While you have a point about not charging for the goods...
What he basically did is remove the option for the copyright holder to sell these episodes online in the future. Since supposedly we are going to move to more video and music on demand services online, companies are getting more and more involved in protecting their property. I think it would be great one day when I can get home, crack a beer and play 2-3 episodes of my favorite tv show in order when I want.
It is frustrating to not be able to get certain shows or movies in a digital format (or dvd like seinfeld or Indiana Jones (until recently)), that doesnt mean people can take matters in their own hands and start distributing/copying other peoples property. I know they were reduced quality but there are lots of people like me who only have a 15" TV that I sit 10 feet away from. I dont care if the show is HD, B&W or of terrible quality. My antenna doesnt get any channel 100% anyway. Stealing is stealing. If you dont like it, create your own free shows or rent/buy them from the owner.
No one said it was. The Act was created in reaction to terrorism and also addressed inconsistencies and gray areas the FBI has been dealing with for years. Seriously, read Patriot Act, all of it.
Like a previous poster mentioned, The Patriot Act did not cover just terrorism. It covered many areas and attempted to streamline different tasks and processes. Despite what the paranoid dillusionals say here, there is still judicial oversight. If an FBI agent were to figure out a way to abuse it (like just about anyone can do with any job) his career will be over. People are evil and they will always abuse power no matter where they work. Kinda like chronic gambling.
The guy broke the law, now he is paying for it, literally. If you havent read the patriot act and everything it entails, dont post about it, just makes you appear dumber.
I personally dont like several areas of the patriot act and I do hope it gets an overhaul this fall. Sorry but ignorance and deceit just piss me off.
Did he mean to trash KDE's versioning schema? KDE releases about 2-3 versions a year. But its really apples and oranges when compared to the versioning and development of the linux kernel.
Seems to me that is one topic that both republicans and democrats are embracing more and more. States' rights. Hopefully that continues. The federal government far to bloated and far to involved in state issues.
seems like it could cause some definite privacy concerns.
Well the target is using a device that broadcasts a signal on common frequencies. If you are using a device that broadcasts a signal, there can be no privacy concerns relative to emission. Thats like telling the other team the exact play with _no_ encryption before the snap and getting pissed when they acknowledge it. If you are that nuts about privacy, dont talk or type and stay home.
That would be fine by me. Any of the areas that you or I listed if censored, wouldnt bother me. The benefits outweigh the possible ramifications. That is what is nice about democracy, you and I can both vote. Dont like democracy? Move to China or Cuba. Want to change things here? Than at least find out why the other side believes what they do. Otherwise you will never convince anyone. =)
I realize that I posted this at one of the DNCs main hangouts. I simply want to express my opinions on the matter and see if there would be any logical discussion. I know that this makes me "dumb" here but believe it or not, not everyone thinks the same way you do.
It is inescapably censorship under guidelines imposed after the fact by those who are in temporary political power, and so it should be treated as what it is -- a real-world moral and ethical battle with grimly wrongheaded, un-American types who play pick and choose when they define our freedoms of speech and religion as it fits their particular political needs.
Censorship wrt words, sex, and religion has been in place since the dawn of this country. Under Clinton the FCC was even more strict as they have only laxed their rules in the last 14 years. To say that the government is getting more strict is just stoopid. What is happening now is the FCC is trying to get rid of the grey area and define and enfore the rules. To attribute his frustration to the current politcal force (Bush ya think) is Ludicrous.
Dreyfus, you are an idiot. Please wake up and learn some history. There is a strong correlation between our current "censoring" and growing social problems. 18 pregnancy is up, STDs are more common, education is down (despite having these wonderful computers), and corruption is on the rise. All this in the last 35 years. We "censor" certain outlets because they CAN have a negative effect on our social future. I for one would rather be safe than sorry.
China has witnessed to oppsite effect. Since their "revolution" censorship dramatically increased and many of their social problems decreased. Corruption has all but been eliminated, violent crimes are down, education is up.
I dont agree with the extremes in either case but I think there is a line on what should be broadcast for free. If I need boobs I know where to find them. I dont need them posted everywhere despite how convenient that might be. I would rather have our children focus on learning and know what is presented to them by TV, radio and movies/music.
