In order to bring the trial to court the prosecution must have been aware the defendant was downloading/sharing songs illegally. This awareness must have been specific enough to give an indication of the numbers involved..in which case this should be enough to prosecute.
Also, why was the computer left in the hands of the defendant? Surely the judge should see fit to punish the prosecution for this massive oversight and simply throw the case out of court. If the defendant had access/ownership of the hardware at such a sensitive stage then it seems as if the prosecution at that time did not have significantly powerful a case to take it away...if that is so, then the act of deletion may be an indication of guilt (still not substancial enough evidence) or may not hide anything at all.
There has to be some evidence (habeus corpus) otherwise the defendant could not be prosecuted.
It should also be remembered that it is the role of the judge to pass sentance, and record companies must bear this in mind. The judge ultimately decides, on the basis of the evidence, whether their requests are justifiable. The defendant would be wise to act humble, though one tends to think she deserves all she is getting- and is being treated so harshly due to her 'blatant contempt'.
He's electronically tagged, although the curfew times are a joke- 12.30-7.30am weekdays and 13.30-10.00 on weekends. When the little blighter will be alseep...he's a teenager for crying out loud!
Oh and he is not 16, he was 18 (here, and here) but is now 19 (here).
He has been named and located though....so any really irate ex-work buddies dont have far to look...
So wait, MS changed Vista because the media companies WANTED them to...
Isn't it about time they changed Vista because the end users wanted them to? Who do they get the most money from??
Is Vista merely a vehicle to gradually force the general populus into the vision of the future held by MS and its partners by sacrificing the wonderful potential benefits it could offer?
Screw Vista, I already decided Im going to build my next PC, install Ubuntu with XGL/Compwiz, sit back and enjoy.
One evening this summer I found myself in Green Park with my missus at the time, and was a little bewildered to see a welly-tossing competition in full, er, swing. I had never seen the sport before, yet there were a group of about 50 or so people of all ages drinking merrilly and lobbing the odd boot with a beer in hand. Bizarre- but quite the spectator sport, not as much fun to behold as kiddie curling though (scroll 1/2way down article).
but each of these items works fundamentally the same as they have for hundreds of years such that a person from a hundred years ago could still recognize and interface with the device.
I'm sorry, am I so out of fashion that I missed it when the humble loo became known as a 'device'?
Doesnt that bring up horrible images of extraction as opposed to deposition?
I can see the looks when I next stand up in the bar and announce I need to visit the 'device'.
I am constantly in awe at the failure of implementating of IT within (the) public sector (services). Governments/states spend millions on the lowest bidder, with costs often spiralling to beyond that quoted by the highest bidder initially, and it increasingly seems as if you get what you pay for.
At least in this case lives were not at risksee here, here and here.
It could be argued that selection of companies such as Diebold comes from a lack of awareness of IT by governments, and is simply a cost/saving excercise, but even so- sensible questions should be raised about all contractors- have they got a track record, how are they trialling the product, are their guarantees more than verbal...do we have a backup?
Sure DIebold cannot make excuses...but can the government either?
I honestly dont know what the average or 'normal' amount is- I have a nano (4gb) yet have a lot of GB'age of music, more than would fit on it. I cycle about 50% of what I have on my nano regularly (I only ever have around 2-3 gb there anyway) and the other half is fairly constant.
I think you do have a point, yet this product is more a competition specifically for the nano. I would think nano users either have small music collections (4gb or under), or large ones (over 8Gb) which they cycle on their device- this player seems to be trying to fit into the small gap in between, which would suit neither of the above user groups.
Although, I dont have the stats- these are merely musings!
It wont work- because it does one thing very wrong:
It attempts to look like an iPod, except doesn't pull it off.
The thing looks like an imitation (read knock-off).
In my eyes this only has one real competetive advantage, it can hold 8gb of tunes...but is this really going to give it an edge? Most iPod owners dont have more than a few Gb of music (logical supposition), if you're heading towards 8Gb it kinda shows you have a serious collection and know your stuff...in which case the larger iPods are going to be a far more attractive prospect.
To steal Apples' crown you need a device which shows innovation and style, Sony came very close with the style side of things, and MS has the wiFi (although the Zune looks, er, poop). Something that has the controls of LG's chocolate, even the look, without the horrible interface (or indeed phone functionality, make it 100% music player) could be viable.
Ideally the support software would be simple and system resources friendly (take note iTunes), open source (imagine!) and compatible left right and center with other devices.
But as for this...iPod competition? Not on your nelly.
Or there could be some confusion in the pipeline and its actually 10 minutes, not ten hours...
And just as frustrating as lag would be playing for 9 hours and 59 minutes only to have a CS-style team autobalance leave you a victim of the onslaught you have spent the last day masterminding.
Moment of confusion there when clicking on the 'Reply to this' link there was a sudden and immediate urge to click on the 'Parent' one.
As for what parents should be ashamed of, speeding in the home of course (up/down stairs, with scissors etc..), honestly, you let them out of your site for one moment and all hell breaks loose!
Maybe there should be some sort of trade off- the device also relays CCTV footage of what's going on at home when the teen isn't there. Then lets see how many parents want to fork out for one...!
So the device plugs into the electrical outlet...surely any teen that's going to go off speeding would simply reverse slowly out of the driveway of their parents house, wave goodbye, drive cautiously round the corner- unplug the thing and dump it in a hedge- speed like mad for the next five hours then pick it up on the way back...
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It better ship with a free headcrab/crowbar gift pack.
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Something here doesnt make sense...
