Froogles.com should win, based on prior use, no attempt to confuse the public, and the obvious truth that the name is derived from "frugals". The ICANN people obviously understood this.
However, sometimes a big brand can win against even those odds. Wal-mart opened in Ottawa, Ontario in the early 1990s, just after it expanded to Canada. It immediately started litigation against Wool-Mart, a local wool store that had been around for years and years. Wool-Mart had never even heard of Wal-Mart before and, if it wasn't simply emphasizing wool, was more likely to be riding on the tails of "Woolworths". But Wal-mart won its case against Wool-Mart. Sometimes logic does not prevail.
True. But Mikerowesoft went for an Xbox and a set of MCSE courses. What's that worth? Maybe $10k, and it was all in-kind. Maybe Google could give away free searches and gmail. Oh, uh...:)
I'm not boasting about an MBA. I was addressing your comment about my profile involving socialism. Few socialists could tolerate 2 years in such a conservative, pro-capitalism environment...let alone work as a business manager. This is not to say they're incapable of the work, but that they would most often be at philosophical odds with the system, whether academic or industrial.
While I don't take all reporting in the following article at face value, a company official said; "They're second jobs, they're not jobs for the primary breadwinner, but it gives a family that much more income...." Such a statement clearly devalues the work of the person performing the job, and suggests that lower wages are warranted because a primary breadwinner exists. However, in many cases, this income is just as important as that of the person's spouse -- if the person even has a spouse. The company's argument sounds suspiciously like the reason governments had to pass legislation that said there was no such thing as a "going market rate for women" and a "going market rate for men" (US: Corning Glass Works v. Brennan (1974), U.S. Supreme Court). While the company in question may hire men at the same wage, it generally hires immigrant men whose credentials have not yet been recognized -- these men are, in some ways, not yet emancipated to compete for full wage positions.
I don't drink Starbucks, I have an Executive MBA from a top school (that means I have experience as a manager), and I've been to 17 countries other than Canada, including time spent living with families in five of them. I fail to see how I project insular or socialist views.
Yes, but Toronto accommodation is better value. This is the cheapest house in Toronto. This is the cheapest house in Vancouver.
(If the links don't work, go to MLS.ca and search for C451997 and 399618).
I live in Vancouver and I've been through some of these crackshack houses. The lots are much smaller than in Toronto, too.
My sister-in-law works for a company that contracts to MSN and MCI. The average hourly wage is $9 (CDN). She lives in a small town in Canada, but $9 an hour is still hard to live on. Her employer was recently quoted in the paper as saying that they view these jobs as secondary incomes and that people should therefore be happy to be making any extra money, or, in many cases, to have their first Canadian job (if they are a foreign-trained engineer, for example). In other words, the employer feels that white men have "real" jobs and that these C$9 an hour jobs bring luxury to the lives of women and immigrants. Ouch. This so-called "secondary income" employer is the main employer in several small towns in Canada. The jobs aren't secondary -- they're the only game in town.
Well, picking up on your reply (above), I can see that Wiki users could employ Wikipedia to further their view of the world. By taking a whack at topics in the encyclopedia (or other Wiki site), users can communicate their thoughts. In some cases, these ideas may be quirky or the actions may be fanatical -- wacky. Hence "Wiki-wacker". Whether through saturation of key topics, artful writing, or nurturing of followers, the Wiki-wacker affects the ideas that may be passed on to others, perhaps reproducing. The user pushes a particular meme -- becoming a memist (my term) or a memetic engineer (more popular term).
Sorry, I'm planning to do a PhD and I find Slashdot to be one of the few outlets for my academic interests in social capital, knowledge transfer, and diffusion of innovation. Although I read The Selfish Gene a long time ago, I hadn't considered it in this context. The wiki-wacker as memist.
Those are great points. I especially like the comment about shaping the world's culture. Wikipedia circumvents traditional academic hierarchies.
However, you noted, "* Following on from that, sharers of knowledge are celebrated in the community." How does Wikipedia celebrate those who share knowledge? How do contributors publicize their efforts? I can see how credibility marketing works elsewhere (lectures, articles, etc), but how does it work in an anomymous format?
