What are these "booth babes" you speak of? There are none of them in my basement.
See, thats what you get for using the wrong distro. Booth Babes (tm) being non GPL are not avilible for download and can be found in binnary only form with licensed copies of Linux.
And what if some cracker has rooted your machine with some trojan and is doing the downloading of kiddy porn. But the FBI only sees your IP address and when they ask the owner of that IP address (the ISP) to identify the user using that IP at that specific time, they come to you. You "claim" you "don't know anything about this" but of course the FBI won't believe that. They take your computer, your fax, all your CDs, all your disks, your home movies, go through your closets, your drawers, ask you to open up that safety deposit box you have at the bank that your spouce doesn't know about, ect...
Far-fetched? Not at all.
In the case of kiddy porn it is treated like hard drugs. The possession is illegal. However if you can demonstrate that it wasn't you odds are you'll avoid jail time. However just because it MAY not be you or be done without your knowledge is not going to prevent you from getting a visit from the Men In Suits.
And as far as I can tell from the parent post, the poster isn't claiming that the internet should be a place for actions without consequences.
What we're talking about is the loss of privacy. Now any organization can subpoena your ISP claiming they saw W.X.Y.Z IP address downloading or sharing copyrighted music. They don't stop to question whether or not it's legal. (Yes, downloading an mp3 off an album you own is very legal.) The ISP, after this court's ruling, will be far more inclined to give up that information outright and most likely without your knowledge.
So you DO think that just because you're on the internet you should be able to do anything you want without fear of reprisal JUST because you think your ISP gives you a level of anonymity. At what point SHOULD the ISP be able to hand over your information?
So now the company can go and subpoena a thousand IP addresses a week to an ISP. From that they can start to keep track of who is online and when and what they're doing. Suddly there's a database that notes who you are, your typical online hours, and what FILES (not songs, remember p2p is more than just mp3s) you may have on your computer.
Sure you might be innocent.
But they've got all this personal information about you and they've done it legally.
Is that the kind of world you want to live in?
'Cause that's where we are.
First they went after the ISPs and services. The Slashdot crowd screamed that they should go after the infringers not the service. Then they go after the infringers and the Slashdot crowed screams that they shouldn't do that either. What in your opinion should be done to people who are obviously using the Internet to break copywrite laws? Nothing? What if instead this person was distributing modified GPL code in binary only format? Should there be nothing that can be done because he keeps his anonymity?
Please explain why anonymity should be a guaranteed means of avoiding persecution. Should all crimes committed though the internet be unpunishable? Just because you don't agree with the laws in question is not a reason to claim that the internet should be a place for actions without consequences. What if instead of MP3s this guy was suspected of transferring 6000 kiddy porn images?
Cisco 2514. Low cost, can run latest version of IOS, had dual NICs to setup and test firewall configurations and virtual networks. Add to that a 1600 and a serial x-over cable and you can simulate T1 connections.
No mention of Sun using legal means to force Java on the end user. I for one find this to be the most important scripting language news of the year. Or did that happen in 2003? I thought it was late 2002 but I could be worng.
I can't wait to see 100s of geeks bouncing aorund chanting "these are not the droids you'r looking for". Then again perhaps I can. I'll be stearing clear of SWG unless they have a system to filter out all the hard core Star Wars gimps.
I seem to recall him waiving his right to a speedy trial. I remeber thinking him a dumb ass at the time. But perhaps it was just a ploy to gain the hearts of geeks everywhere.
I've used these and I can't help fealing that they are a bit over priced. Sure you can get a 120gig SCSI drive for way cheaper then if you got a pure SCSI solution. However you lose the benifits of SCSI in the process (like tag queu reordering). Bottom line is that for most solutions the eftra 100-200$ for these adaptors is close if not more then the price diference between SCSI and IDE to start with. Unless you have an existing device that you wish to use (like putting an IDE CD-RW into an Ultra Sparc station) these things just don't seem worth it.
You should check out the Ghost in the Shell TV series - Stand Alone Complex. Its in many ways better then the movie as it has a closer tie to the original books.
Sheesh, I watched that thing almost a year ago. In truth its not that good. Its just like a long episode with better art. The story does nothing for the over all series. Which is a disapointment as I was hopping for somthing that tied everything together with regards to the char' history.
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See, thats what you get for using the wrong distro. Booth Babes (tm) being non GPL are not avilible for download and can be found in binnary only form with licensed copies of Linux.
Bastard sales people, using the OS they know to present cross platform software, that's not right.
Far-fetched? Not at all.
