The bulk of the $350,000 Teksavvy was requesting was for council
But there was no need for council, they chose to fight the Order. Which is why the request was denied.
No they didn't fight anything. They simply told Voltage, if you want our customer data, get a court order. They remained neutral during the hearings while CIPPIC submitted a "friend of the court" submission about some of the issues with Voltage's case. At this point no one has fought anything.
If you read the decision the court said there were 2 separate issues. First, compliance with the order which the judge valued at $22k. Second was participation in the hearings which the judge ruled as being distinct from compliance with the order. One of the major problems though is that one of the council for TSI was hired as an expert in privacy law - it's hard to separate the issues of the case and issues of compliance as it relates to ensuring TSI properly protected its customers privacy to the standard set by PIPEDA. Because the judge failed to account for any issues relating to PIPEDA with regards to the compliance with the order there's a $120,000 in privacy related costs that may be recoverable on appeal.
Not exactly. On several issues, yes, like network hardening and PR/customer service issues. Those costs were minimal compared to the legal fees which the judge declined based on timing/procedure. They'll get the bulk of the later on appeal.
The judge may have erred by solely looking at the Federal Court Rules (rule 400 in particular) when determining Teksavvy's obligation to notify customers. They have an obligation to notify under PIPEDA which the judge did not account for. The bulk of the $350,000 Teksavvy was requesting was for council - the judge may have also erred here. In the first hearing the judge stated that costs would be addressed at a later date and punted the issue. When costs were finally addressed by the current judge they said "it's too late to address those particular costs". ie: the problem was procedural not whether or not Teksavvy deserved to have the costs reimbursed. There were also some costs which TSI has to prove before they can be paid for them.
Likely what is going to happen is that TSI will appeal the ruling and get another ~$150,000 or so of the $350,000 requested (somewhere around the $180,000-$220,000 range including the $22k already ordered). The 'tone and spirit" of the previous case you linked is one thing but there's also the costs awarded every time the police request an IP correlation for a criminal case. Those cost awards are in the $100-$150 per IP range... this was $11 per IP. Not exactly consistent with existing precedent.
I'd imagine that most accidents involving automated cars will *provably* (video and telemetry info and all that) be human operator's fault (or the other driver)... suddenly humans will find their insurance go sky high, while insuring a self driving car will be dirt cheap (they'll be harder to steal too).
Self driving car hits a person/dog/other self-driving car/etc. I'm pretty sure it'll be the software's fault.
Great examples. Self-driving cars will never become a reality for a simple reason: liability. Can you really hold a person responsible for "decisions" of less than perfect software? That means the entire liability falls on the company making/using the software. Even the mighty Google couldn't afford the insurance policy for something like that.
I would recommend watching the movie "Lucky 7" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03... - it's only a perspective on this type of situation (the movie follows the daughter's life who lost a mother to cancer and the "life advice" she left). It's overly simplistic but it might spur some ideas that are appropriate for your daughter.
As to advice for what to include, I couldn't begin to think I had any good advice to impart, but I would say this: Let the advice reflect you and your tastes/opinions/perspectives/etc. Outright advice to her might be less useful than something that imparts who you are and allow her to pull what she needs from that - there is no manual for life after all.
Auto isn't obnoxious when it's self triggered. I love using HTMLKit for coding because you can setup custom rules based on the language you're using and just hit a key (your choice of which key) to trigger a pre-defined auto-behaviour. Saves so much time not having to fuss with auto-behaviours you don't intend and not manually entering every slow detail every time. Even places the carat where you want it.
We supposedly dont want any preferential treatment of any traffic....
Not hard to swallow at all. You forget that the basics of fast lane technology: only those who pay get access. Sure, it may start out free but eventually it'll start getting a nominal fee and another and another.
Who the hell runs games with only 3.5 GB of ram (32 bit limit)?
I'm running 64bit but I can't control whether a program runs in 32bit or 64bit. Firefox 64bit will solve the browser portion of it - Win8 is just fucked.
Oh and to clarify - normally I wouldn't restart the browser but Windows 8.1 has a limit of 2GB of accessible 32bit memory so every time I launch a game I have to quit firefox or get nag messages from Win8 about low RAM (which pull me out of the game). If I could I'd just leave the browser open.
I tend not to have that many tabs open at once since they introduced the "reload on restart" (for lack of a better name). Since I've got to reload the content of a tab after a restart of the browser I figure it's faster to just re-search the page rather than sort through the tabs to figure out which tab belongs to what information. Especially since not all tabs have useful title names.
Don't give Mozilla any ideas, or the next version of Firefox will have a full fledged IRC client built in. I think they're already working on the kitchen sink.
Chatzilla has been around for years. It is a full fledged IRC client as an addon - pretty light weight as well.
As well, why not have a neutral platform you can build on to your needs instead of introducing bloat that only some people will like/use.
