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"Leythos" wrote If you don't like what MS is doing, you can only change it by economic pressure, as most companies only look at things based on ROI. If there is a negative ROI for their change, they will see it, but only if you are strong enough to stand by your convictions and not purchase their products. What do you think the pirates are doing? Heh. Alias |
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"Leythos" wrote in message ... In article , aka@[notme] maskedandanonymous.org says... "Leythos" wrote If you don't like what MS is doing, you can only change it by economic pressure, as most companies only look at things based on ROI. If there is a negative ROI for their change, they will see it, but only if you are strong enough to stand by your convictions and not purchase their products. What do you think the pirates are doing? Heh. I would assume that you understand the difference between not purchasing and stealing. Of course, and the pirates are doing both. In fact, MS' strong armed tactics just may motivate people who would otherwise be honest to pirate. Alias |
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Leythos wrote:
In article , |@|.| says... Between 12 and 24 hours later several reporters on the scene noted/saw that Air Force I was flying at low altitude along the Gulf Coast. You guys do understand that he doesn't have to be in the white house to do his job, right? He's fully in contact with the proper people no matter where he is in the world. LOL! Not true. During 911, it was Cheney that was calling the shots. The 911 commission showed that Bush wasn't in always in contact no matter where he was. And it took 3 days for Homeland Security to declare Katrina, "an incident of National significance." This administration's slow response is criminal, and people have died because of it. And the Buck stops in the Oval Office . . . . er, no, Crawford, TX! -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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Leythos wrote:
In article , says... So you've been outed. You have no real argument in favor of MS's Fistula usage-limiting technology nonsense. You are just trying to frustrate those that have valid arguments against what MS is doing. You are just MS's toady! Just like your bringing Bush into the discussion - pointless BS to distract from the discussion and cause disruption. No. I bought it in as an analogy. It is you that focuses on the insignificant while trying to distract from the topic at hand. You snip out one little section of my reply, out of context. I respond to entire posts. But I actually have some self-respect. You will sink to any level to protect your corporate masters. Usage-limiting technologies are anti-liberty. And ALL Americans should be disgusted that such an infringement of our personal liberty is being allow to flourish in our country! Those that willingly argue for usage-limiting technologies are traitors to LIBERTY! -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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I note from TV images there seems to be a LOT of black people swimming =
and almost no white people. The Australian government (and the new zealand government) would have = been prepared if it was one of our australian cities. Guess one should = not be poor and/or black if one needs rescuing. --=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/...nt/001075.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D "kurttrail" wrote in message = ... Leythos wrote: In article , |@|.| says... Between 12 and 24 hours later several reporters on the scene noted/saw that Air Force I was flying at low altitude along the Gulf Coast. You guys do understand that he doesn't have to be in the white house to do his job, right? He's fully in contact with the proper people no matter where he is in the world. =20 LOL! Not true. During 911, it was Cheney that was calling the shots. = The 911 commission showed that Bush wasn't in always in contact no=20 matter where he was. =20 And it took 3 days for Homeland Security to declare Katrina, "an=20 incident of National significance." This administration's slow = response=20 is criminal, and people have died because of it. And the Buck stops = in=20 the Oval Office . . . . er, no, Crawford, TX! =20 --=20 Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"=20 =20 |
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David Candy wrote:
I note from TV images there seems to be a LOT of black people swimming and almost no white people. The Australian government (and the new zealand government) would have been prepared if it was one of our australian cities. Guess one should not be poor and/or black if one needs rescuing. Yep, the vast majority of those left in New Orleans are predominately poor and black. Most of those that had the means to get out, got out before the storm. At least 80,000 people are estimated to have been left behind in New Orleans, and there are about 25,000 in and around the Super Dome. That leaves around 55,000 people still unaccounted for. And the longer these people are left to fend for themselves the more this tragedy will descend into total choas. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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I bet ya China didn't leave anyone behind yesterday from their storm.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/chi...yphoon-slams-= into-coast/2005/09/01/1125302689224.html --=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/...nt/001075.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D "kurttrail" wrote in message = ... David Candy wrote: I note from TV images there seems to be a LOT of black people swimming and almost no white people. The Australian government (and the new zealand government) would have been prepared if it was one of our australian cities. Guess one should not be poor and/or black if one needs rescuing. =20 Yep, the vast majority of those left in New Orleans are predominately=20 poor and black. Most of those that had the means to get out, got out=20 before the storm. =20 At least 80,000 people are estimated to have been left behind in New=20 Orleans, and there are about 25,000 in and around the Super Dome. = That=20 leaves around 55,000 people still unaccounted for. And the longer = these=20 people are left to fend for themselves the more this tragedy will=20 descend into total choas. =20 --=20 Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"=20 =20 |
