From TFA the lack of defintion is in some cases fraudulent charges are counted as ID theft. I would have to say it only counts as ID theft if you have the ability to extend new lines of credit. Simply having the CC numbers is easy enough to correct. On the other hand losing your drivers license and social security number to someone creates a nightmare.
The only problem I see with a biometics solution is that ultimatly most of the information is going to be transmitted electronically and the collection (reading) of the data (finger) could be forged.
Does anyone know if it would be possible to set up some sort of hashing or "encryption" keyed off of your finger print? Then the company could send a set of data to the customer and the customer would have to encrypt it and send it back. Then the company can compare the received encryption code with one that was generated locally. This assumes there is some way for the person to create an initial finger print....Thinking about this a little more, it could help when you shop in physical stores if you had to scan your finger.
That was the exact thought passing through my mind when I read that.
You would think they could set some sort of system up to send you notification when you attempt to start a line of credit.
I imagine that if someone was trying to make communications that they wanted to hide, then they could just create a simple flash animation to hide the message. There are plenty of ways to embed text into another medium in order to make it more difficult to just see. And as bandwidth becomes cheaper you can increase the amount of noise in the message that can't easily be eliminated by a machine.
I think someone should fund a study that relates obesity to software piracy. If it were possible to completely eliminate software piracy a lot of little kids would never get into video games and actually go outside.
I will give it to you that it shouldn't delete everything from your drive without warning. Perhaps first prompt, "would you like to associate with this computer (doing so will remove all of the files on your shuffle)?". If you click yes then have it say "WARNING: You are about to delete all content from your shuffle, proceed?"
As far as backups, iPods are not intented for backup devices. If you really want to make sure your data is protected go out and buy a tape drive. As an alternative you could buy either an external hard drive or backup to DVD's. I agree that 99.9% of piracy is going to happen through the Internet, but it's like putting a lock on luggage. You could easily cut the zipper, but you want to make it a little less obveous and more difficult.
This being said I want to let you know I'm against the RIAA's tactics (I won't buy/download any of their media), I'm against DRM, and I'm all about changing the way music is created and distributed.
Another note, you can upload files onto the iPod as a drive without any problems. You can also d/l the music off the iPod through a hidden folder (I suggest everyone enable show hidden files), but the file names are truncated (probably an FS limitation?).
I think you've been listening to Ann Coulter for too long. The point of his statement is that there a vast number of Muslims in the world. If you attempt to pick them all out and search them, then you are going miss a lot of other potential threats. The majority of Arabs are not Muslim and the majority of Muslims are not Arabic. I believe that the Muslim religion is also the world's most prevelant.
I think the most effective way to run things would be to ensure that every person is well screened and all bagagge is checked. Unfortunatly, Bush is too busy giving rich people their taxes back so he can't afford to properly outfit the nations needs. Look at the coast guard's requests for protecting ports that go unanswered.
In a speech Ann Coulter listed about 20 attacks made against US forces by Muslim extremests. Her conclusion was that at some point it's not a racest profile it's the profile of the villian. The problem with this logic is that it doesn't acknowledge all of the attacks by domestic militant groups like the Oklahoma City bombing. It also opens up the search to too wide of a group. The equivalent would be to haul in every white male in his 30's and 40's ever time there is a serial killer. When 10% of the population matches the profile you have to make the profile more specific.
You are just buying in to the spin machines that Rove directed so brilliantly. Kerry did not say he was going to give control to the UN. He said he was going to actually work with the UN and other nations to make sure that policies were deamed appropriate. If you stick with the pack you make more friends and friends are useful to have when you are trying to find needles in hay stacks.
If I put all of the music onto my iPod by syncing with iTunes on my computer, then why would I need to pull the music back off? I think it actually makes sense that they tried to block this in order to prevent the masses from using iPods/iTunes to trade music with each other. You have to remember that the RIAA is looking at everyone in their attempt to file the next lawsuit that will keep them afloat.
I hope you realize that you can still illegally d/l mp3s off the Intar-web and put them on an iPod. I really enjoy my iPod because it's easy to navigate through the songs (The rate sensative wheel helps), and it's fairly simple. There are some things that I would tweek, but when you have an interface that's 5 buttons and a wheel you have to make compromises.
I am also surprised. Especially since the first time I tried to copy music off a friend's iPod onto my computer it worked. The only problem I noticed was that it truncated file names (a bitch and a half to go back and fix).
I could see it being less obtrusive to have the system check the ID tag to see if it's been married, if it hasn't, then it writes that DVD player's serial number to it, if it has been written it just verifies. The thing with RFID tags is that they are read/writable which means that someone could just clear off the tag and write something on it to allow transferring.
