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First the CowboyNeal poll option disappears, and then the mod system collapses. Coincidence? I think not!
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" No, the correct course of action is to place large speakers outside his house playing audio that cannot be turned off 24 hours a day until he shoots himself."
"'He asked whether KDE people were saying "Gnu/Linux" or just "Linux""
Personally, I don't say Gnu/Linux, or even KDE/Gnu/Linux. When someone asks what I'm using, I tell them I'm using KDE/X-Windows 11/Gnu/Linux/System V/MIT/AT&T/AMD/K7/x86/Intel.
Got to give credit to everyone, RMS told me so, so it must be true!
"They could also link with "--emit-relocs" to leave the relocations in the binary. Then it could run in low memory or at the usual address (0x8048000)."
"Nonsense. It's defeatist thinking like this that allows them to get away with what they're doing. KNOW that you're right, that what they're doing is wrong, and fight them on it."
Like Napster did?
Call it whatever thinking you like, but the fact is that they've got more money than God and more politicians in their pockets than big oil ever had.
If you think you can fight Comcast, or the RIAA, or the MPAA, then feel free. Personally, I'm trying to stay under the radar for the time being. While it might sound nice to "fight the good fight", the fact remains that these people bring knives, guns, and nuclear weapons to your fistfight. When there's some semblence of fairness, or at least a remote possibility of surviving the fight, (let alone winning), I'll join your crusade.
" out of curiosity, could they be prosecuted under any spam laws?"
Sure, and 20 years later, after costing the public $50million in legal fees, the RIAA will finally win one of their 10 appeals and we'll be right back where we started. When you ask a question like that, you need to qualify it.
To me, it's the same as someone asking, "Can't Microsoft be prosecuted for illegally maintaining a monopoly?".
Massive multinational conglomerates have outgrown our justice system. Simply put, they're bigger than we, the people, could ever hope to be.
"Its pointless to fight technology and progress. It slows and stops innovation and for what?"
To slow people down, giving time for the major providers like Comcast and AOL (Time Warner) to turn the internet into a mindless computerized cable television content delivery service. Once the major content providers seize control over the vast majority of users, they can simply knock out applications like Kazaa and the like on the ISP level, while steering internet surfers toward purchasing more unnecessary, overpriced, mindless garbage; much like what was done with television. In the mean time, the RIAA and MPAA are trying to buy time, hoping their member drone multinational monopolies can get this whole internet 'thing' under control before their content stranglehold is broken by the masses.
"They simply cannot subpoena Grokster or KaZaA (thanks to the recent ruling) for users' names -- let alone actually find their e-mail address to send a nastier C&D 'letter'."
Forgetting the Verizon rulings so quickly? They just wanted to sue the companies that make the software out of business. In terms of going after the users, they've got court backing on that one - they simply go to the ISP. Heck, they don't even need a warrant, judge's order, or even probable cause.
" i am surrounded with intelligent people (not to e harsh or demeaning to your mother) that really think things through when it comes to actins taken by your administration..."
That's just it, she's extremely intelligent, but has shifted further and further right in her latter years. Boardering on what I would consider extremist at this point, she continues to be able to support everything she says with a (albeit twisted) logical base. All the more reason why it's tough to talk some sense into her.
In terms of the approval rating, in his capacity as commander in chief, it's expected that he have a high rating. In a perpetual conflict with terrorism, however, it looks to me as though it's more and more of a political capital generator. In any event, all we can hope for at this point is that the Dems can come up with a reasonable and viable alternative to Bush. So far, the Dems seem confused and fractured; completely unable to beat anyone, let alone a popular sitting President.
Personally, I have serious reservations about flying in an aircraft which can be brought down by a cell phone. I can certainly understand the bandwidth reasons for not allowing them, but this would seem to be an FCC concern; not an airline's. In terms of wireless devices, I also find it pretty amazing that the airlines can claim that air travel is safe while at the same time claiming that my laptop looking for a WAP can send the plane I'm on careening into the side of a mountain. If these things are truly this shoddily built, ought we really be riding on them? And if any of this is really true, wouldn't a terrorist be better off setting up a mobile broadcast vehicle near an airport, rather than having to mess with bombs and missiles?
In all honesty, I find the whole affair rather silly and overblown. If I'm wrong about that, then frequent air travels ought to find the situation disturbing.
