You get caught with a case. If you can show, through evidence, that you intended to consume all of the Sprite yourself, you'd have rebutted that presumption.
Heh heh, and if that were true, how would one prove their innocence 'through evidence'... drink the 6-pack?:-)
Your intent argument did make more sense when these laws were first implimented, as someone with a van with 600 pounds was clearly not going to consume it himself, but now the laws have been incrementally changed to the point where just over one usage is consider proof, yes proof not intent, of dealing. All that is neccessary is the maintain the chain-of-evidence that sufficiently proves you were indeed in possession of the goods.
Sorry, but you are quibbling over accuracy or truth or something. That's like claiming you didn't murder someone with a 45, but a 38.
Legal Precendent: If one is caught with a small ammount of an illegal substance, they can be charged and convicted of dealing, even if they have never dealt. Getting caught with one can of Coke is personal use, but if you get caught with a 12-pack then you are automatically guilty of dealing Coke. Strange but true, because accuracy isn't important, punishing people like you is important.
I don't quite understand how more security options would equate to less control for the system owner in such a way that it would matter to the owner. Never underestimate the small (very large actually) benefit of encryption.
If you (and others) had more options to choose from, then you (and others) might not purchase the solutions offered by the system owner. As for encryption, I share your value of it, but most consumers do not, and will not until something bad happens to them (Death Threats).
Security from a consumer perspective would/could equal less control over the system for the system owner. Of course, if the consumer would/could take more responsibility for parts of the system (code/encryption/3rd party devices) then they cold ensure more security.
I figure it comes down to cost, and to most consumers that added cost (money/time/self education) is simply too high to justify for the small security benefit.
...so don't default to a racist viewpoint, and instead support the monkeys because they obviously have the upper hand here. They are smarter, willing to work together, and have bigger balls than a creature five times their size.
Mr Dawkins made a statement that our society is increasing belief in superstitions, even as we make progress in science and technology. I can't help be reminded of this with the Voyager aniversary as news programs focus on the Golden Record and Chuck Berry. Sure, at first I thought it was fun, but then reality sets in when I witness so many people that fully believe aliens and or angels are watching us, and just waiting for us to contact them.
I'm sure at the time the record might of seemed harmless, except for the outcry over the naked images of a man and woman (for the sake of the children I'm sure), but today it feels like that small acquiencence was simply a foothold for drawing an ever growing shadow over... reason.
OLPC has learned what Nike figured out twenty years ago: kids make the best slave labor.
While I don't expect the days of child prostitution or child slave labor to end anytime soon, I do expect the need for technically able workers to continue increasing in this current Information Age.
Now I'm even more confused. If you can get any channel you want a la carte, then why do you need to impose indecency regs on channels.
How else can you get people to voluntarily give up their 1st Amendment right, without promising to ease up a bit on the cable monopoly. And it works too, just the other day this guy politely asked me to voluntarily give up my wallet, and he promised he wouldn't shoot me, thus saving my life.
You do realize, do you not, that his is not some PC, but a dedicated processor, conformally-coated, probably in a hermtically-sealed enclosure with inert gasses, right? It's not like swapping out parts on your Dell.
Does that mean they can't disconnect the new solar array? - Because they did
Does that mean they can't try a separate power supply? - Because they did
Does that mean they can't transfer functions to an alterante system? - Because they did
I am talking about artificial impediments to logical troubleshooting (like requiring the station be physically over the Moscow ground station before troubleshooting communication can even begin)
and suggesting we ammend this faulty defective-by-design principle with one where we don't have to wait 2 days before we can get some feedback. Your snide little Dell remark is not constructive.
Anyone remember the Flat Earth scientific consensus? Times were much simplier then, you could carry a map of the world in your pocket, and they were about as inexpensive as the paper they were printed on. Now compare that to the high price, and bulky size, of carrying one of those new-fangled globes around.
Troubleshooting can be pretty difficult to do, and problems can be expected to occur on every system, but what's important is that you are permitted to fix the problem.
Car analogy. What if one day you got a flat, but the manufacturer had placed DRM locknuts in order to keep the tire on, which essentialy prevented you from fixing the tire yourself, without taking it back to the original dealer.
In that case, would you be content to listen to him blame how poor the roads are, or would you make sure the next car you invested in, didn't have a defective-by-design design?
Sure, but it's a little more effort to go down to the local Fry's for a new memory stick when you're orbiting 200 miles above the Earth.
Every system I've worked on required redundancy for precisely that reason. And that's the real lesson to be learned from this incident. It's not about computers, or software, or even solar panels, it is about compromising the neccessary quality & efficiency, for outdated political & proprietary reasons.
