you are incorrect. john.richards@gmail.com send mail to johnrichards@gmail.com not to richards@gmail.com. Stripping the punctuation means gmail ignores it, not kills off the first part.
what you are talking about is using + in your email address: see here Google Blog
The fact that newspapers published the account is not "news for nerds." The story is just background for what actually is important news - namely that there could be precedent in the UK for holding news organizations accountable for publishing second hand information without fact checking.
I wonder if the "compromise" will be that from now on newspapers will add "as reported on [insert blog name here]" on every such story meaning that they would pass responsibility for accuracy to the original source.
yes and no. Yes, you are violating the terms of use by knowingly entering false information. As such, the site could deny you access. I don't think it should be a felony count until you use that information in some nefarious way - ie. harassing people, stalking, etc. (for example if you use the "i'm under 16/18" function to access accounts of other teenagers with the intent of meeting them). If I chose to create an online alias and use that one in order to protect my privacy, that's my business. If I chose to use that online alias to commit a crime, then I'm liable for it.
I don't see how they could make a radical shift anytime soon. Their entire model was "a system out of the box" - i.e similar to Apple, but without including the hardware. That's why they bundled iExplorer (the original i_something_), that's why the included Movie Maker, MSWrite, Paint, etc, etc. They certainly strip down everything and include only the basic OS - I'd love it if they ever did that - but even as an option it would be hard to swallow.
Their dominance is based, in part, on the fact that they can offer a complete user experience once you turn your computer on. The "specialist" market is small. MS will continue to care about it, but that is not their main focus - at least I don't think so. If they keep your grandparents and parents hooked to Windows, they'll be satisfied.
If they create a modular version of the OS - I assume that they will have a Home/Business/Ultimate breakdown for consumers, with Home and Ultimate having many/all of the extra features we all love to hate, and the business version being the stripped down version we've all clamored for all this time. But I don't expect to see that version widely available for sale, and certainly not bundled with new computers, at least not at Dell/HP/Toshiba.
I expect google to fight this vigorously. Maybe even all the way up. Yet if they end up violating user privacy in order to comply, this might have major effects on goggle's long run plans of compiling large databases of information on users.
In the end we all know what will happen: some poor sap who uploaded 5 minutes of a Simpsons episode because the through that Seymore's asking a gerbil to chew through his ball sack was insanely funny will get the book thrown at him while serial copyright infringers are smart enough not to be easily identified.
The "silver lining" - I'm hopping that even more extensions and programs get developed in order to further anonimyze your surfing habits.
so, what happens to all the AI we develop after they lose their "usefulness"? Has anyone thought of the moral implications of pulling the plug on an intelligent computer. Won't someone think of the little silicon babies?
well, microsoft had been moving toward a media-centered model for years now, and vista was supposed to deliver just that - a way for users to use their computers not just for computing, but for media applications, home networking, etc. None of the UMPCs would really be able to deliver that, so microsoft never paid much attention to the issue.
XP really fills that niche for people looking for an ultra-mobile but also not willing to move to a linux OS. Which really is a much larger market then those who would gladly use linux on their mobile machine. I'd be surprised if microsoft will not fight hard to regain control of that market.
There are 100 violent criminals in my local jail out of a total population of 200. There are 1000 violent criminals running free in Hawaii out of a total population of 1 million. I'd pick your town. your criminals are in jail. the guys in Hawaii are running free.:)
5% of.coms, or 19% of.hk's? On a percentage basis, the.hk,.info, etc. But as a whole, my money's on.com's?. True. in cases like that, I think nominal values are better then ratios. fact is you're more likely to end up on a bad dotcom site then a bad dothk or dotcn site. However, there is another metric that would have to be considered: reasons for visiting sites. If you're surfing for legit purposes, how likely are you to click on a bad site? If you're searching for keys, cracks, or other stuff like that, you're more likely to click on a bad link. So then you should look at what percentages of site in the respective domains contain information that is, well, not quite kosher.
I say this could be rather cool. You have thousands of people who will be vying for the opportunity to tell their friends - "this was my mission." basically, you tap into an unlimited supply of writers, and all you have to do is cherry pick the best. Depending on who does the moderation, it could be a very inventive show.
as more and more companies move their voice system over to VOIP, this creates an interesting dilemma: how do you prevent information leaks from secure sites when your telephone system can act as the carrier? Which probably means that we'll have more company snooping around and more "by using this system you agree that your privacy will be raped daily" forms we all have to sign when we get hired.
it's not really different, but bribing is easier in developing countries, especially those where the rule of law is weak. Please don't get me wrong, this is to say that the Indian government can't control their employees. But maybe the Indians can do it but the Congolese cannot. Or the Nigerians... or the Russians, or a Deutche Telecom employee who all of a sudden gets a thought... you get the idea.
Fact is, once you have a back-door into the system, it's only a matter of time until private and protected information starts leaking. And it does not have to be trade secrets. It can be personal information about political opponents. Or judges. Or information used on the stock market.
