The basic underlying message in your post was best described on BBC Hard Talk by Trevor Bayliss until the idiot presenting cut him off. Sometimes you just wish you had a button that could stab the presenter in the face... ANGRY!?!?!?!?
Companies are fine, because they are a team of people doing their best. Corporations are evil because they are run by hierarchy, with no one man in control. Typically, they're run by lawyers and crappy practices. That may be a sweeping generalisation, but companies like Disney and Pfizer reall annoy me...
Six months would be fine. But look at copyright - that started off fine and is now completely fuzzed up. It needs RADICAL reform, and the sooner the better.
I think it's about time patents were scrapped and replaced with something that benefits the people, not the corporations. A patent should help get a product started, not to stifle competition through licensing and royalties... Until recently I would have favoured the UK patent system, but with recent EU software patent crap... Who knows...
Showing photos according to when they were taken? PRIOR ART!!! Photo developers have been doing this for ages, in software and on actual film! PhotoCD anyone???
I'm confused. Is KB 1000 bytes, or is that KiB? I of course mean in SI/ISO/whatever. In real life, we all know it depends whether you are talking about hard drives or memory...
I just got my licence in the US (JAA-PPL) for use in the UK. Should this move over to the UK, let's look at the list of problems...
Class A airspace - London and Manchester airports only. And a few cross-channel routes.
Class B airspace - NONE below FL200 (20000ft)
Class C airspace - NONE in the UK.
So, this licence, if in the UK, could allow you to fly from almost anywhere. That's why we invented the NPPL. Which seems to be far more lax, but you still need a medical check, but nowhere near as stringent. Comments from other Pilots? I've only had my licence for 8 days...
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ok, technically, yeah, French 6 is six, but in German it's Sechs. In Latin it's sex. And worst of all, in Hillbillie, it's two lots of three.
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They said that about.xxx (I've never seen a.xxx domain...)
But also, think, you can't have.six - it's not international enough. You can have.com/net/org because in French, Communications is... Communications! Yes, it's those bleedin' Frenchmen again! Seriously, a.6 would be a good idea!
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My god, I AM a geek. Not only did I know what you were talking about, I was thinking the same thing!
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You know what would make the uptake of IPV6 relly huge? If they set aside an entire TLD, say.6, and marketed it as the future. I mean, look how many companies bought.tv and... ok, just.tv. I think.6 could really kick off...
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Don't make me Briticise that... Ok...
number 340282366920938463463374607431768211456 three hundred forty billion trillion. two hundred eighty-two thousand million trillian. three hundred sixty-six million trillion. nine hundred twenty thousand trillion. nine hundred thirty-eight trillion. four hundred sixty-three thousand million billion. four hundred sixty-three million billion. three hundred seventy-four thousand billion. six hundred seven billion. four hundred thirty-one thousand million. seven hundred sixty-eight million. two hundred eleven thousand. four hundred fifty-six.
Maybe there is a market in this... You have an ISP to sell you bandwidth and actual access, while another company either sells or leases you IP's... No, wait, that's a crap idea. But it already happens...
You know, what you explained there is exactly my problem. I have trouble getting up, but once up I can stay up for days... I am overweight, but have never looked into the whole aponea thing, and to be honest, if I have it, I don't want to know unless it's life threatening. But what you described could not have fit my description better, and I bet a lot of bed-time-coders would agree...
The auth code scheme you're talking about sounds like Windows XP's activation and installation codes - do you think that works?
Yes. Yes it does work. It stops Mr. Brown from installing it on two machines. However, Mr. Brown is a manager of some sort, and has no kids. Mr. Blue however is an engineer, and has a 12 year old kid. His kid downloads an activation crack and fixes the CD or even just downloads an ISO of the precracked installer. It stops CASUAL copying of software, if you're determined enough, nothing will stop you.
Copy protection does not work and is in fact incorrectly named. It is just Copy Inconveniencing. The sad part is the record companies know this, and think that slowing down pirates by a matter of minutes is worth fucking up the experience for everyone.
