Much more interesting than the Schneir description of the actual site in question. Here they have fully rendered videos from multiple vantages of the studies amongst other research topics of the professor.
Why do we need five different wireless data transfer standards when wireless USB will cover the same issues this technology Sony is trying to force would achieve? Its just going to create yet another generation of specialized hardware-specific mutually exclusive standards. Why can't we just come out and say, one standard (open) for one need (wireless data transfer, shortrange). Oh, yes to keep us enslaved by the great hardware manufacturers of the world?
Perhaps this announcement coincides with the announcement of their Project Infinity initiative... It would seem they need some kind of data network such as this to be able to shove this kind of content thru the tubes. Regardless, Comcast is still evil. They are an entertainment distributor, not an info distributor so do nothing but contribute to the dumbing of the masses. And like someone said earlier, this kind of content expansion will only come with increased costs and fees; considering all this, there is little win for consumers in these announcements.
Take a look at Warner Music Groups stock price over the last two years (WMG is the only publicly traded music label, in the last year it has decreased by almost $20! You screwed yourself in 2007 if you sided with the RIAA. But look at the long-term, its not just the lawsuits that make music labels a bad investment now or the last five years. Its a dying industry without the lawsuits. The digital age is here, nothing can be done to stop it. There never was anything that could be done. The industry can still exist, but its market share had decreased enormously and they need to accept it. Sorry for anyone who bet the farm on these guys, cause all you have is a cow left. Not even a cash one sadly.
Fact is... in todays system where consumers are so numerous and have so much money collectively that many different markets can support many competing brands so a market with only two competitors can easily be supported long-term (though with special deals and brand X-only releases, not to the customers advantage). iPods may be the king of the portable media market, but they are NOT by far the only folks in it. And we are a very long time into that battle nowadays. So supporting both options is not only a good idea, its inevitably the case if neither competitor is willing to give in or collapse.
Regarding the whats that supposed to mean comment... The writer of this article has some issues in regards to vernacular: another example is the way he describes how Google returns searches to you; I'm not even going to repeat it. It made me puke a little in my mouth when i read it.
Ok, Im not a spectrum expert here (IANASE?), so I dont know all the possible and impossible uses of the band are. But MY personal belief is that if Google wins this thing, it will mean a whole new future of cell and multimedia technology. With Android on the horizon, the possibility for video technology to be broadcast on this spectrum, and a "do no evil" corporation behind its implementation we as consumers could see a major change in how we use and most importantly PAY for cell phones.
I could VERY easily see Google offering about five models of cellphones, all with user-modifiable environments with broadband TV access, internet, and of course cell (or wifi or some such combo). A recent interview with the CEO of HTC suggests there are some big plans with Android/Google/HTC. This would all be possible with a low unlimited usage fee (say $50 unlimited cell access, $75 unlimited TV/internet, etc.) Maybe you will see some sort of music site popup over this or integrate it with Google's music info site. This will of course be highly marketed and everyone will flock to it. Maybe not everyone will get to use it and it will become a tester in some markets sort of like gmail beta when it was first introduced. This sort of thing is usually looked at skeptically (think when 3G first rolled out after many delays, all the complaints and grumbles) but by Google will be looked at as the hippest thing since white bread!
This of course over time will force the other cell providers to change their scrupulous business practices or be satisfied with greatly reduced user-base. Which of course is more incentive for these other companies to get their hands on it over Google.
It seems to be infrastructure and other base technology is already in place for it, so immediate rollout could happen, of course in that interim introductory period additional infrastructure can be added to beef up the spectrums inevitably high usage!
This is all of course simple musing, but looking at Google's past and their current state coupled with their desire for this spectrum leads me to believe there is a plan for it and its big. I look forward to this possibility... hope it comes true. Now if anyone can punch holes in any of this please do so now.
Not familiar with TorrentSpy Admins, but I would imagine they did it to protect themselves from jail rather than a altruistic attempt to withhold your IP address from the MPAA. Its the cynic in me speaking....
I live in New Orleans, I have been to many "New Orleans-style Funerals", we call them second lines. This was not a New Orleans-style funeral. Just because you play jazz at it does not make it a New Orleans-style funeral. It involves parading the carcass overhead while parading through the streets with umbrellas, dancing, music, food, and good times. It sounds like it was a tongue-in-cheek send off nonetheless.
Well, here's how I deal with the "Al Gore - Internet Inventer" BS. I just say, well Al Gore may have invented the internet, but remember George W. invented the INTERNETS!!!!
Actually TFA seems to suggest that the more obscure and pretentious we are, the easier it is the track us. If we become homogeneous drones voting on the top 100 films, we are safe! Even so, I don't plan to become a homogeneous drone...
