...what was the problem (aside from the obvious) with Windows ME anyway? I'm certainly not a Windows person, but from what I've seen of it, it didn't appear any worse than 95 or 98 (being worse than either of those would have been quite an achievement). Yet it seems to receive more than its fair share of complaints...
At last, the cretin has gone. And despite the media claiming he left of his own accord, everyone in politics knows that he was pushed, due to his own ineptitude.
Of course, Williams is just as much of a wanker, and probably won't fix anything.
His latest statement is
here, where he claims that after Microsoft's closure of its chatrooms, more scrutiny will be placed on those of other ISPs
Microsoft's chat service closure was less to do with protecting children than it was a chance to start strangling their IM competition. The child protection thing was just pulling the wool over the public's eyes.
Alston would like nothing more than to have every unmoderated chat service shut down.
...the first thing the software makers will do is distribute their P2P software from outside the US.
As it is, Kazaa is based in Australia. How do the RIAA propose to do anything about them? (Aside from the obvious answer, which is lean on the Australian government, whereupon Kazaa will just move somewhere else).
Isn't it blatently illegal to analyze the majority of the binaries out there? You can't even give benchmarks on many of them without violating the EULA, let alone actually dig through the internals, because it's damaging to the rights of the software designer under the license.
It's blatently illegal to break into other people's machines using the same holes found in such software. So if this is the case, and black hats are still going to do it, do you really think that crappy laws forbidding analysing binaries are really going to stop such people?
I care. Writing apps for PalmOS is a complete bitch. Its API is nasty and the whole development process is awful. I'd much rather develop and test apps on a big machine running the same OS, and then just cross compile the final product for the device before installing it.
Why is the government so willing to bend over backwards to help copyright holders, yet it does seemingly little to protect individual fair use rights?
As it stands, if I were to break the copy-protection scheme on a CD to make a backup of it for personal use, I would be in breach of the DMCA, even if I had no intention of making an illegal copy of it. Piracy is already illegal, those who commit it are going to do it anyway - this law simply makes criminals of ordinary people.
Using "organic" techniques would starve even more people
There's already enough food to easily feed the world, right now. The problem is transport.
One of the major threats from GM food companies is that they patent their products, and then buy up all of the smaller organic seed companies, to reduce the supply of natural, unpatented products.
As a result, they can control the world's food production.
What a load of horse shit. There are no major third parties because people don't vote for them enough.
...and now it's you spreading the manure. There's no major third parties because the two largest parties have all the funding and hence can steal all the media time.
They push the message that voting for a minor party wastes your vote and scare people into thinking that only they can govern.
Beyond this, the political system favours only the large parties: Even if, nationally, 10% of people voted for a minor party, they would still get no representation. That's unfair. A system of proportional representation, German style, would fix this and make the system equitable for all.
"...a hefty $4 levy on blank digital media such as CD-ROMs"
If they're putting a levy on blank media, and this money goes to artist's representative groups, then shouldn't copying be legal? Otherwise we're giving the money to them for nothing.
Perhaps if airlines weren't so elusive about their pricing, potential passengers would be able to easily compare various flight options without having to do this. But obviously it's in the interests of the airlines to keep passengers in the dark.
I had to change a flight that I was booked for a couple of months back, and I couldn't even get them to give me a firm figure on how much it would cost to alter it until I'd committed myself to doing that. Now that is ridiculous.
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Branden Robinson just keeps going on and on about removing the non-free archive. If he doesn't like it, why the fuck doesn't he just not use it?
Some of us are quite happy to live with the "non-freeness" of applications like qmail...
How can they possibly destroy someone's private property? The worst they could do is escort owner, and the phone, from the premises.
No, the 51st state is Australia. We were licking the US's arse a long time before the UK started.
...patrons are really going to put up with this. I see a great market springing up for drive-through bottle shops and parties at home.
...what was the problem (aside from the obvious) with Windows ME anyway? I'm certainly not a Windows person, but from what I've seen of it, it didn't appear any worse than 95 or 98 (being worse than either of those would have been quite an achievement). Yet it seems to receive more than its fair share of complaints...
Bring on the inter-dorm wireless networks, then.
At last, the cretin has gone. And despite the media claiming he left of his own accord, everyone in politics knows that he was pushed, due to his own ineptitude.
Of course, Williams is just as much of a wanker, and probably won't fix anything.
His latest statement is here, where he claims that after Microsoft's closure of its chatrooms, more scrutiny will be placed on those of other ISPs
Microsoft's chat service closure was less to do with protecting children than it was a chance to start strangling their IM competition. The child protection thing was just pulling the wool over the public's eyes.
Alston would like nothing more than to have every unmoderated chat service shut down.
...then I will personally distribute patches to return it to its original behaviour. Screw patents.
...the first thing the software makers will do is distribute their P2P software from outside the US.
As it is, Kazaa is based in Australia. How do the RIAA propose to do anything about them? (Aside from the obvious answer, which is lean on the Australian government, whereupon Kazaa will just move somewhere else).
...that society has devised its own method for combatting spin.
It's blatently illegal to break into other people's machines using the same holes found in such software. So if this is the case, and black hats are still going to do it, do you really think that crappy laws forbidding analysing binaries are really going to stop such people?
I'd be more relaxed and motivated if they just gave me more money and more holidays, instead of wasting their cash on these fruitloops.
I care. Writing apps for PalmOS is a complete bitch. Its API is nasty and the whole development process is awful. I'd much rather develop and test apps on a big machine running the same OS, and then just cross compile the final product for the device before installing it.
...run Linux?
How can they force people to pay for the bits that don't belong to them? Assuming any do at all, that is.
Yeah, but I'd like to see them worm their way out of it without admitting that they're corrupt.
Why is the government so willing to bend over backwards to help copyright holders, yet it does seemingly little to protect individual fair use rights?
As it stands, if I were to break the copy-protection scheme on a CD to make a backup of it for personal use, I would be in breach of the DMCA, even if I had no intention of making an illegal copy of it. Piracy is already illegal, those who commit it are going to do it anyway - this law simply makes criminals of ordinary people.
Yeah, she should have picked a party that wasn't so fscking far right wing...
...how large a hard drive you need, you probably don't need one.
There's already enough food to easily feed the world, right now. The problem is transport.
One of the major threats from GM food companies is that they patent their products, and then buy up all of the smaller organic seed companies, to reduce the supply of natural, unpatented products.
As a result, they can control the world's food production.
What a load of horse shit. There are no major third parties because people don't vote for them enough.
...and now it's you spreading the manure. There's no major third parties because the two largest parties have all the funding and hence can steal all the media time.
They push the message that voting for a minor party wastes your vote and scare people into thinking that only they can govern.
Beyond this, the political system favours only the large parties: Even if, nationally, 10% of people voted for a minor party, they would still get no representation. That's unfair. A system of proportional representation, German style, would fix this and make the system equitable for all.
And the US public does have might, because they can get rid of any elected official
But they just don't seem to be able to get rid of the Republican and Democrat elected officials, eh?
While you (and most of the world) are locked in a two-party system, you don't have democracy.
If they're putting a levy on blank media, and this money goes to artist's representative groups, then shouldn't copying be legal? Otherwise we're giving the money to them for nothing.
Perhaps if airlines weren't so elusive about their pricing, potential passengers would be able to easily compare various flight options without having to do this. But obviously it's in the interests of the airlines to keep passengers in the dark.
I had to change a flight that I was booked for a couple of months back, and I couldn't even get them to give me a firm figure on how much it would cost to alter it until I'd committed myself to doing that. Now that is ridiculous.