They FOUND the phone. They aren't guilty of a crime.
You may be correct on the phone itself. The moment that they used it to access the TMobile account,
use it to access thier AOL account or make a phone call with it (the page referenced says that the owner
was able to get a list of calls made by the them) then it becomes theft of services. That would definitely
interest the police
One the other hand, DNA is quite different. You can learn from DNA things the govenrment is not entitled to know. Your lineage, your health prospects, your allegries, and any number of personal attributes. From blood you can learn even more. e.g. are you HiV positive.
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One solution to this might be DNA hashing.
first to start off with, I'm against DNA profiling on principle. And I'm against it in this case.How is DNA going to help in any case involving Computer crime, or do they think that since he has been convicted of computer crime, he is suddenly going to become a murderer?
But the DNA sequencing used in crime does not sequence the entire genome. That would be entirely too expensive. Instead they only target a particular part of the genome that is know to vary widely with individuals. So the current DNA profiling is already a hash that does not reveal other characteristics such as health markers since they do not sequence that part of the sample. Your other comment about HIV status is well taken though.
Yes. That is where most of my class prep time goes and I would prefer to spend the time there. In the assignments, the students modify the Linux kernel. Creating good assignments and writing up the background information takes a significant amount of effort. One of the assignments this past year needed 10 pages of background information.
One small ddition to my previous note. I would prefer to spend my class prep time improving the labs and assignments to provide the students with good hands on experience of the concepts. A good lab will do more to illustrate the concepts than either the text or the lecture notes.
I do make my slides available and I podcast the lectures. However a good textbook provides a structure to the class. It provides depth of background and examples that I cannot go into in a 3hr class. Instead I try to provide a separate, complementary view of the material. Provide a different way of explaining the same key concepts. Students then get the benefit of both. Every student is different and you cannot teach to the top 10% of the class. Some students do pass the course without ever opening the text based on my notes. Others need a bit more help. The main purpose of the textbook (in my opinion) is to provide some depth for those students.
I update my lecture notes every year. I adjust the notest based on how the previous year's students reacted and on a class by class basis as I see how the new students react to the material. Each class is different. What I object to is a major reorganization soley because the publisher decided to reorganize the textbook.
Why do they keep requiring new editions when there are plenty of old ones on the used market? The main difference between an older and newer edition is the homework problems, so students can't use the old book when the new one is adopted for the class.
There is considerably more difference between the books than just the homework problems.
Part of the problem is the gratuitious shuffling of material within the
text book. I'm a professor in Computer Engineering. For the past five years I've been using the 6th edition of one text book for my operating systems class. I have planned all of my lectures to more or less follow the text book so that the reading assignments for the students are clear. I make references to the examples in the text, and introduce new examples of my own.
Last spring the publisher issued a 7th edition. I took one look at the book and realized I would have to completely revamp my course.Material was presented in an entirely different order, and in some cases the presentation of the material was substantially different. I requested the bookstore to order the previous version (buy out the old stock). Unfortunatey, the publisher only shipped the new edition. I had explicitly filled out the form for the book store to buy back the previous edition. So I ended up with a class with mixed old and new editions. It turned out the be a mess. I kept the same outline of classes since most of the students had the old edition and I updated the reading lists on my course web site to give the page numbers for each class in both old and new editions. Even so I constantly got complaints from the new students about how they were constantly confused because I kept skipping arround in the text (which, from their perspective, I was). So now I face a dilemma. Since the balance will shift to more new
editions (7) over old editions (6th), I have to spend many hours this summer revamping the course to match the new textbook. This will benefit the new book students and the students who buy the older book will be disadvantaged because they will have to jump all over the book. If I require the new book, then I get students like you who claim that the only reason I do this is because I'm in bed with the text book representative. If I allow the old book, then students will complain that I don't follow the textbook and that there is no point in buying it at all because it is too confusing. I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't.
I think there are payoffs between profs and book publishers.
Absolutely not. I have never recieved any benefit from a publishing company other than the free copy of the book that they send when it first comes out. That free copy then becomes my reference copy if I choose to adopt the book. There is some revenue if the prof is the author of the book, but since my research area is not Operating Systems, it is unlikely that I will ever write an OS book. I would advise you to think before you make such claims, it makes you look like you really don't know what you are talking about.
