Well, this is where the importance of the issue has to be taken into perspective. So I'm not going to suggest that you boycott your grocery store over something like this. It's not like they're using slave labor or anything. This is one reason there is much doubt the issue could ever be resolved. It's about entertainment. However, it can still lead to general disrespect for all law as people do realize how the law is designed to protect commercial interests above human interests. It will increase the prominence of a separate "underground" society and possible open warfare between them and then both sides forgetting why it's happening even though the conflicts would continue on their own. Here we are seeing the ultimate result of prohibition. It becomes a golden goose for the top belligerents on both sides with skyrocketing profit margins. The problem can only get worse while the prohibitions remain in place. It can't go any other way. These are natural forces at work here. Nothing can change until we become human. Now, excuse me while I go spray a tree to mark my territory and remind the other cats and dogs to stay away.
So were runaway slaves and the people who sheltered them. If we can't remove unjust laws from the books, then we must make them physically unenforcible. If that means war, then so be it. It was the lawbreakers that brought you the USA. It was the lawbreakers that made the politicians realize the folly of alcohol prohibition, a drug that has proven to be more harmful than many presently "controlled substances". And hopefully they will help bring an end to present day prohibitions against consensual behavior. Most of them are economically, politically, and/or racially motivated, with no moral basis whatsoever.
The street-corner dealer would have to turn to other methods of making money. Like mugging, robbing, 'protection' rackets, etc.
Well, I would have to say that is definitely "unique" reasoning there. Nice scare tactic.
No, you haven't been...
I most certainly have...unless all those checks were forgeries. In which case copyright infringement would be the least of my worries. Once an idea is released (through my own use or by contract), it's there for everybody. Either way I do derive profit from it, even if not monetary. I grant no exclusivity and I expect none for myself. If you use my idea in your product, then I will claim my right to use, modify, distribute, staple, fold, spindle, and mutilate said product as I see fit. Tom Jefferson spelled it out quite clearly to the effect that once an idea is divulged, it belongs to everybody. I agree with that sentiment. If the duration of IP rights had remained at 14 years, I doubt the subject would have ever come up. But since it has become completely unmanageable and simply used as a tool to stifle innovation by preventing one from building upon the works of others and as a means of censorship, it must be abolished. And don't confuse this with plagiarism where one tries to claim the works of others as their own. The rights of "authorship" are quite natural and non-transferable for what should be obvious reasons. Use and distribution rights are neither.
Please tell us where you live. Then we can send all the streeet-corner hookers and drug dealers to hang out outside YOUR house. Or tell us what Intellectual Property you have created, so we can all make free copies of it, denying you any profit.
If they have a better product than the ones that are already here, they are more than welcome. Otherwise they'll be broke and move on. Free market at its best. Survival if the fittest and all that. The law made them into criminals, not their business. If it was legal they would be regular taxpayers like the rest of us. As for the IP, I have already been paid and have moved on. You will have to deal with the people who claim exclusivity over it. Any attempts at plagiarism will be frustrated by my possession and display of the originals. IP creators should have no special privileges that other lines of work don't enjoy. I have already discussed these points ad-nauseum. I guess you weren't there.
Like I said, I won't convict over these matters, period. I can only hope that more people will stand up for their rights and get these laws off the books.
...the other two juros insisted on saying 'Not Guilty' for ALL counts. They outright REFUSED to discuss why they 'beleived' he was not guilty.
Could have been a case of nullification. I will do the same thing in drug and adult prostitution cases, and over copyright violations. I will never send somebody to jail over what I consider bad and unjust law. Never.
The best way to fight back is to turn your back. Don't download their stuff, and most importantly, don't buy it. Of course all the numbers indicate that just the opposite is happening and business is better than ever. Eh...whatever.
Haven't tried them yet. Try Slax. Small, easy to modify with modules. I load it into RAM, and it's lightning fast. I'll be honest and tell you I having a bit of a problem with slack 12 install. First time ever it wouldn't boot straight off the disk. Maybe the SMP kernel is messing with my P3 because the P4 does boot. But that's an actual install disk. My Slack 11 instill is still running fine, but because I experiment a lot I like having the latest toys, so I got some work to do. I do "semi-install" the livecd by copying it straight to my primary DOS/98 partition and run it from there. In fact I have three different ones "installed" in that fashion. I run OpenOffice, Gimp, Inkscape, Quanta, and lots of other goodies. Couldn't be happier. Runs as fast as everything else on the machine.
It just came to me that I can run Windows in a VM and have the same protections. So I shouldn't be worried about that either. Replacing the virtual disk file is faster than ghosting.
I don't know what to tell you guys. For me the livecd is very convenient and safe. And it's a great maintenance tool besides. I've rescued lots of data off of disks that won't boot, and that BartPE can't read. Great for business with minimal effort on my part.
I don't have to justify my freedom, you have to justify taking it away.
Here's all the justification I need. BANG! BANG! Who wants it next? There, your freedom is gone. Waddya gonna do about "justification" that comes out the end of a gun while the rest of the animals in the slaughterhouse stand by and watch you bleed to death?
