The only good anti-spam idea ever:
A national opt-in list. If you are on this list and receive any piece of commercial, non transaction-related e-mail from a company, the e-mail is spam.
Thanks for the rebuff; I now know something new. I just had assumed that, based on our oft-means-based legal system, we would avoid that information due to the nature of its source.
I have absolutely no legal background (that statement goes way beyond IANAL), but I'm sort of thinking that benefitting from a crime must be illegal. If the RIAA considers filetrading (of their copyrighted files) to be illegal, and the legal system agrees, then nobody should be using that data to then profit.
(Just as we do not, for ethical reasons, use information that the Nazis gleaned from their experimentation on the Jews in World War II. Clearly the magnitude is nowhere near the same, but the underlying ethical principle is similar.)
Somebody should try to get the videos and get a bittorrent started. E-mail me if you can get the files, since I have a.edu and would be willing to seed (I couldn't get the videos before Slashdotting occurred).
Hahaha, yes, upon further review of my grammar I am in complete agreement with you.
Apparently I thought that cheating was NOT 'huge impending theft of intellectual property' (umm... well, no big surprise there), but instead the big threat of source code leak. Mmm, nothing like comparing apples with oranges when all I wanted to do was compare plums with plums, as such an extended analogy would follow.
Of course, I guess the appropriate response to your post would be "You're not very good with people, are you?"
Everyone is well familiar with the points and counterpoints of the "It's easier to download MP3's than to go and buy a CD" argument.
What I'd like to point out here is that it is becoming increasingly difficult for end-users to buy/play CDs.
Dont' the industry techies realize that most of the rips (especially pre-release ones) are inside jobs? The experts will always crack an encryption scheme and put the music available on the Internet. The question, then, is "Can the industry afford to make life more difficult on those who actually buy CDs?" Why are they making music harder to copy for the average end-user??!! That is the least of their problems!
If you are willing to personally verify that each person with a computer is aware of the threat, your plan sounds fine. By 'verify' I mean contact through some means other than via computer and receive a response from said user. Essentially, one would have to telephone each computer user in order to do this.
Without such explicit notice, users would not necessarily know that their computer could be commiting a 'crime'. In fact, as the populace becomes more computer literate and the number of virus/worm writes grows, we will probably see viruses/worms written with an even greater frequency than we do now; perhaps a new one each day? Ahh, you could then call everyone with a computer at least once per day.
As people begin to write adaptive/evolutionary viruses/worms, we'll probably see the number and severity of attacks increase rapidly; perhaps we'll get to the point where there are several new viruses/worms per day. Then you could just autodial everyone a few times a day - maybe even a few times per dinner! Fantastic!
In effect, your plan fines people for being ignorant, but has no safeguards or surefire methods to ensure that users will become less ignorant. There are a variety of outcomes (fewer computer users, users incurring greater and greater fines, etc.) none of which are good for the average consumer. All your plan does is provide help to the big businesses (both software providers [MSFT, etc.] and software users).
I cannot imagine any plausible situation that would cause me to support your plan.
Moving it will create mobile waste that is (relatively) easily targetable by terrorists when compared to static waste.
Once it is in the repository, the waste will all be located in one extremely high-valued target... Also undesirable in the Age of Terrorism.
You don't want to shoot it into the sun because a rocket could theoretically explode, spreading nuclear waste evenly in a thin film across the globe... which in fact wouldn't effectively increase the concentration of radioactive particles anwhere...
Now is the likelihood of an ERUPTION very small? Yes of course. Is the likelihood of an EARTHQUAKE along this fault small - no, certainly nowhere near as small. There is a good likelihood of earthquakes at Yucca. And thus, there is a good chance of contamination of the aquifer that supplies Las Vegas, in part, with its water.
All of this is to say NOTHING about the dangers of transporting the waste to Las Vegas. As can be seen in the first link on this page (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UT F-8&q=rocket+penetrate+nuclear+waste), a rocket propelled grenade can penetrate the nuclear waste casks.
Oh, I forgot to mention that most Ivy League schools will meet all of your demonstrated financial need. So, if your family makes ~100,000 per year, you'll end up paying about $15,000 or less (tuition+room+board) in total.
Go to Harvard if you want to become an eliteness craving adult who is surrounded by extremely hot women. Yale is good if you want a lot of freedom, academic and otherwise, with a more low-key atmosphere. But the handful of hot girls at Yale is nothing compared to the plethora of punan at Harvard.
