As the proud owner of an Apex 600A (the DVD player in question), I have taken a firm stand on the MPAA's issue with my ability to play disks from anywhere in the world.
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If they should be so audacious as to try any legal actions against the current owners of these units, I will proudly give them an American reply: You can take my player when you can shove it up your ass and carry it away!
That may not be such a good idea... the MPAA is full of huge assholes.
Just remember the old saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
Human society will not change drastically during the next millenium. People won't accept changes that upset their nice, little, selfish lives.
People accept changes, like faster CPUs, larger SUVs, etc. that enable them to live their lives in a more pleasing manner -- and reject ones that cause too much change.
That's life as told from the viewpoint of a fatalist.
Given that most countries lacking Internet access now are repressive, technologically impoverished, experiencing economic poverty -- or any combination of the three, widespread Internet access will never happen.
Restrictions, of thought and/or action, abound under such conditions.
The Internet, with its semi-anarchic nature, will be the antithesis of normal life in these countries and will first be viewed with fear. Then cautious exploration. Then freedom of information.
Widespread knowledge of alternative ways-of-life often leads to dissatisfaction with one's current situation. This can lead to rebellion and revolution -- something undesired.
Therefore, Internet access is something which will be closely monitored, ala China.
Thanks to schools like Beacon, an example is being set for the up and coming parents of the world. (Techies are parents too.)
When my daughter enters school I plan to offer my services to the school in moving to an Open Source computer network. At the very least, changing the current "Microsoft: The Crash" computer class into an Open Source environment.
Let us not forget one of the main values that the Open Source movement teaches: Micro$oft and proprietary software teaches it's users that unquestioning acceptance is good and critical thinking is bad.
User: My copy of MS Word crashed in such-and-such a situation and lost all of my work. Tech Support: Accept that Word crashes and loses your work. We'll fix it in next release. (Like, really!)
Versus
User: My copy of Gimp crashed on me when I tried to print with my new laser printer. I think it's a kernel or driver problem. Linux Gure Tech Support: You're right. What make and model is the printer? You need to make X changes to the kernel. Here's how...
With the M$ model, you are only a cog in a machine you cannot control and which doesn't work. With Open Source/Linux you are that same cog, but you work with every other part in the machine to make it work. Thus learning the value of community and independant thinking.
1. If you haven't bought AMD stock yet, find a broker fast! It's heading above $60 soon.
2. I believe that AMD already has chips well over 1 GHz and is merely letting them dribble into a greedy hands while watching Intel's contortions as it tries to keep up.
3. Don't mistake me, Intel is not going away. It's dominance, however, is shifting to a company that is smaller and faster to respond to changes in the CPU industry.
This is simply another re-iteration that the MPAA/RIAA/xxAA is slowly coming to realize that "times they are a-changin'". They will have to be slapped in the face by the economy for a bit longer to realize that our old and dated distribution methods will have to change when digital media is concerned.
This article is nothing but tripe disguised as an opinion. The following paragraph reveals this:
Although Linux already has a pair of evolving GUIs -- KDE and Gnome -- neither has a graphical file manager. Instead of clicking on icons or menus to open and save documents, users must type file names into a command-line interface.
Both KDE and Gnome have graphical file managers. Both are highly functional and the release of KDE 2 is coming soon, which will raise the bar for Gnome.
The author has clearly not done any research and thereby labels himself a bullshit-artist.
Suppose UCITA is passed in all 50 states as a worst-case scenario. Reverse-engineering is illegal.
Save your work on a foreign server. If they try to say you worked on it here, disclose that the server where the work exists is located in Holland. They will say "you were located here while you typed it."
"No, I called my friend in Holland and repeated my program verbatim to him and HE typed it in."
Soon, you will be seeing laws passed that say "Intellectual property cannot be exported" (ala crypto) and the security guards doing mind-scans in the airport for any programming knowledge.
You can expand this via paranoia to any length. IANAL.
Restricting a person's access to information is evil. Age is not an issue, as if they are that young they should already be supervised.
If you want to put the responsibility for your child onto a "blocking" program which they can easily circumvent -- it's your problem if they "turn into a rabid homesexual" (Rev. Jackson).
Yes, there was no logic in the last statement, but when discussing Fundamentalist Pro-Censorship people, logic is not an issue.
Read "Realities For The 90s" from EarthSave and gain some factual knowledge regarding a vegetarian diet!!!
What you have said is incorrect (so much bullshit if this were RANT mode:).
Visit my page of vegetarian resources and read Realities if you wish to learn something that has not been influenced by the Beef, Egg, and Dairy Council as it seems your current information has been.
To address your claims regarding calcium, a diet consisting of animal protien will cause calcium to be extracted from a person's bones to assist in digestion of the highly concentrated protein. Green cruciferous vegetables contain far more calcium than can ever be obtained from cow milk. Do some research for Chrissakes before you come off sounding like an idiot!
My position is as a key-clicker for a contractor for the gov't. I put in 40 hours a week. No more, no less. OT has to be approved beforehand. It's easy and I'm happy.
When will the MPAA, RIAA, etc. realize that the days of closed-media are OVER!!! The other day, I wanted to listen to that new Marc Anthony tune -- I fired up Napster and downloaded it with the quarter-hour.
