I always wonder, what would happen, if all filesharers start to denunciate themselfs ?
I think it could escalate to some kind of DDOS against the courts... imagine, all filesharers denunciate themselfs, to have shared a couple of files yesterday. They most probably will not be arrested for that, and they go home and share some files again, just to selfdenunciate again tomorrow, for another incident of file sharing... rince&repeat
You probably forgot, that most of the worlds population are not connected to the internet yet. By the year 3335 they will be connected, the RIAA will have to sue forever...
Oh, I just forgot... by 3335 all of the current file-sharers are dead...
But MS will compete with many Million nodes across the world (!)
Do not underestimate what MS could offer to their customers, once they have established a working grid-computing API in their OS.
MS-Gridcomputing would be FREE (as in beer), too and although, they would not have years of experience, they can be on par, because of millions and millions of installations!
Competition is and always was a good thing! If MS wants to compete in HPC, they are welcome.;)
Hasn't the history of the whole world proven your theory wrong?
There where that many times, where punishment was realy harsh and cruel and wasn't there not a even one single short period of time where there was no crime?
Note, this argument holds true, for whatever treatment of criminals you use in it... it is a proof, that there is NO WAY AT ALL TO STOP CRIME !
There are just ways to have less crimes commited, and statistics show (- statistics show things, never proof things) that a harsh and cruel punishment is not a good way to have less crime.
I am willing to give up any (digital) privacy in the first place, to have much more privacy in the long run.
I don't care about any security in network and computers, so everyone can see anything, I have stored or anything that I do on my computer.
I even ask all people, to take a close look, when they come by, on what activities are going on there and imidiatly stop any activity they don't like (much more than just the things that are illegal!) or delete any stored data, that the don't like (again much more than just illegaly stored data)
I am totaly innocent, I have nothing, absolutly nothing to hide and I don't even give the slightest chance to any criminal, to hide his illegal activities, by making anything wide open and visible to the public!
You know, criminals do hide there activities, innocent people don't.
There is a good reason, why encryption-algorithms are treated like weapons in US export laws. They can be used against us! The same goes for any security on your computer!
The identity of people using my network and computers may vanish in the mass of other people, but their activities and stored data does not!
First the activity has to be uncovered at all, in a second step, one has to care about the identity of these people!
I probably have made a very bad deal in the first place...
However, you seem to be a bit self-centric;) (excuse that), but what about a question similar to yours:
"What CAN WE ALL TOGETHER gain by opening it up now?"
Notice, that if "enough" people don't even think about securing their network, ISP's can't cut them of, they would cut themselfs out of buisness. One step further, if there are too many possibilities to have very easy access to the internet anonymously, the FBI will fail to proove anything and these raids become redundant. (In doubio pro...)
It is not, that anyone will have more privacy in the first place, it is that there will be more privacy in the long run.
Actually you give up "every" (digital) privacy in the first place (everyone would be able to see, what files you have stored on your disk), but in the long run, if some people start to "share" your storage (and processing time and bandwidth...), you gain a whole more privacy, since noone ever can tell, if this or that bit or byte belongs to you!
Your argument, that someone "might" use your network/computer, to release kiddie-porn is fetched from far away... With Kiddie porn, or any other activity, it is similar as with secure code... code is more secure, if many eyes look over the code, the same for "illegal" (or even just unwanted) activity. These activities would happen in a "public" place, where chances are good, that someone detects that activity and stop it directly.
Criminals do hide, not innocent people! And we all know, that (most) file sharers are innocent;)
Criminals will defnitly avoid to use such a "public" network. Except maybe for things done in a very short time (like release a worm), but these things can be done equally anonymously anyways.
"Alternatives to Windows for individuals (Customers, if you will) are often obtained for the cost of 720MB of bandwidth..."
Too sad, that is not true... their is cost for consumers... they loose their favourite games, educational programms for their kids, some pieces of hardware where drivers are missing...
We have still to do a lot work on alternatives, or to be more precise... on the only alternative Linux. Linux is ready for a more widespread deployment on corporate desktops now, but it is not ready for the consumer desktop right now.
Hm... if we go on corporate desktop first, then we mainly avoid that problem with sound cards.
After Linux has reached a considerable market share on corporate desktops, soundcard manufacturers will offer drivers for their sound-cards, because they don't want to loose their market share.
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I always wonder, what would happen, if all filesharers start to denunciate themselfs ?
