to a more timeless digital format, such as VCD, SVCD, and DVD
"Timeless" is not the word for these formats. "Reproducible with high fidelty", maybe, but in general hard drives and digital optical media don't survive all that long. For archival purposes, these media are next to worthless.
Unfortunately, the only solution seems to be to rerecord from old media every time there is a media upgrade (e.g. film -> VHS -> DVD -> ?) otherwise you run the chance of not being able to read the media!
I can record any signal I can pick up in my home from the radio or TV AND let any of my friends or family borrow or record from my recording
So, it's not illegal for me to get a radio tuner for my PC and encode songs to MP3 -- yet, it is illegal to download those exact same songs in mp3 format or to post them to the web, but it is legal for me to give my radio-encoded mp3's to any of my friends...Anyone else think this is stupid?
but the stuff my contractor showed up with had a long list of US patent numbers for additives that improved the strength, reduced the set time, and cut down on the dust.
Kind of like the vegetables and fruit that we buy are just "vegetables and fruit", but the stuff with no pesticides and which haven't been bred for decades for better shelf life and shippability (but poorer taste) are "organically grown" and "heritage origin".
I am a software engineer today BECAUSE of my early experiences with model rocketry and model airplanes and because they taught me how things worked and fired my imagination about what could be possible in the future.
Haven't you heard? America doesn't need any more software engineers, just more H1B's. That's why the US just unchecked the box marked "allow model rocketry"!
The real tragedy here is that many Europeans truely believe that America is a country filled with mindless drones who believe everything they read and that everything they read is a lie. This is simply not true.
First I read that we believe everything we read, and now I'm reading that it isn't true.
I was watching Discovery last night, and learned that before postage stamps in Britain, the post was paid for by the recipient. Not only that, but Members of Parliament were allowed to use the post for free, and sent all sorts of wacky things such as dogs, people, and large items of furniture. Charging postage for items starting in 1840 sent put an end to that abuse.
Absent a technological solution as well as an always imperfect legislative solution, and despite the sour taste we get in the backs of our throats at charging and having to pay for e-mail origination, AND assuming that rogue Internet states such as China put a "postage stamp" system into effect, what are your thoughts about the viability of origination charges and its effectiveness in stopping e-mail abuse?
What they are doing is no different than the Mafia vandalizing someone's business and then asking money to make sure such things don't happen again. It's protection money, nothing more nothing less. They just couch it in a slightly less ominous sounding name.
The Mafia doesn't tie you up in court, though. They just tie you up.
Abrams is considering adding several XM stations geared to niche markets serving hackers. A confidential memo was passed to me by a recently laid-off employee detailing the psychographic research behind the effort:
"Real Hacker": 17 to 35, male, jobless. Owns 1.2 bicycles. Lives in rent-controlled apartment with five other Real Hackers. Political ideology: Blast everyone, since we don't have anything worth taking away. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Weird Al Yankovic.
"Aging Hacker": 25 to 55, male, corporate salary worker. Owns 2.4 cars and 0.00000001 Segways. Has 1.6 kids. Lives in detached house on postage-stamp-sized plot in large development. Political ideology: Blast no one, since we have nothing we want taken away. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Pink Floyd.
"Script Kiddie": 8 to 18, male, jobless. Owns room down the hall from single parent's bedroom. Subsists on Ring Dings and Twinkies. Political ideology: I 0wnz 3v3ry b0xen. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Skinemax soundtracks.
"Dot Bomber": 18 to 25, male, jobless. Lives in cardboard box on subway grate. Owns 7.3 newspapers. Political ideology: Doesn't know what went wrong, but is sure it's The Street's fault. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Pink Floyd's "Money".
"Hacker Chick": 18 to 34, female, corporate salary worker. Owns 0.7 cars. Political ideology: All Men are Animals -- just look at all the male hackers! Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Air Supply's "I'm All Out of Love". Note: Statistical results reliable only to the 6.4% level due to limited population.
"H1B Visa": 20 to 25, male, corporate sweatshop worker. Owns bus pass. Political ideology: Anything to increase the H1B quota. Unlikely to listen to much of anything (works 18-hour days). Cries when listening to Suchitra Krishnamurti's "Zindagi".
"System Administrator": 25 to 50, male, corporate or university salary worker. Owns 1.1 cars. Political ideology: Malthus was Right! Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Weird Al Yankovic's "It's All About the Pentiums".
