It matters because there are different policies in place. Relevance is literally keyed to that. A good example of that is how, under the new policy, children 12 and under are exempt from the pat-downs.
As to the date of the video, I'm sure you've read many things on the internet. If you feel like contacting the actual station and inquiring, you'll get the same answer that I did. In some circles it's called fact-checking, while simply googling around is not a real substitute.
Anyway, I'm just pointing out some factual issues about this example and not trying to take away from the overall debate in the least. I just feel it's important to focus on current examples of the policy in force and keep the debate relevant to current conditions.
It's worth noting that this video is actually ~3 years old and, while what happened is objectionable, it was not done under the recently changed policies. Take note of the color of the TSA screener's shirts (white).
Before taking such shots on a person instead of the issue, you should always at least Google...
Michael Seringhaus [i]s a third-year student at Yale Law School, where he serves as an executive editor of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology (YJoLT) and a co-director of the Green Haven Prison Project, as well as the Trumbull College Graduate Affiliate Coordinator.
He completed his PhD and a short post-doc in Mark Gerstein's bioinformatics group in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University in 2007. He did his undergraduate work at Trinity College, University of Toronto and thereafter spent a year as lead bioinformatics scientist at Affinium Pharmaceuticals in Toronto.
Looks like he may have the credentials (one of the top law schools, editor of a law journal on law & tech, and... a PhD in bioinformatics) to at least get past your initial objection.
As to your other objection, and I'm not saying I agree with his central thesis, there are other factors that would likely eliminate the false positive issue (esp. if it's upwards of 1:1,000,000,000) - physical location (if your passport says you were out of the country when the crime occurred, surveillance tape has you at a retail store across town, etc.), other physical evidence at the crime scene, etc.
I should probably concede that there's that extremely distant chance that your DNA doppelganger could live in the same neighborhood, frequent the same social circles, and commit a crime in which you have no alibi and there's no other evidence aside from some trace DNA. That would be a real bummer.
Your comment does not make sense. If it were 2-3 times the cost, but still the same situation w/ the data limitation, then you would still offer the same spurious reasoning as to why unlimited should be understood to be just the opposite. Most people's home broadband is unlimited for a fixed price which is often lower than that of EVDO data services. Why does it not suffer the same fate since it has a fixed price as well? Should all-you-can-eat buffets also lead one to believe that since it has a fixed cost, you are limited to 5 plates vs. all that you can consume? Obviously if everyone in town went to the buffet at the same time and were eating 24/7...
I hate to break it to you, but the tin foil hatter in you is uninformed.. Clear Channel has a sizable investment + content deals with XM, thus they aren't really losing much in the scheme of things. Advertising is what it is (media buys haven't really changed a whole lot) and Arbitron ratings are perpetually bs anyway. Clear Channel is effectively realizing revenue from XM that it would have not gotten otherwise, so it is merely an addition. Provided that the value of their 8.3 million shares has increased since obtaining them - that will also be more cash for the kitty.
The info below via Wikipedia:
Clear Channel programming agreement
As part of terrestrial radio giant Clear Channel Communications' early investment into XM in 1998, the companies entered into agreements which provided for certain programming and director designation arrangements as long as Clear Channel retained the full amount of its original investment in XM. One consequence of this was that XM had (and still has) exclusive programming rights to all Clear Channel content, including popular national shows like Glenn Beck and Coast to Coast AM. In June 2003, Clear Channel entered into a forward sales agreement relating to its ownership of XM. During the third quarter of 2005, Clear Channel and XM arbitrated the impact of this agreement on the Operational Assistance Agreement and the Director Designation Agreement. The Arbitration Panel decided that the Operational Assistance Agreement would remain in effect, including Clear Channel's right to receive a revenue share of commercial advertising on programming it provides to XM, but declined to enforce the Director Designation Agreement. Per the original agreement, Clear Channel has the right to program 409.6 kbit/s of XM bandwidth, including forcing XM to include commercial advertising. The current plans for this bandwidth will include up to 5 music channels including: XM11 Nashville!, XM21 KISS, XM22 Mix, XM24 Sunny, and the relaunch of WSIX on XM161 plus the existing talk channel programming (XM165 Talk Radio, XM152 Extreme XM, XM142 Fox Sports Radio, and XM173 WLW). Plans to introduce new regional based talk channels, which would have featured a local 2-3 minute newscast for each area of the country, were cancelled. The music channel advertising is expected to be limited to the 5-6 minute per hour maximum that was in place prior to XM taking its music channels commercial-free in 2004.
Seen as a blow to XM's 100% commercial-free music channel status, XM Executive Vice President of Programming Eric Logan released a programming announcement to XM subscribers on the company's website that reiterated XM's commitment to commercial-free music while noting that XM still had the most commercial-free music and that more commercial-free music channels will be added in the near future to ensure that XM will still have more commercial-free music than competitor Sirius Satellite Radio. On April 17, 2006, XM launched US Country (XM17), Flight 26 (XM26), XM Hitlist (XM30) and Escape (XM78) to provide commercial free music in the formats of the Clear Channel programmed music channels which were going to begin airing commercials. In response, Sirius has displayed that they are the only satellite radio provider that is 100% commercial free with music. Both XM and Sirius air commercials on their news, talk, and sports channels.
