From the name of a prescribing doctor I have the potential range of patients.
From the potential range of patients, that can be narrowed down by medication.
From medication, it's usually not too difficult to find a person, because many people will talk about that kind of stuff openly, or someone that knows the situation will, and with today's internet, we've seen that people blab all too often, myself included.
All it takes is a little logic and research, and you have violated someone's medical privacy.
That is the worst misunderstanding of HIPPA I have ever seen. Your strawman failed with the very first statement.
I fail to see how the DMCA should be involved in this one. I could get the DMCA bit, if they removed a watermark or EXIF data from an image they scrounged on the web, but that's not what they did. Rather, they converted an actual, physical photograph into an electronic format.
DMCA is Digital Millennium Copyright Act, not Digital Medium Copyright Act... the medium involved is not at issue. Welcome to the digital millennium.
I believe this means you can't even crop the photo for any fair use purposes if cropping it will remove that watermark. So it's potentially different I suppose.
Of course you can. What you cannot do is crop off the authors name and then claim that it was not their photo because it doesn't have their name on it...
They have improved a lot. I have several friends who have made the jump, with no complaints. I do notice that there are places we go where they have no service, but my Verizon phone still has a solid signal.
Well, the problem with citizen journalism is that unless you've got enough eyes peering onto your site to somehow support some sort of revenue stream, you're going to be spending half your day at work, the other half doing reporting and you're going to be pretty burnt out from all of it.
This is the advantage of professional journalists, they get to eat because of their work.
I think you are mistaken about what citizen journalism is. It is not spending half your day working to support your reporting. It is not an attempt to replace the local newspaper/evening news report. It is reporting on what is relevant to you. It is just spreading the word about what you personally know because it directly affects your life, or it happened right in front of you, or because it is in your area of expertise.
Professional journalists report on everything because they have to stay busy to justify their paychecks.
Legitimate customers will be restricted in what they can do with their purchase, whereas pirates get higher value. DRM is destroying the market.
As is the case in most markets -those who obey the rules get taken advantage of by those who make the rules, while those who do not are rewarded for their success.
Leasing a colocated server is a relatively inexpensive intermediate option. Most decent ISPs have the option available. Prices typically range from $50 to 200/month depending on hardware specifications/bandwidth requirements.
The next step up is to lease space in a colocation rack from the ISP. That is your hardware in a locked rack in their server room.
The NYSE trading floor is a secured and private location -not open to the general public.
Don't invite newspaper photographers inside if you don't want pictures taken. Once you let them in to take pictures you can not tell them how to use those pictures (barring the existence of a previous contract). The pictures belong to the photographers, or their employers, not to the NYSE.
“In December of last year I placed a hold on similar legislation, commonly called COICA, because I felt the costs of the legislation far outweighed the benefits. After careful analysis of the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, I am compelled to draw the same conclusion. I understand and agree with the goal of the legislation, to protect intellectual property and combat commerce in counterfeit goods, but I am not willing to muzzle speech and stifle innovation and economic growth to achieve this objective. At the expense of legitimate commerce, PIPA’s prescription takes an overreaching approach to policing the Internet when a more balanced and targeted approach would be more effective. The collateral damage of this approach is speech, innovation and the very integrity of the Internet.
"The Internet represents the shipping lane of the 21st century. It is increasingly in America’s economic interest to ensure that the Internet is a viable means for American innovation, commerce, and the advancement of our ideals that empower people all around the world. By ceding control of the Internet to corporations through a private right of action, and to government agencies that do not sufficiently understand and value the Internet, PIPA represents a threat to our economic future and to our international objectives. Until the many issues that I and others have raised with this legislation are addressed, I will object to a unanimous consent request to proceed to the legislation."
It does not have to be life threatening to be duress.
If I am told in advance that this is a requirement of my seeing the doctor, that is one thing. Possibly also if I am there for a routine checkup. If I am sick, even if it is only the flu, and I am told that I must agree to these conditions or treatment will be withheld -then I am definitely under duress.
If my insurance carrier specifies that I must see only certain physicians in order to be covered, and those physicians then require that I sign such a document before they will agree to see me, that may also be duress.
Exactly This. As a sysadmin for a small ISP we do the same. It's not about limiting traffic. It is about prioritizing to provide the best experience and utility.
