It possibly would be a crime in the UK. At least the extradition hearing thought so. As far as I can see, it essentially comes down to how specific intent needs to be, but that would be a question for the courts to decide. The standard of proof required for extradition is a lot lower than for conviction.
Well, I guess it would help if the media actually reported the police flagrantly violating the law, rather than focusing on abstract trivialities.
Since they're not, and it's only random comments that suggest they are, with nothing to back it up, I'm going to consider this conspiracy theorist nonsense for now.
Which part of it? If the police are actively breaking the law, then I consider this to be pretty abstract stuff, and those responsible should be arrested and charged.
The RFID tags don't have the range for that sort of thing though. And I'm not sure a capture is good enough as a source for facial recognition. Plus, the police are still bound by data protection laws. This sort of random collection really wouldn't be legal.
It's already been reported that you need the wristband to do pretty much anything. They already know who you are. Facial recognition in addition seems pointless.
"Hey, I'm going over to Syria to kill westerners and enslave Christians for the raping and whatnot..."
I guess the difference is between that and "Hey, I'm going to Syria for undisclosed reasons", when the possible legal reasons don't require a huge stretch of credibility. A complete stranger could be an aid worker, or a journalist, even a businessman (there is some trade even with US sanctions).
I think in this case, it's more a large number of borderline actions like this, and the DoJ are picking the ones with the best chance of success. Whether they should do things like this is something personally I'm undecided over.
It's that whole tricky thing of "intent". I guess the kid didn't have any plausible deniability about knowing his friend's intent, and I doubt the law actually has a lower limit.
That said, it is a really really minor case. The alternative would be the friend getting a taxi. Since the law is no doubt intended to cover things like providing multi-million dollar funds to terror organizations. He should probably get a harsh slap on the wrist for this rather than be made an example of.
The worst you can say about them is they're annoying and shrill. They do have a "don't touch the poop" policy, and while this isn't enforced by the admins, it is part of the culture.
I guess they could decide to continue with their tax avoidance but since that would result in paying more tax it's not really a decision anyone would make.
The only reason piracy is illegal is because it affects legitimate sales. If people are not getting media for free, but still aren't buying it (for whatever reason) then this is a net cost to the economy.
Second how is this surprising to anyone ? It's long been possible to describe and mathematically manipulate sets with more elements than the observable universe.
That's what I was wondering. Even going to the extreme, the diameter of the universe is about 5x10^61 Planck lengths. This is the sort of figure mathematicians have been happy to play for years now.
Absolutely agree with that. Some of the horrors I've seen include everything is a singleton, virtual methods replaced with templates, a complete reimplementation of std::map and std::vector, with map implemented as a vector of key/value pairs (Yes - seriously; they had O(n) access time). Actualy, that last one was all about reinventing the wheel. A reinvention of string class (where we already use 3 standard-ish implementations).
The nicer projects use standard types, base the architecture on existing successful products, and have a fairly simple class heirarchy.
It wasn't in front of a public audience! It was a bit of unused footage where he just mumbled a word that sounds like "nigger". He chose not to say it but felt it sounded too much like he did. The choice he actually made was to use one of the two other takes because he knew that would cause undue offence and he didn't want to do so.
The only way this is possibly harmful to anyone is as a result of the Mirror digging up the footage and publishing it, carefully processed and biasing the audience to actually hear it that way.
Slashdot Mirror
Getting him from the UK requires one unmarked CIA plane, and we don't seem to be as concerned about human rights violations as Sweden.
Last time there was extraordinary rendition, Swedish authorities stepped in to stop it.
It possibly would be a crime in the UK. At least the extradition hearing thought so. As far as I can see, it essentially comes down to how specific intent needs to be, but that would be a question for the courts to decide. The standard of proof required for extradition is a lot lower than for conviction.
That does kind of explain the courts decision.
Not very easily. They're designed to prevent this. That's the whole point in having them rather than a laminated badge or something.
Well, I guess it would help if the media actually reported the police flagrantly violating the law, rather than focusing on abstract trivialities.
