A popular show, in it's prime, that's currently raking in cash hands over fist for the BBC from various products and merchandising efforts, is going to be axed right in the middle of a massive wave of popularity?
the foremost concern of any programmer used to be time. CPU time. How many cycles for this operation, versus how many cycles for that one. Now it seems like we have shifted our time concerns to programming time - the programmers' salary, the time to market, etc. Funny though how this tends to result in bloated, sluggish, bug-ridden programs that need at LEAST a patch or two before they even reasonably deliver what was promised on the box.
I guess we are lucky that the software "consumer" (and I use that word with the greatest contempt) has been "educated" to EXPECT a certain amount of crashes and bugs, and even DEMAND that the latest software come on 3 or 4 CDs instead of just one. I mean WOW, more is better, right? I wonder, however, which other industry (apart from maybe Hollywood) can get away with this? But sheep are sheep, and they will continue to eat what we feed them.
Such an event, if it happened, is a crime, called SLANDER.
A few points - and I'm not even a lawyer:
Slander is not a crime. It's a civil issue. Perhaps you should work for the MAFIAA they brayed hard enough to get copyright infringement turned into a "crime". But no one goes to jail for slander.
Also - slander is only slander if it involves someone else. If I tell you you are an asshole, there's nothing you can do about it. Even if you're not an asshole. Now, if I go around telling OTHER PEOPLE that you are an asshole, you may have a case - provided you are NOT an asshole. If you ARE an asshole, you're out of luck - even if you don't LIKE it. See if it's true, then I can say it to whoever I want.
That's nothing new. Have you never heard of tariffs, quotas and import restrictions - to "protect" a domestic industry? Why do you think Japanese and/or German cars are so expensive in the US? To protect Ford, GM, etc, the government slaps a bunch of restrictions and legislation onto the importer/manufacturer.
This is just another sort of restriction, only done by the courts, not customs and excise.
I've never seen an ISP agreement that didn't specifically prohibit reselling the service, which is exactly what Joost is doing. Private use p2p is one thing, but it's a whole different ballgame when you start selling your upstream bandwidth to a for profit corporation.
The bandwidth? Or the CONTENT?
It's like a celluloid film manufacturer threatening a movie studio for re-selling their celluloid film... come on. If it's sold, its NOT YOURS ANYMORE. No amount of fine print will change that.
As far as I know the problem isn't between the server and the ISP. It's between the ISP and your driveway. The "last mile" is the one that is the most congested bandwidth-wise. So I doubt that cache-ing at the ISP would fix THAT.
But anything connected to transportation requires special infrastructure.
Not to mention the fact that if they are arresting people in the UK for adding cooking oil to their gasoline (on tax evasion charges of all things), I can just imagine what they will do to people who use starch!
the ER/EI (energy return over energy invested) for hydrogen always is and always will be NEGATIVE.
This is true for ANY fuel. With fossil fuels we're just cashing in on the fact that the Earth had several million years' head start. And your point is?
Whatever happened to cyberspace as a virtual utopia?
You know - way back when cyberspace was $6 or $12 an hour (or more!) in the days of GEnie and CompuServe, this sort of thing really wasn't a problem. You could play a multiplayer game with your friends and enjoy yourself. The beggars and spammers were kept to a minimum and most of them were encouraged to actually play the game.
Then the internet happened. Prices came down - WAY down. Playing a game that would cost you perhaps $200 a month in hourly connect fees, was now $24.95 per month (including your $15/month flat rate internet access). The games got bigger, hosting more people. And the amount of beggars, spammers and griefers grew exponentially.
it's a pedophile not a granny fucker... even SEVEN years old is getting old for him, much less 17 years old. Heck I think ANYONE would want to screw a 17 year old, and could do it legally in most countries. I find it disturbing that you equate pedophilia with 17 year olds...
Because it was embedded somewhere in your chest cavity at birth, of course.
Speaking as a physician this is probably not the best place to put it...lots of important stuff in the chest...we wouldn't want any "accidents" now would we?
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A popular show, in it's prime, that's currently raking in cash hands over fist for the BBC from various products and merchandising efforts, is going to be axed right in the middle of a massive wave of popularity?
It wouldn't be the first time.
Doctor, who? Is this a show like Doogie Houser M.D.?
Yeah, only they have a new doctor every show and you have to guess his name. It's like a game show really...
the foremost concern of any programmer used to be time. CPU time. How many cycles for this operation, versus how many cycles for that one. Now it seems like we have shifted our time concerns to programming time - the programmers' salary, the time to market, etc. Funny though how this tends to result in bloated, sluggish, bug-ridden programs that need at LEAST a patch or two before they even reasonably deliver what was promised on the box.
I guess we are lucky that the software "consumer" (and I use that word with the greatest contempt) has been "educated" to EXPECT a certain amount of crashes and bugs, and even DEMAND that the latest software come on 3 or 4 CDs instead of just one. I mean WOW, more is better, right? I wonder, however, which other industry (apart from maybe Hollywood) can get away with this? But sheep are sheep, and they will continue to eat what we feed them.
