A little off topic, but This MSNBC Article mentions that the Hamas have declared war on America, Bush and Sharon. This is because the US vetoed a UN vote which said that blowing up leaders in wheel chairs with rockets was a Bad Thing.
So yeah! Bush is going to give us broadband. Maybe I can chat with my kids when they get drafted. We should limit the Presidency to 4 years. Then at least they could concentrate on doing their job instead of all this BS.
You might as well read the actual draft. Not that it's going to stop the clueless first post who like to comment on their first impression of a single paragraph.:oP
Forgive the formatting,/. filters at work.
From thomas.loc.gov ------------------------ S 2237 IS
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2237
To amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, to authorize civil copyright enforcement by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 25, 2004
Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. HATCH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, to authorize civil copyright enforcement by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004'.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF CIVIL COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 506 the following:
`Sec. 506a. Civil penalties for violations of section 506
`(a) IN GENERAL- The Attorney General may commence a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who engages in conduct constituting an offense under section 506. Upon proof of such conduct by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to a civil penalty under section 504 which shall be in an amount equal to the amount which would be awarded under section 3663(a)(1)(B) of title 18 and restitution to the copyright owner aggrieved by the conduct.
`(b) OTHER REMEDIES-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Imposition of a civil penalty under this section does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, injunctive, common law or administrative remedy, which is available by law to the United States or any other person;
`(2) OFFSET- Any restitution received by a copyright owner as a result of a civil action brought under this section shall be offset against any award of damages in a subsequent copyright infringement civil action by that copyright owner for the conduct that gave rise to the civil action brought under this section.'.
(b) DAMAGES AND PROFITS- Section 504 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `The copyright owner'; and
(ii) by striking `him or her' and inserting `the copyright owner'; and
(B) in the second sentence by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `the copyright owner'; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `the copyright owner'; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `the copyright owner'.
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT- The table of sections for chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 506 the following:
`506a. Civil penalties for violation of section 506.'.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR TRAINING AND PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) TRAINING AND PILOT PROGRAM- Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop a program to ensure effective implementation and use of the authority for civil enforcement of the copyright laws by--
(1) establishing training programs, including practical training and written mat
It would take about 6 and a half hours to get from here and back again.
So in "Hare We Go" when Bugs Bunny threw the baseball around the world to show Christopher Columbus that the world is round, he threw the ball at about Mach 785 or so. Somehow he managed to put enough spin on it that it orbited the planet, the natives applied the stickers, AND he caught the ball.
I've seen press releases that he is on the Infinium Labs advisory board. I've looked on his website and searched google, etc, but I can't find any information about what if anything he may have done there.
Does anyone know what the advisory board did, or knew about? Is that where some of the $350,000 in "advisory fees" went? That's about $50,000 each. I wonder what all that advising bought them.
Greed and Necessity rules the world. Of course third world countries would work towards their own self interest. Huge nations like the US will work for their own self interest, and side players like MegaCorps will look out for themselves as well.
It doesn't have to be a zero-sum game, something can be proposed that is beneficial to everyone. Kyoto was one of those type of treaties. It was never submitted because at the time the Republicans were planning on voting the party line against it and that would prevent a 2/3rds vote required to ratify. So Clinton delayed hoping the next election cycle would allow the treaty to be approved. Better to delay then officially kill it. Bush did officially withdraw from negotiations of Kyoto in 2001. So Nyah.:)
It is interesting to note that the WTO is not going after Australia for passing the Interactive Gambling Act in 2001. Although I'm not familiar that law or the US laws that are being oppossed, it does seem at first glance to be similar. Perhaps some Aussies could fill us in on the details of that law.
No comparable clipart library. (Different colored toruses??)
No comparable powerpoint type themes.
No document wizards, for Drawing app like in Publisher.
Sometimes difficulty figuring out the options menu. It's not layed out very well.
Seriously these are why she won't use it. She can go into publisher, click new X document, choose a picture, etc and print out the page. She couldn't care less about open source, she just wants to get something printed in 5 minutes or so while the kids are busy.
No other letter can compete with X, certainly not a VOWEL. Innovate all you want, but let me X-PLAIN...
Sex - it's almost all X, except for the curvey S parts, and that voyeurist silent e. uh huh, huh huh
eXciting, eXploding, eXterminating - Like ninja's who have real ultimate power.
Letter X - Once you get to this letter there you can relax because your almost done with the alphabet. It's a letter that even looks like a throwing star! If you dis the letter X again ninja's will apear and chop your damn head off!