And that is fine -to a point. As long as shaping does not become an excuse to limit traffic. In the case of the larger ISPs at least, it has become a choice -limit traffic in order to maintain higher profit margins vs invest in increasing capacity.
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Falung Gong is sueing cisco...
No, Human Rights Law Foundation Inc. of Washington, D.C. is suing Cisco Inc. on behalf of some people half way around the world who have never heard of the Human Rights Law Foundation Inc. of Washington D.C.
Its a handful of lawyers who pretend they are helping people who have never heard of them by suing some company.
Nothing worse than having an assistant or coworker who spends every free second texting everybody and their brother.
How the fuck are they supposed to stay focused at work?
That sounds like a management issue. If your use of $whatever interferes with your ability to work, or with the ability of those around you to work -your boss should simply tell you to cut it out and fire you if you persist.
You are welcome to bring in your equipment, and use it. I put time, effort and expense into protecting the company assets from harm, including that which may come from your random equipment on our network, accessing our data. Yes, it takes more (time/effort/expense) to work with your random equipment than it would to just lock you out and threaten you with $punishment when you try to use stuff. That is ok. We have adapted.
Now when your stuff doesn't work, or you cant figure out how to do something with it... that is not my problem. You want your own gear -it's your gear.
The Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) says that the United States Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce and NOT the states.
Thus Bezos is saying that the states claims are unconstitutional and only the United States Congress could pass a law requiring collection of taxes by out of state sellers.
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Bullshit. I do not believe you. You are just repeating urban legends and trying to spread FEAR.
From the name of a prescribing doctor I have the potential range of patients.
From the potential range of patients, that can be narrowed down by medication.
From medication, it's usually not too difficult to find a person, because many people will talk about that kind of stuff openly, or someone that knows the situation will, and with today's internet, we've seen that people blab all too often, myself included.
All it takes is a little logic and research, and you have violated someone's medical privacy.
That is the worst misunderstanding of HIPPA I have ever seen. Your strawman failed with the very first statement.
I fail to see how the DMCA should be involved in this one. I could get the DMCA bit, if they removed a watermark or EXIF data from an image they scrounged on the web, but that's not what they did. Rather, they converted an actual, physical photograph into an electronic format.
DMCA is Digital Millennium Copyright Act, not Digital Medium Copyright Act... the medium involved is not at issue. Welcome to the digital millennium.
I believe this means you can't even crop the photo for any fair use purposes if cropping it will remove that watermark. So it's potentially different I suppose.
Of course you can. What you cannot do is crop off the authors name and then claim that it was not their photo because it doesn't have their name on it...
That depends. Do you already have a smartphone or are you planning to buy one just for this purpose?
If you already have a smartphone, a few dollars. If not, its a bit of a waste of money, don't you think?
I have.
There are nifty little apps for smartphones that allow you to take credit cards. It is trivial to sign up, not too terribly expensive, and convenient.
They have improved a lot. I have several friends who have made the jump, with no complaints. I do notice that there are places we go where they have no service, but my Verizon phone still has a solid signal.
YMMV
Metro PCS ...here I come.
Flat rate, unlimited, service quality is good where they have coverage, and coverage is much better than it was a few years ago.
Why couldn't you use a PIN? Just enter the PIN on your cellphone keypad to enable the payment...
If you sue for trademark infringement, you kinda have to own the trademark..
You do not have to register a trademark in order to hold the rights to it. It certainly does help your court case, but it is not a requirement.
Well, the problem with citizen journalism is that unless you've got enough eyes peering onto your site to somehow support some sort of revenue stream, you're going to be spending half your day at work, the other half doing reporting and you're going to be pretty burnt out from all of it.
This is the advantage of professional journalists, they get to eat because of their work.
I think you are mistaken about what citizen journalism is. It is not spending half your day working to support your reporting. It is not an attempt to replace the local newspaper/evening news report. It is reporting on what is relevant to you. It is just spreading the word about what you personally know because it directly affects your life, or it happened right in front of you, or because it is in your area of expertise.
Professional journalists report on everything because they have to stay busy to justify their paychecks.
Do you really want people that are high on this drug or that working with heavy equipment, driving big trucks, etc?
Do you really believe that they are not currently doing this?
