No, though I would hire a math teacher who thinks that though calculus is a good tool to use for modelling various relationships, the relationships can better be described using notations which mathematics has not yet worked out.
it is discrimination against impolite people. You should says "the applicant seemed to not understand the basic principles of logic, do not hire" to cover your ass completely
Buying files in a specific format is stupid. If you want to buy music, you should be able to buy rights to listen to music. Get files however you want, in any format.
I create a video player that reads a video file and a decryption key, Neither of these things are part of the video player's code base. I sell you a piece of hardware which includes: 1) The video player software burned into some write-once chip 2) The complete source code for that software.
You have the source-code, and you can compile it yourself in such a way that you can view any keys involved. But you can't* modify the device I sold you (the device itself isn't covered by any license or law requiring it to be easy to modify, just like your cell phone).
And you can't just "remove the DRM" and expect it to work. That would only work in a case where the only "DRM" involved was a "can I play this?" flag, which is so trivial it hardly qualifies (and is specifically not covered by the DMCA, for that matter)
*this ignores the fact that the entire "Is DRM compatible with GPL?" question is moot, since DRM is not compatible with reality
I have a perfect solution! Rather than continuing to use magical cookies which can follow you around and tell everyone where you've been, I'm going to re-implement a cookie-like thing which cannot possibly do anything you don't want!
Here's how it will work: When you go to my website, I will send your browser a "brownie". The "brownie" will just be a short text string. Then, if you want me to track you, simply inform your browser that you would like to send back the "brownie". whenever you connect to my server. In this way, every single connection will require explicit consent to be maintained! If your browser doesn't send the "brownie" with every connection, I won't track you.
The unicorns which maintain the magical cookies that track you without requiring your browser to explicitly send them back every time may be upset by this scheme, but I am never in favour of rejecting a technology simply because it will put people out of work.
Mindspring, and whatever it was called before it was Mindspring, included Trumpet Winsock on the install disk, if I recall correctly. Does this mean I paid for it, or did they steal it and give it to me?
Generally, with proprietary licenses: If you have access to the code, you are allowed to use the code however you want. If you don't have any rights to the code, your employer hasn't negotiated a license, and so you will never see the code.
I could have sworn the problem there was that "open with default viewer" was activated with the same action as "allow this program to do anything it wants to with my files"
Stop using passwords. Passwords suck. Any time you are currently exchanging a shared secret is a time you should be exchanging public keys. Don't worry about "man-in-the-middle" if the alternative is "man anywhere on either side or the middle at any point now or in the future."
If you only want to run Linux, Sony has NEVER required you to upgrade. You only need to upgrade to access the PSN. This has always been the case. The PS3 Slim did not come with Linux support, but that's okay because it didn't come with Linux support, just like my XBox or my Waffle Iron.
We can give them the protections of a person as soon as we are willing to punish them for the same things. In short: When we are willing to imprison dolphins for stealing from or raping other dolphins, kill dolphins for killing other dolphins, and fine dolphins for swimming in the wrong areas, then we can think about protecting them as people.
Sneaking people out of enemy territory while working as a diplomat is not "diplomacy" any more than sneaking nuclear secrets out of a military base while working as a janitor is "cleaning"
No, diplomacy is "I don't like this, but I'm going to let it happen because I believe the alternative could lead to something worse", not "I actively support this, but I'll say I actively oppose it in order to maintain my ability to actively support it". The latter is at best subversion and at worst lying for political gain. Yes, that's a huge ground which ranges from highly moral to completely amoral behaviour, but "diplomacy" isn't what you can call any of it.
Isn't anyone going to stand up and say that preventing children from accidentally coming across pornography has absolutely NO benefit? Pornography is not amoral. Pornography is normal. Accidentally stumbling across pornography is exactly as bad as accidentally stumbling across a lolcat. "Think of the children"? Okay, I think the children will not be warped by seeing some porn. Not wanting children to take part in pornography is one thing. Not wanting children to spend all day looking at pornography is one thing. Not wanting children to accidentally stumble on porn is ridiculous.
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No, though I would hire a math teacher who thinks that though calculus is a good tool to use for modelling various relationships, the relationships can better be described using notations which mathematics has not yet worked out.
it is discrimination against impolite people. You should says "the applicant seemed to not understand the basic principles of logic, do not hire" to cover your ass completely
A cap is network neutrality.
Because they can't say "You can only use Netflix if you pay us a fee", they'll instead put a blanket cap on usage.
And that's exactly as it should be.
Buying files in a specific format is stupid. If you want to buy music, you should be able to buy rights to listen to music. Get files however you want, in any format.