I hate to say it, but you're wrong. They genuinely are trying to get a system that allows players to play, and PC's... not to play. Unfortuanately it was such a rushed system that it doesn't work and they are getting their comeupance. And no, people don't copy the SAME song. Check on any P2P network, type in something popular like Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ok, maybe not them, no-one can spell them - try Madonna. Just don't hit download;) Notice there will be at LEAST 10 different versions, in WMA, MP3, OGG, FLAC, hell, even uncompressed WAV! The point being, many people copy, many people download. It's not one evil sector of the community we're looking at, it's the average person who copies the CD's to their computer and then shares their music folder over P2P.
Put simply, rather than ramming "don't download" down our throats, the RIAA etc should be saying "if you like it, pay for it - it's the right thing to do". SOunds very cheesy and that it wouldn't work, but I know for a fact that I only bought the Piper Downs album because I felt it was wrong to rip them off. If you are sitting in your chair listening to something you downloaded, and you don't own it, sorry, own a licence for it, then go out and get it from your local shop!
Rant over... Next week we'll be discussing the Clergy...
Just additional to what you said - as long as there are editions in the world that are not copy-protected, there will always be piracy, and even if there is protection, crap-quality rips will always be made. Best thing to do is to have available for download FLAC's (or high quality OGG's...) or the tracks that can be downloaded off the bands website when you key in a special code that came with the CD. I think that's fair.
Even better, how about, with these tracks, the track will not play unless you auth the PC for its use. So, you put the CD in, and it won't play unless you key in the code applicable to that CD. Wouldn't take that much effort and it would mean you would be able to use it housewide, but file copiers would have no use for it.
Or is that just a stupid idea? I suppose there would have to be a massive infrastructure change then... Ah well, might as well just rip CD's as I do now, store them on all my devices, listen to them when _I_ want and waste slashdotters time with inane waffle.;)
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Anyone else get a "Nothing to see here. Move along." notice? That was sooooo weird!
The basic underlying message in your post was best described on BBC Hard Talk by Trevor Bayliss until the idiot presenting cut him off. Sometimes you just wish you had a button that could stab the presenter in the face... ANGRY!?!?!?!?
Have you ever had a photo that has the date stamped into it? I have... I got rid of that camera because it annoyed me...
Companies are fine, because they are a team of people doing their best. Corporations are evil because they are run by hierarchy, with no one man in control. Typically, they're run by lawyers and crappy practices. That may be a sweeping generalisation, but companies like Disney and Pfizer reall annoy me...
Six months would be fine. But look at copyright - that started off fine and is now completely fuzzed up. It needs RADICAL reform, and the sooner the better.
I think it's about time patents were scrapped and replaced with something that benefits the people, not the corporations. A patent should help get a product started, not to stifle competition through licensing and royalties... Until recently I would have favoured the UK patent system, but with recent EU software patent crap... Who knows...
Showing photos according to when they were taken? PRIOR ART!!! Photo developers have been doing this for ages, in software and on actual film! PhotoCD anyone???
Well, I happen to use KelvinBytes all the time...
I'm confused. Is KB 1000 bytes, or is that KiB? I of course mean in SI/ISO/whatever. In real life, we all know it depends whether you are talking about hard drives or memory...
In case no-one got that... It was supposed to be a Robocop reference... And the fact sailors don't have the greatest rep in the world ;)
Oooh! Sailor!
Adopt-a-sailor? I'd buy that for a dollar!
I just got my licence in the US (JAA-PPL) for use in the UK. Should this move over to the UK, let's look at the list of problems...
Class A airspace - London and Manchester airports only. And a few cross-channel routes.
Class B airspace - NONE below FL200 (20000ft)
Class C airspace - NONE in the UK.
So, this licence, if in the UK, could allow you to fly from almost anywhere. That's why we invented the NPPL. Which seems to be far more lax, but you still need a medical check, but nowhere near as stringent. Comments from other Pilots? I've only had my licence for 8 days...
ok, technically, yeah, French 6 is six, but in German it's Sechs. In Latin it's sex. And worst of all, in Hillbillie, it's two lots of three.
They said that about .xxx (I've never seen a .xxx domain...)
.six - it's not international enough. You can have .com/net/org because in French, Communications is... Communications! Yes, it's those bleedin' Frenchmen again! Seriously, a .6 would be a good idea!
