But, when I was younger, my age was an issue of constant contest. It seemed everywhere I went I was restricted in what I could do. Opening a checking account? Sorry, under 18. Trying to sell an item on ebay? Sorry, ebay users must be over 18. Trying to buy something online? Sorry, we only take credit cards and you can't get one. I couldn't even manage my own stocks! And when I did get my driver's license, I had to have a paren't signature.
The main reason for this is that minors are not able to enter into binding contracts. That is, they are not considered competent to understand that which they are agreeing to. So, if a store has a "No Returns" policy, and you buy something from them when you are under 18, they still have to take it back, because the law doesn't consider you able to make the purchase.
For this reason, many businesses won't do business with minors, for liability reasons. The law protects minors from their own ignorance.
This is not something that is easily solvable. "Oh, but I am compentent, so I should be allowed to make contracts." There is just no way to evaluate that in such a way that it can be encoded into law.
BTW, IANAL.:)
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The humor comes when they claim that bandwidth limitations will ultimately doom P2P (as though bits that traverse through a server somehow take less bandwidth than bits sent from one box directly to another).
Well, I don't know if you have a shared connection (like a cable modem), but I sure as shit saw the bandwidth going away as more and more people started using Napster.
The whole model of "overselling" your bandwidth (as an ISP) because most people weren't using it all the time starts to break if the people you are selling it to are using it all the time. Just as dial-in ISPs had to rework their rules of thumb for how many dial-in lines they needed per user because people were spending more time online.
Napster (and other p2p apps) change the game because they make it easy for people to use all of their bandwidth. Prior to them, you had a much harder time finding sites to leech from (well, maybe not you but certainly the average Internet user). Now, it's easy.
Hell, one time I was running Gnutella (and actually sharing my files) until people in my office started complaining that their requests (to websites) were timing out, and that the net seemed really slow. I killed Gnutella, and pow, everything was zippy again.
That scenario can happen all over the net. Popular p2p apps flat out consume more bandwidth.
Wow, I guess what I've always heard about NTFS being the only real advantage of NT over Linux was right. NTFS does have all of that, as well as software compression (tho the encryption is of dubious security).
(This is not intended to be a troll, but I guess that's unavoidable.)
I used to do that to end-users keyboards when I worked at a large company. Except I would only switch the "m" and "n" keys. It was hilarious. You'd see them typing along, then hit one instead of the other, backspace, do it again. Backspace, look carefully, and do it again.
After a couple of times, they usually figured it out.
Why are there some stats missing from the yearly breakdown? The only stats shown are ones that have a decrease. Were the other stats not shown because they increased or because they were not available?
(Ok, there were a few cases were they brought charges against someone running a distribution site, and then dropped them once they had run them out of money and closed the site -- any one remember that kid at MIT who set up a server on an athena machine in W20 ? His name began with an "M" I think ?)
Dave LaMacchia. He lived on my hall at school. He is cool.:) That was my freshman year, IIRC.
Well, I think it's less that you have one more platform for linux and more that you have an open source OS for that device.
This way, you have an OS that you know/everything/ about (due to the source being available) on which to develop/hack whatever functionality you desire.
The linux OS provides the basic functions of an operating system, and you are able to develop your code.
I mean, isn't that the point of the whole "freedom" thing?
That's my first point. My second point is that he basically puts his own foot in his mouth by trying to defend live concert bootlegging and home recording while attacking MP3 trading. He goes so far as to advocate duplication of unowned albums and then tries to cop out out of the contradiction by saying its a different issue because its done on a smaller scale than Napster. (I don't doubt that the root of that conundrum comes from Lars' having taped friends' records while never having downloaded an MP3 himself).
I guess I don't see how this is putting his foot in his mouth. It is a different issue. One is worth your time to pursue, one isn't.
It's not about whether trading (MP3s or bootlegs) is "morally right" or "morally wrong." I think it is pretty clear that they would be well within their rights if the also went after the bootleggers. They choose not to. That doesn't have anything to do with Napster. It's a different situation; they deal with it in a different manner.
