Yeah, "log forging" is a security 'problem' I'm not going to worry about. That's like when virus scanners started flagging cookies to make it seem like you had serious problems.
And our software does have serious problems. People still write SQL injection bugs, for unknown reasons.
Most importantly, the earth quake detector didn't detect the mass of the twin towers falling, as if the tower mass disappeared before falling.
So what are you saying, that aliens vaporized the insides of the tower before it collapsed? Are you saying that coordinating a plane hijacking and demolition is what happened? That someone was able to place a bunch of explosives in the building without any eye-witnesses?
Do you really believe our government, or any operation of that scale, is capable of succeeding without having whistleblowers or leakers?
when literally all but handful (two? three?) of countries *in the world* have signed it, the agreement -- for better or worse -- just doesn't seem that political to me
That makes it sound like a completely political empty gesture........if it were something that would actually be effective, more countries would have opposed it purely on selfish grounds.
People will keep saying this until it does work in high % of total generation, and then they'll find something else to complain about.
At the moment, solar is competitive with coal on price, but it will never work at high % until the storage solution is solved (because of night and clouds). Storage is where the research needs to be, and the article seems to think we have solutions that will become viable sooner rather than later. No one knows anything though.
After that we can complain about the environmental damage from lithium mines.
I have yet to see a distro worth its weight in salt that does not have SystemD infecting it at some level so I may be forced to create my own distro. *sigh*
Does military expenditures exceed tax revenue in the USA yet?
No, not even close. Military is not the largest expenditure in the US, healthcare is. The largest chunk of 'military' spending is on pensions and such for retired people, too.
That again? When the country's basic workings were still being laid out there was a conflict between raw population and geographic distribution.
It was an argument back then, and it will probably be an argument for as long as the country is in existence. At least it gives us something to argue about.
I'd like to think it wasn't required, but I do have some money.
You shouldn't look down on her for that. Most likely she also fell in love with the man who had the skill to earn that money in the first place. I don't think you lucked into it entirely, after all, it took some skill.
Common carrier is a US concept, not a European concept.
That said, this wasn't a question of whether you are 100% accurate or not in your filtering. It's a question of what the intentions were. The court here found that the Pirate Bay was telling people to come get protected works. TPB did not manage to make a convincing argument otherwise.
"One infringes contributorily by intentionally inducing or encouraging direct infringement . . . and infringes vicariously by profiting from direct infringement while declining to exercise a right to stop or limit it. . .."
Or would the court find another convoluted reasoning to end up with a judgment they want?
I don't have deep understanding of the court process of the ECJ, but it was clearly a judgement call, with heavy discretionary power given to the court. Here's another quote:
“The Pirate Bay’s own statements on the matter were also held against it, the court said: “The same operators expressly display, on blogs and forums accessible on that platform, their intention of making protected works available to users, and encourage the latter to make copies of those works.”
So their goal was to convince the court that the primary purpose of the website wasn't piracy. Starting with the name "The Pirate Bay" doesn't help, although it's a great name.
the ECJ [argued] that the Pirate Bay goes further than a protected site should, by offering not just a search feature, but also categorising files, deleting faulty trackers, and filtering out some types of content. That means, in the court’s eyes: “The operators of the platform play an essential role in making those works available.”
I still think the primary mistake was naming themselves "The Pirate Bay." They should have followed the practice that politicians use in naming bills. Call it the "Noble Defenders of Copyright Bay" or something.
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Yeah, "log forging" is a security 'problem' I'm not going to worry about. That's like when virus scanners started flagging cookies to make it seem like you had serious problems.
And our software does have serious problems. People still write SQL injection bugs, for unknown reasons.
oooooh, you got angry because I proved you were wrong. Have a nice day.
You couldn't deal with my questions. They hurt too much.
Most importantly, the earth quake detector didn't detect the mass of the twin towers falling, as if the tower mass disappeared before falling.
So what are you saying, that aliens vaporized the insides of the tower before it collapsed? Are you saying that coordinating a plane hijacking and demolition is what happened? That someone was able to place a bunch of explosives in the building without any eye-witnesses?
