No. Illegal combatants have no rights whatsoever under any law, anywhere. It is something which needs changing, but it dates from the days when 'illegal combatant' didn't mean the aid worker in the wrong place at the wrong time, it meant the spy behind enemy lines.
Creative brought out the first jukebox well before the ipod, at least six months or so. I don't know, I find the Nomad JBs more attractive than the iPod - they just look like tacky bits of thin plastic. Maybe it's just me.
Another point. Sound quality. Creative put some serious work into the sound quality of these units - so much so that when I plug my (original) JB into a (expensive) hi-fi rack, it's as good as indistinguishable from a CD. Obviously that's hardly scientific, but this beasty is good. And while Creative haven't fallen head over heels in love with the hackers, there are some good hacks going - see www.nomadness.net for a decent round-up. There are also third-party tools available for Linux, and (I assume) other *nix, which seem to work, if not out-the-box. There is now a fairly well-established community based around hacking this thing, and getting involved isn't difficult (in fact, last I heard, Creative had released an SDK if you registered with them).
The big boohoo is that the thing is DRM enabled (or disabled) and so the thing isn't much use for song-swapping - but that's not what I use it for. I use it to carry round a hundred odd albums, and with a decent set of Creative speakers, I am the music king wherever I go.
Contracts must comply with the law of their jurisdiction. In Scots law this principle has been enshrined ever since the thirteenth century or so, and it is the case in any jurisdiction. Think about it. "By opening this wrapper you agree to kill your neighbour." That's not legal, because complying means committing a criminal or other illegal act. If you look at American business practices through the 19th and 20th centuries, you'll see that such a law is neccesary. What is legal or illegal in a contract is governed by two things - statute law, as passed by Government, and case law, as given by the courts. Statute law can be whatever the people, through the instrument of their elected representatives decide.
Obviously there is a line between interfering in the market and regulating what is legal, but I don't think this bill crosses the line. At all.
Think about it. You now know that your communication method is insecure, and you should not transmit sensitive information by this means. Sure, any information in the original transmission is compromised, but creating protocols to deal with this ain't hard.
Just consider if the Germans had figured out in '41 we could read Enigma - do you think it might have changed anything?
The point is that the eavesdropper *knows* that anything he reads *will* be detected. So they'll know he knows. And he knows it. And so do we.
Cheers,
Calum
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No. Illegal combatants have no rights whatsoever under any law, anywhere. It is something which needs changing, but it dates from the days when 'illegal combatant' didn't mean the aid worker in the wrong place at the wrong time, it meant the spy behind enemy lines.
Another point. Sound quality. Creative put some serious work into the sound quality of these units - so much so that when I plug my (original) JB into a (expensive) hi-fi rack, it's as good as indistinguishable from a CD. Obviously that's hardly scientific, but this beasty is good. And while Creative haven't fallen head over heels in love with the hackers, there are some good hacks going - see www.nomadness.net for a decent round-up. There are also third-party tools available for Linux, and (I assume) other *nix, which seem to work, if not out-the-box. There is now a fairly well-established community based around hacking this thing, and getting involved isn't difficult (in fact, last I heard, Creative had released an SDK if you registered with them).
The big boohoo is that the thing is DRM enabled (or disabled) and so the thing isn't much use for song-swapping - but that's not what I use it for. I use it to carry round a hundred odd albums, and with a decent set of Creative speakers, I am the music king wherever I go.
Cheers,
Calum
Obviously there is a line between interfering in the market and regulating what is legal, but I don't think this bill crosses the line. At all.
Cheers,
Calum
Think about it. You now know that your communication method is insecure, and you should not transmit sensitive information by this means. Sure, any information in the original transmission is compromised, but creating protocols to deal with this ain't hard. Just consider if the Germans had figured out in '41 we could read Enigma - do you think it might have changed anything? The point is that the eavesdropper *knows* that anything he reads *will* be detected. So they'll know he knows. And he knows it. And so do we. Cheers, Calum