Your decisions are your own of course, but there is more to a school than its rank (as everyone else here has aptly noted repeatedly). Try to take into account a school's counseling programs, the location of the school, the aesthetic beauty of a campus, and the appeal of the student body (not just physical).
What you are referring to is the hotly-contested and widely-disagreed with (in Israel) plan called "Land for Peace". No, Israelis don't want that. No, most Palestinian organizations won't stop until they get part of Jerusalem. Fat chance that this will be successful.
In further news, the US Government replied that, "SCO owes us $2,000 per day of liberty, retroactively to 1789. Failure to pay will result in 'legal action' from our tactical nuclear warhead supply."
Author says:
"But there are so many more choices out there, the least of which offers a dearth of advantages over SCO's Unix products."
Dictionary says:
Main Entry: dearth
Pronunciation: 'd&rth
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English derthe, from (assumed) Old English dierth, from dEore dear
Date: 13th century
1 : scarcity that makes dear; specifically : FAMINE
2 : an inadequate supply : LACK
So to me it looks as though this gentleman is suggesting that the lesser *NIX clones have an inadequate amount of advantages compared to Unix... Subliminally funded by SCO, perhaps...
In my opinion, his idea is brilliant. Create a corporation that is publicly traded, so that everyone has the chance to 'own' rights to every CD. I'd love to see some lawyers' opinions on this.
Completely wrong. Ice = H20 (oxygen ALREADY COMBINED with hydrogen). Rocket fuel = H2 PLUS 02. When you react H2 and O2, guess what you get? You get H20. So no, starting with H20 will get you ~ NOWHERE.
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The only good anti-spam idea ever: A national opt-in list. If you are on this list and receive any piece of commercial, non transaction-related e-mail from a company, the e-mail is spam.
Thanks for the rebuff; I now know something new. I just had assumed that, based on our oft-means-based legal system, we would avoid that information due to the nature of its source.
It is always good to learn.
I have absolutely no legal background (that statement goes way beyond IANAL), but I'm sort of thinking that benefitting from a crime must be illegal. If the RIAA considers filetrading (of their copyrighted files) to be illegal, and the legal system agrees, then nobody should be using that data to then profit.
(Just as we do not, for ethical reasons, use information that the Nazis gleaned from their experimentation on the Jews in World War II. Clearly the magnitude is nowhere near the same, but the underlying ethical principle is similar.)
From the post:
"I wonder when the game will be placed (i.e. before Revolutions or after)"
From the website's FAQ:
"The Matrix online timeline takes place after The Matrix Revolutions..."
Somebody should try to get the videos and get a bittorrent started. E-mail me if you can get the files, since I have a .edu and would be willing to seed (I couldn't get the videos before Slashdotting occurred).
On the other hand, the Half-Life 2 source code can be found in nature ;-)
Hahaha, yes, upon further review of my grammar I am in complete agreement with you.
Apparently I thought that cheating was NOT 'huge impending theft of intellectual property' (umm... well, no big surprise there), but instead the big threat of source code leak. Mmm, nothing like comparing apples with oranges when all I wanted to do was compare plums with plums, as such an extended analogy would follow.
Of course, I guess the appropriate response to your post would be "You're not very good with people, are you?"
... cheating is considered the 'big threat' of a source code leak, rather than the huge impending theft of intellectual property ;-)
I have all flamebait posts set to +5. Ahh, +5 flamebaits are why I come to this site.
Woohoo, you said postal in a reference to spam. Get it... e-mail... postal...
Damn, I'm lame today.
Everyone is well familiar with the points and counterpoints of the "It's easier to download MP3's than to go and buy a CD" argument.
What I'd like to point out here is that it is becoming increasingly difficult for end-users to buy/play CDs.
Dont' the industry techies realize that most of the rips (especially pre-release ones) are inside jobs? The experts will always crack an encryption scheme and put the music available on the Internet. The question, then, is "Can the industry afford to make life more difficult on those who actually buy CDs?" Why are they making music harder to copy for the average end-user??!! That is the least of their problems!
Can someone please explain to me how the purchase price of Solaris is less than that of Linux?
Cost of ownership maybe cheaper, sure. And warranties/support options as well. But what is cheaper up-front than free?
