The point of this challenge is to undo some of the PR damage done by the sensationalist presentation of the last test, which was hyped by the media in such a way as to mislead the majority of readers.
The real mystery to me is why a state employee is using my tax-funded resources to do so.
Mostly because we have no idea what the fuck to do with the waste that we can ensure won't fuck us over in the future.
What? There are plenty of ideas. Encase it in ceramic and concrete and embed it deep in the Earth's crust. Plant it in a subduction zone. Eject it from the planet. Deposit it in an extremely deep oceanic trench. Just because you may not like these ideas doesn't mean they don't exist.
Whether timeshifting is grouped amongst other untouchable Fair Use items based upon certain variable considerations of current law or whether it is an unalterable aspect of constitutional meaning is a very compex matter based on over a century of very subtle Supreme Court interpretation of the constitutional clauses.
Yes, I completely agree with that! Certain "fair uses" have been found to be constitutionally protected, mostly due to the First Amendment. But whether timeshifting falls in that category (I tend to believe it does not, but it's arguable) was not addressed in the Betamax case - that was my beef.
Perhaps, but strictly speaking, the DMCA only applies to defeating encryption schemes for the purpose of violating copyright. I don't see how this patch violates copyright at all.
Fair Use was established, defined, and expanded through numerous cases on a variety of constitutional issues. These were generally Supreme Court cases. Congress does not have the power to prohibit review, criticism, and parody.
Review, criticism, and parody? Yes. Timeshifting? Not so much. Please stay on topic. You claimed that time shifting was a constitutional right.
But the courts have consistently found that it would be unconstitutional to permit ourselves to do away with a huge amount of personal use rights ("fair use"). And amongst those fair use rights are the right to timeshift.
Again, if you are so well versed in the law, I ask you simply for a legal citation that supports that proposition. I maintain that, in fact, what the Court held in the Betamax case was that there was no basis for a civil action under the terms of the statutes then in effect. It was NOT held to be a constitutional right. I'm not saying that they couldn't, or shouldn't, mind you - just that they haven't.
I suspect he meant to, but is incapable of admitting error. In any case, nobody claims that the U.S. is a pure democracy, so it's something of a red herring anyways.
BTW, didja ever hear of the Betamax case, in which the US Supreme Court (before this country was fully OWNED by business, and we occasionally had the rights of the American people respected) decided that the constitutional fair use rights which we all have, and which the government has not and cannot constitutionally take away from us, allowed the type of recording off the TV that you are now questioning?
So much self-righteousness, but did YOU actually read the case? I challenge you to find the language that says timeshifting is a Constitutional right that Congress cannot legislate on. In fact, you might want to take a gander at the closing lines of the opinion, which read:
It may well be that Congress will take a fresh look at this new technology, just as it so often has examined other innovations in the past. But it is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written. Applying the copyright statute, as it now reads, to the facts as they have been developed in this case, the judgment of the Court of Appeals must be reversed.
But now people who have licensed spectrum for the use of anyone at all want to use their cheaply purchased public resource for their own special private commercial usage.
That's not right. Radio and TV stations have licensed the spectrum for their exclusive use over a certain area. That's why pirate broadcasters who piggyback on commercially-licensed frequencies are breaking the law.
Big deal. The bill has a total of one sponsor and hasn't even been referred to committee yet. Folks, any legislator can introduce a bill on anything. Most of them die in committee and never see the light of day. Get back to me if it makes it out of committee.
The best proposed solution I've heard would be to require all our trading partners to have reasonable standards for number of hours in a work-week, minimum wage, safe, sanitary working conditions, etc.
Perhaps I'm missing something, but I fail to see how that will cause Indians to purchase more expensive American goods over cheaper Chinese ones, especially if we are trying to simultaneously force them to adopt our labor standards.
That doesn't seem so great either. The smaller the movements required, the more important it is that those movements be precise. Arm and wrists muscles lack the fine motor controls that fingers have. This problem is amplified when not acting against a tensile force like thumbsticks or triggers. Even if you could achieve the same degree of precision controlling a free-floating device with wrist and arm muscles, it will be far more tiring to do so as compared to similar precise movement using fingers.
Okay, I'm confused. Your point is that Kerry won the popular vote? Did you check the link? It's been a while since I took a math class, but I seem to recall that 62,040,606 > 59,028,109.
but when you hold somewhere between $5000 and $20,000 in a firm, it's ethical to mention it.
