Agreed. If they wanted to protect kids they should have created a.kids TLD for content specifically for children's use, making it quick-n-easy to whitelist the domain for kids to browse
That would be hard enough, but expecting every obscene site in the world to classify themselves (under what criteria?) as such and meekly move their site is ridiculous.
>Hello; "XXX" is a euphemism. Just use ".sex" and there isn't any confusion.
>Unless you don't speak English, of course. Given that we don't have language-specific namespaces for these things, XXX is a pretty reasonable choice.
Really? How international do you think "XXX" is? I think its origin is meaning "un-rated" in the American movie rating system, i.e., not PG or whatevever. It's even more culturally specific than "sex".
Do they have a first shot to buy their name in the.xxx to protect trademarks and identity?
Probably; other new domains have had "sunrise" periods when trademark holders only were allowed to register. And these are the ones this scam is aomed at anyway. Real porn sites will stay in.com, why would htey move to a site that ill be blocked almost everywhre? I'm sure if and when this does go live that over 90% of.xxx links will redirect you to a.com site of one kind or another. Each of them earning the registrars $60/year.
Hello; "XXX" is a euphemism. Just use ".sex" and there isn't any confusion.
It's all bullshit anyway. '"It will further help to protect kids," said John Morris, staff counsel at the Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology'. No it won't. None of the porn sites will use.xxx except as a redirect to their real sites, exactly because they know almost everyone will block them. It's just a way to force every trademark holder to pay for another bunch of domain names to prevent them being used by anyone else.
But if you're not on Windows, this has no effect; you can still read the red book data.
Yes; and you can just clone the whole CD for that matter. But the data will DRMed WMA files, which there won't be a legal way to read without WMP, but cracks will probably come along.
That doesn't make sense. What keeps you from just ripping the redbook audio CD data
I think it means that if you have a WMA with DRM, then WMP will only let you burn it with this additional DRM; so WMP will refuse to burn from the CD. So WMP is the gatekeeper. If you can read the WMA files with another app, or strip the DRM from them, you won't be so limited. The implications are that with Palladium that Windows won't let you use anything else.
es, except this could be useful for more than just music. This could prevent the copies of application and data CDs.
No it couldn't. "tracks ripped and burned from a copy-protected disc are copied to a blank CD in Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format. The DRM embedded on the discs bars the burned CD from being copied." Which I think limits it to media. Please RTFA before posting crap based on the never-reliable summary.
Poul Anderson has been dead for a while now; it's about time for his wife to cash in and let the movie industry butcher his works.
They've already started. I was so excited when I found a video of The High Crusade, could hardly believe it was really based on the Anderson novel, and so disappointed at the pile of crap they'd turned it into.
On the giant scale of things, however, a few dead cows isn't bad.
It wasn't just cows. "Apart from the fear of having a spaceship crash through their roofs, residents in the area complain of the ill effects of leftover toxic rocket fuel."
But it was certainly clear they were trying to kill WP and Netscape -- both went to great lengths to be compatible with the then market leaders, for one thing.
Moreover, the article never mentions that there have been cattle casualties.
I came across a link in another post for the photographer's site. His captions said the cattle were thought to have died from poisoning, presumably the fuel. So there's nothing hunorous at all about this story.
But they're all basically the same mechanically and functionally as the iPod, but a bit cheaper and a worse UI. A "killer" has to be much cheaper and preferably much better. For instance, MS's killers: Word was much cheaper and easier for newbies than WordPerfect. IE was free and killed Netscape.
If you RTFA "residents in the area complain of the ill effects of leftover toxic rocket fuel". Perhaps it's just me, but I don't think that's funny. And the submitter seems not ot have read it either, with his "the only casualties seem to have been a few dead cows."
I think this is directed to the people who sell pirated DVDs on the street, not P2P users.
What do they sell for -- $1, maybe $5 if you look like a tourist? From the looks of those who sell them, few if any are devout muslims. I think most of the small profit goes on fast food, beer and cigarettes. It's banal to keep repeating it, but the terrorists are mostly funded by deep-pocketed Saudi businessmen; i.e. oil.
And you disagree that nazis are terrorists for some reason?
Terrorists traditionally are those who try to change a government using terror tactics. When similar tactics are used by a government to maintain itself, or against foreign victims, it's not terrorism. Similarly when the government takes your property it's not theft, if they kill you it's not murder.
Though if you mean modern-day Nazis, some are terrorists, becasue they're acting against the current government.
I think its important not to smear the definitions of words, just because one wants to use the one with the most evil connotations.
Your view can hardly be considered objective. Given the choice between an HP product and an equivalent product not manufactured by HP, then I would always choose the non-HP alternative. No exceptions.
I'm very happy with my Laserjet 4. Look for LJ4, 5 or 6 secondhand if you want an indestructible efficient printer (not the "L" or "P" models, though). Because these are 10 or more years old now companies are throwing them out. I got mine for $50, new was about $1800 and it works as well as it ever did. Toner refills are remarkably cheap too, unlike many modern printers with weird chips to prevent refilling.
I'd love to see Connery reprise as James Bond called out of retirement for some emergency that needed his talent. Provided the script didn't suck.
The character he played in The Rock was James Bond in all but name. Just imagine that the reason Roger Moore took over was that the original 007 had been captured while stealing J Edgar's files.
