As long as cops are given the authority to use force above and beyond what ordinary citizens are they expected to behave differently than ordinary citizens. They are supposed to follow the law and follow their training. If they cannot behave better than a typical goon when confronted with an emotionally charged situation then they should not be given any more authority than a typical goon. Ultimately, though, you are correct which is why the idea that only cops should be allowed to carry guns is silly.
And I don't need a freeway to quickly get to where I'm going, I can just hop in a private helicopter. But it's significantly cheaper and more efficient to build a freeway for many people to use than supply a private helicopter for everyone.
Yes yes... we *know* it's not stealing or theft already.
Then why do people continue to use that word to describe it?
Saying theft is not the same as piracy, is like saying
...like saying that piracy is not theft in response to people continuing to use the word theft to describe piracy over, and over, and over, and over... That's what it's like. And it's necessary because despite the repetition people still do not seem to get it.
Yes, copyright infringement technically isn't theft. But it might as well be, and it should carry the same penalty and weight because it's close enough to theft
No, it's not as people have clearly pointed out over and over again. Yet people like you still can't see the difference. Go educate yourself.
I want to see the results of a forensic analysis of the unit to find out why it failed. if the scanner is putting out enough energy to permanently damage the circuits it's a strong argument against the safety of these things.
Same thing applies to Slashdot. Threads of this exact nature pop up every 2 months or so for the last 10 years -- and the point they're trying to make is still incorrect.
No, they aren't trying to make the point you think they're trying to make. The MPAA lies about piracy and its impact on their profits. They distort reality at every opportunity in order to get horrific legislation passed and create propaganda to twist the minds of people who haven't studied the facts. Combating that misinformation is the point of articles such as this. The copyright holders can attempt to choose their business model (though the market may reject it) but they should not be able to distort reality in pursuit of favorable legislation.
Ok. But should taxes be used to capture the costs of externalities not accounted for otherwise?
For instance, the increase in the cost of healthcare caused by polution isn't reflected in the price of gas at the pump. That cost is passed along to society at large. Do you think it's appropriate for that cost to be captured by a tax?
My theory is that everyone who is in any way involved in UI development now thinks they're the next Steve Jobs and that they are justified in imposing their brilliant and unparalleled vision on everyone.
Slashdot today is a bad joke. I often find better content and discussions on Twitter.
IMHO, part of the problem is that most Slashdot comments are literally bad jokes. Too many of the comments are feeble attempts at humor by some attention starved idiot who believes he/she is far more clever than they actually are.
6,339,780 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 5,579,517 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 5,652,913 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 5,758,352 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 6,791,536 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 6,897,853 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 6,339,780 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 5,778,372 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 5,889,522 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 6,891,551 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places 6,957,233 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
Would you care to post a link to these statistics? Unless you have information I've not seen published anywhere else, your statement is incorrect and you are spreading misinformation.
You start with talking about VOIP via wireless then switch to talking about hard-wired circuit switched technology? What is your point exactly?
I'm pretty sure that VOIP over 3G can carry more simultaneous calls per cell than GSM or CDMA2000 so I'd dispute your claim that it's incredibly inefficient. And compared with a dedicated, circuit-switched 64kbit stream like the ISDN calls you mention, it's VERY efficient.
The only reason nothing has happened in the last 3-4 years is that the huge backlash caused a *threat* of legislation that made the monopolies back off on their plans. That's not to say they have given up on them, merely realized they need time to spin the issue differently. If there were no threat of legislation there is little doubt in my mind they would have implemented their plans already.
As for it being harder to get into the industry, that's easy to say but do you have the least bit of evidence to back that up? Do you have any idea how difficult it is *now* ??
Satellite is a substandard product compared to DSL and cable due to it's high latencies and other issues. It's really not a direct competitor.
DSL provided by third parties has a history of issues due to the Telcos controlling the physical plant and not providing same level of service to the third party companies or their customers and with playing games for the fees charged to lease the lines. The third party companies are usually marginalized somewhat because of the deck being stacked against them in this way.
I'm sorry to inform you, but you don't have this "right". At least, you don't in the US.
Freedom of speech is not unlimited. There's the oft cited but no-less-true case of shouting fire in a theater. You've no doubt heard the word. You cannot repeat it loudly in a crowed place without repercussion.
