Exactly. (Unfortunately this was posted in the "Apple" section for some reason, so you got modded down.)
But after adding an FM-tuner and recording capabilities, all that was missing to make the iPod Shuffle useful (and at least on par with any cheap no-name Korean player) was a display, and they forgot to add it! The fanboys won't buy this anyway, so LuxPro might as well have made a good product for people who want an MP3 player more than they want a a cute piece of plastic with a particular trademark.
So, it's smarter to smile politely to the STASI and come up with a good story, rather than greeting them with curses and a slammed shut door.
Of course you should have a peek-hole in your door and never open it for people who look suspicious. Are they carrying papers, or a fake detection/positioning antenna? Then you're not at home.
Nobody can enter your house if you do not give your permission (or have a judge order to do so).
The grandparent poster's friend was probably just stupid/polite enough to let the spy in.
I live in the Socialist Soviet Republic of Sweden, and we also have to pay a tax^H^H^H licence for the pleasure of being fed propaganda from The Party via the government-owned and -controlled TV. Many incorrectly think that the STASI agents checking up on licences have some sort of authority, but all you have to do is to say "I don't have a TV" and shut your door in their faces.
Mind you, they're known for lying in their reports. They have ticked the "admits possession of TV receiver" box on their forms despite no such thing having happened. They have lied about seeing/hearing a TV set, et c. They get bonus pay for each discovery of a licence evader, you see.
So, it's smarter to smile politely to the STASI and come up with a good story, rather than greeting them with curses and a slammed shut door.
No popups in Galeon 1.3.19. On Drudgereport I get a notification icon about a popup having been blocked (though I still get an awful Flash ad - when will Firefox's/Mozilla's flashblock extension work with Galeon?). Nothing at all on scienceblog.com.
How the hell can popup ads somehow evade a browser's absolute refusal to open up unrequested popup windows? I just don't get it. Is this some new kind of highly persuasive Javascripting? Website: "Come on, pleeease open this window!" Browser: "Naaah... Oh, OK then."
People are saying what they want. What's the problem? You don't agree? So debate with them, or start your own Orkut or whatever forums/communities.
And why is this not posted as the usual indignated rant under YRO, instead of this rehash of hysterical mainstream fear-mongering articles?
I'm not agreeing with eg. the IMO nutty racist Iranian gentleman mentioned in TFA, but that doesn't mean I want him to be banned from saying what he wants in his own online communities.
BTW, everyone is welcome to join the Flashback forums, no matter what OPINIONS you hold or wish to discuss. The English speaking forum could use more members too. (Ironically, I seem to have difficulties reaching the site at the moment, but I hope that's temporary. They've had problems with the Swedish authorities before.)
Re:Parent is flamebait and trollish. Mod down.
on
LokiTorrent Shut Down
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
The popularity of sites like Lokitorrent are an expression of the will of the people.
LOL!
Mods, you're confusing "funny" with "insightful".
Really, the popularity of free stuff is an expression of the will of people to get stuff for free.
A will that our species has had inherent for as long as we have existed.
The fact that something illegal (but not clearly immoral) is so popular is a demonstration of how disconnected our political/legislative system is from the will of the people.
The political and legislative systems of whatever place one lives in may very well be disconnected from "the will of the people", but COME ON!
If I set up a table on the street with a bunch of laptop computers and put up a sign saying "free laptops", then my table will be very popular. It's free stuff. Some people might hesitate, just as they do with regards to downloading movies. I'm not going to draw any ridiculous and pretentious conclusions about "the will of the people" against the current legislation against theft or receiving stolen goods.
(Ob. anti-knee-jerk disclaimer: Yes, I know copyright infringement is not the same as theft, and I don't try to equal the two. That was not the point of my example.)
Heh, that's probably true. If you believe in JMJ's megalomanic delusions, that is. He also invented the laser, the theremin, and the French TGV trains.:)
Father(s) of modern and electronic (not electric, mechanic, or electromechanic) and remotely popular music? I'd say Kraftwerk.
[the Pegasos] runs MorphOS, Amiga OS4, all the PPC versions of Linux and BSD.
