UK copyright law actually gives next to no right to fair use. It's something the music industry of all people want changed (it only takes one person with a mix tape to be prosecuted by a small label and all labels suffer an extreme PR hit).
Technically programs recorded on the TV have to be deleted once watched (and within 48 hours of recording) too. A lot of what people assume is fair use rights here is actually a case of rights holders and/or courts not wanting to waste time prosecuting trivial offences.
Adherence to standard and safety regulations is found out by testing and measurement rather detailed information on the underlying mechanics.
It's far easier, quicker and more accurate to just crash a car into a wall at 60mph than to try and simulate the same thing from schematics. Likewise the same is true about braking, handling and emissions.
All well and good until someone finds power randomly cutting out because they brushed the brake with their foot, the spring for the brake has sagged or the brake sensors themselves are faulty.
Loss of power when manoeuvring can be as dangerous as the brakes failing.
Every been behind a car with flickering brake lights because they rest their foot on the brake?
Last time I checked it isn't legally required for car manufacturers to release full detailed schematics showing exactly how their cars work mechanically (they only release enough information for repair shops to do their work) and the methods used to manufacture them. Why should software be special in terms of disclosure?
#1 You can appeal against suspension if you feel it's unwarrented and go before a board.
#2 Local Government officials who oversee a number of schools in the area, local politicians, PTA meetings. If the teacher isn't doing anything particulalry wrong, tough, there are 20+ people in a class, they can't please everyone. If you think it is affecting everyone, take it to the PTA.
What if the action affects the operation of the school? What if the action is against anti-bullying rules that students have to agree to in order to attend?
If I created a group outside of school that said 'xyz is stupid, she'll fail all of her tests, lets all talk about how stupid she is' that, although it isn't illegal and could be argued as being an opinion of her abilities as a student rather than a direct insult, if a school found out about it, I would fully expect them to treat it as bullying and to get punished. Just because it's a teacher doesn't stop it being bullying, even if you dress it up as only criticising her as a professional (there are plenty of avenues available to people to voice concerns over a teacher).
Looked at the website.
They're charging £400 for a minimum specced Celeron laptop. I can't even find a laptop worse than their one but you can get much better ones for £300 (less if you want a net top). Other than that, the broadband and tech support is largely priced the same as similar services.
I'm really loving that interface. Stylish minimalism that should make it even easier to use than the iphone.
Best of all, solid, bold colours. None of that plasticy, shiny stuff that has been everywhere since the early days of 'Web 2.0'.
A real attempt to innovate mobile interfaces rather than cloning the iPhone is really surprising. I just hope they've really made an attempt to make it reliable unlike previous versions of WinMo.
I've had the iphone fail to answer a call on two occasions (slider on the unlock screen wouldn't budge). Infrequent but it is an issue that lots of users occasionally get.
This is actually an area where they could take a cue from Windows (specifically 7). The 'drag to top to maximise' etc. window shortcuts seem to be something designed to make handling windows in a touch screen a lot less cumbersome.
They didn't charge a dime. However there's a donation tray right there by the entrance and they have let you watch the superbowl free of charge and they really need the money and everyone else seems to have donated and they're all looking at you...
Most people aren't running IE6. The exploit does not work on IE7+ unless you disable security settings that few people would.
It's true for every single browser that runs an adobe or java plugin. Failing that, there are no shortages of Firefox exploits in the wild. It's a myth that firefox can't get malware through regular browsing.
Except there is no evidence that a fully patched version of IE could be exploited. The bug was there but it was impossible to exploit with the default security settings.
I notice Slashdot is quietly ignoring the IRC exploit currently in the wild for Firefox.
All the rumours point to this being an expensive device, more expensive than a Pay as you go iPhone.
A lightweight, fast web browser you can use on the coach and with side use as an e-reader is a tempting proposition. However I would want that at a price comparable to a netbook.
I'm not going to pay £600+ for a pure fun gadget. It would need to be a real workhorse for that price and the failings of tablets in the past have shown they just don't cut it for heavy usage.
Sky+ has no issue with recording encrypted content (except for one off pay per view purchases). It simply records the encyrpted stream straight to the HDD and you can watch it whenever you want.
Your rights in the UK are to record something, watch it once, then delete/destroy it. This has been established since the VHS days. Services like Sky+ actually give you more rights than you legally have.
Guy Fawkes was not an anarchist and he did not reflect the people's views. He was not an anarchist, he was a religious nut who couldn't accept a protestant king and wanted one that met his religious views.
After the attempt on his parliament, Charles II's popularity shot through the roof and the 5th of November celebrates that he was caught. You don't burn effigies of people you are celebrating.
Sorry to rant but it pisses me off that people with no knowledge of history now think Guy Fawkes was an anarchist because of a movie and a graphic novel.
How often do 99% of consumers realise they're watching encrypted DVD? Consumers won't care if it's not intrusive. Meanwhile encyrpted channels can licence shows and movies quicker and cheaper, making better use of the licence fee.
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There are lots of different aspects of it that could be a prototype. Doesn't have to be a prototype of the full retail product.
Could be a prototype of the shell/form factor.
Could be a prototype of the hardware.
Could be a prototype of the software.
UK copyright law actually gives next to no right to fair use. It's something the music industry of all people want changed (it only takes one person with a mix tape to be prosecuted by a small label and all labels suffer an extreme PR hit).
Technically programs recorded on the TV have to be deleted once watched (and within 48 hours of recording) too. A lot of what people assume is fair use rights here is actually a case of rights holders and/or courts not wanting to waste time prosecuting trivial offences.
