It's news because for a number of readers will be effected (no matter how many times it might have happened in the past). As for chrooting it's really a shame more packages *aren't* commonly jailed. But even bind isn't frequently chroot by default.
Of course I know the slashdot effect (we all do) but Farked, that's the first time I've heard that term. Which is even funnier because I host an arts and music website that was 'farked'. They actually drove the poor disk right into the ground, took me two days working with my hosting provider to recover the server and restore the site. I wasn't laughing so much then, but I probably would have if I'd heard that.
It was shit brown. And boxy. At best it was like a weird experiment or something MS marketing let escape. I'm assuming 2.0 will come in more flattering colors and we can actually play the features game. But honestly, 1.0 looks like it feel straight off the shelf at your local second-hand shop. Maybe underneath the mismatched leather shoes and broken football trophy.
Just as over-rated. But I realized leaving your post modded higher makes more sense anyway (since you obviously weren't ust trying to be a prick and this why the whole conversations is easy to read).
As you'll see in one of the follow-up posts to this parent the software is being run on a second systems (since as you point out Vista isn't supported the listener is XP).
As to the credibility of the rest of the story I suppose that's up for grabs. Or rather reproducibility. Sniffing software is easy enough to install/use. Maybe the poster of the original story is being watched via a government trojan. Maybe there is a backdoor for the government to use to monitor potential criminal. I imagine if ALL Vista systems phoned home like this they'd be drown in data so it's either addition software, activated existing feature or hoax/fluke.
You've been out of the game too long. Porn is totally in. Life emulates...art? Anyway, kids today are more sexually active and experimental then you probably think. Then look at the popularity of sites like I Shot Myself and you can see that porn and real-life are beginning to merge on some kind of middle ground.
But I have to admit, the balloon popping porn still has me scratching my head.
Fold and close the door? The summary says they are requiring the use of a client. From the sound of it, a proxy that funnels your traffic. Frankly I don't see how this would protect their customers. What it does do is exclude non-Windows users (their previous version provided a web-based service that only required a browser with SSL support).
If the NSA/FBI/etc wants to broker/enforce a court order/etc this does nothing to slow that down.
I saw this done years ago at an art exhibit in Seattle at 911 Media Arts. I thought it was cool (in that industrial sense) but I didn't expect to be reading about it as news something like 15 years later.
Most people don't know a thing about the throng of Linux based distros. It's more an insider joke. You're mild computer user knows one or two at best. If they know more they've been digging around and no longer fit the category.
The truth is that the diversity is great. I don't want to see 1000's of distros pushed mainstream per-se, but there is often a reason for the variety. It suits someone anyway.
What I would like to see is more collaboration. Why is Redhat/Fedora building the cludgy system-config* and Suse sticking with YAST while Mandrake (who seems to be losing favor but has committed all their development to the GPL) created DrakeConfig, which actually almost worked.
Who the hell uses a digital camera to encode a book in the first place? Talk about annoying. I almost feel bad for the guy/gal.
And as for the impact, books are good to lay down in bed with. Take to the park. Sit at the couch. Anything I'm intent on reading is on paper. ASCII/HTML if I *have* to. But fuzzy images? No thanks.
I think this is more of a story then an event. Marginally interesting, but useless.
Lol. Problem is you can never tell if someone seriously is that uptight about words (exceptions, many apologies) or just giving you shit for quick post from work. Not even a post history to check so I'll assume flip. Still, would be funnier if we could see.
Some technologies are simply too easily abused. You want to check my system for criminal activity? Fine. Get a warrant and confiscate it. I don't think this is anti 5-0. This is checks and balances. There are tons of great people involved in law enforcement, but adding tools and acceptions like this is just taking another needless step down a slippery slope.
We keep gleefully throwing away our rights in the name of what? Fear? That's bad rationale. Our founding fathers must be turning in their graves.
At least 2 of his 20 published submissions were from non-networkworld sources. Of course his only posted comment is a 'correction' to a story linking which he's trying to point to....networkworld. Astro-tuffing should get some kind of modding too. And why are submitters not linked to directly, I had to cut/paste his name in just to see his profile.
