It is not so much ignorance as it is indifference towards our cause. All the legislation that has passed and all the rest they are pushing to get through in the US is geared towards protecting corporate interests. Lawmakers have simply decided that making money is more important than a citizen's rights. They just do not care they we like free information and playing around with shit just for fun.
However, the argument still stands that even if they do implement everything will it really protect these media corporations?
The thing that bugs me is this: why do lawmakers think it is necessary to have so many laws? I am quite sure that new laws are outpacing repealed laws by a large margin. If they keep things up, we will be living in Orwell-like society sometime in the future. I may live in Canada and talking about things that do not affect me directly, but much the same things go for both countries.
Well, i think part of their objective is to eliminate North American dependence and security risks. I bet you five bucks that there really is an NSA security backdoor in Windows.
I have a dell Inspiron 2600. I wanted to run FreeBSD on it, but had to settle for Linux (no trolling intended) because it plain just wouldn't boot. However, I cannot get XFree86 working properly on it. It seems that it is the fault of the video card (intel i830M) uses system memory and "steals" it. Well, suffice it to say, it doesn't work perfectly. I can only get 1MB of video memory (the default).
There is a workaround here. (for a different laptop, but same video card). Damn it, if Dell would just fucking fix their bios to allow more "stolen" memory everything would be find. Chalk one up for corporate stupidity. Its an easy fix, and they choose not to do it. Fuck you dell.
(I am now a disgruntled dell owner that is kicking himself for not doing more research)
"Think about it: when you are looking for wares or porn, where do you go? Perl? Nope. IRC. Why? Because of the human element... but for serious data prowling, you need something with a brain and a heart."
Well, for a lot of people they are giving it away. When joe sixpack buys a dell or hp, he gets his purty new copy of XP for free! Well, it at least seems that way. It is obviously worked into the cost of the machine, and there is no way around it if you buy from the big boys like that. So, for all intensive purposes it is "free" (beer, not liberated) from the perspective of the only people that count.... the non-computer people with money (the other 98% of the world).
"Microsoft has claimed the patent and IP on the element Carbon."
Well, prior art wouldn't be that hard to find. Get a peice of coal or a diamond, or even someone that was living before the patent:-)
A smaller note: now they can sue apple for using the name "carbon" for their OS products.
It is a trademark. They don't own the element carbon. Also, their trademark (afaik, ianal) only extends into the computer business. You would still be able to use the word carbon dealing with non-computer things. However, you wouldn't be able to create a "Carbon OS" or something like that.
You want to get a t1 like connection at a price that is set for normal users.
I didnt say anything of the sort. I said something completely different. Here is my exact quote:
Why cant a t1 connection be cheaper (but not as cheap as cable) so we (the geeks) can all bypass this crap?
What I want is for a T1 or similar connection to be cheaper as for enthusiasts to be able to afford it, but not cheap enough so it would be worth everyone else getting one.
"My official recommendation for the situation is that tech patents granted in the last 5 years be reviewed by a panal of experts... patent lawers... and computer professionals from promonant comporations, i.e. Cisco Systems, IBM Corp, Microsoft, etc."
What if an expert (from one of the big companies) comes across a patent from a competing company that would make things easier for their own company business-wise? They could argue for it to be removed. Of course, the other experts could probably just veto that opinion, but the influence is still there. This also works the other way too; a representative from one company will be in a better position to defend their own company's patents.
I say keep the professionals out of it because their own interests will taint the process. To replace them, bring in university professors that have nothing better to do than to sit on this panel of review.
You simply don't need that much bandwidth if you're just using email, or even just the web.
Then why do these people use the service?
Most users may not be hardcore, 24/7 users, but they are users. They're just going to cost themselves customers.
Yes, but those customers they can do without. They want people that don't use their service (see above) so they can pack on the customers to the local cable networks by the thousands. Oh, and anyone that actually uses their service to its potential are accused of being bandwidth-hogging warez fiends.
This is quite a business model; sell stuff to people that don't need it and those that do get shafted. Its almost better than a casino. People go in, empty their pockets, and walk out. Oh, and the people that can play cards properly are kicked out.
Its a fucked system where geeks are being catagorized with the general public, and everybody knows comparing geeks to normal people is not proper.
Why cant a t1 connection be cheaper (but not as cheap as cable) so we (the geeks) can all bypass this crap?
