A lot of the argument pushed by the censorware folk is that without their product your precious children could trip across EVIL PORNO.
Okay, maybe if they're trawling w4r3z sites they'll be nailed with porno banners, but these are never for anything really extreme (at worst you'll expect to see some light s+m in the samples)
As a DEVOUT porn-monkey, I must inform you (like you don't already know...) that the RILLY GOOD STUFF is a bitch and a half to find. And anyway, generally you won't find it on the web, you'll find it on IRC or (rarely) on USENET. Do these filters even touch IRC? -- "HORSE."
Duuuude, do you even know what the halting problem is?
Things that scare me, #320983794: Absolutely none of the first or second year students in the CS program at my school, modulo me, even know who Alan Turing is. Why someone who didn't even recognize the name would go into CS is utterly beyond me. It'd be like a second-year math undergrad not knowing who Isaac Freaking Newton was. -- "HORSE."
If i were a broadcast network. i would want to be pretty sure that the only company making any money off of my $5million prime time drama is me or possibly the people who make it for me. if someone else tapes its and sends it out again, with more ads, even if they don't put the ads in the actualy tv picture, i expect compensation above and beyond what i already got for the orginal ads. Why should i expect it? because I created the content. Period. I own it, i have allowed it to be publicly distributed in a manner that i chose. People can buy descramblers to try to get past any protections i have set up. i don't like that, but air is air and if i'm sending a signal thru that cable that comes into your house then thats my problem. But what you can't do it record MY programming and then send it out in another medium. especialy if you are making money from it. If you are, then you are no better than someone who sells bootleg tapes. That is what iCave is trying to do. Make money from someone else's work.
Something interesting here, you seem to be making the assumption that this sort of economic "competition" is a zero-sum game, where really it may not be. Would you object to "other people making money off of your work" even if in doing so they in no way lowered the amount of money you personally make off of it? What if their making money off of it actually made it so that you made more money yourself?
If the purpose of copyright is to promote the arts, then I see no reason why a copyright holder should be allowed to vindictively deny others the right to use that copyright holder's work to make money, unless in doing so that second party in some way lowered the copyright holder's income. Unfortunately, I doubt this is the way the copyright system in the U.S. is set up right now.... -- "HORSE."
Interesting. I also agree with the "eye for an eye" principle, but not because I think the government should execute those who show a disregard for human life. I'm for it because I really think it's funny to watch people poke each other's eyes out. -- "HORSE."
Occasionally Hemos or Taco will post something automoderated to score: 7 (Brilliant), but generally AFAICT they reserve that for joke posts. -- "HORSE."
Her official title does include a lot of entries listed under QEI, though. She's QEII of England and Wales, QEI of Scotland, and then QEI of a bunch of miscellaneous backwaters *sound of me getting blown up by the irish* -- "HORSE."
I would LIKE a "socialist worker's paradise". If any candidate actually came out and said "Hey, I would like to make the United States a bit more socialist. Unfettered capitalism has made a few people very rich, but it's also made many more very poor, and that's not a good thing for anyone." I'd be ALL OVER HIM. Anyone who thinks Gore is the slightest bit left wing is, ahem, as batshit insane as Al Gore's wife.
Al Gore is, by any sane standard, right wing. So is everyone else running for a nomination from the major two parties. Want proof? Go dig up some of (for example) Richard Nixon's old platforms, then compare them to Gore's or Bradley's. These people are to the right of Nixon of all people, and they have the chutzpah to identify themselves as Democrats?
Feh. I have no use for any of them, or for Gore's wanky flak. I can't believe/. granted this guy an interview, since clearly he's not allowed to say anything... -- "HORSE."
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World War II? Whatever you're smoking, I want some of it. -- "HORSE."
It's different. By posting the DVD-related DeCSS code, you're not only claiming to be Spartacus, you are actually in a way becoming Spartacus. Posting this DeCSS is actually more parallel to just claiming to be Spartacus than posting the 'real' one is.....of course, if you're for whatever reason not afraid of evil MPAA legal tactics, it's better, from a civil disobedience standpoint, to post the real one. -- "HORSE."
You know, the Evil Clowns was the name of one of DEVO's fake bands. I know Mark Mothersbaugh (former DEVO dude) does the muzik for Rugrats... -- "HORSE."
Hi, I have no clue whatsoever, but I'm still somehow compelled to post that the way to stop things like this is to ask Carmack to not support them. Given that Id has pretty much driven video card development for the last n years, any video card that can't run Quake 4 (or whatever) is going to be completely locked out of the market. -- "HORSE."
Bah. Judging by the percentages the major labels give their artists, I'd say that they're of the opinion that artists do not in fact need to eat. Sorry... -- "HORSE."
Besides, how could we continue to have the SickFare state if only people with military service could vote...
It could happen. Veterans own companies too, you know, and I'm sure they know how to lobby just as well as the current crop of CEOs (as a whole) do. I don't think the Starship Troopers solution would even come close to solving the welfare issue. Unfortunately =( -- "HORSE."
