If it wasn't for the crooks in the entertainment industry, we would've had the perfect replacement in the form of the mini-disk. Shirt pocket size and very durable. IP law strikes again.
Well, just maybe you live in a society that looks after those less fortunate than you. While the execution is lousy, the concept is valid. If you were every to come into hard times, where your private insurance will drop you like a stone(like what happened to many AIDS victims), you just might appreciate why you pay all those taxes. The only real gripe you have is about the waste and corruption of the present system. Then again, that's the same system you and your neighbors continue to support. I still have more faith in gov't insurance(social security) than private, Enron or Worldcom like companies. Have very many people in the US lost their life savings in gov't bonds? They may suffer reduced benefits, but even I doubt the gov't will rob the people like Mr. Keating did.
So you go after the people in charge...They use RICO on you and take your car if they find a joint in the ashtray. These laws could have real teeth in corporate cases. But then the lawmakers will be biting off the hand that feeds...
If you had to pick - and you probably do - which would you go for?
I expect most people to root for their "home" team. Things usually work out that way. If there has to be weapons in space, I would prefer that they would be used to prevent any claims of exclusivity.
On the other hand, it is conceivable that people may die as a result of a virus in hospitals, for example.
Most people die in hospitals from bacterial infections, not viral:-) Now, if any danm hospital administrator is using an x86 machine on ANY critical systems, he/she should be taken out and shot(figuratively speaking of course). The gov't should step in and not allow these machines to be used for this purpose any more than they should allow defective cars on the road or spoiled meat to be served in a restaurant. Critical systems should be certified the way aircraft are certified to be airworthy.
Is this the beginning of the end for the global, unregulated, uncensored, Internet?
It's the beginning of the end of a SINGLE internet. There will the the gov't USDA approved internet, and there will be a very well fortified "unauthorized" tunneling internet. It will be treated like the warez sites of today. Actually there will be many of them as they each get shut down one by one and several spring up to replace them. It's definitely something to keep the hacker community occupied. If you all want a single internet, then you will not support (re-elect)politicians and (buy from)corporations that support censorship. Here's lookin' acha, Walmart.
...but because people are sneaking in the back door when they would have otherwise paid I'm not covering my expenses.
You're assuming they would have paid if they couldn't get into the back door. That's your first mistake. Don't try to blame the lack of sales on the people sneaking in. If anything, it would benefit sales to have the word of mouth from the sneakers IF you have a good product.(re: napster and microsoft. Both the RIAA and microsoft benefit from than kind of business.) So, you're only left with the trespass aspect of the incident.
But, since it's here, like everthing else related to property, hysteria rules. I mean, if they can take your house to build a strip mall, let's take it that last step and start killing people for lost profits. We all know that money is more important than the lives of mere humans, whose only purpose is to serve those profits.
that printers and cartridges will become a hot item there. The kids will be using some pretty big fonts after a few months of this. The optemetrists should get busy also.
You mean to tell me you actually believe that the gov't is honestly doing any of this to actually protect us??? As opposed to the more likely scenario that this, like the patriot act and similar laws, is just another power grab? I, for one, don't believe we should make life easier for anybody who takes away our freedoms, especially under the false pretenses being used to do it. I was hoping that, with what I see in your journals, you, of all people, would see through this charade. The definition of "liberal" is going through a lot of changes these days. What's yours?
Let me tell you a litlle story... When asked about the Washington secretarial pool, the boss said that 30% could type 60 wpm, and that 60% could type 40 wpm, and the rest were huntin' peckers. Biddy-bing! Biddy-boom!
...what particular ideas for ending terror and terrorists has this batch of Slashdot brats suggested?
You must have missed the one from this "brat". It might not be popular, but it sure would be the best first step we could take, and it would be surprisingly effective.
C'mon. You know that if we were ever to treat the Middle East region in a reasonable, logical fashion, we would immediately be labeled anti-semite. That's the beauty of it for them. The guilt trip we have been on for the last 60 years is doing wonders. But if anybody wants the terrorism thing to virtually disappear, your 1st step is just about all that is needed for now. Hell, it wasn't THAT big of an issue until 1967. Now, about our friend, reallocate here, he's just showing blind loyalty to his gov't and corporate overlords who can do no wrong. It's really quite a shame, because on technical matters like NASA and computers and stuff, The guy is absolutely right on. I can't figure out why they completely fall apart on social issues. But then, Werner von Braun was a great scientist and we know who he was working for before we got him. He was very loyal also...to what he thought was the winning side. When does loyalty become a bad thing?
