Sure there's no air polution, but there's sound polution! NOISE! And I can assure you that's bad for the health of people who are exposed to this... This constant noise will increase the stress of those people because they will have sleeping problems and concentration problems. And this increased stress can cause hearth problems. Add the shadow flicker and you get even more stress.
And besides the birds that are killed, windmill farms in sea cause problems for whales (and other sea animals)... The noise made by the blades goes down through the column and will be emitted in the water. Experiments have shown that this scares them away so they loose fish ground.
"That broadcaster would, apparently, mean that webcasting a song or show would entitle a single webcaster to own it for a (long) lifetime - presumably when the time will be extended. That content includes even public domain content, stealing it from the public for a single webcaster."
Though I'm completely against this treaty, I must correct you here. The treaty only forbids the reproduction of _that_ particular broadcasted "copy" of the work. It does not forbid you to reproduce the work if you got it from somewhere else.
Basically, it forbids to record any broad/webcast.
Personnally, I can't wait for the first lawsuit against a broad/webcaster for casting a copyleft work.
This might help Firefox as well (on the long run)
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Until a few minutes ago, I was a Firefox adept. Mainly because of the "ad feature" in Opera. Now I'm not so sure anymore. Firefox will get a lot of competition by this move of Opera. And that might actually be good. It might help forcing Firefox to get on the same level as Opera. Competition speeds up innovation, is it not?
This is the best answer I've ever _ever_ seen. I'm a big fan of evolution theory but I never really know what to answer to claims like "evolution is just a theory". This one just nailed it.
I really wonder how they're gonna do that. I know some compilers have tried that in the past, with some export template thingy stuff. Templates where instantiated at link time. However, AFAIK, that never really worked.
How can you 'open' DRM if the only thing that prevents the DRM being cracked in 2 seconds is exactly the obfuscating of the method used.
Usually, encryption is used by Ann to pass a message to Bob so that Charly can't read it. But if Bob and Charly are the same person, there's not much to stop Charly from cracking the code...
You know, in Belgium you can get a fine if you don't lock your car when you leave it unguarded. That's a recent law, not some legacy law from the 20th century.
They should do the same with WiFi networks... or not:)
On one hand it is a good thing, but on the other if there's not gonna be a new revised legislation that prohibits software patents, that still leaves the door open for each country to _allow_ software patents.
Attention, visitors of bbc.co.uk/cult. I regret to inform you that in order to make way for the new hyperspace express route to our new repository of commercial brainwashing dumbing bullshit, your website has been scheduled for demolition. Have a nice day.
"Electricity is not black magic. But it does have the potential to kill. If someone said to me "Hey! put a penny in the socket! There's only a 5% chance of death!", I'd tell them to fuck off."
It's good for rheumatism though...
But it's true you only have 50% chance to survive your thirteenth treatment.
In theory, it's a fine piece of hardware in one box... It has an ADSL model, a firewall, a router, a couple of wired ethernet ports, and a nice little antenna for the wireless LAN part.
Except that it doesn't work... The wireless connection stays up for at most 4 hours (mostly it's only half an hour or so) with the only solution for more internet time is to power it off and on again.
That is... if it wants to boot on power up. If you're lucky... very lucky, it might boot right away. If you're a bit less lucky, you might need to try 10 times. If you're having a bad day, it won't boot at all.
Fine piece of hardware huh?
Other times, the wireless connection stays up, but the DSL connection goes down. Again the only solution to be... you guessed that right... power off, power on. oh wait, it doesn't boot... power off, power on and repeat that a couple of times.
Update the firmware you say? Well, they do make new firmware though, but they never release it. The latest official firmware is 1.02.1 which is more than a year old and produces this crap. Once they released 1.02.5, only to pull it off their website very soon after. Their developpers seem to have made it to 1.02.7 and beyond, but it never got anywhere stable.
Yeah, Linksys produces fine hardware. Or so I've heard.
I agree entertainment is not something that is better of "free" per se. Though it can be. It's a matter of taste.
However, I guess you have to see this project more as a proof of concept, that it is possible to create something like that using only open source tools. To try convincing others to use them to create open source or non-open source entertainment.
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... This constant noise will increase the stress of those people because they will have sleeping problems and concentration problems. And this increased stress can cause hearth problems. Add the shadow flicker and you get even more stress.
... The noise made by the blades goes down through the column and will be emitted in the water. Experiments have shown that this scares them away so they loose fish ground.
Sure there's no air polution, but there's sound polution! NOISE! And I can assure you that's bad for the health of people who are exposed to this
And besides the birds that are killed, windmill farms in sea cause problems for whales (and other sea animals)
Tristan.
you can do anything you please, except buying DRMed music! :P
Who cares if something you don't buy is priced 99 cents or 99 dollars?
You mean ... you can actually make TV shows with a ... story?