Unfortunately for AmigaOS, that's not true. Not because the Pegasos couldn't run AmigaOS4 (meant to run on 3rd party PPC hardware), but because the company/companies controlling AmigaOS4 (Amiga, Inc./KMOS) have decided to let AmigaOS4 die by only letting it be sold bundled with hardware. The hardware and the hardware vendor must buy a licence from AInc/KMOS to do so, "dongle" their hardware with a hardware-market control mechanism (aka. "anti-piracy measures"), provide end-user support for AmigaOS, et c. The Amiga died a decade ago, and there's finally a chance for AmigaOS and its users to take advantage of a third party hardware market, but despite this we still have to pretend that there are "new Amigas" that we should have to buy on an artificially constructed "Amiga market".
The only vendor that has acquired a licence is the company that suggested the scheme to AInc: Eyetech. They're now offering Mai Logic's Teron series motherboards as "AmigaOnes", 60% more expensive than when they're sold as Terons.
See my homepage and the link in my sig for more on this.
Crud. I just realised this was apple.slashdot.org, and jokes which in any way could be interpreted as implying something remotely negative about the object of worship equals Karma Suicide.
It doesn't help that I own a couple of PowerBooks, does it? Please?
Have you seen a professional about your phobia? It's not normal to feel fear, uncertainty and doubt when looking at a GIF image and reading speculation about a future computer product.;)
I don't think you know what the negative marketing technique known as "FUD" means.
Yes, and read e.g. akawaka's reply to his comment: "I can't help but feel that you are attaching your own personal meaning to the first clause to satisfy your argument."
That law regulates "Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy".
If a program is loaded into RAM in order to be executed, it is not the Owner of Copy who is doing this, but the computer (and/or the "copied" software).
Just look at the USC definition of "copy": "''Copies'' are material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term ''copies'' includes the material object, other than a phonorecord, in which the work is first fixed."
Where "fixed" is defined as: A work is ''fixed'' in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration. A work consisting of sounds, images, or both, that are being transmitted, is ''fixed'' for purposes of this title if a fixation of the work is being made simultaneously with its transmission."
Seriously, if temporary "internal" processing by a computer or a program in order to run a program is considered "copying", then there's not much legal software around, whether the hardware is emulated or not. This is all sensationalism based on one person's hairsplitting IMO.
The article author hypothesises around an example where he owns a copy of a C-64 game, and whether or not it's legal to run said copy under emulation. He thinks this is illegal, due to the following US (I presume) legislation:
" (a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.-- Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:
(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or
(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.
The bold text is his emphasis.
He seems to have missed provision (1) entirely! If you live under DMCA rule, just claim your C-64, your Datassette, or your 1541 floppydisk drive are broken...
No, they aren't, and the Amiga computer died a decade ago.
OTOH, what is happening is that Hyperion Entertainment are porting and updating AmigaOS to version 4 on licence from Amiga, Inc., a company formed in 2000 by a marketing exec from the previous Amiga-owners Gateway. AInc in turn has allegedly switched owners twice since then, during litigation.
AmigaOS 4, and beyond, are meant to run on third party PowerPC hardware. Nobody is designing or even specifying standards for any hardware specifically for AmigaOS.
One controversial decision that bothers many current and prospective AmigaOS users is that the hardware market will have to be separated from "the rest of the world". Despite the inexistence of any Amiga hardware and AInc's irrelevance to the hardware market, AmigaOS must only be sold bundled with hardware, and only from vendors who have acquired a licence from AInc. These hardware bundles must also provide some form of hardware/vendor-licence verification mechanism ("anti-piracy measures"), which currently is supposed to consist of added code to the firmware.
The only licenced hardware today is sold by the single existing licensee, Eyetech, which is the same company that was "consulted" when these AmigaOS distribution policies were formed. Currently they sell Mai Logic Teron series motherboards, with their exclusively licensed (owned?) stickers saying "AmigaOne", plus a 60% heftier price tag.
"The system is used by countless civilians as well, who can use the GPS's Standard Positioning Service worldwide free of charge. [...]
