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This case is another example of a NH police force gone mad, and as you can read in the comments section to my post, it is not the first time, as I note in this post:

http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/07/kingc ast-presents-police-beat-down-in.html

Nor is it the first time that NH officials have applied arcane laws to try to screw a little guy.

Fact: They tried to do it with trespassing statutes to nail undocumented workers. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2005/08/nh-po lice-chiefs-busted-on-immigration.html

Fact: They tried to do it with a ridiculous reading of an extortion statute to indict me for writing a Demand Letter from the NAACP regarding an incident of police abuse. That case, in Cheshire County Superior, has shattered and continues to fall apart. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/06/kingc ast-presents-syllabus-of-court.html

Fact: They tried to bring in police spy cameras out in Monadnock; seems its okay for them to monitor us but when we monitor them we get a problem, yo. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/03/monad nock-residents-reject-police-spy.html

So with respect to my situation, I'm retaliating by video taping everything that happens in the case, using a professional film maker, some of which you can see at KingCast.net.

Peace.

This case is another example of a NH police force gone mad, and as you can read in the comments section to my post, it is not the first time, as I note in this post:

http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/07/kingc ast-presents-police-beat-down-in.html

Nor is it the first time that NH officials have applied arcane laws to try to screw a little guy.

Fact: They tried to do it with trespassing statutes to nail undocumented workers. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2005/08/nh-po lice-chiefs-busted-on-immigration.html

Fact: They tried to do it with a ridiculous reading of an extortion statute to indict me for writing a Demand Letter from the NAACP regarding an incident of police abuse. That case, in Cheshire County Superior, has shattered and continues to fall apart. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/06/kingc ast-presents-syllabus-of-court.html

Fact: They tried to bring in police spy cameras out in Monadnock; seems its okay for them to monitor us but when we monitor them we get a problem, yo. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/03/monad nock-residents-reject-police-spy.html

So with respect to my situation, I'm retaliating by video taping everything that happens in the case, using a professional film maker, some of which you can see at KingCast.net.

Peace.

This case is another example of a NH police force gone mad, and as you can read in the comments section to my post, it is not the first time, as I note in this post:

http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/07/kingc ast-presents-police-beat-down-in.html

Nor is it the first time that NH officials have applied arcane laws to try to screw a little guy.

Fact: They tried to do it with trespassing statutes to nail undocumented workers. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2005/08/nh-po lice-chiefs-busted-on-immigration.html

Fact: They tried to do it with a ridiculous reading of an extortion statute to indict me for writing a Demand Letter from the NAACP regarding an incident of police abuse. That case, in Cheshire County Superior, has shattered and continues to fall apart. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/06/kingc ast-presents-syllabus-of-court.html

Fact: They tried to bring in police spy cameras out in Monadnock; seems its okay for them to monitor us but when we monitor them we get a problem, yo. http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/03/monad nock-residents-reject-police-spy.html

So with respect to my situation, I'm retaliating by video taping everything that happens in the case, using a professional film maker, some of which you can see at KingCast.net.

Peace.

The point of encryption is that as the cryptographer I can choose to make the problem as hard for the attacker as I want to. The cost of performing the encryption is roughly proportional to the square of the number of bits. The cost of breaking the encryption increases as 2 to the power of the number of bits.

2^128 is a very big number. If the entire planet was turned into a vast computer with circuits an atom across it would take longer than the life of the universe to break an AES key by brute force.

I blogged earlier on the cluelessness of the Gallileo business model. Charging for something someone else is giving away is so 1990s. It only makes sense if there is something going on here we have not been told about. A requirement for europeans to pay to use Gallileo for example.

from TFB...

"A great statement as it is, but you better believe the first thing we're going to do is paint the house red. Please don't ask me why I'm going to paint it red. Like the beer keg, I think we can all agree it's just one of those things that has to be done."

Also Popular Mechanics ran an article on this like 4 months ago. In fact it was on the cover of that issue.

I was trying to remember where I somewhat recently read about this technology and thank you for reminding me that it was in Popular Mechanics.

