How do we know that the Revision3 content was legal? Because they (Revision3) say it was? I don't buy it. MediaDefender isn't stupid; they found illegal content and shut it down. The reason there will not be any investigation is because Revision3 cannot allow an investigation to occur, lest they be found guilty of hosting illegal torrents.
Here in the US we have one little legal principle known as "innocent until proven guilty". Perhaps you've heard of it, perhaps not. Essentially, it's what keeps the justice system from being a Jump to Conclusions mat.
To keep your real name offline to the best of your ability. I see no reason for people online to know my real name, or tie it to my internet activities.
The organized synthesis and presentation of this content is, in itself, useful content. The number of people using news aggregators should have clued you in on this.
To quote one of my roommates, "Blogs? Aren't those something high school kids do?".
But she checks Facebook several times a day.
Even if she is adapting to accommodate the system used by the most people, this seems to indicate a rather pervasive cluelessness about how the internet actually works.
I don't see how allowing anyone to use your code for free, for anything, is "restricting freedoms". Isn't that pretty much exactly what the GPL does, as you've described it?
Yes. By no means am I some big-time developer, but the code I do release is always public domain. First off, people tend to treat everything on the internet as if it's free anyway. Second, even if I did license it more restrictively, I probably lack the means to legally pursue any violations of it. And third, it's just easier and simpler than getting all caught up in licensing issues. I find the absolute freedom that comes with public domain to be beautiful, in a sense.
Frankly, I wish *all* web sites would switchover to using TLS exclusively, including sites like Slashdot.
I feel the same way about this. Communication over the internet should be secure by default, without having to pay such extortionate fees to guarantee "trust" and secure your data.
What would stop someone from, before making a torrent, putting a video file inside an encrypted RAR? What would stop video sites from streaming over TLS?
This is the fucking internet. Wishing rape and murder upon people is par for the course, and occurs on a regular basis, usually completely independent of any political view. It's not serious whatsoever and you're reading way too far into it.
The Internet is a whole world full of all of the good and bad that exists in the real world (and then some). Do you let your kids wander about unsupervised through the real world? Everyone would think you were insane if you did that.
Frankly, this is a stupid comparison. Simply using the internet does NOT put you at risk of being robbed, stabbed, shot, abducted, or anything else that could happen to you while you wandered around the real world. I would say that it's significantly less dangerous.
The one for the Wii says "Wii" right on the front. I've never even seen a Wiimote IRL and I'm pretty sure I would be able to tell these apart. Unless it's some grandma trying to be "cool" and get a fancy toy for her kids, people will easily be able to distinguish these.
How can they characterize it as "stealing" when you download it from an offsite source - for $0.00 - instead of downloading it from their site for $0.00? Is this like colored bits or something? For it to be theft, you'd have to be depriving them of something. It's somehow okay to pay nothing for it as long as you get it from their site? How is that any better? Seriously, what.
ALA is a great site. But that doesn't mean only polling people who are web designers and happen to visit the website while the survey is running is anywhere near a representative sample.
"You have been caught"? You willingly posted it in the first place. "Inappropriate" is subjective. It's not illegal. It's outside the jurisdiction of the school. There's no reason for any faculty to become involved with something that isn't their business. It is not time for any of them to "step in".
You don't have time to talk to friends in real life. You think meeting people online is easier, and assume most people feel the same way. I think that's the core of the whole problem. These sites have somehow outmoded actual human interaction and replaced it with a weak substitute. Keeping IM programs and IRC open is "procrastinating"? How about all the time people spend dicking around on social networking sites? You're on the computer then, too. Don't delude yourself, there is no difference. And has it occurred to you that perhaps some of us would rather not relive high school years after the fact?
"Hard to reach"? You're his roommate! How, in your mind, has it become such an utterly difficult undertaking to actually talk to him? "Nobility" in not participating in cultural trends? I suppose we should all buy Gwen Stefani albums and wear socks with sandals and grabass on MySpace all day, just so we don't alienate anyone.
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Well, you'd better not open that seal. Cut open the other end!
Is that you, Jeff W------- of Los Angeles? If so, you're lucky to have such a common name and live in a densely populated area.
To keep your real name offline to the best of your ability. I see no reason for people online to know my real name, or tie it to my internet activities.
Comparing LJ to Myspace or Facebook is like comparing Wordpress to MS Outlook.
The organized synthesis and presentation of this content is, in itself, useful content. The number of people using news aggregators should have clued you in on this.
I started reading when I was 1.5. What kind of world is this where kids don't read until they're 6?
I don't see how allowing anyone to use your code for free, for anything, is "restricting freedoms". Isn't that pretty much exactly what the GPL does, as you've described it?
Yes. By no means am I some big-time developer, but the code I do release is always public domain. First off, people tend to treat everything on the internet as if it's free anyway. Second, even if I did license it more restrictively, I probably lack the means to legally pursue any violations of it. And third, it's just easier and simpler than getting all caught up in licensing issues. I find the absolute freedom that comes with public domain to be beautiful, in a sense.
What would stop someone from, before making a torrent, putting a video file inside an encrypted RAR? What would stop video sites from streaming over TLS?
This is the fucking internet. Wishing rape and murder upon people is par for the course, and occurs on a regular basis, usually completely independent of any political view. It's not serious whatsoever and you're reading way too far into it.
The one for the Wii says "Wii" right on the front. I've never even seen a Wiimote IRL and I'm pretty sure I would be able to tell these apart. Unless it's some grandma trying to be "cool" and get a fancy toy for her kids, people will easily be able to distinguish these.
"Might the Web 2.0 umbrella be expanded to include real name requirements"
This seems like the quickest way to kill off any Web 2.0 venture.
How can they characterize it as "stealing" when you download it from an offsite source - for $0.00 - instead of downloading it from their site for $0.00? Is this like colored bits or something? For it to be theft, you'd have to be depriving them of something. It's somehow okay to pay nothing for it as long as you get it from their site? How is that any better? Seriously, what.
ALA is a great site. But that doesn't mean only polling people who are web designers and happen to visit the website while the survey is running is anywhere near a representative sample.
Except open source isn't one of those things that can be extinguished.
"You have been caught"? You willingly posted it in the first place. "Inappropriate" is subjective. It's not illegal. It's outside the jurisdiction of the school. There's no reason for any faculty to become involved with something that isn't their business. It is not time for any of them to "step in".
At least it's a stylish brick!
You don't have time to talk to friends in real life. You think meeting people online is easier, and assume most people feel the same way. I think that's the core of the whole problem. These sites have somehow outmoded actual human interaction and replaced it with a weak substitute. Keeping IM programs and IRC open is "procrastinating"? How about all the time people spend dicking around on social networking sites? You're on the computer then, too. Don't delude yourself, there is no difference. And has it occurred to you that perhaps some of us would rather not relive high school years after the fact?
Off-topic, but it's spelled "misogynists".
"Hard to reach"? You're his roommate! How, in your mind, has it become such an utterly difficult undertaking to actually talk to him? "Nobility" in not participating in cultural trends? I suppose we should all buy Gwen Stefani albums and wear socks with sandals and grabass on MySpace all day, just so we don't alienate anyone.