I simply replace one part at a time (hardware), or segment off functions (software), and then try again. If it works then I've narrowed the hunt down.
Of course, if one isn't permited to replace parts, alter functions, or even examine it unless you are Moscow ground control, then "Houston, we have a problem".
MercExchange patents 'buy it now' -Thank You!
Ebay negotiates a license -How much you want?
Ebay doesn't get a license -Whoa! That's too much
Ebay intentionally uses it anyway -What are they gonna do, sue us?
MercExchange brings a lawsuit against Ebay -Yes
Judge rules in favor of MercExchange -I can see your name on the patent
Judge misapplies injuction process -this stuff is complicated
Ebay appeals the injuction -HaHa! a technicality
Judges rule that the injunction was done wrong -I can see the process wasn't followed
Judges also comment on current patent law -this shit sucks
MercExchange requests the injunction be applied permanently -we hate Ebay
Ebay requests postponement until patent is reassessed -No rush, we can wait 10 years
Judge must now make a decision -damned if I do, damned if I don't
I agree with your statement that more government regulation will only lead to more government regulation. But in this type of case, the ISPs are being granted limited monopolies, so regulations (Net Neutrality) must accompany those monopolies in order to prevent abuse.
Unless you are suggesting that the monopoly also be removed, taking the government all the way out, then you could actually "vote with you wallet" as you said, and rely on the marketplace.
I believe the pr0n industry
Would have to strongly distance itself from these statements. Penetration has never been stronger!
Is it really vital to produce statistics that show how people (that are interested in pr0n) are more connected to pr0n, than those that don't care as much? While this example isn't the best, because obviously everyone should be encouraged to do more pr0n, it doesn't mean everyone should be encouraged to do more broadband internet.
Examples of a habit would be waking up before daylight, forgetting your car keys, or doing a daily exercise routine (getting laid counts I guess).
Example of addictions would be a habit that you depend upon, like a morning cup of coffee (caffine) in order to get "moving", or an alcohol beverage in order to escape from emotional pain.
or you could actually buy music and movies you want. had that option EVER occured to you?
I wasn't suggesting to not buy music and movies, I was providing an example that demonstrated the possible progression of this ruling. I suppose someone could buy that much RAM today, but it would be expensive.
Gee, 1-day service. Sounds like Apple is a lot more serious about security fixes than Microsoft. (but then again, we already knew that)
Yep, sounds like the choice of browser will be obivious. Slashdot should publish statistics of which browsers are used by Slashdotters to view Slashdot.
If they legally consider anything held in RAM to be a valid copy, then any file of a song or movie passing into the memory chips would be an illegal copy. If not, then one day when RAM is cheaper someone could simply store everything in non-violtile RAM without fear of prosecution.
you're saying that Ebay was not capable of serving the market for virtual transactions? Apparently you never looked at Ebay before they prohibited the trade. I suggest you do a little basic research on the topic.
Is this a joke? Yes, it's obvious that Ebay isn't capable of serving a market that they are prohibited form serving. If Gamer2Gamer steps in and successfully serves the marketplace, where Ebay failed too, then what's your point, or are you just playing semantic games?
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Your intent argument did make more sense when these laws were first implimented, as someone with a van with 600 pounds was clearly not going to consume it himself, but now the laws have been incrementally changed to the point where just over one usage is consider proof, yes proof not intent, of dealing. All that is neccessary is the maintain the chain-of-evidence that sufficiently proves you were indeed in possession of the goods.
Sorry, but you are quibbling over accuracy or truth or something. That's like claiming you didn't murder someone with a 45, but a 38.
Legal Precendent: If one is caught with a small ammount of an illegal substance, they can be charged and convicted of dealing, even if they have never dealt. Getting caught with one can of Coke is personal use, but if you get caught with a 12-pack then you are automatically guilty of dealing Coke. Strange but true, because accuracy isn't important, punishing people like you is important.
Security from a consumer perspective would/could equal less control over the system for the system owner. Of course, if the consumer would/could take more responsibility for parts of the system (code/encryption/3rd party devices) then they cold ensure more security.
I figure it comes down to cost, and to most consumers that added cost (money/time/self education) is simply too high to justify for the small security benefit.
...so don't default to a racist viewpoint, and instead support the monkeys because they obviously have the upper hand here. They are smarter, willing to work together, and have bigger balls than a creature five times their size.
Mr Dawkins made a statement that our society is increasing belief in superstitions, even as we make progress in science and technology. I can't help be reminded of this with the Voyager aniversary as news programs focus on the Golden Record and Chuck Berry. Sure, at first I thought it was fun, but then reality sets in when I witness so many people that fully believe aliens and or angels are watching us, and just waiting for us to contact them.
