Looks like its time to start using copyright laws to our own advantage. I can see a day, sooner rather than later, when each and every paper I write has the following attached to the bottom, similar to what websites already do today:
Copyright 2006 [Insert author's name here]. All rights reserved. No portion of this document may be duplicated, redistributed or manipulated in any form.
Hey, if its good enough for the NBA, NFL, etc for protecting their works then it should suffice for a student paper, right?
"while 'traditional' VoIP call quality lagged behind landlines, service from cable ISPs was much better because of their use of PacketCable: 'VoIP from the cable companies actually surpassed the traditional phone network in reliability, meaning that the service was more often available and connected calls without dropping them."
Isn't that common sense, and the reason why we need net neutrality?! If companies like Comcast would stop crippling their competitor's VoIP service (read: Vonage), then perhaps this little study would have found different results, namely that VoIP in general can sound better than landlines regardless of the operator. Case in point, Vonage to Vonage calls with max voice quality settings (in the router) are great, or I should say they WERE great until Comcast started messing with people's packets about a year and a half ago.
Not only is the video/song pretty good, even with this "leak" he's still getting great coverage, or as some have pointed out, even better coverage. Case in point, if the premier had gone off without a hitch most of us wouldn't have even heard about it.
Actually, what you just described is High School. College is to learn about a given area and to figure out how to deal with working in a bureaucracy. Being able to conform to a bureaucratic corporate environment is exactly why employers seek college graduates. The reality is that nonconformists don't usually last long, no matter how good they may be at their job.
Yes there are social skills to be gleaned, and friends to be made (for networking with later), but they are not the goal of higher education and are simply a side-effect/added benefit.
Social and political science has shown that modern education, particularly college, is more to do with being able to deal with bureaucracies than it is with critical thinking skills. For example, companies can train any monkey to perform a task, but it takes a certian mental focus and set of social skills to work in a corporate culture.
For what is requried to run stuff like Myth you certainly can build a system for almost nothing by using parts most people routinely give away. At most you may end up spending up to $100-200 tops. Any more and you're not looking hard enough for free swag.
Don't get me wrong, I like TiVo, but for 800, plus monthly subscription, and minus certain features its just a hard pill to swallow. And to compound issues, one of their features that they try to pimp is moot right out the gate.
When cable operators actually start giving out cablecards, only then start advertising it as a useful feature. MythTV has been busted down by many for lacking this "feature", but if nobody can get the damned cards in the first place who the hell cares?
The only thing this new Tivo offers over a home-grown DVR is that it's got an HD dual-tuner. Is that really worth $800 plus a monthly subscription? I guess we'll see soon enough.
I agree with your overall idea pretty much. Hell, if I had mod points right now I'd mod you up myself.
People do need to be punished, but the punishment should also fit the crime. And when it comes to intellectual property, rarely is there even a victem. Lost sales is NOT victimization because you cannot guarantee those numbers would have been concrete sales. What he did do was violate the copyright codes and there should be defined punishements for that. However, like most things in the US court system there are many layers of subjectiveness that empowers judges to give out punishments as they see fit. This is one of the true travesties of our justice system IMO. There shouldn't be such diverse punishments for similar crimes. If a person has something in their background that would mitigate punishment, then instead of giving a lighter sentence, how about simply charging them with a varient of the crime that carries the lesser sentence. It may seem like semantics, but when looking at punishements en mass you'll see that its not.
In any event this guy should go to jail, if even for a short while. However, I don't think its fair to equivocate him to a rapist or murderer, which by the punishment he's about to get would have been about the same!
We tried that once with DSL, but the FCC pulled the rug out from under it a few years ago. However, some operators still have municiple deals that have allowed them to stay in operation. And it looks like things are going to stay that way until consumers can lobby as well as the companies that stand to profit. Proconsumer (read: the people) action by the government is a whimsical dream at this point in time.
In short, the cracks in the system that have have created this problem in the first place are the same ones that riddle American politics in general--cronyism, bribery in the form of campaign contributions, etc.
I'm right there with you. Finally a show my wife and I can both look forward to watching on Friday nights until BSG comes back.
I've really enjoyed the last 2 seasons, especially with Browder and the new blood they've brought in. In fact I'd dare say its more realistic in the military sense than it was in previous years. There's an added level of sincerity it seems in the portrayal of the Air Force that I really like (almost 10 years in myself).
Anyway, I really hope they reconsider or another channel picks up the show. A few more seasons would be great!
I agree that this will bring the patent trolls out of the woodwork. However, this could work both ways. Imagine a big company releasing a product or service and not realizing its possible uses. Joe Schmoe patents that function, idea, whatever and turns around and sues the company that released the widget that gave them the idea for the patent in the first place. It happens today all the time, but its usually the big.Inc's that do it to small developers and inventors. They wait for trade shows where people showcase their stuff for VCs, take pics, notes, etc, and then turn over their notes to their developers who rush to beat the original inventor to market. As a matter of fact, that's how PONG was created.
