Except the ruling explicitly orders that current equipment must still be able to record the broadcasts, which means you have no idea what you're talking about. It's supposed to prevent redistribution, not recording for the personal use of the person doing the recording.
Well, since the FCC order explictly says it doesn't forbid you to tape things off the TV to watch them later, I suggest you RTFA before you criticize him.
And as far as I can tell, it will only become illegal to sell (or, possibly, manufacture, even for your own use) these cards next year; they won't suddenly become illegal to possess on July 1.
Distributing copyrighted content, online or otherwise, whether you're ingoring a broadcast flag or there was no flag in the first place, will remain just as legal or illegal on July 1st as it is on June 30th.
I don't think they really saw that as much of a problem, since with bundles, each file is now actually about 50 files.
The whole not being able to stick Mac files onto any other filesystem because they don't know how to store a resource fork thing was a problem, of course.
Repair Permissions has broken postfix every time I've run it (apparently, it has a different opinion about what the permissions on postfix's files should be than postfix itself does, and since postfix refuses to run without its permissions set properly, this is a problem.) It could just be my 2 machines that it's broken on, but I wouldn't count on it.
Umm, that would be why the broadcasters have to pay royalties to the copyright owners to broadcast shows. You may have noticed "commercials" during these broadcasts. They're not there because the broadcasters think you might want to buy these products; the advertisers pay for them so the broadcasters can afford to buy the content.
Well, since Glickman was an actual politician (and a member of Cogress, at that), I think it's fair to think he was.
It would actually make a lot of sense from MPAA's point of view to hire a former Republican congressman to represent them (and LOTS of lobbyists are former legislators or government officials), but for the Republicans to be mad about it seems a bit ridiculous. Maybe they're worried that he doesn't like them personally, so the MPAA won't be bribing^H^H^H^H^H^H^H lobbying them as much to make changes to copyright law for them. Not that they need many more changes anyway, until Disney's copyright on Mickey Mouse gets close to expiring again.
Uh, yeah. How dare a father and son be involved in the same industry? When they made him head of MPAA, his son should have quit the movie business and become a janitor.
God some people are idiots.
Are you suggesting that it took Jonathan Glickman's influence (which isn't much) to get his father, a former COngressman and Secretary of Agriculture a job as the head of a lobbying group for the industry he works in? Or are you suggesting that Dan Glickman used his influence as a Congressman to launch his son's producing career over 10 years ago?
Umm, you don't seem to know what the word "conflict" means. MPAA exists to promote the interests of hte movie studios. How is there a conflict if someone working for one of the studios is related to someone who represents their interests as a lobbyist?
Making copies of copyrighted works without permission is illegal, even if you keep them all in a pile in your basement. See, they have lawyers who know how to read, whereas you have, well, some made up "facts" about how the law works.
Hmm... maybe modern filesystems can deal with it a bit better. The only time I saw it done, about 12 years ago, it killed a DECstation. I swear the machine was crying as it put up a "Something is hung" message.
If they're not willing to spend the money to get Macs for their graphics work, what makes you think they're going to want to pay for Photoshop? Adobe's software isn't cheap; they have the same philosophy as Apple does: you get what you're willing to pay for.
I don't argue that Linux is more secure than BSD; I just think that arguing it's less secure based on this study is ridiculous. I'm an OS X user and I'm heavily in favor of BSD-style licenses (I've only ever contributed to projects with BSD licenses, in fact), but it's impossible to take a "victory" away from anyone here. There's no victory because the report is meaningless.
The sad thing is that they apparently went through a lot of effort to collect data, but at least as they've presented it the data makes it impossible for anyone to draw any conclusions. The whole thing was wasted effort unless they've got some more data they didn't bother putting into the study, that can show successful attacks as they relate to attempted attacks against each platform, or at least related to how many of each platform are actually installed and meet their criteria.
Umm, no, it's because their methodology is a load of unscientific garbage, and it's obvious that the people who wrote the study don't have even the most basic understanding of statistics or scientific method. My disagreement with the methodology has nothing at all to do with their conclusions, and everything to do with how they reached them.
I'd feel the same about someone who said that evolution was a better theory than creationism, and went on to "prove" it with fake fossils they made in their basement. Being right for the wrong reasons is just as bad as being wrong.
How dare you try to prevent slashdot users from going nuts!?
The problem with this study isn't that it can been seen to say that Windows is more secure than Linux (which it doesn't say, specifically denies it's saying it, but with Linux users will think it's saying and flame away).
The problem is that they claim to be trying to find the "most secure" OS, and then look at the % of total attacks against each type of system instead of the average per installation of each type. If I set up 5 insecure "A" machines and 100 more secure "B" machines, and find that there were 5 attacks against the A machines and 20 against the B machines, I can conclude that the B machines are least secure because they account for 80% of attacks, or that A machines are least secure because they're attacked 100% of the time vs. 20% of the time. The raw numbers are completely meaningless in the context they're presented in, and the "news alert" itself show they're either intentionally misleading people or they're incompetent and need to hire a statistician with a big clue stick.
By the way, I do think the BSDs are probably "more secure", as they claim, but their methodology makes me ashamed to share their opinions.
Sure, and the Communists had 100% support of the Soviet population, as proven by election results.
It's hard to get accurate opinion polls when your options are "Do you support Hitler, or would you like to be killed?" or you face a ballot with one name on it.
I don't believe the meta-moderation system really works very well, because the same patterns of bad moderation keep happening. Maybe the need an "insightful, but I disagree with everything you said" moderation for the politics section. As it is, a well-thought-out comment that supports either candidate is likely to be called flamebait by the sort of people who will, in fact, flame any opinion they disagree with.
