I remember - Realplayer was so versatile at first; I installed it on everything. Today, I went to the Library of Congress website to watch a stream. When I saw that it required Real, I closed the tab and did something else.
I remember reading something during the Eighties about a university/government group that was gaming contact, with variously designed alien species. Generally, by third or fourth contact, the group playing the humans was at war. Anyone remember where I read this?
"...a figure that does not include print subscribers who receive digital access for free but does include readers who took advantage of a promotional offer."
So partially dishonest, par for the course for marketers.
By the way most libraries have an e-book shelf that you can use to borrow from for the cost of a library card FREE.
Not if you have a Kindle. The Kindle is not compatible with the format of downloadable library books.
AND, It is often a real pain to get set up to borrow e-books. The publishers/distributors often make it as difficult as they can for a patron to register to use the library's e-content. This will often discourage (intentionally, I suspect) new users from using the e-books, particularly if they are not comfortable with computers.
And then, if you have a smaller library; say, in rural Montana, you might not be able to get the new stuff, as the library might not be able to afford the additional costs associated with a new release program.
Yes, I am a librarian in rural Montana, thanks for asking.
I'm a librarian. When science fair comes around, the students come in and check out the "Winning Science Fair Projects" books and duplicate one of the projects. "Help, My Science Fair Project is Due Tomorrow!" goes out about a week before the fair. The books come back after the fair, and no science books go out for another year.
Look at Andrew Carnegie and others of his ilk. Many of the Captains of Industry and the Robber Barons turned to philanthropy after making their fortunes. All they left in public memory were were their names on theaters, museums, libraries and charitable organizations. The public doesn't remember the devil, only the philanthropist.
Information no longer wants to be anonymous, because Anonymous has been compromised and its "leaders" are being arrested by the ton. Information wishes it had never heard of 4chan.
...If it were up to me, the ban should be extended to all public events or venues... No cinema, no restaurants, no amusement parks, no festivals... for a year or more. That will hurt just as it is supposed to. If it could be combined with a restraining type order with the police that will trigger harsher punishments for relevant offenses (violence, vandalism etc.) while on the ban - it would be perfect. Severe fines are a must too of course.
I would like to see a study that tracks the outside effects of such a program. For instance, does it actually cause the banned patron to change his ways; or does he simply take the violence and misbehavior elsewhere? I would be concerned about a possible increase, in both frequency and intensity, of domestic violence among the banned, as their social circles are limited.
Also, there are methodological flaws in this survey--the biggest being that it was online. How can you get a representative sample online, when, as in my region, a large portion of the population is unable to use a computer? That has to skew the data.
The software our library consortium uses does not like lower- or mixed-case in certain fields, such as patron names, Alternate IDs and *sigh* passwords.
Yeah--That was what the FBI claimed during the PATRIOT Act reauthorization hearings, at the same time the Connecticut librarians were in court fighting the NSLs they had been given by the FBI. Oddly enough, the FBI lifted the gag order on the librarians only after the Act had been reauthorized. - https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/nyregion/31library.html
I run a small rural library. We decided not to apply for those funds which require filtering. We apply for funding for our POTS (telephone), long distance and the data line, but not internet access--the internet access funds mandate filtering, but the line that connects us to the internet does not. It means having to be more cautious when filling out the federal paperwork, and is sometimes not worth the effort. About half the time, we decide just to skip the year's funding.
We do explain to parents applying for internet passes for their children that we don't filter, and a few parents decide to withhold permission from the kids or decide to only allow them access when the parent is there to watch over them.
In public libraries we would love to accumulate knowledge, but only have the funds to accumulate the latest Jodi Picoult or Janet Evanovich. Damn best seller lists.
I believe the "atheist of other deities" concept predates the "atheist of all deities" concept. The early Christians were accused of atheism because they rejected the state gods of Rome, and specifically the deified emperors, not because they denied the existence of all gods.
That will only happen if someone is forced to use a religious search engine, but disallowed from using others.
That is assuming that the "someone" knows it is censored.
Vivismo's Clusty metasearch was bought out and renamed Yippy (http://search.yippy.com/). I used it for a couple of days before realizing it was filtering the search results. The only reason I found out the search was censored was that I ran a search where I knew what the results should have been. When I went searching for a search mode that would return accurate results, I eventually found the "Censorship" page (http://search.yippy.com/censorship), two clicks down, where they stated what they were filtering (based on their political and religious views.)
The front page should have linked to the censorship policy, or at least should include a notice that it is a "conservative, Christian, family-friendly search engine." Unfortunately, the front page is a generic search box, with no indication of what it does.
I can't make a choice if they are not open about their activities.
