If someone can turn a cell phone into a bomb, and have it still act like a cellphone, why couldn't someone do the same thing with a (much larger) computer?
Your sarcasm detector appears to be broken - please take it in for repair.
Not only that they must take it back, but the refund to the retailer should be the price limit set by the manufacturer (not what the retailer initially paid)...
Also, I'm curious if anyone has actually walked up to an artist whose works they pirated and told them that to their face.
I have done this very thing. After listening to a live performance, and purchasing their second album, I asked if their first was still available. I was told it was not, and that there were only four copies that had not been sold: those belonging to the four members of the group. The friend who had invited me to the concert (gig is probably a better term:-) asked one of the group members if he could copy the CD for me. She said yes, and now I have a burned CD that has "Officical pirate copy, because Sarah said I could" written on it. It even has a black and white photocopy of the cover in the CD case. Honestly, the group members were impressed and flattered that I wanted a copy of their first album after buying the second (having never heard it) and only having seen the group once, for about an hour long gig.
I think it was Casey Donovan, and it wasn't an ISP who redirected the requests, but Telstra (an ISP, but also the major telecommunications player, and the primary internet link into/out of Australia) that changed all requests for the.com address (even those who actually wanted to go to a gay pornstar's website) to the.com.au address (which was for some crap manufactured Australian Idol winner).
There were some thoughts of asking the.com site to put up a confirmation page, possibly based on Australian IP ranges, with a link to the real.com site if they wanted it, but a redirect back to.com.au otherwise (much like nasa.com did for nasa.gov when the mars rover landed). As I recall, either it was not asked, or the.com site didn't want to (or were asking for too much money to do so). I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I know that there were concerns that Telstra was (illegally?) diverting traffic from one website to another.
Australia banned the region coding crap, didn't they?
Not quite. It's not so much banned as useless: The ACCC (Australian Consumer and Competition Commission [I think]) basically said that and DVD player sold in Australia can legally be deregioned (so any DVD from anywhere in the world will play), but it doesn't have to be done before sale, and doesn't really need to be done unless asked for.
Of course, the cheap players have almost certainly had it done before being sold, and most of the rest can be fixed by searching for the model number and "deregion" in Google.
"What is your mother's maiden name? What? How do I know, I always called her 'ma'." begins writing "Ma. Possibly deceased." -- Bernard Black, filling out a tax form.
All I'm saying is a dual format player is a definite possibility, it's technologically possible and there is demand for it.
LG is supposed to have one available by the end of Q1 2007. That is, in a few months. I'm not sure I believe it until I see one, but my opinion is that HD is not worth it for me. (No flames, please. For me, it isn't worth it. For you it may be).
You can have DRM protecting your content, or you can have copyright enforced on your content.
This leads to any DRM'ed content with the DRM broken (which only takes time) being copyright free, and tradeable as you wish, with no recourse for the "owner", since they gave up the copyright on the notion that the DRM would protect them.
Plus have it legal to try to break DRM, of course.
The fortune at the bottom of the page at this time is priceless:
Giving money and power to governments is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Back on topic: I agree. A comment I made here indicates that all "observe for your own good" laws need a trial period where the politicians are the subject of the observation.
If the doors weren't locked, it isn't B&E. Unlawful Entry, perhaps, but unless something was damaged (eg the lock) in the entering process, it cannot be Breaking and Entering.
In explorer, you can use the backspace key to go up a directory. In other dialogs, I doubt that would work, mostly because the text field will take it.
Wouldn't you think they'd make these somewhat like touchpads, so that if you moved your finger up, the lights got brighter, and if you moved your finger down, they got darker?
I've seen one. It confused me to begin with, because there was no rocker switch. I did work it out fairly quickly once I had been informed it was a lightswitch. The higher up you touched the touch-sensitive surface, the brighter the light. Touching the bottom turned it off. Sliding your finger up slowly raised the lights, sliding down dimmed them.
My personal preference, though, is a rocker switch above, and a turn-dial below. The only markings on it were "min" and "max" on either side of the dial.
To me, "putting his money where his nose is," is more easily interpreted as a euphemism meaning he's addicted to cocaine, and thus is a turn of phrase that should be avoided unless you want to be sued.
Really? To me, "putting his money where his nose is" is more easily interpreted as "putting his money where his mouth is" (ie putting cash on the line to back a statement) but using "nose", since this is about smells.
Maybe it's because I'm not from the USA that I don't immediately think of drugs and slander/libel and suing people.
