Very well said, your message definately gets our side across without offending anyone.
What I do find interesting here is even Slashdot (which I like as a site, but is clearly biased towards OSS and the like) would not bat an eyelid if Linksys were sued by MS in the situation you described. They chose the software, they knew the license and they could have made another choice if neccessary.
I prefer IMAX since although the film may be expanded rather than shot at IMAX size, it's still more immersive when all you can see is the action, no borders around it.
My only problem is the lack of legroom at the Bradford one, I'm not particularly tall (~5'10) and there is no way in hell I can cram into one of those seats without being near the aisle. It doesn't make sense, there's a big wide walkway at the back but they squash all the seats further forward.
Interesting post, but you are also comparing apples to oranges. A movie may well cost $120M to make, but a CD sure as hell won't. CDs have far lower production costs and therefore they can make money without having box office takings cover the actual production.
OK, you want to see the drug dealers convicted, that's fair enough. They are not, however, terrorists and should not be classed as such. Drug laws exist to combat dealers, and if they aren't harsh enough then they can be changed. Overly broad terrorism laws aren't the answer.
Also, consider the fact that you, a law abiding citizen could go to prison for 12 to life next time you cook dinner. People can choke to death on food you know, and that makes it a chemical weapon under this act. Still think it's just now that you're a terrorist?
If a chemical weapon is "any substance that is designed or has the capability to cause death or serious injury" then where does that leave manufacturers of (for example) petrol. That can cause death or serious injury, but I don't see the government throwing them down for life...
Yay for double standards o_0
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Indeedy, but how many Slashdotters are running 'mainstream' systems?
I hate to troll, but this really is a good business idea (even if it will only work once).
1) Make controversial auction. 2) Post said auction to high traffic site. 3) Watch geeks bid the hell out of each other in order to be in on the good idea. 4) Profit.
I don't claim to be particularly well informed here, but what's wrong with the pink bags? I work in a small-ish computer store and we keep all of our cards, drives, memory etc. in them without a problem.
It doesn't disturb me, the military's job is to kill people and therefore killing people is what they will do (admitedly they may not always pick the right time to kill people, but it is neccesary to have the tools when it does need to be done.)
It did, however, surprise me that there was no attempt to sugar coat it, something more like "This is the 'kind gentle liberation of opressed people' software"
I don't claim to know much about planes, but I really wouldn't feel comfortable with my eject running through the computer system.
Even the 0.01% (or whatever) chance of a glitch blasting me out of the plane wouldn't fill me with confidence, and the same with a BSOD when I'm heading for a cliff and need to be out fast. I'd much rather a simple, hardware, big red button that I press and it mechanically fires the nice, failsafe eject system.
I'd have to agree with this. I'm sure that we could have the technology on the timescale suggested, I have full confidence in human ingenuity we could quite possibly have human brain level processors in 40 years. The real question is would we allow them to take over 50% of all jobs?
Just because the technology is there does not mean people will want to use it.
As it stands, to do this in the average US city (compared to the average city in Japan) would be ten times more expensive.
I'm in the UK, which AFAIK is denser than the US overall, but even if it did cost 10x more here than in japan, that's $210/£130 per month. OK, it's alot of cash, but if you remember that the prices shoot up after about 1.5Mb/sec here anyway (it's about £20 for 0.5meg, and about £100 for 2meg) and take off the £50 per month or so that my phonebill comes to it's perfectly reasonable, even at ten times the price.
There are other challenge response systems that can be used in place of graphics.
Give me an alternative that is accessable to the disabled and will still stop 100% of robotic registrations and I'll start listening.
I'm saying this in a genuine "I'd like to know" sense too, not just challenging you, because I can't think of any other systems to stop auto registers without using graphics (and don't say require an email address, the risk of spam is too great, and it can't be used to sign up for an email account itself anyway.)
I'm a moderator at phpBB, and if you give me a viable alternative I will suggest to the developers including it alongside/instead of graphic confirmation in the new version.
Err, did they do anything actually illegal? Last time I checked, installing linux on your own property and helping others to do the same was legal, as was giving the hardware manufacturer the opportunity to make it easier for the public to do what they want.
This is exactly what I was thinking. If you can type fast then type wherever possible, when you need to handwrite you still have the ability, does it really matter how swirly your letters look?
I can easily copy a DVD and view it without using any unapproved decryptor.
Indeed, just plug the video out of your MPAA approved DVD player into a DVD recorder. The interesting point is that I own a Samsung DVD/VCR combi. It's de-macrovisioned, multi region and even has a button on the front labeled "Copy" which transfers a DVD to VHS. Why are they going after the poor free software that could be used for illegal purposes but probably isn't, but not going after the big company who make something equally useful but potentially illegal?
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Very well said, your message definately gets our side across without offending anyone.
What I do find interesting here is even Slashdot (which I like as a site, but is clearly biased towards OSS and the like) would not bat an eyelid if Linksys were sued by MS in the situation you described. They chose the software, they knew the license and they could have made another choice if neccessary.
This brings up a serious point: where's my 3D TFT to go with my desktop?
I prefer IMAX since although the film may be expanded rather than shot at IMAX size, it's still more immersive when all you can see is the action, no borders around it.
