omg...that ability to mingle with those similar to them sounds remarkably like...REAL LIFE. Choosing to interact with those different than you is just as easy if not easier on the Internet. I'd argue that it is both easier to NOT interact with different people as well as to CHOOSE to interact with different people, therefore negating your point.
ust another persona totally irrelevant to internet and speaks on things he has no clue about.
Like yourself, who apparently didn't read the article and isn't familiar with what the writer is talking about? Why don't you look into some of the restrictions cable companies like the @home service have implemented in the past. Why don't you read the article?
I'll give you a hint. If Im in control, I don't need to filter 99% of the traffic or exercise a heavy hand on it to see a benefit. I only need to block 1 type of service (in the case of @home, streaming video) in order to reap the benefits of my position. A little goes a long way. And I'll give you another hint: traffic shaping isn't as difficult as you (clueless poster) seem to believe. Cisco has some pretty powerful stuff out there.
What are the odds that there are 3000 invividual situations that legitmately warrant issuing a secret subpeona. That is the REAL question. There should be no such thing. Every order should go through the courts, through a judge. Let it be sealed, let it be 'secret' that way but there needs to be a check to the power of law enforcement.
That's correct. I'm fine with copyrights, they serve some good. I don't like copyrights that last as long as the do now a days, especially when congress is pretty much legislating perpetual copyrights these days (Eldred v Ashcroft has some opinions attesting to that).
A copyright should last for lets say 40/50 years or the life of the author plus maybe 5, maybe 10 years - whichever comes first. I'm sorry, the children and spouses don't really have a right to that creation - that's ridiculous, where does it stop - great great grandkids? The creator should use his profit from when he was living to protect and provide for his family, thats what normal people do.
Can you imagine how much more creativity would be fueled if things created 50 years ago were now public domain? I can. Cause lord knows you can't use currently copyrighted materials in your work without paying unbearable fees. There is a real problem when people who shoot documentaries are afraid to accidently film a few second clip of the Simpons. Anyone who tries to tell me the system isn't broken is a fool, it's as plain as day. How to fix it is the real issue...but we won't even get that issue considered as long as Disney and the like keep lobbying to horde their IP pool.
And don't try to argue that stuff 40-50 years old still has commercial value. That is irrelevant. It should have some value, and that value should be free for the society as a whole to benefit from. 40-50 years is a long time to be profiting off of one work.
And as for your statement that Wikipedia is banned from use in undergraduate writing, do you have a source? I know, at least at my university, that's not true, and I haven't heard it elsewhere either.
It is discouraged at the very least, not to mention if any undergraduate is citing any sort of encyclopedia as a source they need some help.
And no, once again, the term censorship does not just apply to governmental activities. It may be easier to justifiy censorship by private parties but it is still censorship by the very definition of the word. Check the OED sometime.
You don't seem to understand the word censored. You should check the OED, to censor something doesnt just have to do with a 'legal requirement.' A legal requirement could cause censorship but there can be censorship without legality. There can be self censorship GASP requiring NO LAWSUITS. I wouldn't expect you, as a former newspaper editor, to distinguish between editing and censorship but there is an easy difference. Removing a whole entry written by others - when it is legit and factual, REGARDLESS OF MOTIVATION, is censorship. The managers are EXERCISING POWER TO CONTROL PUBLICATION. Whether or not this is within their rights as editors/managers of wikipedia is IRRELEVANT. Whether or not they are doing it to avoid a lawsuit is IRRELEVANT.
Perhaps paying for bandwidth used is the way to go. As much as the idea sucks, compare it to road tax. A lightweight low-spec car will be taxed far less than a big 40t truck is. There's a reason for that.
There's all this talk about internet traffic, perhaps they should start regulating and taxing it in the same way as road traffic.
The basis being that a larger vehicle causes more wear on the road. Are high bandwith downloads wearing out routers? I think not. ISPs may be charged by their upstreams but thats an issue they need to work out. There is no reason why there should be bandwith limits, not with all the dark fiber lying around. This isn't a case of there being a bottleneck in the network - it is solely a case of ISPs trying to reduce their costs to turn a higher profit on the services they sell. They want to be able to sell a 5mbps connection and then tell you you can't use it. More money for them.
These editors are idiots. The article isn't even linked correctly, its linked to the allure.. which is NOT intuitive. I had to mouse over all the links to find which one was the real article.
