Send them a DMCA takedown notice. Under US law, the author retains copyright *even if that work was commissioned by someone else*. Most contracts therefore have a "work-for-hire" clause stating that rights will be transferred to client... but that won't apply if client hasn't met his end of the contract (i.e., paid).
If the risk of ridiculous punitive damages for infringement doesn't get their attention, send a takedown notice to the client's ISP/hosting provider (with proof of your copyright). The ISP is *legally obligated* to take the infringing content offline (i.e., the client's site) else they incur liability too. If that doesn't get you paid, short the client's stock, they're on their way out of business.
This is much the same point Jean Baudrillard made in Simulacra and Simulation. You may remember that book from cameo appearances in films such as The Matrix.
As the CTO at a 4 year old startup, we're only interested in people who have open source experience. In fact, we've rejected people from consideration because their programming background was mostly with closed source platforms.
We use OSS for all of the usual reasons - cost, quality, support, access to code. We want to hire people who know how to operate in that environment - someone's who's first instinct when they need to solve a problem is to check the Ubuntu repos or look on Python's Cheeseshop, not call a vendor.
You don't need a drug to become immune to celebrity. Just get rid of your TV. Perhaps more like going off one drug than on another.
I've been without a TV for over 5 years, and it's one of the 3 best things I've done in my life. And to answer the inevitable questions: no movies, videogames or YouTube either.
Your time on this earth is a gift from $DIETY, and you spend it watching other people's lives?
I'm a huge fan of the lap desks. I've got one that's a stiff plastic board with a mini beanbag chair on the bottom. I got it at a thrift store for like $3.
It's way more comfortable & ergonomic (as far as laptops go). More importantly, laptops get hot. So, my advice to all you guys out there:
If there were no cameras, would you feel ok to pull your pants down in the middle of the street? Sure! I've pulled my pants down numerous times. On the beach, in the parks and on my bike.
Nudity is the new pipe bomb, didn't you hear?
I've lived in Chicago for over 11 years, in neighborhoods all over the city, and watched these cameras proliferate. Their effectiveness is questionable, as the criminal activity they're intended to prevent just moves to neighboring residential blocks. The drug dealers aren't dumb - they can see the blinking blue lights as well as anyone else.
Perhaps the most depressing part is that the cameras tend to get installed only when rich white folks move in. A block in my multi-ethnic neighborhood that was all ganged up for years (though it's 2 blocks from a police station) suddenly got cameras (and the streets repaved) when the condos went up.
I mourn for my city. If we actually manage to land the Olympics, I'm outta here.
Actually, I remember a story about a town in Britain where they just put up signs saying "Hey crooks, cameras here!", rather than the cameras themselves.
I work at a small startup. On my first trip to the datacenter, I had to fill out a form that asked for my job title. This had never come up before, so I called my boss, and after about 30 seconds of discussion, I wrote down:
Chief Technical Dude.
It's fitting & I liked it, so that's what my title is.
Though a friend of mind (in IT) had on his business card Director, Piratical Affairs. Which is better.
I have Verizon EVDO service (that I use directly on my laptop) and it's great, except the pingtimes are stupidly high - the best I'm able to get is around ~200ms, which makes typing in a terminal a bit painful. I think it's a function of the cellular network itself, rather than a routing problem.
Anyway, it sure beats the Apartment Area Network (aka, free wifi from the neighbors) and winds up being about the same cost as I would pay for home DSL + monthly coffee shop fees.
I had an Archos for under a month. I used Rockbox which is much better than the builtin firmware but still no iPod.;) After about a week, it developed interference in the headphones any time the hard drive spun or the backlight turned on. Basically, a high-pitched whine. So I returned it (thanks, my tinnitus is bad enough). Battery life was also less than expected.
Have things gotten better? IIRC, customer service was supposedly a nightmare too...
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I've been using Terminus for about a decade and you can rip it from cold, RSI'd hands.
Send them a DMCA takedown notice. Under US law, the author retains copyright *even if that work was commissioned by someone else*. Most contracts therefore have a "work-for-hire" clause stating that rights will be transferred to client... but that won't apply if client hasn't met his end of the contract (i.e., paid).
If the risk of ridiculous punitive damages for infringement doesn't get their attention, send a takedown notice to the client's ISP/hosting provider (with proof of your copyright). The ISP is *legally obligated* to take the infringing content offline (i.e., the client's site) else they incur liability too. If that doesn't get you paid, short the client's stock, they're on their way out of business.