My only problem is the lack of legroom at the Bradford one, I'm not particularly tall (~5'10) and there is no way in hell I can cram into one of those seats without being near the aisle. It doesn't make sense, there's a big wide walkway at the back but they squash all the seats further forward.
t-shirts with ... anime characters on them.
Hey, those are cool right now, just look in Cyberdog, my latest clothes shop choice.
Y'know you're gonna make alot more profit doing it the other way round. Who's got more for you to take, Linus or Billy?
Interesting post, but you are also comparing apples to oranges. A movie may well cost $120M to make, but a CD sure as hell won't. CDs have far lower production costs and therefore they can make money without having box office takings cover the actual production.
That would actually be a brilliant way to bring this into public attention. Anyone got a spare lawyer lying around that they could lend us?
OK, you want to see the drug dealers convicted, that's fair enough. They are not, however, terrorists and should not be classed as such. Drug laws exist to combat dealers, and if they aren't harsh enough then they can be changed. Overly broad terrorism laws aren't the answer.
Also, consider the fact that you, a law abiding citizen could go to prison for 12 to life next time you cook dinner. People can choke to death on food you know, and that makes it a chemical weapon under this act. Still think it's just now that you're a terrorist?
If a chemical weapon is "any substance that is designed or has the capability to cause death or serious injury" then where does that leave manufacturers of (for example) petrol. That can cause death or serious injury, but I don't see the government throwing them down for life...
Yay for double standards o_0
Indeedy, but how many Slashdotters are running 'mainstream' systems?
I hate to troll, but this really is a good business idea (even if it will only work once).
1) Make controversial auction.
2) Post said auction to high traffic site.
3) Watch geeks bid the hell out of each other in order to be in on the good idea.
4) Profit.
I don't claim to be particularly well informed here, but what's wrong with the pink bags? I work in a small-ish computer store and we keep all of our cards, drives, memory etc. in them without a problem.
Yeah! It's no shirt and no shoes that will get you no service. They don't mention pants.
Unfortunately that theory was put to the test and disproved on Jackass the movie.
I think I speak for us all when I say, in the most technical and legally binding manner possible, FUCK THAT.
I haven't bothered with Usenet for several years simply because of the quantity of junk. Not to mention the quality :-(
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I know, today's junk just isn't up to the standard that it used to be
It doesn't disturb me, the military's job is to kill people and therefore killing people is what they will do (admitedly they may not always pick the right time to kill people, but it is neccesary to have the tools when it does need to be done.)
It did, however, surprise me that there was no attempt to sugar coat it, something more like "This is the 'kind gentle liberation of opressed people' software"
I don't claim to know much about planes, but I really wouldn't feel comfortable with my eject running through the computer system.
Even the 0.01% (or whatever) chance of a glitch blasting me out of the plane wouldn't fill me with confidence, and the same with a BSOD when I'm heading for a cliff and need to be out fast. I'd much rather a simple, hardware, big red button that I press and it mechanically fires the nice, failsafe eject system.
I'd have to agree with this. I'm sure that we could have the technology on the timescale suggested, I have full confidence in human ingenuity we could quite possibly have human brain level processors in 40 years. The real question is would we allow them to take over 50% of all jobs?
Just because the technology is there does not mean people will want to use it.
As it stands, to do this in the average US city (compared to the average city in Japan) would be ten times more expensive.
I'm in the UK, which AFAIK is denser than the US overall, but even if it did cost 10x more here than in japan, that's $210/£130 per month. OK, it's alot of cash, but if you remember that the prices shoot up after about 1.5Mb/sec here anyway (it's about £20 for 0.5meg, and about £100 for 2meg) and take off the £50 per month or so that my phonebill comes to it's perfectly reasonable, even at ten times the price.
There are other challenge response systems that can be used in place of graphics.
Give me an alternative that is accessable to the disabled and will still stop 100% of robotic registrations and I'll start listening.
I'm saying this in a genuine "I'd like to know" sense too, not just challenging you, because I can't think of any other systems to stop auto registers without using graphics (and don't say require an email address, the risk of spam is too great, and it can't be used to sign up for an email account itself anyway.)
I'm a moderator at phpBB, and if you give me a viable alternative I will suggest to the developers including it alongside/instead of graphic confirmation in the new version.
Err, did they do anything actually illegal? Last time I checked, installing linux on your own property and helping others to do the same was legal, as was giving the hardware manufacturer the opportunity to make it easier for the public to do what they want.
That's what slashdot itself is running on, how else could it survive what can only be described as a 24/7 superslashdotting ;-)
This is exactly what I was thinking. If you can type fast then type wherever possible, when you need to handwrite you still have the ability, does it really matter how swirly your letters look?
I can easily copy a DVD and view it without using any unapproved decryptor.
Indeed, just plug the video out of your MPAA approved DVD player into a DVD recorder. The interesting point is that I own a Samsung DVD/VCR combi. It's de-macrovisioned, multi region and even has a button on the front labeled "Copy" which transfers a DVD to VHS. Why are they going after the poor free software that could be used for illegal purposes but probably isn't, but not going after the big company who make something equally useful but potentially illegal?
Yeah, that'd be a whole 3 copies under the latest licensing scheme.