excuse to use vague laws in the hopes that the person under the cracklight...err spotlight would crack. If it happened in the us him, his isp, family, friends and local grocer would be test subjects for the fbis newest violations of the civil liberties.
"Recording artists and movie stars command very high fees for their services. If we were to offer them significantly less, many of the most talented and popular artists would simply go into retirement. In short, no pay, no play. "
This concept of refusing to work if they were not paid very very well is new to our new economy. Do you think Thespians in Shakespear's era would not perform if they were not paid well? Secoundly, the only reason they would retire is because of the billions they have already made due to consumers. IF this did not happen in the first place you can be sure as hell they would rather act or sing for 100 grand a year than work at McDonalds. Also, in our new internet/ technological age, what do million dollar studio execs who fret about losing stock options due besides have expensive lunches? It is now possible for artists if indeed they deserve the respect and money they want to produce their own demos and get them out to the public.
Even if you did achieve sci-fi-reality transportation, wouldn't you like to know where you were going first? Or..."ummm I'll take a one way ticket to that dark matter-energy sucking area over there please!"
For starters, they are competing over operating systems, its not like anyone is going to go to the store, and buy a copy of "Lindows" believing
#1 its a product of windows for windows
or
#2 Its an application to be run on Windows.
If someone is searching for an operating system for a computer, this means they are either smart enough to use a computer, or they are stupid enough to think they are smart enough to use a computer, but in reality, aren't. Either case, they are going to relize that despite what Micro$oft wants the public to think, there is more than one operating system. And if they are of the second set of people, hopefully at this point in their poor pathetic lives, they are going to be able to differentiate between "L" and "W". If it was "Lindows XP" then maybe there might be a little problem!
I think iSee's plan is great...where else can you meet girls as paranoid as you...you see the same girl over and over again on your extended long walks...nice conversation starter...just be careful approaching her!
If you read the article on wired, or had a lil common sense, you would understand it is meaningless to terrorists.
#1) Terrorists on a kamikazi mission don't usually care if they are scene before hand. The cameras just present a hind-sight option of what happened where and when.
#2) There are no real-time surveillance or face recognition features linked to the plethora of cameras...so even if a terrorist was on one, noone would know until it was too late. Unless they had someone watching each of the 2400 camers 24/7.
IMHO we should definately have the right to re-sell software, once it is paid for...though copies of software bundled onto burnt cds might be pushing it...mayhap we should start including titles of ownership to be signed over with expensive software:) or at least a way to transfer registration...
Carnivore is not a virus, it is a sniffer installed on the ISP's of users. There would be no local way for a user to know if their ISP has this system installed. In theory "Magic Lantern" would be different, though equally if not more so, horrific.
"To be able to see earth like planets at earth like distances from their parent star, would require a much more advanced telescope than Hubble"
This statement is still true...Hubble didn't find an earth like planet, it found a Gas giant 70% the size of Jupiter. We will need a much more advanced telescope to find an earthlike planet.
Waking up in the morning sucks. Why? Because the only time you enjoy being asleep is when you're half awake...we need to do something about this folks! This is a definate use! Hook me up and zap me awake...
Any child who is thought to be at risk of committing a crime by the police, schools or social services, will be put on the database.
So that means the child doesn't even have to do anything wrong??? Just have the possibility to maybe do something wrong? The next thing they will be using as criteria for the database is the geneology of the child..."Shit his dad stole a car when he was 17 and homeless...put his son in the database and watch his ass for the next 16 years!" Please...
Also...what if someone gets ahold of these files...or information contained in them become public? How will that effect the child...continually tell someone they are bad, and a criminal when they are young...then guess what, odds are they are going to be one...give someone positive reinforcement and...
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excuse to use vague laws in the hopes that the person under the cracklight...err spotlight would crack. If it happened in the us him, his isp, family, friends and local grocer would be test subjects for the fbis newest violations of the civil liberties.
"Recording artists and movie stars command very high fees for their services. If we were to offer them significantly less, many of the most talented and popular artists would simply go into retirement. In short, no pay, no play. "
This concept of refusing to work if they were not paid very very well is new to our new economy. Do you think Thespians in Shakespear's era would not perform if they were not paid well? Secoundly, the only reason they would retire is because of the billions they have already made due to consumers. IF this did not happen in the first place you can be sure as hell they would rather act or sing for 100 grand a year than work at McDonalds. Also, in our new internet/ technological age, what do million dollar studio execs who fret about losing stock options due besides have expensive lunches? It is now possible for artists if indeed they deserve the respect and money they want to produce their own demos and get them out to the public.
What does Crayola have to say about this?
Even if you did achieve sci-fi-reality transportation, wouldn't you like to know where you were going first? Or..."ummm I'll take a one way ticket to that dark matter-energy sucking area over there please!"
perhaps somehow instead of identifying paterns in random data, they are making them???
For starters, they are competing over operating systems, its not like anyone is going to go to the store, and buy a copy of "Lindows" believing
#1 its a product of windows for windows
or
#2 Its an application to be run on Windows.
If someone is searching for an operating system for a computer, this means they are either smart enough to use a computer, or they are stupid enough to think they are smart enough to use a computer, but in reality, aren't. Either case, they are going to relize that despite what Micro$oft wants the public to think, there is more than one operating system. And if they are of the second set of people, hopefully at this point in their poor pathetic lives, they are going to be able to differentiate between "L" and "W". If it was "Lindows XP" then maybe there might be a little problem!
I'm going to goto a plastic surgeon and have him hardcode a virus into my facial features. I'll teach those face scanners to scan me!
I think iSee's plan is great...where else can you meet girls as paranoid as you...you see the same girl over and over again on your extended long walks...nice conversation starter...just be careful approaching her!
Unfortunately for us paranoid...paranoia has always represented a business opportunity...anyone remember the coldwar?
If you read the article on wired, or had a lil common sense, you would understand it is meaningless to terrorists.
#1) Terrorists on a kamikazi mission don't usually care if they are scene before hand. The cameras just present a hind-sight option of what happened where and when.
#2) There are no real-time surveillance or face recognition features linked to the plethora of cameras...so even if a terrorist was on one, noone would know until it was too late. Unless they had someone watching each of the 2400 camers 24/7.
IMHO we should definately have the right to re-sell software, once it is paid for...though copies of software bundled onto burnt cds might be pushing it...mayhap we should start including titles of ownership to be signed over with expensive software :) or at least a way to transfer registration...
Carnivore is not a virus, it is a sniffer installed on the ISP's of users. There would be no local way for a user to know if their ISP has this system installed. In theory "Magic Lantern" would be different, though equally if not more so, horrific.
"To be able to see earth like planets at earth like distances from their parent star, would require a much more advanced telescope than Hubble"
This statement is still true...Hubble didn't find an earth like planet, it found a Gas giant 70% the size of Jupiter. We will need a much more advanced telescope to find an earthlike planet.
Waking up in the morning sucks. Why? Because the only time you enjoy being asleep is when you're half awake...we need to do something about this folks! This is a definate use! Hook me up and zap me awake...
Any child who is thought to be at risk of committing a crime by the police, schools or social services, will be put on the database. So that means the child doesn't even have to do anything wrong??? Just have the possibility to maybe do something wrong? The next thing they will be using as criteria for the database is the geneology of the child..."Shit his dad stole a car when he was 17 and homeless...put his son in the database and watch his ass for the next 16 years!" Please... Also...what if someone gets ahold of these files...or information contained in them become public? How will that effect the child...continually tell someone they are bad, and a criminal when they are young...then guess what, odds are they are going to be one...give someone positive reinforcement and...