"The UK government will announce more new taxes, including a retro-active tax to recover potential tax income lost during the 60's on free love and sex as well as a tax on air very shortly. You pay for gas, why not pay for the air that helps cars run?" according to George Needsadentist, a UK government spokesman.
Scary, huh? What's next in addition to "air tax," "sex tax"? A "good teeth" tax? Blonde tax? Blue eyes tax? Tax on talking or tax to move a muscle? Or a think-tax; think and be taxed.
I guess one can say that the UK govt have been smoking something they shouldn't have (or an incest/imbreeding crack can also apply).
It's worse than opening a beef steakhouse in India or a kiddie store in the pedophile ward of a maximum security prison. It can open up a can of worms that you don't want; mainly for lawyers. I can already see this system being abused. Hackers being able to exploit it and take down computers of ppl or corporations that they don't like. Hell, I can only imagine the backlash from those false positive victims. What's next? Watch p0rn and you're not the only thing to fizzle and blow? What about those "trade secrets" that turned out to be otherwise (DeCSS issue)? Or gay issues? Will the government institute computer self-destruct orders for those looking for certain information that IT not us deems "not right"?
And this will be hard to do in Canada or in some other nations; the judge in Canada effectively ruled that sharing (not selling) personal copies of copyright music files is perfectly legal.
What happened to "Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law"? More and more, it looks as though moths have gotten into our Constitution and started eating it up.
I hope he didn't make a wise crack insulting ppl that aren't so tall or big.
anyways, both a friend of mine and myself have modded xboxes (the modchip-free way by enabling TSOP flashing and flashed with a more user-friendly BIOS) and we rarely play games on them. Instead, we use it to watch movies (DVDs or avi's hosted on our home network) or TV shows I recorded with my PVR computer that's in the other room.
Hell, I'm sure in due time, someone will make it so the Xbox Linux can run a USB-TV tuner device for using the Xbox as a PVR. Not bad for a 100 bucks (for used xboxes) + other hardware costs.
looks like the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has turned out to be just like (if not worse) than the mob that u see only on TV and in movies.
wonder if ppl who were extorted...^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsettl ed with the RIAA are vulnerable to the same actions by the international version of the RIAA.
Of course, I still stand by my thoughts that threatening individuals who don't necessarily have access to nor the finances to fund an army of lawyers with a big lawsuit with an army of lawyers at your disposal for the sole intention of getting a quick settlement constitutes extortion (as well as abusing the justice system for personal gains). Sadly, those "personal gains" also applies to a few politicians (as discussed earlier on/.), and politicians rarely bite the hand that feeds them gourmet foods, we, consumers who don't have an army of lawyers, are screwed. At least Attila the Hun didn't use an army of lawyers; just fire and sharp or blunt objects, and the pain was usually momentary.
gotta love it. Kudos to Harvard for publishing facts that most of us already had an idea were true. Now with Harvard saying, yes it is, it gives more weight to what most of us have been saying.
Of course, what if most of the execs of the RIAA are graduates of Yale or Princeton? (ivy league rivalry).
Anyways, this is something I've been saying for years. Even before file-sharing, I rarely bought any CD's, mainly because of the crappy schtuff out there and because of the lack of funds. It's just that both reasons are even stronger now (thx enron/dotcom bust/etc.).
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take some nos!
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u know...that's not a bad comment to use when someone "accuses" you of ripping one....
or maybe it would help if we all stopped being broke...o wait...the economy (especially the tech sector) is down Fat Bastard's (the "corn in crap" guy from the Austin Powers movies) toilet....so it's a bit hard to "recover".
(long period of dumbfounded silence)
aawww...gawd....now I have to scrub my mind with bleach....thx alot for the imagery, my sic mind....
either way, I don't see the correlation between the archive and being too "cheap to get a mac".....or maybe there was a speaker at GMU who talked about macs and all.
(MoFoQ reads original post) Hmmm...interesting, but I wonder what the IP-mafia (RIAA, MPAA, etc.) here in the states think about it.
It's too bad the entire contents of the Library of Congress isn't digitized and shared (something like out of ST:TNG).
