What, an OS can't be powerful and friendly? It HAS to be one or the other? linux does need to become more user friendly, and it has made great steps in doing so, but i acknowledge that it still has a ways to go yet. But i can teach my girlfriend how to use it. If she asks, i say in windows you did this, now you do this. And she gets it.
Mind explaining your comment? It doesn't what? I'm guessing your refering to task scheduler. If it didn't requier it why was it installed? And that was part of my point.
I agree. The thing i don't get is this...deCSS only does the encryption part of it, right? So how is encrytion copy protection? I think the very simple phrase that all judges need to hear is this:
"I need not understand French to pen an exact copy of something in French."
French is like encyrption, its a code known only to some people (alot, but thats not the point). If i wanted to keep a secret from someone, and i know they don't know french i could write it or speak in French. But they could still copy the paper, or record my voice.
Same here...the only thing keeping me from dumping windows completely however are games and dvd playback. Once those are done, i'll gladly delete windows. Just wish game developers would port (or make it easy or port, or even allow someone outside the company to do it) games to linux. Apps CAN be written in c/c++ that will easily port. Its just a matter of doing it.
...dump the UCITA and implement the software equivilent of the automotive "lemon laws" on the books in many states.
Well i hate UCITA as much as you i'm sure, i've been wondering this. What would that mean to open source developers? You know, the 1 or 2 man operation just making a tool that might be useful but cannot afford to be held responsible should someone use that tool and fry thier system. Anyone think that might hinder open source development?
When it asks to become your default isp it does a little more than become your default isp, it took over control of all network trafic.
It probably shouldn't do that...i'd have to agree. On the other hand, why would you tell it to be the default anything? I said no, and everything is fine...it actually fixed some problems i was having where when i signed off, it would basically kill the internet connection, and hose dns lookup. All in all i think the software does go too far if you tell it yes, and a bit more explaining should be done...not that your normal user would understand it b/c they think that visiting a web page is "logging on."
I liked linux b/c i liked unix when i first had to use unix at college. Unix for me at home on my pc?? Cool! I also like linux now b/c it encourages open source/open standards, something i think this industry needs. I also like the amount of control it gives me over my pc. I don't want something; i don'thave to have it...where in the windows world to install IE 5 for some reason REQUIRES that you install script host and task scheduler. I wouldn't bitch about windows so much if it was a decent product and i had alot more control over what compenents i wanted rather then being told.. I also like linux b/c of X, i just like how X handles windowing and such better then the way windows does it. Unfortunatly i won't be getting rid of windows until i can run all the stuff i want to in linux.
...has condemned the action as a violation both of the Human Rights Accords of the United Nations and the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Almost ironically, Jon's reverse-engineering rights are specifically protected by the notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act (which itself is probably unconstitutional).
While I agree with the article on most points, I wasn't aware that the First Amendment could be enforced in countries not part of the US. Same goes for the DMCA.
Don't get me wrong, i don't like rasicm anymore then the next guy, but what they have to say is protected, in the US anyway. Also education IS the way to go, and would probably solve most of the worlds problems. However once we start saying that certain speech is "bad" for society, where do we stop, and who determines what is "bad" in the first place? Do most people really think that the words banned by the FCC on TV and the radio are harmful to society? I wouldn't think so...
I've got a question. If the DMCA says reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperabilty is legal, but a software licence says you cannot revese engineer, which takes precidence? It would seem like the DMCA, since i doubt you can go around the law with a license agreement. I mean i couldn't have someone accept a lisense agreement the i could saw off their left arm and then go do it w/o being punished, right? Or am i off base here?
A cookie is a small text file that the browser (if set to accept them) will place on YOUR computer. So it doesn't matter if your IP changes the file is still on your computer. If you're running IE5, look in c:\windows\temporary internet files and look for files with the text icon. some will be called cookie:whaterver.com...delete them. (NOTE: that is how amazon remembers your credit card, so if you delete the cookie for amazon, the website will ask for your info again). Now the question is, are you going to trade your privacy for some convience?
Or you could just tell your broswer to refuse all cookies...that may break some sites, but so will blocking software...blocking software will give you better control, you can accept cookies only from certain sites and only specific ones from those sites
Not that it matters, but b/c you are ignorant, i must inform you that i'm not even a Muslem. I just believe in "judge people by the values of thier own culture" (meaning, not OUR values).
