Would you say something differently if you knew it was being recorded? Why?
Years ago, I put up a sign in the lunch room where I worked, it said "wash your own dishes. Even if no one is looking."
Seems to me the same principle applies here... Eh, what do I know? I hardly say anything to anyone, and when I do, I say what I mean.
On the other hand, in today's world of digital recordings, cut-n-paste, out-of-context quotes, etc. I think "I never said that" should have the same legal weight as a "recording" of me saying it. After all, I can produce a "recording" saying the opposite, and yeah, that is a photo with me, Elvis, and the alien mother ship.
In the future we won't need to worry about all this secrecy. You can just do everything virtually, on the Internet. Use encryption if you have something to hide.
When you buy a ticket, they often come with a "EULA" - don't like the rules, don't buy the ticket.
I don't have any sporting events ticket stubs handy, but I am sure they have rules on them... my Zoo ticket even says I can't take pictures of the animals for "commercial use"...
If there is a "commercial use" clause in the NCAA rules, did the blogger really violate them? I haven't looked, but does this blogger have referral ads or anything else that might be construed as commercial?
I just read "The Green Leopard Plague" by Walter Jon Williams (c) 2003.
Similar use of public photos to track the past of someone. Not "vacation" photos, so maybe unrelated or an inspiration for a later story... actually, sounds a lot the same - "she", "otherwise off the map", "recognition software"...
See if you remember the author/story, if it was really "ten" years ago. Maybe it was only 3 or 4 years ago, or maybe it is a "Todd Goldman" moment...
There have been lots of people who think about this stuff.
One off the top of my head is the SF book Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan - the interesting bit here is that religious folks would be against teleportation of humans (I guess because it begs the question of who gets to keep the "soul", in the event of duplication...)
Etc... it's a rhetorical question, right up until the time it happens.
I usually put my name on stuff I buy anyhow. My Sharpie and/or label maker gets used almost every time I get a new gizmo. You never know when you might misplace something and some kind soul will return it - if they know who to contact. So I agree with the parent. What do I care if my songs are marked with my userid? Maybe I will lose them and someone will email them back to me;-)
Folks who are going to "share" files in a big way probably aren't buying them for a buck a piece in the first place, so, while there might very well be "sharing" of some of these watermarked files, it won't be anything sinister. Besides people who cared enough to buy the song in the first place are probably the industries best customers.
Of course my userid is probably about as real as my slashdot name, but still.
Why is the FF file cache so obscure? (kept in hex named files that appear to be indirectly referenced by other map files...)
One think IE does right is a true file-for-file cache of what you have browsed.
Sometimes I like to troll thru my "Temporary Internet Files" folder and pick out a few bits for posterity. Especially large.swf or.flv files that I might have watched. The worst is when I watch one of those in FF, then want to grab the file... the easiest thing to do is to watch it AGAIN in IE so that I can go cache-picking later...
I have landlines... phone lines and cable modem lines.
I am getting old enough and affluent enough to the point where I don't care about the few extra bux a month it cost me to keep my land lines, vs going all cable voip. God knows they ask me to switch every month.
I just want to be sure that when I call 911 for my heart-attack, I get a connection.
Sooner or later there will be a "test case" and the God-damned lawyers will sort it out, "for sure".
The dotcom I did time with didn't waste their venture money in an obvious fun way... no, my dotcom took the money seriously and made the product more complex, all in the name of "raising the bar for competition", to make the Intellectual Property more unique, etc...
Of course that just ruined a simple "good thing", and it become bloated and so expensive that nobody wanted it...
Not to say that fake "chocolate" wouldn't sell buckets-worth at WalMart, it doesn't mean I will buy it. Someone will, but a couple of quotes come to mind;
What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet - W. Shakespeare.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. - A. Lincoln.
At the end of the day, the cheap stuff will be cheap, and sold at Target, and the good stuff will, um, cost more...
At what point does it make sense to "make your own power"?
Seriously, I have done no research, and I know there is an economy of scale issue, but if you really need lots of power, in one location, surely it must become cost effective at some point to build your own generator.
With no transmission loss, right-of-way issues, delivery infrastructure, etc. there has to be some break-even-point. Wouldn't the entire output of a 200MW plant be cheaper if it was just for a single on-site consumer?
I have 6 Windows computers in my house, at the moment (and some Linux ones too, I'm not totally Evil;-)
They all "work". Most are Win XP. One is Win 2000. Why would I change? They work!
My dad still runs Windows ME on one of his boxes, and, oddly enough, even that POS works for what he needs. I tell him to get rid of it when he asks me a question about it, but somehow the 80 year old man muddles thru and gets things working again (usually after I google-up the solution for him). Even with Win ME, he comes back at me with "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!".
He doesn't want to pay $129 (or whatever) for Win XP, and he won't take a bootleg, because, like most folks, he is an honest and upstanding guy.
OT: Don't even get me started about why I would want to point him at a totally OSS solution. Ain't gonna happen - if it ain't broke, don't Fix it! (especially if I have to support it!)
I'll bet you will be able to get a sweet discount on those new hyper-range ears.