The IRS is not even a government agency...
Umm, the document supporting that on the linked site is nothing more than a motion. If all motions were to be assumed correct and true then we would have a big problem. What was the court's opinion?
Actually, I hear them at the door now, and my gun is in the car. Why didn't I get a concealed permit? I know it is meant as a joke, but it makes no sense. You don't need a concealed permit to carry a gun/have one in your house. You would (In most places) need one to have it in a car (trunk aside).
None of my hardware stores have spray paint under lock and key.
Neither does Walmart. I have never heard of a hardware store being sued successfully for selling spray paint.
That said...they can install a default OS but that doesn't change the situation...its still not their responsibility...it may make it more apparent, but it never was theirs to begin with. A'la apples volume control that people somehow mistakenly feel is an admission of responsibility.
except this isn't even a legal debt
this is extortion...
You OWE me or I'll take you to court.
In a way I hope it lasts till I graduate from law school.
here we go again..Dont dictate what form charity should come in.
Someone wants to do a program in their field of interest and their field of expertise, let them. It is going to benefit *SOME* people, right? Maybe everyone should stop donating money to ANYTHING other than those starving to death in foreign countries. Certainly they need your money more than the Republican party.
Bill Gates is only criticizing this for the same reason he criticizes software that is free and open to the public: IT IS A THREAT TO HIS MONEY MAKING.
Exactly. I'm in the same position. And, as other posters have stated, your program desire is a little too specific. A Masters in CS would be the best bet IMHO, with a focus on computer security...do your dissertation (or whatever CS people do) on the topic, choose related courses and even cross-college study (take out of program classes).
And a note on rankings (the newsweek ranking issue showed up today). Most rankings, esp newsweek, aren't very useful. They are very political and manipulated often. It is my opinion that there are three kinds of schools: Ones with nationally acclaimed programs, ones with nationally recognizable names and ones with regionally acclaimed programs. Just think about it. I think someone suggested choosing a school based upon professors/researchers you like - that is a great idea. Going to the best ______ school isn't always the wisest nor cost effective choice. I'm passing up a so-called 30th school for something 'much lower'.
When looking at my schools I had these as factors: location (both regionally and nationally), size of affiliated university, offered courses/concentrations/programs. I believe that grad school is a *very individualized experience*....you get what you give & want to get. Sure, the quality of professors and resources matter - but only to a certain extent. Much of the learning and experience is self-attained - isn't that the big difference between an undergrad and a grad? So for me, the concern was more about finding an environment (with sufficient professor support/resources) that would breed personal success. Thats why (to other's dismay/amazement) having a decent D1 basketball program was actually a consideration. Surely not an overwhelming one but it helps to narrow the field of apps.
Anyways...I really think youre shooting too narrow...you sound like my little sister who wants to be a CSI person. Very few degrees == specific jobs and very few jobs == specific degrees. A lot of it is work experience. Get a Masters in CS and look for a job at a computer security firm or with the FBI.
It isn't that simple, No Brainer. Trademarks exist to protect the consumer and the basis is that one could get the two brands mixed up. Now Apple Records may be pissed off that no one in the US cares about them, Beatles reissues aside, but that doesn't make their case legitimate. While it could be argued that Apple the computer company breached the previous contract, the previous contract should have never needed to be made. Apple isn't using their name to make a publishing company. Should a music store called "Apple Music Store" be denied because of the Apple Records trademark, nooooooooooooo. Nor should a stereo company called Apple Stereos. Only a record company, plain and simple.
And..honestly..if you don't think the ipod and itunes are 'computing' products, you need an IQ test.
it still doesnt make any sense..what the hell does the risk of 'being satisified' mean? Why not research and try out laptops first, instead of trying to randomly pull one out of the air.
Your point essential is: "Im not scared to buy cause I can sell for a small loss on ebay." Wow. Im sorry, paying $200 to try out a laptop is a little much imho.
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omg...that ability to mingle with those similar to them sounds remarkably like...REAL LIFE. Choosing to interact with those different than you is just as easy if not easier on the Internet. I'd argue that it is both easier to NOT interact with different people as well as to CHOOSE to interact with different people, therefore negating your point.
I'd say 99% of the joy of blocking ads is not seeing them. Unless you are still on dialup, I HIGHLY doubt you notice the bandwith difference.
ust another persona totally irrelevant to internet and speaks on things he has no clue about.