But also, think, you can't have
Not only H2G2, but also a rather nice IM client ;)
My god, I AM a geek. Not only did I know what you were talking about, I was thinking the same thing!
You know what would make the uptake of IPV6 relly huge? If they set aside an entire TLD, say .6, and marketed it as the future. I mean, look how many companies bought .tv and... ok, just .tv. I think .6 could really kick off...
Don't make me Briticise that... Ok...
number 340282366920938463463374607431768211456
three hundred forty billion trillion.
two hundred eighty-two thousand million trillian.
three hundred sixty-six million trillion.
nine hundred twenty thousand trillion.
nine hundred thirty-eight trillion.
four hundred sixty-three thousand million billion.
four hundred sixty-three million billion.
three hundred seventy-four thousand billion.
six hundred seven billion.
four hundred thirty-one thousand million.
seven hundred sixty-eight million.
two hundred eleven thousand.
four hundred fifty-six.
Now let that be a lesson. Lesser-cousins of ours.
Maybe there is a market in this... You have an ISP to sell you bandwidth and actual access, while another company either sells or leases you IP's... No, wait, that's a crap idea. But it already happens...
UK time != GMT+1 at this time.
It is UTC+1. GMT != UTC.
I may well just do this! Wow, a USEFUL comment on Slashdot... You'll never live this down ;)
You know, what you explained there is exactly my problem. I have trouble getting up, but once up I can stay up for days... I am overweight, but have never looked into the whole aponea thing, and to be honest, if I have it, I don't want to know unless it's life threatening. But what you described could not have fit my description better, and I bet a lot of bed-time-coders would agree...
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Harsh. Harsh, but true...
Don't be stupid.
;) Notice there will be at LEAST 10 different versions, in WMA, MP3, OGG, FLAC, hell, even uncompressed WAV! The point being, many people copy, many people download. It's not one evil sector of the community we're looking at, it's the average person who copies the CD's to their computer and then shares their music folder over P2P.
I'll try.
The auth code scheme you're talking about sounds like Windows XP's activation and installation codes - do you think that works?
Yes. Yes it does work. It stops Mr. Brown from installing it on two machines. However, Mr. Brown is a manager of some sort, and has no kids. Mr. Blue however is an engineer, and has a 12 year old kid. His kid downloads an activation crack and fixes the CD or even just downloads an ISO of the precracked installer. It stops CASUAL copying of software, if you're determined enough, nothing will stop you.
Copy protection does not work and is in fact incorrectly named. It is just Copy Inconveniencing. The sad part is the record companies know this, and think that slowing down pirates by a matter of minutes is worth fucking up the experience for everyone.
I hate to say it, but you're wrong. They genuinely are trying to get a system that allows players to play, and PC's... not to play. Unfortuanately it was such a rushed system that it doesn't work and they are getting their comeupance. And no, people don't copy the SAME song. Check on any P2P network, type in something popular like Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ok, maybe not them, no-one can spell them - try Madonna. Just don't hit download
Put simply, rather than ramming "don't download" down our throats, the RIAA etc should be saying "if you like it, pay for it - it's the right thing to do". SOunds very cheesy and that it wouldn't work, but I know for a fact that I only bought the Piper Downs album because I felt it was wrong to rip them off. If you are sitting in your chair listening to something you downloaded, and you don't own it, sorry, own a licence for it, then go out and get it from your local shop!
Rant over... Next week we'll be discussing the Clergy...
Just additional to what you said - as long as there are editions in the world that are not copy-protected, there will always be piracy, and even if there is protection, crap-quality rips will always be made. Best thing to do is to have available for download FLAC's (or high quality OGG's...) or the tracks that can be downloaded off the bands website when you key in a special code that came with the CD. I think that's fair.
;)
Even better, how about, with these tracks, the track will not play unless you auth the PC for its use. So, you put the CD in, and it won't play unless you key in the code applicable to that CD. Wouldn't take that much effort and it would mean you would be able to use it housewide, but file copiers would have no use for it.
Or is that just a stupid idea? I suppose there would have to be a massive infrastructure change then... Ah well, might as well just rip CD's as I do now, store them on all my devices, listen to them when _I_ want and waste slashdotters time with inane waffle.