The trick is, your scenario needs to play out. The economy either needs to recover, or else it needs to get A LOT WORSE very quickly.
The more likely outcome is some equilibrium where the have's can live life while marginalizing the have-not's, and convince themselves that the have-not's are responsible for their own predicament.
Much like the status quo today, but with a slightly different distribution of wealth.
If you want CHANGE, you'd better hope for a scenario where even the HAVE's are pissed off. Because it's real easy for governments, corporations, and even individuals to not listen to the complaints of the HAVE-NOT's.
"If end-users actually read the EULAs (like our heroes in the article), there'd be riots in the virtual streets. As it is, nobody reads the EULA, and ignorance is bliss."
The riots would happen a lot sooner and be a whole lot bloodier if the EULA's were actually being enforced to any degree...
"If this guy documented the steps he took, I suspect if he was to go to a judge, the judge would consider any agreements past that point unenfor[ce]able."
Well, that's dandy, but nobody really cares enough to do that.
What needs to happen is this:
The subject of this license gets before the judge, and the judge decides it's a corrupt racket, hauls the highest level of authority who knew or should know about this racket, and throws them in Federal prison for 10 to 20 years under RICO statutes, after collecting billions of dollars in fines.
That's what NEEDS to happen to this "licensing to the consumer" crap. People like Michael Dell and William Gates need to face the actual possibility of going to prison, in addition to personal and corporate bankruptcy for running this racket.
Merely "finding the provisions unenforceable" doesn't even scratch the surface of the injustice being done here.
>Under contract laws, these arrangements are >illegal.
"Illegal" as in, they don't matter.
Too bad they aren't "Illegal" in the sense that the person who wrote the contract goes to prison, their assets are frozen, and any lawyer who told them this was a good idea is disbarred.
The value of a spent port is unreasonable in my application. Don't talk to me about USB Hubs either, or how I don't really need all my serial or parallel ports. And you really had better not go into the territory of needing TWO dongles with me.
But they are claiming that certain users are spammers when they are not. Spamming is illegal in some jurisdictions. That means they are accusing individuals of criminal activity without any process or evidence. In the wrong hands, that just might be a legal problem.
>Your "right" to send e-mail ends at my mail- >server.
I don't care what you do with your server. I'm more concerned that the people publishing blacklists might somehow be restraint of trade or libel. Put Microsoft and AOL on one of the more widely accepted blacklists, and see if you come out without a lawsuit being filed...
>I really have come to have serious issues about >the blacklisting process
I'm surprised it's not actionable. Actually, I'm sure it would be, if someone were to enumerate the damages done by the blacklisting and press a civil case to demand compensation for the damages.
Doesn't sound like anyone has cared enough to do that yet.
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>Why not just use X with a minimalistic wm and >maximized xterms?
There are qualities to the native console that I prefer. The keyboard map is the same but the behavior is slightly different.
Actually the FrameBuffer is a compromise. On systems that svgatextmode support, I prefer that.
What's really annoying is that I can't get the equivalent console under Windows2000. And I really want it.
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I really like high resolution frame buffer consoles, much more than any X session at the equivalent resolution. I like X, but not for consoles where I do text editing.
>What is to keep US jewlers from buying these $5 >diamonds and reselling them at the standard >DeBeers rate?
That only works if they ALL do it.
If the synth stone is truly indistinguishable from the real one, the right thing to do would be to keep the process very quiet, and inject the stones into the economy AT THE MINE.
People who consider technical issues over making a quick buck do not rise to levels of significant decision making authority, neither in business nor in academia.
>Usually it's used subtley to "clean-up" vocals >but Cher really abused it on that "Believe" song.
I'm pretty sure that's the flanger effect on ProTools, not the Antares autotuner, but yeah, it's heavily abused.
There's nothing wrong with using effects, though. Everything from the mic preamp through postproduction is important, and it all adds up to the difference between pro-sound and semi-pro sound.
It's also nothing new. Engineers have been speeding up and slowing down tracks since the direct-to-phono-disc days, and they've been using reverb and delay effects since BEFORE the phonograph.
> We haven't yet wound up with more sensible drug >laws.
Drug laws still only criminalize a minority of the population, despite the fact that pot smokers want to believe everybody supports reform.
However, if you managed something like 100% enforcement for speeding (and made the punishment for speeding HARSH, such as civil forfeiture of your vehicle!) you might finally tip the scale where the average person is willing to take on the lawful authority with whatever implement of destruction is available to him.
If they don't get pissed enough to start a revolution, they might at least get pissed enough to start voting.
I'm thinking about doing that, but I'm not willing to do much trial and error. I imagine just a quieter fan would do the trick for me. My noise floor is way high right now. Especially with the A-10's that keep buzzing my damn house.
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"If it used a CRT monitor, it would hardly be a laptop, wouldn't it?"
When I read that, it confused me too. I thought "the real news item here is the laptop CRT, not the 3-D aspect!"
XR (or XP) can be read as "Chi Rho" ...
The number of people NOT in prison also goes up every year. Is it disproportional to population growth?
>So it's up to us.
NO, it's up to YOU. I'm one of the have's.
The best I can describe the Radeon Framebuffer Console in 2.6 is "Whacked."
It's like it puts the console on 1/4 of the display, and it "bleeds" one vc onto another.
Sorry that's the best I can describe it.
The trick is, your scenario needs to play out. The economy either needs to recover, or else it needs to get A LOT WORSE very quickly.
