I have a question I've been curious about for a while here...
I am online, doing a whole bunch of things at one time over my DSL connection from Bell South. Maybe I'm Googling "Heart" and "Straight On", downloading an MP3 I found of that song and web chatting with an old dear friend about what we used to do when that song was playing on my stereo at my old apartment.
All the while I am doing this, the RIAA is listening in. Checking to see what I download and what sites I visit.
Is the RIAA not now guilty of what used to be called wiretapping? Namely, the interception of communications traveling over my phone lines?
What am I missing here? How can a private, non-governmental organization do this legally? Isn't this what would get me thrown in jail if I did it? Or am I wrong and can I sniff the traffic passing through my neighbor's Internet connection and then threaten to expose his transvestite fetish if he doesn't keep his dog quiet?
You know what used to really annoy me? The fact that every tape I made sounded Soooooo much better than what I could buy in Joe Nardone's Gallery of Sound. That is the biggest reason I bought albums and then made tapes (and the fact that a tape left in a locked car on a hot day tends not to fit into the cassette deck after that).
Funny thing is, because I could make tapes, I bought a lot more albums. I would rarely listen to music at my house, but I could play what I liked as loud as I liked in my car. So I bought albums so I could listen to them in my car and the only way I got the sound quality I wanted was if I made the tapes.
That is all very good advice for those that want to get the music without paying for it.
Now what about those of us that do actually own a valid copy of a song?
I have a large collection of LPs (remeber those? the large, circular vinyl disks with the small hole in the middle?). I take loving care of my albums, buy the best stylus I can and clean them when needed. I used to record onto cassette so I could listen to my albums in my car (perfectly leagal time shifting-- if I am driving in my car, no one is back at home listening to my albums).
Now, I have a car with a CD player, but no cassette. I want to listen to my albums, but I don't want to pay for them all over again when I already own a legal copy. So, I can try and get the output from my turntable to my computer (not easy!) or I can check out a P2P network and download copies of those songs I already leagally own.
had included Tom Bombadil in his films. I have had this wish for many years that if a live action version of the film was made, Robin Williams would play Tom...
"Ooohh...hobbits! That's so neat, man! You don't see them much anymore, they're so easy to overlook. Hey, let go of them you wierded out weed of a tree! [KNOCK! KNOCK!] Anyone in there? Oh, there you are! Wanna go look at Goldberry's water lillies [wink, wink}?"
Ah well, maybe it is just a dream...
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250k in phone charges to MCI alone, and the only reason we got caught was because an early 80's version of a script kiddie turned us in...
If it hadn't been for that script kiddie, you would have been home free. You know there was no way MCI's accountants were going to notice that. What's a mealsey 250k when they misplace BILLIONS?
Sorry, just forgot the:-) first time through. Since the message that I was replying to asked if the average Joe could see these things, I thought I'd reply. Check the user name.
I saw them. I shine my laser pointer off them every once in a while, just to try and get people a continent away wondering where that little red dot came from...
Actually, Hitler was an afterthought. I always think of Mussolini when I think of what freedoms people are willing to sacrifice so the trains will run on time. What are we willing to give up for a little more efficiency, effectiveness or security? And when, if ever, do we get those freedoms back?
I wonder if Godwin's law also applies to Mussolini? After all, if you've seen one WW2 fascist dictator, you've seen them all...
"This will make ICANN a much more efficient and effective organization that will get things done better and faster and be more plugged-in to the community than we are now," Lynn said
That's right. Mussolini got the trains running on time and Hitler got the Autobahns built. I guess we need a dictatorship to get stuff done efficiently and effectively...
Nice, friendly, cute aliens land on some planet other than Earth. They show tall, bumpy-headed natives how to make communications equipment and ride bicycles.
Tall, bumpy-headed aliens, unimpressed by intergalactic cell phone, using nascent laser technology and sharp knives, take over cute alien's ship.
Bumpy-headed aliens build more ships and set out on path of conquest. BMX riding aliens brandishing lasers and shouting "K-Plah!!" devastate Earth!
OR:
Relatively peaceful alien race converts entirely to a religion worshipping the One True Author (TM). Having no more internal enemies and having completely eradicated the small woodland creatures that harbored evil spirits after complete conversion, they now devote all their energy to building inter-stellar craft so they can convert or destroy small planet that has been broadcasting Baywatch reruns.