Could my ISP get sued by an American judge if they don't comply?
Why would an american judge try to sue your ISP? If the RIAA / MPAA did try to sue you in american courts, Canadian ISPs don't have any presence in the US so a trial would go nowhere fast.
You also mentioned you/we pay taxes on CD-Rs etc. This gives us the right to copy music only if the person receiving the copy does all the dirty work. Though I havn't seen the wording of the law in a while, I think this would make sharing copyrighted music legal because the person who wants the music always initiates the transfer. Anyone who is a Candian lawyer want to clarify that for me?
If you have a dynamic IP address and your IP address changes from the time RIAA scans you and your ISP looks you up, I doubt they could get you. They don't log who was using what IP address in the past do they? Otherwise, I imagine they could get you easily. I do beleive that there would be a way around it, and its called buying yourself a T1 line.
I do have a question of my own, though. Is this type of action extending into Canada? Will RIAA sue or even send letters to ISPs in Canada?
What ever happened to the cable companies cracking down on wireless users who chose to make their internal networks available to the public? In the eyes of cable companies, this would make such a thing a lot easier to accomplish.
I would just like to thank/. for their amazing ability to link to pages with high resolution images knowing fully that the hosting server will be slashdotted in a number of seconds.
You are aware that I run my server off a satellite feed right?
That accounts for about a 1 second delay. Also, add 200ms for transport from a/.'ers comp to your ISP. Thats about 1.2 seconds. The difference between this number and the measured number will be the slashdot delay:)
Because gaming companies usually take a hit on the hardware portion of the game console system and hope to get their profits on games instead. Consumers will be more likely to invest in a cheap hardware system not knowing the extreme markup of the games. If the systems are cheap enough, geeks can get a bunch of them and save on the hardware costs compared with buying conventional hardware.
I havn't worked it out price / performance ratio-wise, but I think it is not totally out of the question. Regardless, it is a cool thing to do.
I, a Canadian as well, care. It seems all too often that whenever the US does something, Canada will do something drastic. These actions are usually strong, either for or against the movement in question.
Regardless, what the US does will affect us in the long run. This may be good or it may be bad. Nobody knows. The US is a strong economic power whether we like them or not, and pretty much our only direct neighbour. It would be quite dumb to say that they do not influence us at least somewhat.
Change the EULA on all P2P software to state that Employees, Agents, or Representatives of the RIAA, MPAA, BSA are not allowed to use this software.
Nice try. The first problem is that there are many clones that will not hold the same EULA. There will almost always be a slipup with someone doing this. Secondly, they could just ask/hire some kid under 18 to download the program and they could use a packet sniffer inbetween and reverse engineer it that way without ever seeing a valid EULA. They would then build a bot that would track users.
The idea would be cool, but almost impossible to implement.
Just before I install a program with an EULA (rare, but it does happen sometimes), I blank out and go into a seizure. For some reason, when I wake up (on the floor), the install program is already passed the EULA part and on to the rest of the install. It's always strange how that happens.
Well, thats what I will say now since I just turned 18.
"Or maybe we will be even luckier and group of/.ers who can't differentiate between a file format and a codec will get a clue and stop bashing QuickTime when they are pissed off at Sorrenson's licensing."
I understand the difference perfectly. The sorenson codec is assumed in my statement. Methinks you should be less anal. Anyway, the quicktime media plalyer sucks regardless.
"If you don't like not being ablt to watch QuickTime movies on Linux,..."
Who says I am using Linux? You just assumed that. For the record, I am not using it currently. What does this mean? Assumption is the mother of all fuckups, (like how it is assumed we are talking about the sorenson codec). It was a fuckup in my case as to bring flaming retards such as yourself. And guess what? I don't really care.
My suggestion is to lose the superiority attitude and come down the planet earth. Go find something else to do other than point out errors in mattters nobody cares about.
I await your response flame to protect your "image".
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It is not so much ignorance as it is indifference towards our cause. All the legislation that has passed and all the rest they are pushing to get through in the US is geared towards protecting corporate interests. Lawmakers have simply decided that making money is more important than a citizen's rights. They just do not care they we like free information and playing around with shit just for fun.
However, the argument still stands that even if they do implement everything will it really protect these media corporations?