The rest of the memo was illegible. The ink appears to have been soaked off the pages by a combination of hard liquor and human lachrymative fluids.
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"Timeless" is not the word for these formats. "Reproducible with high fidelty", maybe, but in general hard drives and digital optical media don't survive all that long. For archival purposes, these media are next to worthless.
Unfortunately, the only solution seems to be to rerecord from old media every time there is a media upgrade (e.g. film -> VHS -> DVD -> ?) otherwise you run the chance of not being able to read the media!
--Rob
So, it's not illegal for me to get a radio tuner for my PC and encode songs to MP3 -- yet, it is illegal to download those exact same songs in mp3 format or to post them to the web, but it is legal for me to give my radio-encoded mp3's to any of my friends...Anyone else think this is stupid?
You must have a lot of friends.
--Rob!
Kind of like the vegetables and fruit that we buy are just "vegetables and fruit", but the stuff with no pesticides and which haven't been bred for decades for better shelf life and shippability (but poorer taste) are "organically grown" and "heritage origin".
Why the heck wasn't this moderated as Funny? I was LMAO!
...to 7 ways [for journalists and judges] to tell voodoo science from the real thing.
Haven't you heard? America doesn't need any more software engineers, just more H1B's. That's why the US just unchecked the box marked "allow model rocketry"!
Our office uses Lotus, and has a policy where it autodeletes e-mails after 60 days. So history didn't start until 60 days ago!
--Rob
"Small, green, and split three ways"
First I read that we believe everything we read, and now I'm reading that it isn't true.
Well, now I don't know what to believe! Yeehah!
--An American
Are you smoking something? There isn't a civilization on earth that's lasted 2200 years.
--Rob
"Small, green, and split three ways."
Absent a technological solution as well as an always imperfect legislative solution, and despite the sour taste we get in the backs of our throats at charging and having to pay for e-mail origination, AND assuming that rogue Internet states such as China put a "postage stamp" system into effect, what are your thoughts about the viability of origination charges and its effectiveness in stopping e-mail abuse?
The Mafia doesn't tie you up in court, though. They just tie you up.
--Rob
Abrams is considering adding several XM stations geared to niche markets serving hackers. A confidential memo was passed to me by a recently laid-off employee detailing the psychographic research behind the effort:
"Real Hacker": 17 to 35, male, jobless. Owns 1.2 bicycles. Lives in rent-controlled apartment with five other Real Hackers. Political ideology: Blast everyone, since we don't have anything worth taking away. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Weird Al Yankovic.
"Aging Hacker": 25 to 55, male, corporate salary worker. Owns 2.4 cars and 0.00000001 Segways. Has 1.6 kids. Lives in detached house on postage-stamp-sized plot in large development. Political ideology: Blast no one, since we have nothing we want taken away. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Pink Floyd.
"Script Kiddie": 8 to 18, male, jobless. Owns room down the hall from single parent's bedroom. Subsists on Ring Dings and Twinkies. Political ideology: I 0wnz 3v3ry b0xen. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Skinemax soundtracks.
"Dot Bomber": 18 to 25, male, jobless. Lives in cardboard box on subway grate. Owns 7.3 newspapers. Political ideology: Doesn't know what went wrong, but is sure it's The Street's fault. Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Pink Floyd's "Money".
"Hacker Chick": 18 to 34, female, corporate salary worker. Owns 0.7 cars. Political ideology: All Men are Animals -- just look at all the male hackers! Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Air Supply's "I'm All Out of Love". Note: Statistical results reliable only to the 6.4% level due to limited population.
"H1B Visa": 20 to 25, male, corporate sweatshop worker. Owns bus pass. Political ideology: Anything to increase the H1B quota. Unlikely to listen to much of anything (works 18-hour days). Cries when listening to Suchitra Krishnamurti's "Zindagi".
"System Administrator": 25 to 50, male, corporate or university salary worker. Owns 1.1 cars. Political ideology: Malthus was Right! Unlikely to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Cries when listening to Weird Al Yankovic's "It's All About the Pentiums".
The rest of the memo was illegible. The ink appears to have been soaked off the pages by a combination of hard liquor and human lachrymative fluids.
Don't forget that they also don't share some other commonality. :)