(rather than in the context of the story as a whole; I certainly expect my ISP to respect my privacy, and in the case that no ISP does so, I would at least expect them to be very clear about what information they shared, and with whom. I don't find this particular story that worrisome, the only way the RIAA could possibly convince ISPs to monitor their customers is by having the FCC force them to do it, and the ISPs themselves are going to fight that at least until it is toothless (because they don't want to expend the technical resources on it, and because they don't want to disconnect people who give them money))
If I see you on the street and notice that you have black hair, you can't use the fourth amendment to prevent me from sharing that information, and similarly, if you are broadcasting requests onto the internet, you probably can't claim that it is unreasonable to record that broadcast.
Those were pager messages, not SMS messages (the way pagers work, any dude with some equipment can listen to *everything*; the way SMS works, only the phone company can listen (well, and anyone who can order the phone company around)).
You misunderstand. I don't think that the ISP should be legally required to act on the information. That's where the problem is, not with the information sharing (and then there are lots of situations where I would be unhappy an organization was sharing information about me, but I can't complain too much if they simply documented some information I sent out onto the internets).
I wouldn't be particularly happy with my ISP if they booted me, but I don't see what problem there is with a private organization sharing evidence with another private organization.
Every server? They are smarter than that. They could add the encoder cards to every server in a single data center (or some portion) and offload the encoding to that farm, and just store the data everywhere.
Yes, exactly, but it is also a suggestion of where to look. I even phrased it in a way that made it clear (the "I've heard..." rather than "County jails...").
Enforcing a license violation is a lot cheaper than sticking someone in county jail for a couple of months.
I'd like to at least see a transition to a confiscation regime where cops just took it and destroyed it (maybe with an allowance for a small 'personal' amount). Cheap, makes large scale operations unattractive (which helps cut down on availability being a free for all), without being so miserably authoritarian.
How do you oversell something that is sold in units of usage? If Amazon fails to provide a unit of CPU, they can't really charge the person they didn't provide it to.
If 32 GB SD cards are $40 in 2012 (that's likely high, slower ones are $80 right now), the inconvenience of having to swap 1 or 3 in and out probably won't bother most people.
The integration and manufacturer costs should be lower, offsetting any extra expense for the chip (which probably doesn't need to be much more expensive, if you can put 3 MEMs devices on a chip, you can do 6).
I messed with this stuff some for school (almost ten years ago) and 2-axis chips were just coming to market, so things are moving right along.
But how many people did the vaccine keep out of hospitals?
I don't know the number, so I can't answer that question, but it is at least possible that the vaccination spending reduced the load on medical services (rather than simply reducing the funding available).
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I clarified the scope of my comments over here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1513332&cid=30792720
Mostly, I am replying in the context of this comment:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1513332&cid=30791502
(rather than in the context of the story as a whole; I certainly expect my ISP to respect my privacy, and in the case that no ISP does so, I would at least expect them to be very clear about what information they shared, and with whom. I don't find this particular story that worrisome, the only way the RIAA could possibly convince ISPs to monitor their customers is by having the FCC force them to do it, and the ISPs themselves are going to fight that at least until it is toothless (because they don't want to expend the technical resources on it, and because they don't want to disconnect people who give them money))
Yeah, yeah, I didn't use networking lingo properly, but we both know that P2P software shares data with lots of people.
I believe that the easiest thing to do would be to rent some hangar space. Perhaps buy it.
It may be smart to look for such space at an airport, rather than next door.
Yeah, so?
If I see you on the street and notice that you have black hair, you can't use the fourth amendment to prevent me from sharing that information, and similarly, if you are broadcasting requests onto the internet, you probably can't claim that it is unreasonable to record that broadcast.
And then bring a letter of guarantee to the local public security bureau promising to never again use encryption before service can be reactivated.
Those were pager messages, not SMS messages (the way pagers work, any dude with some equipment can listen to *everything*; the way SMS works, only the phone company can listen (well, and anyone who can order the phone company around)).
You misunderstand. I don't think that the ISP should be legally required to act on the information. That's where the problem is, not with the information sharing (and then there are lots of situations where I would be unhappy an organization was sharing information about me, but I can't complain too much if they simply documented some information I sent out onto the internets).
I wouldn't be particularly happy with my ISP if they booted me, but I don't see what problem there is with a private organization sharing evidence with another private organization.
That's overstating it a little bit.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/workinginspace/great_wall.html
I'd rather fall in the water than fall down the stairs.
Firefox gives you the option of disabling plugins without uninstalling them (as does IE8, those are the only 2 browsers I have installed).
Adobe Reader also gives you the option of not loading pdfs in the browser (the browser simply prompts you to save the file).
Every server? They are smarter than that. They could add the encoder cards to every server in a single data center (or some portion) and offload the encoding to that farm, and just store the data everywhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Air_Marshal_Service
Yes, exactly, but it is also a suggestion of where to look. I even phrased it in a way that made it clear (the "I've heard..." rather than "County jails...").
You (we) can make legal muster anything you want. For instance, possession could be a $0.50 fine.
I've heard people complain that county jails are often run to be revenue positive (they charge people for work release and such).
I said miserably.
And go ahead and argue that it would be worse than the status quo, if that is what you think.
Enforcing a license violation is a lot cheaper than sticking someone in county jail for a couple of months.
I'd like to at least see a transition to a confiscation regime where cops just took it and destroyed it (maybe with an allowance for a small 'personal' amount). Cheap, makes large scale operations unattractive (which helps cut down on availability being a free for all), without being so miserably authoritarian.
What does slow mean? Are instances running slower than the advertised physical equivalent, etc.
How do you oversell something that is sold in units of usage? If Amazon fails to provide a unit of CPU, they can't really charge the person they didn't provide it to.
If 32 GB SD cards are $40 in 2012 (that's likely high, slower ones are $80 right now), the inconvenience of having to swap 1 or 3 in and out probably won't bother most people.
I imagine they are more likely to switch to a chip with rotation sensors in it (rather than adding a second chip):
http://www.analog.com/en/mems/imu/adis16362/products/product.html
The integration and manufacturer costs should be lower, offsetting any extra expense for the chip (which probably doesn't need to be much more expensive, if you can put 3 MEMs devices on a chip, you can do 6).
I messed with this stuff some for school (almost ten years ago) and 2-axis chips were just coming to market, so things are moving right along.
Or you simply refuse to use identifiers for authentication.
That doesn't solve single point of failure problems, but, for example, you can reset a password without getting a new user id.
But how many people did the vaccine keep out of hospitals?
I don't know the number, so I can't answer that question, but it is at least possible that the vaccination spending reduced the load on medical services (rather than simply reducing the funding available).