1) liscense plate + video camera + OCR software 2) toll transponder tag 3) cell phone (not as geographically accurate for now, but E-911 is changing this, give them time...)
and, as an added bonus for the tinfoil hat crowd, in Massachusetts there have been issues with bars scanning the mag strip on drivers liscenses...
There was a long article in the NY Times earlier this month (relating to the expiration of copyrights in Europe) stating that record labels made significant portions of their revenue from stuff issued before the 90's--
For instance, if I rememeber correctly, the label that owns the rights to Maria Callas's recordings gets 15% of their revenues from her alone... And she's been dead for decades
For many film, record and book companies, it's the back list that provides the strong base to their revenues--a hit this year may turn out profits, but that's only because the stuff they did 20+ years ago is keeping the lights on
it was only a stupid merger for the shareholders of TW. For AOL, otoh, the merger was a classic--they managed to sell a pile of magic beans to TW, getting a big pile of real $$$ in exchange...
Anybody care to hazard a guess as to what AOL would be worth today as a stand-alone company?
4 digits isn't enough to open a new account... if they want to rip off an existing account, they have to know of its existence...
Essentially--anybody that's willing (and capable) to work hard enough to work backwards from your address and a partial SSN into an identity theft is probably capable of doing it without the 4 digits.....
It means:
don't try to followup with a subpoena for my harddrive (in case you want to try to un-delete the logs), cause I don't have it, and don't even know where it is....
Not sure what the legal requirements are, but something along the lines of "good faith effort" would seem to be good policy...
While it might satisfy the legal requirements to deliver the logs on a truckload of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets, I suspect that the DA has it in his power to make you wish you hadn't....
In the face of an opponent with (for your purposes) infinite resources, folding your tent and going home begins to look attractive fairly quickly--and I say that from unhappy experience. Conceptual martydom is a much more appealling thought that the imminent prospect of actual martyrdom.
what the heck--I'll take a chance at showing my ignorance..... why does this need DRM software at all???
Couldn't you establish firm chain of custody by using a digital camera that only wrote to write-once media (e.g.--CDROM)?? Essentially a variant on the Sony Mavica floppy design, but with a CD instead...
take all the pictures you want, write them to a serialized blank CD, and track the CD. You then have a verifiable original that you can upload to a PC for enhancement, but which cannot itself be modified.
A proposed alternative analogy-- you want to cross the ocean. The proposed technology involves making longer and longer piers, with "crew habitation" shacks at the end.
A 2 mile long pier exposes the crew to some pretty harsh ocean conditions, and may even teach something about the ocean. It is not, however, a meaningful step on the path to crossing the ocean.
Similarly, extended stays in LOE may expose you to some pretty harsh space environments, and you may even be able to do some serious science while you're there. It is not, however, a meaningful step on the path to Mars, the stars, or just about anywhere else.
clearly you've never been a waitron... what you've got posted here isn't evidence of idiocy, it's a transcript of an error correction algorithm
from the other side of the order pad (so to speak), the issue is that customers are the idoits...More often than not, "exactly the same" means "exactly the same, except...."
I can't even count the number of times somebody has ordered "exactly the same thing" and then sent it back their mind hadn't been read properly....
you attempt to support the "ABS increases stopping distance" argument by providing a number of references which state that "ABS does not shorten stopping distance"
if you tried to pull the obfuscation trick on a deal where we had negotiated source rights, I would feel entirely within my rights to:
a) withold any remaining payments due b) take my business elsewhere c) tell everybody I knew that you were a disreputable business person, and that they should take their business elsewhere
biological systems point the way here...monoculture, not morons, is the problem
monoculture of any crop (be it corn, pigs, or internet browsers) leads to a situation in which disease can easily propagate across the entire population.
One of the fundamental principles of organic farming is to cultivate a genetically diverse population, thereby limiting the scope and potential damage of any particular disease vector. Consumers of software would be well advised to practice the same concept
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Steve's principal attribute... and one that GW's got a pretty good handle on too...
Sure they can--three methods already in use:
1) liscense plate + video camera + OCR software
2) toll transponder tag
3) cell phone (not as geographically accurate for now, but E-911 is changing this, give them time...)
and, as an added bonus for the tinfoil hat crowd, in Massachusetts there have been issues with bars scanning the mag strip on drivers liscenses...
