Dammit, I say put this thing on ThinkGeek for a week and run banners for it here on Slashdot. I've already mailed the picture to three people - all who have light kits in their PC's. Even if they lose money on every sale this will be the fastest moving "mod" product in a decade. Everyone will want a damn full size after that.
It's not about profits, it's about cash flow; as illustrated by this chart:
I work at a newspaper and know exactly what you are talking about, the accounting-circulation connection (hence the department name "Circulation Accounting") but I'm surprised to hear that the full card numbers were distributed. I would assume that only the most inside of people, because computers handle all of the transactions, could access that information.
For example, whenever a card number is typed into the database and updated it will only show the last four digits to any human. I would assume Circulation Accounting could track down the transaction and find the number that way, but as far as I know the full card number is only given up electronically. What is the point of even having a list of card numbers printed on paper? Why would that even be close to the circulation field staff? I would ask the CIO why the field staff needs credit card numbers.
Then you come to another point - are the carriers working for themselves? If so, then the liability may just fall on that one person. It seems the newspaper is picking up some responsibility so I assume they are employed by the newspaper. Then the question goes back to the IT departments: Why can users access information they do not need?
Almost sounds like someone did it on purpose, you never know.
I just was thinking when I read this sentence in the summary: How about a system, whereby a user can purchase a license for [n] amount of digital music files?
What if we just ran our mp3's voluntarily through a program that would say "ok, you've got 500 mp3 tracks - you need a $400 license. If you can not afford the license please remove tracks to reach your goal" and that is it. Don't actually force anyone to do anything - just suggest it. Put it out there, see if it works. People might just start paying for stuff they find on p2p networks.
The Plan: Get content owners together to form an alliance. The alliance agrees not to sue participants (users) who own licenses for petty copyright infringement(sic). The alliance splits any and all profits (and thus shares the initial costs). The new alliance releases said software. Software's job is to do these things: collect count of audio and video files, update metatag (ID3v2, et al) info with "licenced" status, provide checkout interface for buying licenses, filter out media that may not need to be covered by licenses (*content that doesn't belong to the alliance*, shorter clips, home recordings, DRM'd media).
The Catch: The program pops up every 8 hours and says "You still need to buy a license for 2,452 songs" - just kidding! No, the catch is that the music companies (and hopefully TV networks) don't get to see what we've got. If I don't feel like paying for a K-Fed song, I don't have to. If I want to pay for "My Humps" I can. Instead of running my songs against a masterlist on their server, using hashes, we use a distributed collection of the hashes or the masterlist must be downloadable. (or a mirror of the masterlist exists somewhere we trust). Drag and drop the files or folders onto the software's window and checkout. It should be annoying when you've got songs in your "to pay for" list that haven't been paid for - but not disruptive. The tactful approach will be the one that wins.
It is a game of nuance - Apple's pay per song model is too close to retail. That system still rewards those who are promoted the best and those who need more real world money for nearly intangible items because their success has nothing to do with talent.
The music industry says the Internet is ruining their business. Hogwash. They are ruining the Internet.
We ask that you ignore our statement yesterday about "fact-checking [being] too costly" to do. As many have pointed out, it isn't expensive or hard at all to check your facts. In today's world there are many electronic solutions to these problems.
Once again, we apologize for misleading you, fact-checking is fairly cheap.
Yours Always,
Publishers Of America (Not Affiliated With American Publishers)
As it stands I'm rated (Score:1, Flamebait) while someone who misses my entire point in the first place is giving insight?
I work with a good cross section of people and only the younger kids even know what iTunes is. There are a handful of gem people who are well read and actually follow all of the news and know it through that but getting to it would be a daunting task. Computers, for the most part, are only a trend for those who have parents to buy them. Anyone else has an outdated machine or a flea market PC.
It's great - I'm in the discussion because I like the move. I just wish it was available to even more people. Is that so wrong?
BTW... let me add that I used CYGWIN to compile and run the c program to do this. If that link means you do work there I can't thank you enough for a great product...
