The problem here is that now your ISP gets to decide what "legitimate" content is. What's "legal" sharing, vs. what's illegal.
They can try to block.torrents all they want, and gnutella (although inevitably we'll find creative ways aroudn those blocks.)
In the meantime, does it constitute "legal" distribution of content? How does my ISP know what my packets are "illegal content" vs. "legal content", regardless of their destination. This puts the ISP in the position of judge, jury and executioner.
What if my ISP decides that Amazon and iTunes downloads are legal, but they don't add http://www.latentrecordings.com/ to their authorized list? (It's not P2P, but it's the distribution of media content.)
If I run a Wi-Fi hot spot and people are swapping P2P files on my open hot spot, do I get cut off? Am I now required to montior the use of my customers lest I lose a service which I'm legitimately paying for? How do I prove that it was Billy from Surrey who was doing something "illegal" and not me myself?
The whole thing is just far too big brotherish, and the slope isn't so much slippery as it is a rock covered scramble.
> "illegal P2P download services like BitTorrent and LimeWire".
Right, well...there's no such thing as an "illegal P2P download service." It's just a distribution tool, that gets used for legitimate content as well (at least in the case of BitTorrent, which *is* used to distribute large software.)
1) That crappy move where Yoda already knew Chewbacca and "his people" just for the sake of what??? Tieing some unspoken plot together? Did it even matter that Yoda knew Chewy? It was just stupid.
2) That crappy bullshit where R2-D2 and C-3PO were paired before being found by the Jawas AND being owned by Anakin. It was better when they were just randomly teamed those two, and it was patently ridiculous to have them owned by Anakin then Luke. It did nothing to help any plot point, an dit was unbelieveable.
Lucas did the same thing twice: connected characters from 4 - 6 in the earlier movies for no reason a tall: did he want to look clever? It failed.
On the other hand, the first Yoda light-saber fight was the only good thing about Episodes 1 - 3. Forgive my lack of knowledge: they sucked so much I couldn't even watch them.
I'd suggest another moment for jumping the shark:
3) When Wikipedia's entry about lightsabers got longer than the one for the goddam United States Bill of Rights.
> A Jedi can slice through a person with a light saber with no perceptible change to the > momentum of the saber, so it seems likely that there is not a whole lot of tactile feedback > in a "real" light saber either.
Ummm...there's no such thing as a "Real" lightsaber...you need to spend less time on Wikipedia, which this kind of factual sping interpretation of fantastic fiction never fails to make me realize that I am NOT a geek worth of of the title.
How is it possible to make a Microsoft product *more* susceptible to viruses and malware? I'd think that particular well would have been tapped long ago.
Why I use Safari on Windows at work: - Web pages are very pretty compared to Firefox. Much prettier - Killer bookmark management that no one's ripped off yet - The mo'awesome find feature ever in 3.0. Love it. - best browser based RSS feed implementation (I live Mozilla live bookmarks....except there's NO INDICATION that any article are new. I have to keep clicking.)
Still, I don't expect it to have an impact on market share for quite some time, if at all. Perhaps in that great unforseeable future where Mac OS X runs on a broader selection fo hardware...
If I replaced my car with a Segway -- the Transportation Tool of the Future (tm) -- how do I get it to the service centre now that it's officially dangerous to ride? (Stand on?)
Success indeed, if only by the most selfish measure: persoanl financial gain.
I'd give Jim Clark the credit for that aspect of it though. If Clark hadn't turned Netscape into a "business" it's pretty uncertain what would have happened with Andressen...succesful, probably. Fiendishly rich? Who knows.
I must confess, I don't quite get the appeal of the Windows Supersite. It's butt ugly and offers really annoying commentary.
Nonetheless, this is his best comment:
> "And I'm not claiming that Vista is somehow 'better' than Mac OS X Tiger > or Leopard, though I do find myself to be more productive in Windows than > in OS X. Your mileage may vary."
And me? Much more productive when I use my PowerBook vs. the Windows machine at work.
Thus a preference -- and brand loyalty -- is born.
There really is no other point to what more or less amounts to a religious war.
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when Microsoft "embraces" the platform.
The problem here is that now your ISP gets to decide what "legitimate" content is. What's "legal" sharing, vs. what's illegal.
.torrents all they want, and gnutella (although inevitably we'll find creative ways aroudn those blocks.)
They can try to block
In the meantime, does it constitute "legal" distribution of content? How does my ISP know what my packets are "illegal content" vs. "legal content", regardless of their destination. This puts the ISP in the position of judge, jury and executioner.
What if my ISP decides that Amazon and iTunes downloads are legal, but they don't add http://www.latentrecordings.com/ to their authorized list? (It's not P2P, but it's the distribution of media content.)
If I run a Wi-Fi hot spot and people are swapping P2P files on my open hot spot, do I get cut off? Am I now required to montior the use of my customers lest I lose a service which I'm legitimately paying for? How do I prove that it was Billy from Surrey who was doing something "illegal" and not me myself?
The whole thing is just far too big brotherish, and the slope isn't so much slippery as it is a rock covered scramble.
> "illegal P2P download services like BitTorrent and LimeWire".
Right, well...there's no such thing as an "illegal P2P download service." It's just a distribution tool, that gets used for legitimate content as well (at least in the case of BitTorrent, which *is* used to distribute large software.)
