It's a news tactic designed to get people to read. Really, all the stories are from 2006, but most people would look at "Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006" and think: "2006? That's old news, what's happening NOW?!"
Thus, top stories of 2007. 2007 is now baby. 2006 is so last year.
http://www.studentlegalrights.org/
Ohio University Center for Student Legal services. Their tuition pays for it. My university has one too. Most do.
Let's take your logic to the next level, shall? Hypothetical (ok, not hypothetical. It's like this some places) situation: When you steal a piece of bread your hand is cut off, as are the hands of all theives. Of course, you knew the law ahead of time but you did it anyway, fine. Unjust law? How about if the law is that everyone who steals something is killed. Unjust law? I don't know, I'm just a thief, my opinion on that law doesn't matter. How about if you steal something, your family is killed. Unjust law?
My opinion matters on laws that I am subject to. Whether someone (ie: you) believes my opinion matters or not is irrelevant. Frankly, I'm love to ad hominem attack your generation as you have mine, but I don't know which one you belong to. But if they all think like you (which they must, since apparently my generation all thinks the same) I'm glad I'm not a part of it.
And here I thought institutions of higher learning were responsible for standing up against unjust practices by the government and corporations. The punishments for this crime (I will admit, downloading music is stealing, for what it's worth) are unjust, I think we can all agree. They get this responsibility because when your university teaches subjects such as Ethics, you don't simply teach them in the classroom, you teach them through the actions of the institution. This is why I got in trouble with the university when I was caught drinking under age.
While what the students were/are doing is wrong, and yes they are responsibile for that, it is the RESPONSIBILITY and DUTY of the universities in question to stand up on behalf of the students and defend said students against the grossly unjust punishments being meted out against them. Thus, what the universities are doing are a) cowardly and b) negligent in their duties.
This is the reason for the outrage many of us feel when we find that universities with the ability (they have reams of law students) and the money (tuition is really high damn it) to defend students have backed down from doing so.
Because most of us who have desktop pcs and stuff aren't running weather simulations or fragging at the highest possible FPS. My desktop runs at a little under 3ghz and it's just fine for me thank you. Most other people I know don't need that much power either.
There's no way we could have evolved from other primates. Adding that many amino acid codes to dna through mutations would take like 10s of thousands if not millions of years, and the earth has only been around for like 8000! Intelligent design wins again, try again, Darwin!
Ok, perhaps you're not certain how files work. But things compressed with different codecs and bitrates look VERY different when you actually look at the coding in the file as opposed to the same file named differently or with minor changes.
What if you're downloading a backup copy of a movie that is subtitled, as opposed to a version that is not? Considering how much space the video data takes up, these files would be awfully similar. Sometimes it IS the little things that make all the difference in files. Version of software with bugfix as opposed to without? Only difference between the two files is the name (1.0 vs. 1.1) and the fixed lines of code. That sort of thing. Seems to me this may not be as useful as advertised.
It's not "unwanted", people just don't want to pay the price. I'm more than half the people out there who have decided not to get it have decided such because of price and not one of the other reasons listed in TFA.
How are you going to age verify for any reasonable amount of money with multiple users on a home computer? In an average home environment, how is a computer supposed to tell if dad, mom, or kids are using at any given time? Even if a corporation WANTED to, it's a fool's errand.
'If we can put a man on the moon, we can verify age on the Internet,' but quickly followed with the acknowledgment that there is no foolproof method.
So the question is, is the government willing to pay the amount of money it would require to make that kind of age verification system, much like they were willing to pay the money required to put a man on the moon? Oh wait, no, the companies have to pay for it.
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Wasn't the original episode that started out the series about an hour to an hour and a half long, movie quality?
Actually, I used to smoke in my house. Suffice it to say while one may very well pollute their own home, you do come to regret it eventually.
It's a news tactic designed to get people to read. Really, all the stories are from 2006, but most people would look at "Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006" and think: "2006? That's old news, what's happening NOW?!"
Thus, top stories of 2007. 2007 is now baby. 2006 is so last year.
The past is the future. Ignorance is strength.