Yes, I'm an American. And more than that, I'm a patriot who loves his country with all his heart. What's more, my government's current actions with regard to the "war on terrorism" are absolutely killing me.
"Could you give me some examples of ignorant americans spouting off on how great their administration is?"
My own mother for starters. Every time I'm visiting I get an earful about how great the administration is, and every time I mention a violation of the Constitution, the response is: "oh, go hug a terrorist". Truly sad. But think about it; Bush has a 70%+ approval rating. Who on Earth would give their approval of an administration geared toward bringing about the same Justice Dept abuses of the 1960's and 1970's on a "1984" scale using McCarthy era tactics? How about someone who doesn't recognize that these are abuses because they're blinded by fear?
In my previous post, I qualified the "American Public" as the majority; not folks like you and me, or those at the EFF or ACLU who understand what's going on and have been working against it. If the American Public thought like you and I, there would be 200+million Americans protesting throughout the country to stop the Justice Dept tactics in place, calling for the resignation and prosecution of John Ashcroft, calling for the USA PATRIOT Act to be put through a shredder, tearing apart the FBI's and NSA's offices to find out just how much our lives have been invaded by our government, and tearing through the FISA court's documents to see just how bad of a "rubber stamp" court it really is; possibly leading to us calling for an end to the FISA court as it exists today.
What we have instead is the President with a 70%+ approval rating by the "American Public". That means that even a number of people who consider themselves Democrats still approve of this Republican President. Now, don't get me wrong; I think a person should give their approval to a President who they believe is doing a good job regardless of their political affiliation. However, I think this is clearly a case where so many people are blinded by the fear perpetuated by this administration that nearly any abuse can go virtually unnoticed. When a major administration official, the AG, can stand up in Congress and equate dissent with treason (even going so far as to quote the Constitutional definition), and more than 70% of the American public still give their approval, I think there's a major problem. When the government can put up signs on the side of the road without them being ripped up that say the following:
ANY suspicious person or activity will IMMEDIATELY be reported to our Law Enforcement Agency (Posted by the Homeland Security Dept)
I think there's a problem. There were limits placed on the government by those who created it precisely because they didn't trust that the government would always be one working in the best interests of the people. That we now have an administration actively working to bypass those restrictions really says something about that administration. But more than that, it says something about the American public, which is allowing and even approving of it. I attack the stance of the American public, and the vision (for lack of a better word) of the American public because it is the American public under a big umbrella which is supporting the incredibly unconstitutional acts of this administration.
"saying you have rights taht aren't being given."
I also take issue with this statement. I understand your message, and I agree with that, but when you say "rights that aren't being given", the implication is that the rights are given to me by the government or the administration. According to the Declaration of Independence, on which the US Constitution's power is based, the rights I have are given to me by my creator; my God if you will. The government exists soley to ensure that those rights are secured; so says the US Declaration of Independence. Also from the Dec
"i'm sorry but this is a pathetic attempt at seeming intelligent or "cool" with the community."
Actually, it's a personal pot-shot. Check my previous postings on the subject and you'll get a sense for my feelings.
" i mean it's cool if you strongly believe the public eats up whatever the administrations deals out -- but give them/some/ credit."
I'll give them some credit when they rise up in defense of the rights of Jose Padilla. I'll give them some credit when they rise up against statements by Ashcroft equating dissent to treason. I'll give them some credit when they break down the courthouse doors to get into these secret deportation proceedings to find out what the hell's being done in the name of the American public. I'll give them some credit when they give a damn. When I say this, I'm referring to the overwhelming majority, not the few folks here or at the EFF or the ACLU; obviously.
I'll now paraphrase what another poster said regarding the American public a few months ago:
"Menace the average modern American with anything halfway alarming -- terrorism, crime, or any other of today's various boogeymen -- and in place ot their forbearer's bravery, idealism, and resolve, they will show cowardice, surrender, and an astounding aptitude for cognative dissonence. They will gratefully trade their liberties for even the illusion of security, and will gladly indenture themselves to anyone who claims to offer them safety."
I strike at the American public for the aforementioned reasons, and I strike at Ashcroft and the administration in general for taking advantage of the situation and the public.
But... but... I thought you had the right to remain silent? I thought that anything you say can be used against you in a court of law? I thought you had the right to an attourney, and that if you couldn't afford one, one would be appointed to you?
