Your calculations are fine as far as they go but they leave out a critical factor. The popularity of broadband in Spain is due, in large part, to eMule and other P2P sites. Block them, and a huge part of the market will just move to pirated DVDs and video games sold on the street. Not that these guys are doing badly already.
I agree that they will support the legislation. They will also make sure that enforcement has no teeth.
I would be truly surprised if Telefonica were to actually block P2P traffic. According to the article, P2P accounts for over 60 percent of their traffic. While I'm sure that they would just love to recoup that bandwidth, I think they are more interested in keeping their customer revenue stream flowing. Seems to me that this legislation will simply provide a legal basis for them to turn customer data over to the local equivalent of the RIAA and MPAA so that they may pursue token enforcement action against individuals. If push came to shove, though, Telefonica would eat the entertainment industry alive and call it a tapa.
I don't think it matters much. Programming languages are a lot like girlfriends. Doesn't much matter where you start, but you would be well advised to sample more than just a few.
My experience with a Canon A75 P&S is just the opposite. The LCD is nearly useless in very bright light, especially when the source is behind you--which is typically where you want it. In the dark, the LCD does just fine for getting the composition right.
That would be true if they really did "break in." However, I suspect that never occurred at all. All the talk about it in the suit is probably based on a misconception about what is necessary to identify file sharers. I only hope that the other claims in the suit are not weakened because of this defect.
This is rather OT, but since you ask: wider variety of choices in both lenses and bodies. Canon has found the sweet spot for serious amateurs with the 20D and the new 5D. Nikon has nothing comparable to offer. If you already have a lot of money invested in Nikon glass, it doesn't make sense to switch. If not, Canon seems to be way ahead at the moment.
Right. So lots of people are dumb. But why should the burden be placed on them to know the magic phrase? Seems to me that if someone screams "I'm on the do not call list" that should be good reason for a reputable company to never call the person again, regardless of legality. People get pissed when companies ignore the obvious. Don't you?
Once you have downloaded from your camera, you simply erase all the pics in its memory. This is a function of the camera itself, so it doesn't need any help from an external device.
I don't understand what the defense would consist of. An individual might argue that he had been incorrectly identified, but I am not sure you could apply this argument as a group.
The Babelfish English->Russian-English translation of "out of sight, out of mind" comes back as "from the sighting, from the reason." This is somewhat less amusing than the classic "invisible idiot" result (I think that was to and from Chinese) of some years ago, but certainly leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe in another 10 years?;)
Give me a break. Machine translation of foreign languages has been promised "in the next ten years" for the past 40 years. Unfortunately, the state of the art is still very close to:
"The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak" in English translates to "The meat is full of stars but the vodka is made of pinking shears" or suchlike in Russian.
The semantic web is a wonderful dream, but it is certainly going to take more than five years to become a reality. Like voice recognition, the semantic web requires a solution to the natural language problem to be implemented successfully. Don't hold your breath.
Telefonica is my ISP. I used to have problems with some of the Slashdot subdomains (yro.slashdot, science.slashdot...etc) which were banned by Slashdot for abuse, but are now accessible. Perhaps you are on a nastier subdomain than I am.
I have never had any problem accessing Google until today, and I assume that this is just a part of a much larger problem that will be fixed shortly.
Hmmm...I just tried that in Firefox. Got a response, but it said that it didn't match any documents. Tried other search terms but no match either. Searches from the Google box in the browser are still returning Service error -27.
True, but only half the story. American phone rates (both cell and fixed) are quite a bit lower than in most other countries. Certainly less than in Europe.
The reverse is also true. Saying it is not a documentary does not make it so. If you have evidence that something in the film is untrue, then please be specific.
That said, you should also keep in mind that films do not need to be documentaries to show you the truth, or at least a given version of truth. That is what art is all about.
Goodness, have you even bothered to look at their site?
The site has links to sites that both favor and oppose paper trails. It then asks its members to state whether they favor or oppose hard copy records.
The current results are running 94% for hard copy--85% strongly in favor, 9% in favor. The ACM will speak with a louder voice based on these results (if the voting trend continues) than they would if only the ACM Public Policy Committee gave its views.
If you want science, you might consider reading the Communications of the ACM some time. I think you will find it quite a bit more rigorous than what you are used to here on/.