I agree that it is the same issue involved. I think they have the same rights in either situation. But they aren't going after bootleggers. They are going after Napster. Bootleggers have nothing to do with their case against Napster.
When Lars answered the question about this topic, he was explaining why they chose to go after Napster and why they choose not to go after bootleggers. Yes, both are breaking the same laws. Yes, they could go after both of them. Nowhere does he say that he gives up his rights against bootleggers. He just doesn't enforce them.
I forgot to mention that it does streams too. Input and output. So you could stream your CD to your pc (but, why would you want to?) More realistically, you could stream the same audio throughout your house at parties, and not have to worry about running extra cables.
Well, if you're already wired for Cat-5, that is.:)
They have a much slicker device, uses Ethernet, has multiple digital and analog inputs, digital and analog output, internal HD, and works with the Windows "Network Neighborhood" Presumably, you could use Samba to get it to work with Linux.
There is an implied resentment of the fact that others won't bend to your will, in that they are only providing the audio in a format that you can't use on Linux.
I feel sympathy with the poster of the comment, because if it were something that was really vitally important to know, you would pretty much have to run Windows, and listen to it. Since this particular soundfile isn't at that level of importance, you choose not to.
I'm not saying that I think your choice is a wrong one. Obviously not, since it is a personal choice. But the point is that it is a choice. They aren't holding a gun to your head to keep you from listening to the soundfile. It's just not in a format that is convenient for you. Sure, the "convenience" may involve $200 for a license for Windows, repartitioning, and whatnot. But it's not impossible for you to do.
The movie/does/ get you to question the nature of reality. How do you/know/ it isn't all being generated by a computer somewhere, and fed into you brain. You don't.
Right, but why does it seem to be offered as a separate service? Does ProxiNet host some ProxiWare servers for users of ProxiWeb, or do you need to have ProxiWare servers of your own?
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The main reason for this is that minors are not able to enter into binding contracts. That is, they are not considered competent to understand that which they are agreeing to. So, if a store has a "No Returns" policy, and you buy something from them when you are under 18, they still have to take it back, because the law doesn't consider you able to make the purchase.
For this reason, many businesses won't do business with minors, for liability reasons. The law protects minors from their own ignorance.
This is not something that is easily solvable. "Oh, but I am compentent, so I should be allowed to make contracts." There is just no way to evaluate that in such a way that it can be encoded into law.
BTW, IANAL. :)
Jordan
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Well, I don't know if you have a shared connection (like a cable modem), but I sure as shit saw the bandwidth going away as more and more people started using Napster.
The whole model of "overselling" your bandwidth (as an ISP) because most people weren't using it all the time starts to break if the people you are selling it to are using it all the time. Just as dial-in ISPs had to rework their rules of thumb for how many dial-in lines they needed per user because people were spending more time online.
Napster (and other p2p apps) change the game because they make it easy for people to use all of their bandwidth. Prior to them, you had a much harder time finding sites to leech from (well, maybe not you but certainly the average Internet user). Now, it's easy.
Hell, one time I was running Gnutella (and actually sharing my files) until people in my office started complaining that their requests (to websites) were timing out, and that the net seemed really slow. I killed Gnutella, and pow, everything was zippy again.
That scenario can happen all over the net. Popular p2p apps flat out consume more bandwidth.
Jordan
Wow, I guess what I've always heard about NTFS being the only real advantage of NT over Linux was right. NTFS does have all of that, as well as software compression (tho the encryption is of dubious security).
(This is not intended to be a troll, but I guess that's unavoidable.)
Jordan
I used to do that to end-users keyboards when I worked at a large company. Except I would only switch the "m" and "n" keys. It was hilarious. You'd see them typing along, then hit one instead of the other, backspace, do it again. Backspace, look carefully, and do it again.
After a couple of times, they usually figured it out.
Jordan
Why are there some stats missing from the yearly breakdown? The only stats shown are ones that have a decrease. Were the other stats not shown because they increased or because they were not available?
Jordan
Dave LaMacchia. He lived on my hall at school. He is cool. :) That was my freshman year, IIRC.
Well, I think it's less that you have one more platform for linux and more that you have an open source OS for that device.
