I would have rather hoped the EFF would have organized an event to take advantage of the more global nature of the internet. Surely they, of all people, realize that an unfavorable DVD ruling would have implications for the entire country. Even more, this has a direct impact on the internet, making it global. Why did they decide on having only one place to go to? Personally, I would rather have something ala 2600 where people stage rally's in dozens of major cities across the US. It would be much more publicized and convey the more global nature of this controversy.
Not really. You have to remember that encryption is a tool like any other, and we advocate that everyone have access to it. Its use or misuse, however, is determined by personal ethics and law. In the same way that a gun advocate can advocate that every citizen should be able to bear arms while saying murder is bad, geeks have a seperation between "owning" and "using".
I think that if you spoke with most musicians, you'd be surprised to find out that we hold big record labels in very low regard.
No I wouldn't. Consumers don't like them for the same reasons. Do you think I enjoy the musical equivalent of eating spam when I buy a CD? Most of the music I like isn't available through the big labels.. that is, unless I happen to like pop music. I don't like it, but until recently I didn't have a choice - that's all there was.
Now I have an alternative - the web and Napster. I have been exposed to music I never would have just listening to the local radio or following "the charts".. alot of what I listen to isn't even available in places like Best Buy or other major retail outlets.
Nobody likes the big labels or the RIAA. They, unfortunately, have a monopoly on alot of things.. they are gatekeepers and they are holding all the keys. MP3's are great for sampling music, but I think the quality sucks for a variety of music.. it is a lossful compression scheme and it shows. I put up with it only because the alternative is worse - feeding the money-hungry record industry.
We already have standards. You can get the latest version by typing "vi/usr/doc/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO". This isn't a joke, I'm dead serious. The linux standard is the kernel, so the sooner we convince manufacturers to provide modules for the KERNEL for their devices, the better we'll be. It could be worse.. they could be creating must-run-as-root daemons with closed-source APIs. I say we formalize an existing standard.. afterall, it's worked quite well so far.
your comment seems to reinforce the claim of abuse of monopoly power; that the method used by the big recording companies specifically stifles and prevents competition from an independent artist.
I didn't pick up on anything like that. I think he was simply pointing out that the internet itself is a distribution medium which the RIAA is currently unable to control, hence providing a low-cost to no-cost option for independents.
It's not the level of skill, or lack thereof, of the script kiddies, it is the lack of time on the part of system administrators. Security is a low priority for most organizations. Why spend $50,000 to secure your computing facilities when you can spend that on a choice advertisement spot on tomorrow's evening news?
Justify security expenditures to management and you'll solve the internet's "security problem" lock, stock and barrel.
Well, gas powered equipment typically puts out a alot of heat, I suspect these aren't any different. So you have the heat production issue. On a hot day this could be a problem. So, using my previous overclocking experience, I added peltiers and an alternator to the shoes. I also strapped on a bunch of heatsinks and used heat pipes to extend the heatsinks up the side of my leg. It's now a boot instead of a shoe.
So I was thinking, now that I have this alternator, how about I add a couple shoelights to them so people can see me at night? Not being one to be outdone, I used flourescent lights.. I'm environmentally friendly, afterall. Gotta add a ballast for that though. We could save on weight by running the wire up the side of the pants leg and back down the other, though I can't say I like the idea of 450v going by my precious jewels. But, in the name of science, I did it anyway. They work great too.
So I have these peltier-cooled flourescent gas-powered walking boots. Doing all this required that I supercharge it to about 10psi and use a higher octane fuel. I got a great deal on peltiers though from Melcor, they're offering me volume discounts now. I painted them black 'cuz black looks cool. There's wires all around it, but that's the "in" thing now, so I'm not too worried. I added some fuses to the outside for easy replacement, as I've found the flourescent lights can overload the alternator and short when they first turn on. Should add a capacitor and a power inverter.
You know, since I've got this nifty power source, I decided to make it wireless. Why not power up the shoes and make them walk to me in the morning? Forget the stupid dog! That'll require a bigger starter engine though 'cuz of all the electronics... Done.
I also decided to add a computer heads-up display. We're using over 3000w of power right now, so I decided to go with a transmeta. Besides, heat production being what it is, a pentium would be too much. And I have to mount it on my chest now. I also added a belt-keyboard and mouse.. plus USB ports.
Infrared would be good for tracking down lusers, so I've also integrated that into the HUD display. I don't know why people keep running away from me when I'm wearing my shoes (what's so bad about them?!) but now I can track them down. Hey, I'm getting a transmission on my wireless downlink....
That's not possible. The escape velocity for the moon is in the kilometers/second range (duh). Earth is alittle over 11 km/s. Besides, Newton's laws would make it impossible - first, where would you get the fuel, and second, what would it push against? Assuming these are regular shoes and not "rocket shoes" you'd need to push someone at several hundred Gs within a second to spring them into orbit. Strictly for the sake of arguement, you start turning into gelly around 30G's internally, with 10 considered the maximum safe speed. You can go faster for short bursts (under a second), but not any longer. Anyway, that aside, as your speed increased, so would the apparent weight of your space suit. It'd likely squish you under those kind of force anyway..
