The throwing of your own cell phone is now a criminal offense in China. The Chinese prime minister was quoted as saying "If you choose to THROW your PHONE you WILL go to JAIL".
This is what a propose. I am going to buy three ships, I'll call them the Ni, the Pinto Bean, and the Santa Clause, and I am going to sail to Antartica and form America II. Whoever would like to go with me can do so, and we will break away from America like America did from Britan. In America II when you buy something you can do whatever you want to with it, (I know this article is talking about UK, but humor me). In America II you can buy a DVD player that's not coded for Antartica and play Antartica movies on it, if you can hack it. In America II you can type whatever you want break into whatever system you want and copy anyone's work, so long as no one gets physically injured and your not breaking the law.
Oh, also I will be needed someone to setup a wireless ISP for me once I arrive.
I am writing a program that ticks off bees. Basically what would happen is your sitting at your computer, you run my program in the background, and all of the suddent all the bees, wasps, and other flying stining creatures in your neighborhood start flying into your glass windows, till they eventually break, at which point...
The way this transistion should be done, is by incentives. The government should give companies that strive to create all Digital TV's tax breaks, etc. No require them to do it. Lat time I checked we were living in a free country, but maybe after planes hit the towers that changed.
Are they going to put people in jail for making TV's without digital recievers?
What about black and white TV's? What's the point of putting one in there?
How about the TV Watch, is it going to have this huge digital reciever attached to it?
This is the biggest bunch of BS I have ever read. Drop crocodiles? Yeah right, and what scientific method did they use to determine that the crocodiles jumped out of trees? So much of what you read about this stuff is all speculation presented as facts. I don't believe half of the stuff they said in that story. It's a bunch of bored scientists guessing at rocks they dug up.
I'm with ya brother every day I take my dose of CRACK COCCAINE traditional medicine ignores it and US govt frowns upon it, but it helps me not care what the hell kinda cancer I'm getting or anything else for that matter.
That's it that confirms it. I am going to be a phone mercenary. Me and my swarm can get there and leave before the police arrive, and we know when they are coming and where they are. Don't like your boss? Need your wife removed? Someone steal your stapler for the last time? Message me.
First of all, yes the true motive behind all of this P2P stuff, and loopholes is getting free stuff you would normally have to pay for. People like free stuff.
Second, the other motivation is simply this. If I can copy some zeros and ones to my hard drive, then find a program to turn those zeros ones into pretty moving pictures that I can use to play games or do other stuff I need to do, well I don't really care who wrote the software or if they make money because it's my computer processing my zeros and ones. IP is basically just a bunch of BS anyway. Who cares about IP? Not me, not many people do. I am a software engineer I write software and try to sell it, but what I am really selling is the pretty little box and instruction manual that I am packaging and the ease of getting it buy paying for it. If someone cracks, steals, copies, my software I don't care, (doesn't mean I won't try to make it harder to do), but really I think someone has a right to copy whatever they want to thier own computer, whether I was the one who created this unique combination of zeros and ones or someone else did. So yes, I am glad to support the piracy of software, but I also buy software and games, because I like to have the shiny little instruction booklet or because I want to support that company. But I have a choice to do so, and I always will, because you can not protect your zeros and ones, because no matter what the law says you will never own it. Now if you are selling someone's zeros and ones, that's different, but most bucanneers don't sell pirated software they use it for themselves.
Basically no matter what laws are imposed there will always be loopholes as far as this is concerned, because people (no matter how much they refuse) generally deep down agree that they should basically be able to do whatever they want with something as trivial as zeros and ones stored on a magnet.
I have written a an RFC on this very subject. It is definitely one of great concern. The RFC is called RFC1OUCH. Basically the idea behind this RFC is that motivation is required for a person to work/learn/produce. My choice method of motivation is digit removal. Now by digit removal I am not reffering to taking numbers off their pay, but rather removing thier digits. I would first recommend getting what I call a "chopping block." This will serve two purposes. The first is to provide a flat area in which digit removal can occur, and the second is to provide a bloody reminder of why it is easier to type with 10 fingers rather than 9 or 0. Several people have raised concerns saying stupid things like "Well if you cut off their bloody fingers how are they going to type and produce code faster with less fingers?" But you said you have a team of four? Correct? What you will find is in the end you should end up with somewhere around 1 coder with 0 fingers, 2 coders with 1 finger, and one really f****** coder with extremely good motivation. In most cases this is always a more ideal senario then the alternative. One suggestion is to make an example right away without warning. The best way is to tell everyone to gathering around the ol chopping block, and tell them you are going to show them a magic trick. The convince someone that it's alright to put thier finger on the block, that it's just an illusion. When he screams in shock and so does everyone else, then you can tell them "now get to work."
I hope this helps you. By the way I do offer consultation services in this area. I have my own chopping block that I would be glad to bring to your site as well as an assortment of digit removal tools. I have a demonstration I can provide to your company with proper notice and consent forms. Oh and also I need a volunteer.
Ssmoimo
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The throwing of your own cell phone is now a criminal offense in China. The Chinese prime minister was quoted as saying "If you choose to THROW your PHONE you WILL go to JAIL".
