I count 7 in the US, 1 outside, and 5 distributed. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nameserver)
While 7 does technically count as "most," there is still enough infrastructure outside the US to keep the system going.
Unfortunately, they're all still under ICANN's control, though. And the major top-level domain registries are in the US.
This doesn't really matter though, because there is no way for the US to shut down specific domains in other countries' domains. For example, they couldn't take down a.cx site without shutting down the.cx domain entirely, so they will never be able to move all internet porn into.xxx
I agree. I am in the minority. My point, though, is that there *are* people like me who will stop using MS because of DRM, and there are a very small number of people who will buy MS products because of DRM. So, overall, microsoft are possibly losing out.
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 on a computer with no internet access, and I didn't want to go to the trouble of activating it over the phone. When the evaluation period expired, I just stopped using it.
Since then, I have uninstalled Windows and mostly use Linux. Part of the reason for this is because I don't want to have to deal with DRM, and because I don't want to have to read a very long and restrictive EULA to work out whether my windows installation is even legal or not.
Microsoft are possibly losing more sales through people refusing to use DRM'ed products than they gain through having DRM in the first place, especially since it is generally not too hard to find keygens, cracks, etc. which make the DRM useless.
Wow, that's a great comic. It does a very good job of explaining some issues related to copyright.
There's also a wikipedia article on "cultural environmentalism". It doesn't have much in it though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_environmenta lism
The summary was talking about *19th century* "unfounded notions of racial superiority." The *article* is talking about our 21st century notions of racial superiority, which are, of course, superior.:-p
I expect in a while people will start complaining about our unfounded notions of temporal superiority, and we will have to stop believing we are superior to past civilisations.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's specified somewhere that invalid HTML should cause error messages and not render at all. No browser actually does this though, because too many people write crap code.
I don't see how Opera could be using "Windows's out of fashion multiple documents intefact thingy" when it runs on Linux. I don't really see what your point is either.
They look like tabs, they behave like tabs, therefore they are tabs, though with some extra window manipulation features.
Anyone can download a program to receive a stream and save it to a file, so it can be watched later. It's impossible to deny reruns without DRM and trusted computing.
Actually, he's right. The General Theory of Relativity (E=mc^2) says energy has mass, so when energy is released from the bonds between particles, the total mass actually decreases, even though the number and type of particles stays the same.
Actually, 1 degree Farenheit is a smaller difference in temperature than 1 degree Celsius, so the difference between Farenheit and Celsius increases as the temperature increases.
You're right about degrees C ~= degrees K though.
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i agree. We should have it on the next slashdot poll
hey yeah, there are ponies, omg, i just realised! (/me has been browsing with images turned off)
U (?). T (?). C (?).
yay, woop
btw, i wonder what google will to today?
When more than a quarter of the pages on the internet can handle Opera correctly come back to me.
Unfortunately, they're all still under ICANN's control, though. And the major top-level domain registries are in the US.
This doesn't really matter though, because there is no way for the US to shut down specific domains in other countries' domains. For example, they couldn't take down a .cx site without shutting down the .cx domain entirely, so they will never be able to move all internet porn into .xxx
Another possible solution would be to create com.xxx, org.xxx and net.xxx, and give every porn.* site a porn.*.xxx domain.
I agree. I am in the minority. My point, though, is that there *are* people like me who will stop using MS because of DRM, and there are a very small number of people who will buy MS products because of DRM. So, overall, microsoft are possibly losing out.
Mind-body separation is easy. Just point the gun, and pull the trigger. :-P
I think what you meant is *reversible* mind-body separation
Since then, I have uninstalled Windows and mostly use Linux. Part of the reason for this is because I don't want to have to deal with DRM, and because I don't want to have to read a very long and restrictive EULA to work out whether my windows installation is even legal or not.
Microsoft are possibly losing more sales through people refusing to use DRM'ed products than they gain through having DRM in the first place, especially since it is generally not too hard to find keygens, cracks, etc. which make the DRM useless.
Wow, that's a great comic. It does a very good job of explaining some issues related to copyright.a lism
There's also a wikipedia article on "cultural environmentalism". It doesn't have much in it though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_environment
I expect in a while people will start complaining about our unfounded notions of temporal superiority, and we will have to stop believing we are superior to past civilisations.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's specified somewhere that invalid HTML should cause error messages and not render at all. No browser actually does this though, because too many people write crap code.
You're on slashdot, *and* have had sex at some point in your life?
WTF?
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .microsoft.com%2F
They look like tabs, they behave like tabs, therefore they are tabs, though with some extra window manipulation features.
Let's just say he was right, for sufficiently large values of 2.
Sorry, it's not a girl, it's me.
Anyone can download a program to receive a stream and save it to a file, so it can be watched later. It's impossible to deny reruns without DRM and trusted computing.
There is no evidence that there was actually any evidence there in the first place, or that the evidence was destroyed after the crime was committed.
oops, forgot to post anonymously.
Wow, Xgl sucks? That's ok, i wasn't going to bother downloading it anyway.
Please, don't bother pointing out the logical fallacy in this argument
Actually, he's right. The General Theory of Relativity (E=mc^2) says energy has mass, so when energy is released from the bonds between particles, the total mass actually decreases, even though the number and type of particles stays the same.
You're right about degrees C ~= degrees K though.
At -40 degrees, Celsius and Farenheit are equal.
parent should never have had children.