It's always best to view a shower after midnight local time. It's because that side of the earth is facing into the path of the earth's orbit around the sun which gives a better view.
"The thing is... I don't think a free and open internet is possible together with strong, enforcable and actively enforced copyright laws. "
It's more than copyright, and pirating. It's also the inability for content producers to let go of their old business model from the heydays of records and physical media. So therefore it's about control. The internet can give artists all the tools they need for production, distribution and marketing, completely eliminating the big grubs of media. This is one of their worst fears. Since the refuse to join the here-and-now, they will continue to battle the future, the internet, and our very freedoms. Whatever it takes, they will do, so that nothing breaks their 'glass house'.
Of course all thees laws are vague, because thees congress critters proudly admit they have no clue how the internet works, both technically and socially. All they have is big media and greedy thugs telling them this is the right thing to do. They look at all the zeros on the checks they receive from said entities and say "Yes they must be correct and the internet is too free and open. My gosh anyone of the %99 can express their opinion! It has no place in our profit driven power hungry society. And this is exactly why they don't want to know.
"how far are people willing to go to do something about it?"
Problem is most people are unaware, less us slashdotters, or don't care or both. There are more of them than there are us. And by the time they figure it out the horse has already left the barn. Don't forget too, people are sheep.
So set up an encrypted tunnel to your home machine and set it up so you can browse the web through the tunnel as if you were at home. Slower perhaps, but worth it. If they are injecting stuff, then what else are they doing? Looking at your traffic?
"SMART counter ticks over to some magical number and starts reporting health issues"
I have seen drives in rather bad shape - dropping sectors left and right, high re-maped sector count, seek retries - and smart says they are healthy:)
In New York it's quite the opposite. You had better have good proof your life was in immanent danger before using deadly force - even if you caught some one breaking into your house. In NY, If you shot and killed him and he was unarmed, your probably going to jail. In florda there is a "castle law" that allows you to shoot to kill anyone in your house or property even if unarmed.
Spinrite is not that meaningful thees days since drives don't give you that low level access to the media like the days of old. Since you can't low level format drives which was one of spinrites strong points, save money and use badblocks. Use badblocks in read/write mode with random test pattern or worst case test pattern a few times. Then do a SMART long self test. Keep an eye on the pending sector count and the reallocated sector count. A drive can remap a difficult sector without you ever knowing unless you look there. Also keep an eye on drive temperature, even a new drive can act flaky if it gets too hot.
Scary thing is fake parts also find their way into commercial aircraft as well. There is a large black market for cloned aircraft parts and low budget airlines cant resist buying them and they are hard to tell if they are real or not.
When I was a young computer geek - the very first month I used and understood the internet sooo many years ago, I knew this GREAT THING - this great concept - would be a threat to a lot of people and would never survive in it's current form. I'm just surprised it lasted this long.
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My cousin is here with me now, and we are discussing this topic. And his answer is so stupid and simple I must bounce it off you guys.
:) )
He says: "If you don't like this system, then don't fly. Case closed. No one is forcing you to fly anywhere."
PS: He is a known teetotaler and rule follower. (He did not see me write that part
It's always best to view a shower after midnight local time. It's because that side of the earth is facing into the path of the earth's orbit around the sun which gives a better view.
I's been cloudless for weeks here. Now a meteor shower is coming and so is the bad weather. I can't catch a break!
ARRRGGGGG!
Come on, lets Striesand them. And throw in a Rick Roll for good measure.
"a data spillage" I love that term. I am gonna start using that at work.
What kind of mop do you think that would require?
Thank goodness he missed the planet by 67 million miles..
"it's to reward the artists."
But big media shafts the artists too, it's a double edged sword.
"We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of the dream."
Willy Wonka
"The thing is... I don't think a free and open internet is possible together with strong, enforcable and actively enforced copyright laws. "
It's more than copyright, and pirating. It's also the inability for content producers to let go of their old business model from the heydays of records and physical media. So therefore it's about control. The internet can give artists all the tools they need for production, distribution and marketing, completely eliminating the big grubs of media. This is one of their worst fears. Since the refuse to join the here-and-now, they will continue to battle the future, the internet, and our very freedoms. Whatever it takes, they will do, so that nothing breaks their 'glass house'.
But it's not legitimate..... It's ridiculous.
There should be laws preventing from teaching this crap.
I love your fish analogy.. How about:
If you teach a man to fish, or give a man a fish, you both get slapped with a massive law suit.
Of course all thees laws are vague, because thees congress critters proudly admit they have no clue how the internet works, both technically and socially. All they have is big media and greedy thugs telling them this is the right thing to do. They look at all the zeros on the checks they receive from said entities and say "Yes they must be correct and the internet is too free and open. My gosh anyone of the %99 can express their opinion! It has no place in our profit driven power hungry society. And this is exactly why they don't want to know.
"how far are people willing to go to do something about it?"
Problem is most people are unaware, less us slashdotters, or don't care or both. There are more of them than there are us. And by the time they figure it out the horse has already left the barn. Don't forget too, people are sheep.
So set up an encrypted tunnel to your home machine and set it up so you can browse the web through the tunnel as if you were at home. Slower perhaps, but worth it. If they are injecting stuff, then what else are they doing? Looking at your traffic?
"SMART counter ticks over to some magical number and starts reporting health issues" I have seen drives in rather bad shape - dropping sectors left and right, high re-maped sector count, seek retries - and smart says they are healthy :)
In New York it's quite the opposite. You had better have good proof your life was in immanent danger before using deadly force - even if you caught some one breaking into your house. In NY, If you shot and killed him and he was unarmed, your probably going to jail. In florda there is a "castle law" that allows you to shoot to kill anyone in your house or property even if unarmed.
Spinrite is not that meaningful thees days since drives don't give you that low level access to the media like the days of old. Since you can't low level format drives which was one of spinrites strong points, save money and use badblocks. Use badblocks in read/write mode with random test pattern or worst case test pattern a few times. Then do a SMART long self test. Keep an eye on the pending sector count and the reallocated sector count. A drive can remap a difficult sector without you ever knowing unless you look there. Also keep an eye on drive temperature, even a new drive can act flaky if it gets too hot.
Hey Watch it!
Scary thing is fake parts also find their way into commercial aircraft as well. There is a large black market for cloned aircraft parts and low budget airlines cant resist buying them and they are hard to tell if they are real or not.
Or their servers get hacked and forced off line for days or weeks.. :)
I have been playing SimCity for years. No longer. Do you think they will ever get it?
And don't forget nightly incremental backups..
Yes. I agree. It seems like the armies are massing, and battle lines are being drawn.
"I think it's time to quit TV and go totally internet"
But the powers that be are trying to turn the internet into TV. So where does that leave us?
Don't forget toilets that charge more for larger turds.
When I was a young computer geek - the very first month I used and understood the internet sooo many years ago, I knew this GREAT THING - this great concept - would be a threat to a lot of people and would never survive in it's current form. I'm just surprised it lasted this long.