If videotaping in a movie theater is illegal, and if that is what occurred in this instance - and indeed, the person in question admits just that - then why is this acceptable? Why should the theater decide between "good and bad stealing"?
Some would suggest that a year in prison for video taping 20 seconds of a film, with no intent to distribute, would be considered cruel and unusual punishment, given the nature of the crime.
Dissatisfaction with the market does not act as an excuse to break the law.
No, but dissatisfaction with an unjust law does, though as Thoreau pointed out, if you're going to knowingly break the law to make a point, you have to be ready to take the punishment. If I want to modify hardware that I purchased, I don't see any reason I shouldn't be able to do that...regardless of my intent. If I want to illegally copy other's intellectual property, that's a different story. That, in itself is illegal, and rightly so, but it shouldn't be illegal to dismantle, modify, drop from the roof, or do anything else I want to do with a device that I have purchased.
You know why people starve in Africa? It's cause they have like 30 children.
I think, generally speaking, when you have a vast impoverished region, it has more to do with horribly corrupt governments, and not so much to do with having "like 30 children". From what I understand, families in highly impoverished areas with high mortality rates do tend to have a lot of children, with the hope that some of them will actually survive, and maybe even prosper, but I would suggest that's more an effect of poverty rather than a cause of it. The reason that average American doesn't have tons of children isn't because we're smarter than the rest of the world, it's because all of our children have a reasonably good chance at survival, and a good chance at a comfortable life. Their chances at success are made better if we only have a few children, so we can afford to pay for their education, but in a region like Darfur, having just 2 children and hoping for the best probably means none of your children will make it to adulthood...
If you want a Rollsroyce for a Car you are not going to find many off the shelf parts at your local garage. and you are going to pay more for such a car. But that doesn't mean I have to hate Rollsroyce. And say my Toyota is far superior to that Rollsroyce just because I can get parts for my Toyota easier.
Not sure I would consider Apple to be the Rolls Royce of the computer industry. They make a nice product, for sure, but the difference in quality is more like the difference between a Toyota and a Honda. Some people like one, some people like the other.
We had the same sort of thing when DVD-R and DVD+R we duking it out.
The difference is that nobody has any idea what the difference is between DVD-R and DVD+R. Blue-Ray and HD-DVD, however allow for differing amounts of data storage.
So this guy's answer: replace it with 4 different OS's! That's 4x the support staff! Might even require a budget increase! And headcount, oh more of that lovely headcount!
Realistically, many companies that employ graphics people already have both Macs and Windows users. And I wouldn't think SUSE and Ubuntu are really all that different from a support perspective. Not sure why he thinks OSX is better for researchers, though. I tried looking at the article for more information, but I'm not going to wade through 17 pages of ads...
An organization with this many SSN's should never have been allowed to have a policy in place where *anybody* was allowed to take home backup tapes of private data. This happens far too often. We need real laws that specify severe punishment for companies and institutions that allow this to happen with SSN's and other personal data. I've had my SSN lost in this manner twice already this year. One was at Northwestern University, who has a history of losing SSNs, but doesn't do anything about it because they apparently see no reason to. There is a Chronology of Data Breaches online that lists a large portion of the SSN leaks that have happened over the last few years. The sheer length of it should make anybody worried.
He probably went out and purchased a single CD, ripped it, and (if he was enough of a jerk) returned it to the store as defective.
You usually can't return CDs. If you claim a CD is defective (which does happen...I purchased a CD that was completely blank once...and no, it wasn't supposed to be blank...), they'll usually make you exchange it for the exact same CD. I did get away with returning a CD once at a K-Mart back in the 80's. I kept exchanging CDs until they ran out...then they just gave me my money back. Not sure if that would still work...
It should take you 2 seconds to think about how a virus works. Surely you can spare 2 seconds from your not doubt busy career in Computer Science.
There is something of a difference between understanding how a virus works, and taking the time to figure out how to implement one effectively. It's the latter that I'm uninterested in pursuing...
Clearly you have absolutely no imagination if you can't figure out how to write a virus, it is one of the more simple programs you could write.
