Note: the system doesn't use _only_ MD5. Duh. Get a clue before flaming, you idiots. =)
(Yet again,/. readers are the lowest common denominator)
Listen to eMusic's teleconference about their setup:
http://www.streetfusion.com/custom/MediaPlatForm/C ustomPageTemplate2.asp?MediaEvent=%7BE5B 4EE7D%2DBEFC%2D11D4%2D940C%2D009027EEA37A%7D&Conta ctID=0
(Free streetfusion reg required)
"that it's because of the CRTC that no high-speed Internet company in Canada is able to charge residential customer more than CAD$50 per month."
One counterexample: (A service that I had over last summer) - Northwestel's Sympatico HSE ADSL service (2.5Mbits down, 800kbits up) - $60/mo.(Canadian Funds)
- France:
Way to go for standing up for what you belive in. Be prepared to implement blocking on all international telecom connections that you care about, because this might not work.
- Yahoo:
Yes, you're outside their jurisdiction. Ignore the order, because it is invalid. You might want to shut down yahoo.fr so that they lose their leverage, or at least move it to some other country and get another domain name.
This position is anathema to the traditional american concept of free speech.
My country has extensive hate crime legislation that is, in my opinion, overbroad. Not because I disagree with the concept of hate crimes as harassment, but because such legislation is often used in cases like this one, where the alleged hate crime is only tangentially related to the feelings of anyone involved.
How is the viewing of information about goods once owned by the nazis a hate crime? How is buying such an item a hate crime? (Obviously selling it or listing it can't be a hate crime, because the perpetrator would be outside of France's jurisdiction).
Was the movie American Beauty banned in France?
NB: This is about Yahoo, not ebay. Read the damned(heh) article.
"You - American people - can hardly understand how bad Nazism was for France"
NB: I'm not from the U.S. (notice the ISO country code on that e-mail address).
I've studied the second world war extensively in high school (as has virtually every high school graduate on the planet who has taken a full cycle of history or social studies courses, AFAIK). I have visited some of the Normandy beach memorials and the Mémorial de Caen. I like to think I can understand how bad Nazism was for France.
But, there are two things I can't understand:
What is the purpose of a) banning the sale of historical artifacts or b) banning the publishing of information about such artifacts?
Perhaps the author of the message Í'm replying to can address this?
NSI was granted a monopoly? Well, they were paid to operate a DNS network, sure. But it was never made illegal to start a competing network. And thus, no monopoly. I hate having to point this out every five seconds.
Uh... Wouldn't the Canadian Alliance have to be leading the BC provincial government to do that? Do you actually forsee that happening at some time in the future? =)
The fact that the Alliance contradicts itself in its support for both 'a strong' charter of rights and freedoms and the right to use the notwithstanding clause is definitely the reason I'm not voting for them...
This sounds like total snake oil. How does scanning IPs tell you their geographical location? At most, you can look up the (physical) address of the netblock holder, which has very little to do with the physical location of the machines in the netblock. And that can easily be done using the RIR (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC) whois databases; Why would we need some other company to recycle the data for us?
First you complain that he doesn't list anyone. We is the public. Duh.
I don't think he's telling anyone else what they should or shouldn't like. I think he's proposing extra taxation for things that the majority of Americans don't like.
Although Guiness does have some pretty crazy and annoying ideas of how to enhance shareholder value, they're not entirely to blame. I'd suggest that you boycott the WIPO's domain dispute policy. Move your web sites to your friendly neighbourhood non-WIPO-regulated country domain! Support the alternative DNS networks (e.g. AlterNic, OpenNIC, Pacific Root, etc.)!
Ok, what does "primary function" mean? If a device's primary function is that function for which it is most often used, then the primary function of DeCSS is obviously duplication for distribution. (And if you dispute that, you obviously haven't looked in the alt.binaries.movies usenet hierarchy lately. Check out those DVD rips! =)
Slashdot Mirror
Note: the system doesn't use _only_ MD5. Duh. Get a clue before flaming, you idiots. =) (Yet again, /. readers are the lowest common denominator)
Listen to eMusic's teleconference about their setup:
http://www.streetfusion.com/custom/MediaPlatForm/C ustomPageTemplate2.asp?MediaEvent=%7BE5B 4EE7D%2DBEFC%2D11D4%2D940C%2D009027EEA37A%7D&Conta ctID=0
(Free streetfusion reg required)
... Or does this only apply in certain areas? Does someone have a link to the appropriate CRTC position/ruling?
"In rural areas such as Canada"
You should know better than that. =)
Bzzt. Got any documents to support this supposed $50 limit? Methinks the article author is on crack.
"that it's because of the CRTC that no high-speed Internet company in Canada is able to charge residential customer more than CAD$50 per month."