XXX - Porn or alchohol? It's up to you!
xXx - A little different, but he's like this buff snow board, uzi totin, snow boarding bald dude that really cares deep down about cars and his country and blowing shit up, but not bosses so he's cool.
Triple-X - another different big sweaty guy who pretends to kick peoples asses for a living, but doesn't blow shit up. This one's not bald, but I bet people in the front row wish he was when his long hair flips sweat on them.
XXX - super rare genetic condition where someone is all girl and then some, probably like the powder puff girls.
Chemical X - yeah that's it Powder puff girls. Bubbles, Blossum, and Buttercup. Find the Marilyn Mason Remix.
X - Sign here please, or even I'm to damn lazy to sign my own name. The all-time official winner of Tic-Tac-Toe.
Malcom X - like asterisk it's a wildcard - it can mean anything you want it to mean, or that it doesn't matter. Or that your cool and pissed off.
eXtreme [sports|games|etc|X] - extreme anything. Exterme sports, extreme sailing, extreme grocery shopping. Do something wild and crazy to get a thrill. Now even wearing helmets is cool!
Base X - roman numeral for our standard number system. Uh... The simpsons had Bart almost get eaten by a lion because of this roman numeral thing.
XXX - Roman numerals for when people become OLD. Until next year when it will be changed to XXXX;)
Programming - For loops always use X. It's a law or something.
Math - the whole horizontal part of the 2D co-ordiate system. Without X all graphs would be straight up and down lines. Y is nothing without X.
Generation X - Lazy good for nothing little bastards who can suddenly vote, buy cars and even video game systems. I think I may even be one of them.
XeroX - the coolest company in the freakin WORLD! I mean they START and END with X!!
eX-laX - Helps you out when you don't want to be full of shit anymore
XML - Extensable Markup Language. Could have been EML but then no one would have used it because that's just not COOL.
XBOX is the most incredible piece of hardware because they have 2 X's which implies they some how cram all that X goodness in that big ugly box.
As long as they are combining church and state, I'm sure they will bring back indulgences. For those not in the know it just means you can pray for your sins, or pay for your sins to be forgiven.
It's a shame that it's the zealots that have the voice because they are so entertaining to watch. Most people I know are pretty tolerant, but it's kind of hard to be rabidly vocally tolerant so they get drowned out.
Wrong or Right, Cracking requires a pretty skilled person. Now that this is out in the open I don't think they can trust any data that gets sent back to their Real Time List. It should be pretty easy to figure out the call back server and protocol and fill the list with whatever they feel like.
It is nice to see laws being applied as if they were real laws. Here in the US being found guilty of being a monopoly seems to be an academic exercise. That still scared Microsoft enough to put their own man on the Bar Association's Antitrust group that decides how Antitrust lawsuits should be handled.
I wonder if it's just easier for the EU to do this type of thing to an outsider to Europe as opposed to an already entrenched monopoly that started in Europe. Is this just protectionism, or will the EU actually stand up to all Monopolies, foreign and domestic?
(BTW, this is from The Dialectizer site - Microsoft currently blocks them - no sense of humor)
If women were like computers instead of printers
on
Epson's Female Printer
·
· Score: 4, Funny
Two years later:
Well honey, it's been fun, but I just saw a smaller, younger, faster, sexier model I just have to have. Don't worry though, I know a guy who's really desperate and I told him I would let him have you.
No, the female printer analogy is much more accurate. Cheap to begin with and always going for the Lock-in.
I agree, but I think it's silly to point out not just how they got it, but also how to disable it. Litigious Bastards maybe evil and ignorant, but they are not stupid. Don't count on finding meta data in DOC files very much longer.
If only they could just say "Sources Confirm" and leave protect the source.
Slashdot Mirror
Damn, Your wound a bit tight.
What you say is obvious, so obvious that what I said should be funny. Perhaps you need to check that site yourself.
women's nipples.
Which society would you rather live in?
I would be, but since Bush got into office I no longer have the means.
The rural areas are mostly republican. Is this how they get the name rednecks?
A little off topic, but This MSNBC Article mentions that the Hamas have declared war on America, Bush and Sharon. This is because the US vetoed a UN vote which said that blowing up leaders in wheel chairs with rockets was a Bad Thing.
So yeah! Bush is going to give us broadband. Maybe I can chat with my kids when they get drafted. We should limit the Presidency to 4 years. Then at least they could concentrate on doing their job instead of all this BS.