[Ashcroft] This is normally the case, except the terrorism terrorist was terrorizing September 11th terrorist weapons of mass destruction nuclear biological radiological terrorist chemical radiation death September 11th die fear terrorist terrorism pain alert death red alert nuclear radioactive terrorist terrorist.
[Public] Oh my God, lock him up! Terrorist?! Terrorism?! Make it stop, please! We'll do anything just-make-it-stop!
"Once Net users discover that all they're downloading is a World Wide Web of pain, only the most determined and technologically savvy of them will continue to steal music."
And the rest will be busy filing lawsuits for destructive files causing real damage. There are indeed things that could possibly be done to cause hardware issues, mostly relating to that hardware's firmware, but the legal implications of such an action are the same as they are for authors of viruses. What you'll see is a flood of lawsuits brought by individuals who will swear they've never downloaded illegal files, but somehow or other, this file from the RIAA found it's way onto their system, causing significant damage and downtime.
"We must ask ourselves what [sic] to do to stop the theft of music via the Internet, now so widespread and so brazen that it makes the Baghdad looters look like trick-or-treaters."
File Chapter 7 (liquidation) bankruptcy on Monday, and by Friday, all your troubles will be over; I promise you.
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My God, has the day finally come where the phrases: "she's a bitch", "is fucking stupid.", and "My advice? Kill her." earn someone an "insightful" mod?
First the CowboyNeal poll option disappears, and then the mod system collapses. Coincidence? I think not!
Don't accept any imposters, make sure you're looking at the original.
"R-Type stickers add 25MHZ to your CPU speed."
Unfortunately, they also cut the FSB in half.
" No, the correct course of action is to place large speakers outside his house playing audio that cannot be turned off 24 hours a day until he shoots himself."
I propose the "Hampster Dance" song.
Which brings me back to my earlier comment on the subject.
"there are too many *legal* ways of showing to SCO our revolt with they 're dirty tactics without needing to play at they 're (very low) level ..."
Like what, refusing to buy their product? We already do that.
Their list of satisfied customers could fit on a cocktail napkin.
"'He asked whether KDE people were saying "Gnu/Linux" or just "Linux""
Personally, I don't say Gnu/Linux, or even KDE/Gnu/Linux.
When someone asks what I'm using, I tell them I'm using KDE/X-Windows 11/Gnu/Linux/System V/MIT/AT&T/AMD/K7/x86/Intel.
Got to give credit to everyone, RMS told me so, so it must be true!
"They could also link with "--emit-relocs" to leave the relocations in the binary. Then it could run in low memory or at the usual address (0x8048000)."
But what about the quantum flux capacitor?!
"Doesn't anyone know what .nz means?"
That we'll soon be liberating New Zealand?
*rimshot*
SCO claims copyrighted code found running the Starship Enterprise. Story at 11.
In all seriousness though, I'm beginning to wonder whether SCO is a technology company or a front for a law firm.
"Nonsense. It's defeatist thinking like this that allows them to get away with what they're doing. KNOW that you're right, that what they're doing is wrong, and fight them on it."
Like Napster did?
Call it whatever thinking you like, but the fact is that they've got more money than God and more politicians in their pockets than big oil ever had.
If you think you can fight Comcast, or the RIAA, or the MPAA, then feel free. Personally, I'm trying to stay under the radar for the time being. While it might sound nice to "fight the good fight", the fact remains that these people bring knives, guns, and nuclear weapons to your fistfight. When there's some semblence of fairness, or at least a remote possibility of surviving the fight, (let alone winning), I'll join your crusade.
" out of curiosity, could they be prosecuted under any spam laws?"
Sure, and 20 years later, after costing the public $50million in legal fees, the RIAA will finally win one of their 10 appeals and we'll be right back where we started. When you ask a question like that, you need to qualify it.
To me, it's the same as someone asking, "Can't Microsoft be prosecuted for illegally maintaining a monopoly?".
Massive multinational conglomerates have outgrown our justice system. Simply put, they're bigger than we, the people, could ever hope to be.
"Its pointless to fight technology and progress. It slows and stops innovation and for what?"
