"No matter how hard we want to fight against it, net neutrality will eventually fall."
Well, that's just giving up before you even started! The truth is that we have to demand our democracy back from the people that are stealing it. It's not gone, yet. You can't _want_ to fight against it. Your participation is required (something about 'do or do not.. there is no try' comes to mind.)
I did what I could, albeit at the last minute, but isn't that how most people 'participate' around Tax Day ?
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The FCC Acknowledges Receipt of Comments...and Thank You for Your Comments
Your Confirmation Number is: '2007615xxxxxx ' Date Received: Jun 15 2007 Docket: 07-52 Number of Files Transmitted: 1
I, for one, balked at the idea of having such a sweet platform to develop nifty apps for, but no 3rd-party development allowed?? Either they release a full API for garage developers or I won't consider buying one. I still think the 2-year commitment to #%^&! Cingular is a bad enough 'deal'. I'm just freaked out at what the battery life is like. I can't see getting more than 2 hours of full use from it before charging again.
the universities could all charge a new fee to pay for extended legal service.
I'm sure a majority of the students are sharing mostly copyrighted material, but the university shouldn't assume their students are guilty and just bend over to corporate thugs. After all, the RIAA has been extorting the public by keeping the price of CDs artificially high since their introduction in the mid-1980s. I remember way back in 1984 a salesman giving an in-store demo, stepping on a CD and rubbing it into the carpet, saying that they were near-indestructible and would cost a few dollars once they were as popular as cassette tapes. LIARS!
Well, I did take care of that first CD I bought and have it to this day (R.E.M. - Murmur), but new CDs still cost the same as they did then.
"So let me ask: how do we take the fight to them? How do we start fscking over the RIAA / MPAA / Disney / NJ Turnpike Authority?"
I've often asked or been asked the same question. We have been a culture obsessed with instant-gratification. These companies, mostly entertainment-based, know that Americans need to be entertained while performing the most mundane details. Therefore, if you really want to fsck-over these companies, you simply have to stop using their product. It's as simple and as difficult as that --More difficult than quitting smoking tobacco, I'm sure.
Don't buy their products. Plain and simple. The administrative/distribution source for the majority of media is corrupt and even affects the highest echelon of government in the form of equally, slanted, corrupt legislation aimed at their very customer. DMCA? Doesn't CSS technically violate the fair-use provision of United States copyright law?
Once, I asked a friend, "How could you boycott a TV network, such as FOX?"
His reply probably shocked him with its simplicity (and I'm not sure why he hasn't done it, to this day.) He said, the best way would probably be to boycott the products being advertised by FOX. A simple website with a nationwide crew of volunteers could easily make a list of companies, local and national, that advertise on FOX channels and affiliates and update boycottfoxadvertising.org, for example. People would know which companies' products contribute the most to FOX's bottom-line and simply choose to purchase a competing brand that isn't advertised by FOX. Lists of product alternatives would be compiled by volunteers for easy transitions, especially when there's little choice in smaller communities. Or, you may simply choose to phase use of that product from your life.
Companies seeking to advertise with FOX may think twice if the idea ever built up momentum. This has happened before. Consumers complained to companies for supporting media outlets that have offended the public in some way. Imus, Ann Coulter, O'Reilly, Howard Stern, and an assortment of shock-jocks have all cost their employers money from lost advertising.
How, you ask, could I ever 'boycott' all these products from my life?
There is no one-fits-all answer, but I ride my bike more, reading actual books more, drinking more water/tea and eating less junk food, and filling my time with activities that I were more likely to do as a child. You say you don't like Apple now, for whatever reason? Try Linux... There are many more ways for us all to spend our dollar with more responsibility than even 10 years ago. I don't shop at Wal-Mart anymore... I don't eat fast food (when I can help it) and I don't purchase frivolous 'urge' items anymore.
My sociology prof once said, "The greatest political power we wield is where we decide to spend our dollar."
Lobbyists have known this for as long as political systems have been corrupt enough to favor money over principals.
"What other examples of designer stupidity have you seen?"
I use them everyday and they waste more of my time and money than (seemingly) everything else. Where are the 'smart intersections' with all the software and sensing devices we make nowadays?
"Some performers are likely to outlive the current protections, now fixed at a mere 50 years."
If I were Mick or Keith, and considerably more open-minded about the nature of creative derivative, I'd be ecstatic about my music being reworked by a world-audience. The truth is that most all works of art have their roots in past work. Rarely do true, unique forms emerge from the traditional, like the Modern Art movement.
