That implies ~60% don't have at least Bachelor's degree.
No, it implies that 50-60% of "engineers" don't have a Bachelor's degree in engineering. The article is unclear, but the following possibilities exist:
people with a master's or doctorate in engineering
people with a non-engineering degree (sciences, math, etc)
people who are certified engineers yet did not get a degree in it
people whose job title is "engineer" but don't do any actual engineering
When security is hidden from the user (and therefore they don't understand it at all), they have no way to tell when they've been 0wned. For further info, see almost every incident of phishing ever.
OMG Gov3rnment is teh ev1l!!! if we had privat organzations and every1 had gunz, this wud never happen!!! only government cn du this, if we got rid of government everything wud be rainbows and unicorns!
Every instance of oppression in history had a government behind it
Bullshit. Prove that your assertions are correct. Unless you're prepared to track down every instance of "oppression" in history, there is no way you can make that assertion.
And cut the crap about "ooh government is evil". There is nothing special about governments. They are simply organizations made up of people, much the same as any "private" organization. Your neat little worldview in which "government == evil" is no more sane than any other fundamentalist worldview. In other words, it's bullshit.
Um, sure. And I suppose if you lived Europe in the 1930s, you'd be writing letters to your local paper proclaiming Mussolini is a great guy because he's much nicer than Hitler.
Um, is Occam's Razor a good enough "source" for you? Seriously though, when I look at all the theories of why the MPAA and RIAA are doing this, they all boil down to one thing: control.
Copyright law is already on the side of those who hold copyrights. That is why it exists. However, having a law does not stop behavior that breaks said law. This is obvious.
Now when we look at the actions of these cartels, what are all their actions designed to do? The answer is simple: stopping behavior that infringes on their copyrights (as well as many behaviors that do not). In other words, they are attempting to control what people do with media, beyond a reasonable definition of copyright.
Right now DRM is really obvious, it's like a leash, and every time you try to exercise your rights, that leash jerks you up short, causes anger and irritation.
The solution to this is not necessarily "better" DRM. All that needs to be done is brainwash most people into believing these restrictions are a Good Thing.
I'm also reminded of how to boil a frog: slowly increase the heat so that the frog doesn't notice it.
The right believes that the wealthy elite are inherently better than the rest of the people and the power of government should be used against the people to keep them down. The left believes that all people are equal and wants to use the power of government against people to enforce this "equality".
The rest of your points were good, but this is just idiotic beyond belief and it is truly typical of the extreme ignorance of the most basic political definitions typical of the vast majority of Americans.
"Right" and "Left", "Conservative" and "Liberal" do not define complete political philosophies. You can be a conservative without loving the wealthy elite. You can be a liberal without supporting invasive egalitarianism.
For a good example, look at a country like Norway. They have a pretty flat social hierarchy, and could be considered liberal or socialist. Yet they don't seem to be making everyone "equally poor".
Most importantly, Ashdown is one of us. What, you say? Well, another poster mentioned he owns XMission, an ISP (which is also the host of Maddox). He is also apparently a Technocrat reader. He sounds like a semi-sane person, at least when it comes to technology.
Um, right. So reducing the number of classes will make it easier? Then let's just cut out all classes except for 2: a tank class and a healer class. Damn, that sounds like an awesome game.
Er, yeah you're correct. Also, it looks like some of the other examples I used also made it look like they were "fair use", when in reality they'd be protected by something else.
Buying all of those separately and having a console and an ultra-budget "web only" computer would work out to be much more then the cost of my computer.
The initial investment might be greater, but in the long run, I'm pretty sure keeping up a "gaming" PC would be more expensive.
Gaming PC option ================ Initial PC purchase: $1000 Yearly upgrades: $150 ----------------
Budget PC option ================ Initial PC purchase: $500 Game console (which is also a DVD player): $250 TV: $200 Stereo: $300 Console upgrades (every ~5 years): $250 ----------------
After ten years (two console cycles), the gaming PC option comes out to $2500. The budget PC option comes to $1500. And this is assuming a pretty cheap "gaming" PC of $1000 to start with.
And what do you mean by "remain at a decent level"?
Do you even play PC games?? Maybe you aren't aware of this, but the minimum requirements for games keep going up. A "decent level" of performance means not chugging along at 10 FPS unless you turn the graphics down to SuperUgly FX levels.
There's a difference between "making a product that's decent" and "making a product that's profitable". Microsoft makes some decent mice, and the Xbox isn't a bad game console, yet both are huge money sinks for MS.
Microsoft only uses Xiph codecs when it saves them licensing fees. I doubt they would ever support a Free codec on a portable audio device, as it would show implicit support for said codec, and therefore Free/Open standards and code. They'll no doubt have support for MP3, but that's only because MP3 is the "standard". Time will tell if they'll support even AAC.
Oh, and for another example: the PC version of Halo uses Vorbis for some of its sound files.