I think I made it reasonably clear that I have no interest in writing a virus, and thus, have not spent any time whatsoever trying to figure out how to do it. Why would I want to write a virus?
Sadly, you represent a majority of the "CS Degree owners".
It's people like you that get jobs in major corporations and end up becoming security advisors.
Why, because I'm not interested in writing viruses? There are plenty of other CS topics one can study without learning how to write a virus.
But if they explain how they were well into programming before any formal education
I started programming long before I had any formal programming education. I've just always been more interested in game and audio programming, or at the very least, programs that help people, and not so much interested in programming malware...
Still, impressive that a 9th grader figured out how to write the first virus. I'm 28, have a CS degree, and have no idea how to write a virus. Mostly because I've never bothered to learn, I suppose...
Some people probably couldn't make it through the original Mario Brothers without a strat guide
What exactly would that strategy guide say? "Run to the right. Jump over anything in your way. Run to the right some more. Continue running to the right..."
You need to be more specific. Are you saying the majority of musicians play other people's copyrighted works? Or are you saying they have licensed out their copyrighted works? If the latter, they still own it.
With the exception of the musicians with enough sway from decades of success to work out better deals for themselves (Paul McCartney, Prince, Sting, etc.), most musicians that sign with a record company also sign over ownership of their music. That is, the record company owns the copyright to their music. It's just one of those things you have to do if you want to get signed...It also leads to problems where a record company decides not to release an album after it's been recorded, and there's basically nothing the artist can do about it, aside from buying it back from the record company, which they may or may not allow you to do. That happened to a friend of mine.
The only way that I can see this happening is if the muscian's OWN the stream site that plays them. Imagine a site that is devoted to the 90's, might get 10 groups (from the 90's) to BUY into them. 1 share each. They pay the musicians the old rate.
The majority of signed musicians don't own their own music, so it wouldn't work...
Okay, so I've never heard of mturk.com, but it sounded interesting. However, the rewards are ridiculously low...who would want to transcribe a video for 12 cents? Are they nuts? Are people actually using this?
If you are so confident of your health, simply terminate your insurance.
I should point out that I misspoke somewhat by saying "being healthy"...I meant to say, "living a healthy lifestyle". I certainly don't think people who are sick should pay more in insurance premiums than people who are well, but I do think deductions for doing things that are likely to lead to better health are a good idea. If you provide a monetary incentive for doing healthy things, maybe people will be more generally healthy, bringing down the total cost for everyone.
establishes socialized healthcare like a civilized country.
Have to agree with that...though I don't know how likely it is to actually happen...
I totally agree. Also, why do I have to pay for the education system? I don't have any kids.
There is *some* difference between enabling overweight people to continue to be overweight and drive up my medical expenses, and paying for the education of our country's children. One of two clearly has broader societal benefits. This is interesting, though...it's not often I come down to the right of anybody on Slashdot. Usually, I'm being told I'm too liberal...anyway my point is that with car insurance, you get a lower rate for being a "safe driver" (not a lot of tickets, I guess), or not having a lot of accidents, or having good grades, if you're a student. Why shouldn't people be able to ask for deductions for their medical insurance for being healthy or, for instance, not smoking? I pay over $500 a month for medical insurance, and rarely use it. That's nuts. I'm lucky that I can afford it (barely), but there are a lot of people out there who can't afford it, and end having to pay huge medical bills because they don't have insurance.
In my opinion, the main reason our health care costs are skyrocketing is because of our unhealthy lifestyles. America is the most obese nation in the world. We are obese because people follow unhealthy dietary and exercise habits.
I'm not obese...I'm not even mildly overweight, and I exercise regularly. Why should I have to pay extra for health care because other people live unhealthy lifestyles?
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If videotaping in a movie theater is illegal, and if that is what occurred in this instance - and indeed, the person in question admits just that - then why is this acceptable? Why should the theater decide between "good and bad stealing"?
Some would suggest that a year in prison for video taping 20 seconds of a film, with no intent to distribute, would be considered cruel and unusual punishment, given the nature of the crime.
