Maybe this is more to mitigate the connectivity issues around the Vocus data centre. In the past few months I've had more outages from their data centre than the other one we host with. Whether this has to do with the retailer we've been using or the data centre itself is probably up for debate, but more links can't be a bad thing.
So ICANN accidently posts the addresses of those wanting a TLD. What's the big deal here? Surely if you are a company wanting a TLD you're large enough to be able to handle the general public knowing your address details.
This smells of something that was done deliberately in good faith that is now garnering bad press because of someone who doesn't want anyone to know they're after such and such TLD.
If you want a TLD then be man enough to put your hand up to the world and say you want it... oh wait, you already did that by registering your interest with ICANN.
Any other complaints against ICANN are irrelevant for this issue I think.
You failed to mention that most methane gas emissions occur due to cattle.
I agree that focussing on CO2 is not addressing the problem as a whole, but the fact is, CO2 is also the easiest greenhouse gas to minimise in terms of the impact to implement measures to reduce it. Methane has the issue that it is produced mainly from cattle populations and food production is a very delicate commodity in the world that requires the least amount of meddling as possible (despite any deficiencies it may have).
Consensus of the general population (or more importantly in the cases you provided, those in charge) and consensus of the scientific community are very different things.
Climate science is unimaginably tricky but the idea that there is some big green conspiracy between 90% of climatologists is much harder to swallow.
When there's something that is hard for lay people to verify or get their heads around and where there isn't a very visible down side to, there's bound to be those that don't believe its an issue. It's up to the scientific community and media to ensure that the research is verifiable and that it is reported properly to ensure that the public are getting the best information possible. Unfortunately, both sides, the scientific community and the media have done some a god awful job of informing the public and we're left with so much confusing information, and from some parts disinformation, that its no wonder that we can't make out mind up.
Oh yeah and just to add to your comment about consensus:
The earth was flat - but scientists and exploration proved that wrong The earth was the centre of the universe - but scientists proved that wrong The earth was created by $DEITY - is not in the least bit an area of scientific enquiry
and let me add...
That the earth is not undergoing human affecting climate change - but scientists have proved that wrong.
The media have become as much a problem for serious debate as an enabler for that debate to happen.
They have added credence to otherwise unsubstantiated claims due to the claim of "balanced" approach to the issue which has resulted in a 'us vs. them' philosophy in so many issues in which proper scientific, evidential analysis is brought along side speculative, unsubstantiated and biased arguments and presented as equivalent when that is not the case.
This has happened in so many facets of current debates, and is not necessarily restricted to the lowest-common denominator type media outlets that truly there appears to be no hope that proper researched, independently verified fact can be brought to the public without a major injection of cash and a carefully planned advertising campaign accompanying it. Because where there is opposition, with all their clear bias, certain parts of the media will ignore it to give them a microphone, whether willing or not to voice their opposition no matter the weight and validity of their arguments.
Science has always battled the incumbents. In the past it was the religious leaders where the questions of how were being answered quicker than the clergy could justify. Today, science is besieged by not only the religious, but by those with the political and monetary will to preserve a status quo that may well spell hardship on future generations.
Climate change is one such area of science where those who are doing the actual work can have their findings drowned out by anyone who has a microphone and a name.
There are numerous tenders out for organizations to review the effectiveness of ISP level filters, one of which my company looked at (and I believe opted not to apply for). As far as I know, the tenders haven't even been decided, and there would be at least a 6 month trial / research period before a recommendation could be prepared.
Anyone who remembers the previous elections remembers that the government made similar promises and allocation of funds for the exact same thing. Back then people did the same thing, complained about censorship and whatever, and what happened? A whole lot of nothing. It is one of those things that get pulled out in election years, a type of 'think of the children' idea that looks good, sounds good, and even can get the opposition to say "yeah, we like this too" - but it is, as it was in the past, a load of crap.
No, he's talking about the difference between what corporations want, such as more control over how and what plays their content, and users, who want something that just works.
As for your own opinion, I agree, but it's irrelevant to the position Microsoft are attempting to make. You're not a large media corporation, or media industry association who is concerned about all these pirates whom exist solely to put them out of business.
I saw this on one of the fedora mailing lists, the reason that ipv6 support makes mozilla so slow, is that when ipv6 is available, the function moz uses to do name resolving returns every alias/entry, so for something like www.yahoo.com, you'd get every single IP address that is tied to that domain (which is a few), when ipv6 is disabled, moz falls back to the old function, and things work as usual.
This isn't unique to Fedora, I've observed this at work with Mandrake 10 Official, unfortunately, the fix you mention didn't work for me.
