A long history of Bush and Cheney working within the oil industry is enough to fund access to the Bush administration to block federal policies and shape government communications on global warming. In the face of scientific studies from around the world, the Bush administration has not been quick to be 'sceptical' of the sceptically funded sceptics with questionable agendas.
And if I'm not mistaken, a plethora of scientists have been arguing with Bush's political/corporate interpretations of scientific data since as early as 2004, and likely earlier. (First link I found..)
The RIAA sucks because it is an association that is designed to protect the interests of large music corporations by ensuring that their broken buisness model continues to exist.
I'd have to disagree here. I think the RIAA is in the business of prolonging the existence of a broken business model while their large music corporations slowly work their way into owning the new distribution methods available, and criminalizing the idea of using alternatives.
It may seem old, but look at Napster. The RIAA successfully killed that company, and then brought it back under the control of the large music corps. Is it so hard to believe that the RIAA will bury Google/YouTube in lawsuits about copywrited materials, only to offer the same kind of service on their own site, showing tons of artists videos and offering songs for a low price that you can use in your own videos?
With everyone discussing how unfeasable it is to create a bomb with nitro on a plane, why has nobody explored the possibility of Diet Coke and high-powered Pakistani Mentos?
Personally, I think we should just use our existing standards in doling out punishment. Let's see, someone specifically and intentionally caused serious damage to a number of companies in the area of billions of dollars.. hrm...
I know!
Let's let him stay home for a few years while we "work up a case", then run him through a lengthy trial that results in about 6 months of minimum security and community service, with time off to see his kids after all, since we can't have the children of criminals miss their daddy during a holiday! Oh, and when he gets out of Camp [Insert name of something harmless, like Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man], let's give him a book deal for a few million dollars, and then send him out on tour, perhaps giving lectures about computer security and ethics!
Hrm, on second thought, we only do that to criminals in America if they've profitted enormously through their mischief.
I'm looking forward to toilet bowls around the world sucking water straight down in a swish, rather than the cryptic clockwise/counterclockwise fashion in effect today.
I recently heard about the Iraq playing cards that were distributed, and checked Ebay to see if people had 'em out of morbid curiousity. What I found is that many people were selling "electronic copies" of the cards.. a PDF showing all of the cards together. I just looked, and there are still a few people selling 'em, but mostly they sell the "real" cards now. Here's the interesting thing.. I found a link (not there anymore, but here's a similar one)that claimed in the tag line 'Free, no scam!' and I looked. Turns out the PDF everyone is selling is downloaded from a link to the military website that displayed it. It is freely available for download and being sold. Nasty capitalists, we are =)
The important thing to note is this:
In a situation like the one the author is in on ebay, you can pull a reverse warner*. Just flood ebay with similar items, listing them as free, and linking them to download the original document, explaining that anyone selling this (like that person) is frauding you, and here is the same thing for free. That might help deter the snake.
-sgilti-
Pulling a Warner
To flood file sharing services with fake copies of your song, lowering the chances of successful infringements.
the Reverse Warner
Combatting the selling of free materials by flooding the same forum with your free materials.
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A long history of Bush and Cheney working within the oil industry is enough to fund access to the Bush administration to block federal policies and shape government communications on global warming. In the face of scientific studies from around the world, the Bush administration has not been quick to be 'sceptical' of the sceptically funded sceptics with questionable agendas.
And if I'm not mistaken, a plethora of scientists have been arguing with Bush's political/corporate interpretations of scientific data since as early as 2004, and likely earlier. (First link I found..)
Ahh, here they are. http://www.ucsusa.org/
The RIAA sucks because it is an association that is designed to protect the interests of large music corporations by ensuring that their broken buisness model continues to exist. I'd have to disagree here. I think the RIAA is in the business of prolonging the existence of a broken business model while their large music corporations slowly work their way into owning the new distribution methods available, and criminalizing the idea of using alternatives. It may seem old, but look at Napster. The RIAA successfully killed that company, and then brought it back under the control of the large music corps. Is it so hard to believe that the RIAA will bury Google/YouTube in lawsuits about copywrited materials, only to offer the same kind of service on their own site, showing tons of artists videos and offering songs for a low price that you can use in your own videos?
*sigh* There goes: Many Violent Extremists Make Jihad Sound Undoubtedly Nice
With everyone discussing how unfeasable it is to create a bomb with nitro on a plane, why has nobody explored the possibility of Diet Coke and high-powered Pakistani Mentos?
mmmmm enemy combatants...
Personally, I think we should just use our existing standards in doling out punishment. Let's see, someone specifically and intentionally caused serious damage to a number of companies in the area of billions of dollars.. hrm...
I know!
Let's let him stay home for a few years while we "work up a case", then run him through a lengthy trial that results in about 6 months of minimum security and community service, with time off to see his kids after all, since we can't have the children of criminals miss their daddy during a holiday! Oh, and when he gets out of Camp [Insert name of something harmless, like Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man], let's give him a book deal for a few million dollars, and then send him out on tour, perhaps giving lectures about computer security and ethics!
Hrm, on second thought, we only do that to criminals in America if they've profitted enormously through their mischief.
Those kooky CEO's!
I'm looking forward to toilet bowls around the world sucking water straight down in a swish, rather than the cryptic clockwise/counterclockwise fashion in effect today.
Um, am I on some kind of strange hallucinogen, or is the date on that Fox recount article Tuesday, November 25, 2003? Or is it both?
I recently heard about the Iraq playing cards that were distributed, and checked Ebay to see if people had 'em out of morbid curiousity. What I found is that many people were selling "electronic copies" of the cards .. a PDF showing all of the cards together. I just looked, and there are still a few people selling 'em, but mostly they sell the "real" cards now. Here's the interesting thing.. I found a link (not there anymore, but here's a similar one)that claimed in the tag line 'Free, no scam!' and I looked. Turns out the PDF everyone is selling is downloaded from a link to the military website that displayed it. It is freely available for download and being sold. Nasty capitalists, we are =)
The important thing to note is this: In a situation like the one the author is in on ebay, you can pull a reverse warner*. Just flood ebay with similar items, listing them as free, and linking them to download the original document, explaining that anyone selling this (like that person) is frauding you, and here is the same thing for free. That might help deter the snake.
-sgilti-
Pulling a Warner
To flood file sharing services with fake copies of your song, lowering the chances of successful infringements.
the Reverse Warner
Combatting the selling of free materials by flooding the same forum with your free materials.
That would be cool if I coined a phase. =)