IANAL, YMM, who said copyright was all bad?
This is much the same point Jean Baudrillard made in Simulacra and Simulation. You may remember that book from cameo appearances in films such as The Matrix.
I happen to agree with both of them...
As the CTO at a 4 year old startup, we're only interested in people who have open source experience. In fact, we've rejected people from consideration because their programming background was mostly with closed source platforms.
We use OSS for all of the usual reasons - cost, quality, support, access to code. We want to hire people who know how to operate in that environment - someone's who's first instinct when they need to solve a problem is to check the Ubuntu repos or look on Python's Cheeseshop, not call a vendor.
...if they're really watching you.
You don't need a drug to become immune to celebrity. Just get rid of your TV. Perhaps more like going off one drug than on another. I've been without a TV for over 5 years, and it's one of the 3 best things I've done in my life. And to answer the inevitable questions: no movies, videogames or YouTube either. Your time on this earth is a gift from $DIETY, and you spend it watching other people's lives?
I'm a huge fan of the lap desks. I've got one that's a stiff plastic board with a mini beanbag chair on the bottom. I got it at a thrift store for like $3.
It's way more comfortable & ergonomic (as far as laptops go). More importantly, laptops get hot. So, my advice to all you guys out there:
USE A LAPDESK!
DON'T FRY YOUR NUTS!!!
Here's a picture of mine in use.
No, the giant sticker didn't come with it and no, I have no idea what it's supposed to mean.
SWAT raid hacking is a significant plot point in William Gibson's Virtual Light.
;-(
Well, ok, it's a private armed response firm the first time, but same idea.
The second time it's SWAT.
Not his finest piece of work.
I've lived in Chicago for over 11 years, in neighborhoods all over the city, and watched these cameras proliferate. Their effectiveness is questionable, as the criminal activity they're intended to prevent just moves to neighboring residential blocks. The drug dealers aren't dumb - they can see the blinking blue lights as well as anyone else.
Given the Chicago Police Department's record of torture going back over 3 decades and a coverup in which the current Mayor Daley continues to participate the notion of giving them more power is terrifying. Especially since even when police misconduct (oh, say, murder) is caught on film, nothing happens.
Perhaps the most depressing part is that the cameras tend to get installed only when rich white folks move in. A block in my multi-ethnic neighborhood that was all ganged up for years (though it's 2 blocks from a police station) suddenly got cameras (and the streets repaved) when the condos went up.
I mourn for my city. If we actually manage to land the Olympics, I'm outta here.
Actually, I remember a story about a town in Britain where they just put up signs saying "Hey crooks, cameras here!", rather than the cameras themselves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_and_Punish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
As a former futures & options trader and current programmer & occasional admin:
That's the most nonsensical thing I've read this week & I've spent a bunch of time on reading comments on reddit.
It's not even wrong. Black-Scholes is used for option valuation, not futures. WTF either has to do with server metrics is beyond me.
In case you hadn't noticed, this government does not give a rat's butt about the opinion of the citizenry.
Bombs.
Chief Technical Dude.
It's fitting & I liked it, so that's what my title is.
Though a friend of mind (in IT) had on his business card Director, Piratical Affairs. Which is better.
I have Verizon EVDO service (that I use directly on my laptop) and it's great, except the pingtimes are stupidly high - the best I'm able to get is around ~200ms, which makes typing in a terminal a bit painful. I think it's a function of the cellular network itself, rather than a routing problem.
Anyway, it sure beats the Apartment Area Network (aka, free wifi from the neighbors) and winds up being about the same cost as I would pay for home DSL + monthly coffee shop fees.
I had an Archos for under a month. I used Rockbox which is much better than the builtin firmware but still no iPod. ;) After about a week, it developed interference in the headphones any time the hard drive spun or the backlight turned on. Basically, a high-pitched whine. So I returned it (thanks, my tinnitus is bad enough). Battery life was also less than expected.
Have things gotten better? IIRC, customer service was supposedly a nightmare too...
I'd be screwed without AT&T. (Hear that, RCN?)
I actually had a rather lengthy argument with my computer sciences teacher about this -- it is impossible to generate a truely random number.
Actually, IIRC, SGI did this using digitized photos of lava lamps as seeds.
It is kind of like trying to prove something can't be done.
Come now. Mathematicians do it all the time.
That is all.
IIRC, Microsoft made a job offer to Alan Cox a few years ago. I think.
It's getting to be a regular old portal around here, don't you think? ;)