This is one of the very few sites I have whitelisted for adblock and noscript.
+1. Mike has been very careful in the past...he is one of the few that have done so. I hate 99% of the websites out there because they allow their advertisers to pop-up, pop-under, and play ridiculous noises ("You've won!") I have whitelisted this site for adblock/noscript/noflash, because most of the ads here are stuff that I might use and I have yet to see any stupidity here that I've seen elsewhere.
Yeah, but we don't steal the shoulders and claim them as our own.
No, Bob Dylan, we don't.
The only folks who do tend to be the copyright maximalists themselves...because, gosh darn it, when they steal the shoulders and claim them as their own, they should be the only ones. Comes with the massive sense of entitlement they seem to all have.
Re: Re: "The secret police" are hated with good reason.
The really big criminal fish wil find out how it works - and then have an edge over you because you still assume they don't know.
Chances are the really big criminal fish had a hand in developing and implementing the system. There is nothing they need to find out because they already know. The same folks that developed Rape-Scan and other technological weapons against freedom and the constitution.
Chris, the idea of IPv6 is in part that every device can and will be given a unique IP within a network. That is to say that DHCP will not longer be useful (and may in fact be discouraged), because your individual devices (by MAC address) will always have the same IP within a given network (assign once, never have to reuse).
DHCP is not discouraged in IPv6. DHCPv6 is very much a part of a solid IPv6 network architecture (though other systems can also be used.) Just because something has a static (non-changing) IPv6 address doesn't mean that DHCP is no longer necessary. In fact, all of my systems use DHCP even though their IP addresses never change, so that any network changes can quickly be propagated. If you change a DNS server or some other element on the network, DHCPv6 allows for quick propagation of that change to the network.
Sure, your cable modem and devices behind the cable modem don't need DHCP, but for large network architectures (more than 200 hosts,) DHCP is still a very important tool for administrators. Don't take our tools away just because you can't use them effectively or securely in your mad dash to make the world better for yourself at the expense of everyone else.
Good stuff Mike. I even like the video with Rosen...this is a good snapshot in time view at the issues. The average public really doesn't know or care about the issues now, much less in the future, and most of the people I know don't realize how much copyright maximalists are struggling to remove their freedoms and outlaw human nature.
I do have to say that while I had a little respect for Moby, after hearing him on StarTalk last Sunday, and then hearing him here, I do have to say I have far more respect for him...just because he has sat down and thought through the problems and has come up with an argument of his own, unlike many other musicians who just spout what their recording company/manager says. I wish more people would sit down and logically look at the problem and come up with their own arguments. I also find it interesting that he has noted the negativity online too...I think it is interesting that some of our most vitriolic and negative people here are "Anonymous Cowards." But at the same time, what I see is often people who are either not-genuine shills or people who are anarchists trying to disrupt healthy discussion of topics, and they tend to be exposed and ignored during discussions instead of getting what they want. Too bad Moby won't ever see my comment since he has chosen to ignore the medium.
Beyond the cyclical elections is the uglier life cycle of corruption that turns law school grads into lifetime politicians, who in turn become lobbyists, thus ensuring that the system can always regurgitate self-serving legislation like some sort of 3-piece-suit-wearing Ouroboros.
Heh. I have been thinking for a while that we should go to electing our representatives like we do for Jury Duty. Obviously there would need to be serious checks and balances, but imagine opening your mailbox and finding a summons to be the next representative for your district, with a minimum two year term. I think we'd get rid of a lot of the draw into politics by putting the people who don't want to be in politics in the position of being in politics.
Don't think it would work, but it has got to be better than the current system, isn't it?
People need to stop whining about the TSA and start choosing another mode of transportation if they don't like the way the TSA operates their searches.
I am sorry, but this just sounds like something a rapist would say after a rape..."the victim deserved what she got because she was in the wrong place or was wearing the wrong clothing." It isn't right, regardless to the circumstances, and it really doesn't matter what the victim did.
And I hate to tell you this, but TSA is branching out to the other modes of transportation too. How long before we have random TSA inspections for people driving cars like they have for interstate checkpoints?
The sample video only shows that, if you delete all of the inflection parts, delete all of the differences, you can find similarities. It's not like there are a million different notes to work with, right?