Like yourself, who apparently didn't read the article and isn't familiar with what the writer is talking about? Why don't you look into some of the restrictions cable companies like the @home service have implemented in the past. Why don't you read the article?
I'll give you a hint. If Im in control, I don't need to filter 99% of the traffic or exercise a heavy hand on it to see a benefit. I only need to block 1 type of service (in the case of @home, streaming video) in order to reap the benefits of my position. A little goes a long way. And I'll give you another hint: traffic shaping isn't as difficult as you (clueless poster) seem to believe. Cisco has some pretty powerful stuff out there.
What are the odds that there are 3000 invividual situations that legitmately warrant issuing a secret subpeona. That is the REAL question. There should be no such thing. Every order should go through the courts, through a judge. Let it be sealed, let it be 'secret' that way but there needs to be a check to the power of law enforcement.
And yet I'd say 75% don't know enough to care about it and 60% wouldn't care if they did. I made up those numbers but you get the idea.
That's correct. I'm fine with copyrights, they serve some good. I don't like copyrights that last as long as the do now a days, especially when congress is pretty much legislating perpetual copyrights these days (Eldred v Ashcroft has some opinions attesting to that). A copyright should last for lets say 40/50 years or the life of the author plus maybe 5, maybe 10 years - whichever comes first. I'm sorry, the children and spouses don't really have a right to that creation - that's ridiculous, where does it stop - great great grandkids? The creator should use his profit from when he was living to protect and provide for his family, thats what normal people do. Can you imagine how much more creativity would be fueled if things created 50 years ago were now public domain? I can. Cause lord knows you can't use currently copyrighted materials in your work without paying unbearable fees. There is a real problem when people who shoot documentaries are afraid to accidently film a few second clip of the Simpons. Anyone who tries to tell me the system isn't broken is a fool, it's as plain as day. How to fix it is the real issue...but we won't even get that issue considered as long as Disney and the like keep lobbying to horde their IP pool. And don't try to argue that stuff 40-50 years old still has commercial value. That is irrelevant. It should have some value, and that value should be free for the society as a whole to benefit from. 40-50 years is a long time to be profiting off of one work.
And as for your statement that Wikipedia is banned from use in undergraduate writing, do you have a source? I know, at least at my university, that's not true, and I haven't heard it elsewhere either.
It is discouraged at the very least, not to mention if any undergraduate is citing any sort of encyclopedia as a source they need some help.
And no, once again, the term censorship does not just apply to governmental activities. It may be easier to justifiy censorship by private parties but it is still censorship by the very definition of the word. Check the OED sometime.
I'd expect not to be kicked out of school for rushing a field. Thats a little much.
residency laws? care to elaborate? Im assuming since the municipality is small there is nothing better to do than to seek out things, eh?
You don't seem to understand the word censored. You should check the OED, to censor something doesnt just have to do with a 'legal requirement.' A legal requirement could cause censorship but there can be censorship without legality. There can be self censorship GASP requiring NO LAWSUITS. I wouldn't expect you, as a former newspaper editor, to distinguish between editing and censorship but there is an easy difference. Removing a whole entry written by others - when it is legit and factual, REGARDLESS OF MOTIVATION, is censorship. The managers are EXERCISING POWER TO CONTROL PUBLICATION. Whether or not this is within their rights as editors/managers of wikipedia is IRRELEVANT. Whether or not they are doing it to avoid a lawsuit is IRRELEVANT.
Perhaps paying for bandwidth used is the way to go. As much as the idea sucks, compare it to road tax. A lightweight low-spec car will be taxed far less than a big 40t truck is. There's a reason for that. There's all this talk about internet traffic, perhaps they should start regulating and taxing it in the same way as road traffic.
The basis being that a larger vehicle causes more wear on the road. Are high bandwith downloads wearing out routers? I think not. ISPs may be charged by their upstreams but thats an issue they need to work out. There is no reason why there should be bandwith limits, not with all the dark fiber lying around. This isn't a case of there being a bottleneck in the network - it is solely a case of ISPs trying to reduce their costs to turn a higher profit on the services they sell. They want to be able to sell a 5mbps connection and then tell you you can't use it. More money for them.
These editors are idiots. The article isn't even linked correctly, its linked to the allure.. which is NOT intuitive. I had to mouse over all the links to find which one was the real article.
