The first thing that comes to mind is aftermarket products for cars which is probably a billion dollar industry. I do not have to pay Ford license fee to put a Fram filter, Monroe shocks, Michelin tires, Panasonic stereo, a Midwest Mustang hood scoop, BBS rims, a trailer hitch, a Vortech supercharger, larger after market fuel injectors, and a set of heads from some company in central Florida on my car. To even think that some licensing agreement with Ford should exist before hand 100% is completely insane.
And yet Harley Davidson
is suing their aftermarket engine builders that they have had long standing relationships with!
I consider gmail a bit of a different animal since google has been upfront from the start about indexing and analyzing your email in order to show you targeted advertising along with the service.
If you are interested in this effect, I recommend reading Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference".
The book is a good read and has a number of interesting theories. One of the ideas Gladwell describes is how small events can occasionally lead to massive change.
"Lastly, I think we need a "Do-Not-Fax" list, as it drives me crazy that people will send vacation offers (that are probably scams) to the office I work at sometimes (which is technically a residential number), and not only does it waste time, it wastes ink and paper. Essentially, we have to pay to get spammed."
If you are in the U.S. and the line is registered residential, then this has been illegal since 1991.
When I built out my home office I moved the tower into a "server" type room on the other side of the wall from my desk then routed the cables through. Without music the office is dead quiet. The music jukebox is on a separate unit in the other room with the speakers mounted on the walls in the office. A third, older box is the file server and code repository. I have a single LCD monitor and a KVM to switch between the boxes when I need to. Everything is on a fairly decent UPS with scripts to perform clean shutdowns if an alert triggers. It's fairly basic and was more of an evolution as boxes got upgraded or replaced.
The article headline is misleading. (if you can imagine that on/.!) The suits have nothing to do with SPAM or text messaging. Verizon customers were receiving telemarketing cold calls on their wireless handsets that played prerecorded sales pitches. This violates the U.S. Telephone Consumer Protection Act in several ways. Both the FCC and some state laws provide legal recourse and a way to recover "punitive" damages for these calls. In addition, if the numbers were also registered with the federal "do not call" list, then additional fines could be levied.
The interesting thing about this case is that the suit is brought by the provider rather than the individual who was called. It is hard to say how that aspect of things will play out in court if it ever gets that far.
Interesting. My 2005 Jetta TDI still has a period where I am supposed to wait until the glow plug indicator light goes out before starting the engine.
From what I understand, they have reduced the time needed by starting the glow plugs when you unlock the door so that by the time you get in, etc. it should be ready to go. I haven't had it through a winter yet, so I can't comment on any starting lag when cold.
Not to mention the new
CALEA requirements that the FCC has imposed on VOIP systems. A hardware solution would have ended up being costly to replace or modify at this point.
The article also states that in 1998 the EFF cracked DES in 3 hours, but according to the reference they cite, it took an average of 4.5 days, and the fastest result was 56 hours. This was using dedicated hardware.
From the cited article:
"Fast forward to 1998. Under the direction of John Gilmore of the EFF, a team spent $220,000 and built a machine that can go through the entire 56-bit DES key space in an average of 4.5 days. On July 17, 1998, they announced they had cracked a 56-bit key in 56 hours. The computer, called Deep Crack, uses 27 boards each containing 64 chips, and is capable of testing 90 billion keys a second. "
Interesting, but not refillable at a filling station. The inventor is using high pressure cylinders, probably on the order of 1500-2000 PSI. Your typical filling station can only provide about 100-120 PSI, which is probably too little pressure to even operate this vehicle.
Also, cylinders compressed with 2000 PSI don't do well in accidents.
Longer Explanation: One of the issues with this is the nature of a diesel engine. Diesels do not use spark plugs, but rely on the heat of the cylinder, combined with the heat generated by compressing the fuel-air mixture to produce combustion. When the engine is cold, small heated coils (glow plugs, like toaster wires sort of) add the needed ignition. This often means that a colder diesel engine takes some time to start. This is also why semis typically don't shut down their engines when they stop momentarily.
This might be very problematic for a hybrid, where the diesel engine could be totally cold, then immediately needed due to demand.
That's why you use a digital signature on the hash. The public key for the camera can be used at any time to verify the authenticity of the hash. In order to doctor the photo you must either create your new photo, then tweak it so that the MD5 is the same as the original, or possess the private key used to sign the hash.
Now try explaining that to a jury. Of course if I were investing in a system like this, I would anticipate such as challenge and require that the company who makes the camera have an expert witness available that can verify these things in a court of law.
This act was limited to consumer/residential phone numbers. If a number is listed as residential by the telco, I think these protections would apply. If it is listed as commercial/business then I don't believe this act applies. I suspect there would be some "wiggle room" in interpretation if someone gave out their residential listing as their business phone.
My post was uncalled for and I apologize. It was meant to be more of a generalization of my frustration with individuals in general who find it acceptable to park in someone's driveway and use their open access point just because it's there.
Some of this frustration comes from the fact that
Broadband ISPs are setting up wireless networks in a manner that generates the least support calls for them. (ie wide open)
They are selling this service to anyone who owns a computer regardless of technical ability of the subscriber.