Careful. There's two flavors of "none". There's the "I strongly belief there is no [foo]" flavor of nonbelief, and there's the "believe? Huh? Why should I go and do something like that?" flavor. -- "HORSE."
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A lot of the argument pushed by the censorware folk is that without their product your precious children could trip across EVIL PORNO.
Okay, maybe if they're trawling w4r3z sites they'll be nailed with porno banners, but these are never for anything really extreme (at worst you'll expect to see some light s+m in the samples)
As a DEVOUT porn-monkey, I must inform you (like you don't already know...) that the RILLY GOOD STUFF is a bitch and a half to find. And anyway, generally you won't find it on the web, you'll find it on IRC or (rarely) on USENET. Do these filters even touch IRC?
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"HORSE."
Things that scare me, #320983794: Absolutely none of the first or second year students in the CS program at my school, modulo me, even know who Alan Turing is. Why someone who didn't even recognize the name would go into CS is utterly beyond me. It'd be like a second-year math undergrad not knowing who Isaac Freaking Newton was.
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"HORSE."
That should be godDESS. Oh, and btw you should probably do something about all those fnords in your post...
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"HORSE."
If the purpose of copyright is to promote the arts, then I see no reason why a copyright holder should be allowed to vindictively deny others the right to use that copyright holder's work to make money, unless in doing so that second party in some way lowered the copyright holder's income. Unfortunately, I doubt this is the way the copyright system in the U.S. is set up right now....
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"HORSE."
mmm...I'd actually like to see the "yes, I agree" one. It'd be interesting to see what people do with it.
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"HORSE."
Interesting. I also agree with the "eye for an eye" principle, but not because I think the government should execute those who show a disregard for human life. I'm for it because I really think it's funny to watch people poke each other's eyes out.
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"HORSE."
Occasionally Hemos or Taco will post something automoderated to score: 7 (Brilliant), but generally AFAICT they reserve that for joke posts.
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"HORSE."
Her official title does include a lot of entries listed under QEI, though. She's QEII of England and Wales, QEI of Scotland, and then QEI of a bunch of miscellaneous backwaters *sound of me getting blown up by the irish*
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"HORSE."
Indeed. Totally useless answer. We already KNOW he disagrees, he's paid to...
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"HORSE."
Al Gore is, by any sane standard, right wing. So is everyone else running for a nomination from the major two parties. Want proof? Go dig up some of (for example) Richard Nixon's old platforms, then compare them to Gore's or Bradley's. These people are to the right of Nixon of all people, and they have the chutzpah to identify themselves as Democrats?
Feh. I have no use for any of them, or for Gore's wanky flak. I can't believe /. granted this guy an interview, since clearly he's not allowed to say anything...
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"HORSE."
World War II? Whatever you're smoking, I want some of it.
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"HORSE."
It's different. By posting the DVD-related DeCSS code, you're not only claiming to be Spartacus, you are actually in a way becoming Spartacus. Posting this DeCSS is actually more parallel to just claiming to be Spartacus than posting the 'real' one is... ..of course, if you're for whatever reason not afraid of evil MPAA legal tactics, it's better, from a civil disobedience standpoint, to post the real one.
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"HORSE."
You know, the Evil Clowns was the name of one of DEVO's fake bands. I know Mark Mothersbaugh (former DEVO dude) does the muzik for Rugrats...
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"HORSE."
Hi, I have no clue whatsoever, but I'm still somehow compelled to post that the way to stop things like this is to ask Carmack to not support them. Given that Id has pretty much driven video card development for the last n years, any video card that can't run Quake 4 (or whatever) is going to be completely locked out of the market.
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"HORSE."
Bah. Judging by the percentages the major labels give their artists, I'd say that they're of the opinion that artists do not in fact need to eat. Sorry...
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"HORSE."
Doh, except that Uncle Fucka is an obvious parody of "Oklahoma"...
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"HORSE."
Strange, I liked both films. I dunno, I'm all suckerwise for decent (or indecent...) satire...
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"HORSE."
. Yep, I thought it was, ahem, 'ridiculas' also... I've got the distinct impression that I've just been trolled
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"HORSE."
She's already been destroyed. The current target, as you'd know if you had actually read your mission instructions, is Dave Barry.
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"HORSE."
Dhalsim? The no-combo wonder?
You must be GOOD.
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"HORSE."
Heh, indeed. I used to laugh at the fighting-game wankers, until I realize how much money I've spent in my quest to become a Pinball God.
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"HORSE."
Theoretically, steganography would be the way to get around this. What good steganography tools are available?
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"HORSE."
It could happen. Veterans own companies too, you know, and I'm sure they know how to lobby just as well as the current crop of CEOs (as a whole) do. I don't think the Starship Troopers solution would even come close to solving the welfare issue. Unfortunately =(
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"HORSE."
If it wasn't possible to enforce copyrights, copyleft measures like the GPL wouldn't be necessary.
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"HORSE."
Careful. There's two flavors of "none". There's the "I strongly belief there is no [foo]" flavor of nonbelief, and there's the "believe? Huh? Why should I go and do something like that?" flavor.
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"HORSE."