Comparing the earnings of Spiderman to AotC. Saying that Spiderman is breaking all known box office records, then claiming that AotC was somehow deficient for not achieving the same result.
since any quotes or references you make, might be changed after you've obtained them.
Imagine the situation of a student failing an assignment due to a quote from an article at CNN being removed/modified after they'd grabbed it.
With traditional media, you can record television or radio broadcasts as verification of references. What's the method to do it via the web? Digitally sign each news article, then re-sign it everytime there's an update? It would be irresponsible for the web media to simply hide behind "we're a broadcaster, so live with it" mentality.
It also brings in to question what rules or protocols exist to control this behaviour. What are the statutes of limitations for this behaviour? 24hours? 48? a week? longer? Are the original copies kept? Bit bucketed? Disavowed?
It seems silly that they'd want to try and disguise new news as old news, or do they really think people will want to read the same article over and over in the one day?
which was alluded to but not said outright, was why older music media became successful. The answer is multiple producers/multiple players. You can buy a CD from any label, and play it in any CD player (up till now of course).
What most of these subscription services are trying to introduce is One producer/one player, whilst this one producer might be the combined conglomerate of the entire RIAA, it's the one player point that's the problem. One player encourages competing imcompatible services and the loser is the consumer.
So how much crap can consumers put up with before they'll start really doing something about it?
I discovered VQF a year or so ago, compared to mp3 is kicks ass, lower bitrates, higher quality. More info on it can be found at dalnetvqf.com.
I'm not sure how it compares to current Ogg builds as I've been going through the whole "It doesn't matter what format it is, analog CD still sounds better" phase =).
are they indicting him just to get a judge to make a ruling about the law? Isn't the adgenda of prosecutor to put criminals away and not to try potentially innocent (they're not even sure) with an intrusive court case just to find out a judges interpretation of an ambigious law.
Next thing ye know, they'll have prosecutors setting up people just to see if a new law can be applied, wait for a conviciton, then if the innocent can be bothered with an appeal, add in a statement such as "Oh, it was kinda entrapment, it just didn't seem relevant to tell the court at the trial *shrug*, but at least we know how the law should be interpreted!".
Then again, I might be completely wrong, and if that's the case then... mookle.
Number one, Professor Fells, the principal guy behind the ACCC. This is a man that can not be bought. He's challenged the some of the biggest industries and won, because of his tenacity and his commitment to the people he represents.
A friend of mine bought a game from some outlet and when he got it home found that it was unplayable (scratched or something), the store for some unknown reason told him he had to send it back to Sony for a replacement.
The letter he got back with his replacement said something like this.
"To ensure long playing of your Playstation games, Sony recommends you have your Playstation modified and your Playstation CD's backed up."
They let things go, and it got away from them, so they go and bribe^H^H^H^H^H lobby the government to change laws.
Oh yeah, and the Australian federal govt is a joke with technology. Their experts are all corporate sponsored lackeys. The only true protector of rights us Australians have is the ACCC.
Cheers,
leroy.
It comes down to loyalty really...
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Apple have been partners with Motorola for god knows how many years. If OS X becomes increasingly popular, Apple would have a hard time deciding who is more important. Potential users or longtime hardware partner.
Perhaps though, if there's competition between x86 and Motorola based systems that both run OS X, it could drive down prices on G4's and the like. And ye never know, maybe if done right, it'll be Apple that steals M$'s cookie rather than Linux =).
For years now Telstra has had the monopoly over phone lines and internet, suddenly with the advent of competitive competitions its lucious profits have to be found some other way.
The best way to do that and to maintain competition is to up the charge to which all other phone companies would have to pay. Telstra own the phonelines, therefore they have the power. The up the charges for use of the phone lines, other phone companies pay that charge, which in turn is passed onto the consumer in the form of an added service charge.
The thing that really gets me angry is Telstra's marketing of their broadband, in one of their television ad's they try to portray their satellite service as a 'just as good' alternative to cable or adsl. Funny how they dont' mention that you also need a dial up ISP. Add that to the charge of having the satellite dish installed.
Lets do some math in AU dollars
Installation - $300
Monthly Fee - $80
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Now the costs their reluctant to inform people about
Dialup Fee - $30-$60
Add to that the cost of a second line
Second line, Installation - $100 (maybe more, maybe less)
Monthly fee - $30 at least.
And woe betide anyone who needs to make a STD (long distance) phonecall to reach an ISP.
