A monopolist's most efficient weapon is the inability of so many people to grasp the danger of monopolies.
If "this stops" at this point altogether, one plausible scenario is that some time from now we won't be able to access public authority sites' information other than from a Microsoft platform. With banks we're already there, in many cases. Is this enough?
What about a public highway where you can drive only with a single make of car?
You inadvertently touched the sore spot. You're going to drive your car because its proof of property is safely kept in a public Registration board, and because you're promptly gonna report if your car is stolen.
People often DO get in trouble with their cars if they leave them unattended for long periods of time. And when you sell your car I'm sure you're not so easy-going, and hurry to notify the authorities that starting on day X you're no longer responsible for that car, don't you?
Should we put all this in place for songs in electronic format, too?
It is as simple and even less effective than writing the name of the owner on a bicycle to prevent stealing it.
To solve this problem you need what is already in place for cars, houses, planes and ships: a government-run public Registration Board. And a legislation which forces the owner to report theft to authorities. And we all know how effective is the police on solving car-theft cases. Can one reasonably propose this for a real estate of 1/4 of a square millimeter on a hard disk? (just guessing on the math).
As unpleasant as it might be, some problems have just no satisfactory solution.
... when it comes from people with little intelligence, as happens to many other theories/ideologies/religions.
There are notable exceptions, though. Otherwise you would not see Nobel prize laureates in Physics and Medicine accused of being racists, or, more appropriately, of having said something which is widely considered unacceptably racist.
And this notwithstanding the de facto taboo imposed on scientifically based debate on genetic racial differencies.
Quite reminds me of XVII century Catholic Rome on the issue: "Sun and Earth, which one is turning around the other?".
So you might expect non-aligned scientists are not exactly queueing up to speak out.
I am not endorsing racism, but I'm quite hostile to taboos. And not just because they are usually more dangerous than the truth.
The end to racism will occur when science, through scientific method, will show beyond reasonable doubt that all human races have the same genetic potential in terms of mental skills. And this takes research, lot of it. The scientific method forces us to be open-minded in terms of which the result will be.
In my country (Italy) almost the opposite happens.
If I got you right, you're not complaining about innocent jailed people.
I can't see the upside of having offenders free on the street instead of locked up.
Being robbed or assaulted twice in the same week by the same guy is extremely crude. In Italy, this may happen.
Men and women are not that same. Men migrate towards "things" and women migrate towards "humans"
So, ultimately men win almost all Nobel prizes in Physics and women almost all in Literature. Er... no, not really.
We must be missing something here, buddy...
there's nothing inherently ludicrous about legally requiring people to remember things
I disagree, because of your geneneric phrasing.
There are very few "things" you are legally forced to remember; for example, where you placed your car, gun, airplane, or nuclear submarine. Typically, it is mandatory to register these "things", for the authorities to know who is the owner and who is responsible for their custody.
As you might notice, they have something peculiar in common - consider this a riddle.
No such obligation for a book you might have bought at the bookstore, although a book might be extremely dangerous (ask your favourite dictator).
Nonetheless, if you cannot find your car you are not likely to be treated as a criminal, provided you promptly notify the authorities.
I'm wondering how many/.ters ever played around with Truecrypt just to try it and left there a couple of files
- time to build a few more supermaxes.
You seem to grossly miss a point: a password might easily be really forgotten. Ever happened to you?
How would you, as a lawmaker, fairly address this situation?
Put everyone in jail, just to be sure to catch the deceitful villain, too?
-anything- in support of the client's position is permissable
And that's perfectly right, provided that "anything" is within the law.
If we as people focus on lawyers' morality instead of getting better laws made, that's our mistake.
If you bother dishwashing your keyboard you should probably be wearing gloves 50% of the time for sanitary reasons. I guess compressed air & alcohol on the parts touched by fingers would nicely do.
When I was 14 years old I was seduced (I dare not say the other way around) by a gorgeous 35 years old woman. After 30 years I may well state I was NOT adversely affected by that experience, in any conceivable way.
The idea that the woman could have undergone legal troubles for what happened plainly revolts me. We should apply punishment only when we are positively sure some damaged has been caused to someone. I was NOT raped. In similar cases no one should assume that rape was committed. At least, a psychological investigation should be required.
There's no such thing as a witch in the world. So please stop hunting.
Maybe you could have heard this from a poet who just believes it would be silly to put a cop after each schoolgirl who writes (pardon: steals) his verses on her diary.
If these files start cropping up on The Pirate Bay, it just demonstrates what a crock of shit the "restriction of rights" argument always was. People just want music for free.
"People" is not a single-brained being. Crooks and thieves are among people. Law-abiding individuals are, too. Should we restrict everyone's rights based on what the worst deserve?
