Gawker article misses the point: it's not journalism that is is crisis, it's the business models of media companies that are. To own a printing press, it used to be a license to print money. Some newspapers in 1990's had 40% ebit.
Nowadays we have more quality and niche content than ever before. Blogs, social media and startups have forced journalists out from their old role as gatekeepers of news. Interactive journalism, web video, data journalism and other new forms of storytelling have created a golden age of innovation to people who are not thinking print-first or broadcast-only. As a professional journalist in major media outlet, I welcome this change. I just hope that we are able innovate viable business models to sustain what we are doing.
I updated a vanilla laptop running win 7, had problems with AMD drivers and ended up in continuous BSOD-reboot -loop. Next thing is to try clear install from the ISO version, but MS servers seem quite slow to download anything. I'd advice against updating in near future.
Will Google forget european results for US customers as well? If I use Tor from EU with exit node in US, and do a Google.com search, will they censor the results?
So there is an unofficial network of european police depts called ENLETS (European Network of Law Enforcement Technology Services). They have a wish that something like this could be put into cars.
To post this into Slashdot as real news story means, that the editors have no understanding of how the EU works. It's a strong democracy with powerful member states. To pass this proposal is as probable as to ban hand guna in Texas. Someone might plan it, but it does not mean they'll succeed.
There is an citizen's initiative to change the law and if they manage to gather 50000 signatures, the parliament must vote on it. No crowdsourcing (at least any more) and slim change of this initiative passing through the parliament and actually becoming a law.
Swedish development aid to Cambodia began in 1979.
Since then Sweden has given millions of dollars to Cambodia. The article by The Next Web and Torrent Freak have no evidence at all to back their claim. It's biased reporting, based on no research and strong prejudice.
It is ridiculous to claim that Sweden would use millions of dollars to arrest a man, who is, from government perspective, a petty criminal.
You can read the full draft proposal of CleanIT project here: http://www.cleanitproject.eu/CLEAN%20IT%20DRAFT%20DOCUMENT%2002.doc
Although the draft itself seems bad, this CleanIT is basically wishful thinking by some police organizations. It's far from becoming a law, or even a proposal for a law.
This is a major blow to my general feeling of security. I oppose changes in general, and changes to Slashdot in particular.
Otherwise, New Slashdot is great!
I've been using Bloglines for five years. It's a great tool for a journalist trying to follow 100+ blogs every day.
The question is: what is the best available alternative nowadays?
This entire situation is not a matter of "do people understand what we're saying?"
As a journalist working for major newspaper, I disagree: the point of not using 'tweet' is to make text more comprehensible.
Twitter is relatively new thing. Majority of layman readers won't know it even exists.
The real problem is how to explain Twitter in just one or two words, Should I write 'social media service Twitter' or 'microblog service Twitter' or what?
There's one missing point in this discussion: Google is not abiding to local law. Rather, it is following the illegitimate orders of chinese authorities.
The chinese constitution states, that everyone has the freedom of expression and the right to critizise the chinese government. Even the communist party itself is not abiding to the constitution.
I think your dystopia is somewhat exaggerated. For the media industry, there is really no need for all-out control of digital content. It is enough, that the majority of consumers will not download copyrighted content without paying.
When there is a DRM system which you can't break without knowing something about technology, it will guarantee sufficent profits. Of course they will harass the people downloading without paying, but that is the name of the game.
Before Star Wreck previous top movie was made 1955, and in 50 years it has gathered an audience of 2,8 million. The movie is called Unknown soldier (Tuntematon sotilas), and it is based on novel by Väinö Linna. Basically it's a story of a finnish army unit in second world war, and it's point is to tear down the myth of clean and heroic finnish soldier.
About Star Wreck being the most popular: can you really compare a strictly finnish audience with a potentially global audience? Excluding Aki Kaurismäki's Man without past, this is one of the few finnish movies, that have ever got any international distribution.