One counterexample: (A service that I had over last summer) - Northwestel's Sympatico HSE ADSL service (2.5Mbits down, 800kbits up) - $60/mo.(Canadian Funds)
See http://www.nwtel.ca/adsl
- France:
Way to go for standing up for what you belive in. Be prepared to implement blocking on all international telecom connections that you care about, because this might not work.
- Yahoo:
Yes, you're outside their jurisdiction. Ignore the order, because it is invalid. You might want to shut down yahoo.fr so that they lose their leverage, or at least move it to some other country and get another domain name.
This position is anathema to the traditional american concept of free speech.
My country has extensive hate crime legislation that is, in my opinion, overbroad. Not because I disagree with the concept of hate crimes as harassment, but because such legislation is often used in cases like this one, where the alleged hate crime is only tangentially related to the feelings of anyone involved.
How is the viewing of information about goods once owned by the nazis a hate crime? How is buying such an item a hate crime? (Obviously selling it or listing it can't be a hate crime, because the perpetrator would be outside of France's jurisdiction).
Was the movie American Beauty banned in France?
NB: This is about Yahoo, not ebay. Read the damned(heh) article.
Counter: It's not France's business to 'liberate' people who are not asking for 'French' liberty, whether or not they are French.
Just my $0.02.
"You - American people - can hardly understand how bad Nazism was for France"
NB: I'm not from the U.S. (notice the ISO country code on that e-mail address).
I've studied the second world war extensively in high school (as has virtually every high school graduate on the planet who has taken a full cycle of history or social studies courses, AFAIK). I have visited some of the Normandy beach memorials and the Mémorial de Caen. I like to think I can understand how bad Nazism was for France.
But, there are two things I can't understand:
What is the purpose of a) banning the sale of historical artifacts or b) banning the publishing of information about such artifacts?
Perhaps the author of the message Í'm replying to can address this?
NSI was granted a monopoly? Well, they were paid to operate a DNS network, sure. But it was never made illegal to start a competing network. And thus, no monopoly. I hate having to point this out every five seconds.
Domain names aren't property, folks.
- rak
Uh... Wouldn't the Canadian Alliance have to be leading the BC provincial government to do that? Do you actually forsee that happening at some time in the future? =)
The fact that the Alliance contradicts itself in its support for both 'a strong' charter of rights and freedoms and the right to use the notwithstanding clause is definitely the reason I'm not voting for them...
This sounds like total snake oil. How does scanning IPs tell you their geographical location? At most, you can look up the (physical) address of the netblock holder, which has very little to do with the physical location of the machines in the netblock. And that can easily be done using the RIR (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC) whois databases; Why would we need some other company to recycle the data for us?
Yeah, this is obviously a bad example. But compare prices in areas of similar population density and per-capita income in the US and Canada.
First you complain that he doesn't list anyone. We is the public. Duh.
I don't think he's telling anyone else what they should or shouldn't like. I think he's proposing extra taxation for things that the majority of Americans don't like.
(Not that I agree with this strategy, of course.)
"naive people making mistakes typing in URL's"
Oops, I slipped and pressed the "sucks" key accidentally.
Get real, people. =)
Although Guiness does have some pretty crazy and annoying ideas of how to enhance shareholder value, they're not entirely to blame. I'd suggest that you boycott the WIPO's domain dispute policy. Move your web sites to your friendly neighbourhood non-WIPO-regulated country domain! Support the alternative DNS networks (e.g. AlterNic, OpenNIC, Pacific Root, etc.)!
They didn't acquire URLs. The fact that you would confuse domain names and URLs indicates that you have a wierd way of thinking about this issue.
Ok, what does "primary function" mean? If a device's primary function is that function for which it is most often used, then the primary function of DeCSS is obviously duplication for distribution. (And if you dispute that, you obviously haven't looked in the alt.binaries.movies usenet hierarchy lately. Check out those DVD rips! =)
Humanities: also recommended for those who couldn't come up with a solid proof for anything if they're life depended on it. =)
So, _this_ is news, yet the fact that the U of VA claims copyright on Shakespearean works isn't? Hello, inconcistency. =)
No, Playstation 1. Did anyone read the article, or are the editors just flaming idiots? =)
Uh... Why are you going to binary?
If the address is A.B.C.D, just enter A * 256^3 + B * 256^2 + C * 256 + D
To make this a bit easier to do on a non-rpn calculator, it's the same thing as:
(((A * 256 + B) * 256 + C) * 256 + D)
Wouldn't that just give exactly the same result?
Huh? That's what they said. They sound the same. (Assuming silent u, which I'm guessing they are.)
1) How is a number a fact?
2) Have you considered the origin of the file?