You can take that a step further and figure that by buying multiple electric cars you could use them as battery storage to collect all solar energy. Expensive now but what happens when you can pick up a junker electric cars in 10 years?
What are the exact steps it would take to reform the copyright act in America? Everybody will probably agree that this issue is front and centre for anybody in the tech industry. So the big question is how does the ball start rolling in the first place and I for one would be more than eager to start pushing.
This is the reason to not have AC's on this board. If you state your opinion by using a youtube video from a whiny and irrelevant rock band, the rest of the comment and statements made thereafter are immediately dismissed as the ramblings of a angst ridden teenager with too much time and not enough common sense.
I think we can all safely assume that every government regardless of locale will try to restrict it's citizens rights to the point that the citizens have to respond to stop them. This is the default criteria for a government in the first place. We all know that this will creep back in a little while when the issue becomes less volatile. The only real way to stop it is by acceptance or revolution (e.g. american revolution). I don't forsee any polititians being strung up in trees so it is the fault of the public. You get the government you deserve.
zip drives killed the Syquest drives pretty quickly if I remember correctly.
Was in printing at the time and you basically had to have both but a Syquest and a zip drive but zip won out pretty quick.
I would believe that this project would not be able to come from a traditional publisher on the basis that a "traditional publisher" nowadays feels that a game is not able to survive without DRM. Behold the brave new world of independant publishing ( am i showing my optimism there?)
As a canadian, I think that you are being a little naive about "contributions", considering the reality that a leadership campaign can cost millions of dollars to run. Monetery donations are not the only donations and after all the vast majority of individuals in parliament are lawyers that have spent their careers creating and circumventing laws.
I concur, but the fact is that American lawyers are arguing this which means that they are not able to do anything about it AFAIK. In turn if the lawyers are arguing about this it takes them away from other other pursuits, such as suing everybody and their neighbor. I see this as a bit of a circle jerk that will simply keep some lawyers busy for a while which in turn will help society as a whole. The more clueless lawyers that are discussing quantum physics the better in my opinion.
The only real solution to spam is to get to the source of the income. The way to stop spam is to have the credit card companies hunt them down and stop the payments. The way in which spammers are paid is through credit cards, so if they cannot use credit cards the business plan fails. Unfortunately the credit card companies also get income from spam.
OK, I'm perplexed now. The fix would be to eradicate all of the laws and rebuild from the start. This has been done throughout history. The difference now is that the general population is now able to look up information and respond on a moments notice without thinking. Historically a handful of indiviuals have got together and tried their best to come out a solution. Now it would be almost impossible to do this without a huge amount of peoples' input, therefore "noise"....... we are too far gone.....gonna go build a bunker in the middle of the woods
We all bloody well know how to get rid of spam but nobody ever talks about the real culprits. The credit card companies. The ones who facilitate the way for spammers to make money. Unfortunately the CC companies make money so they don't care, but let's face it, if the CC companies decided to get rid of spam and lose the income, it could be wiped out in a week. All they would have to do is deny any payments to somebody suspected of spam - problem solved - I never hear anybody bitch about the root of the problem which is the ability to recieve payments.
Do the Americans now live in a police state that is controlled by the RIAA.
This may sound alarmist but when innocent companies are hurt by the use of FBI force - how far away is it?
Don't make it complicated. You don't need a huge organization to help people that need it, you pass by them every day. Next time someone asks for help, actually help them. Go to their place and sit with them in front of the computer and let your knowledge out. You also get the benefit of explaining things that you have not even thought about for years and when you explain it to them you have to rethink and put into simple terms the complicated nature of the tech.
As soon as you help one person, that leads plenty others that will want to talk with you and discuss their "problems". I feel the homegrown approach to "just helping" is a lot more rewarding then getting caught up in commitees and board meetings that spend time figuring out how to help instead of just helping. Keep it simple.
I believe the big question here is whether the journalists will be provided the protection that the big newspapers could always provide. It is fine to believe in the letter of the constitution but without the backing of a major media conglomerate with deep pockets to go to bat for you when you are sued in indispensible. You may want to say something publicly against corporate America but the fear of repercussions is usually what limits individuals from doing so. So...how would they propose to protect the whistleblowers?
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You can take that a step further and figure that by buying multiple electric cars you could use them as battery storage to collect all solar energy. Expensive now but what happens when you can pick up a junker electric cars in 10 years?
Replying to undo wrong mod
Not sure how much thought was put into that statement, but I am certainly putting more thought into it than I should ..... (I think)
What are the exact steps it would take to reform the copyright act in America? Everybody will probably agree that this issue is front and centre for anybody in the tech industry. So the big question is how does the ball start rolling in the first place and I for one would be more than eager to start pushing.
