Umm its not new, its been in Thinkpads for years at the least.
If it does stop piracy 100% ( which i doubt ) then it will cripple the industry as he's got no clue how much piracy HELPS the market, just like it does the music market and regular software market.
+ my system wont ever have a TPM, so does that mean they are selling defective products ?
They have won 2 high profile cases with long term ramifications.
Sure a few hard core people will always get around anything, but if they stop the "average joe" from doing it and instilling fear in the hardcore enough to make them go back underground like the old days, they have won.
So when does google get nailed for allowing 'bad links' to occur? They have proven the can remove links on command.
When does Borders get told to remove books off the shelf as they have 'improper information' in them, and be fined afterwards for having them searchable in their database?
Libraries.. same thing.. They have a 'card catalog' that links...
This has so many long term ramifications that it should scare the piss out of you if you value your freedom to speak.
How about leaving the stupid thing in your car if you are so worried about it? Its not like you don't know up front its going to happen and what their rules are.
You DONT have a right to have you phone on their property. So quit acting like you do.
1 - its voluntary, you don't have to go at all.. and remember it IS private property. They can have any rule they want. ( they might risk losing business, but its their right )
2 - i'm sure you get your damned phone back when you leave. Pretty much like a 'coat check' in a nice restaurant.
So that makes it ok to track citizens that are not under a court approved investigation? Personally, i don't think so. This will also branch out to other things as well, since you might be committing fraud when you buy that bottle of beer.
I remember when your SSN wasn't supposed to be used to identify you other then for tax purposes and we see how well that intent was stuck to. ( and if you honestly believe at lie that they fed you, then you are a fool ).
Governments today heavily regulate what you can do with anything even remotely related to nuclear energy.
Just as they do with traditional fission plants, ( or even oil drilling/refineries ) they keep it regulated to the point the side effect is we don't have an over abundance of cheap energy.
Hell, they even restrict you making your own alcohol fuels at home.. So why would cold fusion power be any different?
As I have been saying all along the WTO is the most insidious thing to come along in generations. This only is another example of why i think this way.
It usurps a countries sovereignty and will force the entire world down to the 'lowest common denominator' in all things, not just the veil of 'commercial trade' that the treaty hides behind.
If we keep pushing this, it will come back to bite us in the end as another country will demand the same thing, and negate our laws.
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Umm its not new, its been in Thinkpads for years at the least.
If it does stop piracy 100% ( which i doubt ) then it will cripple the industry as he's got no clue how much piracy HELPS the market, just like it does the music market and regular software market.
+ my system wont ever have a TPM, so does that mean they are selling defective products ?
Several more high profile suits, and more of their media campaign.
It wont happen overnight like they want, but if they keep going in this direction it will have an effect.
And i totally agree that their attack on Napster backfired 100%. If they had left it alone, i doubt we would even be discussing this today.
So far it seems to be working for them.
They have won 2 high profile cases with long term ramifications.
Sure a few hard core people will always get around anything, but if they stop the "average joe" from doing it and instilling fear in the hardcore enough to make them go back underground like the old days, they have won.
So when does google get nailed for allowing 'bad links' to occur? They have proven the can remove links on command.
When does Borders get told to remove books off the shelf as they have 'improper information' in them, and be fined afterwards for having them searchable in their database?
Libraries.. same thing.. They have a 'card catalog' that links...
This has so many long term ramifications that it should scare the piss out of you if you value your freedom to speak.
How about leaving the stupid thing in your car if you are so worried about it? Its not like you don't know up front its going to happen and what their rules are.
You DONT have a right to have you phone on their property. So quit acting like you do.
1 - its voluntary, you don't have to go at all .. and remember it IS private property. They can have any rule they want. ( they might risk losing business, but its their right )
2 - i'm sure you get your damned phone back when you leave. Pretty much like a 'coat check' in a nice restaurant.
Lets hope more places start doing this.
People are so rude with their damned phones these days they really need to learn some self-control
Its not different enough. its still not housing the content.
Except that *linking* should NOT be considered a crime, regardless of how you view IP rights.
That is as bad as simply writing a book on how to make an explosive device and being sued into nonexistence.
So, information has become illegal. Knowledge is forbidden.
Freedom is screwed.
Not if he restricted it down to all Apple machines. They could and did interconnect with local-talk.
Who says you HAVE to be mulitplatform to be useful?
So that makes it ok to track citizens that are not under a court approved investigation? Personally, i don't think so. This will also branch out to other things as well, since you might be committing fraud when you buy that bottle of beer.
I remember when your SSN wasn't supposed to be used to identify you other then for tax purposes and we see how well that intent was stuck to. ( and if you honestly believe at lie that they fed you, then you are a fool ).
I don't consider the petroleum 'energy' market cheap or abundant.
We do have other sources that COULD be cheap and are abundant, but currently i wouldn't consider them cheap either.
I wasn't implying some conspiracy in the least.
Governments today heavily regulate what you can do with anything even remotely related to nuclear energy.
Just as they do with traditional fission plants, ( or even oil drilling/refineries ) they keep it regulated to the point the side effect is we don't have an over abundance of cheap energy.
Hell, they even restrict you making your own alcohol fuels at home.. So why would cold fusion power be any different?
Wanna bet.. Governments wont allow that.
International banks already do ..
1 - he's not MY friend
2 - he is/was a politician and cant be trusted. they lie to get/keep power.
How about just move the webpages and tracker links over to freenet but not the actual end data?
This would protect the people running the site, ( and make it more redundant ) but still provide for BT for the actual transfer.
Any site that isn't legit, will quickly fall out of favor, helping to keep poison seeds down.
It wouldn't be too hard to create a client that would do the search for you on these 'trusted' pages.
Why be confused? All politicians like bigger more complex government.
So when are they going to ban paper money and coinage?
Also, trade agreements such as these don't have the power to override national legislation. Not directly perhaps, but they sure as hell do indirectly.
I would agree if you were treated properly. But if you get the shaft on the way out, i wouldn't expect it.
I think most of us have been in both positions when we left a job.
If i was treated poorly like this, why would I really care?
Since they are not being reasonable, id just sit there and collect the pay.
It's not your fault.
As I have been saying all along the WTO is the most insidious thing to come along in generations. This only is another example of why i think this way.
It usurps a countries sovereignty and will force the entire world down to the 'lowest common denominator' in all things, not just the veil of 'commercial trade' that the treaty hides behind.
If we keep pushing this, it will come back to bite us in the end as another country will demand the same thing, and negate our laws.