Correct me if I am wrong. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
You're wrong. The right to anonymou speech is a part of the 1st, 4th, and 9th ammendments. Hell, the federalist papers were published anonymously. Sometimes the simple knowledge that somebody can find you is enough to curb your tongue.
There's nothing stopping you from getting a business line. That takes care of the phone number bit. As for the address, add a "Suite # 101" to it.
So, in the case where I'd actually care (unbalanced lunatics), I should direct them to 123 main st, ste. 101 (around back), and that'll be fine? They may be crazy, but they're not stupid. I'm not paranoid, I just don't want to make some random cyberstalker's job easier.
Many business people think building software is like building a house. When the framing is done, it's done. You usually don't spend weeks testing how the wall interacts with the drywall and foundations.
That's really funny - framing is the fast part. After that, there's wiring, plumbing, insulation, siding, and floors, and they're all done by different people.
There are any number of valid reasons to want to maintain some sort of privacy to keep the freaks and nutcases from tracking you down.
The way I read this, you can still register a domain by proxy - set the contact info to point to a third party that forwards all official stuff to you, but refuses to release your particulars without a court order. This should solve a lot of the problems with loonies while satisfying NTIA.
on every recent flight I've been, at least one person in every seat row was having a notebook turned on on his lap (even on flights supposedly for pleasure, e.g. flying to Lihue, Kauai).
You know, they have a Navy test range on the west side of that island, right?
Insightful? This is patently false. There are some instances of multiple people having the same SSN, but these were accidental, and not intentional, and the government will issue a new SSN for people who are in this situation.
SSNs alone are not guaranteed unique - they are only unique in combination with your birthdate.
Computer "repair" is a lot like plumbing... the difference is that you don't see everyone who's plunged a toilet calling themselves a plumber and billing out 50$ an hour. Real plumbers know their shit and get paid accordingly- likewise, a real pc tech who actually knows their shit is earning their paycheck without breaking much of a sweat.
That's because when most peoples' computers fill up with shit, they don't even try to fix it.
A couple of months ago, someone called me out of the blue claiming to be a collection agency.
If a collection agency calls you, the first thing you give them is your mailing address. The second thing you give them is a demand for validation of debt from the original creditor. Then you hang up.
That is where DRM comes in. DRM can force terms upon the buyer that would be illegal or unenforcable in a contract.
That's my main problem with DRM: it enforces conditions that I have not agreed to and infringes on my rights, but circumventing it is a felony. What we need is precedent that holds people harmless for cracking this stuff in order to exercise their legal rights. I'd like to see DRM made illegal when it can be reasonably expected that the DRM as implemented would restrict a legal right. I'm not holding my breath, though.
What if the alternative is not being able to download legally at all?
The I'll go to the record store or amazon or cdjapan and get it there for less.
And I know two people, completely independently, who had trouble securing book publishing deals after draft content that they put on their web site temporarily for the benefit of those who were interested wound up republished (without their consent, or even notifying them) on so-called archive sites that have decided they are above copyright law
So, why not invoke the DMCA? This is a copyrighted work being republished without consent.
There's a deli here in Portland where the owner has a big stack of cd's with a sign taped to them saying that he's no longer allowed to play them without paying royalties.
This looks like an opportunity for the Portland music scene to get some free exposure. ASCAP can't do anything about bands that own their own songs and allow public performance in a deli.
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If you need to rant against your cow-orkers, there's The /that place/, where such behaviour is accepted (and usually appreciated).
You mentioned that place on slashdot?! As if the eternal september wasn't bad enough...
Correct me if I am wrong. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
You're wrong. The right to anonymou speech is a part of the 1st, 4th, and 9th ammendments. Hell, the federalist papers were published anonymously. Sometimes the simple knowledge that somebody can find you is enough to curb your tongue.
There's nothing stopping you from getting a business line. That takes care of the phone number bit. As for the address, add a "Suite # 101" to it.
So, in the case where I'd actually care (unbalanced lunatics), I should direct them to 123 main st, ste. 101 (around back), and that'll be fine? They may be crazy, but they're not stupid. I'm not paranoid, I just don't want to make some random cyberstalker's job easier.
Many business people think building software is like building a house. When the framing is done, it's done. You usually don't spend weeks testing how the wall interacts with the drywall and foundations.
That's really funny - framing is the fast part. After that, there's wiring, plumbing, insulation, siding, and floors, and they're all done by different people.