Likewise, you cannot sing a copyrighted song in a public place with an audience, at least not without compensating the holder of the copyright.
The thing is, IP theft really does deprive owners of that IP of money.
1) "IP theft"? Aren't you shortcutting this whole conversation by declaring infringement is theft? 2) Copyright infringement, for example, may deprive the owners money. It may not. For example, a person who would otherwise never buy a book might download it's text, burn it, and never look at it again. How does this result in loss of money to the author of that book? 3) A case can be made that derivative works might actually encourage people to purchase the original, supplementing the author's income.
It's a shame Thomas didn't finish his statement in an honest way. It would have sounded something like this:
"Well, I...again, I...I'm not sure that that's totally right. But you gotta... you know, get ahead. If you have to ruin some innocent boy's life for your own political gain, then so be it. What, you think this is about justice?"
maybe instead of blindly applying the language, we ought to interpret it in the of the social and technological context of the modern day.
No, because then you wind up with laws based on the whims of whatever administration that came before you. Interpretations are whishy-washy nonsense that depend far too much on a very few people's opinions. The perfect example is Bush's "interpretation" of executive powers and how that will now affect future administrations.
If parts of the Constitution no longer fit with the "social and technological context of the modern day" as written, what should be done is to use the mechanisms described in the document to change it. Then it's an overt, above board process that everyone gets to participate in.
It's more Troll than joke. But it does reference a common confusion over GPL that I've run into several times. GPL does not require one to release source unless the binaries are distributed. And since the poster notes "we had planned for no one outside of this company to ever use" the code there would be no reason or requirement to release the source.
You'll want more than a water tank below the computer since water doesn't stop a thermite reaction. Try a couple of layers of firebrick or some other ceramic that won't shatter due to exteme heat.
Slashdot Mirror
Just like Akamai and others were doing 13 years ago...
As long as cops are given the authority to use force above and beyond what ordinary citizens are they expected to behave differently than ordinary citizens. They are supposed to follow the law and follow their training. If they cannot behave better than a typical goon when confronted with an emotionally charged situation then they should not be given any more authority than a typical goon. Ultimately, though, you are correct which is why the idea that only cops should be allowed to carry guns is silly.
You have a very fucked up sense of values if you really believe it is the same as blowing someone's head off.
Not necessarily. NTP allows multiple servers to be specified and will "vote out" obviously incorrect sources.
And I don't need a freeway to quickly get to where I'm going, I can just hop in a private helicopter.
But it's significantly cheaper and more efficient to build a freeway for many people to use than supply a private helicopter for everyone.
Yes yes... we *know* it's not stealing or theft already.
Then why do people continue to use that word to describe it?
Saying theft is not the same as piracy, is like saying
...like saying that piracy is not theft in response to people continuing to use the word theft to describe piracy over, and over, and over, and over... That's what it's like. And it's necessary because despite the repetition people still do not seem to get it.
Yes, copyright infringement technically isn't theft. But it might as well be, and it should carry the same penalty and weight because it's close enough to theft
No, it's not as people have clearly pointed out over and over again. Yet people like you still can't see the difference. Go educate yourself.
I want to see the results of a forensic analysis of the unit to find out why it failed. if the scanner is putting out enough energy to permanently damage the circuits it's a strong argument against the safety of these things.
Same thing applies to Slashdot. Threads of this exact nature pop up every 2 months or so for the last 10 years -- and the point they're trying to make is still incorrect.
No, they aren't trying to make the point you think they're trying to make. The MPAA lies about piracy and its impact on their profits. They distort reality at every opportunity in order to get horrific legislation passed and create propaganda to twist the minds of people who haven't studied the facts. Combating that misinformation is the point of articles such as this. The copyright holders can attempt to choose their business model (though the market may reject it) but they should not be able to distort reality in pursuit of favorable legislation.
Ok. But should taxes be used to capture the costs of externalities not accounted for otherwise?
For instance, the increase in the cost of healthcare caused by polution isn't reflected in the price of gas at the pump. That cost is passed along to society at large. Do you think it's appropriate for that cost to be captured by a tax?
what the hell went wrong?
My theory is that everyone who is in any way involved in UI development now thinks they're the next Steve Jobs and that they are justified in imposing their brilliant and unparalleled vision on everyone.