Adherence to standard and safety regulations is found out by testing and measurement rather detailed information on the underlying mechanics.
It's far easier, quicker and more accurate to just crash a car into a wall at 60mph than to try and simulate the same thing from schematics. Likewise the same is true about braking, handling and emissions.
All well and good until someone finds power randomly cutting out because they brushed the brake with their foot, the spring for the brake has sagged or the brake sensors themselves are faulty.
Loss of power when manoeuvring can be as dangerous as the brakes failing.
Every been behind a car with flickering brake lights because they rest their foot on the brake?
Last time I checked it isn't legally required for car manufacturers to release full detailed schematics showing exactly how their cars work mechanically (they only release enough information for repair shops to do their work) and the methods used to manufacture them. Why should software be special in terms of disclosure?
After their experience with IE6, I think it's very unlikely Microsoft will be the first to implement any yet-to-be-standardised tags.
If it stops games companies installing stealth Bittorrent clients that proceed to use up all my bandwidth, I'm all for it.
#1 You can appeal against suspension if you feel it's unwarrented and go before a board. #2 Local Government officials who oversee a number of schools in the area, local politicians, PTA meetings. If the teacher isn't doing anything particulalry wrong, tough, there are 20+ people in a class, they can't please everyone. If you think it is affecting everyone, take it to the PTA.
What if the action affects the operation of the school? What if the action is against anti-bullying rules that students have to agree to in order to attend?
If I created a group outside of school that said 'xyz is stupid, she'll fail all of her tests, lets all talk about how stupid she is' that, although it isn't illegal and could be argued as being an opinion of her abilities as a student rather than a direct insult, if a school found out about it, I would fully expect them to treat it as bullying and to get punished. Just because it's a teacher doesn't stop it being bullying, even if you dress it up as only criticising her as a professional (there are plenty of avenues available to people to voice concerns over a teacher).
That isn't really like for like as they're mobile internet deals (ie 3g) and come with netbooks with 3G modems.
Looked at the website. They're charging £400 for a minimum specced Celeron laptop. I can't even find a laptop worse than their one but you can get much better ones for £300 (less if you want a net top). Other than that, the broadband and tech support is largely priced the same as similar services.
I'm really loving that interface. Stylish minimalism that should make it even easier to use than the iphone.
Best of all, solid, bold colours. None of that plasticy, shiny stuff that has been everywhere since the early days of 'Web 2.0'.
A real attempt to innovate mobile interfaces rather than cloning the iPhone is really surprising. I just hope they've really made an attempt to make it reliable unlike previous versions of WinMo.
I've had the iphone fail to answer a call on two occasions (slider on the unlock screen wouldn't budge). Infrequent but it is an issue that lots of users occasionally get.
This is actually an area where they could take a cue from Windows (specifically 7). The 'drag to top to maximise' etc. window shortcuts seem to be something designed to make handling windows in a touch screen a lot less cumbersome.
They didn't charge a dime. However there's a donation tray right there by the entrance and they have let you watch the superbowl free of charge and they really need the money and everyone else seems to have donated and they're all looking at you...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=firefox+exploit
5 seconds of searching returns what looks like 3 seperate examples of unpatched bugs being exploited in the last year just on the first page.
Sending data over any port the malware creator chooses is a pretty major 'only'
It is ALSO an IRC server vuln. You can't tell me that starting up an IRC session without the user's knowledge is something that should be expected.
Most people aren't running IE6. The exploit does not work on IE7+ unless you disable security settings that few people would.
It's true for every single browser that runs an adobe or java plugin. Failing that, there are no shortages of Firefox exploits in the wild. It's a myth that firefox can't get malware through regular browsing.
The majority of exploits nowadays attack plugins. Firefox is just as vulnerable to PDF exploits as IE is.
There are also plenty of Firefox vulnerabilities out there, they just don't get national headlines like IE does. Here's a current one.
Except there is no evidence that a fully patched version of IE could be exploited. The bug was there but it was impossible to exploit with the default security settings.
I notice Slashdot is quietly ignoring the IRC exploit currently in the wild for Firefox.
All the rumours point to this being an expensive device, more expensive than a Pay as you go iPhone.
A lightweight, fast web browser you can use on the coach and with side use as an e-reader is a tempting proposition. However I would want that at a price comparable to a netbook.
I'm not going to pay £600+ for a pure fun gadget. It would need to be a real workhorse for that price and the failings of tablets in the past have shown they just don't cut it for heavy usage.
Sky+ has no issue with recording encrypted content (except for one off pay per view purchases). It simply records the encyrpted stream straight to the HDD and you can watch it whenever you want.
Your rights in the UK are to record something, watch it once, then delete/destroy it. This has been established since the VHS days. Services like Sky+ actually give you more rights than you legally have.
Why would we want to install a catholic ruler?
Guy Fawkes was not an anarchist and he did not reflect the people's views. He was not an anarchist, he was a religious nut who couldn't accept a protestant king and wanted one that met his religious views.
After the attempt on his parliament, Charles II's popularity shot through the roof and the 5th of November celebrates that he was caught. You don't burn effigies of people you are celebrating.
Sorry to rant but it pisses me off that people with no knowledge of history now think Guy Fawkes was an anarchist because of a movie and a graphic novel.
How often do 99% of consumers realise they're watching encrypted DVD? Consumers won't care if it's not intrusive. Meanwhile encyrpted channels can licence shows and movies quicker and cheaper, making better use of the licence fee.