Science fiction is full of creative ways benign and intelligent aliens can create hell on earth without really meaning to. The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
Utterances in a public place or on private property (such as your friend's apartment during a party...), where the speaker has no reasonable expextation of privacy, can be freely recorded, remebered and/or repeated. This is what gives police the power to investigate you when an informant says "I heard these guys the other day..."
Running a camera in a public place is not prohibited. Your right to privacy and to be consulted about the use of the recording is voided if you perform an illegal act.
I have to believe that Scotty, the Ubergeek, would have kept an old computer around to fiddle with. Probably a C64 that he programmed to re-align the polarity of most every piece of equipment on the ship.
That also explains why he expected that it would have a voice interface and why he was able to use a QWERTY keyboard so well when it didn't work...
Good to see a C64 doing what so many would have you believe it couldn't.
It always used to amaze me back in the mid eighties that the cheapest computer with the largest software base was the c64, the easiest to use from a user's standpoint was the Mac, the most advanced geek toy with all the multimedia junk was the Amiga, the most innovative design was the TI 99 and the most expensive were the IBM clones.
So how did we end up with clones everywhere? Sigh...
Commodore users, unite!
Remember, we were using 16 colors and three channel sound when the rest of the world was green and beeped.
If I run a shop where I sell guns and I support the Second Amendment, can I be held responsible for your actions? If I sell you a shotgun, shells and give you instruction on how to use the gun and then you go a week later, saw off the barrels, walk into a restaurant and fill twenty people full of lead, am I responsible?
What then is the difference if I post a program demonstrating a new way of infecting computers via HTML on my website, with instructions that it is for education only and that any attempt to use this for any purpose other than learning how it works is not allowed? Am I responsible if some kid in Neverland uses my code to spread a payload, any more than I would be for selling that shotgun to someone I saw face to face?
Let's not forget about cars, rat poison, CAT5 cables, bows and arrows, matches, gasoline, rubber hoses, ski masks or any one of the thousands of other dangerous items I can get at my local Walmart or the books detailing how to make poisons I can get at my local library.
It is not the speech and action that can make someone responsible or negligient... it is the speech and the intent of the action that matter. After all, if I say we should replace our current government and lead a march on Washington intending to peacefully protest, it is a far cry from leading a march on Washingotn intending to violently riot.
No, we don't have what we want. We have what we have to settle for because there is no other choice.
What can I do with my systems? Install BE? Amiga OS? Dr DOS? Or maybe I can buy a MAC and forget about the investment I have in x86 machines.
The simple fact of the matter is that if I want a modern, supported OS with lots of driver choices and applications, I have to use Windows of some sort or run emulation under Linux. Sorry, but neither of those options appeals to me. Remember, Microsoft's Windows IS a monopoly. This is part of the harm to consumers that comes from that... a loss of control over how their computers are used because they must use Windows and accept the fact that they don't have that control.
What would life be like with an OS that had a large driver base, plenty of applications (including games for the kiddies) AND gave the end user ultimate control over what programs could and could not install? Is Linux there yet? I don't think so. Will it ever be there? I doubt any OS will.
Another interesting thought... what would you do if you bought a car and it came with a device that recorded where you drove to, how fast you got there, how many people were in the car, how long you stayed there, etc. Would you buy it? What if you got a break on the price because the automaker would now get all this info? What if you had no choice and every car came with this? Would you accept this if the automakers told you it made the car safer and helped to protect you?
To that end, I'd like to start the rumor now that Be, Amiga and IBM are teaming up to make AmBeOS/2, which will feature a telepathic user interface, 128 bit memory access, and an AI module that actually does your thinking for you.
Hell, I had all of that back on my Commodore 64, back in '86! 64K of memory, and we were glad for that 64K. Connected to BBSes at 300 Baud, uphill both ways...
That being said, I miss the idea of Be... so many good ideas that will never see the light at the end of Microsoft's tunnel.
Commodore users, unite!
Just remember... we were seeing color and listening to music when the rest of the world was green and beeped.
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In the freakin' PJ movie, yes. In the book, there were orcs and men versus men, one dwarf, one elf and (later in the battle) one wizard.
Don't forget to check your original source material....
That just explains so much...