Please don't let me confuse you! By no means is the media involved in the limited research data regarding the many types of nanomaterials. The primary reason it is limited is due to its fledgling period of discovery. As more ground is broken in developing and optimizing the usage of nanoparticles, the public health effect will follow (but always on its heels, rarely concurrently!) This because the first step is discovery; practical usage of these materials most follow. Only once they have a defined, beneficial use does the health effects become scrutinized (although, as an aside, there is a discipline that is attempting to gain ground called health effects engineering [HEE] which encourages technology to incorporate the principles of public health INTO the engineering aspect of that technology).
Regardless, I tried to show a few places where research is already underway regarding the public health issues regarding these materials, but additionally, the American Chemical Society and the American Society of Safety Engineers are but two of many organizations encouraging exploration into this matter.
The issue of whether the media (and as a result the general public) is paying attention to this matter is unrelated to the amount of research data, but whether or not flashy, urgent stories can be fashioned around the current developments in the field. At this time, there is no such capability. But give it time, I'm sure it will become the next big terrorist tool in eroding global National Security(TM).
Further I think Futurama creators would be well served to release this _to_ AS regardless of whether it single-handedly brought them back from the depths! Simple matter is, the best market for them on television is likely on AS. Fiercely loyal and fairly consumerist. Comedy Central for what its worth, is the next best option, IMO.
I am a Public Health student currently, and I have been doing some research on this topic, was planning on writing a paper about it, but decided not to for the primary reason that there is little research data available on it and even less on implications from this data! The reason the general public is not concerned with the issue is two-fold.
One, the public becomes concerned with a public health issue when it affects them directly or more commonly when the threat of HOW the issue affects them is conveyed typically BY THE MEDIA! The Media spends very little time on this issue primarily due to its esoteric nature and its extremely low "sexiness" as an issue.
Two, its not a hot topic because there is little exposure from it to the general public. Certain industries and certain populations in these industries are exposed to it and even then, the awareness given to them about it is minimal.
Until nanomaterials are showcased on CNN in a show called Public in Peril: The Coming Nanomaterial Endemic or nanomaterials enter the average everyday workplace and an eight-hour training seminar on their safety comes to a conference room near you, this will be a non-issue as it should be.
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Much more interesting than the Schneir description of the actual site in question. Here they have fully rendered videos from multiple vantages of the studies amongst other research topics of the professor.
Why do we need five different wireless data transfer standards when wireless USB will cover the same issues this technology Sony is trying to force would achieve? Its just going to create yet another generation of specialized hardware-specific mutually exclusive standards. Why can't we just come out and say, one standard (open) for one need (wireless data transfer, shortrange). Oh, yes to keep us enslaved by the great hardware manufacturers of the world?
Perhaps this announcement coincides with the announcement of their Project Infinity initiative... It would seem they need some kind of data network such as this to be able to shove this kind of content thru the tubes. Regardless, Comcast is still evil. They are an entertainment distributor, not an info distributor so do nothing but contribute to the dumbing of the masses. And like someone said earlier, this kind of content expansion will only come with increased costs and fees; considering all this, there is little win for consumers in these announcements.
Strange Days!
This game is getting old... how many times are they going to bring it back?
Take a look at Warner Music Groups stock price over the last two years (WMG is the only publicly traded music label, in the last year it has decreased by almost $20! You screwed yourself in 2007 if you sided with the RIAA. But look at the long-term, its not just the lawsuits that make music labels a bad investment now or the last five years. Its a dying industry without the lawsuits. The digital age is here, nothing can be done to stop it. There never was anything that could be done. The industry can still exist, but its market share had decreased enormously and they need to accept it. Sorry for anyone who bet the farm on these guys, cause all you have is a cow left. Not even a cash one sadly.
Fact is... in todays system where consumers are so numerous and have so much money collectively that many different markets can support many competing brands so a market with only two competitors can easily be supported long-term (though with special deals and brand X-only releases, not to the customers advantage). iPods may be the king of the portable media market, but they are NOT by far the only folks in it. And we are a very long time into that battle nowadays. So supporting both options is not only a good idea, its inevitably the case if neither competitor is willing to give in or collapse.
Regarding the whats that supposed to mean comment... The writer of this article has some issues in regards to vernacular: another example is the way he describes how Google returns searches to you; I'm not even going to repeat it. It made me puke a little in my mouth when i read it.
Ok, Im not a spectrum expert here (IANASE?), so I dont know all the possible and impossible uses of the band are. But MY personal belief is that if Google wins this thing, it will mean a whole new future of cell and multimedia technology. With Android on the horizon, the possibility for video technology to be broadcast on this spectrum, and a "do no evil" corporation behind its implementation we as consumers could see a major change in how we use and most importantly PAY for cell phones.
