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I'm not particularly interested in hearing what people believe, I'm rather more interested in cold, hard facts and forming my own opinion. Neither Fox or CNN are sufficient for this purpose.
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So even though the number of dollars is higher than ever, blockbusters are selling fewer tickets than they used to. Of course, whether this is due to P2P, people waiting for DVD releases or simply because Avatar was just Pocahontas performed by tall thin Smurfs is a matter of debate.
Make kids sit around in boredom (they'd much rather be somewhere else) against their will piping classical music at them will possibly just give them to associate classical music with... uh, negative things.
Making kids sit around in boredom against their will teaching them maths or science will just give them reason to associate maths and science with negative things. Like classical music, maths and science aren't considered cool... all this proves is that some kids have the wits to reject cultural imperatives to follow their own interests, the rest don't. No great revelation to Slashdotters there.
I would hazard a guess and say that the people who dreamt up this scheme don't either.
You don't have to dislike a type of music to observe the effects. For example, I like prog rock, but I also know that if I want to clear a room the best choice is The Devil's Triangle from King Crimson's In The Wake Of Poseidon...hell, I can't listen to it...
Most adults I know can't stand classical music either, so I doubt this will have a long term effect on listening habits; who knows, being exposed to it might actually get more kids interested in it. And as someone in their late 30's who can still hear frequencies up to 20kHz I'd much rather this than those buzz generators, as long as the sound quality isn't too bad and they don't play too much Satie (I don't want to fall asleep and miss my bus).
I think Jesus and Buddha probably fit that description.
If the measure is achieving their goals (things like peace and mutual understanding), then they're dismal failures. On the other hand, L. Ron Hubbard's stated aim in founding a religion was to make money, so he succeeded splendidly.
No, not going to happen. For a start, such a program would have to be available for every common iteration of every operating system and be able to recognise the installation footprint of a variety of AV software, and be constantly updated to recognise new versions and work around any changed settings. No Australian ISP is going to put in that kind of development work when they can just monitor their logs for suspicious activity (and already do). Besides, attempting to mandate a particular hardware/software combination retroactively at the customer's expense would almost certainly contravene the Trade Practices Act.
Second, anything installed locally can be cracked locally; I can think of several methods of defeating something like that off the top of my head, and if I can I'm sure a trojan writer could too (whether Australia is a large enough target to justify the effort is another matter).
Third, false negatives would result in a significant increase in tech support costs with, as my last point suggests, possibly no tangible benefit.
Of course, if you'd read your quote in context with "A draft copy of the voluntary code says the ISPs should identify affected computers and try to contact the users, by phone or email", you'd realise that by "users who refused to install AV software" TFA means "users whose computers have been identified as affected, and been contacted, and refused to install AV software", which is what the code actually says; it isn't advocating pre-emptive measures, which as I've pointed out are technically and legally unworkable.
If there are no signs of botnet activity from a computer, how would they know it doesn't have AV software? Something tells me ISPs aren't going to devote resources to asking their customers just in case...
Antarctica isn't divided up into countries, so it's moving from Antarctica to Antarctica*. That's like saying it's gone from the middle of nowhere (with penguins) to also the middle of nowhere (with penguins): there's just no way of making that an attention grabbing story, despite the penguins.
*To be technical, magnetic South is near the edge of the sea ice rather than on the continent, which means it's moving from a really cold bit of ocean to another, slightly less cold bit of ocean. While that does entail more penguins, it's still not that interesting.
Which is half way between American and British with a bit of French thrown in. That's why we couldn't quite tell whether Anakin was good or evil, just that he was a whiny, pretentious bitch.
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I'm not particularly interested in hearing what people believe, I'm rather more interested in cold, hard facts and forming my own opinion. Neither Fox or CNN are sufficient for this purpose.
We have nothing to fear but Fox itself.
...what trojan horse like hardware means.
Really crappy cars?
It's not a real DR
Damn, I was thinking this Dr Congo could cure my severe case of boogie fever.
What are the laws surrounding drinking alcohol in the Golden Gate Park?
BYO.
Correction: Pocahontas and Avatar were both animated. Kevin Costner is anything but animated.
Same thing.
Both can be true, since gross isn't adjusted for inflation.
