No! Hardware is not covered by a license and you are not renting the stuff! Hardware is a thing, you buy it, you can do whatever you want with it! Show me, quote for me, any law that states otherwise! True, the DMCA states you can't have any devices that circumvent copy protection. But the device the gp described was being used to run Linux, not to circumvent any kind of copy protection measure!
It was less hilarious when "pirates" (not ninjas, mind you) were compared to communists. After all, ideas of communism and "piracy" are somewhat similar. Now, they are compared to t.s, but it doesn't make sense. You see, communists want free stuff, t.s want to kill people. Most modern pirates just want free entertainment at home. True, the obsolete meaning of "pirate" was something like a t., but still... This is silly. Remember, free home entertainment without the fear of getting busted is one of the pillars of an obedient society. I mean, seriously, you govt people need to ENCOURAGE free entertainment, not ban it!
Disclaimer: I am forced to make this disclaimer by the fact that I am in the US right now: I was just kidding. I believe in capital punishment for anybody that copies even a single bit without written permission by the bit copyright holder.
Man, I had forgotten what it feels to not care what someone might do to you or whatever. Just do what you want, and chances are nobody will mind it. It has a dark side, too, drivers usually speed up when you try to cross in front of them. You know, the stronger one wins. Oh, and there's never enough money for everything, but anyways... If you haven't yet, try it. If you have the guts. And the women... Damn, I miss home...
... The only Vista bug that I can see in this bulletin is "Moderate", not "Critical". That's because there are multiple levels of protection, kinda like those in OpenBSD and SELinux. Remember, NSA had a say in Vista's design. There is Mandatory Integrity Control (something not widely known, I believe it's separate from UAC and is mostly under-the-hood stuff), Address Space Randomization, buffer guards, low-integrity for IE, reduced privileges for services, nothing can escalate without an in-your-face irritating UAC (Union Aerospace Corporation, anyone?) prompt, and of course, lots of pixie dust I can't talk about. So in case there's a buffer overflow (take the ANI bug for instance) - there are a few layers of mitigation that seem almost unbreakable *AT THIS TIME*. I'm yet to read news about a pwned Vista box. I'm sure it's possible that some clever guy somewhere will write an exploit that dodges all that stuff, but it obviously is taking much, much longer than with any other OS, except, of course, for OpenBSD (kudos there):) . Of course there will be bugs in legacy code that are still there. But layered security and systematic elimination of bugs work.
Microsoft *did* hire some of the best security experts available lately. And I can say it shows. At least now I feel not very scared to use IE when I have to.
Then of course, everyone loves "Free Games!!!11eleven", mushy-mushy desktop pets, free trial CDs, free money from your late uncle from central Boozemania or whatever. If your user account gets pwned, and your user has access inside the network of your company, you're toast no matter what OS you run.
So, I make something that I want to sell to retailers for $15 a piece. CheapSellers, Inc., come in and buy my stuff at $15 a piece, and so do PoshShop, Inc. CheapSellers sell my stuff for $8 a piece, and PoshShop for $16 a piece. PoshShop go out of business due to CheapSellers undercutting their prices, and then I'm only left with CheapSellers buying my stuff. Then they come over and say "From now on, we'll only be paying you $5 a piece, take it or leave it." I can see why that could be a problem for some manufacturers...
I've said it before: those managers are the greatest! You can get hired to re-implement the same broken scheme time and again and get paid each time for "doing" it!:) Not that I would, of course... it would be... unethical...
Just add a byte or two of "forced volume" value to each track. That way producers wouldn't have to clip the sound, but would still have it played loud. I.e. the clipping would occur at play time, not recording time, and audiophiles can get all the dynamic range they need.
That would mean, of course, that it's yet another change to the CD standard, but that one has been violated so many times already that noone would notice.
Call in an expert witness to testify the computer was infected with malware which automatically displayed porn ads at irregular intervals. Nothing a non-expert like her could do about it. The whole case was an accident in my opinion.
1. People need resources and entertainment (bread and circuses). 2. Provide them with resources (food, oil, etc.). 3. Outlaw free entertainment. 4. !?! 5. Profit?!?
... laugh at the US. I feel like a moron for being in the US anyway, all my friends think I'm dense or something to have accepted that job. I'm beginning to think I should be going back home sometime soon.
On a side note, Romans thought it's best for people to have bread and circuses. In the US people have plenty of bread, but circuses (i.e. entertainment, creativity, etc.) is being outlawed little by little (DMCA, etc). That's really clever, way to go... not!
Hand them out some smart cards with a smart card slot on them. CC companies send out other smart cards which the users will slide through their sc's sc slot and then return the CC smart card to the CC company. The CC company then examines to see if that's the signature of John Smith and then proceeds to issue a new credit card to that person. Easy enough? You don't even have to fill out any forms with your data and stuff!
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No! Hardware is not covered by a license and you are not renting the stuff! Hardware is a thing, you buy it, you can do whatever you want with it! Show me, quote for me, any law that states otherwise! True, the DMCA states you can't have any devices that circumvent copy protection. But the device the gp described was being used to run Linux, not to circumvent any kind of copy protection measure!