I can't find a link to the Popular Mechanics article (I think it was in the february 2006 issue) but you can read more about this technology here http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2005/02/hybrids-hybrid-b oats-hybrid-ships-and.html and the following link has some more information as well as some interesting pictures/diagrams http://www.primidi.com/2005/03/07.html .

It is pretty amazing how much more efficient the sails can make a ship, from the last link I mentioned:

"cargo vessels can increase their speed by a minimum of 10% -- in the example given speed is increased yet by 2.25 bends, equaling 15%. Alternatively by using the SkySails propulsion fuel savings of up to 50% can be implemented."

It showed that using 1200 litres of fuel per hour a normal ship would cruise at ~15.5 knots and a skysail enhanced ship would cruise at close to 18 knots, not too bad of a speed gain. If the skysail ship wanted to cruise at 15.5 knots instead then fuel consumption would drop from 1200 litres per hour to around 550. That is just awesome and I really hope this goes into wide use where it is feasable to use it.

I disagree entirely, the number 1 person at a company always has a huge inlfuence over not only the corporate direction but also the 'ambience' of the company. examples are listed here http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/fish-r ots-from-head.html How else can you exlain when someone leaves/arrives at a company only to find changes percolating throughout the company at such a rapid rate that cant be calculated on just personal influence. Cheers, Dean

Please stop quoting this guy[1]. It's very old speculation from and NDA's are soon up.

1 - http://sharikou.blogspot.com/2006/04/conroe-perfor mance-claim-being-busted.html

Well, I dunno, but something says to me that he didn't got his home just yet: http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/2006/07/intere sting.html

Or ... if he indeed has successfully traded his paperclip for a house, somebody forgot to inform the guy himself.

Cheers,
Tristan

"The problem with free speech is that some people don't know that just because you have a right to speak freely, doesn't mean that you have a obligation to do so."

That may be thye problem, but it's far outweighted by its benefits.

And even if it weren't; the real solution is not muffling free speech; it's forbidding taking actions based on racism or other forms of discrimination. The line should be drawn THERE, not by 'free speech'.

Arguments about something that *could be* the 'start' is fairly useless, when that start isn't illegal on itself. Dicussions and open debates about virtually anything that is currently illegal (for instance, drug-use) could be seen as a 'start', otherwise. It's the actions that should be punished, not the speech.

(And sometimes, I think it can be warranted even to disregard 'illegal' actions, in some specific cases. See http://newsbyte.blogspot.com/2006/06/lawand-why-to -say-bullocks-some-times.html

I'm all for using gold and silver, especially for savings purposes, but the Liberty Dollar system does not give me a feeling of confidence. A blog post I made last year about it: The Liberty Dollar: All It's Cracked Up to Be?

Which reminds me, I should start updating that blog again. I've been neglecting it recently.

Gee, I wonder why the man would insist on anonymity...

It is not the role of journalists or newspapers in Singapore to champion issues, or campaign for or against the Government.

On the other hand, that could be a fairly good reason to want to stay anonymous.

If a columnist presents himself as a non-political observer, while exploiting his access to the mass media to undermine the Government's standing with the electorate, then he is no longer a constructive critic, but a partisan player in politics.

This sounds to me an awful lot like "You'll stay healthy as long as you say what we want you to say", given that Singapore is a one-party state and "partisan players" are literally criminals by definition. (I'm not being that unfair here: you'd be charged with violating the Internal Security Act. A Socialist who had the terminity to run against the government got hit with 23 years for that, eventually getting out in 1989 (source: http://friskodude.blogspot.com/2004/08/singapore-p olitical-dissidents.html ) More recently, the limping and ineffectual Opposition Party is busy seeing its key members get sued to death for "defamation" for calling the government, uh, less than a paragon of transparently democratic virtue.).

By the way, for the 430,000 Slashdotters who will say "Yeah, but Dubya is worse": whens the last time someone knocked on your door for illegal partisanship?