There are any number of valid reasons to want to maintain some sort of privacy to keep the freaks and nutcases from tracking you down.
The way I read this, you can still register a domain by proxy - set the contact info to point to a third party that forwards all official stuff to you, but refuses to release your particulars without a court order. This should solve a lot of the problems with loonies while satisfying NTIA.
on every recent flight I've been, at least one person in every seat row was having a notebook turned on on his lap (even on flights supposedly for pleasure, e.g. flying to Lihue, Kauai).
You know, they have a Navy test range on the west side of that island, right?
The Model T automobile can be described similarly, skipping the "portable" aspect.
Of course the Model T is portable - that's its whole purpose!
you mean it WAS tax evasion.
Nope, still is. Best to move across the river to Vancouver.
Not anymore as the courts' decision essentially says that Washington must be the one collecting the taxes....taxes of 0%.
New York courts have no jurisdiction in WA or OR.
When your GF asks to borrow your gamecube so you can play games together, you don't have that problem.
Unles your wife finds out...
That's hardly the job of the operating system.
People don't buy computers for the OS, they buy it for the apps. Linux doesn't have anything to match FCP.
Insightful? This is patently false. There are some instances of multiple people having the same SSN, but these were accidental, and not intentional, and the government will issue a new SSN for people who are in this situation.
SSNs alone are not guaranteed unique - they are only unique in combination with your birthdate.
Computer "repair" is a lot like plumbing... the difference is that you don't see everyone who's plunged a toilet calling themselves a plumber and billing out 50$ an hour. Real plumbers know their shit and get paid accordingly- likewise, a real pc tech who actually knows their shit is earning their paycheck without breaking much of a sweat.
That's because when most peoples' computers fill up with shit, they don't even try to fix it.
Just like I did for my burned out tail-light on my car, the squeaking dryer, and the rattling my engine made when it spun a rod.
Did you spine a bearing or throw a rod? Never heard of a spun rod.
A couple of months ago, someone called me out of the blue claiming to be a collection agency.
If a collection agency calls you, the first thing you give them is your mailing address. The second thing you give them is a demand for validation of debt from the original creditor. Then you hang up.
That said, throw in the cost of video editing software, and the Mac actually wins, but your comparison has some flaws in it.
That's not the point. The point is that the prices are comparable, rather than lopsided in favor of the PC.
I just hope you're handy with postscript.
Fixed it for you.
WTF should Vonage get any public funding?
Because they pay the 3% excise tax and the regulatory recovery fee?
That is where DRM comes in. DRM can force terms upon the buyer that would be illegal or unenforcable in a contract.
That's my main problem with DRM: it enforces conditions that I have not agreed to and infringes on my rights, but circumventing it is a felony. What we need is precedent that holds people harmless for cracking this stuff in order to exercise their legal rights. I'd like to see DRM made illegal when it can be reasonably expected that the DRM as implemented would restrict a legal right. I'm not holding my breath, though.
What if the alternative is not being able to download legally at all?
The I'll go to the record store or amazon or cdjapan and get it there for less.
And I know two people, completely independently, who had trouble securing book publishing deals after draft content that they put on their web site temporarily for the benefit of those who were interested wound up republished (without their consent, or even notifying them) on so-called archive sites that have decided they are above copyright law
So, why not invoke the DMCA? This is a copyrighted work being republished without consent.
There's a deli here in Portland where the owner has a big stack of cd's with a sign taped to them saying that he's no longer allowed to play them without paying royalties.
This looks like an opportunity for the Portland music scene to get some free exposure. ASCAP can't do anything about bands that own their own songs and allow public performance in a deli.
Just wait till they smarten up and stop claiming to sell you anything. "License it today on VHS or DisneyDVD."
It's still a sale - you give someone cash in exchange for a DVD and there is no signed contract, nor is there an expiration.
That's because blockbuster has a lease term of 3-5 days. iTMS doesn't have one.
Usually, a lease with no term or recurring charges is the same as a sale.
You have no legal right to "listen to the song on the device of your choice" (as others have posted that they think then do).
Sure I do - I bought the song and I can do as I please with it, provided I don't redistribute copies.
MTV has obtained exclusive contracts such that certain music videos could only be found on MTV.
MTV still plays videos?
If someone has access to your application, and your application has access to your database, that someone has access to your database.
No, they have access to your application. Apps are not in the habit of executing random sql on the behalf of clients.