You cannot violate Godwin's Law, unless you have a conversation on Usenet (or, for the sake of argument, the Internet at large) that is of infinite length, and never mentions Nazis or Hitler.
This comment demonstrates that you are yet another member of the ever-growing group of people who have heard of Godwin's Law, but have no idea what it means. Dumbass.
The tools are the ones that sit idly by while the government and the corporations chip away at our rights, bit by little bit. If you're happy to be a complacent little piggy, that's great, have fun at the sausage factory. Just don't insist on dragging the rest of us down with you.
I, as the author of BitTorrent, would like to make it very clear than I have nothing to do with any of the BitTorrent sites, and that BitTorrent is not and never will be designed to be good for illegal distribution.
I further my goals with technology. I build systems to disseminate information, commit digital piracy, synthesize drugs, maintain untrusted contacts, purchase anonymously, and secure machines and homes.
According to the current You Decide feature at KQED.org, some experts claim that the current rating system has had "limited success". That is, even though the ratings may be appropriate for the games, they are rarely, if ever enforced. Of course, others disagree altogether:
"Parents found 13 percent of the games rated 'E' to be clearly objectionable for children 3-7. This year [parents] would have assigned an 'M' to 31 percent of the 'T' games. Our parents think that the ESRB is starting to rate 'on a curve.'"
Dude. Fifty grand. I've been out of work for about six months now, and I'm still living off of my earnings from a fat contract I did last year, and I could probably go another six without breaking a sweat. (Well, okay, I'd sweat some, but I do live in Texas.) I mean, it's good to have savings and everything, but it's also nice to live your own life for a while.
And let me tell you, when I say "fat", I mean "skinny" - it's not even in the same neighborhood as the first prize here. If someone handed me fifty large, I sure as hell wouldn't be working at any job for the next couple of years...
(Unless, of course, they really did create BitTorrent specifically for downloading movies.)
From Bram's website:
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy. [...] I further my goals with technology. I build systems to disseminate information,
commit digital piracy, synthesize drugs, maintain untrusted contacts, purchase anonymously, and secure machines and homes.
Not saying that's wrong - I'm all for it. I'm just sayin'.
When asked how much he used X, he responded "sometimes". Thats crazy.
Why is it crazy? I've been using (and administering) various flavors of unix for the last ten years (Solaris, Mach, *BSD, Linux), and I think the last time I worked in a windowing environment on one of those machines was in 1997. I use a console with screen and emacs for work on servers, and a "real" windowing environment for desktop work. Haven't regretted it for a minute.
I mean, come on. I hate the corporations as much as the next guy, but look me in the eye and tell me with a straight face that X is better. No? Then stop your snickering and get back to work.
I love Project Gutenberg, and I've used and supported it since the pre-web days. However, I don't think they go far enough.
There are plenty of places on the net that one can find and download copyrighted works. Web sites, mail servers, IRC networks, and so on. I've used them extensively, myself. Many of the books I've downloaded, I own, and I got the electronic format for searching, reading on pocket devices, and so on. I think that this is fair - I've paid for the information once, and my sense of Fair Use tells me that it's okay to get this bits in this way.
I've also downloaded many, many books that I do not, nor will ever, own. (Some of these, I will probably never read.) Is this a copyright violation? Almost definitely. Is it ethically wrong? I don't think so. I would probably never buy a new copy of these works. If I hadn't downloaded them, I would have borrowed them from a friend, or a library, or bought a used copy, and sold it back later. None of these legal methods would have earned the author or publishers a cent. So, how are they different from downloading an electronic version? In my eyes, they are not.
I buy plenty of books - hundreds or dollars worth every year. I love to read. I support local authors, and independent publishers. I do not think my actions are criminal. If someone disagrees, tough. You won't stop me, or the legions of other electronic book traders. Ever. Sorry. If it helps, think of us as the "books" in Fahrenheit 451, keeping a distributed library available for public use, in the event that something terrible should happen someday. Eventually, one way or the other, copyright will go away, and the words will be truly free again.
(And anyway, I was just joking. I'd never knowingly violate copyright law. What am I, stupid?)
