Tainting the jury? Probably not. Because of a general lack of interest in goings-on and the media, I'm guessing a huge number of people would have no idea who KSM is. The first they'll hear about him (or realize they are hearing about him) will be during jury selection.
> This isn't some Orwell-inspired conspiracy to silence freedom of expression, this is a valid objection to the use of equipment in an educational institution being used inappropriately
I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Unless you hate cats.
Then you and the other posters who have used this example need glasses. There's a reason you can still make an emergency call even when the phone is locked. Nothing they'll do as a result of this patent will change anything along those same lines.
It's funny, and maybe it's a coincidence (correlation != causation, right?) but from a lot of people I've talked to here in D.C. they've found it to be the same case with their primary's. Again, could be coincidence, could be the people with whom I associate, but pretty much as a rule, they find their doctors to be likewise.
You must have a truly crappy doctor. All of the ones I've had continued reading up on (and contributed to) medical journals, attending conferences, etc. etc. Might I suggest dropping your Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage?;)
So to heck with the general public. One of the Ask Slashdot articles today is a SysAdmin asking for suggestions on how to explain Web traffic/network uptime/etc. to his PHB. Why not make it easy for/. readers to basically do the same and represent our non-tech friends and others? It would be great if stories like this, ones that piss us off, have a "Write a Letter to your Congressman/Woman/Comcast/Etc/" option. Have some sort of system where you can click a link, add your (real name) to a list with a pre-written quick intro (Dear [Your Name Here] - Attached are a list of X no. of petitioners who are knowledgeable in technology and have taken umbrage with your decision to Y." and then after X amount of time the petition gets sent, en masse, to the appropriate party.
True, not as a standalone component. But as part of some sort of centralized, combined home system it makes sense. Voice dialing from anywhere in the room with the call moving with you from room to room means being able to use both hands while talking (without a stupid Borg bluetooth headpiece). Combine it with skype and TV and you've got video chat. Combine it further with a camera and you have a baby monitor that you can check on with PiP on the TV (Jesus. Would mean someone would actually use PiP). I can think of all kinds of applications, but like you said, a standalone advancement of landline-like phone technology doesn't make sense. That said, there must be enough of a market for non-cellphone home-phone usage for Verizon, Comcast, etc. to put effort into their VoIP product (I know, it's part of the marketing strategy of getting your floor wax and dessert topping from one location, but it's still an offering that plenty of folks take.)
> Nothing is probably going to change about this until corporations as a whole have their guts and power ripped out and customers gain some sort of leverage back from them
Should have ended the sentence after the word, "this." Ain't going to change.
But it should go both ways. If I'm on hold for more than 15 minutes and because of the crappy on-hold music they play I don't have the mental bandwidth to do anything else, they owe me a month's free service. If we detect their lawyers consume more than a certain amount of their allocated air, another free month. Sounds fair to me.
CaptSlaq, what are you talking about? Reporting facts is (should be) a cornerstone of what separates a "journalist" from a "blogger." The point of journalism is to accurately report on events, informing people about those events of which they would otherwise not be aware. By opening readers' eyes to things, you have the potential to spur them into action. Every reporter provides analysis when writing a story. Hell, even the transition sentences between paragraphs are analysis of how the facts/statements in the previous paragraph lead to the next.
misexistentialist, that was supposed to be "plight." And people don't read journalists. Possibly their T-shirts, or their articles, but rarely, if ever, the journalist.
Not entirely - Sure, when I was a reporter it did great things for my ego to have folks tell me they read an article I did and having one on the front page made it tough to fit my ego through a doorway, but I (and most of the other folks I went through J-School with) did it because we honestly thought we would accomplish something, do something to better society. While I won a couple of awards for some invetigative pieces I did (specifically on the blight of the homeless in Central California and programs designed to protect battered women) and saw some (minor) positive changes come of it, I realized that I was never going to be one of those reporters who would change the world. I didn't decide to get out of the business because my ego was bruised that I wasn't accomplishing a lofty goal - I got out of it because I moved into fields where I have been able to do some good.
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Tainting the jury? Probably not. Because of a general lack of interest in goings-on and the media, I'm guessing a huge number of people would have no idea who KSM is. The first they'll hear about him (or realize they are hearing about him) will be during jury selection.
Delores?
With that name, I'm amazed the politicians didn't come up with the idea themselves.
Or don't. If it works for you guys, then why the hell would someone recommend switching to something else?
> This isn't some Orwell-inspired conspiracy to silence freedom of expression, this is a valid objection to the use of equipment in an educational institution being used inappropriately
I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Unless you hate cats.
