The intent might have just been to extend to portable media devices, but the wording covers a whole lot more.
The actual motion reads:
"That the Committee recommends that the government amend Part VIII of the Copyright Act so that the definition of “audio recording medium” extends to devices with internal memory, so that the levy on copying music will apply to digital music recorders as well, thereby entitling music creators to some compensation for the copies made of their work." (http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4349743&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3)
So it doesn't just apply to mp3 players, but portable media players, digital camcorders, set top boxes, consoles, cell phones, digital cameras, computers, etc.
Sure, I eventually did a random code, but I would think that for the average user, doing something like that would be overthinking it. I was mostly trying to follow instructions, except the instructions + the mentioned limitations doesn't really work out and would result in the average user wasting more time than should really be required, or choosing a pre-made question that isn't really secure, because everyone knows you love ice cream (oh wait, we can't use spaces so you can't have that as an answer!)
If they said "Type a random secret and then exchange it with the user using another form of communication, like the phone" the average user would probably do so, resulting in a more secure transaction (which is the point) and with less user frustration.
I just used CIBC's Interac Email Money Transfer system, and it was a pain in the ass. Having to pick a security question that the recipient has to answer? Ok, I can kinda sorta understand that. However, their are draconian limitations on what can be entered. Length limitation when trying to come up with your own question? That certainly helps me come up with something unique that the person would know. Only allowing letters, numbers and hyphens in the answer? Even more annoying! Why can't I used spaces and punctuation?
As a concept it is ok, and for all I know other participating banks don't have CIBC's limitations, but from my user experience it was more frustrating than it needed to be.
# still bare-bones
# simple filesystem with some hardcoded files (which are modifiable) written
# "The framework coughs but manages to avoid complete and utter defeat."
# code not yet imported
However, in the end: all SoC goals met?
I used to work at the help desk in a computer science department.
With laptops, many students were either talking or playing constantly, if not they were talking about it WHILE playing.
And yes, they formed groups together.
When I go back to the fall, I will have the joy of watching them play online, while waiting for their turn in the card game, while talking about both.
I don't know. I think a lot of people would find it convenient to have a household's music stored in one central location, as opposed to distributed across several computers.
Add in the fact that this would let you sync all the speakers together to play a single song, for parties and whatnot, this becomes much more interesting.
Install antivirus and set it up to run updates as frequently as possibly.
Block ports that the user shouldn't need.
Install Firefox.
Set up an administrator account on said computer for the IT staff. Then go through and reassign rights to certain folders so that said individual can't touch it, but you can (ie/ for those antivirus settings, so they can't do something dumb like disable it).
Make sure all the standard software that should be installed works after you perform the above, otherwise they will chew you out about it and rightfully so.
Another solution, which could be used in conjunction with the above, is to make a standard reload image that you can slap onto a computer (using Norton Ghost and others). Every time the individual screws up their computer, take it away for several hours, slapping the image back on and then just sitting on it for a while. The loss of productivity will eventually hurt them, but you can explain it as time spent re-installing things from scratch. Decide on how you want to handle restoring their user files.
Well............ the University I am working at right now is testing out a 5.4 Terabyte OS-X server, to decide if they want to put it into production.
How this happened:
Apple: "We're going to lend you this kick ass server for a while. If you like it, give us money. If not, send it back"
Doesn't sound like they aren't targeting businesses to me. Especially since we are also reviewing whether or not to purchase a number of OS X workstations.
As the number of regular users that use Apple products increases, so will the number of people higher up that will take notice. The more people that take notice, the more people are likely to consider using it themselves.
You don't think that large corporations installing additional browsers will have any impact?
I work in the IT department of a university, and we currently have Firefox installed on all the machines we manage. We actually install Firefox on any machine missing it before we do anything else with a computer, because we do not like using an insecure browser. While Firefox might not be entirely secure (then again, what is?) but it is much better than IE.
Currently we are working on a way to remove as much of IE as possible (which IS possible, just a lot of trial and error so as not to break other programs that are needed) at which point Firefox will become the defacto browser.
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The intent might have just been to extend to portable media devices, but the wording covers a whole lot more.
The actual motion reads:
"That the Committee recommends that the government amend Part VIII of the Copyright Act so that the definition of “audio recording medium” extends to devices with internal memory, so that the levy on copying music will apply to digital music recorders as well, thereby entitling music creators to some compensation for the copies made of their work." (http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4349743&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3)
So it doesn't just apply to mp3 players, but portable media players, digital camcorders, set top boxes, consoles, cell phones, digital cameras, computers, etc.