I'm talking about *real* exposure... like letting a radio station broadcast said materials. (Maybe they don't mind). Internet access isn't free as in beer, especially broadband, and neither are computers. However, radios and televisions? There is plenty more access.
What the fuck do you think this is; South Korea?
And besides, I'm making a statement about educational materials in general. There are plenty of sources out there (MIT's open courseware springs to mind) but it would be nice to see a collaborative between colleges to put this material available for better usage.
Oh wait, that is what the Internet was supposed to do - well, maybe free access should be given away (we do pay taxes that are supposed to do that exact thing!).
If only it was more accessible. iTunes isn't really the "public" although it is a start. I personally like what they are doing across the (Ohio) river from me:
I've been following the "Western Tradition" with Eugen Weber for quite a while now and just wish there were more shows like this. It stopped being taped in 1989 and the entire Annenberg library seems to be a decade old.
I wish there were more tax breaks for professionals when it came to contributing to public television. With HDTV coming, soon public broadcasting will/has/can have more than just one or two stations (of three major cities that I pick up, all have at least three stations on ATSC, one with 5). Actors, professors, doctors, executives could all benefit in the pocket book by giving something back to the community.
Personally I've had an idea about running, say, a billion web pages through a program that creates markov chains from text strings.
I've run some text through a free program before to create these. Some are funny, some are just silly, all formed from various Gutenberg texts and a few usenet love stories (text pr0n). Fairy tales, love stories and the bible make an interesting match;
Little Boy Blue, come, blow your horn! The sheep's in the mountain the Lord is a vapour of the tree for the strangers to take the book that thou hatest the deeds of the wicked shall decay, and the noise of chariots and horsemen, through the pillar of fire; that he had opened the sixth curtain in the gate, and there are innumerable before him and he heard the voice of a person, if he see that he died of itself, or any peacock gay, So, dearest Jen, if you'll be mine, let us find occasion of word against him?
and...
For who among men is not of divers colours
The saints glorify God for his fiddlers three.
FOR WANT OF A FEATHER-Birds of a man seduce a virgin
The childish shall possess them
Fatness hath covered his face, and shalt let down thy milk
And when it was well lubricated. This procedure wasn't really necessary, but who is the cause which I have sinned, and thou shalt fill it
And if all the heavens, or who gave the cock understanding?
Actually I've got a really great idea for a program that would use text and markov chains. It's a little silly, but I wouldn't just give it out to anyone. E-mail me. It wouldn't be a project for the faint of heart and would require something like Google's cache of Internet pages (and Wikipedia content, Gutenberg content,...) Hint: it's a distributed computing project.
I'm not of course as versed, but I'm very inclined to say that it feels that even my spatial reasoning is sliced up by geometrical figures. When I see even parabolic movements in nature I can't help but to think I'm using triangles to figure where the item is going to be next. I'm betting a dog sees it that way too. Just a lay guess.
I think calculus is used to simplify the work - a statement I'm sure many students disagree with. If I'd have to bet on one I'd pick geometry (that seems to be the debate).
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That would make the most sense, add an option or feature that highlights related talked up stories.
I'm sure this isn't the place but the story on the IE7 leak lists this as "related" (while using the borg icon):
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If we are so hardwired for calculus why is it that so many ancient Greek mathematicians actually used geometry to solve their hardest problems (See Alexander to Actium) and never really reached a firm understanding of calculus? Much of the work that could have been done easier with calculus was done with painful geometric representations.
Wikipedia says that Archimedes came close, but other (more informed) sources say that he wasn't close and used geometry as everyone else did.
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I don't understand why anyone would import their entire music collection into the iTunes store in the first place (besides iPod compatibility, which bothers me). There are only a few applications that I would even tell where my music collection is due to the fact that not all of it was purchased and I'm a privacy freak. If you purchased the music, as we've all seen, that doesn't even matter. If the past has any indication of what will eventually happen products like iTunes aren't going to allow music that isn't purchased through them or some other way "authorized."