"innocent until proven guilty" applies to citizens of the United States. Yes I believe non-US-citizens are not citizens of the United States. That most definitely doesnt mean non-citizens do not deserve basic human rights though. They probably dont have access to a lawyer for fear of communication with their buddies.
Since this combatants arent citizens of an established government they dont have native laws to adhere to. Like I said, I dont fully agree with their detention, but this is a very large grey area. They are more like citizens of a country in chaos that is under marshal law.
Keep in mind they are not in a normal prison, They sleep, eat, excercise, pray and communicate freely. The way I look at it, if they didnt support terrorist or Saddam (taking innocent lives and depriving basic human rights), they would not be in this situation. They made their bed, they now have to sleep in it.
If they do turn out to not be affiliated with terror or Saddam, then their should be hell to pay. The US started releasing detainees almost immediately, I would assume they were sending the innocents home. They have to reason to keep/payfor them otherwise.
Well citizens cannot be kept there without just cause. The detainees (the few that are left) are "Enemy Combatants". They eat well, have a roof over their heads and are unable to participate in terrorist organizations. I dont fully agree with their detention, but it could be worse, they might have just been shot instead of captured.
Abu Ghraib prisoners were abused, not tortured like they were when Saddam was in power. Their abusers should and will be punished. Their is a fine line between abuse and torture.
Yeah as others said, your analogy was bad. Its more like designing a 25 year bridge that holds up for 50. They didnt "accidently" put a drill on the rover that could drill 1000 feet down instead of 6 inches (or whatever the depth is).
The rovers are a great feat of modern engineering in my opnion. They not only gave good/more insight into what Mars but they also inspired both the engineers and future engineers everywhere.
I dont see this taking off, at least for a really long time.
First, Do you really want some random computer that you know nothing about to have the ability to see your passwords, files and have access to your storage facility? There are many, many security concerns to be answered.
Second, I guess this means there will only be one OS? I dont imagine MS Winders will start supporting X11.
While I do think that rentable computers much like pay phones will be common soon, they will be pretty basic. They will contain an OS with email and web access and possibly easy access to an online storage appliance where you can keep certain documents and files. I dont see how the implementation that the arcticle talks about would be feasable.
I would rather keep my laptop/tablet/usbdrive and be able to keep my own files/movies/music/apps to myself without exposing them to seemingly everyone.
If you work for the government or any organisation that does you already know this. No one is allowed to take any type of transmitting electronics or storgage media into or out of secure areas. Even for just "secret" clearances. Gartner has simply stated the obvious (As they often do).
This is a concern tough because it does happen. People can take/steal all sorts of things home with 20Gb of space on an iPod. From proprietary software to maps, purchased software and confidential/customer/busniess data. If it belongs to the company that doesnt mean it belongs to you. Employees can also dump all kinds of crap onto company computers. That is how CodeRed got onto our system. Some moron brought his laptop in from home and plugged it in. 20 minutes later 400 computers were infected. Luckily I run the Linux and had a good laugh altough it cost our company 400 man days of work.
If you dont like it, switch companies or ask for an exemption. It is the companies right to ban personal items that can cause damage to the company. I sure as hell dont want to lose my job because some numbnuts sold customer data to a competitor and caused my company to fold.
Oh geeze here it is "suburbs suck" I forgot this was slashdot =)
I fill up my tank every 3 weeks for $25, pay $800 mortgage (3000sqft house) , earn as much as my counterparts in big cities and yeah, I can walk to bars, work, stores and parks (Sometimes in that order;) ). I know all my neighbors for 3 blocks square and leave my house unlocked during the day.
Yeah big cities are great if you want to flush money down the toilet =). They are fun, fun to visit. Sorry but I dont buy for a second that living in a big city is cheaper, more efficient or friendlier to the environment. Come live out in the country and see for yourself.
I have never had any problems while visiting in the US. Two of my co-workers are Muslim, and have an Arabic accent. They have been treated very kindly. We mainly visit the midwest, maybe that has something to do with it I dont know. No country is entirely accepting to visitors, especially large ones.
If you dont like your country (the US) then move. Nothing is stopping you?
I dunno. I have been to Toronto, Montreal and various parts of NS for years. In all three I was treated like scum by french speaking people while patronizing shops, restaruants and parks. It was very similar to my experiences in France where if you were on fire and someone had a bucket of water intended for some flowers, the flowers would get seniority over you. It wasnt just me, its the people I travel with all over the world with too.
