Could also be a timing issue. Possibly Senator Wyden is waiting for someone to commit themselves to something spectacularly stupid, and then he's going to release it. Politics is after all, the roughest of all the Blood Sports.
That no site should be hosted in the U.S., or use a U.S. Top Level Domain. It's just too dangerous, until the case law is settled, because you never know when someone might take offense at what you are doing.
That's why my sites are hosted in Canada, and use the .CA TLD, so that if anyone wants to take offense with me, they have to do it on my home ground.
About four or five years ago I started calling it Intellectual Poverty. Got a few looks over that, until I explained that I'd coined the terms after reading one too many ridiculous patents...
Oh, come on folks, the answer is so damned simple you should all hang you heads in shame.
SAAB
Not the automobile company, the military aircraft manufacturer. SAAB is one of Sweden's major exports, in addition to supplying nearly all Swedish military aircraft. To function SAAB has to have access to American technology, like radars, computers, missiles...
So when the Americans threaten to cut the Swedes off, the Swedes pay attention.
That's what I suspect happened. We'll have to see if any cables cover the issue.
I've said this many times. After reading many insane patents that have been granted, that is the conclusion that I've reached.
I know a lot of people who work for the Patent Office are offended by my opinion. That's their problem. If they persist in allowing stupid patents to be issued (like the infamous Dean Drive), they have no right to expect my opinion to change.
In Canada, we are waiting with bated breath for the Wikileaks cables from Canada. We expect that we will see the exact same things as were in the Spanish cables.
Mike, I took a good look at the numbers, and did some research. While what they reported is probably accurate based on the numbers they have, those numbers aren't complete.
I checked their database against some artists, and the database is missing a lot of information. A couple of the artists weren't big (which is why I picked them), so the database doesn't include smaller acts - and the acts that I picked are ones that are working music full time.
This got me wondering. It appeared that the database was biased towards Rock and Roll, so I checked their listing for Stompin' Tom Conners, and it claimed that he hadn't performed a concert since 2004, though his website claims he was busy nearly every weekend this summer.
Heh. The problem is that most people don't translate what the politicians and/or police are actually saying. Take Conor Lenihan, an Irish Politician, who has admitted that he is bought and paid for. He didn't say this directly, but when you parse what he did say, that is what he meant.
What makes you think there's a Federal Liberal or New Democrat who understand technology? :)
I know there isn't. I am however a Conservative, and if I can help the party understand technology, and possibly gain an electoral advantage, why shouldn't I?
How do you get the guitarist off your porch? Pay for the Pizza.
How do you streamline a musician's car? Remove the Pizza delivery sign from the roof.
What do you call a musician who's been dumped by his girlfriend? Homeless.
*****
You'll hear those jokes wherever you meet musicians. Another thing that you'll hear is that 'Real Musicians have day jobs', must musicians don't regard people like David Bowie or Billy Joel as real musicians. They are the 'outliers' as Mike said, the odd balls.
Unless the judge defined what he meant by encryption carefully, this poor guy wouldn't be allowed to own any modern computer, and quite a few antiques. According to memory Encryption is built into every Microsoft OS from Windows 95 on (it may be in the older ones too, but I don't remember), all of Mac OS X, all of Linux, all of BSD, all of Solaris, all of Aix (and every other proprietary Unix).
For those who aren't English, the Guardian, a northern paper was famous for spelling errors, due to the need to publish really early so it could be on the streets of London at the same time as the London papers.
Now to the point - Mike, did you know that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has literally bought coverage at the Guardian? Seriously. I don't know all of the details, but a grant was given for the Guardian to cover certain issues.
The problem with this being, that now that the Guardian has been given this grant, is it likely to treat the Foundation, and Microsoft, the company behind the Foundation differently?
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Timing
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Chapter 11 Coming Soon
Bye Bye New York Times.
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Canada
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That's why I've been recommending
That's why my sites are hosted in Canada, and use the .CA TLD, so that if anyone wants to take offense with me, they have to do it on my home ground.
Wayne
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Intellectual Poverty
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SAAB
SAAB
Not the automobile company, the military aircraft manufacturer. SAAB is one of Sweden's major exports, in addition to supplying nearly all Swedish military aircraft. To function SAAB has to have access to American technology, like radars, computers, missiles...
So when the Americans threaten to cut the Swedes off, the Swedes pay attention.
That's what I suspect happened. We'll have to see if any cables cover the issue.
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The USPTO is incompetent
I know a lot of people who work for the Patent Office are offended by my opinion. That's their problem. If they persist in allowing stupid patents to be issued (like the infamous Dean Drive), they have no right to expect my opinion to change.
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We'll see what happens.
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I did some research on their article, and wrote True Or False? The Latest Stat: Less Than 30,000 Artists Are Actually Earning a Living, which digs into their numbers, and also into their database, which it turns out is woefully incomplete.
Regards
Wayne
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On the post: 30,000 Musical Acts Are Making A Living... But Is That Good Or Bad?
I checked their database against some artists, and the database is missing a lot of information. A couple of the artists weren't big (which is why I picked them), so the database doesn't include smaller acts - and the acts that I picked are ones that are working music full time.
This got me wondering. It appeared that the database was biased towards Rock and Roll, so I checked their listing for Stompin' Tom Conners, and it claimed that he hadn't performed a concert since 2004, though his website claims he was busy nearly every weekend this summer.
You can read my conclusions in True Or False? The Latest Stat: Less Than 30,000 Artists Are Actually Earning a Living.
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Translation Issues
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What makes you think there's a Federal Liberal or New Democrat who understand technology? :)
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I'm thinking of renewing my Conservative Party Membership
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Cooks Source has been Downfalled
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How do you streamline a musician's car? Remove the Pizza delivery sign from the roof.
What do you call a musician who's been dumped by his girlfriend? Homeless.
*****
You'll hear those jokes wherever you meet musicians. Another thing that you'll hear is that 'Real Musicians have day jobs', must musicians don't regard people like David Bowie or Billy Joel as real musicians. They are the 'outliers' as Mike said, the odd balls.
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Encrytpion
The poor bastard is screwed.
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I'm not a journalist. I write about what's interesting and this is interesting. You don't have to like it.
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The Daily Gruaniad
Now to the point - Mike, did you know that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has literally bought coverage at the Guardian? Seriously. I don't know all of the details, but a grant was given for the Guardian to cover certain issues.
The problem with this being, that now that the Guardian has been given this grant, is it likely to treat the Foundation, and Microsoft, the company behind the Foundation differently?
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You've got to be kidding
Free isn't worth it, if you don't like the product.
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