I think if they put a crypto provision in this bill, it would have passed," Froomkin said. "Look at what the administration got."
Froomkin was talking about additional eavesdropping and surveillance powers requested by the Bush administration, which the Senate and the House overwhelmingly voted for last week. That bill is called the USA Act.
He backed off crypto backdoors because the government is going to get enhanced wiretapping powers, etc.
It's a little give and take, but it's nice to see the "give" this time.
Q: What does the MSN® and Qwest® alliance mean to me?
A: Under the agreement, MSN will become the preferred Internet Service Provider (ISP) for some Qwest.net Consumer Internet Access customers. Qwest and Microsoft® are working together to provide consumers with best-of-breed MSN content and services via Qwest's Internet infrastructure. Customers will benefit from this joint offering in many ways including... (emphasis added)
Ummm...according to the Consumer Reports Sept. 2001 issue, MSN was rated as the worst Internet provider.
Nice to see that Microsoft not only squeezes the consumer, limits choice, but also engages in bald-faced lying!!
The subject is a quote from the article. And it's quite true.
It's license to committing a criminal act. People who conduct this sort of activity can be prosecuted.
It's like feeding your neighbor's dog antifreeze when it poops on your lawn. Definitely not the right thing to do, and just another way that the RIAA will piss off the public.
The money that can be saved is not only in upgrades, but virus prevention as well.
The company I worked for wasted thousands of dollars when the Nimda virus struck. To a small business, this cost plus a day's worth of downtime can be a significant hit.
If we used the open-source alternative, we might have saved this money.
I'm looking to set up a wireless network, and looking for fast wireless sloutions since space and placement of equipment is an issue.
Most web content is available at a faster rate, AFAIK. Who would host a site on a dialup connection any more when broadband is relatively inexpensive now?
This means that almost no music will be bought. This is a noble and idealistic vision, and a lot of folks just don't care about copy protection, or not care enough to stop them from buying the latest "Staind" CD.
It's been suggested that the labels are acting as a cartel, given the antritrust lawsuits going on.
This is a great idea, not to mention the fact that these companies who use them are not only annoying, but cowardly; there's no live body on the other end of the line.
AFAIK the automated devices are illegal in some states, but that problem can be circumvented by calling from a state where it's legal.
The site Antitelemarker.com offers a lot of advice for those tired of telemarketers.
Why does Microsoft care about 5-year-old software anyway? I think they want to prevent people from selling used software so others have to buy the latest and greatest from Microsoft."
Why Microsoft is so worried about old software puzzles me. If users want the latest (and greatest?) Windows OS, they'll still have to buy it anyway. Newer software will not run on the old OS's eventually, rendering it useless.
They're really overdoing it with re-selling old ssoftware. Even the RIAA does not seem to mind secondhand CD's in the marketplace.
I wish my post was still there, but I came across some evidence that the economy was mostly to blame. I found statistics on income and record sales and found that incomes fell, so did record sales. This makes sense, since music is a "luxury item" and is one of the first things to go off personal budgets in an economic slowdown.
They have a convenient scapegoat in "piracy", even though the economy is in the crapper, and the quality of the product is such that it should just follow the economy.
One sought to amend a provision -- aimed at preventing cyber-attacks by terrorists -- that would permit surveillance of anyone who accesses a computer "without authorization."
Feingold called the measure overly broad, saying it could be construed as allowing surveillance of an office worker who violates company policy by making a personal Internet purchase on company time.
What and who defines "without authorization"? Your boss? Your IT tech? Your school? The bills do not provide such a definition.
Even a 12-year downloading a Britney Spears MP3 could trip this off, since it's a copyright violation.
This is scary, for it provides people too much power to invade privacy, all under the guise of "national security".
Whether micromarketing of this sort really takes off will depend chicken-and-egg-like on whether a few companies escape being annoying and actually get people interested in what they have to offer.