No offense, I would rather visit or live in countries where foreigners are welcomed such as Australia, GB, Germany, US, Spain, Mexico, Brazil and places like that.
You are an idiot. So is the submitter. This is just typical slashdot liberal propoganda. Get the facts from the source rather than the interpreter. I believe the term for this is crap is "disinformation".
If you actually read the new regulations the issue is that they are now going to limit the amount of explosives that can be shipped and that they be clearly marked. This will allow bomb sniffers to filter out valid packages from the rest. Two years ago it was possible to purchase 2 lbs of propellent alont with 30 pounds worth of other junk and put it in the same box. When a sniffer finds the box, They have no way of knowing if it was 30 pounds of propellent or 2 wasting time and money. So instead of ripping apart your shipment and going through it they just pass it along. (And yes probably put you in a DB so they can see how much you are ordering.) If anything this should please the privacy nuts.
Mark me as a troll I dont give a poop. Even if your buddy gets elected this will still be inforced for years to come.
That is in part due to the fact that windows is more apt to having security holes that are exploited by automated virii and worms. Those dont necessarily require machine access. You can simply contract them by being on a network with your machine on. Every windows machine will have the same hole. Becoming an administrator appears to be fairly trivial.
Linux is a bit different in that most bugs reported are due user enabled software. If you have a machine that you dont want exploited you just dont enable certain slutty services. Windows enables them by default. Also most processes in linux run as a specific user in chroot jail. Even if they were exploited the exploiter can usually just corrupt data tied to that service. Doesnt mean linux is anymore secure but it would appear that it is a little more contained when broken.
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While you have a point about not charging for the goods...
What he basically did is remove the option for the copyright holder to sell these episodes online in the future. Since supposedly we are going to move to more video and music on demand services online, companies are getting more and more involved in protecting their property. I think it would be great one day when I can get home, crack a beer and play 2-3 episodes of my favorite tv show in order when I want.
It is frustrating to not be able to get certain shows or movies in a digital format (or dvd like seinfeld or Indiana Jones (until recently)), that doesnt mean people can take matters in their own hands and start distributing/copying other peoples property. I know they were reduced quality but there are lots of people like me who only have a 15" TV that I sit 10 feet away from. I dont care if the show is HD, B&W or of terrible quality. My antenna doesnt get any channel 100% anyway. Stealing is stealing. If you dont like it, create your own free shows or rent/buy them from the owner.
Which still isn't terrorism
No one said it was. The Act was created in reaction to terrorism and also addressed inconsistencies and gray areas the FBI has been dealing with for years. Seriously, read Patriot Act, all of it.
Like a previous poster mentioned, The Patriot Act did not cover just terrorism. It covered many areas and attempted to streamline different tasks and processes. Despite what the paranoid dillusionals say here, there is still judicial oversight. If an FBI agent were to figure out a way to abuse it (like just about anyone can do with any job) his career will be over. People are evil and they will always abuse power no matter where they work. Kinda like chronic gambling.
The guy broke the law, now he is paying for it, literally. If you havent read the patriot act and everything it entails, dont post about it, just makes you appear dumber.
I personally dont like several areas of the patriot act and I do hope it gets an overhaul this fall. Sorry but ignorance and deceit just piss me off.
Did he mean to trash KDE's versioning schema? KDE releases about 2-3 versions a year. But its really apples and oranges when compared to the versioning and development of the linux kernel.
Seems to me that is one topic that both republicans and democrats are embracing more and more. States' rights. Hopefully that continues. The federal government far to bloated and far to involved in state issues.
seems like it could cause some definite privacy concerns.
Well the target is using a device that broadcasts a signal on common frequencies. If you are using a device that broadcasts a signal, there can be no privacy concerns relative to emission. Thats like telling the other team the exact play with _no_ encryption before the snap and getting pissed when they acknowledge it. If you are that nuts about privacy, dont talk or type and stay home.