And yet the trolls come in here and say it isn't music unless it is original. We stand on the backs of giants. There is nothing new under the sun...only modifications of existing content (or, what copyright maximalists call "derivatives".) I agree with the statement that a lot of this work is different from where it came from, but where do we draw the line. If we add two notes to a sample, it is derivative and not a good example, but if we add a couple different vocal patterns, inflection, etc., it is brand new and worth copyright protection. It is all so darn subjective.
Heh, I thought Clerks 2 was pretty good. Certainly had a lot of quote-worthy lines in it. "Porchmonkey. No, it's ok, I am taking it back."
If anything, Clerks 2 was a parody of Clerks 1. Maybe not on the same level as Dogma, but Clerks 2 was certainly more fun to watch then Transformers 3.
The world worked fine without it and will move on fine once it self-destructs.
You forgot "You damn kids, get off my lawn." And it helps to shake your cane at them too.
Sorry dude. The world moves on and curmudgeons like you slip away. If Facebook collapses, there will be someone else jumping in to take over just like Facebook took over for MySpace.
Are you trying to use copyright law for protection?
Who?
Dude, TAM, we care about you, get some medical help. Nobody except the number one hacker in the world, Sir Gregory Evans (knighted by Kate Libby, a.k.a. Acid Burn, queen of the hackers,) claims copyright protection. Mike specifically says that he considers his stuff to be public domain and isn't interested in going after Evans.
When somebody dies, their estate is liable for whatever debts they owe. I think you're missing that major point.
What if the dead guy owed millions of dollars to someone else when they died. Do you share in the loss too? What if the dead guy authored some books. Do you get publishing rights? Can you make a movie from their works? What if right before he died, he donated all of his possessions to a charity...can you now extort the charity?
I suspect you don't even want to know the truth - can't take the risk it might lead you to form a reasoned opinion.
No, if they do that then they will be worthless to their paymasters. It is best that they clear their mind of all truth and reason and continue to state the opinion they've been paid to say.
You're almost right...but not. Police are there to enforce laws. If they think that someone is committing criminal activity and they want to make an arrest, they need to know specifically what law is being broken and they must witness it. Otherwise, a judge would need to issue an arrest warrent.
Kinda. A police officer can arrest anyone who they have a preponderance of evidence to suggest committed a felony, whether in their presence or not. So if you commit a felony, and I have enough evidence to show that you committed the crime, I can arrest you solely on that evidence. With misdemeanors, it must be done in my presence (or the presence of a citizen who is willing to sign a complaint,) or I must obtain an arrest warrant (showing the judge that I have enough evidence that I am pretty sure you did it.)
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Does this mean they are just going to ask Mike to remove the post and delete all of the evidence without turning it over to anyone?
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+1. Mike has been very careful in the past...he is one of the few that have done so. I hate 99% of the websites out there because they allow their advertisers to pop-up, pop-under, and play ridiculous noises ("You've won!") I have whitelisted this site for adblock/noscript/noflash, because most of the ads here are stuff that I might use and I have yet to see any stupidity here that I've seen elsewhere.
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No, Bob Dylan, we don't.
The only folks who do tend to be the copyright maximalists themselves...because, gosh darn it, when they steal the shoulders and claim them as their own, they should be the only ones. Comes with the massive sense of entitlement they seem to all have.
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Might be better to include links so that people know what it is you're talking about...
Operation Fast and Furious
ATF/FBI Forced Gun Stores to Sell to Felons
FBI Allowed Firearms to Criminals after Consulting with ATF
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Re: Re: "The secret police" are hated with good reason.
Chances are the really big criminal fish had a hand in developing and implementing the system. There is nothing they need to find out because they already know. The same folks that developed Rape-Scan and other technological weapons against freedom and the constitution.
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Shhh...Eejit. Dark Helmet hasn't come in here yet. :)
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When it goes above "apple," let us know... $1,apple.00 is a lot of money.
[Forgive the Dr. Who reference...]
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A question for you, Mike
DHCP is not discouraged in IPv6. DHCPv6 is very much a part of a solid IPv6 network architecture (though other systems can also be used.) Just because something has a static (non-changing) IPv6 address doesn't mean that DHCP is no longer necessary. In fact, all of my systems use DHCP even though their IP addresses never change, so that any network changes can quickly be propagated. If you change a DNS server or some other element on the network, DHCPv6 allows for quick propagation of that change to the network.