I am online, doing a whole bunch of things at one time over my DSL connection from Bell South. Maybe I'm Googling "Heart" and "Straight On", downloading an MP3 I found of that song and web chatting with an old dear friend about what we used to do when that song was playing on my stereo at my old apartment.
All the while I am doing this, the RIAA is listening in. Checking to see what I download and what sites I visit.
Is the RIAA not now guilty of what used to be called wiretapping? Namely, the interception of communications traveling over my phone lines?
What am I missing here? How can a private, non-governmental organization do this legally? Isn't this what would get me thrown in jail if I did it? Or am I wrong and can I sniff the traffic passing through my neighbor's Internet connection and then threaten to expose his transvestite fetish if he doesn't keep his dog quiet?
Just a simple question...
You know what used to really annoy me? The fact that every tape I made sounded Soooooo much better than what I could buy in Joe Nardone's Gallery of Sound. That is the biggest reason I bought albums and then made tapes (and the fact that a tape left in a locked car on a hot day tends not to fit into the cassette deck after that).
Funny thing is, because I could make tapes, I bought a lot more albums. I would rarely listen to music at my house, but I could play what I liked as loud as I liked in my car. So I bought albums so I could listen to them in my car and the only way I got the sound quality I wanted was if I made the tapes.
Wonder if this still holds true for CDs?
Now what about those of us that do actually own a valid copy of a song?
I have a large collection of LPs (remeber those? the large, circular vinyl disks with the small hole in the middle?). I take loving care of my albums, buy the best stylus I can and clean them when needed. I used to record onto cassette so I could listen to my albums in my car (perfectly leagal time shifting-- if I am driving in my car, no one is back at home listening to my albums).
Now, I have a car with a CD player, but no cassette. I want to listen to my albums, but I don't want to pay for them all over again when I already own a legal copy. So, I can try and get the output from my turntable to my computer (not easy!) or I can check out a P2P network and download copies of those songs I already leagally own.
Why should the RIAA have any problem with that?
"Ooohh...hobbits! That's so neat, man! You don't see them much anymore, they're so easy to overlook. Hey, let go of them you wierded out weed of a tree! [KNOCK! KNOCK!] Anyone in there? Oh, there you are! Wanna go look at Goldberry's water lillies [wink, wink}?"
Ah well, maybe it is just a dream...
250k in phone charges to MCI alone, and the only reason we got caught was because an early 80's version of a script kiddie turned us in...
If it hadn't been for that script kiddie, you would have been home free. You know there was no way MCI's accountants were going to notice that. What's a mealsey 250k when they misplace BILLIONS?
I got a Roomba for my boyfriend and my Mother for Christmas...
Hmmm... wonder what I could get for my wife and kids? Not much, I'd wager...
OS- Opera Singer, right? I don't jog, so I don't run with any OS.
Then, if you ask 'em what kind of Windows they have, most of 'em still won't know.
I have some large glass sliding windows and some crank type windows (live in Florida).
His point is to slap some real useable software on top of any OS and live there, not at the OS level with files, folders, permissions, etc
I don't think it would be nice to slap anyone and then live on top of them...
just your average joe...
Sorry, just forgot the :-) first time through. Since the message that I was replying to asked if the average Joe could see these things, I thought I'd reply. Check the user name.
I saw them. I shine my laser pointer off them every once in a while, just to try and get people a continent away wondering where that little red dot came from...
I wonder if Godwin's law also applies to Mussolini? After all, if you've seen one WW2 fascist dictator, you've seen them all...
That's right. Mussolini got the trains running on time and Hitler got the Autobahns built. I guess we need a dictatorship to get stuff done efficiently and effectively...
Very much like those things you find at a Krispy Kreme shop, but with a lot less frosting...
Does this mean that the voice we will hear at The End of Time will be saying "OOOhhh... donuts..."
Actually, they do. [openbsd.org]
Better than that Lunix crap
They do?!
Hell, then I'm all for annexing them, especially since someone there knows about LUNIX.
BTW, I don't consider openBSD as good as LUNIX. I still can't get it to run on my Commie...
Does Canada have a secure OS?
Nice, friendly, cute aliens land on some planet other than Earth. They show tall, bumpy-headed natives how to make communications equipment and ride bicycles.
Tall, bumpy-headed aliens, unimpressed by intergalactic cell phone, using nascent laser technology and sharp knives, take over cute alien's ship.