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looks like someone beat me to the punch....about the fart joke.
o well, the good thing about passing gas on Mars, no one there to smell and complain about it.... (the ol' "If you pass gas and no one is around to smell it, does it smell?")
but this is good news. Now they don't have to rely on just solar power when they eventually make an outpost on Mars; they can collect the methane and use fuel cells to power the station (especially at night)
I wonder how many of those IP's are from minors (kids under 18), since under California law (I think there's also a federal one), it is strictly forbidden to "stalk" (or log the IP and activity) of minors without permission from the legal guardian (it's to help prevent internet predators).
I'm also hoping that more ppl sue the RIAA for using the justice system as a means to extort money out of those who don't have an army of lawyers at their disposal.
Moreover, I'd like to see ppl stand up against the RIAA (with EFF, EPIC, etc. assistance of course) and argue the point that downloading and sharing music files for no-charge is no more illegal than if one were to put up a listening booth on their lawns and people listened and recorded it. Or even pick at any of the numerous fallacies like "it may stifle future creative works." Alot of independent musicians use P2P or some other form of free distribution to get noticed and to get people to buy tickets and other stuff. I think there was a group that isn't independent (they were interviewed on TV and talked about it) and they have more ticket sales now thanks to downloading.
Another fallacy? How about the fact that they "lose $X billions"? It's just not true. If they don't make it nor not necessarily likely they would have otherwise, how can they lose it? Not all people would actually buy a crappy overpriced album for just one or two good songs if they couldn't just download the one they want.
Another? How about the point about "sales are down due to downloading"? Err....isn't the economy down? And I mean down? Not only that, have they actually sit down and think, why ain't our crappy, overpriced products moving like they use to? Bad economy, crappy product, overpriced product, etc.
O well, I'd like to see them (RIAA) and the other company that people love to hate, SCO (well, Rambus too), get eviscerated in the courts.
o sure, a man does it and it's illegal...but if an organization/company does it, it isn't immediately determined by the law as extortion. (though in Germany, SCO was literally told to STFU until they can prove their claims with real evidence).
it was just a post about what sort of practices they do to ensure their pictures. I know film photos get archival treatment as well and protected. In fact, it's harder to loose (aside from misplacement) pictures that are on film due to a power failure (or a drive failure, etc.) [I'm not saying it's impossible; just harder.]
but also have some backups on archival media, right? (whether that be CDR's, DVDR's, or some form of tape media)
And was it on various machines in various locations? (usually, critical data is stored in various locations in case of like a natural disaster [tornado, earthquake, etc.])
especially if they happen to use *cough*faulty*cough* drives (deathstar, some WD's, etc.).
I wonder what sort of camera they used. If they were digital, wat sort of storage device (CF, SD, SM, MS, microdrive, paper&pencil, etc.) was used for the cameras (knowing the model of the camera will lead to the type of media)?
that's not true at all, and posting as an AC makes it more so. VBR (32-320) MP3's are liked among audiophiles (maybe not all but then again, not all people are smart). I would like to fully use Ogg but my iPod and car cd deck don't do ogg (though I plan to make a linux based mini-ITX car computer for that). And, legit mp3's are easier to find, sadly. Just like how I would like to ride vehicles that run on anti-matter/matter as it's power source, I can't as they don't make them (yet).
doesn't this sort of thing violate the new cyberterrorism clause of everyone's favorite love to hate Patriot Act? Especially since it IS like a trojan.
and by the looks of it, they got hosed...well...their server did. Good ol'/.-effect. Works every time.
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anonymous isn't really anonymous...remember the Omniscience Protocol?
don't forget "tax on anonymous cowards"
"The UK government will announce more new taxes, including a retro-active tax to recover potential tax income lost during the 60's on free love and sex as well as a tax on air very shortly. You pay for gas, why not pay for the air that helps cars run?" according to George Needsadentist, a UK government spokesman.
Scary, huh?
What's next in addition to "air tax," "sex tax"?
A "good teeth" tax? Blonde tax? Blue eyes tax? Tax on talking or tax to move a muscle? Or a think-tax; think and be taxed.
