Bittorrent does nothing more than speed up some transfers over the internet. Just like upgrading to broadband. The context of the question, comparing it to a weapon of mass destruction is clearly meant to demonize Cohen, whereas Cohen is clearly more interested in the technical aspects of his programming. The question was insulting. Comparisons like these are only intended to manipulate the minds of simple people that will make the conclusion that bittorrent = bomb = evil!
Anything can be used for evil: paper, pencils, water, telephones, lightbulbs, RADIO, microsoft windows, electricity automobiles. If the radio announcer does not like it, he should go live in a cave... Oh wait, the terrorists live in caves and they are EVIL, he'll have to live in a ditch.
If it were not for excessive greed there are a lot of things I would have that I do not. We are all greedy to an extent but for those of us with a conscience some things are more important than money. I for one am unwilling to do something that is damaging to innocents people or society as a whole to enrich myself. Given the context of the article you should have gathered that this is what the grandparent post was referring to, not the average joe who wants a pay raise so he can buy a flat screen TV.
I have been wondering what exactly these things index? If they index every single word of every document, I would assume that the overall database becomes enormous, not to mention it must take awhile to create the index. Anybody have insight into what these databases are actually doing?
The way that these groups use and abuse copyright to enrich themselves is what I find immoral. I do not always agree with copyright infringement depending on individual circumstances, but I also know that as long as people continue to ignore the actions of RIAA/MPAA the more it takes away from my personal freedoms, in this regard I know that the actions of torrents sites, while in some cases illegal stand to strengthen the cause against the ever increasing power of intellectual property.
Exactly, Law enforcement is supposed to be doing this sort of thing, however the only time they act like this is if somebody with a big wallet is backing them.
I have a good freind who is an internal auditor/fraud examiner who handed the county DA a $100,000+ fraud case where the person committing the fraud openly admitted it because he knows he was caught. The DA decided not to prosecute because it was not enough money. The FBI is even worse, they and other federal organizations are notorious for sitting on their hands and doing nothing with the information that they get from citizens no matter how valuable, yet they can manage to dedicate a whole team and operation to cracking down on college students sharing movies and music which only in their wildest dreams amounts to over $200,000 in actual damages? Unprosecuted big-time fraud is rampant in our country and if the FBI was truly acting as stewards of the american taxpayer then they could manage to do something about it just like they are getting involved in the file sharing crackdown. It is a bunch of bull that I pay an FBI agents salary but a politician at the top whore's them out like a bunch of private mercenaries.
If something is only wrong if you get caught, then we should all do whatever we want so long as we do not get caught. This includes murder, fraud, assault, armed robbery, tax evasion, vandalism, vehicular homicide, and so on....
It seems that the majority of people seem to agree with the current state of our copyright laws, and they think that the actions of the **AA is just, yet damn near everyone has commited copyright infringement at some point, and those that haven't surely have freinds or family that have. So why aren't more people turning themselves and others in and paying their $10,000 fines so that copyright holders can recoup their losses? Personally, I have always felt that those in glass houses should not throw stones, but the 'Holier than thou' group seems to think that breaking the law is okay so long as you do not get caught.
Have you ever commited any copyright infringement? Do you have freinds or family that have? Well, to the RIGHT thing and turn yourself or relatives/freinds into the proper authorities so that they can pay their $10,000 fines.
They will sue at whatever level necessary. I think the only true answer is to go to systems where nothing goes directly from sender to reciever but trough an unknowing intermediary, the way that MUTE does. Sure it uses a lot more traffic, but the ever increasing technology will help with this problem. The **AA is simply driving the development of these technologies, they cannot win.
Yes, and if the Swedish pirates were to travel to the US and commit the crime, and then return to Sweden, it would be the job of the Swedes to turn them over, however the treaty does not mean that all laws in one country automatically apply in another.
Yes, they should have gone with an nforce2 board with integrated geforce 4 igp. Would make a good game machine then as well. Cooling may be why they did not do this.
Nothing is ever this simple with the goverment. Given the small percentage of the populace that is actually guilty any computerized search, no matter how good, would generate many more false positives than true positives. Sorting and investigating these false positives requires manpower, and not just at the field agent level, because increase in this labor spills over into other government areas as well, like legal and military. It is simply not feasible to effectively monitor all forms of communication, but the penalty for trying is huge, both in cost to the publics privacy and cost in tax dollars.
You are comparing electronic storage, which everyone knows will increase to one of manpower. The only way for it to be feasible is for one half the population to monitor the other, but then again, who is going to watch the watchers?
There is no better protocol for most of us. You may be different. http and ftp have been used for illegal copyright infringement for a long time. Maybe they should be illegal as well. Of course, infringers will just pick up the next protocol that comes along. Maybe you can make the argument that all P2P apps should be illegal if you can make a clear definition of what exactly P2P is and what it is not. Maybe you do not care about free speach as well.
BT was created for legal purposes. It was intended for distribution of things like Linux and BSD, etc... If you take it away, you will simply force us to create a new protocol to do the same thing, and the infringers will simply latch onto this as well. Attacking p2p apps/protocols is simply the wrong answer.
He rips the other products for luring customers with their low prices and delivering lower quality but when it comes to computers he rips Macs for doing the opposite? Macs cost more for a reason. Get a consumers report and find out what the actual Mac users have to say about their products.
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Anything can be used for evil: paper, pencils, water, telephones, lightbulbs, RADIO, microsoft windows, electricity automobiles. If the radio announcer does not like it, he should go live in a cave... Oh wait, the terrorists live in caves and they are EVIL, he'll have to live in a ditch.