Yes, but how do you prove you did it, if the submission is anonymous? Or have I completed missed my opportunity to put my name throughout my Wiki submissions?!
How do you think Wikipedia helps humans overcome their tendency to hoard knowledge? In capitalist societies, those with specialized knowledge can reap tremendous profits if market demand warrants. Even in non-capitalist societies, those with specialized knowledge may receive elevated status or other powers. Given that Wikipedia follows a not-for-profit model of anonymous submissions, what drivers lead people to contribute? Do you think status-oriented, rent-seeking individuals contribute to Wikipedia?
I went back to Wikipedia to edit an obscure Canadian entry after discovering I'd made an error. To my surprise, the article had already been fixed. Although 2 or 3 weeks had gone by, I'm still shocked that someone else cared about the same minor Canadian celebrity.
According to Scaled's Careers page, "We are sorry but Scaled is unable to hire Summer interns or Co-op students." I didn't think any high tech companies could cope without co-ops and interns!
It appears that the MPAA runs RespectCopyrights.org, a site designed to explain the evils of downloading videos. I noticed that the site links to an LA Times article called "Hollywood deals with piracy , a wary eye on CDs". However, although the article's copyright (LA Times) is noted, no other citation details are provided. You'd expect to find the full publication date, page, month and date. More importantly, you'd expect a disclaimer such as "Reprinted with permission from the LA Times" or "Official reprint: LA Times". I work in marketing and, in every case where I've reprinted an article, I've had to include such details (and pay a hefty reprint fee). The article on the MPAA site doesn't even provide a link to the LA Times site, so that users could obtain original copies -- this is a major marketing faux pas. And the article's title "THE BIG PICTURE PATRICK GOlDSTEIN" and subhead "Hollywood deals with piracy , a wary eye on CDs" contain punctuation mistakes, which might make you wonder about the care taken by the person making the reprint. Finally, the page ends with a copyright notice from the MPAA -- not one that says "Trademarks and copyrights from other sources belong to their original owners...." Although disclaimers are not necessary for copyright to take effect, you'd expect the MPAA to take particular care.
These apparent errors lead me to wonder about the status of this LA Times article. Did the MPAA gain permission? If the MPAA did obtain permission, why didn't they provide the full citation details? Why didn't they modify their own copyright for the page?
I'm considering asking the MPAA about this article, but I thought I'd let Slashdotters know about the incident first. It's possible that the MPAA has the right permissions, but you would think they'd try to set a good example in how they provide the reprint. MPAA's anti-piracy for US consumers is 1-800-NO-COPYS and hotline@mpaa.org. I live in Canada, so I'll try emailing.
By 1990, Commodore 64s were a thing of the past. But my family didn't have the money to upgrade to a newer computer, and I'd saved up 2 years of allowance to buy my C64 in 1984 or 85. Our computer desk consisted of a door mounted above an old shelving unit and some 2x4s. This provided a vast desktop, allowing for Coke spillage and other inevitable teenage mishaps. My father had installed a homemade slide-out shelf under the door (desktop). This is where I kept my C64 -- remember, the keyboard and the computer were one and the same. One evening, my sister and cousin, ages 10 or 11, were goofing around the computer. They slid a book under the C64 keyboard and later, not thinking, slammed the slide-out shelf shut. Several keys popped off the keyboard, breaking pins and other items in the process. Despite my best efforts, I could never restore my adored Commodore 64.
The mishap meant that I could no longer access my term papers, let alone the programs I'd developed. No one had a C64 anymore, so I was out of luck. For the rest of grades 11 and 12, I had to write papers by hand. BY HAND! And I stopped programming, since I had no outlet for my computer interests. Programming gave way to history, English, drama and other arts courses.
At the end of grade 12, I convinced my parents that my graduation gift should be a contribution toward a Smith-Corona wordprocessor. The wordprocessor would at least allow me to save papers, and it was about 1/3 the price of an IBM. That Smith-Corona served me through 3rd year university, when I took 2 terms off and worked, so I could save enough for school, accommodation, and, thank goodness, a Packard Hell. But I'll never forget my Commodore and the infamous Paperclip wordprocessing program...or how losing the C64 led me to major in English, not comp sci.:)
I live in Vancouver, BC, and studied Telus' competitive environment as part of my Executive MBA studies. Consumers can choose from Sprint, Primus, and 20 other long distance providers. Note that this link is from the Telus Yellow Pages. There are also about 12 local service providers.