I guess one can say that the UK govt have been smoking something they shouldn't have (or an incest/imbreeding crack can also apply).
It's worse than opening a beef steakhouse in India or a kiddie store in the pedophile ward of a maximum security prison. It can open up a can of worms that you don't want; mainly for lawyers. I can already see this system being abused. Hackers being able to exploit it and take down computers of ppl or corporations that they don't like. Hell, I can only imagine the backlash from those false positive victims. What's next? Watch p0rn and you're not the only thing to fizzle and blow? What about those "trade secrets" that turned out to be otherwise (DeCSS issue)? Or gay issues? Will the government institute computer self-destruct orders for those looking for certain information that IT not us deems "not right"?
And this will be hard to do in Canada or in some other nations; the judge in Canada effectively ruled that sharing (not selling) personal copies of copyright music files is perfectly legal.
What happened to "Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law"? More and more, it looks as though moths have gotten into our Constitution and started eating it up.
I hope he didn't make a wise crack insulting ppl that aren't so tall or big.
anyways, both a friend of mine and myself have modded xboxes (the modchip-free way by enabling TSOP flashing and flashed with a more user-friendly BIOS) and we rarely play games on them. Instead, we use it to watch movies (DVDs or avi's hosted on our home network) or TV shows I recorded with my PVR computer that's in the other room.
Hell, I'm sure in due time, someone will make it so the Xbox Linux can run a USB-TV tuner device for using the Xbox as a PVR. Not bad for a 100 bucks (for used xboxes) + other hardware costs.
looks like the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has turned out to be just like (if not worse) than the mob that u see only on TV and in movies.
l ed with the RIAA are vulnerable to the same actions by the international version of the RIAA.
/.), and politicians rarely bite the hand that feeds them gourmet foods, we, consumers who don't have an army of lawyers, are screwed. At least Attila the Hun didn't use an army of lawyers; just fire and sharp or blunt objects, and the pain was usually momentary.
wonder if ppl who were extorted...^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsett
Of course, I still stand by my thoughts that threatening individuals who don't necessarily have access to nor the finances to fund an army of lawyers with a big lawsuit with an army of lawyers at your disposal for the sole intention of getting a quick settlement constitutes extortion (as well as abusing the justice system for personal gains). Sadly, those "personal gains" also applies to a few politicians (as discussed earlier on
gotta love it. Kudos to Harvard for publishing facts that most of us already had an idea were true. Now with Harvard saying, yes it is, it gives more weight to what most of us have been saying.
Of course, what if most of the execs of the RIAA are graduates of Yale or Princeton? (ivy league rivalry).
Anyways, this is something I've been saying for years. Even before file-sharing, I rarely bought any CD's, mainly because of the crappy schtuff out there and because of the lack of funds. It's just that both reasons are even stronger now (thx enron/dotcom bust/etc.).
take some nos!
u know...that's not a bad comment to use when someone "accuses" you of ripping one....
or maybe it would help if we all stopped being broke...o wait...the economy (especially the tech sector) is down Fat Bastard's (the "corn in crap" guy from the Austin Powers movies) toilet....so it's a bit hard to "recover".
(long period of dumbfounded silence)
aawww...gawd....now I have to scrub my mind with bleach....thx alot for the imagery, my sic mind....
either way, I don't see the correlation between the archive and being too "cheap to get a mac".....or maybe there was a speaker at GMU who talked about macs and all.
uhoh.....an AC who's all Freudian.
(MoFoQ reads original post) Hmmm...interesting, but I wonder what the IP-mafia (RIAA, MPAA, etc.) here in the states think about it.
It's too bad the entire contents of the Library of Congress isn't digitized and shared (something like out of ST:TNG).
looks like someone beat me to the punch....about the fart joke.
o well, the good thing about passing gas on Mars, no one there to smell and complain about it.... (the ol' "If you pass gas and no one is around to smell it, does it smell?")
but this is good news. Now they don't have to rely on just solar power when they eventually make an outpost on Mars; they can collect the methane and use fuel cells to power the station (especially at night)
Politicians Intent on consumer Rights And True fairuse Elimination.
or more like Paid In full by the RIAA mafia And Their Equals.
wait, didn't this *cough*bought*cough* Sen. Hatch try something similar before and it got swatted down like it deserved?
