The newspaper industry doesn't have the clought it used to. Advertising revenues and subscription penetration is down nationwide. I used to work in that industry. Believe me, they are as vulnerable as ever. No news story can have the impact that a viral email (Send this to 10 friends) can have.
Unfortunately most viral emails are used to spread falsehoods and lies. Nowadays we have truthorfiction.com, etc. to help straighten that out.
But by all means a well crafted insightful and inciteful email would do a lot to help the cause of consumer rights.
Most 'Acceptable Use Policies' allow port scanning, or just about anything on a network with the PERMISSION of the scanned. If you really did have permission, than it wouldn't be a violation. If your ISP doesn't allow scanning by permission, then they are stupid.
You could always pay someone else to look at the source for you. That is what Red Hat and company are all about. They service the software that you don't want to service yourself.
I think you have a point about the 'Look At the Source' eletism preventing Linux from being a main stream O/S, but up until this point, it pretty much has just been people who don't mind rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.
I purchased the disc in a 50 pack of blank discs. Then downloaded the ISO and burned it myself. So are you saying that TDK is liable for the software I burn on their CDs? Cool, they have deep pockets.
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I would argue the 'Constituents Position' on a particular issue is really irrelevant here.
What people mean by congress being bought and paid for has more to do with the legislative agenda, than the actual votes. For example.
What is the one thing that pisses people off more than anything? SPAM. How much federal gov't legislation has been passed to curb SPAM. None.
Compare the number of people pissed off about spam to the number of people concerned with Bankruptcy Laws. I doubt most people care less about Bsnkruptcy Laws, yet we just recently got new Bankruptcy law passed. Why? Because the U.S. Chamber of commerce lobby wanted them.
What laws the congress considers and passes are controlled by campaign contributions.
I think you're talking about people from Nashua. They are all Mass. Residents that moved out to avoid the taxes. They may have NH plates, but they are mass. drivers through and through.
You need to come further north where people drive with consideration and safety and follow the speed limit.
Not everyone in the NE is high strung. Living here in New Hampshire, I can enjoy a laid back lifestyle. Except for those stupid Mass drivers that invade our highways every weekend. Just because everyone in your state drives like a lunatic, doesn't mean you have to be inconsiderate here.
Qbert? That noser creature that jumps around on cubes? What music did he create? Are you talking about that farting sound he makes when he jumps from cube to cube? Hell, I make farting sounds! Wheres my cut.
Besides all of that, does this apply to Tivo recordings?
So what exactly is my information worth to these people? What is the going rate for the fact that I made a search for 'Mount Washington' on google this morning?
Can I sell it for $.35? 5.35? I'm just curious. Perhaps I could put that in Ebay.
My browsing habits to the highest bidder. Lets see what I could get.
Hey, for $5, I might even throw in what I read on Slashdot this morning.
There really isn't just one Brittney Spears. There are actually many of them. When it comes to blonde teeny-pop musicians, they are a dime a dozen.
Its just that the recording industry decided to market and sell the hell out of the particular one THEY picked.
They created the demand by promoting this one. They limited the supply by controlling the industry to prevent other blonde fake-boobed teeny pop musicians from getting exposure.
Obviously this has more to do with Supply and Demand more than working hard.
There are many ditch diggers. There is only ONE David Schwimmer. If you want David Schwimmer you need to pay good money for him.
If you want to be wealthy own something that everyone wants. Like stock in a high value company an O/S that everyone uses or a sparkling personality and skill in acting that makes people laugh.
At least in this case you know where your data is going. You can see the light coming out of your modem.
If you look around and see someone with some sort of optical device pointed at your modem you can bonk them on the head and tell them to cut it out.
Once it heads out the wire into the rest of the world, you have no clue. If it comes to privacy/security, the modem lights are the least of my concerns.
I think the words 'Information Wants to Be Free.' is more a theoretical concept than a free will decision. Sort of like entropy. That is, with energe things tend toward more organization.
Or in pop culture terms. Like what that guy in Jurassic park said about the dinosaurs getting out. "Life will find a way."
Information will be spread.
Or like that old joke, three fastest ways to communicate. Telephone, telegraph and tell-a-lady. (e.g. gossip.)
Information will eventually find its way out of the bonds that keep it.
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I used to live near Gibsonton, Florida. A lot of people had roller coasters in their back yard. But thats a special case.
That loop on the coaster track looks like it would snap your neck like a twig when you went over it. I wonder if he measured the Gs on that thing?
The newspaper industry doesn't have the clought it used to. Advertising revenues and subscription penetration is down nationwide. I used to work in that industry. Believe me, they are as vulnerable as ever. No news story can have the impact that a viral email (Send this to 10 friends) can have.
Unfortunately most viral emails are used to spread falsehoods and lies. Nowadays we have truthorfiction.com, etc. to help straighten that out.
But by all means a well crafted insightful and inciteful email would do a lot to help the cause of consumer rights.
