The way I understand the whole entangled photon business is that one spins in one direction, the other spins in the opposite. Even if separated by vast distances (light years) flipping one's rotation results in the instantaneous flipping of the other, thus producing faster than light communication of some kind between the two photons.
Given this information, which do you think would have a greater impact here on Earth... Being able to drive that Mars rover in real-time, or being able to deduct 20 bucks from the ATM with a new kind of encryption? Oh, the White House has a bigger budget than NASA? Nevermind <sigh/>
In addition to the sheep you refer to, there's also the frequent slashdot readers who can't even mentally distinguish between NSA and CIA anymore. They've sort of mushed the two together in their minds as "those big evil faceless entities who are trying to stop me from being secure in my papers"
I suspect the case is not that your rights are "going down the toilet" so much as you're discovering that you didn't have all the rights you thought you did. When you plug into the privately owned telephone network, you're subject to their terms of use, which you probably never even read. They probably included something about "we can monitor your telephone conversations as much as we want" and "you aren't allowed to do say anything illegal on our network"
Above, someone makes the argument that when you're forced to live in the USA, and their network is the only telephone service in that locale, that they owe it you to grant you unrestricted and unmonitored access.
While I sympathize with such people, that argument has no actual basis in reality. No, you don't have a "right" to unrestricted telephone conversations. Sorry. Tell your congressman that you want that Amendment added to the Constitution, but in the meantime, they're granting you network access on their terms, as part of living in their country. If you didn't like the terms, you weren't supposed to be born there.
What would be nice is a lever for all incumbents, and all challengers. Well, mainly just all challengers. That way, if you're just generally pissed about the state of your government, you can easily register that thought:-) Not that it really matters anyway. One dollar, one vote is the American way.
I'm 6'4". Using a computer while standing is always a pain because the monitor is fixed. I invariably end up stooping for any machine but an iMac. Read the article. The staff preferred the iMacs. Do you think it is just because they are purty? The laser printer will probably be cheaper in the long run too thanks to the price of ink. As for the web app bit, they already have point of sale software written in Java. It just needed a bit of tweaking for OS X. How is writing, testing, and debugging an entirely new web app more cost effective than reusing their old code?
Property taxes are based on the assumption that the government is the only thing standing between you and somebody else taking your property. The more property you have, the more the government protects for you, ergo, the more you pay in taxes.
I think you're confusing property taxes with the 2nd Amendment. There is nothing anywhere in the Constitution of the United States that declares it to be the government's duty to protect you. Your protection is your problem.
In practice, it's a bit different, of course; often property taxes are used to fund schools
but when a company or individual acquires or builds something for themselves, what right does someone else have to came[sic] and lay claim to your efforts?
It seems like most people who claim to oppose genetic modification of foods, plants, etc. are basing their views mostly on fears rather than any solid evidence.
Tell us that when Scotts sues you for lawn piracy. I don't think you understand what the hoopla is about, so I'll explain in terms/.'ers will find familiar:-) Worries about bioengineering are not limited to food safety. One of the goals of the biotech companies is to develop a terminator gene. DRM for seed. Prevent the seed from growing into plants that create more seed that will germinate. Maybe 6 generation termination. Whatever suits their licensing fancy. Now imagine that terminator gene cross pollenating and getting into the general grass gene pool (Stuff happens. GM genes even jump species. BT Corn genes have been found in other species of grass. Even bacteria assimilate GM genes). Oops, we just killed all the grass in America, but that's OK. We have a fresh supply of Scotts brand grass to make your lawn green again! And remember kids, Scotts brand grass will only grow with Scotts brand fertilizer and pesticides! Ok, that is a gross over simplification, but you get the idea. If you think this is just irrational fear, I suggest some reading on the subject. Genetic Engineering != Selective Breeding.
I'd rather have my tax dollars spent to make the system somewhat competant.
Say for instance, the ability for the IRS to do the math correct in the first place instead of having to take out money from my check every pay period in the hopes that it will be somewhere near the amount I will actually owe at the end of the year!
Because then you wouldn't have a giant government bureaucracy to spend that tax money on! Duh.
As long as people ask these rhetorical questions without providing any answers then they'll be able to twist your perception however they'd like.
