This is the first year I've tried to make Christmas video "wish lists" with my camcorder. However, while minding my own business, following around perspective hard-to-shop-for family members while they shop, I get accosted by store managers telling me to immediately stop. They say I am violating store copyright policy by filming products in their store. No mention of the fact that I could just buy the product in question and film it when I get home.
So the questions are:
1) Do we have the right to film whatever we want when we are in public?
2) Are we in public when we are in a store?
3) Can a company place restrictions on us filming them or their products when they film us all the time using their "security" video cameras? What rights do you have over your own countenance? If you own the rights to your face, does every company violate copyright by filming you on their "security" video system?
4) Do we "lose" all rights when we walk into a store? (Similar to losing all rights when we work for a company) If so, when someone says "well you could just go to another store/work for another company" is that bogus because all stores/companies are the same with regard to this?
5) Is this the same as believing one has a right to sit in a movie theater (a public place?) and film the movie one watches (clearly a copyright violation)?
6) Where do "Fair Use" laws come into this?
I hate to be a "but I have rights" stick-in-the-mud on this but... This is America... And we actually do have rights here... And corporations are in business to make money... And if they have to step all over our rights do do it I'm sure they wouldn't bat an eye over it...
This is the first year I've tried to make Christmas video "wish lists" with my camcorder. However, while minding my own business, following around perspective hard-to-shop for family members while they shop, I get accosted by store managers telling me to immediately stop. They say I am violating store copyright policy by filming products in their store. No mention of the fact that I could just buy the product in question and film it when I get home.
So the questions are:
1) Do we have the right to film whatever we want when we are in public?
2) Are we in public when we are in a store?
3) Can a company place restrictions on us filming them or their products when they film us all the time using their "security" video cameras? What rights do you have over your own countenance? If you own the rights to your face, does every company violate copyright by filming you on their "security" video system?
4) Do we "lose" all rights when we walk into a store? (Similar to losing all rights when we work for a company) If so, when someone says "well you could just go to another store/work for another company" is that bogus because all stores/companies are the same with regard to this?
5) Is this the same as believing one has a right to sit in a movie theater (a public place?) and film the movie one watches (clearly a copyright violation)?
6) Where do "Fair Use" laws come into this?
I hate to be a "but I have rights" stick-in-the-mud on this but... This is America... And we actually do have rights here... And corporations are in business to make money... And if they have to step all over our rights do do it I'm sure they wouldn't bat an eye over it...
a) Warez are free as in "no cost". They're also free as in "liberated" since they were enslaved by their closed source masters to begin with.
b) Why would there only be MS os type software on those three public sources? There's no chance that other Mac owners share their Mac software to the world via those public mechanisms? Answer? They do.
c) Why should he waste his time on shit open source quality software? Because he might want to (or hell... NEED to) improve the game by rewriting the code? He'd have more fun playing Diablo II or Warcraft. BOTH are available for the Mac (or soon will be). Only a moron would pay money for something valuable turned into uncontrollable (and thus copyable) data.
So is any transaction system involving universal, absolute identification (i.e. signature, I.D. cards, fingerprints, retina scans, DNA sample, etc.). Signature pads are but a symptom of the problem.
We sheeple deserve the "1984 Big Brother" world that's just around the corner. This is only going to get worse, people.
Our rights have eroded so far that the only way to get them back is probably via revolution. However, this is completely ridiculous since we citizens are simply along for the ride. We can think we have the most freedom in the world, but what if there was a problem? Revolt against the greatest military might that the world has ever known? I don't think so. This reveals the "right to bear arms" to be the farce that it has become.
So... Sit back... Enjoy! You did it to yourself! And, don't worry. Believe the lies of the sales clerk when they tell you it's "safe and secure". I mean, what else can you do?:-)
This is the worst idea possible. The only way sysadmins survive is to be ignored. We are the ones who stand between people and their fear of technology. If we stand out for ANY REASON we suffer the wrath of their fear, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN ACTUAL PROBLEM.
For the abuse this job brings, it's worse than being a janitor. It's like being a WHORE. We get paid to be demeaned and take abuse. Why would we want to be noticed on any day of the year. So we can bend over and say: Thank you sir! May I have another?!?!?
