I think they are referring to only using Sat imagery that has only been available for the last few decades VS using Tree Ring data taken by some jerk in the annuls of time and then interpreted by some other jerk to mean some sort of empirical temperature by saying X growth = Y climate.
You may sense the distaste in my mouth from the entire topic.
That all said, I think Climatologists are JUST as accurate as Meteorologists!:)
I know that was my first thought when reading the summary.
If it wasn't so sad I would laugh how it sounds like something they would put in a satirical comedy like something Orwell would write.
"So where are we putting the bill to enrichen the rich and bootheal the poor?" "Oh I suspect we will attached it to the Feed the Orphans Act / Puppy Protection Act" "Excellent!"
They are trying to push through similar legislation up here in Canada that include provisions for "Digital Locks"... Making the simply act of circumvention an actual crime, as opposed to actually pirating or copying etc...
Its opponents call it "American Style" Copyright Law, and it is heavily lobbied from the US. The Conservative Government up here seems to think that is great. I am pretty sure if we Canadians tried to interfere and lobby for laws in America like this there would be hell to pay.
Anyway they tried to pass it 2 or 3 times over the last couple of years and it has always failed. So failing doing something underhanded and sneaky (which isn't all that unpredictable) it should continue to fail.
I love when I try to explain this to people I either get two reactions. 1) To laugh and not understand that this really is the actual law that they are trying to pass or 2) Think, oh well I would never do something like that so who cares, and not really get all the implications that this would result in down the road for them.
I know my first reaction is MySpace is still hanging around? They had more than 1000 people working for them still? They still have 500 people doing something at MySpace?
In other news MySpace lost half their user base...:)
I agree, they were really asking for it at that point.
The whole thing is kind of silly really. I mean how many people are able to do the hack themselves or actually would? Likely less than 1% of their customers. I mean a few experts and some hardcore are not your meat and potatoes. The hoards of 12 year olds, and Dads, are not going to do this can cannot be bothered anyway. The only way this will happen, is if people start to commercialize it and sell it. In which case sue the pants off them, etc...
To me this is a story of Sony being bitter it lost a losing battle.
Those crazy court decisions always remind me of a Comedy bit they did on "This Hour has 22 Minutes" (I think) which is a parody news show. It was about a real news story of a Canadian getting caught trafficking cocaine in Thailand (Never a good idea). Anyway they were found guilty and were actually fined 100,000$ and sentenced to be put to death by firing squad. To which the news guy commented, "If I were her, I don't think I would pay the 100,000$..."
Considering AMD paid 5.4 Billion for ATI many were worried that they may have overpaid.
I think considering that they bought the whole damn company, IP, assets, and all for 5.4 Billion while Intel LICENCED some GPU technology from NVIDIA for 1.5 Billion it doesn't look so bad now.
I got the letter last year from Cogeco Cable. Except it is if I exceed my 60GB cap, and it is 1.50$ per GB.
What burns me also is that they have NO monitoring tool to let you track your usage. Its insane. At least with your gas bill you can just go look at your meter. They do offer a website to look at your usage, but it is not in real time. It only updates like once a day, and considering I can rip through my entire cap space in 6 hours it isn't so useful.
As a (comparatively speaking) bandwidth hog I have no problem paying "extra" or more than lesser users, or even that lesser users pay less.
The problem is, we are already being ripped off. The proposed changes only make it worse.
I have no problem paying for what I use at a reasonable rate of return. They however are going to change whatever they like, if bandwidth cost 0.3 cents to deliver, they will change 3.00$ for it, etc... I would like to say I would pay the "market" price... but no such thing exists, because Bell and Rogers just make up whatever they feel they want to change the market. It is sick.
I couldn't agree more. I talk about this all the time, it really is brutal. Here are two companies that basically have a duopoly using state built infrastructure, that are actively hurting consumers, colluding prices, inhibiting growth of both technology and our economy, and the one outdated, inefficient, and ineffectual regulator we have, the CRTC is nothing but a puppet and does nothing in the interest of Canadians.