Sure, your cable modem and devices behind the cable modem don't need DHCP, but for large network architectures (more than 200 hosts,) DHCP is still a very important tool for administrators. Don't take our tools away just because you can't use them effectively or securely in your mad dash to make the world better for yourself at the expense of everyone else.
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I do have to say that while I had a little respect for Moby, after hearing him on StarTalk last Sunday, and then hearing him here, I do have to say I have far more respect for him...just because he has sat down and thought through the problems and has come up with an argument of his own, unlike many other musicians who just spout what their recording company/manager says. I wish more people would sit down and logically look at the problem and come up with their own arguments. I also find it interesting that he has noted the negativity online too...I think it is interesting that some of our most vitriolic and negative people here are "Anonymous Cowards." But at the same time, what I see is often people who are either not-genuine shills or people who are anarchists trying to disrupt healthy discussion of topics, and they tend to be exposed and ignored during discussions instead of getting what they want. Too bad Moby won't ever see my comment since he has chosen to ignore the medium.
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Re: Good question.
Heh. I have been thinking for a while that we should go to electing our representatives like we do for Jury Duty. Obviously there would need to be serious checks and balances, but imagine opening your mailbox and finding a summons to be the next representative for your district, with a minimum two year term. I think we'd get rid of a lot of the draw into politics by putting the people who don't want to be in politics in the position of being in politics.
Don't think it would work, but it has got to be better than the current system, isn't it?
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Ray Bradbury's Frost and Fire (1946)
Jeesh, I can play that game too.
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I am sorry, but this just sounds like something a rapist would say after a rape..."the victim deserved what she got because she was in the wrong place or was wearing the wrong clothing." It isn't right, regardless to the circumstances, and it really doesn't matter what the victim did.
And I hate to tell you this, but TSA is branching out to the other modes of transportation too. How long before we have random TSA inspections for people driving cars like they have for interstate checkpoints?
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And yet the trolls come in here and say it isn't music unless it is original. We stand on the backs of giants. There is nothing new under the sun...only modifications of existing content (or, what copyright maximalists call "derivatives".) I agree with the statement that a lot of this work is different from where it came from, but where do we draw the line. If we add two notes to a sample, it is derivative and not a good example, but if we add a couple different vocal patterns, inflection, etc., it is brand new and worth copyright protection. It is all so darn subjective.
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Re: Re: Kevin Smith is so awesome...
Heh, I thought Clerks 2 was pretty good. Certainly had a lot of quote-worthy lines in it. "Porchmonkey. No, it's ok, I am taking it back."
If anything, Clerks 2 was a parody of Clerks 1. Maybe not on the same level as Dogma, but Clerks 2 was certainly more fun to watch then Transformers 3.
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You forgot "You damn kids, get off my lawn." And it helps to shake your cane at them too.
Sorry dude. The world moves on and curmudgeons like you slip away. If Facebook collapses, there will be someone else jumping in to take over just like Facebook took over for MySpace.
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Who?
Dude, TAM, we care about you, get some medical help. Nobody except the number one hacker in the world, Sir Gregory Evans (knighted by Kate Libby, a.k.a. Acid Burn, queen of the hackers,) claims copyright protection. Mike specifically says that he considers his stuff to be public domain and isn't interested in going after Evans.
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What if the dead guy owed millions of dollars to someone else when they died. Do you share in the loss too? What if the dead guy authored some books. Do you get publishing rights? Can you make a movie from their works? What if right before he died, he donated all of his possessions to a charity...can you now extort the charity?
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No, if they do that then they will be worthless to their paymasters. It is best that they clear their mind of all truth and reason and continue to state the opinion they've been paid to say.
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Yup...long day. Probable cause to arrest, reasonable suspicion to detain.
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Kinda. A police officer can arrest anyone who they have a preponderance of evidence to suggest committed a felony, whether in their presence or not. So if you commit a felony, and I have enough evidence to show that you committed the crime, I can arrest you solely on that evidence. With misdemeanors, it must be done in my presence (or the presence of a citizen who is willing to sign a complaint,) or I must obtain an arrest warrant (showing the judge that I have enough evidence that I am pretty sure you did it.)
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