This way, you have an OS that you know /everything/ about (due to the source being available) on which to develop/hack whatever functionality you desire.
The linux OS provides the basic functions of an operating system, and you are able to develop your code.
I mean, isn't that the point of the whole "freedom" thing?
Neat. I would have expected to see the Ivys cave in order to grease the palms and wallets of record company executives.
Maybe the Ivys, but not MIT. :)
Well, a death in the family is. For me, anyway.
Jordan
I guess I don't see how this is putting his foot in his mouth. It is a different issue. One is worth your time to pursue, one isn't.
It's not about whether trading (MP3s or bootlegs) is "morally right" or "morally wrong." I think it is pretty clear that they would be well within their rights if the also went after the bootleggers. They choose not to. That doesn't have anything to do with Napster. It's a different situation; they deal with it in a different manner.
I agree that it is the same issue involved. I think they have the same rights in either situation. But they aren't going after bootleggers. They are going after Napster. Bootleggers have nothing to do with their case against Napster.
When Lars answered the question about this topic, he was explaining why they chose to go after Napster and why they choose not to go after bootleggers. Yes, both are breaking the same laws. Yes, they could go after both of them. Nowhere does he say that he gives up his rights against bootleggers. He just doesn't enforce them.
I don't see where the conflict lies.
Jordan
- Their physical security is crazy (biometric scanners for the guards).
- They are in a non-descript building that doesn't look like it hosts millions of dollars in websites.
- They have UPS, generators, etc.
- As someone mentioned earlier, they have all kinds of connections to all kinds of places (not just a single T3 to one place).
- They save you the trouble of building all that shit yourself.
Duh.Jordan
I forgot to mention that it does streams too. Input and output. So you could stream your CD to your pc (but, why would you want to?) More realistically, you could stream the same audio throughout your house at parties, and not have to worry about running extra cables.
:)
Well, if you're already wired for Cat-5, that is.
http://www.lansonic.com/
They have a much slicker device, uses Ethernet, has multiple digital and analog inputs, digital and analog output, internal HD, and works with the Windows "Network Neighborhood" Presumably, you could use Samba to get it to work with Linux.
Downside is that it's $995. :(
Why is that, exactly?
It seems to be a common point that people are making, but no one has explained why it is that they are faster (vs. ODBC or something).
Jordan
*sigh*
How do you not understand this? People spend real money to play the game. You have to buy it. It's the same thing.
Jordan
If you check out some of the anti-drug sites on the net, you'll find a striking similarity.
Well, except that the DHMO site is 100% facts.
I agree. :)
Jordan
I feel sympathy with the poster of the comment, because if it were something that was really vitally important to know, you would pretty much have to run Windows, and listen to it. Since this particular soundfile isn't at that level of importance, you choose not to.
I'm not saying that I think your choice is a wrong one. Obviously not, since it is a personal choice. But the point is that it is a choice. They aren't holding a gun to your head to keep you from listening to the soundfile. It's just not in a format that is convenient for you. Sure, the "convenience" may involve $200 for a license for Windows, repartitioning, and whatnot. But it's not impossible for you to do.
Jordan
The movie /does/ get you to question the nature of reality. How do you /know/ it isn't all being generated by a computer somewhere, and fed into you brain. You don't.
Jordan
They weigh twice as much, and the resolution is worse.
Not a better deal, IMHO.
Jordan
Right, but why does it seem to be offered as a separate service? Does ProxiNet host some ProxiWare servers for users of ProxiWeb, or do you need to have ProxiWare servers of your own?
Jordan
Does anybody know more about this ProxiWare product that ProxiNet has?
From what I can tell, it's the back end to the ProxiWeb software, but do you need both? ProxiWeb seems to be available seperately.
Jordan
The palm VII isn't actually on the internet-proper. You don't have an actual IP address, and you can't use 3rd party IP applications.
:(
IIRC.
Jordan
Ummm, ok.
Your post is completely unrelated to this guy's question. Regardless of what you thought he was implying by his question, the question still stands.
He never claims that AIDS is a disease that only affects the non-monogamous.
Jordan