I could VERY easily see Google offering about five models of cellphones, all with user-modifiable environments with broadband TV access, internet, and of course cell (or wifi or some such combo). A recent interview with the CEO of HTC suggests there are some big plans with Android/Google/HTC. This would all be possible with a low unlimited usage fee (say $50 unlimited cell access, $75 unlimited TV/internet, etc.) Maybe you will see some sort of music site popup over this or integrate it with Google's music info site. This will of course be highly marketed and everyone will flock to it. Maybe not everyone will get to use it and it will become a tester in some markets sort of like gmail beta when it was first introduced. This sort of thing is usually looked at skeptically (think when 3G first rolled out after many delays, all the complaints and grumbles) but by Google will be looked at as the hippest thing since white bread!
This of course over time will force the other cell providers to change their scrupulous business practices or be satisfied with greatly reduced user-base. Which of course is more incentive for these other companies to get their hands on it over Google.
It seems to be infrastructure and other base technology is already in place for it, so immediate rollout could happen, of course in that interim introductory period additional infrastructure can be added to beef up the spectrums inevitably high usage!
This is all of course simple musing, but looking at Google's past and their current state coupled with their desire for this spectrum leads me to believe there is a plan for it and its big. I look forward to this possibility... hope it comes true. Now if anyone can punch holes in any of this please do so now.
OMG PONIES?!?!!!
HA, HA! Instead of shooting where I was, you should have fired where I was going to be!!!
hmmm mod this one "informative"! Maybe even, "take that sucka!"
Not familiar with TorrentSpy Admins, but I would imagine they did it to protect themselves from jail rather than a altruistic attempt to withhold your IP address from the MPAA. Its the cynic in me speaking....
I live in New Orleans, I have been to many "New Orleans-style Funerals", we call them second lines. This was not a New Orleans-style funeral. Just because you play jazz at it does not make it a New Orleans-style funeral. It involves parading the carcass overhead while parading through the streets with umbrellas, dancing, music, food, and good times. It sounds like it was a tongue-in-cheek send off nonetheless.
desert what? The table?
Well, here's how I deal with the "Al Gore - Internet Inventer" BS. I just say, well Al Gore may have invented the internet, but remember George W. invented the INTERNETS!!!!
Yup, the lucky few who are not enslaved will be paraded around as lounge singers, etc., and enjoy an at least modest lifestyle. It has already begun
Its not even accurate for the task at hand. A brick does not a PC make... concrete block... maybe... brick... not so much.
And where exactly do I ask you is Tony Soprano supposed to call in his hits from now? He cant use his freaking cell phone... fongu!
Its a good thing the phrase "exercise as punishment is prohibited" means ITS NOT ALLOWED!
You laugh, but that what this article is about!
Ok, well maybe not everything on there is source available, but it at least runs Linux... close second
Actually TFA seems to suggest that the more obscure and pretentious we are, the easier it is the track us. If we become homogeneous drones voting on the top 100 films, we are safe! Even so, I don't plan to become a homogeneous drone...
Please don't let me confuse you! By no means is the media involved in the limited research data regarding the many types of nanomaterials. The primary reason it is limited is due to its fledgling period of discovery. As more ground is broken in developing and optimizing the usage of nanoparticles, the public health effect will follow (but always on its heels, rarely concurrently!) This because the first step is discovery; practical usage of these materials most follow. Only once they have a defined, beneficial use does the health effects become scrutinized (although, as an aside, there is a discipline that is attempting to gain ground called health effects engineering [HEE] which encourages technology to incorporate the principles of public health INTO the engineering aspect of that technology).
Regardless, I tried to show a few places where research is already underway regarding the public health issues regarding these materials, but additionally, the American Chemical Society and the American Society of Safety Engineers are but two of many organizations encouraging exploration into this matter.
The issue of whether the media (and as a result the general public) is paying attention to this matter is unrelated to the amount of research data, but whether or not flashy, urgent stories can be fashioned around the current developments in the field. At this time, there is no such capability. But give it time, I'm sure it will become the next big terrorist tool in eroding global National Security(TM).
Further I think Futurama creators would be well served to release this _to_ AS regardless of whether it single-handedly brought them back from the depths! Simple matter is, the best market for them on television is likely on AS. Fiercely loyal and fairly consumerist. Comedy Central for what its worth, is the next best option, IMO.
I am a Public Health student currently, and I have been doing some research on this topic, was planning on writing a paper about it, but decided not to for the primary reason that there is little research data available on it and even less on implications from this data! The reason the general public is not concerned with the issue is two-fold.
One, the public becomes concerned with a public health issue when it affects them directly or more commonly when the threat of HOW the issue affects them is conveyed typically BY THE MEDIA! The Media spends very little time on this issue primarily due to its esoteric nature and its extremely low "sexiness" as an issue.
Two, its not a hot topic because there is little exposure from it to the general public. Certain industries and certain populations in these industries are exposed to it and even then, the awareness given to them about it is minimal.
Until nanomaterials are showcased on CNN in a show called Public in Peril: The Coming Nanomaterial Endemic or nanomaterials enter the average everyday workplace and an eight-hour training seminar on their safety comes to a conference room near you, this will be a non-issue as it should be.
The limited research going on is out there though, as it should be: