Give them time. Currently quite a few of their regular shows, such as Newsnight (worth watching for Jeremy Paxman's interview technique alone) are available to watch off their site (admittedly as Real Media, but the player is at least spyware free these days).
They've also just opened up large chunks of their API and are encouraging people to play around with and freely use their web content.
It wouldn't suprise me at all if the Beeb were the first network to have all their shows available online (albeit probably restricted to UK users - at least at first).
Good question - one of the things I liked about Firefly was the fact that space was silent and you didn't have the sound of laser blasts and explosions for "effect", which is no doubt why they've been added to the film (and to help those who don't get the whole "no sound in space" thing).
Being logged in as Admin is not a prerequisite for spyware installs. Go to any large company with a fairly badly administered network that uses IE (I recently worked for one) and you'll see hundreds of users - who have no privillages whatsoever - with spyware up to their eyeballs.
You'll notice that nowhere there does it say anything about *copyrighted* music or music that they own the rights to - hell, they want to charge a tarrif on any sites that "communicate music".
Even the RIAA hasn't been audacious enough to try and sue people for downloading music that isn't infringing their copyrights.
If she's smart then should the RIAA sue her directly she'd ask the judge to pospone the case pending the outcome of her legal action against Comcast.
Question is, if Comcast are ruled to be at fault and therefore illegally providing the information to the RIAA, does that then invalidate the information if used as evidence by the RIAA in a case against her?
Given the obscene amount of bandwidth that I2 offers, I would think it highly unlikely that anyone's use of it was being negatively impacted by some students swapping MP3s.
When I started my Computer Engineering degree a couple of years ago, we had to sit through a standard "Intro to computing test", featuring the use of Word, Excel and Notepad (For the Intro To HTML section).
There were people who *failed* it.
That's right, people doing a degree in Computer Engineering who failed *using Word*. Some of those people now have a BEng and still cannot use a word processor, let alone anything more complex.
As it stands, there's nothing to stop a company from doing exeactly the same with paper documentation; "Oops, it got shredded in the routine operations of my business...last night".
I also remember reading in a Russian science and technology journal (Yiuniy Tehnik) in the early 90s, about a patent to have a huge solar array in space that would send the power to the ground as a microwave beam
I pay higher prices for software and music because of the rampant theft.
That is weapons grade FUD and you know it. You pay "higher" prices for software and music because the companies know they can get away with charging those prices. If anyone questions it they can just claim that they were "forced" to raise prices because of piracy.
When was the last time you saw anything come down in price after yet another "successful crackdown on piracy"? In fact, with the exception of the recent drop in CD Album prices (Because they realised that people really aren't willing to pay £15 for one), when was the last time that the price of *any* media product went down instead of up?
Slashdot Mirror
Bittorrent is now another step closer to becoming just another eMule clone.
Give them time. Currently quite a few of their regular shows, such as Newsnight (worth watching for Jeremy Paxman's interview technique alone) are available to watch off their site (admittedly as Real Media, but the player is at least spyware free these days).
They've also just opened up large chunks of their API and are encouraging people to play around with and freely use their web content.
It wouldn't suprise me at all if the Beeb were the first network to have all their shows available online (albeit probably restricted to UK users - at least at first).
Moderated: +1 Depressing
Good question - one of the things I liked about Firefly was the fact that space was silent and you didn't have the sound of laser blasts and explosions for "effect", which is no doubt why they've been added to the film (and to help those who don't get the whole "no sound in space" thing).
Altruism?
Being logged in as Admin is not a prerequisite for spyware installs. Go to any large company with a fairly badly administered network that uses IE (I recently worked for one) and you'll see hundreds of users - who have no privillages whatsoever - with spyware up to their eyeballs.
Ah, so you'd end up with blurry porn
You'll notice that nowhere there does it say anything about *copyrighted* music or music that they own the rights to - hell, they want to charge a tarrif on any sites that "communicate music".
Even the RIAA hasn't been audacious enough to try and sue people for downloading music that isn't infringing their copyrights.
It's called Helium
If she's smart then should the RIAA sue her directly she'd ask the judge to pospone the case pending the outcome of her legal action against Comcast.
Question is, if Comcast are ruled to be at fault and therefore illegally providing the information to the RIAA, does that then invalidate the information if used as evidence by the RIAA in a case against her?
And this would make any difference because?
Given the obscene amount of bandwidth that I2 offers, I would think it highly unlikely that anyone's use of it was being negatively impacted by some students swapping MP3s.
This needs a "+5 Sadly Probable" moderation.
Frankly, Steve Jobs' shit stinks too, every bit as much as Gates' or Ballmer's.
But it looks so much cooler.
When I started my Computer Engineering degree a couple of years ago, we had to sit through a standard "Intro to computing test", featuring the use of Word, Excel and Notepad (For the Intro To HTML section).
There were people who *failed* it.
That's right, people doing a degree in Computer Engineering who failed *using Word*. Some of those people now have a BEng and still cannot use a word processor, let alone anything more complex.
I feel sorry for anyone who might hire them.
As it stands, there's nothing to stop a company from doing exeactly the same with paper documentation; "Oops, it got shredded in the routine operations of my business...last night".
Slashdot, where the April Fools jokes get posted on the 3rd of April and again on the 4th.
I also remember reading in a Russian science and technology journal (Yiuniy Tehnik) in the early 90s, about a patent to have a huge solar array in space that would send the power to the ground as a microwave beam
You're getting confused with Sim City 2000
The high risk of horrible death?
They're usually caused by messing with the "max connections" tweak and setting them too high.
I pay higher prices for software and music because of the rampant theft.
That is weapons grade FUD and you know it. You pay "higher" prices for software and music because the companies know they can get away with charging those prices. If anyone questions it they can just claim that they were "forced" to raise prices because of piracy.
When was the last time you saw anything come down in price after yet another "successful crackdown on piracy"? In fact, with the exception of the recent drop in CD Album prices (Because they realised that people really aren't willing to pay £15 for one), when was the last time that the price of *any* media product went down instead of up?
You must be new here.
:)
Obviously, the next story will be this story posted again by *the same* editor.
The last article on the EU Software Patent debate was with regard to this vote. This article is with regard to the /outcome/ of this vote.
That would depend entirely on your opinion of Britney
Easy, so that the government can do whatever they want with the data without having to worry about the constraints of the Data Protection Act.