Nope. The consumer also has a right to be protected against fraud (e.g. the advertisement as a "CD" of that which is not in compliance with the full CD standard and fails to play in all platforms which support the latter). No, a 4-point type disclaimer hidden in the artwork doesn't count.
I recently covered Microsoft's position in all of this mess; if Microsoft wouldn't support HDCP, high-definition optical discs would be entirely off-limits on Windows computers.
This is an example of why people think Microsoft is evil -- when an opportunity to use their monopoly power for good falls into their lap ("'Off-limits to Windows computers', my ass. I give it six months before you're ready to come crawling back to where the market share is."), they don't grab it.
Listen to the Don and Mike radio show and sooner or later you will hear edited audio of Govenor Arnold S. of California espousing positions exactly opposite of his stated ones.
Like him or not, copyright of digital broadcasts could give originators of content the legal protection they need to limit others from engaging in constitutionally protected political satire.
Now that the Supreme Court has set "active inducement" as the standard for liability, the RIAA is trying to establish a paper trail to use in subsequent trials against these services.
That cuts both ways. If the activity that the RIAA accuses the recipients of doing has been established as illegal, doesn't that push the accusation itself across the line between insult and libel?
The fact that this situation is much larger in scale would explain the problem if it were a server-overload issue. However, that's not the case here -- the problem is bad coding. Proper coding should have been done long ago and been ready to roll out on as however many servers were needed and available.
What he really means is "I can't get top engineers for the salary I want to pay so I can't innovate as much and still enjoy as many perks for myself".
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If suddenly the masses are educated on spam filtering, wouldn't spammers just adobt tactics to avoid them?
That's why the solution has to treat the evasion of spam filtering like any other sort of computer cracking (i.e. a federal offense resulting in a few years of PMITA prison).
there are other alternative punishments that would be more effective than sitting in a prison for a few years
I agree that he should not be "sitting in a prison". He should be put to hard labor, so that even if he somehow got hold of a computer he would be too physically exhausted to press the key to initiate a spam run.
Require federal and state governments to keep funding and revenue within the departments they are generated in.
As for state Gov'ts, there are Constitutional problems with the Feds trying to dictate how States run their finances. As for the Fed Govt., I believe the IRS and the USPTO are the only profit centers. If both those departments have to keep all the revenue they generate, how do the other departments get operating capital?
The purpose of the IRS is to collect taxes in order to fund the government. If it kept all the money itself, it wouldn't be doing its job. However, there is no legitimate reason to divert fees out of any other (i.e. not primarily tax-collecting) type of government agency.
And congress can't do much - the USPTO is self-funded, congress can't force the USPTO to improve beyond what they are doing without more money, and congress isn't about to supply that.
Part of the problem is that Congress routinely siphons off a chunk of the money. The USPTO could fix most of the problems that are susceptible to throw-money-at-it (e.g. the overworked/underpaid/lousy morale treadmill) if Congress kepts its fingers out of the till.
Freedom-hating Nobel Prize Committee?, what have you been smoking?
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Actually, given that spam is a perfect medium for clandestine terrorist communications (traffic analysis is useless, as there's no way to tell which of the millions of recipients is translating a certain string of "random filter-defeating gibberish" into a strike action order), it would be irresponsible for government security agencies not to crack down on it.
At least that's something useful they can do without trampling civil liberties (spamming is about as public as it gets already, and in clear violation of existing theft-of-service, fraud, etc laws).
Corporations file taxes 4 times a year compared to the average person filing just once a year. Corporations keep money moving in the economy and into the governemnt coffers.
The average working stiff files income tax returns once a year, but pays taxes from each paycheck.
If nobody ever bought anything advertised on these calls, the telemarketers wouldnt exist in the first place, because they wouldnt be able to pay their phone bills.
Non Sequitur. Like e-mail spammers, phone spammers already have the money before they start spamming, and follow the First Law of Acquisition. If they don't find enough targets who are vulnerable to sleazy high-pressure tactics... well, the client, not them, loses money, and there are always more clients.
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The difference between SF and fantasy is that the latter is expected to retain an element of realism amidst the speculations.
Nope. The consumer also has a right to be protected against fraud (e.g. the advertisement as a "CD" of that which is not in compliance with the full CD standard and fails to play in all platforms which support the latter). No, a 4-point type disclaimer hidden in the artwork doesn't count.
This is an example of why people think Microsoft is evil -- when an opportunity to use their monopoly power for good falls into their lap ("'Off-limits to Windows computers', my ass. I give it six months before you're ready to come crawling back to where the market share is."), they don't grab it.
Like him or not, copyright of digital broadcasts could give originators of content the legal protection they need to limit others from engaging in constitutionally protected political satire.
Fixed it for you.
That cuts both ways. If the activity that the RIAA accuses the recipients of doing has been established as illegal, doesn't that push the accusation itself across the line between insult and libel?
The fact that this situation is much larger in scale would explain the problem if it were a server-overload issue. However, that's not the case here -- the problem is bad coding. Proper coding should have been done long ago and been ready to roll out on as however many servers were needed and available.
What with this being the very first time in history FEMA has ever had to process disaster relief applications, and all.
Google is willing to pay 25% more. Ergo, you are worth 25% more. QED.
What he really means is "I can't get top engineers for the salary I want to pay so I can't innovate as much and still enjoy as many perks for myself".
That's why the solution has to treat the evasion of spam filtering like any other sort of computer cracking (i.e. a federal offense resulting in a few years of PMITA prison).
Bullets cost money.
Rope, on the other hand, is reusable.
I agree that he should not be "sitting in a prison". He should be put to hard labor, so that even if he somehow got hold of a computer he would be too physically exhausted to press the key to initiate a spam run.
I agree that "Troll" isn't the best fit. Anybody up for signing a petition to add a "-1: Just Plain Nuts" option?
As for state Gov'ts, there are Constitutional problems with the Feds trying to dictate how States run their finances. As for the Fed Govt., I believe the IRS and the USPTO are the only profit centers. If both those departments have to keep all the revenue they generate, how do the other departments get operating capital?
The purpose of the IRS is to collect taxes in order to fund the government. If it kept all the money itself, it wouldn't be doing its job. However, there is no legitimate reason to divert fees out of any other (i.e. not primarily tax-collecting) type of government agency.
Part of the problem is that Congress routinely siphons off a chunk of the money. The USPTO could fix most of the problems that are susceptible to throw-money-at-it (e.g. the overworked/underpaid/lousy morale treadmill) if Congress kepts its fingers out of the till.
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Why? Why didn't I do a better job? Why didn't I raise him to be a decent human being instead of a... a... SPAMMER?!?
At least that's something useful they can do without trampling civil liberties (spamming is about as public as it gets already, and in clear violation of existing theft-of-service, fraud, etc laws).
Now [WHAM!!!] will you [WHAM!!!] remove my name [WHAM!!!] from [WHAM!!!] your [WHAM!!!] list ?!?
No perpetual-motion machine or pyramid scheme has ever actually yielded anything, and yet people continue to make money by selling them.
The average working stiff files income tax returns once a year, but pays taxes from each paycheck.
Non Sequitur. Like e-mail spammers, phone spammers already have the money before they start spamming, and follow the First Law of Acquisition. If they don't find enough targets who are vulnerable to sleazy high-pressure tactics... well, the client, not them, loses money, and there are always more clients.
The distinction between "owning" and "renting" is irrelevant to the issue of trespass.
That's terribly unfair. Most drug dealers spend their workday selling to people who want to use drugs, not pestering people who don't.