The next big thing will be INTEGRATION. Anyone not sick of having 1093094 account each with separate password/usernames please raise your hands. Web 2.0 has been all about features. 3.0 will have to be about better managing them. 4.0 would be a good point for the reviving of the thin client approach. Your system anywhere. Sounds good, but not before the mess of 2.0 sites can be managed.
While I think that would be great unfortunately I don't see how that could happen. For one, some rights holders (at least for now) *do* want the compensation and might even have an interest in whatever underlying strategy there might be. Two, as you work your way up to the larger labels they do become actively protective. As in agreements get reviewed instead of the wink/nod system smaller labels and artists are usually (not always) comfortable with.
I like CDBaby but for something like this to work it would have to be 50% marketing glitz and 50% independent organization. Because you need to lure the rights holders interest and then keep them comfortable. CDBaby is great, but they have a personal/financial interest that would likely pose a conflict or at the very least make someones lawyers uneasy.
A 501c(3) likely with industry backing would do it. But unfortunately everyone seems pretty balless right now which is why I'd be perfectly happy to see this go through. SoundExchange et al do not care about small to mid-sized artists or labels. They don't care about broadcasters. They care about the big labels and control. Period. That's where the money is.
The SoundExchange doesn't make it impractical it makes it necessary. SoundExchange exercises blanket rights on behalf of the rights holder unless the rights hold explicitly grants rights that would supersede these rights (ie provides a broadcast agreement or exemption of their own).
So while SE is still the big dumb 400lb gorilla in the room they are only able to act on behalf of holders that haven't chosen terms for themselves. Which is why bitching about this is so stupid. Setup a clearing house making it easy for record labels, artists, etc to provide limited rights easily (think terms that protect the property while granting specific broadcast rights and maybe an industry style logo that can be used as a badge on websites making it clear that this artist has chose to allow these kinds of promotion).
Micro managing like I've done only works on a very small scale (but it allows me to side-step ascap and se). But there are a lot of bigger players out there and the shear number of bands and labels looking for increased exposure leave me seriously scratching my head. It just doesn't add up.
Compulsory by no means gives them rights that supersede the rights of the property owner. I could care less if they have blanket licensing because at the end of the day the label/artist/etc can choose terms they prefer. The only piece that is missing is the piece that would manage alternative broadcast rights. Without this you are absolutely right, most artists will default to SE compulsory licensing whether they know it or not.
But you should re-read the terms. The rights that SoundExchange exercise's on behalf of rights holder by no means supersedes their rights.
The begging is pathetic. You don't try to worm your way into getting a broken system to work. You fucking bypass it. If they aren't ready to do that but would rather beg their audience fuck them.
What needs to be done is putting that whining commitment (and the money they are frittering away) into something that supports the cause as they see it. Namely an alternative for licensing that promotes reasonable use (as seen by both the artist/label and radio/streamer/etc). If they aren't willing to do that then let them hurt until they see it more clearly. The RIAA and the US Copyright Royalty Board are both well funded and motivated by *their own interests*. Not the label. Not the artist. And you want to crawl in bed with them? !!!
Sorry if I'm ranting but this is just so fucking stupid.
FTR, I AM a internet broadcaster. I try to work closely with the artist because A) I support small artists which tend to be interested that you're interested B) I can't afford the royalty schemes, I can't afford the management of the license. I have a day job that lets me afford the whole project in the first place. Fact: 99% of artists want 1) to protect their property (fair enough) 2) to be heard (guess what they love? that right what they do).
Personally I think this is the best thing to happen in a long time. Let the poor morons sink. Lose millions of dollars or whatever else they fear will happen. Maybe a few with some cash (like they money they've wasted fight this..) will wise the fuck up and setup means for artists/labels to provide limited rights to broadcasters. This should have been done ages ago. Take back control.
Well...we were supposed to give the power to the people. You know, a democracy. But as it turns out all political systems have a life-cycle and it seems the ideals have grown old and the people have begun to forget. Viva la....oh that's quite a while off. But it *is* part of the life-cycle!
Porn sites get it. And they get it so well they've ignored it. As far as I'm concerned 2.0 is about services (disclaimer: I do work in the industry). Creative, often novel web services. It's creating and ever thickening grime of new services and paradigm shifts. Frankly, it's a mess and for some reason no-ones noticed yet. I have dozens of account with different services. Even my savvy friends frequently try to hook me onto the next "great idea".