If it were not for excessive greed there are a lot of things I would have that I do not. We are all greedy to an extent but for those of us with a conscience some things are more important than money. I for one am unwilling to do something that is damaging to innocents people or society as a whole to enrich myself. Given the context of the article you should have gathered that this is what the grandparent post was referring to, not the average joe who wants a pay raise so he can buy a flat screen TV.
I have been wondering what exactly these things index? If they index every single word of every document, I would assume that the overall database becomes enormous, not to mention it must take awhile to create the index. Anybody have insight into what these databases are actually doing?
If the only cool gadgets coming out in 2005 are new cell phones, then I think 2005 is just sad and pathetic when it comes to new gadgets.
And not just manipulating a civilian, but all of civilization. Hell, 90% of all existing IP related law was purchased.
The way that these groups use and abuse copyright to enrich themselves is what I find immoral. I do not always agree with copyright infringement depending on individual circumstances, but I also know that as long as people continue to ignore the actions of RIAA/MPAA the more it takes away from my personal freedoms, in this regard I know that the actions of torrents sites, while in some cases illegal stand to strengthen the cause against the ever increasing power of intellectual property.
You could have saved yourself some trouble and just said it was a humorless Cartman impression.
Exactly, Law enforcement is supposed to be doing this sort of thing, however the only time they act like this is if somebody with a big wallet is backing them. I have a good freind who is an internal auditor/fraud examiner who handed the county DA a $100,000+ fraud case where the person committing the fraud openly admitted it because he knows he was caught. The DA decided not to prosecute because it was not enough money. The FBI is even worse, they and other federal organizations are notorious for sitting on their hands and doing nothing with the information that they get from citizens no matter how valuable, yet they can manage to dedicate a whole team and operation to cracking down on college students sharing movies and music which only in their wildest dreams amounts to over $200,000 in actual damages? Unprosecuted big-time fraud is rampant in our country and if the FBI was truly acting as stewards of the american taxpayer then they could manage to do something about it just like they are getting involved in the file sharing crackdown. It is a bunch of bull that I pay an FBI agents salary but a politician at the top whore's them out like a bunch of private mercenaries.
Well, it was clear to me.
If something is only wrong if you get caught, then we should all do whatever we want so long as we do not get caught. This includes murder, fraud, assault, armed robbery, tax evasion, vandalism, vehicular homicide, and so on....
What the parent is trying to say is that our society is collectively stupid and not capable of a semi-intelligent debate.
the grandparent clearly meant counterfeiting as in specifically the illegal production of money. I will make sure you get another copy of that memo.
It seems that the majority of people seem to agree with the current state of our copyright laws, and they think that the actions of the **AA is just, yet damn near everyone has commited copyright infringement at some point, and those that haven't surely have freinds or family that have. So why aren't more people turning themselves and others in and paying their $10,000 fines so that copyright holders can recoup their losses? Personally, I have always felt that those in glass houses should not throw stones, but the 'Holier than thou' group seems to think that breaking the law is okay so long as you do not get caught.
Have you ever commited any copyright infringement? Do you have freinds or family that have? Well, to the RIGHT thing and turn yourself or relatives/freinds into the proper authorities so that they can pay their $10,000 fines.
They will sue at whatever level necessary. I think the only true answer is to go to systems where nothing goes directly from sender to reciever but trough an unknowing intermediary, the way that MUTE does. Sure it uses a lot more traffic, but the ever increasing technology will help with this problem. The **AA is simply driving the development of these technologies, they cannot win.
Yes, and if the Swedish pirates were to travel to the US and commit the crime, and then return to Sweden, it would be the job of the Swedes to turn them over, however the treaty does not mean that all laws in one country automatically apply in another.
Yes, they should have gone with an nforce2 board with integrated geforce 4 igp. Would make a good game machine then as well. Cooling may be why they did not do this.
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Nothing is ever this simple with the goverment. Given the small percentage of the populace that is actually guilty any computerized search, no matter how good, would generate many more false positives than true positives. Sorting and investigating these false positives requires manpower, and not just at the field agent level, because increase in this labor spills over into other government areas as well, like legal and military. It is simply not feasible to effectively monitor all forms of communication, but the penalty for trying is huge, both in cost to the publics privacy and cost in tax dollars.
There seems to be a lot more people out there that have NEVER committed copyright infringement than I had ever imagined.
In order to monitor traffic, all traffic could essentially be doubled.
You are comparing electronic storage, which everyone knows will increase to one of manpower. The only way for it to be feasible is for one half the population to monitor the other, but then again, who is going to watch the watchers?
There is no better protocol for most of us. You may be different. http and ftp have been used for illegal copyright infringement for a long time. Maybe they should be illegal as well. Of course, infringers will just pick up the next protocol that comes along. Maybe you can make the argument that all P2P apps should be illegal if you can make a clear definition of what exactly P2P is and what it is not. Maybe you do not care about free speach as well.
BT was created for legal purposes. It was intended for distribution of things like Linux and BSD, etc... If you take it away, you will simply force us to create a new protocol to do the same thing, and the infringers will simply latch onto this as well. Attacking p2p apps/protocols is simply the wrong answer.
He rips the other products for luring customers with their low prices and delivering lower quality but when it comes to computers he rips Macs for doing the opposite? Macs cost more for a reason. Get a consumers report and find out what the actual Mac users have to say about their products.