Well, just as long as the students can't see the teacher's bookmarks (especially the ones under teaching materials - lesson plans - miscellany, which is really a link to C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\MYPORN~1"), I don't see the harm in having computers in the classroom...
Repeat after me: IBM is a lateral monopoly. It has operations from chip production to factory-to-user selling. Everything flows from one group to another.
No, no, not the technology - the market. Suits like having things like numbers and statistics. Startups take risks, big companies like IBM stay alive by doing market research, compiling statistics, etc., etc. Oh, and they move reeeeally slow.
Transmeta already proved the technology is mature - I have yet to see a negative review of the chip within the scope of their design goals. Yes, its performance isn't an Athlon killer, but it was never meant to be!
So. Transmeta is new tech. Tell me, if you were IT manager for a large corporation, would you rush out and embrace the latest and greatest everything... like W2K? No, give 'em a break, they're just waiting for transmeta to prove themselves.. rather like everyone here is as well - I don't see YOU running a transmeta-powered computer afterall.
What will they find? Oh, I have a pretty good idea. It's sitting on top of a flag pole outside the parliament. Etched in.15 microns inside the chip is the words: Gee, took you long enough. ~ uncle sam
Statistical slight of hand.. they probably added the download "speedup" and the "upload" speedup together and wound up with the magical 50-100% number, instead of the more realistic 25-50% number. Yeah, I'm being pessimistic, but it wouldn't suprise me...
The only reason they're stuck with the RIAA is that it's hard to go on tour when no one's heard your music.
And how was the RIAA formed? How did the RIAA find out about that musicians music? How did the fans find out about them?
Answer: Word of mouth.
What's the single best technology ever invented for rapid peer-to-peer communication (word of mouth), as evidenced by the hundreds of e-mails with the letters FW: or FWD: in the subject line?
Umm, it isn't "near-political", the RIAA as a whole is extremelly political. Do some digging on opensecrets.org for a certain Hilary B. Rosen which, if you didn't know, is the CEO of the RIAA. Before she got the job as CEO she was clearing almost 700k/yr. I'll bet that number is higher now. But the kicker is how much she spends of her personal money on PAC contributions. Let me give you a hint: it's more than some nerd in Redmond.
Hrmph. Teenagers have the largest amount of disposable income of any demographic. 13 year olds are right about at the edge of the age where they start consuming alot more.. I suspect anyone around that age who just got their account shutoff will not be willing to suggest their friends go to AOL... or their parents.
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I would have rather hoped the EFF would have organized an event to take advantage of the more global nature of the internet. Surely they, of all people, realize that an unfavorable DVD ruling would have implications for the entire country. Even more, this has a direct impact on the internet, making it global. Why did they decide on having only one place to go to? Personally, I would rather have something ala 2600 where people stage rally's in dozens of major cities across the US. It would be much more publicized and convey the more global nature of this controversy.
Not really. You have to remember that encryption is a tool like any other, and we advocate that everyone have access to it. Its use or misuse, however, is determined by personal ethics and law. In the same way that a gun advocate can advocate that every citizen should be able to bear arms while saying murder is bad, geeks have a seperation between "owning" and "using".
No I wouldn't. Consumers don't like them for the same reasons. Do you think I enjoy the musical equivalent of eating spam when I buy a CD? Most of the music I like isn't available through the big labels.. that is, unless I happen to like pop music. I don't like it, but until recently I didn't have a choice - that's all there was.
Now I have an alternative - the web and Napster. I have been exposed to music I never would have just listening to the local radio or following "the charts".. alot of what I listen to isn't even available in places like Best Buy or other major retail outlets.
Nobody likes the big labels or the RIAA. They, unfortunately, have a monopoly on alot of things.. they are gatekeepers and they are holding all the keys. MP3's are great for sampling music, but I think the quality sucks for a variety of music.. it is a lossful compression scheme and it shows. I put up with it only because the alternative is worse - feeding the money-hungry record industry.
We already have standards. You can get the latest version by typing "vi /usr/doc/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO". This isn't a joke, I'm dead serious. The linux standard is the kernel, so the sooner we convince manufacturers to provide modules for the KERNEL for their devices, the better we'll be. It could be worse.. they could be creating must-run-as-root daemons with closed-source APIs. I say we formalize an existing standard.. afterall, it's worked quite well so far.
Last I looked it was up 3/8ths against Debian's free beer, but had slipped 1/8th to the Microbrew from the Redmond guys.
I didn't pick up on anything like that. I think he was simply pointing out that the internet itself is a distribution medium which the RIAA is currently unable to control, hence providing a low-cost to no-cost option for independents.
