They could claim that the binary used was modified before-hand or something.
a search warrant and confiscation of their development workstations should be able to determine the truth of the matter. if the source code to exploit the holes is sitting in their spyware source code, along with comments by their script kiddie developers "// 1337 sploit here to install our spyware", that should be good enough.
sorry to hear the local government you participated in was too incompetent to do it without taxation. just because yours didnt do it, dont impose that requirement on other city governments who are able to do it.
these city governments took out loans like any other private corporation, it wasnt "government-guaranteed", and the ilec and anyone else has the same access to those kind of loans, should they choose to do it.
bellsouth chose not to. (not that they would need a loan anyway).
bellsouth deliberately chooses not to provide a service, and they are trying to prevent anyone else from providing it also.
does that make sense?
bellsouth should either step in and provide it, or get the fuck out of the way.
the bit output you get from jpeg coding is pretty noisy, so you're lucky if you get any compression at all from huffman. 1%-2% is typical.
mpeg is huffman encoded too, and it also does not compress very well. (again, 1%-2%)
i'm guessing they did something more than just replace the compression with 'one of the more efficient compression algorithms'. because thats already been done, and nobody got much better than huffman (which is why huffman is used).
it's more likely they analyze and process the jpeg data in a special way which leads it to be more easily compressed. knowing the specific type of data you are compressing, you can tune your coder to specifically handle it (vs huffman, which is applied in a generic way to the raw jpeg/mpeg bitstream).
...its IP status is currently ambiguous. jpeg2000 is currently being attacked by some patent holders and until it's all settled nobody is going to touch it.
the fees alone _are_ sufficient to pay for the costs. existing city networks are proof of this.
the problem is monopolies like bellsouth have zero motivation to deploy. there is no competition period, bellsouth is used to enormous profit margins, and thus have little incentive to deploy services at competetive rates.
so when someone comes in offering to provide a service they _refuse_ to provide, they whine.
well tough shit bellsouth. either provide the service or get the fuck out of the way.
that _is_ the reality, in all the existing public networks being operated. they are supported by the subscription fees. no taxes. no having to question whether it "will" be something or not -- it is here and now and it is not supported by taxes. not maybe. not possibly. but categorically, absolutely not.
and your analogy fails because a hotel is not a public utility.
this is a city utility service, it's funded through use, nobody is forcing anyone to subscribe to broadband. the utility will be funded through access fees.
other city networks operate exactly this way -- funded through access fees, not public taxation.
you need to make it cost cox and bellsouth. politically.
teach them a lesson they will never forget.
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the MPAA will be over in an hour to pick you up. you'll recognize them easily when they arrive, they'll be the ones flying in apache helicopters and armed with M16's.
after all, only terrorists import DVDs. it's treason against the US economy. to the gallows with you.
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compare it to the cost of other series, such as DS9 or TNG which run nearly $200 a season. it's a good deal in that respect.
a) almost anything, completely arbitrary depending on the mood of the taliban soldier b) depends on what you call crime. that committed by the civilians or that committed by the government?
indeed, what people fail to realize is how truly little CG there actually was in tron. a real testament to the skill of the filmmakers.
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By the criteria you list, then the Stargate SG1 boxsets would have to be #1. Incredible amount of extras, and incredible value for the money (an entire season for $50!)
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anything except princo is good.
makes me wonder where the hell princo gets their media from, chinese prison labor?
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or how about akira at #14?
"Finally... the treatment it deserves" ???
Are they serious?
The only treatment akira deserves is to be microwaved and binned, in that order.
It was a crappy anime to begin with, even before they got mcgruff the crimedog onto the english dub.
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they already know that. they don't need a sticker in a book to remind them of that.
and why only a biology textbook? why not be consistent and stickers in all textbooks?
'astrophysics is only a theory, there are some equally valid theories available in genesis that should be given equal time in the classroom.'
it was lobbied for by creationists and serves a purely creationist agenda, and no other.
it has no place being in biology textbooks any more than a sticker saying a round earth is only a theory belongs in astronomy textbooks.
