I thought the 'war on terrorism' doesn't invole 'foreign powers'? Who determines if the call is coming from a known terrorist? Anyone can be classified as a terrorist for simply saying bad things about the US.
You're confusion results from never having experienced a world in absence of the two.
Actually, my confusion results from detailed knowledge of the two. Pigs can exist without flying, Email cannot exist without a general purpose network. To me, this is like patenting storing data in a database, or patenting a standard function in stdlib.h. Consumer level wireless technology was practically developed to do Email, and now that we are using it for that, someone is mad?
If someone invents a way to move bytes thats new and exciting, then patent it. Once that method is created, what bytes you move over that medium should be considered obvious, since the original designers of the medium probably intended it to do so.
Why is some dude on who probably found the source on IRC, considered a hacker? He had nothing to do with the theft of the code. Is it those mad l337 mIRC skillz?
I'm still confused about how someone could patent wireless email. Basically, you have email technology (POP,SMTP) and you have wireless data transport networks designed for general purpose use, IEEE, GSM, whatever. How is it considered an invention to simply use the network for what it was designed to do? I mean, what about wireless web browsing? Wireless DNS resolution? Wirless SSH/Telnet? Or Email over ATM? Email over ISDN? Email over DSL?
The real inventor of 'wireless email' is the original inventor of email plus the original inventor of a general purpose wireless networking protocol. Doesn't the patent office think that when a network is invented to move bytes, the original inventor envisioned email or any TCP/IP service to run on it? If the logic I am reading is true, wouldn't it technically be possible to patent any TCP/IP service over 'insert layer 1/layer2 technology here'?
I've recently bought a Belkin 802.11G USB adapter and was dismayed to find, after a few hours of struggling with it, that there seems to be no one who has managed to get it working under Linux
Sony BMG is a separate company from Sony Electronics, Sony Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Sony Digital, Sony Imageworks. The good people at those other companies were just as outraged as everyone else, trust me I work for one of them. Its stupid to boycott the entire company since, a. its impossible, b. haven't you ever had a manager who against all advice from the techs, did what he wanted to anyway?
Not only that; the comparison is Linux/Unix including MacOS... How many kernels are we talking about here?
Err, cough...they are not even talking about KERNELS. They are talking about any program that runs on Linux. Look at the list, they show like 10 Adobe Acrobat Reader bugs.....for multiple entire operating systems the the Linux group
Why do you care so much about retailers? Its the retailers fault when a minor buys booze, smokes, pron, gets into a rated R movie, etc.
Once there is a law that is being broken, you have a reason to sue. This will be much easier to pursue in court than the 'video games made my kid do it' tactic, which has repeatedly failed
I agree with you on that. Having a law on the books does seem to lend that old 'the game made me do it' argument more credit than it deserves.
The law will undoubtedly.....
That is just speculation so, not really a reason the common man should care
The other angle is that the legislation wants to require Mature games be treated like Adult-Only material, in which case major retailers (WalMart) might stop carrying the stuff rather than deal with the extra hassle.
I guess thats possible but unlikely. The hassel involves marking any game with a 'rated M' or above title to require a photo ID. Since Walmart sells smokes and booze and their POS system supports this feature, it would be trivial to require the same for games. I never go to wallmart since they are too expensive. There are a couple places on line that sell new titles for $30 which is much better than the $50+ the big retailers charge.
You bit but missed totally, the post below yours was the answer I was looking for. Also, I seriously doubt that video games will bring about the end of free speech as we know it. As I see it, this is not even a free speech issue. If anything is the same as carding a minor before they enter a rated R movie.
As I am over the age of 18 and don't live in Indiana, why do I give a shit if EA can't peddle its warez to minors? Can someone explain why I should care or this is this an issue only teenagers and the people who stand to loose money care about?
Blu-Ray is the one which requires "Activation" for use and disc's once used in one player will not play in another. Right/Wrong?
Sony has a patent on that technology but its not in the blue-ray spec. Noone knows how/when/where they plan on using that patent. Everything you read was simply idle speculation.
We must not enter into political arrangements with countries ill-prepared to adequately protect our greatest economic assets.
Of course he is talking about 50 Cent's album 'Guess Who's Back?'. with such titles as 'F*ck You','Whoo Kid Freestyle', and the ever popular 'Get out the Club'.
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I thought the 'war on terrorism' doesn't invole 'foreign powers'? Who determines if the call is coming from a known terrorist? Anyone can be classified as a terrorist for simply saying bad things about the US.
It happened in the USA right? Do you call that "foreign spying"...or have you quaffed so much coolaid you call it 'wiretaps for freedom and liberty'.
