1) I think you make a false distinction between 'direct' and 'indirect' communication. The distinction here should not be how the message is transmitted, but how it is received. Consider a magic trick one might play on a child -- the same actions on the part of the magician trigger very different responses based on whether the viewer knows how the trick works or doesn't. If you know to watch for this type of influence, you are less likely (even subconsciously) to be controlled by it.
2) The question of "how far you can ethically take that sort of behavior" is always a moving target. This isn't really an ethical question; it is a social question of what can we do as a society to ensure that the gap in knowledge/techniques/practices between the marketers and the consumers stays small. It only becomes an ethical question when we're debating a technique against which a consumer can't be educated (e.g., subliminal flash images of icy cold coca-cola shown at the drive-in).
Nudging technologies have been around for as long as people have traded one good for another. Prices ending in.99, "buy one, get one free", and the ever popular "act now" are all examples of efforts to nudge someone to action.
It can only be a good thing that these subliminal forces are finally being harnessed to encourage positive behavior (e.g., stairs versus elevators or washing hands after using the bathroom)
It's true there are lots of results -- but having researched this myself for the last few weeks, I'm pretty sure there is nothing fully baked. Dropbox is quite good at what it does (security aside), and replicating it across multiple OS platforms and mobile devices is quite hard.
What I'd love to see (although not FOSS) is simply the ability to run dropbox on a private sever. sadly, dropbox shows no interest in this solution.
Mandate is an imprecise word and was a poor choice on my part -- while it is often synonymous with 'order' or 'command', it can also by synonymous with 'guidance', as when an elected official who wins the popular vote claims a mandate to promote a specific political agenda. I intended the latter. I hope this can end the semantic part of the debate.
It is my opinion that the existence of PDF files, PDF reader software, or PDF creation software on the machines within the office of the Governor would allow someone with standing (any of the news organizations forced to incur great expense, or even a local citizen with a bad back) to credibly claim that the Governor's office engaged in behavior which did not respect the Legislature's intent, and economic loss resulted. The objective would be to make this a pissing match between the Legislature and the Office of the Governor, not to make it between the claimant and the office of the Governor. For this reason, a local citizen making a stink is better than the NYTimes filing a suit.
I have no idea if someone could prevail. But it would be an interesting next move in what appears to be politically motivated behavior. Publicly embarrassing bad behavior is one way citizens get elected officials to behave appropriately.
It's definitely true that in legal cases the standard is paper format, but there is a substantial difference between a FOIA response and a subpoena ducas tecam. Additionally, the Alaska Legislature has mandated that FOIA requests be filled electronically when reasonably possible. As many have pointed out, print to PDF would have been easier and less expensive.
from the statutes and regulations related to FOIA requests of the Great State of Alaska:
Sec. 40.25.115. Electronic services and products.
(a) Notwithstanding AS 40.25.110 (b) - (d) to the contrary, upon request and payment of a fee established under (b) of this section, a public agency may provide electronic services and products involving public records to members of the public. A public agency is encouraged to make information available in usable electronic formats to the greatest extent feasible . The activities authorized under this section may not take priority over the primary responsibilities of a public agency.
I would guess that you could credibly argue that the authorities overseeing the FOIA request did not make into available in electronic form to the greatest extent possible (e.g., provided on CD-ROM).
my point isn't/wasn't focused on ASF -- I'm talking about the software OO vs. LO. At this point, LO appears to have a broader support base of active developers and the LO software has made a number of improvements since forking that makes it (arguably) a better platform to build from once the community unforks.
I'm sure that ASF/incubator can do a fine job of managing OO, but since they will (if they accept) inherit lesser software and a weaker community, the onus would be on them to consider joining TSF...
If they do merge, it'll be Apache incubator giving up and joining TDF. TDF already announced that they were going forward regardless of Oracle's actions regarding giving OO back of the community. TDF welcomes all new members -- including Apache Incubator.
At this point, TDF/LO is a stronger horse to back -- they've shown they can organize the community, and the software is (arguably) more willing to accept improvements that OO didn't (perhaps because Oracle was still working to find a way to monetize some aspect of OO)
Right on! Better to keep the 3G connectivity limited to the phone, and then tether as needed. People who don't want to pay for tethering can find plenty of options to engage in their own brand of contract disobedience.