I'm sure you're willing to agree that Google developed some new software to process these transactions. This software may contain bugs. While I'm sure Google has put forth a good faith effort to verify their software, this new software has not been tested in the real world for a very long time. Google is capable of making mistakes; in fact, they allegedly have not had a perfect track record when it comes to financial transaction processing. Their initial AdWords billing system contained a bug which resulted in incorrectly charging customers thousands of dollars, according to a blog entry and another blog entry purportedly written by an ex-Googler.

I'm sure you're willing to agree that Google developed some new software to process these transactions. This software may contain bugs. While I'm sure Google has put forth a good faith effort to verify their software, this new software has not been tested in the real world for a very long time. Google is capable of making mistakes; in fact, they allegedly have not had a perfect track record when it comes to financial transaction processing. Their initial AdWords billing system contained a bug which resulted in incorrectly charging customers thousands of dollars, according to a blog entry and another blog entry purportedly written by an ex-Googler.

works fine here so perhaps it was a temporary issue.

If you would like to sign a petition you can also head to your local Linux user group.

Ed Felton has a good blog on DMCA as it is being used currently in the US.
He also has comments on the new incoming even nastier version being negotiated there.
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?cat=5

Kim Weatherall has info about the impact on AU from a lawyers perspective.
http://weatherall.blogspot.com/

Ive got a small blog with some of the implications for AU written for layfolk.
http://lucychili.blogspot.com/
The older posts starting with DMCA are a set of examples of implications for different interest groups, consumers, industry government.

works fine here so perhaps it was a temporary issue.

If you would like to sign a petition you can also head to your local Linux user group.

Ed Felton has a good blog on DMCA as it is being used currently in the US.
He also has comments on the new incoming even nastier version being negotiated there.
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?cat=5

Kim Weatherall has info about the impact on AU from a lawyers perspective.
http://weatherall.blogspot.com/

Ive got a small blog with some of the implications for AU written for layfolk.
http://lucychili.blogspot.com/
The older posts starting with DMCA are a set of examples of implications for different interest groups, consumers, industry government.

My mum knows, and she's now reading information feudalism.
Get it onto talkback radio and I reckon it'll start to kick.
I've been trying to get to JJJ but havent had any joy yet.

Sign the petition and tell them.
http://linux.org.au/law

Layperson speak about the issue:
http://www.lucychili.blogspot.com/

eBay provides a number of non-paypal alternatives and it's not about monopolistic practices.

I agree. One possible reason is that Google Checkout bans many things eBay sells. So that would be problematic from the get-go. Then their is this pessimistic line of reasoningg.

Either way, it's time to set the tin foil hats down for now.

Hi folks

LinuxAU have a petition to sign to restrict the circumvention to nefarious acts directly tied to copyright infringement.
Contact your local lug to sign one, download one from the LinuxAU site below.
http://www.linux.org.au/law

I've been pulling together an info stash about the impact on AU of DMCA for layfolk.
http://www.lucychili.blogspot.com/

Kim Weatherall is a good place to start if you want to see the proposed DMCA law from the perspective of a lawyer.
http://weatherall.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_weathera ll_archive.html

EFF is a perennial source for DMCA debacle court cases
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/

Hi folks

LinuxAU have a petition to sign to restrict the circumvention to nefarious acts directly tied to copyright infringement.
Contact your local lug to sign one, download one from the LinuxAU site below.
http://www.linux.org.au/law

I've been pulling together an info stash about the impact on AU of DMCA for layfolk.
http://www.lucychili.blogspot.com/

Kim Weatherall is a good place to start if you want to see the proposed DMCA law from the perspective of a lawyer.
http://weatherall.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_weathera ll_archive.html

EFF is a perennial source for DMCA debacle court cases
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/

i would disagree about the part on people disappearing. PAP (the governing party) has a tendency to sue people for defamation. Also, they get discredited in the local media (since local media is controlled by the PAP). Alternative views on singapore politics can be found from this blog: http://singabloodypore.blogspot.com/

According to MSFTextrememakover, the total shareholder value lost at Tyco, Lucent, Worldcom, and Enron combined was $192 billion, but since 1999 the total shareholder value lost for Microsoft alone is $360 billion. Take that for what you will.

Microsoft and privacy go together like Fascists and paeds....