Sure, you are thinking "Apple wouldn't do this." That's okay, someone will. Kiss your collection of 250 (legally) ripped CDs goodbye. Considering money talks in Washington these days, it may be forced on Apple soon enough (by Disney no less).
Funny because I was just thinking about this same subject. One of the major arguments I hear on Slashdot is that blogs with no original content provide nothing new and are useless. I admit I have such a blog (two really), rarely updated and not much on commentary or original thought lately. I always tell myself I'm going to change it or fix the layout but I never get the chance, but that isn't the point.
The point is that there are all types of people putting their tiny bits of information out there and hopefully linking to one thing they are interested in. One nice side effect of millions of blogs (Technorati lists 24.2 million) is that there are measurable changes to the "structure" of the Web. Google can now look and see what is the most popular razor or news story because idiots like me might link to it. When I blogged a lot I like to use services like Technorati, but I now like it for it's ability to find news stories that for some reason are popular; hopefully because they are important or entertaining. You sometimes find stories that are popular because people liked them, or because a lot of people thought they were worth reading. Meanwhile your usual news outlets forgot to tell you or the story was too obscure.
Sure, there are other options, tools and better ways to do this. del.icio.us does the same thing, and maybe even better. The point is that it is being done. My response is that people are active on the Web. It's a good thing to see. Cue the people who agree! I thank the 24 million blogs for bringing personality to the information age. Hopefully after years of blogging and participation in social network programs researchers can use this information for more useful purposes. It's already starting to happen, we are already starting to see the outcome.
It's great because these are thoughts, emotions, desires, interests, and even unusual proclivities being brought online for the world's disposal. The people I want to blog more are the one who fire off a few short, impulse entries than the ones who are looking to show the world their writing talent.
One thing I haven't mentioned is spam, and we all know that is bad wherever and however it finds its way to our screens.
Doesn't much matter to me, my Windows 2000 PC/PVR doesn't even have a DVD drive.
The XP machine has made it more than two years (from the factory!) without a second install/re-install so I don't think I'll be breaking that record with Vista.
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You choose what songs to put up for license.
Maybe it could help avoid problems like this:
http://www.laraza.com/news.php?nid=28749
I can't wait to see the immigrant population of America with PSP in hand. I think it is actually kind of cool.
Dammit, I say put this thing on ThinkGeek for a week and run banners for it here on Slashdot. I've already mailed the picture to three people - all who have light kits in their PC's. Even if they lose money on every sale this will be the fastest moving "mod" product in a decade. Everyone will want a damn full size after that.
...
It's not about profits, it's about cash flow; as illustrated by this chart:
1. Design kickass keyboard.
2. Size it down.
3.
4. Cash Flow!
Amazon, eBay, RedHat, *.com (oops) and so forth...
I work at a newspaper and know exactly what you are talking about, the accounting-circulation connection (hence the department name "Circulation Accounting") but I'm surprised to hear that the full card numbers were distributed. I would assume that only the most inside of people, because computers handle all of the transactions, could access that information.
For example, whenever a card number is typed into the database and updated it will only show the last four digits to any human. I would assume Circulation Accounting could track down the transaction and find the number that way, but as far as I know the full card number is only given up electronically. What is the point of even having a list of card numbers printed on paper? Why would that even be close to the circulation field staff? I would ask the CIO why the field staff needs credit card numbers.
Then you come to another point - are the carriers working for themselves? If so, then the liability may just fall on that one person. It seems the newspaper is picking up some responsibility so I assume they are employed by the newspaper. Then the question goes back to the IT departments: Why can users access information they do not need?
Almost sounds like someone did it on purpose, you never know.
I just was thinking when I read this sentence in the summary: How about a system, whereby a user can purchase a license for [n] amount of digital music files?
What if we just ran our mp3's voluntarily through a program that would say "ok, you've got 500 mp3 tracks - you need a $400 license. If you can not afford the license please remove tracks to reach your goal" and that is it. Don't actually force anyone to do anything - just suggest it. Put it out there, see if it works. People might just start paying for stuff they find on p2p networks.