The IRS is not even a government agency...
Umm, the document supporting that on the linked site is nothing more than a motion. If all motions were to be assumed correct and true then we would have a big problem. What was the court's opinion?
Actually, I hear them at the door now, and my gun is in the car. Why didn't I get a concealed permit?
I know it is meant as a joke, but it makes no sense. You don't need a concealed permit to carry a gun/have one in your house. You would (In most places) need one to have it in a car (trunk aside).
You do it to yourself, you do
and that's what really hurts
You do it to yourself, just you
you and no-one else
You do it to yourself
This kid doesn't deserve any money. No more than Paris or Pam/Tommy deserve money.
exactly. Did Pam and Tommy lee sign a release?
That said...they can install a default OS but that doesn't change the situation...its still not their responsibility...it may make it more apparent, but it never was theirs to begin with. A'la apples volume control that people somehow mistakenly feel is an admission of responsibility.
Your analogy fails.
except this isn't even a legal debt this is extortion... You OWE me or I'll take you to court. In a way I hope it lasts till I graduate from law school.
And even if it is....it is not the PC makers responsibility!
The left may be for PASSING but it is NOT for SPEEDING. There is a difference you know, which seems to be be lost on people.
here we go again..Dont dictate what form charity should come in.
Someone wants to do a program in their field of interest and their field of expertise, let them. It is going to benefit *SOME* people, right? Maybe everyone should stop donating money to ANYTHING other than those starving to death in foreign countries. Certainly they need your money more than the Republican party.
Bill Gates is only criticizing this for the same reason he criticizes software that is free and open to the public: IT IS A THREAT TO HIS MONEY MAKING.
Exactly. I'm in the same position. And, as other posters have stated, your program desire is a little too specific. A Masters in CS would be the best bet IMHO, with a focus on computer security...do your dissertation (or whatever CS people do) on the topic, choose related courses and even cross-college study (take out of program classes). And a note on rankings (the newsweek ranking issue showed up today). Most rankings, esp newsweek, aren't very useful. They are very political and manipulated often. It is my opinion that there are three kinds of schools: Ones with nationally acclaimed programs, ones with nationally recognizable names and ones with regionally acclaimed programs. Just think about it. I think someone suggested choosing a school based upon professors/researchers you like - that is a great idea. Going to the best ______ school isn't always the wisest nor cost effective choice. I'm passing up a so-called 30th school for something 'much lower'. When looking at my schools I had these as factors: location (both regionally and nationally), size of affiliated university, offered courses/concentrations/programs. I believe that grad school is a *very individualized experience*....you get what you give & want to get. Sure, the quality of professors and resources matter - but only to a certain extent. Much of the learning and experience is self-attained - isn't that the big difference between an undergrad and a grad? So for me, the concern was more about finding an environment (with sufficient professor support/resources) that would breed personal success. Thats why (to other's dismay/amazement) having a decent D1 basketball program was actually a consideration. Surely not an overwhelming one but it helps to narrow the field of apps. Anyways...I really think youre shooting too narrow...you sound like my little sister who wants to be a CSI person. Very few degrees == specific jobs and very few jobs == specific degrees. A lot of it is work experience. Get a Masters in CS and look for a job at a computer security firm or with the FBI.
It isn't that simple, No Brainer. Trademarks exist to protect the consumer and the basis is that one could get the two brands mixed up. Now Apple Records may be pissed off that no one in the US cares about them, Beatles reissues aside, but that doesn't make their case legitimate. While it could be argued that Apple the computer company breached the previous contract, the previous contract should have never needed to be made. Apple isn't using their name to make a publishing company. Should a music store called "Apple Music Store" be denied because of the Apple Records trademark, nooooooooooooo. Nor should a stereo company called Apple Stereos. Only a record company, plain and simple. And..honestly..if you don't think the ipod and itunes are 'computing' products, you need an IQ test.
its crap like this that pisses me off. You should not be allowed to serve google ads on that page...there is no real content.
it still doesnt make any sense..what the hell does the risk of 'being satisified' mean? Why not research and try out laptops first, instead of trying to randomly pull one out of the air. Your point essential is: "Im not scared to buy cause I can sell for a small loss on ebay." Wow. Im sorry, paying $200 to try out a laptop is a little much imho.