Slashdot today is a bad joke. I often find better content and discussions on Twitter.
IMHO, part of the problem is that most Slashdot comments are literally bad jokes. Too many of the comments are feeble attempts at humor by some attention starved idiot who believes he/she is far more clever than they actually are.
You forgot the descriptions.
6,339,780 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,579,517 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,652,913 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,758,352 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,791,536 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,897,853 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,339,780 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,778,372 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
5,889,522 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,891,551 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
6,957,233 - Trivial something or other that would be obvious to any developer and is found many other places
There, much more complete and informative.
Would you care to post a link to these statistics? Unless you have information I've not seen published anywhere else, your statement is incorrect and you are spreading misinformation.
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/counting-mexicos-guns/
You start with talking about VOIP via wireless then switch to talking about hard-wired circuit switched technology? What is your point exactly?
I'm pretty sure that VOIP over 3G can carry more simultaneous calls per cell than GSM or CDMA2000 so I'd dispute your claim that it's incredibly inefficient. And compared with a dedicated, circuit-switched 64kbit stream like the ISDN calls you mention, it's VERY efficient.
Sprint and Cricket are CDMA carriers.
The only reason nothing has happened in the last 3-4 years is that the huge backlash caused a *threat* of legislation that made the monopolies back off on their plans. That's not to say they have given up on them, merely realized they need time to spin the issue differently. If there were no threat of legislation there is little doubt in my mind they would have implemented their plans already.
As for it being harder to get into the industry, that's easy to say but do you have the least bit of evidence to back that up? Do you have any idea how difficult it is *now* ??
Satellite is a substandard product compared to DSL and cable due to it's high latencies and other issues. It's really not a direct competitor.
DSL provided by third parties has a history of issues due to the Telcos controlling the physical plant and not providing same level of service to the third party companies or their customers and with playing games for the fees charged to lease the lines. The third party companies are usually marginalized somewhat because of the deck being stacked against them in this way.
Something like this:
http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/ad5sapm-e.asp
or this:
http://www.sataport.com/
I'm sorry to inform you, but you don't have this "right". At least, you don't in the US.
Freedom of speech is not unlimited. There's the oft cited but no-less-true case of shouting fire in a theater. You've no doubt heard the word. You cannot repeat it loudly in a crowed place without repercussion.
Likewise, you cannot sing a copyrighted song in a public place with an audience, at least not without compensating the holder of the copyright.
1) "IP theft"? Aren't you shortcutting this whole conversation by declaring infringement is theft?
2) Copyright infringement, for example, may deprive the owners money. It may not. For example, a person who would otherwise never buy a book might download it's text, burn it, and never look at it again. How does this result in loss of money to the author of that book?
3) A case can be made that derivative works might actually encourage people to purchase the original, supplementing the author's income.
And the Framers were aware of the tradeoffs with IP. Take a look here for example:
http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/10/06/thomas-jefferson-on-patents-and-freedom-of-ideas/
Care to cite one? And while you're looking for one, you might want to check the diets of the Innuit.
It's a shame Thomas didn't finish his statement in an honest way. It would have sounded something like this:
"Well, I...again, I...I'm not sure that that's totally right. But you gotta... you know, get ahead. If you have to ruin some innocent boy's life for your own political gain, then so be it. What, you think this is about justice?"
maybe instead of blindly applying the language, we ought to interpret it in the of the social and technological context of the modern day.
No, because then you wind up with laws based on the whims of whatever administration that came before you. Interpretations are whishy-washy nonsense that depend far too much on a very few people's opinions. The perfect example is Bush's "interpretation" of executive powers and how that will now affect future administrations.
If parts of the Constitution no longer fit with the "social and technological context of the modern day" as written, what should be done is to use the mechanisms described in the document to change it. Then it's an overt, above board process that everyone gets to participate in.
It's more Troll than joke. But it does reference a common confusion over GPL that I've run into several times. GPL does not require one to release source unless the binaries are distributed. And since the poster notes "we had planned for no one outside of this company to ever use" the code there would be no reason or requirement to release the source.
You'll want more than a water tank below the computer since water doesn't stop a thermite reaction. Try a couple of layers of firebrick or some other ceramic that won't shatter due to exteme heat.