The more likely outcome is some equilibrium where the have's can live life while marginalizing the have-not's, and convince themselves that the have-not's are responsible for their own predicament.
Much like the status quo today, but with a slightly different distribution of wealth.
If you want CHANGE, you'd better hope for a scenario where even the HAVE's are pissed off. Because it's real easy for governments, corporations, and even individuals to not listen to the complaints of the HAVE-NOT's.
"If end-users actually read the EULAs (like our heroes in the article), there'd be riots in the virtual streets. As it is, nobody reads the EULA, and ignorance is bliss."
The riots would happen a lot sooner and be a whole lot bloodier if the EULA's were actually being enforced to any degree...
"If this guy documented the steps he took, I suspect if he was to go to a judge, the judge would consider any agreements past that point unenfor[ce]able."
Well, that's dandy, but nobody really cares enough to do that.
What needs to happen is this:
The subject of this license gets before the judge, and the judge decides it's a corrupt racket, hauls the highest level of authority who knew or should know about this racket, and throws them in Federal prison for 10 to 20 years under RICO statutes, after collecting billions of dollars in fines.
That's what NEEDS to happen to this "licensing to the consumer" crap. People like Michael Dell and William Gates need to face the actual possibility of going to prison, in addition to personal and corporate bankruptcy for running this racket.
Merely "finding the provisions unenforceable" doesn't even scratch the surface of the injustice being done here.
"He said he couldn't give me his phone number or mailing address, and that he didn't have a boss who could talk to me."
Shame on you for doing business with this company.
>Under contract laws, these arrangements are
>illegal.
"Illegal" as in, they don't matter.
Too bad they aren't "Illegal" in the sense that the person who wrote the contract goes to prison, their assets are frozen, and any lawyer who told them this was a good idea is disbarred.
>No aspect of prison is funny.
Prison wouldn't be a deterrent if it was pleasant, safe, or healthy in any way.
What we need to work on is to STOP sending NONVIOLENT people there.
Reserve prison for only the violent criminals, and then go ahead and let the conditions deteriorate.
The value of a spent port is unreasonable in my application. Don't talk to me about USB Hubs either, or how I don't really need all my serial or parallel ports. And you really had better not go into the territory of needing TWO dongles with me.
People who know classified information don't disclose it. Penalties for doing so still include execution!
>NINETY-THREE PERCENT.
You'd think if that were accurate, that there might be some evidence of the possibility of reform.
But they are claiming that certain users are spammers when they are not. Spamming is illegal in some jurisdictions. That means they are accusing individuals of criminal activity without any process or evidence. In the wrong hands, that just might be a legal problem.
>Your "right" to send e-mail ends at my mail-
>server.
I don't care what you do with your server. I'm more concerned that the people publishing blacklists might somehow be restraint of trade or libel. Put Microsoft and AOL on one of the more widely accepted blacklists, and see if you come out without a lawsuit being filed...
>I really have come to have serious issues about
>the blacklisting process
I'm surprised it's not actionable. Actually, I'm sure it would be, if someone were to enumerate the damages done by the blacklisting and press a civil case to demand compensation for the damages.
Doesn't sound like anyone has cared enough to do that yet.
>Why not just use X with a minimalistic wm and
>maximized xterms?
There are qualities to the native console that I prefer. The keyboard map is the same but the behavior is slightly different.
Actually the FrameBuffer is a compromise. On systems that svgatextmode support, I prefer that.
What's really annoying is that I can't get the equivalent console under Windows2000. And I really want it.
I really like high resolution frame buffer consoles, much more than any X session at the equivalent resolution. I like X, but not for consoles where I do text editing.
>What is to keep US jewlers from buying these $5
>diamonds and reselling them at the standard
>DeBeers rate?
That only works if they ALL do it.
If the synth stone is truly indistinguishable from the real one, the right thing to do would be to keep the process very quiet, and inject the stones into the economy AT THE MINE.
People who consider technical issues over making a quick buck do not rise to levels of significant decision making authority, neither in business nor in academia.
>Usually it's used subtley to "clean-up" vocals
>but Cher really abused it on that "Believe" song.
I'm pretty sure that's the flanger effect on ProTools, not the Antares autotuner, but yeah,
it's heavily abused.
There's nothing wrong with using effects, though. Everything from the mic preamp through postproduction is important, and it all adds up to the difference between pro-sound and semi-pro sound.
It's also nothing new. Engineers have been speeding up and slowing down tracks since the direct-to-phono-disc days, and they've been using reverb and delay effects since BEFORE the phonograph.
> We haven't yet wound up with more sensible drug
>laws.
Drug laws still only criminalize a minority of the population, despite the fact that pot smokers want to believe everybody supports reform.
However, if you managed something like 100% enforcement for speeding (and made the punishment for speeding HARSH, such as civil forfeiture of your vehicle!) you might finally tip the scale where the average person is willing to take on the lawful authority with whatever implement of destruction is available to him.
If they don't get pissed enough to start a revolution, they might at least get pissed enough to start voting.
I'm thinking about doing that, but I'm not willing to do much trial and error. I imagine just a quieter fan would do the trick for me. My noise floor is way high right now. Especially with the A-10's that keep buzzing my damn house.
>They will no more audit you for having a network
>than they currently enforce alcohol taxes by
>auditing you for what you drank last night.
More like, the way they bust up your still.
Yes, that goes on even nowadays.
I've always thought it was hilarious how home beer making is a hobby, but home whiskey making is a felony...