Dissatisfaction with the market does not act as an excuse to break the law.
No, but dissatisfaction with an unjust law does, though as Thoreau pointed out, if you're going to knowingly break the law to make a point, you have to be ready to take the punishment. If I want to modify hardware that I purchased, I don't see any reason I shouldn't be able to do that...regardless of my intent. If I want to illegally copy other's intellectual property, that's a different story. That, in itself is illegal, and rightly so, but it shouldn't be illegal to dismantle, modify, drop from the roof, or do anything else I want to do with a device that I have purchased.
You know why people starve in Africa? It's cause they have like 30 children.
I think, generally speaking, when you have a vast impoverished region, it has more to do with horribly corrupt governments, and not so much to do with having "like 30 children". From what I understand, families in highly impoverished areas with high mortality rates do tend to have a lot of children, with the hope that some of them will actually survive, and maybe even prosper, but I would suggest that's more an effect of poverty rather than a cause of it. The reason that average American doesn't have tons of children isn't because we're smarter than the rest of the world, it's because all of our children have a reasonably good chance at survival, and a good chance at a comfortable life. Their chances at success are made better if we only have a few children, so we can afford to pay for their education, but in a region like Darfur, having just 2 children and hoping for the best probably means none of your children will make it to adulthood...
If you want a Rollsroyce for a Car you are not going to find many off the shelf parts at your local garage. and you are going to pay more for such a car. But that doesn't mean I have to hate Rollsroyce. And say my Toyota is far superior to that Rollsroyce just because I can get parts for my Toyota easier.
Not sure I would consider Apple to be the Rolls Royce of the computer industry. They make a nice product, for sure, but the difference in quality is more like the difference between a Toyota and a Honda. Some people like one, some people like the other.
We had the same sort of thing when DVD-R and DVD+R we duking it out.
The difference is that nobody has any idea what the difference is between DVD-R and DVD+R. Blue-Ray and HD-DVD, however allow for differing amounts of data storage.
So this guy's answer: replace it with 4 different OS's! That's 4x the support staff! Might even require a budget increase! And headcount, oh more of that lovely headcount!
Realistically, many companies that employ graphics people already have both Macs and Windows users. And I wouldn't think SUSE and Ubuntu are really all that different from a support perspective. Not sure why he thinks OSX is better for researchers, though. I tried looking at the article for more information, but I'm not going to wade through 17 pages of ads...
An organization with this many SSN's should never have been allowed to have a policy in place where *anybody* was allowed to take home backup tapes of private data. This happens far too often. We need real laws that specify severe punishment for companies and institutions that allow this to happen with SSN's and other personal data. I've had my SSN lost in this manner twice already this year. One was at Northwestern University, who has a history of losing SSNs, but doesn't do anything about it because they apparently see no reason to. There is a Chronology of Data Breaches online that lists a large portion of the SSN leaks that have happened over the last few years. The sheer length of it should make anybody worried.
So if this system is really "unbeatable", what happens if you set it up to play against itself?
The Möbius strip, obtained by taking a rectangular strip of plastic or paper, twisting one end through 180
Can I use metal?
;-)
He probably went out and purchased a single CD, ripped it, and (if he was enough of a jerk) returned it to the store as defective.
You usually can't return CDs. If you claim a CD is defective (which does happen...I purchased a CD that was completely blank once...and no, it wasn't supposed to be blank...), they'll usually make you exchange it for the exact same CD. I did get away with returning a CD once at a K-Mart back in the 80's. I kept exchanging CDs until they ran out...then they just gave me my money back. Not sure if that would still work...
It is the big brother to the highly successful and sometimes controversial Predator aircraft,
In what way is the Predator aircraft controversial?
It should take you 2 seconds to think about how a virus works. Surely you can spare 2 seconds from your not doubt busy career in Computer Science.
There is something of a difference between understanding how a virus works, and taking the time to figure out how to implement one effectively. It's the latter that I'm uninterested in pursuing...
Clearly you have absolutely no imagination if you can't figure out how to write a virus, it is one of the more simple programs you could write.