...at least until (if ever) the US PTO has a better solution to software patents.
Now, MSFT (and consortium partners) are protected without limiting patent availability to the FOSS community. Sometimes win-win is more than a draw...
It's only obstruction of justice if the cops have a right to search and seize. This is still pretty unsettled space. So yes, so chucklehead, minimum wage, part-time cop and a just passed the bar (barely) ADA might toss an obstruction charge into the mix, all that will do is get the ACLU that much more excited to come help you beat the pants of the silly police.
I thought LibreOffice was formed to create an office suite solution that was fully FOSS and not dependent on use of closed java solutions. If that's the case, wouldn't LibreOffice want to see OO go away? Why merge?
I know it's asking too much of/.ers to actually read articles, but I would hope the contributors might try for subjectivity. The crash finding of that study was the least important data point. Unity isn't stable yet, and no one expects it to be stable. Go take a spin through the bulleted highlights of results to see some interesting points on how people explore and understand a new GUI.
Hotz agreed to a permanent injunction against what, exactly?
God, I'm going to miss Groklaw for explaining all interesting things legal... I'm afraid for how the legal discussions at/. are going to spiral down into "IANAL but here's my completely unjustified and narrow view of how this particular issue related to me".
you should dig a bit deeper. SCEA is seeking this information in order to argue that the case should be argued in California rather than New Jersey. So far, this has nothing to do with "the funds he has made from his work' -- and it likely never will. As to whether Geoot did anything illegal, that's what the whole case is about... if we're lucky, Geohot will prevail.
Your "a job is a privilege not a right" is about a hundred years late.
For purposes of discussion, let's assume that you have compiled a complete list of protected classes in the area of employee discrimination.
A potential employee that has tramp stamped the square root of -1 across his/her forehead is not one of those protected classes...unless of course the individual can show proof that they actively participate(d) in a religious cult of numerology that believes God is imaginary.
There is a very large difference between choice and discrimination when it comes to hiring. As with all subjective multivariate calculations, proving that one of the determinant factors defines membership in a protected class is very hard to do.
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Two quick points to consider:
1) I think you make a false distinction between 'direct' and 'indirect' communication. The distinction here should not be how the message is transmitted, but how it is received. Consider a magic trick one might play on a child -- the same actions on the part of the magician trigger very different responses based on whether the viewer knows how the trick works or doesn't. If you know to watch for this type of influence, you are less likely (even subconsciously) to be controlled by it.
2) The question of "how far you can ethically take that sort of behavior" is always a moving target. This isn't really an ethical question; it is a social question of what can we do as a society to ensure that the gap in knowledge/techniques/practices between the marketers and the consumers stays small. It only becomes an ethical question when we're debating a technique against which a consumer can't be educated (e.g., subliminal flash images of icy cold coca-cola shown at the drive-in).
Nudging technologies have been around for as long as people have traded one good for another. Prices ending in .99, "buy one, get one free", and the ever popular "act now" are all examples of efforts to nudge someone to action.
It can only be a good thing that these subliminal forces are finally being harnessed to encourage positive behavior (e.g., stairs versus elevators or washing hands after using the bathroom)
It's true there are lots of results -- but having researched this myself for the last few weeks, I'm pretty sure there is nothing fully baked. Dropbox is quite good at what it does (security aside), and replicating it across multiple OS platforms and mobile devices is quite hard.
What I'd love to see (although not FOSS) is simply the ability to run dropbox on a private sever. sadly, dropbox shows no interest in this solution.
Mandate is an imprecise word and was a poor choice on my part -- while it is often synonymous with 'order' or 'command', it can also by synonymous with 'guidance', as when an elected official who wins the popular vote claims a mandate to promote a specific political agenda. I intended the latter. I hope this can end the semantic part of the debate.
It is my opinion that the existence of PDF files, PDF reader software, or PDF creation software on the machines within the office of the Governor would allow someone with standing (any of the news organizations forced to incur great expense, or even a local citizen with a bad back) to credibly claim that the Governor's office engaged in behavior which did not respect the Legislature's intent, and economic loss resulted. The objective would be to make this a pissing match between the Legislature and the Office of the Governor, not to make it between the claimant and the office of the Governor. For this reason, a local citizen making a stink is better than the NYTimes filing a suit.