In the case of kiddy porn it is treated like hard drugs. The possession is illegal. However if you can demonstrate that it wasn't you odds are you'll avoid jail time. However just because it MAY not be you or be done without your knowledge is not going to prevent you from getting a visit from the Men In Suits.
And as far as I can tell from the parent post, the poster isn't claiming that the internet should be a place for actions without consequences.
What we're talking about is the loss of privacy. Now any organization can subpoena your ISP claiming they saw W.X.Y.Z IP address downloading or sharing copyrighted music. They don't stop to question whether or not it's legal. (Yes, downloading an mp3 off an album you own is very legal.) The ISP, after this court's ruling, will be far more inclined to give up that information outright and most likely without your knowledge.
So you DO think that just because you're on the internet you should be able to do anything you want without fear of reprisal JUST because you think your ISP gives you a level of anonymity. At what point SHOULD the ISP be able to hand over your information?
So now the company can go and subpoena a thousand IP addresses a week to an ISP. From that they can start to keep track of who is online and when and what they're doing. Suddly there's a database that notes who you are, your typical online hours, and what FILES (not songs, remember p2p is more than just mp3s) you may have on your computer.
Sure you might be innocent.
But they've got all this personal information about you and they've done it legally.
Is that the kind of world you want to live in?
'Cause that's where we are.
First they went after the ISPs and services. The Slashdot crowd screamed that they should go after the infringers not the service. Then they go after the infringers and the Slashdot crowed screams that they shouldn't do that either. What in your opinion should be done to people who are obviously using the Internet to break copywrite laws? Nothing? What if instead this person was distributing modified GPL code in binary only format? Should there be nothing that can be done because he keeps his anonymity?
Please explain why anonymity should be a guaranteed means of avoiding persecution. Should all crimes committed though the internet be unpunishable? Just because you don't agree with the laws in question is not a reason to claim that the internet should be a place for actions without consequences. What if instead of MP3s this guy was suspected of transferring 6000 kiddy porn images?
Cisco 2514. Low cost, can run latest version of IOS, had dual NICs to setup and test firewall configurations and virtual networks. Add to that a 1600 and a serial x-over cable and you can simulate T1 connections.
No mention of Sun using legal means to force Java on the end user. I for one find this to be the most important scripting language news of the year. Or did that happen in 2003? I thought it was late 2002 but I could be worng.
Of course this is all just a small cell phone with vibrate mode. Nothing new.
This is why they have hands free phone systems.
It only costs you 2$ to master and produce a CD? Wow, you should start your own recording group.
Clothes? What clothes?
And yet, in the Soviet Union lawyers where paid by the state and didn't charge people to represent them.
Where do you think the market is for those force feedback joy sticks with "realistic vibrations" (true marketing quote).
If by "get it" you mean that they will come to learn how users of Open Source software refuse to pay for anything then yea, I bet the'll "get it".
OH NO! One person isn't going to pay a monthly fee to play our game. Guess we're going to go broke once everyone else in the world dies. signed. Sony
I can't wait to see 100s of geeks bouncing aorund chanting "these are not the droids you'r looking for". Then again perhaps I can. I'll be stearing clear of SWG unless they have a system to filter out all the hard core Star Wars gimps.
I seem to recall him waiving his right to a speedy trial. I remeber thinking him a dumb ass at the time. But perhaps it was just a ploy to gain the hearts of geeks everywhere.
Wrong idea. These let you use IDE devices on a SCSI controler.
I've used these and I can't help fealing that they are a bit over priced. Sure you can get a 120gig SCSI drive for way cheaper then if you got a pure SCSI solution. However you lose the benifits of SCSI in the process (like tag queu reordering). Bottom line is that for most solutions the eftra 100-200$ for these adaptors is close if not more then the price diference between SCSI and IDE to start with. Unless you have an existing device that you wish to use (like putting an IDE CD-RW into an Ultra Sparc station) these things just don't seem worth it.
Bottom line is I built a 1U Macintosh for under 650$.
No I built a 650$ 1U Macintosh.
I was able to build a 500mhz G3 based iMac for under 300$ from parts I picked up on e-bay. I then installed it into a Marathon iRack 1U case.
You should check out the Ghost in the Shell TV series - Stand Alone Complex. Its in many ways better then the movie as it has a closer tie to the original books.
Sheesh, I watched that thing almost a year ago. In truth its not that good. Its just like a long episode with better art. The story does nothing for the over all series. Which is a disapointment as I was hopping for somthing that tied everything together with regards to the char' history.
What part of the first amendment requires me to pay in order for you to speak?
You admit to being a "fan" of Thunder Dome? Blarg.