A lot of copyright laws are international, and China is a signatory.
They could, however, say "We're the fifth of the Earth's population, fucker", and make their own rules. A country of a billion does not automatically have to accept the rules of 300 million.
Damn right. And let's not even touch the point that we DO NOT WANT our identities to be linked to our internet activities. There is not a single person in here who'd want that.
Considering the state of the world, I don't think some people would mind trying having temporarily having a king to kick the asshats out of government.
Personally, I think we should get rid of the notion that everyone is qualified to vote. It may have worked back when the whole country was ten thousand people, everyone knew you, and your words actually meant something, but that's obviously not the case with 300 million people.
Just think about it: there was nobody better suited to lead a country, than Clinton, Bush or Obama? And how the hell did Bush get reelected?
it quickly becomes obvious he is bashing people with brown skin, especially by the time you get to the end of the post.
Without wanting to delve into the finer points of troll detection, that post does have a point: what happens when either the people working on the data have strong opinions about the outcome, or the people giving the funding do?
DMCA is as bad as it is because in the US, a lawsuit is not just a process to negotiate about infringements and punishments: it's a punishment in itself. Lawyers are highly expensive, with no guarantees of a favorable outcome.
Hence, if you get a letter saying "take that down or we'll sue", you don't start arguing because it can easily drive you bankrupt. However, no organization (including the government) should ever have this kind of censorship potential, especially on the internet.
It is also distributing stickers that businesses post in their windows and passers-by can scan with cellphones to get coupons or information about the business.
Well, there ARE those of us who consider learning fun.
As one of these, I find games that are specifically designed to waste my time, a waste of time. I do play WoW, but on a high rate server, and while raiding is still fun, it's basically a 15 Gb chat client for me.
Besides, the whole idea is completely missing the point. Cyberwar cannot be limited the way nuclear arms can, because a civilian attack is not fundamentally different froma military one: unlike with nuclear weapons, the civilians have access to all the tools and knowledge the military does. Oh, and their motivations don't fundamentally alter the approach they take. It's like bankrobbers routinely nuking cities.
If a 100k botnet attacks your site, how do you determine if they're the Russian military or a bored teenager?
wtf is "information consumption", anyway? If I watch a movie, am I "consuming" more, than if I read a.txt? Does 12 hours of Stargate contain more information than a Physics 101 textbook?
Virtualization will allow them to run a "work phone" environment on their personal phone. Reported advantage is that it eliminates the need to carry two phones while still firewalling off work data from the "personal phone" environment.
And where is the part that requires two OSes? This is the classic "solution looking for a problem".
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean the feds aren't following you on facebook/twitter...
I know for a fact that the Hungarian authorities have a "shadow" version of iwiw.hu (the largest social networking site in.hu, with almost 3M members in a 10M country), where they connect your friends to you by hand. What makes anyone think other governments don't?
All it takes is one bored employee with a spare server, and they'll never let go of the idea.
I'd argue that you look at your mouse pretty constantly, because most people tend to watch the mouse cursor when they're using the mouse.
Oh, that's part of the tactile response. Do you know that feeling when your mouse starts to run out of batteries, and the cursor doesn't respond perfectly anymore? There's always a sense of broken expectations before you start to think about the causes.
In fact, the main problem with touchscreen-based keyboards is the same: you have to start thinking about the input method.
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A lot of copyright laws are international, and China is a signatory.
They could, however, say "We're the fifth of the Earth's population, fucker", and make their own rules. A country of a billion does not automatically have to accept the rules of 300 million.
Damn right. And let's not even touch the point that we DO NOT WANT our identities to be linked to our internet activities. There is not a single person in here who'd want that.
Considering the state of the world, I don't think some people would mind trying having temporarily having a king to kick the asshats out of government.
Personally, I think we should get rid of the notion that everyone is qualified to vote. It may have worked back when the whole country was ten thousand people, everyone knew you, and your words actually meant something, but that's obviously not the case with 300 million people.
