What exactly is the benefit for using Claria?! Why would ANYONE want ads showing up on their computers?! Can someone explain this too me? This company is making millions and aren't give the end-users a single benefit.
It can't be eWallet. All modern browsers can store usernames and passwords.
It appears to be that Claria succeeds on nothing more than tricking (l)users into installing the software. And how is that a good thing?
First, Microsoft doesn't make money on patches. Second, Microsoft has a monopoly on desktop OSes so it's not as if users really have a choice to change. Thus, Microsoft has absolutely no incentive to fix its problems.
Eventually Microsoft will move us to a subscription model, where we'll pay to get updates every year. At that time it'll have the incentive to fix its software, but it'll cost us.
...and it's not just the errors. It's the ipoor writing that gets me. I've read high-school papers better than most of the crap on Wikipedia.
However, I still think Seigenthaler is full of shit. First, it's not libel because no one would ever believe the asinine allegation. Second, he could have changed it any time he wanted.
I personally think this is just a well orchestrated attack on protecting common carriers from lawsuits. I'd bet anything trial attorneys are behind this fiasco and Seigenthaler is just the front.
It's well known that Google News is in beta because the company cannot make money from it. Once it starts making a profit its "fair use" defense will disappear and the lawyers from all of those news sources will start suing it dry. It'll be in beta forever, or at least until they find a way to make a profit off of it without risking a lawsuit.
But the 30% figure is meaningless. First, it appears to be a purely subjective determination. It's not as if 30% of the notices were determined to be served in violation of the DMCA by yhe courts.
And second, and MUCH worse, is where the notices were obtained. "900 notices collected by the Chilling Effects project."
The sample is NOT an average sample thus the results are flawed. Of course the notices submitted to the Chilling Effect project are going to be egregious. Why else would anyone submit them?! The fact that only 30% were determined to have been served in violation of the DMCA seems pretty good considering the source.
This story was created, or at least hyped, by retailers to convince us to by extended warranties. I can hear the blue shirted dweebs now, "Oh man you've GOT to buy the warranty. Haven't you heard?! These things are crashing right and left!"
"First go like this, spin around. Stop! Double take three times. One, two three. Theeeen PELVIC THRUST. Whoooo, Whooooooo. Stop on your right foot, DON'T FORGET IT! Now it's time to bring it around town. Bring-it-around-town. Then you do this, then this, and this, then this, then that, then this and that..."
Sadly, this is nothing new. KCET, the producing station of "Cosmos" series almost went bankrupt back in the 80s because they had a hard time securing corporate underwriters for that series.
No more suing entire families. Now broadcasters and the MPAA will know EXACTLY who to sue when you're fast forwarding though commercials, copying movies to your portable player, and other egregious acts of copyright infringement.
Several years ago when I lived in Maryland I read a story about a phone soliciting company "out sourcing" its work to small towns in eastern Maryland rather than overseas. The company had to pull the work because the small town people were too rude and condescending. It appears that one advantage of using third world labor is that they know their place.
The Right will only support funding for the new Hubble if it's used to find proof of the firmament. And of course the Left will only support it if it's used to find voters. Essentially, it's a huge quagmire.
But hopefully the issues can be solved so scientist can use it to search for what remains of freedom in the US.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. It should read: "This sounds like something I could easily expect from a captalist regime where not much is sacred except the progression of wealth FOR THE VERY FEW."
Where have you been?! Two such standards have been released and have been on sale for several years. Sony's SACD and everyone else's DVD-A. The problem is that no one gives a damn about them.
Or did you want the music industry to force these flops down the consumers' throats by eliminating the traditional CD?! That would have been corporate suicide as the backlash would have been phenomenal.
I have to disagree. Music and movies are different. When a person buys one song he's CERTAINLY heard the entire song several times before AND he certainly likes it.
With a movie, the most a person has is a review or word of mouth. He has no idea he'll like it at the time of purchasing his ticket. Thus, the price could possibly influence him.
I can't for the life of me imagine someone liking a song, looking for it on iTunes, and then NOT buying it because it's cheaper than they thought.
Oh it certainly won't happen. First, it makes sense. Thus, the US government could never do it. Second, manufactures do NOT want warning stickers. As you say some will simply put off buying new TVs. Manufacturers would rather have consumers buy now, get screwed, then be forced to buy again in a few years.
I agree with the Masked Engineer. Don't have a hard date, merely print "a label on every single device with an analog TV tuner explaining to consumers that there will come a day when that tuner will cease to function and an 'adapter' will be needed at extra cost."
That puts the consumer on notice and allows broadcasters to make the switch when they're ready. If they're ready sooner, the consumers were warned. If it's later, it's later.
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What exactly is the benefit for using Claria?! Why would ANYONE want ads showing up on their computers?! Can someone explain this too me? This company is making millions and aren't give the end-users a single benefit.
It can't be eWallet. All modern browsers can store usernames and passwords.
It appears to be that Claria succeeds on nothing more than tricking (l)users into installing the software. And how is that a good thing?
... to survive a nuclear attack. But it appears to have no protection against greed.
