This will get all windows users over to the DRM-side of things if all their software is toast, and it will require all new hardware too ( to get that chip level DRM in place ).
Its all or nothing, and no way back to freedom.
Can you imagine the upheaval in the industry ( actually, several ) after a move like this? At least Apple had a smaller market share.
Right, its not spelled out but with how laws now are created that supersede the intent of the founders, i had thought along the way a 'law' was passed to allow this.
The 2nd is more important then the first, as without it you are unable to protect the rest of your rights.
However important free speech is, words alone wont suffice.
Wasn't there some rule that let the president suspend the constitution and our rights in time of war anyway? Or did he have to declare martial law first?
Either way, this is still bad. Declare war with an enemy you can never win against to provide a perpetual war..
The logical conclusion of this is that the Constitution/Bill of Rights as a whole doesn't protect the citizens at all for any 'domestic military' operation and isnt worth the parchment its written on.
The 4th, 5th, even the 1st ( and most importantly ) the 2nd amendments have been reduced to 'we will honour your rights if it is convenient to us at the time'.
This is total BS. Protecting us from the government is exactly why the why the bill of rights was written.
The current administration is no worse then the previous, or next.
We have reached the point of critical mass on the way to becoming a police state. It really wont matter who is in office, as the system has its own momentum.
Letting users 'maintain' their PC only will increase support costs overall. There must be total control and consistency or all you will have is expensive chaos.
Its not really about downloading/uploading files like BT is, its more about information content. The fact you can safely up/down files like your average p2p app is sort of a nice side effect.
Don't forget your local data store is also encrypted.
Umm thats not new, and for a while that is ALL it would do. For a time they removed the concept of 'opennet'. Id say the key feature is opennet is back.. .
Reducing the size of the slot in your mailbox and mandating that oversized packages get tossed does not equate to bandwidth throttling. That would be a concrete restriction where you cant get your data ( mail ) which isn't what is happening here.
If you want to make your postal guy crawl to to your house instead of driving, that might be a better analogy. Only problem is eventually you still get your mail. so no censorship has occurred. If you get bored and move on before it gets to your box, thats your problem.
( for the record i don't agree with the throttling, but at least i don't pretend its something that it isn't just to get peopled riled up )
How is throttling bandwidth remotely considered censorship? If you still get your data, it wasn't censored. Sure it might be breach of contract, and down right irritating, but its not censorship since no information was actually detained in the process.
( of course there is still the problem that a private company cant censor if you go by its true definition, but i wont start that debate up )
Doesn't seem to work on my hand built OS running Grail as the browser.. Or my atari running STiK..
On a more serious note, why would i want to choose this over something free that runs locally that i know wont be yanked in 6 months due to a change in the weather at Adobe, and effectively orphaning my files?
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But it doesn't make it right.
This will get all windows users over to the DRM-side of things if all their software is toast, and it will require all new hardware too ( to get that chip level DRM in place ).
Its all or nothing, and no way back to freedom.
Can you imagine the upheaval in the industry ( actually, several ) after a move like this? At least Apple had a smaller market share.
I hope i'm out of the business by then.
Right, its not spelled out but with how laws now are created that supersede the intent of the founders, i had thought along the way a 'law' was passed to allow this.
The 2nd is more important then the first, as without it you are unable to protect the rest of your rights. However important free speech is, words alone wont suffice.
Considering everything is really p2p if you dig deep enough... your attempt at a joke is actually a serious comment.
Most people would lie to get out of taxes, even you i bet. And no, billions isn't enough.
If its good enough for India its good enough for the rest of us. I bought a product, not just a license.
Wasn't there some rule that let the president suspend the constitution and our rights in time of war anyway? Or did he have to declare martial law first?
Either way, this is still bad. Declare war with an enemy you can never win against to provide a perpetual war..
Or they will complain and cut you off. "up to" doesn't mean " you can use "
The logical conclusion of this is that the Constitution/Bill of Rights as a whole doesn't protect the citizens at all for any 'domestic military' operation and isnt worth the parchment its written on.
The 4th, 5th, even the 1st ( and most importantly ) the 2nd amendments have been reduced to 'we will honour your rights if it is convenient to us at the time'.
This is total BS. Protecting us from the government is exactly why the why the bill of rights was written.
The current administration is no worse then the previous, or next.
We have reached the point of critical mass on the way to becoming a police state. It really wont matter who is in office, as the system has its own momentum.
When have they ever NEEDED to present evidence when they can scare the public?
Most are sheep, and believe the garbage fed to them by the media.
It has nothing to do with being sued.
Letting users 'maintain' their PC only will increase support costs overall. There must be total control and consistency or all you will have is expensive chaos.
Monopoly.
Its not really about downloading/uploading files like BT is, its more about information content. The fact you can safely up/down files like your average p2p app is sort of a nice side effect.
Don't forget your local data store is also encrypted.
Umm thats not new, and for a while that is ALL it would do. For a time they removed the concept of 'opennet'. Id say the key feature is opennet is back.. .
Reducing the size of the slot in your mailbox and mandating that oversized packages get tossed does not equate to bandwidth throttling. That would be a concrete restriction where you cant get your data ( mail ) which isn't what is happening here.
If you want to make your postal guy crawl to to your house instead of driving, that might be a better analogy. Only problem is eventually you still get your mail. so no censorship has occurred. If you get bored and move on before it gets to your box, thats your problem.
( for the record i don't agree with the throttling, but at least i don't pretend its something that it isn't just to get peopled riled up )
Another child lost to the dark side.
How is throttling bandwidth remotely considered censorship? If you still get your data, it wasn't censored. Sure it might be breach of contract, and down right irritating, but its not censorship since no information was actually detained in the process.
( of course there is still the problem that a private company cant censor if you go by its true definition, but i wont start that debate up )
How about we find the people behind this and beat them with a bat and see how they feel?
No, but it does help in that no one can ever SEE the patents to get ideas from.
I didn't mean 'acrobat reader', i meant the 'acrobat pro' product.
Everyone has to start somewhere, and many artists are broke when they do.
Umm since when is this what we wanted?
Doesn't seem to work on my hand built OS running Grail as the browser.. Or my atari running STiK..
On a more serious note, why would i want to choose this over something free that runs locally that i know wont be yanked in 6 months due to a change in the weather at Adobe, and effectively orphaning my files?