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http://absolutelynothingunified.blogspot.com/ - beyond the hysteria

That's funny. I'm sure I remember writing http://skymania.blogspot.com/2006/06/hoots-mon-we- have-problem.htmlthis story way back on June 9.

Apple is also shipping all their Intel-based Macs crippled with Trusted Computing hardware DRM... essentially, a Big Brother chip.. As with all the companies sneakily trying to get this nastiness into their product lines, they desperately don't want to talk about it. Apple fans, naturally, don't want to either.

Make them.

Brilliant! Mind if I quote you on that?

functional programming is finally going to come out as a reasonable paradigm over the next 10 years as it will be best able to take advantage of multi-core systems without completely upheaving how you write programs

Who says there are no jobs in robotics? That's hogwash. The industry is currently in the explosive growth phase, with Future Combat Systems, PackBots, Roombas, Scoobas and Pleos taking over. iRobot alone has about 40 job openings as we speak: http://robotstocknews.blogspot.com/2006/06/irobot- corporation-on-hiring-binge.html/ and many of their employees have become millionaires with the company's IPO. -Thorn, publisher, Robot Stock News

Who says there are no jobs in robotics? That's hogwash. The industry is currently in the explosive growth phase, with Future Combat Systems, PackBots, Roombas, Scoobas and Pleos taking over. iRobot alone has about 40 job openings as we speak: http://robotstocknews.blogspot.com/2006/06/irobot- corporation-on-hiring-binge.html/ and many of their employees have become millionaires with the company's IPO. -Thorn, publisher, Robot Stock News

John Kricfalusi, creator of Ren and Stimpy, keeps an awesome blog that deals with this topic from time to time. I think that he'd suggest that artistic craft and technique can add a whole lot of reality to the performances of cartoon criters. The golden age of all this stuff, 1930s and 1940s Warner Bros, demonstrates that the state of the art can get pretty high.

The problem you mention, that you don't know exactly how the system will behave under all possible conditions, is a problem we have with all computer programs, especially those that include learning. On the other hand, this is a problem we have with humans as well. The reason (well, one of them) that we let humans drive is that we have done such extensive testing with humans driving, to see under which conditions they can drive safely and under which conditions the "behave unexpectedly" (icy roads, fog, weird intersection layouts, poorly marked turns etc). In the process, tens of thousands of humans drove themselves to death.

So I wouldn't count out self-driving cars until we have done the same amount of testing with them.

Another way we can try to make self-driving cars safer is to use something like Rodney Brooks' Subsumption Architecture, where the controller is structured into layers. The higher layers are responsible for "high-level" behaviour like navigating and planning fuel consumption, while lower layers do simpler things like avoid driving into walls based on sonar information. If a higher layer falls, the lower layers operate just fine without it. The function of the very lowest layer could then be just to stop the car if all the higher layers fail. Given that the layers are separate circuits, it's very unlikely that all will fail simultaneously.

Much of the design can be automated. I'm myself working on using evolutionary algorithms to design car controllers. So far we do quite simple things and only in simulation, but with a good enough simulation it could then be transferred to a real car. Check out this post, including videos.

http://freesecrets.blogspot.com/

I, for one, would have headed for the hills. I know all about the pie apocalypse

ps Hi Beryllium ;^)

This is simply not true. ZFS is not just for big iron. It's strongest feature is perhaps the melding of the volume manager and raid into one single unit greatly simplifies administration. Not to mention other nice features, either new os greatly simplified from their past versions, such as pooling, dynamic striping, CoW, instant snapshots and cloning, fault tolerance, etc.

