Maybe they are thinking that Prodigy won't be able to afford such good legal counsel as BT and may lose the case. Even if BT shouldn't win, they could win, and that would be bad...
I would have to disagree.. I would imagine that Prodigy's past success outshadows that of BT. For instance, consider the industry-changing success of Prodigy's 1997 CD release of Fat of the Land, which spawned dozens of copycat artists in Europe AND America, to BT's moderate success enjoyed by massive radio play of his y2k single release of Never Gonna Come Back Down, which IMHO was outdated years before its release.
Personally, I don't think they have a snowballs chance in Hell...
Well I should think not, considering that snowball IS going after The Firestarter!
It would bode lots of companies to rally around Prodigy and give them a hand with legal costs.
Well you have to remember that Prodigy's front man, Keith Flint isn't the most upstanding of a character, and many companies may fear a PR backlash from their supporting him:(
Even the EFF might be interested in this one.
I don't think that the Electronica Frontier Foundation will get involved in this. They believe, as do I, that there is equal merit in Industrial and Club variants of techno.
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A lot of people on here seem greatly disappointed in Segway. I think alot of people (myself included) were speculating that this would change the world. It will, but maybe not in the way that we were thinking. We wanted to apply it to our own lives and we wanted to imagine it zooming us from the 'burbs to downtown no questions asked.
But think about the people who will be affected by this. GREATLY affected by this. People who walk 8-5 as their job. People who live and work 10, 20, or 30 city blocks away. People who walk back and forth across warehouses, malls, and supermarkets all day. People who courier, deliver, or solicit donations door to door. This new invention allows them to go from stopped and interacting, to moving at a rapid speed with a mere thought and a quick motion.
This invention will fulfill everything that people on the inside have said about it. It will change the way we move in an urban environment. It is not just a 'scooter'; it cannot be replaced with a motorcycle. Try to pick up a Kawasaki and dodge people across city blocks (without causing panic or noise), turn into your office building, get on the elevator and stop at your cube. Sure it might be fun, but... ya know. Now pick up a motorized razor scooter and get across town quickly without smacking into someone, losing your balance, or getting it stolen (most/.ers haven't discovered that there is a digital keying system on the top).
There is a niche for this product and there is a massive one. You wont commute across suburbia with itm but it just might be the incentive you need to take public transportation (no more extra walking). Or maybe you were on the fence about walking for your commute. This will solve that problem. And finally might I say people can now use motorized transportation and talk on their cell phones without possibly hurting anyone but themselves.
This may not be your perfect solution to this inventor's puzzle, but for right now I feel it is the perfect solution.
Better yet, lets start having government reviews of the companies that are already running, so they can decide which ones can stay running. Then, we can set up a "think tank" of government appointed citizens to decide which companies can start up. Of course, this council will need to full disclosure from the company, and maybe even a stake of its shares. Then, if a company does something politically incorrect, the government will put them out of business so we wont have to make the bad decision of buying their inferior product. This council (formerly the Council on Commercial Affairs, now known as the Ministry of Commerce, or "MiniCom" in newspeak) could then even decide which product in a market is the best for us! No more need for endorsements or unfair competition! This council will even anticipate our need for new products, and will personaly reward the innovators with a bonus on top of the MiniCom approved salary level. All workplace discrimination will _COMPLETELY_ disappear, as our unions will decide who is employed where, and at what level. As the evil corporate nightmare we have today disappears before our eyes, we will shower our thanks upon the wide politicians who boldly led us into this brave new world.
Socialism - Why regulate industry when you can own it!
Facism - Why own industry when you can control it!
Communism - Why own industry when you can own the people!
Vote Libertarian and vote for freedom
Why act surprised? Here is how this will happen in the US within the next 5-10 years:
Republicans decide to make the net safe for children by appointing an 'Internet Czar' (see To Renew America by Newt Gingrich) and decide that people can, in fact, be liable for "criminal" speech on the Internet. Congress accepts this comprimise to total Federal control of the Internet.
Democrats, in order to appeal to their large amount of ethnic minority voters, pushes Congress for Federal 'hate crime' legislation. Now, it is a crime to think, or feel, hate. Orwell called these "thought-crimes". Republicans in congress who do not want to get "Ashcrofted" when they are appointed to their future cabinet position, make sure to go on record as voting for this legislation.
These are not scenarios... these are agendas.
So now, when some nutcase posts on slashdot that he's going to kill a bunch of/blacks/whites/women/frogs/FBI Agents, Commander Taco and friends get to go to Federal Prison for running a "Hate Speech Forum" when the Ministry of Love comes down on them.
Maybe 5 years is too far into the future. Theseproposals are in the works now. Welcome to the fold.
Let me ask all of you guys this... do you reeeeeeally want the Federal Government to regulate privacy? Start a War On Ads? When has the government ever intervened and helped anybody in recent history?