And much earlier, in 1967, there was Casino Royale with David Niven as an older Bond (along with several other Bonds, but this was a parody).
Complaining that your child is drinking too much juice? Pop beverages, I understand, but juice?
Most drinks called "juice" are basically coloured sugar water. Look at the labels, usually sugar in one form or another is the main ingredient. You have to pay a premium to get plain juice; I doubt a cafeteria would supply that.
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Take your own advice.
Some asshole modded the original "troll"; so here it is again.
Take your own advice.
That would be hard enough, but expecting every obscene site in the world to classify themselves (under what criteria?) as such and meekly move their site is ridiculous.
>Unless you don't speak English, of course. Given that we don't have language-specific namespaces for these things, XXX is a pretty reasonable choice.
Really? How international do you think "XXX" is? I think its origin is meaning "un-rated" in the American movie rating system, i.e., not PG or whatevever. It's even more culturally specific than "sex".
I would assume the opposite. Why cut off customers (eg, people surfing at work, who would certainly be blocked from all .xxx)?
Probably; other new domains have had "sunrise" periods when trademark holders only were allowed to register. And these are the ones this scam is aomed at anyway. Real porn sites will stay in .com, why would htey move to a site that ill be blocked almost everywhre? I'm sure if and when this does go live that over 90% of .xxx links will redirect you to a .com site of one kind or another. Each of them earning the registrars $60/year.
Yes, beer.
Hello; "XXX" is a euphemism. Just use ".sex" and there isn't any confusion.
It's all bullshit anyway. '"It will further help to protect kids," said John Morris, staff counsel at the Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology'. No it won't. None of the porn sites will use .xxx except as a redirect to their real sites, exactly because they know almost everyone will block them. It's just a way to force every trademark holder to pay for another bunch of domain names to prevent them being used by anyone else.
Yes; and you can just clone the whole CD for that matter. But the data will DRMed WMA files, which there won't be a legal way to read without WMP, but cracks will probably come along.
I think it means that if you have a WMA with DRM, then WMP will only let you burn it with this additional DRM; so WMP will refuse to burn from the CD. So WMP is the gatekeeper. If you can read the WMA files with another app, or strip the DRM from them, you won't be so limited. The implications are that with Palladium that Windows won't let you use anything else.
No it couldn't. "tracks ripped and burned from a copy-protected disc are copied to a blank CD in Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format. The DRM embedded on the discs bars the burned CD from being copied." Which I think limits it to media. Please RTFA before posting crap based on the never-reliable summary.
They've already started. I was so excited when I found a video of The High Crusade, could hardly believe it was really based on the Anderson novel, and so disappointed at the pile of crap they'd turned it into.
Should be more ashamed of "cubilicle".
Yes; that (the summary with its jokey tone) was what set me off. This is real life, not a Gary Larson cartoon.
It wasn't just cows. "Apart from the fear of having a spaceship crash through their roofs, residents in the area complain of the ill effects of leftover toxic rocket fuel."
But it was certainly clear they were trying to kill WP and Netscape -- both went to great lengths to be compatible with the then market leaders, for one thing.
I came across a link in another post for the photographer's site. His captions said the cattle were thought to have died from poisoning, presumably the fuel. So there's nothing hunorous at all about this story.
I do -- she still envies her friends who can buy chips and soft drink for lunch. She eats pretty healthy food mostly, but it's a continuous battle...
But they're all basically the same mechanically and functionally as the iPod, but a bit cheaper and a worse UI. A "killer" has to be much cheaper and preferably much better. For instance, MS's killers: Word was much cheaper and easier for newbies than WordPerfect. IE was free and killed Netscape.
If you RTFA "residents in the area complain of the ill effects of leftover toxic rocket fuel". Perhaps it's just me, but I don't think that's funny. And the submitter seems not ot have read it either, with his "the only casualties seem to have been a few dead cows."
What do they sell for -- $1, maybe $5 if you look like a tourist? From the looks of those who sell them, few if any are devout muslims. I think most of the small profit goes on fast food, beer and cigarettes. It's banal to keep repeating it, but the terrorists are mostly funded by deep-pocketed Saudi businessmen; i.e. oil.
Terrorists traditionally are those who try to change a government using terror tactics. When similar tactics are used by a government to maintain itself, or against foreign victims, it's not terrorism. Similarly when the government takes your property it's not theft, if they kill you it's not murder.
Though if you mean modern-day Nazis, some are terrorists, becasue they're acting against the current government.
I think its important not to smear the definitions of words, just because one wants to use the one with the most evil connotations.
I'm very happy with my Laserjet 4. Look for LJ4, 5 or 6 secondhand if you want an indestructible efficient printer (not the "L" or "P" models, though). Because these are 10 or more years old now companies are throwing them out. I got mine for $50, new was about $1800 and it works as well as it ever did. Toner refills are remarkably cheap too, unlike many modern printers with weird chips to prevent refilling.
That's Hilter, (National Bocialist candidate for East Minehead).
The character he played in The Rock was James Bond in all but name. Just imagine that the reason Roger Moore took over was that the original 007 had been captured while stealing J Edgar's files. And much earlier, in 1967, there was Casino Royale with David Niven as an older Bond (along with several other Bonds, but this was a parody).
Most drinks called "juice" are basically coloured sugar water. Look at the labels, usually sugar in one form or another is the main ingredient. You have to pay a premium to get plain juice; I doubt a cafeteria would supply that.