On May 1, 2000, US President Bill Clinton announced that this "Selective Availability" would be turned off. However, for military purposes, "Selective Deniability" may still be used to, in effect, jam civilian GPS units in a war zone or global alert while still allowing military units to have full functionality. European concern about this and commercial issues has resulted in the planned GALILEO positioning system. Russia already operates an independent system called GLONASS (global navigation system), although with only 12 active satellites as of 2004, the system is of limited usefulness."
Seems like the article was just yet another opportunity for people to mention "President Bush", "terrorism" and "WE'RE OUTRAGED!!!1111" in the same thread.
What's the news here? Last I heard, GPS was designed and controlled by the US DoD, and the rest of the world only gets to use the system at their mercy. This is one reason to why e.g. my country's (Sweden's) defence forces don't "officially" use GPS, because it's a system that can be shut down on a whim of another military force.
Oops. Yes, of course there's not supposed to be a "Mr" (gospodin) in front of a middle name.
But referring to people with their middle name, at least in colloquial/familiar speech, is very common, isn't it?
(Better keep this OT stuff free from extra karma bonus)
Re:A fascinating ... fake
on
A New Elena Story
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
PS, Stalin et al were *Russians*.
Actually, Mr. Vissarionovich was a Georgian.
Communism did not invade and conquer Russia.
Invasion? That would actually not be a totally inaccurate description.
Most of the prominent bolshevik/communist leaders were plotting their military coup d'état (a.k.a. "revolution") while they lived abroad. They also received funding, training and support from Germany, who believed that the success of these people would weaken Russia.
Slashdot Mirror
In Korea, only old people make jokes about Slashdot memes and clichés.
Good job! I think it'd be great if all Slashdotters were as honest as you were when you chose a subject for your ad^H^H post. ;)
Exactly. (Unfortunately this was posted in the "Apple" section for some reason, so you got modded down.)
But after adding an FM-tuner and recording capabilities, all that was missing to make the iPod Shuffle useful (and at least on par with any cheap no-name Korean player) was a display, and they forgot to add it! The fanboys won't buy this anyway, so LuxPro might as well have made a good product for people who want an MP3 player more than they want a a cute piece of plastic with a particular trademark.
What on earth were they thinking?
(a) that gas conveyed by him is escaping, or may escape, in any premises;
"I'm conveying gas. May I use your bathroom? Oh, step aside, of course I may!"
So, it's smarter to smile politely to the STASI and come up with a good story, rather than greeting them with curses and a slammed shut door.
Of course you should have a peek-hole in your door and never open it for people who look suspicious. Are they carrying papers, or a fake detection/positioning antenna? Then you're not at home.
Nobody can enter your house if you do not give your permission (or have a judge order to do so).
The grandparent poster's friend was probably just stupid/polite enough to let the spy in.
I live in the Socialist Soviet Republic of Sweden, and we also have to pay a tax^H^H^H licence for the pleasure of being fed propaganda from The Party via the government-owned and -controlled TV. Many incorrectly think that the STASI agents checking up on licences have some sort of authority, but all you have to do is to say "I don't have a TV" and shut your door in their faces.
Mind you, they're known for lying in their reports. They have ticked the "admits possession of TV receiver" box on their forms despite no such thing having happened. They have lied about seeing/hearing a TV set, et c. They get bonus pay for each discovery of a licence evader, you see.
So, it's smarter to smile politely to the STASI and come up with a good story, rather than greeting them with curses and a slammed shut door.
No popups in Galeon 1.3.19.
On Drudgereport I get a notification icon about a popup having been blocked (though I still get an awful Flash ad - when will Firefox's/Mozilla's flashblock extension work with Galeon?). Nothing at all on scienceblog.com.
How the hell can popup ads somehow evade a browser's absolute refusal to open up unrequested popup windows?
I just don't get it. Is this some new kind of highly persuasive Javascripting?
Website: "Come on, pleeease open this window!"
Browser: "Naaah... Oh, OK then."
People are saying what they want. What's the problem? You don't agree? So debate with them, or start your own Orkut or whatever forums/communities.
And why is this not posted as the usual indignated rant under YRO, instead of this rehash of hysterical mainstream fear-mongering articles?
