They seem to think that they are the only ones that own any copyrighted music.
This is an ugly meme that seems to be spreading among people who don't stop to think or who don't understand the nature of copyright. For example my web hosting service (and many others, I'm sure) has the following clause in their AUP:
Users may not... Use an account to host and/or distribute copyrighted software or files.
If I were to take this clause literally, I could never put anything on my website other than a blank page since anything I create would be copyrighted by me. Also I wouldn't be able to help my nephew by putting up mp3s of his band since their are also copyrighted, even though he wants me to post them.
Of course this could this be all corrected simply by adding the words "without the permission of the copyright holder" to the end of the clause. But obviously to them only entities that can hold copyrights are big music, movie and software companies.
Something not covered in the FAQ is how to pronounce the damn term. It's already enough that many seeing the word "Linux" for the first time want to call it "Lye-nucks". So how are we to say "GNU/Linux"?
"Noo Linux" -- makes me wonder what happened to the old Linux.
"Gu-noo Linux" -- sounds awkward and non-sensical and rather stupid IMHO.
"Gee-En-Yoo Linux" -- is this short for "genuine Linux"? (beware of cheap imitations!)
And how about the "/" ? Are we to pronounce the slash when using any of the above variations?
No disrespect to the folks at FSF, but I think I will be kind to my tongue and just use plain old "Linux".
In all seriousness, with the growing mainstream awareness of Linux as a viable alternative to "MS/Windows", I think using the simpler term as a "brand" identity serves the cause much better than the awkward and almost unpronouncable "GNU/Linux".
The difference between the $5 8x10 of your photo and the $50 8x10 of the studio's photo
Uh, no. We're only talking about one photo here, the one taken by the pro photographer. The diference is between holding onto the negative and forcing the client to pay whatever you demand vs. the client getting the negative and being able to shop around based on price/quality. The pro photographer gets paid for his skill in composing the picture. Certainly a professional lab will do a better job tweaking than a supermarket lab, but it won't require a cost factor of 10X.
if you're willing to use a $5 8x10 supermarket print as a promo in your portfolio
In the 1990's I was involved in professional film acting. The photographer I used for my standard B&W headshots, and who was used by quite a few of the working actors in Vancouver charged $150. That fee included the photo session and 10 8x10 prints. Additional prints could be ordered anytime for $65. per batch of 10.
then you must be a low-rent actor, indeed...
Except for the fortunate few who make the Hollywood A-list, all actors are low rent.
Last winter I was involved in a play with a local theatre group. As part of the production, I was taken to a photo studio to have a portrait done for the programme as well as an 8x10 for the display board at the entrance to the auditorium. The photographer used a high end digital camera which gave you the opportunity to select from the proofs immediately after the sitting, or even sit for a few more shots.
I enquired of the producer about keeping my photo from the display board after the run of the show was over. She said that she couldn't do that since the photo studio required the photo to be returned to them. However, the studio advertised to all the cast members that we could buy 8x10 copies of our photos for $50. each (!) I checked at the local supermarket photo dept. and discover that they sell 8x10 prints for less that one tenth of that price.
I began to realize what a scam some photographers run. In addition to charging a sitting fee for their artististic services (in this case about $300.), by retaining possession of the "negative" -- in this case actually just a computer file on a hard drive -- he could force people to pay ten times the open market price for prints.
However, I think this kind of business practice may be starting to disappear. When discussing this situation with a friend, she reported that she had recently attended a wedding trade show and was surprised that quite a few of the photographers promoting themselves there were offering to let the client keep the negatives.
Like some other posters have pointed out, I think photographers need to market the thing they have that truly is a scarce commodity -- that is their skill in lighting and arranging the subjects. Maybe for an additional $50. they will even offer to snap the photos for you. Beyond that, everything else is just add-on sales: making quality prints at a reseaonable price, arranging them in a fancy photo album or packaging the batch of high res photo files on a CD for a service charge.
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I suppose it's groundbreaking for an airline
I must say, seeing the words "groundbreaking" and "airline" together in the same sentence mad me a tad nervous.
Keep in mind we never saw them dead. All we saw were some closed coffins being buried. They probably just went underground and the funeral was a cover. The guys have probably been hanging out with Mulder, eating pizza and watching porn videos.
Hey, it's TV. No ever actually dies on a TV show, especially on a science fiction one...
