Indeed, Evercrack, or World of Crack, or City of Crack, or Final Crack, whatever your taste may be. I think I have something like over a month of playtime on FFXI and I'm one of the conservative ones. Some people I'm sure a pushing over a year of playtime (not just owning the game, actually playing it).
I don't think the point was that they blocked.xxx, it is WHY they blocked.xxx which makes people even in the US uncomfortable, namely that a religious group managed to exert a control over the internet.
I grant the US has done a wonderful job getting us to where we are so far, but the US has also started to be confining against the very beast it's created, and not for good reasons. I'm not sure if I'm in for some international committee to replace the US control, but I do think we need a change because this sort of thing shouldn't happen. Additional, although it's certainally a nightmare senerio, if the US gov did decide to go wacko, having such a global network so heavily under that 1 government's control isn't such a hot idea.
Ah, government... never has an institution of such importance lowered my expectations for humanity so much. This is just pathetic, and worrisome doesn't even come close to describing it. Right in their own declaration they make something illegal, yet say they won't enforce it. Then why was it made illegal you twits?! You just gave sanction to every idiot with some authority to selectively prosecute as they please. That should never be tolerated. Laws are supposed to be universal, not selective. The really sad thing is this isn't limited to Finland by any means, every country on the planet is guilty of this kind of *bleep* I'm sure.
MS tried to tout their use of a new wireless standard as some measure to improve preformance, but I think this clearly shows the real reasoning behind that decision. Using a new standard they have patented forces the 3rd parties to work thru MS, giving them no options.
None the less it exists, and this on the PS2 which has 32 megs of memory total. You think a system with 16X as much memory to use won't be feeling the need for some more space very quickly?
This is true, absence of explanation does not equate that a natural explanation doesn't exist.
However, one must really ask themselves, is Science even set up to find such a super-natural thing? What exactly is super-natural? If it effects the world in some way, it intrinsically becomes a natural thing, so how can you find it if the moment you find it you really have to label it natural?
I'm not into this how creationist thing, and am pretty solid in my believe that evolution is the way things went (not too sure on natural selection yet, but that's just a mechanism). However, I'm also into philosophy, and notice quite often how we might miss a fundamental hole in our reasoning. If we truly have some kind of 'super-natural' being out their messing in the affairs of our universe, science may be ill-equiped to find it as all science can observe is the natural consequences.
The problem isn't any 1 single password, it is the dozens and dozens people have to remember. I alone have about 7 at work alone, and god knows how many online ones. You try to keep these secure, but when there are that many it's almost inevidable that you'll resort to something to simplify matters.
I think we'd like to think laws should be based on morals, but really they aren't and nor can they be.
The reason for this is much of morality is the simply belief that X is right and Y is wrong intrisically. However, much of that can't be proven, and doesn't really hold up in a multicultural society where much of our beliefs of right and wrong can shift.
So, instead, laws are based usually on a lowest common point of morals which a large majority can agree on, plus some ethical considerations that say you can at least attempt some kind of proof that Y is wrong based on a larger principle.
Well, technically, they don't simply transform. They can drastically alter size (Soundwave is a walkman for pity sakes!) as well remove or add parts in the process.
Well, so far DS isn't the better by. It has a weaker game line up, less capability, and a questionable future if Nintendo truly has a GBA2 on the way.
So far, the only thing DS has on PSP is battery life, but not by a whole lot as many people are getting 5+ hours out of PSP, not the low ball estimate others keep spewing of 2 1/2 hours.
And as to portability, ever looked at DS? The thing is 2X PSP's size. Nintendo really has lost that claim to fame.
Okay, well first off, you could be convicted right now by some wacked out foreign dictator of high treason and have a death sentence you don't even know about. Unless the US government decides to send you off to this country it's not really a problem.
The big thing with this case is: can a foreign based person/organization be held accountable for harm caused locally? In my opinion, damn rights they can. Will it impact them, only if they have business operations in Canada or the US decides to bill them even though they are in the US. Either way though, that doesn't give you free sanction to spout off simply because you aren't based in the place the harm is caused.
As someone else pointed out, reversing this situation, you could easily see media outlets set up their servers in some off shore location where laws are near non-existant, and that would give them free sanction to say anything they want to say. I would say that's BS and shouldn't be any kind of protection. You print a bogus story, be prepared to pay the penalty.
Actually, they are not considered publishers, they are considered common carriers. There is a difference. Common carriers have no obligation nor right to monitor what is being transmitted. A publisher does.
