I'm pretty sure I remember Rogers in Toronto cutting me off a years ago due to malware-related data they detected coming from my IP address. They gave me 24hrs notice (but I was away at the time) before cutting me. How a bot-net is considered different is beyond me.
I'm surprised this kind of thing isn't done already worldwide.
If the government and powerful corporate higher-ups weren't impacted by the volume issue the same as the rest of us, we wouldn't be seeing this bill. I'm surprised they didn't conceive some way to fix the problem only for themselves.
Piracy is the de facto reason given for not doing something in these industries. "We aren't developing this video game title for the PC platform due to piracy concerns", "We aren't offering this broadcasting service because of piracy concerns"... it's a never ending guilt trip. If there's a demand for something and you can't/won't fill that demand for whatever reason, blame piracy!
When I was fairly young (and poor) I pirated audio sequencer software and with it taught myself how to record, mix, and produce music. Years later I have purchased this software as well as many other pieces of audio software, hardware, etc that I would NEVER had purchased if I didn't have access to the original pirated software.
At fist such a system would be opt-in. Then it would gradually become mandatory in the name of fighting pedophilia (think of the children!) Then you can kiss online anonymity goodbye.
It was not just the items in the car; he was linked with protest activity. If that guy did use those weapons in a protest after the police found them, security would have be blamed.
Where do they draw the line on this? He had items that could be used as a weapon and was in proximity to a protest and was connected to the protest.. How close does he need to be to qualify for arrest? What if he just had some box cutters? If it's up to the police's discretion what's legally stopping them from arresting everyone in the city that has posted on a G20 blog that posseses any sharp or heavy object (other than room in jail)?
Kudos to this guy for answering a curiosity of mine: I've always wondered what would actually happen if I sent a bunch of e-mails with phrases like "bomb the G20 summit", "death to the capitalist swine" and "one hundred pounds of nitrated fertilizer". I guess now we know.
My understanding is that there's nothing illegal about your post.
If Sonne was arrested for doing what you just did (or similar), and gets convicted, it will be a sad day for Canada.
Oblig. car analogy: If I was arrested trying to break into someone's car, would the police let me go if I told them I was just moving it so the nice chap who owns it doesn't get towed for parking in a fire lane?
The difference being that you'd definitely get convicted for that.
If you were just looking in the window of the car to make sure the person remembered to lock the door, they'd have nothing to convict you with (though they could still arrest you).
My biggest beef with the iPhone (3GS) is the time it takes to load pages. Once web pages start to load, they pop up pretty quickly, so I assume this is a problem with DNS and may be specific to my network (Rogers). The latency decrease that 4G brings may help this a tiny bit, but I'd rather see this problem completely eliminated before getting higher sustained transfer speeds and the other 4G features.
I'd be interested in anyone who is successfully using/lossy/ compression in this sort of application.
I think we all would be, because it's impossible*
*It would theoretically work if the drive could somehow identify, for example, files of type bmp, wav, and then apply the appropriate lossy compression algorithms to only that data. I doubt this would result in a speed increase however and would be expensive to implement in a controller. For most types of data, lossy compression doesn't work because if you lose information that turns out to be part of an exe, dll, txt file, it is generally catastrophic.
The ultimate goal is to beam large amounts of solar power to Earth
Last I checked, within their life span solar cells on earth don't pay for themself, or barely pay for themself. Presumably the advantage to harnessing solar power in space is the increased intensity of light without the interference of the earth's atmosphere. But solar panels aside, building and launching satellites is expensive, and this laser transfer of energy has unavoidable energy losses. One has to wonder if this could work out to be economically viable without some other serious technological breakthroughs.
*IF* you are good about turning out lights and only using those in the room you are in, lights account for a small fraction of most people's total household consumption.
I'm using Linuxmce with motion detection combined with Bluetooth proximity sensors to turn lights on and off for me via ZWave in my home. The ZWave dimmers/switches really don't get along with CFLs (even the "dimmable ones") - so I'm sticking with good old tungsten filament.
I don't contest speeding tickets, because it is not cost effective for most minor offenses. In my country, one has to take a whole day off work to fight a ticket and it's cheaper to just pay the damn thing plus the insurance hit.
Losing my right to an internet connection has a value to me that is much higher than a day of work. I would be guaranteed to take the trial option, and I suspect most people feel similarly.
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Maybe Facebook's, sure, but rest assured that the government won't limit their own ability to spy on you
Am I evil for thinking this would fun to shoot into the open windows of passing cars that play tasteless music too loudly?
I'm pretty sure I remember Rogers in Toronto cutting me off a years ago due to malware-related data they detected coming from my IP address. They gave me 24hrs notice (but I was away at the time) before cutting me. How a bot-net is considered different is beyond me.
I'm surprised this kind of thing isn't done already worldwide.
(he means Researched the Horseback Riding technology after Animal Husbandry)
The compression *is the source of the problem*, AC.
Heavily compressed audio can be detected, and a device used to automatically adjust the volume (or mute).
If the government and powerful corporate higher-ups weren't impacted by the volume issue the same as the rest of us, we wouldn't be seeing this bill. I'm surprised they didn't conceive some way to fix the problem only for themselves.