To slow people down, giving time for the major providers like Comcast and AOL (Time Warner) to turn the internet into a mindless computerized cable television content delivery service. Once the major content providers seize control over the vast majority of users, they can simply knock out applications like Kazaa and the like on the ISP level, while steering internet surfers toward purchasing more unnecessary, overpriced, mindless garbage; much like what was done with television. In the mean time, the RIAA and MPAA are trying to buy time, hoping their member drone multinational monopolies can get this whole internet 'thing' under control before their content stranglehold is broken by the masses.
"They simply cannot subpoena Grokster or KaZaA (thanks to the recent ruling) for users' names -- let alone actually find their e-mail address to send a nastier C&D 'letter'."
Forgetting the Verizon rulings so quickly? They just wanted to sue the companies that make the software out of business. In terms of going after the users, they've got court backing on that one - they simply go to the ISP. Heck, they don't even need a warrant, judge's order, or even probable cause.
[RIAA] There are no legal uses for this software; it's just for thieves!
[Kazaa] There are plenty of legal uses, your honor...
[RIAA] Not a chance, thieves! Judge, there's not one legal thing that can be done with this junk!
[Judge] I'm hereby ruling in favor of Kazaa, as I think there are some legal uses for it.
[RIAA] Hogwash! In that case, we'll use their software to send instant messages to all the users! Ha ha!
[Kazaa] But doesn't that prove...
[RIAA] Yes! We will use the infidel's own pirate software against them!
I'd vote for Perot if that crazy little bastard runs again :P
" i am surrounded with intelligent people (not to e harsh or demeaning to your mother) that really think things through when it comes to actins taken by your administration..."
That's just it, she's extremely intelligent, but has shifted further and further right in her latter years. Boardering on what I would consider extremist at this point, she continues to be able to support everything she says with a (albeit twisted) logical base. All the more reason why it's tough to talk some sense into her.
In terms of the approval rating, in his capacity as commander in chief, it's expected that he have a high rating. In a perpetual conflict with terrorism, however, it looks to me as though it's more and more of a political capital generator. In any event, all we can hope for at this point is that the Dems can come up with a reasonable and viable alternative to Bush. So far, the Dems seem confused and fractured; completely unable to beat anyone, let alone a popular sitting President.
Suddenly this headline makes more sense!
Could coalition leaders face war crimes charges?
Personally, I have serious reservations about flying in an aircraft which can be brought down by a cell phone. I can certainly understand the bandwidth reasons for not allowing them, but this would seem to be an FCC concern; not an airline's. In terms of wireless devices, I also find it pretty amazing that the airlines can claim that air travel is safe while at the same time claiming that my laptop looking for a WAP can send the plane I'm on careening into the side of a mountain. If these things are truly this shoddily built, ought we really be riding on them? And if any of this is really true, wouldn't a terrorist be better off setting up a mobile broadcast vehicle near an airport, rather than having to mess with bombs and missiles?
In all honesty, I find the whole affair rather silly and overblown. If I'm wrong about that, then frequent air travels ought to find the situation disturbing.
Yes, I'm an American. And more than that, I'm a patriot who loves his country with all his heart. What's more, my government's current actions with regard to the "war on terrorism" are absolutely killing me.
"Could you give me some examples of ignorant americans spouting off on how great their administration is?"
My own mother for starters. Every time I'm visiting I get an earful about how great the administration is, and every time I mention a violation of the Constitution, the response is: "oh, go hug a terrorist". Truly sad. But think about it; Bush has a 70%+ approval rating. Who on Earth would give their approval of an administration geared toward bringing about the same Justice Dept abuses of the 1960's and 1970's on a "1984" scale using McCarthy era tactics? How about someone who doesn't recognize that these are abuses because they're blinded by fear?
In my previous post, I qualified the "American Public" as the majority; not folks like you and me, or those at the EFF or ACLU who understand what's going on and have been working against it. If the American Public thought like you and I, there would be 200+million Americans protesting throughout the country to stop the Justice Dept tactics in place, calling for the resignation and prosecution of John Ashcroft, calling for the USA PATRIOT Act to be put through a shredder, tearing apart the FBI's and NSA's offices to find out just how much our lives have been invaded by our government, and tearing through the FISA court's documents to see just how bad of a "rubber stamp" court it really is; possibly leading to us calling for an end to the FISA court as it exists today.