FYI: Sysadmins used to be HIGH PRIESTS back in the days of mainframes. Thank your lucky stars for the microchip! It put the power of GOD into the hands of the unwashed masses (i.e. you). If it weren't for that you'd be submitting your data to be BATCH PROCESSED on PUNCH CARDS!
I don't see what the problem is... There will always be sheeple who can't live without Micro$oft dominating their lives, stripping them of their freedom. Palladium is simply the glue that finally binds Microsoft to Intel to make WinTel.
Is that so bad? I mean, yes Intel x86-based hardware is cheap. Palladium hardware will probably be cheaper (due to an easement of fears about Digital Rights Management).
So what? We should only worry about it if we can only see Linux as LinTel. In fact, it is not. It runs on just about any platform in existance. So, don't worry... Be happy! Let go of Intel/Palladium. Follow Linux where it can go.
We Americans all really do have a right to surf pr0n! This country was made by adults, for adults! The quicker we forget this the quicker this becomes the United States of Disneyland.
The solution is really very simple. All people have to do is set their download directory different than their upload directory. Just because I download something, I don't want to automatically offer it to the world. What if it had a virus? Doing it this way I at least have the chance to clean the file before letting anyone else have it.
You know... The real answer here is to avoid the problem entirely and not use credit cards in the first place.
Secure, anonymous digital cash has been here for a long time. It solves all these problems since you treat it as cash. No extra bits of customer information needed so no extra risk of identity theft, or fraud, or whatever.
Any system of financial transaction that relies on a publicly known number to protect your privately held assets is doomed to failure from the start. Using credit cards is kind of like paying for cash but handing over your wallet and expecting the sales clerk to take out the appropriate amount!
This is not a technological problem. It's a social and political problem.
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I agree. Many people consider issues to be "dilemmas" just because they don't understand that ethics really isn't a matter of opinion. This is clear cut. Just be prepared to lose your job if you announce it to the public.
Business cannot do without at least the ILLUSION of quality. Real quality costs money. Therefore it makes business sense to lie to your customers and profit from deception.
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This is the first year I've tried to make Christmas video "wish lists" with my camcorder. However, while minding my own business, following around perspective hard-to-shop-for family members while they shop, I get accosted by store managers telling me to immediately stop. They say I am violating store copyright policy by filming products in their store. No mention of the fact that I could just buy the product in question and film it when I get home.
So the questions are:
1) Do we have the right to film whatever we want when we are in public?
2) Are we in public when we are in a store?
3) Can a company place restrictions on us filming them or their products when they film us all the time using their "security" video cameras? What rights do you have over your own countenance? If you own the rights to your face, does every company violate copyright by filming you on their "security" video system?
4) Do we "lose" all rights when we walk into a store? (Similar to losing all rights when we work for a company) If so, when someone says "well you could just go to another store/work for another company" is that bogus because all stores/companies are the same with regard to this?
5) Is this the same as believing one has a right to sit in a movie theater (a public place?) and film the movie one watches (clearly a copyright violation)?
6) Where do "Fair Use" laws come into this?
I hate to be a "but I have rights" stick-in-the-mud on this but... This is America... And we actually do have rights here... And corporations are in business to make money... And if they have to step all over our rights do do it I'm sure they wouldn't bat an eye over it...
What's the right way of thinking about this?
This is the first year I've tried to make Christmas video "wish lists" with my camcorder. However, while minding my own business, following around perspective hard-to-shop for family members while they shop, I get accosted by store managers telling me to immediately stop. They say I am violating store copyright policy by filming products in their store. No mention of the fact that I could just buy the product in question and film it when I get home.
So the questions are:
1) Do we have the right to film whatever we want when we are in public?
2) Are we in public when we are in a store?
3) Can a company place restrictions on us filming them or their products when they film us all the time using their "security" video cameras? What rights do you have over your own countenance? If you own the rights to your face, does every company violate copyright by filming you on their "security" video system?
4) Do we "lose" all rights when we walk into a store? (Similar to losing all rights when we work for a company) If so, when someone says "well you could just go to another store/work for another company" is that bogus because all stores/companies are the same with regard to this?
5) Is this the same as believing one has a right to sit in a movie theater (a public place?) and film the movie one watches (clearly a copyright violation)?
6) Where do "Fair Use" laws come into this?
I hate to be a "but I have rights" stick-in-the-mud on this but... This is America... And we actually do have rights here... And corporations are in business to make money... And if they have to step all over our rights do do it I'm sure they wouldn't bat an eye over it...
