"Do these security measures prevent customers from dropping the movies into their shared directories and letting others access them via P2P? Or do they prevent the customer from ripping the actual DVD to an mpeg or whatever and emailing it to anyone?"
More likely they will be "tagged" with a UID so it can be tracked back to you when found on P2P. As for emailing it, you aren't suggesting that an ISP email system can handle 4+ gigs of data in one file are you? Most of them don't do more than a meg or 2.
""Technology trade groups have called for an increase in the cap, saying they can't find enough workers with specialized skills.""
In the fast paced world of IT, if you "specialize" you are dead when that particular tech dies (meaning in a few years). Continuing education is very important and often ignored by those very companies bemoaning the lack of "specialists".
Companies expect their staff to be ready made specialists when the tech is changing faster than a whore turns tricks but of course they don't want to be the ones to pay for that training.
There is no need for them to be as sneaky as that when they will own the very corporations that own the patents. If they don't own them outright they will own a major intrest in them./me removing my tinfoil hat...
"It is a straight up BS suit. If they want to always be on the first page of the rankings, they should pay the money to get the space on the right hand column. Otherwise they have no inherent right to be anywhere on Google's site. Hell, Google should sue them for bringing an annoyance lawsuit."
I agree that it is a BS suit. Having said that, I do have a problem with their "pay for ranking" system too. I expect a search to reveal what I searched for, not some smarmy asshole's site of spam simply because they paid the search engine.
Right now there is no "text only document reader to support ODF". That is in the works though (Google is your friend here). The only way around it would be to use OOo through ksayit or similar. OASIS isn't finished thrashing out the accessability issues yet AFAIK.
Accessability in Linux GUI has come a long way with projects like ksayit and a whole list of others....The fact is, if you are blind a GUI is kind of pointless (pun intended). As others have pointed out, there are Linux solutions for the blind such as blinux. At least in Linux there is always CLI which tends to lend itself to screen readers a whole lot better than any proprietary GUI based solution I have seen.
B.
N.B. I am also not blind but have setup a box for a blind girl in our neck of the woods. Nothing stranger than a system WITHOUT a monitor.
It isn't a "privacy issue" it is a 4th ammendment issue. Google has 4th ammendment rights. They are entitled to the protection from unwarrented searches. There is no crime being investigated in this request. This is the government trying to build a case where none exist.
"When the Nachi/Welshia worm got on our network we had to disable that rule. It tried account passwords so rapidly; every account that had a strong password and it couldn't get into, would get locked every 30 minutes. We couldn't unlock them fast enough."
You just illustrated what the users have been complaining about. Instead of cleaning your systems of the worm you are running around unlocking accounts. Leave them locked until you get the flipping worm off your systems THEN unlock those accounts. It isn't rocket science folks...
"I assure you that Americans troops shooting at civilians and vs.versa, will not last that long. While it is easier to shoot a stranger, it is much harder to shoot your brother."
"Sure, that was one of the issues of the day (and certainly a significant one), but I think it hardly "ruled people's lives"."
Sure it did. That's why things like McArthy's, "are you now or have you ever been.." hearings got off the ground. Those hearings and the threat of being hauled in for that type of questioning is what I call ruling people's lives. How many people had their lives destroyed by them? Fear is a terrible thing to be peddling in both then and now.
A baby boom has happened behind every major conflict because of the euphoria of peace after war (especially one as bloody as a world war). Let's face it, a war does bring ones mortality to the forefront of ones thoughts.
"There's no doubt that certain things today are a lot better than they used to be, but there are certain other things that were much better back then."
Trying to turn the clock back isn't the right way to go about fixing the ills of society. It is merely pitting one generation against another.
"The 1950s was a unique period in American history....{SNIPPED FOR SPACE}... But it was a quiet time of a combination of prosperity and peace between the WW/II and the Vietnam era."
I guess you never had to go through the "duck and cover" drills in school or having your parents thinking of building bomb shelters in your basement. Those times were far from rosy and just like today with terrorism, fear of the bomb ruled people's lives.
The whole point he was making was that history is replete with as many (if not more) acts of violence as it is with acts of kindness.
"Here in the UK what Sony have done is a *criminal* offence under the computer misuse act."
It is supposed to be criminal here to under the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). Of course, you will never see them charged like they are supposed to be.
The other thing is my own home theater system... Concessions are cheap, the seating is comfortable, why go to a theater?
