Sorry, but you are vastly underestimating the search space we're looking at. In addition you are skipping over areas of computer science that are still not solved as if they are trivial.
This seems like a bit of a cheap shot. Sure the language in their TOS is laughable, but I'd bet it's some boilerplate language from whatever cheap way the managed to come up with a TOS. I doubt they sat around and talked about anything in there.
This would be a much more interesting article if we had some response from them about that section, or if they had actually tried to enforce that part of their TOS against somebody.
You mean 'only the abuses the NSA has voluntarily admitted to, while our only means of verification is leaked documents.'
Given that congress is only getting what information the NSA deems it needs, and the FISC is only getting the information the NSA gives it, there is (as far as I know) no oversight to the NSA that actually has access to information on the NSA that doesn't come from the NSA.
I'm not sure where all this USTR bashing is coming from. We are all aware that these TPP negotiations are taking place. We are usually aware of where they are happening and some of the groups participating. We even know the general topic of the treaty.
How can you just discount all of that information being shared and not see that as the transparency it is?!?
That has to be some really soul destroying work for the engineers involved. Knowing that you will never do anything productive. You will only ever be a drag and leach on successful companies.
We didn't just call him, we started a petition that he had to respond to.
He thanked us all for our concern, expressed that he shared the same concerns, checked his wallet for which businesses had given him large checks, and then said he would look for broad bi-partisan solutions.
As bad as I think this kind of fee/tax would be i'd enjoy seeing some country actually put this in place and then see a court case ruling that files over that network are not infringing as the license has been paid.
I know it'll never happen, but it'd be fun to watch.
One thing is missed at first that exaggerates the problem. The width % is not of the longest bar, but of the enclosing element. The max-width: 300px actually cuts the bars down so that they hit their longest length somewhere around width: 55%.
If I were him my next blog post would be something along the lines of...
Apparently The Observer Dispatch believes that have a trademark on the name, The Observer Dispatch, grants the right for The Observer Dispatch to have complete control of all uses of the name The Observer Dispatch. They appear to believe that any use of The Observer Dispatch that is not officially approved by The Observer Dispatch violates their trademark on the name The Observer Dispatch. What the folks at The Observer Dispatch seem to not understand is my use of the name, The Observer Dispatch, is not in a manner that could be found confusing by those looking for The Observer Dispatch and in no way does my use of The Observer Dispatch constitute trademark infringement.
The Observer Dispatch has no legal authority to force me to stop referring to The Observer Dispatch as The Observer Dispatch. All my uses of the name The Observer Dispatch are done in reference to The Observer Dispatch and in no way imply that I represent The Observer Dispatch.
They were AAA rated because everybody 'knew' they were guaranteed by the US government (which turned out to be true) even though all parties would publicly deny that. This was because of the government run institutions (fanny/freddy) that issued them wouldn't be allowed to fail.
Without that government guarantee they wouldn't have a AAA rating.
Actually it was an example of lots of really bad regulations, and people who knew that the government would bail out the quasi government/private entities if things got bad.
So it was a result of massive government involvement. I don't know how you could possibly argue it was from a lack of regulation.
You can put all the restrictions around getting money to congress that you want, but like water flowing through a sponge it will find it's way there. The government simply has too much power such that it is still worth pushing millions (billions?) of dollars there.
These contribution laws are like the contraband screening of a prison, except these are designed by the prisoners.
Re: Re: That's not their business plan.
Sorry, but you are vastly underestimating the search space we're looking at. In addition you are skipping over areas of computer science that are still not solved as if they are trivial.
That's not their business plan.
If they really think they are going to do this they don't understand just how many things there are, or how many ways they can be put together.
That said, I think they've found a way to sucker some quick cash from a few wealthy folks.
Justice
I don't know where you found your definition of justice but it's wrong.
Justice: If you're not rich or a personal friend, you've done something wrong and we will find out what it is.
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This seems like a bit of a cheap shot. Sure the language in their TOS is laughable, but I'd bet it's some boilerplate language from whatever cheap way the managed to come up with a TOS. I doubt they sat around and talked about anything in there.