What we have instead is the President with a 70%+ approval rating by the "American Public". That means that even a number of people who consider themselves Democrats still approve of this Republican President. Now, don't get me wrong; I think a person should give their approval to a President who they believe is doing a good job regardless of their political affiliation. However, I think this is clearly a case where so many people are blinded by the fear perpetuated by this administration that nearly any abuse can go virtually unnoticed. When a major administration official, the AG, can stand up in Congress and equate dissent with treason (even going so far as to quote the Constitutional definition), and more than 70% of the American public still give their approval, I think there's a major problem. When the government can put up signs on the side of the road without them being ripped up that say the following:
ANY suspicious person or activity will IMMEDIATELY be reported to our Law Enforcement Agency
(Posted by the Homeland Security Dept)
I think there's a problem. There were limits placed on the government by those who created it precisely because they didn't trust that the government would always be one working in the best interests of the people. That we now have an administration actively working to bypass those restrictions really says something about that administration. But more than that, it says something about the American public, which is allowing and even approving of it. I attack the stance of the American public, and the vision (for lack of a better word) of the American public because it is the American public under a big umbrella which is supporting the incredibly unconstitutional acts of this administration.
"saying you have rights taht aren't being given."
I also take issue with this statement. I understand your message, and I agree with that, but when you say "rights that aren't being given", the implication is that the rights are given to me by the government or the administration. According to the Declaration of Independence, on which the US Constitution's power is based, the rights I have are given to me by my creator; my God if you will. The government exists soley to ensure that those rights are secured; so says the US Declaration of Independence. Also from the Dec
"i'm sorry but this is a pathetic attempt at seeming intelligent or "cool" with the community."
/some/ credit."
Actually, it's a personal pot-shot. Check my previous postings on the subject and you'll get a sense for my feelings.
" i mean it's cool if you strongly believe the public eats up whatever the administrations deals out -- but give them
I'll give them some credit when they rise up in defense of the rights of Jose Padilla. I'll give them some credit when they rise up against statements by Ashcroft equating dissent to treason. I'll give them some credit when they break down the courthouse doors to get into these secret deportation proceedings to find out what the hell's being done in the name of the American public. I'll give them some credit when they give a damn. When I say this, I'm referring to the overwhelming majority, not the few folks here or at the EFF or the ACLU; obviously.
I'll now paraphrase what another poster said regarding the American public a few months ago:
"Menace the average modern American with anything halfway alarming -- terrorism, crime, or any other of today's various boogeymen -- and in place ot their forbearer's bravery, idealism, and resolve, they will show cowardice, surrender, and an astounding aptitude for cognative dissonence. They will gratefully trade their liberties for even the illusion of security, and will gladly indenture themselves to anyone who claims to offer them safety."
I strike at the American public for the aforementioned reasons, and I strike at Ashcroft and the administration in general for taking advantage of the situation and the public.
But... but... I thought you had the right to remain silent? I thought that anything you say can be used against you in a court of law? I thought you had the right to an attourney, and that if you couldn't afford one, one would be appointed to you?
[Ashcroft] This is normally the case, except the terrorism terrorist was terrorizing September 11th terrorist weapons of mass destruction nuclear biological radiological terrorist chemical radiation death September 11th die fear terrorist terrorism pain alert death red alert nuclear radioactive terrorist terrorist.
[Public] Oh my God, lock him up! Terrorist?! Terrorism?! Make it stop, please! We'll do anything just-make-it-stop!
Pathetic.
I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I was busy reading my Visa info over the phone to Jack Valenti to reserve the DVD and the special edition DVD set.
"Once Net users discover that all they're downloading is a World Wide Web of pain, only the most determined and technologically savvy of them will continue to steal music."
And the rest will be busy filing lawsuits for destructive files causing real damage. There are indeed things that could possibly be done to cause hardware issues, mostly relating to that hardware's firmware, but the legal implications of such an action are the same as they are for authors of viruses. What you'll see is a flood of lawsuits brought by individuals who will swear they've never downloaded illegal files, but somehow or other, this file from the RIAA found it's way onto their system, causing significant damage and downtime.
"We must ask ourselves what [sic] to do to stop the theft of music via the Internet, now so widespread and so brazen that it makes the Baghdad looters look like trick-or-treaters."
File Chapter 7 (liquidation) bankruptcy on Monday, and by Friday, all your troubles will be over; I promise you.