However in this portable media player war, the market leader is already the good guy
I disagree. Itunes/ipod/iTMS are no less "evil" than Windows Media Player and PlaysForSure. Both are completely closed, DRM-loving black holes of technology.
And before you jump on me with "ZOMG FOSS TROLL", I'm not talking strictly about source code or Freedom. As far as I can tell, the ipod comes with no documentation about how the device *actually* works. The ipod database format had to be reverse-engineered. Apple does not provide any kind of API or SDK to allow J. Random Hacker to develop fun software for her ipod. The reality here is that this device is completely closed, and let's not forget the iTMS DRM. I fail to see how this makes Apple "the good guy".
I have never paid more then $250USD for a video card... I generally upgrade my CPU or GPU once a year
This is what kills me about PC gaming. In order for your gaming experience to remain at a decent level, you have to upgrade far more often than you would with a console. Let's make the assumption that your upgrades cost a total of $150 per year. Over one console generation, you're looking at maybe $750 worth of upgrades to your PC. That's quite a bit more than $200-300 for a "midrange" console (by this I mean early- to mid- cycle in its lifespan).
The only good casual games out there are Nintendo platformers, and these are so devoid of maturity in any respect that I can't play most of them. (Exemptions given to Mario and Zelda games, because those are classics.)
Let me guess, you're an XTREEEM gamer. Because obviously, Modern Warfare 3: Blood is much more "mature" than Kirby's Air Ride or whatever...
IANAL. However, my completely IANAL-ish opinion is that these are not copyright infringement, and fall in the realm of fair use. I say this because I believe this type of work is nearly the same thing as writing a review of a movie, or posting some facts about a movie.
Most movie reviews are very similar to an additional audio track, save for the fact that one is designed to be synced up to the movie, and the other is written on paper. Reviews often comment on aspects of the film, such as a specific scene or a recurring theme or something. The only real difference an audio track has is, once again, the fact that it is designed to be played along with the film.
Posting facts about a movie is also considered fair use. You can say "this movie is two hours long", or "the lens looks messed up in these scene", and this is not infringement. An audio track seems to be very similar to this.
Other types of media also follow these rules. It is not infringement to say "this painting is ten feet tall", or "Mark Knopfler used a Gibson Les Paul when he recorded 'Money for Nothing'". It is also not infringement to say "Charles Dickens sucks".
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No, it implies that 50-60% of "engineers" don't have a Bachelor's degree in engineering. The article is unclear, but the following possibilities exist:
trogdor was a cipher
maybe he was a cipher...key
or maybe he was just a key
but he was still TROGDOOOOR
When security is hidden from the user (and therefore they don't understand it at all), they have no way to tell when they've been 0wned. For further info, see almost every incident of phishing ever.
Only on Slashdot is the first post modded Redundant...
I'll just get this out of the way:
OMG Gov3rnment is teh ev1l!!! if we had privat organzations and every1 had gunz, this wud never happen!!! only government cn du this, if we got rid of government everything wud be rainbows and unicorns!
Every instance of oppression in history had a government behind it
Bullshit. Prove that your assertions are correct. Unless you're prepared to track down every instance of "oppression" in history, there is no way you can make that assertion.
And cut the crap about "ooh government is evil". There is nothing special about governments. They are simply organizations made up of people, much the same as any "private" organization. Your neat little worldview in which "government == evil" is no more sane than any other fundamentalist worldview. In other words, it's bullshit.
Um, sure. And I suppose if you lived Europe in the 1930s, you'd be writing letters to your local paper proclaiming Mussolini is a great guy because he's much nicer than Hitler.
I find it interesting that they're such big supporters of "Linux", yet their website is running Windows Server...
Um, is Occam's Razor a good enough "source" for you? Seriously though, when I look at all the theories of why the MPAA and RIAA are doing this, they all boil down to one thing: control.
Copyright law is already on the side of those who hold copyrights. That is why it exists. However, having a law does not stop behavior that breaks said law. This is obvious.
Now when we look at the actions of these cartels, what are all their actions designed to do? The answer is simple: stopping behavior that infringes on their copyrights (as well as many behaviors that do not). In other words, they are attempting to control what people do with media, beyond a reasonable definition of copyright.
Right now DRM is really obvious, it's like a leash, and every time you try to exercise your rights, that leash jerks you up short, causes anger and irritation.
The solution to this is not necessarily "better" DRM. All that needs to be done is brainwash most people into believing these restrictions are a Good Thing.
I'm also reminded of how to boil a frog: slowly increase the heat so that the frog doesn't notice it.
Using kynaptic to install Xfce or Gnome.
The right believes that the wealthy elite are inherently better than the rest of the people and the power of government should be used against the people to keep them down.
The left believes that all people are equal and wants to use the power of government against people to enforce this "equality".
The rest of your points were good, but this is just idiotic beyond belief and it is truly typical of the extreme ignorance of the most basic political definitions typical of the vast majority of Americans.