I'm sure that unique art will always continue to be created. However, when people have access to manipulating prior-art faster, not only does the art stay relevant longer, the original artist stays relevant longer, too. There is positive economic reason for original artists to allow derivative work faster. Trent Reznor takes it a step further by giving the Hoi polli all the individual audio tracks to a single song allowing deeper manipulation (although, I'm not sure what restrictions exist for using his works.)
One thing that definitely helps is when people give credit to the original artist(s). It's being polite and humbling at the same time.
But would an American judge allow their pride to be destroyed by their profession if they didn't understand some technical/complex/abstract portion of an argument? Sure, they have clerks that aid in such areas, but would a respected judge be willing to reduce his/her own pride to seek a definition from an aide? I don't know how judges can be so knowledgeable on rising technical issues fast enough to make an ethical ruling. It seems like an enormous scholarly life-undertaking. Judges aren't the only people who have that task. Politicians are at the mercy of the 'technology curve' by being able to craft ethical laws concerning the use of new technology. Perhaps that's why the United States of America has such poor laws and rulings regarding technology and its use --obviously being argued by large corporations with enough young, smart, money-hungry, legal wranglers to be as general (or not) as possible when crafting a bill **cough DMCA** or to obfuscate just enough to hack out a favorable ruling **cough SCO**
Thrilled to know they have enough traffic (and aggregators checking them) to make such a stink. I bet they increase their ad sales revenue based on that alone.
And I want to mod you Off topic, too, (and I can for the mo) but where do we address this issue? I don't recall anyone posting to "Ask Slashdot" about the problem of 'replying to first post to stay higher on the overall posting' --but it would be a good idea.
You can also adjust the threshold of the New Discussion System to filter out comments that are just replies to people posting directly to the top-level, though.
"Trees that grow high into the sky... Trees my friends that bear bounties fruits and sustenance for all mankind alike? Trees so beautiful they would make a grown man weep in awe."
Yeah, actually, we used to have those... until the Once-ler came and chopped down the last Truffula Tree. The world's never been the same since...
For once in my life I found the only thing that made me ashamed about using an Apple computer; that being, their lack of vision regarding the environment. Funny, this coming from a company domineered over by a CEO portrayed by popular media as being some socially conscious, acid-dropping, wannabe hippie.
Actually honorary degrees are more of a "we need someone to speak at our graduation and we will give you one as payment". Nothing more, nothing less. Kind of cheapens what the real graduates are getting IMHO.
I disagree. Perhaps that is what Bill's diploma represents, however my grandfather received one for his lifetime of research committed to the preservation and restoration of ancient documents. In fact, some of his techniques are staples of today's document restoration process. He never went to college and dropped out of high school to help support the family. He started an apprenticeship with RR Donnelley & Sons learning about the printing trade. Working during the day, he went to night school till he acquired his high school diploma. Shortly after retiring from RR Donnelley, he received an honorary degree from the University of Chicago. My grandfather was a scholar, training himself daily, which didn't stop because of retirement. He continued to write, read, research, lecture, and consult after retiring. His library, of which he read every book, compromised two floors of the house. In my mind, he obviously deserved recognition for his scholarly pursuits.
Which begs the question, is Bill Gates' degree recognizing his out-of-class scholarly pursuits or his world-wide business success? What major innovation(s) has Bill Gates ever been credited for regarding technology?
iFilm has been purchased by Google, and is now being sued for $1 billion by Viacom. Film at 11... (oh wait its copyrighted by Viacom, never mind!).
Actually, the first thing I thought of relating to this story was Viacom may not be suing iFilm because they are in secret talks to purchase them and use it as a stage to compete with YouTube. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if this came about during the discovery phase.
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Here's a few more dumb speculations made about Apple... and not to be the fanboy, but c'mon...
Apple should sell to Sun Computer because they are irrelevant and no one uses them anymore.
There's no way that Apple is going to sell music and make a profit.
No one is going to use iTunes on Windows.
Need I go on?
"No matter how hard we want to fight against it, net neutrality will eventually fall."
...and Thank You for Your Comments
Well, that's just giving up before you even started! The truth is that we have to demand our democracy back from the people that are stealing it. It's not gone, yet. You can't _want_ to fight against it. Your participation is required (something about 'do or do not.. there is no try' comes to mind.)
I did what I could, albeit at the last minute, but isn't that how most people 'participate' around Tax Day ?
- - - - - - -
The FCC Acknowledges Receipt of Comments
Your Confirmation Number is: '2007615xxxxxx '
Date Received: Jun 15 2007
Docket: 07-52
Number of Files Transmitted: 1
some plucky astronaut need only go into the cave, find the alien hand-shaped control panel and start the terraforming machine.. voila! Instant Earth.