I'm not agreeing with eg. the IMO nutty racist Iranian gentleman mentioned in TFA, but that doesn't mean I want him to be banned from saying what he wants in his own online communities.
BTW, everyone is welcome to join the Flashback forums, no matter what OPINIONS you hold or wish to discuss. The English speaking forum could use more members too. (Ironically, I seem to have difficulties reaching the site at the moment, but I hope that's temporary. They've had problems with the Swedish authorities before.)
The popularity of sites like Lokitorrent are an expression of the will of the people.
LOL!
Mods, you're confusing "funny" with "insightful".
Really, the popularity of free stuff is an expression of the will of people to get stuff for free.
A will that our species has had inherent for as long as we have existed.
The fact that something illegal (but not clearly immoral) is so popular is a demonstration of how disconnected our political/legislative system is from the will of the people.
The political and legislative systems of whatever place one lives in may very well be disconnected from "the will of the people", but COME ON!
If I set up a table on the street with a bunch of laptop computers and put up a sign saying "free laptops", then my table will be very popular. It's free stuff. Some people might hesitate, just as they do with regards to downloading movies. I'm not going to draw any ridiculous and pretentious conclusions about "the will of the people" against the current legislation against theft or receiving stolen goods.
(Ob. anti-knee-jerk disclaimer: Yes, I know copyright infringement is not the same as theft, and I don't try to equal the two. That was not the point of my example.)
No I'm not, you insensitive clod!
/physician, currently at home
Heh, that's probably true. If you believe in JMJ's megalomanic delusions, that is. He also invented the laser, the theremin, and the French TGV trains. :)
Father(s) of modern and electronic (not electric, mechanic, or electromechanic) and remotely popular music? I'd say Kraftwerk.
I find the name quite apt.
In Swedish, "kloss" == block.
Freescale (ex-Motorola) sell them for $649, and Gentoo sell complete systems for $999 (of which $100 is donated to the Gentoo foundation). Genesi advertise the mobos+CPU at $600-615, depending on CPU.
But yeah, they're still beaten in price by the Mac Mini.
[the Pegasos] runs MorphOS, Amiga OS4, all the PPC versions of Linux and BSD.
Unfortunately for AmigaOS, that's not true. Not because the Pegasos couldn't run AmigaOS4 (meant to run on 3rd party PPC hardware), but because the company/companies controlling AmigaOS4 (Amiga, Inc./KMOS) have decided to let AmigaOS4 die by only letting it be sold bundled with hardware. The hardware and the hardware vendor must buy a licence from AInc/KMOS to do so, "dongle" their hardware with a hardware-market control mechanism (aka. "anti-piracy measures"), provide end-user support for AmigaOS, et c.
The Amiga died a decade ago, and there's finally a chance for AmigaOS and its users to take advantage of a third party hardware market, but despite this we still have to pretend that there are "new Amigas" that we should have to buy on an artificially constructed "Amiga market".
The only vendor that has acquired a licence is the company that suggested the scheme to AInc: Eyetech. They're now offering Mai Logic's Teron series motherboards as "AmigaOnes", 60% more expensive than when they're sold as Terons.
See my homepage and the link in my sig for more on this.
Crud. I just realised this was apple.slashdot.org, and jokes which in any way could be interpreted as implying something remotely negative about the object of worship equals Karma Suicide.
It doesn't help that I own a couple of PowerBooks, does it? Please?
I mean if it should happen to overheat, and cause the user to catch on fire,
;)
A burning Mac user? Is that what you native English speaking people are referring to when you say "flaming homosexual"?
This stuff is no more than FUD.
;)
Have you seen a professional about your phobia? It's not normal to feel fear, uncertainty and doubt when looking at a GIF image and reading speculation about a future computer product.
I don't think you know what the negative marketing technique known as "FUD" means.
... whether the hardware is emulated or not.
Oops. Insert a missing "regardless of" in front of that.
Yes, and read e.g. akawaka's reply to his comment:
"I can't help but feel that you are attaching your own personal meaning to the first clause to
satisfy your argument."
That law regulates "Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy".