And that is the real Hollywood ticket sales killer (although they more than make up for it next year when they release it on DVD). I notice whenever the MPAA want to impose some new laws they always love to split out the sales figures but when they want to report how well they are doing to investors they combine them again. Go figure...
It's not about the program in OSS but the support / services to it that matter. It is just the opposite in closed source because of the need for continual upgrades. I offer into evidence Microsoft Windows 95. As soon as the "next gen" windows cam out (Windows XP) support for 95 halted. When that happened, the most common response to support answer wasn't "do this..." but "Upgrade!". There are OSS projects out there that are as old if not older than Windows 95 but yet I know that I can still get support from any number of sources.
Loser pays here in the US too but you have to specifically countersue for it. That is why you see "court costs" listed as damages on just about every suit.
There is no such thing as "legal insurance" here. At least not in the way you mean it. The closest thing we got along those lines would be malpractice insurance but that only covers for professional practices (doctors, lawyers, etc...)
Howdy from a fellow West Virginian! I do know about WV and 4WD (since I own one too). But to keep this ontopic....
"AFAIK, that did not raise any red flags. If it had made trouble, I know the phone numbers of my senator and my reps and I have the freedom plan. Somewhat akin to saying I've got a shotgun and a shovel, any questions?"
That doesn't mean you weren't reported. All it means is that nothing came up to require further investigation. I used to work for DHS (FEMA before that and now I work with the State) and can verify that the "super spooks" in the law enforcement part of DHS are paranoid to the point of needing good drugs. You were checked but nothing tripped the "this is someone to watch" flags. What tripped it for this couple was the fact that it was a credit card they were paying and the way they paid it was "abnormal". What I want to see reported (but we will never know) is what ELSE tripped the further investigation. It isn't just one thing like this but usually a string of things out of the ordinary.
Besides the fact that the statute of limitations has run out of a 30 year old offense, the fact that they cashed the check says that they accepted that as "settlement". They should have mailed it back along with a subpoena if they were going to press it.
"According to the real Constitution state laws are supposed to supersede federal laws. Not that this has ever stopped the feds from being draconian in the past but it is a point."
Until State law contradicts the Constitution. That is when Federal law trumps.
"What stops ownership of overseas factories from simply shifting to overseas companies that aren't bound by the "comparable wage" rule? Those goods could be subject to an import tariff, but it seems like getting the WTO to agree would be nontrivial."
Getting the WTO to agree on anything is nontrivial. It would have to be global with everyone agreeing and more importantly signing the treaty. Those that don't sign can be excluded and barred from doing business with those that did.
Of course, this is all academic since a treaty like this would never be introduced much less agreed to. Let's face it, politicians are p0wned by businesses seeking to lower the wages, not increase them.
I answered this one above. Unemployment figures are used to track benefits (ie. a cost) not people who are actually unemployed (ie. those who have stopped receiving benefits). This means the numbers of real people that are unemployed is greater than the figures report.
"Do you think that X% can produce all the stuff China and India produce for us?"
X% + Y% maybe. Y% being those that are not reported above.
"You think if you blocked off all trade the X% would be working better jobs?"
"Better" is subjective. To the Y% above maybe even a minimum wage job is "better" than what they have now. As an aside, I am not suggesting cutting off all trade but see below for my suggestion...
"Fact is more things need to be produced. What would happen to all the jobs people CURRENTLY have?"
They stay where they are. I don't see a connection to the other questions and this one. Are you suggesting that by creating a level playing field for all workers would kill the jobs of our current workforce?
"I'd like to see serious suggestions about what to do about outsourcing, if it is in fact something that needs action to correct. My inclination is to try to bring other countries up to our standard of living as quickly as possible in order to (among other things) make it less desirable to outsource to them, but I'm open to new ideas."
Ok, here goes mine...
A global "comparable wage" for jobs that go overseas. In short, if a job you are sending overseas would pay $6.00 / hr here then you MUST pay $6.00 / hr there. If it pays $20 here then you MUST pay $20 there. That is the only way to ensure it is fair for all around. Companies are willing to embrace global intrests lets see them embrace global wages. That will increase the standard of living both over there and over here.
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"Anything in the DMCA covering pre-existing services that only now happen to circumvent distribution/content-protection?"
Actually, yes. There is no "grandfather clause" in the DMCA. Just ask anyone that recieved DMCA takedown notices for linking to DeCSS.