They are trying to protect an outmoded means of media distribution. But like dinosaurs, it may be a while before the brain realizes the rest of the body is dead.
Given that the Internet works via a passive model wherein a user must request information, how do you intend to reach the majority of people who don't request AlGore2000 info?
In the diverse collection of writings which have appeared here under your name, the tone of the majority of articles has been one of explanation and questioning.
You do not put forth the foundational beliefs and value system used as a basis for your interactions with the world you describe. Could you detail some of your "Ten Commandments" that you hold to "self-evident"?
Knowing where "Jon Katz" is "coming from" would help/. readers to understand the person behind the mask that they are killfiling.
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Pardon the obvious question, but WTF?
Unless surrounded by a steel case, anyone with tools can modify this oh-so-cool appliance.
The announcement is only so much useless verbage -- given a design, the Geeks of the World will find a way to change it.
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If they should be so audacious as to try any legal actions against the current owners of these units, I will proudly give them an American reply: You can take my player when you can shove it up your ass and carry it away!
That may not be such a good idea
The man is f*cking NORWEIGAN! The MPAA and RIAA are AMERICAN. He can say "fuck off" and just go back to "fondling his penguin".
If this is in error, please point this out me.
Just remember the old saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
Human society will not change drastically during the next millenium. People won't accept changes that upset their nice, little, selfish lives.
People accept changes, like faster CPUs, larger SUVs, etc. that enable them to live their lives in a more pleasing manner -- and reject ones that cause too much change.
That's life as told from the viewpoint of a fatalist.
When my daughter enters school I plan to offer my services to the school in moving to an Open Source computer network. At the very least, changing the current "Microsoft: The Crash" computer class into an Open Source environment.
Let us not forget one of the main values that the Open Source movement teaches: Micro$oft and proprietary software teaches it's users that unquestioning acceptance is good and critical thinking is bad.
Versus
With the M$ model, you are only a cog in a machine you cannot control and which doesn't work. With Open Source/Linux you are that same cog, but you work with every other part in the machine to make it work. Thus learning the value of community and independant thinking.
2. I believe that AMD already has chips well over 1 GHz and is merely letting them dribble into a greedy hands while watching Intel's contortions as it tries to keep up.
3. Don't mistake me, Intel is not going away. It's dominance, however, is shifting to a company that is smaller and faster to respond to changes in the CPU industry.
4. My next CPU is AMD!
That's been around a long time before Create did anything with it.
I agree.
Global companies are a major threat to the American "ideal" -- free speech, etc. and must be watched very carefully.
This is an anti-Katz rant.
Can you talk about something we don't all already know about???
I have nothing more to add.
Both KDE and Gnome have graphical file managers. Both are highly functional and the release of KDE 2 is coming soon, which will raise the bar for Gnome.
The author has clearly not done any research and thereby labels himself a bullshit-artist.
I am certainly not lookingat the monitor continuously.
What, you can't touch type. Go back to school kid, and comeback when you learn something!
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Suppose UCITA is passed in all 50 states as a worst-case scenario. Reverse-engineering is illegal.
Save your work on a foreign server. If they try to say you worked on it here, disclose that the server where the work exists is located in Holland. They will say "you were located here while you typed it."
"No, I called my friend in Holland and repeated my program verbatim to him and HE typed it in."
Soon, you will be seeing laws passed that say "Intellectual property cannot be exported" (ala crypto) and the security guards doing mind-scans in the airport for any programming knowledge.
You can expand this via paranoia to any length. IANAL.
If you want to put the responsibility for your child onto a "blocking" program which they can easily circumvent -- it's your problem if they "turn into a rabid homesexual" (Rev. Jackson).
Yes, there was no logic in the last statement, but when discussing Fundamentalist Pro-Censorship people, logic is not an issue.
What you have said is incorrect (so much bullshit if this were RANT mode
Visit my page of vegetarian resources and read Realities if you wish to learn something
that has not been influenced by the Beef, Egg, and Dairy Council as it seems your current information has been.
To address your claims regarding calcium, a diet consisting of animal protien will cause calcium to be extracted from a person's bones to assist in digestion of the highly concentrated protein. Green cruciferous vegetables contain far more calcium than can ever be obtained from cow milk. Do some research for Chrissakes before you come off sounding like an idiot!
Thank you for your time.
Try it, you'll like it.
My position is as a key-clicker for a contractor for the gov't. I put in 40 hours a week. No more, no less. OT has to be approved beforehand. It's easy and I'm happy.
When will the MPAA, RIAA, etc. realize that the days of closed-media are OVER!!! The other day, I wanted to listen to that new Marc Anthony tune -- I fired up Napster and downloaded it with the quarter-hour.
They are trying to protect an outmoded means of media distribution. But like dinosaurs, it may be a while before the brain realizes the rest of the body is dead.
End Rant Mode
Given that the Internet works via a passive model wherein a user must request information,
how do you intend to reach the majority of people who don't request AlGore2000 info?
the tone of the majority of articles has been one of explanation and questioning.
You do not put forth the foundational beliefs and value system used as a basis
for your interactions with the world you describe. Could you detail some of your
"Ten Commandments" that you hold to "self-evident"?
Knowing where "Jon Katz" is "coming from" would help
the person behind the mask that they are killfiling.
Mail the Pullitzer to my home address.