I'd be interested to know how this would hold up in court since you have fair use of the movie as long as you own it. Is there any guarantee that you are allowed to transfer ownership?
One article I read a few years back that fits very well her is, what does the consumer gain by adding this restriction? Much like SuperAudio, I don't feel like I'm gaining much for the increased limitations so I'm not going to buy this new DVD player. If that means I can't buy the newest movies, then I'll just survive without them.
I guess a good overarching rule is that in any transaction the consumer and the producer must gain. A person isn't going to pay a large quantity of money for the next shitty blockbuster and a movie company isn't going to spend millions of dollars on a film that's just going to get pirated over the internet and not have any return. In the end people will either provide content for cheaper/free and people will d/l it for free, or companies will produce content for a fee as long as it's profitable.
If I can't make a 911 call from my cell phone due to a dead battery, can I sue Motorola for not making a battery that lasts longer (forever)? I wonder if any of the VoIP providers provide information stating that land lines without service can still be used for 911?
I have vowed to stop buying DVD's after being forced to watch about 15 minutes of commercials at the beginning of Dodgeball. If the editing software can get rid of the crap at the beginning of a disk then I'd be all about it.
I've also pretty much stopped going to the theator (except with friends really want to go). All of you complain that you don't like what they are doing, but clearly you upset that you can't watch the movies for free or it wouldn't matter. Ex. If a law was passwed that made it illegal to eat dog crap, then no one would complain because it doesn't really effect anything.
I see two possible scenarios if this ACTUALLY WORKS.
1. They could stop trying to d/l music all together
2. They could attempt to d/l music that was released by the artist.
What I think is more interesting is can/should the p2p makes attempt to filter out this fake conent?
If I had software that was useable for both legit and illegal purposes, and someone attempted to make it more difficult to get worth while content, then I'd see that as attack on my product. I would attempt to make the service better by removing the fake content in order to keep people from going to other products.
Will it not cost more to build and maintain a filter that will keep the truckers from looking at porn than it would to just allow people to do whatever they want?
I have not RTFA yet so if it comes down to limiting the amount of bandwith they have, I can understand that.
I think that all content filtering should be done at the individual level. If you don't want to look at porn, then don't go to porn sites. If you don't want to hear Howard Stern saying something that you find objectionable, then don't listen to his show. If you don't want your kids to be watching all the "dirty" videos on MTV, then cancel your cable. I really don't think there will be a whole lot of minors going to truck stops in order to d/l porn onto their laptops.
I also did not RTFA, but I think the main thing that Windows has over Linux is that you can buy a PC at Best Buy or CompUSA that has Windows preinstalled and included in the price. I wonder how many people actually upgrade there computer with new Windows versions, and how many just buy a new computer every few years with the latest version.
Many of the hard core computer users I know will rebuild their Windows box several times a year, but I've seen far more computers that are so bogged down with all sorts of crap in the registry and 50 apps that startup on boot that the machine is practically useless.
Does anyone else out there think that M$ deliberatly sabatoges users machines slowly so that users think they need to buy new machines every other year? I feel like when I built my P3 800MHz machine running Win2k it booted almost instantly, and before I put linux on it the boot/shutdown too forever!
I think the only way that Linux is going to get a large market share is if it gets into schools and businesses. Once people get more comfortable with the OS, they will want to use it at home. As of right now, the biggest argument I hear from people not wanting to install Linux is "what does it do that Windows doesn't?" For most people security and stability lose out over ease of installations in Windows (I know./configure, make, make install) and compatibility with just about everything.
Those who like to buy CDs will still buy CDs, whether they use P2P or not.
I disagree. I stopped buying CD's that are under RIAA labels just because I think what they are doing is BS. I'll buy from label websites if I d/l the content first and really like it. On the other hand, I'm not as anxious to buy a CD since I already have the entire thing on my computer.
The only problem is that we are the most expensive customers. If most ISP's sign this agreement and all the people pirating media don't want to stop, then they are going to accumulate on other networks. Then these networks are going to have larger bandwidth utilization per person = greater costs per customer. The best customer for a broadband ISP is grandma that checks her email once a day and sends a few text emails to her grand kids.
I use flashblock, a windows host file and firefox to help eliminate ads. Flashblock is a pretty nice extension it puts a play button in place of the flash ap, and then if you click the play button it will play the flash. I've only had problems when I attempt to load a.swf file directly. Other than that, it's pretty nice to only see the flash content I want. It can be annoying when you decide to read strongbad's emails...
