He was on US soil when he distributed the information. And the DCMA does say it is illegal to circumvent copyright protection for any reason. While I disagree with the law, it is a law. So he broke the law of a country while currently in that country.
He was arrested, but released.
That in no way is an example of the United States seeking extradition for someone who never broke a law on US soil.
What is your grounds for your assertion? That if you piss off the US government, you'll disappear and won't get a fair trail?
Ahmadinejad has openly called for the death of all Jews, and has several times over again pissed off the US government. Ships from Iran have also broken international law, and tried provoking the US. And still, Ahmadinejad was free to step foot on US soil, speak at Columbia, and then travel home safely.
Bin Laden declared war on the United States. And the United States declared war on Al Qaeda. While the United States has tried to arrest Al Qaeda leaders, they've made no qualms about publicly trying to kill Al Qaeda leaders as well because they're currently at war.
I imagine it it was feasible to subdue him, and arrest him, they'd have made the effort to do so. He was killed in a firefight while using human shields. It wasn't like he was shot in his sleep.
Most of the time, emulators can support most of what is out there.
Sure you might find something that requires very specific hardware, but that very specific hardware won't play every game from that era either. And a modern PC with emulators can play games from all kinds of eras.
For those struggling with getting old games running in Windows 7 (without emulators), I'd like to point you to this fantastic DirectDraw hack.
And Firefox doesn't have problems or leaks, they have features which can be controlled. Rendered pages stay cached in memory, so they load faster if you hit the back button. You can disable this if you want.
You shouldn't need to purchase software to optimize your PC when it really is as simple as firing up MSCONFIG to disable services and apps that you don't need running in the background.
Point me to a statement from PayPal where they said WikiLeaks broke the law.
I quoted the official statement where they said WikiLeaks broke the terms of service by encouraging others to break the law.
And PayPal is REQUIRED by law to use their best discretion in such matters. If PayPal, or any bank or any financial institution in the country, has any reason to suspect that a customer of theirs is encouraging others to break the law, they must report the activity and freeze the account.
If PayPal believes something is amiss and they ignore it, then PayPal is in violation of the law. Again, you've repeatedly singled out PayPal for this behavior when it is universal and mandated by law. And you've repeatedly said they did this on a whim, when it was PayPal merely enforcing terms of service. That is the very opposite of arbitrary.
You've said there is zero possible recourse, when there is.
And you keep insisting PayPal directly accused WikiLeaks of breaking the law.
Repeated lies, reading comprehension failure, logical fallacies and bias abound.
I openly invite people to bring concerns to me, because I am concerned. I want to know if my employer is up to no good. But your baseless trolling is not based on reality.
Quoting 17 USC 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works (a) Pictorial Representations Permitted. — The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place.
My wife and I haven't ever had an issue taking pictures of landmark buildings in Boston, London, Rome, Barcelona, Cannes, Pisa, Florence, etc. Even though we've done several trips to Boston, this most recent one was the first with my daughter so we did all the tours again. And the tour guides specifically stop for you to take pictures of all the landmark buildings.
You as a person, can not be photographed without your consent. I don't believe there is any law against photographing property. If that were the case, it would be pretty much impossible to take photograph in any city.
The weird thing is that they weren't really collecting any information about you as a person. They just seemed to be tracking what wifi networks were available.
Given that there have been years of rumors that Google will get into the ISP business and offer a free wifi service, it makes sense they'd want to know where wifi already exists.
However, it appears Android devices also track location information. My concern would be how that information is used. Google's track record historically has been to collect as much personal information to help deliver contextual ads, but they don't sell your data to advertisers. Other companies, like Apple, do sell your data to advertisers.
I didn't even realize that the color muddling was a known issue with the polarized filter 3D technology, but as I sat in the theater I turned to my friends and said "this isn't nearly as vibrant as the trailer, stills, posters, etc." Then I read online after the fact that polarized filter 3D technology always mutes colors and there is nothing you can do about it. You can insist otherwise, but you're arguing against science.
