information and data are "Free" in the only sense that applies.
but certain people are heavily invested in making sure info/data is protected from being in the possession of those to who ought to have a right to it.
humanity will survive this BS information dark age... but we will have lost a lot in the meantime.
oh who am i kidding, it'd be much harder for you to get a new gf.:)
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and why would anyone want to support directv after the gestapo tactics they used to go after card program buyers? abusing the legal system and totally showing what ass**oles they are in the process.
and tivo doesn't have a good track record either. they keep disabling more and more features with each generation. series 2 is far harder to hack, disabling the skip button by default, forcing ads on you, the OWNER of the device, collecting your data etc.
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you forgot #4
the one that says you can record anything you want anytime you want and you don't have to watch the dvr's ads in addition to the commercials that are shown on tv.
and #5 which says you can record it in any format you want and keep it as long as you want. and share it with others.
also #6 which mentions that you won't be monitored 24/7 on your watching habits. nor will you be required to "phone home" to "update" the electronic program guide and coughhackwheeze upload your personal information coughhackwheeze.
also there is #7 which states that you won't be FORCED to accept updates against your will (EULAs have no validity in any nation with a sensible notion of just law)
lets not forget #9 which allows you to do anything you want in regards to the hardware guts of the machine (no cockamamie secret/proprietary HD file systems, protection/drm schemes etc)
SOME people just want a digital vcr aka a DUMB hw module that does EXACTLY what the owner tells it to, and nothing else. no "related" shows you'd like, updating the EPG bs, etc.
the above paragraph is only my personal wish but some others concur and are quickly insulted/modded down when they mention it. the other points i make though are valid for anyone with a sense of decency and justice.
but then again, when are you going to understand people don't have to like companies that take from open source and don't give back (MS and now it seems apple)
tell me, is copyright "promoting science or the arts"?
i say we repeal this artificial bullshit limit to natural systems.
DMCA is evil blah blah blah.
not even remotely as evil as copyright itself.
we'd live in a much more productive and happier world if we didn't have such a festering malignant tumor on top of us.
every day we have more stories about the crappy system of modern information inslavement. we hear the same whining, same stupid jokes, same apathetic behavior.
i just don't see how intelligent, educated people can find even the remotest benefit to society that copyright provides.
it started out as a means of censorship. that should have tipped people off as to what kind of monster it was and is.
information doesn't want to be free.
it always was and will be.
only tyrants want to keep it bottled up and hidden away.
cast out the money changers from the temple of information.
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information and data are "Free" in the only sense that applies.
but certain people are heavily invested in making sure info/data is protected from being in the possession of those to who ought to have a right to it.
humanity will survive this BS information dark age... but we will have lost a lot in the meantime.
i prefer open source cafeterias.
in closed-source / proprietary we trust.
if and when opera becomes open source and released under a gpl-type license, then they will indeed be further ahead.
wow so we cannot have maps of our own world without being beholden to commercial copyright peddlers?
let them copyright cake.
there's no such thing as random anything in this universe.
even einstein said "god doesn't play dice..."
the gist of that was that everything is predictable given enough understanding.
humans are not yet sophisticated enough to comprehend the nuances and sublties of the reality we live in.
give it a few millennia. we'll make some progress or die trying.
"consumers" will always fall for it.
customers on the other hand....
they will learn when "consumers" stop bending over for them.
and i use the word consumers because customers use their brains and are in most respects a living being.
people only bash things worth bashing (aka everything). if you don't want to be bashed, please remove yourself or your precious from existence.
you should have replaced the girlfriend instead.
:)
oh who am i kidding, it'd be much harder for you to get a new gf.
and why would anyone want to support directv after the gestapo tactics they used to go after card program buyers? abusing the legal system and totally showing what ass**oles they are in the process.
and tivo doesn't have a good track record either. they keep disabling more and more features with each generation. series 2 is far harder to hack, disabling the skip button by default, forcing ads on you, the OWNER of the device, collecting your data etc.
you forgot #4
the one that says you can record anything you want anytime you want and you don't have to watch the dvr's ads in addition to the commercials that are shown on tv.
and #5 which says you can record it in any format you want and keep it as long as you want. and share it with others.
also #6 which mentions that you won't be monitored 24/7 on your watching habits. nor will you be required to "phone home" to "update" the electronic program guide and coughhackwheeze upload your personal information coughhackwheeze.
also there is #7 which states that you won't be FORCED to accept updates against your will (EULAs have no validity in any nation with a sensible notion of just law)
lets not forget #9 which allows you to do anything you want in regards to the hardware guts of the machine (no cockamamie secret/proprietary HD file systems, protection/drm schemes etc)
SOME people just want a digital vcr aka a DUMB hw module that does EXACTLY what the owner tells it to, and nothing else. no "related" shows you'd like, updating the EPG bs, etc.
the above paragraph is only my personal wish but some others concur and are quickly insulted/modded down when they mention it. the other points i make though are valid for anyone with a sense of decency and justice.
lets not forget, a lot of people don't pay for OS licenses.
how about jobs, gates and dell?
oh god, not another person who fears godwin's "law".
in fact, my new law is that if a thread doesn't mention ww2/20th century/nazis/etc then the thread ought to be closed immediately.
go and graze somewhere else.
no, no such thing as "unhackable"
time and time again we've been shown this to be false.
it may take time/energy/effort etc but it's clearly possible. always.
according to the geneva convention, collective punishment is a warcrime
true.dat
but then again, when are you going to understand people don't have to like companies that take from open source and don't give back (MS and now it seems apple)
a bad start is worse than no start at all.
did i hear someone say shill?
please don't use the doublespeak word "PR" , it does a huge disservice to the readers and the language as a whole.
if batman is in it, it's both odd and even numbered.
oops, i must have made a mistake somewhere before.
i just managed to get the xml.
thanks though.
if it's not too much trouble, could you write a mini-howto on how you obtained the url?
i've tried a few times, looking at the source but i'm not sure how to obtain the xml file in question...
thanks in advance.
tell me, is copyright "promoting science or the arts"?
i say we repeal this artificial bullshit limit to natural systems.
DMCA is evil blah blah blah.
not even remotely as evil as copyright itself.
we'd live in a much more productive and happier world if we didn't have such a festering malignant tumor on top of us.
every day we have more stories about the crappy system of modern information inslavement. we hear the same whining, same stupid jokes, same apathetic behavior.
i just don't see how intelligent, educated people can find even the remotest benefit to society that copyright provides.
it started out as a means of censorship. that should have tipped people off as to what kind of monster it was and is.
information doesn't want to be free.
it always was and will be.
only tyrants want to keep it bottled up and hidden away.
cast out the money changers from the temple of information.
except that you don't own your console.
at least according to MS and sony/nintendo.
they protect the shit out of THEIR systems while letting you pay for the priviledge.
guess why they don't want you running arbitrary programs on your system?
cause you don't own it.
consoles suck as much if not worse depending on the type of person you are.
you are fortunate that you can put up with all that stuff.
enjoy gaming but beware the DRM beasts.