Prohibition did not stop alcohol ingestion. The "war on drugs" has not stopped people using drugs, it has just pushed the trade underground.
Legitimate customers will be restricted in what they can do with their purchase, whereas pirates get higher value. DRM is destroying the market.
As is the case in most markets -those who obey the rules get taken advantage of by those who make the rules, while those who do not are rewarded for their success.
Yep...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWIHv7a6luY
I just don't see the point of the pact if it doesn't really require anyone to do anything.
It requires Nvidia to give Microsoft a chance to buy them out before they sell to someone else. It is generally known as a right of first refusal.
Leasing a colocated server is a relatively inexpensive intermediate option. Most decent ISPs have the option available. Prices typically range from $50 to 200/month depending on hardware specifications/bandwidth requirements.
The next step up is to lease space in a colocation rack from the ISP. That is your hardware in a locked rack in their server room.
The NYSE trading floor is a secured and private location -not open to the general public.
Don't invite newspaper photographers inside if you don't want pictures taken. Once you let them in to take pictures you can not tell them how to use those pictures (barring the existence of a previous contract). The pictures belong to the photographers, or their employers, not to the NYSE.
“In December of last year I placed a hold on similar legislation, commonly called COICA, because I felt the costs of the legislation far outweighed the benefits. After careful analysis of the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, I am compelled to draw the same conclusion. I understand and agree with the goal of the legislation, to protect intellectual property and combat commerce in counterfeit goods, but I am not willing to muzzle speech and stifle innovation and economic growth to achieve this objective. At the expense of legitimate commerce, PIPA’s prescription takes an overreaching approach to policing the Internet when a more balanced and targeted approach would be more effective. The collateral damage of this approach is speech, innovation and the very integrity of the Internet.
"The Internet represents the shipping lane of the 21st century. It is increasingly in America’s economic interest to ensure that the Internet is a viable means for American innovation, commerce, and the advancement of our ideals that empower people all around the world. By ceding control of the Internet to corporations through a private right of action, and to government agencies that do not sufficiently understand and value the Internet, PIPA represents a threat to our economic future and to our international objectives. Until the many issues that I and others have raised with this legislation are addressed, I will object to a unanimous consent request to proceed to the legislation."
It does not have to be life threatening to be duress.
If I am told in advance that this is a requirement of my seeing the doctor, that is one thing. Possibly also if I am there for a routine checkup. If I am sick, even if it is only the flu, and I am told that I must agree to these conditions or treatment will be withheld -then I am definitely under duress.
If my insurance carrier specifies that I must see only certain physicians in order to be covered, and those physicians then require that I sign such a document before they will agree to see me, that may also be duress.
Exactly This. As a sysadmin for a small ISP we do the same. It's not about limiting traffic. It is about prioritizing to provide the best experience and utility.
And that is fine -to a point. As long as shaping does not become an excuse to limit traffic. In the case of the larger ISPs at least, it has become a choice -limit traffic in order to maintain higher profit margins vs invest in increasing capacity.
Falung Gong is sueing cisco...
No, Human Rights Law Foundation Inc. of Washington, D.C. is suing Cisco Inc. on behalf of some people half way around the world who have never heard of the Human Rights Law Foundation Inc. of Washington D.C.
Its a handful of lawyers who pretend they are helping people who have never heard of them by suing some company.
Only a lawyer could believe in such a farce.
Nothing worse than having an assistant or coworker who spends every free second texting everybody and their brother.
How the fuck are they supposed to stay focused at work?
That sounds like a management issue. If your use of $whatever interferes with your ability to work, or with the ability of those around you to work -your boss should simply tell you to cut it out and fire you if you persist.
You are welcome to bring in your equipment, and use it. I put time, effort and expense into protecting the company assets from harm, including that which may come from your random equipment on our network, accessing our data. Yes, it takes more (time/effort/expense) to work with your random equipment than it would to just lock you out and threaten you with $punishment when you try to use stuff. That is ok. We have adapted.
Now when your stuff doesn't work, or you cant figure out how to do something with it... that is not my problem. You want your own gear -it's your gear.
no no no
He changed the deal. Hope he does not change it any further.
The Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) says that the United States Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce and NOT the states.
Thus Bezos is saying that the states claims are unconstitutional and only the United States Congress could pass a law requiring collection of taxes by out of state sellers.