Seems to me that humanity has had a taste of a truly global information network. It's not the specific act of, say, uploading a political message on YouTube, that is changing the way 'the people' interact with their governments. I'd say it's the very existance of a 'global information network' that is revolutionizing the way we, as the 'human race', are interacting with each other. The genie is out of the bottle, and no amount of 'government interference' can stop the information revolution. Even if the Internet is brought down, by whatever means, for whatever reasons, humanity as a whole has discovered that freedom of information is *the* most powerful tool for empowering the individual to 'make a difference'.
yeah, IANAL and all that jazz, don't believe me, look it up for yourself.
As I recall from watching too much courtTV, a court reporter types up the transcript using a specialized device that loosely resembles a typewriter. It's been a while since I've looked for modern versions, so please let the forums hordes correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember a 'keyboard' layout that was based on phonics, NOT individual letters as most computer users are used to. One of the transcript 'errors' that someone pointed out above was a phonetic spelling of the intended word, the court transcriber was likely in a hurry and didn't know that particular word.
Try this at home, kiddies: have a friend read an excerpt from your favorite book, and try to type what your friend is reading into your computer. Now to make it like a courtroom, you must have a rule that you cannot let your friend pause or slow down while he is reading so that you can catch up with your typing. The fact that you can't keep up with your friend is why court transcribers use a phonics based entry system.
Oh, yeah, for 'on-topic'.. I think NewYorkLawyer just swiss-cheesed some 90% of all RIAA suits. All the RIAA can prove with their 'evidence' is that some IP address was associated with a P2P network data-packet.
They have consistantly failed to prove that a specific individual delibrately and with malicious intent did violate copywrite laws by 'making available' copywrite infringing work.
At least the EU isn't cozying up to the likes of Diebold. You can argue democracy vs security all you want, but at least they are *trying* to set up an E-Vote that isn't rife with security flaws out-of-the-box. Dare I mention the rampant corruption at our highest levels of government, much less with corporate 'entities'? Nah, I'm not much of a troll anymore;p
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Seems to me that humanity has had a taste of a truly global information network. It's not the specific act of, say, uploading a political message on YouTube, that is changing the way 'the people' interact with their governments. I'd say it's the very existance of a 'global information network' that is revolutionizing the way we, as the 'human race', are interacting with each other. The genie is out of the bottle, and no amount of 'government interference' can stop the information revolution. Even if the Internet is brought down, by whatever means, for whatever reasons, humanity as a whole has discovered that freedom of information is *the* most powerful tool for empowering the individual to 'make a difference'.
Ad-hock networks, anyone?
yeah, IANAL and all that jazz, don't believe me, look it up for yourself.
As I recall from watching too much courtTV, a court reporter types up the transcript using a specialized device that loosely resembles a typewriter. It's been a while since I've looked for modern versions, so please let the forums hordes correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember a 'keyboard' layout that was based on phonics, NOT individual letters as most computer users are used to. One of the transcript 'errors' that someone pointed out above was a phonetic spelling of the intended word, the court transcriber was likely in a hurry and didn't know that particular word.
Try this at home, kiddies: have a friend read an excerpt from your favorite book, and try to type what your friend is reading into your computer. Now to make it like a courtroom, you must have a rule that you cannot let your friend pause or slow down while he is reading so that you can catch up with your typing. The fact that you can't keep up with your friend is why court transcribers use a phonics based entry system.
Oh, yeah, for 'on-topic'.. I think NewYorkLawyer just swiss-cheesed some 90% of all RIAA suits. All the RIAA can prove with their 'evidence' is that some IP address was associated with a P2P network data-packet.
They have consistantly failed to prove that a specific individual delibrately and with malicious intent did violate copywrite laws by 'making available' copywrite infringing work.
At least the EU isn't cozying up to the likes of Diebold. You can argue democracy vs security all you want, but at least they are *trying* to set up an E-Vote that isn't rife with security flaws out-of-the-box. Dare I mention the rampant corruption at our highest levels of government, much less with corporate 'entities'? Nah, I'm not much of a troll anymore ;p