1) WE PAY FOR THE BANDWIDTH!!! I can find out how much of my room & board goes to that (and i know it does; their papers say so).
2) Yes i am using most of my modem bandwidth. Letting you get 2K/sec on it will be VERY noticable to me. However, most colleges havea T3 line, and the addtion of 1000K/sec isn't really noticable.
Geez, have you seen the state of children today? parents don't even let them play when they want, they make "play dates." You seem to miss the point, WE ALREADY ARE PAYING FOR THAT BANDWIDTH!!!!!! Get that into your head.
thats right. And i'll prove it, if they can't play it in the cd player in the store, i think they'd have to give me my money back. It was not labeled as requiring anything different or a new cd player, so if it doesn't work in ANYONE's cd player, i'd say the store sold it to me under false pretenses. AKA false advertising.
You should notice then that your bandwidth is barly utilized. If you don't awnt to download porn with it then don't. Other people are paying as well, and if they want to they should be able to do so. porn is part of free speech, it was ruled so by the Supreme Court. Internet porn is the same as paper/video porn...just a new media for it. YOu need the clue.
We might be adults, but that doesn't mean we have any money:-( College students are known for being extremely poor. Ever see anything marked free at a college? Even notice how long it takes to run out?
Students don't go to college for free, they ARE paying for the bandwidth. Just b/c the gov't pays for stuff doesn't mean it can control it. Its not allowed to censor, period. The first amendment does not say unless the gov't is paying for it.
Perhaps you should live at a college campus, wer ethere are few things to do, and they get tiring very quickly. You're not just there to get an education, there is a whole experience you get from it, and most of what you "learn" in college cannot be taught in a class. Remember we LIVE in these dorms. How about you trying to use everything in your house for work related puposes only?
Dude, you have obviously never been to a university. With over 5,000 students on the net at once in your dorm, you'd think you were the only on a cable modem high on crack. There is more then enough bandwidth at colleges to spare.
As far as i know my school has no restrction on visitors. The doors are simply locked after a certain time. Thre' isn't even a "security" area for anyone to check in...everyone may come and go as they please. And you know what, its really safe.
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What, an OS can't be powerful and friendly? It HAS to be one or the other? linux does need to become more user friendly, and it has made great steps in doing so, but i acknowledge that it still has a ways to go yet. But i can teach my girlfriend how to use it. If she asks, i say in windows you did this, now you do this. And she gets it.
Mind explaining your comment? It doesn't what? I'm guessing your refering to task scheduler. If it didn't requier it why was it installed? And that was part of my point.
I agree. The thing i don't get is this...deCSS only does the encryption part of it, right? So how is encrytion copy protection? I think the very simple phrase that all judges need to hear is this:
"I need not understand French to pen an exact copy of something in French."
French is like encyrption, its a code known only to some people (alot, but thats not the point). If i wanted to keep a secret from someone, and i know they don't know french i could write it or speak in French. But they could still copy the paper, or record my voice.
Same here...the only thing keeping me from dumping windows completely however are games and dvd playback. Once those are done, i'll gladly delete windows. Just wish game developers would port (or make it easy or port, or even allow someone outside the company to do it) games to linux. Apps CAN be written in c/c++ that will easily port. Its just a matter of doing it.
I might code for fun, and i would love to have lots of people using the code...despite who it might be (short of the gov't maybe, however).
...dump the UCITA and implement the software equivilent of the automotive "lemon laws" on the books in many states.
Well i hate UCITA as much as you i'm sure, i've been wondering this. What would that mean to open source developers? You know, the 1 or 2 man operation just making a tool that might be useful but cannot afford to be held responsible should someone use that tool and fry thier system. Anyone think that might hinder open source development?
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asks to become your default isp it does a little more than become your default isp, it took over control of all network trafic.
It probably shouldn't do that...i'd have to agree. On the other hand, why would you tell it to be the default anything? I said no, and everything is fine...it actually fixed some problems i was having where when i signed off, it would basically kill the internet connection, and hose dns lookup. All in all i think the software does go too far if you tell it yes, and a bit more explaining should be done...not that your normal user would understand it b/c they think that visiting a web page is "logging on."
