for the coming IP wars overs this one. And we thought Gutemberg caused a ruckus with the printing press. It'll be a doosey(?). Maybe, finally, we'll git rid of Walmart, but it sure will put a lot of Chinese factory workers out of work. How much do you wanna bet that NOW the Chinese might become interested in IP just to protect those factories? When this becomes commonplace, we'll never have to worry about mandatory DRM and such. The FCC won't be able to stop me from building a real full spectrum scanner for instance. You can also bet that most governments will try to restrict access in order to protect their industries and themselves. Let's get this out of lab...fast. This could be the straw that breaks the monopolist's back. This is all probably redundant since I caught the story kind of late, and I haven't read the comments yet.
There is no lack of knowledge here. These people in power are under the infuence of monied(?) lobbiests. They don't have gen pop's interest in mind here. They know exactly what they are doing, and as long as we keep our eyes closed, they'll just keep on doing it. And as long as 51% continue to re-elect these people, it is up to us to make any IP laws that they produce unenforcable.
...because they know they have an immoral law that can allow them to make even more money back for a job done only once.
This is exactly the sentiment I have been trying to express. Now, how can we get gen pop to understand this and realize the concept of IP is absolutely despicable? Obviously it will be impossible to convince those riding the IP gravytrain. If there is any thievery here, it comes from IP.
On the contrary, it's the IP zealots who beleive the world owes them something for nothing. I can't send a copy of me to do my work for me as you apparently can with all your copyrights and patents and whatnot. I have to show up for my work. You should, too. I get paid for my time...for performing work, not selling copies of it. There's no reason a person should be paid for copies. Only the original will do. The copies are for advertisement. In fact, you should pay me for distributing your copies. I'm giving you free advertisement for your next performance. If someone wants to pay for copies, they're welcome to it, but they obviously shouldn't have to. Being first shouldn't bring exclusivity. If you want to keep an idea to yourself because you can't make a million bucks on it overnight, fine. Somebody else will be more generous to the community because he or she will benefit from the idea along with everybody else. You just want it for yourself. Pretty damn selfish. Do you honestly think we wouldn't have light bulbs if not for Edison? Or the airplane without the Wright Brothers? IP has actually retarded developement and avdvancement of these devices because of the stranglehold the inventors had on them through IP. It was IP that delayed the acceptance of the compression ignition engine because our friend Mr. Diesel insisted that the engine be manufactured his way that made it very inefficient and lack power. It wasn't until much later that other people were able to make the improvements necessary to make it a viable alternative the gasoline engine. IP makes it very difficult to build upon people's work. It's retarding human progress for the benefit of a few. It give control of information to people who should not have that control. It provides for gov't censorship through corporate proxy(or possibly the other way around). It feeds the "not invented here" sydrome. It's the ultimate in karma whoring. It's all "hey, hey, look at me". Also remember that the relation between publishers and pirates is very symbiotic(?). They depend on each other for mindshare. Don't think for a second that Microsoft would have the market it has outside the US were it not for piracy. If it was possible to pirate Apple hardware, they would be the ones with 90% of the market right now, and the rumors about them "dying" would never come up.
I'm not attempting to express any deep thought on the matter. It doesn't require any. I am simply stating that with or without the community's consensus on my "right" to privacy, I will keep my coomunications(or any other part of my life) private when necessary. I will use whatever means to that end, short of causing harm to others. The only fantasy I engage in is the part about neutralizing your weapons, but that won't stop me from trying. Besides, I think it's a nice fantasy to maintain. An individual being able to protect himself from any and all other individuals or groups is a good thing. If I were able to do that, I woudln't need to use a weapon(cause harm) to protect my rights. Ultimately the weapons are the only tools we have to defend one's rights or to take them away. In this world the guy with the most powerful weapons has all the rights he could want. Due to my survival instincts(something we all posess, and when it comes to brass tax, we probably cannot control), I would probably use a weapon to protect my rights, but I would know in my heart that it's not right. After the event anyway. So we can agree to disagree and leave it at that, but when I want my privacy, neither you or anybody else is going to stop me from having it.