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Unfortunately, many of the people in charge are elected by these morons. It matters.
And those points will get me what?
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Your calculations are fine as far as they go but they leave out a critical factor. The popularity of broadband in Spain is due, in large part, to eMule and other P2P sites. Block them, and a huge part of the market will just move to pirated DVDs and video games sold on the street. Not that these guys are doing badly already. I agree that they will support the legislation. They will also make sure that enforcement has no teeth.
I would be truly surprised if Telefonica were to actually block P2P traffic. According to the article, P2P accounts for over 60 percent of their traffic. While I'm sure that they would just love to recoup that bandwidth, I think they are more interested in keeping their customer revenue stream flowing. Seems to me that this legislation will simply provide a legal basis for them to turn customer data over to the local equivalent of the RIAA and MPAA so that they may pursue token enforcement action against individuals. If push came to shove, though, Telefonica would eat the entertainment industry alive and call it a tapa.
I don't think it matters much. Programming languages are a lot like girlfriends. Doesn't much matter where you start, but you would be well advised to sample more than just a few.
The most amazing thing is that by the time this device makes it to market it still won't be enough disk space.
This story is clearly an attempt to manipulate the dilithium futures market.
My experience with a Canon A75 P&S is just the opposite. The LCD is nearly useless in very bright light, especially when the source is behind you--which is typically where you want it. In the dark, the LCD does just fine for getting the composition right.
That would be true if they really did "break in." However, I suspect that never occurred at all. All the talk about it in the suit is probably based on a misconception about what is necessary to identify file sharers. I only hope that the other claims in the suit are not weakened because of this defect.
This is rather OT, but since you ask: wider variety of choices in both lenses and bodies. Canon has found the sweet spot for serious amateurs with the 20D and the new 5D. Nikon has nothing comparable to offer. If you already have a lot of money invested in Nikon glass, it doesn't make sense to switch. If not, Canon seems to be way ahead at the moment.
Right. So lots of people are dumb. But why should the burden be placed on them to know the magic phrase? Seems to me that if someone screams "I'm on the do not call list" that should be good reason for a reputable company to never call the person again, regardless of legality. People get pissed when companies ignore the obvious. Don't you?
Once you have downloaded from your camera, you simply erase all the pics in its memory. This is a function of the camera itself, so it doesn't need any help from an external device.
Is this a new development in karma whoring?
So what was the Soviet Union under Stalin? Not to nitpick...
I don't understand what the defense would consist of. An individual might argue that he had been incorrectly identified, but I am not sure you could apply this argument as a group.
The Babelfish English->Russian-English translation of "out of sight, out of mind" comes back as "from the sighting, from the reason." This is somewhat less amusing than the classic "invisible idiot" result (I think that was to and from Chinese) of some years ago, but certainly leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe in another 10 years? ;)
"The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak" in English translates to "The meat is full of stars but the vodka is made of pinking shears" or suchlike in Russian.
The semantic web is a wonderful dream, but it is certainly going to take more than five years to become a reality. Like voice recognition, the semantic web requires a solution to the natural language problem to be implemented successfully. Don't hold your breath.
Nice catch. It worked this time. Still, I think I'll just wait till Google is fixed. Mucking with URL query strings is not my cup of gin.
I have never had any problem accessing Google until today, and I assume that this is just a part of a much larger problem that will be fixed shortly.
Hmmm...I just tried that in Firefox. Got a response, but it said that it didn't match any documents. Tried other search terms but no match either. Searches from the Google box in the browser are still returning Service error -27.
True, but only half the story. American phone rates (both cell and fixed) are quite a bit lower than in most other countries. Certainly less than in Europe.
That said, you should also keep in mind that films do not need to be documentaries to show you the truth, or at least a given version of truth. That is what art is all about.
The site has links to sites that both favor and oppose paper trails. It then asks its members to state whether they favor or oppose hard copy records.
The current results are running 94% for hard copy--85% strongly in favor, 9% in favor. The ACM will speak with a louder voice based on these results (if the voting trend continues) than they would if only the ACM Public Policy Committee gave its views.
If you want science, you might consider reading the Communications of the ACM some time. I think you will find it quite a bit more rigorous than what you are used to here on /.
What's wrong with editorials? I don't expect to agree with everything that *anybody* writes. Take what you like and leave the rest.