The websites for Telus and the CRTC also discuss competition in local and long distance services. Telus provides info on problems with the practices of other local and long distance providers. I first experienced "slamming" (where a telco switches your long distance provider) in 1994 while living in Ottawa, when I was supposed to have Bell long distance, but a scammy company pulled me to their plan.
Telus doesn't have to refund the charges, as it is a content carrier, not a content provider. In Canada, telcos are considered carriers of content, and are therefore legally prohibited from blocking the flow of content, regardless of source. (Of course, the direct dial option is a clever way to get around fraudulent calls.) They can block certain traffic flows if the customer pays for the service, but otherwise regulating content would be a real hot potato. If telcos became responsible for content, they could get into trouble for anything people did on the phone -- e.g. crimes.
As for the countries in question, I've heard that they are the source of many fraudulent calls. According to my Telus statement from today, they all use North American area codes. A number like 1-592-XXX-XXXX looks more like it's going to London, Ontario than to Guyana. One of my friends called last month, because her modem had been hijacked. Every time she turned on the computer, it called Guyana. She had hundreds of dollars in charges, and could not find the evil applications, despite running Spybot, Adaware, and other programs. (I told her to, um, unplug the modem. And a search of all user profiles on her family's computer revealed the nasty xxxdialer.exe in a family member's files.) She fought hard with Telus, but I'm not sure they ever refunded the charges. I doubt they would -- it all goes back to the content carrier issue.
Canada opened its telecommunication system to competition several years ago. We've been able to choose long distance providers since 1992 and local services since 1997.
Michael Moore is not Canadian. He was born in Flint, Michigan, USA in 1954. He was elected to political office in Michigan at age 18 and went on to attend the University of Michigan. He notes that he is, was and always has been an American.
When I minored in Communications, I was taught that a documentary is a work of non-fiction but not a work of unbiased truth. The act of editing automatically creates an artificial construct or bias. There are several types of documentaries.
Textbook definitions include:
"A non-fiction text using 'actuality' footage, which may include the live recording of events and relevant research materials (i.e. interviews, statistics, etc.). This kind of text is uually informed by a particular point of view, and seeks to address a particular social issue which is related to and potentially affects the audience." --Paul Wells, "The Documentary Form: Personal and Social 'Realities,'" An Introduction to Film Studies, 2nd ed., ed. Jill Nelmes, 212.
"A term with a wide latitude of meaning, basically used to refer to any film or program not wholly fictional in nature." --James Monaco, The Dictionary of New Media, 94.
"A nonfiction film that organizes and presents factual materials to make a point." --Gerald Mast and Bruce F. Kawin, A Short History of the Movies, 7th ed., 646.
Facts can be true. But truth is made up of full context. Documentaries (and even news stories) are the results of editing decisions, so truth cannot be achieved. However, that doesn't mean the facts are lies.
Those scenes were filmed in Kananaskis, which is a 4,000 sq. km. region in Alberta. Although it's an easy drive from Calgary, it's a really big area, and certainly "desolate" in parts.
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Although I think that the regulations are a shame, situations like this can sometimes spur innovation. Perhaps, given the constraints at hand, someone will think of a new way to build or use rockets -- or even teach and observe rocketry. In the real world, engineers need to be able to build real rockets that consider safety, the regulatory environment, and viability. Maybe, by making kids think about some of these concepts, we'll inspire them to avoid building space shuttles that blow up.
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Froogles.com should win, based on prior use, no attempt to confuse the public, and the obvious truth that the name is derived from "frugals". The ICANN people obviously understood this. However, sometimes a big brand can win against even those odds. Wal-mart opened in Ottawa, Ontario in the early 1990s, just after it expanded to Canada. It immediately started litigation against Wool-Mart, a local wool store that had been around for years and years. Wool-Mart had never even heard of Wal-Mart before and, if it wasn't simply emphasizing wool, was more likely to be riding on the tails of "Woolworths". But Wal-mart won its case against Wool-Mart. Sometimes logic does not prevail.
