Looks like AT&T may become the next GE. A long slow painful decline while the stock pickers are yelling "BUY!" because of the high dividend and large cash flow.
This will probably end poorly. The SROs became popular as an easy way for school administrators to off-load responsibility for handling discipline issues to someone else. They are not going to want to take that responsibility back. I predict that a lot of schools dropping out of SRO contracts will soon have contracts with 'Joe's School Security Corp, est - 2020'. And not too long after, there will be a growing number of posts here about how bad an idea it is for schools to hire private security guards who earn slightly more then minimum wage to patrol the hallways.
Gee, A study of Facebook by an company owned by Facebook declares that Facebook is doing a good job. What could go wrong with that?
It seems the results of this study really depend on how the various groups are classified. The linked CNN report calls Fox News a Conservative Network. Does this put CNN in the straight forward category for this report? If you classify Fox News as straight forward network, this probably moves CNN,ABC etc. into the Liberal camp and would likely change the report outcomes.
Would be really nice if they would publish the list of how they classified the various networks and organizations.
If the real reason the one site was targeted is the operator's alleged bad actions, maybe the other sites will be allowed to keep operating sans DMCA notice.
Giving out an address in a public place where someone can overhear and knows that you are likely to be there for a hour or so is just begging for your house to be robbed while you are enjoying your meal. Could even be one of the employees phoning associates who do the crime.
If the place insists, you could just provide the name, home address and office phone number of the mayor or governor that issued the order. Plus pay with cash.
This shouldn't be a tough call for NBC-Universal. Release via theater and have to share the gross. Release via VOD and keep all the gross. Gross in either case is similar.
Of course this is a sample size of 1. Other movies may react differently. But I imagine that most will react similar to Trolls.
Wonder when some attorney will help this menace to society file a claim against the county for on the job hearing damage caused by his discharge of a firearm in an enclosed space while on duty?
So Clearview copied 4 billion copyrighted pictures without permission? Why isn't one of the *AA organizations on top of this? Seems 4 billion violations $50,000 per violation would be a rich pot to go after.
Bet there are a lot of Congress critters and staffers doing CYA on this. Doubt that these few outed so far are the last. Now that blood is in the water, the press will have a field day. Normal 'these are our guys/gals' rules are probably gone as many of the press have watched their own retirement/investment accounts lose a lot of value. They are not going to be in a mode to ignore 'their guy' avoiding losses or worse, profiting on the info obtained in those briefings.
That this is a few months/weeks before filing for office season is a bonus.
Because sunset clauses have worked so well to contain government spending.
Also funny that many of the same Congress critters who where so eager to pillory government officials of present and past administrations for using unencrypted communication methods are now worried that folks might use encrypted comms.
While the original poster seems rather against profiting from patents, seems likely there was some reason why hospitals were paying $11,000 for replacement valves in the first place. Possible it really is worth that much more vs whatever system that it replaced.
That said, IP laws are an artificial construct setup by governments for economic reasons. Should be no reason why there can't be some kind of Emergency Declaration Override of patent/copyright protections where the needs of the country in crisis outweigh the economic benefits/needs of the IP owner.
If nothing else, just declare that the parts can be freely copied and the bills will be settled by any remaining survivors.
It isn't just the end user service that will be a problem. That corporate gig fiber connection will probably slow to a crawl when several hundred employees try to connect via VPN. And this assumes the company had the forethought to purchase and configure a device capable of handling that many VPN connections at once.
A lot of VPN gizmos have license fees based on allowable connections. If only 10% of your employees are in the field at any one time, why pay for more VPN slots? This problem will likely only be discovered when some poor IT slob still at work has to track down why so many folks can't connect. Of course, the accounting folks needed to process the PO for the license increase will all be home unable to connect....
There will likely be a short term market opportunity for disaster preparedness planning once this virus thing passes.
Guess I am an outcast in this crowd. I saw the video of this 'arrest'. There was no violence during the process. Just the kid crying as she was hand cuffed with the ties and put in the car. Could be the first time she has faced consequences for misbehaving. If so, that is the real crime.
Something so few that object to this have mentioned is from the source articles, the kid in question threw a tantrum and HIT a teacher. Why no outrage over an out of control kid being allowed to terrorize a class room with screaming and violence? If this kid had hit YOUR kid, would you be as outraged over the school and officer's responses? Probably not, based on the responses of parents whose kids are bullied, threatened, and assaulted in class.
