a long time without them getting damaged.
"Wow, an Apple IIe. My great-grandpa had one of those. I'll give you $7000 Chinese Dollars for it!" (America will have gone through some "adjustments" by that time)
These guys tend to live in the nooks and crannies of bridges and buildings where nothing could get in unless it crawled in or was carried in, so it wasn't a cig tossed from a car. The guy also probably told the authorities when they showed up what happened and that it was an accident.
The Boston Globe a few years back had an article about a guy who lived with his dog in a relatively cozy space in a space under a bridge near the new Fed Courthouse. It had even had power. I was walking under it once and actually saw the guy hop up to the where the supports meet the roadbed and slip into a space there.
Ah, the bums of Boston are cest magnifique! Nothing beats riding the T and having a guy who looks like he just took a ride inside a blender muttering threats at everyone on the train. They could be MIT grad students though, you can never be sure.
The school board was probably coming from the same lawsuit obsessed place that has driven people to turn playgrounds into boring, challenge free zones. Every event on the news becomes a justification for overreactions across the board.
If you don't stop them now then they'll work their way up to a board with a nail in it, then a screwdriver, then a big stick, and before you know it he's running around the school swinging a big, heavy backpack at people.
I'd love to do a map of Boston for BF1942. I could have Townies (Charlestown) vs Southies (South Boston). The wide open, barren city hall plaza would make a great place for shoot outs. Imagine driving a tank around the bases in Fenway Park.
Even pilots in the Vietnam war got sick of all of the electronics barraging them in combat. They started turning off many of the alarms and alert signals leaving on only the ones they though were really important.
Complex systems also increase the chances of an equipment failure. German tanks in WWII were overengineered and prone to breakdowns.
That is protection against hardware failure. It doesn't protect against user data loss or recovering old versions. Say someone wants to get an old directory back that was purposefully deleted a while back?
Everyone ISN'T going to use OSS encryption. Everyone is going to get their phone via their carrier or Motorola, Samsung, etc. They won't be allowed to sell phones unless they allow the US Stasi^H^H^H^H^HGovernment to snoop.
LEDs are also even less natural in their lighting than incandescents. "White" LEDs are still more of a blue-white and the light must be diffused before it can be used for room illumination.
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I had enough trouble getting the future tense of that awkward sentence correct never mind putting in the extra "dollars"
"This is a race that content providers cannot possibly win. Draconian legal moves always fail in the face of widespread civil disobedience, which is what we are seeing here."
That hasn't stopped the perpetual "war against drugs".
Seeing as people will pay hundreds of dollars for empty bottles used to hold soda from the 1890s (aka JUNK) I'd say there will always be a market for people into old computers. The trick is holding onto them for a long time without them getting damaged.
"Wow, an Apple IIe. My great-grandpa had one of those. I'll give you $7000 Chinese Dollars for it!"
(America will have gone through some "adjustments" by that time)
I'd add that laws coupled with education (plus a pinch of propaganda) have driven down drunk driving rates
These guys tend to live in the nooks and crannies of bridges and buildings where nothing could get in unless it crawled in or was carried in, so it wasn't a cig tossed from a car. The guy also probably told the authorities when they showed up what happened and that it was an accident.
The Boston Globe a few years back had an article about a guy who lived with his dog in a relatively cozy space in a space under a bridge near the new Fed Courthouse. It had even had power. I was walking under it once and actually saw the guy hop up to the where the supports meet the roadbed and slip into a space there.
He was obviously channeling network packets.
Ah, the bums of Boston are cest magnifique! Nothing beats riding the T and having a guy who looks like he just took a ride inside a blender muttering threats at everyone on the train. They could be MIT grad students though, you can never be sure.
I always said the RIAA was a bunch of bums. This just proves it.
If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning...
The school board was probably coming from the same lawsuit obsessed place that has driven people to turn playgrounds into boring, challenge free zones. Every event on the news becomes a justification for overreactions across the board.
If you don't stop them now then they'll work their way up to a board with a nail in it, then a screwdriver, then a big stick, and before you know it he's running around the school swinging a big, heavy backpack at people.
I'd love to do a map of Boston for BF1942. I could have Townies (Charlestown) vs Southies (South Boston). The wide open, barren city hall plaza would make a great place for shoot outs. Imagine driving a tank around the bases in Fenway Park.
If service age kids get their hands on this equipment it could be a disaster for recruiting.
"Danger Danger young Will Robinson! Don't go in there! Try community college first at least!"
Even pilots in the Vietnam war got sick of all of the electronics barraging them in combat. They started turning off many of the alarms and alert signals leaving on only the ones they though were really important.
Complex systems also increase the chances of an equipment failure. German tanks in WWII were overengineered and prone to breakdowns.
That is protection against hardware failure. It doesn't protect against user data loss or recovering old versions. Say someone wants to get an old directory back that was purposefully deleted a while back?
I wouldn't use the term "role model" for things like that. I'd say "examples" is the better word. The governor was an example of what NOT to do.
At what point did Nelson Muntz stick his head in the room and say "Ha Ha!"?
Joking aside, from what I read in the article it looks like they are talking about security control systems (ID card systems, etc) not internet sites.
I look forward to following the athletic exploits of our beloved corporate representatives...I mean our American atheletes.
I look forward to seeing guards dressed as Ronald McDonald and Mayor McCheese handing out the medals.
Everyone ISN'T going to use OSS encryption. Everyone is going to get their phone via their carrier or Motorola, Samsung, etc. They won't be allowed to sell phones unless they allow the US Stasi^H^H^H^H^HGovernment to snoop.
Discussing grammar and spelling on Slashdot is like discussing personal hygiene with monkeys.
Software that will get me out of the cycle of rebirth?
Replace the first bag of heroin with an inkjet printer and you've just described the printer industry.
LEDs are also even less natural in their lighting than incandescents. "White" LEDs are still more of a blue-white and the light must be diffused before it can be used for room illumination.