Then ask a few of your own, like: How did game manufacturers explain poor sales before the trend to blame pirates, the internet, and anyone but themselves for failure?
The crash has been attributed to a
weak economy, poor quality of games (particularly the Atari 2600 versions of Pac-Man and E.T.), and to very aggressive marketing of inexpensive home computers such as the Commodore VIC-20, Atari 800XL, Commodore 64, Tandy Color Computer and Texas Instruments TI-99/4A; the crash was probably caused by a combination of the three factors.
A guy walks into a post office one day to see a very well-dressed, middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing "Love" stamps on a huge stack of bright pink envelopes. Each envelope had hearts all over it. The man then took out a perfume bottle and sprayed scent all over the envelopes.
His curiosity getting the better of him, the guy goes up to the balding man and asks him what he is doing. The man says "I'm sending out 1,000 Valentines cards signed, 'Guess who?'"
"But why would you want to do that?"
"I'm a divorce attorney," the man replied
At least criminal defense attorneys aren't actively drumming up business yet;-)
needs the industry gatekeepers to keep undesirable thoughts off the tv or radio.
Maybe in respect of the news organizations, yes. However, the music industry itself, no. Janet's boob, Howard Stern, Iced T's "Cop Killer", even Elvis' gyrating hips have been considered bad bad bad by the Moral Majority. Government probably considers the music subsidiaries of their propaganda machine to be the undesirable parasite it must accept in order to accomplish its ultimate goals. However, I could see how you might argue that they are simply introducing the ideas into acceptance slowly enough that they can be used 1984 style. But that doesn't address the real issue.
The recording industry is fighting the invisible hand of supply and demand. Charge too much for a product and new markets will spring up. Making the new markets illegal doesn't eliminate them. It just creates black markets. And if prohibition and "The War on Drugs" have taught us anything about black markets...
I think you assume too much from my previous responses. I do not think the EFF approach would work. It is essentially suggesting a subscription based service that you pay for voluntarily. As we've seen already, subscription based services aren't working well and voluntary payments are even less likely to succeed.
The solution is not more bureaucracy. The solution will be technological and will remove the recording industry from their position as the gatekeepers of music. Sure, they'll still be in control of the old stuff. But within 5 years, all new music will travel through a medium that will be something like a blend of iRate, eBay and P2P. You will be able to find/advertise, buy/sell, and distribute/acquire music all in one place. All without big labels, and without MTV and Clear Channel to force feed people what they 'think' people want to hear. The control over music will be returned to those who actually create it, and that leaves the big labels out of a job. In the end, everyone except the copyright cartels will be better off for it.
Obviously, by attempting to criminalize the protocol itself, they are trying to prevent their own demise through force of law. The sensible thing for them to do would be to get there first and try to carve out a niche, but they can't see the forest for the trees. They're too busy throwing money at lawyers, legislators, and con men who promise them magical files that can be unlocked yet can't be unlocked.
remember when the EFF used to argue that we shouldn't hold P2P tech accountable for how some may misuse it? And that they themselves suggestted suing infringers rather than the technology?
Yeah, and where did they say that it would be a good idea if the Government would foot the bill for the RIAA's civil suits?
What little faith I had in the US Government is now completely shattered. I expect this out of Hatch, that SOB authored the DMCA, but Leahy!?! Every time I see his name pop up on Slashdot, he's doing something right. I thank $DEITY that there is someone up there on the hill that actually has a clue. Back during the Napster hearings he said,
But that's all gone now. Apparently he's had a change of heart in the past few years. Now, instead of likening P2P to the VCR, he sees 60 million Americans as a gigantic cartel.
Without reading the text of the act, I can only speculate... but it appears that he is willing to hand the RIAA keys to a bottomless warchest to aid in their crusade against little girls. Until now I had a great deal of respect for the man. Seeing him 'turn to the dark side' is causing my faith in the system to go from shaken to crumbling. If Leahy bows to them, then who's left up there to speak for us?
In New York federal investigators used a search warrant to physically alter Scarfo's computer to install a hardware keyboard logger so that they could retrieve his pgp passwords This search warrant was a sneek and peek. They then went back in a month and took the computer on another search warrant.
