So let me get this straight. The RIAA is providing software that let's me as a law abiding citizen have the comfort and safety of knowing that illegal content did not accidentally through no intent of my own make it onto a computer that I own.
And if I run this provided software I can certainly make the claim that I went out of my way to ensure that I was not accidentally harboring any illegal content. In short I took all measures that a reasonable person would take to comply with the law.
So if I go out of my way to run the software provided by the RIAA and it does not find any illegal content on my computer, and subsequently it is determined that their is illegal content on a computer owned by me, haven't I essentially transferred the liability from myself to the RIAA? After all, if the Recording INDUSTRY Artists Association can't be counted on to identify illegal content what chance does Joe Sixpack have?
The other thing to keep in mind is that 80,000 users 12 years ago versus 80,000 users today probably represents a 100x (conservatively) increase in the amount of raw mail traffic you will have to handle.
In other words your 12 year old solution would die horribly today.
This is where the idea of giving someone enough rope to hang themselves comes into play.
Use your opponents strengths against them, make them your advantage.
Find an ally that feels just like you do. There's one there. I gaurantee it. Get them in on the game. One of you has to become the "mark" that the other starts feeding info about to the evil director.
She will start to create uncertainty and obstacles for the mark, she will try to get the mark removed. Make sure she has what she believes are a factual basis for doing so. The mark is mis-representing his metrics or doing something financially squirrely for instance.
Very Important! The mark but be SQUEAKY CLEAN in regards to the thing being used. AND be able to prove it un-equivocably.
When the evil director makes her move be sure the mark is ready with the real facts.
You know, you only get some many letters in one lifetime.
Once they're gone your done.
Jus because I'm a nice guy, I'm sending you some extra ones I ad lying about. Use them wisely.
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I was just talking today with a VP from a very large network hardware company and we were discussing all the embedded advertising they do, showcasing their products in movies and television series. This being driven mostly by the acknowledgement that the "TiVo" crowd skips commercials anyway.
It seems to me that as soon as movies and television shows become (even more) "draped" over a framework of advertising the incentive to have as many people as possible see the content is aligned with the consumer's desire for free content that they have full control of.
A system that allows this mass distribution with accounting to calculate the exposure given to the sponsoring products will win in the end.
I can't say I look forward to seeing all commercial entertainment feeding the materialistic consumer machine and I have grave reservations about how this impacts "infotainment" shows that are (mostly) fact based today. But the notion that we will get what we asked for is very compelling to me.
Or alternately it takes the plug-in, undo and scripting functionality that the most powerful applications have and bringing it to the system level, so that everything has those features "for free", and they all interoperate for free, since you don't have a bunch of applications each with their own different, incompatible and likely proprietary methods.
Not trying to be a troll...
From this description it sound like it's the inverse of Linux from a desktop user experience persepctive?
I don't have the information necessary to make an observation regarding the net energy savings if any exists, but as a resident of Pennsylvania which runs from Lattitude 39 43' N to 42 N I would sure welcome the extra daylight.
I gotta say that driving to work in the dark and driving home from work in the dark is not a prticularly gratifying experience. In fact it's downright depressing.
Interestingly enough the times have been changed in the fairly recent past (according to the US Army:
During the "energy crisis" years, Congress enacted earlier starting dates for daylight time. In 1974, daylight time began on 6 January and in 1975 it began on 23 February. After those two years the starting date reverted back to the last Sunday in April. In 1986, a law was passed permanently shifting the starting date of daylight time to the first Sunday in April, beginning in 1987. The ending date of daylight time has not been subject to such changes, and has remained the last Sunday in October.
For me personally, Yes. It's all about the style and convenience. I can actually see my desk now.
For our SOC personnel that are in front of multiple large screens for an entire 8 hour shift, I think it is a nice side benefit that they are not being bathed in magnetic fields all day.
But they still look cool and take up less space. Not too mention, generate a lot less heat.
You do make an interesting point about being behind multiple tubes. I believe most measurements are made from some distance from the front of the tube.
Once again in a scenario like a call center or in our SOC this would tend to be the case when you have rows of monitors.
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So let me get this straight. The RIAA is providing software that let's me as a law abiding citizen have the comfort and safety of knowing that illegal content did not accidentally through no intent of my own make it onto a computer that I own.
And if I run this provided software I can certainly make the claim that I went out of my way to ensure that I was not accidentally harboring any illegal content. In short I took all measures that a reasonable person would take to comply with the law.
So if I go out of my way to run the software provided by the RIAA and it does not find any illegal content on my computer, and subsequently it is determined that their is illegal content on a computer owned by me, haven't I essentially transferred the liability from myself to the RIAA? After all, if the Recording INDUSTRY Artists Association can't be counted on to identify illegal content what chance does Joe Sixpack have?
Geesh... You sound like me CEO...
"Well, yes it's a data warehouse that allows real-time analysis of anomolous event activity over the last 30 days, but where are the graphs?"