"All your CDs are covered with tiny cracks and will no longer play."
They just want to destroy your non-DRM'd CDs!
If the internet falls a part in multiple internets, will there be a hypernet connecting them?
with hyperdns?
Tristan.
"That broadcaster would, apparently, mean that webcasting a song or show would entitle a single webcaster to own it for a (long) lifetime - presumably when the time will be extended. That content includes even public domain content, stealing it from the public for a single webcaster."
Though I'm completely against this treaty, I must correct you here. The treaty only forbids the reproduction of _that_ particular broadcasted "copy" of the work. It does not forbid you to reproduce the work if you got it from somewhere else.
Basically, it forbids to record any broad/webcast.
Personnally, I can't wait for the first lawsuit against a broad/webcaster for casting a copyleft work.
Tristan.
... because you shouldn't be buying DRM'ed content in the first place!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1905
Tristan.
Until a few minutes ago, I was a Firefox adept. Mainly because of the "ad feature" in Opera. Now I'm not so sure anymore. Firefox will get a lot of competition by this move of Opera. And that might actually be good. It might help forcing Firefox to get on the same level as Opera. Competition speeds up innovation, is it not?
Tristan
Haha, great. Image those two entries spoken by the Hitchiker's guide's voice.
This is the best answer I've ever _ever_ seen. I'm a big fan of evolution theory but I never really know what to answer to claims like "evolution is just a theory". This one just nailed it.
THANK YOU!
I really wonder how they're gonna do that. I know some compilers have tried that in the past, with some export template thingy stuff. Templates where instantiated at link time. However, AFAIK, that never really worked.
Tristan
put them in there too, while you're at it.
Let us just not buy such hardware, OK?
No, you don't have to alter any source code.
All you need is _one_ player/decoder writen by _some _folks _once_ to read _all_ DRM'ed files. It's open, remember?
Tristan
How can you 'open' DRM if the only thing that prevents the DRM being cracked in 2 seconds is exactly the obfuscating of the method used.
...
Usually, encryption is used by Ann to pass a message to Bob so that Charly can't read it. But if Bob and Charly are the same person, there's not much to stop Charly from cracking the code
Tristan
You know, in Belgium you can get a fine if you don't lock your car when you leave it unguarded. That's a recent law, not some legacy law from the 20th century.
... or not :)
They should do the same with WiFi networks
... computer evolved out of man? wow! but ... I don't get something, does that prove or disprove the existance of God?
Tristan
On one hand it is a good thing, but on the other if there's not gonna be a new revised legislation that prohibits software patents, that still leaves the door open for each country to _allow_ software patents.
So MEPs, try harder!
Tristan.
Attention, visitors of bbc.co.uk/cult. I regret to inform you that in order to make way for the new hyperspace express route to our new repository of commercial brainwashing dumbing bullshit, your website has been scheduled for demolition. Have a nice day.
"Electricity is not black magic. But it does have the potential to kill. If someone said to me "Hey! put a penny in the socket! There's only a 5% chance of death!", I'd tell them to fuck off."
...
It's good for rheumatism though
But it's true you only have 50% chance to survive your thirteenth treatment.
Electric Tristan.
"Linksys make great routers", so i've heard ...
... how come? :) ah, here ya go anyway: http://www.linksys.com/international/product.asp?c oid=6&ipid=371
... It has an ADSL model, a firewall, a router, a couple of wired ethernet ports, and a nice little antenna for the wireless LAN part.
... The wireless connection stays up for at most 4 hours (mostly it's only half an hour or so) with the only solution for more internet time is to power it off and on again.
... if it wants to boot on power up. If you're lucky ... very lucky, it might boot right away. If you're a bit less lucky, you might need to try 10 times. If you're having a bad day, it won't boot at all.
... you guessed that right ... power off, power on. oh wait, it doesn't boot ... power off, power on and repeat that a couple of times.
Except for the WAG54G (I would have post a link here, but their site seems to be broken atm
In theory, it's a fine piece of hardware in one box
Except that it doesn't work
That is
Fine piece of hardware huh?
Other times, the wireless connection stays up, but the DSL connection goes down. Again the only solution to be
Update the firmware you say? Well, they do make new firmware though, but they never release it. The latest official firmware is 1.02.1 which is more than a year old and produces this crap. Once they released 1.02.5, only to pull it off their website very soon after. Their developpers seem to have made it to 1.02.7 and beyond, but it never got anywhere stable.
Yeah, Linksys produces fine hardware. Or so I've heard.
Tristan.
*cough* Lernout & Hauspie *cough*
I agree entertainment is not something that is better of "free" per se. Though it can be. It's a matter of taste.
However, I guess you have to see this project more as a proof of concept, that it is possible to create something like that using only open source tools. To try convincing others to use them to create open source or non-open source entertainment.
Tristan.
... i've they had made a movie of it!