... in a place where they are not actually in the US and thus they can be deprived of many of their Constitutional rights,
You are not actually on US soil until you have cleared US Immigration. Several court cases have upheld the fact that a visitor does not have constitutional protection until then. As an occasional visitor to the U.S. this crosses my mind every time I fly into the U.S
All the RIAA needs is for someone to tell them (maybe your own ISP, erroneously) that your IP address was associated with an illegal music download.
Maybe it would be interesting to either report the IP address of an executive of RIA or spoof the ip address. See how long it takes them to figure out they are suing themselves
There's a wide gulf between someone playing a game with the sound up in class, obviously distracting students, and students that are taking notes on a laptop (or, god forbid, amusing themselves during a boring stretch.)
And if that is all there was to it, there wouldn't be a problem. However, try teaching when that amusing game decides to spin up the CDROM, which on some laptops sounds llike a jet engine taking off, espcially in a reasonably quiet class room with only the prof talking. Or the noise some of the keyboards make as the student pounds on the keys. Or the startup sound you forgot to turn off. Or the key beep on your cellphone as you send that SMS message. It's disrepectful to the prof and it is disturbing to the other students in class.
The very first hit (sponsored, main text): Vonage - no Kingston/Brockville The very first hit (non-sponsored): A brockville company providing software, but not a voip provider The very first hit (sponsored sidebar): Irstel - no Kingston/Brockville
You are right: unlimitel is there, and unitz and I missed those. But the main players such as Vonage (the one with the ubiquitous annoying, but effective, commercial) , Primus, Irstel, and others are Ottawa only.
but how come in every other Canadian province you can get a local area code for your VoIP phone?
Yeah right. Most VOIP providers will not provide a local number in 613 area code for anything other than the Ottawa area. Those of us in Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall (St. Lawrence Seaway) cannot get a local number. The only one providing local numbers are the ISP based numbers (cable and Bell).
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But only when flying to High Dunsinane Hill
You may be correct on the phone itself. The moment that they used it to access the TMobile account, use it to access thier AOL account or make a phone call with it (the page referenced says that the owner was able to get a list of calls made by the them) then it becomes theft of services. That would definitely interest the police
Did you happen to write for "Yes Minister"? That is a line worthy of Sir Appleby.
Reminds me of the first reply in this best of usnet oracle digest. Adapt for congress critter and enjoy.
Nah.. Just pitchforks....
So you are paying almost $100 per month for something
the Europeans get for about $20 per month?
Is there a method for filing objections with the USPTO? Maybe if
a group filed the objection, we could get the service mark overturned.
first to start off with, I'm against DNA profiling on principle. And I'm against it in this case.How is DNA going to help in any case involving Computer crime, or do they think that since he has been convicted of computer crime, he is suddenly going to become a murderer?
But the DNA sequencing used in crime does not sequence the entire genome. That would be entirely too expensive. Instead they only target a particular part of the genome that is know to vary widely with individuals. So the current DNA profiling is already a hash that does not reveal other characteristics such as health markers since they do not sequence that part of the sample. Your other comment about HIV status is well taken though.
Yes. That is where most of my class prep time goes and I would
prefer to spend the time there. In the assignments, the students
modify the Linux kernel. Creating good assignments and writing
up the background information takes a significant amount of effort.
One of the assignments this past year needed 10 pages of background
information.
One small ddition to my previous note. I would prefer to spend
my class prep time improving the labs and assignments
to provide the students with good hands on experience of the
concepts. A good lab will do more to illustrate the concepts
than either the text or the lecture notes.
I do make my slides available and I podcast the lectures. However a good textbook provides a structure to the class. It provides depth of background
and examples that I cannot go into in a 3hr class. Instead I try to provide
a separate, complementary view of the material. Provide a different way
of explaining the same key concepts. Students then get the benefit of both.
Every student is different and you cannot teach to the top 10% of the class.
Some students do pass the course without ever opening the text based on my
notes. Others need a bit more help. The main purpose of the textbook (in
my opinion) is to provide some depth for those students.