I, for one, balked at the idea of having such a sweet platform to develop nifty apps for, but no 3rd-party development allowed?? Either they release a full API for garage developers or I won't consider buying one. I still think the 2-year commitment to #%^&! Cingular is a bad enough 'deal'. I'm just freaked out at what the battery life is like. I can't see getting more than 2 hours of full use from it before charging again.
The irony is surreal...
So, I'm watching Doctor Who and someone asks, "Who is this guy?" and the reply's always the same, "He's the Doctor."
So I think to myself, "How does this guy always get out of these crazy situations?
"He's like some time-traveling MacGyver," I think to myself as I switch over to trusty, old Slashdot, only to see that same name right off.
the universities could all charge a new fee to pay for extended legal service.
I'm sure a majority of the students are sharing mostly copyrighted material, but the university shouldn't assume their students are guilty and just bend over to corporate thugs. After all, the RIAA has been extorting the public by keeping the price of CDs artificially high since their introduction in the mid-1980s. I remember way back in 1984 a salesman giving an in-store demo, stepping on a CD and rubbing it into the carpet, saying that they were near-indestructible and would cost a few dollars once they were as popular as cassette tapes. LIARS!
Well, I did take care of that first CD I bought and have it to this day (R.E.M. - Murmur), but new CDs still cost the same as they did then.
"So let me ask: how do we take the fight to them? How do we start fscking over the RIAA / MPAA / Disney / NJ Turnpike Authority?"
I've often asked or been asked the same question. We have been a culture obsessed with instant-gratification. These companies, mostly entertainment-based, know that Americans need to be entertained while performing the most mundane details. Therefore, if you really want to fsck-over these companies, you simply have to stop using their product. It's as simple and as difficult as that --More difficult than quitting smoking tobacco, I'm sure.
Don't buy their products. Plain and simple. The administrative/distribution source for the majority of media is corrupt and even affects the highest echelon of government in the form of equally, slanted, corrupt legislation aimed at their very customer. DMCA? Doesn't CSS technically violate the fair-use provision of United States copyright law?
Once, I asked a friend, "How could you boycott a TV network, such as FOX?"
His reply probably shocked him with its simplicity (and I'm not sure why he hasn't done it, to this day.) He said, the best way would probably be to boycott the products being advertised by FOX. A simple website with a nationwide crew of volunteers could easily make a list of companies, local and national, that advertise on FOX channels and affiliates and update boycottfoxadvertising.org, for example. People would know which companies' products contribute the most to FOX's bottom-line and simply choose to purchase a competing brand that isn't advertised by FOX. Lists of product alternatives would be compiled by volunteers for easy transitions, especially when there's little choice in smaller communities. Or, you may simply choose to phase use of that product from your life.
Companies seeking to advertise with FOX may think twice if the idea ever built up momentum. This has happened before. Consumers complained to companies for supporting media outlets that have offended the public in some way. Imus, Ann Coulter, O'Reilly, Howard Stern, and an assortment of shock-jocks have all cost their employers money from lost advertising.
How, you ask, could I ever 'boycott' all these products from my life?
There is no one-fits-all answer, but I ride my bike more, reading actual books more, drinking more water/tea and eating less junk food, and filling my time with activities that I were more likely to do as a child. You say you don't like Apple now, for whatever reason? Try Linux... There are many more ways for us all to spend our dollar with more responsibility than even 10 years ago. I don't shop at Wal-Mart anymore... I don't eat fast food (when I can help it) and I don't purchase frivolous 'urge' items anymore.
My sociology prof once said, "The greatest political power we wield is where we decide to spend our dollar."
Lobbyists have known this for as long as political systems have been corrupt enough to favor money over principals.
rally late in the game gathering $32,000 to send 12 tons of scrap metal to the doors of Fox Studios roughly resembling a sculpture of Jane.
"What other examples of designer stupidity have you seen?"
I use them everyday and they waste more of my time and money than (seemingly) everything else. Where are the 'smart intersections' with all the software and sensing devices we make nowadays?
If I were Mick or Keith, and considerably more open-minded about the nature of creative derivative, I'd be ecstatic about my music being reworked by a world-audience. The truth is that most all works of art have their roots in past work. Rarely do true, unique forms emerge from the traditional, like the Modern Art movement.
I'm sure that unique art will always continue to be created. However, when people have access to manipulating prior-art faster, not only does the art stay relevant longer, the original artist stays relevant longer, too. There is positive economic reason for original artists to allow derivative work faster. Trent Reznor takes it a step further by giving the Hoi polli all the individual audio tracks to a single song allowing deeper manipulation (although, I'm not sure what restrictions exist for using his works.)
