No, I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that, in the U.S. anyway, you haven't violated copyright law, not even technically. Now, if you were to begin distributing those copies it's a different matter.
In fact, it might increase sales as I'll be more likely to watch DVD movies I buy and not just regard them as wasted cash.
Ha.. if these little bloodsuckers could get away selling you a disc that would play exactly once and then self-destruct Mission Impossible-style, believe me they would do it. They want you to consider your media a consumable, not a collectible.
I always knew that my general distaste for Apple Computer and its afficionados was based in fact. Thank you for the confirmation.
So you admit prejudice then? Why do you care so much?
Of course I admit prejudice. I know you're trying to nail me with the usual negative connotation of the word as applied to racism and bigotry, but that's just irrational.
The usual implication when accusing someone of "prejudice" is that the judgement is being rendered without sufficient knowledge or awareness, and is therefore unfair. As it happens, having been in this business since the original Apple ][ days and before, I can honestly say that my opinions on Apple Computer and the people who support it are very well-informed. Fact is, I've known many, many Apple "fans" over the years and am well aware of their specific prejudices, biases and general ignorance of anything that is not spewn forth from the great vagina of Cupertino.
As engineer with a history of working with everything from embedded systems to mainframes, I find your typical Mac/iPod/iPhone owner's attitude more than a little irritating. No machine built by the hand of Man can be all things to all people. You folks need to get over yourselves: the world has far too many drain-bamaged belief systems already.
Retarded linux fanboy hating on retarded Apple fanboy, now that I've seen a troll-virgin-fight my morning is complete!
How did you get that I'm a Linux fanboy? I'm a fan of nothing and nobody. As it happens, at this point in my life I write Windows apps (yeah, I know, but it pays the mortgage.)
According to my ASL instructor, lip readers are rarely more than 50% accurate. Which makes me wonder about the alleged capabilities of this software, honestly.
Hard to say. However, if you want true speaker-independent language recognition... well, even using voice it's only so-so. On the other hand, if what you want is the ability to issue commands to the computer using a much more limited vocabulary, I'd think you'd have more potential.
isn't jailbreaking an iPhone easier than rooting Android?
No. I used an autorooter on my G1. Jacked the phone in to the USB, ran the program... and I was rooted. I don't know how much easier it can get, really.
Justify it any way you want, fanbois, but Apple is the kings of lock in.
They used to say that about IBM... but Apple seems to have taken over that spot in the public's eye. Certainly Apple won't get any of my money, not with their attitude.
I started out on an Apple ][ Standard (Integer ROM, no less), hell, made a living at it doing custom programming. Back then openness was the name of the game, and Apple Computer was the king of cool (or should I say, "insanely great") to people like me. Sadly, Apple stopped being something special a long time ago. Now they're nothing but JABOS (Just Another Bunch Of Suits) protecting their oh-so-valuable "intellectual property." Gagh. Yeah, they've come up with some nifty tech, but other than that I think they're litigious pricks who need to be taken down a notch. I hope they decide to go after IBM on patent infringement... watching the Nazgul slowly disassemble SCO was highly entertaining, and I wouldn't mind seeing IBM take some of the shiny off this particular fruit. But nobody with a functioning business model and something to lose would make that mistake. Still, one can always hope.
I really don't like that company, and if you Mac people expect me to apologize for any of this, you little know your man.
Bluetooth File Sharing Induces Orgasm (With the Nexus One)
Yes, and there will be a followup about all the people who've been treated for nex-addiction.
I called up T-Mobile to see about getting a G1, but was told that they're only sold through Google. So I went to google.com/nexusone, and discovered that if you're a new T-Mobile customer, it's $179 with a two-year contract, if you're an existing customer it's $279. and you're only eligible at 11 months for a 1 year contract, and 22 months for a two-year contract.
I've been using it since I got my Droid last year. It works great, it is frequently updated, and allows me to surf the web on an actual laptop while (riding) in a car on the freeway. I use it for everything short of gaming, and who knows, maybe it would even work for that! Best of all, Verizon still hasn't freaked out about data usage, and I go through a LOT in a month.
Personally, I use Wireless Tether for Root Users, but if you're not rooted PDANet is pretty cool (that was the first program I used before I decided to go with Cyanogenmod on my G1 instead of the stock firmware.) I understand it handles both USB and Bluetooth now.
In other words, you're fucked up, and you're wrong, but good on you for caring.
