I'm sure everyone here knows how bad this is becoming. This crap could get pushed into law if it isn't stopped. I'm up for some good protests right now. I'm serious. If you're in the D/FW area and you're setting something up, let me know. More people need to know about this since it affects everyone.
Isn't it nice that this kind of story came out just before the CBDTPA, SSSCA, whatever the hell it will be called next is about to be voted on?
One would think that they knew about this for a while, they probably know about more rings than that one, saving them for perfect political opportunities such as this one to support their stupid, stupid laws. Could we get them for withholding evidence, if this is true? : )
"The lack of high quality digital content continues to hinder consumer adoption of broadband Internet service and digital television products."
Is it just me, or does is sound like they're trying to shove broadband access down the United States' collective throat?
Have they ever given any thought to the fact that maybe...just maybe...people don't need broadband right now because they don't want or have to watch TV over the internet? Maybe we don't want the latest Britney Spears CD sent over copper and deletable at the RIAA whim.
"The secure protection of digital content is a necessary precondition to facilitating and hastening the transition to high-definition television, which will benefit consumers."
People either want HDTV or they don't. Our choice, not theirs. It doesn't benefit us in any way to see the news at a sharper resolution.
These companies are obviously eager to get these technologies into our homes, but they are so impatient, they must pay off a senator and have a law* to force it onto us.
* When I say "law", I'm not referring to the actual documents which could not be bought. I'm referring to one of the easily obtainable pieces of paper for the corporate elite that allows them to step all over and keep complete control over customers' money and freedom at will, provided you have hundreds of thousands of dollars to "donate".
I like what he wants to do, but to keep bandwidth costs low, and to gain more readers, he could begin with an actual radio broadcast, and gain a bigger audience. I'm not sure how many radio stations PBS has scattered around the U.S., but if there's enough, it seems like it would be a good start.
Listing China and Russia in a possible "hit list"? Wow, I thought we were making some progress, but it seems like someone wants to throw all that away. Mabye the government wants (needs?) another war to justify it's actions. The current administration just needs to slow down, and think things through just a little bit longer, or else the United States is on a highway to self-destruction.
"Rather than form a federation with Microsoft and work with what we had already created, there was this notion that the world should be offered an alternative," Mundie said.
I think that this quote says it all. Mundie talks like Microsoft IS the computer industry.
"If there is not commercialization there, a company can only exist based on ancillary manufacturing or services. If commercialization was cut down, investors would not support research and development in the IT sector, less projects would be developed, less taxes paid and the government would have less money to run universities, and all the other things that governments do," said Mundie.
1. They're moving towards services anyway.
2. Less money for Micro$oft to steal from the government and the universities and put into their money circle. They pay taxes which go to the governments and universities to pay for licensing Windows.
from news.zdnet.co.uk, October 2001:
"A copy of the legislation proposed by the RIAA last week would appear to have given the group broad latitude to attack file-swappers' computers without suffering any civil liability.
No civil liability would result from "any impairment of the availability of data, a program, a system or information, resulting from measures taken by an owner of copyright," the proposed text read. "
Speaking of hacking a computer's registry...
"The technology community doesn't want any standards regardless of what form they take. There's an impasse that needs to be bridged if we want to create broadband services and increase consumer demand for those services."
What if many of us don't want these "services" if it means the permanent sealing of our personal (I repeat PERSONAL!!) computers?
"You have already seen this movie on this computer. Movies are allowed to only be seen once according to the Terms of Extortion and excessive Control bundled with the DVD. You are now a movie pirate. This computer will call the FBI in 5...4...3..."
You're comparing movies to shows with 30 minutes of airtime. I think the reason that anime is pretty good is because the shows develop much deeper than what can be done in 30 minutes. It takes a full season to finish most shows i've seen. DBZ is a good example, even though the show is mostly full of people yelling and beating the crap out of each other, it spans over many episodes. Over here in the states, 30 minutes is what most shows get and not many shows are extended to 1 hour. Movie-wise, yes we have some good stuff, but if you talk about what is shown regularly on TV, anime is better.
because if we didn't have some battle to fight, the government couldn't justify the amount of money its spending on various "wars" (drugs, terrorism, etc.) and to keep people occupied and thinking of these wars. otherwise, more people would (gasp!) give a damn about what the goverment does.
Some people would like a DVD player with their gamecube. And nintendo makes their money off of the games, so the more systems that are out there that can play the games, the more money that they make.
Mabye that's what the country needs. Some other country or union with just as much influence to slap the government in the face and say "hey! stop acting stupid and see what you're doing to the world!" And that won't happen because we all don't have millions of dollars to "donate" to the political parties like the RIAA, MPAA and other various 4-letter organisations.
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If you're going to be raising large sums of money, see what can be done about getting some TV ads to inform the people.