The real problem here is, no public official register is in place for MP3s (unlike for cars). This would be the only way to curb unauthorized use of copyrighted music. Otherwise, how can you enforce the property (or fair licensed use) of an MP3 file recorded on a lost/stolen CD? In the current situation, should we report to the police the theft or loss of "our" MP3s?
The cost and inconvenience of a registry, of course, would be unreasonably high.
The real solution is, if you make music for a living, give up revenues other than from concerts and public appearances, and regard free distribution of music as low cost marketing for your primary product. You'll make a nice amount of money anyway and your mood will improve.
While technically well written and clear Well, is it? From the article:
"The DNS namespace has a tree structure, where every node has a parent except the root node, which is its own parent."
This isn't correct. The root node is no exception and DOES have a parent, which is named in the last clause of the quoted sentence.
Sure, this sounds overly meticulous, as any good formal definition should be. Just rewrite:
"The DNS namespace has a tree structure, where every node has a parent, with the root node being its own parent."
Have a look at USA's behavior when their soldiers are responsible of crimes like murder and rape. And I'm not talking about countries where the USA are at war. Just places where there are American bases, in friendly states. Do they ever get estradite to the places where there committed these crimes?
The point is, murder, drug trafficking and IP infringment should have neither comparable punishments nor should those charged with these counts get comparable treatment. Period. Ever heard about hanging a guy for fishing a trout in the King's pond?
For the sake of brevity I omitted the following in my first post.
1) Actually the method I suggested would require only partially standardized battery technology. Form factors, definitely yes, but take AA batteries for example. Same size, but they can be Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, Li-Ions, with capacity varying from approx 1000 to 3000 mAh. You can use all of them in your AA-power gadgets.
2) Batteries should be common property of the distributing companies, not of car owners. You pay for the Ah, not for the battery itself. The station's electronics will check the packs you give in, your car's electronics those you receive.
BTW: currently you don't have this guarantee of quality on the gas you pump into your tank.
The way to go: standardized modular battery packs which can be quickly replaced with recharged ones at the station by an automated machine. This would largely address the issue of painfully low-energy batteries (compared to a gas tank). It will be much less of a hassle to recharge (change) them frequently.
Recharging will be made off-line (and possibly off-peak).
Sure, a battery replacing robot is far more complicated and expensive than a cable. But less than an automated car-washer. And talking about economy of scale, nothing compares to car-related devices.
Slashdot Mirror
A monopolist's most efficient weapon is the inability of so many people to grasp the danger of monopolies.
If "this stops" at this point altogether, one plausible scenario is that some time from now we won't be able to access public authority sites' information other than from a Microsoft platform. With banks we're already there, in many cases. Is this enough?
What about a public highway where you can drive only with a single make of car?
Does anyone here seriously believe there is such thing as a "flawless lock"?
You inadvertently touched the sore spot. You're going to drive your car because its proof of property is safely kept in a public Registration board, and because you're promptly gonna report if your car is stolen.
People often DO get in trouble with their cars if they leave them unattended for long periods of time. And when you sell your car I'm sure you're not so easy-going, and hurry to notify the authorities that starting on day X you're no longer responsible for that car, don't you?
Should we put all this in place for songs in electronic format, too?
It is as simple and even less effective than writing the name of the owner on a bicycle to prevent stealing it.
To solve this problem you need what is already in place for cars, houses, planes and ships: a government-run public Registration Board. And a legislation which forces the owner to report theft to authorities. And we all know how effective is the police on solving car-theft cases. Can one reasonably propose this for a real estate of 1/4 of a square millimeter on a hard disk? (just guessing on the math).
As unpleasant as it might be, some problems have just no satisfactory solution.
The momentum of continental drift is immense
Emigrate to a civilized country, where lifelong enslavement of former employees is unlawful.
Please mod me troll, not funny.
There are notable exceptions, though. Otherwise you would not see Nobel prize laureates in Physics and Medicine accused of being racists, or, more appropriately, of having said something which is widely considered unacceptably racist.
And this notwithstanding the de facto taboo imposed on scientifically based debate on genetic racial differencies.
Quite reminds me of XVII century Catholic Rome on the issue: "Sun and Earth, which one is turning around the other?".
So you might expect non-aligned scientists are not exactly queueing up to speak out.
I am not endorsing racism, but I'm quite hostile to taboos. And not just because they are usually more dangerous than the truth. The end to racism will occur when science, through scientific method, will show beyond reasonable doubt that all human races have the same genetic potential in terms of mental skills. And this takes research, lot of it. The scientific method forces us to be open-minded in terms of which the result will be.
I hate people who can't understand what's going on around them!
Why are you modding the parent funny? The guy's serious!