In order to bring the trial to court the prosecution must have been aware the defendant was downloading/sharing songs illegally. This awareness must have been specific enough to give an indication of the numbers involved..in which case this should be enough to prosecute.
Also, why was the computer left in the hands of the defendant? Surely the judge should see fit to punish the prosecution for this massive oversight and simply throw the case out of court. If the defendant had access/ownership of the hardware at such a sensitive stage then it seems as if the prosecution at that time did not have significantly powerful a case to take it away...if that is so, then the act of deletion may be an indication of guilt (still not substancial enough evidence) or may not hide anything at all.
There has to be some evidence (habeus corpus) otherwise the defendant could not be prosecuted.
It should also be remembered that it is the role of the judge to pass sentance, and record companies must bear this in mind. The judge ultimately decides, on the basis of the evidence, whether their requests are justifiable. The defendant would be wise to act humble, though one tends to think she deserves all she is getting- and is being treated so harshly due to her 'blatant contempt'.
He's electronically tagged, although the curfew times are a joke- 12.30-7.30am weekdays and 13.30-10.00 on weekends. When the little blighter will be alseep...he's a teenager for crying out loud!
....so any really irate ex-work buddies dont have far to look...
Oh and he is not 16, he was 18 (here, and here) but is now 19 (here).
He has been named and located though
So wait, MS changed Vista because the media companies WANTED them to...
Isn't it about time they changed Vista because the end users wanted them to? Who do they get the most money from??
Is Vista merely a vehicle to gradually force the general populus into the vision of the future held by MS and its partners by sacrificing the wonderful potential benefits it could offer?
Screw Vista, I already decided Im going to build my next PC, install Ubuntu with XGL/Compwiz, sit back and enjoy.
Not really the four X's, but still good fun- though there's not scripting, its a pretty good economics sim! http://www.openttd.com/
One evening this summer I found myself in Green Park with my missus at the time, and was a little bewildered to see a welly-tossing competition in full, er, swing. I had never seen the sport before, yet there were a group of about 50 or so people of all ages drinking merrilly and lobbing the odd boot with a beer in hand. Bizarre- but quite the spectator sport, not as much fun to behold as kiddie curling though (scroll 1/2way down article).
I'm sorry, am I so out of fashion that I missed it when the humble loo became known as a 'device'?
Doesnt that bring up horrible images of extraction as opposed to deposition?
I can see the looks when I next stand up in the bar and announce I need to visit the 'device'.
I am constantly in awe at the failure of implementating of IT within (the) public sector (services). Governments/states spend millions on the lowest bidder, with costs often spiralling to beyond that quoted by the highest bidder initially, and it increasingly seems as if you get what you pay for.
At least in this case lives were not at risksee here, here and here.
It could be argued that selection of companies such as Diebold comes from a lack of awareness of IT by governments, and is simply a cost/saving excercise, but even so- sensible questions should be raised about all contractors- have they got a track record, how are they trialling the product, are their guarantees more than verbal...do we have a backup?
Sure DIebold cannot make excuses...but can the government either?
I honestly dont know what the average or 'normal' amount is- I have a nano (4gb) yet have a lot of GB'age of music, more than would fit on it. I cycle about 50% of what I have on my nano regularly (I only ever have around 2-3 gb there anyway) and the other half is fairly constant.
I think you do have a point, yet this product is more a competition specifically for the nano. I would think nano users either have small music collections (4gb or under), or large ones (over 8Gb) which they cycle on their device- this player seems to be trying to fit into the small gap in between, which would suit neither of the above user groups.
Although, I dont have the stats- these are merely musings!
It wont work- because it does one thing very wrong:
It attempts to look like an iPod, except doesn't pull it off.
The thing looks like an imitation (read knock-off).
In my eyes this only has one real competetive advantage, it can hold 8gb of tunes...but is this really going to give it an edge? Most iPod owners dont have more than a few Gb of music (logical supposition), if you're heading towards 8Gb it kinda shows you have a serious collection and know your stuff...in which case the larger iPods are going to be a far more attractive prospect.
To steal Apples' crown you need a device which shows innovation and style, Sony came very close with the style side of things, and MS has the wiFi (although the Zune looks, er, poop). Something that has the controls of LG's chocolate, even the look, without the horrible interface (or indeed phone functionality, make it 100% music player) could be viable.
Ideally the support software would be simple and system resources friendly (take note iTunes), open source (imagine!) and compatible left right and center with other devices.
But as for this...iPod competition? Not on your nelly.
Or there could be some confusion in the pipeline and its actually 10 minutes, not ten hours...
And just as frustrating as lag would be playing for 9 hours and 59 minutes only to have a CS-style team autobalance leave you a victim of the onslaught you have spent the last day masterminding.
Now that would suck.
Moment of confusion there when clicking on the 'Reply to this' link there was a sudden and immediate urge to click on the 'Parent' one. As for what parents should be ashamed of, speeding in the home of course (up/down stairs, with scissors etc..), honestly, you let them out of your site for one moment and all hell breaks loose!
Maybe there should be some sort of trade off- the device also relays CCTV footage of what's going on at home when the teen isn't there. Then lets see how many parents want to fork out for one...!
So the device plugs into the electrical outlet...surely any teen that's going to go off speeding would simply reverse slowly out of the driveway of their parents house, wave goodbye, drive cautiously round the corner- unplug the thing and dump it in a hedge- speed like mad for the next five hours then pick it up on the way back...
Or am I just too much of a miscreant?
An Irish company... Slap me down and call me Patrick- but doesn't this say it all? No doubt the research will be funded by Leprocaun gold.