You have to also think about 3-mile island, which did not have very much (if any) nuclear release outside of the reactor, but it was caused by a combination of human error and poorly designed equipment. Before you go blaming human error on everything I suggest you read "Design of Everyday Things" .
I remember reading something somewhere that the FBI could not use OnStar as a "bug" in yours cars because it interfered with the use of the service. If someone had an emergency and the system was being used as a "bug" then I guess the system would fail? Anyway, the way it sounded, if OnStar could function properly while acting as a "bug", then they would be able to monitor.... just my two-cents
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From TFA the lack of defintion is in some cases fraudulent charges are counted as ID theft. I would have to say it only counts as ID theft if you have the ability to extend new lines of credit. Simply having the CC numbers is easy enough to correct. On the other hand losing your drivers license and social security number to someone creates a nightmare.
The only problem I see with a biometics solution is that ultimatly most of the information is going to be transmitted electronically and the collection (reading) of the data (finger) could be forged. Does anyone know if it would be possible to set up some sort of hashing or "encryption" keyed off of your finger print? Then the company could send a set of data to the customer and the customer would have to encrypt it and send it back. Then the company can compare the received encryption code with one that was generated locally. This assumes there is some way for the person to create an initial finger print. ...Thinking about this a little more, it could help when you shop in physical stores if you had to scan your finger.
That was the exact thought passing through my mind when I read that. You would think they could set some sort of system up to send you notification when you attempt to start a line of credit.
I imagine that if someone was trying to make communications that they wanted to hide, then they could just create a simple flash animation to hide the message. There are plenty of ways to embed text into another medium in order to make it more difficult to just see. And as bandwidth becomes cheaper you can increase the amount of noise in the message that can't easily be eliminated by a machine.
I think someone should fund a study that relates obesity to software piracy. If it were possible to completely eliminate software piracy a lot of little kids would never get into video games and actually go outside.
I will give it to you that it shouldn't delete everything from your drive without warning. Perhaps first prompt, "would you like to associate with this computer (doing so will remove all of the files on your shuffle)?". If you click yes then have it say "WARNING: You are about to delete all content from your shuffle, proceed?"
As far as backups, iPods are not intented for backup devices. If you really want to make sure your data is protected go out and buy a tape drive. As an alternative you could buy either an external hard drive or backup to DVD's. I agree that 99.9% of piracy is going to happen through the Internet, but it's like putting a lock on luggage. You could easily cut the zipper, but you want to make it a little less obveous and more difficult.
This being said I want to let you know I'm against the RIAA's tactics (I won't buy/download any of their media), I'm against DRM, and I'm all about changing the way music is created and distributed.
Another note, you can upload files onto the iPod as a drive without any problems. You can also d/l the music off the iPod through a hidden folder (I suggest everyone enable show hidden files), but the file names are truncated (probably an FS limitation?).
I think the most effective way to run things would be to ensure that every person is well screened and all bagagge is checked. Unfortunatly, Bush is too busy giving rich people their taxes back so he can't afford to properly outfit the nations needs. Look at the coast guard's requests for protecting ports that go unanswered.
In a speech Ann Coulter listed about 20 attacks made against US forces by Muslim extremests. Her conclusion was that at some point it's not a racest profile it's the profile of the villian. The problem with this logic is that it doesn't acknowledge all of the attacks by domestic militant groups like the Oklahoma City bombing. It also opens up the search to too wide of a group. The equivalent would be to haul in every white male in his 30's and 40's ever time there is a serial killer. When 10% of the population matches the profile you have to make the profile more specific.
I believe the guy was French not British, btw.
You are just buying in to the spin machines that Rove directed so brilliantly. Kerry did not say he was going to give control to the UN. He said he was going to actually work with the UN and other nations to make sure that policies were deamed appropriate. If you stick with the pack you make more friends and friends are useful to have when you are trying to find needles in hay stacks.
If I put all of the music onto my iPod by syncing with iTunes on my computer, then why would I need to pull the music back off? I think it actually makes sense that they tried to block this in order to prevent the masses from using iPods/iTunes to trade music with each other. You have to remember that the RIAA is looking at everyone in their attempt to file the next lawsuit that will keep them afloat.
In the parent's defense iTunes comes on a CD with your iPod. You have to discover winamp through a friend or wonderful informative sites like /.
I hope you realize that you can still illegally d/l mp3s off the Intar-web and put them on an iPod. I really enjoy my iPod because it's easy to navigate through the songs (The rate sensative wheel helps), and it's fairly simple. There are some things that I would tweek, but when you have an interface that's 5 buttons and a wheel you have to make compromises.