Bumpy-headed aliens build more ships and set out on path of conquest. BMX riding aliens brandishing lasers and shouting "K-Plah!!" devastate Earth!
OR:
Relatively peaceful alien race converts entirely to a religion worshipping the One True Author (TM). Having no more internal enemies and having completely eradicated the small woodland creatures that harbored evil spirits after complete conversion, they now devote all their energy to building inter-stellar craft so they can convert or destroy small planet that has been broadcasting Baywatch reruns.
Science fiction is full of creative ways benign and intelligent aliens can create hell on earth without really meaning to. The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
At that time, turn on your TV and tune it to the channel you need.
Make sure the idioten in charge of SciFi haven't pre-empted Farscape with a "I talk to dead people" show.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AND LOOK AT THE TELEVISION.
There. That does it. That is how anyone can watch Farscape.
Utterances in a public place or on private property (such as your friend's apartment during a party...), where the speaker has no reasonable expextation of privacy, can be freely recorded, remebered and/or repeated. This is what gives police the power to investigate you when an informant says "I heard these guys the other day..."
Running a camera in a public place is not prohibited. Your right to privacy and to be consulted about the use of the recording is voided if you perform an illegal act.
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That also explains why he expected that it would have a voice interface and why he was able to use a QWERTY keyboard so well when it didn't work...
It always used to amaze me back in the mid eighties that the cheapest computer with the largest software base was the c64, the easiest to use from a user's standpoint was the Mac, the most advanced geek toy with all the multimedia junk was the Amiga, the most innovative design was the TI 99 and the most expensive were the IBM clones.
So how did we end up with clones everywhere? Sigh...
Commodore users, unite!
Remember, we were using 16 colors and three channel sound when the rest of the world was green and beeped.
If I run a shop where I sell guns and I support the Second Amendment, can I be held responsible for your actions? If I sell you a shotgun, shells and give you instruction on how to use the gun and then you go a week later, saw off the barrels, walk into a restaurant and fill twenty people full of lead, am I responsible?
What then is the difference if I post a program demonstrating a new way of infecting computers via HTML on my website, with instructions that it is for education only and that any attempt to use this for any purpose other than learning how it works is not allowed? Am I responsible if some kid in Neverland uses my code to spread a payload, any more than I would be for selling that shotgun to someone I saw face to face?
Let's not forget about cars, rat poison, CAT5 cables, bows and arrows, matches, gasoline, rubber hoses, ski masks or any one of the thousands of other dangerous items I can get at my local Walmart or the books detailing how to make poisons I can get at my local library.
It is not the speech and action that can make someone responsible or negligient... it is the speech and the intent of the action that matter. After all, if I say we should replace our current government and lead a march on Washington intending to peacefully protest, it is a far cry from leading a march on Washingotn intending to violently riot.
OOooohh...What does this button do?
What can I do with my systems? Install BE? Amiga OS? Dr DOS? Or maybe I can buy a MAC and forget about the investment I have in x86 machines.
The simple fact of the matter is that if I want a modern, supported OS with lots of driver choices and applications, I have to use Windows of some sort or run emulation under Linux. Sorry, but neither of those options appeals to me. Remember, Microsoft's Windows IS a monopoly. This is part of the harm to consumers that comes from that... a loss of control over how their computers are used because they must use Windows and accept the fact that they don't have that control.
What would life be like with an OS that had a large driver base, plenty of applications (including games for the kiddies) AND gave the end user ultimate control over what programs could and could not install? Is Linux there yet? I don't think so. Will it ever be there? I doubt any OS will.
Another interesting thought... what would you do if you bought a car and it came with a device that recorded where you drove to, how fast you got there, how many people were in the car, how long you stayed there, etc. Would you buy it? What if you got a break on the price because the automaker would now get all this info? What if you had no choice and every car came with this? Would you accept this if the automakers told you it made the car safer and helped to protect you?
Just my two cents...
Avgjoe
OOOOOhhhh...What does this button do?
Hell, I had all of that back on my Commodore 64, back in '86! 64K of memory, and we were glad for that 64K. Connected to BBSes at 300 Baud, uphill both ways...
That being said, I miss the idea of Be... so many good ideas that will never see the light at the end of Microsoft's tunnel.
Commodore users, unite!
Just remember... we were seeing color and listening to music when the rest of the world was green and beeped.