Hope this clears up exactly which "rights" have been infringed here -- the rights of spammers to dump 1 billion pieces of mail into AOL users' mailboxes. And I just can't get too hot under the collar about their loss.
In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up.
And it is under the most correct section: Your Rights Online.
Today 1 billion voices were silenced. This is not some make believe movie where Alderan gets blown up. It is about the actual usurpation of the Freedom of Speech.
AOL has taken it upon themselves to decide for their users what is appropriate speech and what is not. That is sad. If you think Microsoft is taking away your freedoms because they own 90%+ in the OS market it is time to recheck your bad guys. AOL has just proven itself to be an enemy to Free Speech. That is a much more grave violation of your rights online than anything Microsoft has ever done.
The laughable part of all this is that AOL is the biggest real-world spammer with their tons and tons of CDs that have to be dumped into landfills every year.
Fuck you AOL for making yourself judge, jury, and executioner of the First Amendment.
If you redefine anything that you like into terms that you find useful, then you can make your argument look really good.
If we redefine P2P from being a way of copying software and music to a way of sharing computational code across a network, then it all becomes so much more acceptable.
It's a conference for P2P. Did you really think they'd come out and say that it's a hopeless dead end? Did you expect they'd say that unless they can justify it's existence that P2P will be called a piracy tool?
Sounds like the P2P folks are getting a little antsy looking for any evidence that P2P isn't just a really good way to encourage copyright infringement.
Grid computing can survive just as well without P2P. I'm not so sure that it's the same in reverse.
So, you don't think I would be doing anything wrong if I sold ordinary tap water as "Dr. Steve's Muscle-Making, Brain-Building, Potency-Pumping Elixir"? After all, the tap water isn't unhealthy or unsafe (not even by diverting people from trying other more promising techniques toward those ends -- that merely results in them staying the same, not becoming any worse off).
Never shopped at GNC, have you?
A 5 1/2" silver disk with copy prevention that looks like a CD and is not clearly labeled as a non-CD is fraudulent
This is a dead argument. These copy protected CDs follow the CD spec very closely and are in violation of none of its requirements. They are playable in any CD player that also conforms to the spec. Unfortunately, older CD player manufacturers cut many corners because they never expected certain features would be used. Your complaint here is not with the CDs but with the players.
Once you start trying to dynamically generate strings using printf you are bound to run into problems, especially with languages that have a reversed order from SVO.
Even careful use of resource files can miss this problem.
Can anyone vouch for the veracity of the comments in it?
Did the interview really take place?
Did the interview take place at a time and in an environment that would have an effect on today?
If you just want to blindly start swinging because it's Bill Gates, then fine, do your swinging. But if you want to join the world of grownups, maybe it would be useful to think critically.
Not a whit of difference. With all major manufacturers of electronic equipment promising to introduce DRM into their devices, the consumer isn't left with any choice in the matter. Perhaps Philips, the only anti-DRM holdout, will make a huge comeback in the home-entertainment area, but their wares are mostly crap.
It's sad, but this kind of feel-good legislation does nothing to attack the actual problem which is that circumventing DRM is illegal according to the DMCA. Like other liberal proposals (midnight basketball) it is full of good intentions without the benefit of thoughtfulness.
That's why I qualified it as "medium to large-scale" programs. Unix rules the roost with small programs which really don't need a system like Aegis and in the high-high end as well where a system like Aegis is indispensable.
The middle ground which makes up the bulk of programming (tossing out one-offs, of course) is dominated by Windows programming.
Which brings us back to the original question, is there a system like Aegis for Windows?
It isn't email that you're sending him via that form, though.
As far as the system goes, it may just be a set of rules that prohibit him and other senators from responding to non-constituents. It cuts down on the time required to respond to messages if he only has to respond to Oregonians.
He gives you the solution, "contact one of the Senators from your home state."
Yes, you're blocked from checking stuff in until the test build finishes, but even though you are SURE it works it's better to have a sanity check just in case.
Have some coffee, fill out the TPS report, look at pending bugs. There's a few things you could be doing during that hour.
I fail to see what you posted that contradicts my post in any way.
Yes, Unix is good for some things. It's very reliable. It's got lots of things going for it. It's used as the backbone of a lot of important businesses. I said all this in my post.
None of that changes the fact that most software today is written for Windows and that developers of Windows applications would benefit from an Aegis system.
It is you who is the troll here, not me. Shame on me for responding.
If something is clearly labeled as having DRM, and we can expect that most if not all major device manufacturers will be putting some sort of DRM in their machines, then any circumvention of that DRM limitation is a flagrant violation of the DMCA.
Even though Sony explains clearly in little print on the back of the Memory Stick packaging that Magic Gate is a DRM technology, it doesn't stop people from thinking that it's something new and cool. They look at the label and figure it must be better than normal non-Magic Gate Memory Sticks.
Labels like these are not the solution and only restrict manufacturer's rights and put a crimp on their profits for no reason whatsoever. Of course, Wyden is from Oregon and may have a small stake in the paper manufacturing increase that will necessarily occur if such a bill is passed.
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They came for the spammers, but I wasn't a spammer so I didn't speak up.
Then they came for the t-shirt wearers, but I didn't wear those t-shirts so I didn't speak up.
3. ???
4. Loss of rights!!!
Hope this clears up exactly which "rights" have been infringed here -- the rights of spammers to dump 1 billion pieces of mail into AOL users' mailboxes. And I just can't get too hot under the collar about their loss.
In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for
the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they
came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Martin Niemler 1892-1984.
I have to know why you're asking your Mom if she'd like to add three or four inches to her penis length.
Penis size is genetic. He knows how badly his dad is lacking in that department. It's like community service for the family.