Porn sites have CCbill and affiliations. They might not be leading any cutting edge with this, but if there is a 3.0 it will be the end of the lattice-like, patch-work of features and communities. It will be integration maybe even compatibility. I think porn sites cooperate already a lot more then most. Maybe they'll lead the charge.
I've gone from heavy coffee to no coffee to black tea, various green teas and yerba mate. I think the key you're missing is moderation. After years of not drinking coffee at all I'm back to it. It's just a damn good drink. No surprise it's been around for as long as it has.
But using the health card smacks of bs. You abused it, plain and simple. That's just unhealthy behavior (I've abused plenty of things so don't think I'm trying to talk down to you).
Now qualitatively caffeine might not be the best therapeutic solution, but it's accepted as a lifestyle drug and easily obtainable.
I worked as a barista at a popular Seattle coffee house for years (B&O). I had a friend who worked there that pounded coffee like it was going out of style. Really hit the stuff. But a lot of people liked there coffee in excess so I didn't think too much of it.
One day he came in and had some weird bald patches on his head. Turns out he'd seen a doctor and was told that he'd been drinking so much caffeine that he'd become vitamin deficient and started losing hair.
I'm sure this doesn't happen often and god knows the poor Starbucks generation is getting even more caffeine, but I thought it was pretty amazing. He cut back. Didn't stop.
While I worked at the coffee house I always kind of had to laugh at myself because every time I'd have a few days off I'd get those headaches you get, but I wouldn't put it together because drinking coffee was actually more a part of my work routine (usually late in the first day I'd smack myself).
I've done years as a non-coffee drinker but finally started drinking again. Somethings are just good. I'm not so concerned about the buzz these days (or not getting it) but a good cup of coffee is really nice. Something you can pause for a few seconds and enjoy before jumping back into things.
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Does this mean backup generators have failed or is the fault somewhere outside the datacenter? Time to start shopping.
It's news because for a number of readers will be effected (no matter how many times it might have happened in the past). As for chrooting it's really a shame more packages *aren't* commonly jailed. But even bind isn't frequently chroot by default.
Of course I know the slashdot effect (we all do) but Farked, that's the first time I've heard that term. Which is even funnier because I host an arts and music website that was 'farked'. They actually drove the poor disk right into the ground, took me two days working with my hosting provider to recover the server and restore the site. I wasn't laughing so much then, but I probably would have if I'd heard that.
It was shit brown. And boxy. At best it was like a weird experiment or something MS marketing let escape. I'm assuming 2.0 will come in more flattering colors and we can actually play the features game. But honestly, 1.0 looks like it feel straight off the shelf at your local second-hand shop. Maybe underneath the mismatched leather shoes and broken football trophy.
Just as over-rated. But I realized leaving your post modded higher makes more sense anyway (since you obviously weren't ust trying to be a prick and this why the whole conversations is easy to read).
As you'll see in one of the follow-up posts to this parent the software is being run on a second systems (since as you point out Vista isn't supported the listener is XP).
As to the credibility of the rest of the story I suppose that's up for grabs. Or rather reproducibility. Sniffing software is easy enough to install/use. Maybe the poster of the original story is being watched via a government trojan. Maybe there is a backdoor for the government to use to monitor potential criminal. I imagine if ALL Vista systems phoned home like this they'd be drown in data so it's either addition software, activated existing feature or hoax/fluke.
You've been out of the game too long. Porn is totally in. Life emulates ...art? Anyway, kids today are more sexually active and experimental then you probably think. Then look at the popularity of sites like I Shot Myself and you can see that porn and real-life are beginning to merge on some kind of middle ground.
But I have to admit, the balloon popping porn still has me scratching my head.
Fold and close the door? The summary says they are requiring the use of a client. From the sound of it, a proxy that funnels your traffic. Frankly I don't see how this would protect their customers. What it does do is exclude non-Windows users (their previous version provided a web-based service that only required a browser with SSL support).
If the NSA/FBI/etc wants to broker/enforce a court order/etc this does nothing to slow that down.
I saw this done years ago at an art exhibit in Seattle at 911 Media Arts. I thought it was cool (in that industrial sense) but I didn't expect to be reading about it as news something like 15 years later.
