It wont be me, or you.. The 'common citizen' wont have any say-so in the matter.
For our protection of course.
Its being done on a smaller scale now. If you look around the government has declared some information 'improper' and dont want you have have access to it . That is today, not some sort of 'future prediction'..
It wont 'get better' just because its digital. ( or 'open' ). It will get worse, as its easier to control if its digital. Its hard once its put into print. But if its digital, just send out the 'bad bit' to everyone and magically they cant access the improper information any longer.
1 - Spam and offensive content are 2 different issues. I support reduction of spam. This is due to resources used by the unwilling recipient, not some twisted form of the term 'offense'.
2 - Yes, my opinion of what is *offensive* is all that matters. As far as I'm concerned *nothing* is offensive. Any excuse used to claim content is offensive is another form of censorship. Anything less then total information freedom is offensive.
Its easy, they just create a rule that mandates you register your open wifi with local government. ( and you are assigned a SSID )
If they catch you not following the law, they triangulate on your house and detain you under the homeland security act.
Remember, they have a lot of power and can have the rules changed without having to have those pesky laws passed. Sure, their rules can be challenged, but in this day and age, if you tack on 'homeland security, or terrorism', you wont lose.
Next the *AA will claim that most illegal copying is done on *gasp* those 'evil general purpose computers' and we must do something about that.
We must eliminate any freedom that people have to choose what they can execute or what media they 'consume'. We cant have 'the people' running around using these evil 'computers' to copy our stuff...
Considering things really havent been truly tested, one bad judgement could cost billions..
Though, sounds like easy money to me.
"Steal" code from an insider friend and use it in your application. Get sued, the friend wins and is paid from the insurance package and you split it with him.
Slashdot Mirror
Yet another damend IM prototocol..
Lets hope they are going to choose jabber, as the poster is thinking..
I have NOT seen any decrease in spam since it was enacted.
It has steadily increased, as it has been doing for years.
It wont be me, or you.. The 'common citizen' wont have any say-so in the matter.
For our protection of course.
Its being done on a smaller scale now. If you look around the government has declared some information 'improper' and dont want you have have access to it . That is today, not some sort of 'future prediction'..
It wont 'get better' just because its digital. ( or 'open' ). It will get worse, as its easier to control if its digital. Its hard once its put into print. But if its digital, just send out the 'bad bit' to everyone and magically they cant access the improper information any longer.
You mean the death of digital freedom in general.
DRM is much larger then just some lame p2p copyright infringement idea.
DRM will effect the very way we retain our knowledge as a society. The "keyholders" will dictate what information is acceptable and what is not.
My first *real* digital calc used a nixie type 7segment display..
Nice cool orange color.
The 2nd was green, some other sort of gas type display..
1 - Spam and offensive content are 2 different issues. I support reduction of spam. This is due to resources used by the unwilling recipient, not some twisted form of the term 'offense'.
2 - Yes, my opinion of what is *offensive* is all that matters. As far as I'm concerned *nothing* is offensive. Any excuse used to claim content is offensive is another form of censorship. Anything less then total information freedom is offensive.
Its 'optional', if you dont want to view any of the 'optional' content.
Such as streaming media, DVD, excel...
What if all you want is just to display some stuff on the screen, and dont care about having the highest FPS on the planet..
I remember when 25 dollar cards were plentiful and DID THE JOB...
Not everyone that owns a PC is a gamer.
By who's definition?
.. bla bla bla bla. Just because its legal doesnt make it the right thing to do.
One persons 'objectional material' is another persons religion.. ( for example )
Yes, i know that its Googles' servers and they get to control content
Now, controlling spam.. more power to them...
Who signed this? The kids or the parents.. The kids are under 18, and cant enter into a legal agreement like this.
The only reason it was a story at all was that it hit the media companies..
Nice way to build in obsolescence, those pesky glass lenses last generations, we cant have that now can we? Need that perpetual revenue stream.
This is also REALLY old tech.. but nice to see a new spin on something, yet again..
Has everying new been invented or what? We are doomed to rehash everything for the rest of eternity? ( or until we self destruct )
Last i heard the iPod was a external USB HD ( with a couple of extra features )..
So why does anyone really care?
If you are running 2000 or 2003, it has integrated webaccess.
Works with browsers other then IE. Though you lose some features ( go figure ).
Is this not exactally what microsoft said they would not do with their growing patent portfolio?
Not that any of us believed them, but man the tide changed fast.
Its easy, they just create a rule that mandates you register your open wifi with local government. ( and you are assigned a SSID )
If they catch you not following the law, they triangulate on your house and detain you under the homeland security act.
Remember, they have a lot of power and can have the rules changed without having to have those pesky laws passed. Sure, their rules can be challenged, but in this day and age, if you tack on 'homeland security, or terrorism', you wont lose.
No wait, seriously: What chemical component is it converting? The ammonia? The acids?
The concept isn't hard to believe, but the story isn't overflowing with hard facts..
Bite Me. How is that for redundancy?
Personally tho, even if it was theft, i wouldnt care. I do as i please. Anytime, anywhere.
Sorry, but copyright infringement is NOT theft.
Its infringement of copyrights.. Theft is something different.
Agreed it may be illegal, but at least get it right so your argument might actually have some weight.
Until you do, you are just 'yet another clueless ranter'.
Next the *AA will claim that most illegal copying is done on *gasp* those 'evil general purpose computers' and we must do something about that.
We must eliminate any freedom that people have to choose what they can execute or what media they 'consume'. We cant have 'the people' running around using these evil 'computers' to copy our stuff...
Besides, its 'for the children'...
While i may have been taken as a comedian, i was actually being quite serious.
We are about 1/2 Win2000 ( pro/serv ) where i work as well.
Yes, i realize its fraud. But that doesnt stop thousands from trying it each year.
And a few get away with it.
Considering things really havent been truly tested, one bad judgement could cost billions..
Though, sounds like easy money to me.
"Steal" code from an insider friend and use it in your application. Get sued, the friend wins and is paid from the insurance package and you split it with him.
No, of course not. But that isnt how the system was designed.
I bet microsoft secretly loves this, to get at all those people that wont upgrade to XP/2003.
"See, you have to upgrade to be safe, send us money"