but public schools and those oh so great government jobs? They don't need access to MySpace.
Because, going to a business- and IT-oriented highschool, nobody would ever do a research project on social networking sites or any other Web 2.0 stuff.
The problem here is not intellectual property law, nor is it our evil supermassive corporations. The issue is deeper than that; its the fact that capitalism has failed. We should just cut our losses and put an end to this miserable system before we're really screwed.
I mean, come on. How do we get off blaming corporations for being too 'evil' because they want to exploit the politicians to keep their business models? The system is set up to encourage exploiting everything to improve their bottom line, be it illegal immigrants, the DMCA, or intellectual property stuff in general.
Yes, I know. There goes years of good karma...but I really feel this way.
You know it and I know it: the right to make a backup is nothing but an excuse for unlimited copyright infringement.
Wrong. You are not downloading their backups, you are downloading a copy of the game INTENDED TO BE ILLEGALLY DISSEMINATED. Backups do not imply copyright violations. Warez and backups ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS.
I don't see calls for Apple to stop preventing people from making Fairplay compatible mp3 players. Or at least licensing out or opening Fairplay reasonably.
I guess you missed the article on the Apple antitrust suit earlier today?
Because I know my mom is up-and-up on software licensing. I mean, she's so leet that she can almost manage to check her e-mail without asking for help.
The request is not perfectly reasonable. The government is asking for lots and lots of data from Google to support their argument for a bill.
I don't know about you, but there is absolutely no possible justification for this. A subpoena is meant to compel testimony in a court proceeding, not to steal data on your citizens for the soul purpose of possibly justifyiny a conclusion you made based off of hyperbole.
The question is not about "who actually thinks of a typewriter when looking for 'office'?" but "who doesn't think of wordprocessing or text editing when he sees a typewriter icon?".
Oh, THAT'S what that thing is. Now my menu has but one mystery left: why is the programming icon a clothes hanger?
And no, I'm not joking. I just lack artistic vision.
Or, you know, at least MENTION Linux...I mean, if you can say the word 'Mac', can you at least ACKNOWLEDGE the fact that us Linux users exist? But then again, it's not like your server clusters are Linux based or anything...
Ah yes, something I've been worried about the past year.
I've just finished up my freshmen year at a public school. I came right out of a tiny little private school, so I had yet to see how the big bad gorilla known as the NEW HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM operated.
I was pretty shocked by what I saw, I'll tell ya. This one kid attacked another one one day at lunch. He grabbed his head and SLAMMED it into the bench, then proceeded to begin beating the crap out of him. The kid tried to fight him off (with a bit of success), because otherwise, he would have been seriously injured and/or killed. The only administrators/teachers present were all short, thin women in suits. There was not a whole lot anyone could do to help him.
And, lo and behold, despite the fact that he was VICIOUSLY assulted, he was suspended for a week because he didn't want to die.
Public schools really do suck. I've been wondering what I'd do if I were attacked by someone like he was. I'd probably end up fighting back, but I'm a good deal more clever than he is, and I wouldn't let the principal push me around after something like that.
Most Americans want the government making the Internet safer, eh? That's good for them, but it's too god damned bad that America doesn't own the Internet.
How about most Americans get off of their lazy asses and install bloody norton?
As far as I know (from my googling of hacks for the cat), there is a USB version, and it isn't just a mod, it's an official honest-to-god-peice-of-crap cat.
And to make it scan normal text barcodes, you have to open up the kitty and pry up a pin connecting one of them chip-looking things to the circut board-looking thing.
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Because, going to a business- and IT-oriented highschool, nobody would ever do a research project on social networking sites or any other Web 2.0 stuff.
The problem here is not intellectual property law, nor is it our evil supermassive corporations. The issue is deeper than that; its the fact that capitalism has failed. We should just cut our losses and put an end to this miserable system before we're really screwed.