It boggles my mind. Just doing the math it doesn't make sense. I can run my connection full bore for just 6 hours in a 30 day or 720hour period at 10GB/s stated connection speed without exceeding the Monthly download AND upload cap as per the monthly billing period.
The worst thing, is this is just the start. You can see where this is going for profit models. No one cares. They will care in a few years, as this will only continue until they have reached their maximum profit potential.
This is one industry I would love to see either split up big time, or just say forget it and nationalize it.
Should TOTALLY change business title! "It's like, whoa, good stuff. Mannn."
Seriously though since when does personal privacy laws apply to businesses?
A: They don't.
Issued solved.
If you are using your personal information in the context of running a business, then it no longer constitutes as personal information, and as such is not subject to privacy legislation. Isn't Kathy a lawyer or something? Maybe doing too much marijuana advising....
Agreed. Biggest issue of the last 50 years has be overpopulation, and population control yet no one wants to ever talk about it or propose solutions regarding it. China being the one exception (sort of). Religion also makes that a pretty dicey conversation...
I remember my Dad did this when we were kids. Had a 1980 white diesel Mercedes. Was parked in a lot to get groceries. When we were about to leave, Dad noticed that the stupid wood bead seat covers were missing, and then quickly realized we were all in the wrong car. Dad left a note for the owner. Can't remember if he started it up or not, but the key sure opened the locks, I could tell dad was pretty surprised.
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I think they are referring to only using Sat imagery that has only been available for the last few decades VS using Tree Ring data taken by some jerk in the annuls of time and then interpreted by some other jerk to mean some sort of empirical temperature by saying X growth = Y climate.
You may sense the distaste in my mouth from the entire topic.
That all said, I think Climatologists are JUST as accurate as Meteorologists! :)
I know that was my first thought when reading the summary.
If it wasn't so sad I would laugh how it sounds like something they would put in a satirical comedy like something Orwell would write.
"So where are we putting the bill to enrichen the rich and bootheal the poor?"
"Oh I suspect we will attached it to the Feed the Orphans Act / Puppy Protection Act"
"Excellent!"
WOW I guess I never really paid any attention to the actual lyrics!
Tell that to Julian Assange or whatever the hell his name is...
Treason I tell you! Treason!
because that shit is a one way trip!
If Arnie was still in power I bet he wouldn't have any termination fees...
They are trying to push through similar legislation up here in Canada that include provisions for "Digital Locks"... Making the simply act of circumvention an actual crime, as opposed to actually pirating or copying etc...
Its opponents call it "American Style" Copyright Law, and it is heavily lobbied from the US. The Conservative Government up here seems to think that is great. I am pretty sure if we Canadians tried to interfere and lobby for laws in America like this there would be hell to pay.
Anyway they tried to pass it 2 or 3 times over the last couple of years and it has always failed. So failing doing something underhanded and sneaky (which isn't all that unpredictable) it should continue to fail.
I love when I try to explain this to people I either get two reactions. 1) To laugh and not understand that this really is the actual law that they are trying to pass or 2) Think, oh well I would never do something like that so who cares, and not really get all the implications that this would result in down the road for them.
Truer more descriptive words never spoken.
I know my first reaction is MySpace is still hanging around? They had more than 1000 people working for them still? They still have 500 people doing something at MySpace?
In other news MySpace lost half their user base... :)
I agree, they were really asking for it at that point.
The whole thing is kind of silly really. I mean how many people are able to do the hack themselves or actually would? Likely less than 1% of their customers. I mean a few experts and some hardcore are not your meat and potatoes. The hoards of 12 year olds, and Dads, are not going to do this can cannot be bothered anyway. The only way this will happen, is if people start to commercialize it and sell it. In which case sue the pants off them, etc...
To me this is a story of Sony being bitter it lost a losing battle.
I love how this is tagged "Funny", but it is actually true. How sad.
Silly Americans!
Those crazy court decisions always remind me of a Comedy bit they did on "This Hour has 22 Minutes" (I think) which is a parody news show.