Trickster Coyote It must be true - I saw it on TV.
Geeze. First you guys spoil it for everyone by blabbling about the Lone Gunmen are dead before half the people here get a chance to see the episode, and now you are doing it again, blabbing about how the Lone Gunmen _aren't_ before the show is even on the air.
If Slashdot keeps on blaring all these spoilers on the front page, I don't think I'll ever be able to enjoy watching the X-Files again.
People are curious and they do not believe in warnings of unseen, tasteless, odorless dangers.
Hmmm...
I wonder if the nuclear waste could be tagged with something humanly perceivable similiar to the way drain opener and other toxic household substances are laced with extremely bitter tasting Bitrex to discourage little kids from chugging the stuff?
Maybe something like some chemical that when the storage container is opened and it comes into contact with air, it gives off an odor of putrid rotting flesh.
Trickster Coyote You are a figment of my imagination.
In B.C. (Canada), we went throught the automated enforcement cash grab for a number of years until the new "Liberal" gov't shut it down last year.
There was a group formed during the height of the craziness called Safety by Education Not Speed Enforcement (SENSE). They are an advocacy group and have gathered a lot of information and resources for those who wish to fight this thing at the political level.
They also have suggestions on strategies for dealing with any ticket you receive. Keep in mind that their suggestions specifically deal with BC law, but they can probably be used as a starting point and adapted for use in other jurisdictions.
One example: if you get a ticket in the mail and you know it is you and that you probably were speeding, don't pay it right away. In BC (and I suspect most US jurisdictions) a mailed citation is not enforcable. Therefore in order to convict you in absentia, they must first serve you personally. Sending out a process server costs them money and cuts down on their profit margin. In the BC situation, if you were not home the first time and they had to send out the server again, they ended making loss on the ticket, even if you did eventually pay it. They also have tips for arguing your case if do decide fight your ticket in court.
Usual disclaimers: IANAL, nor have I ever played one on TV; YMMV; void where prohibitted.
Trickster Coyote I'm just a figment of your imagination.
...the deaths of those characters for the SOLE PURPOSE of ending the fan mail campaign asking to brink back "The Long Gunman" spinoff
But...
We never saw them dead. All we saw were some closed coffins being buried. Maybe it's just a ruse to draw out "Mr. Big", the head terrorist. The guys are probably hanging out with Mulder, eating pizza and watching porn videos.
Hey, it's TV. No ever actually dies on a TV show, especially on a science fiction one...
Trickster Coyote You are just a figment of my imagination.
An exclusion for public places would seem to permit workplace monitoring.
Um, no. A workplace is still private property. Why would corporate owned private property be exempt? Just because people work there doesn't not make it a public place. If I walked into an office and spent the day hanging out, the company's security people would probably make me leave.
In the same vein, store and malls are not public places either (try handing out leaflets in a mall and see how long you last.) On the face of it, it would seem that this would also ban security cameras, unless they are all clearly marked.
Anyway, it's a pretty silly bill and would probably never be passed. Other the other hand, I've heard that said before about some of the current laws...
Trickster Coyote I am a figment of your imagination.
But how does this help the authors for used books? Hmmm? They don't receive ANY royalties from these sales... nor does the publisher. So what's in it for them if you do this?
How about increased mindshare? By having their work read by more people, an author increases their fanbase and their potential market for sales of future writings.
For example, I remember back when I was in high school, a friend recommended Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer. I found a copy at a used bookstore. I enjoyed it and ended up reading the entire series when later books were published. Most of the books were bought new since I didn't want to wait until a used copy might become available. And since I enjoyed Farmer's writing I ended up buying a lot more of his other books, most of them new.
Did my buying used books hurt Farmer's income? No. If I had not been able to buy that first book for cheap, I probably wouldn't have risked so much of my limited teenage income to speculate on a new (to me) author. As a result of that used book sale, Mr. Farmer gained a new fan and sold more books.
You gotta like this. An article in a mainstream e-rag gushing about how easy it is to install Linux.
And it's got everything an average user could want in terms of software, including browser, email, IM, photo editor, video and mp3 players, games, even an office suite -- something that MS hasn't even got around to incorporating into the OS! It even includes a KNapster file sharing client. Bet you don't get anything like that with XP. It will even delete your old copy of Windows for you. (How convenient.)
On top of that all, you can download it for free, or pay less than $50 for a CD and support. Or you can buy a machine with it pre-installed for less than $500.