Why? Are you holding yourself out as some kind of expert? Do you believe that your slashdot postings are so important that it's vital that nobody rely on them without full disclosure? Do you think that you have such an important position of slashdot trust that must be maintained by disclosing conflicts of interest?
Again, this shows that Bush and his ilk have no connection with the citizens of this country.
I see. So what's your proposal? Invade India and force them to buy American? Cripple the U.S. economy by cutting it off from the rest of the world? Stick your head in the sand and pretend that the rest of the world doesn't exist?
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No, no, no. The password is "boot".
The real mystery to me is why a state employee is using my tax-funded resources to do so.
Shouldn't that be:
Stupid Microsoft = new stupid();
Microsoft.GoBankruptIn = 100;
Microsoft.Start();
Also:
Linux Ubuntu = new Linux();
Ubuntu.DominatePlanet();
To be fair - doesn't U-238, in a reactor, pick up an extra proton and become PU-239?
"We" never made that claim about Soviet reactors. Cherbobyl didn't "blow sky high" anyways. It simply burned.
What? There are plenty of ideas. Encase it in ceramic and concrete and embed it deep in the Earth's crust. Plant it in a subduction zone. Eject it from the planet. Deposit it in an extremely deep oceanic trench. Just because you may not like these ideas doesn't mean they don't exist.
Yes, I completely agree with that! Certain "fair uses" have been found to be constitutionally protected, mostly due to the First Amendment. But whether timeshifting falls in that category (I tend to believe it does not, but it's arguable) was not addressed in the Betamax case - that was my beef.
Perhaps, but strictly speaking, the DMCA only applies to defeating encryption schemes for the purpose of violating copyright. I don't see how this patch violates copyright at all.
Already done. Lexmark v. Static Control
Review, criticism, and parody? Yes. Timeshifting? Not so much. Please stay on topic. You claimed that time shifting was a constitutional right.
How is this a violation of the law? Reverse-engineering things not a violation of the DMCA if done for interoperability.
This has nothing to do with the DMCA or Patriot Act.
Again, if you are so well versed in the law, I ask you simply for a legal citation that supports that proposition. I maintain that, in fact, what the Court held in the Betamax case was that there was no basis for a civil action under the terms of the statutes then in effect. It was NOT held to be a constitutional right. I'm not saying that they couldn't, or shouldn't, mind you - just that they haven't.
I suspect he meant to, but is incapable of admitting error. In any case, nobody claims that the U.S. is a pure democracy, so it's something of a red herring anyways.
Well...isn't that what this article is about? Sounds like you agree with the CIOs.
So much self-righteousness, but did YOU actually read the case? I challenge you to find the language that says timeshifting is a Constitutional right that Congress cannot legislate on. In fact, you might want to take a gander at the closing lines of the opinion, which read:
That's not right. Radio and TV stations have licensed the spectrum for their exclusive use over a certain area. That's why pirate broadcasters who piggyback on commercially-licensed frequencies are breaking the law.
Big deal. The bill has a total of one sponsor and hasn't even been referred to committee yet. Folks, any legislator can introduce a bill on anything. Most of them die in committee and never see the light of day. Get back to me if it makes it out of committee.
Perhaps I'm missing something, but I fail to see how that will cause Indians to purchase more expensive American goods over cheaper Chinese ones, especially if we are trying to simultaneously force them to adopt our labor standards.
That doesn't seem so great either. The smaller the movements required, the more important it is that those movements be precise. Arm and wrists muscles lack the fine motor controls that fingers have. This problem is amplified when not acting against a tensile force like thumbsticks or triggers. Even if you could achieve the same degree of precision controlling a free-floating device with wrist and arm muscles, it will be far more tiring to do so as compared to similar precise movement using fingers.
You're the one making allegations of inaccuracy and/or conspiracy, I think you should have the burden of proof.
Okay, I'm confused. Your point is that Kerry won the popular vote? Did you check the link? It's been a while since I took a math class, but I seem to recall that 62,040,606 > 59,028,109.
Why? Are you holding yourself out as some kind of expert? Do you believe that your slashdot postings are so important that it's vital that nobody rely on them without full disclosure? Do you think that you have such an important position of slashdot trust that must be maintained by disclosing conflicts of interest?
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/res ults/president/
I see. So what's your proposal? Invade India and force them to buy American? Cripple the U.S. economy by cutting it off from the rest of the world? Stick your head in the sand and pretend that the rest of the world doesn't exist?