That being said, I do disagree with the article that 3D is a scam. It is an advertised feature, that works as advertised for 98% of the population (they say 2% can't perceive the 3D effect properly). And you aren't being forced or duped into it. You can vote with your wallet to see 3D or 2D versions.
For my money, the best 3D film I've seen to date is Tron Legacy. The light cycles and such in 3D were amazing. I felt really immersed in the race when the glassy light trails were in 3D. And with a simplistic, dark palette to begin with, the color muting wasn't a huge deal. Though I just rewatched it in 2D on BluRay, and the colors did certainly pop more in that version.
It isn't that I'm syncing with brand new computers. I only sync on one computer, period. Perhaps you should have read what I wrote when discussing reading comprehension.
I have always have iTunes set to manually manage my collection. The issue is that iTunes decides it doesn't recognize my phone, wipes and restores the latest backup automatically when it is specifically configured not to auto sync my phone, period. I've synced my phone maybe 20 times, and it has happened 3 times. It happened to my wife's phone a few times on her PC, and she switched to an Android phone. I plan to do the same the next time I'm up for a phone. It also refused to recognize a photo folder and sync it, until I moved it to another folder. Again, Google showed I wasn't the only one having that issue as well. On top of that, you can't sync individual music albums, only playlists and artists. And if you create playlists, it effectively duplicates each song. So when I sync an artist and want to listen to an album, any song that is part of a playlist (whether or not the playlist is synced) is duplicated.
If you seriously want to defend iTunes sync, I don't know what to say. It is truly terrible software design.
Every single one of coworkers in corporate IT (as knowledgeable engineers) have had the same issue. And in using Google, I've found it is fairly common, but Apple deletes posts on their own site. Just like they did about the antenna, and the light sensor (which still doesn't work properly). So you'll only find reports on other sites.
My mother tries to do video recording on her iPad, and can't record any audio at a distance. My iPhone is basically the same way. And it has been knocked on countless reviews, but if you suggest it can record well at 30 feet, then clearly everyone else on the planet must be a liar.
The touch keyboard isn't horrible when you get used to it, but it isn't as good, accurate or as fast as a real keyboard. Taking quick notes in class is better with a real keyboard. Again, you're advocating paying more money for something that doesn't work as well. Please take two seconds and consider the logic of your argument.
PayPal didn't say WikiLeaks broke the law. They said that in encouraging others to upload stolen documents, they were encouraging others to break the law.
Distributing stolen materials is against the law. The main reason the US hasn't tried to go after WikiLeaks for breaking the law is that they operate in another country. They aren't really under the purview of US law.
Americans who steal materials and upload them to WikiLeaks are breaking the law. Encouraging others to break the law is against the TOS.
You're saying WikiLeaks has no recourse, which isn't true. PayPal has a dispute resolution department. They can dispute the claim they violated the TOS and argue their case. And as shocking as that may seem, people do it all the time. And beyond that, they can take legal action. They wouldn't be the first or last company to start a legal case with a financial services company, nor the first or last with PayPal. You continue to insist something that simply isn't true.
My first iPhone got scratched to hell pretty quick. Now I don't touch a touch-device until I get a screen protector on it. But out of the box, it can be damaged pretty easily.
I'd give you that a notebook needs a solid state drive to resist a fall.
And Wikipedia, and One Laptop Per Child. People are already working to put all human knowledge online where it can be accessed by anyone, anywhere in the globe.
It depends where you are, but I think degrees mean less when college kids with startups become billionaires. Come up with a good product. Market it well. That is what matters.
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He was on US soil when he distributed the information. And the DCMA does say it is illegal to circumvent copyright protection for any reason. While I disagree with the law, it is a law. So he broke the law of a country while currently in that country.
He was arrested, but released.
That in no way is an example of the United States seeking extradition for someone who never broke a law on US soil.
What is your grounds for your assertion? That if you piss off the US government, you'll disappear and won't get a fair trail?
Ahmadinejad has openly called for the death of all Jews, and has several times over again pissed off the US government. Ships from Iran have also broken international law, and tried provoking the US. And still, Ahmadinejad was free to step foot on US soil, speak at Columbia, and then travel home safely.