I'm burning mod points to say this, but I have to add that the sneak and peek warrant was itself objectionable. If allowed to do this, how different will the FBI be from the KGB or the Stazi? Politicians from both sides of the aisle had been trying to sneak this by us for years. Patriot finally gave them what they wanted, and the provision does not sunset.
- Sampling Error. The results of the exit poll normally vary from the actual tabulated vote by a small amount ("sampling error"). A large difference between the exit-poll results and the tabulated vote for that precinct would suggest the possibility of interviewing problems. The amount of this error in Florida fell within the normal range for an exit poll, although it was at the high end.
So you see, inaccurate exit polls can be explained away fairly easily for those in the television audience. Those who argue otherwise will be labeled tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists.
All the news organizations take exit polls, and in fact they usually have a good idea as to the winner even before the polls close.
Yeah, the media did so well with the 2000 presidential election in that respect. I find it particularly disturbing that you suggest we ignore the problem and allow the media to tell us who wins.
If your messages are encrypted, then you don't have to worry about automated programs kicking them for their content or attachments. That will be up to the decrypting party. I pity the ISP that starts blocking messages because they are encrypted.
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Given this information, which do you think would have a greater impact here on Earth... Being able to drive that Mars rover in real-time, or being able to deduct 20 bucks from the ATM with a new kind of encryption? Oh, the White House has a bigger budget than NASA? Nevermind <sigh />
Or just spoof the MPAA machine's IP and have it take itself down ;-)
In addition to the sheep you refer to, there's also the frequent slashdot readers who can't even mentally distinguish between NSA and CIA anymore. They've sort of mushed the two together in their minds as "those big evil faceless entities who are trying to stop me from being secure in my papers"
I suspect the case is not that your rights are "going down the toilet" so much as you're discovering that you didn't have all the rights you thought you did. When you plug into the privately owned telephone network, you're subject to their terms of use, which you probably never even read. They probably included something about "we can monitor your telephone conversations as much as we want" and "you aren't allowed to do say anything illegal on our network"
Above, someone makes the argument that when you're forced to live in the USA, and their network is the only telephone service in that locale, that they owe it you to grant you unrestricted and unmonitored access.
While I sympathize with such people, that argument has no actual basis in reality. No, you don't have a "right" to unrestricted telephone conversations. Sorry. Tell your congressman that you want that Amendment added to the Constitution, but in the meantime, they're granting you network access on their terms, as part of living in their country. If you didn't like the terms, you weren't supposed to be born there.
What would be nice is a lever for all incumbents, and all challengers. Well, mainly just all challengers. That way, if you're just generally pissed about the state of your government, you can easily register that thought :-) Not that it really matters anyway. One dollar, one vote is the American way.
I'm 6'4". Using a computer while standing is always a pain because the monitor is fixed. I invariably end up stooping for any machine but an iMac. Read the article. The staff preferred the iMacs. Do you think it is just because they are purty? The laser printer will probably be cheaper in the long run too thanks to the price of ink. As for the web app bit, they already have point of sale software written in Java. It just needed a bit of tweaking for OS X. How is writing, testing, and debugging an entirely new web app more cost effective than reusing their old code?
*ducks*
Property taxes are based on the assumption that the government is the only thing standing between you and somebody else taking your property. The more property you have, the more the government protects for you, ergo, the more you pay in taxes.
I think you're confusing property taxes with the 2nd Amendment. There is nothing anywhere in the Constitution of the United States that declares it to be the government's duty to protect you. Your protection is your problem.
In practice, it's a bit different, of course; often property taxes are used to fund schools
Until your state gets a lottery :-/
but when a company or individual acquires or builds something for themselves, what right does someone else have to came[sic] and lay claim to your efforts?
Happens all the time. Property taxes.
It seems like most people who claim to oppose genetic modification of foods, plants, etc. are basing their views mostly on fears rather than any solid evidence.