Most people don't know a thing about the throng of Linux based distros. It's more an insider joke. You're mild computer user knows one or two at best. If they know more they've been digging around and no longer fit the category.
The truth is that the diversity is great. I don't want to see 1000's of distros pushed mainstream per-se, but there is often a reason for the variety. It suits someone anyway.
What I would like to see is more collaboration. Why is Redhat/Fedora building the cludgy system-config* and Suse sticking with YAST while Mandrake (who seems to be losing favor but has committed all their development to the GPL) created DrakeConfig, which actually almost worked.
Who the hell uses a digital camera to encode a book in the first place? Talk about annoying. I almost feel bad for the guy/gal.
And as for the impact, books are good to lay down in bed with. Take to the park. Sit at the couch. Anything I'm intent on reading is on paper. ASCII/HTML if I *have* to. But fuzzy images? No thanks.
I think this is more of a story then an event. Marginally interesting, but useless.
Lol. Problem is you can never tell if someone seriously is that uptight about words (exceptions, many apologies) or just giving you shit for quick post from work. Not even a post history to check so I'll assume flip. Still, would be funnier if we could see.
Oh thanks for clearing that up for me. I'm so relieved.
Some technologies are simply too easily abused. You want to check my system for criminal activity? Fine. Get a warrant and confiscate it. I don't think this is anti 5-0. This is checks and balances. There are tons of great people involved in law enforcement, but adding tools and acceptions like this is just taking another needless step down a slippery slope.
We keep gleefully throwing away our rights in the name of what? Fear? That's bad rationale. Our founding fathers must be turning in their graves.
Kind of like Goblin but for Mobile.
Is there some kind of secret rule that ties OSS projects to terrible naming? Maybe like a blood pact or something?
At least 2 of his 20 published submissions were from non-networkworld sources. Of course his only posted comment is a 'correction' to a story linking which he's trying to point to....networkworld. Astro-tuffing should get some kind of modding too. And why are submitters not linked to directly, I had to cut/paste his name in just to see his profile.
The next big thing will be INTEGRATION. Anyone not sick of having 1093094 account each with separate password/usernames please raise your hands. Web 2.0 has been all about features. 3.0 will have to be about better managing them. 4.0 would be a good point for the reviving of the thin client approach. Your system anywhere. Sounds good, but not before the mess of 2.0 sites can be managed.
While I think that would be great unfortunately I don't see how that could happen. For one, some rights holders (at least for now) *do* want the compensation and might even have an interest in whatever underlying strategy there might be. Two, as you work your way up to the larger labels they do become actively protective. As in agreements get reviewed instead of the wink/nod system smaller labels and artists are usually (not always) comfortable with.
I like CDBaby but for something like this to work it would have to be 50% marketing glitz and 50% independent organization. Because you need to lure the rights holders interest and then keep them comfortable. CDBaby is great, but they have a personal/financial interest that would likely pose a conflict or at the very least make someones lawyers uneasy.
A 501c(3) likely with industry backing would do it. But unfortunately everyone seems pretty balless right now which is why I'd be perfectly happy to see this go through. SoundExchange et al do not care about small to mid-sized artists or labels. They don't care about broadcasters. They care about the big labels and control. Period. That's where the money is.
The SoundExchange doesn't make it impractical it makes it necessary. SoundExchange exercises blanket rights on behalf of the rights holder unless the rights hold explicitly grants rights that would supersede these rights (ie provides a broadcast agreement or exemption of their own).
So while SE is still the big dumb 400lb gorilla in the room they are only able to act on behalf of holders that haven't chosen terms for themselves. Which is why bitching about this is so stupid. Setup a clearing house making it easy for record labels, artists, etc to provide limited rights easily (think terms that protect the property while granting specific broadcast rights and maybe an industry style logo that can be used as a badge on websites making it clear that this artist has chose to allow these kinds of promotion).
Micro managing like I've done only works on a very small scale (but it allows me to side-step ascap and se). But there are a lot of bigger players out there and the shear number of bands and labels looking for increased exposure leave me seriously scratching my head. It just doesn't add up.