This raises a good point. I suppose the simplest solution would be to patent whatever it is and release the information via some sort of free licensing agreement.
This man speaks the truth when it comes to job security. What he doesn't mention is the steep cost of living in the DC/Baltimore region. With the skyrocketing prices of homes many are finding themselves priced out of the market entirely, including those with $100K+ salaries. If you are moving here for the superior income and job security, you must consider the high cost of living that comes along with it.
This is the most concise interpretation of the Franklin quote I've seen to date. Seriously. Good job.
The unfortunate part is that a lot of people in this country really would rather be safe than free. Or to be more precise, they want to FEEL safe than be free. True safety will never occur. Period. Just when you think every risk has been mitigated something new will come along. Its just human nature. Hell, scratch that, its the universe. Whether it be an act of violence, terrorism, or an asteroid slamming into the Earth, bad things will always find a way. The only solution is to accept it, move on, and live life to the fullest.
In regards to terrorism, Americans simply need accept that despite our best efforts bad people will do bad things from time to time, and if anything bad does happen they'll be punished for it. Surrendering to our fears and trading liberty for security is the cowards way out. The last 5 years has been a dark time in our nation's history, but its time we change that and start embracing the liberties we still have left. Put your chin up and your best foot forward and lets show them they can't keep us down.
You can already do this in some states or online. In Maryland the DMV will sell you the name, address, and phone number of any driver in the state if you have their license plate number and $60.
I've never bothered to watch G4 in the past as everything I've tried to sit through was, well, painful. The closest thing to any of their content I'll watch is old reruns of ST:TNG. With their claim of a Transformers exclusive I was suckered into recording it on the DVR. Thankfully I was able to watch it on FF until they got to the segment on TF that I was waiting for. And we all know the rest...
What a waste of time that show was (on G4). The only thing we got out of it about Transformers is that Optimus Prime is 32' tall and that Peter Cullen is doing the voice. That, and there won't be any actual CGI of them until January or so. Basically it means its going to be a while until we get a real trailer like we were lead to believe they'd be showing.
Don't be so sure he's out of BSG 100%--there are still a few more models of cylons to be discovered. With the failure of the pilot I bet he was begging to get back on the show as a cylon. I guess we'll just have to wait and if his groveling skills are any good.
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Hey, if its good enough for the NBA, NFL, etc for protecting their works then it should suffice for a student paper, right?
I see I must have offended a Comcast fanboy. Oh well, the truth hurts sometimes.
"while 'traditional' VoIP call quality lagged behind landlines, service from cable ISPs was much better because of their use of PacketCable: 'VoIP from the cable companies actually surpassed the traditional phone network in reliability, meaning that the service was more often available and connected calls without dropping them."
Isn't that common sense, and the reason why we need net neutrality?! If companies like Comcast would stop crippling their competitor's VoIP service (read: Vonage), then perhaps this little study would have found different results, namely that VoIP in general can sound better than landlines regardless of the operator. Case in point, Vonage to Vonage calls with max voice quality settings (in the router) are great, or I should say they WERE great until Comcast started messing with people's packets about a year and a half ago.
Not only is the video/song pretty good, even with this "leak" he's still getting great coverage, or as some have pointed out, even better coverage. Case in point, if the premier had gone off without a hitch most of us wouldn't have even heard about it.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/29/141723 1
I take it this is dead then?
Actually, what you just described is High School. College is to learn about a given area and to figure out how to deal with working in a bureaucracy. Being able to conform to a bureaucratic corporate environment is exactly why employers seek college graduates. The reality is that nonconformists don't usually last long, no matter how good they may be at their job.
Yes there are social skills to be gleaned, and friends to be made (for networking with later), but they are not the goal of higher education and are simply a side-effect/added benefit.
That's a great explaination. I hope you don't mind if I use it when explaining this to people.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Those are exactly what I've been waiting for to build a myth tv of my own.
Social and political science has shown that modern education, particularly college, is more to do with being able to deal with bureaucracies than it is with critical thinking skills. For example, companies can train any monkey to perform a task, but it takes a certian mental focus and set of social skills to work in a corporate culture.
For what is requried to run stuff like Myth you certainly can build a system for almost nothing by using parts most people routinely give away. At most you may end up spending up to $100-200 tops. Any more and you're not looking hard enough for free swag.
Don't get me wrong, I like TiVo, but for 800, plus monthly subscription, and minus certain features its just a hard pill to swallow. And to compound issues, one of their features that they try to pimp is moot right out the gate.
Speaking of which, I just read this article at ArsTechnica. Looks like one of the key features of buying a TiVo, at least for me, has been removed.
Bye-bye TivoToGo!
When cable operators actually start giving out cablecards, only then start advertising it as a useful feature. MythTV has been busted down by many for lacking this "feature", but if nobody can get the damned cards in the first place who the hell cares?
