This made me wonder if Sony will now sue Microsoft for producing software that circumvents their copy protection.
No, Sony got in HUGE trouble for that (not sure if it was legal trouble, but after the public outcry, they recalled EVERYTHING and IIRC a court may have ordered them to do more or something...?).
Amegy's decision... sends a message to the employers and recruiters using social networks to snoop into job seekers' personal lives that their actions border on discrimination and could get them in a lot of legal trouble.
But I'm nonetheless glad to be compiling 2.6.28 right now.
From the Linux kernel mailing list (emphasis mine):
Perhaps more interesting is simply the release scheduling issue. I'm
getting slowly ready to do a real 2.6.28, but I don't think anybody really
wants the merge window to be around the holidays. So the question is
really whether to
(a) just make the -rc's go on a few more weeks, and do 2.6.28 after xmas
I like this, because alledgely people are debugging things, and we'd
get a more stable 2.6.28.
or
(b) release in a week or two, but just allow for possibly extending the
merge window due to people being drunk on eggnog..
I like this because let's face it, we get more and better bug
information after releases, and everything _should_ be ready for
merging *before* the merge window anyway.
or
(c) some other crazy scheme that somebody comes up with in a drug-induced
stupor.
So I haven't quite decided on that thing yet, but I'm open to suggestions.
Linus
Investigative journalism, which is maybe the ideal form of reporting, generally relies heavily on primary sources. My idea is really more about the proximity to the information than the people who report it, which is an area you get to more and I pretty much agree with your points.
Metablogging is OK (and sometimes fun to read) but it ends up like a game of "telephone".
The quality and relevance of content on any given blog is proportional to its distance from the source of the original information and the author's mastery of the subject. Proper grammar and spelling are taken as a prerequisite to any high quality communication.
Good: Blogging from inside companies about company politics, activities and product development. Blogging from inside or about any source of information from an initial source that has competence and a threshold level of insight about that original information.
Bad: "Journalism" about press releases and product announcements. Blogging commentary on said articles. Blogging on blogs that got the wrong title for an article that has a false premise. Blogging about said blogs regarding how it's all wrong and you have it right. Blog of contending prejudice blogging about how the other blog is wrong.
Neutral: Posting an article to/. about how the blog world is afire over said issue.
Thoughts? I'm not trying to troll; just empty theorizing about something that bugs me.
Indeed, the WSJ confused more than the title; they confused caching with prioritization. FTFA:
Google's proposed arrangement with network providers, internally called OpenEdge, would place Google servers directly within the network of the service providers, according to documents reviewed by the Journal. The setup would accelerate Google's service for users.
...
The matter could come to a head quickly. In approving AT&T's 2006 acquisition of Bell South, the FCC made AT&T agree to shelve plans for a fast lane for 30 months.
Eugenics has morphed into "population control". It turned William Shockley (co-inventor of the transistor) insane. It is still with us, and look at the stated goals of Warren Buffett and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
If the internet existed in WWII they would've had firewalls just the same as we see today, blocking freedom of information. OTOH the fledgling internet and BBSs had an influence on the fall of the Soviet Union.
Hopefully the pressure of losing customers or getting sued by customers is enough to minimize this type of behavior.
You hit the nail on the head. If Sprint kept up the pissing contest they would only have hurt their own bottom line. That is the beauty of it; they seem to have started the pissing contest and fell into their own puddle.
I hear your sentiment but you must take into account that these actors are corporations, not people. It's the nature of capitalism -- conflicts must escalate to a certain point before they become financially important -- in this case it turned out better than the worst case scenario which is absolute deadlock. 3 days of broken connections until Sprint realized it needed to act versus a full lawsuit, which do you prefer? Freedom of markets, in this case, the market for bandwidth, is not always convenient compared to stricter regulation, but it is usually more expeditious in resolving these kinds of conflict than any government entity.
This guy Phil Elmore is invoking the First Amendment over Sprint vs. Cogent when he himself long-windedly states:
"If conflicts between individual users of a common resource... cannot be resolved through the "spontaneous order" of those individuals pursuing their individual interests... a governing authority is instituted to preserve those individuals' rights and to regulate access to that shared commodity."
This is precisely what the courts are for and exactly the reason we don't have a natural monopoly providing internet access as a utility. He has nullified his own argument for regulation. I guess pundits default to Freedom of Speech when their synapses cannot make a further connection.
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This made me wonder if Sony will now sue Microsoft for producing software that circumvents their copy protection.
No, Sony got in HUGE trouble for that (not sure if it was legal trouble, but after the public outcry, they recalled EVERYTHING and IIRC a court may have ordered them to do more or something...?).