So even though the number of dollars is higher than ever, blockbusters are selling fewer tickets than they used to. Of course, whether this is due to P2P, people waiting for DVD releases or simply because Avatar was just Pocahontas performed by tall thin Smurfs is a matter of debate.
Make kids sit around in boredom (they'd much rather be somewhere else) against their will piping classical music at them will possibly just give them to associate classical music with... uh, negative things.
Making kids sit around in boredom against their will teaching them maths or science will just give them reason to associate maths and science with negative things. Like classical music, maths and science aren't considered cool... all this proves is that some kids have the wits to reject cultural imperatives to follow their own interests, the rest don't. No great revelation to Slashdotters there.
I would hazard a guess and say that the people who dreamt up this scheme don't either.
You don't have to dislike a type of music to observe the effects. For example, I like prog rock, but I also know that if I want to clear a room the best choice is The Devil's Triangle from King Crimson's In The Wake Of Poseidon...hell, I can't listen to it...
Most adults I know can't stand classical music either, so I doubt this will have a long term effect on listening habits; who knows, being exposed to it might actually get more kids interested in it. And as someone in their late 30's who can still hear frequencies up to 20kHz I'd much rather this than those buzz generators, as long as the sound quality isn't too bad and they don't play too much Satie (I don't want to fall asleep and miss my bus).
Considering what ends up in Chinese foodstuffs, drugs would be the safer option.
I'd like it if anyone could find "technical protection measure" actually defined within any Australian law.
Copyright Act, here and here.
I believe the correct terminology is Prophet.
Yes, the fact that prophet and mastermind are not generally considered synonyms was my point.
I think Jesus and Buddha probably fit that description.
If the measure is achieving their goals (things like peace and mutual understanding), then they're dismal failures. On the other hand, L. Ron Hubbard's stated aim in founding a religion was to make money, so he succeeded splendidly.
Of course. When was the last time you heard someone described as a religious mastermind?
I prefer 0.33814023 fluid ounces.
Australian game releases typically lag behind other regions.
Australia: kicked from the world for unacceptable latency.
...your 300mW pocket laser pointer popping balloons & burning wood.
You're supposed to take it out of your pocket before using it.
No, not going to happen. For a start, such a program would have to be available for every common iteration of every operating system and be able to recognise the installation footprint of a variety of AV software, and be constantly updated to recognise new versions and work around any changed settings. No Australian ISP is going to put in that kind of development work when they can just monitor their logs for suspicious activity (and already do). Besides, attempting to mandate a particular hardware/software combination retroactively at the customer's expense would almost certainly contravene the Trade Practices Act.
Second, anything installed locally can be cracked locally; I can think of several methods of defeating something like that off the top of my head, and if I can I'm sure a trojan writer could too (whether Australia is a large enough target to justify the effort is another matter).
Third, false negatives would result in a significant increase in tech support costs with, as my last point suggests, possibly no tangible benefit.
Of course, if you'd read your quote in context with "A draft copy of the voluntary code says the ISPs should identify affected computers and try to contact the users, by phone or email", you'd realise that by "users who refused to install AV software" TFA means "users whose computers have been identified as affected, and been contacted, and refused to install AV software", which is what the code actually says; it isn't advocating pre-emptive measures, which as I've pointed out are technically and legally unworkable.
If there are no signs of botnet activity from a computer, how would they know it doesn't have AV software? Something tells me ISPs aren't going to devote resources to asking their customers just in case...
Yeah, well it's really easy to feel superior when your reproductive organs aren't dangling around at convenient kicking height.
So, does the South pole shift as well?
Yes.
To where?
Antarctica isn't divided up into countries, so it's moving from Antarctica to Antarctica*. That's like saying it's gone from the middle of nowhere (with penguins) to also the middle of nowhere (with penguins): there's just no way of making that an attention grabbing story, despite the penguins.
*To be technical, magnetic South is near the edge of the sea ice rather than on the continent, which means it's moving from a really cold bit of ocean to another, slightly less cold bit of ocean. While that does entail more penguins, it's still not that interesting.
Hayden Christiansen is Canadian...hmmm....
Which is half way between American and British with a bit of French thrown in. That's why we couldn't quite tell whether Anakin was good or evil, just that he was a whiny, pretentious bitch.
Unless Nietzsche was right, yes.