Wonder if someone at X-10 is reading this...or reading the book?
When a huge event like Sept. 11th occurs, it's usually followed up by loads of mail (snail and electronic). A representative only has so much time to respond to mail. If you get a response, consider yourself extremely lucky you did, kind of like winning the lottery.
This would be a boon to consumers, since fewer moving parts (no transmission are driveshaft) would likely mean fewer repairs.
Would automakers be for it? Most likely not. They make a substantial amount of money from repairs and maintenance. And to think of the outrage from auto-repair shops, cutting their business as well.
It's an excellent idea - less weight, much better fuel, fewer moving parts, etc. But there's a lot of opposition ahead.
If the recording industry was found to have misused its copyright material, it might not be able to successfully pursue an infringement claim on those works.
Could this be new life for Napster? Some of the public has noticed this, that the labels act in a form of cartel, especially since they are investigation for anti-trust violations. They have also been successfully sued for price-fixing in the past as well.
The judge should have noticed these types of actions sooner.
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A wristwatch camera is small, unobtrusive and lightweight. Now only if we can work on the resolution, we'd have an interesting surveillance tool.
We could see a new generation of energy-efficient computers, since less energy is wasted as heat with this technology.
Let's hope we do not have to wait till the 5 GHz crossover, as mentioned in the EE Times article.
From the Wired article:
I think if they put a crypto provision in this bill, it would have passed," Froomkin said. "Look at what the administration got."
Froomkin was talking about additional eavesdropping and surveillance powers requested by the Bush administration, which the Senate and the House overwhelmingly voted for last week. That bill is called the USA Act.
He backed off crypto backdoors because the government is going to get enhanced wiretapping powers, etc.
It's a little give and take, but it's nice to see the "give" this time.
From the website:
Q: What does the MSN® and Qwest® alliance mean to me?
A: Under the agreement, MSN will become the preferred Internet Service Provider (ISP) for some Qwest.net Consumer Internet Access customers. Qwest and Microsoft® are working together to provide consumers with best-of-breed MSN content and services via Qwest's Internet infrastructure. Customers will benefit from this joint offering in many ways including... (emphasis added)
Ummm...according to the Consumer Reports Sept. 2001 issue, MSN was rated as the worst Internet provider.
Nice to see that Microsoft not only squeezes the consumer, limits choice, but also engages in bald-faced lying!!
Microsoft's Anti-Spam initiative forces POP users to use the primary sender of mail worms.
That's why 1337 scr1p7 k1dd135 everywhere are flocking to Microsoft!
The subject is a quote from the article. And it's quite true.
It's license to committing a criminal act. People who conduct this sort of activity can be prosecuted.
It's like feeding your neighbor's dog antifreeze when it poops on your lawn. Definitely not the right thing to do, and just another way that the RIAA will piss off the public.
The money that can be saved is not only in upgrades, but virus prevention as well.
The company I worked for wasted thousands of dollars when the Nimda virus struck. To a small business, this cost plus a day's worth of downtime can be a significant hit.
If we used the open-source alternative, we might have saved this money.
You could use Protux.
.WAV, .OGG and .MP3 files, too.
Even though it uses its own file format (PRAF) you can import
Screen shots and more info can be found on the Protux home page.
Not to mention the antitrust lawsuit as well.
I'm looking to set up a wireless network, and looking for fast wireless sloutions since space and placement of equipment is an issue.
Most web content is available at a faster rate, AFAIK. Who would host a site on a dialup connection any more when broadband is relatively inexpensive now?
It's a great idea, since it gives people a chance to sample the Xbox, and there's some money to be made, too.
Nintendo did thid back in the mid 1980's, remember the Play-Choice 10, anyone?
This means that almost no music will be bought. This is a noble and idealistic vision, and a lot of folks just don't care about copy protection, or not care enough to stop them from buying the latest "Staind" CD.
It's been suggested that the labels are acting as a cartel, given the antritrust lawsuits going on.