This is what a propose. I am going to buy three ships, I'll call them the Ni, the Pinto Bean, and the Santa Clause, and I am going to sail to Antartica and form America II. Whoever would like to go with me can do so, and we will break away from America like America did from Britan. In America II when you buy something you can do whatever you want to with it, (I know this article is talking about UK, but humor me). In America II you can buy a DVD player that's not coded for Antartica and play Antartica movies on it, if you can hack it. In America II you can type whatever you want break into whatever system you want and copy anyone's work, so long as no one gets physically injured and your not breaking the law. Oh, also I will be needed someone to setup a wireless ISP for me once I arrive.
If you have windows XP installed that is.
Man falls from highest recorded height wearing a blue pressurized jumpsuit.
I am writing a program that ticks off bees. Basically what would happen is your sitting at your computer, you run my program in the background, and all of the suddent all the bees, wasps, and other flying stining creatures in your neighborhood start flying into your glass windows, till they eventually break, at which point...
The way this transistion should be done, is by incentives. The government should give companies that strive to create all Digital TV's tax breaks, etc. No require them to do it. Lat time I checked we were living in a free country, but maybe after planes hit the towers that changed.
Yep it works.
Are they going to put people in jail for making TV's without digital recievers?
What about black and white TV's? What's the point of putting one in there?
How about the TV Watch, is it going to have this huge digital reciever attached to it?
This is the biggest bunch of BS I have ever read. Drop crocodiles? Yeah right, and what scientific method did they use to determine that the crocodiles jumped out of trees? So much of what you read about this stuff is all speculation presented as facts. I don't believe half of the stuff they said in that story. It's a bunch of bored scientists guessing at rocks they dug up.
But it can also add to a relationship and make you the super mack dad of nerdville...
Ok, I turned the ringer off.
OK NO CALL ME BABY... YEAH, you like THAT...
RING IT AGAIN...
Plus it's rechargable!
I'm with ya brother every day I take my dose of CRACK COCCAINE traditional medicine ignores it and US govt frowns upon it, but it helps me not care what the hell kinda cancer I'm getting or anything else for that matter.
That's it that confirms it. I am going to be a phone mercenary. Me and my swarm can get there and leave before the police arrive, and we know when they are coming and where they are. Don't like your boss? Need your wife removed? Someone steal your stapler for the last time? Message me.
First of all, yes the true motive behind all of this P2P stuff, and loopholes is getting free stuff you would normally have to pay for. People like free stuff.
Second, the other motivation is simply this. If I can copy some zeros and ones to my hard drive, then find a program to turn those zeros ones into pretty moving pictures that I can use to play games or do other stuff I need to do, well I don't really care who wrote the software or if they make money because it's my computer processing my zeros and ones. IP is basically just a bunch of BS anyway. Who cares about IP? Not me, not many people do. I am a software engineer I write software and try to sell it, but what I am really selling is the pretty little box and instruction manual that I am packaging and the ease of getting it buy paying for it. If someone cracks, steals, copies, my software I don't care, (doesn't mean I won't try to make it harder to do), but really I think someone has a right to copy whatever they want to thier own computer, whether I was the one who created this unique combination of zeros and ones or someone else did. So yes, I am glad to support the piracy of software, but I also buy software and games, because I like to have the shiny little instruction booklet or because I want to support that company. But I have a choice to do so, and I always will, because you can not protect your zeros and ones, because no matter what the law says you will never own it. Now if you are selling someone's zeros and ones, that's different, but most bucanneers don't sell pirated software they use it for themselves.
Basically no matter what laws are imposed there will always be loopholes as far as this is concerned, because people (no matter how much they refuse) generally deep down agree that they should basically be able to do whatever they want with something as trivial as zeros and ones stored on a magnet.
Since life is giving you lemons, Make lemonade and squirt it in thier eyes.
I have written a an RFC on this very subject. It is definitely one of great concern. The RFC is called RFC1OUCH. Basically the idea behind this RFC is that motivation is required for a person to work/learn/produce. My choice method of motivation is digit removal. Now by digit removal I am not reffering to taking numbers off their pay, but rather removing thier digits. I would first recommend getting what I call a "chopping block." This will serve two purposes. The first is to provide a flat area in which digit removal can occur, and the second is to provide a bloody reminder of why it is easier to type with 10 fingers rather than 9 or 0. Several people have raised concerns saying stupid things like "Well if you cut off their bloody fingers how are they going to type and produce code faster with less fingers?" But you said you have a team of four? Correct? What you will find is in the end you should end up with somewhere around 1 coder with 0 fingers, 2 coders with 1 finger, and one really f****** coder with extremely good motivation. In most cases this is always a more ideal senario then the alternative. One suggestion is to make an example right away without warning. The best way is to tell everyone to gathering around the ol chopping block, and tell them you are going to show them a magic trick. The convince someone that it's alright to put thier finger on the block, that it's just an illusion. When he screams in shock and so does everyone else, then you can tell them "now get to work." I hope this helps you. By the way I do offer consultation services in this area. I have my own chopping block that I would be glad to bring to your site as well as an assortment of digit removal tools. I have a demonstration I can provide to your company with proper notice and consent forms. Oh and also I need a volunteer. Ssmoimo
I am starting a fund to help Microsoft since IBM and Linux are being mean to M$. Please send me money so we can help our favorite company when they are in a time of need.