Let's face it, the country is just too damn big, with too few people. Unless you've travelled to the area, you probably don't know what it's like. Western Canada is clueless about Eastern Canada and vice versa, and they're both clueless about Northern Canada.
How about a reply instead of a mod-down ? The Matrix was neither a unique, nor original movie. The dialog is laughable, and there are as many or more stupid things in that movie as in any other piece of Hollywood drivel. It's been a while since I last watched that piece of garbage (I don't own it), so I can't list the product placements from memory, but who didn't know that Nokia produced the "cool" cell phone props ? Regarding the "formula" which produced this movie, the ONLY objective difference is the target audience: geeks. You were all conned, sucked into buying a product and thinking it was great. How oddly appropriate.
I agree entirely. Free software became a powerful force because it is free (as in freedom). Now people are continually trying to use it to push their own personal causes - RMS, the anti-drm camp, etc, and likewise with this. Trying to make rock stars out of people might net us a bit more cash in the short term, but it's ultimately a frivolous exercise. Linus has had the right vision from the start.
There's enough bandwidth on kazaa alone to push the RIAA right off the internet. Let the RIAA launch their attacks so their will be political support to get them. We can attach DoS programs to p2p clients (political spyware?).
I hate to tell you this, but The Matrix was a ridiculous, dum-minded farce filled with product placement. The only difference is that it was targeted at you, for a change.
Privacy should be protected by the government (within reason)...No information about a person should be made public without the person's explicit consent,...
I couldn't disagree more. The government should avoid regulating information transfer between third parties as much as possible, and I think this principle trumphs any inherent right to privacy. Of course, government uses of information have to be restricted to what is neccesary and reasonable, without being overbearing.
In its report, Apple provided a few titles that are known to use the copy-protection technology. The albums include Jennifer Lopez's "J to Tha L-O," Celine Dion's "A New Day Has Come," and Shakira's "Laundry Service."
Yet another reason to switch to a Macintosh : protection from crappy music.
That's quite disappointing to hear. I'm in BC, and they pretty much have a monopoly here too. I haven't had any complaints about their service (local, long distance, and ADSL) so far, except that the entire concept of "long distance" is a bunch of crap nowadays.
I think the recording industry should get down on their hands and knees and kiss Apple's feet for producing this service. I predict that this sort of service will account for a substantial percentage (dare I say 50%?) of music sales within five years.
Buy an NEC Accusync 95F. It's a 19" display, and it goes for about $340 cdn. Between myself and my extended family we have five of them, all excellent. My cousin vouched for them initially; his work had been buying lots of large monitors, and this is one type that NEVER had a problem. The only irritating feature is that its only 75Hz at 1600x1200 - a little low. Its 100Hz at 1152x864. The display quality is excellent, and the colours are good.
Good reply. Of course companies have a right to hold trade secrets, but they should be responsible for maintaining that secrecy (for example, by disclosing it only to parties which sign a contract). I think that if someone discovers your trade secret independently, then too bad, it's not a secret anymore. Laws such as the DMCA criminalize this sort of independent investigation and development.
And my point was not limited to technology and scientific progress either. The legal system also requires public disclosure and peer review to prevent and correct abuses and injustices, yet we see this incredible emphasis on secrecy from the US executive branch. Secret immigration hearings, indefinite detentions as a "material witness" based on secret evidence, secret commissions drafting important public policy (Cheney's energy task force anyone ?). This cuts to the core of what a free society IS. Either these trends will be reversed, or we will eventually have a tolitarian society.
If this stands up, it will be a kick in the teeth to freedom. A free society depends on public disclosure and peer-review. It's sickening to see how so many laws are being aimed at those two targets these days.
All the old laws are still valid, they were never replaced. The DMCA simply augments them with "whatever technical restrictions the copyright holders can dream up".
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Let's face it, the country is just too damn big, with too few people. Unless you've travelled to the area, you probably don't know what it's like. Western Canada is clueless about Eastern Canada and vice versa, and they're both clueless about Northern Canada.