Maybe, if you checked a little history, specifically the diesel engine and FM radio, among others. You might find some of your proof. IP is being treated just like physical property. It's all about hoarding as much as you can (IBM, Microsoft, etc.) and how much you can extort from the public (pharmaceuticals, software). If the cry for reform gets too loud, they back off a bit. This is not about innovation. It's simply about moving paper, specifically money, without any innovative device actually hitting the streets. It's a scam of the worst kind invented by thieves(pirates would be good word to use here, because that is what they are.)
You neglect to recognize the fact that the technology would never have been developed without the patent.
That's a load of bull. If somebody needs an iris scanner, they will make one...with or without the damn patent. That's something that the IP drones won't ever admit....That something just might arise from necessity...not always exclusivity. It has been proven once again that IP law promotes speculation.
Why should the government interfere? It's the free market that's finding a replacement for gasoline.
The gov't already interferes. It's subsidizing the oil industry with all sort of tax breaks. They are keeping the price down so we won't go off looking for alternatives. This is why we're still hooked on petroleum. In a truly free and fair market, we would've abondoned it a long time ago.
What would have happened if the first group of migrants died on the journy...
The European pirates would have found the place anyway in their search for riches to pillage. If they found no humans, they just would've had to bring over more Africans, and there probably would have been a more sizable Chinese slave market. In truth, there probably wouldn't be much difference from what we have now, considering how the Indian population was so heavily decimated by the Europeans to...uuuhh...make space...or something.
Or until we quit buying. You can have a thousand republicans standing on the head of a pin, but that still doesn't force you to do business with shady characters.
You get what you vote for.
I couldn't agree more, and let's not forget the really cheesy: "You get what you pay for." also applies.
Just the morons here are totally blowing this out of proportion.
I understand what you're saying, but this is the way the other side operates. So both sides realize that sometimes, you have to whack somebody on the head with the fire extinguisher to get their attention. So...the story gets "sexed up". Kinda like...certain intelligence reports? Denied it can not be that all alike we are.
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If it wasn't for the crooks in the entertainment industry, we would've had the perfect replacement in the form of the mini-disk. Shirt pocket size and very durable. IP law strikes again.
Well, just maybe you live in a society that looks after those less fortunate than you. While the execution is lousy, the concept is valid. If you were every to come into hard times, where your private insurance will drop you like a stone(like what happened to many AIDS victims), you just might appreciate why you pay all those taxes. The only real gripe you have is about the waste and corruption of the present system. Then again, that's the same system you and your neighbors continue to support. I still have more faith in gov't insurance(social security) than private, Enron or Worldcom like companies. Have very many people in the US lost their life savings in gov't bonds? They may suffer reduced benefits, but even I doubt the gov't will rob the people like Mr. Keating did.
Maybe, you too, might like this. Then again...
It is difficult to properly punish a non-entity.
So you go after the people in charge...They use RICO on you and take your car if they find a joint in the ashtray. These laws could have real teeth in corporate cases. But then the lawmakers will be biting off the hand that feeds...
Here's the story I saw.
Cockpit window falls from Discovery, hits engine pod...
Is this what you would call "sensationalistic"? Jeez, and I thought the Star was bad.
If you had to pick - and you probably do - which would you go for?
I expect most people to root for their "home" team. Things usually work out that way. If there has to be weapons in space, I would prefer that they would be used to prevent any claims of exclusivity.
On the other hand, it is conceivable that people may die as a result of a virus in hospitals, for example.
:-) Now, if any danm hospital administrator is using an x86 machine on ANY critical systems, he/she should be taken out and shot(figuratively speaking of course). The gov't should step in and not allow these machines to be used for this purpose any more than they should allow defective cars on the road or spoiled meat to be served in a restaurant. Critical systems should be certified the way aircraft are certified to be airworthy.
Most people die in hospitals from bacterial infections, not viral
you can find an "early" release on some Canadien site.
Is this the beginning of the end for the global, unregulated, uncensored, Internet?
It's the beginning of the end of a SINGLE internet. There will the the gov't USDA approved internet, and there will be a very well fortified "unauthorized" tunneling internet. It will be treated like the warez sites of today. Actually there will be many of them as they each get shut down one by one and several spring up to replace them. It's definitely something to keep the hacker community occupied. If you all want a single internet, then you will not support (re-elect)politicians and (buy from)corporations that support censorship. Here's lookin' acha, Walmart.
...but because people are sneaking in the back door when they would have otherwise paid I'm not covering my expenses.
