It should be obvious to anyone that taste is highly subjective. When I say 'this or that is crap', I am implying 'in my opinion'.
I won't try to discuss anything like this with Americans though. When thirty percent of all adult Americans believe that the US have found WMD, and that the Iraqis used them against you in the recent war, statements like "most people are not fools and victims of hype" become so absurd it's not even funny.
Must say I feel quite sorry for you if you think calling bullshit on Harry Potter is elitist.
Matter of fact; most people who read Harry Potter don't read much else. If they did, they might've discovered that there is more to this thing called literature than the tripe that is hyped on low brow tv.
Most things that are very popular are utter crap. Peoples taste are very different, so when a pheomenon like Harry Potter springs up, you can be sure that there are external factors that count, not the actual quality of the work.
There have been several articles on Slashdot about this. It's not about NAT in particular, but rather about any kind of device that "hides" your identity (so VPN tunnels are also mentioned).
Nice plan, except for the fact that flawed MTAs like MS Exchange don't send a fully qualified domain name per default.
Where a real MTA would send HELO/EHLO real.full.domain, Exchange only sends the hostname. Thus the reverse lookup fails miserably.
If you're running a mail server for thousands of users, you would soon enough have thousands of disgruntled people. A lot, and I mean a lot of mail servers are running Exchange with the default settings. This means perfectly legit mail is dropped.
And Exchange admins being pretty daft, of course it's your server that's misconfigured. Trying to educate them otherwise is an exercise in futility. So, no.. this is not a viable option.
Pay attention. The DMCA gives them the ability to request that the content must be taken down immediately, without further proof or court ruling that it is indeed infringing.
Hence the part "IDSA has a good faith belief". I'm not sure what the punishment for not following a DMCA notice is though.
Actually, that's more of a failure of the US legal system. Can't really blaim upstart technology firms in a bad market for being cautious when the US got a legal system where the only thing that matters is the relative wealth of the parts.
In the US, justice isn't just blind. It's blinded by greed.
Don't kid yourself. Even if the US wanted to (and they do, believe you me), with todays global political climate, they would never be able to be old fashioned colonial lords.
But, that's not saying they're not trying. Their faux pas, new colonialism du jour, is catching on with americans in general. It's economocial colonialism in all it's glory.
Chilling effects for Europe. This must be bad indeed. They have no sense of personal freedom. They are drones. They have no sacred to God constitution like ourselves.
Please read the article before you spout your negative comments.
Of course nobody are talking about literaly blowing up your computer. As the article clearly states, it would be a temporary lock out, that could easily be lifted.
This is not so much different from for example revoking your drivers license if you are caught speeding. I know most Slashdoters are more attached to their computers than to their cars, but you still take it for granted that the government can revoke this right if you break their rules.
Of course, I see this is not an ideal solution. In the long run there must come a shift of paradigms in technology which can establish a digital media market, secure for both the content provider and the buyer. Laws like this are for dealing with acute problems, not long term solutions. In the long term, the market should sort itself out.
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It should be obvious to anyone that taste is highly subjective. When I say 'this or that is crap', I am implying 'in my opinion'.
I won't try to discuss anything like this with Americans though. When thirty percent of all adult Americans believe that the US have found WMD, and that the Iraqis used them against you in the recent war, statements like "most people are not fools and victims of hype" become so absurd it's not even funny.
Must say I feel quite sorry for you if you think calling bullshit on Harry Potter is elitist.
Matter of fact; most people who read Harry Potter don't read much else. If they did, they might've discovered that there is more to this thing called literature than the tripe that is hyped on low brow tv.
Most things that are very popular are utter crap. Peoples taste are very different, so when a pheomenon like Harry Potter springs up, you can be sure that there are external factors that count, not the actual quality of the work.
I'll give you the reason:
Hype.
People are sheep. Please try not to be a sad sheep, don't defend this tripe you call literature.
Opinions on "culture" from a Henry Rollins fan.
How can anybody take anyone like you seriously?
There have been several articles on Slashdot about this. It's not about NAT in particular, but rather about any kind of device that "hides" your identity (so VPN tunnels are also mentioned).
BOBs are Blitter OBjects. Not hardware sprites.
Nice plan, except for the fact that flawed MTAs like MS Exchange don't send a fully qualified domain name per default.
Where a real MTA would send HELO/EHLO real.full.domain, Exchange only sends the hostname. Thus the reverse lookup fails miserably.
If you're running a mail server for thousands of users, you would soon enough have thousands of disgruntled people. A lot, and I mean a lot of mail servers are running Exchange with the default settings. This means perfectly legit mail is dropped.
And Exchange admins being pretty daft, of course it's your server that's misconfigured. Trying to educate them otherwise is an exercise in futility. So, no.. this is not a viable option.
Only in America!
Only in America!
Nice tag, btw.
Usually, a blind person got an assistant when on unfamiliar grounds. So the assistant would just point out the direction.
Guess it's a bonus if you're blind. You could have your little braille pocket interface hooked up to it.
Excellent. Affordable cruise missiles is just what I need to deal with that pesty deadbeat of a neighbour I have.
Only if your life is so boring and predictable that a phone can make good guesses for you, would you find something like this neat.
Pay attention. The DMCA gives them the ability to request that the content must be taken down immediately, without further proof or court ruling that it is indeed infringing.
Hence the part "IDSA has a good faith belief". I'm not sure what the punishment for not following a DMCA notice is though.
I thought the EFF had more important battles to win than this.
Haven't you heard the Loverboy song "Pig and Elephant DNA just won't splice"?
The UK's position as a world leader will be severly impacted by following advice like this.
And this in turn means that the french terrorist apologists probably would be strengthened. Therefore it's a really bad thing.
Actually, that's more of a failure of the US legal system. Can't really blaim upstart technology firms in a bad market for being cautious when the US got a legal system where the only thing that matters is the relative wealth of the parts.
In the US, justice isn't just blind. It's blinded by greed.
Court Upholds Secret Detentions
US court upholds draconian law allowing secret arrests
Executions possible at Guantanamo
Big Brother - Make That Uncle Sam
Ashcroft seeks broader powers
Now shut the fuck up about your imaginary "rights". May you live in interesting times, american bastards.
W00t. Ambrosia is an old Amiga demoscene group. Sat with them on a demoparty once, nice guys.
The Europeans do not have a bill of rights. They do not have a constitution granting them freedoms like we have.
They've chosen it themselves. If laws like this are the result, then that's just what they'll have to put up with.
Don't kid yourself. Even if the US wanted to (and they do, believe you me), with todays global political climate, they would never be able to be old fashioned colonial lords.
But, that's not saying they're not trying. Their faux pas, new colonialism du jour, is catching on with americans in general. It's economocial colonialism in all it's glory.
Chilling effects for Europe. This must be bad indeed. They have no sense of personal freedom. They are drones. They have no sacred to God constitution like ourselves.
Poor bastards.
Please read the article before you spout your negative comments.
Of course nobody are talking about literaly blowing up your computer. As the article clearly states, it would be a temporary lock out, that could easily be lifted.
This is not so much different from for example revoking your drivers license if you are caught speeding. I know most Slashdoters are more attached to their computers than to their cars, but you still take it for granted that the government can revoke this right if you break their rules.
Of course, I see this is not an ideal solution. In the long run there must come a shift of paradigms in technology which can establish a digital media market, secure for both the content provider and the buyer. Laws like this are for dealing with acute problems, not long term solutions. In the long term, the market should sort itself out.
I have the image of Ben Affleck's head exploding from the end of the film Dogma.
Thanks a lot. I was going to see that tonight.