The other major problem Telstra have created is their weak links to major rural centres. I live in a semi rural town (around 100k population), yet it only has a 1Mbit connection to Melbourne (the nearest major city), no wonder they don't want broadband in use everywhere yet. They don't have enough bandwidth, hence their AUP gets enforced incredibly tightly.
Their lack of movement in such areas seems to be only the result of their constant adoration with high profits. And since most of Australia owns Telstra shares, there's not much that can be done to upseat the board, or anything else that might help.
will their method work though, and more importantly would it be accepted?
"As long as our company keeps turning the $$$ over we'll keep giving you code"
I guess the issue is, what's to stop others from developing competing code, especially with the core changes TransGaming are making. Or would they try an even eviller tactic, and require that only their patches be included.
The idea of good faith sounds nice, but there is an ever growing mistrust of companies, and especially with their tactics on how to make money out of OSS efforts.
Cheers,
leroy.
Someone in eBay has the idea to help stop people from being ripped off from offline deals, originating from an eBay auction. Then the legal dept get a hold of it, and figure the best way to stop people from doing something is to sue them if they do it.
All they have to do is just have a message saying that offline deals might be a good idea, but have none of the protection that eBay offers.
It's unheard of (in australia), that the catholic church would be that technologically advanced (and as organized to have a national network). They should be congratulated really, the church and technology have never really gotten on well together (everyone remembers those scientists trying to disprove religious facts like the shroud of turin).
About the censorship they impose, so what? It's their business, they can control it however they like. Whilst censorship is a contentious issue for public places, like libraries and schools, in the private domain, its up to the business (in this case the church).
The terms of service is what people should be paying attention to, if the isp says it censors some sites, then forget it if ye are so inclined. The only problem I would have is if an ISP didn't specify that they were doing censoring (and one I used to connect with did so, just blocked access, no proxy message or nothing, so I would never have known i was being censored).
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Maybe this is more to mitigate the connectivity issues around the Vocus data centre. In the past few months I've had more outages from their data centre than the other one we host with. Whether this has to do with the retailer we've been using or the data centre itself is probably up for debate, but more links can't be a bad thing.
So ICANN accidently posts the addresses of those wanting a TLD. What's the big deal here? Surely if you are a company wanting a TLD you're large enough to be able to handle the general public knowing your address details.
This smells of something that was done deliberately in good faith that is now garnering bad press because of someone who doesn't want anyone to know they're after such and such TLD.
If you want a TLD then be man enough to put your hand up to the world and say you want it... oh wait, you already did that by registering your interest with ICANN.
Any other complaints against ICANN are irrelevant for this issue I think.
You failed to mention that most methane gas emissions occur due to cattle.
I agree that focussing on CO2 is not addressing the problem as a whole, but the fact is, CO2 is also the easiest greenhouse gas to minimise in terms of the impact to implement measures to reduce it. Methane has the issue that it is produced mainly from cattle populations and food production is a very delicate commodity in the world that requires the least amount of meddling as possible (despite any deficiencies it may have).
Consensus of the general population (or more importantly in the cases you provided, those in charge) and consensus of the scientific community are very different things.
Climate science is unimaginably tricky but the idea that there is some big green conspiracy between 90% of climatologists is much harder to swallow.
When there's something that is hard for lay people to verify or get their heads around and where there isn't a very visible down side to, there's bound to be those that don't believe its an issue. It's up to the scientific community and media to ensure that the research is verifiable and that it is reported properly to ensure that the public are getting the best information possible. Unfortunately, both sides, the scientific community and the media have done some a god awful job of informing the public and we're left with so much confusing information, and from some parts disinformation, that its no wonder that we can't make out mind up.
Oh yeah and just to add to your comment about consensus:
The earth was flat - but scientists and exploration proved that wrong
The earth was the centre of the universe - but scientists proved that wrong
The earth was created by $DEITY - is not in the least bit an area of scientific enquiry
and let me add...
That the earth is not undergoing human affecting climate change - but scientists have proved that wrong.
The media have become as much a problem for serious debate as an enabler for that debate to happen.
They have added credence to otherwise unsubstantiated claims due to the claim of "balanced" approach to the issue which has resulted in a 'us vs. them' philosophy in so many issues in which proper scientific, evidential analysis is brought along side speculative, unsubstantiated and biased arguments and presented as equivalent when that is not the case.
This has happened in so many facets of current debates, and is not necessarily restricted to the lowest-common denominator type media outlets that truly there appears to be no hope that proper researched, independently verified fact can be brought to the public without a major injection of cash and a carefully planned advertising campaign accompanying it. Because where there is opposition, with all their clear bias, certain parts of the media will ignore it to give them a microphone, whether willing or not to voice their opposition no matter the weight and validity of their arguments.
