Our judges threw out music industry lawsuits seeking ISP data on file sharers, comparing file sharing applications to photocopiers in libraries.
We pay a levy on blank media that gives us the right to make our own copies of music, etc. without any threat of being sued.
We have the legal right to rebroadcast any broadcast media free of charge or otherwise so long as its not modified (you may retransmit OTA signals to others).
We have not passed any digital circumvention bills such as the DMCA that would prevent us from exerting our rights.
We do however have one stupid piece of legislation making it illegal to bring a recording device (including a smart phone) into a movie theatre. Its never enforced at any theatre I go to however.
There's a reason being a vigilante is often illegal. While we revere our comic book super heroes acting this way, the total lack of supervision and accountability makes even the nicest vigilante dangerous to human rights and civil liberties.
Yes, the police often ignore those too, but they actually have someone keeping records, and if they don't, those people have someone keeping records too. When you go to the polls, you don't get to vote out Anonymous. No matter how much they may attack something you actually value personally, Anonymous and other vigilante groups aren't about democracy. They're about their own form of totalitarianism.
That's right, when you decide your way is right and other should suffer for not agreeing with you, you've just become yet another totalitarian regime like Al Qaeda or the Taliban. Anonymous has no *right* to attack people, and we shouldn't celebrate them doing it outside the law even if they get the results you like. Some day it might be you they're coming after.
To rip off a famous poem: When they came for the corporate overlords, I didn't stand up because I wasn't one. When they came for the foreign governments I didn't say anything either, because I wasn't one. When they came for me... *muffled scream*
Its not a phone. Its a new world, and these are portable computers called smart phones.
The old school cell phone companies want to treat them like old school phones, but they're really not. People use them for more hours a day than a normal phone, people use them for more purposes, and the software changes more regularly.
If you don't want to be in the game, then just sit out. If you do, then play by the rules your customers expect or you'll be punished in the market.
Just like those of us running CyanogenMod don't have those Google apps. Oh wait, but we do. Because they're also downloadable, just not redistributable.
What we really need are better Android application reviews which haven't yet matured to cover important issues like long-term lag and background data usage.
Remember video game reviews in the early 90's? We're not even there yet with phone app reviews. Good reviews of these applications would help a lot.
As a proud Canadian, I'd like to point out that we don't bow to American interests very often.
We're allies and good business partners, but we fight a lot over issues from softwood lumber to water usage to arctic ownership. On a diplomatic level, the US and Canada try to get along because its good for both our countries' interests, but on a nit-picking level, we certainly do not agree on everything.
Entertainingly, Microsoft's Netmeeting worked quite well as a voice/video SIP client back in the day. Of course, nobody* used it. Skype on the other hand is completely useless for connecting to standards-based chat/voice/video clients, but it has a huge user base.
Why are people so obsessed with erasing themselves from the Internet? You can't erase yourself from paper records any easier. The Internet is just a medium, albeit faster and more efficient in some use cases.
Just like with paper, if you don't want the information being found, don't let it get written down in the first place.
If Apple could show damages, they'd sue. I'd hazard a guess that there's no damage to the Apple trademark worth enforcing, and that Apple's just being a bully here. Apple wants their products to appear to have value, and letting people give them away makes them feel less valuable.
Perhaps having to explain yourself to a child is outrageous -- I say that to do otherwise is to foster ignorance, misunderstanding and thus irrational anger.
I encourage my daughter to disagree with me if she thinks she's right and can support her claim. I frequently point out that mindless obedience is not encouraged either. That said, she's very respectful and treats others well, including teachers who've claimed she doesn't know what she's talking about when she does.
A personal moment of pride was when she wrote a note to get herself out of after-school care. She wrote it first person, not claiming to be from her parents, included my cell phone number on it as back-up, and left it with a friend and took off. My phone rang with a panicked teacher explaining that she had this note I obviously didn't write and I told her it sounded fine to me.
Watching other parents raise mindless blobs is very frustrating.
Its the Linux kernel. The OS with supplementary GNU-sourced components are GNU/Linux. As in GNU on Linux. GNU on HURD would be GNU/Hurd or just GNU as HURD is GNU as well.
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So you don't believe in the existence of vestigial organs?
Do tell me how you figure.
We still have legal music sharing and copying.
Our judges threw out music industry lawsuits seeking ISP data on file sharers, comparing file sharing applications to photocopiers in libraries.
We pay a levy on blank media that gives us the right to make our own copies of music, etc. without any threat of being sued.
We have the legal right to rebroadcast any broadcast media free of charge or otherwise so long as its not modified (you may retransmit OTA signals to others).
We have not passed any digital circumvention bills such as the DMCA that would prevent us from exerting our rights.
We do however have one stupid piece of legislation making it illegal to bring a recording device (including a smart phone) into a movie theatre. Its never enforced at any theatre I go to however.
There's a reason being a vigilante is often illegal. While we revere our comic book super heroes acting this way, the total lack of supervision and accountability makes even the nicest vigilante dangerous to human rights and civil liberties.
