While i know you are trying to be cute, its really not the same thing, viewing a free web page for OTHERS content or actually leasing CPU time to do MY processing out on the cloud.
We can say good by to those stupid commercials now.
Other then that, having a even larger company with more control over their customers so they can screw them more is all i see coming out of this.. Good thing i dont use a cell phone, or believe in them.
So we are returning to the very thing Microsoft fought to eliminate in the first place. Big data centers where you lease CPU time and have nothing but a terminal at your desk. ( ok, so its slightly different in actual practice, but same basic principles )
And i suppose they will give you constant feedback of how much you are using so you don't manage to get hit with a big bill at the end of the month because you got vacation pictures from Aunt Millie in the mail?
No, of course not, as they want to screw the customer.
Unrestricted access is what makes the internet useufl and why it is what is today.. If they to back to pay per use, it will die off as a commercial entity and bankrupt places like Amazon.
And how do they address spam, popups and DoS issues?
During his day, the south declared themselves an independent country. They were fighting the 'union' for them recognize that declaration. Not much different with the revolution from Britain. We declared ourselves independent, but had to 'earn' our way for others to also consider it.
And while you may not realize it, you proved my point rather well. If the south had one, he would be a hero. They didn't, so he's labeled a racist assassin. Could say the same about General Washington during this countries founding. If we had lost, he would have been a terrorist. We won, so instead he's herald as a hero.
And no, i wont get into if i feel personally that Booth was right in what he did or if the south was right or wrong in general. That isn't the point i'm trying to make at all. The point was totally missed by you.
I don't think you can use the unauthorized access if it was a public tracker, but i agree that i don't see how a DoS can be legal under ANY circumstance.
Take down letters, ISP turning your account off due to court order, sure.. But an intentional DoS? WTF?
Since when does 2 illegal acts cancel each other out ( not to mention no illegal act was being committed by Revision3 anyway )?
No, its the person you were thinking that i am referring to. By definition he was a patriot. Willing to sacrifice his life for his country.
It is designed to make people think about how relative our labels of 'heros' and 'villains' really are. Its all in who won the battle, and still a valid issue even today as we label people 'insurgents' and 'terrorists' much as we are labeled by the same groups.
The comment you 'don't have time to guess' means you wont make time to even think either. Sad. Really sad.
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That is why i have a yearly backup that goes off site and is NEVER discarded.
While i know you are trying to be cute, its really not the same thing, viewing a free web page for OTHERS content or actually leasing CPU time to do MY processing out on the cloud.
Repeat after me .. We Will Encrypt All Traffic
Thats why you tell the *aa to take a hike when you get the letter.
We can say good by to those stupid commercials now.
Other then that, having a even larger company with more control over their customers so they can screw them more is all i see coming out of this.. Good thing i dont use a cell phone, or believe in them.
I thought the epson HX20 came first? And i know it was available here in the US as i almost bought one.
:)
But i guess 'popular' is a relative term.
The 102 was better then the 100
Its not about technical innovation anymore, its about them following the money trail as the world changes.
Most everything today is incremental improvements, rarely does true innovation come along now. Where is the Woz when you need him?
And, just to clarify, i wont be leasing my processing power thank you very much.
So we are returning to the very thing Microsoft fought to eliminate in the first place. Big data centers where you lease CPU time and have nothing but a terminal at your desk. ( ok, so its slightly different in actual practice, but same basic principles )
Anyone else find it as ironic as i?
And that happens how often? And of course your office never loses power, or your home...
Its really not that big of a risk if you weigh all the issues..
And i suppose they will give you constant feedback of how much you are using so you don't manage to get hit with a big bill at the end of the month because you got vacation pictures from Aunt Millie in the mail?
No, of course not, as they want to screw the customer.
For starters. No more Itunes, netflix, casual shopping...
I would be canceling my service if i got that sort of garbage.
Back when all we had was CompuServe and GENIE.
Unrestricted access is what makes the internet useufl and why it is what is today.. If they to back to pay per use, it will die off as a commercial entity and bankrupt places like Amazon.
And how do they address spam, popups and DoS issues?
And the last 2 *large* things i downloaded came from a BT tracker.
One was a home made freebsd distribution , and another was a open movie from Blender.
I also downloaded ( from a bands officially run site ) several songs, using BT to help reduce their bandwidth..
So tell me again why you only want to associate questionable activities with BT?
How about saving the content of some of these sites on Freenet instead of just trying to attract ( bad ) attention?
Why would i want my pet project to be on the radar?
Not interesting at all.
If its MY network with MY router, i have the choice of what sort of bandwidth usage will occur.
When i PAY for bandwidth from my ISP, they shouldn't limit it.
huh? What does that have to do with anything that was said above abut something that happened a long long time ago?
( errr never-mind, we are getting way OT here. I really should setup a blog for discussions like this. )
During his day, the south declared themselves an independent country. They were fighting the 'union' for them recognize that declaration. Not much different with the revolution from Britain. We declared ourselves independent, but had to 'earn' our way for others to also consider it.
And while you may not realize it, you proved my point rather well. If the south had one, he would be a hero. They didn't, so he's labeled a racist assassin. Could say the same about General Washington during this countries founding. If we had lost, he would have been a terrorist. We won, so instead he's herald as a hero.
And no, i wont get into if i feel personally that Booth was right in what he did or if the south was right or wrong in general. That isn't the point i'm trying to make at all. The point was totally missed by you.
Or do like some of us who don't believe in IP at all, and just ignore licensing totally.
Wouldn't that be considered some sort of 'frame up'?
I mean if i'm hosing legal content, and they come along and inject fake/illegal content then sue me how the hell is that stand up in court?
Lets sucker them into trying to DoS yahoo or google. THAT would get some air time and effect the average non-techie in a way they would understand.
I don't think you can use the unauthorized access if it was a public tracker, but i agree that i don't see how a DoS can be legal under ANY circumstance.
Take down letters, ISP turning your account off due to court order, sure.. But an intentional DoS? WTF?
Since when does 2 illegal acts cancel each other out ( not to mention no illegal act was being committed by Revision3 anyway )?
How can they legally cause a DoS ?
No, its the person you were thinking that i am referring to. By definition he was a patriot. Willing to sacrifice his life for his country.
It is designed to make people think about how relative our labels of 'heros' and 'villains' really are. Its all in who won the battle, and still a valid issue even today as we label people 'insurgents' and 'terrorists' much as we are labeled by the same groups.
The comment you 'don't have time to guess' means you wont make time to even think either. Sad. Really sad.
Long gone are the days of digital 'graffiti', its all about hard cash now.
:)
i'm sure that would be worth something to someone.. Perhaps even enough to afford that shiny new powerbook pro