I'd suggest reading through these links before spreading more mis-information:

http://unixconsult.org/zfs_vs_lvm.html - ZFS vs. Linux Raid vs. Linux LVM vs. Linux LVM + Raid

http://uadmin.blogspot.com/2006/05/why-zfs-for-hom e.html - Why ZFS for home

dks

The H1 visa program enables talented, amibitious hard-working people from all around the world to pursue the American dream. The U.S. in return gets these highly trained and skilled brains for no cost at all. It is really sad to see some dubious companies preying on the needs of unsuspecting and eager foreigners who only want to work and earn a decent living here. It is even more sad to see organized groups use the devious schemes as examples to bad mouth the H1 visa program. Do they ever thank the thousands of folks who have contributed immensely to the economy? If H1B was indeed only to hire cheap labor, has anyone wondered why we don't see foreign architects, accountants, lawyers, professors, health care workers etc in the same numbers as IT professionals since it is allowed by law? Considering a 5% unemployment rate, 65,000 is less than 0.45% of the total unemployed. What the U.S. should be worried about is not the few jobs that go to these brilliant foreign talent but the day when these people do not wish to come to the U.S. anymore!
BostonGCVictim

Yeah. That should work.

China and India have too much vested interest to allow such bullying to have any influence.

It's a lot more important, however, to ensure that developing countries don't get themselves into a position where they might be able to compete. I really think that that is where the brunt of American diplomatic offensive lies.

I you read this http://gnuosphere.blogspot.com/2006/06/jonathan-ko zol-hates-microsoft.html you will understand how important it is for the USA that Africa remains in chains.

Yeah, except Consumer Reports disagrees with you time and time again, most recently just last month. Apple consistently ranks at or near the top for free tech support; Dell at or near rock-bottom.

(Sorry about the link, I couldn't find a working non-registration page.)

You do realise that all new Intel-based Macs come with hardware DRM in the form of a Big Brother chip (a TPM), don't you?

Let me start by saying I am a huge fan of you, Billy West (you're especially good in Futurama!) and that I'm just as huge a fan of John K. We all have heard plenty of both sides of the Ren & Stimpy saga, so I won't get into that. I just ask you this: as mad as you are at him and he you (I assume), do you think there's any possibility of a Billy West-John K. reconciliation or reunion? It needn't be to make new Ren & Stimpy episodes, but to make any new John K. cartoon, such as George Liquor.

Most fans agree that the best Ren & Stimpy episodes were the first two seasons, with you and him. The later Nickelodeon episodes, as well as the John K. episodes made later for USA, though great in their own right, lacked the certain magic of the first two seasons. I believe that this must mean you two worked well together, leading to my quasi-follow up question: did you two work well together or was it some sort of freak accident that Ren & Stimpy was so great?

One of my favorite **AA tactics is ye olde 'CD sales have been going down' argument. You bet they have; around 1999 we all finally finished re-buying the crap we had already bought. It's basically the same argument as that dumb argument that global warming stopped in 1998

How is it not a defense? How about coming up with a good argument against it, rather than your own little rant. Google for Candy Chan and the RIAA and this is one you'll get. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2005 /09/priority-records-v-chan-riaa-case.html

Since it wasn't the mother, she had no knowedge of computers, they moved right on to her daughter.

"The RIAA sued the defendant Candy Chan, who had no experience or knowledge of computers. It was possible that her 13 year old daughter may have had a file sharing account.

The RIAA continued to argue that Ms. Chan was indirectly liable for providing a computer to her teenage daughter. After taking Ms. Chan's deposition, the RIAA moved to add the 13 year old child as a defendant.

Ms. Chan's attorney, John Hermann of Berkley, Michigan, objected, arguing that the daughter was a minor and that the Court would have to appoint a guardian ad litem to protect the interests of the child, before for the child before they could proceed.

In the meantime, Mr. Hermann indicated that he would make a motion for summary
judgment on behalf of Ms. Chan.

The RIAA then immediately moved to withdraw its own case against the mother."

http://symblogogy.blogspot.com/2006/06/from-italy- with-little-love.html I first wrote about this three days ago and submitted it to SlashDot. Curious that, in that I used the "Dick Tracy" reference in my posting as well. Good Luck!, See you down the road.

Check out this blog Bank Deals. While a lot of the CD specials on there are for local credit unions, there are also a lot of great online bank deals. Etrade, for example, currently has 3-month CD at 4.75% and the longer-term CDs going up from there.

Check out this blog Bank Deals. While a lot of the CD specials on there are for local credit unions, there are also a lot of great online bank deals. Etrade, for example, currently has 3-month CD at 4.75% and the longer-term CDs going up from there.