Actually, my confusion results from detailed knowledge of the two. Pigs can exist without flying, Email cannot exist without a general purpose network. To me, this is like patenting storing data in a database, or patenting a standard function in stdlib.h. Consumer level wireless technology was practically developed to do Email, and now that we are using it for that, someone is mad?
If someone invents a way to move bytes thats new and exciting, then patent it. Once that method is created, what bytes you move over that medium should be considered obvious, since the original designers of the medium probably intended it to do so.
Why is some dude on who probably found the source on IRC, considered a hacker? He had nothing to do with the theft of the code. Is it those mad l337 mIRC skillz?
You mean like approved patent?
So they have an xbiff technology.....amazing!
I'm still confused about how someone could patent wireless email. Basically, you have email technology (POP,SMTP) and you have wireless data transport networks designed for general purpose use, IEEE, GSM, whatever. How is it considered an invention to simply use the network for what it was designed to do? I mean, what about wireless web browsing? Wireless DNS resolution? Wirless SSH/Telnet? Or Email over ATM? Email over ISDN? Email over DSL?
The real inventor of 'wireless email' is the original inventor of email plus the original inventor of a general purpose wireless networking protocol. Doesn't the patent office think that when a network is invented to move bytes, the original inventor envisioned email or any TCP/IP service to run on it? If the logic I am reading is true, wouldn't it technically be possible to patent any TCP/IP service over 'insert layer 1/layer2 technology here'?
Us Americans have such a short term memory. This has been going on for a long time. http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12 374,1509876,00.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/global_warming;_ylt=AjO PHgKyNMiA1zjvEt8quVSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHN lYwN0bQ--
http://www.nationalcenter.org/Climate-Gate.html
And of course, the big one that made national news:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/19/scie ntists.bush.ap/
I could cut and paste all day. The fact is this administation tries to hide information from the public all the time because they are engaging in illegal and immoral activity. Bush said 'Jesus is my hero' once and that makes it all ok with most people. As long as he's against abortion, most people will follow him into hollow shell that was once the USA.
Thats why Bush wanted to bomb them!
He can still face impeachment when he does, ask Nixon and Clinton
Research before you buy.
"nor do I believe my machine is infested with spyware and/or controlling programs as it runs fine,"
Sony BMG is a separate company from Sony Electronics, Sony Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Sony Digital, Sony Imageworks. The good people at those other companies were just as outraged as everyone else, trust me I work for one of them. Its stupid to boycott the entire company since, a. its impossible, b. haven't you ever had a manager who against all advice from the techs, did what he wanted to anyway?
If at first you don't succeed, try and try again...over and over, sometimes using illegal and/or dirty tricks to achieve your goal.
I wish people had the same brain power while operating a car.
Yes, if you put 2 Real IDs in your wallet, one will explode, killing a terrorist.
Err, cough...they are not even talking about KERNELS. They are talking about any program that runs on Linux. Look at the list, they show like 10 Adobe Acrobat Reader bugs.....for multiple entire operating systems the the Linux group
What do Adobe Acrobat Reader bugs have to do with 'Linux'.
Wow, modded down to troll for daring to disagree.
Once there is a law that is being broken, you have a reason to sue. This will be much easier to pursue in court than the 'video games made my kid do it' tactic, which has repeatedly failed
I agree with you on that. Having a law on the books does seem to lend that old 'the game made me do it' argument more credit than it deserves.
The law will undoubtedly.....
That is just speculation so, not really a reason the common man should care
The other angle is that the legislation wants to require Mature games be treated like Adult-Only material, in which case major retailers (WalMart) might stop carrying the stuff rather than deal with the extra hassle.
I guess thats possible but unlikely. The hassel involves marking any game with a 'rated M' or above title to require a photo ID. Since Walmart sells smokes and booze and their POS system supports this feature, it would be trivial to require the same for games. I never go to wallmart since they are too expensive. There are a couple places on line that sell new titles for $30 which is much better than the $50+ the big retailers charge.
You bit but missed totally, the post below yours was the answer I was looking for. Also, I seriously doubt that video games will bring about the end of free speech as we know it. As I see it, this is not even a free speech issue. If anything is the same as carding a minor before they enter a rated R movie.
As I am over the age of 18 and don't live in Indiana, why do I give a shit if EA can't peddle its warez to minors? Can someone explain why I should care or this is this an issue only teenagers and the people who stand to loose money care about?
Sony has a patent on that technology but its not in the blue-ray spec. Noone knows how/when/where they plan on using that patent. Everything you read was simply idle speculation.
Of course he is talking about 50 Cent's album 'Guess Who's Back?'. with such titles as 'F*ck You','Whoo Kid Freestyle', and the ever popular 'Get out the Club'.
I bet you $100 I can show you one.