It was about a real news story of a Canadian getting caught trafficking cocaine in Thailand (Never a good idea). Anyway they were found guilty and were actually fined 100,000$ and sentenced to be put to death by firing squad. To which the news guy commented, "If I were her, I don't think I would pay the 100,000$..."
Also its not like its some grandmother with 23 Britney Spears songs on her hard drive that somebody MAY or MAY NOT have downloaded...
This is companies printing CD's and actually selling them retail for profit and not paying any royalties.
Considering AMD paid 5.4 Billion for ATI many were worried that they may have overpaid.
I think considering that they bought the whole damn company, IP, assets, and all for 5.4 Billion while Intel LICENCED some GPU technology from NVIDIA for 1.5 Billion it doesn't look so bad now.
At the very least they will add valuable biomass to the thin soils of Mars....
Corporations Raping The Consumers (CRTC)?
I got the letter last year from Cogeco Cable. Except it is if I exceed my 60GB cap, and it is 1.50$ per GB.
What burns me also is that they have NO monitoring tool to let you track your usage. Its insane. At least with your gas bill you can just go look at your meter. They do offer a website to look at your usage, but it is not in real time. It only updates like once a day, and considering I can rip through my entire cap space in 6 hours it isn't so useful.
As a (comparatively speaking) bandwidth hog I have no problem paying "extra" or more than lesser users, or even that lesser users pay less.
The problem is, we are already being ripped off. The proposed changes only make it worse.
I have no problem paying for what I use at a reasonable rate of return. They however are going to change whatever they like, if bandwidth cost 0.3 cents to deliver, they will change 3.00$ for it, etc... I would like to say I would pay the "market" price... but no such thing exists, because Bell and Rogers just make up whatever they feel they want to change the market. It is sick.
Agree.
Dissolve the CRTC, they serve no purpose. Nationalize Bell.
I couldn't agree more. I talk about this all the time, it really is brutal. Here are two companies that basically have a duopoly using state built infrastructure, that are actively hurting consumers, colluding prices, inhibiting growth of both technology and our economy, and the one outdated, inefficient, and ineffectual regulator we have, the CRTC is nothing but a puppet and does nothing in the interest of Canadians.
It boggles my mind. Just doing the math it doesn't make sense. I can run my connection full bore for just 6 hours in a 30 day or 720hour period at 10GB/s stated connection speed without exceeding the Monthly download AND upload cap as per the monthly billing period.
The worst thing, is this is just the start. You can see where this is going for profit models. No one cares. They will care in a few years, as this will only continue until they have reached their maximum profit potential.
This is one industry I would love to see either split up big time, or just say forget it and nationalize it.
If I had the choice between a "distracting" laser and an RPG, I'll take the RPG 10 times out of 10.
Should TOTALLY change business title! "It's like, whoa, good stuff. Mannn."
Seriously though since when does personal privacy laws apply to businesses?
A: They don't.
Issued solved.
If you are using your personal information in the context of running a business, then it no longer constitutes as personal information, and as such is not subject to privacy legislation. Isn't Kathy a lawyer or something? Maybe doing too much marijuana advising....
Agreed. Biggest issue of the last 50 years has be overpopulation, and population control yet no one wants to ever talk about it or propose solutions regarding it. China being the one exception (sort of). Religion also makes that a pretty dicey conversation...
Maybe I am just having a rough day, but that's how I initially read the title...
"You canna take ma root passwoord away, but you'll 'near take mai FREEEEDOOOOMMM!"
I remember my Dad did this when we were kids. Had a 1980 white diesel Mercedes. Was parked in a lot to get groceries. When we were about to leave, Dad noticed that the stupid wood bead seat covers were missing, and then quickly realized we were all in the wrong car. Dad left a note for the owner. Can't remember if he started it up or not, but the key sure opened the locks, I could tell dad was pretty surprised.
Don't Gamble.
or
Don't Gamble at Casino's that have their customers arrested for their mistakes.
or
Don't Gamble using electronic slot machines.
All of the above would have more effect on the Casino's in questions than probably anything else.