What's the right way of thinking about this?
a) Warez are free as in "no cost". They're also free as in "liberated" since they were enslaved by their closed source masters to begin with.
b) Why would there only be MS os type software on those three public sources? There's no chance that other Mac owners share their Mac software to the world via those public mechanisms? Answer? They do.
c) Why should he waste his time on shit open source quality software? Because he might want to (or hell... NEED to) improve the game by rewriting the code? He'd have more fun playing Diablo II or Warcraft. BOTH are available for the Mac (or soon will be). Only a moron would pay money for something valuable turned into uncontrollable (and thus copyable) data.
Free your mind.
The best Gnutella front-end I know of is Bearshare.
As for IRC, I tend to like MIRC as a front-end.
For Usenet, I've used News Binary Extractor.
Yes, signature pads are dangerous to privacy.
:-)
So is any transaction system involving universal, absolute identification (i.e. signature, I.D. cards, fingerprints, retina scans, DNA sample, etc.). Signature pads are but a symptom of the problem.
We sheeple deserve the "1984 Big Brother" world that's just around the corner. This is only going to get worse, people.
Our rights have eroded so far that the only way to get them back is probably via revolution. However, this is completely ridiculous since we citizens are simply along for the ride. We can think we have the most freedom in the world, but what if there was a problem? Revolt against the greatest military might that the world has ever known? I don't think so. This reveals the "right to bear arms" to be the farce that it has become.
So... Sit back... Enjoy! You did it to yourself! And, don't worry. Believe the lies of the sales clerk when they tell you it's "safe and secure". I mean, what else can you do?
This is the worst idea possible. The only way sysadmins survive is to be ignored. We are the ones who stand between people and their fear of technology. If we stand out for ANY REASON we suffer the wrath of their fear, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN ACTUAL PROBLEM.
For the abuse this job brings, it's worse than being a janitor. It's like being a WHORE. We get paid to be demeaned and take abuse. Why would we want to be noticed on any day of the year. So we can bend over and say: Thank you sir! May I have another?!?!?
FYI: Sysadmins used to be HIGH PRIESTS back in the days of mainframes. Thank your lucky stars for the microchip! It put the power of GOD into the hands of the unwashed masses (i.e. you). If it weren't for that you'd be submitting your data to be BATCH PROCESSED on PUNCH CARDS!
Nice article!
I don't see what the problem is... There will always be sheeple who can't live without Micro$oft dominating their lives, stripping them of their freedom. Palladium is simply the glue that finally binds Microsoft to Intel to make WinTel.
Is that so bad? I mean, yes Intel x86-based hardware is cheap. Palladium hardware will probably be cheaper (due to an easement of fears about Digital Rights Management).
So what? We should only worry about it if we can only see Linux as LinTel. In fact, it is not. It runs on just about any platform in existance. So, don't worry... Be happy! Let go of Intel/Palladium. Follow Linux where it can go.
We Americans all really do have a right to surf pr0n! This country was made by adults, for adults! The quicker we forget this the quicker this becomes the United States of Disneyland.
It was the only thing I could think of to explain the evil, unearthly glow emanating from unopened jars of those LUMPS OF DEATH! You know...
CRITICAL MASS!
ACK! :-o
The solution is really very simple. All people have to do is set their download directory different than their upload directory. Just because I download something, I don't want to automatically offer it to the world. What if it had a virus? Doing it this way I at least have the chance to clean the file before letting anyone else have it.
Sorry... I meant "paying WITH cash", not "paying FOR cash". :-)
Secure, anonymous digital cash has been here for a long time. It solves all these problems since you treat it as cash. No extra bits of customer information needed so no extra risk of identity theft, or fraud, or whatever.
Any system of financial transaction that relies on a publicly known number to protect your privately held assets is doomed to failure from the start. Using credit cards is kind of like paying for cash but handing over your wallet and expecting the sales clerk to take out the appropriate amount!
This is not a technological problem. It's a social and political problem.
I agree. Many people consider issues to be "dilemmas" just because they don't understand that ethics really isn't a matter of opinion. This is clear cut. Just be prepared to lose your job if you announce it to the public. Business cannot do without at least the ILLUSION of quality. Real quality costs money. Therefore it makes business sense to lie to your customers and profit from deception.
Me four.