I wasn't making any particular claim either way. I just prefer people to think about what they say, rather than just spout what they've been told. Particularly when it comes to legal issues about which very, very few people are even remotely informed. I know I'm not in this case, which is why I just cut & pasted a few links. Glad you enjoyed them.
Yarg, I've got some industrial machinery that uses serial and I've yet to find a converter that has timing exactly like a real serial port. Know any with very exact timing(not bloody likely with USB)?
Fortunately, most of our newer machinery runs on straight cat5.
I'd guess you're running Modbus, or something similar.
Keep your eyes off her tits is completely valid pointless DRM though.
Everyone here seems to have missed the fact that I wasn't commenting on the validity (or otherwise) of the various items I mentioned, just the fact that they are common examples of DRM applied by women.
Despite some serious erosion of privacy protections on the civil front over the last few decades, we're not really there
True, but we're both talking about a possible future. You're right, we're not there yet, but there are plenty of people in big government that would very much like us to be.
From a legal standpoint there is nothing wrong with this.
There isn't? I think we need some actual legal advice here.
The use of vehicles and tag scanners just makes it faster.
Which is problematic in itself.
All it does is allows more organizations access to the same database of vehicle locations.
Even more of a problem. Data is power in the modern world, and any time power is concentrated sufficiently it becomes a liability. You need look no further than Experian, Equifax and Transunion to realize just how dangerous this can be. Hell, a couple of credit cards I've owned since the Internet went public have suffered security breaches, and I got hit with several thousand dollars in charges. They took them off... and then six months later put them back after an investigation proved that I'd activated a new account from a phone number and address in a country that I've never visited much less lived in. I had to pay my attorney to adjust their attitude. Consequently, it won't matter much to the victim of a crime (or government abuse) facilitated by this database. They're still screwed.
We need to take a very different approach to data aggregation in general. You shouldn't get to collect squat about us unless you can prove you need it. If you don't, you don't store it. The fact that it makes a civil servant's job easier is not, in and of itself, sufficient reason to permit this kind of activity. That's especially true when the private sector gets involved. I'll give you an example: in my state, they're putting in red light cams everywhere (not quite as bad as London, maybe, but they're trying hard.) These cameras are used to "enhance revenue" (political-speak for "issue lots more tickets for stuff that was never ticketed before and often isn't illegal anyway.") That's bad enough, but in many towns the companies that build them are given a direct percentage of the take. The more cameras they put in, the more money they make (ha, talk about corporatism at work) and the data they collect is often sold to other companies for additional profit. I see this plate-scanning effort going exactly the same way.
Regulation means nothing. If that information has been collected, and somebody wants it bad enough, believe me it will be made available. That's just life in the big city. The best solution is not to collect it at all. And furthermore, even if no-one tries to acquire a public records database through "legitimate" means, there are plenty of illegitimate ways once it's online. I've been down that road, and I don't trust government or the private sector to be willing or able to protect my information. It's not theirs, it's mine, and both government and the private sector have demonstrated (repeatedly) that they cannot be trusted to provide adequate security. Apparently, securing personal information is just not cost effective.
I've long said that we'll lose our privacy to business before we lose it to a totalitarian state.
And you'd be wrong, but not by much.
We're losing our privacy because because both of those entities have been sleeping together. As Benito Mussolini pointed out:
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power
So charge people money for access, and keep a database of who accessed what like the damn credit reporting agencies. Problem solved.
Are you kidding me? The credit system in the U.S. (and its lack of basic security mechanisms, severe privacy issues and overall unaccountability) is a huge, ongoing problem with no resolution in sight. Geez, did you pick a bad example.
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Technically, I've violated copyright law
No, I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that, in the U.S. anyway, you haven't violated copyright law, not even technically. Now, if you were to begin distributing those copies it's a different matter.
In fact, it might increase sales as I'll be more likely to watch DVD movies I buy and not just regard them as wasted cash.
Ha .. if these little bloodsuckers could get away selling you a disc that would play exactly once and then self-destruct Mission Impossible-style, believe me they would do it. They want you to consider your media a consumable, not a collectible.
I always knew that my general distaste for Apple Computer and its afficionados was based in fact. Thank you for the confirmation.
So you admit prejudice then? Why do you care so much?
Of course I admit prejudice. I know you're trying to nail me with the usual negative connotation of the word as applied to racism and bigotry, but that's just irrational.
