Before making it illegal to circumvent TPMs, shouldnt Canada make it mandatory for manufacturers to warn Canadians that the media and devices we buy use TPMs? Especially since most Canadians dont know what TPMs are? Canadians dont recognize TPMs. We think we are doing something wrong when we are prevented from copying digital photos we [...] read more »
Back of a Blu-ray Disc. I took this. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Efectivamente son muchas las posibilidades de venta de diferentes productos y servicios online, pero hace falta disponer de herramientas que nos permitan generar los servicios en el formato que nuestros posibles compradores, desean obtenerlos. Una de estas herramientas que facilita nuestra vida es aiseesoft, que dispone de numerosas herramientas (os dejo el enlace de descarga del trial) con algunos ejemplos de las posibilidades que ofrece: ... read more »
В работе системного администратора часто бывают ситуации, когда приходится из подручных средств создавать запчасть для компьютера или ноутбука. К примеру, что делать, когда нет DVD привода, а нужно переустановить windows на ноутбуке? Вспомнилось мне это, когда читал приколы из жизни сисадминов. Какой-то американский форум админов. Поступает мессадж: Люди помогите, у меня на одном компутере кнопка [...] Related posts: Есть такая профессия системный администратор На работу срочно требуется системный адми... read more »
Image via Wikipedia Honest Questions From a Simple Man. This discussion follows on from last week's debateabout honesty. Here's the link, if you want to visit that first: http://stuartaken.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/is-copying-same-as-theft.html. Theo: We'd reached the conclusion that you'd beprepared to pay what you saw as a reasonable amount for things like CDs, DVDsand books. But that it was acceptable to steal these objects if they wereoverpriced. Dave: I wouldn't put it like that. Theo: How woul... read more »
Image via Wikipedia Honest Questions From a Simple Man. We continue the debateregarding the heading 'When is Theft Not Really Stealing' from last week. Ifyou missed it, you might want to start there. Here's the link: http://stuartaken.blogspot.com/2012/03/when-is-theft-not-really-stealing.html Theo: Last time, we established that there's ageneral public attitude about petty theft from the place of work that considers suchthings as the taking of small items of stationery, chatting around the watercool... read more »
Bill C-11, Canadas so-called Copyright Modernization Act has passed second reading in the House of Commons and is now before the parliamentary committee. Since I am preparing my debut novel for eBook release, Im trying not to pay attention, yet I find myself reading Russell McOrmonds Bill C-11 Legisative Committee coverage. Russell is both Live [...] read more »
Fortunately Bill C-11 has not yet become law. Yet. Unfortunately it is only a matter of time before our majority government passes this misguided copyright modernization legislation currently called Bill C-11. [This is the exact same law that was called Bill C-32 by the previous Conservative Government. Earlier incarnations were known as Bill C-61: An [...] read more »
The weekend is fast approaching. For this coming weekend, I’m thinking of just staying indoors the whole two days and just relax. I don’t even want to think about getting out of bed and dressing up to go somewhere, even if you dangle the mall right in front of me. I would much rather stay [...] read more »
Thanks to Nicole for getting together the DVD of The Frog Prince of which this is a short trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqw-caAtYYsfeature=youtu.be read more »
Oh my... Flow: For the Love Of Water, is another DVD that makes you truly think about the state of the world and how lucky we are to live in Malaysia where most have access to a reasonably clean low cost water supply. It seems the human races' general lack of respect for our natural environment combined with for-profit water companies are quickly leading us down a very sad and unhealthy path. The movie raises the question, "Can anyone really own water?" What do you think? read more »