If you are in an art history class, and were citing The Simpsons in their impact on culture in the Late 20th century, then use of images and clips to illustrate the point in this discussion about the Simpsons is fine and quite legit. You are likely not using an entire show, but might have clips of entire bits or segments.

On the other hand, if you are selling a product called BARFO, then the use of the Simpsons is not legitimate, as it is likely the use of a copyrighted image in the promotion of a product, without licensing.

Internal usage inside a company, such as a sales training manual, would probably pass because the danger of getting caught is low. This would probably be inside a single office.

External usage, say in the training of Vendors, or across a much larger campany area is probably in dangerous territory, probably because it is unlicensed usage, and the danger of getting caught is much higher. This brings to mind the phrase "not a career enhancing decision". Lawyers might get to know you well. This is not always a good thing

For an example, see this discussion of a classic cartoonist instruction book, where the first edition had to be changed in the second edition, so as not use well known characters of the day. The first edition used all famous characters, many of which you may recognise. Link one and Link two

These links are heavy with illustrations. which enlarge when you click on them.

Thus you could likely use simpson inspired characters, or simpson style characters,

Using the actual simpson characters in materials to be distributed outside the company into a semi-public or public area Is probably very bad. Similar to using them on a company website or blog, again, without permission.

If you are in an art history class, and were citing The Simpsons in their impact on culture in the Late 20th century, then use of images and clips to illustrate the point in this discussion about the Simpsons is fine and quite legit. You are likely not using an entire show, but might have clips of entire bits or segments.

On the other hand, if you are selling a product called BARFO, then the use of the Simpsons is not legitimate, as it is likely the use of a copyrighted image in the promotion of a product, without licensing.

Internal usage inside a company, such as a sales training manual, would probably pass because the danger of getting caught is low. This would probably be inside a single office.

External usage, say in the training of Vendors, or across a much larger campany area is probably in dangerous territory, probably because it is unlicensed usage, and the danger of getting caught is much higher. This brings to mind the phrase "not a career enhancing decision". Lawyers might get to know you well. This is not always a good thing

For an example, see this discussion of a classic cartoonist instruction book, where the first edition had to be changed in the second edition, so as not use well known characters of the day. The first edition used all famous characters, many of which you may recognise. Link one and Link two

These links are heavy with illustrations. which enlarge when you click on them.

Thus you could likely use simpson inspired characters, or simpson style characters,

Using the actual simpson characters in materials to be distributed outside the company into a semi-public or public area Is probably very bad. Similar to using them on a company website or blog, again, without permission.

This copyright action arises from a termination notice sent by the appellant to the appellee, seeking to recapture rights to various characters created by her grandfather, Alan Alexander Milne, who authored the "Winnie-the-Pooh" children's books. Milne originally granted various rights in those works to the appellee in 1930. Then, in 1983, due to a change in copyright law in 1976, Milne's heirs considered terminating the 1930 grant outright, but instead entered into a new agreement that revoked the original grant and re-issued rights in the works to the appellee. The appellant seeks to invalidate the 1983 agreement based on 1998 legislation. The 1998 legislation only authorizes the termination of copyright agreements executed before 1978. Because the 1983 revocation and re-grant were valid, we affirm the district court's decision.

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2005/03/pack -your-pistola-and-hit-road.html

i live in manhattan where all powerlines are burried underground. i have not had a power outage in 421 days. my linux box has been up 421 days. during a ferocious thunderstorm i sometimes like to look out the window at the skyscrapers, listen to the sound of thunder ricochetting off the concrete and steel, watch the lightning bolts and admire the achievements of mankind. ayn rand would be proud.

http://unk1911.blogspot.com/

"By law, we're supposed to protect anything that is personal info. At least in the DoD. I guess I figured wrong in thinking that other agencies would follow similar rules."

"Even though this stuff is supposed to apply government-wide to Freedom of Information Act-related materials: in other words, the general public is not supposed to ever see your SSN, clearance, job title, duty phone, and so on. "