True. But Mikerowesoft went for an Xbox and a set of MCSE courses. What's that worth? Maybe $10k, and it was all in-kind. Maybe Google could give away free searches and gmail. Oh, uh... :)
I'm not boasting about an MBA. I was addressing your comment about my profile involving socialism. Few socialists could tolerate 2 years in such a conservative, pro-capitalism environment...let alone work as a business manager. This is not to say they're incapable of the work, but that they would most often be at philosophical odds with the system, whether academic or industrial.
I don't drink Starbucks, I have an Executive MBA from a top school (that means I have experience as a manager), and I've been to 17 countries other than Canada, including time spent living with families in five of them. I fail to see how I project insular or socialist views.
Yes, but Toronto accommodation is better value. This is the cheapest house in Toronto. This is the cheapest house in Vancouver. (If the links don't work, go to MLS.ca and search for C451997 and 399618). I live in Vancouver and I've been through some of these crackshack houses. The lots are much smaller than in Toronto, too.
My sister-in-law works for a company that contracts to MSN and MCI. The average hourly wage is $9 (CDN). She lives in a small town in Canada, but $9 an hour is still hard to live on. Her employer was recently quoted in the paper as saying that they view these jobs as secondary incomes and that people should therefore be happy to be making any extra money, or, in many cases, to have their first Canadian job (if they are a foreign-trained engineer, for example). In other words, the employer feels that white men have "real" jobs and that these C$9 an hour jobs bring luxury to the lives of women and immigrants. Ouch. This so-called "secondary income" employer is the main employer in several small towns in Canada. The jobs aren't secondary -- they're the only game in town.
Well, picking up on your reply (above), I can see that Wiki users could employ Wikipedia to further their view of the world. By taking a whack at topics in the encyclopedia (or other Wiki site), users can communicate their thoughts. In some cases, these ideas may be quirky or the actions may be fanatical -- wacky. Hence "Wiki-wacker". Whether through saturation of key topics, artful writing, or nurturing of followers, the Wiki-wacker affects the ideas that may be passed on to others, perhaps reproducing. The user pushes a particular meme -- becoming a memist (my term) or a memetic engineer (more popular term).
Sorry, I'm planning to do a PhD and I find Slashdot to be one of the few outlets for my academic interests in social capital, knowledge transfer, and diffusion of innovation. Although I read The Selfish Gene a long time ago, I hadn't considered it in this context. The wiki-wacker as memist.
However, you noted, "* Following on from that, sharers of knowledge are celebrated in the community." How does Wikipedia celebrate those who share knowledge? How do contributors publicize their efforts? I can see how credibility marketing works elsewhere (lectures, articles, etc), but how does it work in an anomymous format?
Yes, but how do you prove you did it, if the submission is anonymous? Or have I completed missed my opportunity to put my name throughout my Wiki submissions?!
How do you think Wikipedia helps humans overcome their tendency to hoard knowledge? In capitalist societies, those with specialized knowledge can reap tremendous profits if market demand warrants. Even in non-capitalist societies, those with specialized knowledge may receive elevated status or other powers. Given that Wikipedia follows a not-for-profit model of anonymous submissions, what drivers lead people to contribute? Do you think status-oriented, rent-seeking individuals contribute to Wikipedia?
I went back to Wikipedia to edit an obscure Canadian entry after discovering I'd made an error. To my surprise, the article had already been fixed. Although 2 or 3 weeks had gone by, I'm still shocked that someone else cared about the same minor Canadian celebrity.
According to Scaled's Careers page, "We are sorry but Scaled is unable to hire Summer interns or Co-op students." I didn't think any high tech companies could cope without co-ops and interns!
These apparent errors lead me to wonder about the status of this LA Times article. Did the MPAA gain permission? If the MPAA did obtain permission, why didn't they provide the full citation details? Why didn't they modify their own copyright for the page?