Rather than give some unknowledgable bureaucrat the authority to say who can and cant use what ad system and when, why don't you organize a boycot of websites that use doubleclick. The liberal media would love to cover it. You will either see a competitor to doubleclick with a privacy agreement rise up, or websites will yank 3rd party ads off of their website. Most webmasters would prefer to see them go anyway.
Just because something is 'bad' (drugs, medical bills, salary, investments), it is not going to get better with government regulation. The internet is where it is because the government stayed away from it for quote some time. Good!
And remember... faceless corporations are an easy target for FUD because they seem inhuman or uncaring. But behind that faceless corporation are thousands of employees and investors... people with families, people who hire others, VC firms that feed other businesses, a replenishing fountain for the economy. In this case, our 'faceless' corporation supports hundreds of thousands of websites, which in turn are our new foundation of free speech and communication.
Don't create a 'golem' by unleashing an Imperial Federal Government with the power to control what DBA's can or can't store. You will never get the monster to go back to where it came. Vote Libertarian.
With the growth of our internet focusing more and more on wireless content and WAP (not to be taken as a racial slur), the industry needs to make more and more of our IP-like services compatible with wireless technology. Here I will present a wireless layer 1 medium for transmitting channelized voice content which I call "Voice Over Sound Wave", or "VOSW". Just like optical fiber, this transport will have both short and long haul modes, when aided by repeating devices known as a "Miniature Input Kinetic Enhancer" or "MIKE". There are already several layer two protocols in the works to provide stateful direction of VOSW broadcasts, and even higher layer transports that will allow datagram acknowledgement in order to facilitate what is known as a "conversation".
Layer 0 Switching:
A method of utilizing the latest advancements in quantum computing technology to solve internet congestion and latency issues utilizing switching at "Layer 0", also known as the "Time and Space Layer". Scientists are on the verge of breakthrough technology to allow tachyons to carry data signals faster than the speed of light. This would allow routing and switching devices to take advantage of the elementary physics of the universe to ease congestion. For instance, traffic flowing from a source hop to a destination hop can arrive at the destination before it ever actually leaves the source. A source hop can also decide not to send a packet that it knows will be discarded by the destination hop in a few milliseconds. Also, peak internet usage times can be relieved through related technology known as "Layer 0 Tunneling". Traffic during peak hours can be sent ahead in time through a layer 0 tunnel to later hours that same day, routed across an internetwork, then pulled back into its previous time-space continuum. The internet may never be the same again!
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Maybe they are thinking that Prodigy won't be able to afford such good legal counsel as BT and may lose the case. Even if BT shouldn't win, they could win, and that would be bad...
:(
I would have to disagree.. I would imagine that Prodigy's past success outshadows that of BT. For instance, consider the industry-changing success of Prodigy's 1997 CD release of Fat of the Land, which spawned dozens of copycat artists in Europe AND America, to BT's moderate success enjoyed by massive radio play of his y2k single release of Never Gonna Come Back Down, which IMHO was outdated years before its release.
Personally, I don't think they have a snowballs chance in Hell...
Well I should think not, considering that snowball IS going after The Firestarter!
It would bode lots of companies to rally around Prodigy and give them a hand with legal costs.
Well you have to remember that Prodigy's front man, Keith Flint isn't the most upstanding of a character, and many companies may fear a PR backlash from their supporting him
Even the EFF might be interested in this one.
I don't think that the Electronica Frontier Foundation will get involved in this. They believe, as do I, that there is equal merit in Industrial and Club variants of techno.
What beef does BT have with the group Prodigy?
But think about the people who will be affected by this. GREATLY affected by this. People who walk 8-5 as their job. People who live and work 10, 20, or 30 city blocks away. People who walk back and forth across warehouses, malls, and supermarkets all day. People who courier, deliver, or solicit donations door to door. This new invention allows them to go from stopped and interacting, to moving at a rapid speed with a mere thought and a quick motion.
This invention will fulfill everything that people on the inside have said about it. It will change the way we move in an urban environment. It is not just a 'scooter'; it cannot be replaced with a motorcycle. Try to pick up a Kawasaki and dodge people across city blocks (without causing panic or noise), turn into your office building, get on the elevator and stop at your cube. Sure it might be fun, but... ya know. Now pick up a motorized razor scooter and get across town quickly without smacking into someone, losing your balance, or getting it stolen (most /.ers haven't discovered that there is a digital keying system on the top).
There is a niche for this product and there is a massive one. You wont commute across suburbia with itm but it just might be the incentive you need to take public transportation (no more extra walking). Or maybe you were on the fence about walking for your commute. This will solve that problem. And finally might I say people can now use motorized transportation and talk on their cell phones without possibly hurting anyone but themselves.
This may not be your perfect solution to this inventor's puzzle, but for right now I feel it is the perfect solution.
> Anyway, it looks so socialist to demand guaranteed jobs from government...
