Hence why the grandparent said something like "L-TX (well should be, stupid ballot access laws)" In Texas, you must run as R or D. These are the "stupid ballot access laws" of which the GP speaks. Paul is a registered Libertarian, though, so it's close enough to call him "L-TX".
Because this guy created Kazaa, sold it to Australian company Sharman, and now Sharman (who added the spyware BTW) is being raided. This guy is nowhere near Australia.
Here is some history of Kazaa for you to see. This bloke has no legal ties to Kazaa anymore;)
My point was that, as the Libertarian thought goes, laws should be based on pure logic. I have no doubt that many/.ers (even non-Libertarians) would support the repeal of many of these "think of the children" laws, because they make no sense and are reactionary legislation made only for votes, and not because they are necessary.
the Japanese regime were 100 times worse, and continue to deny or obfuscate their actions during WWII to this day.
I actually talked about this in a section of one of my latest blog entries. It's not a great scholarly piece, but for anyone a bit curious about the recent protests in China about the Japanese government, there's at least a modicum of insight in my writings, I hope. I had a professor lecture about US-China-Japan relations, and he covered this in part. I was shocked to know that many of my fellow Japanese classmates at university were not aware of the cause of the tensions. In any case, if you are curious or want to criticize it, it's maybe 1/2 way down the entry I've linked.
That being said, I'm going to go out and try to find a copy of this bomb story here in Japan.
I forgot to ask -- can you please define "inhumane"? Please, delineate the definition in a way that it can be accurately legislated 100% of the time. In theory, all laws should be based on impartiality, and capriciously declaring something as "inhumane" every time you don't like the current situation is just idiotic.
For example, I am morally against abortions. However, I am not about to make an emotional appeal that abortions are "inhumane", because there is no impartial way of proving it. Instead, a logical argument must be used, and because I have yet to hear a strong logical argument free of emotional appeal, I do not yet support any legislation illegalizing abortions.
If you read what the Constitution is based on (John Locke's writings, primarily), you will see that the origins of our system are based on the idea that the Constitution is a paper document which delineates goals and rules, and in order to have a fair society, emotion must be avoided when making decisions.
Murder is logical because the US was founded on the principles of preventing the use of force (a Libertarian ideal, mind you), and preventing/punishing murder is preventing/discouraging the use of force.
One of the methods of thought in the US is that, because our system of laws is (in theory) based purely on logic and not on emotional appeal. Please stop using emotional appeals to get laws passed ("Think of the children!"). Instead, try something like "providing universal health care will decrease crime, and by transitivity, prevent the use of force."
It had better eventually play Linux. Video is already somewhat playable on the 3G iPod, Mini and Photo. I've seen it. It's awesome what these hackers have done.
*sigh* I remember when my friends (who had broadband, and I had dialup and I think was grounded for a while from the internet for downloading some *cough* pictures) were talking about AYBABTU. One even got a bumper sticker for his car. For some reason I was under the impression some Chinese hackers had hacked the CIA's website and had meant to be "badass" by declaring that they had owned the US's intelligence-gathering office. However, in a stroke of irony, they employed horrid grammar.
It wasn't until I was ungrounded that I found out the truth.
I'm not sure which version I like better -- hackers screwing up the pr00f of 0wn4g3, or that the Japanese could not translate to English.
As a sidenote, I just bought myself a shirt that says "REFLECT BABOON it does no matter where you come from" and one that says "HIPPOpoTAMUS brother it takes care when playing GEE THANKS" here in Japan this week. This is of course balanced out by the kanji mistakes on Tian's site.
Yes, but then the second some guy posts the information he found online so that people don't have to contact Sony, they don't have a nice list of the people who know anymore. I seriously doubt this is the reason.
Sony most likely is trying to bring to the public a copy-protection scheme that can still stop some people from copying (they think) while being as little of a hindrance as possible to people wishing to exercise their Fair Use Rights.
I just got a letter from him today about his views on the DMCRA (Digital Millennium Consumers' Rights Act), and it included the choice paragraph
I would oppose any federal legislation making criminal the possession or use of some technology simply because it has the potential of being used for some illegal purpose by some potential criminal. I would likely oppose legislation mandating that technology carry certain features designed to prevent copyright infringement, since these mandates exceed Congress's constitutional authority. I also oppose giving copyright holders the powers to violate individual property rights by hacking into a computer on the mere suspicion that a computer is involved in piracy.
