Re:Patent protection?
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Cracking GSM
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The meaning of that argument is deeper than you think. I have several guns, most of them for hunting or sport. One I keep for protection at my house. The point is that if I wasn't allowed to own that (or any) guns, I would not be able to defend myself or my family against a criminal with a gun who breaks into my house. I am allowed to defend myself and my family.
I keep myself very well trained with my guns, both through practice and instruction, and I believe that both should be mandatory prerequisites to gun ownership. If you want gun control, don't make it more difficult for those who acquire guns legally, make it more difficult for those who don't.
I don't think it would be too hard to find this person guilty. The 10,303,334mb (10TB) song would still be downloading when the stormtroopers showed up. All they would need was a continuance until it finished so they could check it.
Now I know that Metallica has written some long songs, but I don't remember Enter Sandman being that long.
To make it clear, I don't have any problems with the average movie. Some movies go over my personal line into what I consider to be gratuitous, and therefore I choose not to watch them. There are some movies that have parts that I could do without, but overall the movie is worth watching. I use my FF button for those parts. Call me a "copyright-libertarian" all you want, but I don't believe that I have to eat everything people try to force-feed me. Those are my *gasp* morals, and I stick with them.
So what's wrong with using fast forward? Is it ok for me to use it on the remote, but not if it's automated by software? Is that the big "Fuck you" to the artists?
What you are saying is that I have to watch the whole movie, even if I don't appreciate parts of it, otherwise I am saying fuck the artists and their vision? Do I have to watch every movie that comes out, so the artist's vision is imparted to me? Do I have to watch all of the shows on TV and all of the commercials too? Do I have a choice about what I do in my own house? Or is that just "fucking the artists"? Telling me that I can't choose not to watch parts of a movie, or commercials, or whatever, is exactly what the RIAA wants. Welcome to 1984.
And just so you know, I have boycotted the RIAA. I don't buy CDs anymore. I hardly ever listen to the radio. I get my music from Indie artists, and I pay them for it.
If somebody wants to waste their money to watch 20 minutes of a 2 hour movie, more power to them. This software is nothing more than an automatic FF button.
Movies aren't about artistic vision in Hollywood, they are about making money. If Hollywood can sell R movies to people who would normally not buy them, shouldn't that be seen as a good thing by Hollywood?
In addition to that, they seem to be missing the fact that if I don't want to see sex and violence, I won't buy the movie. Unless of course, I can find a way to edit the sex and violence.
The flipside for the studios is more profit. If I have software that does this, I'll buy the movie. More profit. No software=no movie=no profit from me.
The problem that the parent poster has is that "Microsoft is EVIL", and therefore cannot do anything good. After all of the "Won't somebody do something about all of this spam?" stories and posts, it must really stink to see M$ doing something about it.
It doesn't matter to me who does it, and Microsoft has the lawyers and money. More power to them. Spam makes Microsoft look just as bad as it makes AOL or Yahoo look, so they have a vested interest in this as well. I'd like to see Microsoft kill 'em all and let the courts sort 'em out
Re:Maturing industry says otherwise.
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Ageism in IT?
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They have the right to say what they want about the government. That is protected by the first amendment. I have the right to not buy their products. Those are legal consequences.
The Dixie Chicks tour this year will be interesting, that's all I can say.
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I remember setting records on that one using the pencil method.
Yeah, but he'll send it back to you in a check marked "Paid In Full"
Marvin the Airline Pilot?
If they use their own products, then they are already hung.
sorry about that
I always thought that SPAM was an acronym.
S cientifically P roduced A nimal M atter
The meaning of that argument is deeper than you think. I have several guns, most of them for hunting or sport. One I keep for protection at my house. The point is that if I wasn't allowed to own that (or any) guns, I would not be able to defend myself or my family against a criminal with a gun who breaks into my house. I am allowed to defend myself and my family.
I keep myself very well trained with my guns, both through practice and instruction, and I believe that both should be mandatory prerequisites to gun ownership. If you want gun control, don't make it more difficult for those who acquire guns legally, make it more difficult for those who don't.
No flame, just rational argument.
Maybe it is SCO DOS. That could be their new OS. Their most powerful OS to date. That would explain a lot.
I don't think it would be too hard to find this person guilty. The 10,303,334mb (10TB) song would still be downloading when the stormtroopers showed up. All they would need was a continuance until it finished so they could check it.
Now I know that Metallica has written some long songs, but I don't remember Enter Sandman being that long.
To make it clear, I don't have any problems with the average movie. Some movies go over my personal line into what I consider to be gratuitous, and therefore I choose not to watch them. There are some movies that have parts that I could do without, but overall the movie is worth watching. I use my FF button for those parts. Call me a "copyright-libertarian" all you want, but I don't believe that I have to eat everything people try to force-feed me. Those are my *gasp* morals, and I stick with them.
So what's wrong with using fast forward? Is it ok for me to use it on the remote, but not if it's automated by software? Is that the big "Fuck you" to the artists?
What you are saying is that I have to watch the whole movie, even if I don't appreciate parts of it, otherwise I am saying fuck the artists and their vision? Do I have to watch every movie that comes out, so the artist's vision is imparted to me? Do I have to watch all of the shows on TV and all of the commercials too? Do I have a choice about what I do in my own house? Or is that just "fucking the artists"? Telling me that I can't choose not to watch parts of a movie, or commercials, or whatever, is exactly what the RIAA wants. Welcome to 1984.
And just so you know, I have boycotted the RIAA. I don't buy CDs anymore. I hardly ever listen to the radio. I get my music from Indie artists, and I pay them for it.
"Copyright-libertarian". hehe. That's funny.
If somebody wants to waste their money to watch 20 minutes of a 2 hour movie, more power to them. This software is nothing more than an automatic FF button.
Movies aren't about artistic vision in Hollywood, they are about making money. If Hollywood can sell R movies to people who would normally not buy them, shouldn't that be seen as a good thing by Hollywood?
In addition to that, they seem to be missing the fact that if I don't want to see sex and violence, I won't buy the movie. Unless of course, I can find a way to edit the sex and violence.
The flipside for the studios is more profit. If I have software that does this, I'll buy the movie. More profit. No software=no movie=no profit from me.
The problem that the parent poster has is that "Microsoft is EVIL", and therefore cannot do anything good. After all of the "Won't somebody do something about all of this spam?" stories and posts, it must really stink to see M$ doing something about it.
It doesn't matter to me who does it, and Microsoft has the lawyers and money. More power to them. Spam makes Microsoft look just as bad as it makes AOL or Yahoo look, so they have a vested interest in this as well. I'd like to see Microsoft kill 'em all and let the courts sort 'em out
Judging by the quality of the code, about 12.
Unix95. Man that brings lots of jokes to mind. Even better is that it isn't good enough to be called Unix98.
So when does UnixXP come out?
Then my 2.698 words would be "Get bent, SC..."
They have the right to say what they want about the government. That is protected
by the first amendment. I have the right to not buy their products.
Those are legal consequences.
The Dixie Chicks tour this year will be interesting, that's all I can say.