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On Thursday 01 September 2005 08:20 am, kurttrail had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: David Candy wrote: I note from TV images there seems to be a LOT of black people swimming and almost no white people. The Australian government (and the new zealand government) would have been prepared if it was one of our australian cities. Guess one should not be poor and/or black if one needs rescuing. Yep, the vast majority of those left in New Orleans are predominately poor and black. Most of those that had the means to get out, got out before the storm. At least 80,000 people are estimated to have been left behind in New Orleans, and there are about 25,000 in and around the Super Dome. That leaves around 55,000 people still unaccounted for. And the longer these people are left to fend for themselves the more this tragedy will descend into total choas. Well it appears the authorities are more concerned with private property (not surprising) than saving lives. Why else would they divert the role of law enforcement from life saving/rescue to stopping looting? New Orleans is a disaster zone and they're worried about people stealing sneakers? -- Have you been MicroShafted today? To mess up a Linux box, you need to work *at* it. To mess up a Windows box, you need to work *on* it. |
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"Leythos" wrote in message ... In article , says... It is not my problem that you don't understand copyright law and haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about. I suggest you do some research and read 17 USC 107. I will helpfully provide you a link: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 They key point: "Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright." Perhaps we can have a meaningful debate once you have the slightest clue what you're talking about. So, then we agree, making a COPY to loan a friend violates the law. It might or might not. It depends whether the copy you are loaning a friend meets the provisions of fair use or not. In the words of the US copyright office: "The distinction between 'fair use' and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined". No piece of software can make this distinction. DS |
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"Leythos" wrote in message ... So, again, it does not appear to impact the people that are not violating the law, Just to be 100% clear, is it your position that DRM technologies such as those in Vista will not allow content authors to restrict fair use in ways they currently cannot? Because it is my position that people who are not violating the law *will* be impacted because legal rights they currently have under fair use will be restricted by technical means. DS |
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Why worry MarcusD? As long as you're strong and you're not a trouble maker in this world, who's going to come for you? - Winux P "MarcusD" wrote in message ... MS is not the only one that's going to have a problem with China. Due to the fact that we have now taught the Chinese how to build everything for us, and we have a huge trade imbalance to show for that, not to mention their already huge and very rapidly growing military strength, and their coziness with Russia of late, my thoughts are that we should all be more concerned about our own tails, and not worry so much about microsoft's behind. "beamish" wrote in message ... | Hello, Thanks for the information. | Certain people do not understand the erosion of basic rights. No matter what | they state they "just don't get it". | Microsoft may have future problems but not with file sharing or copying in | the U.S. or Europe. Their problem will be with China, India and Google. | take care. | beamish. | | "GregRo" wrote: | | I apologize for the rant. | | http://snipurl.com/hbl7 | | I have made my decision | | Vista I will not be buying. | | No one is not going to tell me. I can't have access to a part of the | computer or the hard drive. Imagine if a virus, spyware or adaware | got into that protected area and a virus program could not clean it. | | I'm Sticking with xp & windows 98se forever. | | If I have to get a new computer it will be either mac or linux system. | | Greg Ro | |
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"David Schwartz" wrote in
: "Leythos" wrote in message ... In article , says... I apologize for the rant. http://snipurl.com/hbl7 I have made my decision Vista I will not be buying. No one is not going to tell me. I can't have access to a part of the computer or the hard drive. Imagine if a virus, spyware or adaware got into that protected area and a virus program could not clean it. I'm Sticking with xp & windows 98se forever. If I have to get a new computer it will be either mac or linux system. So, what you're saying, is that you want the option to be able to steal media if you choose and it's not the right of the OS vendor to limit you in any way? That's not what he's saying. What he's saying is that he trusts himself more than he trusts his OS vendor. It's a question of who should have the keys to his computer, him or Microsoft. He chooses himself. I would too. DS Pitiful arguments for and against. If you are against copying - then just don't do it! If you are for copying - then think outside the box and buy a scan converter and split your audio out - sending that to a standalone VCR/DVD recorder unit for about $129.00 (US) and shut up. The folks who own the copyrights think folks are not smart enough to realize that you can record things withou a computer - and most of these replies talking about invasion of privacy - lack or respect - etc. just need to learn that nothing can be protected from copying if you think outside the box. cya! |
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David Candy wrote:
I note from TV images there seems to be a LOT of black people swimming and almost no white people. The majority of people who live in the city proper are black, pretty much the same as Washington DC. Many white people also work in New Orleans, but choose to live across that 10 mile bridge. My younger brother when he worked for Shell Oil, lived at the end of Bourbon St his first year but didn't get any sleeep as somebody tried to break into his car every single night setting off the alarm. So he moved across the lake where the rest of the Shell Oil folks lived. |
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