Any more luck with STDs, maybe, being STorage Devices? Nice gift for a geeky Christmas Eve night ...
In my country (Italy) almost the opposite happens.
If I got you right, you're not complaining about innocent jailed people.
I can't see the upside of having offenders free on the street instead of locked up.
Being robbed or assaulted twice in the same week by the same guy is extremely crude. In Italy, this may happen.
"Anyone who surreptitiously installs a rootkit in anyone else's computers thrice shall be kicked out of business"
So, ultimately men win almost all Nobel prizes in Physics and women almost all in Literature. Er ... no, not really. ...
We must be missing something here, buddy
I disagree, because of your geneneric phrasing.
/.ters ever played around with Truecrypt just to try it and left there a couple of files
- time to build a few more supermaxes.
There are very few "things" you are legally forced to remember; for example, where you placed your car, gun, airplane, or nuclear submarine. Typically, it is mandatory to register these "things", for the authorities to know who is the owner and who is responsible for their custody. As you might notice, they have something peculiar in common - consider this a riddle.
No such obligation for a book you might have bought at the bookstore, although a book might be extremely dangerous (ask your favourite dictator).
Nonetheless, if you cannot find your car you are not likely to be treated as a criminal, provided you promptly notify the authorities.
I'm wondering how many
You seem to grossly miss a point: a password might easily be really forgotten. Ever happened to you?
How would you, as a lawmaker, fairly address this situation?
Put everyone in jail, just to be sure to catch the deceitful villain, too?
And that's perfectly right, provided that "anything" is within the law.
... democracy?
If we as people focus on lawyers' morality instead of getting better laws made, that's our mistake.
BTW, how was it called
IANAL
If you bother dishwashing your keyboard you should probably be wearing gloves 50% of the time for sanitary reasons. I guess compressed air & alcohol on the parts touched by fingers would nicely do.
We all use English language, most of the time without addressing grateful thoughts to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Joyce and many others.
Many of us don't contribute to this "other people's work" (too many do and should not).
When I was 14 years old I was seduced (I dare not say the other way around) by a gorgeous 35 years old woman. After 30 years I may well state I was NOT adversely affected by that experience, in any conceivable way.
The idea that the woman could have undergone legal troubles for what happened plainly revolts me. We should apply punishment only when we are positively sure some damaged has been caused to someone. I was NOT raped. In similar cases no one should assume that rape was committed. At least, a psychological investigation should be required.
There's no such thing as a witch in the world. So please stop hunting.
--
Do As God Himself Did: Have Just One Child
Maybe you could have heard this from a poet who just believes it would be silly to put a cop after each schoolgirl who writes (pardon: steals) his verses on her diary.
The real problem here is, no public official register is in place for MP3s (unlike for cars). This would be the only way to curb unauthorized use of copyrighted music. Otherwise, how can you enforce the property (or fair licensed use) of an MP3 file recorded on a lost/stolen CD? In the current situation, should we report to the police the theft or loss of "our" MP3s? The cost and inconvenience of a registry, of course, would be unreasonably high.
The real solution is, if you make music for a living, give up revenues other than from concerts and public appearances, and regard free distribution of music as low cost marketing for your primary product. You'll make a nice amount of money anyway and your mood will improve.
Well, is it? From the article:
This isn't correct. The root node is no exception and DOES have a parent, which is named in the last clause of the quoted sentence.
Sure, this sounds overly meticulous, as any good formal definition should be. Just rewrite:
"The DNS namespace has a tree structure, where every node has a parent, with the root node being its own parent."
Have a look at USA's behavior when their soldiers are responsible of crimes like murder and rape. And I'm not talking about countries where the USA are at war. Just places where there are American bases, in friendly states. Do they ever get estradite to the places where there committed these crimes?
The point is, murder, drug trafficking and IP infringment should have neither comparable punishments nor should those charged with these counts get comparable treatment. Period. Ever heard about hanging a guy for fishing a trout in the King's pond?
In serious systems spare disks are not "around", they are "inside" and go by the name of hot spares. This of course does not relieve from replacing.
1) Actually the method I suggested would require only partially standardized battery technology. Form factors, definitely yes, but take AA batteries for example. Same size, but they can be Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, Li-Ions, with capacity varying from approx 1000 to 3000 mAh. You can use all of them in your AA-power gadgets.
2) Batteries should be common property of the distributing companies, not of car owners. You pay for the Ah, not for the battery itself. The station's electronics will check the packs you give in, your car's electronics those you receive.
BTW: currently you don't have this guarantee of quality on the gas you pump into your tank.
Recharging will be made off-line (and possibly off-peak).
Sure, a battery replacing robot is far more complicated and expensive than a cable. But less than an automated car-washer. And talking about economy of scale, nothing compares to car-related devices.