At least in this case, it appears that it is only the Bridge gizmo being declared EOL. Looks like the actual devices like bulbs and such will work with the Bridge 2+. Better result than how a lot of these IOT things turn out.
But this should still stand as yet another warning about IOT things that require a 3rd party C&C server or software in order to operate the various gizmos in your house.
Much laughter will ensue when CEOs of Manga production companies start facing criminal charges over copyright theft when some low level deadline pressured under paid artist downloads "inspiring" manga from another publisher in order to make their production deadlines setup during the last employee evaluation.
Wonder if it is job evaluation time for the lawyers involved and they are doing this so they can claim to 'Have done something Useful' in the past evaluation period? Doesn't matter if it makes sense as long as it fills some all important check boxes in the job evaluation process.
On the post: AT&T Has Now Eliminated 41,000 Jobs Since Its $42 Billion Trump Tax Cut
Looks like AT&T may become the next GE. A long slow painful decline while the stock pickers are yelling "BUY!" because of the high dividend and large cash flow.
On the post: More Schools Are Ending Contracts With Cops Following Protests Over The Killing Of George Floyd
This will probably end poorly. The SROs became popular as an easy way for school administrators to off-load responsibility for handling discipline issues to someone else. They are not going to want to take that responsibility back. I predict that a lot of schools dropping out of SRO contracts will soon have contracts with 'Joe's School Security Corp, est - 2020'. And not too long after, there will be a growing number of posts here about how bad an idea it is for schools to hire private security guards who earn slightly more then minimum wage to patrol the hallways.
On the post: New Study Finds No Evidence Of Anti-Conservative Bias In Facebook Moderation (If Anything, It's The Opposite)
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Please do your own homework. Your request has nothing to do with my posting.
On the post: New Study Finds No Evidence Of Anti-Conservative Bias In Facebook Moderation (If Anything, It's The Opposite)
Gee, A study of Facebook by an company owned by Facebook declares that Facebook is doing a good job. What could go wrong with that?
It seems the results of this study really depend on how the various groups are classified. The linked CNN report calls Fox News a Conservative Network. Does this put CNN in the straight forward category for this report? If you classify Fox News as straight forward network, this probably moves CNN,ABC etc. into the Liberal camp and would likely change the report outcomes.
Would be really nice if they would publish the list of how they classified the various networks and organizations.
On the post: As Some Are Requiring People To Give Up Their Info To Dine, Stories Of Creeps Abusing That Info Come Out
Re: Re:
Get out a lot. Just don't advertise that there is a house that won't have anyone home for a while.
If your security policy is counting on stupid or un-organized criminals, I hope you have good insurance.
On the post: Disney: If We Can't Run Club Penguin, No One Can Run Club Penguin [Updated]
If the real reason the one site was targeted is the operator's alleged bad actions, maybe the other sites will be allowed to keep operating sans DMCA notice.
On the post: As Some Are Requiring People To Give Up Their Info To Dine, Stories Of Creeps Abusing That Info Come Out
Giving out an address in a public place where someone can overhear and knows that you are likely to be there for a hour or so is just begging for your house to be robbed while you are enjoying your meal. Could even be one of the employees phoning associates who do the crime.
If the place insists, you could just provide the name, home address and office phone number of the mayor or governor that issued the order. Plus pay with cash.
On the post: AMC Theaters Pouts Like A Child Because NBC Universal Proved Movie Release Windows Are Nonsense
This shouldn't be a tough call for NBC-Universal. Release via theater and have to share the gross. Release via VOD and keep all the gross. Gross in either case is similar.
Of course this is a sample size of 1. Other movies may react differently. But I imagine that most will react similar to Trolls.
On the post: The System Works: Deputy Who Randomly Fired His Gun Through His Windshield Into Rush Hour Traffic Fined $2
Wonder when some attorney will help this menace to society file a claim against the county for on the job hearing damage caused by his discharge of a firearm in an enclosed space while on duty?
On the post: How Much Data Does Clearview Gather On People? The Answer (Sadly) Will Not Surprise You.
So Clearview copied 4 billion copyrighted pictures without permission? Why isn't one of the *AA organizations on top of this? Seems 4 billion violations $50,000 per violation would be a rich pot to go after.
