I don't have the background knowledge on P2P services, as their peak was during a time when I had an unreliable, low-speed Internet connection. Therefore, I don't remember Kazaa Gold. I don't even know much about the original Napster.
I wouldn't consider Mormons to be Christians in the current sense of the word. They quote texts as canonical that were never even considered by any council, nor do they believe in the triune godhead. It's nitpicking, I know, but there are various issues in the underlying belief systems that are too different to consider them one and the same. It would be better to describe the Mormons as a Christian-informed religion, though not a sect within Christianity.
Well, if there's a kiddie rapist on the bus, this kid has nothing to worry about. Tech criminals are still higher ranking on the prison totem pole than kiddie rapists. Even the most hardened criminal lacking any code of ethics despises a kiddie rapist. This is probably because what those criminals do is the biggest diservice to the perpetuation of the species out there, but I'm not really sure.
I must admit, restitution seems a bit much, if only because you can't get blood out of a turnip (as they say in the American Midwest). However, a hefty fine should be issued to make a monetary appeal to people not to do these kinds of things. I might also suggest a black mark on his credit report would be in order.
However, he wasn't learning tech. If he wanted to learn tech, there's open source software out there that he could play around with and hopefully produce something the world could use. I know it's a long shot, but playing with open source code is generally much more instructive way of learning tech--by taking apart something that actually works instead of taking apart something that is intended to do damage upon release. I don't know, but when I was a kid, I always played around with things in the hope of finding something useful that I could perhaps one day sell to make the world that much easier for everyone.
There needs to be change. The laws need to be re-evaluated, as they have resulted in eternal copyrights that aim to preserve control over information. This report, however, supports the status quo, which has many issues.
Well, if you're in Linux, it doesn't work quite so well. By the end of a usual SB email, the audio is completely out of sync with the video. Any suggestions for a fix?
VR Porn? Would that be participatory, or would it just be VR images of other people doing things?
If it's the former, those in the world's oldest profession may need to look for a new job, as theirs will have been replaced by machines. As I call it, that's just twisted. However, it would allow anyone to get action when they want it, without the risks of disease or being arrested in areas where prostitution is illegal.
Quite true. However, one cannot deny the collary about ending the discussion that has since been appended to Godwin's.
I belive that the collary was the point that the great-grandparent post was refering to. It usually gets lumped in to Godwin's, even though not really a part of the law. As for enforcement of the collary, it's really up to those that control the thread. However, my interpreteation is that the thread should stand.
Don't remind me. I used it in the early 90s for some music composition and recording I did at the time. It was a terrible format that was next-to-impossible to encode and had no support outside the very small community of users.
Well, that and I keep it around for the random software that I've got to have for the occasional classes that doesn't exist on Linux. And as I said, I've not got the DRM software up on Linux yet. That could take a while.
Actually, if you know what you're doing, you can get around Sony's DRM. That, and I have a laptop made in 2000, before DRM was really big. Yes, it still works beautifully (it's my Windows machine, too). There are just too many valuable things on that laptop for me to go through and wipe it to go Linux, such as my entire MP3 collection.
Back in my day, we had no GUI. I was using the DOS command prompt at 2 (and I have proof)! I bet most kids today would be shocked to hear of my tales involving a textualized internet...no fancy websites with Flash and Java...just text menus. When I was growing up, we had a 33 MHz CPU without a CD-ROM drive and we were happy!
Of course, that was ten years ago. Those days were memories by the time I was in high school. Heck, Windows 95 was a bad memory by the time I got to high school.
I don't know that it's ever been there, but the poster screwed up the ratio. It's about $0.80 Au to $1.00 US.
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You can get me started on the airspeed velocity of unladen European swallows, though. It's 11 m/s or about 24 miles per hour. Now, you know...just in case you ever have to cross the Bridge of Death.
What? # rpm -i is too hard for them?
I mean, yeah, sometimes, tarballs can be rather tricky, especially when hey don't stick to the normal./configure, make, make install routine, but what's so hard about an RPM?
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It might be better if he talked less about wine, and more about WINE.
Well, nothing is foolproof. Especially when you're changing mindsets entirely. Linux commands aren't the same as DOS prompt commands, and installing tarballs can be a bit confusing if you have no knowledge of the system, somebody's got to explain it to you. Not everybody has an expert in the neighborhood to talk to. If Linux was more common, these books wouldn't be as necessary.
I do kind of like these books that help ordinary people go to Linux. I know one of them even worked for me, and I'm to the point that I'm ready to ditch Windows on my desktop and go with just Linux. Furthermore, the LiveCD distro included is a good idea, just in case the person doesn't like what they see.
Actually, there are patent laws that would make antigravity patents illegal, unless physically demonstrated to the Patent Office. Some things have to be more than just schematics and equations on paper.
However, outside of the stuff that they deem the world of "science fiction", the patent office has full authority to issue patents based on as little as humanly possible.
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I don't have the background knowledge on P2P services, as their peak was during a time when I had an unreliable, low-speed Internet connection. Therefore, I don't remember Kazaa Gold. I don't even know much about the original Napster.