The thing that bugs me is this: why do lawmakers think it is necessary to have so many laws? I am quite sure that new laws are outpacing repealed laws by a large margin. If they keep things up, we will be living in Orwell-like society sometime in the future. I may live in Canada and talking about things that do not affect me directly, but much the same things go for both countries.
Well, i think part of their objective is to eliminate North American dependence and security risks. I bet you five bucks that there really is an NSA security backdoor in Windows.
We don't want you ;)
I have a dell Inspiron 2600. I wanted to run FreeBSD on it, but had to settle for Linux (no trolling intended) because it plain just wouldn't boot. However, I cannot get XFree86 working properly on it. It seems that it is the fault of the video card (intel i830M) uses system memory and "steals" it. Well, suffice it to say, it doesn't work perfectly. I can only get 1MB of video memory (the default).
There is a workaround here. (for a different laptop, but same video card). Damn it, if Dell would just fucking fix their bios to allow more "stolen" memory everything would be find. Chalk one up for corporate stupidity. Its an easy fix, and they choose not to do it. Fuck you dell.
(I am now a disgruntled dell owner that is kicking himself for not doing more research)
"Think about it: when you are looking for wares or porn, where do you go? Perl? Nope. IRC. Why? Because of the human element ... but for serious data prowling, you need something with a brain and a heart."
A heart for porn?
Well, for a lot of people they are giving it away. When joe sixpack buys a dell or hp, he gets his purty new copy of XP for free! Well, it at least seems that way. It is obviously worked into the cost of the machine, and there is no way around it if you buy from the big boys like that. So, for all intensive purposes it is "free" (beer, not liberated) from the perspective of the only people that count.... the non-computer people with money (the other 98% of the world).
"Microsoft has claimed the patent and IP on the element Carbon."
:-)
Well, prior art wouldn't be that hard to find. Get a peice of coal or a diamond, or even someone that was living before the patent
A smaller note: now they can sue apple for using the name "carbon" for their OS products.
It is a trademark. They don't own the element carbon. Also, their trademark (afaik, ianal) only extends into the computer business. You would still be able to use the word carbon dealing with non-computer things. However, you wouldn't be able to create a "Carbon OS" or something like that.
You want to get a t1 like connection at a price that is set for normal users.
I didnt say anything of the sort. I said something completely different. Here is my exact quote:
Why cant a t1 connection be cheaper (but not as cheap as cable) so we (the geeks) can all bypass this crap?
What I want is for a T1 or similar connection to be cheaper as for enthusiasts to be able to afford it, but not cheap enough so it would be worth everyone else getting one.
The page that you went to was the homepage of IPFilter, and IPFilter doesnt run on Linux... that is why you didn't find it there.
You know, everything doesn't have to revolve around Linux in some way.
"My official recommendation for the situation is that tech patents granted in the last 5 years be reviewed by a panal of experts... patent lawers ... and computer professionals from promonant comporations, i.e. Cisco Systems, IBM Corp, Microsoft, etc."
What if an expert (from one of the big companies) comes across a patent from a competing company that would make things easier for their own company business-wise? They could argue for it to be removed. Of course, the other experts could probably just veto that opinion, but the influence is still there. This also works the other way too; a representative from one company will be in a better position to defend their own company's patents.
I say keep the professionals out of it because their own interests will taint the process. To replace them, bring in university professors that have nothing better to do than to sit on this panel of review.
You simply don't need that much bandwidth if you're just using email, or even just the web.
Then why do these people use the service?
Most users may not be hardcore, 24/7 users, but they are users. They're just going to cost themselves customers.
Yes, but those customers they can do without. They want people that don't use their service (see above) so they can pack on the customers to the local cable networks by the thousands. Oh, and anyone that actually uses their service to its potential are accused of being bandwidth-hogging warez fiends.
This is quite a business model; sell stuff to people that don't need it and those that do get shafted. Its almost better than a casino. People go in, empty their pockets, and walk out. Oh, and the people that can play cards properly are kicked out. Its a fucked system where geeks are being catagorized with the general public, and everybody knows comparing geeks to normal people is not proper.
Why cant a t1 connection be cheaper (but not as cheap as cable) so we (the geeks) can all bypass this crap?
Sorry, when I said "sharing copyrighted music" I left out the "over p2p or any other similar service" part at the end.
So, does the DMCA apply to me in Canada?
No. I dont understand where this fits in though.
