What if some terrorists connected such a transponder to an explosive device?
Imagine placing a bomb in some public place. A bomb that is totally harmless until a certain number of american passports are in close proximity and then BOOOM!
I hope someone in counter-terrorrism has thought of that and found a way to prevent it. If not they should do so ASAP.
Also, the MPAA and their counterparts in other countries are pissed about all the SMS messages "This movie stinks" that are sent by those who were lured in by the advertising.
Before SMS it took days before the audience discovered how lousy a bad movie was.
Normal patents are supposed to protect one particular solution to a problem.
Most of the software patents are defined to protect all possible solutions to a problem.
Normal patents prevents someone from stealing their solution. It does not prevent them from inventing a different and better one. Software patents often do. Especially since so many patents describe very generic and obvious things.
Truth is, it becomes much more of a challenge than a way to play the game for free, since its much (much much) easier - even cheaper considering the hours a cracker would spend starforcing - to simply buy the damn original.
But the ironic thing is: Most of these copy-protections make it much harder and more time-consuming to play the original than to search, find and install a cracked version.
One game I bought stopped working as soon as I installed Norton Internet Security.
Even uninstalling NIS wouldnt make it run again.
Reinstalling Windows and running without firewall and virus protection was NOT an option for me.
After installing several patches and trying all tricks I could think of I finally downloaded a cracked.exe and finally the game worked as intended again.
The cost of all that time spent fiddling, reinstalling and searching for answers was far beyond the cost of purchasing the game.
I still buy games that interest me, but I buy them in spite of copy-protection, not because of it.
Then maybe all those who get infected from the site should sue for damages if they don't get warned.
Failure to give warning to users after they have determined that the site is compromised should be considered negligent. It puts all their users at risk.
Damages would probably be small, but 1000 individual lawsuits would still have a cost. Both in money and in bad PR.
Of course, if there were too many such problems it would damage the reputation of their products. But if there were few enough, it could provide just enough extra "free revenue" to provide a useful extra profit source.
No problem. They just add a clause in the license which states that it is illegal to tell anyone about the product unless your statements are authorized by the vendor. (Didn't Microsoft have some similar clause in the SQL Server license?)
It is quite possible to agree that taping a film in a theater is wrong and still thing that this law is too harsh?
Or perhaps you would prefer to make it even harsher? Just take the offenders out in the street and shoot them?
James Bond faked fingerprints in this movie by attaching thin fake prints to his fingers.
Maybe not quite possible back in the 70's but not so far-fetched today.
This would give A) Fake fingerprints belonging to somebody else B) Body heat and pulse from real live fingers.
It IS one of your rights if you are either the copyright holder or have been given explicit or implicit permission from the copyright holder.
I have dozens of MP3's that were given to me directly from a member of the band.
These have all been small bands with no CD for sale yet, and they want more people to listen to their music.
The RIAA, and their counterparts in other countries, are of course totally against small bands getting any free PR without having to sign away their first-born.
You are saying that there is no difference between doing 65 in a 55 zone or doing 180?
Thats like saying there is noe difference between a shot going off when you are cleaning a gun and emtying a 30-shot clip out the window at full auto without checking for passers-by.
When someone broke into my car and stole all my CD's that was theft.
When I go to a friend and make a copy of a few of the same CD's to replace the lost ones, that is NOT the same.
Apart from the fact that copying from a friend is explicitly permitted in Norway, I fail to see how the record company has a RIGHT to profit on my loss. (And no, they were not covered by my insurance, so I have made no profit either)
You can put it in the law under homicide too, but that does not make music copying into murder.
The simple solution is to make the payment an optional part of the judge's ruling.
In Norway, an unfounded lawsuit (or an unfounded denial of a valid suit) would typically be saddled with all expences of the winning part, while in a case where the judg(es) decide that both had genuine reason for going to court they will each be covering their own expences.
The first thing the buyer should do is change Darls title from CEO to "Registered Sex Offender".
The second is to put him in charge of the Siberian sales office.
(There isn't one? Bring hammer and nails)
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A very very scary thought occurred to me.
What if some terrorists connected such a transponder to an explosive device?
Imagine placing a bomb in some public place. A bomb that is totally harmless until a certain number of american passports are in close proximity and then BOOOM!
I hope someone in counter-terrorrism has thought of that and found a way to prevent it. If not they should do so ASAP.
Also, the MPAA and their counterparts in other countries are pissed about all the SMS messages "This movie stinks" that are sent by those who were lured in by the advertising.
Before SMS it took days before the audience discovered how lousy a bad movie was.
What you don't realize is that using the universities name makes them responsible for actions your organization may perform...
So, if I create the website UCSDPushers.org and start selling drugs from it, the university is responsible, and they will go to jail instead of me?
Somehow, I don't think so.