I have no idea if someone could prevail. But it would be an interesting next move in what appears to be politically motivated behavior. Publicly embarrassing bad behavior is one way citizens get elected officials to behave appropriately.
It's definitely true that in legal cases the standard is paper format, but there is a substantial difference between a FOIA response and a subpoena ducas tecam. Additionally, the Alaska Legislature has mandated that FOIA requests be filled electronically when reasonably possible. As many have pointed out, print to PDF would have been easier and less expensive.
from the statutes and regulations related to FOIA requests of the Great State of Alaska:
Sec. 40.25.115. Electronic services and products.
(a) Notwithstanding AS 40.25.110 (b) - (d) to the contrary, upon request and payment of a fee established under (b) of this section, a public agency may provide electronic services and products involving public records to members of the public. A public agency is encouraged to make information available in usable electronic formats to the greatest extent feasible . The activities authorized under this section may not take priority over the primary responsibilities of a public agency.
I would guess that you could credibly argue that the authorities overseeing the FOIA request did not make into available in electronic form to the greatest extent possible (e.g., provided on CD-ROM).
my point isn't/wasn't focused on ASF -- I'm talking about the software OO vs. LO. At this point, LO appears to have a broader support base of active developers and the LO software has made a number of improvements since forking that makes it (arguably) a better platform to build from once the community unforks.
I'm sure that ASF/incubator can do a fine job of managing OO, but since they will (if they accept) inherit lesser software and a weaker community, the onus would be on them to consider joining TSF...
If they do merge, it'll be Apache incubator giving up and joining TDF. TDF already announced that they were going forward regardless of Oracle's actions regarding giving OO back of the community. TDF welcomes all new members -- including Apache Incubator.
At this point, TDF/LO is a stronger horse to back -- they've shown they can organize the community, and the software is (arguably) more willing to accept improvements that OO didn't (perhaps because Oracle was still working to find a way to monetize some aspect of OO)
LMGTFY: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=captive+portal+dd-wrt
Right on! Better to keep the 3G connectivity limited to the phone, and then tether as needed. People who don't want to pay for tethering can find plenty of options to engage in their own brand of contract disobedience.
...at least until (if ever) the US PTO has a better solution to software patents. Now, MSFT (and consortium partners) are protected without limiting patent availability to the FOSS community. Sometimes win-win is more than a draw...
It's only obstruction of justice if the cops have a right to search and seize. This is still pretty unsettled space. So yes, so chucklehead, minimum wage, part-time cop and a just passed the bar (barely) ADA might toss an obstruction charge into the mix, all that will do is get the ACLU that much more excited to come help you beat the pants of the silly police.
I thought LibreOffice was formed to create an office suite solution that was fully FOSS and not dependent on use of closed java solutions. If that's the case, wouldn't LibreOffice want to see OO go away? Why merge?
I know it's asking too much of /.ers to actually read articles, but I would hope the contributors might try for subjectivity. The crash finding of that study was the least important data point. Unity isn't stable yet, and no one expects it to be stable. Go take a spin through the bulleted highlights of results to see some interesting points on how people explore and understand a new GUI.
You're sampling too short of time period. Texas blew all it's political capital on Johnson originally locating the MSC in Houston.
Hotz agreed to a permanent injunction against what, exactly?
/. are going to spiral down into "IANAL but here's my completely unjustified and narrow view of how this particular issue related to me".
God, I'm going to miss Groklaw for explaining all interesting things legal... I'm afraid for how the legal discussions at
Thank you, Pamela Jones.
you should dig a bit deeper. SCEA is seeking this information in order to argue that the case should be argued in California rather than New Jersey. So far, this has nothing to do with "the funds he has made from his work' -- and it likely never will. As to whether Geoot did anything illegal, that's what the whole case is about... if we're lucky, Geohot will prevail.
For purposes of discussion, let's assume that you have compiled a complete list of protected classes in the area of employee discrimination.
A potential employee that has tramp stamped the square root of -1 across his/her forehead is not one of those protected classes...unless of course the individual can show proof that they actively participate(d) in a religious cult of numerology that believes God is imaginary.
There is a very large difference between choice and discrimination when it comes to hiring. As with all subjective multivariate calculations, proving that one of the determinant factors defines membership in a protected class is very hard to do.