If a program is loaded into RAM in order to be executed, it is not the Owner of Copy who is doing this, but the computer (and/or the "copied" software).
Just look at the USC definition of "copy":
"''Copies'' are material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term ''copies'' includes the material object, other than a phonorecord, in which the work is first fixed."
Where "fixed" is defined as:
A work is ''fixed'' in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration. A work consisting of sounds, images, or both, that are being transmitted, is ''fixed'' for purposes of this title if a fixation of the work is being made simultaneously with its transmission."
Seriously, if temporary "internal" processing by a computer or a program in order to run a program is considered "copying", then there's not much legal software around, whether the hardware is emulated or not. This is all sensationalism based on one person's hairsplitting IMO.
The article author hypothesises around an example where he owns a copy of a C-64 game, and whether or not it's legal to run said copy under emulation. He thinks this is illegal, due to the following US (I presume) legislation:
" (a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.-- Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:
(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or
(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.
The bold text is his emphasis.
He seems to have missed provision (1) entirely!
If you live under DMCA rule, just claim your C-64, your Datassette, or your 1541 floppydisk drive are broken...
Amiga is still manufacturing computers.
No, they aren't, and the Amiga computer died a decade ago.
OTOH, what is happening is that Hyperion Entertainment are porting and updating AmigaOS to version 4 on licence from Amiga, Inc., a company formed in 2000 by a marketing exec from the previous Amiga-owners Gateway. AInc in turn has allegedly switched owners twice since then, during litigation.
AmigaOS 4, and beyond, are meant to run on third party PowerPC hardware. Nobody is designing or even specifying standards for any hardware specifically for AmigaOS.
One controversial decision that bothers many current and prospective AmigaOS users is that the hardware market will have to be separated from "the rest of the world". Despite the inexistence of any Amiga hardware and AInc's irrelevance to the hardware market, AmigaOS must only be sold bundled with hardware, and only from vendors who have acquired a licence from AInc. These hardware bundles must also provide some form of hardware/vendor-licence verification mechanism ("anti-piracy measures"), which currently is supposed to consist of added code to the firmware.
The only licenced hardware today is sold by the single existing licensee, Eyetech, which is the same company that was "consulted" when these AmigaOS distribution policies were formed. Currently they sell Mai Logic Teron series motherboards, with their exclusively licensed (owned?) stickers saying "AmigaOne", plus a 60% heftier price tag.
For more on this, please see my homepage.
Hmm. I looked up GPS in Wikipedia, and found this:
"The system is used by countless civilians as well, who can use the GPS's Standard Positioning Service worldwide free of charge. [...]
On May 1, 2000, US President Bill Clinton announced that this "Selective Availability" would be turned off. However, for military purposes, "Selective Deniability" may still be used to, in effect, jam civilian GPS units in a war zone or global alert while still allowing military units to have full functionality. European concern about this and commercial issues has resulted in the planned GALILEO positioning system. Russia already operates an independent system called GLONASS (global navigation system), although with only 12 active satellites as of 2004, the system is of limited usefulness."
Seems like the article was just yet another opportunity for people to mention "President Bush", "terrorism" and "WE'RE OUTRAGED!!!1111" in the same thread.
What's the news here?
Last I heard, GPS was designed and controlled by the US DoD, and the rest of the world only gets to use the system at their mercy. This is one reason to why e.g. my country's (Sweden's) defence forces don't "officially" use GPS, because it's a system that can be shut down on a whim of another military force.
Oops. Yes, of course there's not supposed to be a "Mr" (gospodin) in front of a middle name.
But referring to people with their middle name, at least in colloquial/familiar speech, is very common, isn't it?
(Better keep this OT stuff free from extra karma bonus)
PS, Stalin et al were *Russians*.
Actually, Mr. Vissarionovich was a Georgian.
Communism did not invade and conquer Russia.
Invasion? That would actually not be a totally inaccurate description.
Most of the prominent bolshevik/communist leaders were plotting their military coup d'état (a.k.a. "revolution") while they lived abroad. They also received funding, training and support from Germany, who believed that the success of these people would weaken Russia.