The dinosaurs wouldn't uh... stand still long enough. Cave-men drawn pictures are time-exposed shots.
this: http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html is being referenced.
http://www.studentlegalrights.org/
Ohio University Center for Student Legal services. Their tuition pays for it. My university has one too. Most do.
Let's take your logic to the next level, shall? Hypothetical (ok, not hypothetical. It's like this some places) situation: When you steal a piece of bread your hand is cut off, as are the hands of all theives. Of course, you knew the law ahead of time but you did it anyway, fine. Unjust law? How about if the law is that everyone who steals something is killed. Unjust law? I don't know, I'm just a thief, my opinion on that law doesn't matter. How about if you steal something, your family is killed. Unjust law?
My opinion matters on laws that I am subject to. Whether someone (ie: you) believes my opinion matters or not is irrelevant. Frankly, I'm love to ad hominem attack your generation as you have mine, but I don't know which one you belong to. But if they all think like you (which they must, since apparently my generation all thinks the same) I'm glad I'm not a part of it.
And here I thought institutions of higher learning were responsible for standing up against unjust practices by the government and corporations. The punishments for this crime (I will admit, downloading music is stealing, for what it's worth) are unjust, I think we can all agree. They get this responsibility because when your university teaches subjects such as Ethics, you don't simply teach them in the classroom, you teach them through the actions of the institution. This is why I got in trouble with the university when I was caught drinking under age. While what the students were/are doing is wrong, and yes they are responsibile for that, it is the RESPONSIBILITY and DUTY of the universities in question to stand up on behalf of the students and defend said students against the grossly unjust punishments being meted out against them. Thus, what the universities are doing are a) cowardly and b) negligent in their duties. This is the reason for the outrage many of us feel when we find that universities with the ability (they have reams of law students) and the money (tuition is really high damn it) to defend students have backed down from doing so.
Ah, screenshots? Say no more, case closed.
Because most of us who have desktop pcs and stuff aren't running weather simulations or fragging at the highest possible FPS. My desktop runs at a little under 3ghz and it's just fine for me thank you. Most other people I know don't need that much power either.
Actually, I read the article before it appeared on Slashdot. I keep up on science news.
By their logic, chaotic systems = free will. So the weather really does have a mind of its own?
...of a couple of spunky Stanford kids with nothing going for them. And a coach, who believed they had it in them all along...
You're right. Cremation and burial is definitely a huge waste of resources. We should leave bodies where they fall; it's a safe, clean alternative.
There's no way we could have evolved from other primates. Adding that many amino acid codes to dna through mutations would take like 10s of thousands if not millions of years, and the earth has only been around for like 8000! Intelligent design wins again, try again, Darwin!
So, I should wait five minutes or so before I mod you troll? ... Damn, you win this round.
Parent is right, there is NO way to abuse the moderation system.
A flame war means page views.
Ok, perhaps you're not certain how files work. But things compressed with different codecs and bitrates look VERY different when you actually look at the coding in the file as opposed to the same file named differently or with minor changes.
What if you're downloading a backup copy of a movie that is subtitled, as opposed to a version that is not? Considering how much space the video data takes up, these files would be awfully similar. Sometimes it IS the little things that make all the difference in files. Version of software with bugfix as opposed to without? Only difference between the two files is the name (1.0 vs. 1.1) and the fixed lines of code. That sort of thing. Seems to me this may not be as useful as advertised.
Yes, if wikipedia says it, it's so. Case closed, indeed.
It's not "unwanted", people just don't want to pay the price. I'm more than half the people out there who have decided not to get it have decided such because of price and not one of the other reasons listed in TFA.
How are you going to age verify for any reasonable amount of money with multiple users on a home computer? In an average home environment, how is a computer supposed to tell if dad, mom, or kids are using at any given time? Even if a corporation WANTED to, it's a fool's errand.
So the question is, is the government willing to pay the amount of money it would require to make that kind of age verification system, much like they were willing to pay the money required to put a man on the moon? Oh wait, no, the companies have to pay for it.
Well of course, it both is and isn't a quantum computer at the same time.