What are the exact steps it would take to reform the copyright act in America?
Differences between copyrights and patents aside, please remember that the interests of the people who will actually get to implement the reform that you ask for, are diametrically opposite to yours.
In Canada, the mere presence of "digital locks" (read DRM) trumps any and all rights that the person may have with regard to the work. For example, if a DRMd work falls into the public domain, breaking the DRM is still a criminal offense.
This has nothing to do with Law Enforcement. He was removed from the flight by the pilot, at the pilot's discretion, because his shirt was upsetting the passengers. The pilot has that right. The safety of the passengers are the pilot's responsibility. [emphasis mine]
After a few generations, you have divided society in two classes: one upper, dominating class consisting of strong, intelligent, but selfish and immoral beings (who would no longer be even _humans_), and one lower class consisting of naturals.
Genetic engineering notwithstanding, how exactly is it different from what we have today?
No, the difference is between the tyranny of monarchies or oligarchies versus a democratic republic. In a democratic republic, treason is literally defined in our Constitution, the law of the land. In most other forms of government, treason is whatever the people in charge say it is.
So when the "person in charge" maintains kill lists and authorizes drone strikes against citizens that were not convicted of treason (or any other crime for that matter) by a court of law, he must be, by definition, a tyrant?
Stop changing performance settings to satisfy memory "leak" morons. Just because a web browser is using 1GB of memory (on your 8GB system) doesn't mean it has a memory leak. It means that web pages are filled with images, and decoded images are big.
It matters a fair bit to some of us.
When I was using FF on certain pages (mostly image-heavy ones but I never figured out exactly what triggered it), its memory usage would grow significantly. Closing the offending tabs would sometimes release only a fraction of the memory used and sometimes none at all. I could end with only a single tab open (on google.com) and almost 1.5GB used.
The more memory FF was using, the slower it would become. It would stutter, using almost 100% CPU for several seconds every 10-20 seconds (presumably trying to do its garbage collection) which made watching a video or, come to think of it, almost any other activity, unusable on a single-core machine while FF was running.
Moreover, once it reached about 1.5GB, it would freeze hard, pegging CPU usage at 100%, and had to be killed via the task manager.
This was a big problem for me running versions 3.6 and 12, as I had to restart FF several times a day, and close it completely if I wanted to watch a youtube clip (using IE8). 14.0.1 seems to be somewhat better in that regard but still not perfect.
Thank you very much for labeling me a "moron" because FF made my system unusable.
The point of class actions lawsuits is to get something done about egregious behavior that can not be solved via individual suits in small claims court. It's not about getting rich, it's about punitive action, making sure the company changes their behavior.
I would agree with you, except that in most, if not all, cases, the "punishment" is significantly less than the profit the company made from their transgression. Add to that the fact that you have to explicitly opt-out of a class action and the net effect of those lawsuits is: For the company - the cost of doing business. For the lawyers - the chance of getting filthy rich. For the victims - losing the option to sue the company individually.
I don't know where you're getting your warez from, but whenever I tried the "DIY try-before-you-buy" approach, it came with all sorts of malware. Perhaps there is some place where warez are clean but I'm skeptical.
If you live anywhere in the states you should be aware that, unless you are fabulously wealthy or powerful, there are not limits on what the police can do. There may be limits on what the police are legally allowed to do, but attempting to stop a cop from doing an illegal thing they want to do is going to lead to conflict with a police officer, which will lead to a disorderly-conduct or similar arrest.
Treat a cop the same way you would treat a 12-foot gator in the backyard. Keep your distance if possible. Never anger it. Appease it until it is gone, and call in a greater power ASAP. For a croc you call animal control, for a cop you call the only higher power citizens have access to - a lawyer.
In other words: Treat a cop the same way you would treat a known member of any other violent gang.
Not always true. The 68000 has 8 x 32bit address and 8 x 32bit data registers, with a 24bit address bus. Nearly all operations can be performed as 32bit. Yet it's reguarded as a 16bit cpu.
The 68000 had a 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internal architecture. It was regarded as a 16/32-bit processor.
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What are the exact steps it would take to reform the copyright act in America?
Differences between copyrights and patents aside, please remember that the interests of the people who will actually get to implement the reform that you ask for, are diametrically opposite to yours.
Paranoia is how we get useless organizations like the TSA who violate everyone's rights.
The fact that the TSA is "useless" to you does not imply that it isn't extremely useful to the people that established and perpetuate it.
Unfortunately, it doesn't support putting tabs on the side.
Sounds serious.
Better consult a laptoproctologist.
In Canada, the mere presence of "digital locks" (read DRM) trumps any and all rights that the person may have with regard to the work.
For example, if a DRMd work falls into the public domain, breaking the DRM is still a criminal offense.
Thank you Harper's Conservatives.
This has nothing to do with Law Enforcement. He was removed from the flight by the pilot, at the pilot's discretion, because his shirt was upsetting the passengers. The pilot has that right. The safety of the passengers are the pilot's responsibility. [emphasis mine]
assert(upset != unsafe);
the T61p was the last 4:3 powerful ThinkPad. Sigh.