Could my ISP get sued by an American judge if they don't comply?
Why would an american judge try to sue your ISP? If the RIAA / MPAA did try to sue you in american courts, Canadian ISPs don't have any presence in the US so a trial would go nowhere fast.
You also mentioned you/we pay taxes on CD-Rs etc. This gives us the right to copy music only if the person receiving the copy does all the dirty work. Though I havn't seen the wording of the law in a while, I think this would make sharing copyrighted music legal because the person who wants the music always initiates the transfer. Anyone who is a Candian lawyer want to clarify that for me?
If you have a dynamic IP address and your IP address changes from the time RIAA scans you and your ISP looks you up, I doubt they could get you. They don't log who was using what IP address in the past do they? Otherwise, I imagine they could get you easily. I do beleive that there would be a way around it, and its called buying yourself a T1 line.
I do have a question of my own, though. Is this type of action extending into Canada? Will RIAA sue or even send letters to ISPs in Canada?
What ever happened to the cable companies cracking down on wireless users who chose to make their internal networks available to the public? In the eyes of cable companies, this would make such a thing a lot easier to accomplish.
I would just like to thank /. for their amazing ability to link to pages with high resolution images knowing fully that the hosting server will be slashdotted in a number of seconds.
You are aware that I run my server off a satellite feed right?
/.'ers comp to your ISP. Thats about 1.2 seconds. The difference between this number and the measured number will be the slashdot delay :)
That accounts for about a 1 second delay. Also, add 200ms for transport from a
Why? Whhy? God, oh, gawd WHY!!!
Because gaming companies usually take a hit on the hardware portion of the game console system and hope to get their profits on games instead. Consumers will be more likely to invest in a cheap hardware system not knowing the extreme markup of the games. If the systems are cheap enough, geeks can get a bunch of them and save on the hardware costs compared with buying conventional hardware.
I havn't worked it out price / performance ratio-wise, but I think it is not totally out of the question. Regardless, it is a cool thing to do.
What, you've never heard of calculator porn?
I, a Canadian as well, care. It seems all too often that whenever the US does something, Canada will do something drastic. These actions are usually strong, either for or against the movement in question.
Regardless, what the US does will affect us in the long run. This may be good or it may be bad. Nobody knows. The US is a strong economic power whether we like them or not, and pretty much our only direct neighbour. It would be quite dumb to say that they do not influence us at least somewhat.
Change the EULA on all P2P software to state that Employees, Agents, or Representatives of the RIAA, MPAA, BSA are not allowed to use this software.
Nice try. The first problem is that there are many clones that will not hold the same EULA. There will almost always be a slipup with someone doing this. Secondly, they could just ask/hire some kid under 18 to download the program and they could use a packet sniffer inbetween and reverse engineer it that way without ever seeing a valid EULA. They would then build a bot that would track users.
The idea would be cool, but almost impossible to implement.
and then there are things that really really shouldn't have a USB interface at all.
"Task 1: Replacement BIOS (software/hardware)
Task 2: Kernel and XFree drivers
Task 3: Kernel logic: FATX and miscellaneous
Task 4: XBE bootloader"
XFree86 drivers implies only 2D graphics. I assume the NV25 has 2D capabilities and is not only 3D.
Just before I install a program with an EULA (rare, but it does happen sometimes), I blank out and go into a seizure. For some reason, when I wake up (on the floor), the install program is already passed the EULA part and on to the rest of the install. It's always strange how that happens.
Well, thats what I will say now since I just turned 18.
"Or maybe we will be even luckier and group of /.ers who can't differentiate between a file format and a codec will get a clue and stop bashing QuickTime when they are pissed off at Sorrenson's licensing."
I understand the difference perfectly. The sorenson codec is assumed in my statement. Methinks you should be less anal. Anyway, the quicktime media plalyer sucks regardless.
"If you don't like not being ablt to watch QuickTime movies on Linux,..."
Who says I am using Linux? You just assumed that. For the record, I am not using it currently. What does this mean? Assumption is the mother of all fuckups, (like how it is assumed we are talking about the sorenson codec). It was a fuckup in my case as to bring flaming retards such as yourself. And guess what? I don't really care.
My suggestion is to lose the superiority attitude and come down the planet earth. Go find something else to do other than point out errors in mattters nobody cares about.
I await your response flame to protect your "image".