I think it could escalate to some kind of DDOS against the courts
You are wrong !
You probably forgot, that most of the worlds population are not connected to the internet yet. By the year 3335 they will be connected, the RIAA will have to sue forever
Oh, I just forgot
Even more
But MS will compete with many Million nodes across the world (!)
Do not underestimate what MS could offer to their customers, once they have established a working grid-computing API in their OS.
MS-Gridcomputing would be FREE (as in beer), too and although, they would not have years of experience, they can be on par, because of millions and millions of installations!
Competition is and always was a good thing! If MS wants to compete in HPC, they are welcome.
Wow, not even in my craziest dreams, I would have thought, that the requirements for Longhorn will be so insanly high!
It is in everyones responsibility to have an uninfected system and not in your responsibility to notify the owner of infected systems.
Nice try
Well, the site failed the
In other words, this system is bullshit!
There is no 'make install', since they have not figured out, how to compile it, yet
Hasn't the history of the whole world proven your theory wrong?
There where that many times, where punishment was realy harsh and cruel and wasn't there not a even one single short period of time where there was no crime?
Note, this argument holds true, for whatever treatment of criminals you use in it
There are just ways to have less crimes commited, and statistics show (- statistics show things, never proof things) that a harsh and cruel punishment is not a good way to have less crime.
I don't break any law
I am willing to give up any (digital) privacy in the first place, to have much more privacy in the long run.
I don't care about any security in network and computers, so everyone can see anything, I have stored or anything that I do on my computer.
I even ask all people, to take a close look, when they come by, on what activities are going on there and imidiatly stop any activity they don't like (much more than just the things that are illegal!) or delete any stored data, that the don't like (again much more than just illegaly stored data)
I am totaly innocent, I have nothing, absolutly nothing to hide and I don't even give the slightest chance to any criminal, to hide his illegal activities, by making anything wide open and visible to the public!
You know, criminals do hide there activities, innocent people don't.
There is a good reason, why encryption-algorithms are treated like weapons in US export laws.
They can be used against us! The same goes for any security on your computer!
The identity of people using my network and computers may vanish in the mass of other people, but their activities and stored data does not!
First the activity has to be uncovered at all, in a second step, one has to care about the identity of these people!
"What have you gained by opening it up now?"
I probably have made a very bad deal in the first place
However, you seem to be a bit self-centric
"What CAN WE ALL TOGETHER gain by opening it up now?"
Notice, that if "enough" people don't even think about securing their network, ISP's can't cut them of, they would cut themselfs out of buisness.
One step further, if there are too many possibilities to have very easy access to the internet anonymously, the FBI will fail to proove anything and these raids become redundant. (In doubio pro
It is not, that anyone will have more privacy in the first place, it is that there will be more privacy in the long run.
Actually you give up "every" (digital) privacy in the first place (everyone would be able to see, what files you have stored on your disk), but in the long run, if some people start to "share" your storage (and processing time and bandwidth
Your argument, that someone "might" use your network/computer, to release kiddie-porn is fetched from far away
Criminals do hide, not innocent people!
And we all know, that (most) file sharers are innocent
Criminals will defnitly avoid to use such a "public" network. Except maybe for things done in a very short time (like release a worm), but these things can be done equally anonymously anyways.
His alibi might be gone
Hm
Ah, realy?
Can you explain the peoples award winner in the games category?
Whith your explanation I would have expected anyone else to win the peoples award, exept that german site that nobody ever has heard of before
I have no more than TWO eyes
Who the fuck is "Albrecht Einstein" !?!?
"Alternatives to Windows for individuals (Customers, if you will) are often obtained for the cost of 720MB of bandwidth ..."
... their is cost for consumers ... they loose their favourite games, educational programms for their kids, some pieces of hardware where drivers are missing ...
... on the only alternative Linux.
Too sad, that is not true
We have still to do a lot work on alternatives, or to be more precise
Linux is ready for a more widespread deployment on corporate desktops now, but it is not ready for the consumer desktop right now.
No you are not
Hm
It was the Whitehous, wasn't it
At least, they have a good excuse, that none where found
If governments lack successes in one area (like the war in Iraq), they are trying to be successful in othere areas (like copyright infridgement) ??
Hm
Investigate corrupt politicans.
Did you pay for your life?
Hm
After Linux has reached a considerable market share on corporate desktops, soundcard manufacturers will offer drivers for their sound-cards, because they don't want to loose their market share.