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Gawker article misses the point: it's not journalism that is is crisis, it's the business models of media companies that are. To own a printing press, it used to be a license to print money. Some newspapers in 1990's had 40% ebit. Nowadays we have more quality and niche content than ever before. Blogs, social media and startups have forced journalists out from their old role as gatekeepers of news. Interactive journalism, web video, data journalism and other new forms of storytelling have created a golden age of innovation to people who are not thinking print-first or broadcast-only. As a professional journalist in major media outlet, I welcome this change. I just hope that we are able innovate viable business models to sustain what we are doing.
I updated a vanilla laptop running win 7, had problems with AMD drivers and ended up in continuous BSOD-reboot -loop. Next thing is to try clear install from the ISO version, but MS servers seem quite slow to download anything. I'd advice against updating in near future.
Will Google forget european results for US customers as well? If I use Tor from EU with exit node in US, and do a Google.com search, will they censor the results?
Better to have firewall of EU than global jail by US.
So there is an unofficial network of european police depts called ENLETS (European Network of Law Enforcement Technology Services). They have a wish that something like this could be put into cars. To post this into Slashdot as real news story means, that the editors have no understanding of how the EU works. It's a strong democracy with powerful member states. To pass this proposal is as probable as to ban hand guna in Texas. Someone might plan it, but it does not mean they'll succeed.
There is an citizen's initiative to change the law and if they manage to gather 50000 signatures, the parliament must vote on it. No crowdsourcing (at least any more) and slim change of this initiative passing through the parliament and actually becoming a law.
Swedish development aid to Cambodia began in 1979. Since then Sweden has given millions of dollars to Cambodia. The article by The Next Web and Torrent Freak have no evidence at all to back their claim. It's biased reporting, based on no research and strong prejudice. It is ridiculous to claim that Sweden would use millions of dollars to arrest a man, who is, from government perspective, a petty criminal.
You can read the full draft proposal of CleanIT project here: http://www.cleanitproject.eu/CLEAN%20IT%20DRAFT%20DOCUMENT%2002.doc Although the draft itself seems bad, this CleanIT is basically wishful thinking by some police organizations. It's far from becoming a law, or even a proposal for a law.
This is a major blow to my general feeling of security. I oppose changes in general, and changes to Slashdot in particular. Otherwise, New Slashdot is great!
I've been using Bloglines for five years. It's a great tool for a journalist trying to follow 100+ blogs every day. The question is: what is the best available alternative nowadays?
This entire situation is not a matter of "do people understand what we're saying?"
As a journalist working for major newspaper, I disagree: the point of not using 'tweet' is to make text more comprehensible. Twitter is relatively new thing. Majority of layman readers won't know it even exists. The real problem is how to explain Twitter in just one or two words, Should I write 'social media service Twitter' or 'microblog service Twitter' or what?
Puh-leeze, try to run in Finland during the winter without shoes. And really, there's no glass, stones or shit nowhere on the ground.
There's this finnish wannabe-celebrity, who has had some problems with spelling.
Do you think that ET will be using encryption?
Guys. Just two questions: What have you been eating and where can I get it from?
There's one missing point in this discussion: Google is not abiding to local law. Rather, it is following the illegitimate orders of chinese authorities.
The chinese constitution states, that everyone has the freedom of expression and the right to critizise the chinese government. Even the communist party itself is not abiding to the constitution.
I think your dystopia is somewhat exaggerated. For the media industry, there is really no need for all-out control of digital content. It is enough, that the majority of consumers will not download copyrighted content without paying. When there is a DRM system which you can't break without knowing something about technology, it will guarantee sufficent profits. Of course they will harass the people downloading without paying, but that is the name of the game.
Before Star Wreck previous top movie was made 1955, and in 50 years it has gathered an audience of 2,8 million. The movie is called Unknown soldier (Tuntematon sotilas), and it is based on novel by Väinö Linna. Basically it's a story of a finnish army unit in second world war, and it's point is to tear down the myth of clean and heroic finnish soldier.
About Star Wreck being the most popular: can you really compare a strictly finnish audience with a potentially global audience? Excluding Aki Kaurismäki's Man without past, this is one of the few finnish movies, that have ever got any international distribution.