The only thing this new Tivo offers over a home-grown DVR is that it's got an HD dual-tuner. Is that really worth $800 plus a monthly subscription? I guess we'll see soon enough.
I agree with your overall idea pretty much. Hell, if I had mod points right now I'd mod you up myself.
People do need to be punished, but the punishment should also fit the crime. And when it comes to intellectual property, rarely is there even a victem. Lost sales is NOT victimization because you cannot guarantee those numbers would have been concrete sales. What he did do was violate the copyright codes and there should be defined punishements for that. However, like most things in the US court system there are many layers of subjectiveness that empowers judges to give out punishments as they see fit. This is one of the true travesties of our justice system IMO. There shouldn't be such diverse punishments for similar crimes. If a person has something in their background that would mitigate punishment, then instead of giving a lighter sentence, how about simply charging them with a varient of the crime that carries the lesser sentence. It may seem like semantics, but when looking at punishements en mass you'll see that its not.
In any event this guy should go to jail, if even for a short while. However, I don't think its fair to equivocate him to a rapist or murderer, which by the punishment he's about to get would have been about the same!
We tried that once with DSL, but the FCC pulled the rug out from under it a few years ago. However, some operators still have municiple deals that have allowed them to stay in operation. And it looks like things are going to stay that way until consumers can lobby as well as the companies that stand to profit. Proconsumer (read: the people) action by the government is a whimsical dream at this point in time.
In short, the cracks in the system that have have created this problem in the first place are the same ones that riddle American politics in general--cronyism, bribery in the form of campaign contributions, etc.
I'm right there with you. Finally a show my wife and I can both look forward to watching on Friday nights until BSG comes back.
I've really enjoyed the last 2 seasons, especially with Browder and the new blood they've brought in. In fact I'd dare say its more realistic in the military sense than it was in previous years. There's an added level of sincerity it seems in the portrayal of the Air Force that I really like (almost 10 years in myself).
Anyway, I really hope they reconsider or another channel picks up the show. A few more seasons would be great!
I agree that this will bring the patent trolls out of the woodwork. However, this could work both ways. Imagine a big company releasing a product or service and not realizing its possible uses. Joe Schmoe patents that function, idea, whatever and turns around and sues the company that released the widget that gave them the idea for the patent in the first place. It happens today all the time, but its usually the big .Inc's that do it to small developers and inventors. They wait for trade shows where people showcase their stuff for VCs, take pics, notes, etc, and then turn over their notes to their developers who rush to beat the original inventor to market. As a matter of fact, that's how PONG was created.
This raises a good point. I suppose the simplest solution would be to patent whatever it is and release the information via some sort of free licensing agreement.
This man speaks the truth when it comes to job security. What he doesn't mention is the steep cost of living in the DC/Baltimore region. With the skyrocketing prices of homes many are finding themselves priced out of the market entirely, including those with $100K+ salaries. If you are moving here for the superior income and job security, you must consider the high cost of living that comes along with it.
"I'd rather be safe than free."
This is the most concise interpretation of the Franklin quote I've seen to date. Seriously. Good job.
The unfortunate part is that a lot of people in this country really would rather be safe than free. Or to be more precise, they want to FEEL safe than be free. True safety will never occur. Period. Just when you think every risk has been mitigated something new will come along. Its just human nature. Hell, scratch that, its the universe. Whether it be an act of violence, terrorism, or an asteroid slamming into the Earth, bad things will always find a way. The only solution is to accept it, move on, and live life to the fullest.
In regards to terrorism, Americans simply need accept that despite our best efforts bad people will do bad things from time to time, and if anything bad does happen they'll be punished for it. Surrendering to our fears and trading liberty for security is the cowards way out. The last 5 years has been a dark time in our nation's history, but its time we change that and start embracing the liberties we still have left. Put your chin up and your best foot forward and lets show them they can't keep us down.
You can already do this in some states or online. In Maryland the DMV will sell you the name, address, and phone number of any driver in the state if you have their license plate number and $60.
I've never bothered to watch G4 in the past as everything I've tried to sit through was, well, painful. The closest thing to any of their content I'll watch is old reruns of ST:TNG. With their claim of a Transformers exclusive I was suckered into recording it on the DVR. Thankfully I was able to watch it on FF until they got to the segment on TF that I was waiting for. And we all know the rest...
What a waste of time that show was (on G4). The only thing we got out of it about Transformers is that Optimus Prime is 32' tall and that Peter Cullen is doing the voice. That, and there won't be any actual CGI of them until January or so. Basically it means its going to be a while until we get a real trailer like we were lead to believe they'd be showing.
Don't be so sure he's out of BSG 100%--there are still a few more models of cylons to be discovered. With the failure of the pilot I bet he was begging to get back on the show as a cylon. I guess we'll just have to wait and if his groveling skills are any good.
Why is this modded as Funny? We're serious. Give us back our Firefly!!!
So that's where Billy went after getting the axe from BSG! Who knew?!
FYI, his real name is Paul Campbell:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1353748/