Of course, since you don't have a backdoor for the federal wiretap, their next step would be to just make your server illegal.
Normal patents are supposed to protect one particular solution to a problem.
Most of the software patents are defined to protect all possible solutions to a problem.
Normal patents prevents someone from stealing their solution. It does not prevent them from inventing a different and better one. Software patents often do.
Especially since so many patents describe very generic and obvious things.
So?
I guess you think a shopkeeper using claymore mines against shoplifters sounds like a good idea.
Because thats just what this is.
To richly find what no man has found before.
There is no one defined ethics for humans.
I am sure both George W. Bush and Michael Moore consider themselves to be ethical, and equally sure that they don't consider the other to be.
When there is conflicting views on ethics, which ethic should the robot choose?
Truth is, it becomes much more of a challenge than a way to play the game for free, since its much (much much) easier - even cheaper considering the hours a cracker would spend starforcing - to simply buy the damn original.
.exe and finally the game worked as intended again.
But the ironic thing is: Most of these copy-protections make it much harder and more time-consuming to play the original than to search, find and install a cracked version.
One game I bought stopped working as soon as I installed Norton Internet Security.
Even uninstalling NIS wouldnt make it run again.
Reinstalling Windows and running without firewall and virus protection was NOT an option for me.
After installing several patches and trying all tricks I could think of I finally downloaded a cracked
The cost of all that time spent fiddling, reinstalling and searching for answers was far beyond the cost of purchasing the game.
I still buy games that interest me, but I buy them in spite of copy-protection, not because of it.
Maybe UN observers wouldn't be such a bad thing?
Well, without the US you wouldn't be reading /. right now, so I think we're better off.
And without the rest of the world, neither would you.
Don't forget: Tim Berners-Lee is an Englishman.
Then maybe all those who get infected from the site should sue for damages if they don't get warned.
Failure to give warning to users after they have determined that the site is compromised should be considered negligent. It puts all their users at risk.
Damages would probably be small, but 1000 individual lawsuits would still have a cost. Both in money and in bad PR.
Of course, if there were too many such problems it would damage the reputation of their products. But if there were few enough, it could provide just enough extra "free revenue" to provide a useful extra profit source. No problem. They just add a clause in the license which states that it is illegal to tell anyone about the product unless your statements are authorized by the vendor. (Didn't Microsoft have some similar clause in the SQL Server license?)
It is quite possible to agree that taping a film in a theater is wrong and still thing that this law is too harsh? Or perhaps you would prefer to make it even harsher? Just take the offenders out in the street and shoot them?
James Bond faked fingerprints in this movie by attaching thin fake prints to his fingers. Maybe not quite possible back in the 70's but not so far-fetched today.
This would give A) Fake fingerprints belonging to somebody else B) Body heat and pulse from real live fingers.
How long before students start using it against the system?
"If you don't pay me for my essay, you've stolen it!"
It IS one of your rights if you are either the copyright holder or have been given explicit or implicit permission from the copyright holder.
I have dozens of MP3's that were given to me directly from a member of the band.
These have all been small bands with no CD for sale yet, and they want more people to listen to their music.
The RIAA, and their counterparts in other countries, are of course totally against small bands getting any free PR without having to sign away their first-born.
You are saying that there is no difference between doing 65 in a 55 zone or doing 180? Thats like saying there is noe difference between a shot going off when you are cleaning a gun and emtying a 30-shot clip out the window at full auto without checking for passers-by.
Ok, they call copyright infringement theft.
We have the same right to call their actions terrorism.
When someone broke into my car and stole all my CD's that was theft.
When I go to a friend and make a copy of a few of the same CD's to replace the lost ones, that is NOT the same.
Apart from the fact that copying from a friend is explicitly permitted in Norway, I fail to see how the record company has a RIGHT to profit on my loss. (And no, they were not covered by my insurance, so I have made no profit either)
You can put it in the law under homicide too, but that does not make music copying into murder.
Personally I think Clippy and Bob is a match made in Hell. They truly deserve each other.
an all-night draw poker game among all interested candidates
As if we didn't have enough straight-faced liers in politics already?
Also, this community has lots of weight in the recommendation og technical solutions.
"Yes boss, we could use Verisign, but I spent some hours last night finding alternative solutions that are both better and cheaper. Here they are."
How many companies are looking to work with SCO these days?
The simple solution is to make the payment an optional part of the judge's ruling.
In Norway, an unfounded lawsuit (or an unfounded denial of a valid suit) would typically be saddled with all expences of the winning part, while in a case where the judg(es) decide that both had genuine reason for going to court they will each be covering their own expences.
The first thing the buyer should do is change Darls title from CEO to "Registered Sex Offender". The second is to put him in charge of the Siberian sales office. (There isn't one? Bring hammer and nails)