Justify security expenditures to management and you'll solve the internet's "security problem" lock, stock and barrel.
So I was thinking, now that I have this alternator, how about I add a couple shoelights to them so people can see me at night? Not being one to be outdone, I used flourescent lights.. I'm environmentally friendly, afterall. Gotta add a ballast for that though. We could save on weight by running the wire up the side of the pants leg and back down the other, though I can't say I like the idea of 450v going by my precious jewels. But, in the name of science, I did it anyway. They work great too.
So I have these peltier-cooled flourescent gas-powered walking boots. Doing all this required that I supercharge it to about 10psi and use a higher octane fuel. I got a great deal on peltiers though from Melcor, they're offering me volume discounts now. I painted them black 'cuz black looks cool. There's wires all around it, but that's the "in" thing now, so I'm not too worried. I added some fuses to the outside for easy replacement, as I've found the flourescent lights can overload the alternator and short when they first turn on. Should add a capacitor and a power inverter.
You know, since I've got this nifty power source, I decided to make it wireless. Why not power up the shoes and make them walk to me in the morning? Forget the stupid dog! That'll require a bigger starter engine though 'cuz of all the electronics... Done.
I also decided to add a computer heads-up display. We're using over 3000w of power right now, so I decided to go with a transmeta. Besides, heat production being what it is, a pentium would be too much. And I have to mount it on my chest now. I also added a belt-keyboard and mouse .. plus USB ports.
Infrared would be good for tracking down lusers, so I've also integrated that into the HUD display. I don't know why people keep running away from me when I'm wearing my shoes (what's so bad about them?!) but now I can track them down. Hey, I'm getting a transmission on my wireless downlink....
*cackle* We are the borg...
That's not possible. The escape velocity for the moon is in the kilometers/second range (duh). Earth is alittle over 11 km/s. Besides, Newton's laws would make it impossible - first, where would you get the fuel, and second, what would it push against? Assuming these are regular shoes and not "rocket shoes" you'd need to push someone at several hundred Gs within a second to spring them into orbit. Strictly for the sake of arguement, you start turning into gelly around 30G's internally, with 10 considered the maximum safe speed. You can go faster for short bursts (under a second), but not any longer. Anyway, that aside, as your speed increased, so would the apparent weight of your space suit. It'd likely squish you under those kind of force anyway..
This is another example of what happens when you get a bunch of bored engineers in a room.
Well, just as long as the students can't see the teacher's bookmarks (especially the ones under teaching materials - lesson plans - miscellany, which is really a link to C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\MYPORN~1"), I don't see the harm in having computers in the classroom...
Well.. that explains why Alan looks so grizzly..
Repeat after me: IBM is a lateral monopoly. It has operations from chip production to factory-to-user selling. Everything flows from one group to another.
Transmeta already proved the technology is mature - I have yet to see a negative review of the chip within the scope of their design goals. Yes, its performance isn't an Athlon killer, but it was never meant to be!
So, IBM is wary of a product they produce? I don't think so.
Hmm, think "OS/2". I rest my case, your honor.
So. Transmeta is new tech. Tell me, if you were IT manager for a large corporation, would you rush out and embrace the latest and greatest everything... like W2K? No, give 'em a break, they're just waiting for transmeta to prove themselves.. rather like everyone here is as well - I don't see YOU running a transmeta-powered computer afterall.
What will they find? Oh, I have a pretty good idea. It's sitting on top of a flag pole outside the parliament. Etched in .15 microns inside the chip is the words: Gee, took you long enough. ~ uncle sam
And how was the RIAA formed? How did the RIAA find out about that musicians music? How did the fans find out about them?
Answer: Word of mouth.
What's the single best technology ever invented for rapid peer-to-peer communication (word of mouth), as evidenced by the hundreds of e-mails with the letters FW: or FWD: in the subject line?
I rest my case, your honor.
Umm, it isn't "near-political", the RIAA as a whole is extremelly political. Do some digging on opensecrets.org for a certain Hilary B. Rosen which, if you didn't know, is the CEO of the RIAA. Before she got the job as CEO she was clearing almost 700k/yr. I'll bet that number is higher now. But the kicker is how much she spends of her personal money on PAC contributions. Let me give you a hint: it's more than some nerd in Redmond.
That's what I find so disturbing...
Watch out if you use DC, it splits off the hydrogen and oxygen
That's kinda what I'm *trying* to do...
why the hell am I replying to this bullshit post anyhow?
If you're like me, it's because you've been up for about 30 hours without sleep...
Yeah.. we don't have to look at it.
Hrmph. Teenagers have the largest amount of disposable income of any demographic. 13 year olds are right about at the edge of the age where they start consuming alot more.. I suspect anyone around that age who just got their account shutoff will not be willing to suggest their friends go to AOL... or their parents.
That would be the one. I find it humorous that they're about to destroy a very large part of their userbase for no reason. :)
Of course, a link is often helpful.