. . . that is likely locked to the specific company and therefore a glorified paperweight. . .
Sure, I eventually did a random code, but I would think that for the average user, doing something like that would be overthinking it. I was mostly trying to follow instructions, except the instructions + the mentioned limitations doesn't really work out and would result in the average user wasting more time than should really be required, or choosing a pre-made question that isn't really secure, because everyone knows you love ice cream (oh wait, we can't use spaces so you can't have that as an answer!) If they said "Type a random secret and then exchange it with the user using another form of communication, like the phone" the average user would probably do so, resulting in a more secure transaction (which is the point) and with less user frustration.
I just used CIBC's Interac Email Money Transfer system, and it was a pain in the ass. Having to pick a security question that the recipient has to answer? Ok, I can kinda sorta understand that. However, their are draconian limitations on what can be entered. Length limitation when trying to come up with your own question? That certainly helps me come up with something unique that the person would know. Only allowing letters, numbers and hyphens in the answer? Even more annoying! Why can't I used spaces and punctuation? As a concept it is ok, and for all I know other participating banks don't have CIBC's limitations, but from my user experience it was more frustrating than it needed to be.
How does that differ from how things are now?
Last time I flew Air Canada (around Thanksgiving), all classes seemed to have TVs and power from the seat immediately ahead of them.
Let's do a run down:
# still bare-bones
# simple filesystem with some hardcoded files (which are modifiable) written
# "The framework coughs but manages to avoid complete and utter defeat."
# code not yet imported
However, in the end: all SoC goals met ?
That just seems...... off to me.
I used to work at the help desk in a computer science department. With laptops, many students were either talking or playing constantly, if not they were talking about it WHILE playing. And yes, they formed groups together. When I go back to the fall, I will have the joy of watching them play online, while waiting for their turn in the card game, while talking about both.
Doesn't this assume that players can drag themselves away from the computer to play the CCG in the first place?
An extension to this argument is that once a customer buys a product, a company no longer has to provide support.
If corporations don't impose conditions of operation for equipment they develop, at which point are warranties invalidated?
I mean, it's the customer's property now. They can do whatever they want with it and its not of the corporation's business whatever happens to it.
Except Microsoft has already released code under open source licenses as part of their Shared Source Program
For example: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/
I don't know. I think a lot of people would find it convenient to have a household's music stored in one central location, as opposed to distributed across several computers.
Add in the fact that this would let you sync all the speakers together to play a single song, for parties and whatnot, this becomes much more interesting.
Install antivirus and set it up to run updates as frequently as possibly.
Block ports that the user shouldn't need.
Install Firefox.
Set up an administrator account on said computer for the IT staff. Then go through and reassign rights to certain folders so that said individual can't touch it, but you can (ie/ for those antivirus settings, so they can't do something dumb like disable it).
Make sure all the standard software that should be installed works after you perform the above, otherwise they will chew you out about it and rightfully so.
Another solution, which could be used in conjunction with the above, is to make a standard reload image that you can slap onto a computer (using Norton Ghost and others). Every time the individual screws up their computer, take it away for several hours, slapping the image back on and then just sitting on it for a while. The loss of productivity will eventually hurt them, but you can explain it as time spent re-installing things from scratch. Decide on how you want to handle restoring their user files.
Well............ the University I am working at right now is testing out a 5.4 Terabyte OS-X server, to decide if they want to put it into production. How this happened: Apple: "We're going to lend you this kick ass server for a while. If you like it, give us money. If not, send it back" Doesn't sound like they aren't targeting businesses to me. Especially since we are also reviewing whether or not to purchase a number of OS X workstations. As the number of regular users that use Apple products increases, so will the number of people higher up that will take notice. The more people that take notice, the more people are likely to consider using it themselves.
Here in Tech Support call that 'Firefox'
Wouldn't that just create more east coast/west coast rivalry though?
You don't think that large corporations installing additional browsers will have any impact?
I work in the IT department of a university, and we currently have Firefox installed on all the machines we manage. We actually install Firefox on any machine missing it before we do anything else with a computer, because we do not like using an insecure browser. While Firefox might not be entirely secure (then again, what is?) but it is much better than IE.
Currently we are working on a way to remove as much of IE as possible (which IS possible, just a lot of trial and error so as not to break other programs that are needed) at which point Firefox will become the defacto browser.