Has the United States filed a single charge against Assange? Oh wait, they've haven't.
And the difference between these two situations is that one person translated a book. The other encouraged people to steal and leak military secrets.
Bin Laden declared war on the United States. And the United States declared war on Al Qaeda. While the United States has tried to arrest Al Qaeda leaders, they've made no qualms about publicly trying to kill Al Qaeda leaders as well because they're currently at war.
I imagine it it was feasible to subdue him, and arrest him, they'd have made the effort to do so. He was killed in a firefight while using human shields. It wasn't like he was shot in his sleep.
Out of curiosity, can you cite any examples?
Who is the US trying to extradite for someone committing a crime outside US borders that was legal where the act was performed?
Most of the time, emulators can support most of what is out there.
Sure you might find something that requires very specific hardware, but that very specific hardware won't play every game from that era either. And a modern PC with emulators can play games from all kinds of eras.
For those struggling with getting old games running in Windows 7 (without emulators), I'd like to point you to this fantastic DirectDraw hack.
http://sol.gfxile.net/ddhack/
Firefox uses less memory than Chrome.
And Firefox doesn't have problems or leaks, they have features which can be controlled. Rendered pages stay cached in memory, so they load faster if you hit the back button. You can disable this if you want.
These days I'd recommend rekonq or arora for Konqueror fans.
I doubt TinyXP could join a domain and work in an enterprise environment.
More and more companies are allowing employees to use their personal hardware on their network.
You might be better off asking if you can bring in your own laptop, so long as you run their anti-virus, etc.
You shouldn't need to purchase software to optimize your PC when it really is as simple as firing up MSCONFIG to disable services and apps that you don't need running in the background.
You can also configure Firefox not to cache rendered pages in RAM.
But Arora might be the browser you're looking for.
http://code.google.com/p/arora/
You fail at reading comprehension.
Point me to a statement from PayPal where they said WikiLeaks broke the law.
I quoted the official statement where they said WikiLeaks broke the terms of service by encouraging others to break the law.
And PayPal is REQUIRED by law to use their best discretion in such matters. If PayPal, or any bank or any financial institution in the country, has any reason to suspect that a customer of theirs is encouraging others to break the law, they must report the activity and freeze the account.
If PayPal believes something is amiss and they ignore it, then PayPal is in violation of the law. Again, you've repeatedly singled out PayPal for this behavior when it is universal and mandated by law. And you've repeatedly said they did this on a whim, when it was PayPal merely enforcing terms of service. That is the very opposite of arbitrary.
You've said there is zero possible recourse, when there is.
And you keep insisting PayPal directly accused WikiLeaks of breaking the law.
Repeated lies, reading comprehension failure, logical fallacies and bias abound.
I openly invite people to bring concerns to me, because I am concerned. I want to know if my employer is up to no good. But your baseless trolling is not based on reality.
That is the current law, last updated in 2005.
http://www.bitlaw.com/source/17usc/120.html
Quoting 17 USC 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works
(a) Pictorial Representations Permitted. — The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place.
My wife and I haven't ever had an issue taking pictures of landmark buildings in Boston, London, Rome, Barcelona, Cannes, Pisa, Florence, etc. Even though we've done several trips to Boston, this most recent one was the first with my daughter so we did all the tours again. And the tour guides specifically stop for you to take pictures of all the landmark buildings.
Where is this supposedly illegal?
You as a person, can not be photographed without your consent. I don't believe there is any law against photographing property. If that were the case, it would be pretty much impossible to take photograph in any city.
Can you be easily identified as a person by the SSID of your wireless router?
The weird thing is that they weren't really collecting any information about you as a person. They just seemed to be tracking what wifi networks were available.
Given that there have been years of rumors that Google will get into the ISP business and offer a free wifi service, it makes sense they'd want to know where wifi already exists.
However, it appears Android devices also track location information. My concern would be how that information is used. Google's track record historically has been to collect as much personal information to help deliver contextual ads, but they don't sell your data to advertisers. Other companies, like Apple, do sell your data to advertisers.