Now, that doesn't mean you don't need a license, but it licensed or not won't really help the copyright infringement situation. The sear volume of data involved on a large network would make monitoring it impractical.
Actually, that would be considered a verbal contract, and if he could prove you said it, you are obligated to pay it, or you're in violation of that contract.
The old saying of 'A promise isn't worth the paper it's printed on' no longer holds true in court.
Technical, as I understand it, it works like this:
We pay a tax on all blank media. This tax is made on the assumption that at least a portion of this blank media will be used to record copyrighted material. The copyright holders therefore get this tax. However, this is a give and take, as to get this tax, the copyright holder had to essentially agree to give a little in the form of allowing your average joe to make private copies for their own use legally. This has since been tested and has allowed average Joe 1 to give his original copy to average Joe 2 who can then copy it for himself. Extending this to internet media, when you download, you act like average Joe 2.
Now, as for Joe 1, the guy releasing this stuff, the copyright guys had this guy pegged to the wall pretty good until a judge said simply allowing the potential to download a copyrighted file was akin to having a copier in a library. Neither, in itself is illegal. So, last I heard the copyright guys are regrouping for a better attack, and make no mistake, it will come.
So far, I like our system infinitely better than the US system to date. It has kept up the give and take that copyrights have always had, instead of just going the take everything route the US seems to be going in.
Note: not all copyright holders are getting that tax, so don't feel all special just yet you evil copiers. Only a select few big organizations get it (the exact ones elludes me at the moment).
There is also the matter of password overload. If you're anything like me, you have over 10 passwords, with quite a few screwy usernames tossed in for good measure too. When every site on the planet demands a password, you tend to start getting more slack on your choices, reusing passwords, or using simplier passwords that you can remember. So, you may in fact be getting a false sense of security from that first line of defense.
"We may change this agreement at any time as we see fit and you automatically agree to the new agreement with X days of continued use of this product even if we don't notify you of the change."
I was hearing talk of several million in sales of WoW. Is this just not considering the regions they made up the rest of the sales, or was this another case where they talk about sales to retailers rather than customers?
I think the real point is how do you enforce such a think meaningfully. The compiler isn't illegal, and if the code is a mere couple lines, you need no real expertise to code one, a simple internet search could easily yield a viable codebase. So, any joe shmoe with a text editor, a PC, and the appropriate compiler installed can create a P2P app and replicate it endlessly, not to mention quite easily distribute it too. At that point enforcement of any law banning such apps becomes really difficult to justify.
However, that said, the same can often be said of viruses, worms, and other malicious software. The only difference I think is the complexity involved, but not being a virus writer I can't really speak to that:P.
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Indeed, Evercrack, or World of Crack, or City of Crack, or Final Crack, whatever your taste may be. I think I have something like over a month of playtime on FFXI and I'm one of the conservative ones. Some people I'm sure a pushing over a year of playtime (not just owning the game, actually playing it).
IANAL but usually this seems to apply not to the work itself, but to the people that who use the work, and it's optional, not required.
I grant the US has done a wonderful job getting us to where we are so far, but the US has also started to be confining against the very beast it's created, and not for good reasons. I'm not sure if I'm in for some international committee to replace the US control, but I do think we need a change because this sort of thing shouldn't happen. Additional, although it's certainally a nightmare senerio, if the US gov did decide to go wacko, having such a global network so heavily under that 1 government's control isn't such a hot idea.
Ah, government... never has an institution of such importance lowered my expectations for humanity so much. This is just pathetic, and worrisome doesn't even come close to describing it. Right in their own declaration they make something illegal, yet say they won't enforce it. Then why was it made illegal you twits?! You just gave sanction to every idiot with some authority to selectively prosecute as they please. That should never be tolerated. Laws are supposed to be universal, not selective. The really sad thing is this isn't limited to Finland by any means, every country on the planet is guilty of this kind of *bleep* I'm sure.
http://secunia.com/product/4227/
This shows you all the vulnerabilities they mention. The article doesn't link the exploits unfortunately.
MS tried to tout their use of a new wireless standard as some measure to improve preformance, but I think this clearly shows the real reasoning behind that decision. Using a new standard they have patented forces the 3rd parties to work thru MS, giving them no options.
None the less it exists, and this on the PS2 which has 32 megs of memory total. You think a system with 16X as much memory to use won't be feeling the need for some more space very quickly?
We already had a live action He-man. Let's just say, ugh!
Don't bother, we don't even own our land up here, we just sort of borrow it.