I wouldn't consider Mormons to be Christians in the current sense of the word. They quote texts as canonical that were never even considered by any council, nor do they believe in the triune godhead. It's nitpicking, I know, but there are various issues in the underlying belief systems that are too different to consider them one and the same. It would be better to describe the Mormons as a Christian-informed religion, though not a sect within Christianity.
But that's just it...the Rebublicans voting in the primaries don't want humans in office...they want the reptilians that actually get elected.
Apple is idealistic.
Steve Jobs is the guy who invented the Apple.
Microsoft is Hell.
Bill Gates is Satan.
Well, if there's a kiddie rapist on the bus, this kid has nothing to worry about. Tech criminals are still higher ranking on the prison totem pole than kiddie rapists. Even the most hardened criminal lacking any code of ethics despises a kiddie rapist. This is probably because what those criminals do is the biggest diservice to the perpetuation of the species out there, but I'm not really sure.
I must admit, restitution seems a bit much, if only because you can't get blood out of a turnip (as they say in the American Midwest). However, a hefty fine should be issued to make a monetary appeal to people not to do these kinds of things. I might also suggest a black mark on his credit report would be in order.
However, he wasn't learning tech. If he wanted to learn tech, there's open source software out there that he could play around with and hopefully produce something the world could use. I know it's a long shot, but playing with open source code is generally much more instructive way of learning tech--by taking apart something that actually works instead of taking apart something that is intended to do damage upon release. I don't know, but when I was a kid, I always played around with things in the hope of finding something useful that I could perhaps one day sell to make the world that much easier for everyone.
OT, but how come when you say that, you get modded "intereting", but when I say it, I get modded "troll"?
There needs to be change. The laws need to be re-evaluated, as they have resulted in eternal copyrights that aim to preserve control over information. This report, however, supports the status quo, which has many issues.
Well, if you're in Linux, it doesn't work quite so well. By the end of a usual SB email, the audio is completely out of sync with the video. Any suggestions for a fix?
VR Porn? Would that be participatory, or would it just be VR images of other people doing things?
If it's the former, those in the world's oldest profession may need to look for a new job, as theirs will have been replaced by machines. As I call it, that's just twisted. However, it would allow anyone to get action when they want it, without the risks of disease or being arrested in areas where prostitution is illegal.
If it's the latter, what's the point?
Quite true. However, one cannot deny the collary about ending the discussion that has since been appended to Godwin's.
I belive that the collary was the point that the great-grandparent post was refering to. It usually gets lumped in to Godwin's, even though not really a part of the law. As for enforcement of the collary, it's really up to those that control the thread. However, my interpreteation is that the thread should stand.
As a certified attorney in Godwin's Law, I can say that the comparison is germane and letigitimate. The events were similar in effect.
However, if the comparison were gratitous, then Godwin's Law would need to be enforced.
In Soviet Russia, the DRM-enabled screwdriver licenses YOU!
Don't remind me. I used it in the early 90s for some music composition and recording I did at the time. It was a terrible format that was next-to-impossible to encode and had no support outside the very small community of users.
Well, that and I keep it around for the random software that I've got to have for the occasional classes that doesn't exist on Linux. And as I said, I've not got the DRM software up on Linux yet. That could take a while.
Actually, if you know what you're doing, you can get around Sony's DRM. That, and I have a laptop made in 2000, before DRM was really big. Yes, it still works beautifully (it's my Windows machine, too). There are just too many valuable things on that laptop for me to go through and wipe it to go Linux, such as my entire MP3 collection.
Back in my day, we had no GUI. I was using the DOS command prompt at 2 (and I have proof)! I bet most kids today would be shocked to hear of my tales involving a textualized internet...no fancy websites with Flash and Java...just text menus. When I was growing up, we had a 33 MHz CPU without a CD-ROM drive and we were happy!
Of course, that was ten years ago. Those days were memories by the time I was in high school. Heck, Windows 95 was a bad memory by the time I got to high school.
So what did you do? Linux? BSD? Junk it and go with Mac?
I don't know that it's ever been there, but the poster screwed up the ratio. It's about $0.80 Au to $1.00 US.
You can get me started on the airspeed velocity of unladen European swallows, though. It's 11 m/s or about 24 miles per hour. Now, you know...just in case you ever have to cross the Bridge of Death.
What? # rpm -i is too hard for them? I mean, yeah, sometimes, tarballs can be rather tricky, especially when hey don't stick to the normal ./configure, make, make install routine, but what's so hard about an RPM?
It might be better if he talked less about wine, and more about WINE.
Well, nothing is foolproof. Especially when you're changing mindsets entirely. Linux commands aren't the same as DOS prompt commands, and installing tarballs can be a bit confusing if you have no knowledge of the system, somebody's got to explain it to you. Not everybody has an expert in the neighborhood to talk to. If Linux was more common, these books wouldn't be as necessary.
I do kind of like these books that help ordinary people go to Linux. I know one of them even worked for me, and I'm to the point that I'm ready to ditch Windows on my desktop and go with just Linux. Furthermore, the LiveCD distro included is a good idea, just in case the person doesn't like what they see.
Actually, there are patent laws that would make antigravity patents illegal, unless physically demonstrated to the Patent Office. Some things have to be more than just schematics and equations on paper.
However, outside of the stuff that they deem the world of "science fiction", the patent office has full authority to issue patents based on as little as humanly possible.