I didn't even realize that the color muddling was a known issue with the polarized filter 3D technology, but as I sat in the theater I turned to my friends and said "this isn't nearly as vibrant as the trailer, stills, posters, etc." Then I read online after the fact that polarized filter 3D technology always mutes colors and there is nothing you can do about it. You can insist otherwise, but you're arguing against science.
That being said, I do disagree with the article that 3D is a scam. It is an advertised feature, that works as advertised for 98% of the population (they say 2% can't perceive the 3D effect properly). And you aren't being forced or duped into it. You can vote with your wallet to see 3D or 2D versions.
For my money, the best 3D film I've seen to date is Tron Legacy. The light cycles and such in 3D were amazing. I felt really immersed in the race when the glassy light trails were in 3D. And with a simplistic, dark palette to begin with, the color muting wasn't a huge deal. Though I just rewatched it in 2D on BluRay, and the colors did certainly pop more in that version.
It isn't that I'm syncing with brand new computers. I only sync on one computer, period. Perhaps you should have read what I wrote when discussing reading comprehension.
I have always have iTunes set to manually manage my collection. The issue is that iTunes decides it doesn't recognize my phone, wipes and restores the latest backup automatically when it is specifically configured not to auto sync my phone, period. I've synced my phone maybe 20 times, and it has happened 3 times. It happened to my wife's phone a few times on her PC, and she switched to an Android phone. I plan to do the same the next time I'm up for a phone. It also refused to recognize a photo folder and sync it, until I moved it to another folder. Again, Google showed I wasn't the only one having that issue as well. On top of that, you can't sync individual music albums, only playlists and artists. And if you create playlists, it effectively duplicates each song. So when I sync an artist and want to listen to an album, any song that is part of a playlist (whether or not the playlist is synced) is duplicated.
If you seriously want to defend iTunes sync, I don't know what to say. It is truly terrible software design.
Every single one of coworkers in corporate IT (as knowledgeable engineers) have had the same issue. And in using Google, I've found it is fairly common, but Apple deletes posts on their own site. Just like they did about the antenna, and the light sensor (which still doesn't work properly). So you'll only find reports on other sites.
My mother tries to do video recording on her iPad, and can't record any audio at a distance. My iPhone is basically the same way. And it has been knocked on countless reviews, but if you suggest it can record well at 30 feet, then clearly everyone else on the planet must be a liar.
The touch keyboard isn't horrible when you get used to it, but it isn't as good, accurate or as fast as a real keyboard. Taking quick notes in class is better with a real keyboard. Again, you're advocating paying more money for something that doesn't work as well. Please take two seconds and consider the logic of your argument.
I've said this perhaps 10 times.
PayPal didn't say WikiLeaks broke the law. They said that in encouraging others to upload stolen documents, they were encouraging others to break the law.
Distributing stolen materials is against the law. The main reason the US hasn't tried to go after WikiLeaks for breaking the law is that they operate in another country. They aren't really under the purview of US law.
Americans who steal materials and upload them to WikiLeaks are breaking the law. Encouraging others to break the law is against the TOS.
You're saying WikiLeaks has no recourse, which isn't true. PayPal has a dispute resolution department. They can dispute the claim they violated the TOS and argue their case. And as shocking as that may seem, people do it all the time. And beyond that, they can take legal action. They wouldn't be the first or last company to start a legal case with a financial services company, nor the first or last with PayPal. You continue to insist something that simply isn't true.
My first iPhone got scratched to hell pretty quick. Now I don't touch a touch-device until I get a screen protector on it. But out of the box, it can be damaged pretty easily.
I'd give you that a notebook needs a solid state drive to resist a fall.
I said it was more cumbersome to carry a separate keyboard as opposed to carrying a notebook.
MIT has OpenCourseWare.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Then there is the Khan Academy.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
And Wikipedia, and One Laptop Per Child. People are already working to put all human knowledge online where it can be accessed by anyone, anywhere in the globe.
It depends where you are, but I think degrees mean less when college kids with startups become billionaires. Come up with a good product. Market it well. That is what matters.