" Be careful how you spell it, Kazza is a recording industry frontend where you fill a form with your name and e-mail address. You probably mean Kazaa."
I checked the site out and was able to make a download without entering my name or e-mail address. Besides which, asking for an address/e-mail is hardly a problem, as you could enter false data; how would it be of use to the RIAA?
I see no evidence, and the AC offers none, to suggest his/her claim is true [yet gets +5 Informative.]
"What drives the world? Certainly not solidarity."
I think you'll find that we're genetically hardwired to be co-operative social animals, even when it's not in our best interest to be.
Scientific studies have shown [and I'm sure someone can find links] that people want to co-operate with others, despite it making better sense to be selfish.
Selfishness may provide benefits, but these are generally short-term. To claim it's a virtue, is crass.
You claim the poster to whom you respond doesn't understand what drives the world, but I doubt you have any a clearer view. Selfish acquisition drives some people, but to claim that that's all there is by way of world-wide motivation is ignorant.
Solidarity does indeed exist, and is responsible for the great pool of knowledge we have; science, medicine, spirituality and culture.
New Labour is not left-wing. It is a pro-corporate centre-right party. It's all about big-business and it's own power. There are no principles it has beyond staying in power, and mutual masturbation with generous corporations.
The basic premise of New Labour was that it was better to have the Labour party in power implementing Tory policies than the Tory party.
Unfortunately, whereas the Tory party was constrained somewhat by the lack of good-will they had, their general perception of being authoritarian, "devil-take-the-hindmost," "I'm all right Jack" c***s (so to speak,) the Labour Party had so much good-will and good-feeling after their initial election win, that it clouded the fact that they were, and are, more dispicable than the Tories, and there was little restraint on their actions.
This buffer-effect is almost entirely worn through, but we don't have a viable alternative to them, other than the sheepish, timid Liberal Democrats, who have (IMO) squandered their opportunity to speak loudly and forthrightly against the nefarious policies of New Labour.
It's not that the party has a "nanny-state" mentality, I would submit, it's that it thinks of itself as our rulers, rather than our representatives (this seems increasingly common across western so-called democracies.)
I believe what we're seeing is a trend in governments across the western world in seeing just how authoritarian a government a people in a "democracy" will put up with. I fear it will get worse before it gets better, since I think people will put up with a lot of illiberal laws and policies, so long as they don't touch key areas of their lives, enabling them to go about their day-to-day, unwilling to takle a look at how they're being herded and fenced.
Just use the term "hacker" in it's positive meaning, or proper meaning if you like, and don't worry about people getting the wrong idea. It's easily fixed by telling them the meaning you appled to it, if it seems relevant/necessary.
A little backbone is all that's required. Be a leader, not a follower.
These companies want to ruin it for everyone, to serve their own selfish interests.
A recent review by the UK government took place. Let's hope they aren't swayed by these bodies, and leave the BBC's internet arm alone.
I know that much of my license fee's value comes from the BBC website, their news, features [like this Dr.Who thing] and radio, rather than tv (of which I seem to watch less and less.) Any reduction in it's scope would be a Bad Thing(TM).
I think everyone's being far too cynical and mean-spirited about this.
At least they didn't insist the votes were correct and that it was the voter numbers that were in error.
You have to give them credit for that.
Imagine the cost of shipping in 125,000 immigrants to make up the deficit.
ZoneAlarm also has a similar function to the Symantec product. With that and Mozilla [and Mozilla's Flash click-to-play plug-in) I rarely if ever see any of those banners I have no interest in clicking on.
"That excludes people who prefer to browse using text, which is what that image recognition filter effectively does. Blind people, low bandwidth folks are automatically eliminated from the community."
That's why some sites have a small wave file link as an option for blind users.
"Patents do not cover *concepts*; patents cover *methods*. "
You have just infringed my patent for overt-literalisation-as-criticism in a posting to a public internet discussion board, please stump up a large amount of moneys.
To address your criticism: The "method" is itself a "concept", so the initial comment holds true.
" This agreement will give the NSA a nonexclusive, worldwide license with the right to grant sublicenses of MQV-based ECC covered by many of Certicom's US patents and applications and corresponding foreign rights in a limited field of use."
Who the hell in their right mind is going to license this from the NSA?
The NSA - You Can Trust Us Not To Implement Backdoors(TM).
CD sales are up in the UK (once again bucking the trend shown elsewhere.) Maybe people (like me) are using P2P as a sampling "radio" service, before buying the stuff they like (in its non-lossy format... if it's priced right.)
I used to buy a fair amount of CDs when I was a teenager/erly 20's. Then my buying tailed off. Now, primarily because I can easily sample music risk-free (no cash involved) my music buying has picked up again.
There's too much hot-air talked about p2p, with no-one quite understanding it's impact.
"When I buy music I want CD quality at least (unless prices are smaller by the same factor as the file size)."
I'd never pay money, now, for any lossy-format. With a lossless format, I can re-encode to the next new and improved lossy format myself, with a lossy format, it's going to mean re-purchasing the music in the new lossy format, for decent sound quality.
Slashdot Mirror
His crime was inaccruacy.
"Arrogant twat" would have been a more appropriate accusation.