B.
"Do these security measures prevent customers from dropping the movies into their shared directories and letting others access them via P2P? Or do they prevent the customer from ripping the actual DVD to an mpeg or whatever and emailing it to anyone?"
More likely they will be "tagged" with a UID so it can be tracked back to you when found on P2P. As for emailing it, you aren't suggesting that an ISP email system can handle 4+ gigs of data in one file are you? Most of them don't do more than a meg or 2.
B.
""Technology trade groups have called for an increase in the cap, saying they can't find enough workers with specialized skills.""
In the fast paced world of IT, if you "specialize" you are dead when that particular tech dies (meaning in a few years). Continuing education is very important and often ignored by those very companies bemoaning the lack of "specialists".
Companies expect their staff to be ready made specialists when the tech is changing faster than a whore turns tricks but of course they don't want to be the ones to pay for that training.
Go figure...
B.
That's the point his company is making....It isn't just the "right hand side" where payment matters.
B.
There is no need for them to be as sneaky as that when they will own the very corporations that own the patents. If they don't own them outright they will own a major intrest in them. /me removing my tinfoil hat...
B.
"It is a straight up BS suit. If they want to always be on the first page of the rankings, they should pay the money to get the space on the right hand column. Otherwise they have no inherent right to be anywhere on Google's site. Hell, Google should sue them for bringing an annoyance lawsuit."
I agree that it is a BS suit. Having said that, I do have a problem with their "pay for ranking" system too. I expect a search to reveal what I searched for, not some smarmy asshole's site of spam simply because they paid the search engine.
B.
Right now there is no "text only document reader to support ODF". That is in the works though (Google is your friend here). The only way around it would be to use OOo through ksayit or similar. OASIS isn't finished thrashing out the accessability issues yet AFAIK.
B.
B.
N.B. I am also not blind but have setup a box for a blind girl in our neck of the woods. Nothing stranger than a system WITHOUT a monitor.
B.
That's strange....I can have a Gentoo GRP up in under 40 mins. You must be doing something wrong...
B.
It isn't a "privacy issue" it is a 4th ammendment issue. Google has 4th ammendment rights. They are entitled to the protection from unwarrented searches. There is no crime being investigated in this request. This is the government trying to build a case where none exist.
B.
"When the Nachi/Welshia worm got on our network we had to disable that rule. It tried account passwords so rapidly; every account that had a strong password and it couldn't get into, would get locked every 30 minutes. We couldn't unlock them fast enough."
You just illustrated what the users have been complaining about. Instead of cleaning your systems of the worm you are running around unlocking accounts. Leave them locked until you get the flipping worm off your systems THEN unlock those accounts. It isn't rocket science folks...
B.
"I assure you that Americans troops shooting at civilians and vs.versa, will not last that long. While it is easier to shoot a stranger, it is much harder to shoot your brother."
Tell that to the students at Kent State....
B.
"Sure, that was one of the issues of the day (and certainly a significant one), but I think it hardly "ruled people's lives"."
Sure it did. That's why things like McArthy's, "are you now or have you ever been.." hearings got off the ground. Those hearings and the threat of being hauled in for that type of questioning is what I call ruling people's lives. How many people had their lives destroyed by them? Fear is a terrible thing to be peddling in both then and now.
A baby boom has happened behind every major conflict because of the euphoria of peace after war (especially one as bloody as a world war). Let's face it, a war does bring ones mortality to the forefront of ones thoughts.
"There's no doubt that certain things today are a lot better than they used to be, but there are certain other things that were much better back then."
Trying to turn the clock back isn't the right way to go about fixing the ills of society. It is merely pitting one generation against another.
B.
"The 1950s was a unique period in American history. ...{SNIPPED FOR SPACE}... But it was a quiet time of a combination of prosperity and peace between the WW/II and the Vietnam era."
I guess you never had to go through the "duck and cover" drills in school or having your parents thinking of building bomb shelters in your basement. Those times were far from rosy and just like today with terrorism, fear of the bomb ruled people's lives.
The whole point he was making was that history is replete with as many (if not more) acts of violence as it is with acts of kindness.
B.
It is supposed to be criminal here to under the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). Of course, you will never see them charged like they are supposed to be.
B.
The other thing is my own home theater system... Concessions are cheap, the seating is comfortable, why go to a theater?