This would be a much more interesting article if we had some response from them about that section, or if they had actually tried to enforce that part of their TOS against somebody.
As it stands it seems more like nitpicking.
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"only the abuses that the NSA caught"
You mean 'only the abuses the NSA has voluntarily admitted to, while our only means of verification is leaked documents.'
Given that congress is only getting what information the NSA deems it needs, and the FISC is only getting the information the NSA gives it, there is (as far as I know) no oversight to the NSA that actually has access to information on the NSA that doesn't come from the NSA.
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I'm not sure where all this USTR bashing is coming from. We are all aware that these TPP negotiations are taking place. We are usually aware of where they are happening and some of the groups participating. We even know the general topic of the treaty.
How can you just discount all of that information being shared and not see that as the transparency it is?!?
Poor Engineers
That has to be some really soul destroying work for the engineers involved. Knowing that you will never do anything productive. You will only ever be a drag and leach on successful companies.
I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Just wondering...
What song did the content ID match the bird songs to?
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We didn't just call him, we started a petition that he had to respond to.
He thanked us all for our concern, expressed that he shared the same concerns, checked his wallet for which businesses had given him large checks, and then said he would look for broad bi-partisan solutions.
Seems a bit of hyperbole
"The software can also surreptitiously report where the phone is located"
Or they could just use the cell connection data for that.
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As bad as I think this kind of fee/tax would be i'd enjoy seeing some country actually put this in place and then see a court case ruling that files over that network are not infringing as the license has been paid.
I know it'll never happen, but it'd be fun to watch.
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One thing is missed at first that exaggerates the problem. The width % is not of the longest bar, but of the enclosing element. The max-width: 300px actually cuts the bars down so that they hit their longest length somewhere around width: 55%.
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I went and looked through the CSS on the page and this is very close to what is happening.
It looks like they give a percentage width to the bars where width% = just under 2* vote %
With Ron Paul over 50% he is maxed at 100% width.
O'rly
If I were him my next blog post would be something along the lines of...
Apparently The Observer Dispatch believes that have a trademark on the name, The Observer Dispatch, grants the right for The Observer Dispatch to have complete control of all uses of the name The Observer Dispatch. They appear to believe that any use of The Observer Dispatch that is not officially approved by The Observer Dispatch violates their trademark on the name The Observer Dispatch. What the folks at The Observer Dispatch seem to not understand is my use of the name, The Observer Dispatch, is not in a manner that could be found confusing by those looking for The Observer Dispatch and in no way does my use of The Observer Dispatch constitute trademark infringement.
The Observer Dispatch has no legal authority to force me to stop referring to The Observer Dispatch as The Observer Dispatch. All my uses of the name The Observer Dispatch are done in reference to The Observer Dispatch and in no way imply that I represent The Observer Dispatch.
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They were AAA rated because everybody 'knew' they were guaranteed by the US government (which turned out to be true) even though all parties would publicly deny that. This was because of the government run institutions (fanny/freddy) that issued them wouldn't be allowed to fail.
Without that government guarantee they wouldn't have a AAA rating.
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Actually it was an example of lots of really bad regulations, and people who knew that the government would bail out the quasi government/private entities if things got bad.
So it was a result of massive government involvement. I don't know how you could possibly argue it was from a lack of regulation.
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Distrusting your government and it's actions should NEVER be considered a partisan act. It should be the default position for all citizens.
FTFY
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I live in Washington State. Here if the sun comes out drivers seem to lose all ability to drive.
Re: More Than IP Reform
You can put all the restrictions around getting money to congress that you want, but like water flowing through a sponge it will find it's way there. The government simply has too much power such that it is still worth pushing millions (billions?) of dollars there.
These contribution laws are like the contraband screening of a prison, except these are designed by the prisoners.
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Let's compare this to Netflix DVDs.
Netflix:
Has physical DVD, shipped via mail, put into users DVD player, streamed via cable to users TV.
Zediva:
Has physical DVD, shipped locally via loader, put into Zediva owned player, streamed via longer cable to users TV.
Where in there is the part that makes it illegal? the word longer? apparently so. :(