The usual implication when accusing someone of "prejudice" is that the judgement is being rendered without sufficient knowledge or awareness, and is therefore unfair. As it happens, having been in this business since the original Apple ][ days and before, I can honestly say that my opinions on Apple Computer and the people who support it are very well-informed. Fact is, I've known many, many Apple "fans" over the years and am well aware of their specific prejudices, biases and general ignorance of anything that is not spewn forth from the great vagina of Cupertino.
As engineer with a history of working with everything from embedded systems to mainframes, I find your typical Mac/iPod/iPhone owner's attitude more than a little irritating. No machine built by the hand of Man can be all things to all people. You folks need to get over yourselves: the world has far too many drain-bamaged belief systems already.
Retarded linux fanboy hating on retarded Apple fanboy, now that I've seen a troll-virgin-fight my morning is complete!
How did you get that I'm a Linux fanboy? I'm a fan of nothing and nobody. As it happens, at this point in my life I write Windows apps (yeah, I know, but it pays the mortgage.)
According to my ASL instructor, lip readers are rarely more than 50% accurate. Which makes me wonder about the alleged capabilities of this software, honestly.
Hard to say. However, if you want true speaker-independent language recognition ... well, even using voice it's only so-so. On the other hand, if what you want is the ability to issue commands to the computer using a much more limited vocabulary, I'd think you'd have more potential.
Thanks for the trollmod, fanboy.
Hate begets fanboyism.
How did you go from "general distaste" to "hate"?
Sounds like jailbreaking an iPhone. Plug it in, run the program, wait for it to restart...
Pretty much exactly that.
No apps. Crappy screen. Violates dozens of Apple patents. OS based on Lin-sux. Why bother?
I always knew that my general distaste for Apple Computer and its afficionados was based in fact. Thank you for the confirmation.
Thanks for the trollmod, fanboy.
isn't jailbreaking an iPhone easier than rooting Android?
No. I used an autorooter on my G1. Jacked the phone in to the USB, ran the program ... and I was rooted. I don't know how much easier it can get, really.
Justify it any way you want, fanbois, but Apple is the kings of lock in.
They used to say that about IBM ... but Apple seems to have taken over that spot in the public's eye. Certainly Apple won't get any of my money, not with their attitude.
... watching the Nazgul slowly disassemble SCO was highly entertaining, and I wouldn't mind seeing IBM take some of the shiny off this particular fruit. But nobody with a functioning business model and something to lose would make that mistake. Still, one can always hope.
I started out on an Apple ][ Standard (Integer ROM, no less), hell, made a living at it doing custom programming. Back then openness was the name of the game, and Apple Computer was the king of cool (or should I say, "insanely great") to people like me. Sadly, Apple stopped being something special a long time ago. Now they're nothing but JABOS (Just Another Bunch Of Suits) protecting their oh-so-valuable "intellectual property." Gagh. Yeah, they've come up with some nifty tech, but other than that I think they're litigious pricks who need to be taken down a notch. I hope they decide to go after IBM on patent infringement
I really don't like that company, and if you Mac people expect me to apologize for any of this, you little know your man.
Bluetooth File Sharing Induces Orgasm (With the Nexus One)
Yes, and there will be a followup about all the people who've been treated for nex-addiction.
I called up T-Mobile to see about getting a G1, but was told that they're only sold through Google. So I went to google.com/nexusone, and discovered that if you're a new T-Mobile customer, it's $179 with a two-year contract, if you're an existing customer it's $279. and you're only eligible at 11 months for a 1 year contract, and 22 months for a two-year contract.
Phooey.
I've been using it since I got my Droid last year. It works great, it is frequently updated, and allows me to surf the web on an actual laptop while (riding) in a car on the freeway. I use it for everything short of gaming, and who knows, maybe it would even work for that! Best of all, Verizon still hasn't freaked out about data usage, and I go through a LOT in a month.
Personally, I use Wireless Tether for Root Users, but if you're not rooted PDANet is pretty cool (that was the first program I used before I decided to go with Cyanogenmod on my G1 instead of the stock firmware.) I understand it handles both USB and Bluetooth now.
No apps. Crappy screen. Violates dozens of Apple patents. OS based on Lin-sux. Why bother?
I always knew that my general distaste for Apple Computer and its afficionados was based in fact. Thank you for the confirmation.
Unfortunately, no protection kit is 100% guaranteed. It is possible the SDK will fail, and leave you unprotected at a critical moment.