Plus on a mass scale, you have to sit there and distribute new cds every time a new version comes out with security patches.
Hey, if AOL can do it...:-)
That's a hassle and there is no guarantee in a corporate environment that people would use a specific CD.
Thin clients could make a comeback.
Well why not buy a dreamcast or xbox and just boot your shit on that instead of buying a computer if you feel that way.
Will it run Photoshop? or Dreamweaver? Office? Would it be as fast? Anyway they won't run with a livecd either, but a true Windows livecd, if one existed, could. One of the reasons I don't buy game boxes is principally for lack of funds and I don't care for games more complicated than solitaire and pong. All my equipment is at least five years old. I plan on staying with it until a capacitor pops. As far as storing my docs on a hard drive or USB stick, there's no need to mount them until I'm finished working and ready to save the docs to the drive. So, for now, since I'm not running a livecd now, I do the next best thing. I ghost the partition. The primary partition is 98 with real DOS. That way I can update and ghost it again. Ghosting a fresh install saves me over an hour if things do go haywire.
How about 45? Most people are pretty serious by then. Humor and lightheartedness have no place in government, or in this post:-) Maybe they shouldn't let the candidates campaign. Just post their voting record and the people can discuss amongst themselves. The more I think about it, the more I like it. It would cut way down on false promises and other deceptions.
Why? Just to go through it all over again? LiveCDs are great. Too bad there isn't one for Windows. BartPE doesn't count, what with all the stupid licensing crap. Like the old Bic pens...runs first time, every time. If it doesn't start up, then I know I have a hardware problem. Simple and reliable. The only better option to me is put the system on ROM. What we have now is very kludgy and high maintenance.
I just patented a process to "repirate" music. It uses a process of magnetizing oxide particles by passing them over a coil of wire. I call it the "cassette player". It's even portable. DRM that! And don't think breaking off that little tab will help ya. I got lots of scotch tape*, too. Nyah!
*no doubt they'll try to have that declared a circumvention device.
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..this now means that people have a way to pirate songs over a network.
That doesn't make sense. Why would they pirate anything if they can copy it for free?
And it will be legal.
It takes a lot more than guns and money to build a future.
But that's all you need to destroy it.
Well, this is where the importance of the issue has to be taken into perspective. So I'm not going to suggest that you boycott your grocery store over something like this. It's not like they're using slave labor or anything. This is one reason there is much doubt the issue could ever be resolved. It's about entertainment. However, it can still lead to general disrespect for all law as people do realize how the law is designed to protect commercial interests above human interests. It will increase the prominence of a separate "underground" society and possible open warfare between them and then both sides forgetting why it's happening even though the conflicts would continue on their own. Here we are seeing the ultimate result of prohibition. It becomes a golden goose for the top belligerents on both sides with skyrocketing profit margins. The problem can only get worse while the prohibitions remain in place. It can't go any other way. These are natural forces at work here. Nothing can change until we become human. Now, excuse me while I go spray a tree to mark my territory and remind the other cats and dogs to stay away.
They are breaking the Law.
So were runaway slaves and the people who sheltered them. If we can't remove unjust laws from the books, then we must make them physically unenforcible. If that means war, then so be it. It was the lawbreakers that brought you the USA. It was the lawbreakers that made the politicians realize the folly of alcohol prohibition, a drug that has proven to be more harmful than many presently "controlled substances". And hopefully they will help bring an end to present day prohibitions against consensual behavior. Most of them are economically, politically, and/or racially motivated, with no moral basis whatsoever.
The street-corner dealer would have to turn to other methods of making money. Like mugging, robbing, 'protection' rackets, etc.
Well, I would have to say that is definitely "unique" reasoning there. Nice scare tactic.
No, you haven't been...
I most certainly have...unless all those checks were forgeries. In which case copyright infringement would be the least of my worries. Once an idea is released (through my own use or by contract), it's there for everybody. Either way I do derive profit from it, even if not monetary. I grant no exclusivity and I expect none for myself. If you use my idea in your product, then I will claim my right to use, modify, distribute, staple, fold, spindle, and mutilate said product as I see fit. Tom Jefferson spelled it out quite clearly to the effect that once an idea is divulged, it belongs to everybody. I agree with that sentiment. If the duration of IP rights had remained at 14 years, I doubt the subject would have ever come up. But since it has become completely unmanageable and simply used as a tool to stifle innovation by preventing one from building upon the works of others and as a means of censorship, it must be abolished. And don't confuse this with plagiarism where one tries to claim the works of others as their own. The rights of "authorship" are quite natural and non-transferable for what should be obvious reasons. Use and distribution rights are neither.
Please tell us where you live. Then we can send all the streeet-corner hookers and drug dealers to hang out outside YOUR house. Or tell us what Intellectual Property you have created, so we can all make free copies of it, denying you any profit.
If they have a better product than the ones that are already here, they are more than welcome. Otherwise they'll be broke and move on. Free market at its best. Survival if the fittest and all that. The law made them into criminals, not their business. If it was legal they would be regular taxpayers like the rest of us. As for the IP, I have already been paid and have moved on. You will have to deal with the people who claim exclusivity over it. Any attempts at plagiarism will be frustrated by my possession and display of the originals. IP creators should have no special privileges that other lines of work don't enjoy. I have already discussed these points ad-nauseum. I guess you weren't there.