Back when Australia had a war-draft, and the drinking age was 21, a number of people complained. The complaint was that young men could be asked by their country to go to a different country, and be shot at, yet when they got home, they couldn't go and have a beer with their mates. The proposition was to raise the draft age to 21, or lower the drinking age to 18.
Young men in Australia have been drinking in pubs from age 18 for a good long while now...
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Your sarcasm detector appears to be broken - please take it in for repair.
Not only that they must take it back, but the refund to the retailer should be the price limit set by the manufacturer (not what the retailer initially paid)...
I have done this very thing. After listening to a live performance, and purchasing their second album, I asked if their first was still available. I was told it was not, and that there were only four copies that had not been sold: those belonging to the four members of the group. The friend who had invited me to the concert (gig is probably a better term :-) asked one of the group members if he could copy the CD for me. She said yes, and now I have a burned CD that has "Officical pirate copy, because Sarah said I could" written on it. It even has a black and white photocopy of the cover in the CD case. Honestly, the group members were impressed and flattered that I wanted a copy of their first album after buying the second (having never heard it) and only having seen the group once, for about an hour long gig.
I think it was Casey Donovan, and it wasn't an ISP who redirected the requests, but Telstra (an ISP, but also the major telecommunications player, and the primary internet link into/out of Australia) that changed all requests for the .com address (even those who actually wanted to go to a gay pornstar's website) to the .com.au address (which was for some crap manufactured Australian Idol winner).
There were some thoughts of asking the .com site to put up a confirmation page, possibly based on Australian IP ranges, with a link to the real .com site if they wanted it, but a redirect back to .com.au otherwise (much like nasa.com did for nasa.gov when the mars rover landed). As I recall, either it was not asked, or the .com site didn't want to (or were asking for too much money to do so). I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I know that there were concerns that Telstra was (illegally?) diverting traffic from one website to another.
What was the name of the book (or author)? It sounds like an interesting read.
Not quite. It's not so much banned as useless: The ACCC (Australian Consumer and Competition Commission [I think]) basically said that and DVD player sold in Australia can legally be deregioned (so any DVD from anywhere in the world will play), but it doesn't have to be done before sale, and doesn't really need to be done unless asked for.
Of course, the cheap players have almost certainly had it done before being sold, and most of the rest can be fixed by searching for the model number and "deregion" in Google.
"What is your mother's maiden name? What? How do I know, I always called her 'ma'." begins writing "Ma. Possibly deceased." -- Bernard Black, filling out a tax form.
should do what you want (I think, I'm not at a system I can check).
Check the man pages for both rpm2cpio and cpio before you try it.
LG is supposed to have one available by the end of Q1 2007. That is, in a few months. I'm not sure I believe it until I see one, but my opinion is that HD is not worth it for me. (No flames, please. For me, it isn't worth it. For you it may be).
You can have DRM protecting your content, or you can have copyright enforced on your content.
This leads to any DRM'ed content with the DRM broken (which only takes time) being copyright free, and tradeable as you wish, with no recourse for the "owner", since they gave up the copyright on the notion that the DRM would protect them.
Plus have it legal to try to break DRM, of course.
Back on topic: I agree. A comment I made here indicates that all "observe for your own good" laws need a trial period where the politicians are the subject of the observation.
Shame no politician would vote for it though.
I had this idea last time the topic came up (http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/19/01 56221), but I suggested FedExing it, recipient pays. clicky here for more details
If the doors weren't locked, it isn't B&E. Unlawful Entry, perhaps, but unless something was damaged (eg the lock) in the entering process, it cannot be Breaking and Entering.
I put on my robe and wizard hat...
I should not need a lawyer to help with installing a piece of software.
The fact that I might need to speaks volumes about how customers are treated.
In explorer, you can use the backspace key to go up a directory. In other dialogs, I doubt that would work, mostly because the text field will take it.
I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
No, they're called Blipverts.
My personal preference, though, is a rocker switch above, and a turn-dial below. The only markings on it were "min" and "max" on either side of the dial.
Really? To me, "putting his money where his nose is" is more easily interpreted as "putting his money where his mouth is" (ie putting cash on the line to back a statement) but using "nose", since this is about smells.
Maybe it's because I'm not from the USA that I don't immediately think of drugs and slander/libel and suing people.
Back when Australia had a war-draft, and the drinking age was 21, a number of people complained. The complaint was that young men could be asked by their country to go to a different country, and be shot at, yet when they got home, they couldn't go and have a beer with their mates. The proposition was to raise the draft age to 21, or lower the drinking age to 18.
Young men in Australia have been drinking in pubs from age 18 for a good long while now...
All 27 eight-by-ten colour glossy photos with circles and arrows, with a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was?