Of course Americans don't want to kill everbody else. Otherwise where is Walmart going to get its overseas slave labor? Americans don't want to kill everybody. They just want them to work for them for nothing.
...when did people in the USA lose their moral compass?
When Kennedy got shot. It's been all downhill since then.
When was the last time an Iraqi threatedned YOU?
When Mohammed Ali refused to be drafted, he stated, "No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger." To me, it's just as heroic to stand up and tell them to their face that "I won't fight your fucking war" as it was to do as you're told and go.
The Israelis killed more than one Palestinian with an exploding cel phone. Obviously, they didn't depend on the battery. I think they filled the thing with c4(?), and called the number. When the guy answered...
Sounds like capitalism at its very best. Don't you think? Sure, it may be like selling refrigerators to the eskimos, but I, for one...like to look at pretty things. It makes the day more pleasant. The fact that it works well doesn't hurt. Don't let the price be the only factor when purchasing a product. I buy many things based on esthetics(sp?), form factor, whatever, and I really don't see anything wrong with that. In regards to sheep, I would think that most people buy windows machines simply because that's what everybody else has.(heh...which came first?) It's what they use at work, etc.
Every administration since at least Reagan has appointed a Drug Czar. He has had absolutely no effect on the availability of drugs in this country.
Not true. The price of coke went from over $300usd down to less than $100usd a gram. It has never been easier to get. I beleive this was intentional. It's not just for doctors and lawyers anymore. There are times when I can't find a package of Twinkies at the store, but coke is available on every corner(let me exaggerate, will ya?) all day every day. They did put a dent into the weed business with their reefer madness campaign of the 80's.
Actually, it's easier than that. Just tack "with a computer" on to any existing process and viola. Almost instant patent and let the courts sort it out. The last business to survive in this world will be IP litigation.
One thing that needs to be understood is that the American entertainment industry is also the govt main propaganda machine. The govt needs this to insure that only authorized information is transmited. They both need each other. Its mutually parasitic, but in reality, we are the host from which both feed. The drones that are squealing about artists "rights" are missing the point and are distracting us from the real issue. It's about power and who has it.
I didn't realize they started "licensing" hardware...
I kinda think one's car might be licensed, and messing with the smog devices is illegal in some places. Elevators are licensed, I think. Who knows? Someday you may have to show ID to buy computers and peripherals. They become quite deadly if thrown with sufficient force.
I can't tell you if we have a right to privacy, but if I want to keep something private, then I WILL find the way. The law be damned. We live in a world of might makes right. The powerful have privacy, among other things. The others don't. I claim the right to ANYTHING that does not cause harm to others. And once I am able to neutralize your weapons, I will be able to enforce my rights. You have the same rights. Rules of society that don't apply to everybody are invalid. So, I'm not going to try to convince you that privacy is good or bad, but I will keep it when necessary...and possible. I certainly won't let a bunch of old, bald, white bastards tell me what my rights are. As a human(as much as I hate to admit it), I know my rights.
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Try cleaning your DVD player. with a damp lint free cloth. Do not use furniture polish or other solvets, as it may damage the finish.
Now I'm not sure if that will make it play any better, but it sure will look spiffy on the shelf.
If you want to make durable backups, you'd better put them on film! It's the only format known to last over 30 years, besides paper*, in which case you'd have to live with the story boards.
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Mmmm...I'm not really sure, but I kinda think bootleg hardware(clothing, for example) predates software by a long shot.
Slow, slow.
Cars, planes, trains, computers...were also slow. C'mon have a little faith.
Try to apply Moore's law here.
"The Future is fun! The Future is fair! You may already have one! You may already be there!"
You might want Hormer's magic hammock.