Even more reason to reform soft-money.
I wonder how many of those IP's are from minors (kids under 18), since under California law (I think there's also a federal one), it is strictly forbidden to "stalk" (or log the IP and activity) of minors without permission from the legal guardian (it's to help prevent internet predators).
I'm also hoping that more ppl sue the RIAA for using the justice system as a means to extort money out of those who don't have an army of lawyers at their disposal.
Moreover, I'd like to see ppl stand up against the RIAA (with EFF, EPIC, etc. assistance of course) and argue the point that downloading and sharing music files for no-charge is no more illegal than if one were to put up a listening booth on their lawns and people listened and recorded it. Or even pick at any of the numerous fallacies like "it may stifle future creative works." Alot of independent musicians use P2P or some other form of free distribution to get noticed and to get people to buy tickets and other stuff. I think there was a group that isn't independent (they were interviewed on TV and talked about it) and they have more ticket sales now thanks to downloading.
Another fallacy? How about the fact that they "lose $X billions"? It's just not true. If they don't make it nor not necessarily likely they would have otherwise, how can they lose it? Not all people would actually buy a crappy overpriced album for just one or two good songs if they couldn't just download the one they want.
Another? How about the point about "sales are down due to downloading"? Err....isn't the economy down? And I mean down? Not only that, have they actually sit down and think, why ain't our crappy, overpriced products moving like they use to? Bad economy, crappy product, overpriced product, etc.
O well, I'd like to see them (RIAA) and the other company that people love to hate, SCO (well, Rambus too), get eviscerated in the courts.
damn that anubis.
/.)
thxfully, he got what was coming....
but wait, if the planet was decimated, then it shouldn't exist (unless the accended lifeforms remade it for us to talk about on
o sure, a man does it and it's illegal...but if an organization/company does it, it isn't immediately determined by the law as extortion. (though in Germany, SCO was literally told to STFU until they can prove their claims with real evidence).
as in censorship....
I did mention that the German courts told SCO to stop making those claims before they are proven. (to paraphase my own words).
maybe so...if it was on fair grounds.
But remember, the IRS is only a quick phone call away. Or the president can declare that SCO is an enemy combatant and send SCO off to Cuba.
what the.....how's that a flamebait?
it was just a post about what sort of practices they do to ensure their pictures. I know film photos get archival treatment as well and protected. In fact, it's harder to loose (aside from misplacement) pictures that are on film due to a power failure (or a drive failure, etc.) [I'm not saying it's impossible; just harder.]
but also have some backups on archival media, right? (whether that be CDR's, DVDR's, or some form of tape media)
And was it on various machines in various locations? (usually, critical data is stored in various locations in case of like a natural disaster [tornado, earthquake, etc.])
especially if they happen to use *cough*faulty*cough* drives (deathstar, some WD's, etc.).
I wonder what sort of camera they used.
If they were digital, wat sort of storage device (CF, SD, SM, MS, microdrive, paper&pencil, etc.) was used for the cameras (knowing the model of the camera will lead to the type of media)?
that's not true at all, and posting as an AC makes it more so.
VBR (32-320) MP3's are liked among audiophiles (maybe not all but then again, not all people are smart). I would like to fully use Ogg but my iPod and car cd deck don't do ogg (though I plan to make a linux based mini-ITX car computer for that). And, legit mp3's are easier to find, sadly. Just like how I would like to ride vehicles that run on anti-matter/matter as it's power source, I can't as they don't make them (yet).
but not 32-320Kbps VBR, the only VBR that counts in my book (and in most audiophile's books)
no 32-320Kbps (q0, Lame 3.9x) VBR mp3's?
doesn't this sort of thing violate the new cyberterrorism clause of everyone's favorite love to hate Patriot Act? Especially since it IS like a trojan.
/.-effect. Works every time.
and by the looks of it, they got hosed...well...their server did. Good ol'