One thing that definitely helps is when people give credit to the original artist(s). It's being polite and humbling at the same time.
But would an American judge allow their pride to be destroyed by their profession if they didn't understand some technical/complex/abstract portion of an argument? Sure, they have clerks that aid in such areas, but would a respected judge be willing to reduce his/her own pride to seek a definition from an aide? I don't know how judges can be so knowledgeable on rising technical issues fast enough to make an ethical ruling. It seems like an enormous scholarly life-undertaking. Judges aren't the only people who have that task. Politicians are at the mercy of the 'technology curve' by being able to craft ethical laws concerning the use of new technology. Perhaps that's why the United States of America has such poor laws and rulings regarding technology and its use --obviously being argued by large corporations with enough young, smart, money-hungry, legal wranglers to be as general (or not) as possible when crafting a bill **cough DMCA** or to obfuscate just enough to hack out a favorable ruling **cough SCO**
Thrilled to know they have enough traffic (and aggregators checking them) to make such a stink. I bet they increase their ad sales revenue based on that alone.
And I want to mod you Off topic, too, (and I can for the mo) but where do we address this issue? I don't recall anyone posting to "Ask Slashdot" about the problem of 'replying to first post to stay higher on the overall posting' --but it would be a good idea.
You can also adjust the threshold of the New Discussion System to filter out comments that are just replies to people posting directly to the top-level, though.
To each their own taste... but I'd post as an AC if I mentioned any of those movies being good, too.
wifi enabled players + municipal wifi + device ID + your digitized fingerprint + central data repository = big brother.
I agree. The man is the closest thing I have to a hero these days.
"Trees that grow high into the sky...
Trees my friends that bear bounties fruits and sustenance for all mankind alike?
Trees so beautiful they would make a grown man weep in awe."
Yeah, actually, we used to have those... until the Once-ler came and chopped down the last Truffula Tree. The world's never been the same since...
Actually, Dell's environmental initiatives are quite laudable:
Is Dell the brand for EcoGeeks? -- http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/543/
For once in my life I found the only thing that made me ashamed about using an Apple computer; that being, their lack of vision regarding the environment. Funny, this coming from a company domineered over by a CEO portrayed by popular media as being some socially conscious, acid-dropping, wannabe hippie.
http://www.greenpeace.org/apple/
Awww... I thought you were going to point us to a clip of C3PO being lowered into his oil bath. That's almost like a server soaked in oil, yeah?
Microsoft should just have the states subsidize, via taxes, giving a Zune to every child in Michigan.
/ 0417219
An iPod For Every Kid In Michigan:
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/07
Actually honorary degrees are more of a "we need someone to speak at our graduation and we will give you one as payment". Nothing more, nothing less. Kind of cheapens what the real graduates are getting IMHO.
I disagree. Perhaps that is what Bill's diploma represents, however my grandfather received one for his lifetime of research committed to the preservation and restoration of ancient documents. In fact, some of his techniques are staples of today's document restoration process. He never went to college and dropped out of high school to help support the family. He started an apprenticeship with RR Donnelley & Sons learning about the printing trade. Working during the day, he went to night school till he acquired his high school diploma. Shortly after retiring from RR Donnelley, he received an honorary degree from the University of Chicago. My grandfather was a scholar, training himself daily, which didn't stop because of retirement. He continued to write, read, research, lecture, and consult after retiring. His library, of which he read every book, compromised two floors of the house. In my mind, he obviously deserved recognition for his scholarly pursuits.
Which begs the question, is Bill Gates' degree recognizing his out-of-class scholarly pursuits or his world-wide business success? What major innovation(s) has Bill Gates ever been credited for regarding technology?
iFilm has been purchased by Google, and is now being sued for $1 billion by Viacom. Film at 11... (oh wait its copyrighted by Viacom, never mind!).
Actually, the first thing I thought of relating to this story was Viacom may not be suing iFilm because they are in secret talks to purchase them and use it as a stage to compete with YouTube. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if this came about during the discovery phase.
all this ice core data
Ice core, smiisch core... Forget about global warming, because the _core_ of the earth is about to stop spinning!
I saw it on this movie a while ago... oh well, we're all gonna die... Mmmmm! I smell Barbecue! Aaaaaww!! It's german potato salad!!
FTA, ""It's like if you're driving down freeway, and there's nothing to say what the speed limit is," Carreiro said"
More like you're driving and you don't know how full your tank is. Bandwidth speed is clearly labeled, you just don't know how 'far' you can go.
Customers should be allowed to rollover unused bandwidth to the next month like some cellphone carriers are for unused minutes.