To this day Adria Richards still blame the guy who got fired, [...]
If that's true, I think she's wrong. Just like all those who blame Adria Richards for getting the guy fired are wrong.
She went on TV, radio, social media, even made money with her blog and her conferences discussing this incident.
I'm not quite sure what you meant by this. If you meant to say that the Internet shitstorm became news, that is true. If you meant to imply that she milked it for All The Publicity, that is not true.
The mob was not the guilty party in this case. She is 100% to blame [...]
The outrage machine ground on unbeknownst to them.
This is the key point. The outrage machine turned on her just as much as it turned on them.
I don't expect people to understand this, because we all like to believe in conspiracy theories and we all like to think that people who agree with us would never react in a bad way, but the plain and simple fact is that Internet outrage machine is an equal opportunity shithead. Were it up to the people who were in that conference, nobody would have been fired. Thanks to the mob, both of them were fired.
Jon Ronson was spot on in his talk. This has nothing to do with what Adria Richards did, or what the guys who made the joke did, or even what the conference organisers did. It's all about what the Internet mob did to both parties.
Bullshit. I remember there being a time when you could have a 300 post discussion here when a new file system came out when everybody would be comparing and arguing the various pros and cons of the new file system when compared to what was already out, now?
To be fair, there hasn't been a new file system worth talking about in quite some time.
First off, congratulations on having the most relevant username for a death of K5 story.
Secondly, and most importantly, there is no "replacement". The dot-com bubble has been and gone. My only visit to California was OSCON 2000, just before the bubble burst. I remember thinking at the time just how crazy it all was, and how little everyone there seemed to understand about the world outside the bubble.
What happened to OSDN, to Slashdot, to K5, to Freshmeat, to Segfault? Reality came crashing in and we all (well, most of us) grew up. The fantasy world is gone and we will not get it back.
Does geoblocking always count as a "protection method" under the DMCA?
IANA(US)L, obviously, but the answer is "maybe". The question of what exactly constitutes a TPM was tested in the High Court of Australia, and they found that a TPM has to be a copy control measure, not just an access control measure. Hence, the mere circumventing of geoblocking is not illegal because you didn't try to get around copy protection, you only got around access control.
In fact, the decision (which was about PlayStation modchipping) explicitly pointed out that differential pricing was a risk: "If the present case is taken as an illustration, Sony’s interpretation would permit the effective enforcement, through a technological measure, of the division of global markets designated by Sony. It would have the effect of imposing, at least potentially, differential price structures in those separate markets. In short, it would give Sony broader powers over pricing of its products in its self-designated markets than the Copyright Act in Australia would ordinarily allow."
If I'm reading the DMCA correctly, this is not the case in the US, where it's generally illegal to circumvent an access control measure.
The reason content producers are doing it the way they are is simple. Money All the distributors are willing to pay $$$$$ for geographic distribution exclusivity. If they weren't granted it (say, to give Netflix the ability to show it too), then they'd only be willing to pay $, and Netflix pays $. So the math is obvious - with geographic limitations, you get $$$$$. With no geographic restrictions, you only get $$.
I think that's true in some markets, but not in others.
In Australia (as in the UK), there isn't a monopoly on VOD services. A producer could sell their content to Netflix, and Presto, and Stan, and Fetch TV. If each of them pays $, you get $$$$ and, as an added bonus, almost nobody pirates your shit.
Why the fuck are we demonizing anybody who makes a lot of money?
Occupy was never a single group of people with a single agenda. Nonetheless, one of the key complaints wasn't that there were people who had a lot of money, but the fact that people in that position can buy corrupt influence over democracy. The "99%" bore the brunt of the pain and suffering caused by the financial crisis of 2007-2009. None of the "1%" were prosecuted.
Of course every left-wing organisation with a random thought climbed under the umbrella too. It's an interesting parallel to what happened to the Tea Party, which started with complaints such as that the US government was borrowing money to bail out banks, and ended up as a corporate tool and private power trip for kooky right-wing politicians.
I agree that nothing about this is worthy of the Slashdot front page.
I respectfully disagree. Most of the "story" is kind of pointless, but a collaboration between Edward Snowden and Jean-Michel Jarre is as "news for nerds" as it gets.
You're just spouting out the obvious now trying to stay relevant.
It's obvious to you and obvious to me, but it's not obvious to most of those teenage girls on Twitter (let alone most of the readership of the LA Times or the Telegraph). Look outside the tech bubble for a moment and you'll find a lot of people who need the obvious explained to them.
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Look at her resume after this incident.
I just did. She appears to be employed. Was I supposed to notice something specific?
For for comparison, I also notice that Justine Sacco and Monica Lewinsky also appear to have paying gigs.
To this day Adria Richards still blame the guy who got fired, [...]
If that's true, I think she's wrong. Just like all those who blame Adria Richards for getting the guy fired are wrong.
She went on TV, radio, social media, even made money with her blog and her conferences discussing this incident.
I'm not quite sure what you meant by this. If you meant to say that the Internet shitstorm became news, that is true. If you meant to imply that she milked it for All The Publicity, that is not true.
The mob was not the guilty party in this case. She is 100% to blame [...]
I hope the mob never targets you.
The outrage machine ground on unbeknownst to them.
This is the key point. The outrage machine turned on her just as much as it turned on them.
