This is why "broadcast flag" technology is being added to digital media streams and to all media-player hardware. So that even that option wont be available.
I've read that the "RAM player" plays back the RED book audio, and also that it plays back "encrypted WMA files". Which is it? Can't these people even get their story straight?
I don't even care about the Beastie Boys music, but I'm downloading it right now so that I can share it out. If the artists and labels don't respect fair use, fair use will be thrust upon them.
That sounds great. Maybe once I'm done my degree I'll look into CS jobs in New Hampshire. Sounds like my kind of place. I'm not too into guns, but I guess you have to take the second amendment along with the first. Them amendments is just about the most promising thing about that country you have there.
Tell me about it. Gun nuts always yammer about the second amendment protecting the first, but when was the last time a gun owner defended their civil liberties? The NRA can rot in hell -- they should have executed Bill Clinton for the DMCA, and George Bush for the Patriot Act. You know why libertarians don't care about the second amendment? Because gun nuts don't care about the first amendment, and stomp on the first amendment every chance they get.
Unless your cell-phone can store more than 5% of the film, I doubt you're in danger. 5% is what is covered by Fair-Use -- and that includes redistribution.
I bet you'd get less than ten years even if you broke in and stole the whole movie reel! You could still attack the manager, and kill an usher -- that might get you 10 years, altogether.
Sadly, I think you're completely correct. That doesn't make it right though. Besides, I doubt theatres are the ones who are pushed this law through. My money's on the MPAA. Even if I didn't pirate for the ads in the theatres, I'd pirate for the unskippable previews that are on some DVDs now.
What country are YOU living in? Here in America (by which I mean the USA and Canada), punishment rarely fits the crime. If you steal a billion dollars from investors, you'll be asked to retire and pay a fine. Steal a hundred dollars from a liquour store, and you'll get twenty years in jail.
Pirating films isn't white-collar enough to warrant a light sentence. The only crimes that have stiff sentences are the ones that wealthy people don't commit.
This looks like a great project! Firefox and Thunderbird are just about the best browser and e-mail clients extant, respectively. With Sunbird, I'll finally be able to dispense with Evolution completely!
Why is it that this project receives so little attention? It seems like a no-brainer -- a cross-platform calendaring app that integrates with the best web browser and e-mail client in the world! Who could fail to get excited about that?
One of the interesting side-effects of Imperial units being defined in terms of SI units is that it gives them credibility. The classical problem with Imperial units was that they were poorly defined, while SI units were more rigidly defined. Now that the Inch and the Gallon have rock-solid definitions, they're really no better or worse than their SI counterparts. Convenience is the only reason to choose one or the other. The SI system is more convenient for most of us since our governments use it. Imperial is still more convenient for Americans. International trade may eventually change that, but why get in a fuss? As long as we all know the conversion factors, who cares which system Americans choose to use?
I wonder how Mozilla Messenger/Thunderbird's spam filtering stacks up against these filters? I've heard some negative comments about the Mozilla filtering system, but it's worked wonders for me.
Cool -- if this research can extend to other minerals, it could represent a great way to extend existing mineral resources and recycle some types of waste.
Let's face it -- America has a one-party system: the Republimocrats. They're also known as the Democrublicans in some parts, but it's all the same shit.
Yeah, the whole BSD vs Linux conflict is ridiculous. There are a lot of niches out there in the software world, and Linux can't fill them ALL. Linux is nice on the desktop, handheld, and cluster, but the BSDs seem well suited for firewalls, routers, and other kinds of always-on equipment. OpenBSD in particular seems useful for bastion hosts, because of its rock-solid security. And of course, we still need Windows for hardcore gaming.
The point? Niches -- there are a bunch of them. Although I'm a loyal Linux user, I love the OpenBSD project. It contributes a great deal of useful software and bugfixes that help the whole community.
The right to liberty is one of the things generally held to be self evident. In fact, I believe words to that affect played a major part in the creation of a certain large semi-rectangular nation that we all know and love/hate.
Why not publically elect the directors of the FCC? Public elections to these kinds of offices seem to work out fairly well in municipal governments and in parlimentary democracies.
