Note to Brits: Sometimes it works well to dump the tea in the harbor and tell the government where to stick it in situations like this. Also be carefull where that leads you 200 years hence.
The internet is not a thing. Its not even an idea anymore. It is a way.
Its a way to talk to others;
Its a way to make your voice heard.
Its a way to do business.
Its a way to love.
Its a way to play.
Its a way of life.
Way, way, way.. fill in all the blanks you can think of, tomorrow it will be a way to do something you've never even considered.
The reason this foolish politician's non-talk about 'tubes' is so puzzlingly infuriating is that he denegrates what has become one of mans greatest achievments of thought, and perhaps the "way" to true equality among men, by calling it a "thing" like hayseed-oil or cow farts. Then he tries to help himself to control over it.
Anyone who "gets" the internet instinctively feels this as a threat to their way of life.
Mines that think... and move around. By themselves. With all of the trouble the plain old stupid ones have caused? Is anyone else here experiencing that haunting feeling that humanity is deeply, deeply fscked up right now?
"A large part of the issue is that much OpenBSD development takes place abroad, where having to do clean-room reverse-engineering isn't as important."
Nonsense. Everyone knows that lots of patents and lawyers encourages innovation. You must be mistaken on this point./sarcasm.
Sigh, I guess we knew it was coming but as a 'merican, Its still hard to see stupid policy beginning to drag us off the world stage of innovation.
Well, if he thinks Intel and Micky-soft are bad, just wait till the Riaa gets wind of the fact that the entire third world will be turned into a giant mesh network of children eager for "American culture". $100 laptops = the worlds largest network of "pirates" "stealing" from the RIAA. Egads! 100's of millions of CROOKS who will blatently STEAL from the poor starving artists represented by the Labels!!! This must be stopped! We must spend years developing DRM for these machines before we can even think of releasing them!
Lets face it, if that band of brigands, the so called "Doctors Without Borders" will stoop to the outright theft of patented life saving drugs by using so called "generics", whats to stop a bunch of kids from doing the same? Not to mention the the devestation caused by the mass release of computers infected with this so called "Linux" which clearly has ties to pedophiles, terrorists, and organized crime.
And don't be lecturing me about this "Zero marginal cost" communist crap. The poor are supposed to lead horrible lives and die gruesome deaths. If they don't, us rich people won't feel quite as, well, rich.
Ok, that's all the irony I can handle for the moment.
It will be when the "one" person who is doing all of the work suddenly realizes that its just not worth it any more and quits that all of the management, marketing, lawyers and government will get the message that maybe something has gone wrong.
Want to see it happen in America? Watch the doctors. Should be coming any day now...
On a related note, here's a riddle : How many management, marketing, lawyers and government lackeys would it take to save a heart attack victim?
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Note to Brits: Sometimes it works well to dump the tea in the harbor and tell the government where to stick it in situations like this. Also be carefull where that leads you 200 years hence.
The RIAA lawyer claims in the lawsuit that this unauthorized decryption is a clear violation of the DMCA...
The internet is not a thing. Its not even an idea anymore. It is a way. Its a way to talk to others; Its a way to make your voice heard. Its a way to do business. Its a way to love. Its a way to play. Its a way of life. Way, way, way.. fill in all the blanks you can think of, tomorrow it will be a way to do something you've never even considered. The reason this foolish politician's non-talk about 'tubes' is so puzzlingly infuriating is that he denegrates what has become one of mans greatest achievments of thought, and perhaps the "way" to true equality among men, by calling it a "thing" like hayseed-oil or cow farts. Then he tries to help himself to control over it. Anyone who "gets" the internet instinctively feels this as a threat to their way of life.
It is actually illegal to buy large blocks of lottery tickets for this very reason.
Like a thousand sharks suddenly being jumped at once....
Consumers sued for skipping scenes they don't like, violating copyright and "artistic integrety"...
Mines that think... and move around. By themselves. With all of the trouble the plain old stupid ones have caused? Is anyone else here experiencing that haunting feeling that humanity is deeply, deeply fscked up right now?
I'm Old!
The mob has a limited number of thugs with guns. Uncle Sam? Not so much.
"A large part of the issue is that much OpenBSD development takes place abroad, where having to do clean-room reverse-engineering isn't as important." Nonsense. Everyone knows that lots of patents and lawyers encourages innovation. You must be mistaken on this point. /sarcasm.
Sigh, I guess we knew it was coming but as a 'merican, Its still hard to see stupid policy beginning to drag us off the world stage of innovation.
Well, if he thinks Intel and Micky-soft are bad, just wait till the Riaa gets wind of the fact that the entire third world will be turned into a giant mesh network of children eager for "American culture".
$100 laptops = the worlds largest network of "pirates" "stealing" from the RIAA. Egads! 100's of millions of CROOKS who will blatently STEAL from the poor starving artists represented by the Labels!!! This must be stopped! We must spend years developing DRM for these machines before we can even think of releasing them!
Lets face it, if that band of brigands, the so called "Doctors Without Borders" will stoop to the outright theft of patented life saving drugs by using so called "generics", whats to stop a bunch of kids from doing the same? Not to mention the the devestation caused by the mass release of computers infected with this so called "Linux" which clearly has ties to pedophiles, terrorists, and organized crime.
And don't be lecturing me about this "Zero marginal cost" communist crap. The poor are supposed to lead horrible lives and die gruesome deaths. If they don't, us rich people won't feel quite as, well, rich.
Ok, that's all the irony I can handle for the moment.
It will be when the "one" person who is doing all of the work suddenly realizes that its just not worth it any more and quits that all of the management, marketing, lawyers and government will get the message that maybe something has gone wrong. Want to see it happen in America? Watch the doctors. Should be coming any day now... On a related note, here's a riddle : How many management, marketing, lawyers and government lackeys would it take to save a heart attack victim?