From Yippy, which used to be Vivismo's Clusty metasearch engine's censorship page:
"Censorship
Yippy.com, its sub-domains and other web based products (such as but not limited to the Yippy Browser) may censor search results, web domains and IP addresses. That is, Yippy may remove from its output, in an ad-hoc manner, all but not limited to the following:
1. Politically-oriented propaganda or agendas
2. Pornographic Material
3. Gambling content
4. Sexual products or sites that sell same
5. Anti-Semitic views or opinions
6. Anti-Christian views or opinions
7. Anti-Conservative views or opinions
8. Anti-Sovereign USA views or opinions
9. Sites deemed inappropriate for children
YIPPY RESERVES THE RIGHT – that any site or domain that displays, does business with or derives revenue from any of the above may be blocked without notice by Yippy, Inc. Sites that are blocked may appeal one time by sending an email with “Appeal Notice” in the subject line and include the domain in the body to info@yippy.com. Yippy is not required, nor does it make any warranty or otherwise that a blocked site will be reinstated. Yippy, Inc. and its affiliates general rule is that all material that would be objectionable to governments, parents, schools and libraries will be blocked and that sites or other search engines that do not have an adequate controls with regards to protecting children or do business with producers of objectionable material may be denied access to Yippy users. Yippy reserves the right to redirect its users to approved sites. "
From what I remember, the end result of the Connecticut Librarians case was that the gag order does not apply to contact with your (or your organization's) attorney.
At our library conference, the legal folks said that removing the "we have not been served with a NSL" sign would count as a violation of the gag order.
As a librarian, I would like to think that I would go the civil disobedience route, but there is no way of knowing if I would have the courage until it happens. The odds aren't good--how many thousands of NSLs are issued compared to only two people fighting them (that I am aware of). I do think defying of the gag order and accepting prison time is the only way to effectively fight this, but I can't claim with certainty what I would have the guts to do.
Going against the probable legal advice of the Town Attorney and exposing my Board, my Town and possibly my staff to the effects of my action would take careful consideration.
I live in a rural town and the local ISP installed fibre-to-the-premises so they could offer tv. A year later, the local cable company has given up the ghost (apparently, they installed the cheapest cable they could find and found they couldn't handle internet bandwidth). We live in a valley and satellite is uncertain in bad weather, so now we depend on this company for internet, phone and cable at half-again to twice the price of areas not under their monopoly.
If I need to watch a television show, I wait till the end of the season and either order the set through interlibrary loan, or if I think the season is worth more than the postage, purchase it.
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I remember - Realplayer was so versatile at first; I installed it on everything. Today, I went to the Library of Congress website to watch a stream. When I saw that it required Real, I closed the tab and did something else.
Pshaw. Pinkertons aint got nothin' on the Continental Op.
The Continental Op cursed as he crouched in the shadows of the basement; fourteen Slashdot posts, all modded troll...
I use made-up words, bastardized out of transliterated Persian and Greek words related to what I am doing,. Fun to create, easy to remember.
I remember reading something during the Eighties about a university/government group that was gaming contact, with variously designed alien species. Generally, by third or fourth contact, the group playing the humans was at war. Anyone remember where I read this?
"...a figure that does not include print subscribers who receive digital access for free but does include readers who took advantage of a promotional offer."
So partially dishonest, par for the course for marketers.
By the way most libraries have an e-book shelf that you can use to borrow from for the cost of a library card FREE.
Not if you have a Kindle. The Kindle is not compatible with the format of downloadable library books.
AND, It is often a real pain to get set up to borrow e-books. The publishers/distributors often make it as difficult as they can for a patron to register to use the library's e-content. This will often discourage (intentionally, I suspect) new users from using the e-books, particularly if they are not comfortable with computers.
And then, if you have a smaller library; say, in rural Montana, you might not be able to get the new stuff, as the library might not be able to afford the additional costs associated with a new release program.
Yes, I am a librarian in rural Montana, thanks for asking.
Unfortunately, from a standpoint of marketing to those who have not tried Firefox 4Beta, it doesn't work with Firefox 3.6.
I'm a librarian. When science fair comes around, the students come in and check out the "Winning Science Fair Projects" books and duplicate one of the projects. "Help, My Science Fair Project is Due Tomorrow!" goes out about a week before the fair. The books come back after the fair, and no science books go out for another year.
Look at Andrew Carnegie and others of his ilk. Many of the Captains of Industry and the Robber Barons turned to philanthropy after making their fortunes. All they left in public memory were were their names on theaters, museums, libraries and charitable organizations. The public doesn't remember the devil, only the philanthropist.
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
--attributed to Alfred Hitchcock
Information no longer wants to be anonymous, because Anonymous has been compromised and its "leaders" are being arrested by the ton. Information wishes it had never heard of 4chan.