Firefox:
- AdBlock Plus + Element Hiding Helper
- Chatzilla (IRC Chat)
- FireFTP
- SnapLinks Plus (right click multi-link select/copy/open)
- Firebug
- HTTPS Everywhere
- Quickdrag (drag drop links into white space to open in new tab, drag drop images to download them)
- SQLite Manager (manually browse and fix Mozilla's privacy blunders)
- TableTools2 (manage table data when site options don't offer it)
- YouTube HD (forces specific sizes when possible)
- Live HTTP Headers (see what's really being sent)
No, it's that this will do little to affect those crappy addons - they'll find a way around the signing but legitimate/new developers will have more hassles to deal with. It's effectively DRM and we all know how well that whack-a-mole game works.
I care because it increases the cost of the device, increases electrical consumption in operating the device (again, costing more money), generates extra heat which shortens the lifespan of the electronics, creates possible failure points which could cause electrical shorts/interference with other parts of the device. Then there's the software aspect, bugs which require patching, "features" which can't be turned off, slowness in turning the device on and off, advertising when no signal is present, etc.
I want my devices to be smart, not my displays. I want my displays to be interoperable through several generations of devices.
...to put on your tinfoil hat before you get out of your bed from your lead-lined walled bedroom....
It's not tinfoil-hatism when it's true. Big brother issues aside, there's a very valid point in his post: Why pay for all those extra electronics/failure points when all you want is a display device. Personally, all I want is a screen and speakers with enough ports on the back for my various systems.
I RTFA. If addons require signing they have to be submitted for review by Mozilla. Mozilla becomes a gatekeeper meaning they can in theory be legally forced or simply themselves choose to not sign specific addons. That would effectively block them from being used by mainstream Firefox users who don't know about various builds/etc.
Tabs on top does have some logical sense but following that logic the bookmarks toolbar is out of place, the search bar behaves in a global manner instead of a tab based manner, etc. They just did too many "me too" things without thinking them through fully.
Most recently they removed the ability to place UI elements in the file bar - I used to keep search there (since it's global) and the address bar below the tabs. It worked really well but of course they want the file bar gone so they have to make sure no one can use it to its full potential.
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...except during summer when it'll be churning out heat and you want it cool.
The bulk of the $350,000 Teksavvy was requesting was for council
But there was no need for council, they chose to fight the Order. Which is why the request was denied.
No they didn't fight anything. They simply told Voltage, if you want our customer data, get a court order. They remained neutral during the hearings while CIPPIC submitted a "friend of the court" submission about some of the issues with Voltage's case. At this point no one has fought anything.
If you read the decision the court said there were 2 separate issues. First, compliance with the order which the judge valued at $22k. Second was participation in the hearings which the judge ruled as being distinct from compliance with the order. One of the major problems though is that one of the council for TSI was hired as an expert in privacy law - it's hard to separate the issues of the case and issues of compliance as it relates to ensuring TSI properly protected its customers privacy to the standard set by PIPEDA. Because the judge failed to account for any issues relating to PIPEDA with regards to the compliance with the order there's a $120,000 in privacy related costs that may be recoverable on appeal.
Not exactly. On several issues, yes, like network hardening and PR/customer service issues. Those costs were minimal compared to the legal fees which the judge declined based on timing/procedure. They'll get the bulk of the later on appeal.
The judge may have erred by solely looking at the Federal Court Rules (rule 400 in particular) when determining Teksavvy's obligation to notify customers. They have an obligation to notify under PIPEDA which the judge did not account for. The bulk of the $350,000 Teksavvy was requesting was for council - the judge may have also erred here. In the first hearing the judge stated that costs would be addressed at a later date and punted the issue. When costs were finally addressed by the current judge they said "it's too late to address those particular costs". ie: the problem was procedural not whether or not Teksavvy deserved to have the costs reimbursed. There were also some costs which TSI has to prove before they can be paid for them.
Likely what is going to happen is that TSI will appeal the ruling and get another ~$150,000 or so of the $350,000 requested (somewhere around the $180,000-$220,000 range including the $22k already ordered). The 'tone and spirit" of the previous case you linked is one thing but there's also the costs awarded every time the police request an IP correlation for a criminal case. Those cost awards are in the $100-$150 per IP range... this was $11 per IP. Not exactly consistent with existing precedent.
Very likely the reverse.
I'd imagine that most accidents involving automated cars will *provably* (video and telemetry info and all that) be human operator's fault (or the other driver)... suddenly humans will find their insurance go sky high, while insuring a self driving car will be dirt cheap (they'll be harder to steal too).
Self driving car hits a person/dog/other self-driving car/etc. I'm pretty sure it'll be the software's fault.
Great examples. Self-driving cars will never become a reality for a simple reason: liability. Can you really hold a person responsible for "decisions" of less than perfect software? That means the entire liability falls on the company making/using the software. Even the mighty Google couldn't afford the insurance policy for something like that.
For something as important and risky as BitTorrent, why would you use a proprietary client?
Glad I ditched it in favour of Tixati months ago.
I wouldn't be surprised if part of the "upgrade" removed the ability to change icons.