You gotta start somewhere...
The other thing to keep in mind is that 80,000 users 12 years ago versus 80,000 users today probably represents a 100x (conservatively) increase in the amount of raw mail traffic you will have to handle.
In other words your 12 year old solution would die horribly today.
This is where the idea of giving someone enough rope to hang themselves comes into play.
Use your opponents strengths against them, make them your advantage.
Find an ally that feels just like you do. There's one there. I gaurantee it. Get them in on the game. One of you has to become the "mark" that the other starts feeding info about to the evil director.
She will start to create uncertainty and obstacles for the mark, she will try to get the mark removed. Make sure she has what she believes are a factual basis for doing so. The mark is mis-representing his metrics or doing something financially squirrely for instance.
Very Important! The mark but be SQUEAKY CLEAN in regards to the thing being used. AND be able to prove it un-equivocably.
When the evil director makes her move be sure the mark is ready with the real facts.
Think Michael Douglas in Disclosure...
So, not truly revolutionary, but "disruptive" tech in the sense that it puts the ability to make decent nozzles in the hands of many many more people.
Don't tell Dubya...
The terrorists are sure to use this against us...
You know, you only get some many letters in one lifetime.
Once they're gone your done.
Jus because I'm a nice guy, I'm sending you some extra ones I ad lying about. Use them wisely.
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now you've done it...
you made Slashdot very angry!
The whole point is that there is not much in the way of configuration / customization...
You were sounding plausible until I followed the link and see that Farenheit 9/11 was included as evidence of government corruption.
Yeah that's credible...
Don't forget mainframes...
I've seen that correlation engine...
I believe it's in Bangalore...
Nice article about the new system and printer here.
HIJAX...
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal...
I was just talking today with a VP from a very large network hardware company and we were discussing all the embedded advertising they do, showcasing their products in movies and television series. This being driven mostly by the acknowledgement that the "TiVo" crowd skips commercials anyway.
It seems to me that as soon as movies and television shows become (even more) "draped" over a framework of advertising the incentive to have as many people as possible see the content is aligned with the consumer's desire for free content that they have full control of.
A system that allows this mass distribution with accounting to calculate the exposure given to the sponsoring products will win in the end.
I can't say I look forward to seeing all commercial entertainment feeding the materialistic consumer machine and I have grave reservations about how this impacts "infotainment" shows that are (mostly) fact based today. But the notion that we will get what we asked for is very compelling to me.
It's called a lunch hour. Try it sometime.
But will is be able to run Duke Nukem Forever?
No. But a spelling / grammar checker might be doable.
Owww...
Lemon zinger gren tea is really not pleasant when shooting out of my nose...
As others are reporting, postings to daddypants@slashdot.org are ignored...
Why not present both sides fully? PJ has already posted a rebuttal to this on Groklaw.
And for the record: Groklaw gets it right
PJ's Rebuttal
Or alternately it takes the plug-in, undo and scripting functionality that the most powerful applications have and bringing it to the system level, so that everything has those features "for free", and they all interoperate for free, since you don't have a bunch of applications each with their own different, incompatible and likely proprietary methods.
Not trying to be a troll... From this description it sound like it's the inverse of Linux from a desktop user experience persepctive?
I'm sure some environmentalist will quickly decry this because of the negative impact it will have on wildlife...
With them being exposed to more light each day and all.
I don't have the information necessary to make an observation regarding the net energy savings if any exists, but as a resident of Pennsylvania which runs from Lattitude 39 43' N to 42 N I would sure welcome the extra daylight.
I gotta say that driving to work in the dark and driving home from work in the dark is not a prticularly gratifying experience. In fact it's downright depressing.
Interestingly enough the times have been changed in the fairly recent past (according to the US Army:
During the "energy crisis" years, Congress enacted earlier starting dates for daylight time. In 1974, daylight time began on 6 January and in 1975 it began on 23 February. After those two years the starting date reverted back to the last Sunday in April. In 1986, a law was passed permanently shifting the starting date of daylight time to the first Sunday in April, beginning in 1987. The ending date of daylight time has not been subject to such changes, and has remained the last Sunday in October.
Will probably be the first vendor to bring water into the datacenter... I believe I've seen evidence in some datacenters already.
"Was this ONLY for style and space savings?"
For me personally, Yes. It's all about the style and convenience. I can actually see my desk now.
For our SOC personnel that are in front of multiple large screens for an entire 8 hour shift, I think it is a nice side benefit that they are not being bathed in magnetic fields all day.
But they still look cool and take up less space. Not too mention, generate a lot less heat.
You do make an interesting point about being behind multiple tubes. I believe most measurements are made from some distance from the front of the tube.
Once again in a scenario like a call center or in our SOC this would tend to be the case when you have rows of monitors.
Dude I just crapped my pants laughing so hard!!!
It would be interesting to apply this to information contained in Wikipedia. Does anyone know if someone is working on just such an effort?