They have been doing this kind of thing since the Carter administration, unfortunately. The famous spy Aldrich Ames was captured during the Clinton administration by a warrantless search of his property using the same 'precedents'.
It was the FISA court that ruled that the FISA act was not unconsitutional. Interesting, eh?
They ruled that non-citizen 'enemy combatants' have constitutional protections, so there is hope that they will say you need a warrant to wiretap calls from within the US.
I just bought a MacBook about a month ago. Not sure how long it will be till this is out but it would be nice not to have to pay full price for the upgrade. I know they used to have something like that.
My in-laws have just done exactly that and apparently a lot of people in Texas are getting seriously pissed at all the Californians coming in, buying huge homes after selling up smaller places in CA and pushing up the Texan cost of living for people who're still paid no more.
It's mostly because they bring their 'fruits and nuts' politics along with them.;)
Take a look at Canada. Their citizens get a pass on certain laws like this in exchange for paying a royalty to the recording association every time they buy a blank CD. It can happen.
Moreover, they could have a valid decryption license.
1201(a)(3)(B) a technological measure "effectively controls access to a work" if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, requires the application of information, or a process or a treatment, with the authority of the copyright owner, to gain access to the work.
I wouldn't make the mistake of assuming they are 'standing up' to anyone. Either they will get sued and desist/settle, strike an arrangement to kick back to the MPAA, or get totally ignored.
Although I am against some of this wiretapping nonsense (the lack of oversight is what concerns me most, not that they are doing it), I find it interesting to see the fingerpointing in this. There is a lot of bias and misinformation, notably in the blurb's rant about 'illegal activity'. Well you can blame Bush for this all you want and the 'war on terror' but the truth is this program has been around for a long time and Clinton used it as well. It's debatable to even call it 'illegal' really. Anything relating to rights and terrorism is a big buzz in the media and so it gets played up. I think some things need to change but all of this 'Bush is the evil slayer of my rights!!' stuff is a bit misdirected IMO. Where were these Chicken Littles for the past few decades?
If drug patents were quite as ridiculous as some of these software patents, somebody would have patented 'cold medicine', 'leg medicine', 'head medicine', etc and sat on the patent to get rich. At least the drugs are specific; these software patents are unreasonably vague.
I'm surprised that you actually think people in North America are gonna give a flip about wether it's intel or AMD. Heck, all they care is that they're getting a $200 laptop!
Well, until they see that the blue "e" is missing and they ask why "the Internet" isn't installed.
It does run Linux so you're okay there. I thought the OP was talking about using Windows on it since he mentioned Notepad. The official site is a little short on details but it will have a 500Mhz CPU and 1GB of storage with many USB ports and a cheap LCD.
It could even run Windows. It sounds like what they're saying is that people (such as yourself) expect it to be a fully functional laptop when in fact it is limited in what it can do.
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I agree, but it is partisan dumbasses who want to pretend this thing was introduced within the past 6 years. This ruling is long overdue.
They've done it since FISA was introduced in the Carter administration.
It was the FISA court that ruled that the FISA act was not unconsitutional. Interesting, eh?
Or I will have to LMFAO in your face.
They ruled that non-citizen 'enemy combatants' have constitutional protections, so there is hope that they will say you need a warrant to wiretap calls from within the US.
It was the Clinton administration in the 90s that expanded the FISA law to easily allow warrantless searches and wiretaps.
I just bought a MacBook about a month ago. Not sure how long it will be till this is out but it would be nice not to have to pay full price for the upgrade. I know they used to have something like that.
Virtual PC doesn't work on the Intel Macs so it's not really a direct competitor for what VMWare is trying to do.
My in-laws have just done exactly that and apparently a lot of people in Texas are getting seriously pissed at all the Californians coming in, buying huge homes after selling up smaller places in CA and pushing up the Texan cost of living for people who're still paid no more.
;)
It's mostly because they bring their 'fruits and nuts' politics along with them.
Take a look at Canada. Their citizens get a pass on certain laws like this in exchange for paying a royalty to the recording association every time they buy a blank CD. It can happen.
Moreover, they could have a valid decryption license.
1201(a)(3)(B) a technological measure "effectively controls access to a work" if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, requires the application of information, or a process or a treatment, with the authority of the copyright owner, to gain access to the work.
Don't ever think the law means what it says!
By that logic every Kinko's would also by infringing copyrights by letting you copy pages out of books you own. DMCA has everything to do with it.
I wouldn't make the mistake of assuming they are 'standing up' to anyone. Either they will get sued and desist/settle, strike an arrangement to kick back to the MPAA, or get totally ignored.
If your only definition of "better" is more secure... It's even more secure if you don't use networking at all, but that doesn't make it very useful.
The 3 people on Earth who run OpenBSD on their laptop with a wireless card will be thrilled.
Unfortunately 99% of MPAA lawsuits are valid because people are, in fact, breaking copyright laws and getting stuff for free.
With all due respect to Firefox, it's not like they pioneered the touted features in their browser. The credit goes elsewhere.
I just call up my ISP and scream noises in the phone. I have almost perfected it at 1200 baud.
Although I am against some of this wiretapping nonsense (the lack of oversight is what concerns me most, not that they are doing it), I find it interesting to see the fingerpointing in this. There is a lot of bias and misinformation, notably in the blurb's rant about 'illegal activity'. Well you can blame Bush for this all you want and the 'war on terror' but the truth is this program has been around for a long time and Clinton used it as well. It's debatable to even call it 'illegal' really. Anything relating to rights and terrorism is a big buzz in the media and so it gets played up. I think some things need to change but all of this 'Bush is the evil slayer of my rights!!' stuff is a bit misdirected IMO. Where were these Chicken Littles for the past few decades?
If drug patents were quite as ridiculous as some of these software patents, somebody would have patented 'cold medicine', 'leg medicine', 'head medicine', etc and sat on the patent to get rich. At least the drugs are specific; these software patents are unreasonably vague.
Well, until they see that the blue "e" is missing and they ask why "the Internet" isn't installed.
Yeah you'll just have to pause Tux Racer while you crank up the battery for a few minutes so you can play longer. ;)
Hey as long as it runs Linux, the children of the world can play Nethack. It brings a tear to my eye.
It does run Linux so you're okay there. I thought the OP was talking about using Windows on it since he mentioned Notepad. The official site is a little short on details but it will have a 500Mhz CPU and 1GB of storage with many USB ports and a cheap LCD.
It could even run Windows. It sounds like what they're saying is that people (such as yourself) expect it to be a fully functional laptop when in fact it is limited in what it can do.