I also am skeptical of meta-moderation because I haven't gotten any mod points in like 6 months, despite having excellent karma and never having an Unfair metamod to any of my moderations. Clearly the system is broken:-P
Don't you know that it's better to be resolute in your wrongness than to flip-flop? Admitting your mistakes is a sign of weakness; a Real American knows that it's better to be strong than right.
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According to a quick google search, about 61 million Americans, last Wednesday during prime time.
But I'm sure the 10 people watching the Discovery channel during the same time period all feel vastly superior.
Except the ruling explicitly orders that current equipment must still be able to record the broadcasts, which means you have no idea what you're talking about. It's supposed to prevent redistribution, not recording for the personal use of the person doing the recording.
And as far as I can tell, it will only become illegal to sell (or, possibly, manufacture, even for your own use) these cards next year; they won't suddenly become illegal to possess on July 1.
Distributing copyrighted content, online or otherwise, whether you're ingoring a broadcast flag or there was no flag in the first place, will remain just as legal or illegal on July 1st as it is on June 30th.
The whole not being able to stick Mac files onto any other filesystem because they don't know how to store a resource fork thing was a problem, of course.
Did you happen to sleep through the years 1993-2000?
Repair Permissions has broken postfix every time I've run it (apparently, it has a different opinion about what the permissions on postfix's files should be than postfix itself does, and since postfix refuses to run without its permissions set properly, this is a problem.) It could just be my 2 machines that it's broken on, but I wouldn't count on it.
Umm, that would be why the broadcasters have to pay royalties to the copyright owners to broadcast shows. You may have noticed "commercials" during these broadcasts. They're not there because the broadcasters think you might want to buy these products; the advertisers pay for them so the broadcasters can afford to buy the content.
It would actually make a lot of sense from MPAA's point of view to hire a former Republican congressman to represent them (and LOTS of lobbyists are former legislators or government officials), but for the Republicans to be mad about it seems a bit ridiculous. Maybe they're worried that he doesn't like them personally, so the MPAA won't be bribing^H^H^H^H^H^H^H lobbying them as much to make changes to copyright law for them. Not that they need many more changes anyway, until Disney's copyright on Mickey Mouse gets close to expiring again.
God some people are idiots.
Are you suggesting that it took Jonathan Glickman's influence (which isn't much) to get his father, a former COngressman and Secretary of Agriculture a job as the head of a lobbying group for the industry he works in? Or are you suggesting that Dan Glickman used his influence as a Congressman to launch his son's producing career over 10 years ago?
Umm, you don't seem to know what the word "conflict" means. MPAA exists to promote the interests of hte movie studios. How is there a conflict if someone working for one of the studios is related to someone who represents their interests as a lobbyist?
Making copies of copyrighted works without permission is illegal, even if you keep them all in a pile in your basement. See, they have lawyers who know how to read, whereas you have, well, some made up "facts" about how the law works.
Or a company making parts to customize, say, Mustangs, should switch to the Ford Focus instead, because that would automatically make them more money?
Hmm... maybe modern filesystems can deal with it a bit better. The only time I saw it done, about 12 years ago, it killed a DECstation. I swear the machine was crying as it put up a "Something is hung" message.
If they're not willing to spend the money to get Macs for their graphics work, what makes you think they're going to want to pay for Photoshop? Adobe's software isn't cheap; they have the same philosophy as Apple does: you get what you're willing to pay for.
If you want someone to screw up his system, then "while (1)
mkdir foo; cd foo
end"
is even more effective.
The sad thing is that they apparently went through a lot of effort to collect data, but at least as they've presented it the data makes it impossible for anyone to draw any conclusions. The whole thing was wasted effort unless they've got some more data they didn't bother putting into the study, that can show successful attacks as they relate to attempted attacks against each platform, or at least related to how many of each platform are actually installed and meet their criteria.
I'd feel the same about someone who said that evolution was a better theory than creationism, and went on to "prove" it with fake fossils they made in their basement. Being right for the wrong reasons is just as bad as being wrong.
And your sister-in-law reads the front page of Slashdot and needed this article there?
I thought it was supposed to be a guy with a tinfoil hat and a big triangular beard. He doesn't look too happy, though.
The problem with this study isn't that it can been seen to say that Windows is more secure than Linux (which it doesn't say, specifically denies it's saying it, but with Linux users will think it's saying and flame away).
The problem is that they claim to be trying to find the "most secure" OS, and then look at the % of total attacks against each type of system instead of the average per installation of each type. If I set up 5 insecure "A" machines and 100 more secure "B" machines, and find that there were 5 attacks against the A machines and 20 against the B machines, I can conclude that the B machines are least secure because they account for 80% of attacks, or that A machines are least secure because they're attacked 100% of the time vs. 20% of the time. The raw numbers are completely meaningless in the context they're presented in, and the "news alert" itself show they're either intentionally misleading people or they're incompetent and need to hire a statistician with a big clue stick.
By the way, I do think the BSDs are probably "more secure", as they claim, but their methodology makes me ashamed to share their opinions.
Yeah, that news Sims game that's not scheduled to be released for the Mac for another 7 months really looks like crap on my iMac, too.
It's hard to get accurate opinion polls when your options are "Do you support Hitler, or would you like to be killed?" or you face a ballot with one name on it.
Sure, if by "gaming" you mean "playing FPS games". The hardware isn't fit for some games. Any game I want to play works just fine on my mac.
I also am skeptical of meta-moderation because I haven't gotten any mod points in like 6 months, despite having excellent karma and never having an Unfair metamod to any of my moderations. Clearly the system is broken :-P
Don't you know that it's better to be resolute in your wrongness than to flip-flop? Admitting your mistakes is a sign of weakness; a Real American knows that it's better to be strong than right.