I'd love to get something like the X220 or X230 with a higher resolution 4:3 (hell, even 16:10) screen.
Does it happen if you add a DENY permission to the account MSE runs under to the file's security list?
After a few generations, you have divided society in two classes: one upper, dominating class consisting of strong, intelligent, but selfish and immoral beings (who would no longer be even _humans_), and one lower class consisting of naturals.
Genetic engineering notwithstanding, how exactly is it different from what we have today?
No, the difference is between the tyranny of monarchies or oligarchies versus a democratic republic. In a democratic republic, treason is literally defined in our Constitution, the law of the land. In most other forms of government, treason is whatever the people in charge say it is.
So when the "person in charge" maintains kill lists and authorizes drone strikes against citizens that were not convicted of treason (or any other crime for that matter) by a court of law, he must be, by definition, a tyrant?
I MASTURBATE TO PORN ON THE INTERNET!
submitted anonymously because I don't want anybody to see I wrote this.. especially the you-know-who
Why should the Dark Lord concern himself with your masturbatory habits?
It's reasons like this that I refuse to buy anything from Ubisoft.
Which doesn't effect their bottom line one bit.
For Ubisoft, you and people like you are just a statistical error.
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Same problem here, except mine freezes with 100% CPU usage reaching 1.5GB.
Maybe it's the extensions. Care to post your list for comparison?
Stop changing performance settings to satisfy memory "leak" morons. Just because a web browser is using 1GB of memory (on your 8GB system) doesn't mean it has a memory leak. It means that web pages are filled with images, and decoded images are big.
It matters a fair bit to some of us.
When I was using FF on certain pages (mostly image-heavy ones but I never figured out exactly what triggered it), its memory usage would grow significantly. Closing the offending tabs would sometimes release only a fraction of the memory used and sometimes none at all. I could end with only a single tab open (on google.com) and almost 1.5GB used.
The more memory FF was using, the slower it would become. It would stutter, using almost 100% CPU for several seconds every 10-20 seconds (presumably trying to do its garbage collection) which made watching a video or, come to think of it, almost any other activity, unusable on a single-core machine while FF was running.
Moreover, once it reached about 1.5GB, it would freeze hard, pegging CPU usage at 100%, and had to be killed via the task manager.
This was a big problem for me running versions 3.6 and 12, as I had to restart FF several times a day, and close it completely if I wanted to watch a youtube clip (using IE8). 14.0.1 seems to be somewhat better in that regard but still not perfect.
Thank you very much for labeling me a "moron" because FF made my system unusable.
Firefox version history.
Note that the 3.6.x lineage continues to receive updates to fix security holes and improve stability. The most recent was March 13, 2012.
3.6 was EOL on April 24, 2012.
No more fixes will be coming.
As it happens, Twitter, which is fast becoming a sewer, is full of people talking like that
Is anyone under the impression that Sturgeon's revelation somehow does not apply to Twitter?
you can quickly prove your innocence [...]
In my days, it was the other way around.
I told them that I would not give up my rights as an american to have a jury of my peers
In a civil case?
The point of class actions lawsuits is to get something done about egregious behavior that can not be solved via individual suits in small claims court. It's not about getting rich, it's about punitive action, making sure the company changes their behavior.
I would agree with you, except that in most, if not all, cases, the "punishment" is significantly less than the profit the company made from their transgression. Add to that the fact that you have to explicitly opt-out of a class action and the net effect of those lawsuits is:
For the company - the cost of doing business.
For the lawyers - the chance of getting filthy rich.
For the victims - losing the option to sue the company individually.
I've never gotten a virus from warez.
I don't know where you're getting your warez from, but whenever I tried the "DIY try-before-you-buy" approach, it came with all sorts of malware.
Perhaps there is some place where warez are clean but I'm skeptical.
I think having Khan+Wikipedia growing up would have been well worth a testicle!
Each?
If you live anywhere in the states you should be aware that, unless you are fabulously wealthy or powerful, there are not limits on what the police can do. There may be limits on what the police are legally allowed to do, but attempting to stop a cop from doing an illegal thing they want to do is going to lead to conflict with a police officer, which will lead to a disorderly-conduct or similar arrest.
Treat a cop the same way you would treat a 12-foot gator in the backyard. Keep your distance if possible. Never anger it. Appease it until it is gone, and call in a greater power ASAP. For a croc you call animal control, for a cop you call the only higher power citizens have access to - a lawyer.
In other words: Treat a cop the same way you would treat a known member of any other violent gang.
Not always true. The 68000 has 8 x 32bit address and 8 x 32bit data registers, with a 24bit address bus. Nearly all operations can be performed as 32bit.
Yet it's reguarded as a 16bit cpu.
The 68000 had a 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internal architecture.
It was regarded as a 16/32-bit processor.
Is there non-anecdotal evidence for poker being (predominately) a game of luck or a game skill?