I'm an information architect, not a doctor!
1) That crappy move where Yoda already knew Chewbacca and "his people" just for the sake of what??? Tieing some unspoken plot together? Did it even matter that Yoda knew Chewy? It was just stupid.
2) That crappy bullshit where R2-D2 and C-3PO were paired before being found by the Jawas AND being owned by Anakin. It was better when they were just randomly teamed those two, and it was patently ridiculous to have them owned by Anakin then Luke. It did nothing to help any plot point, an dit was unbelieveable.
Lucas did the same thing twice: connected characters from 4 - 6 in the earlier movies for no reason a tall: did he want to look clever? It failed.
On the other hand, the first Yoda light-saber fight was the only good thing about Episodes 1 - 3. Forgive my lack of knowledge: they sucked so much I couldn't even watch them.
I'd suggest another moment for jumping the shark:
3) When Wikipedia's entry about lightsabers got longer than the one for the goddam United States Bill of Rights.
That, my friends, is a gorram tragedy.
Well, sir, if your FRIEND said it than it must be true. The guy who welded my bicycle knows everything there is to know about RFID, after all.
In a nutshell, the display of Nazi imagery is a crime in Germany. (This is a gross oversimplification.)
Welcome to the free world.
I believe Wolfenstein was banned as well..the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D article provides some details about the law.
Take it with the usual Wikipedia grain of salt.
The word's "Microsoft" and "browser based" in ANY sentence are inherently oxymoronic. They have no place together.
One exception MIGHT be "Microsoft is incapable of creating a browser based application" and its many derivatives and variations.
He seems to do fairly well at it, from both sides of the equation.
Finally, a decent sex scandal in Canadian Politics! We haven't had one since Maggaret Trudeau was hanging out with rock stars.
Although there was that time a burglar was confronted by Aline Chretien at 24 Sussex...
Virgin Digital is one of the great oxymorons of our time, considering the sheer volume of electronic porn available.
> Windows Update has to send far MORE intrusive information.
Good god man, you're not using Windows Update as a way of justifying intrusive behaviour are you?
If that's the kind of standard which you're judging against, what hope is there for rest of the world.
"It's better than Windows" has never been a good enough excuse in my books.
You consider that an upgrade? MT4 is vastly more powerful than WordPress.
http://blog.plasticmind.com/cms/why-you-should-upgrade-to-mt4/
> A Jedi can slice through a person with a light saber with no perceptible change to the
> momentum of the saber, so it seems likely that there is not a whole lot of tactile feedback
> in a "real" light saber either.
Ummm...there's no such thing as a "Real" lightsaber...you need to spend less time on Wikipedia, which this kind of factual sping interpretation of fantastic fiction never fails to make me realize that I am NOT a geek worth of of the title.
Wrap your head in tinfoil instead. Then, no matter what electromagnetic noise you accidentally tap it won't go into your brain.
When I get my wetware implants directly into my skull, you'll be connecting to my by MyFi AND Petabit ethernet...for those secure connections.
Three parking spots isn't going to fix their parking problem. It's not even the edge of a slippery slope.
Major urban centres shoudl follow London's lead. That's the ticket. (No pun intended.)
How is it possible to make a Microsoft product *more* susceptible to viruses and malware? I'd think that particular well would have been tapped long ago.
Why I use Safari on Windows at work:
- Web pages are very pretty compared to Firefox. Much prettier
- Killer bookmark management that no one's ripped off yet
- The mo'awesome find feature ever in 3.0. Love it.
- best browser based RSS feed implementation (I live Mozilla live bookmarks....except there's NO INDICATION that any article are new. I have to keep clicking.)
Still, I don't expect it to have an impact on market share for quite some time, if at all. Perhaps in that great unforseeable future where Mac OS X runs on a broader selection fo hardware...
Because tonight we're going to party like it's 1989!
Party over. Whoops. Out of RAM.
I want a hybrid intelligent FLYING car.
Where's my flying car? I was promised a flying car.
Until then, I pedal my way home.
Does anybody use Adobe Reader anymore? That thing's become so insane I don't even waste time -- I just open things in Preview.app
Is anybody actually surprised that Microsoft is spying on them in ways that they're not disclosing?
If I replaced my car with a Segway -- the Transportation Tool of the Future (tm) -- how do I get it to the service centre now that it's officially dangerous to ride? (Stand on?)
Success indeed, if only by the most selfish measure: persoanl financial gain.
I'd give Jim Clark the credit for that aspect of it though. If Clark hadn't turned Netscape into a "business" it's pretty uncertain what would have happened with Andressen...succesful, probably. Fiendishly rich? Who knows.
I must confess, I don't quite get the appeal of the Windows Supersite. It's butt ugly and offers really annoying commentary.
Nonetheless, this is his best comment:
> "And I'm not claiming that Vista is somehow 'better' than Mac OS X Tiger
> or Leopard, though I do find myself to be more productive in Windows than
> in OS X. Your mileage may vary."
And me? Much more productive when I use my PowerBook vs. the Windows machine at work.
Thus a preference -- and brand loyalty -- is born.
There really is no other point to what more or less amounts to a religious war.
I consider Myth high brow.