Publically owned companies are often judged by their profits, as a percentage. Windows and Office have massive profit margins, thanks to their now-minimal upkeep costs. New ventures, on the other hand, would decrease profits because they would have a high investment cost. It's irrelevant that in the long run they will increase profits, because investors are a bunch of gullible sheep who lack the ability to think in the long-term.
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This is why "broadcast flag" technology is being added to digital media streams and to all media-player hardware. So that even that option wont be available.
I've read that the "RAM player" plays back the RED book audio, and also that it plays back "encrypted WMA files". Which is it? Can't these people even get their story straight?
I don't even care about the Beastie Boys music, but I'm downloading it right now so that I can share it out. If the artists and labels don't respect fair use, fair use will be thrust upon them.
That sounds great. Maybe once I'm done my degree I'll look into CS jobs in New Hampshire. Sounds like my kind of place. I'm not too into guns, but I guess you have to take the second amendment along with the first. Them amendments is just about the most promising thing about that country you have there.
Name two people who are actually doing REAL prison time for defrauding investors. Go on -- name 'em.
Tell me about it. Gun nuts always yammer about the second amendment protecting the first, but when was the last time a gun owner defended their civil liberties? The NRA can rot in hell -- they should have executed Bill Clinton for the DMCA, and George Bush for the Patriot Act. You know why libertarians don't care about the second amendment? Because gun nuts don't care about the first amendment, and stomp on the first amendment every chance they get.
Unless your cell-phone can store more than 5% of the film, I doubt you're in danger. 5% is what is covered by Fair-Use -- and that includes redistribution.
I bet you'd get less than ten years even if you broke in and stole the whole movie reel! You could still attack the manager, and kill an usher -- that might get you 10 years, altogether.
Sadly, I think you're completely correct. That doesn't make it right though. Besides, I doubt theatres are the ones who are pushed this law through. My money's on the MPAA. Even if I didn't pirate for the ads in the theatres, I'd pirate for the unskippable previews that are on some DVDs now.
I personally pledge to download and share one movie for every commercial that I see in a movie theater.
Pirating films isn't white-collar enough to warrant a light sentence. The only crimes that have stiff sentences are the ones that wealthy people don't commit.
Surely, you mean vim -- the kick-ass vi.
Why is it that this project receives so little attention? It seems like a no-brainer -- a cross-platform calendaring app that integrates with the best web browser and e-mail client in the world! Who could fail to get excited about that?
One of the interesting side-effects of Imperial units being defined in terms of SI units is that it gives them credibility. The classical problem with Imperial units was that they were poorly defined, while SI units were more rigidly defined. Now that the Inch and the Gallon have rock-solid definitions, they're really no better or worse than their SI counterparts. Convenience is the only reason to choose one or the other. The SI system is more convenient for most of us since our governments use it. Imperial is still more convenient for Americans. International trade may eventually change that, but why get in a fuss? As long as we all know the conversion factors, who cares which system Americans choose to use?
It works with IMAP too -- which is something most other spam filters aren't capable of.
I wonder how Mozilla Messenger/Thunderbird's spam filtering stacks up against these filters? I've heard some negative comments about the Mozilla filtering system, but it's worked wonders for me.
Cool -- if this research can extend to other minerals, it could represent a great way to extend existing mineral resources and recycle some types of waste.
Let's face it -- America has a one-party system: the Republimocrats. They're also known as the Democrublicans in some parts, but it's all the same shit.
The point? Niches -- there are a bunch of them. Although I'm a loyal Linux user, I love the OpenBSD project. It contributes a great deal of useful software and bugfixes that help the whole community.
What makes you think we haven't already used them in experiments? It would explain an awful lot.
This needs modding up. That's a pretty big detail to have been overlooked.
The right to liberty is one of the things generally held to be self evident. In fact, I believe words to that affect played a major part in the creation of a certain large semi-rectangular nation that we all know and love/hate.
Why not publically elect the directors of the FCC? Public elections to these kinds of offices seem to work out fairly well in municipal governments and in parlimentary democracies.
Poor Mr. Stallman would be rolling over in his grave, if he were dead.
Publically owned companies are often judged by their profits, as a percentage. Windows and Office have massive profit margins, thanks to their now-minimal upkeep costs. New ventures, on the other hand, would decrease profits because they would have a high investment cost. It's irrelevant that in the long run they will increase profits, because investors are a bunch of gullible sheep who lack the ability to think in the long-term.