Tell us that when Scotts sues you for lawn piracy. I don't think you understand what the hoopla is about, so I'll explain in terms /.'ers will find familiar :-) Worries about bioengineering are not limited to food safety. One of the goals of the biotech companies is to develop a terminator gene. DRM for seed. Prevent the seed from growing into plants that create more seed that will germinate. Maybe 6 generation termination. Whatever suits their licensing fancy. Now imagine that terminator gene cross pollenating and getting into the general grass gene pool (Stuff happens. GM genes even jump species. BT Corn genes have been found in other species of grass. Even bacteria assimilate GM genes). Oops, we just killed all the grass in America, but that's OK. We have a fresh supply of Scotts brand grass to make your lawn green again! And remember kids, Scotts brand grass will only grow with Scotts brand fertilizer and pesticides! Ok, that is a gross over simplification, but you get the idea. If you think this is just irrational fear, I suggest some reading on the subject. Genetic Engineering != Selective Breeding.
With something like 1.2 billion new users, wouldn't Linux become more of a target for virus/trojan writers?
With something like 1.2 billion new users, wouldn't Linux source receive enough scrutiny to make it practically invulnerable to virus/trojan writers?
Take your spin back to Redmond AC. It needs more work :-)
I'd rather have my tax dollars spent to make the system somewhat competant.
Say for instance, the ability for the IRS to do the math correct in the first place instead of having to take out money from my check every pay period in the hopes that it will be somewhere near the amount I will actually owe at the end of the year!
Because then you wouldn't have a giant government bureaucracy to spend that tax money on! Duh.
As long as people ask these rhetorical questions without providing any answers then they'll be able to twist your perception however they'd like.
Then ask a few of your own, like: How did game manufacturers explain poor sales before the trend to blame pirates, the internet, and anyone but themselves for failure?
Gee, none of that could apply today, could it?
A guy walks into a post office one day to see a very well-dressed, middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing "Love" stamps on a huge stack of bright pink envelopes. Each envelope had hearts all over it. The man then took out a perfume bottle and sprayed scent all over the envelopes.
His curiosity getting the better of him, the guy goes up to the balding man and asks him what he is doing. The man says "I'm sending out 1,000 Valentines cards signed, 'Guess who?'"
"But why would you want to do that?"
"I'm a divorce attorney," the man replied
At least criminal defense attorneys aren't actively drumming up business yet ;-)
needs the industry gatekeepers to keep undesirable thoughts off the tv or radio.
Maybe in respect of the news organizations, yes. However, the music industry itself, no. Janet's boob, Howard Stern, Iced T's "Cop Killer", even Elvis' gyrating hips have been considered bad bad bad by the Moral Majority. Government probably considers the music subsidiaries of their propaganda machine to be the undesirable parasite it must accept in order to accomplish its ultimate goals. However, I could see how you might argue that they are simply introducing the ideas into acceptance slowly enough that they can be used 1984 style. But that doesn't address the real issue.
The recording industry is fighting the invisible hand of supply and demand. Charge too much for a product and new markets will spring up. Making the new markets illegal doesn't eliminate them. It just creates black markets. And if prohibition and "The War on Drugs" have taught us anything about black markets...
factors such as repitition and subconscious awareness building are more important.
Jane: Start a chant! Everybody loves a droning, repetetive chant.
Glen: Attention, everybody. Let's all give thanks to the Leader for this glorious day!
Both: The Leader is good, the Leader is great, we surrender our will as of this date!
All: [Except Homer] The Leader is good, the Leader is great, we surrender our will as of this date!
Jane: It's no use. He's obviously the most powerful mind we've ever dealt with!
Glen: Or... nananananananana Leader! Nananananananana Leader!
All: [Except Homer] Nananananananana Leader! Nananananananana Leader!
[Homer starts gaining interest.] Leader! Leader! Leader!
Homer: Batman! I mean, Leader! I love the Leader!
Repitition and subconscious awareness building? I prefer the term brainwashing. I'd rather not participate, thank you.
And let's assume that the EFF gets their way.
I think you assume too much from my previous responses. I do not think the EFF approach would work. It is essentially suggesting a subscription based service that you pay for voluntarily. As we've seen already, subscription based services aren't working well and voluntary payments are even less likely to succeed.