It often boils down to the security v. convenience argument, where convenience wins out which irritates me no end.
You just don't get it, do you? Hopefully confiscation of your laptop and a 500 pound fine will clarify things for you. I bet it did for this guy. No amount of handwaving is going to change the facts or the precedents. Sorry about your luck. Go leech bandwidth somewhere else.
I don't buy for a minute the idea that the recording industry believes they lose a sale with every download. That position allows them to justify their reported losses by assuming that if not for the free download, the listener would have legally purchased the song. This seems highly debatable to me.
It would not surprise me if the recording industry also assumed that for any given track that was downloaded, the lost sale was the cost of the entire CD!
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I would RTFA but my heart can't take the sizeable dose of salt that Dvorak's articles require.
And yet Harley Davidson is suing their aftermarket engine builders that they have had long standing relationships with!
I consider gmail a bit of a different animal since google has been upfront from the start about indexing and analyzing your email in order to show you targeted advertising along with the service.
I think it's more like voluntary disagreement, but hey, it works.
If you are interested in this effect, I recommend reading Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference".
The book is a good read and has a number of interesting theories. One of the ideas Gladwell describes is how small events can occasionally lead to massive change.
If you are in the U.S. and the line is registered residential, then this has been illegal since 1991.
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Like the old saying goes, anyone who has any respect for the law or for sausage should never see either one of them being made.
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When I built out my home office I moved the tower into a "server" type room on the other side of the wall from my desk then routed the cables through. Without music the office is dead quiet. The music jukebox is on a separate unit in the other room with the speakers mounted on the walls in the office. A third, older box is the file server and code repository. I have a single LCD monitor and a KVM to switch between the boxes when I need to. Everything is on a fairly decent UPS with scripts to perform clean shutdowns if an alert triggers. It's fairly basic and was more of an evolution as boxes got upgraded or replaced.
The interesting thing about this case is that the suit is brought by the provider rather than the individual who was called. It is hard to say how that aspect of things will play out in court if it ever gets that far.
Not to mention that if he "shares" that same song/CD with his friend by simply loaning him the physical disk, then that is OK.
I believe Rule #38 also specifically states that the OSS must be mentioned first in the software list for proper emphasis and implicit indictment.
I don't know about you, but I can think of a whole bunch of companies that I have dealt with that must be overworking their paper shredders tonight!
From what I understand, they have reduced the time needed by starting the glow plugs when you unlock the door so that by the time you get in, etc. it should be ready to go. I haven't had it through a winter yet, so I can't comment on any starting lag when cold.
Not to mention the new CALEA requirements that the FCC has imposed on VOIP systems. A hardware solution would have ended up being costly to replace or modify at this point.
From the cited article:
"Fast forward to 1998. Under the direction of John Gilmore of the EFF, a team spent $220,000 and built a machine that can go through the entire 56-bit DES key space in an average of 4.5 days. On July 17, 1998, they announced they had cracked a 56-bit key in 56 hours. The computer, called Deep Crack, uses 27 boards each containing 64 chips, and is capable of testing 90 billion keys a second. "
Also, cylinders compressed with 2000 PSI don't do well in accidents.
Longer Explanation: One of the issues with this is the nature of a diesel engine. Diesels do not use spark plugs, but rely on the heat of the cylinder, combined with the heat generated by compressing the fuel-air mixture to produce combustion. When the engine is cold, small heated coils (glow plugs, like toaster wires sort of) add the needed ignition. This often means that a colder diesel engine takes some time to start. This is also why semis typically don't shut down their engines when they stop momentarily. This might be very problematic for a hybrid, where the diesel engine could be totally cold, then immediately needed due to demand.
Another explanation of diesel engines
That's why you use a digital signature on the hash. The public key for the camera can be used at any time to verify the authenticity of the hash. In order to doctor the photo you must either create your new photo, then tweak it so that the MD5 is the same as the original, or possess the private key used to sign the hash.
Now try explaining that to a jury. Of course if I were investing in a system like this, I would anticipate such as challenge and require that the company who makes the camera have an expert witness available that can verify these things in a court of law.
IIRC there was an opinion poll done some years ago where drivers rated their ability. Apparently 95% of those polled were above average drivers.
I wonder why Bill Gates had them change this?
This act was limited to consumer/residential phone numbers. If a number is listed as residential by the telco, I think these protections would apply. If it is listed as commercial/business then I don't believe this act applies. I suspect there would be some "wiggle room" in interpretation if someone gave out their residential listing as their business phone.
Some of this frustration comes from the fact that
- Broadband ISPs are setting up wireless networks in a manner that generates the least support calls for them. (ie wide open)
- They are selling this service to anyone who owns a computer regardless of technical ability of the subscriber.
It often boils down to the security v. convenience argument, where convenience wins out which irritates me no end.Regardless, that is no excuse and I apologize.
You just don't get it, do you? Hopefully confiscation of your laptop and a 500 pound fine will clarify things for you. I bet it did for this guy. No amount of handwaving is going to change the facts or the precedents. Sorry about your luck. Go leech bandwidth somewhere else.
It would not surprise me if the recording industry also assumed that for any given track that was downloaded, the lost sale was the cost of the entire CD!