This is a great idea, not to mention the fact that these companies who use them are not only annoying, but cowardly; there's no live body on the other end of the line.
AFAIK the automated devices are illegal in some states, but that problem can be circumvented by calling from a state where it's legal.
The site Antitelemarker.com offers a lot of advice for those tired of telemarketers.
Could it be as simple as playing back the three shrill tones I hear when I dial a wrong number?
Careful. Those may be copyrighted by your local telephone company.
Charities must have site licenses for Windows 98 or newer!
If only charities could find the time and know-how to use open source, they could save a lot of money, and direct the saved funds into their work.
Maybe tech-savvy people could donate know-how, instead of money in this case.
Although, AFAIK Microsoft does offer some sort od discount for charities.
From the Yahoo article:
Why does Microsoft care about 5-year-old software anyway? I think they want to prevent people from selling used software so others have to buy the latest and greatest from Microsoft."
Why Microsoft is so worried about old software puzzles me. If users want the latest (and greatest?) Windows OS, they'll still have to buy it anyway. Newer software will not run on the old OS's eventually, rendering it useless.
They're really overdoing it with re-selling old ssoftware. Even the RIAA does not seem to mind secondhand CD's in the marketplace.
I discussed these types of issues ad infitum on The Napster Forum.
I wish my post was still there, but I came across some evidence that the economy was mostly to blame. I found statistics on income and record sales and found that incomes fell, so did record sales. This makes sense, since music is a "luxury item" and is one of the first things to go off personal budgets in an economic slowdown.
They have a convenient scapegoat in "piracy", even though the economy is in the crapper, and the quality of the product is such that it should just follow the economy.
What about the people who didn't download MP3's off Napster? How would the know the difference between "pirated" MP3's and MP3's you ripped yourself?
This is a heavy-handed "guilty until proven innocent" approach. There are a lot of privacy rights issues at stake here.
Firewall sales will go through the roof if this comes to pass.
From the Washington Post article:
One sought to amend a provision -- aimed at preventing cyber-attacks by terrorists -- that would permit surveillance of anyone who accesses a computer "without authorization."
Feingold called the measure overly broad, saying it could be construed as allowing surveillance of an office worker who violates company policy by making a personal Internet purchase on company time.
What and who defines "without authorization"? Your boss? Your IT tech? Your school? The bills do not provide such a definition.
Even a 12-year downloading a Britney Spears MP3 could trip this off, since it's a copyright violation.
This is scary, for it provides people too much power to invade privacy, all under the guise of "national security".
From the /. article:
Whether micromarketing of this sort really takes off will depend chicken-and-egg-like on whether a few companies escape being annoying and actually get people interested in what they have to offer.
Wonder if someone at X-10 is reading this...or reading the book?
When a huge event like Sept. 11th occurs, it's usually followed up by loads of mail (snail and electronic). A representative only has so much time to respond to mail. If you get a response, consider yourself extremely lucky you did, kind of like winning the lottery.
This would be a boon to consumers, since fewer moving parts (no transmission are driveshaft) would likely mean fewer repairs.
Would automakers be for it? Most likely not. They make a substantial amount of money from repairs and maintenance. And to think of the outrage from auto-repair shops, cutting their business as well.
It's an excellent idea - less weight, much better fuel, fewer moving parts, etc. But there's a lot of opposition ahead.
It looks like a PDA with a wriststrap. Besides, something that big on my wrist would probably get annoying after a while.
I'll stick to a PDA or pocket PC.
If the recording industry was found to have misused its copyright material, it might not be able to successfully pursue an infringement claim on those works.
Could this be new life for Napster? Some of the public has noticed this, that the labels act in a form of cartel, especially since they are investigation for anti-trust violations. They have also been successfully sued for price-fixing in the past as well.
The judge should have noticed these types of actions sooner.
Where was this when I went to college?
I had to settle for CUNY instead.