The Plan: Get content owners together to form an alliance. The alliance agrees not to sue participants (users) who own licenses for petty copyright infringement(sic). The alliance splits any and all profits (and thus shares the initial costs). The new alliance releases said software. Software's job is to do these things: collect count of audio and video files, update metatag (ID3v2, et al) info with "licenced" status, provide checkout interface for buying licenses, filter out media that may not need to be covered by licenses (*content that doesn't belong to the alliance*, shorter clips, home recordings, DRM'd media).
The Catch: The program pops up every 8 hours and says "You still need to buy a license for 2,452 songs" - just kidding! No, the catch is that the music companies (and hopefully TV networks) don't get to see what we've got. If I don't feel like paying for a K-Fed song, I don't have to. If I want to pay for "My Humps" I can. Instead of running my songs against a masterlist on their server, using hashes, we use a distributed collection of the hashes or the masterlist must be downloadable. (or a mirror of the masterlist exists somewhere we trust). Drag and drop the files or folders onto the software's window and checkout. It should be annoying when you've got songs in your "to pay for" list that haven't been paid for - but not disruptive. The tactful approach will be the one that wins.
It is a game of nuance - Apple's pay per song model is too close to retail. That system still rewards those who are promoted the best and those who need more real world money for nearly intangible items because their success has nothing to do with talent.
The music industry says the Internet is ruining their business. Hogwash. They are ruining the Internet.
Does that mean I can fast forward through the commercials?
Dear reading people of America,
We ask that you ignore our statement yesterday about "fact-checking [being] too costly" to do. As many have pointed out, it isn't expensive or hard at all to check your facts. In today's world there are many electronic solutions to these problems.
Once again, we apologize for misleading you, fact-checking is fairly cheap.
Yours Always,
Publishers Of America
(Not Affiliated With American Publishers)
As it stands I'm rated (Score:1, Flamebait) while someone who misses my entire point in the first place is giving insight?
I work with a good cross section of people and only the younger kids even know what iTunes is. There are a handful of gem people who are well read and actually follow all of the news and know it through that but getting to it would be a daunting task. Computers, for the most part, are only a trend for those who have parents to buy them. Anyone else has an outdated machine or a flea market PC.
It's great - I'm in the discussion because I like the move. I just wish it was available to even more people. Is that so wrong?
BTW... let me add that I used CYGWIN to compile and run the c program to do this. If that link means you do work there I can't thank you enough for a great product...
Wow, do you ever leave the front of the computer?
I'm talking about *real* exposure... like letting a radio station broadcast said materials. (Maybe they don't mind). Internet access isn't free as in beer, especially broadband, and neither are computers. However, radios and televisions? There is plenty more access.
What the fuck do you think this is; South Korea?
And besides, I'm making a statement about educational materials in general. There are plenty of sources out there (MIT's open courseware springs to mind) but it would be nice to see a collaborative between colleges to put this material available for better usage.
Oh wait, that is what the Internet was supposed to do - well, maybe free access should be given away (we do pay taxes that are supposed to do that exact thing!).
If only it was more accessible. iTunes isn't really the "public" although it is a start. I personally like what they are doing across the (Ohio) river from me:
http://www.ket.org/collegecourses/
I've been following the "Western Tradition" with Eugen Weber for quite a while now and just wish there were more shows like this. It stopped being taped in 1989 and the entire Annenberg library seems to be a decade old.
I wish there were more tax breaks for professionals when it came to contributing to public television. With HDTV coming, soon public broadcasting will/has/can have more than just one or two stations (of three major cities that I pick up, all have at least three stations on ATSC, one with 5). Actors, professors, doctors, executives could all benefit in the pocket book by giving something back to the community.
I've run some text through a free program before to create these. Some are funny, some are just silly, all formed from various Gutenberg texts and a few usenet love stories (text pr0n). Fairy tales, love stories and the bible make an interesting match;
and...
