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  1. Re:Look, out, John... on Death Penalty For Hackers? · · Score: 1

    It's not so much trust as it is about the government doing their job and only that.

  2. Re:Will all the non-US residents join me in my pra on Leaked Screenshots Show Netflix Downloads · · Score: 1

    Now that you've posted this, it's probably fixed.

  3. Re:That's a Lot Of Bits on Leaked Screenshots Show Netflix Downloads · · Score: 1

    The majority of DVD-Videos I have seen are single layer... And using MPEG-4, dual layer video could easily fit in one layer without significant quality loss.

  4. Re:Regarding the Indymedia incident on Flying the Wiretapped Skies · · Score: 1

    I'm saying his actions are not morally wrong because he shared information. They would be wrong because he caused damage to said person.

  5. Re:Regarding the Indymedia incident on Flying the Wiretapped Skies · · Score: 1

    Which all demonstrate exactly why the government should have no part in prohibiting it.

  6. Re:No thank you on Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life · · Score: 1

    I think you mean it implies a finite plane whereas Earth is an infinite plane. Shapes and slopes really don't affect the circling.

  7. Re:No thank you on Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life · · Score: 1

    Except that being encircled doesn't mean you will lose... Many options:
    - Live until said player loses (his wall goes away)
    - Try to squeeze through the hole: actual sealing is virtually impossible.
    - Wait for someone to make a hole: same variants leave circular explosion-holes around someone losing

  8. Re:That's not OK? on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    Buying from a repackaged source doesn't give you support or a warranty-- you keep that value.

    It is a natural right to modify and share information. An idea is yours only when you keep it to yourself. Share it with anyone else, and it becomes theirs also.

    You don't have a right to tell others what to do.

  9. Re:Meanwhile, in the computer world... on Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life · · Score: 1

    BTW, here's a link to CVS snapshots ("betas").
    Not many servers making use of the new features, but "HexaTRON Server" is the one in the screenshot.

    For those who want to run a server, here is an index of maps-- if you have any to add, email me to add them.

  10. Re:GPS games on Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life · · Score: 1

    Nibbles is one of the two demo games that came with QuickBasic. (the other being Gorilla)

  11. Re:That's not OK? on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    Nothing in the GPL requires you to give away anything. Just that you allow whomever you decide to give or sell your software to to exercise their rights to modify and share it.

    Sure, choose what you will or won't share-- but don't tell others that they cannot make that same decision. If you are overcharging so much that there is a market for someone to repackage-and-sell, that's nobody's fault but your own.

  12. Re:Regarding the Indymedia incident on Flying the Wiretapped Skies · · Score: 1

    I never said people suddenly shouldn't be responsible for things caused by their actions. If there is damage done by a doctor sharing your medical records, he is still at fault. Likewise with your other example.

  13. Re:That's not OK? on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    The GPL's restrictions do little more than preserve humans' natural rights to modify and share information. If your line of work relies on violating others rights, then you should find another one. There are plenty of ways to make money from software without denying others their rights. Yes, you'll need to actually compete, but that's a good thing.

  14. Meanwhile, in the computer world... on Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life · · Score: 2, Informative
  15. Re:That's not OK? on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    The GPL license for Qt is available gratis, regardless of what the license is. The only limitations under the GPL are that you must not limit others-- perfectly acceptable. The GPL restrictions should replace copyright law-- that solves all your problems.

    Why the GPL? In this case, because Qt is only currently available gratis under the GPL. In general, because the GPL restrictions are equivalent to what proper laws concerning information would be.

  16. Re:Regarding the Indymedia incident on Flying the Wiretapped Skies · · Score: 1

    *Sharing information* is a natural right and not morally wrong *at all*.

    Marijuana, last I checked, hurts the person using it-- only in some cases do the benefits outweigh the negatives. But, just like everything, it should still at least be legal to possess or sell.

  17. Re:That's not OK? on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    Nope, Qt is available gratis under the GPL for Windows, too.
    If e-tax isn't GPL-compatible, then it should be.

  18. Re:That's not OK? on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    Products supporting Win32: Windows and WINE
    Products supporting Qt: Windows, Mac OS X, X11, and Linux
    Products supporting POSIX: *BSD, Linux, and Mac OS X

    Win32 certainly doesn't look like a standard to me... it doesn't even have consistent behaviour with itself.

  19. Re:That's not OK? on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    For your first point, Qt is available gratis under the GPL.

    For your second, the government or company needs to actually hire good programmers-- and replace the person in charge of doing so, if necessary.

  20. Re:Give me a break on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    Qt certainly is free. Available under the GPL for Mac OS X, X11, Windows, and Linux (framebuffer).

  21. Re:Mandatory in Holland on Australia's 'e-tax' Windows Only · · Score: 1

    But it is not free software.

  22. Re:1616 on The New C Standard · · Score: 1

    438 is, actually.

  23. Re:Piracy for the Sake of Piracy. A.K.A. hoarding on Internet Movies Before DVD · · Score: 1

    Sharing information, however, is. And that is exactly what so-called "piracy" is being used to refer to.

  24. Re:(-1, Troll) on Forget Phishing Just Buy Personal Info · · Score: 1

    Nope, he is quite right. The problem is the flawed design used by systems such as credit cards and social security for authentication. If they were designed properly, sharing information wouldn't be a problem.

  25. Re:Piracy for the Sake of Piracy. A.K.A. hoarding on Internet Movies Before DVD · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's simple-- someone is threatening your rights, you exercise those rights as much as possible.
    In this case, it's the US Gov't and various corporations threatening our right to share information.