This should perk up the interest of Joe Average computer user.
Ironically, this article is on a website co-owned by MS.
Seriously though, I have been noticing lately that there has been a general growing awareness of Linux among the "masses". Case in point: a friend of mine just got her first home computer last week. It has WindowsXP, but she isn't particularly pleased with it. She told me she would have liked to have gotten a Linux computer but she needed Windows in order to be compatible with software she used at work.
Trickster Coyote Illusions are real. Reality is an illusion.
One sunny day last summer I was out for a stroll along the scenic pathways of our fair city. As I was crossing the foot bridge across the river, I came upon two men doing some work on the river monitoring equipment. One man was at the control box on the shore, the other was at mid-bridge, fussing with the monitors. As I passed them, I was audience to this shouted exchange:
Man #1: WHAT'S THE PASSWORD? Man #2: WHAT? Man #1: WHAT'S THE PASSWORD? Man #2: UH, I THINK IT'S SPACE, ENTER!
I briefly considered coming back sometime to see if I might crack into the system, but decided not to since there just wasn't any challenge.
So every planet other than Earth (and the ice planet you mentioned in your post) is a "Somewhere in British Columbia" planet?;-)
Yeah, pretty much. Interesting how every planet that has a forest has redwood cedar trees;-) The "ice planet" was probably just a set on a soundstage at the Bridge Studios.
I used to work in the film industry in Vancouver, so when I am watching Stargate, I like to amuse myself by identifying the locations of alien planets. For example: the Tollan's capital city is the very recognizable campus of Simon Fraser University.
In the episode where they first meet the Tok'ra, they arrive on a "desert planet". Just over that dune in the background I was working with another film crew shooting beach scenes for the movie "Double Jeopardy". So much for being on an uninhabited planet.
Trickster Coyote
We now return you to your regularly scheduled reality.
This reminds me of Star Trek where they arrive at a planet and decide to wait so they can beam down "at night". The show makes it sound like planets only have a single time zone, or that the whole globe goes dark at once.
Yeah, TV writers, go figure. Since you mention Stargate, there's another good example. I've been catching up on the series retroactively thanks to the late night daily syndication on local TV. It seems so often they go to a new planet, take a look at the environment around the local stargate and conclude the entire planet is like that.
It was especially ludicrous in the episode where a couple of returning team members accidently get shunted off to a previously unknown stargate located in the Antarctic.
Team Member (looking around at the walls of ice): "We must be on an ice planet."
Beats me how people with such low intelligence ever got selected for a scientific task like off-world exploration...
Wired News yesterday ran an interesting story about how Intel adopted the Napter model to distribute its own multimedia material to its various far flung offices around the world. They found the system was ten times cheaper than sending the file out from big central servers, and a lot faster as well.
It was interesting to see the p2p idea moved beyond academic theory and actually implemented in real world situations by a commercial entity with beneficial and measurable results.
Trickster Coyote
Reality isn't all its cracked up to be.
I submitted this info as a story submission yesterday, but it was turned down by the Slashdot editors. However it does relate to the discussion of this story so I will slip it in here:
Trickster Coyote writes: Canada's Privacy Commissioner has ruled that constant videotaping from police surveillance cameras violates the Privacy Act and that even just monitoring the cameras without taping violates the spirit of the law if not the letter. Says the commish: "...monitoring and recording the activities of vast numbers of law-abiding citizens as they go about their day-to-day lives" is not a legitimate part of police activities. Read the official report or news articles from canada.com or The Globe and Mail.
Trickster Coyote
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." -- John Lennon
Although I have been reading Salon fairly regularly lately, I was unaware of the new ads until I happened to read an notice about them on the Salon site. The reason being that I make heavy use of the "Open in background" feature in K-Meleon (also available in Opera - why can't all browsers have this very useful feature?). I tend to go through the main page and open all the articles I am interested in in the background then close out the main page. By the time I open the window with the article, the ad has already played itself out and loaded the article.
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They seem to think that they are the only ones that own any copyrighted music.
This is an ugly meme that seems to be spreading among people who don't stop to think or who don't understand the nature of copyright. For example my web hosting service (and many others, I'm sure) has the following clause in their AUP:
Users may not... Use an account to host and/or distribute copyrighted software or files.