Hot and insightful.
Sexy and knowledgeable on matters technological.
I...err...uhh...
[sorry, I have to go change my trousers.]
I checked the site out and was able to make a download without entering my name or e-mail address. Besides which, asking for an address/e-mail is hardly a problem, as you could enter false data; how would it be of use to the RIAA?
I see no evidence, and the AC offers none, to suggest his/her claim is true [yet gets +5 Informative.]
I think you'll find that we're genetically hardwired to be co-operative social animals, even when it's not in our best interest to be.
Scientific studies have shown [and I'm sure someone can find links] that people want to co-operate with others, despite it making better sense to be selfish.
Selfishness may provide benefits, but these are generally short-term. To claim it's a virtue, is crass.
You claim the poster to whom you respond doesn't understand what drives the world, but I doubt you have any a clearer view.
Selfish acquisition drives some people, but to claim that that's all there is by way of world-wide motivation is ignorant.
Solidarity does indeed exist, and is responsible for the great pool of knowledge we have; science, medicine, spirituality and culture.
The basic premise of New Labour was that it was better to have the Labour party in power implementing Tory policies than the Tory party.
Unfortunately, whereas the Tory party was constrained somewhat by the lack of good-will they had, their general perception of being authoritarian, "devil-take-the-hindmost," "I'm all right Jack" c***s (so to speak,) the Labour Party had so much good-will and good-feeling after their initial election win, that it clouded the fact that they were, and are, more dispicable than the Tories, and there was little restraint on their actions.
This buffer-effect is almost entirely worn through, but we don't have a viable alternative to them, other than the sheepish, timid Liberal Democrats, who have (IMO) squandered their opportunity to speak loudly and forthrightly against the nefarious policies of New Labour.
It's not that the party has a "nanny-state" mentality, I would submit, it's that it thinks of itself as our rulers, rather than our representatives (this seems increasingly common across western so-called democracies.)
I believe what we're seeing is a trend in governments across the western world in seeing just how authoritarian a government a people in a "democracy" will put up with.
I fear it will get worse before it gets better, since I think people will put up with a lot of illiberal laws and policies, so long as they don't touch key areas of their lives, enabling them to go about their day-to-day, unwilling to takle a look at how they're being herded and fenced.
Just use the term "hacker" in it's positive meaning, or proper meaning if you like, and don't worry about people getting the wrong idea. It's easily fixed by telling them the meaning you appled to it, if it seems relevant/necessary.
A little backbone is all that's required. Be a leader, not a follower.
Rupert Murdoch of the UK's SKY, and the US's Fox is out to crush the BBC's website, along with others, strangely and disturbingly including the respected Left-Wing Guardian Newspaper. Here's one of their hatchet articles.
These companies want to ruin it for everyone, to serve their own selfish interests.
A recent review by the UK government took place. Let's hope they aren't swayed by these bodies, and leave the BBC's internet arm alone.
I know that much of my license fee's value comes from the BBC website, their news, features [like this Dr.Who thing] and radio, rather than tv (of which I seem to watch less and less.) Any reduction in it's scope would be a Bad Thing(TM).
(It's called ironic understatement.)
At least they didn't insist the votes were correct and that it was the voter numbers that were in error.
You have to give them credit for that.
Imagine the cost of shipping in 125,000 immigrants to make up the deficit.
They're thinking of your tax dollars, people.
Someone has to make a comic opera about this.
If they can do it for Jerry Springer, they can do it for SCO - it's such rich pickings!
Its simple. Warez a copy of 2000/XP, and bingo! Pirate-free music!
ZoneAlarm also has a similar function to the Symantec product.
With that and Mozilla [and Mozilla's Flash click-to-play plug-in) I rarely if ever see any of those banners I have no interest in clicking on.
Florida's debacle was not about hanging chads. It was about what went on behind the scenes[PDF!!] before anyone got to the voting booths.
</wipes tear from eye>
sniff.
Let me guess... this is a defence/rationalisation that's only valid so long as you're the USA, or one of it's allies?
That's why some sites have a small wave file link as an option for blind users.
Doesn't everybody have a duty to be ethical, though?
Hiding in a large group, or company, doesn't provide a get-out.
You have just infringed my patent for overt-literalisation-as-criticism in a posting to a public internet discussion board, please stump up a large amount of moneys.
To address your criticism: The "method" is itself a "concept", so the initial comment holds true.
Who the hell in their right mind is going to license this from the NSA?
The NSA - You Can Trust Us Not To Implement Backdoors(TM).
Maybe that's why they shouldn't be able to buy it in the first place.
The Political Compass.
ME still is supported.
I used to buy a fair amount of CDs when I was a teenager/erly 20's. Then my buying tailed off. Now, primarily because I can easily sample music risk-free (no cash involved) my music buying has picked up again.
There's too much hot-air talked about p2p, with no-one quite understanding it's impact.
Even if you have Windows, it only works on Win XP, and 2000, leaving those with 98, ME and NT out in the, er, cold.
I'd never pay money, now, for any lossy-format. With a lossless format, I can re-encode to the next new and improved lossy format myself, with a lossy format, it's going to mean re-purchasing the music in the new lossy format, for decent sound quality.