It was less hilarious when "pirates" (not ninjas, mind you) were compared to communists. After all, ideas of communism and "piracy" are somewhat similar. Now, they are compared to t.s, but it doesn't make sense. You see, communists want free stuff, t.s want to kill people. Most modern pirates just want free entertainment at home. True, the obsolete meaning of "pirate" was something like a t., but still... This is silly. Remember, free home entertainment without the fear of getting busted is one of the pillars of an obedient society. I mean, seriously, you govt people need to ENCOURAGE free entertainment, not ban it!
Disclaimer: I am forced to make this disclaimer by the fact that I am in the US right now: I was just kidding. I believe in capital punishment for anybody that copies even a single bit without written permission by the bit copyright holder.
Man, I had forgotten what it feels to not care what someone might do to you or whatever. Just do what you want, and chances are nobody will mind it. It has a dark side, too, drivers usually speed up when you try to cross in front of them. You know, the stronger one wins. Oh, and there's never enough money for everything, but anyways... If you haven't yet, try it. If you have the guts. And the women... Damn, I miss home...
... The only Vista bug that I can see in this bulletin is "Moderate", not "Critical". That's because there are multiple levels of protection, kinda like those in OpenBSD and SELinux. Remember, NSA had a say in Vista's design. There is Mandatory Integrity Control (something not widely known, I believe it's separate from UAC and is mostly under-the-hood stuff), Address Space Randomization, buffer guards, low-integrity for IE, reduced privileges for services, nothing can escalate without an in-your-face irritating UAC (Union Aerospace Corporation, anyone?) prompt, and of course, lots of pixie dust I can't talk about. So in case there's a buffer overflow (take the ANI bug for instance) - there are a few layers of mitigation that seem almost unbreakable *AT THIS TIME*. I'm yet to read news about a pwned Vista box. I'm sure it's possible that some clever guy somewhere will write an exploit that dodges all that stuff, but it obviously is taking much, much longer than with any other OS, except, of course, for OpenBSD (kudos there) :) . Of course there will be bugs in legacy code that are still there. But layered security and systematic elimination of bugs work.
Microsoft *did* hire some of the best security experts available lately. And I can say it shows. At least now I feel not very scared to use IE when I have to.
Then of course, everyone loves "Free Games!!!11eleven", mushy-mushy desktop pets, free trial CDs, free money from your late uncle from central Boozemania or whatever. If your user account gets pwned, and your user has access inside the network of your company, you're toast no matter what OS you run.
The problem with your stance is that you employ logic and reason, while most influential people think with fear and domineering in mind. :(
Here's what I'm thinking.
Where did you get the idea that MS H-1Bs are poorly paid? :)
So, they give someone their copyrighted stuff for free and then call that someone a criminal? Doesn't make sense to me :) .
That's why I read Slashdot :)
I would be careful to work on such a challenge, if I were her :) . I suppose the best step for her would be to decline politely.
So, I make something that I want to sell to retailers for $15 a piece. CheapSellers, Inc., come in and buy my stuff at $15 a piece, and so do PoshShop, Inc. CheapSellers sell my stuff for $8 a piece, and PoshShop for $16 a piece. PoshShop go out of business due to CheapSellers undercutting their prices, and then I'm only left with CheapSellers buying my stuff. Then they come over and say "From now on, we'll only be paying you $5 a piece, take it or leave it." I can see why that could be a problem for some manufacturers...
And pigs can fly. Not a snowball's chance in hell that this could happen! Restricting business? How dare they! :)
You don't need to type the captcha if you've logged in or are logging in as you submit...
I've said it before: those managers are the greatest! You can get hired to re-implement the same broken scheme time and again and get paid each time for "doing" it! :) Not that I would, of course... it would be... unethical...
Just add a byte or two of "forced volume" value to each track. That way producers wouldn't have to clip the sound, but would still have it played loud. I.e. the clipping would occur at play time, not recording time, and audiophiles can get all the dynamic range they need.
That would mean, of course, that it's yet another change to the CD standard, but that one has been violated so many times already that noone would notice.
Call in an expert witness to testify the computer was infected with malware which automatically displayed porn ads at irregular intervals. Nothing a non-expert like her could do about it. The whole case was an accident in my opinion.
One more, very important: moving most drivers to user space. Another one: requiring graphics drivers to multi-task applications.
Wasn't the deal that DRM be replaced with some kind of watermark? Kinda nasty that with the plaintext name and e-mail though...
Netcraft confirms: Google is dying .
Judging by grandparent's author's history of comments, that guy's not likely a troll, not at all...
1. People need resources and entertainment (bread and circuses).
2. Provide them with resources (food, oil, etc.).
3. Outlaw free entertainment.
4. !?!
5. Profit?!?
... laugh at the US. I feel like a moron for being in the US anyway, all my friends think I'm dense or something to have accepted that job. I'm beginning to think I should be going back home sometime soon.
On a side note, Romans thought it's best for people to have bread and circuses. In the US people have plenty of bread, but circuses (i.e. entertainment, creativity, etc.) is being outlawed little by little (DMCA, etc). That's really clever, way to go... not!
I agree, but the general spirit of the GPL would be upheld (although it's exact effects will not apply everywhere).
... a f-ed-up animal, but sympathies to the families of those who died so tragically :(
Hand them out some smart cards with a smart card slot on them. CC companies send out other smart cards which the users will slide through their sc's sc slot and then return the CC smart card to the CC company. The CC company then examines to see if that's the signature of John Smith and then proceeds to issue a new credit card to that person. Easy enough? You don't even have to fill out any forms with your data and stuff!