Bullshit. There are millions of parents in America who make this a massive issue, and raise their kids to be fearful and confused about sex. Who kick up a stink about protecting their precious children, and who think that any kind of non-shameful sexual expression is a one-way ticket to hell and pedophilia.
There's also preachers and other "community leaders" spewing homophobic fear, or jumping on the anti-porn bandwagon.
It's windbag politicians like HillDog and Gore who make it into a big issue so they can look like heroes.
When you say politicians "like" Gore and Clinton, the intended subtext appears to be "Democrats". As if politicians "like" Reagan and Bush never exploit such moral crusades to boost their popularity?
Nuclear isn't exotic like solar nano-boogers, but it keeps the lights on and electricity going without adding any CO2 to the environment 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
What? How does it do that? Last time I checked, it takes significant amounts of CO2 to mine uranium ore and transport it.
Non Sequitur much? How is any of what I wrote incorrect?
I never said that you'd be able to do authorizations if the iTMS went down. All I did was correct the post I was replying to, which said that your music is tied to one specific computer. I never even addressed the issue of what happens if the iTMS went out of business.
Incorrect. The iTunes DRM is tied to up to five computers, and an unlimited number of iPods/iPhones. So, if one of your computers dies, you just access the tracks on one of your other computers. And you can use that computer to authorize/deauthorize other machines.
My personal favorite silly DRM law is the one which sets out massive penalties for circumventing a DRM mechanism - making anyone who holds the shift key while loading a CD into Windoze box a felon.
Uhhh, wouldn't that make Microsoft the felon for allowing you to do that, not the user?
For fuck's sake, what's with you and this "Russian spam-mob" shit? Tell me - what does this Russian spam-mob have to gain from having a convict killed? How could it possibly be worth the effort? Wouldn't they be more concerned about making money?
Their statement basically says nothing. They are "requesting" that their suppliers "follow the situation" with regards to tantalum from the Congo. Not much of a commitment there. If they were so concerned, wouldn't they state that they do not, and will not use any components containing tantalum sourced from the Congo?
So, at what limit is the boundary set? Computers are made up of many different chips communicating with one another. By the logic of the quoted statement, any desktop computer is not a "particular machine," but a collection of machines connected together. Alternatively, different machines connected by a network are "physical devices operating together," making them a "particular machine."
And as can be seen, treating software like hard copies or an object is a truly broken idea since software doesn't exist in the physical world
This doesn't make any sense. Patents over hardware also don't exist in the physical world - they are intellectual property, methods of implementation, just like software patents.
But let's step back a bit. I think this entrie premise is flawed, because software does exist in the physical world. How would you use it if it didn't exist? Just as methods of implementation exist. I think the entire "it doesn't physically exist" meme is a total red herring. It has no bearing on the law.
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It was CANADIAN GODZILLA, fighting his longtime enemy Mozilla.
Who watches the watchers?
I dunno, Coastguard?
How does being drunk and naked at a PARTY reflect badly on somebody? Somebody who has never done that looks worse in my eyes.
It's not parents.
Bullshit. There are millions of parents in America who make this a massive issue, and raise their kids to be fearful and confused about sex. Who kick up a stink about protecting their precious children, and who think that any kind of non-shameful sexual expression is a one-way ticket to hell and pedophilia.
There's also preachers and other "community leaders" spewing homophobic fear, or jumping on the anti-porn bandwagon.
It's windbag politicians like HillDog and Gore who make it into a big issue so they can look like heroes.
When you say politicians "like" Gore and Clinton, the intended subtext appears to be "Democrats". As if politicians "like" Reagan and Bush never exploit such moral crusades to boost their popularity?
Because the Islamic countries are so liberal about sex!
"Club fed"? WTF? You really think that prison is a pleasant place to be?
Maybe Santa Claus had him whacked by the tooth fairy and a compassionate conservative? That has as much evidence to back it up as your theory.
What I'm puzzled at, is how obsessed you seem to be with this theory, which has absolutely no evidence to back it up.
Maybe you should get some lessons in fucking reading comprehension? I was correcting one specific fact in the post, not rebutting its general thesis.
Nuclear isn't exotic like solar nano-boogers, but it keeps the lights on and electricity going without adding any CO2 to the environment 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
What? How does it do that? Last time I checked, it takes significant amounts of CO2 to mine uranium ore and transport it.
Bumpkiss???
Non Sequitur much? How is any of what I wrote incorrect?
I never said that you'd be able to do authorizations if the iTMS went down. All I did was correct the post I was replying to, which said that your music is tied to one specific computer. I never even addressed the issue of what happens if the iTMS went out of business.
Why can't they just crack the DRM? It never worked in the first place.
Incorrect. The iTunes DRM is tied to up to five computers, and an unlimited number of iPods/iPhones. So, if one of your computers dies, you just access the tracks on one of your other computers. And you can use that computer to authorize/deauthorize other machines.
The serious question is: "Why the fuck would anybody use WMA?'
My personal favorite silly DRM law is the one which sets out massive penalties for circumventing a DRM mechanism - making anyone who holds the shift key while loading a CD into Windoze box a felon.
Uhhh, wouldn't that make Microsoft the felon for allowing you to do that, not the user?
For fuck's sake, what's with you and this "Russian spam-mob" shit? Tell me - what does this Russian spam-mob have to gain from having a convict killed? How could it possibly be worth the effort? Wouldn't they be more concerned about making money?
Why would they waste money putting a contract on him, or going to the trouble and risk of faking a murder-suicide, when he was already in prison?
What, they wait for him to escape from prison (and know exactly when he escapes, and where he is), and then put a hit out on him? Not likely.
Their statement basically says nothing. They are "requesting" that their suppliers "follow the situation" with regards to tantalum from the Congo. Not much of a commitment there. If they were so concerned, wouldn't they state that they do not, and will not use any components containing tantalum sourced from the Congo?
So, the 9/11 attacks weren't done for political reasons, only religious ones? Religion and politics are inextricably intertwined.
So, at what limit is the boundary set? Computers are made up of many different chips communicating with one another. By the logic of the quoted statement, any desktop computer is not a "particular machine," but a collection of machines connected together. Alternatively, different machines connected by a network are "physical devices operating together," making them a "particular machine."
Oh, a lesson in causality from Mr. "I'm my own grandfather."
Ahh but therein lies the difference. There's actually something being physically manipulated when it comes to gene patents: the DNA sequence itself.
How is that different to computer software, which physically manipulates electrons?
And as can be seen, treating software like hard copies or an object is a truly broken idea since software doesn't exist in the physical world
This doesn't make any sense. Patents over hardware also don't exist in the physical world - they are intellectual property, methods of implementation, just like software patents.
But let's step back a bit. I think this entrie premise is flawed, because software does exist in the physical world. How would you use it if it didn't exist? Just as methods of implementation exist. I think the entire "it doesn't physically exist" meme is a total red herring. It has no bearing on the law.
Dear gods, I need sleep/death.
If you get it via a simple one-click interface, you'll be posthumously sued for patent violation.