I was so sure that I was going to prove you wrong. I got out my Concise Japanese Readers Dictionary, and looked it up to get the origin. It is, however, indeed from the English "animation". As a side note, many anime fans tend to call Japanese animation "anime" with an acute accent over the e, to Francofy the word. However, if you do this, it becomes a word for a varnish or sweet smelling veneer, according to my dictionary. Who woulda thunk it?
You should turn that Wireless Zero Config shit off. My connection kept dropping until I turned it off (and assigned wireless control to my card's included utility). From what I hear, many other people have the same problem.
I usually export to pdf from OO.org. [...] Of course, that poses its own challenges if you're emailing a professor, depending on how savvy they are.
In three years of study at university, I have never encountered a professor who did not create their own files for student use in PDF. Literally all my professors' online documents were in PDF. This is in both the Math department and the Japanese Language department, so it's not just "savvy natty sci" users who know of PDF.
For one, 'anime' is merely French for animation. I don't think animation is just a fad. If you mean 'anime' as in 'Japanese animation', then that's like saying, "What if foreign films are just a fad." Don't forget that the artform has been chugging along steadily in Japan for over 50 years now, and gaining popularity in the states steadily for 40 now (Voltron, Astroboy, etc., all the way up to the ridiculous amounts of animation imported from Japan nowadays). Fads don't last 30 years.
It's no surprise that Pixar, and not Disney, is Ghibli's biggest cheerleader in the states
I can tell you, the respect goes both ways, too. I was at the Ghibli Museum in Japan last semester on a trip with my classmates, and they had one of the areas of the museum dedicated to Pixar, with tons of sketches, figures, models, etc. It was amazing and inspiring to see two animation houses in separate countries share their art with each other.
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Done. I called my rep 2 minutes ago from Japan to voice my concern. Yet one more reason Skype is awesome ;)
Hence why the grandparent said something like
"L-TX (well should be, stupid ballot access laws)"
In Texas, you must run as R or D. These are the "stupid ballot access laws" of which the GP speaks. Paul is a registered Libertarian, though, so it's close enough to call him "L-TX".
Because this guy created Kazaa, sold it to Australian company Sharman, and now Sharman (who added the spyware BTW) is being raided. This guy is nowhere near Australia.
;)
Here is some history of Kazaa for you to see. This bloke has no legal ties to Kazaa anymore
My point was that, as the Libertarian thought goes, laws should be based on pure logic. I have no doubt that many /.ers (even non-Libertarians) would support the repeal of many of these "think of the children" laws, because they make no sense and are reactionary legislation made only for votes, and not because they are necessary.
the Japanese regime were 100 times worse, and continue to deny or obfuscate their actions during WWII to this day.
I actually talked about this in a section of one of my latest blog entries. It's not a great scholarly piece, but for anyone a bit curious about the recent protests in China about the Japanese government, there's at least a modicum of insight in my writings, I hope. I had a professor lecture about US-China-Japan relations, and he covered this in part. I was shocked to know that many of my fellow Japanese classmates at university were not aware of the cause of the tensions. In any case, if you are curious or want to criticize it, it's maybe 1/2 way down the entry I've linked.
That being said, I'm going to go out and try to find a copy of this bomb story here in Japan.
I forgot to ask -- can you please define "inhumane"? Please, delineate the definition in a way that it can be accurately legislated 100% of the time. In theory, all laws should be based on impartiality, and capriciously declaring something as "inhumane" every time you don't like the current situation is just idiotic.
For example, I am morally against abortions. However, I am not about to make an emotional appeal that abortions are "inhumane", because there is no impartial way of proving it. Instead, a logical argument must be used, and because I have yet to hear a strong logical argument free of emotional appeal, I do not yet support any legislation illegalizing abortions.
If you read what the Constitution is based on (John Locke's writings, primarily), you will see that the origins of our system are based on the idea that the Constitution is a paper document which delineates goals and rules, and in order to have a fair society, emotion must be avoided when making decisions.
Murder is logical because the US was founded on the principles of preventing the use of force (a Libertarian ideal, mind you), and preventing/punishing murder is preventing/discouraging the use of force.
