And just how do they know that DVRs are not skipping commercials? I do not see a reference in the article to specific DVRs that would report such a thing back to Nielson.
Nielson's typical measurement processes are 1) having subjects keep detailed logs of their watching and 2) installing their own monitoring systems on subjects' TV sets.
This copyrighted telecast is presented by authority of the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball [or Sterling Mets]. It may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form, and the accounts and descriptions of this game may not be disseminated, without the express written consent [of Sterling Mets].
Has this restriction ever been tested in court? IIRC, you can't copyright facts.
Or is it just their accounts and descriptions that you cannot disseminate?
It sounds like this instance isn't very well-hidden, but watermarks can be pretty clever. They may have some secret checksum-like formula to identify properly marked files, and I've heard of a system where common watermark removal methods still end up fingering at least one of the collaborators.
In any case, if you happen to notice that your copy of $SONG and your friend's copy have different checksums, take a closer look at them: chances are they're watermarked. A bit of work can identify the bits that hold the extra info. It's also very difficult to make a watermark that can survive a format shift (especially when compression is involved). So, actually, working with friends may help you here.
Honestly, I really think the stock market, in general, is a corrupting influence. It encourages the use of money for no other reason than to make more money with no social responsibility or ethics... and they wonder why it attracts the attention of every crook and shady dealer with a few bucks to toss into a scam.
It's because people are more interested in short-term speculation than in long-term investment.
I must agree. Topinka was not the neocon-type we've been seeing at the national level -- she had her own problems. Either way, Blagojevech won the election as the lesser of two evils.
Last time I saw the bomb icon, it also included the (rather cryptic) error type. Of course, that was in OS 8.something, so I don't know what the bomb message looks like now.
If it's something that rears its head only when there's bad hardware, then Linux must be a magical operating system that can turn bad hardware into good.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!"
-- Dijkstra
The fact that it hasn't failed yet doesn't mean it won't, even if operating conditions remain pretty much the same. Computers are magical like that.
I've never used that specific thing, but plenty of things like it. I've lost count of the number of times our computers were so locked down we couldn't use them. My favorite is a system where the user account has a restricted command path, and cannot put slashes in its commands. This makes su inaccessible, and root login is disabled (even local logins).
So secure, even the owner can't get root!
What it means is that the company who profited by your computer's infection is committing tax fraud/evasion. The IRS will then mercilessly hunt down the company who infected your PC, and the company paying for the "advertising service," and instead of getting a slap on the wrist, involved parties get a nice cell in a Federal prison.
Or they'll say it's your machine, so it's your job to prove it wasn't you sending all of that. If you convince a court that it wasn't you, then they'll go to all the extra effort to get the money/jail time from whoever actually did it.
the aggregation and search site that media companies love to hate because it has become a major source of Web traffic and frustrations for many of them
If you'd rather not have the traffic, just say who you are, and I'll gladly avoid your site!
Do you agree that there's a difference between privately admitting something to friends, and publicly proclaiming it to everyone?
Yes, one of them requires media attention. I don't know any Muslims in position to have their attention, and I don't know too many media outlets that would think it worth their air time or print space.
Slashdot Mirror
(IANAL)
Or is it just their accounts and descriptions that you cannot disseminate?
Hm. I thought it was because people sometimes walk up to them.
How about we just wait until my friends and I start ripping each other's CDs? (Don't hold your breath)
It depends what you use to reencode them. Obviously, it's possible to create a codec that will read the watermark, and write it onto the new version.
Feh. I gave up on him when he gave the commencement address at Liberty University. It's been all downhill from there.
Guess I should stop letting friends borrow books from me.
It sounds like this instance isn't very well-hidden, but watermarks can be pretty clever. They may have some secret checksum-like formula to identify properly marked files, and I've heard of a system where common watermark removal methods still end up fingering at least one of the collaborators.
In any case, if you happen to notice that your copy of $SONG and your friend's copy have different checksums, take a closer look at them: chances are they're watermarked. A bit of work can identify the bits that hold the extra info. It's also very difficult to make a watermark that can survive a format shift (especially when compression is involved). So, actually, working with friends may help you here.
I must agree. Topinka was not the neocon-type we've been seeing at the national level -- she had her own problems. Either way, Blagojevech won the election as the lesser of two evils.
Last time I saw the bomb icon, it also included the (rather cryptic) error type. Of course, that was in OS 8.something, so I don't know what the bomb message looks like now.
-- Dijkstra
The fact that it hasn't failed yet doesn't mean it won't, even if operating conditions remain pretty much the same. Computers are magical like that.
The ACM's web site still uses ColdFusion. What irony.
I've never used that specific thing, but plenty of things like it. I've lost count of the number of times our computers were so locked down we couldn't use them. My favorite is a system where the user account has a restricted command path, and cannot put slashes in its commands. This makes su inaccessible, and root login is disabled (even local logins).
So secure, even the owner can't get root!
s/liberal/libertarian/
And that's libertarian with a lower-case 'l'.
Well, when was the last time you sent data by truck? You're supposed to use a bus.
Does the "use tax" apply to things you buy but never use?
Silly me, I though we were talking about people I knew....
Also only done to males.