> If 1000 people walk down a backstreet past an empty building, 998 will just pass by. 2 will throw a rock through a window and spraypaint the walls
One impact of the internet is that the 0.2% of the population can find and talk to each other, swap ideas, and build a sufficient sense of community that they no longer feel the pressure to conform to the morals of mainstream society.
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One could see a role for regulation of software is sold in binary form but not for that sold / distributed as source code
This would be based on the principle that with source code the user could check (or get another independent 3rd parties to check) the software themselves whereas a user is unable to similarly verify binary distributions
In such a way regulation could work in favour of the open source movement....
I think its a requirement in most (all ?) european countries that companies give you access to data that they hold on you (although they can charge an administration fee).
What interests me is the requirements are for identifying yourself to an organisation in order to get the information they hold on you.
Can you assign a third party the rights to collect your data ?
If so, I can see a business opportunity for a firm to collect all your data from all the companies with which you have contact. They could develop relationships (and possibly even direct data connections) to simplify the whole process.
Revenue streams could be :
1) Users wanting to collect their own data (if each firm currently charges ~£10 'administration' then this could be reasonably high)
2) Firms wishing to get rid of the hassle of providing customers with their own data
3) Once the data such as telephone / gas / other bills are centralised then a service could be offered where the bills are analysed to see if you could get a better deal with another company (I think both individuals and other companies would pay for this ?)
4) Others ?
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As a diehard fan of BBC Radio 4 and the world service I'd love a Tivo type device for radio - preferably portable.
Anyone come across one ? or even cobbled together one ?
> If 1000 people walk down a backstreet past an empty building, 998 will just pass by. 2 will throw a rock through a window and spraypaint the walls
One impact of the internet is that the 0.2% of the population can find and talk to each other, swap ideas, and build a sufficient sense of community that they no longer feel the pressure to conform to the morals of mainstream society.
Scary - but unstopable ?
Any enthusiasm to start one for the UK ?
One could see a role for regulation of software is sold in binary form but not for that sold / distributed as source code
....
This would be based on the principle that with source code the user could check (or get another independent 3rd parties to check) the software themselves whereas a user is unable to similarly verify binary distributions
In such a way regulation could work in favour of the open source movement
I think its a requirement in most (all ?) european countries that companies give you access to data that they hold on you (although they can charge an administration fee).
What interests me is the requirements are for identifying yourself to an organisation in order to get the information they hold on you.
Can you assign a third party the rights to collect your data ?
If so, I can see a business opportunity for a firm to collect all your data from all the companies with which you have contact. They could develop relationships (and possibly even direct data connections) to simplify the whole process.
Revenue streams could be :
1) Users wanting to collect their own data (if each firm currently charges ~£10 'administration' then this could be reasonably high)
2) Firms wishing to get rid of the hassle of providing customers with their own data
3) Once the data such as telephone / gas / other bills are centralised then a service could be offered where the bills are analysed to see if you could get a better deal with another company (I think both individuals and other companies would pay for this ?)
4) Others ?
Anybody interested in getting started on it ?!!