dear software companies,

writing music is hard , trying to make it easy for people just makes shitty music , please stop .

kthanxbye

a large pink foot decends into the open mouth of an riaa executive.

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i'm not sure if they are that different but i would expect them to not be completely the same.

It gets very complicated to work out exactly what
is allowed , this thread covers a lot of it.
http://osdir.com/ml/drivers.madwifi.user/2004-09/msg00298.html

in summary - you need to tell your 802.11a adapter if you are using it outside and turbo
mode is an no-no.

There is a definition of 'nomadic' networks where you can pretty much do anything but for a permanent install you are expected to work out your power levels before installation.

transmitting 802.11a outside at non trivial power levels requires a special licence , in the uk.

yes but i'm guessing that most people dont wank over transcripts from patent dispute cases so i
don't think this going to arouse as much interest.

This also leads me to the notion that your score 4 insightfull modding is alluding to the insight that either you suck at idioms or you are patent law fetishist . my money is on the latter ;-)

if they think there is encrypted data and you are withholding it they can have a very good go at trying to get you sent to prison.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/ripa-decryption_keys_power/

You might have noticed the growing amount of descretionary powers that fundamentally assault
our privacy , thats the war on terror/drugs/communism and you are paying for it !

this lovely little law allows the police to send you to prison because you cant decrypt files .
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/14/ripa_encryption_key_notice/

this wont help prevent 'terrorism' because it takes such a long time to go through the legal process that anything remotely time sensitive would be of little use at the end of it.

Even if it was quicker its of no use as anyone with anything serious to hide can use deniable encryption that wouldn't be noticed or multiple layers of keys.

Maybe a good response would be to claim any politican voting for this is a terrorist and have them put in prison for having encrypted files that they cant decrypt . ssl certs should do it or maybe itunes tracks.

anyone fancy helping on this one ?

yeah but his is more polite , thats a win for me

i for one welcome the new soviet amerika meme