"Right" and "Left", "Conservative" and "Liberal" do not define complete political philosophies. You can be a conservative without loving the wealthy elite. You can be a liberal without supporting invasive egalitarianism.
For a good example, look at a country like Norway. They have a pretty flat social hierarchy, and could be considered liberal or socialist. Yet they don't seem to be making everyone "equally poor".
Most importantly, Ashdown is one of us. What, you say? Well, another poster mentioned he owns XMission, an ISP (which is also the host of Maddox). He is also apparently a Technocrat reader. He sounds like a semi-sane person, at least when it comes to technology.
Um, right. So reducing the number of classes will make it easier? Then let's just cut out all classes except for 2: a tank class and a healer class. Damn, that sounds like an awesome game.
Er, yeah you're correct. Also, it looks like some of the other examples I used also made it look like they were "fair use", when in reality they'd be protected by something else.
Buying all of those separately and having a console and an ultra-budget "web only" computer would work out to be much more then the cost of my computer.
The initial investment might be greater, but in the long run, I'm pretty sure keeping up a "gaming" PC would be more expensive.
Gaming PC option
================
Initial PC purchase: $1000
Yearly upgrades: $150
----------------
Budget PC option
================
Initial PC purchase: $500
Game console (which is also a DVD player): $250
TV: $200
Stereo: $300
Console upgrades (every ~5 years): $250
----------------
After ten years (two console cycles), the gaming PC option comes out to $2500. The budget PC option comes to $1500. And this is assuming a pretty cheap "gaming" PC of $1000 to start with.
And what do you mean by "remain at a decent level"?
Do you even play PC games?? Maybe you aren't aware of this, but the minimum requirements for games keep going up. A "decent level" of performance means not chugging along at 10 FPS unless you turn the graphics down to SuperUgly FX levels.
If a government is too weak to be oppresive, another group will rise to fill the gap.
There's a difference between "making a product that's decent" and "making a product that's profitable". Microsoft makes some decent mice, and the Xbox isn't a bad game console, yet both are huge money sinks for MS.
Microsoft only uses Xiph codecs when it saves them licensing fees. I doubt they would ever support a Free codec on a portable audio device, as it would show implicit support for said codec, and therefore Free/Open standards and code. They'll no doubt have support for MP3, but that's only because MP3 is the "standard". Time will tell if they'll support even AAC.
Oh, and for another example: the PC version of Halo uses Vorbis for some of its sound files.
However in this portable media player war, the market leader is already the good guy
I disagree. Itunes/ipod/iTMS are no less "evil" than Windows Media Player and PlaysForSure. Both are completely closed, DRM-loving black holes of technology.
And before you jump on me with "ZOMG FOSS TROLL", I'm not talking strictly about source code or Freedom. As far as I can tell, the ipod comes with no documentation about how the device *actually* works. The ipod database format had to be reverse-engineered. Apple does not provide any kind of API or SDK to allow J. Random Hacker to develop fun software for her ipod. The reality here is that this device is completely closed, and let's not forget the iTMS DRM. I fail to see how this makes Apple "the good guy".
This sounds like a totally reasonable solution for playing Mario Kart online once and a while.
I have never paid more then $250USD for a video card ... I generally upgrade my CPU or GPU once a year
This is what kills me about PC gaming. In order for your gaming experience to remain at a decent level, you have to upgrade far more often than you would with a console. Let's make the assumption that your upgrades cost a total of $150 per year. Over one console generation, you're looking at maybe $750 worth of upgrades to your PC. That's quite a bit more than $200-300 for a "midrange" console (by this I mean early- to mid- cycle in its lifespan).
The only good casual games out there are Nintendo platformers, and these are so devoid of maturity in any respect that I can't play most of them. (Exemptions given to Mario and Zelda games, because those are classics.)
Let me guess, you're an XTREEEM gamer. Because obviously, Modern Warfare 3: Blood is much more "mature" than Kirby's Air Ride or whatever...
IANAL. However, my completely IANAL-ish opinion is that these are not copyright infringement, and fall in the realm of fair use. I say this because I believe this type of work is nearly the same thing as writing a review of a movie, or posting some facts about a movie.
Most movie reviews are very similar to an additional audio track, save for the fact that one is designed to be synced up to the movie, and the other is written on paper. Reviews often comment on aspects of the film, such as a specific scene or a recurring theme or something. The only real difference an audio track has is, once again, the fact that it is designed to be played along with the film.
Posting facts about a movie is also considered fair use. You can say "this movie is two hours long", or "the lens looks messed up in these scene", and this is not infringement. An audio track seems to be very similar to this.
Other types of media also follow these rules. It is not infringement to say "this painting is ten feet tall", or "Mark Knopfler used a Gibson Les Paul when he recorded 'Money for Nothing'". It is also not infringement to say "Charles Dickens sucks".
There's even prior art: Dark Side of the Moon.
Right here, baby.
Oh, and you might need to read the summary for that article to get the full effect, etc.