But it's thanks to Osama that our government has taken it upon themselves to treat the entire fucking world (especially its own constituents) like terrorists. I think they should share the award here..
as Varagrix noted, wireless carriers have had location for 911 for a while (the origial FCC deadline for meeting accuracy requirements was October 2004, but it kept getting extended), but that information already goes directly to the 911 call center.
The information that this article referred to is location derived from cell tower data, which is usually less accurate, but can still be useful (if you can see which towers a phone call used, you can get a pretty good idea of the course the phone traveled).
The the location information they are requesting from the carrier would be far more reliable than an IP address. Carriers location data is required by law to be accurate to within certain parameters by the FCC for 911 purposes.
Also, this is cell tower data, which you can bet your ass is accurate. the only way it wouldn't be is if the carrier manipulated it, which would be easily apparent.
"Lowery's problem is that ethics alone aren't a basis for legislation, business models, or overreaction."
The other problem with this is that ethics are a personal choice. My ethics and your ethics are not going to be the same. Even societal ethics will vary based on geography. Your example of Adultery for example.
Laws are to be created for the benefit of societal order.
Murder is outlawed because society, as a whole, agrees that it is unethical. This is the case with most laws. And since society, as a group, is in agreement with the laws, they are generally effective.
The problem that the copyright dependent industries have is that they are essentially trying to completely outlaw sharing, and that is a losing battle. We are all taught to share from a very young age, and they want us to stop doing that. Just like Prohibition was a spectacular failure and only proved to make criminal enterprises more profitable and powerful, outlawing sharing is not ever going to be effective.
If I remember from my geometry, a line is infinite lentgh, therefor a point, by definition cannot be a line. my recollection is that between to point is a segment, not a line. But I may be wrong...
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Deregulation
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http://constitution.org/legis/03hr0648.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_C olumbia
So someone may sue, but it wouldn't go very far.
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Maybe he and Steven Gibson should get together and show us all how this business should work.
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You know what else is a professional agitator?
You would think that NYPD would have enough other work to do without trying to create more...
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Re: Overreacting?
Really, You're hanging your hat on THIS? Because the TSA has been so much better at analysis? The same TSA that overreacts to everything.. that TSA?
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You need a few misspelled words to really stick the landing.
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The information that this article referred to is location derived from cell tower data, which is usually less accurate, but can still be useful (if you can see which towers a phone call used, you can get a pretty good idea of the course the phone traveled).
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The the location information they are requesting from the carrier would be far more reliable than an IP address. Carriers location data is required by law to be accurate to within certain parameters by the FCC for 911 purposes.
Also, this is cell tower data, which you can bet your ass is accurate. the only way it wouldn't be is if the carrier manipulated it, which would be easily apparent.
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The other problem with this is that ethics are a personal choice. My ethics and your ethics are not going to be the same. Even societal ethics will vary based on geography. Your example of Adultery for example.
Laws are to be created for the benefit of societal order.
Murder is outlawed because society, as a whole, agrees that it is unethical. This is the case with most laws. And since society, as a group, is in agreement with the laws, they are generally effective.
The problem that the copyright dependent industries have is that they are essentially trying to completely outlaw sharing, and that is a losing battle. We are all taught to share from a very young age, and they want us to stop doing that. Just like Prohibition was a spectacular failure and only proved to make criminal enterprises more profitable and powerful, outlawing sharing is not ever going to be effective.
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So right now, musicians need inspiration to keep making music
FTFY
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