No, but he did get a copyright, I believe. That could make it prior art?
for the coming IP wars overs this one. And we thought Gutemberg caused a ruckus with the printing press. It'll be a doosey(?). Maybe, finally, we'll git rid of Walmart, but it sure will put a lot of Chinese factory workers out of work. How much do you wanna bet that NOW the Chinese might become interested in IP just to protect those factories? When this becomes commonplace, we'll never have to worry about mandatory DRM and such. The FCC won't be able to stop me from building a real full spectrum scanner for instance. You can also bet that most governments will try to restrict access in order to protect their industries and themselves. Let's get this out of lab...fast. This could be the straw that breaks the monopolist's back. This is all probably redundant since I caught the story kind of late, and I haven't read the comments yet.
There is no lack of knowledge here. These people in power are under the infuence of monied(?) lobbiests. They don't have gen pop's interest in mind here. They know exactly what they are doing, and as long as we keep our eyes closed, they'll just keep on doing it. And as long as 51% continue to re-elect these people, it is up to us to make any IP laws that they produce unenforcable.
...because they know they have an immoral law that can allow them to make even more money back for a job done only once.
This is exactly the sentiment I have been trying to express. Now, how can we get gen pop to understand this and realize the concept of IP is absolutely despicable? Obviously it will be impossible to convince those riding the IP gravytrain. If there is any thievery here, it comes from IP.
On the contrary, it's the IP zealots who beleive the world owes them something for nothing. I can't send a copy of me to do my work for me as you apparently can with all your copyrights and patents and whatnot. I have to show up for my work. You should, too. I get paid for my time...for performing work, not selling copies of it. There's no reason a person should be paid for copies. Only the original will do. The copies are for advertisement. In fact, you should pay me for distributing your copies. I'm giving you free advertisement for your next performance. If someone wants to pay for copies, they're welcome to it, but they obviously shouldn't have to. Being first shouldn't bring exclusivity. If you want to keep an idea to yourself because you can't make a million bucks on it overnight, fine. Somebody else will be more generous to the community because he or she will benefit from the idea along with everybody else. You just want it for yourself. Pretty damn selfish. Do you honestly think we wouldn't have light bulbs if not for Edison? Or the airplane without the Wright Brothers? IP has actually retarded developement and avdvancement of these devices because of the stranglehold the inventors had on them through IP. It was IP that delayed the acceptance of the compression ignition engine because our friend Mr. Diesel insisted that the engine be manufactured his way that made it very inefficient and lack power. It wasn't until much later that other people were able to make the improvements necessary to make it a viable alternative the gasoline engine. IP makes it very difficult to build upon people's work. It's retarding human progress for the benefit of a few. It give control of information to people who should not have that control. It provides for gov't censorship through corporate proxy(or possibly the other way around). It feeds the "not invented here" sydrome. It's the ultimate in karma whoring. It's all "hey, hey, look at me". Also remember that the relation between publishers and pirates is very symbiotic(?). They depend on each other for mindshare. Don't think for a second that Microsoft would have the market it has outside the US were it not for piracy. If it was possible to pirate Apple hardware, they would be the ones with 90% of the market right now, and the rumors about them "dying" would never come up.
I'm not attempting to express any deep thought on the matter. It doesn't require any. I am simply stating that with or without the community's consensus on my "right" to privacy, I will keep my coomunications(or any other part of my life) private when necessary. I will use whatever means to that end, short of causing harm to others. The only fantasy I engage in is the part about neutralizing your weapons, but that won't stop me from trying. Besides, I think it's a nice fantasy to maintain. An individual being able to protect himself from any and all other individuals or groups is a good thing. If I were able to do that, I woudln't need to use a weapon(cause harm) to protect my rights. Ultimately the weapons are the only tools we have to defend one's rights or to take them away. In this world the guy with the most powerful weapons has all the rights he could want. Due to my survival instincts(something we all posess, and when it comes to brass tax, we probably cannot control), I would probably use a weapon to protect my rights, but I would know in my heart that it's not right. After the event anyway. So we can agree to disagree and leave it at that, but when I want my privacy, neither you or anybody else is going to stop me from having it.