No, his hat was actually where they initially tested WiMax.
One of the methods of thought in the US is that, because our system of laws is (in theory) based purely on logic and not on emotional appeal. Please stop using emotional appeals to get laws passed ("Think of the children!"). Instead, try something like "providing universal health care will decrease crime, and by transitivity, prevent the use of force."
Bootlegging is not naughty if you see Ben Folds, Phish, String Cheese Incident, or any other band who says recording their live concerts is OK
It had better eventually play Linux
Should have said:
"It had better eventually play OGG."
It had better eventually play Linux. Video is already somewhat playable on the 3G iPod, Mini and Photo. I've seen it. It's awesome what these hackers have done.
*sigh* I remember when my friends (who had broadband, and I had dialup and I think was grounded for a while from the internet for downloading some *cough* pictures) were talking about AYBABTU. One even got a bumper sticker for his car. For some reason I was under the impression some Chinese hackers had hacked the CIA's website and had meant to be "badass" by declaring that they had owned the US's intelligence-gathering office. However, in a stroke of irony, they employed horrid grammar.
It wasn't until I was ungrounded that I found out the truth.
I'm not sure which version I like better -- hackers screwing up the pr00f of 0wn4g3, or that the Japanese could not translate to English.
As a sidenote, I just bought myself a shirt that says "REFLECT BABOON it does no matter where you come from" and one that says "HIPPOpoTAMUS brother it takes care when playing GEE THANKS" here in Japan this week. This is of course balanced out by the kanji mistakes on Tian's site.
Yes, but then the second some guy posts the information he found online so that people don't have to contact Sony, they don't have a nice list of the people who know anymore. I seriously doubt this is the reason.
Sony most likely is trying to bring to the public a copy-protection scheme that can still stop some people from copying (they think) while being as little of a hindrance as possible to people wishing to exercise their Fair Use Rights.
Secret pogroms smack of Nazi Germany.
How ironical, since pogroms are Russian.
I just got a letter from him today about his views on the DMCRA (Digital Millennium Consumers' Rights Act), and it included the choice paragraph
Modded down into boliavian.
What does South America have to do with RMS?
Every kid must go to the University, period. Seriously.
Yes, because we all know how much more skilled our trashmen will be at driving garbage trucks once they have their philosophy degree.
I was so sure that I was going to prove you wrong. I got out my Concise Japanese Readers Dictionary, and looked it up to get the origin. It is, however, indeed from the English "animation". As a side note, many anime fans tend to call Japanese animation "anime" with an acute accent over the e, to Francofy the word. However, if you do this, it becomes a word for a varnish or sweet smelling veneer, according to my dictionary. Who woulda thunk it?
You should turn that Wireless Zero Config shit off. My connection kept dropping until I turned it off (and assigned wireless control to my card's included utility). From what I hear, many other people have the same problem.
I usually export to pdf from OO.org. [...] Of course, that poses its own challenges if you're emailing a professor, depending on how savvy they are.
In three years of study at university, I have never encountered a professor who did not create their own files for student use in PDF. Literally all my professors' online documents were in PDF. This is in both the Math department and the Japanese Language department, so it's not just "savvy natty sci" users who know of PDF.
For one, 'anime' is merely French for animation. I don't think animation is just a fad. If you mean 'anime' as in 'Japanese animation', then that's like saying, "What if foreign films are just a fad." Don't forget that the artform has been chugging along steadily in Japan for over 50 years now, and gaining popularity in the states steadily for 40 now (Voltron, Astroboy, etc., all the way up to the ridiculous amounts of animation imported from Japan nowadays). Fads don't last 30 years.
It's no surprise that Pixar, and not Disney, is Ghibli's biggest cheerleader in the states
I can tell you, the respect goes both ways, too. I was at the Ghibli Museum in Japan last semester on a trip with my classmates, and they had one of the areas of the museum dedicated to Pixar, with tons of sketches, figures, models, etc. It was amazing and inspiring to see two animation houses in separate countries share their art with each other.
And this is why things like the Can Spam Act will never work, and are merely wastes of taxpayer dollars.
Yeah, you got that right. I keep getting pop-ups about, "Danger! Your dick is too big! Shrink it to make other guys feel more secure!"