Science has always battled the incumbents. In the past it was the religious leaders where the questions of how were being answered quicker than the clergy could justify. Today, science is besieged by not only the religious, but by those with the political and monetary will to preserve a status quo that may well spell hardship on future generations.
Climate change is one such area of science where those who are doing the actual work can have their findings drowned out by anyone who has a microphone and a name.
There are numerous tenders out for organizations to review the effectiveness of ISP level filters, one of which my company looked at (and I believe opted not to apply for). As far as I know, the tenders haven't even been decided, and there would be at least a 6 month trial / research period before a recommendation could be prepared.
Anyone who remembers the previous elections remembers that the government made similar promises and allocation of funds for the exact same thing. Back then people did the same thing, complained about censorship and whatever, and what happened? A whole lot of nothing. It is one of those things that get pulled out in election years, a type of 'think of the children' idea that looks good, sounds good, and even can get the opposition to say "yeah, we like this too" - but it is, as it was in the past, a load of crap.
No, he's talking about the difference between what corporations want, such as more control over how and what plays their content, and users, who want something that just works.
As for your own opinion, I agree, but it's irrelevant to the position Microsoft are attempting to make. You're not a large media corporation, or media industry association who is concerned about all these pirates whom exist solely to put them out of business.
I saw this on one of the fedora mailing lists, the reason that ipv6 support makes mozilla so slow, is that when ipv6 is available, the function moz uses to do name resolving returns every alias/entry, so for something like www.yahoo.com, you'd get every single IP address that is tied to that domain (which is a few), when ipv6 is disabled, moz falls back to the old function, and things work as usual.
This isn't unique to Fedora, I've observed this at work with Mandrake 10 Official, unfortunately, the fix you mention didn't work for me.
Anyone else notice the distinct lack of the author of the article? Anyone else besides me thinking maybe that was a paid advertising plug?
Cheers,
leroy
Comparing the earnings of Spiderman to AotC. Saying that Spiderman is breaking all known box office records, then claiming that AotC was somehow deficient for not achieving the same result.
Cheers,
leroy.
since any quotes or references you make, might be changed after you've obtained them.
Imagine the situation of a student failing an assignment due to a quote from an article at CNN being removed/modified after they'd grabbed it.
With traditional media, you can record television or radio broadcasts as verification of references. What's the method to do it via the web? Digitally sign each news article, then re-sign it everytime there's an update? It would be irresponsible for the web media to simply hide behind "we're a broadcaster, so live with it" mentality.
It also brings in to question what rules or protocols exist to control this behaviour. What are the statutes of limitations for this behaviour? 24hours? 48? a week? longer? Are the original copies kept? Bit bucketed? Disavowed?
It seems silly that they'd want to try and disguise new news as old news, or do they really think people will want to read the same article over and over in the one day?
Cheers,
leroy.
which was alluded to but not said outright, was why older music media became successful. The answer is multiple producers/multiple players. You can buy a CD from any label, and play it in any CD player (up till now of course).
What most of these subscription services are trying to introduce is One producer/one player, whilst this one producer might be the combined conglomerate of the entire RIAA, it's the one player point that's the problem. One player encourages competing imcompatible services and the loser is the consumer.
So how much crap can consumers put up with before they'll start really doing something about it?
Cheers,
leroy.
Analog playback, as in having the CD drive do the playing, rather than digital playback where the audio data is read and played.
The difference being that quite a few CD's will sound better with analog playback than with digital (HDCD's especially).
Cheers,
leroy.
I discovered VQF a year or so ago, compared to mp3 is kicks ass, lower bitrates, higher quality. More info on it can be found at dalnetvqf.com.
I'm not sure how it compares to current Ogg builds as I've been going through the whole "It doesn't matter what format it is, analog CD still sounds better" phase =).
Cheers,
leroy.
are they indicting him just to get a judge to make a ruling about the law? Isn't the adgenda of prosecutor to put criminals away and not to try potentially innocent (they're not even sure) with an intrusive court case just to find out a judges interpretation of an ambigious law.
... mookle.
Next thing ye know, they'll have prosecutors setting up people just to see if a new law can be applied, wait for a conviciton, then if the innocent can be bothered with an appeal, add in a statement such as "Oh, it was kinda entrapment, it just didn't seem relevant to tell the court at the trial *shrug*, but at least we know how the law should be interpreted!".
Then again, I might be completely wrong, and if that's the case then
Cheers,
leroy.