To Whom It May Concern,
If you are willing to personally verify that each person with a computer is aware of the threat, your plan sounds fine. By 'verify' I mean contact through some means other than via computer and receive a response from said user. Essentially, one would have to telephone each computer user in order to do this.
Without such explicit notice, users would not necessarily know that their computer could be commiting a 'crime'. In fact, as the populace becomes more computer literate and the number of virus/worm writes grows, we will probably see viruses/worms written with an even greater frequency than we do now; perhaps a new one each day? Ahh, you could then call everyone with a computer at least once per day.
As people begin to write adaptive/evolutionary viruses/worms, we'll probably see the number and severity of attacks increase rapidly; perhaps we'll get to the point where there are several new viruses/worms per day. Then you could just autodial everyone a few times a day - maybe even a few times per dinner! Fantastic!
In effect, your plan fines people for being ignorant, but has no safeguards or surefire methods to ensure that users will become less ignorant. There are a variety of outcomes (fewer computer users, users incurring greater and greater fines, etc.) none of which are good for the average consumer. All your plan does is provide help to the big businesses (both software providers [MSFT, etc.] and software users).
I cannot imagine any plausible situation that would cause me to support your plan.
Moving it will create mobile waste that is (relatively) easily targetable by terrorists when compared to static waste. Once it is in the repository, the waste will all be located in one extremely high-valued target... Also undesirable in the Age of Terrorism.
You don't want to shoot it into the sun because a rocket could theoretically explode, spreading nuclear waste evenly in a thin film across the globe... which in fact wouldn't effectively increase the concentration of radioactive particles anwhere...
T F-8&q=rocket+penetrate+nuclear+waste), a rocket propelled grenade can penetrate the nuclear waste casks.
Now is the likelihood of an ERUPTION very small? Yes of course. Is the likelihood of an EARTHQUAKE along this fault small - no, certainly nowhere near as small. There is a good likelihood of earthquakes at Yucca. And thus, there is a good chance of contamination of the aquifer that supplies Las Vegas, in part, with its water.
All of this is to say NOTHING about the dangers of transporting the waste to Las Vegas. As can be seen in the first link on this page (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=U
... viruses write geeky 18-year-olds.
Oh, I forgot to mention that most Ivy League schools will meet all of your demonstrated financial need. So, if your family makes ~100,000 per year, you'll end up paying about $15,000 or less (tuition+room+board) in total.
Go to Harvard if you want to become an eliteness craving adult who is surrounded by extremely hot women. Yale is good if you want a lot of freedom, academic and otherwise, with a more low-key atmosphere. But the handful of hot girls at Yale is nothing compared to the plethora of punan at Harvard. Your decisions are your own of course, but there is more to a school than its rank (as everyone else here has aptly noted repeatedly). Try to take into account a school's counseling programs, the location of the school, the aesthetic beauty of a campus, and the appeal of the student body (not just physical).
What you are referring to is the hotly-contested and widely-disagreed with (in Israel) plan called "Land for Peace". No, Israelis don't want that. No, most Palestinian organizations won't stop until they get part of Jerusalem. Fat chance that this will be successful.
You mean, "In Soviet Russia, 5-year-olds have the capabilities of a robot."
In further news, the US Government replied that, "SCO owes us $2,000 per day of liberty, retroactively to 1789. Failure to pay will result in 'legal action' from our tactical nuclear warhead supply."
Author says: "But there are so many more choices out there, the least of which offers a dearth of advantages over SCO's Unix products." Dictionary says: Main Entry: dearth Pronunciation: 'd&rth Function: noun Etymology: Middle English derthe, from (assumed) Old English dierth, from dEore dear Date: 13th century 1 : scarcity that makes dear; specifically : FAMINE 2 : an inadequate supply : LACK So to me it looks as though this gentleman is suggesting that the lesser *NIX clones have an inadequate amount of advantages compared to Unix... Subliminally funded by SCO, perhaps...
In my opinion, his idea is brilliant. Create a corporation that is publicly traded, so that everyone has the chance to 'own' rights to every CD. I'd love to see some lawyers' opinions on this.
I love Slashdot moderators (+5, Funny)... That was funny. Seriously, only an anonymous coward could bring himself to stroke Harvard's cock like that.
Completely wrong. Ice = H20 (oxygen ALREADY COMBINED with hydrogen). Rocket fuel = H2 PLUS 02. When you react H2 and O2, guess what you get? You get H20. So no, starting with H20 will get you ~ NOWHERE.