And it is under the most correct section: Your Rights Online.
Today 1 billion voices were silenced. This is not some make believe movie where Alderan gets blown up. It is about the actual usurpation of the Freedom of Speech.
AOL has taken it upon themselves to decide for their users what is appropriate speech and what is not. That is sad. If you think Microsoft is taking away your freedoms because they own 90%+ in the OS market it is time to recheck your bad guys. AOL has just proven itself to be an enemy to Free Speech. That is a much more grave violation of your rights online than anything Microsoft has ever done.
The laughable part of all this is that AOL is the biggest real-world spammer with their tons and tons of CDs that have to be dumped into landfills every year.
Fuck you AOL for making yourself judge, jury, and executioner of the First Amendment.
If you redefine anything that you like into terms that you find useful, then you can make your argument look really good.
If we redefine P2P from being a way of copying software and music to a way of sharing computational code across a network, then it all becomes so much more acceptable.
It's a conference for P2P. Did you really think they'd come out and say that it's a hopeless dead end? Did you expect they'd say that unless they can justify it's existence that P2P will be called a piracy tool?
Sounds like the P2P folks are getting a little antsy looking for any evidence that P2P isn't just a really good way to encourage copyright infringement.
Grid computing can survive just as well without P2P. I'm not so sure that it's the same in reverse.
quoting doesn't encourage ... trolls
I beg to differ.
The reason you keep losing at UT isn't because your processor is too slow.
Check the edition as well.
This is the 8th week of 2003.
So, you don't think I would be doing anything wrong if I sold ordinary tap water as "Dr. Steve's Muscle-Making, Brain-Building, Potency-Pumping Elixir"? After all, the tap water isn't unhealthy or unsafe (not even by diverting people from trying other more promising techniques toward those ends -- that merely results in them staying the same, not becoming any worse off).
Never shopped at GNC, have you?
A 5 1/2" silver disk with copy prevention that looks like a CD and is not clearly labeled as a non-CD is fraudulent
This is a dead argument. These copy protected CDs follow the CD spec very closely and are in violation of none of its requirements. They are playable in any CD player that also conforms to the spec. Unfortunately, older CD player manufacturers cut many corners because they never expected certain features would be used. Your complaint here is not with the CDs but with the players.
The most believable link I've come across is one that points to some ACM proceedings where the attribution is footnote #25.
But if you have that magazine, could you transcribe the interview here? Perhaps in your Journal?
Also, include the magazine name and issue number.
kthx bye!
And give up my mission?
Once you start trying to dynamically generate strings using printf you are bound to run into problems, especially with languages that have a reversed order from SVO.
Even careful use of resource files can miss this problem.
And that's all I have to say about that.
Where did this article come from?
Can anyone vouch for the veracity of the comments in it?
Did the interview really take place?
Did the interview take place at a time and in an environment that would have an effect on today?
If you just want to blindly start swinging because it's Bill Gates, then fine, do your swinging. But if you want to join the world of grownups, maybe it would be useful to think critically.
Nobody demanding to see the original transcript?
No, those links at the bottom don't lead to the original transcript, only some German "analysis" of the original transcript.
Because of this blatant lack of evidence, everything else is suspect.
It doesn't, though.
At least not in a way that is immediately noticeable and traceable to the act of smoking.
Not a whit of difference. With all major manufacturers of electronic equipment promising to introduce DRM into their devices, the consumer isn't left with any choice in the matter. Perhaps Philips, the only anti-DRM holdout, will make a huge comeback in the home-entertainment area, but their wares are mostly crap.
It's sad, but this kind of feel-good legislation does nothing to attack the actual problem which is that circumventing DRM is illegal according to the DMCA. Like other liberal proposals (midnight basketball) it is full of good intentions without the benefit of thoughtfulness.
That's why I qualified it as "medium to large-scale" programs. Unix rules the roost with small programs which really don't need a system like Aegis and in the high-high end as well where a system like Aegis is indispensable.
The middle ground which makes up the bulk of programming (tossing out one-offs, of course) is dominated by Windows programming.
Which brings us back to the original question, is there a system like Aegis for Windows?
It isn't email that you're sending him via that form, though.
As far as the system goes, it may just be a set of rules that prohibit him and other senators from responding to non-constituents. It cuts down on the time required to respond to messages if he only has to respond to Oregonians.
He gives you the solution, "contact one of the Senators from your home state."
Yes, you're blocked from checking stuff in until the test build finishes, but even though you are SURE it works it's better to have a sanity check just in case.
Have some coffee, fill out the TPS report, look at pending bugs. There's a few things you could be doing during that hour.
I fail to see what you posted that contradicts my post in any way.
Yes, Unix is good for some things. It's very reliable. It's got lots of things going for it. It's used as the backbone of a lot of important businesses. I said all this in my post.
None of that changes the fact that most software today is written for Windows and that developers of Windows applications would benefit from an Aegis system.
It is you who is the troll here, not me. Shame on me for responding.
If something is clearly labeled as having DRM, and we can expect that most if not all major device manufacturers will be putting some sort of DRM in their machines, then any circumvention of that DRM limitation is a flagrant violation of the DMCA.
To quote Ackbar, "It's a trap!"
My Vaio beer mug is leaky. And I can't surf the Interweb anymore.
Even though Sony explains clearly in little print on the back of the Memory Stick packaging that Magic Gate is a DRM technology, it doesn't stop people from thinking that it's something new and cool. They look at the label and figure it must be better than normal non-Magic Gate Memory Sticks.
Labels like these are not the solution and only restrict manufacturer's rights and put a crimp on their profits for no reason whatsoever. Of course, Wyden is from Oregon and may have a small stake in the paper manufacturing increase that will necessarily occur if such a bill is passed.