I don't expect people to understand this, because we all like to believe in conspiracy theories and we all like to think that people who agree with us would never react in a bad way, but the plain and simple fact is that Internet outrage machine is an equal opportunity shithead. Were it up to the people who were in that conference, nobody would have been fired. Thanks to the mob, both of them were fired.
Jon Ronson was spot on in his talk. This has nothing to do with what Adria Richards did, or what the guys who made the joke did, or even what the conference organisers did. It's all about what the Internet mob did to both parties.
Adria Richards did not get that guy fired. The Internet mob of crazy got them both fired.
A lot of people seem to forget that rather important fact, possibly because it inconveniently doesn't fit with anyone's approved narrative.
My guess: for a mountain, all you need to do is pile up dirt.
Even simpler, you could build a molehill and then invite the Slashdot comment section over to do the rest.
I see no problem with divergent, even inflammatory remarks as long as good supporting arguments follow.
I wouldn't have a problem with it if that actually happened more than once in a while.
Bullshit. I remember there being a time when you could have a 300 post discussion here when a new file system came out when everybody would be comparing and arguing the various pros and cons of the new file system when compared to what was already out, now?
To be fair, there hasn't been a new file system worth talking about in quite some time.
First off, congratulations on having the most relevant username for a death of K5 story.
Secondly, and most importantly, there is no "replacement". The dot-com bubble has been and gone. My only visit to California was OSCON 2000, just before the bubble burst. I remember thinking at the time just how crazy it all was, and how little everyone there seemed to understand about the world outside the bubble.
What happened to OSDN, to Slashdot, to K5, to Freshmeat, to Segfault? Reality came crashing in and we all (well, most of us) grew up. The fantasy world is gone and we will not get it back.
If they were going to get "creative" with how they spell things, [...]
Word of God is that the name was inspired by the character Da5id from Snow Crash. At least the name Kuro5hin gave you a fighting chance.
Does geoblocking always count as a "protection method" under the DMCA?
IANA(US)L, obviously, but the answer is "maybe". The question of what exactly constitutes a TPM was tested in the High Court of Australia, and they found that a TPM has to be a copy control measure, not just an access control measure. Hence, the mere circumventing of geoblocking is not illegal because you didn't try to get around copy protection, you only got around access control.
In fact, the decision (which was about PlayStation modchipping) explicitly pointed out that differential pricing was a risk: "If the present case is taken as an illustration, Sony’s interpretation would permit the effective enforcement, through a technological measure, of the division of global markets designated by Sony. It would have the effect of imposing, at least potentially, differential price structures in those separate markets. In short, it would give Sony broader powers over pricing of its products in its self-designated markets than the Copyright Act in Australia would ordinarily allow."
If I'm reading the DMCA correctly, this is not the case in the US, where it's generally illegal to circumvent an access control measure.
Only if you purchase lots of copies, import them and then try to sell in the US.
Wrong.
I think that's true in some markets, but not in others.
In Australia (as in the UK), there isn't a monopoly on VOD services. A producer could sell their content to Netflix, and Presto, and Stan, and Fetch TV. If each of them pays $, you get $$$$ and, as an added bonus, almost nobody pirates your shit.
Wasn't there something dodgy with Rusty as well?
No. Everyone knew that Rusty was blowing subscription/donations on yacht wax and monocle polish, and that's the way everyone liked it.
he has the world's most punchable face (look it up, its a fact) [...]
I tried to look up up, but for some reason I keep getting pictures of Martin Shkreli.
and she, well, she's not all that far behind in that area, either.
Speaking only for myself, while I wish many things for Carly Fiorina, physical violence is not one of them.
However, permission isn't required for using pseudonymous nicknames online.
Saved my bacon more than once, that did.
Isn't everyone here a tech worker? Does anyone here actually make under 50k?
And not everyone here lives in the US, you insensitive clod.
Why the fuck are we demonizing anybody who makes a lot of money?
Occupy was never a single group of people with a single agenda. Nonetheless, one of the key complaints wasn't that there were people who had a lot of money, but the fact that people in that position can buy corrupt influence over democracy. The "99%" bore the brunt of the pain and suffering caused by the financial crisis of 2007-2009. None of the "1%" were prosecuted.
Of course every left-wing organisation with a random thought climbed under the umbrella too. It's an interesting parallel to what happened to the Tea Party, which started with complaints such as that the US government was borrowing money to bail out banks, and ended up as a corporate tool and private power trip for kooky right-wing politicians.
Moore's Law has slowed, but Blinn's Law has not. Render times will only get longer in the near term.
Right, and Hyperion doesn't (currently) use GPU acceleration. Extremely heavy SIMD acceleration, of course, but no GPU yet.
I'm not sure how you'd get those.
It's called "docker".
I agree that nothing about this is worthy of the Slashdot front page.
I respectfully disagree. Most of the "story" is kind of pointless, but a collaboration between Edward Snowden and Jean-Michel Jarre is as "news for nerds" as it gets.
You're just spouting out the obvious now trying to stay relevant.
It's obvious to you and obvious to me, but it's not obvious to most of those teenage girls on Twitter (let alone most of the readership of the LA Times or the Telegraph). Look outside the tech bubble for a moment and you'll find a lot of people who need the obvious explained to them.
The "holy grail" of imprecise arithmetic research is to automate Hollywood accounting. We're still a long way off from that.
Congress shall make no law...
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial...
If you get a combination of +1s and -1s on the same comment on a contentious topic, you can reasonably infer what happened.