The theory is that the laws don't do much to stop people from texting while driving — but instead, leads them to try to hide the activity more.
Well then obviously the fines just aren't big enough! /sarcasm
Piracy is the de facto reason given for not doing something in these industries. "We aren't developing this video game title for the PC platform due to piracy concerns", "We aren't offering this broadcasting service because of piracy concerns"... it's a never ending guilt trip. If there's a demand for something and you can't/won't fill that demand for whatever reason, blame piracy!
I'll go one step further...
When I was fairly young (and poor) I pirated audio sequencer software and with it taught myself how to record, mix, and produce music. Years later I have purchased this software as well as many other pieces of audio software, hardware, etc that I would NEVER had purchased if I didn't have access to the original pirated software.
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some lucky people have an extra helping of a certain kind of brain static that essentially blocks out noise and other stimuli
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Time now to invent an implanted device which generates such static... perfect for when the mother-in-law is visiting.
At fist such a system would be opt-in. Then it would gradually become mandatory in the name of fighting pedophilia (think of the children!) Then you can kiss online anonymity goodbye.
It was not just the items in the car; he was linked with protest activity. If that guy did use those weapons in a protest after the police found them, security would have be blamed.
Where do they draw the line on this? He had items that could be used as a weapon and was in proximity to a protest and was connected to the protest.. How close does he need to be to qualify for arrest? What if he just had some box cutters? If it's up to the police's discretion what's legally stopping them from arresting everyone in the city that has posted on a G20 blog that posseses any sharp or heavy object (other than room in jail)?
I think there is some kind of law to prevent wrongful arrest so that a cop can't just make up some ridiculous charge and throw you in the slammer
Kudos to this guy for answering a curiosity of mine: I've always wondered what would actually happen if I sent a bunch of e-mails with phrases like "bomb the G20 summit", "death to the capitalist swine" and "one hundred pounds of nitrated fertilizer". I guess now we know.
My understanding is that there's nothing illegal about your post.
If Sonne was arrested for doing what you just did (or similar), and gets convicted, it will be a sad day for Canada.
I'm pretty sure they've made trying to identify/breach their security procedures illegal.
Can they do that? If they did introduce such a law is it specific the G8/20? I didn't see it get passed.
Also, such a law sounds very vague and could be easily abused to trample people's rights.
Oblig. car analogy: If I was arrested trying to break into someone's car, would the police let me go if I told them I was just moving it so the nice chap who owns it doesn't get towed for parking in a fire lane?
The difference being that you'd definitely get convicted for that.
If you were just looking in the window of the car to make sure the person remembered to lock the door, they'd have nothing to convict you with (though they could still arrest you).
Hah! Mod parent up!
My biggest beef with the iPhone (3GS) is the time it takes to load pages. Once web pages start to load, they pop up pretty quickly, so I assume this is a problem with DNS and may be specific to my network (Rogers). The latency decrease that 4G brings may help this a tiny bit, but I'd rather see this problem completely eliminated before getting higher sustained transfer speeds and the other 4G features.
Just hope you never have to write a paper dealing with the storing of pulse-code modulated (PCM) signals into phase change memory (PCM).
I'd be interested in anyone who is successfully using /lossy/ compression in this sort of application.
I think we all would be, because it's impossible*
*It would theoretically work if the drive could somehow identify, for example, files of type bmp, wav, and then apply the appropriate lossy compression algorithms to only that data. I doubt this would result in a speed increase however and would be expensive to implement in a controller. For most types of data, lossy compression doesn't work because if you lose information that turns out to be part of an exe, dll, txt file, it is generally catastrophic.
The ultimate goal is to beam large amounts of solar power to Earth
Last I checked, within their life span solar cells on earth don't pay for themself, or barely pay for themself. Presumably the advantage to harnessing solar power in space is the increased intensity of light without the interference of the earth's atmosphere. But solar panels aside, building and launching satellites is expensive, and this laser transfer of energy has unavoidable energy losses. One has to wonder if this could work out to be economically viable without some other serious technological breakthroughs.
Why anyone using/working on Wikileaks thinks they are above the law, I have never understood.
When national security laws are used to cover-up the immoral actions of high-level personnel, Wikileaks *IS* above the law.
That's easy. The user closes the left and right eye rapidly in an alternating fashion and in sync with the stereo signal switching.
*IF* you are good about turning out lights and only using those in the room you are in, lights account for a small fraction of most people's total household consumption.
I'm using Linuxmce with motion detection combined with Bluetooth proximity sensors to turn lights on and off for me via ZWave in my home. The ZWave dimmers/switches really don't get along with CFLs (even the "dimmable ones") - so I'm sticking with good old tungsten filament.
I don't contest speeding tickets, because it is not cost effective for most minor offenses. In my country, one has to take a whole day off work to fight a ticket and it's cheaper to just pay the damn thing plus the insurance hit.
Losing my right to an internet connection has a value to me that is much higher than a day of work. I would be guaranteed to take the trial option, and I suspect most people feel similarly.