Since they're not, and it's only random comments that suggest they are, with nothing to back it up, I'm going to consider this conspiracy theorist nonsense for now.
Which part of it? If the police are actively breaking the law, then I consider this to be pretty abstract stuff, and those responsible should be arrested and charged.
The RFID tags don't have the range for that sort of thing though. And I'm not sure a capture is good enough as a source for facial recognition. Plus, the police are still bound by data protection laws. This sort of random collection really wouldn't be legal.
It's already been reported that you need the wristband to do pretty much anything. They already know who you are. Facial recognition in addition seems pointless.
I guess the difference is between that and "Hey, I'm going to Syria for undisclosed reasons", when the possible legal reasons don't require a huge stretch of credibility. A complete stranger could be an aid worker, or a journalist, even a businessman (there is some trade even with US sanctions).
I think in this case, it's more a large number of borderline actions like this, and the DoJ are picking the ones with the best chance of success. Whether they should do things like this is something personally I'm undecided over.
It's that whole tricky thing of "intent". I guess the kid didn't have any plausible deniability about knowing his friend's intent, and I doubt the law actually has a lower limit.
That said, it is a really really minor case. The alternative would be the friend getting a taxi. Since the law is no doubt intended to cover things like providing multi-million dollar funds to terror organizations. He should probably get a harsh slap on the wrist for this rather than be made an example of.
You wouldn't download a human...
It's an interesting thought. The thing is, while you are in the country, you are also in another country at the same time.
It actually makes me think the requirement for a passport in the first place is a bit odd.
Not really sure you can blame SRS for that though, unless the information was on SRS, or advocated by them and the admins did nothing.
I'm not saying this didn't happen, incidentally. If it did then SRS should absolutely be banned.
The worst you can say about them is they're annoying and shrill. They do have a "don't touch the poop" policy, and while this isn't enforced by the admins, it is part of the culture.
Reddit (the commercial entity) is fine with that though. They just don't want their site to be associated with this.
I guess they could decide to continue with their tax avoidance but since that would result in paying more tax it's not really a decision anyone would make.
Then they have the same recourse as anyone else - even those without a library of trademarks; they can sue for defamation after broadcast.
Piracy may well be down.
Are sales up?
The only reason piracy is illegal is because it affects legitimate sales. If people are not getting media for free, but still aren't buying it (for whatever reason) then this is a net cost to the economy.
MRA? Gamergate?
This is a single blog criticising the film. And it is only criticism and calls for a boycott!
Nobody had heard of this crappy blog before this. Suddenly it's all over facebook, Twitter and now Slashdot.
Yes. There are some stupid people. Yes. Some of them have blogs. Hell, even ROK itself has a reasonable article about how stupid the media is over this.
That's what I was wondering. Even going to the extreme, the diameter of the universe is about 5x10^61 Planck lengths. This is the sort of figure mathematicians have been happy to play for years now.
Sony is a big company that makes ebook readers. There are plausible explanations as to how they might have a legitimate non-DRM copy.
My experience living in Amsterdam, was that at a respectable 5'11" I was a runt. Maybe the taller ones just don't fit on planes.
Absolutely agree with that. Some of the horrors I've seen include everything is a singleton, virtual methods replaced with templates, a complete reimplementation of std::map and std::vector, with map implemented as a vector of key/value pairs (Yes - seriously; they had O(n) access time). Actualy, that last one was all about reinventing the wheel. A reinvention of string class (where we already use 3 standard-ish implementations).
The nicer projects use standard types, base the architecture on existing successful products, and have a fairly simple class heirarchy.
It wasn't in front of a public audience! It was a bit of unused footage where he just mumbled a word that sounds like "nigger". He chose not to say it but felt it sounded too much like he did. The choice he actually made was to use one of the two other takes because he knew that would cause undue offence and he didn't want to do so.
The only way this is possibly harmful to anyone is as a result of the Mirror digging up the footage and publishing it, carefully processed and biasing the audience to actually hear it that way.
The list doesn't contain "Correct", "Battery" or "Staple". I declare it useless!