There was a long article in the NY Times earlier this month (relating to the expiration of copyrights in Europe) stating that record labels made significant portions of their revenue from stuff issued before the 90's--
For instance, if I rememeber correctly, the label that owns the rights to Maria Callas's recordings gets 15% of their revenues from her alone... And she's been dead for decades
For many film, record and book companies, it's the back list that provides the strong base to their revenues--a hit this year may turn out profits, but that's only because the stuff they did 20+ years ago is keeping the lights on
it was only a stupid merger for the shareholders of TW. For AOL, otoh, the merger was a classic--they managed to sell a pile of magic beans to TW, getting a big pile of real $$$ in exchange... Anybody care to hazard a guess as to what AOL would be worth today as a stand-alone company?
break out the tin-foil hat...
4 digits isn't enough to open a new account... if they want to rip off an existing account, they have to know of its existence...
Essentially--anybody that's willing (and capable) to work hard enough to work backwards from your address and a partial SSN into an identity theft is probably capable of doing it without the 4 digits.....
they don't ask for your social security #, they ask for the last 4 digits. They also don't ask for mother's maiden name
If you're unwilling to give them your name and address, how precisely do you wish for them to send you the $$$?
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/12/07/robot .man/
It means: don't try to followup with a subpoena for my harddrive (in case you want to try to un-delete the logs), cause I don't have it, and don't even know where it is....
Not sure what the legal requirements are, but something along the lines of "good faith effort" would seem to be good policy...
While it might satisfy the legal requirements to deliver the logs on a truckload of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets, I suspect that the DA has it in his power to make you wish you hadn't....
does pouring beverage into the keyboard count?
venting heated MOIST air into an enclosed space, on the other hand....
it's got to cool off eventually, and when it does, it can condense-- thus the vapor barrier on your walls
sounds like it might be a good idea
everybody's got something to lose
In the face of an opponent with (for your purposes) infinite resources, folding your tent and going home begins to look attractive fairly quickly--and I say that from unhappy experience. Conceptual martydom is a much more appealling thought that the imminent prospect of actual martyrdom.
what the heck--I'll take a chance at showing my ignorance..... why does this need DRM software at all???
Couldn't you establish firm chain of custody by using a digital camera that only wrote to write-once media (e.g.--CDROM)?? Essentially a variant on the Sony Mavica floppy design, but with a CD instead...
take all the pictures you want, write them to a serialized blank CD, and track the CD. You then have a verifiable original that you can upload to a PC for enhancement, but which cannot itself be modified.
subject line says it all.... and I think they set it up for about $30 million---with no booster rocket required.
A proposed alternative analogy-- you want to cross the ocean. The proposed technology involves making longer and longer piers, with "crew habitation" shacks at the end. A 2 mile long pier exposes the crew to some pretty harsh ocean conditions, and may even teach something about the ocean. It is not, however, a meaningful step on the path to crossing the ocean. Similarly, extended stays in LOE may expose you to some pretty harsh space environments, and you may even be able to do some serious science while you're there. It is not, however, a meaningful step on the path to Mars, the stars, or just about anywhere else.
clearly you've never been a waitron... what you've got posted here isn't evidence of idiocy, it's a transcript of an error correction algorithm
from the other side of the order pad (so to speak), the issue is that customers are the idoits...More often than not, "exactly the same" means "exactly the same, except...."
I can't even count the number of times somebody has ordered "exactly the same thing" and then sent it back their mind hadn't been read properly....
or easier yet, just leave the tree sitters alone and arrest the people that bring in supplies to them...
'nuff said.... start shopping for a lawyer
you attempt to support the "ABS increases stopping distance" argument by providing a number of references which state that "ABS does not shorten stopping distance"
this is irrelevant to your argument--try again
It was pre-internet, but I have a friend who used to get surprising good results by giving out stamped, self-addressed envelopes....
quoting SciFi as precedent is a nearly foolproof way to get yourself labeled (and in a fairly unflattering sense)....
not the best path to credibility
>>When you buy a 757, you don't get the blueprints for the wing.
>An airplane wing isn't copyrighted.
no, an airplane wing is a tradesecret. They still won't give you the blueprints if you buy a plane
if you tried to pull the obfuscation trick on a deal where we had negotiated source rights, I would feel entirely within my rights to:
a) withold any remaining payments due
b) take my business elsewhere
c) tell everybody I knew that you were a disreputable business person, and that they should take their business elsewhere
biological systems point the way here...monoculture, not morons, is the problem
monoculture of any crop (be it corn, pigs, or internet browsers) leads to a situation in which disease can easily propagate across the entire population.
One of the fundamental principles of organic farming is to cultivate a genetically diverse population, thereby limiting the scope and potential damage of any particular disease vector. Consumers of software would be well advised to practice the same concept