Do you really believe our government, or any operation of that scale, is capable of succeeding without having whistleblowers or leakers?
“When I use a word,” Lewis Carrol said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
It's hard to believe that ISIS is very dependent on computers.
Yeah. Keeping it up to date and jailbroken is tough, though.
I recommend against buying any phone that doesn't allow you to own it.
Unfortunately, that currently includes all Apple phones.
Nah, there are plenty of ways to store solar energy over night, but none of them are economical, including salt towers.
when literally all but handful (two? three?) of countries *in the world* have signed it, the agreement -- for better or worse -- just doesn't seem that political to me
That makes it sound like a completely political empty gesture........if it were something that would actually be effective, more countries would have opposed it purely on selfish grounds.
Every computer can be hacked by inserting a USB 'drive.' USB is not secure, don't let anything untrusted near it.
Other than that, I share your concern.
People will keep saying this until it does work in high % of total generation, and then they'll find something else to complain about.
At the moment, solar is competitive with coal on price, but it will never work at high % until the storage solution is solved (because of night and clouds). Storage is where the research needs to be, and the article seems to think we have solutions that will become viable sooner rather than later. No one knows anything though.
After that we can complain about the environmental damage from lithium mines.
I have yet to see a distro worth its weight in salt that does not have SystemD infecting it at some level so I may be forced to create my own distro. *sigh*
Slackware.
Can someone get rid of SystemD please? It destroyed the EFI partition
Seriously? Are you sure it wasn't just the installer? :/
Does military expenditures exceed tax revenue in the USA yet?
No, not even close. Military is not the largest expenditure in the US, healthcare is. The largest chunk of 'military' spending is on pensions and such for retired people, too.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Thanks.
Oh yeah? You don't think you're narrow minded?
That again? When the country's basic workings were still being laid out there was a conflict between raw population and geographic distribution.
It was an argument back then, and it will probably be an argument for as long as the country is in existence. At least it gives us something to argue about.
Probably there won't be a debt-related crisis within the next few years
Why? I can see no reasonable metric for determining when it will actually hit crisis..........
I'd like to think it wasn't required, but I do have some money.
You shouldn't look down on her for that. Most likely she also fell in love with the man who had the skill to earn that money in the first place. I don't think you lucked into it entirely, after all, it took some skill.
Common carrier is a US concept, not a European concept.
That said, this wasn't a question of whether you are 100% accurate or not in your filtering. It's a question of what the intentions were. The court here found that the Pirate Bay was telling people to come get protected works. TPB did not manage to make a convincing argument otherwise.
I don't live in the EU, so I have no idea what this "blocking" entails. Is it easy to get around? Are they just blocking the domain name or something?
How would the blockchain work here? Would people have to buy ASICs just to compute transactions of the tracker?
"One infringes contributorily by intentionally inducing or encouraging direct infringement . . . and infringes vicariously by profiting from direct infringement while declining to exercise a right to stop or limit it. . . ."
Or would the court find another convoluted reasoning to end up with a judgment they want?
I don't have deep understanding of the court process of the ECJ, but it was clearly a judgement call, with heavy discretionary power given to the court. Here's another quote:
“The Pirate Bay’s own statements on the matter were also held against it, the court said: “The same operators expressly display, on blogs and forums accessible on that platform, their intention of making protected works available to users, and encourage the latter to make copies of those works.”
So their goal was to convince the court that the primary purpose of the website wasn't piracy. Starting with the name "The Pirate Bay" doesn't help, although it's a great name.
the ECJ [argued] that the Pirate Bay goes further than a protected site should, by offering not just a search feature, but also categorising files, deleting faulty trackers, and filtering out some types of content. That means, in the court’s eyes: “The operators of the platform play an essential role in making those works available.”
I still think the primary mistake was naming themselves "The Pirate Bay." They should have followed the practice that politicians use in naming bills. Call it the "Noble Defenders of Copyright Bay" or something.