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Tom, I love Muddle. Great idea. This message must be short, because I need to return to Muddle. |
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239. Tom 7 (user-1121qok.dsl.mindspring.com) –
04 Jun 2002 22:18:47
[ FLAMING TEXT ]
hehe, thanks. |
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238. Anonymous (squidproxy3.mecnet.net) –
04 Jun 2002 08:15:55
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"do" |
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237. Anonymous (squidproxy1.mecnet.net) –
04 Jun 2002 08:15:33
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No, you really so sux |
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236. Anonymous (squidproxy3.mecnet.net) –
04 Jun 2002 08:15:09
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This site sux |
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That 'smushroom' is not one of your favorites is a TRAVESTY. I mean, GOOMBAS! GOOMBAS! Hahaha. |
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234. Jim Witte (jswitte@bloomington.in.us) (d-138-120.dhcp-156-56.indiana.ed) –
29 May 2002 13:40:39
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<i>Notice, furthermore, given that (just to name two), the "Arial" and "Times New Roman" TrueType fonts are close copies of Mergentaler's "Helvetica" and "Times" typefaces (which would have had to have been created by reverse-engineering the latter, something that is clearly illegal under the DMCA), why shouldn't the DMCA be used to prosecute Apple and Microsoft for patent and copyright infringement? </i><br><br>
The odd thing is, that <b>both</b> Times and Times New Roman are included in the standard system software for Macintosh, which I assume means that Apple has paid a distribution license. So are Arial and Helvetica. I'm not familiar with the "politics" of how/why TNR and Arial were created, but if it was to try to get around copyright, it seems a bit silly for Apple to include both them and their "inspirations" as well (unless people just <i>liked</i> them..) |
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233. Tom 7 (user-1121r4r.dsl.mindspring.com) –
25 May 2002 13:55:51
[ Well, ]
Thanks! |
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232. -veZero (cache-haw.cableinet.co.uk) –
25 May 2002 13:21:47
[ Well, ]
I had to post a comment. There were none on the page, so I had to post. Its like the law or something. |
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231. Anonymous (ip68-96-54-89.ph.ph.cox.net) –
25 May 2002 02:34:49
[ Multi.Babel! ]
Right now I am talking |
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230. Jim Witte (jswitte@bloomington.in.us) (d-138-88.dhcp-156-56.indiana.edu) –
24 May 2002 14:09:31
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Hello,
I just finished reading the article on Slashdot concerning the Content Protection Status Report recently submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee recommending, among other things, requiring all analog to digital converters to be equipped to detect copyright watermarks in analog media. I propose the formation (under the official auspecies of the ACM or otherwise) of a nationwide ACM Student Digital Freedom Initiative to mobilize grassroots awareness and support against such actions by the media companies and Congress. I have sent the following message to Dr. Rob Kling, faculty advisor to the Indiana University Bloomington Student Chapter of the ACM:
"I have just finished reading a very disturbing article by the EFF
concerning the "Content Protection Status Report" which the MPAA filed
last month with the Senate Judiciary Committee calling for legal
regulation of analog to digital converters - specifically suggesting
that "in order to help plug the hole, watermark detectors would be
required in all devices that perform analog to digital conversions. In
such devices (e.g., PC video capture cards), the role of the watermark
detector would be to detect the watermark and ensure that the device
responds appropriately." This is a quote from the Status Report, which
can be found at
http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/content_protection.pdf . This
report comes on the heels of Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings' Draconian
"Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act", a renamed
version of his SSSCA bill requiring copyright protection mechanisms be
built into practically all digital technology.
As many people on Slashdot pointed out, this is a totally impractical
"solution" as ADC's are components in so many technologies we take for
granted today, from cell phones to hearing aids to fuel-injection
systems. It could quite possibly dramatically drive up the cost of any
number of digital devices, as well as severly endangering such pursuits
as building your own PC from parts or studying electrical engineering
(it's true that the law would probably have a statutory requirement for
a "fair use" exception, but this did not stop Edward Felten and Tom
Murphy from being threatened under the DMCA. Felton is a Princeton
professor who was threatened regarding his academic work for his
academic work regarding the Secure Digital Music Initiative. Tom Murphy
is a Carnegie Mellon University student who wrote a program to flip the
embedding bit of TrueType fonts and si currently being legally
threatened by Agfa Monotype - see
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/01/2026234&mode=thread&tid=103
for a discussion and http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~twm/embed/dmca.html for
details of his correspondence with Agfa's lawyers.