> I have this vision of trying to dial 911
Then you and the other posters who have used this example need glasses. There's a reason you can still make an emergency call even when the phone is locked. Nothing they'll do as a result of this patent will change anything along those same lines.
Yup, 'cause they have no history in tracking down people who flee. Just ask Georgi Markov ...
It's funny, and maybe it's a coincidence (correlation != causation, right?) but from a lot of people I've talked to here in D.C. they've found it to be the same case with their primary's. Again, could be coincidence, could be the people with whom I associate, but pretty much as a rule, they find their doctors to be likewise.
You must have a truly crappy doctor. All of the ones I've had continued reading up on (and contributed to) medical journals, attending conferences, etc. etc. Might I suggest dropping your Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage? ;)
Robert Langdon If anyone can get to the bottom of this conspiracy, it's gotta be him! ;)
Actually, Angina P is incredibly talented (Flash warning on the homepage.) Her music is quite enjoyable.
Nah. He didn't hyphenate poo-flinging primate ;)
What next? Verizon sues Merriam-Webster to redefine the word, "unlimited"?
(NOTE: Almost completely offtopic)
/. readers to basically do the same and represent our non-tech friends and others? It would be great if stories like this, ones that piss us off, have a "Write a Letter to your Congressman/Woman/Comcast/Etc/" option. Have some sort of system where you can click a link, add your (real name) to a list with a pre-written quick intro (Dear [Your Name Here] - Attached are a list of X no. of petitioners who are knowledgeable in technology and have taken umbrage with your decision to Y." and then after X amount of time the petition gets sent, en masse, to the appropriate party.
So to heck with the general public. One of the Ask Slashdot articles today is a SysAdmin asking for suggestions on how to explain Web traffic/network uptime/etc. to his PHB. Why not make it easy for
What about fear of failing in their contribution to jihad/their believed duty to Allah?
Apparently MacGyver reads /. but is too afraid to login.
Or people afraid that they're living in an Orwellian state.
True, not as a standalone component. But as part of some sort of centralized, combined home system it makes sense. Voice dialing from anywhere in the room with the call moving with you from room to room means being able to use both hands while talking (without a stupid Borg bluetooth headpiece). Combine it with skype and TV and you've got video chat. Combine it further with a camera and you have a baby monitor that you can check on with PiP on the TV (Jesus. Would mean someone would actually use PiP). I can think of all kinds of applications, but like you said, a standalone advancement of landline-like phone technology doesn't make sense. That said, there must be enough of a market for non-cellphone home-phone usage for Verizon, Comcast, etc. to put effort into their VoIP product (I know, it's part of the marketing strategy of getting your floor wax and dessert topping from one location, but it's still an offering that plenty of folks take.)
> Nothing is probably going to change about this until corporations as a whole have their guts and power ripped out and customers gain some sort of leverage back from them
Should have ended the sentence after the word, "this." Ain't going to change.
But it should go both ways. If I'm on hold for more than 15 minutes and because of the crappy on-hold music they play I don't have the mental bandwidth to do anything else, they owe me a month's free service. If we detect their lawyers consume more than a certain amount of their allocated air, another free month. Sounds fair to me.
CaptSlaq, what are you talking about? Reporting facts is (should be) a cornerstone of what separates a "journalist" from a "blogger." The point of journalism is to accurately report on events, informing people about those events of which they would otherwise not be aware. By opening readers' eyes to things, you have the potential to spur them into action. Every reporter provides analysis when writing a story. Hell, even the transition sentences between paragraphs are analysis of how the facts/statements in the previous paragraph lead to the next.
misexistentialist, that was supposed to be "plight." And people don't read journalists. Possibly their T-shirts, or their articles, but rarely, if ever, the journalist.
> opinions are worth crap these days
Apparently Newsday thinks they're worth $5.
Not entirely - Sure, when I was a reporter it did great things for my ego to have folks tell me they read an article I did and having one on the front page made it tough to fit my ego through a doorway, but I (and most of the other folks I went through J-School with) did it because we honestly thought we would accomplish something, do something to better society. While I won a couple of awards for some invetigative pieces I did (specifically on the blight of the homeless in Central California and programs designed to protect battered women) and saw some (minor) positive changes come of it, I realized that I was never going to be one of those reporters who would change the world. I didn't decide to get out of the business because my ego was bruised that I wasn't accomplishing a lofty goal - I got out of it because I moved into fields where I have been able to do some good.
Apparently so: The Bible
(yeah, yeah. I know. I'm joking).