The solution is not more bureaucracy. The solution will be technological and will remove the recording industry from their position as the gatekeepers of music. Sure, they'll still be in control of the old stuff. But within 5 years, all new music will travel through a medium that will be something like a blend of iRate, eBay and P2P. You will be able to find/advertise, buy/sell, and distribute/acquire music all in one place. All without big labels, and without MTV and Clear Channel to force feed people what they 'think' people want to hear. The control over music will be returned to those who actually create it, and that leaves the big labels out of a job. In the end, everyone except the copyright cartels will be better off for it.
Obviously, by attempting to criminalize the protocol itself, they are trying to prevent their own demise through force of law. The sensible thing for them to do would be to get there first and try to carve out a niche, but they can't see the forest for the trees. They're too busy throwing money at lawyers, legislators, and con men who promise them magical files that can be unlocked yet can't be unlocked.
How exactly is the Government footing the bill for the RIAA's civil suits?
Ummm, I don't know, maybe by having the DOJ provide the lawyers and do the suing for them? Quoting Leahy's press release:
The Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act (PIRATE Act) would extend DOJ's current authority to permit its filing of civil copyright infringement cases.
Wow! Now the RIAA doesn't even have to sue. Big Brother will do it for him.
I second that AC. It's like an old friend just died :-(
remember when the EFF used to argue that we shouldn't hold P2P tech accountable for how some may misuse it? And that they themselves suggestted suing infringers rather than the technology?
Yeah, and where did they say that it would be a good idea if the Government would foot the bill for the RIAA's civil suits?
What little faith I had in the US Government is now completely shattered. I expect this out of Hatch, that SOB authored the DMCA, but Leahy!?! Every time I see his name pop up on Slashdot, he's doing something right. I thank $DEITY that there is someone up there on the hill that actually has a clue. Back during the Napster hearings he said,
This could be a brilliant 19-year-old in a college dorm figuring out Gnutella or some like it. You can't stop it. You couldn't stop it even if you wanted to. What we need to do, I think, is make sure copyrights and patent laws actually reflect the new reality.
But that's all gone now. Apparently he's had a change of heart in the past few years. Now, instead of likening P2P to the VCR, he sees 60 million Americans as a gigantic cartel.
The very ease of duplication and distribution that is the hallmark of digital content has meant that piracy of that content is just as easy. The very real - and often realized - threat that creative works will simply be duplicated and distributed freely online has restricted, rather than enhanced, the amount and variety of creative works one can receive over the Internet.
Without reading the text of the act, I can only speculate... but it appears that he is willing to hand the RIAA keys to a bottomless warchest to aid in their crusade against little girls. Until now I had a great deal of respect for the man. Seeing him 'turn to the dark side' is causing my faith in the system to go from shaken to crumbling. If Leahy bows to them, then who's left up there to speak for us?
In New York federal investigators used a search warrant to physically alter Scarfo's computer to install a hardware keyboard logger so that they could retrieve his pgp passwords This search warrant was a sneek and peek. They then went back in a month and took the computer on another search warrant.
I'm burning mod points to say this, but I have to add that the sneak and peek warrant was itself objectionable. If allowed to do this, how different will the FBI be from the KGB or the Stazi? Politicians from both sides of the aisle had been trying to sneak this by us for years. Patriot finally gave them what they wanted, and the provision does not sunset.
From this article...
- Sampling Error. The results of the exit poll normally vary from the actual tabulated vote by a small amount ("sampling error"). A large difference between the exit-poll results and the tabulated vote for that precinct would suggest the possibility of interviewing problems. The amount of this error in Florida fell within the normal range for an exit poll, although it was at the high end.
So you see, inaccurate exit polls can be explained away fairly easily for those in the television audience. Those who argue otherwise will be labeled tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists.
All the news organizations take exit polls, and in fact they usually have a good idea as to the winner even before the polls close.
Yeah, the media did so well with the 2000 presidential election in that respect. I find it particularly disturbing that you suggest we ignore the problem and allow the media to tell us who wins.
If your messages are encrypted, then you don't have to worry about automated programs kicking them for their content or attachments. That will be up to the decrypting party. I pity the ISP that starts blocking messages because they are encrypted.
Learn how to cryptographically sign your mail on Mac OS X 10.3
Or God is sending us warning shots across the bow.
<BadMovieReference>Or Insect-like aliens are sending us warning shots across the bow</BadMovieReference>
:-)