The Content Protection Status Report calls for the Broadcast
Protection Discussion Group to be able to ban the production of digital
television devices that had not been approved by three Hollywood
studios. The ACM has publicly stated that it is opposed to the CBDTPA
(http://www.acm.org/membernet/stories/cbdtpa.html) I would like the
Indiana University ACM chapter to begin a movement to mobilize
grassroots university opposition the continuing efforts of the content
industries to unduly restrict digital freedoms, efforts which could be
seriously questioned on Consitutional grounds, and possible on
anti-trust grounds as well. For this purpose, I am proposing a first
meeting of the ACM Student Digital Freedom Initiative. Please respond
to me with your throughts on such a meeting. I will also be contacting
Tom Murphy concerning this proposal, to try to raise support at CMU."
I would like your feedback about arranging a similar meeting at CMU.
Thank You,
Jim Witte
jswitte@bloomington.in.us |
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229. Tom 7 (user-1121qld.dsl.mindspring.com) –
22 May 2002 00:15:35
[ Free Plexiglass! ]
Sorry, maybe the title is misleading: they're free for me, not other people.
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228. Anonymous (209-162-47-19.thegrid.net) –
21 May 2002 18:49:46
[ Free Plexiglass! ]
How large are they? I need some plexiglass to go at the bottom of a wrought iron fence. I live in the desert and need to keep the critters out of my yard. |
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Me like seizure robots. Eyes hurt. Stinging. STINGING PAIN IN HEAD!!!!!! MAKE THEM STOP!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<><><>~~~~~~~~~<><><>~~~~~~~~~~~<><><>~~~~~~
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226. Tom 7 (user-112027u.dsl.mindspring.com) –
19 May 2002 21:42:59
[ Commerce Week 2002 ]
K: That's the idea!
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Nice of you to buy a ping pong table in preparation for my visit...so I can whoop yo ass.
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224. Jason Scheirer (itservwks37.shared.rico.lcl) –
15 May 2002 20:00:15
[ Commerce Week 2002 ]
I think the main source of research that comes out of universities is from the lecture doodle. Assemble a large enough collection of notebooks full of drawings, I hypothesize, and all the mysteries of the universe will be solved (in between pictures of llamas). |
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No IDE raid, you need floppy raid! Floppy raid smokes all other hd configs! You need it, you need it... |
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I'm glad that you are standing up for yourself, Tom. I despise bullies. Those people make me want to vomit. I can't believe I live in the same country as them.
I truly hope there really is a Heaven and Hell; I'm convinced that people like that will BURN for what they are doing to normal people. There is absolutely no way that God isn't taking notice...
I've been a senior developer in the printing and publishing industry for the last 15 years, now, and I carry some clout in my organization. One thing is for sure, we won't be buying anything from their organization, not if I have anything to say about it. They are effectively blacklisted here. |
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220. Marc (sar67.resnet.usf.edu) –
12 May 2002 18:20:23
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I downputted the new Wilco album a few days ago, I can scp 2 u too. But I'm not so sure I'd recommend listening to it, hmmm, maybe I still ought to listen to it more...
I think the new Mirah album is much better, 'tis what excites me up the most lately, just got it a few days ago. You want that too? Did you like the first album? This one's very different, though. Megabomb though, definitely megabombom. |
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Oh, I didn't think of that, scanning... Okay, I went accross the street & scanned it 4 u & scp it 2 u. |
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218. Tom 7 (user-112025l.dsl.mindspring.com) –
11 May 2002 19:53:23
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Three Qs for clar/disc!
I'll be around for your visit, so make sure to give me a call.
I haven't heard Wilco yet, but, GBV tomorrow at rosebud! I'm slowly getting back into music... |
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217. M (202.3.148.71) –
11 May 2002 13:09:11
[ FLAMING TEXT ]
its really gr8 ... |
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