Actually I've got a really great idea for a program that would use text and markov chains. It's a little silly, but I wouldn't just give it out to anyone. E-mail me. It wouldn't be a project for the faint of heart and would require something like Google's cache of Internet pages (and Wikipedia content, Gutenberg content,
I'm not of course as versed, but I'm very inclined to say that it feels that even my spatial reasoning is sliced up by geometrical figures. When I see even parabolic movements in nature I can't help but to think I'm using triangles to figure where the item is going to be next. I'm betting a dog sees it that way too. Just a lay guess.
I think calculus is used to simplify the work - a statement I'm sure many students disagree with. If I'd have to bet on one I'd pick geometry (that seems to be the debate).
the snippet could include/add:
That would make the most sense, add an option or feature that highlights related talked up stories.
I'm sure this isn't the place but the story on the IE7 leak lists this as "related" (while using the borg icon):
If we are so hardwired for calculus why is it that so many ancient Greek mathematicians actually used geometry to solve their hardest problems (See Alexander to Actium) and never really reached a firm understanding of calculus? Much of the work that could have been done easier with calculus was done with painful geometric representations.
Wikipedia says that Archimedes came close, but other (more informed) sources say that he wasn't close and used geometry as everyone else did.
Soon Intel will have the entire Apple PC/Laptop marketshare!
Pentiums baby!
I don't understand why anyone would import their entire music collection into the iTunes store in the first place (besides iPod compatibility, which bothers me). There are only a few applications that I would even tell where my music collection is due to the fact that not all of it was purchased and I'm a privacy freak. If you purchased the music, as we've all seen, that doesn't even matter. If the past has any indication of what will eventually happen products like iTunes aren't going to allow music that isn't purchased through them or some other way "authorized."
Sure, you are thinking "Apple wouldn't do this." That's okay, someone will. Kiss your collection of 250 (legally) ripped CDs goodbye. Considering money talks in Washington these days, it may be forced on Apple soon enough (by Disney no less).
Ents could provide Tolkien Ring access...
And visit the website:
http://burst.com/new/products/main.htm
Burst.com doesn't just hold the patents, they are selling products which use them.
Should I be worried about my Fake Windows security or am I at no risk as long as I don't run "sol.exe" as root?
How far can someone get by working over WINE with this exploit?
Their website says the "only clear cover hard drive".
Funny because I was just thinking about this same subject. One of the major arguments I hear on Slashdot is that blogs with no original content provide nothing new and are useless. I admit I have such a blog (two really), rarely updated and not much on commentary or original thought lately. I always tell myself I'm going to change it or fix the layout but I never get the chance, but that isn't the point.
The point is that there are all types of people putting their tiny bits of information out there and hopefully linking to one thing they are interested in. One nice side effect of millions of blogs (Technorati lists 24.2 million) is that there are measurable changes to the "structure" of the Web. Google can now look and see what is the most popular razor or news story because idiots like me might link to it. When I blogged a lot I like to use services like Technorati, but I now like it for it's ability to find news stories that for some reason are popular; hopefully because they are important or entertaining. You sometimes find stories that are popular because people liked them, or because a lot of people thought they were worth reading. Meanwhile your usual news outlets forgot to tell you or the story was too obscure.
Sure, there are other options, tools and better ways to do this. del.icio.us does the same thing, and maybe even better. The point is that it is being done. My response is that people are active on the Web. It's a good thing to see. Cue the people who agree! I thank the 24 million blogs for bringing personality to the information age. Hopefully after years of blogging and participation in social network programs researchers can use this information for more useful purposes. It's already starting to happen, we are already starting to see the outcome.
It's great because these are thoughts, emotions, desires, interests, and even unusual proclivities being brought online for the world's disposal. The people I want to blog more are the one who fire off a few short, impulse entries than the ones who are looking to show the world their writing talent.
One thing I haven't mentioned is spam, and we all know that is bad wherever and however it finds its way to our screens.
Doesn't much matter to me, my Windows 2000 PC/PVR doesn't even have a DVD drive.
The XP machine has made it more than two years (from the factory!) without a second install/re-install so I don't think I'll be breaking that record with Vista.