True, that's why I only use BSD or Linux-brand protection. Wouldn't want to experience a buffer-overflow at the critical moment.
In other words, you're fucked up, and you're wrong, but good on you for caring.
I wasn't making any particular claim either way. I just prefer people to think about what they say, rather than just spout what they've been told. Particularly when it comes to legal issues about which very, very few people are even remotely informed. I know I'm not in this case, which is why I just cut & pasted a few links. Glad you enjoyed them.
And hey, thanks for caring.
"Mexican" isn't a race. It's a nationality. One can't exhibit "racism" towards something that isn't even a race.
Oh for ... just lighten up a little.
Sheesh.
Yarg, I've got some industrial machinery that uses serial and I've yet to find a converter that has timing exactly like a real serial port. Know any with very exact timing(not bloody likely with USB)?
Fortunately, most of our newer machinery runs on straight cat5.
I'd guess you're running Modbus, or something similar.
Keep your eyes off her tits is completely valid pointless DRM though.
Everyone here seems to have missed the fact that I wasn't commenting on the validity (or otherwise) of the various items I mentioned, just the fact that they are common examples of DRM applied by women.
And considering your name, I guess we ought to listen to you!
Very wise.
Despite some serious erosion of privacy protections on the civil front over the last few decades, we're not really there
True, but we're both talking about a possible future. You're right, we're not there yet, but there are plenty of people in big government that would very much like us to be.
From a legal standpoint there is nothing wrong with this.
There isn't? I think we need some actual legal advice here.
The use of vehicles and tag scanners just makes it faster.
Which is problematic in itself.
All it does is allows more organizations access to the same database of vehicle locations.
Even more of a problem. Data is power in the modern world, and any time power is concentrated sufficiently it becomes a liability. You need look no further than Experian, Equifax and Transunion to realize just how dangerous this can be. Hell, a couple of credit cards I've owned since the Internet went public have suffered security breaches, and I got hit with several thousand dollars in charges. They took them off ... and then six months later put them back after an investigation proved that I'd activated a new account from a phone number and address in a country that I've never visited much less lived in. I had to pay my attorney to adjust their attitude. Consequently, it won't matter much to the victim of a crime (or government abuse) facilitated by this database. They're still screwed.
We need to take a very different approach to data aggregation in general. You shouldn't get to collect squat about us unless you can prove you need it. If you don't, you don't store it. The fact that it makes a civil servant's job easier is not, in and of itself, sufficient reason to permit this kind of activity. That's especially true when the private sector gets involved. I'll give you an example: in my state, they're putting in red light cams everywhere (not quite as bad as London, maybe, but they're trying hard.) These cameras are used to "enhance revenue" (political-speak for "issue lots more tickets for stuff that was never ticketed before and often isn't illegal anyway.") That's bad enough, but in many towns the companies that build them are given a direct percentage of the take. The more cameras they put in, the more money they make (ha, talk about corporatism at work) and the data they collect is often sold to other companies for additional profit. I see this plate-scanning effort going exactly the same way.
Regulation means nothing. If that information has been collected, and somebody wants it bad enough, believe me it will be made available. That's just life in the big city. The best solution is not to collect it at all. And furthermore, even if no-one tries to acquire a public records database through "legitimate" means, there are plenty of illegitimate ways once it's online. I've been down that road, and I don't trust government or the private sector to be willing or able to protect my information. It's not theirs, it's mine, and both government and the private sector have demonstrated (repeatedly) that they cannot be trusted to provide adequate security. Apparently, securing personal information is just not cost effective.
The easiest way is to track the alien in the trunk.
What are you, some kind of racist? I know a number of Mexicans and I don't think any of them are radioactive.
I've long said that we'll lose our privacy to business before we lose it to a totalitarian state.
And you'd be wrong, but not by much. We're losing our privacy because because both of those entities have been sleeping together. As Benito Mussolini pointed out:
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power
That's where we're headed.
So charge people money for access, and keep a database of who accessed what like the damn credit reporting agencies. Problem solved.
Are you kidding me? The credit system in the U.S. (and its lack of basic security mechanisms, severe privacy issues and overall unaccountability) is a huge, ongoing problem with no resolution in sight. Geez, did you pick a bad example.
I'm sorry, driving is not a right in the US.
John
Are you sure about that?
That's what all of about three milliseconds of Google time found me.
I'm sorry, driving is not a right in the US.
John
Are you sure about that?
That's what all of about three milliseconds of Google time found me.