I'm sure everyone here knows how bad this is becoming. This crap could get pushed into law if it isn't stopped. I'm up for some good protests right now. I'm serious. If you're in the D/FW area and you're setting something up, let me know. More people need to know about this since it affects everyone.
One would think that they knew about this for a while, they probably know about more rings than that one, saving them for perfect political opportunities such as this one to support their stupid, stupid laws. Could we get them for withholding evidence, if this is true? : )
"The lack of high quality digital content continues to hinder consumer adoption of broadband Internet service and digital television products."
Is it just me, or does is sound like they're trying to shove broadband access down the United States' collective throat?
Have they ever given any thought to the fact that maybe...just maybe...people don't need broadband right now because they don't want or have to watch TV over the internet? Maybe we don't want the latest Britney Spears CD sent over copper and deletable at the RIAA whim.
"The secure protection of digital content is a necessary precondition to facilitating and hastening the transition to high-definition television, which will benefit consumers."
People either want HDTV or they don't. Our choice, not theirs. It doesn't benefit us in any way to see the news at a sharper resolution. These companies are obviously eager to get these technologies into our homes, but they are so impatient, they must pay off a senator and have a law* to force it onto us.
* When I say "law", I'm not referring to the actual documents which could not be bought. I'm referring to one of the easily obtainable pieces of paper for the corporate elite that allows them to step all over and keep complete control over customers' money and freedom at will, provided you have hundreds of thousands of dollars to "donate".
I like what he wants to do, but to keep bandwidth costs low, and to gain more readers, he could begin with an actual radio broadcast, and gain a bigger audience. I'm not sure how many radio stations PBS has scattered around the U.S., but if there's enough, it seems like it would be a good start.
Hopefully they will read them and help to stop this bill once and for all...
I saw one of these at a gun show a while back, and it wasn't as cool as I thought it would be, but 144 rubber bands on one gun...I was still amazed.
Listing China and Russia in a possible "hit list"? Wow, I thought we were making some progress, but it seems like someone wants to throw all that away. Mabye the government wants (needs?) another war to justify it's actions. The current administration just needs to slow down, and think things through just a little bit longer, or else the United States is on a highway to self-destruction.
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Just how desperate is Microsoft to get your attention? Look and see.
"Rather than form a federation with Microsoft and work with what we had already created, there was this notion that the world should be offered an alternative," Mundie said.
I think that this quote says it all. Mundie talks like Microsoft IS the computer industry.
"If there is not commercialization there, a company can only exist based on ancillary manufacturing or services. If commercialization was cut down, investors would not support research and development in the IT sector, less projects would be developed, less taxes paid and the government would have less money to run universities, and all the other things that governments do," said Mundie.
1. They're moving towards services anyway.
2. Less money for Micro$oft to steal from the government and the universities and put into their money circle. They pay taxes which go to the governments and universities to pay for licensing Windows.
from news.zdnet.co.uk, October 2001: "A copy of the legislation proposed by the RIAA last week would appear to have given the group broad latitude to attack file-swappers' computers without suffering any civil liability. No civil liability would result from "any impairment of the availability of data, a program, a system or information, resulting from measures taken by an owner of copyright," the proposed text read. " Speaking of hacking a computer's registry...
"The technology community doesn't want any standards regardless of what form they take. There's an impasse that needs to be bridged if we want to create broadband services and increase consumer demand for those services." What if many of us don't want these "services" if it means the permanent sealing of our personal (I repeat PERSONAL!!) computers?
"You have already seen this movie on this computer. Movies are allowed to only be seen once according to the Terms of Extortion and excessive Control bundled with the DVD. You are now a movie pirate. This computer will call the FBI in 5...4...3..."
You're comparing movies to shows with 30 minutes of airtime. I think the reason that anime is pretty good is because the shows develop much deeper than what can be done in 30 minutes. It takes a full season to finish most shows i've seen. DBZ is a good example, even though the show is mostly full of people yelling and beating the crap out of each other, it spans over many episodes. Over here in the states, 30 minutes is what most shows get and not many shows are extended to 1 hour. Movie-wise, yes we have some good stuff, but if you talk about what is shown regularly on TV, anime is better.
because if we didn't have some battle to fight, the government couldn't justify the amount of money its spending on various "wars" (drugs, terrorism, etc.) and to keep people occupied and thinking of these wars. otherwise, more people would (gasp!) give a damn about what the goverment does.
I only have one thing to say: "No one expects the George W. Bush Inquisition!!"
Is that a Windows XP CD? If it is, you're not gonna be able to use it without registering it. Linux looks kinda cool at that point...
Some people would like a DVD player with their gamecube. And nintendo makes their money off of the games, so the more systems that are out there that can play the games, the more money that they make.
Mabye that's what the country needs. Some other country or union with just as much influence to slap the government in the face and say "hey! stop acting stupid and see what you're doing to the world!" And that won't happen because we all don't have millions of dollars to "donate" to the political parties like the RIAA, MPAA and other various 4-letter organisations.