The Clear Channel forward sales agreement with Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc is set to expire in 2008, at which time Clear Channel is expected to deliver to Bear Stearns over 8.3 million shares in XM -- which is their original investment -- however Clear Channel withholds the right to settle with cash. If Clear Channel settles with shares, then it would be expected at that time that Clear Channels' Operational Assistance Agreement with XM would terminate, along with any and all programming provided by Clear Channel.
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It matters because there are different policies in place. Relevance is literally keyed to that. A good example of that is how, under the new policy, children 12 and under are exempt from the pat-downs. As to the date of the video, I'm sure you've read many things on the internet. If you feel like contacting the actual station and inquiring, you'll get the same answer that I did. In some circles it's called fact-checking, while simply googling around is not a real substitute. Anyway, I'm just pointing out some factual issues about this example and not trying to take away from the overall debate in the least. I just feel it's important to focus on current examples of the policy in force and keep the debate relevant to current conditions.
It's worth noting that this video is actually ~3 years old and, while what happened is objectionable, it was not done under the recently changed policies. Take note of the color of the TSA screener's shirts (white).
Before taking such shots on a person instead of the issue, you should always at least Google...
Looks like he may have the credentials (one of the top law schools, editor of a law journal on law & tech, and... a PhD in bioinformatics) to at least get past your initial objection.
As to your other objection, and I'm not saying I agree with his central thesis, there are other factors that would likely eliminate the false positive issue (esp. if it's upwards of 1:1,000,000,000) - physical location (if your passport says you were out of the country when the crime occurred, surveillance tape has you at a retail store across town, etc.), other physical evidence at the crime scene, etc.
I should probably concede that there's that extremely distant chance that your DNA doppelganger could live in the same neighborhood, frequent the same social circles, and commit a crime in which you have no alibi and there's no other evidence aside from some trace DNA. That would be a real bummer.
Your comment does not make sense. If it were 2-3 times the cost, but still the same situation w/ the data limitation, then you would still offer the same spurious reasoning as to why unlimited should be understood to be just the opposite. Most people's home broadband is unlimited for a fixed price which is often lower than that of EVDO data services. Why does it not suffer the same fate since it has a fixed price as well? Should all-you-can-eat buffets also lead one to believe that since it has a fixed cost, you are limited to 5 plates vs. all that you can consume? Obviously if everyone in town went to the buffet at the same time and were eating 24/7...
I hate to break it to you, but the tin foil hatter in you is uninformed.. Clear Channel has a sizable investment + content deals with XM, thus they aren't really losing much in the scheme of things. Advertising is what it is (media buys haven't really changed a whole lot) and Arbitron ratings are perpetually bs anyway. Clear Channel is effectively realizing revenue from XM that it would have not gotten otherwise, so it is merely an addition. Provided that the value of their 8.3 million shares has increased since obtaining them - that will also be more cash for the kitty.
The info below via Wikipedia:
Clear Channel programming agreement
As part of terrestrial radio giant Clear Channel Communications' early investment into XM in 1998, the companies entered into agreements which provided for certain programming and director designation arrangements as long as Clear Channel retained the full amount of its original investment in XM. One consequence of this was that XM had (and still has) exclusive programming rights to all Clear Channel content, including popular national shows like Glenn Beck and Coast to Coast AM. In June 2003, Clear Channel entered into a forward sales agreement relating to its ownership of XM. During the third quarter of 2005, Clear Channel and XM arbitrated the impact of this agreement on the Operational Assistance Agreement and the Director Designation Agreement. The Arbitration Panel decided that the Operational Assistance Agreement would remain in effect, including Clear Channel's right to receive a revenue share of commercial advertising on programming it provides to XM, but declined to enforce the Director Designation Agreement. Per the original agreement, Clear Channel has the right to program 409.6 kbit/s of XM bandwidth, including forcing XM to include commercial advertising. The current plans for this bandwidth will include up to 5 music channels including: XM11 Nashville!, XM21 KISS, XM22 Mix, XM24 Sunny, and the relaunch of WSIX on XM161 plus the existing talk channel programming (XM165 Talk Radio, XM152 Extreme XM, XM142 Fox Sports Radio, and XM173 WLW). Plans to introduce new regional based talk channels, which would have featured a local 2-3 minute newscast for each area of the country, were cancelled. The music channel advertising is expected to be limited to the 5-6 minute per hour maximum that was in place prior to XM taking its music channels commercial-free in 2004.
Seen as a blow to XM's 100% commercial-free music channel status, XM Executive Vice President of Programming Eric Logan released a programming announcement to XM subscribers on the company's website that reiterated XM's commitment to commercial-free music while noting that XM still had the most commercial-free music and that more commercial-free music channels will be added in the near future to ensure that XM will still have more commercial-free music than competitor Sirius Satellite Radio. On April 17, 2006, XM launched US Country (XM17), Flight 26 (XM26), XM Hitlist (XM30) and Escape (XM78) to provide commercial free music in the formats of the Clear Channel programmed music channels which were going to begin airing commercials. In response, Sirius has displayed that they are the only satellite radio provider that is 100% commercial free with music. Both XM and Sirius air commercials on their news, talk, and sports channels.
The Clear Channel forward sales agreement with Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc is set to expire in 2008, at which time Clear Channel is expected to deliver to Bear Stearns over 8.3 million shares in XM -- which is their original investment -- however Clear Channel withholds the right to settle with cash. If Clear Channel settles with shares, then it would be expected at that time that Clear Channels' Operational Assistance Agreement with XM would terminate, along with any and all programming provided by Clear Channel.