Such an event, if it happened, is a crime, called SLANDER.
A few points - and I'm not even a lawyer:
Slander is not a crime. It's a civil issue. Perhaps you should work for the MAFIAA they brayed hard enough to get copyright infringement turned into a "crime". But no one goes to jail for slander.
Also - slander is only slander if it involves someone else. If I tell you you are an asshole, there's nothing you can do about it. Even if you're not an asshole. Now, if I go around telling OTHER PEOPLE that you are an asshole, you may have a case - provided you are NOT an asshole. If you ARE an asshole, you're out of luck - even if you don't LIKE it. See if it's true, then I can say it to whoever I want.
That's nothing new. Have you never heard of tariffs, quotas and import restrictions - to "protect" a domestic industry? Why do you think Japanese and/or German cars are so expensive in the US? To protect Ford, GM, etc, the government slaps a bunch of restrictions and legislation onto the importer/manufacturer.
This is just another sort of restriction, only done by the courts, not customs and excise.
I've never seen an ISP agreement that didn't specifically prohibit reselling the service, which is exactly what Joost is doing. Private use p2p is one thing, but it's a whole different ballgame when you start selling your upstream bandwidth to a for profit corporation.
The bandwidth? Or the CONTENT?
It's like a celluloid film manufacturer threatening a movie studio for re-selling their celluloid film... come on. If it's sold, its NOT YOURS ANYMORE. No amount of fine print will change that.
As far as I know the problem isn't between the server and the ISP. It's between the ISP and your driveway. The "last mile" is the one that is the most congested bandwidth-wise. So I doubt that cache-ing at the ISP would fix THAT.
that little get-out clause which enables them to have something called a "fair use policy"
The government should take away their "fair use" policy. After all, the government is good at that - they've done it before...
(mods: it's a JOKE, stupid)
A million zunes sold, and 250,000 returned because they weren't ipods.
Another 700,000 are just sitting on the store shelves collecting dust. Actual sales to consumers - 50,000.
But anything connected to transportation requires special infrastructure.
Not to mention the fact that if they are arresting people in the UK for adding cooking oil to their gasoline (on tax evasion charges of all things), I can just imagine what they will do to people who use starch!
bah, ignore me, I'm drunk...just noticed ... molecule. You are correct sir. H2. Now where is that delete key?
one molecule of hydrogen weighs 2 units
In which universe is this? Or are you playing with the heavy hydrogen again? AFAIK Hydrogen is always 1. You can't get much smaller...
the ER/EI (energy return over energy invested) for hydrogen always is and always will be NEGATIVE.
This is true for ANY fuel. With fossil fuels we're just cashing in on the fact that the Earth had several million years' head start. And your point is?
lol thanks... the power of the internet.
But what about the camera? It's still property of the NJTA.
Nobody stole the camera. 'Nuff said.
link plz, lol
Whatever happened to cyberspace as a virtual utopia?
You know - way back when cyberspace was $6 or $12 an hour (or more!) in the days of GEnie and CompuServe, this sort of thing really wasn't a problem. You could play a multiplayer game with your friends and enjoy yourself. The beggars and spammers were kept to a minimum and most of them were encouraged to actually play the game.
Then the internet happened. Prices came down - WAY down. Playing a game that would cost you perhaps $200 a month in hourly connect fees, was now $24.95 per month (including your $15/month flat rate internet access). The games got bigger, hosting more people. And the amount of beggars, spammers and griefers grew exponentially.
There's a lesson in here somewhere.
given that the WiFi equipment that used in the example is in a part of the refinery that is not on fire
Do all fires respect the WiFi system to make sure it still maintains 100% functionality?
for some geek student to hack in and stalk a cute target.
There are no cute targets in his basement. This means he'd have to leave it. On second thoughts, that new computer game is really cool...
Geeks are the least of your worries.
it's a pedophile not a granny fucker... even SEVEN years old is getting old for him, much less 17 years old. Heck I think ANYONE would want to screw a 17 year old, and could do it legally in most countries. I find it disturbing that you equate pedophilia with 17 year olds...
Because it was embedded somewhere in your chest cavity at birth, of course.
Speaking as a physician this is probably not the best place to put it...lots of important stuff in the chest...we wouldn't want any "accidents" now would we?
Harry dies - SPOILER!
A fire breaks out in part of the refinery.
Where can I get some of this fire that doesn't damage WiFi equipment/cables/sensors/computers?
I love Slashdot and all but I think people take the 1984 and George Orwell thing a bit too far.
Oh? And where exactly have YOU been for the past 7 years or so?
No need for prisons, either, for anyone but the most dangerous.
You forgot to add - the most dangerous crime of all is not murder, it's removing or tampering with your ID.