I think I made it reasonably clear that I have no interest in writing a virus, and thus, have not spent any time whatsoever trying to figure out how to do it. Why would I want to write a virus?
Sadly, you represent a majority of the "CS Degree owners".
It's people like you that get jobs in major corporations and end up becoming security advisors.
Why, because I'm not interested in writing viruses? There are plenty of other CS topics one can study without learning how to write a virus.
But if they explain how they were well into programming before any formal education
I started programming long before I had any formal programming education. I've just always been more interested in game and audio programming, or at the very least, programs that help people, and not so much interested in programming malware...
Still, impressive that a 9th grader figured out how to write the first virus. I'm 28, have a CS degree, and have no idea how to write a virus. Mostly because I've never bothered to learn, I suppose...
Some people probably couldn't make it through the original Mario Brothers without a strat guide
What exactly would that strategy guide say? "Run to the right. Jump over anything in your way. Run to the right some more. Continue running to the right..."
Isn't it good to know AT&T is looking out for us?
Any time a corporation tries to state that less competition is better for the consumer, they're lying through their teeth.
You need to be more specific. Are you saying the majority of musicians play other people's copyrighted works? Or are you saying they have licensed out their copyrighted works? If the latter, they still own it.
With the exception of the musicians with enough sway from decades of success to work out better deals for themselves (Paul McCartney, Prince, Sting, etc.), most musicians that sign with a record company also sign over ownership of their music. That is, the record company owns the copyright to their music. It's just one of those things you have to do if you want to get signed...It also leads to problems where a record company decides not to release an album after it's been recorded, and there's basically nothing the artist can do about it, aside from buying it back from the record company, which they may or may not allow you to do. That happened to a friend of mine.
The only way that I can see this happening is if the muscian's OWN the stream site that plays them. Imagine a site that is devoted to the 90's, might get 10 groups (from the 90's) to BUY into them. 1 share each. They pay the musicians the old rate.
The majority of signed musicians don't own their own music, so it wouldn't work...
Okay, so I've never heard of mturk.com, but it sounded interesting. However, the rewards are ridiculously low...who would want to transcribe a video for 12 cents? Are they nuts? Are people actually using this?
Have ANY of those others been even nearly as successful as the iPhone has already been?
I've seen way more RAZR's and Blackberrys than I have iPhones...
If you are so confident of your health, simply terminate your insurance.
I should point out that I misspoke somewhat by saying "being healthy"...I meant to say, "living a healthy lifestyle". I certainly don't think people who are sick should pay more in insurance premiums than people who are well, but I do think deductions for doing things that are likely to lead to better health are a good idea. If you provide a monetary incentive for doing healthy things, maybe people will be more generally healthy, bringing down the total cost for everyone.
establishes socialized healthcare like a civilized country.
Have to agree with that...though I don't know how likely it is to actually happen...
I totally agree. Also, why do I have to pay for the education system? I don't have any kids.
There is *some* difference between enabling overweight people to continue to be overweight and drive up my medical expenses, and paying for the education of our country's children. One of two clearly has broader societal benefits. This is interesting, though...it's not often I come down to the right of anybody on Slashdot. Usually, I'm being told I'm too liberal...anyway my point is that with car insurance, you get a lower rate for being a "safe driver" (not a lot of tickets, I guess), or not having a lot of accidents, or having good grades, if you're a student. Why shouldn't people be able to ask for deductions for their medical insurance for being healthy or, for instance, not smoking? I pay over $500 a month for medical insurance, and rarely use it. That's nuts. I'm lucky that I can afford it (barely), but there are a lot of people out there who can't afford it, and end having to pay huge medical bills because they don't have insurance.
In my opinion, the main reason our health care costs are skyrocketing is because of our unhealthy lifestyles. America is the most obese nation in the world. We are obese because people follow unhealthy dietary and exercise habits.
I'm not obese...I'm not even mildly overweight, and I exercise regularly. Why should I have to pay extra for health care because other people live unhealthy lifestyles?
What is a bank supposed to do in this situation?
Go to a judge, and ask for a subpoena?