Comment Re:He was surprised?! (Score 1) 358
INB4 'But Apple store is private property'. When you are open to the public it is public space even though it is privately owned. Public space and privately owned are not mutually exclusive.
At the very least you will get thrown out, if not have the police called on you.
And that is the only thing they could do, also calling the police is excessive. Ask him to leave with his equipment, everything remaining will be taken to the trash. Unless he refuse to leave or become violent, there is no need to involve the police. Not much bad were done because this was a public space where there is no expectation of privacy anyway. Do something useful, go rage about all the other camera that is filming everyone, everywhere without anyone's consent.
I don't like being secretly filmed and I don't like his 'art' project, but this is clearly a case of abuse and intimidation, a symptom of police state and yet an other proof that fascism live on in America.
Does it not realise that a desktop is not a tablet?
They are moving away from desktop, clearing the way for 2013 year of the Linux desktop.
Doesn't explain why they need rights to distribute and create derivative works.
Creating a thumbnail or a document preview would constitute a derivative work. Displaying it on your browser would be distribution.
Even if you could, it's trivial to block ping scans at the firewall in the same way as unsolicited connections
You have five minutes to have your mom accomplish that task, it being trivial and all.
Go.
Easy. Mom, open the configuration panel of the router and click on "block ping scans". It just just under the "reject unsolicited connections" option.
inb4, Mom can't use the configuration panel. Then go upstairs and do it yourself... that would also make your complain moot.
I agree. You can copyright a derivative work of the language but not the language itself. For instance, you can copyright a book written in English but not the English language.
Could you copyright a translation? It's not the same words, it's even not the same language. Only the idea of the original text remain. Right?
A translation is considered a derivative work and it's distribution can only be authorized by the copyright owner. Ideas can in fact be copyrighted. If ideas are copyrightable, why not the idea of a language?
This is obviously wrong because by that reasoning everyone would be violating copyright the second they read, listen or speak to anyone. Everything is build on previous realisation(eg: derivative work), this is the definition of culture. Through all these frivolous lawsuits abuse, these greedy fucks will eventually cause their own destruction. The public will eventually see copyright for what it is; a prison for the mind. Maybe then we can have nice things, maybe then we can abolish copyright.
Often such illness manifests itself as awkwardness in other parts of life.
Welcome to the War On Awkwardness. Suspicion breeds confidence. We're all in it together.
Skype being closed source this is always a possibility, but even if true at least only the government can eavesdrop and not every criminal/Rupert Murdoch.
>Implying that governments are not criminal.
Less than 1% of the desktop market can't justify development for an entire alternate platform?
Except that the development was already paid, in full, and Linux support was a requested by many backers. What the investors demand will be taken into lot more consideration then some comments on an Internet forum. That is why this kickstarter project is different.
Also, Linux is more then 1% of the desktops but there is no point debating that with someone that still think this is 1995.
Exactly. How long until cell phone coverage is shutdown during a protest because a change in public opinion would be a threat to national security? Cell phone are essential for reporting, especially when cops can take your equipment away because 'photography is now allowed'. Uploading picture as they are taken would allow the public to see what would remain hidden under load of disinformation. This is what corrupted government are really afraid about.
Also next time an official say 'national security', remember that it is not about security of the nation or of it's peoples but the government that is in power. In a democracy we can replace the government at will, they do not need exceptional rights suppressing protection. When a government is gone, we will just elect a new one.
When a protest become a threat to their job security, it is time for them to go.
"Uh, which agency . . . ?"
"That's secret."
"Well, how do I find out about the agency . . . ?"
"You need a security clearance."
"And how do I get one . . . ?"
"That's secret."
. . . etc. . .
"Then i will just refer to you as the gestapo. What it is that you want?"
What backwater do you live in? Most libraries will let you borrow ebooks.
The Internet is the library. It is the greatest library of all time and we are allowing it to be burnt down.
You may not be aware of this, but when a person donates a book, he no longer has the book!
There is only one copy of the book. The internet is the computer, the local disk is only a cache for optimisation purpose. The same way that all your so called 'legit' files have copy all over the disk, ram and cpu. Essentially, the book is multiplexed and no user are accessing the same byte at the same time (not guaranteed but simultaneous access is very unlikely).
Why users sharing a computer system should not be able to access the same data? Why peoples in the same room should not share a book?
Yeah, computer allow to do amazing things that are not possible with paper. It's called progress, and you can't do shit about it.
So what constitutional rights are being curtailed or even threatened?
None. Until you realize that it enabled them to search your vehicle under 'reasonable suspicion' because the system incorrectly flagged(Honest mistake, really!) your car as stolen...
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. -- James F. Byrnes