Yes, the police often ignore those too, but they actually have someone keeping records, and if they don't, those people have someone keeping records too. When you go to the polls, you don't get to vote out Anonymous. No matter how much they may attack something you actually value personally, Anonymous and other vigilante groups aren't about democracy. They're about their own form of totalitarianism.
That's right, when you decide your way is right and other should suffer for not agreeing with you, you've just become yet another totalitarian regime like Al Qaeda or the Taliban. Anonymous has no *right* to attack people, and we shouldn't celebrate them doing it outside the law even if they get the results you like. Some day it might be you they're coming after.
To rip off a famous poem: ... *muffled scream*
When they came for the corporate overlords, I didn't stand up because I wasn't one.
When they came for the foreign governments I didn't say anything either, because I wasn't one.
When they came for me
Its not a phone. Its a new world, and these are portable computers called smart phones.
The old school cell phone companies want to treat them like old school phones, but they're really not. People use them for more hours a day than a normal phone, people use them for more purposes, and the software changes more regularly.
If you don't want to be in the game, then just sit out. If you do, then play by the rules your customers expect or you'll be punished in the market.
This all comes down to big government vs little government.
The Apple App store is totalitarian and regimented, and everything works well but the people are repressed.
The Google Market is closer to anarchy.
Some people prefer one over the other. Personally, I prefer finding gems in the wild than being told what I can and cannot do with my device.
Just like those of us running CyanogenMod don't have those Google apps. Oh wait, but we do. Because they're also downloadable, just not redistributable.
What we really need are better Android application reviews which haven't yet matured to cover important issues like long-term lag and background data usage.
Remember video game reviews in the early 90's? We're not even there yet with phone app reviews. Good reviews of these applications would help a lot.
A better discussion on this issue was had here.
This has happened for a hundred years from paper information, sometimes doctored, sometimes valid.
Again, there's nothing special about the Internet.
As a proud Canadian, I'd like to point out that we don't bow to American interests very often.
We're allies and good business partners, but we fight a lot over issues from softwood lumber to water usage to arctic ownership. On a diplomatic level, the US and Canada try to get along because its good for both our countries' interests, but on a nit-picking level, we certainly do not agree on everything.
Try hacking the Live service protocol and tell me how Microsoft reacts.
PS I'm not actually recommending you break the law. Just trying to make people think.
Entertainingly, Microsoft's Netmeeting worked quite well as a voice/video SIP client back in the day. Of course, nobody* used it. Skype on the other hand is completely useless for connecting to standards-based chat/voice/video clients, but it has a huge user base.
Welcome to marketing.
Why are people so obsessed with erasing themselves from the Internet? You can't erase yourself from paper records any easier. The Internet is just a medium, albeit faster and more efficient in some use cases.
Just like with paper, if you don't want the information being found, don't let it get written down in the first place.
If Apple could show damages, they'd sue. I'd hazard a guess that there's no damage to the Apple trademark worth enforcing, and that Apple's just being a bully here. Apple wants their products to appear to have value, and letting people give them away makes them feel less valuable.
For the longest time I kept a blackbox login for gaming from, because of the very low overhead.
I now do all my Linux gaming from within Gnome, mostly because I'm running 8GB of RAM though.
I encourage my daughter to disagree with me if she thinks she's right and can support her claim. I frequently point out that mindless obedience is not encouraged either. That said, she's very respectful and treats others well, including teachers who've claimed she doesn't know what she's talking about when she does.
A personal moment of pride was when she wrote a note to get herself out of after-school care. She wrote it first person, not claiming to be from her parents, included my cell phone number on it as back-up, and left it with a friend and took off. My phone rang with a panicked teacher explaining that she had this note I obviously didn't write and I told her it sounded fine to me.
Watching other parents raise mindless blobs is very frustrating.
Self deception is what keeps us from being insane.
You should read those studies too :)
Being realistic about yourself and your surroundings rarely leads to happiness.
Every time you make the system more idiot proof, they invent a better idiot.
lol also Canadian, also laughing.
NYC isn't cold. And LA isn't exactly a relaxed environment compared to my environment.
For one, if they care about an A+ certification, they're incompetent.
Secondly, in the long run, a lot of people get paid a lot of money because of who they know and it has very very little to do with their work.
Phone lines can be vampire tapped without notice. It does require physical presence, but its not inherently safer than SSL on a risk chart.
Did you also have a hard time understanding Dewey Decimal?
The problem with Windows Me is that "Buggy" isn't spelt with an M.
Its the Linux kernel. The OS with supplementary GNU-sourced components are GNU/Linux. As in GNU on Linux. GNU on HURD would be GNU/Hurd or just GNU as HURD is GNU as well.
Sigh. Nomenclature is lost on people these days.
Indeed, I used a number of pre-2.4 kernels that were very good. I have at least a couple machines still running 2.0.36 in fact, just for fun.