You're assuming they would have paid if they couldn't get into the back door. That's your first mistake. Don't try to blame the lack of sales on the people sneaking in. If anything, it would benefit sales to have the word of mouth from the sneakers IF you have a good product.(re: napster and microsoft. Both the RIAA and microsoft benefit from than kind of business.) So, you're only left with the trespass aspect of the incident.
But, since it's here, like everthing else related to property, hysteria rules. I mean, if they can take your house to build a strip mall, let's take it that last step and start killing people for lost profits. We all know that money is more important than the lives of mere humans, whose only purpose is to serve those profits.
that printers and cartridges will become a hot item there. The kids will be using some pretty big fonts after a few months of this. The optemetrists should get busy also.
You mean to tell me you actually believe that the gov't is honestly doing any of this to actually protect us??? As opposed to the more likely scenario that this, like the patriot act and similar laws, is just another power grab? I, for one, don't believe we should make life easier for anybody who takes away our freedoms, especially under the false pretenses being used to do it. I was hoping that, with what I see in your journals, you, of all people, would see through this charade. The definition of "liberal" is going through a lot of changes these days. What's yours?
Let me tell you a litlle story...
When asked about the Washington secretarial pool, the boss said that 30% could type 60 wpm, and that 60% could type 40 wpm, and the rest were huntin' peckers. Biddy-bing! Biddy-boom!
I don't wanna discount!! I want a good processor! "I want my Alpha! and I want it NOW!"
...what particular ideas for ending terror and terrorists has this batch of Slashdot brats suggested?
You must have missed the one from this "brat". It might not be popular, but it sure would be the best first step we could take, and it would be surprisingly effective.
C'mon. You know that if we were ever to treat the Middle East region in a reasonable, logical fashion, we would immediately be labeled anti-semite. That's the beauty of it for them. The guilt trip we have been on for the last 60 years is doing wonders. But if anybody wants the terrorism thing to virtually disappear, your 1st step is just about all that is needed for now. Hell, it wasn't THAT big of an issue until 1967. Now, about our friend, reallocate here, he's just showing blind loyalty to his gov't and corporate overlords who can do no wrong. It's really quite a shame, because on technical matters like NASA and computers and stuff, The guy is absolutely right on. I can't figure out why they completely fall apart on social issues. But then, Werner von Braun was a great scientist and we know who he was working for before we got him. He was very loyal also...to what he thought was the winning side. When does loyalty become a bad thing?
Maybe, if you checked a little history, specifically the diesel engine and FM radio, among others. You might find some of your proof. IP is being treated just like physical property. It's all about hoarding as much as you can (IBM, Microsoft, etc.) and how much you can extort from the public (pharmaceuticals, software). If the cry for reform gets too loud, they back off a bit. This is not about innovation. It's simply about moving paper, specifically money, without any innovative device actually hitting the streets. It's a scam of the worst kind invented by thieves(pirates would be good word to use here, because that is what they are.)
You neglect to recognize the fact that the technology would never have been developed without the patent.
That's a load of bull. If somebody needs an iris scanner, they will make one...with or without the damn patent. That's something that the IP drones won't ever admit....That something just might arise from necessity...not always exclusivity. It has been proven once again that IP law promotes speculation.
I was just thinking about how big we could make our SUVs if we had a cheaper power source :)
You'll have to ask Krusty.
Why should the government interfere? It's the free market that's finding a replacement for gasoline.
The gov't already interferes. It's subsidizing the oil industry with all sort of tax breaks. They are keeping the price down so we won't go off looking for alternatives. This is why we're still hooked on petroleum. In a truly free and fair market, we would've abondoned it a long time ago.
US == california
THAT's for sure...
What would have happened if the first group of migrants died on the journy...
The European pirates would have found the place anyway in their search for riches to pillage. If they found no humans, they just would've had to bring over more Africans, and there probably would have been a more sizable Chinese slave market. In truth, there probably wouldn't be much difference from what we have now, considering how the Indian population was so heavily decimated by the Europeans to...uuuhh...make space...or something.
And they'll keep doing it until they get burned.
Or until we quit buying. You can have a thousand republicans standing on the head of a pin, but that still doesn't force you to do business with shady characters.
You get what you vote for.
I couldn't agree more, and let's not forget the really cheesy: "You get what you pay for." also applies.
Just the morons here are totally blowing this out of proportion.
I understand what you're saying, but this is the way the other side operates. So both sides realize that sometimes, you have to whack somebody on the head with the fire extinguisher to get their attention. So...the story gets "sexed up". Kinda like...certain intelligence reports? Denied it can not be that all alike we are.