I'll bet they made the arrests in less than twelve parsecs, too.
...If it were up to me, the ban should be extended to all public events or venues... No cinema, no restaurants, no amusement parks, no festivals... for a year or more. That will hurt just as it is supposed to. If it could be combined with a restraining type order with the police that will trigger harsher punishments for relevant offenses (violence, vandalism etc.) while on the ban - it would be perfect. Severe fines are a must too of course.
I would like to see a study that tracks the outside effects of such a program. For instance, does it actually cause the banned patron to change his ways; or does he simply take the violence and misbehavior elsewhere? I would be concerned about a possible increase, in both frequency and intensity, of domestic violence among the banned, as their social circles are limited.
Also, there are methodological flaws in this survey--the biggest being that it was online. How can you get a representative sample online, when, as in my region, a large portion of the population is unable to use a computer? That has to skew the data.
The software our library consortium uses does not like lower- or mixed-case in certain fields, such as patron names, Alternate IDs and *sigh* passwords.
Yeah--That was what the FBI claimed during the PATRIOT Act reauthorization hearings, at the same time the Connecticut librarians were in court fighting the NSLs they had been given by the FBI. Oddly enough, the FBI lifted the gag order on the librarians only after the Act had been reauthorized. - https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/nyregion/31library.html
We do explain to parents applying for internet passes for their children that we don't filter, and a few parents decide to withhold permission from the kids or decide to only allow them access when the parent is there to watch over them.
In public libraries we would love to accumulate knowledge, but only have the funds to accumulate the latest Jodi Picoult or Janet Evanovich. Damn best seller lists.
I believe the "atheist of other deities" concept predates the "atheist of all deities" concept. The early Christians were accused of atheism because they rejected the state gods of Rome, and specifically the deified emperors, not because they denied the existence of all gods.
That will only happen if someone is forced to use a religious search engine, but disallowed from using others.
That is assuming that the "someone" knows it is censored.
Vivismo's Clusty metasearch was bought out and renamed Yippy (http://search.yippy.com/). I used it for a couple of days before realizing it was filtering the search results. The only reason I found out the search was censored was that I ran a search where I knew what the results should have been. When I went searching for a search mode that would return accurate results, I eventually found the "Censorship" page (http://search.yippy.com/censorship), two clicks down, where they stated what they were filtering (based on their political and religious views.)
The front page should have linked to the censorship policy, or at least should include a notice that it is a "conservative, Christian, family-friendly search engine." Unfortunately, the front page is a generic search box, with no indication of what it does.
I can't make a choice if they are not open about their activities.
"Censorship
Yippy.com, its sub-domains and other web based products (such as but not limited to the Yippy Browser) may censor search results, web domains and IP addresses. That is, Yippy may remove from its output, in an ad-hoc manner, all but not limited to the following:
1. Politically-oriented propaganda or agendas
2. Pornographic Material
3. Gambling content
4. Sexual products or sites that sell same
5. Anti-Semitic views or opinions
6. Anti-Christian views or opinions
7. Anti-Conservative views or opinions
8. Anti-Sovereign USA views or opinions
9. Sites deemed inappropriate for children
YIPPY RESERVES THE RIGHT – that any site or domain that displays, does business with or derives revenue from any of the above may be blocked without notice by Yippy, Inc. Sites that are blocked may appeal one time by sending an email with “Appeal Notice” in the subject line and include the domain in the body to info@yippy.com. Yippy is not required, nor does it make any warranty or otherwise that a blocked site will be reinstated. Yippy, Inc. and its affiliates general rule is that all material that would be objectionable to governments, parents, schools and libraries will be blocked and that sites or other search engines that do not have an adequate controls with regards to protecting children or do business with producers of objectionable material may be denied access to Yippy users. Yippy reserves the right to redirect its users to approved sites. "
From what I remember, the end result of the Connecticut Librarians case was that the gag order does not apply to contact with your (or your organization's) attorney.
At our library conference, the legal folks said that removing the "we have not been served with a NSL" sign would count as a violation of the gag order.
Going against the probable legal advice of the Town Attorney and exposing my Board, my Town and possibly my staff to the effects of my action would take careful consideration.
I live in a rural town and the local ISP installed fibre-to-the-premises so they could offer tv. A year later, the local cable company has given up the ghost (apparently, they installed the cheapest cable they could find and found they couldn't handle internet bandwidth). We live in a valley and satellite is uncertain in bad weather, so now we depend on this company for internet, phone and cable at half-again to twice the price of areas not under their monopoly. If I need to watch a television show, I wait till the end of the season and either order the set through interlibrary loan, or if I think the season is worth more than the postage, purchase it.