I update my lecture notes every year. I adjust the notest based
on how the previous year's students reacted and on a class by
class basis as I see how the new students react to the material. Each
class is different. What I object to is a major reorganization soley
because the publisher decided to reorganize the textbook.
There is considerably more difference between the books than just the homework problems. Part of the problem is the gratuitious shuffling of material within the text book. I'm a professor in Computer Engineering. For the past five years I've been using the 6th edition of one text book for my operating systems class. I have planned all of my lectures to more or less follow the text book so that the reading assignments for the students are clear. I make references to the examples in the text, and introduce new examples of my own.
Last spring the publisher issued a 7th edition. I took one look at the book and realized I would have to completely revamp my course.Material was presented in an entirely different order, and in some cases the presentation of the material was substantially different. I requested the bookstore to order the previous version (buy out the old stock). Unfortunatey, the publisher only shipped the new edition. I had explicitly filled out the form for the book store to buy back the previous edition. So I ended up with a class with mixed old and new editions. It turned out the be a mess. I kept the same outline of classes since most of the students had the old edition and I updated the reading lists on my course web site to give the page numbers for each class in both old and new editions. Even so I constantly got complaints from the new students about how they were constantly confused because I kept skipping arround in the text (which, from their perspective, I was). So now I face a dilemma. Since the balance will shift to more new editions (7) over old editions (6th), I have to spend many hours this summer revamping the course to match the new textbook. This will benefit the new book students and the students who buy the older book will be disadvantaged because they will have to jump all over the book. If I require the new book, then I get students like you who claim that the only reason I do this is because I'm in bed with the text book representative. If I allow the old book, then students will complain that I don't follow the textbook and that there is no point in buying it at all because it is too confusing. I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't.
Absolutely not. I have never recieved any benefit from a publishing company other than the free copy of the book that they send when it first comes out. That free copy then becomes my reference copy if I choose to adopt the book. There is some revenue if the prof is the author of the book, but since my research area is not Operating Systems, it is unlikely that I will ever write an OS book. I would advise you to think before you make such claims, it makes you look like you really don't know what you are talking about.
You are not actually on US soil until you have cleared US Immigration. Several court cases have upheld the fact that a visitor does not have constitutional protection until then. As an occasional visitor to the U.S. this crosses my mind every time I fly into the U.S
Which is about the entire population of Canada.
The mac address is only visible on the local network. After the packet hits
a gateway, the mac address is gone (only the IP address remains).
You mean like new Orleans?
Maybe it would be interesting to either report the IP address of an executive of RIA or spoof the ip address. See how long it takes them to figure out they are suing themselves
And if that is all there was to it, there wouldn't be a problem. However, try teaching when that amusing game decides to spin up the CDROM, which on some laptops sounds llike a jet engine taking off, espcially in a reasonably quiet class room with only the prof talking. Or the noise some of the keyboards make as the student pounds on the keys. Or the startup sound you forgot to turn off. Or the key beep on your cellphone as you send that SMS message. It's disrepectful to the prof and it is disturbing to the other students in class.
Lets see [drumroll].
The very first hit (sponsored, main text): Vonage - no Kingston/Brockville
The very first hit (non-sponsored): A brockville company providing software, but not a voip provider
The very first hit (sponsored sidebar): Irstel - no Kingston/Brockville
You are right: unlimitel is there, and unitz and I missed those. But the main players such
as Vonage (the one with the ubiquitous annoying, but effective, commercial) , Primus,
Irstel, and others are Ottawa only.
Yeah right. Most VOIP providers will not provide a local number in 613 area code for anything other than the Ottawa area. Those of us in Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall (St. Lawrence Seaway) cannot get a local number. The only one providing local numbers are the ISP based numbers (cable and Bell).
Actually 1/2 the distance between 5 lamposts, since you will use
the closest of the two.
Here are some of the references. And your are right, it doesn't make any of the
5 6250a ll/index.phpt ive-set-to-sue-apple-your-mom-142104.php
situations less rediculous.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/08/1
http://www.creative.com/zenpatent/
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/08/30/creativec
http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/crea