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The Chinese Room argument is a load of pants. I don't believe it is taken seriously by anyone in the field these days - it has had a large number of holes poked in it, and Searle's reply to each of these flaws is basically, "nuh-uh!"
Hey, it's me. The guy who put together and hosts the New York Times random login generator. First off, thanks for all your cards and letters - I originally just created that page to save myself some trouble, but I'm glad to see that everyone likes it so much.
I'd also like to remind anyone who wants to download, copy, and mirror the source of that page on their own servers, or even as an HTML page on your desktop or whatever. It's just javascript, so it's portable, and that way you'll still be able to use it when the NYT lawyers finally get around to noticing it or they start blocking requests from my page or something. (It will also help distribute my load, though I haven't had any real trouble yet...)
Today I sat through 13 *previews* and 8 ads in the movie theatre.
You've got to be kidding. I mean, okay, the ads I can see being pissed at - what, you're not gouging us enough, you have to sell us, too? - but it's fun to boo and hiss and shout obscenities at the ads with the other movie-goers.
Trailer, though? Man, that's the best part of a lot of movies, especially the crappy movies that get shoveled out these days. Think about it - it's not advertising, it's the best parts of the movie, all edited together into a two-minute package for you! Every preview is like seeing a free movie, only with all the boring parts cut out! Free movies! Isn't that what everyone wants?
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we're moving increasingly towards a society where we don't have to interact with any other people.
Thank god. I fucking hate those guys.
You cannot violate Godwin's Law, unless you have a conversation on Usenet (or, for the sake of argument, the Internet at large) that is of infinite length, and never mentions Nazis or Hitler.
This comment demonstrates that you are yet another member of the ever-growing group of people who have heard of Godwin's Law, but have no idea what it means. Dumbass.
Why is the number forty-two so over-represented?
It is due to a well-known scientific principle called the "law of fives". Look it up.
Or, you could go to a real theatre, like the Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin.
Mmmm, beer.
I have spent many years in the marketing biz, and you do have a point. My job is to push the buttons necessary to get customers to buy.
Kill yourself. Now. Seriously.
Should everything be stolen then?
Yes. Property is theft! Up against the wall, capitalist running dog lackeys!
The tools are the ones that sit idly by while the government and the corporations chip away at our rights, bit by little bit. If you're happy to be a complacent little piggy, that's great, have fun at the sausage factory. Just don't insist on dragging the rest of us down with you.
For those of you who want to join in the fun, get your own Suspected Terrorist tshirts and stuff here.
I, as the author of BitTorrent, would like to make it very clear than I have nothing to do with any of the BitTorrent sites, and that BitTorrent is not and never will be designed to be good for illegal distribution.
The spirit of this statement seems to be in stark contrast to what you say on your website at http://bitconjurer.org/a_technological_activists_a genda.html :
So, which is it?
According to the current You Decide feature at KQED.org, some experts claim that the current rating system has had "limited success". That is, even though the ratings may be appropriate for the games, they are rarely, if ever enforced. Of course, others disagree altogether:
"Parents found 13 percent of the games rated 'E' to be clearly objectionable for children 3-7. This year [parents] would have assigned an 'M' to 31 percent of the 'T' games. Our parents think that the ESRB is starting to rate 'on a curve.'"
How soon they forget...
Ha! Now who's the loser? Me, that's who.
Anyway, you can get the bookmarklet from this page. Or, you know, the usual.
Because they're losers. Instead of holding your breath for the nerd crew to get their shit together, use this bookmarklet instead.
Dude. Fifty grand. I've been out of work for about six months now, and I'm still living off of my earnings from a fat contract I did last year, and I could probably go another six without breaking a sweat. (Well, okay, I'd sweat some, but I do live in Texas.) I mean, it's good to have savings and everything, but it's also nice to live your own life for a while.
And let me tell you, when I say "fat", I mean "skinny" - it's not even in the same neighborhood as the first prize here. If someone handed me fifty large, I sure as hell wouldn't be working at any job for the next couple of years...
When asked how much he used X, he responded "sometimes".
Thats crazy.