Most 'Acceptable Use Policies' allow port scanning, or just about anything on a network with the PERMISSION of the scanned. If you really did have permission, than it wouldn't be a violation. If your ISP doesn't allow scanning by permission, then they are stupid.
You could always pay someone else to look at the source for you. That is what Red Hat and company are all about. They service the software that you don't want to service yourself.
I think you have a point about the 'Look At the Source' eletism preventing Linux from being a main stream O/S, but up until this point, it pretty much has just been people who don't mind rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.
I purchased the disc in a 50 pack of blank discs. Then downloaded the ISO and burned it myself. So are you saying that TDK is liable for the software I burn on their CDs? Cool, they have deep pockets.
I would argue the 'Constituents Position' on a particular issue is really irrelevant here.
What people mean by congress being bought and paid for has more to do with the legislative agenda, than the actual votes. For example.
What is the one thing that pisses people off more than anything? SPAM. How much federal gov't legislation has been passed to curb SPAM. None.
Compare the number of people pissed off about spam to the number of people concerned with Bankruptcy Laws. I doubt most people care less about Bsnkruptcy Laws, yet we just recently got new Bankruptcy law passed. Why? Because the U.S. Chamber of commerce lobby wanted them.
What laws the congress considers and passes are controlled by campaign contributions.
How many constituents wanted...
DMCA?, Oil Drilling in ANWAR? Bankruptcy Reform? Stem Cell policy? SSSCA? Copyright Extensions?
Yet what they DO want takes forever and often gets stalled. Things like...
Campaign Finance Reform, Anti-SPAM, Consumer Protection, Prescription Drugs, Environment Protection, Employment and Security.
They could give a rats ass about corporations like Disney and the Miramax.
I think you're talking about people from Nashua. They are all Mass. Residents that moved out to avoid the taxes. They may have NH plates, but they are mass. drivers through and through. You need to come further north where people drive with consideration and safety and follow the speed limit.
Not everyone in the NE is high strung. Living here in New Hampshire, I can enjoy a laid back lifestyle. Except for those stupid Mass drivers that invade our highways every weekend. Just because everyone in your state drives like a lunatic, doesn't mean you have to be inconsiderate here.
Qbert? That noser creature that jumps around on cubes? What music did he create? Are you talking about that farting sound he makes when he jumps from cube to cube? Hell, I make farting sounds! Wheres my cut.
Besides all of that, does this apply to Tivo recordings?
I think most companies (Don't know about ships.) have this problem...
1. You host a web site. The web site obviously needs connectivity to the internet for external customers.
2. The web site needs access to a database so customer have access to your data for their purposes. And the ability to create data (Place Orders.)
3. In house applications need access to this same database to process the previously placed orders, update customer accounts, etc.
4. In house customer service needs access to the same database to provide customer service and ability to communicate to customers via email.
That doesn't leave too many boxen that can be physically disconnected.
But like I said, I don't know how this applies to a ship.
Opera has a similar 'Google Search' button on it. Has anyone researched where 'it' goes?
Using vi does not a cool programmer make.
I once wrote COBOL code in vi.
Ha! You'll never look at vi the same way again.
So what exactly is my information worth to these people? What is the going rate for the fact that I made a search for 'Mount Washington' on google this morning?
Can I sell it for $.35? 5.35? I'm just curious. Perhaps I could put that in Ebay.
My browsing habits to the highest bidder. Lets see what I could get.
Hey, for $5, I might even throw in what I read on Slashdot this morning.
Are you sure they were't just looking at their pants?
I couldn't agree more.
There really isn't just one Brittney Spears. There are actually many of them. When it comes to blonde teeny-pop musicians, they are a dime a dozen.
Its just that the recording industry decided to market and sell the hell out of the particular one THEY picked.
They created the demand by promoting this one. They limited the supply by controlling the industry to prevent other blonde fake-boobed teeny pop musicians from getting exposure.
And the kids fall for it every time.
Obviously this has more to do with Supply and Demand more than working hard.
There are many ditch diggers. There is only ONE David Schwimmer. If you want David Schwimmer you need to pay good money for him.
If you want to be wealthy own something that everyone wants. Like stock in a high value company an O/S that everyone uses or a sparkling personality and skill in acting that makes people laugh.
Is it too late to patent double-click? Shift Left-Click? How about Control-Fist.
At least in this case you know where your data is going. You can see the light coming out of your modem.
If you look around and see someone with some sort of optical device pointed at your modem you can bonk them on the head and tell them to cut it out.
Once it heads out the wire into the rest of the world, you have no clue. If it comes to privacy/security, the modem lights are the least of my concerns.
Maybe they should change their name to 'Elbonia-Soft.'
I think the words 'Information Wants to Be Free.' is more a theoretical concept than a free will decision. Sort of like entropy. That is, with energe things tend toward more organization.
Or in pop culture terms. Like what that guy in Jurassic park said about the dinosaurs getting out. "Life will find a way."
Information will be spread.
Or like that old joke, three fastest ways to communicate. Telephone, telegraph and tell-a-lady. (e.g. gossip.)
Information will eventually find its way out of the bonds that keep it.