And that is the real Hollywood ticket sales killer (although they more than make up for it next year when they release it on DVD). I notice whenever the MPAA want to impose some new laws they always love to split out the sales figures but when they want to report how well they are doing to investors they combine them again. Go figure...
B.
The point I was trying to make was that the life cycle of programs in closed source changes the support response from help to canned upgrade pitches.
B.
It's not about the program in OSS but the support / services to it that matter. It is just the opposite in closed source because of the need for continual upgrades. I offer into evidence Microsoft Windows 95. As soon as the "next gen" windows cam out (Windows XP) support for 95 halted. When that happened, the most common response to support answer wasn't "do this..." but "Upgrade!". There are OSS projects out there that are as old if not older than Windows 95 but yet I know that I can still get support from any number of sources.
B.
Loser pays here in the US too but you have to specifically countersue for it. That is why you see "court costs" listed as damages on just about every suit.
B.
There is no such thing as "legal insurance" here. At least not in the way you mean it. The closest thing we got along those lines would be malpractice insurance but that only covers for professional practices (doctors, lawyers, etc...)
B.
Howdy from a fellow West Virginian! I do know about WV and 4WD (since I own one too). But to keep this ontopic....
"AFAIK, that did not raise any red flags. If it had made trouble, I know the phone numbers of my senator and my reps and I have the freedom plan. Somewhat akin to saying I've got a shotgun and a shovel, any questions?"
That doesn't mean you weren't reported. All it means is that nothing came up to require further investigation. I used to work for DHS (FEMA before that and now I work with the State) and can verify that the "super spooks" in the law enforcement part of DHS are paranoid to the point of needing good drugs. You were checked but nothing tripped the "this is someone to watch" flags. What tripped it for this couple was the fact that it was a credit card they were paying and the way they paid it was "abnormal". What I want to see reported (but we will never know) is what ELSE tripped the further investigation. It isn't just one thing like this but usually a string of things out of the ordinary.
B.
Besides the fact that the statute of limitations has run out of a 30 year old offense, the fact that they cashed the check says that they accepted that as "settlement". They should have mailed it back along with a subpoena if they were going to press it.
B.
"According to the real Constitution state laws are supposed to supersede federal laws. Not that this has ever stopped the feds from being draconian in the past but it is a point."
Until State law contradicts the Constitution. That is when Federal law trumps.
B.
"What stops ownership of overseas factories from simply shifting to overseas companies that aren't bound by the "comparable wage" rule? Those goods could be subject to an import tariff, but it seems like getting the WTO to agree would be nontrivial."
Getting the WTO to agree on anything is nontrivial. It would have to be global with everyone agreeing and more importantly signing the treaty. Those that don't sign can be excluded and barred from doing business with those that did.
Of course, this is all academic since a treaty like this would never be introduced much less agreed to. Let's face it, politicians are p0wned by businesses seeking to lower the wages, not increase them.
B.
Let's do this one at a time then...
"How come the US unemployment rate is at X%?"
I answered this one above. Unemployment figures are used to track benefits (ie. a cost) not people who are actually unemployed (ie. those who have stopped receiving benefits). This means the numbers of real people that are unemployed is greater than the figures report.
"Do you think that X% can produce all the stuff China and India produce for us?"
X% + Y% maybe. Y% being those that are not reported above.
"You think if you blocked off all trade the X% would be working better jobs?"
"Better" is subjective. To the Y% above maybe even a minimum wage job is "better" than what they have now. As an aside, I am not suggesting cutting off all trade but see below for my suggestion...
"Fact is more things need to be produced. What would happen to all the jobs people CURRENTLY have?"
They stay where they are. I don't see a connection to the other questions and this one. Are you suggesting that by creating a level playing field for all workers would kill the jobs of our current workforce?
"I'd like to see serious suggestions about what to do about outsourcing, if it is in fact something that needs action to correct. My inclination is to try to bring other countries up to our standard of living as quickly as possible in order to (among other things) make it less desirable to outsource to them, but I'm open to new ideas."
Ok, here goes mine...
A global "comparable wage" for jobs that go overseas. In short, if a job you are sending overseas would pay $6.00 / hr here then you MUST pay $6.00 / hr there. If it pays $20 here then you MUST pay $20 there. That is the only way to ensure it is fair for all around. Companies are willing to embrace global intrests lets see them embrace global wages. That will increase the standard of living both over there and over here.
B.