I'm currently building a MythTV system on a P4 1.5GHz. I've got it running pretty well so far in Gentoo under EvilWM. The instructions I'm trying to follow are here. They're pretty complete, and even though they don't match my setup exactly, I've only run into a couple hiccups so far. It involves using Zap2It or XMLTV to download the listings, setting up your IR remote, configuring X, and more. I highly suggest using it if you want to set up your own MythTV box.
I sent an IM from "RIAA_Legal_Rep" to a friend of mine once, claiming that "we" had "detected illegal files" on his computer. He promptly wiped his music drive utterly clean and disconnected his computer from his internet. In other words, he owned himself.
Unfortunately, however, the value of pirated
software increased as a result of the fact that
the global PC software industry grew over six
percent and the U.S. dollar fell by more than
six percent against the world's other currencies.
Oh, wow. I love the implication that piracy is a direct cause of the dollar's decline...
Make a game where I can escape into a terrific story that lets me showcase myself and MY PERSONAL TALENT. I'll pay for THAT game. Not your moral ethics quandaries... they are simply boring to me.
I dunno. Part of the reason I liked Mario was for its ethical quandaries. For example, I was up late many a night wondering whether I should have jumped on all those poor Goombas or not.
On the other hand, my XP box at home has an uptime of over 150 days, and only crashes when I try to use an antique TV tuner card. I have literally never had a software-related crash; they're all hardware-related, the kind that bring up the new & improved BSOD.
anti-American and anti-globalization hackers
You fools. You fail to realize the potential of thousands of script kiddies who just got out of school for the summer and are really bored. Prepare to be WinNuked into submission!
It's some sort of "degrees of separation" thing, I'm pretty sure. Since a torrent file can connect you directly to the files, it's considered equal to providing direct URLs to illegal materials. However, you can link to web sites that host illegal materials as much as you want, so long as you don't link to the illegal content. Linking to a torrent isn't directly linking to the files, so it's OK.
That's funny; I could have sworn I was talking about what they DIDN'T do with Windows, because they wanted to keep it simple... but you can go ahead and say whatever you want, after all.
Hey, my car keeps running out of gas. Let's get a horse.
But seriously, Windows was essentially designed to be insecure. People wanted a system that was easy to use, and didn't want to have to deal with unlocking all sorts of security measures just to get networking done. Eventually, people started exploiting the lack of security, and that's why it's so bad now.
I suppose a better analogy would be:
Hey, someone keeps breaking in and stealing my wallet. Let's put all of our money under the bed.
Doesn't really solve the present problem; just (temporarily) avoids it.
a selection of copyrighted works... described as virtually unlimited
So this is virtually unlimited, but selective. As there are an infinite number of positive integers, but there is a larger infinite set of real numbers, EliteTorrents had a virtually unlimited selection, but they still didn't have everything.
I agree with what some others have said here - this looks like a DNS hijacking and fake warning. The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement have absolutely nothing to do with copyright enforcement.
It doesn't really matter. If you so much as provide a link of any sort to illegal material, even if it's just by hosting torrent files that contain references to trackers, you have likely violated the DMCA. The DMCA is very vaguely-worded. According to Gary Shapiro, in the June 5, 1998 Congressional hearing regarding the DMCA, "Section 1201(b) [of the DMCA]... neither defines nor limits the term "technological protection measure." If you work your way around something that can be even loosely considered a TPM, you've violated the DMCA.
In 2003, Joe Nievelt, a student at Michigan Tech University, was sued for $97.8 BILLION for hosting a search engine on his web site that indexed the Windows shares on students' computers. He was liable for every single MP3 file listed out of over 65,000. See the story here.
He didn't actually have any copies of the files; in fact, the RIAA did nothing to find out who was actually sharing the songs. They targeted Joe to make an example out of him. He eventually settled out of court for $15,000 over 3 years.
MySearch is a browser hijack program implemented as IE toolbar. Besides providing search features, it also hijacks Internet Explorer homepage and searches, resetting them to point to its controlling server.
1) It's redundant - who wants to have to use two P2P apps just to get something?
2) It's difficult - until recently, trackerless torrents have been a dream, so downloading a torrent from a random user might end up creating a bunch of seedless torrents.
3) Most people who use other P2P apps tend to not understand BitTorrent. They stick with what's easy.
Keyboard + paint thinner = textless keyboard. Get one of the old beige IBM keyboards; the ones that click audibly when you press a key. Now that is an übergeek keyboard.
Real geeks have clicky keys.
I can already think of some misuses of this... imagine if someone set it in Dvorak. That would confuse the hell out of most people.
The mods are on CRACK today. Redundant? Only if the person has read it before. Obviously, this dumbass thinks copyright violation is legal - not a criminal case? bullshit.
I paid to see the entire movie. I waited in line for two hours on opening night. Unfortunately, being human, I had to go to the bathroom three times. I downloaded it to watch the parts I missed, then secure-erased it from my hard disk. I never shared it, never let anyone see it who hadn't paid for it. Have I actually broken a law here??
Are you responding to magarity, instead of me? Because you responded to the wrong post.
P.S. The Constitution, as it was written, does not say that the Senate must vote on the judges, just that it must provide advice and council on the decision.
"The danger posed by these batteries is at its greatest when soaked in water and then stabbed with a screwdriver or other blunt object."
Just kidding. But it's true for the iPod, remember?
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I'm currently building a MythTV system on a P4 1.5GHz. I've got it running pretty well so far in Gentoo under EvilWM. The instructions I'm trying to follow are here. They're pretty complete, and even though they don't match my setup exactly, I've only run into a couple hiccups so far. It involves using Zap2It or XMLTV to download the listings, setting up your IR remote, configuring X, and more. I highly suggest using it if you want to set up your own MythTV box.