Compulsory by no means gives them rights that supersede the rights of the property owner. I could care less if they have blanket licensing because at the end of the day the label/artist/etc can choose terms they prefer. The only piece that is missing is the piece that would manage alternative broadcast rights. Without this you are absolutely right, most artists will default to SE compulsory licensing whether they know it or not.
But you should re-read the terms. The rights that SoundExchange exercise's on behalf of rights holder by no means supersedes their rights.
The begging is pathetic. You don't try to worm your way into getting a broken system to work. You fucking bypass it. If they aren't ready to do that but would rather beg their audience fuck them.
What needs to be done is putting that whining commitment (and the money they are frittering away) into something that supports the cause as they see it. Namely an alternative for licensing that promotes reasonable use (as seen by both the artist/label and radio/streamer/etc). If they aren't willing to do that then let them hurt until they see it more clearly. The RIAA and the US Copyright Royalty Board are both well funded and motivated by *their own interests*. Not the label. Not the artist. And you want to crawl in bed with them? !!!
Sorry if I'm ranting but this is just so fucking stupid.
FTR, I AM a internet broadcaster. I try to work closely with the artist because A) I support small artists which tend to be interested that you're interested B) I can't afford the royalty schemes, I can't afford the management of the license. I have a day job that lets me afford the whole project in the first place. Fact: 99% of artists want 1) to protect their property (fair enough) 2) to be heard (guess what they love? that right what they do).
Personally I think this is the best thing to happen in a long time. Let the poor morons sink. Lose millions of dollars or whatever else they fear will happen. Maybe a few with some cash (like they money they've wasted fight this..) will wise the fuck up and setup means for artists/labels to provide limited rights to broadcasters. This should have been done ages ago. Take back control.
Well...we were supposed to give the power to the people. You know, a democracy. But as it turns out all political systems have a life-cycle and it seems the ideals have grown old and the people have begun to forget. Viva la....oh that's quite a while off. But it *is* part of the life-cycle!
Porn sites get it. And they get it so well they've ignored it. As far as I'm concerned 2.0 is about services (disclaimer: I do work in the industry). Creative, often novel web services. It's creating and ever thickening grime of new services and paradigm shifts. Frankly, it's a mess and for some reason no-ones noticed yet. I have dozens of account with different services. Even my savvy friends frequently try to hook me onto the next "great idea".
Porn sites have CCbill and affiliations. They might not be leading any cutting edge with this, but if there is a 3.0 it will be the end of the lattice-like, patch-work of features and communities. It will be integration maybe even compatibility. I think porn sites cooperate already a lot more then most. Maybe they'll lead the charge.
I've gone from heavy coffee to no coffee to black tea, various green teas and yerba mate. I think the key you're missing is moderation. After years of not drinking coffee at all I'm back to it. It's just a damn good drink. No surprise it's been around for as long as it has.
But using the health card smacks of bs. You abused it, plain and simple. That's just unhealthy behavior (I've abused plenty of things so don't think I'm trying to talk down to you).
Now qualitatively caffeine might not be the best therapeutic solution, but it's accepted as a lifestyle drug and easily obtainable.
I just have to get that out of the way.
I worked as a barista at a popular Seattle coffee house for years (B&O). I had a friend who worked there that pounded coffee like it was going out of style. Really hit the stuff. But a lot of people liked there coffee in excess so I didn't think too much of it.
One day he came in and had some weird bald patches on his head. Turns out he'd seen a doctor and was told that he'd been drinking so much caffeine that he'd become vitamin deficient and started losing hair.
I'm sure this doesn't happen often and god knows the poor Starbucks generation is getting even more caffeine, but I thought it was pretty amazing. He cut back. Didn't stop.
While I worked at the coffee house I always kind of had to laugh at myself because every time I'd have a few days off I'd get those headaches you get, but I wouldn't put it together because drinking coffee was actually more a part of my work routine (usually late in the first day I'd smack myself).
I've done years as a non-coffee drinker but finally started drinking again. Somethings are just good. I'm not so concerned about the buzz these days (or not getting it) but a good cup of coffee is really nice. Something you can pause for a few seconds and enjoy before jumping back into things.
I drank that as a kid, I think it's been out more then a few years. But it is very difficult to find (the diet is much easier).
Good drink though.