According to http://www.dalnetvqf.com the guy running vqf.com just lost interest, not that the format is dead.
Cheers,
leroy.
Number one, Professor Fells, the principal guy behind the ACCC. This is a man that can not be bought. He's challenged the some of the biggest industries and won, because of his tenacity and his commitment to the people he represents.
Secondly, monkeys.
Cheers,
leroy.
This bloody well fscks me up... The good die young...
Cheers,
leroy.
A friend of mine bought a game from some outlet and when he got it home found that it was unplayable (scratched or something), the store for some unknown reason told him he had to send it back to Sony for a replacement.
The letter he got back with his replacement said something like this.
"To ensure long playing of your Playstation games, Sony recommends you have your Playstation modified and your Playstation CD's backed up."
They let things go, and it got away from them, so they go and bribe^H^H^H^H^H lobby the government to change laws.
Oh yeah, and the Australian federal govt is a joke with technology. Their experts are all corporate sponsored lackeys. The only true protector of rights us Australians have is the ACCC.
Cheers,
leroy.
Apple have been partners with Motorola for god knows how many years. If OS X becomes increasingly popular, Apple would have a hard time deciding who is more important. Potential users or longtime hardware partner.
Perhaps though, if there's competition between x86 and Motorola based systems that both run OS X, it could drive down prices on G4's and the like. And ye never know, maybe if done right, it'll be Apple that steals M$'s cookie rather than Linux =).
Cheers,
leroy.
I loved reading this book when I bought it a few years ago.
Hmm, makes me wonder where I've put it...
/me searches his house =)
Cheers,
leroy.
but blame Telstra.
For years now Telstra has had the monopoly over phone lines and internet, suddenly with the advent of competitive competitions its lucious profits have to be found some other way.
The best way to do that and to maintain competition is to up the charge to which all other phone companies would have to pay. Telstra own the phonelines, therefore they have the power. The up the charges for use of the phone lines, other phone companies pay that charge, which in turn is passed onto the consumer in the form of an added service charge.
The thing that really gets me angry is Telstra's marketing of their broadband, in one of their television ad's they try to portray their satellite service as a 'just as good' alternative to cable or adsl. Funny how they dont' mention that you also need a dial up ISP. Add that to the charge of having the satellite dish installed.
Lets do some math in AU dollars
Installation - $300
Monthly Fee - $80
---
Now the costs their reluctant to inform people about
Dialup Fee - $30-$60
Add to that the cost of a second line
Second line, Installation - $100 (maybe more, maybe less)
Monthly fee - $30 at least.
And woe betide anyone who needs to make a STD (long distance) phonecall to reach an ISP.
The other major problem Telstra have created is their weak links to major rural centres. I live in a semi rural town (around 100k population), yet it only has a 1Mbit connection to Melbourne (the nearest major city), no wonder they don't want broadband in use everywhere yet. They don't have enough bandwidth, hence their AUP gets enforced incredibly tightly.
Their lack of movement in such areas seems to be only the result of their constant adoration with high profits. And since most of Australia owns Telstra shares, there's not much that can be done to upseat the board, or anything else that might help.
Cheers,
leroy.
will their method work though, and more importantly would it be accepted? "As long as our company keeps turning the $$$ over we'll keep giving you code" I guess the issue is, what's to stop others from developing competing code, especially with the core changes TransGaming are making. Or would they try an even eviller tactic, and require that only their patches be included. The idea of good faith sounds nice, but there is an ever growing mistrust of companies, and especially with their tactics on how to make money out of OSS efforts. Cheers, leroy.
Someone in eBay has the idea to help stop people from being ripped off from offline deals, originating from an eBay auction. Then the legal dept get a hold of it, and figure the best way to stop people from doing something is to sue them if they do it.
All they have to do is just have a message saying that offline deals might be a good idea, but have none of the protection that eBay offers.
Cheers,
leroy.
Seems /. loves focussing on the negatives.
It's unheard of (in australia), that the catholic church would be that technologically advanced (and as organized to have a national network). They should be congratulated really, the church and technology have never really gotten on well together (everyone remembers those scientists trying to disprove religious facts like the shroud of turin).
About the censorship they impose, so what? It's their business, they can control it however they like. Whilst censorship is a contentious issue for public places, like libraries and schools, in the private domain, its up to the business (in this case the church).
The terms of service is what people should be paying attention to, if the isp says it censors some sites, then forget it if ye are so inclined. The only problem I would have is if an ISP didn't specify that they were doing censoring (and one I used to connect with did so, just blocked access, no proxy message or nothing, so I would never have known i was being censored).
Cheers,
leroy.