However, one must really ask themselves, is Science even set up to find such a super-natural thing? What exactly is super-natural? If it effects the world in some way, it intrinsically becomes a natural thing, so how can you find it if the moment you find it you really have to label it natural?
I'm not into this how creationist thing, and am pretty solid in my believe that evolution is the way things went (not too sure on natural selection yet, but that's just a mechanism). However, I'm also into philosophy, and notice quite often how we might miss a fundamental hole in our reasoning. If we truly have some kind of 'super-natural' being out their messing in the affairs of our universe, science may be ill-equiped to find it as all science can observe is the natural consequences.
Hmm, well, enough philosophy for the day :).
The problem isn't any 1 single password, it is the dozens and dozens people have to remember. I alone have about 7 at work alone, and god knows how many online ones. You try to keep these secure, but when there are that many it's almost inevidable that you'll resort to something to simplify matters.
Legal Speak! Can... no... understand... Brain Melting!
The reason for this is much of morality is the simply belief that X is right and Y is wrong intrisically. However, much of that can't be proven, and doesn't really hold up in a multicultural society where much of our beliefs of right and wrong can shift.
So, instead, laws are based usually on a lowest common point of morals which a large majority can agree on, plus some ethical considerations that say you can at least attempt some kind of proof that Y is wrong based on a larger principle.
Well, technically, they don't simply transform. They can drastically alter size (Soundwave is a walkman for pity sakes!) as well remove or add parts in the process.
So far, the only thing DS has on PSP is battery life, but not by a whole lot as many people are getting 5+ hours out of PSP, not the low ball estimate others keep spewing of 2 1/2 hours.
And as to portability, ever looked at DS? The thing is 2X PSP's size. Nintendo really has lost that claim to fame.
Sorry, but even that doesn't hold water and GGX is 2D and is original. It also doesn't cover the likes of RTK7 and RTK8, both fully 2D based games.
The big thing with this case is: can a foreign based person/organization be held accountable for harm caused locally? In my opinion, damn rights they can. Will it impact them, only if they have business operations in Canada or the US decides to bill them even though they are in the US. Either way though, that doesn't give you free sanction to spout off simply because you aren't based in the place the harm is caused.
As someone else pointed out, reversing this situation, you could easily see media outlets set up their servers in some off shore location where laws are near non-existant, and that would give them free sanction to say anything they want to say. I would say that's BS and shouldn't be any kind of protection. You print a bogus story, be prepared to pay the penalty.
Now, that doesn't mean you don't need a license, but it licensed or not won't really help the copyright infringement situation. The sear volume of data involved on a large network would make monitoring it impractical.
The old saying of 'A promise isn't worth the paper it's printed on' no longer holds true in court.
We pay a tax on all blank media. This tax is made on the assumption that at least a portion of this blank media will be used to record copyrighted material. The copyright holders therefore get this tax. However, this is a give and take, as to get this tax, the copyright holder had to essentially agree to give a little in the form of allowing your average joe to make private copies for their own use legally. This has since been tested and has allowed average Joe 1 to give his original copy to average Joe 2 who can then copy it for himself. Extending this to internet media, when you download, you act like average Joe 2.
Now, as for Joe 1, the guy releasing this stuff, the copyright guys had this guy pegged to the wall pretty good until a judge said simply allowing the potential to download a copyrighted file was akin to having a copier in a library. Neither, in itself is illegal. So, last I heard the copyright guys are regrouping for a better attack, and make no mistake, it will come.
So far, I like our system infinitely better than the US system to date. It has kept up the give and take that copyrights have always had, instead of just going the take everything route the US seems to be going in.
Note: not all copyright holders are getting that tax, so don't feel all special just yet you evil copiers. Only a select few big organizations get it (the exact ones elludes me at the moment).
There is also the matter of password overload. If you're anything like me, you have over 10 passwords, with quite a few screwy usernames tossed in for good measure too. When every site on the planet demands a password, you tend to start getting more slack on your choices, reusing passwords, or using simplier passwords that you can remember. So, you may in fact be getting a false sense of security from that first line of defense.
"We may change this agreement at any time as we see fit and you automatically agree to the new agreement with X days of continued use of this product even if we don't notify you of the change."
Sadly, this one actually held up in court.
I was hearing talk of several million in sales of WoW. Is this just not considering the regions they made up the rest of the sales, or was this another case where they talk about sales to retailers rather than customers?
However, that said, the same can often be said of viruses, worms, and other malicious software. The only difference I think is the complexity involved, but not being a virus writer I can't really speak to that :P.
Lol, at least I wasn't the only one to read it that way.