I'm considering asking the MPAA about this article, but I thought I'd let Slashdotters know about the incident first. It's possible that the MPAA has the right permissions, but you would think they'd try to set a good example in how they provide the reprint. MPAA's anti-piracy for US consumers is 1-800-NO-COPYS and hotline@mpaa.org. I live in Canada, so I'll try emailing.
The mishap meant that I could no longer access my term papers, let alone the programs I'd developed. No one had a C64 anymore, so I was out of luck. For the rest of grades 11 and 12, I had to write papers by hand. BY HAND! And I stopped programming, since I had no outlet for my computer interests. Programming gave way to history, English, drama and other arts courses. At the end of grade 12, I convinced my parents that my graduation gift should be a contribution toward a Smith-Corona wordprocessor. The wordprocessor would at least allow me to save papers, and it was about 1/3 the price of an IBM. That Smith-Corona served me through 3rd year university, when I took 2 terms off and worked, so I could save enough for school, accommodation, and, thank goodness, a Packard Hell. But I'll never forget my Commodore and the infamous Paperclip wordprocessing program...or how losing the C64 led me to major in English, not comp sci. :)
The websites for Telus and the CRTC also discuss competition in local and long distance services. Telus provides info on problems with the practices of other local and long distance providers. I first experienced "slamming" (where a telco switches your long distance provider) in 1994 while living in Ottawa, when I was supposed to have Bell long distance, but a scammy company pulled me to their plan.
As for the countries in question, I've heard that they are the source of many fraudulent calls. According to my Telus statement from today, they all use North American area codes. A number like 1-592-XXX-XXXX looks more like it's going to London, Ontario than to Guyana. One of my friends called last month, because her modem had been hijacked. Every time she turned on the computer, it called Guyana. She had hundreds of dollars in charges, and could not find the evil applications, despite running Spybot, Adaware, and other programs. (I told her to, um, unplug the modem. And a search of all user profiles on her family's computer revealed the nasty xxxdialer.exe in a family member's files.) She fought hard with Telus, but I'm not sure they ever refunded the charges. I doubt they would -- it all goes back to the content carrier issue.
That's not true. Telus has had long distance competition since 1992 and local competition since 1997.
Canada opened its telecommunication system to competition several years ago. We've been able to choose long distance providers since 1992 and local services since 1997.
Michael Moore is not Canadian. He was born in Flint, Michigan, USA in 1954. He was elected to political office in Michigan at age 18 and went on to attend the University of Michigan. He notes that he is, was and always has been an American.
Textbook definitions include:
"A non-fiction text using 'actuality' footage, which may include the live recording of events and relevant research materials (i.e. interviews, statistics, etc.). This kind of text is uually informed by a particular point of view, and seeks to address a particular social issue which is related to and potentially affects the audience."
--Paul Wells, "The Documentary Form: Personal and Social 'Realities,'" An Introduction to Film Studies, 2nd ed., ed. Jill Nelmes, 212.
"A term with a wide latitude of meaning, basically used to refer to any film or program not wholly fictional in nature."
--James Monaco, The Dictionary of New Media, 94.
"A nonfiction film that organizes and presents factual materials to make a point."
--Gerald Mast and Bruce F. Kawin, A Short History of the Movies, 7th ed., 646.
(Source: DocFTV.com)
Facts can be true. But truth is made up of full context. Documentaries (and even news stories) are the results of editing decisions, so truth cannot be achieved. However, that doesn't mean the facts are lies.
Those scenes were filmed in Kananaskis, which is a 4,000 sq. km. region in Alberta. Although it's an easy drive from Calgary, it's a really big area, and certainly "desolate" in parts.
The Canucks have already got to him.
During WWII, Canadian publishers revamped several US comic books, creating a Canadian spin.
Although I think that the regulations are a shame, situations like this can sometimes spur innovation. Perhaps, given the constraints at hand, someone will think of a new way to build or use rockets -- or even teach and observe rocketry. In the real world, engineers need to be able to build real rockets that consider safety, the regulatory environment, and viability. Maybe, by making kids think about some of these concepts, we'll inspire them to avoid building space shuttles that blow up.