I mean, come on. How do we get off blaming corporations for being too 'evil' because they want to exploit the politicians to keep their business models? The system is set up to encourage exploiting everything to improve their bottom line, be it illegal immigrants, the DMCA, or intellectual property stuff in general.
Yes, I know. There goes years of good karma...but I really feel this way.
It's not legal. It's less unethical.
Too bad it is pronounced S-Q-L.
And I have a shocking revelation for you. Most people agree with him.
Wrong. You are not downloading their backups, you are downloading a copy of the game INTENDED TO BE ILLEGALLY DISSEMINATED. Backups do not imply copyright violations. Warez and backups ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS.
Believe it or not, yes, they do go down from time to time. The phone companies have some ridiculous amount of uptime, though. I think it's 99.9999%?
...or you could just turn the root account back on...
The ReactOS project (they're working on a Free Windows clone) also used a lot of Wine source to get where they are now.
I guess you missed the article on the Apple antitrust suit earlier today?
Because I know my mom is up-and-up on software licensing. I mean, she's so leet that she can almost manage to check her e-mail without asking for help.
I'm waiting for Google to turn around and say Verizon is DDoSing their network because their customers keep going to Google.
The request is not perfectly reasonable. The government is asking for lots and lots of data from Google to support their argument for a bill.
I don't know about you, but there is absolutely no possible justification for this. A subpoena is meant to compel testimony in a court proceeding, not to steal data on your citizens for the soul purpose of possibly justifyiny a conclusion you made based off of hyperbole.
That reminds me of an episode of outer limits.
Except all of the characters who heard the signal got gold skin to protect them from the sun turning purple.
Meh.
Pfft, Japan has Gundams. China's punny battle stations stand no chance!
I call bullshit. The player does not own the data, and the player is not allowed to make real money off of the data. Please go and RTFTOS.
Ahh, I totally see it now. It's not a shovel for mixing cement, its what is used to flatten the cement once it is poured.
Many thanks.
And no, I'm not joking. I just lack artistic vision.
So why isn't Microsoft suing Google for theft of their trade secrets? They're suing Google for hiring some guy. Read the fucking article.
Or, you know, at least MENTION Linux...I mean, if you can say the word 'Mac', can you at least ACKNOWLEDGE the fact that us Linux users exist? But then again, it's not like your server clusters are Linux based or anything...
Because if they die as a result of the implantation instead of whatever illness they have, the doctor gets sued for malpractice.
Ah yes, something I've been worried about the past year.
I've just finished up my freshmen year at a public school. I came right out of a tiny little private school, so I had yet to see how the big bad gorilla known as the NEW HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM operated.
I was pretty shocked by what I saw, I'll tell ya. This one kid attacked another one one day at lunch. He grabbed his head and SLAMMED it into the bench, then proceeded to begin beating the crap out of him. The kid tried to fight him off (with a bit of success), because otherwise, he would have been seriously injured and/or killed. The only administrators/teachers present were all short, thin women in suits. There was not a whole lot anyone could do to help him.
And, lo and behold, despite the fact that he was VICIOUSLY assulted, he was suspended for a week because he didn't want to die.
Public schools really do suck. I've been wondering what I'd do if I were attacked by someone like he was. I'd probably end up fighting back, but I'm a good deal more clever than he is, and I wouldn't let the principal push me around after something like that.
Ah well.
Most Americans want the government making the Internet safer, eh? That's good for them, but it's too god damned bad that America doesn't own the Internet.
How about most Americans get off of their lazy asses and install bloody norton?
I'm not talking about decrypting what it outputs, I'm talking about actually modifying the cat so you never see the encryption crap. See?
As far as I know (from my googling of hacks for the cat), there is a USB version, and it isn't just a mod, it's an official honest-to-god-peice-of-crap cat.
And to make it scan normal text barcodes, you have to open up the kitty and pry up a pin connecting one of them chip-looking things to the circut board-looking thing.