So let's not allow TV to show that
That would be fine by me. Any of the areas that you or I listed if censored, wouldnt bother me. The benefits outweigh the possible ramifications. That is what is nice about democracy, you and I can both vote. Dont like democracy? Move to China or Cuba. Want to change things here? Than at least find out why the other side believes what they do. Otherwise you will never convince anyone. =)
I realize that I posted this at one of the DNCs main hangouts. I simply want to express my opinions on the matter and see if there would be any logical discussion. I know that this makes me "dumb" here but believe it or not, not everyone thinks the same way you do.
It is inescapably censorship under guidelines imposed after the fact by those who are in temporary political power, and so it should be treated as what it is -- a real-world moral and ethical battle with grimly wrongheaded, un-American types who play pick and choose when they define our freedoms of speech and religion as it fits their particular political needs.
Censorship wrt words, sex, and religion has been in place since the dawn of this country. Under Clinton the FCC was even more strict as they have only laxed their rules in the last 14 years. To say that the government is getting more strict is just stoopid. What is happening now is the FCC is trying to get rid of the grey area and define and enfore the rules. To attribute his frustration to the current politcal force (Bush ya think) is Ludicrous.
Dreyfus, you are an idiot. Please wake up and learn some history. There is a strong correlation between our current "censoring" and growing social problems. 18 pregnancy is up, STDs are more common, education is down (despite having these wonderful computers), and corruption is on the rise. All this in the last 35 years. We "censor" certain outlets because they CAN have a negative effect on our social future. I for one would rather be safe than sorry.
China has witnessed to oppsite effect. Since their "revolution" censorship dramatically increased and many of their social problems decreased. Corruption has all but been eliminated, violent crimes are down, education is up.
I dont agree with the extremes in either case but I think there is a line on what should be broadcast for free. If I need boobs I know where to find them. I dont need them posted everywhere despite how convenient that might be. I would rather have our children focus on learning and know what is presented to them by TV, radio and movies/music.
"innocent until proven guilty" applies to citizens of the United States. Yes I believe non-US-citizens are not citizens of the United States. That most definitely doesnt mean non-citizens do not deserve basic human rights though. They probably dont have access to a lawyer for fear of communication with their buddies.
Since this combatants arent citizens of an established government they dont have native laws to adhere to. Like I said, I dont fully agree with their detention, but this is a very large grey area. They are more like citizens of a country in chaos that is under marshal law.
Keep in mind they are not in a normal prison, They sleep, eat, excercise, pray and communicate freely. The way I look at it, if they didnt support terrorist or Saddam (taking innocent lives and depriving basic human rights), they would not be in this situation. They made their bed, they now have to sleep in it.
If they do turn out to not be affiliated with terror or Saddam, then their should be hell to pay. The US started releasing detainees almost immediately, I would assume they were sending the innocents home. They have to reason to keep/payfor them otherwise.
Well citizens cannot be kept there without just cause. The detainees (the few that are left) are "Enemy Combatants". They eat well, have a roof over their heads and are unable to participate in terrorist organizations. I dont fully agree with their detention, but it could be worse, they might have just been shot instead of captured.
Abu Ghraib prisoners were abused, not tortured like they were when Saddam was in power. Their abusers should and will be punished. Their is a fine line between abuse and torture.
Yeah as others said, your analogy was bad. Its more like designing a 25 year bridge that holds up for 50. They didnt "accidently" put a drill on the rover that could drill 1000 feet down instead of 6 inches (or whatever the depth is).
The rovers are a great feat of modern engineering in my opnion. They not only gave good/more insight into what Mars but they also inspired both the engineers and future engineers everywhere.
I am ready for the moon base =).
I dont see this taking off, at least for a really long time.
First, Do you really want some random computer that you know nothing about to have the ability to see your passwords, files and have access to your storage facility? There are many, many security concerns to be answered.
Second, I guess this means there will only be one OS? I dont imagine MS Winders will start supporting X11.
While I do think that rentable computers much like pay phones will be common soon, they will be pretty basic. They will contain an OS with email and web access and possibly easy access to an online storage appliance where you can keep certain documents and files. I dont see how the implementation that the arcticle talks about would be feasable.
I would rather keep my laptop/tablet/usbdrive and be able to keep my own files/movies/music/apps to myself without exposing them to seemingly everyone.
If you work for the government or any organisation that does you already know this. No one is allowed to take any type of transmitting electronics or storgage media into or out of secure areas. Even for just "secret" clearances. Gartner has simply stated the obvious (As they often do).