If I were to take this clause literally, I could never put anything on my website other than a blank page since anything I create would be copyrighted by me. Also I wouldn't be able to help my nephew by putting up mp3s of his band since their are also copyrighted, even though he wants me to post them.
Of course this could this be all corrected simply by adding the words "without the permission of the copyright holder" to the end of the clause. But obviously to them only entities that can hold copyrights are big music, movie and software companies.
...when you do it to yourself. It's called freedom of choice. It's only censorship when you prevent someone else from seeing it.
/. settings to filter out Jon Katz stories, that's my choice -- not censorship.
If I set my
If I fast forward through commercials on a taped broadcast, that my choice -- not censorship.
If I want to use a DVD player that imports an edit list that filters out the naughty bits, that' my choice -- not censorship.
It's alway good to have a backup copy of your genes in case you have to reformat / reinstall yourself.
Something not covered in the FAQ is how to pronounce the damn term. It's already enough that many seeing the word "Linux" for the first time want to call it "Lye-nucks". So how are we to say "GNU/Linux"?
"Noo Linux" -- makes me wonder what happened to the old Linux.
"Gu-noo Linux" -- sounds awkward and non-sensical and rather stupid IMHO.
"Gee-En-Yoo Linux" -- is this short for "genuine Linux"? (beware of cheap imitations!)
And how about the "/" ? Are we to pronounce the slash when using any of the above variations?
No disrespect to the folks at FSF, but I think I will be kind to my tongue and just use plain old "Linux".
In all seriousness, with the growing mainstream awareness of Linux as a viable alternative to "MS/Windows", I think using the simpler term as a "brand" identity serves the cause much better than the awkward and almost unpronouncable "GNU/Linux".
Trickster Coyote
The difference between the $5 8x10 of your photo and the $50 8x10 of the studio's photo
...
Uh, no. We're only talking about one photo here, the one taken by the pro photographer. The diference is between holding onto the negative and forcing the client to pay whatever you demand vs. the client getting the negative and being able to shop around based on price/quality. The pro photographer gets paid for his skill in composing the picture. Certainly a professional lab will do a better job tweaking than a supermarket lab, but it won't require a cost factor of 10X.
if you're willing to use a $5 8x10 supermarket print as a promo in your portfolio
In the 1990's I was involved in professional film acting. The photographer I used for my standard B&W headshots, and who was used by quite a few of the working actors in Vancouver charged $150. That fee included the photo session and 10 8x10 prints. Additional prints could be ordered anytime for $65. per batch of 10.
then you must be a low-rent actor, indeed
Except for the fortunate few who make the Hollywood A-list, all actors are low rent.
Last winter I was involved in a play with a local theatre group. As part of the production, I was taken to a photo studio to have a portrait done for the programme as well as an 8x10 for the display board at the entrance to the auditorium. The photographer used a high end digital camera which gave you the opportunity to select from the proofs immediately after the sitting, or even sit for a few more shots.
I enquired of the producer about keeping my photo from the display board after the run of the show was over. She said that she couldn't do that since the photo studio required the photo to be returned to them. However, the studio advertised to all the cast members that we could buy 8x10 copies of our photos for $50. each (!) I checked at the local supermarket photo dept. and discover that they sell 8x10 prints for less that one tenth of that price.
I began to realize what a scam some photographers run. In addition to charging a sitting fee for their artististic services (in this case about $300.), by retaining possession of the "negative" -- in this case actually just a computer file on a hard drive -- he could force people to pay ten times the open market price for prints.
However, I think this kind of business practice may be starting to disappear. When discussing this situation with a friend, she reported that she had recently attended a wedding trade show and was surprised that quite a few of the photographers promoting themselves there were offering to let the client keep the negatives.
Like some other posters have pointed out, I think photographers need to market the thing they have that truly is a scarce commodity -- that is their skill in lighting and arranging the subjects. Maybe for an additional $50. they will even offer to snap the photos for you. Beyond that, everything else is just add-on sales: making quality prints at a reseaonable price, arranging them in a fancy photo album or packaging the batch of high res photo files on a CD for a service charge.
I suppose it's groundbreaking for an airline
I must say, seeing the words "groundbreaking" and "airline" together in the same sentence mad me a tad nervous.
Keep in mind we never saw them dead. All we saw were some closed coffins being buried. They probably just went underground and the funeral was a cover. The guys have probably been hanging out with Mulder, eating pizza and watching porn videos.