...many criminals tend to be complete morons.
A common misconception, considering we only know about the criminals that have been caught. Of the intelligent ones we can only speculate...
...where they're discussing that it's cheaper to deal with the defects than to do recalls . . .
It's a common practice with these guys.
If you were holding that computer power supply against your ear when it caught fire, you might be a bit more upset about it.
Of course Americans don't want to kill everbody else. Otherwise where is Walmart going to get its overseas slave labor? Americans don't want to kill everybody. They just want them to work for them for nothing.
...when did people in the USA lose their moral compass?
When Kennedy got shot. It's been all downhill since then.
When was the last time an Iraqi threatedned YOU?
When Mohammed Ali refused to be drafted, he stated, "No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger." To me, it's just as heroic to stand up and tell them to their face that "I won't fight your fucking war" as it was to do as you're told and go.
The Israelis killed more than one Palestinian with an exploding cel phone. Obviously, they didn't depend on the battery. I think they filled the thing with c4(?), and called the number. When the guy answered...
Sounds like capitalism at its very best. Don't you think? Sure, it may be like selling refrigerators to the eskimos, but I, for one...like to look at pretty things. It makes the day more pleasant. The fact that it works well doesn't hurt. Don't let the price be the only factor when purchasing a product. I buy many things based on esthetics(sp?), form factor, whatever, and I really don't see anything wrong with that. In regards to sheep, I would think that most people buy windows machines simply because that's what everybody else has.(heh...which came first?) It's what they use at work, etc.
Every administration since at least Reagan has appointed a Drug Czar. He has had absolutely no effect on the availability of drugs in this country.
Not true. The price of coke went from over $300usd down to less than $100usd a gram. It has never been easier to get. I beleive this was intentional. It's not just for doctors and lawyers anymore. There are times when I can't find a package of Twinkies at the store, but coke is available on every corner(let me exaggerate, will ya?) all day every day. They did put a dent into the weed business with their reefer madness campaign of the 80's.
Actually, it's easier than that. Just tack "with a computer" on to any existing process and viola. Almost instant patent and let the courts sort it out. The last business to survive in this world will be IP litigation.
One thing that needs to be understood is that the American entertainment industry is also the govt main propaganda machine. The govt needs this to insure that only authorized information is transmited. They both need each other. Its mutually parasitic, but in reality, we are the host from which both feed. The drones that are squealing about artists "rights" are missing the point and are distracting us from the real issue. It's about power and who has it.
I didn't realize they started "licensing" hardware...
I kinda think one's car might be licensed, and messing with the smog devices is illegal in some places. Elevators are licensed, I think. Who knows? Someday you may have to show ID to buy computers and peripherals. They become quite deadly if thrown with sufficient force.
...while gold will store forever.
What happens after that?
I can't tell you if we have a right to privacy, but if I want to keep something private, then I WILL find the way. The law be damned. We live in a world of might makes right. The powerful have privacy, among other things. The others don't. I claim the right to ANYTHING that does not cause harm to others. And once I am able to neutralize your weapons, I will be able to enforce my rights. You have the same rights. Rules of society that don't apply to everybody are invalid. So, I'm not going to try to convince you that privacy is good or bad, but I will keep it when necessary...and possible. I certainly won't let a bunch of old, bald, white bastards tell me what my rights are. As a human(as much as I hate to admit it), I know my rights.
Try cleaning your DVD player. with a damp lint free cloth. Do not use furniture polish or other solvets, as it may damage the finish.
Now I'm not sure if that will make it play any better, but it sure will look spiffy on the shelf.
If you want to make durable backups, you'd better put them on film! It's the only format known to last over 30 years, besides paper*, in which case you'd have to live with the story boards.
*or vinyl or stone.
Sounds like you just need to "wrap" it up in another protocol.