This is a concern tough because it does happen. People can take/steal all sorts of things home with 20Gb of space on an iPod. From proprietary software to maps, purchased software and confidential/customer/busniess data. If it belongs to the company that doesnt mean it belongs to you. Employees can also dump all kinds of crap onto company computers. That is how CodeRed got onto our system. Some moron brought his laptop in from home and plugged it in. 20 minutes later 400 computers were infected. Luckily I run the Linux and had a good laugh altough it cost our company 400 man days of work.
If you dont like it, switch companies or ask for an exemption. It is the companies right to ban personal items that can cause damage to the company. I sure as hell dont want to lose my job because some numbnuts sold customer data to a competitor and caused my company to fold.
Oh geeze here it is "suburbs suck" I forgot this was slashdot =)
;) ). I know all my neighbors for 3 blocks square and leave my house unlocked during the day.
I fill up my tank every 3 weeks for $25, pay $800 mortgage (3000sqft house) , earn as much as my counterparts in big cities and yeah, I can walk to bars, work, stores and parks (Sometimes in that order
Yeah big cities are great if you want to flush money down the toilet =). They are fun, fun to visit. Sorry but I dont buy for a second that living in a big city is cheaper, more efficient or friendlier to the environment. Come live out in the country and see for yourself.
Yeah but New Yorkers pay 3x more in rent for half the space. Ill keep my car and stay in a smaller city =)
I have never had any problems while visiting in the US. Two of my co-workers are Muslim, and have an Arabic accent. They have been treated very kindly. We mainly visit the midwest, maybe that has something to do with it I dont know. No country is entirely accepting to visitors, especially large ones.
If you dont like your country (the US) then move. Nothing is stopping you?
I dunno. I have been to Toronto, Montreal and various parts of NS for years. In all three I was treated like scum by french speaking people while patronizing shops, restaruants and parks. It was very similar to my experiences in France where if you were on fire and someone had a bucket of water intended for some flowers, the flowers would get seniority over you. It wasnt just me, its the people I travel with all over the world with too.
No offense, I would rather visit or live in countries where foreigners are welcomed such as Australia, GB, Germany, US, Spain, Mexico, Brazil and places like that.
You are an idiot. So is the submitter. This is just typical slashdot liberal propoganda. Get the facts from the source rather than the interpreter. I believe the term for this is crap is "disinformation".
If you actually read the new regulations the issue is that they are now going to limit the amount of explosives that can be shipped and that they be clearly marked. This will allow bomb sniffers to filter out valid packages from the rest. Two years ago it was possible to purchase 2 lbs of propellent alont with 30 pounds worth of other junk and put it in the same box. When a sniffer finds the box, They have no way of knowing if it was 30 pounds of propellent or 2 wasting time and money. So instead of ripping apart your shipment and going through it they just pass it along. (And yes probably put you in a DB so they can see how much you are ordering.) If anything this should please the privacy nuts.
Mark me as a troll I dont give a poop. Even if your buddy gets elected this will still be inforced for years to come.
that onion article titiled "Student arrested for suspected use of PHP" ...and rightly so ;)
So what stopped people in the rest of the world from using iTunes? Is this just a mirror site with a euro converter?
In this regaurd, police are reactionary elements, not proactive gaurds of your security.
Very true. And thus my wife and I both own, carry and know how to use our Glock
I use this plus teamspeak to give me the freedom to wander my house and not loose contact with my gaming buddies.
Dude, seriously.
nforce3 + 9800Pro works here with no problems. unreal flys. (32bit native mode)
The Quality is great on my TV
Reminds me of "640K ought to be enough for anybody."
=)
I do prefer Linux, but we need to be open-minded.
That is in part due to the fact that windows is more apt to having security holes that are exploited by automated virii and worms. Those dont necessarily require machine access. You can simply contract them by being on a network with your machine on. Every windows machine will have the same hole. Becoming an administrator appears to be fairly trivial.
Linux is a bit different in that most bugs reported are due user enabled software. If you have a machine that you dont want exploited you just dont enable certain slutty services. Windows enables them by default. Also most processes in linux run as a specific user in chroot jail. Even if they were exploited the exploiter can usually just corrupt data tied to that service. Doesnt mean linux is anymore secure but it would appear that it is a little more contained when broken.