Fact is that it would be a bad development for RIM. And I'm glad they are fighting it.
So, what happens when trade secrets leak because some gov employee got bribed to access them and pass them to a competitor?... I would assume RIM could also be held liable for loss. And its harder to sue (and win) against a government, esp. somewhere like India. A lot easier to drag RIM in front of a jury in the US.
the Romanians are trying to do something of the sort - send 2% of your tax bill to the charity of your choice. Made every charity in the country double it's publicity and media buy budget.:) not a bad idea tho....
I'll tell you who's projecting. It's the guy who thinks that anybody critical of McCain is a fuzzy-headed liberal suffering from all the cognitive disorders so aptly described by the esteemed Dr. Limbaugh.
Believe what you will. You passed a judgement on McCain's priorities based on chosing a former media exec as his advisor, by implying that his priorities rest with protecting content providors which, and I quote, "we all have reasons to loathe" vs the users. The suggestion that Fish has no technical expertise is based on what exactly? As a senior executive at a major company I expect him to be familiar with lots of technical issues with regard to the internet.
I'll even go a little farther and suggest that content providers have a right to seek to protect their business, and that what they should concentrate on is doing so without making it difficult for users to use the content in a legitimate manner. (this however, is a very different discussion).
Will Fish advise McCain on the internet based on what's good for the end user, what's good for madia conglomerates, or a combination of both?. I don't know. I assume a little of both. And I trust that inquisitive people will ask the right questions.
PS. now sure where the Limbaugh comment came out of. Frankly, I don't really care. While I don't believe that every supporter of Obama is a fuzzy-headed liberal, I can assure you that being a Republican does not mean you're a bigot, a racist, or a religeous nut. It might be hard to accept that, but it's still true.
McCain chose a lawyer with strong connections to a major media conglomerate that many of us have reason to loathe. Obama chose a computer scientist with connections to a university that played a big role in creating the Internet. That, by itself, should tell you where there respective priorities are. no it doesn't. it tells you of the circle of people that they attract. a 40 something junior senator from Illinois no one hear of two years ago outside of Chicago's South side vs a 30 year veteran of Washington.
you can draw conclusions out of that fact, if you so desire. but projecting your fears and preconceptions like that cannot possibly lead to intellectually honest conclusions.
suggestion that one person is automatically more qualified to be an adviser because he did not work for a major corporation is rather silly. You don't know if Fish would always side with the content providers, or if he would push McCain to veto laws that protect net neutrality.
This is the age old democrat vs republican argument - do we need more laws to get things right, or do we just need to apply the ones we have. I for one am sick of stupid laws and I have no faith that the next Congress, or the one after, will have the intelligence of getting them right. So can we just try to find ways to make what we have already work better?
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you are incorrect. john.richards@gmail.com send mail to johnrichards@gmail.com not to richards@gmail.com. Stripping the punctuation means gmail ignores it, not kills off the first part.
what you are talking about is using + in your email address: see here Google Blog
The fact that newspapers published the account is not "news for nerds." The story is just background for what actually is important news - namely that there could be precedent in the UK for holding news organizations accountable for publishing second hand information without fact checking.
I wonder if the "compromise" will be that from now on newspapers will add "as reported on [insert blog name here]" on every such story meaning that they would pass responsibility for accuracy to the original source.
maybe they are trying to poison pill Microsoft and prevent a hostile takeover of the Yahoo board.
yes and no. Yes, you are violating the terms of use by knowingly entering false information. As such, the site could deny you access. I don't think it should be a felony count until you use that information in some nefarious way - ie. harassing people, stalking, etc. (for example if you use the "i'm under 16/18" function to access accounts of other teenagers with the intent of meeting them). If I chose to create an online alias and use that one in order to protect my privacy, that's my business. If I chose to use that online alias to commit a crime, then I'm liable for it.
So we'll change "Don't tase me Bro" to "Don't Microwave my head bro?" -- Not sure I like the ring to that.
I don't see how they could make a radical shift anytime soon. Their entire model was "a system out of the box" - i.e similar to Apple, but without including the hardware. That's why they bundled iExplorer (the original i_something_), that's why the included Movie Maker, MSWrite, Paint, etc, etc. They certainly strip down everything and include only the basic OS - I'd love it if they ever did that - but even as an option it would be hard to swallow.
Their dominance is based, in part, on the fact that they can offer a complete user experience once you turn your computer on. The "specialist" market is small. MS will continue to care about it, but that is not their main focus - at least I don't think so. If they keep your grandparents and parents hooked to Windows, they'll be satisfied.
If they create a modular version of the OS - I assume that they will have a Home/Business/Ultimate breakdown for consumers, with Home and Ultimate having many/all of the extra features we all love to hate, and the business version being the stripped down version we've all clamored for all this time. But I don't expect to see that version widely available for sale, and certainly not bundled with new computers, at least not at Dell/HP/Toshiba.