You might as well read the actual draft. Not that it's going to stop the clueless first post who like to comment on their first impression of a single paragraph. :oP
/. filters at work.
Forgive the formatting,
From thomas.loc.gov
------------------------
S 2237 IS
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2237
To amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, to authorize civil copyright enforcement by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 25, 2004
Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. HATCH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, to authorize civil copyright enforcement by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004'.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF CIVIL COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 506 the following:
`Sec. 506a. Civil penalties for violations of section 506
`(a) IN GENERAL- The Attorney General may commence a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who engages in conduct constituting an offense under section 506. Upon proof of such conduct by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to a civil penalty under section 504 which shall be in an amount equal to the amount which would be awarded under section 3663(a)(1)(B) of title 18 and restitution to the copyright owner aggrieved by the conduct.
`(b) OTHER REMEDIES-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Imposition of a civil penalty under this section does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, injunctive, common law or administrative remedy, which is available by law to the United States or any other person;
`(2) OFFSET- Any restitution received by a copyright owner as a result of a civil action brought under this section shall be offset against any award of damages in a subsequent copyright infringement civil action by that copyright owner for the conduct that gave rise to the civil action brought under this section.'.
(b) DAMAGES AND PROFITS- Section 504 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `The copyright owner'; and
(ii) by striking `him or her' and inserting `the copyright owner'; and
(B) in the second sentence by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `the copyright owner'; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `the copyright owner'; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting `, or the Attorney General in a civil action,' after `the copyright owner'.
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT- The table of sections for chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 506 the following:
`506a. Civil penalties for violation of section 506.'.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR TRAINING AND PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) TRAINING AND PILOT PROGRAM- Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop a program to ensure effective implementation and use of the authority for civil enforcement of the copyright laws by--
(1) establishing training programs, including practical training and written mat
Circumfrence of Earth / Mach 5
It would take about 6 and a half hours to get from here and back again.
So in "Hare We Go" when Bugs Bunny threw the baseball around the world to show Christopher Columbus that the world is round, he threw the ball at about Mach 785 or so. Somehow he managed to put enough spin on it that it orbited the planet, the natives applied the stickers, AND he caught the ball.
I've seen press releases that he is on the Infinium Labs advisory board. I've looked on his website and searched google, etc, but I can't find any information about what if anything he may have done there.
Does anyone know what the advisory board did, or knew about? Is that where some of the $350,000 in "advisory fees" went? That's about $50,000 each. I wonder what all that advising bought them.
NCSA Mosaic. Even the latest version still has this mention so I guess longhorn is going to their first browser.
BTW, you can change the name of internet explorer to, it just involves lots of ugly registry hacks. Here is a good howto
Greed and Necessity rules the world. Of course third world countries would work towards their own self interest. Huge nations like the US will work for their own self interest, and side players like MegaCorps will look out for themselves as well.
:)
It doesn't have to be a zero-sum game, something can be proposed that is beneficial to everyone. Kyoto was one of those type of treaties. It was never submitted because at the time the Republicans were planning on voting the party line against it and that would prevent a 2/3rds vote required to ratify. So Clinton delayed hoping the next election cycle would allow the treaty to be approved. Better to delay then officially kill it. Bush did officially withdraw from negotiations of Kyoto in 2001. So Nyah.
It is interesting to note that the WTO is not going after Australia for passing the Interactive Gambling Act in 2001. Although I'm not familiar that law or the US laws that are being oppossed, it does seem at first glance to be similar. Perhaps some Aussies could fill us in on the details of that law.
(From the misses)
No comparable clipart library. (Different colored toruses??)
No comparable powerpoint type themes.
No document wizards, for Drawing app like in Publisher.
Sometimes difficulty figuring out the options menu. It's not layed out very well.
Seriously these are why she won't use it. She can go into publisher, click new X document, choose a picture, etc and print out the page. She couldn't care less about open source, she just wants to get something printed in 5 minutes or so while the kids are busy.
Shouldn't that be incriminating? It isn't like forgetting someones name or something. This is serious and shouldn't be taken so lightly.
No other letter can compete with X, certainly not a VOWEL. Innovate all you want, but let me X-PLAIN...
;)
Sex - it's almost all X, except for the curvey S parts, and that voyeurist silent e. uh huh, huh huh
eXciting, eXploding, eXterminating - Like ninja's who have real ultimate power.
Letter X - Once you get to this letter there you can relax because your almost done with the alphabet. It's a letter that even looks like a throwing star! If you dis the letter X again ninja's will apear and chop your damn head off!