How about a reply instead of a mod-down ? The Matrix was neither a unique, nor original movie. The dialog is laughable, and there are as many or more stupid things in that movie as in any other piece of Hollywood drivel. It's been a while since I last watched that piece of garbage (I don't own it), so I can't list the product placements from memory, but who didn't know that Nokia produced the "cool" cell phone props ? Regarding the "formula" which produced this movie, the ONLY objective difference is the target audience: geeks. You were all conned, sucked into buying a product and thinking it was great. How oddly appropriate.
I agree entirely. Free software became a powerful force because it is free (as in freedom). Now people are continually trying to use it to push their own personal causes - RMS, the anti-drm camp, etc, and likewise with this. Trying to make rock stars out of people might net us a bit more cash in the short term, but it's ultimately a frivolous exercise. Linus has had the right vision from the start.
There's enough bandwidth on kazaa alone to push the RIAA right off the internet. Let the RIAA launch their attacks so their will be political support to get them. We can attach DoS programs to p2p clients (political spyware?).
Have they figured out what the internet is yet ? Obviously not, or they'd be trying to make money.
I hate to tell you this, but The Matrix was a ridiculous, dum-minded farce filled with product placement. The only difference is that it was targeted at you, for a change.
Yes, appearently their driving isn't dangerous enough...
It gets even worse if you include album names. Curse you Fiona Apple!!!
Privacy should be protected by the government (within reason)...No information about a person should be made public without the person's explicit consent,...
I couldn't disagree more. The government should avoid regulating information transfer between third parties as much as possible, and I think this principle trumphs any inherent right to privacy. Of course, government uses of information have to be restricted to what is neccesary and reasonable, without being overbearing.
In its report, Apple provided a few titles that are known to use the copy-protection technology. The albums include Jennifer Lopez's "J to Tha L-O," Celine Dion's "A New Day Has Come," and Shakira's "Laundry Service."
Yet another reason to switch to a Macintosh : protection from crappy music.
That's quite disappointing to hear. I'm in BC, and they pretty much have a monopoly here too. I haven't had any complaints about their service (local, long distance, and ADSL) so far, except that the entire concept of "long distance" is a bunch of crap nowadays.
I think the recording industry should get down on their hands and knees and kiss Apple's feet for producing this service. I predict that this sort of service will account for a substantial percentage (dare I say 50%?) of music sales within five years.
Toyota Matrix.
I thought this was part of the joke.
intelligance...
sigh, feeling lonely again.
I wouldn't mind if radio stations played 35% more Rush... - Quick ! What's 1.35 times zero ? And DON'T tell me it's zero !
As a college student myself, I'm more concerned about redirecting bandwidth AWAY from destroying the RIAA.
Wouldn't this apply to most spam ? Not that it's worth it, or even that it would work, but still.
I always wondered how Hollywood manages to choose such shitty movies, and now I know: incest.
Buy an NEC Accusync 95F. It's a 19" display, and it goes for about $340 cdn. Between myself and my extended family we have five of them, all excellent. My cousin vouched for them initially; his work had been buying lots of large monitors, and this is one type that NEVER had a problem. The only irritating feature is that its only 75Hz at 1600x1200 - a little low. Its 100Hz at 1152x864. The display quality is excellent, and the colours are good.
What society are you living in?
Good reply. Of course companies have a right to hold trade secrets, but they should be responsible for maintaining that secrecy (for example, by disclosing it only to parties which sign a contract). I think that if someone discovers your trade secret independently, then too bad, it's not a secret anymore. Laws such as the DMCA criminalize this sort of independent investigation and development.
And my point was not limited to technology and scientific progress either. The legal system also requires public disclosure and peer review to prevent and correct abuses and injustices, yet we see this incredible emphasis on secrecy from the US executive branch. Secret immigration hearings, indefinite detentions as a "material witness" based on secret evidence, secret commissions drafting important public policy (Cheney's energy task force anyone ?). This cuts to the core of what a free society IS. Either these trends will be reversed, or we will eventually have a tolitarian society.
They were terrorists.
If this stands up, it will be a kick in the teeth to freedom. A free society depends on public disclosure and peer-review. It's sickening to see how so many laws are being aimed at those two targets these days.
All the old laws are still valid, they were never replaced. The DMCA simply augments them with "whatever technical restrictions the copyright holders can dream up".