First, Microsoft doesn't make money on patches. Second, Microsoft has a monopoly on desktop OSes so it's not as if users really have a choice to change. Thus, Microsoft has absolutely no incentive to fix its problems.
Eventually Microsoft will move us to a subscription model, where we'll pay to get updates every year. At that time it'll have the incentive to fix its software, but it'll cost us.
"iPoor" Damn, now Apple is going to sue me for trademark infringement!
...and it's not just the errors. It's the ipoor writing that gets me. I've read high-school papers better than most of the crap on Wikipedia.
However, I still think Seigenthaler is full of shit. First, it's not libel because no one would ever believe the asinine allegation. Second, he could have changed it any time he wanted.
I personally think this is just a well orchestrated attack on protecting common carriers from lawsuits. I'd bet anything trial attorneys are behind this fiasco and Seigenthaler is just the front.
... there's actually a use for my old Diamond Monster II card?!
Can someone explain to me why I've been modded "redundant" even though I was the first to post this joke?!
I usually "pull out" after fucking someone too.
It's well known that Google News is in beta because the company cannot make money from it. Once it starts making a profit its "fair use" defense will disappear and the lawyers from all of those news sources will start suing it dry. It'll be in beta forever, or at least until they find a way to make a profit off of it without risking a lawsuit.
The first problem: What's porn? The second problem: Who decides what's porn? The third problem: Who enforces it?
That doesn't work. We already pay a tax on blank media but yet the RIAA still sues us for burning to it.
.... just to make absolutely certain I wasn't reading BBSpot's "Slashdot Story Generator" by mistake.
But the 30% figure is meaningless. First, it appears to be a purely subjective determination. It's not as if 30% of the notices were determined to be served in violation of the DMCA by yhe courts.
And second, and MUCH worse, is where the notices were obtained. "900 notices collected by the Chilling Effects project."
The sample is NOT an average sample thus the results are flawed. Of course the notices submitted to the Chilling Effect project are going to be egregious. Why else would anyone submit them?! The fact that only 30% were determined to have been served in violation of the DMCA seems pretty good considering the source.
This story was created, or at least hyped, by retailers to convince us to by extended warranties. I can hear the blue shirted dweebs now, "Oh man you've GOT to buy the warranty. Haven't you heard?! These things are crashing right and left!"
"First go like this, spin around. Stop! Double take three times. One, two three. Theeeen PELVIC THRUST. Whoooo, Whooooooo. Stop on your right foot, DON'T FORGET IT! Now it's time to bring it around town. Bring-it-around-town. Then you do this, then this, and this, then this, then that, then this and that..."
Sadly, this is nothing new. KCET, the producing station of "Cosmos" series almost went bankrupt back in the 80s because they had a hard time securing corporate underwriters for that series.
No more suing entire families. Now broadcasters and the MPAA will know EXACTLY who to sue when you're fast forwarding though commercials, copying movies to your portable player, and other egregious acts of copyright infringement.
Several years ago when I lived in Maryland I read a story about a phone soliciting company "out sourcing" its work to small towns in eastern Maryland rather than overseas. The company had to pull the work because the small town people were too rude and condescending. It appears that one advantage of using third world labor is that they know their place.
The Right will only support funding for the new Hubble if it's used to find proof of the firmament. And of course the Left will only support it if it's used to find voters. Essentially, it's a huge quagmire.
But hopefully the issues can be solved so scientist can use it to search for what remains of freedom in the US.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. It should read: "This sounds like something I could easily expect from a captalist regime where not much is sacred except the progression of wealth FOR THE VERY FEW."
Isn't that much better?!
"come out with an encrypted CD standard"
Where have you been?! Two such standards have been released and have been on sale for several years. Sony's SACD and everyone else's DVD-A. The problem is that no one gives a damn about them.
Or did you want the music industry to force these flops down the consumers' throats by eliminating the traditional CD?! That would have been corporate suicide as the backlash would have been phenomenal.
Um, could it be because people actually want jobs after graduating from college?!
I have to disagree. Music and movies are different. When a person buys one song he's CERTAINLY heard the entire song several times before AND he certainly likes it.
With a movie, the most a person has is a review or word of mouth. He has no idea he'll like it at the time of purchasing his ticket. Thus, the price could possibly influence him.
I can't for the life of me imagine someone liking a song, looking for it on iTunes, and then NOT buying it because it's cheaper than they thought.
Like I said, interesting, but wrong.
Oh it certainly won't happen. First, it makes sense. Thus, the US government could never do it. Second, manufactures do NOT want warning stickers. As you say some will simply put off buying new TVs. Manufacturers would rather have consumers buy now, get screwed, then be forced to buy again in a few years.
I agree with the Masked Engineer. Don't have a hard date, merely print "a label on every single device with an analog TV tuner explaining to consumers that there will come a day when that tuner will cease to function and an 'adapter' will be needed at extra cost."
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That puts the consumer on notice and allows broadcasters to make the switch when they're ready. If they're ready sooner, the consumers were warned. If it's later, it's later.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/Masked-Engin