Why is it crazy? I've been using (and administering) various flavors of unix for the last ten years (Solaris, Mach, *BSD, Linux), and I think the last time I worked in a windowing environment on one of those machines was in 1997. I use a console with screen and emacs for work on servers, and a "real" windowing environment for desktop work. Haven't regretted it for a minute.
I mean, come on. I hate the corporations as much as the next guy, but look me in the eye and tell me with a straight face that X is better. No? Then stop your snickering and get back to work.
"Asking if a computer can think is like
asking if a submarine can swim."
-E. Dijkstra
Just picking a nit, but I think you mean "googol", not "google". One is a number, the other is a search engine.
Hello? Haven't any of you people seen the Tracey Ullman show? Nobody remembers Herman's Head?
Excuse me, I'm just going to sit here and yell at the kids to get off my lawn now.
I love Project Gutenberg, and I've used and supported it since the pre-web days. However, I don't think they go far enough.
There are plenty of places on the net that one can find and download copyrighted works. Web sites, mail servers, IRC networks, and so on. I've used them extensively, myself. Many of the books I've downloaded, I own, and I got the electronic format for searching, reading on pocket devices, and so on. I think that this is fair - I've paid for the information once, and my sense of Fair Use tells me that it's okay to get this bits in this way.
I've also downloaded many, many books that I do not, nor will ever, own. (Some of these, I will probably never read.) Is this a copyright violation? Almost definitely. Is it ethically wrong? I don't think so. I would probably never buy a new copy of these works. If I hadn't downloaded them, I would have borrowed them from a friend, or a library, or bought a used copy, and sold it back later. None of these legal methods would have earned the author or publishers a cent. So, how are they different from downloading an electronic version? In my eyes, they are not.
I buy plenty of books - hundreds or dollars worth every year. I love to read. I support local authors, and independent publishers. I do not think my actions are criminal. If someone disagrees, tough. You won't stop me, or the legions of other electronic book traders. Ever. Sorry. If it helps, think of us as the "books" in Fahrenheit 451, keeping a distributed library available for public use, in the event that something terrible should happen someday. Eventually, one way or the other, copyright will go away, and the words will be truly free again.
(And anyway, I was just joking. I'd never knowingly violate copyright law. What am I, stupid?)
I think the phrase you're looking for is Make a Bonfire of Your Reputations.
The Chinese Room argument is a load of pants. I don't believe it is taken seriously by anyone in the field these days - it has had a large number of holes poked in it, and Searle's reply to each of these flaws is basically, "nuh-uh!"
Too lazy. Find the links yourself.
You might want to check out TMDA - Tagged Message Delivery Agent. Seems to do pretty much what you're talking about.
SpamAssassin does fine for me, but if you want to go whitelist, then you can do a whole lot worse than TMDA.
The last time I loaded up nethack on my Mac, I was stuck in front of the computer for about 30 hours straight.
If you can't get through an eight hour flight with that, you've got bigger problems than finding free games...
Hey, it's me. The guy who put together and hosts the New York Times random login generator. First off, thanks for all your cards and letters - I originally just created that page to save myself some trouble, but I'm glad to see that everyone likes it so much.
I'd also like to remind anyone who wants to download, copy, and mirror the source of that page on their own servers, or even as an HTML page on your desktop or whatever. It's just javascript, so it's portable, and that way you'll still be able to use it when the NYT lawyers finally get around to noticing it or they start blocking requests from my page or something. (It will also help distribute my load, though I haven't had any real trouble yet...)
Today I sat through 13 *previews* and 8 ads in the movie theatre.
You've got to be kidding. I mean, okay, the ads I can see being pissed at - what, you're not gouging us enough, you have to sell us, too? - but it's fun to boo and hiss and shout obscenities at the ads with the other movie-goers.
Trailer, though? Man, that's the best part of a lot of movies, especially the crappy movies that get shoveled out these days. Think about it - it's not advertising, it's the best parts of the movie, all edited together into a two-minute package for you! Every preview is like seeing a free movie, only with all the boring parts cut out! Free movies! Isn't that what everyone wants?
"If we miss the trailers, I'm leaving!"