**whoosh**
Amegy's decision... sends a message to the employers and recruiters using social networks to snoop into job seekers' personal lives that their actions border on discrimination and could get them in a lot of legal trouble.
Kevin Colvin.
Ham radio operators save the day once again... 'nuff said.
I'm going back to sleep, the fridge has been nuked.
"Here is your stapler," says Stair, handing it to the man. "Have a nice day."
Perhaps more interesting is simply the release scheduling issue. I'm getting slowly ready to do a real 2.6.28, but I don't think anybody really wants the merge window to be around the holidays. So the question is really whether to (a) just make the -rc's go on a few more weeks, and do 2.6.28 after xmas I like this, because alledgely people are debugging things, and we'd get a more stable 2.6.28. or (b) release in a week or two, but just allow for possibly extending the merge window due to people being drunk on eggnog.. I like this because let's face it, we get more and better bug information after releases, and everything _should_ be ready for merging *before* the merge window anyway. or (c) some other crazy scheme that somebody comes up with in a drug-induced stupor. So I haven't quite decided on that thing yet, but I'm open to suggestions. Linus
...besides an AC who thinks this is a lame idea?
Just follow the RSS feed -- you'll find 2 new breaches every day or more! How is that not fun?!
"Sunlight is the best disinfectant"?
...it's a slippery slope to "sleep procrastination"
'Jumping the shark' has jumped the shark.
A number of sleepwalkers have been acquitted of murder charges.
BBR has a good opinion piece too IMHO.
Investigative journalism, which is maybe the ideal form of reporting, generally relies heavily on primary sources. My idea is really more about the proximity to the information than the people who report it, which is an area you get to more and I pretty much agree with your points.
Metablogging is OK (and sometimes fun to read) but it ends up like a game of "telephone".
Here's a theory for giggles:
The quality and relevance of content on any given blog is proportional to its distance from the source of the original information and the author's mastery of the subject. Proper grammar and spelling are taken as a prerequisite to any high quality communication.
Good: Blogging from inside companies about company politics, activities and product development. Blogging from inside or about any source of information from an initial source that has competence and a threshold level of insight about that original information.
Bad: "Journalism" about press releases and product announcements. Blogging commentary on said articles. Blogging on blogs that got the wrong title for an article that has a false premise. Blogging about said blogs regarding how it's all wrong and you have it right. Blog of contending prejudice blogging about how the other blog is wrong.
Neutral: Posting an article to /. about how the blog world is afire over said issue.
Thoughts? I'm not trying to troll; just empty theorizing about something that bugs me.
Google's proposed arrangement with network providers, internally called OpenEdge, would place Google servers directly within the network of the service providers, according to documents reviewed by the Journal. The setup would accelerate Google's service for users.
...
The matter could come to a head quickly. In approving AT&T's 2006 acquisition of Bell South, the FCC made AT&T agree to shelve plans for a fast lane for 30 months.
Need I say more? They're grabbing headlines once again for confused reporting.
WOW -- what a mess!
Eugenics has morphed into "population control". It turned William Shockley (co-inventor of the transistor) insane. It is still with us, and look at the stated goals of Warren Buffett and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
Sorry about replying to myself. This covers the fall of the Soviet Union re: internet. http://mises.org/story/3060
If the internet existed in WWII they would've had firewalls just the same as we see today, blocking freedom of information. OTOH the fledgling internet and BBSs had an influence on the fall of the Soviet Union.
Hopefully the pressure of losing customers or getting sued by customers is enough to minimize this type of behavior.
You hit the nail on the head. If Sprint kept up the pissing contest they would only have hurt their own bottom line. That is the beauty of it; they seem to have started the pissing contest and fell into their own puddle.
I hear your sentiment but you must take into account that these actors are corporations, not people. It's the nature of capitalism -- conflicts must escalate to a certain point before they become financially important -- in this case it turned out better than the worst case scenario which is absolute deadlock. 3 days of broken connections until Sprint realized it needed to act versus a full lawsuit, which do you prefer? Freedom of markets, in this case, the market for bandwidth, is not always convenient compared to stricter regulation, but it is usually more expeditious in resolving these kinds of conflict than any government entity.
"If conflicts between individual users of a common resource ... cannot be resolved through the "spontaneous order" of those individuals pursuing their individual interests... a governing authority is instituted to preserve those individuals' rights and to regulate access to that shared commodity."
This is precisely what the courts are for and exactly the reason we don't have a natural monopoly providing internet access as a utility. He has nullified his own argument for regulation. I guess pundits default to Freedom of Speech when their synapses cannot make a further connection.
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