Hey, it's TV. No ever actually dies on a TV show, especially on a science fiction one...
Trickster Coyote
It must be true - I saw it on TV.
Geeze. First you guys spoil it for everyone by blabbling about the Lone Gunmen are dead before half the people here get a chance to see the episode, and now you are doing it again, blabbing about how the Lone Gunmen _aren't_ before the show is even on the air.
If Slashdot keeps on blaring all these spoilers on the front page, I don't think I'll ever be able to enjoy watching the X-Files again.
People are curious and they do not believe in warnings of unseen, tasteless, odorless dangers.
Hmmm...
I wonder if the nuclear waste could be tagged with something humanly perceivable similiar to the way drain opener and other toxic household substances are laced with extremely bitter tasting Bitrex to discourage little kids from chugging the stuff?
Maybe something like some chemical that when the storage container is opened and it comes into contact with air, it gives off an odor of putrid rotting flesh.
Trickster Coyote
You are a figment of my imagination.
In B.C. (Canada), we went throught the automated enforcement cash grab for a number of years until the new "Liberal" gov't shut it down last year.
There was a group formed during the height of the craziness called Safety by Education Not Speed Enforcement (SENSE). They are an advocacy group and have gathered a lot of information and resources for those who wish to fight this thing at the political level.
They also have suggestions on strategies for dealing with any ticket you receive. Keep in mind that their suggestions specifically deal with BC law, but they can probably be used as a starting point and adapted for use in other jurisdictions.
One example: if you get a ticket in the mail and you know it is you and that you probably were speeding, don't pay it right away. In BC (and I suspect most US jurisdictions) a mailed citation is not enforcable. Therefore in order to convict you in absentia, they must first serve you personally. Sending out a process server costs them money and cuts down on their profit margin. In the BC situation, if you were not home the first time and they had to send out the server again, they ended making loss on the ticket, even if you did eventually pay it. They also have tips for arguing your case if do decide fight your ticket in court.
Usual disclaimers: IANAL, nor have I ever played one on TV; YMMV; void where prohibitted.
Trickster Coyote
I'm just a figment of your imagination.
This sounds great. I think I'll rush out to see this right away!
Uhh,... the MPAA boycott has been cancelled, right?
But...
We never saw them dead. All we saw were some closed coffins being buried. Maybe it's just a ruse to draw out "Mr. Big", the head terrorist. The guys are probably hanging out with Mulder, eating pizza and watching porn videos.
Hey, it's TV. No ever actually dies on a TV show, especially on a science fiction one...
Trickster Coyote
You are just a figment of my imagination.
So I guess that rules out cameras in the ladies' fitting rooms anyway.
An exclusion for public places would seem to permit workplace monitoring.
Um, no. A workplace is still private property. Why would corporate owned private property be exempt? Just because people work there doesn't not make it a public place. If I walked into an office and spent the day hanging out, the company's security people would probably make me leave.
In the same vein, store and malls are not public places either (try handing out leaflets in a mall and see how long you last.) On the face of it, it would seem that this would also ban security cameras, unless they are all clearly marked.
Anyway, it's a pretty silly bill and would probably never be passed. Other the other hand, I've heard that said before about some of the current laws...
Trickster Coyote
I am a figment of your imagination.
How about increased mindshare? By having their work read by more people, an author increases their fanbase and their potential market for sales of future writings.
For example, I remember back when I was in high school, a friend recommended Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer. I found a copy at a used bookstore. I enjoyed it and ended up reading the entire series when later books were published. Most of the books were bought new since I didn't want to wait until a used copy might become available. And since I enjoyed Farmer's writing I ended up buying a lot more of his other books, most of them new.
Did my buying used books hurt Farmer's income? No. If I had not been able to buy that first book for cheap, I probably wouldn't have risked so much of my limited teenage income to speculate on a new (to me) author. As a result of that used book sale, Mr. Farmer gained a new fan and sold more books.
Trickster Coyote
You gotta like this. An article in a mainstream e-rag gushing about how easy it is to install Linux.
And it's got everything an average user could want in terms of software, including browser, email, IM, photo editor, video and mp3 players, games, even an office suite -- something that MS hasn't even got around to incorporating into the OS! It even includes a KNapster file sharing client. Bet you don't get anything like that with XP. It will even delete your old copy of Windows for you. (How convenient.)