XXX - Porn or alchohol? It's up to you!
xXx - A little different, but he's like this buff snow board, uzi totin, snow boarding bald dude that really cares deep down about cars and his country and blowing shit up, but not bosses so he's cool.
Triple-X - another different big sweaty guy who pretends to kick peoples asses for a living, but doesn't blow shit up. This one's not bald, but I bet people in the front row wish he was when his long hair flips sweat on them.
XXX - super rare genetic condition where someone is all girl and then some, probably like the powder puff girls.
Chemical X - yeah that's it Powder puff girls. Bubbles, Blossum, and Buttercup. Find the Marilyn Mason Remix.
X - Sign here please, or even I'm to damn lazy to sign my own name. The all-time official winner of Tic-Tac-Toe.
Malcom X - like asterisk it's a wildcard - it can mean anything you want it to mean, or that it doesn't matter. Or that your cool and pissed off.
eXtreme [sports|games|etc|X] - extreme anything. Exterme sports, extreme sailing, extreme grocery shopping. Do something wild and crazy to get a thrill. Now even wearing helmets is cool!
Base X - roman numeral for our standard number system. Uh... The simpsons had Bart almost get eaten by a lion because of this roman numeral thing.
XXX - Roman numerals for when people become OLD. Until next year when it will be changed to XXXX
Programming - For loops always use X. It's a law or something.
Math - the whole horizontal part of the 2D co-ordiate system. Without X all graphs would be straight up and down lines. Y is nothing without X.
Generation X - Lazy good for nothing little bastards who can suddenly vote, buy cars and even video game systems. I think I may even be one of them.
XeroX - the coolest company in the freakin WORLD! I mean they START and END with X!!
eX-laX - Helps you out when you don't want to be full of shit anymore
XML - Extensable Markup Language. Could have been EML but then no one would have used it because that's just not COOL.
XBOX is the most incredible piece of hardware because they have 2 X's which implies they some how cram all that X goodness in that big ugly box.
So to summarize...
X is cool, X rocks, X MARKS THE FUCKIN SPOT!
(:D bring on the ex-lax responses)
The fortune at the bottom of this story seemed appropriate...
Between grand theft and a legal fee, there only stands a law degree.
A solution to a problem I don't have.
These cases would look so good in my office. I love the look of the leather one.
http://www.exoticwoodcrafts.com/
Hear is an easier one.
record any thing
Press Ctrl+C
Press and Hold Ctrl+V until it's as long as you like.
As long as they are combining church and state, I'm sure they will bring back indulgences. For those not in the know it just means you can pray for your sins, or pay for your sins to be forgiven.
It's a shame that it's the zealots that have the voice because they are so entertaining to watch. Most people I know are pretty tolerant, but it's kind of hard to be rabidly vocally tolerant so they get drowned out.
Wrong or Right, Cracking requires a pretty skilled person. Now that this is out in the open I don't think they can trust any data that gets sent back to their Real Time List. It should be pretty easy to figure out the call back server and protocol and fill the list with whatever they feel like.
It is nice to see laws being applied as if they were real laws. Here in the US being found guilty of being a monopoly seems to be an academic exercise. That still scared Microsoft enough to put their own man on the Bar Association's Antitrust group that decides how Antitrust lawsuits should be handled.
I wonder if it's just easier for the EU to do this type of thing to an outsider to Europe as opposed to an already entrenched monopoly that started in Europe. Is this just protectionism, or will the EU actually stand up to all Monopolies, foreign and domestic?
Dialectizer Wizard
Please choose a language...
( ) Elmer Fudd
( ) Redneck
( ) Jive
( ) Cockey
( ) Sweedish Chef (my favorite)
( ) Moron
( ) Pig Latin
( ) Hacker
(BTW, this is from The Dialectizer site - Microsoft currently blocks them - no sense of humor)
Two years later:
Well honey, it's been fun, but I just saw a smaller, younger, faster, sexier model I just have to have. Don't worry though, I know a guy who's really desperate and I told him I would let him have you.
No, the female printer analogy is much more accurate. Cheap to begin with and always going for the Lock-in.
I agree, but I think it's silly to point out not just how they got it, but also how to disable it. Litigious Bastards maybe evil and ignorant, but they are not stupid. Don't count on finding meta data in DOC files very much longer.
If only they could just say "Sources Confirm" and leave protect the source.
Funny, I don't hear any nostalgia over paper tape, or punch cards. Amazement, but no envy.
Photoshop doesn't work with the new $20 bills. :)