I sent an IM from "RIAA_Legal_Rep" to a friend of mine once, claiming that "we" had "detected illegal files" on his computer. He promptly wiped his music drive utterly clean and disconnected his computer from his internet. In other words, he owned himself.
Unfortunately, however, the value of pirated software increased as a result of the fact that the global PC software industry grew over six percent and the U.S. dollar fell by more than six percent against the world's other currencies. Oh, wow. I love the implication that piracy is a direct cause of the dollar's decline...
Does Lufthansa have U.S. domestic flights?
Make a game where I can escape into a terrific story that lets me showcase myself and MY PERSONAL TALENT. I'll pay for THAT game. Not your moral ethics quandaries... they are simply boring to me.
I dunno. Part of the reason I liked Mario was for its ethical quandaries. For example, I was up late many a night wondering whether I should have jumped on all those poor Goombas or not.
On the other hand, my XP box at home has an uptime of over 150 days, and only crashes when I try to use an antique TV tuner card. I have literally never had a software-related crash; they're all hardware-related, the kind that bring up the new & improved BSOD.
Because real numbers contain not only positive integers, but also negative integers, zero, and all the non-whole numbers.
anti-American and anti-globalization hackers
You fools. You fail to realize the potential of thousands of script kiddies who just got out of school for the summer and are really bored. Prepare to be WinNuked into submission!
It's some sort of "degrees of separation" thing, I'm pretty sure. Since a torrent file can connect you directly to the files, it's considered equal to providing direct URLs to illegal materials. However, you can link to web sites that host illegal materials as much as you want, so long as you don't link to the illegal content. Linking to a torrent isn't directly linking to the files, so it's OK.
This is just my understanding. It may be wrong.
I almost commented on that, but figured I'd let you do it for me. Thanks :B
I made this post before being fed my own words. Thanks for the leftovers :P
That's funny; I could have sworn I was talking about what they DIDN'T do with Windows, because they wanted to keep it simple... but you can go ahead and say whatever you want, after all.
Hey, my car keeps running out of gas. Let's get a horse.
But seriously, Windows was essentially designed to be insecure. People wanted a system that was easy to use, and didn't want to have to deal with unlocking all sorts of security measures just to get networking done. Eventually, people started exploiting the lack of security, and that's why it's so bad now.
I suppose a better analogy would be:
Hey, someone keeps breaking in and stealing my wallet. Let's put all of our money under the bed.
Doesn't really solve the present problem; just (temporarily) avoids it.
a selection of copyrighted works ... described as virtually unlimited
So this is virtually unlimited, but selective. As there are an infinite number of positive integers, but there is a larger infinite set of real numbers, EliteTorrents had a virtually unlimited selection, but they still didn't have everything.
I agree with what some others have said here - this looks like a DNS hijacking and fake warning. The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement have absolutely nothing to do with copyright enforcement.
It doesn't really matter. If you so much as provide a link of any sort to illegal material, even if it's just by hosting torrent files that contain references to trackers, you have likely violated the DMCA. The DMCA is very vaguely-worded. According to Gary Shapiro, in the June 5, 1998 Congressional hearing regarding the DMCA, "Section 1201(b) [of the DMCA] ... neither defines nor limits the term "technological protection measure." If you work your way around something that can be even loosely considered a TPM, you've violated the DMCA.
In 2003, Joe Nievelt, a student at Michigan Tech University, was sued for $97.8 BILLION for hosting a search engine on his web site that indexed the Windows shares on students' computers. He was liable for every single MP3 file listed out of over 65,000. See the story here.
He didn't actually have any copies of the files; in fact, the RIAA did nothing to find out who was actually sharing the songs. They targeted Joe to make an example out of him. He eventually settled out of court for $15,000 over 3 years.
MySearch Spyware
About MySearch Spyware
MySearch is a browser hijack program implemented as IE toolbar. Besides providing search features, it also hijacks Internet Explorer homepage and searches, resetting them to point to its controlling server.
I think they're the same thing, actually.
Why does the "news" link send you to MySearch, a well-known spyware-related site? Is this why they're planning to be sued?
1) It's redundant - who wants to have to use two P2P apps just to get something?
2) It's difficult - until recently, trackerless torrents have been a dream, so downloading a torrent from a random user might end up creating a bunch of seedless torrents.
3) Most people who use other P2P apps tend to not understand BitTorrent. They stick with what's easy.
Keyboard + paint thinner = textless keyboard. Get one of the old beige IBM keyboards; the ones that click audibly when you press a key. Now that is an übergeek keyboard.
Real geeks have clicky keys.
I can already think of some misuses of this... imagine if someone set it in Dvorak. That would confuse the hell out of most people.
The mods are on CRACK today. Redundant? Only if the person has read it before. Obviously, this dumbass thinks copyright violation is legal - not a criminal case? bullshit.
I paid to see the entire movie. I waited in line for two hours on opening night. Unfortunately, being human, I had to go to the bathroom three times. I downloaded it to watch the parts I missed, then secure-erased it from my hard disk. I never shared it, never let anyone see it who hadn't paid for it. Have I actually broken a law here??
Are you responding to magarity, instead of me? Because you responded to the wrong post.
P.S. The Constitution, as it was written, does not say that the Senate must vote on the judges, just that it must provide advice and council on the decision.
Mine does. It uses EasyPHP, an Apache package which includes MySQL and PHP (with a bunch of extensions).
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"The danger posed by these batteries is at its greatest when soaked in water and then stabbed with a screwdriver or other blunt object."
Just kidding. But it's true for the iPod, remember?