I would recommend watching the movie "Lucky 7" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03... - it's only a perspective on this type of situation (the movie follows the daughter's life who lost a mother to cancer and the "life advice" she left). It's overly simplistic but it might spur some ideas that are appropriate for your daughter.
I would also recommend watching the movie "In the Gloaming" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01... for yourself and this project.
As to advice for what to include, I couldn't begin to think I had any good advice to impart, but I would say this: Let the advice reflect you and your tastes/opinions/perspectives/etc. Outright advice to her might be less useful than something that imparts who you are and allow her to pull what she needs from that - there is no manual for life after all.
In other words, you use macros.
Not quite, but similar enough.
Auto isn't obnoxious when it's self triggered. I love using HTMLKit for coding because you can setup custom rules based on the language you're using and just hit a key (your choice of which key) to trigger a pre-defined auto-behaviour. Saves so much time not having to fuss with auto-behaviours you don't intend and not manually entering every slow detail every time. Even places the carat where you want it.
Hard to swallow, but it violates net neutrality.
We supposedly dont want any preferential treatment of any traffic....
Not hard to swallow at all. You forget that the basics of fast lane technology: only those who pay get access. Sure, it may start out free but eventually it'll start getting a nominal fee and another and another.
Keep it neutral - it works.
Or just uncheck the box.
Get a real computer? Run 64 bit?
Who the hell runs games with only 3.5 GB of ram (32 bit limit)?
I'm running 64bit but I can't control whether a program runs in 32bit or 64bit. Firefox 64bit will solve the browser portion of it - Win8 is just fucked.
Oh and to clarify - normally I wouldn't restart the browser but Windows 8.1 has a limit of 2GB of accessible 32bit memory so every time I launch a game I have to quit firefox or get nag messages from Win8 about low RAM (which pull me out of the game). If I could I'd just leave the browser open.
I tend not to have that many tabs open at once since they introduced the "reload on restart" (for lack of a better name). Since I've got to reload the content of a tab after a restart of the browser I figure it's faster to just re-search the page rather than sort through the tabs to figure out which tab belongs to what information. Especially since not all tabs have useful title names.
Chatzilla (IRC Chat)
Don't give Mozilla any ideas, or the next version of Firefox will have a full fledged IRC client built in. I think they're already working on the kitchen sink.
Chatzilla has been around for years. It is a full fledged IRC client as an addon - pretty light weight as well.
Definitely going to check out some of those, thanks!
As well, why not have a neutral platform you can build on to your needs instead of introducing bloat that only some people will like/use.
Firefox:
- AdBlock Plus + Element Hiding Helper
- Chatzilla (IRC Chat)
- FireFTP
- SnapLinks Plus (right click multi-link select/copy/open)
- Firebug
- HTTPS Everywhere
- Quickdrag (drag drop links into white space to open in new tab, drag drop images to download them)
- SQLite Manager (manually browse and fix Mozilla's privacy blunders)
- TableTools2 (manage table data when site options don't offer it)
- YouTube HD (forces specific sizes when possible)
- Live HTTP Headers (see what's really being sent)
No, it's that this will do little to affect those crappy addons - they'll find a way around the signing but legitimate/new developers will have more hassles to deal with. It's effectively DRM and we all know how well that whack-a-mole game works.
How are the extensions in other web browsers? Are there plentiful to replace Mozilla's?
Not sure. I would need replacements for:
Firebug
Chatzilla
AdBlock Plus & Element Hiding Helper
QuickDrag
SnapLinks Plus
TableTools2
LiveHTTP Headers
There are a few others that are nice but I could do without, every other addon I have is to fix what Mozilla broke.
I care because it increases the cost of the device, increases electrical consumption in operating the device (again, costing more money), generates extra heat which shortens the lifespan of the electronics, creates possible failure points which could cause electrical shorts/interference with other parts of the device. Then there's the software aspect, bugs which require patching, "features" which can't be turned off, slowness in turning the device on and off, advertising when no signal is present, etc.
I want my devices to be smart, not my displays. I want my displays to be interoperable through several generations of devices.
...to put on your tinfoil hat before you get out of your bed from your lead-lined walled bedroom....
It's not tinfoil-hatism when it's true. Big brother issues aside, there's a very valid point in his post: Why pay for all those extra electronics/failure points when all you want is a display device. Personally, all I want is a screen and speakers with enough ports on the back for my various systems.
I RTFA. If addons require signing they have to be submitted for review by Mozilla. Mozilla becomes a gatekeeper meaning they can in theory be legally forced or simply themselves choose to not sign specific addons. That would effectively block them from being used by mainstream Firefox users who don't know about various builds/etc.
Tabs on top does have some logical sense but following that logic the bookmarks toolbar is out of place, the search bar behaves in a global manner instead of a tab based manner, etc. They just did too many "me too" things without thinking them through fully.
Most recently they removed the ability to place UI elements in the file bar - I used to keep search there (since it's global) and the address bar below the tabs. It worked really well but of course they want the file bar gone so they have to make sure no one can use it to its full potential.