Like I said, I won't convict over these matters, period. I can only hope that more people will stand up for their rights and get these laws off the books.
Let's see:
at 4.1335978835978835978835978835979e-7 Hz this could take a very long time.
What do their parents have to do with anything?
Uh...tuition?
...the other two juros insisted on saying 'Not Guilty' for ALL counts. They outright REFUSED to discuss why they 'beleived' he was not guilty.
Could have been a case of nullification. I will do the same thing in drug and adult prostitution cases, and over copyright violations. I will never send somebody to jail over what I consider bad and unjust law. Never.
...their "ex parte" tactics are illegal.
Is there any kind of fine for this? Can we at least flog them with a wet noodle?
I prefer Swill, myself.
Fluids might be exchanged, but I believe the genitalia stay with the original owner. Though John Wayne Bobbit might disagree.
The best way to fight back is to turn your back. Don't download their stuff, and most importantly, don't buy it. Of course all the numbers indicate that just the opposite is happening and business is better than ever. Eh...whatever.
ALL claims of exclusive ownership and control over information are fraudulent. The law itself is a fraud.
BAH! Prior art isn't stopping anybody else. As the old saying goes, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." I suppose I should've added "with a computer".
Haven't tried them yet. Try Slax. Small, easy to modify with modules. I load it into RAM, and it's lightning fast. I'll be honest and tell you I having a bit of a problem with slack 12 install. First time ever it wouldn't boot straight off the disk. Maybe the SMP kernel is messing with my P3 because the P4 does boot. But that's an actual install disk. My Slack 11 instill is still running fine, but because I experiment a lot I like having the latest toys, so I got some work to do. I do "semi-install" the livecd by copying it straight to my primary DOS/98 partition and run it from there. In fact I have three different ones "installed" in that fashion. I run OpenOffice, Gimp, Inkscape, Quanta, and lots of other goodies. Couldn't be happier. Runs as fast as everything else on the machine.
It just came to me that I can run Windows in a VM and have the same protections. So I shouldn't be worried about that either. Replacing the virtual disk file is faster than ghosting.
I don't know what to tell you guys. For me the livecd is very convenient and safe. And it's a great maintenance tool besides. I've rescued lots of data off of disks that won't boot, and that BartPE can't read. Great for business with minimal effort on my part.
Me want freebies!
You already have them... In spades.
Who? Sound Exchange? or congress?
I don't have to justify my freedom, you have to justify taking it away.
Here's all the justification I need. BANG! BANG! Who wants it next? There, your freedom is gone. Waddya gonna do about "justification" that comes out the end of a gun while the rest of the animals in the slaughterhouse stand by and watch you bleed to death?
Plus on a mass scale, you have to sit there and distribute new cds every time a new version comes out with security patches.
:-)
Hey, if AOL can do it...
That's a hassle and there is no guarantee in a corporate environment that people would use a specific CD.
Thin clients could make a comeback.
Well why not buy a dreamcast or xbox and just boot your shit on that instead of buying a computer if you feel that way.
Will it run Photoshop? or Dreamweaver? Office? Would it be as fast? Anyway they won't run with a livecd either, but a true Windows livecd, if one existed, could. One of the reasons I don't buy game boxes is principally for lack of funds and I don't care for games more complicated than solitaire and pong. All my equipment is at least five years old. I plan on staying with it until a capacitor pops. As far as storing my docs on a hard drive or USB stick, there's no need to mount them until I'm finished working and ready to save the docs to the drive. So, for now, since I'm not running a livecd now, I do the next best thing. I ghost the partition. The primary partition is 98 with real DOS. That way I can update and ghost it again. Ghosting a fresh install saves me over an hour if things do go haywire.
How about 45? Most people are pretty serious by then. Humor and lightheartedness have no place in government, or in this post :-) Maybe they shouldn't let the candidates campaign. Just post their voting record and the people can discuss amongst themselves. The more I think about it, the more I like it. It would cut way down on false promises and other deceptions.
...at least tell him to install it.
Why? Just to go through it all over again? LiveCDs are great. Too bad there isn't one for Windows. BartPE doesn't count, what with all the stupid licensing crap. Like the old Bic pens...runs first time, every time. If it doesn't start up, then I know I have a hardware problem. Simple and reliable. The only better option to me is put the system on ROM. What we have now is very kludgy and high maintenance.
Try eight years! Well, almost... Yeah it was a real relief to get load off. Finally, I can move on.
I just patented a process to "repirate" music. It uses a process of magnetizing oxide particles by passing them over a coil of wire. I call it the "cassette player". It's even portable. DRM that! And don't think breaking off that little tab will help ya. I got lots of scotch tape*, too. Nyah!
*no doubt they'll try to have that declared a circumvention device.
Cool! It's really getting hard to find the old vacuum tube caps I'm using now.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I read the article. Seems to me that electrolytic is kind of solid state, but I get the idea. Whatever happened to mica?