You just need to sign up for a two year contract. But it will be.45/min if you go over your listening plan, and you don't even want to think about the roaming charges for hearing stuff you shouldn't.
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Years ago, I put up a sign in the lunch room where I worked, it said "wash your own dishes. Even if no one is looking."
Seems to me the same principle applies here... Eh, what do I know? I hardly say anything to anyone, and when I do, I say what I mean.
On the other hand, in today's world of digital recordings, cut-n-paste, out-of-context quotes, etc. I think "I never said that" should have the same legal weight as a "recording" of me saying it. After all, I can produce a "recording" saying the opposite, and yeah, that is a photo with me, Elvis, and the alien mother ship.
N,IDNRTFA.
Oh, wait... never mind.
I don't have any sporting events ticket stubs handy, but I am sure they have rules on them... my Zoo ticket even says I can't take pictures of the animals for "commercial use"...
If there is a "commercial use" clause in the NCAA rules, did the blogger really violate them? I haven't looked, but does this blogger have referral ads or anything else that might be construed as commercial?
Whoever named that feature the Trashtalk Volcano knew too much...
Similar use of public photos to track the past of someone. Not "vacation" photos, so maybe unrelated or an inspiration for a later story... actually, sounds a lot the same - "she", "otherwise off the map", "recognition software"...
See if you remember the author/story, if it was really "ten" years ago. Maybe it was only 3 or 4 years ago, or maybe it is a "Todd Goldman" moment...
Just Google "California Assembly Bill 1634" and you will see that California is close to mandating the sterilization of a renewable food source.
One off the top of my head is the SF book Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan - the interesting bit here is that religious folks would be against teleportation of humans (I guess because it begs the question of who gets to keep the "soul", in the event of duplication...)
Etc... it's a rhetorical question, right up until the time it happens.
You can just download them again, right?
Folks who are going to "share" files in a big way probably aren't buying them for a buck a piece in the first place, so, while there might very well be "sharing" of some of these watermarked files, it won't be anything sinister. Besides people who cared enough to buy the song in the first place are probably the industries best customers.
Of course my userid is probably about as real as my slashdot name, but still.
Oh, wait. Nevermind.
D'oh!
One think IE does right is a true file-for-file cache of what you have browsed.
Sometimes I like to troll thru my "Temporary Internet Files" folder and pick out a few bits for posterity. Especially large .swf or .flv files that I might have watched. The worst is when I watch one of those in FF, then want to grab the file... the easiest thing to do is to watch it AGAIN in IE so that I can go cache-picking later...
maybe it's just me.
I remember tearing apart a small one as a kid - out of a 100 lb 80 x 25 monochrome CRT. A bunch of wire in a foot square metal box.
I am getting old enough and affluent enough to the point where I don't care about the few extra bux a month it cost me to keep my land lines, vs going all cable voip. God knows they ask me to switch every month.
I just want to be sure that when I call 911 for my heart-attack, I get a connection.
Sooner or later there will be a "test case" and the God-damned lawyers will sort it out, "for sure".
Until then, "whatever".
Many will not be able to tell them apart.
Maybe Mr. Jobs only "works" 10 minutes a year or so...
And if one of those species drops off the radar, I guess it wasn't meant to be...
I hope Karma is real and he comes back as a piss-off research ape in a Chinese lab and rips some arms off of someone responsible.
The dotcom I did time with didn't waste their venture money in an obvious fun way... no, my dotcom took the money seriously and made the product more complex, all in the name of "raising the bar for competition", to make the Intellectual Property more unique, etc...
Of course that just ruined a simple "good thing", and it become bloated and so expensive that nobody wanted it...
What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet - W. Shakespeare.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. - A. Lincoln.
At the end of the day, the cheap stuff will be cheap, and sold at Target, and the good stuff will, um, cost more...
Is anyone else concerned that there will be a "Doc Ock" working with a high energy device?
Of course, the anchor tether will have to be stronger than spider's silk, so there should be someone on hand to keep Doc Ock in check!
Seriously, I have done no research, and I know there is an economy of scale issue, but if you really need lots of power, in one location, surely it must become cost effective at some point to build your own generator.
With no transmission loss, right-of-way issues, delivery infrastructure, etc. there has to be some break-even-point. Wouldn't the entire output of a 200MW plant be cheaper if it was just for a single on-site consumer?
Discuss amongst yourselves, thank you.
They all "work". Most are Win XP. One is Win 2000. Why would I change? They work!
My dad still runs Windows ME on one of his boxes, and, oddly enough, even that POS works for what he needs. I tell him to get rid of it when he asks me a question about it, but somehow the 80 year old man muddles thru and gets things working again (usually after I google-up the solution for him). Even with Win ME, he comes back at me with "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!".
He doesn't want to pay $129 (or whatever) for Win XP, and he won't take a bootleg, because, like most folks, he is an honest and upstanding guy.
OT: Don't even get me started about why I would want to point him at a totally OSS solution. Ain't gonna happen - if it ain't broke, don't Fix it! (especially if I have to support it!)
You just need to sign up for a two year contract. But it will be .45/min if you go over your listening plan, and you don't even want to think about the roaming charges for hearing stuff you shouldn't.
Can you hear me now?