I'm sure at the time the record might of seemed harmless, except for the outcry over the naked images of a man and woman (for the sake of the children I'm sure), but today it feels like that small acquiencence was simply a foothold for drawing an ever growing shadow over... reason.
How else can you get people to voluntarily give up their 1st Amendment right, without promising to ease up a bit on the cable monopoly. And it works too, just the other day this guy politely asked me to voluntarily give up my wallet, and he promised he wouldn't shoot me, thus saving my life.
Does that mean they can't disconnect the new solar array? - Because they did
Does that mean they can't try a separate power supply? - Because they did
Does that mean they can't transfer functions to an alterante system? - Because they did
I am talking about artificial impediments to logical troubleshooting (like requiring the station be physically over the Moscow ground station before troubleshooting communication can even begin) and suggesting we ammend this faulty defective-by-design principle with one where we don't have to wait 2 days before we can get some feedback. Your snide little Dell remark is not constructive.
Anyone remember the Flat Earth scientific consensus? Times were much simplier then, you could carry a map of the world in your pocket, and they were about as inexpensive as the paper they were printed on. Now compare that to the high price, and bulky size, of carrying one of those new-fangled globes around.
Troubleshooting can be pretty difficult to do, and problems can be expected to occur on every system, but what's important is that you are permitted to fix the problem.
Car analogy. What if one day you got a flat, but the manufacturer had placed DRM locknuts in order to keep the tire on, which essentialy prevented you from fixing the tire yourself, without taking it back to the original dealer.
In that case, would you be content to listen to him blame how poor the roads are, or would you make sure the next car you invested in, didn't have a defective-by-design design?
Every system I've worked on required redundancy for precisely that reason. And that's the real lesson to be learned from this incident. It's not about computers, or software, or even solar panels, it is about compromising the neccessary quality & efficiency, for outdated political & proprietary reasons.
I simply replace one part at a time (hardware), or segment off functions (software), and then try again. If it works then I've narrowed the hunt down.
Of course, if one isn't permited to replace parts, alter functions, or even examine it unless you are Moscow ground control, then "Houston, we have a problem".
MercExchange patents 'buy it now' - Thank You!
Ebay negotiates a license - How much you want?
Ebay doesn't get a license - Whoa! That's too much
Ebay intentionally uses it anyway - What are they gonna do, sue us?
MercExchange brings a lawsuit against Ebay - Yes
Judge rules in favor of MercExchange - I can see your name on the patent
Judge misapplies injuction process - this stuff is complicated
Ebay appeals the injuction - HaHa! a technicality
Judges rule that the injunction was done wrong - I can see the process wasn't followed
Judges also comment on current patent law - this shit sucks
MercExchange requests the injunction be applied permanently - we hate Ebay
Ebay requests postponement until patent is reassessed - No rush, we can wait 10 years
Judge must now make a decision - damned if I do, damned if I don't
I agree with your statement that more government regulation will only lead to more government regulation. But in this type of case, the ISPs are being granted limited monopolies, so regulations (Net Neutrality) must accompany those monopolies in order to prevent abuse.
Unless you are suggesting that the monopoly also be removed, taking the government all the way out, then you could actually "vote with you wallet" as you said, and rely on the marketplace.
Is it really vital to produce statistics that show how people (that are interested in pr0n) are more connected to pr0n, than those that don't care as much? While this example isn't the best, because obviously everyone should be encouraged to do more pr0n, it doesn't mean everyone should be encouraged to do more broadband internet.
Examples of a habit would be waking up before daylight, forgetting your car keys, or doing a daily exercise routine (getting laid counts I guess).
Example of addictions would be a habit that you depend upon, like a morning cup of coffee (caffine) in order to get "moving", or an alcohol beverage in order to escape from emotional pain.
I'm glad someone finally defined what Web 2.0 is. It's Web 1.0 multiplied by the hype.
If you can still breakaway to post on Slashdot.
Hmm, does the AMA say anything about Slashdot addiction?
I wasn't suggesting to not buy music and movies, I was providing an example that demonstrated the possible progression of this ruling. I suppose someone could buy that much RAM today, but it would be expensive.
If they legally consider anything held in RAM to be a valid copy, then any file of a song or movie passing into the memory chips would be an illegal copy. If not, then one day when RAM is cheaper someone could simply store everything in non-violtile RAM without fear of prosecution.
Is this a joke? Yes, it's obvious that Ebay isn't capable of serving a market that they are prohibited form serving. If Gamer2Gamer steps in and successfully serves the marketplace, where Ebay failed too, then what's your point, or are you just playing semantic games?