On top of that all, you can download it for free, or pay less than $50 for a CD and support. Or you can buy a machine with it pre-installed for less than $500.
This should perk up the interest of Joe Average computer user.
Ironically, this article is on a website co-owned by MS.
Seriously though, I have been noticing lately that there has been a general growing awareness of Linux among the "masses". Case in point: a friend of mine just got her first home computer last week. It has WindowsXP, but she isn't particularly pleased with it. She told me she would have liked to have gotten a Linux computer but she needed Windows in order to be compatible with software she used at work.
Trickster Coyote
Illusions are real. Reality is an illusion.
One sunny day last summer I was out for a stroll along the scenic pathways of our fair city. As I was crossing the foot bridge across the river, I came upon two men doing some work on the river monitoring equipment. One man was at the control box on the shore, the other was at mid-bridge, fussing with the monitors. As I passed them, I was audience to this shouted exchange:
Man #1: WHAT'S THE PASSWORD?
Man #2: WHAT?
Man #1: WHAT'S THE PASSWORD?
Man #2: UH, I THINK IT'S SPACE, ENTER!
I briefly considered coming back sometime to see if I might crack into the system, but decided not to since there just wasn't any challenge.
Trickster Coyote
Living the illusion of reality.
Is this character based on a real person?
So every planet other than Earth (and the ice planet you mentioned in your post) is a "Somewhere in British Columbia" planet? ;-)
;-) The "ice planet" was probably just a set on a soundstage at the Bridge Studios.
Yeah, pretty much. Interesting how every planet that has a forest has redwood cedar trees
I used to work in the film industry in Vancouver, so when I am watching Stargate, I like to amuse myself by identifying the locations of alien planets. For example: the Tollan's capital city is the very recognizable campus of Simon Fraser University.
In the episode where they first meet the Tok'ra, they arrive on a "desert planet". Just over that dune in the background I was working with another film crew shooting beach scenes for the movie "Double Jeopardy". So much for being on an uninhabited planet.
Trickster Coyote
We now return you to your regularly scheduled reality.
This reminds me of Star Trek where they arrive at a planet and decide to wait so they can beam down "at night". The show makes it sound like planets only have a single time zone, or that the whole globe goes dark at once.
Yeah, TV writers, go figure. Since you mention Stargate, there's another good example. I've been catching up on the series retroactively thanks to the late night daily syndication on local TV. It seems so often they go to a new planet, take a look at the environment around the local stargate and conclude the entire planet is like that.
It was especially ludicrous in the episode where a couple of returning team members accidently get shunted off to a previously unknown stargate located in the Antarctic.
Team Member (looking around at the walls of ice): "We must be on an ice planet."
Beats me how people with such low intelligence ever got selected for a scientific task like off-world exploration...
Trickster Coyote
Pick a reality, any reality...
Wired News yesterday ran an interesting story about how Intel adopted the Napter model to distribute its own multimedia material to its various far flung offices around the world. They found the system was ten times cheaper than sending the file out from big central servers, and a lot faster as well.
It was interesting to see the p2p idea moved beyond academic theory and actually implemented in real world situations by a commercial entity with beneficial and measurable results.
Trickster Coyote
Reality isn't all its cracked up to be.
It sure has a nice smiley face grill. When the driver gets road rage, does the grill turn into a scowl and the headlights go cross-eyed?
Trickster Coyote
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." John Lennon
I submitted this info as a story submission yesterday, but it was turned down by the Slashdot editors. However it does relate to the discussion of this story so I will slip it in here:
Trickster Coyote writes: Canada's Privacy Commissioner has ruled that constant videotaping from police surveillance cameras violates the Privacy Act and that even just monitoring the cameras without taping violates the spirit of the law if not the letter. Says the commish: "...monitoring and recording the activities of vast numbers of law-abiding citizens as they go about their day-to-day lives" is not a legitimate part of police activities. Read the official report or news articles from canada.com or The Globe and Mail.
Trickster Coyote
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." -- John Lennon
Although I have been reading Salon fairly regularly lately, I was unaware of the new ads until I happened to read an notice about them on the Salon site. The reason being that I make heavy use of the "Open in background" feature in K-Meleon (also available in Opera - why can't all browsers have this very useful feature?). I tend to go through the main page and open all the articles I am interested in in the background then close out the main page. By the time I open the window with the article, the ad has already played itself out and loaded the article.
Trickster Coyote