I liked linux b/c i liked unix when i first had to use unix at college. Unix for me at home on my pc?? Cool! I also like linux now b/c it encourages open source/open standards, something i think this industry needs. I also like the amount of control it gives me over my pc. I don't want something; i don'thave to have it...where in the windows world to install IE 5 for some reason REQUIRES that you install script host and task scheduler. I wouldn't bitch about windows so much if it was a decent product and i had alot more control over what compenents i wanted rather then being told.. I also like linux b/c of X, i just like how X handles windowing and such better then the way windows does it. Unfortunatly i won't be getting rid of windows until i can run all the stuff i want to in linux.
So what would be the case for our friend Jon?
...has condemned the action as a violation both of the Human Rights Accords of the United Nations and the First Amendment of the US
Constitution. Almost ironically, Jon's reverse-engineering rights are specifically protected by the notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act (which itself is probably unconstitutional).
While I agree with the article on most points, I wasn't aware that the First Amendment could be enforced in countries not part of the US. Same goes for the DMCA.
Don't get me wrong, i don't like rasicm anymore then the next guy, but what they have to say is protected, in the US anyway. Also education IS the way to go, and would probably solve most of the worlds problems. However once we start saying that certain speech is "bad" for society, where do we stop, and who determines what is "bad" in the first place? Do most people really think that the words banned by the FCC on TV and the radio are harmful to society? I wouldn't think so...
I've got a question. If the DMCA says reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperabilty is legal, but a software licence says you cannot revese engineer, which takes precidence? It would seem like the DMCA, since i doubt you can go around the law with a license agreement. I mean i couldn't have someone accept a lisense agreement the i could saw off their left arm and then go do it w/o being punished, right? Or am i off base here?
A cookie is a small text file that the browser (if set to accept them) will place on YOUR computer. So it doesn't matter if your IP changes the file is still on your computer. If you're running IE5, look in c:\windows\temporary internet files and look for files with the text icon. some will be called cookie:whaterver.com...delete them. (NOTE: that is how amazon remembers your credit card, so if you delete the cookie for amazon, the website will ask for your info again). Now the question is, are you going to trade your privacy for some convience?
Or you could just tell your broswer to refuse all cookies...that may break some sites, but so will blocking software...blocking software will give you better control, you can accept cookies only from certain sites and only specific ones from those sites
Not that it matters, but b/c you are ignorant, i must inform you that i'm not even a Muslem. I just believe in "judge people by the values of thier own culture" (meaning, not OUR values).
1) WE PAY FOR THE BANDWIDTH!!! I can find out how much of my room & board goes to that (and i know it does; their papers say so).
2) Yes i am using most of my modem bandwidth. Letting you get 2K/sec on it will be VERY noticable to me. However, most colleges havea T3 line, and the addtion of 1000K/sec isn't really noticable.
Geez, have you seen the state of children today? parents don't even let them play when they want, they make "play dates." You seem to miss the point, WE ALREADY ARE PAYING FOR THAT BANDWIDTH!!!!!! Get that into your head.
thats right. And i'll prove it, if they can't play it in the cd player in the store, i think they'd have to give me my money back. It was not labeled as requiring anything different or a new cd player, so if it doesn't work in ANYONE's cd player, i'd say the store sold it to me under false pretenses. AKA false advertising.
You should notice then that your bandwidth is barly utilized. If you don't awnt to download porn with it then don't. Other people are paying as well, and if they want to they should be able to do so. porn is part of free speech, it was ruled so by the Supreme Court. Internet porn is the same as paper/video porn...just a new media for it. YOu need the clue.
We might be adults, but that doesn't mean we have any money :-( College students are known for being extremely poor. Ever see anything marked free at a college? Even notice how long it takes to run out?
Students don't go to college for free, they ARE paying for the bandwidth. Just b/c the gov't pays for stuff doesn't mean it can control it. Its not allowed to censor, period. The first amendment does not say unless the gov't is paying for it.
Perhaps you should live at a college campus, wer ethere are few things to do, and they get tiring very quickly. You're not just there to get an education, there is a whole experience you get from it, and most of what you "learn" in college cannot be taught in a class. Remember we LIVE in these dorms. How about you trying to use everything in your house for work related puposes only?
Dude, you have obviously never been to a university. With over 5,000 students on the net at once in your dorm, you'd think you were the only on a cable modem high on crack. There is more then enough bandwidth at colleges to spare.
As far as i know my school has no restrction on visitors. The doors are simply locked after a certain time. Thre' isn't even a "security" area for anyone to check in...everyone may come and go as they please. And you know what, its really safe.
i'd consider her recieving personal phone calls a misuse as well.