I am also surprised. Especially since the first time I tried to copy music off a friend's iPod onto my computer it worked. The only problem I noticed was that it truncated file names (a bitch and a half to go back and fix).
I'd be interested to know how this would hold up in court since you have fair use of the movie as long as you own it. Is there any guarantee that you are allowed to transfer ownership?
One article I read a few years back that fits very well her is, what does the consumer gain by adding this restriction? Much like SuperAudio, I don't feel like I'm gaining much for the increased limitations so I'm not going to buy this new DVD player. If that means I can't buy the newest movies, then I'll just survive without them.
I guess a good overarching rule is that in any transaction the consumer and the producer must gain. A person isn't going to pay a large quantity of money for the next shitty blockbuster and a movie company isn't going to spend millions of dollars on a film that's just going to get pirated over the internet and not have any return. In the end people will either provide content for cheaper/free and people will d/l it for free, or companies will produce content for a fee as long as it's profitable.
If I can't make a 911 call from my cell phone due to a dead battery, can I sue Motorola for not making a battery that lasts longer (forever)? I wonder if any of the VoIP providers provide information stating that land lines without service can still be used for 911?
I've also pretty much stopped going to the theator (except with friends really want to go). All of you complain that you don't like what they are doing, but clearly you upset that you can't watch the movies for free or it wouldn't matter. Ex. If a law was passwed that made it illegal to eat dog crap, then no one would complain because it doesn't really effect anything.
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I see two possible scenarios if this ACTUALLY WORKS.
1. They could stop trying to d/l music all together
2. They could attempt to d/l music that was released by the artist.
What I think is more interesting is can/should the p2p makes attempt to filter out this fake conent?
If I had software that was useable for both legit and illegal purposes, and someone attempted to make it more difficult to get worth while content, then I'd see that as attack on my product. I would attempt to make the service better by removing the fake content in order to keep people from going to other products.
I have not RTFA yet so if it comes down to limiting the amount of bandwith they have, I can understand that.
I think that all content filtering should be done at the individual level. If you don't want to look at porn, then don't go to porn sites. If you don't want to hear Howard Stern saying something that you find objectionable, then don't listen to his show. If you don't want your kids to be watching all the "dirty" videos on MTV, then cancel your cable. I really don't think there will be a whole lot of minors going to truck stops in order to d/l porn onto their laptops.
Many of the hard core computer users I know will rebuild their Windows box several times a year, but I've seen far more computers that are so bogged down with all sorts of crap in the registry and 50 apps that startup on boot that the machine is practically useless.
Does anyone else out there think that M$ deliberatly sabatoges users machines slowly so that users think they need to buy new machines every other year? I feel like when I built my P3 800MHz machine running Win2k it booted almost instantly, and before I put linux on it the boot/shutdown too forever!
I think the only way that Linux is going to get a large market share is if it gets into schools and businesses. Once people get more comfortable with the OS, they will want to use it at home. As of right now, the biggest argument I hear from people not wanting to install Linux is "what does it do that Windows doesn't?" For most people security and stability lose out over ease of installations in Windows (I know ./configure, make, make install) and compatibility with just about everything.
Those who like to buy CDs will still buy CDs, whether they use P2P or not. I disagree. I stopped buying CD's that are under RIAA labels just because I think what they are doing is BS. I'll buy from label websites if I d/l the content first and really like it. On the other hand, I'm not as anxious to buy a CD since I already have the entire thing on my computer.
The only problem is that we are the most expensive customers. If most ISP's sign this agreement and all the people pirating media don't want to stop, then they are going to accumulate on other networks. Then these networks are going to have larger bandwidth utilization per person = greater costs per customer. The best customer for a broadband ISP is grandma that checks her email once a day and sends a few text emails to her grand kids.
I'm going to have to try that...I didn't know I could do that =P
I use flashblock, a windows host file and firefox to help eliminate ads. Flashblock is a pretty nice extension it puts a play button in place of the flash ap, and then if you click the play button it will play the flash. I've only had problems when I attempt to load a .swf file directly. Other than that, it's pretty nice to only see the flash content I want. It can be annoying when you decide to read strongbad's emails...
You have to also think about 3-mile island, which did not have very much (if any) nuclear release outside of the reactor, but it was caused by a combination of human error and poorly designed equipment. Before you go blaming human error on everything I suggest you read "Design of Everyday Things" .
I remember reading something somewhere that the FBI could not use OnStar as a "bug" in yours cars because it interfered with the use of the service. If someone had an emergency and the system was being used as a "bug" then I guess the system would fail? Anyway, the way it sounded, if OnStar could function properly while acting as a "bug", then they would be able to monitor.... just my two-cents