No no no... the term "socialism" is soooo passe. Now we refer to it as The Green Party Platform
and yes... jobs are guaranteed. A decent economy and industrial base, however, are not.
Better yet, lets start having government reviews of the companies that are already running, so they can decide which ones can stay running. Then, we can set up a "think tank" of government appointed citizens to decide which companies can start up. Of course, this council will need to full disclosure from the company, and maybe even a stake of its shares. Then, if a company does something politically incorrect, the government will put them out of business so we wont have to make the bad decision of buying their inferior product. This council (formerly the Council on Commercial Affairs, now known as the Ministry of Commerce, or "MiniCom" in newspeak) could then even decide which product in a market is the best for us! No more need for endorsements or unfair competition! This council will even anticipate our need for new products, and will personaly reward the innovators with a bonus on top of the MiniCom approved salary level. All workplace discrimination will _COMPLETELY_ disappear, as our unions will decide who is employed where, and at what level. As the evil corporate nightmare we have today disappears before our eyes, we will shower our thanks upon the wide politicians who boldly led us into this brave new world. Socialism - Why regulate industry when you can own it! Facism - Why own industry when you can control it! Communism - Why own industry when you can own the people! Vote Libertarian and vote for freedom
If slashdot is not already banned in China, then we are not doing our jobs as slashdot commentators. Just wait until we're banned in Amerika.
Republicans decide to make the net safe for children by appointing an 'Internet Czar' (see To Renew America by Newt Gingrich) and decide that people can, in fact, be liable for "criminal" speech on the Internet. Congress accepts this comprimise to total Federal control of the Internet.
Democrats, in order to appeal to their large amount of ethnic minority voters, pushes Congress for Federal 'hate crime' legislation. Now, it is a crime to think, or feel, hate. Orwell called these "thought-crimes". Republicans in congress who do not want to get "Ashcrofted" when they are appointed to their future cabinet position, make sure to go on record as voting for this legislation.
These are not scenarios... these are agendas.
So now, when some nutcase posts on slashdot that he's going to kill a bunch of /blacks/whites/women/frogs/FBI Agents, Commander Taco and friends get to go to Federal Prison for running a "Hate Speech Forum" when the Ministry of Love comes down on them.
Maybe 5 years is too far into the future. These proposals are in the works now. Welcome to the fold.
Vote Libertarian
Rather than give some unknowledgable bureaucrat the authority to say who can and cant use what ad system and when, why don't you organize a boycot of websites that use doubleclick. The liberal media would love to cover it. You will either see a competitor to doubleclick with a privacy agreement rise up, or websites will yank 3rd party ads off of their website. Most webmasters would prefer to see them go anyway.
Just because something is 'bad' (drugs, medical bills, salary, investments), it is not going to get better with government regulation. The internet is where it is because the government stayed away from it for quote some time. Good!
And remember... faceless corporations are an easy target for FUD because they seem inhuman or uncaring. But behind that faceless corporation are thousands of employees and investors... people with families, people who hire others, VC firms that feed other businesses, a replenishing fountain for the economy. In this case, our 'faceless' corporation supports hundreds of thousands of websites, which in turn are our new foundation of free speech and communication.
Don't create a 'golem' by unleashing an Imperial Federal Government with the power to control what DBA's can or can't store. You will never get the monster to go back to where it came. Vote Libertarian.
Please enter my two submissions.
VOSW:
With the growth of our internet focusing more and more on wireless content and WAP (not to be taken as a racial slur), the industry needs to make more and more of our IP-like services compatible with wireless technology. Here I will present a wireless layer 1 medium for transmitting channelized voice content which I call "Voice Over Sound Wave", or "VOSW". Just like optical fiber, this transport will have both short and long haul modes, when aided by repeating devices known as a "Miniature Input Kinetic Enhancer" or "MIKE". There are already several layer two protocols in the works to provide stateful direction of VOSW broadcasts, and even higher layer transports that will allow datagram acknowledgement in order to facilitate what is known as a "conversation".
Layer 0 Switching:
A method of utilizing the latest advancements in quantum computing technology to solve internet congestion and latency issues utilizing switching at "Layer 0", also known as the "Time and Space Layer". Scientists are on the verge of breakthrough technology to allow tachyons to carry data signals faster than the speed of light. This would allow routing and switching devices to take advantage of the elementary physics of the universe to ease congestion. For instance, traffic flowing from a source hop to a destination hop can arrive at the destination before it ever actually leaves the source. A source hop can also decide not to send a packet that it knows will be discarded by the destination hop in a few milliseconds. Also, peak internet usage times can be relieved through related technology known as "Layer 0 Tunneling". Traffic during peak hours can be sent ahead in time through a layer 0 tunnel to later hours that same day, routed across an internetwork, then pulled back into its previous time-space continuum. The internet may never be the same again!