On the post: Two Senators Sold A Bunch Of Stock After Being Briefed About COVID-19; While Telling The World Things Were Going To Be Fine
Bet there are a lot of Congress critters and staffers doing CYA on this. Doubt that these few outed so far are the last. Now that blood is in the water, the press will have a field day. Normal 'these are our guys/gals' rules are probably gone as many of the press have watched their own retirement/investment accounts lose a lot of value. They are not going to be in a mode to ignore 'their guy' avoiding losses or worse, profiting on the info obtained in those briefings.
That this is a few months/weeks before filing for office season is a bonus.
On the post: Privacy & Encryption Will Be More Important Than Ever In Wake Of Coronavirus
Because sunset clauses have worked so well to contain government spending.
Also funny that many of the same Congress critters who where so eager to pillory government officials of present and past administrations for using unencrypted communication methods are now worried that folks might use encrypted comms.
On the post: Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive; Original Manufacturer Threatens To Sue
While the original poster seems rather against profiting from patents, seems likely there was some reason why hospitals were paying $11,000 for replacement valves in the first place. Possible it really is worth that much more vs whatever system that it replaced.
That said, IP laws are an artificial construct setup by governments for economic reasons. Should be no reason why there can't be some kind of Emergency Declaration Override of patent/copyright protections where the needs of the country in crisis outweigh the economic benefits/needs of the IP owner.
If nothing else, just declare that the parts can be freely copied and the bills will be settled by any remaining survivors.
On the post: Coronavirus Telecommuting To Further Highlight Shoddy US Telecom Market
It isn't just the end user service that will be a problem. That corporate gig fiber connection will probably slow to a crawl when several hundred employees try to connect via VPN. And this assumes the company had the forethought to purchase and configure a device capable of handling that many VPN connections at once.
A lot of VPN gizmos have license fees based on allowable connections. If only 10% of your employees are in the field at any one time, why pay for more VPN slots? This problem will likely only be discovered when some poor IT slob still at work has to track down why so many folks can't connect. Of course, the accounting folks needed to process the PO for the license increase will all be home unable to connect....
There will likely be a short term market opportunity for disaster preparedness planning once this virus thing passes.
On the post: Arrests R Us: Six-Year-Old Cuffed And Tossed Into A Cop Car For 'Throwing A Tantrum' At School
Guess I am an outcast in this crowd. I saw the video of this 'arrest'. There was no violence during the process. Just the kid crying as she was hand cuffed with the ties and put in the car. Could be the first time she has faced consequences for misbehaving. If so, that is the real crime.
Something so few that object to this have mentioned is from the source articles, the kid in question threw a tantrum and HIT a teacher. Why no outrage over an out of control kid being allowed to terrorize a class room with screaming and violence? If this kid had hit YOUR kid, would you be as outraged over the school and officer's responses? Probably not, based on the responses of parents whose kids are bullied, threatened, and assaulted in class.
On the post: You Don't Own What You Buy Episode 9,000: Philips' Light Bulbs Lose Functionality
At least in this case, it appears that it is only the Bridge gizmo being declared EOL. Looks like the actual devices like bulbs and such will work with the Bridge 2+. Better result than how a lot of these IOT things turn out.
But this should still stand as yet another warning about IOT things that require a 3rd party C&C server or software in order to operate the various gizmos in your house.
On the post: Japan Approves New Law To Make Manga Piracy A Criminal Offense
Much laughter will ensue when CEOs of Manga production companies start facing criminal charges over copyright theft when some low level deadline pressured under paid artist downloads "inspiring" manga from another publisher in order to make their production deadlines setup during the last employee evaluation.
On the post: Well Then: Activision Issues DMCA Subpoena To Have Reddit Unmask Whoever Posted That CoD Image Leak
Wonder if it is job evaluation time for the lawyers involved and they are doing this so they can claim to 'Have done something Useful' in the past evaluation period? Doesn't matter if it makes sense as long as it fills some all important check boxes in the job evaluation process.
On the post: GAO Says TSA Has No Idea If Its Screeners Are Up To Date On Their Training
Maybe the news here is that TSA is supposed to have training?
On the post: College Student Gets Thrown On The Ground And A Gun Pointed At His Head For Committing The Crime Of 'Taking A Selfie While Black'
Since this happened a year ago:
Have any lawsuits been filed?
If so, any bets on how long before 'Qualified Immunity' gets claimed?
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