Just think about it: there was nobody better suited to lead a country, than Clinton, Bush or Obama? And how the hell did Bush get reelected?
it quickly becomes obvious he is bashing people with brown skin, especially by the time you get to the end of the post.
Without wanting to delve into the finer points of troll detection, that post does have a point: what happens when either the people working on the data have strong opinions about the outcome, or the people giving the funding do?
Seriously, what the fuck?
The dirty little secret is that the Y is not always unexpected, just too politically incorrect and dangerous to be released to the public.
So, when reality is racist, you change it?
DMCA is as bad as it is because in the US, a lawsuit is not just a process to negotiate about infringements and punishments: it's a punishment in itself. Lawyers are highly expensive, with no guarantees of a favorable outcome.
Hence, if you get a letter saying "take that down or we'll sue", you don't start arguing because it can easily drive you bankrupt. However, no organization (including the government) should ever have this kind of censorship potential, especially on the internet.
Having lots of updates is not in any way impressive, it means they didn't do things right the first damn time and rushed it to market.
90% now is more than 100% never.
Of course, the major players just redefine their file formats to be "open standards".
In Hungary, we have a standards body that decides which formats are actually "open". Oh, and it's made up of engineers, not politicians.
It is also distributing stickers that businesses post in their windows and passers-by can scan with cellphones to get coupons or information about the business.
CueCat?
Well, there ARE those of us who consider learning fun.
As one of these, I find games that are specifically designed to waste my time, a waste of time. I do play WoW, but on a high rate server, and while raiding is still fun, it's basically a 15 Gb chat client for me.
Any data on how much of those are running Windows?
a valid input (aside from voting)
What makes you think voting is a valid input? I'm still waiting for the "None of the above" option.
Besides, the whole idea is completely missing the point. Cyberwar cannot be limited the way nuclear arms can, because a civilian attack is not fundamentally different froma military one: unlike with nuclear weapons, the civilians have access to all the tools and knowledge the military does. Oh, and their motivations don't fundamentally alter the approach they take. It's like bankrobbers routinely nuking cities.
If a 100k botnet attacks your site, how do you determine if they're the Russian military or a bored teenager?
About the only thing that you -can't- do with a trade secret is if you know it most agreements forbid you from disclosing it or competing using it.
They only limit you if you signed an agreement, and you're in a country where the authorities give a damn.
wtf is "information consumption", anyway? If I watch a movie, am I "consuming" more, than if I read a .txt? Does 12 hours of Stargate contain more information than a Physics 101 textbook?
Virtualization will allow them to run a "work phone" environment on their personal phone. Reported advantage is that it eliminates the need to carry two phones while still firewalling off work data from the "personal phone" environment.
And where is the part that requires two OSes? This is the classic "solution looking for a problem".
It doesn't matter what it's built on. It sucks right now, and obviously they know it. The only question is: when did they find out?
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean the feds aren't following you on facebook/twitter...
I know for a fact that the Hungarian authorities have a "shadow" version of iwiw.hu (the largest social networking site in .hu, with almost 3M members in a 10M country), where they connect your friends to you by hand. What makes anyone think other governments don't?
All it takes is one bored employee with a spare server, and they'll never let go of the idea.
I don't think they can justify MITM attacks with a contract. Sure, they can find out it's an encryption handshake, but that's it.
This isn't the manual you're looking for.
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The best humor has an element of truth.
I'd argue that you look at your mouse pretty constantly, because most people tend to watch the mouse cursor when they're using the mouse.
Oh, that's part of the tactile response. Do you know that feeling when your mouse starts to run out of batteries, and the cursor doesn't respond perfectly anymore? There's always a sense of broken expectations before you start to think about the causes.
In fact, the main problem with touchscreen-based keyboards is the same: you have to start thinking about the input method.
Onsidering my iPhone is easy to clean and I don't need tactile feedback
You never input text?