It appears to me that Sweden is becoming the centre of internet freedom battles. Is this geographical, cultural,legal or just luck of the draw?
This is the reason to not have AC's on this board. If you state your opinion by using a youtube video from a whiny and irrelevant rock band, the rest of the comment and statements made thereafter are immediately dismissed as the ramblings of a angst ridden teenager with too much time and not enough common sense.
I think we can all safely assume that every government regardless of locale will try to restrict it's citizens rights to the point that the citizens have to respond to stop them. This is the default criteria for a government in the first place. We all know that this will creep back in a little while when the issue becomes less volatile. The only real way to stop it is by acceptance or revolution (e.g. american revolution). I don't forsee any polititians being strung up in trees so it is the fault of the public. You get the government you deserve.
Posting to delete wrong mod - should be modded interesting. note to self - touchpad needs to be replaced with mouse.
zip drives killed the Syquest drives pretty quickly if I remember correctly. Was in printing at the time and you basically had to have both but a Syquest and a zip drive but zip won out pretty quick.
Any company that worked in any way with graphics in that period had Zip disks.
You sir are todays winner of "Anal Retentive Nerd of the Day" ...the scary part is that I remember all of those incarnations of the floppy.
I would believe that this project would not be able to come from a traditional publisher on the basis that a "traditional publisher" nowadays feels that a game is not able to survive without DRM. Behold the brave new world of independant publishing ( am i showing my optimism there?)
As a canadian, I think that you are being a little naive about "contributions", considering the reality that a leadership campaign can cost millions of dollars to run. Monetery donations are not the only donations and after all the vast majority of individuals in parliament are lawyers that have spent their careers creating and circumventing laws.
Take away their ability to use credit cards - problem goes away. Am I the only one who sees this?
I concur, but the fact is that American lawyers are arguing this which means that they are not able to do anything about it AFAIK. In turn if the lawyers are arguing about this it takes them away from other other pursuits, such as suing everybody and their neighbor. I see this as a bit of a circle jerk that will simply keep some lawyers busy for a while which in turn will help society as a whole. The more clueless lawyers that are discussing quantum physics the better in my opinion.
I am very interested in your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Re: sig - I wonder how many people actually know the Genesis reference? - Gonna have to go listen to the song now.
I am interested in your ideas and would like to subscibe to your newsletter.
The only real solution to spam is to get to the source of the income. The way to stop spam is to have the credit card companies hunt them down and stop the payments. The way in which spammers are paid is through credit cards, so if they cannot use credit cards the business plan fails. Unfortunately the credit card companies also get income from spam.
OK, I'm perplexed now. The fix would be to eradicate all of the laws and rebuild from the start. This has been done throughout history. The difference now is that the general population is now able to look up information and respond on a moments notice without thinking. Historically a handful of indiviuals have got together and tried their best to come out a solution. Now it would be almost impossible to do this without a huge amount of peoples' input, therefore "noise". ...... we are too far gone. ....gonna go build a bunker in the middle of the woods
We all bloody well know how to get rid of spam but nobody ever talks about the real culprits. The credit card companies. The ones who facilitate the way for spammers to make money. Unfortunately the CC companies make money so they don't care, but let's face it, if the CC companies decided to get rid of spam and lose the income, it could be wiped out in a week. All they would have to do is deny any payments to somebody suspected of spam - problem solved - I never hear anybody bitch about the root of the problem which is the ability to recieve payments.
Do the Americans now live in a police state that is controlled by the RIAA. This may sound alarmist but when innocent companies are hurt by the use of FBI force - how far away is it?
Don't make it complicated. You don't need a huge organization to help people that need it, you pass by them every day. Next time someone asks for help, actually help them. Go to their place and sit with them in front of the computer and let your knowledge out. You also get the benefit of explaining things that you have not even thought about for years and when you explain it to them you have to rethink and put into simple terms the complicated nature of the tech. As soon as you help one person, that leads plenty others that will want to talk with you and discuss their "problems". I feel the homegrown approach to "just helping" is a lot more rewarding then getting caught up in commitees and board meetings that spend time figuring out how to help instead of just helping. Keep it simple.
I believe the big question here is whether the journalists will be provided the protection that the big newspapers could always provide. It is fine to believe in the letter of the constitution but without the backing of a major media conglomerate with deep pockets to go to bat for you when you are sued in indispensible. You may want to say something publicly against corporate America but the fear of repercussions is usually what limits individuals from doing so. So...how would they propose to protect the whistleblowers?