I expect google to fight this vigorously. Maybe even all the way up. Yet if they end up violating user privacy in order to comply, this might have major effects on goggle's long run plans of compiling large databases of information on users.
In the end we all know what will happen: some poor sap who uploaded 5 minutes of a Simpsons episode because the through that Seymore's asking a gerbil to chew through his ball sack was insanely funny will get the book thrown at him while serial copyright infringers are smart enough not to be easily identified.
The "silver lining" - I'm hopping that even more extensions and programs get developed in order to further anonimyze your surfing habits.
so, what happens to all the AI we develop after they lose their "usefulness"? Has anyone thought of the moral implications of pulling the plug on an intelligent computer. Won't someone think of the little silicon babies?
we all get rick rolled once or twice. It's just too bad it always happens when it comes to Duke Nukem. :D
it has been my experience that as soon as you come up with new rules making certain things illegal, thousands come up with new ways to get around it.
yeah, you know, Santa might be real as well. I'm not holding my breath.
well, microsoft had been moving toward a media-centered model for years now, and vista was supposed to deliver just that - a way for users to use their computers not just for computing, but for media applications, home networking, etc. None of the UMPCs would really be able to deliver that, so microsoft never paid much attention to the issue.
XP really fills that niche for people looking for an ultra-mobile but also not willing to move to a linux OS. Which really is a much larger market then those who would gladly use linux on their mobile machine. I'd be surprised if microsoft will not fight hard to regain control of that market.
well, unless it comes out in all white, I'm not interested. I mean, how would I be able to look cool at the [local coffee shop]?
I say this could be rather cool. You have thousands of people who will be vying for the opportunity to tell their friends - "this was my mission." basically, you tap into an unlimited supply of writers, and all you have to do is cherry pick the best. Depending on who does the moderation, it could be a very inventive show.
as more and more companies move their voice system over to VOIP, this creates an interesting dilemma: how do you prevent information leaks from secure sites when your telephone system can act as the carrier? Which probably means that we'll have more company snooping around and more "by using this system you agree that your privacy will be raped daily" forms we all have to sign when we get hired.
it's not really different, but bribing is easier in developing countries, especially those where the rule of law is weak. Please don't get me wrong, this is to say that the Indian government can't control their employees. But maybe the Indians can do it but the Congolese cannot. Or the Nigerians... or the Russians, or a Deutche Telecom employee who all of a sudden gets a thought... you get the idea.
Fact is, once you have a back-door into the system, it's only a matter of time until private and protected information starts leaking. And it does not have to be trade secrets. It can be personal information about political opponents. Or judges. Or information used on the stock market.
Fact is that it would be a bad development for RIM. And I'm glad they are fighting it.... and is protected from disclosure.
So, what happens when trade secrets leak because some gov employee got bribed to access them and pass them to a competitor?... I would assume RIM could also be held liable for loss. And its harder to sue (and win) against a government, esp. somewhere like India. A lot easier to drag RIM in front of a jury in the US.
R3 should sue the pants of them. Maybe EFF can provide some legal advice on the matter.
the Romanians are trying to do something of the sort - send 2% of your tax bill to the charity of your choice. Made every charity in the country double it's publicity and media buy budget. :) not a bad idea tho....
Agreed!
oh, wait... we're fingerprinting and photographing people at the border when they come in just to visit. ummmmm.... well..... nevermind...
Believe what you will. You passed a judgement on McCain's priorities based on chosing a former media exec as his advisor, by implying that his priorities rest with protecting content providors which, and I quote, "we all have reasons to loathe" vs the users. The suggestion that Fish has no technical expertise is based on what exactly? As a senior executive at a major company I expect him to be familiar with lots of technical issues with regard to the internet.
I'll even go a little farther and suggest that content providers have a right to seek to protect their business, and that what they should concentrate on is doing so without making it difficult for users to use the content in a legitimate manner. (this however, is a very different discussion).
Will Fish advise McCain on the internet based on what's good for the end user, what's good for madia conglomerates, or a combination of both?. I don't know. I assume a little of both. And I trust that inquisitive people will ask the right questions.
PS. now sure where the Limbaugh comment came out of. Frankly, I don't really care. While I don't believe that every supporter of Obama is a fuzzy-headed liberal, I can assure you that being a Republican does not mean you're a bigot, a racist, or a religeous nut. It might be hard to accept that, but it's still true.
you can draw conclusions out of that fact, if you so desire. but projecting your fears and preconceptions like that cannot possibly lead to intellectually honest conclusions.
suggestion that one person is automatically more qualified to be an adviser because he did not work for a major corporation is rather silly. You don't know if Fish would always side with the content providers, or if he would push McCain to veto laws that protect net neutrality.
This is the age old democrat vs republican argument - do we need more laws to get things right, or do we just need to apply the ones we have. I for one am sick of stupid laws and I have no faith that the next Congress, or the one after, will have the intelligence of getting them right. So can we just try to find ways to make what we have already work better?