I create a video player that reads a video file and a decryption key, Neither of these things are part of the video player's code base.
I sell you a piece of hardware which includes: 1) The video player software burned into some write-once chip 2) The complete source code for that software.
You have the source-code, and you can compile it yourself in such a way that you can view any keys involved. But you can't* modify the device I sold you (the device itself isn't covered by any license or law requiring it to be easy to modify, just like your cell phone).
And you can't just "remove the DRM" and expect it to work. That would only work in a case where the only "DRM" involved was a "can I play this?" flag, which is so trivial it hardly qualifies (and is specifically not covered by the DMCA, for that matter)
*this ignores the fact that the entire "Is DRM compatible with GPL?" question is moot, since DRM is not compatible with reality
"You won't let me sell food in your movie theater? But that's ridiculous! YOU sell food in your movie theater!
I have a perfect solution! Rather than continuing to use magical cookies which can follow you around and tell everyone where you've been, I'm going to re-implement a cookie-like thing which cannot possibly do anything you don't want!
Here's how it will work: When you go to my website, I will send your browser a "brownie". The "brownie" will just be a short text string.
Then, if you want me to track you, simply inform your browser that you would like to send back the "brownie". whenever you connect to my server.
In this way, every single connection will require explicit consent to be maintained! If your browser doesn't send the "brownie" with every connection, I won't track you.
The unicorns which maintain the magical cookies that track you without requiring your browser to explicitly send them back every time may be upset by this scheme, but I am never in favour of rejecting a technology simply because it will put people out of work.
Mindspring, and whatever it was called before it was Mindspring, included Trumpet Winsock on the install disk, if I recall correctly. Does this mean I paid for it, or did they steal it and give it to me?
The point is: you generally aren't given access at all unless "however you want" already fits neatly into the "whatever they want you to" box
Generally, with proprietary licenses: If you have access to the code, you are allowed to use the code however you want. If you don't have any rights to the code, your employer hasn't negotiated a license, and so you will never see the code.
a "fractured internet" is bad for the network, so if it ever came to that it would just mean typing:
tech.slashdot.org.internic
if you wanted to ensure you were being unambiguous. It really would not have been the end of the world.
If people are using passwords to log in remotely, your IT infrastructure is already broken.
due to the nature of the Kinect sensor, only one robot can look at the same object at the same time, or they will both be effectively blind.
no, they don't.
I could have sworn the problem there was that "open with default viewer" was activated with the same action as "allow this program to do anything it wants to with my files"
Stop using passwords. Passwords suck.
Any time you are currently exchanging a shared secret is a time you should be exchanging public keys.
Don't worry about "man-in-the-middle" if the alternative is "man anywhere on either side or the middle at any point now or in the future."
I am free to fork laws, I just can't get the changes merged upstream without going through an approval process, just like any other project.
given that all of these lawsuits are over uploads, not downloads, couldn't you just...not upload?
I mean really, how hard is that?
If you only want to run Linux, Sony has NEVER required you to upgrade. You only need to upgrade to access the PSN. This has always been the case.
The PS3 Slim did not come with Linux support, but that's okay because it didn't come with Linux support, just like my XBox or my Waffle Iron.
"NASA's funding keeps getting cut, and yet we're spending trillions on war like it's nothing"
"War, eh? We can do that in space, sure."
The amount of benefit a human gets from food is not measured in kilograms.
We can give them the protections of a person as soon as we are willing to punish them for the same things. In short: When we are willing to imprison dolphins for stealing from or raping other dolphins, kill dolphins for killing other dolphins, and fine dolphins for swimming in the wrong areas, then we can think about protecting them as people.
Sneaking people out of enemy territory while working as a diplomat is not "diplomacy" any more than sneaking nuclear secrets out of a military base while working as a janitor is "cleaning"
No, diplomacy is "I don't like this, but I'm going to let it happen because I believe the alternative could lead to something worse", not "I actively support this, but I'll say I actively oppose it in order to maintain my ability to actively support it". The latter is at best subversion and at worst lying for political gain. Yes, that's a huge ground which ranges from highly moral to completely amoral behaviour, but "diplomacy" isn't what you can call any of it.
Isn't anyone going to stand up and say that preventing children from accidentally coming across pornography has absolutely NO benefit? Pornography is not amoral. Pornography is normal. Accidentally stumbling across pornography is exactly as bad as accidentally stumbling across a lolcat.
"Think of the children"? Okay, I think the children will not be warped by seeing some porn. Not wanting children to take part in pornography is one thing. Not wanting children to spend all day looking at pornography is one thing. Not wanting children to accidentally stumble on porn is ridiculous.
Pornography itself does not cause anything bad.