...because it isn't scientific.
you can't test it.
it is, by its own definition, magic.
creationism isn't a scientific theory, so it doesn't deserve equal time with genuinely scientific theories.
"up to" includes zero.
They could claim that the binary used was modified before-hand or something.
a search warrant and confiscation of their development workstations should be able to determine the truth of the matter. if the source code to exploit the holes is sitting in their spyware source code, along with comments by their script kiddie developers "// 1337 sploit here to install our spyware", that should be good enough.
pretty expensive though.
sorry to hear the local government you participated in was too incompetent to do it without taxation. just because yours didnt do it, dont impose that requirement on other city governments who are able to do it.
these city governments took out loans like any other private corporation, it wasnt "government-guaranteed", and the ilec and anyone else has the same access to those kind of loans, should they choose to do it.
bellsouth chose not to. (not that they would need a loan anyway).
bellsouth deliberately chooses not to provide a service, and they are trying to prevent anyone else from providing it also.
does that make sense?
bellsouth should either step in and provide it, or get the fuck out of the way.
the company challenging jp2k with patents isnt a jp2k committee member.
the bit output you get from jpeg coding is pretty noisy, so you're lucky if you get any compression at all from huffman. 1%-2% is typical.
mpeg is huffman encoded too, and it also does not compress very well. (again, 1%-2%)
i'm guessing they did something more than just replace the compression with 'one of the more efficient compression algorithms'. because thats already been done, and nobody got much better than huffman (which is why huffman is used).
it's more likely they analyze and process the jpeg data in a special way which leads it to be more easily compressed. knowing the specific type of data you are compressing, you can tune your coder to specifically handle it (vs huffman, which is applied in a generic way to the raw jpeg/mpeg bitstream).
...its IP status is currently ambiguous. jpeg2000 is currently being attacked by some patent holders and until it's all settled nobody is going to touch it.
the fees alone _are_ sufficient to pay for the costs. existing city networks are proof of this.
the problem is monopolies like bellsouth have zero motivation to deploy. there is no competition period, bellsouth is used to enormous profit margins, and thus have little incentive to deploy services at competetive rates.
so when someone comes in offering to provide a service they _refuse_ to provide, they whine.
well tough shit bellsouth. either provide the service or get the fuck out of the way.
that _is_ the reality, in all the existing public networks being operated. they are supported by the subscription fees. no taxes. no having to question whether it "will" be something or not -- it is here and now and it is not supported by taxes. not maybe. not possibly. but categorically, absolutely not.
and your analogy fails because a hotel is not a public utility.
works for me.
or
"the city council rejected cox cable and bellsouth's franchise renewal applications".
city and state police are unfair competition for private security companies!
this is a city utility service, it's funded through use, nobody is forcing anyone to subscribe to broadband. the utility will be funded through access fees.
other city networks operate exactly this way -- funded through access fees, not public taxation.
you need to make it cost cox and bellsouth. politically.
teach them a lesson they will never forget.
the MPAA will be over in an hour to pick you up. you'll recognize them easily when they arrive, they'll be the ones flying in apache helicopters and armed with M16's.
after all, only terrorists import DVDs. it's treason against the US economy. to the gallows with you.
compare it to the cost of other series, such as DS9 or TNG which run nearly $200 a season. it's a good deal in that respect.
a) almost anything, completely arbitrary depending on the mood of the taliban soldier
b) depends on what you call crime. that committed by the civilians or that committed by the government?
indeed, what people fail to realize is how truly little CG there actually was in tron. a real testament to the skill of the filmmakers.
By the criteria you list, then the Stargate SG1 boxsets would have to be #1. Incredible amount of extras, and incredible value for the money (an entire season for $50!)
anything except princo is good.
makes me wonder where the hell princo gets their media from, chinese prison labor?
or how about akira at #14?
"Finally... the treatment it deserves" ???
Are they serious?
The only treatment akira deserves is to be microwaved and binned, in that order.
It was a crappy anime to begin with, even before they got mcgruff the crimedog onto the english dub.
didn't work in afghanistan under the taliban, it doesn't work in saudi arabia.
what makes you think it would work here?
cringely claims a lot of things, but you shouldn't always believe him.