That's the thing, now they're only serving one version of the site to everyone mobile and desktop alike and your browser is handling the decisions to resize everything properly. That's (roughly) how adaptive sites work. Try putting Techdirt into a window and resizing that window to the size of a phone screen and see if it looks similar to how it looks on a phone to verify.
I agree. For example, as long as we're spitballing here, let's say that a new copyright bill is passed this year stating that for all copyrights registered beginning January 1, 2020, a copy of the material to be copyrighted must be submitted to the Library of Congress along with the copyright registration.
That would create a registry of copyrighted material starting then and they could use the Library of Congress database for DMCA requests, content filters, and the like. I remember various IP related companies being against requiring this type of registration but, for the life of me, I can't imagine why.
The statistic people are quoting is incorrect. It's not a school shooting per day, it's (approximately) one mass shooting per day. By some measures, there have been more mass shootings than days last year. By others, we fell short by over 40. Wikipedia counts it at only 323 but, by all counts, we were on track for one per day at the end of October which is what all the news shows were talking about at the time.
Unfortunately, I must say yes here. There was an instance last March where the SRO killed a school shooter before he could continue shooting people. While I can't say for sure if there have been more cases, I'd remembered this one specifically so I was able to search for it easily enough.
To name one specific counter-example, the Buena Vista School District in Michigan, closed down because it couldn't control costs. That's certainly a case of a government unit not being able to survive even with an incentive to control costs.
Re: Re: Won't Brexit take Great Britain out of the EU?
Unless the UK government votes to rescind their Article 50 declaration, it'll happen in March, deal or no deal and if this no-confidence vote doesn't go May's way, there may not be a government to make that decision in time for the deadline.
They definitely still do site ranking as part of their SEO business. I don't know exactly how they compile their stats though, I didn't look that deeply.
I live in a county of ~400,000 and in a township of ~20,000 and I have one broadband internet provider available. There is one other DSL provider available but they can only provide about 3-6 Mbps at my location. Your situation is quite unusual in the United States.
That's an excellent analogy and I'm guessing that the reason for the difference is the fact that most people in governmental leadership positions see the technology industries as new and therefore whatever they're doing can't be so hard. The tech industry hasn't been around for very long in the grand scheme of human history so, our leaders just don't accept its experts as being on the same level as medical doctors, architects, or (non-computer/software) engineers.
This is something that will change over time as people who grew up using personal computers, smartphones, and tablets end up in positions of governmental authority but, for example, the oldest Millennials were born in 1982 and, only those of them who were born on or before January 21st was old enough to be President of the United States in 2016. The rest would have to wait until 2020. As someone born in 1985 myself, we're just now seeing the first members of my generation in the US Federal government and it'll be quite a while before we see enough of us to change the way technology experts are treated by our leaders.
I've been seeing a lot of talk about this. Maybe it's the circles you travel in. Many individuals on YouTube are talking about this (one gaming channel I follow had a video about it just last week trying to increase its visibility outside of people like us TechDirt readers) and previous outrage is part of the reason that this isn't already the law in the EU even though it just seems to be getting worse rather than better as they continue to work on it.
You don't have to. You can choose to pay for that ~$100 visit out-of-pocket if you so choose. There's nothing stopping you. For example, the primary argument in favor of single-payer insurance isn't catastrophic insurance, since most people won't need that over the course of their lives, but rather that everyone benefits if all people actually see the doctor for regular well-person visits for things like vaccinations and other health maintenance since a healthy population is generally more productive.
The Appeals Court gets to question the immunity because it can't study the evidence itself since only the qualified immunity was appealed. Now that qualified immunity has been lost, he'll be tried in the lower court (or plea bargain) and we'll see what happens there.
Don't forget, the largest ballot failure in recent American history was using paper ballots (hanging chads anyone?) They may be better but, they aren't a panacea.
Then the ISP's run into the problem of the state realizing that for some, if not all, of their locations they have no choice except for certain NN abusing ISPs for service and therefore deciding to set up municipal broadband service to avoid violating their own law. This may be why the ISPs are trying to attack this type of law too.
You seem to be arguing for the seemingly everywhere except for North America method of including taxes in the sticker price. That's fine with me as long as we do it for everyone including retail establishments. I'd enjoy going to a store and having to only pay the amount on the tag for an item and not having to calculate sales tax myself as I go.
The current law says that airlines are required to state all of their fees before booking. Of course, the airlines are currently trying to get those regulations rolled back but, that's how the game is played.
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That's the thing, now they're only serving one version of the site to everyone mobile and desktop alike and your browser is handling the decisions to resize everything properly. That's (roughly) how adaptive sites work. Try putting Techdirt into a window and resizing that window to the size of a phone screen and see if it looks similar to how it looks on a phone to verify.
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I agree. For example, as long as we're spitballing here, let's say that a new copyright bill is passed this year stating that for all copyrights registered beginning January 1, 2020, a copy of the material to be copyrighted must be submitted to the Library of Congress along with the copyright registration.
That would create a registry of copyrighted material starting then and they could use the Library of Congress database for DMCA requests, content filters, and the like. I remember various IP related companies being against requiring this type of registration but, for the life of me, I can't imagine why.
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Re: Re: Re: a school shooting every day
The statistic people are quoting is incorrect. It's not a school shooting per day, it's (approximately) one mass shooting per day. By some measures, there have been more mass shootings than days last year. By others, we fell short by over 40. Wikipedia counts it at only 323 but, by all counts, we were on track for one per day at the end of October which is what all the news shows were talking about at the time.
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Unfortunately, I must say yes here. There was an instance last March where the SRO killed a school shooter before he could continue shooting people. While I can't say for sure if there have been more cases, I'd remembered this one specifically so I was able to search for it easily enough.
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Here's the case, Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell (Reverend Jerry Falwell). This one allows porn to parody "public figures".
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To name one specific counter-example, the Buena Vista School District in Michigan, closed down because it couldn't control costs. That's certainly a case of a government unit not being able to survive even with an incentive to control costs.
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Re: Re: Won't Brexit take Great Britain out of the EU?
Unless the UK government votes to rescind their Article 50 declaration, it'll happen in March, deal or no deal and if this no-confidence vote doesn't go May's way, there may not be a government to make that decision in time for the deadline.
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They definitely still do site ranking as part of their SEO business. I don't know exactly how they compile their stats though, I didn't look that deeply.
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I live in a county of ~400,000 and in a township of ~20,000 and I have one broadband internet provider available. There is one other DSL provider available but they can only provide about 3-6 Mbps at my location. Your situation is quite unusual in the United States.
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That's an excellent analogy and I'm guessing that the reason for the difference is the fact that most people in governmental leadership positions see the technology industries as new and therefore whatever they're doing can't be so hard. The tech industry hasn't been around for very long in the grand scheme of human history so, our leaders just don't accept its experts as being on the same level as medical doctors, architects, or (non-computer/software) engineers.
This is something that will change over time as people who grew up using personal computers, smartphones, and tablets end up in positions of governmental authority but, for example, the oldest Millennials were born in 1982 and, only those of them who were born on or before January 21st was old enough to be President of the United States in 2016. The rest would have to wait until 2020. As someone born in 1985 myself, we're just now seeing the first members of my generation in the US Federal government and it'll be quite a while before we see enough of us to change the way technology experts are treated by our leaders.
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I've been seeing a lot of talk about this. Maybe it's the circles you travel in. Many individuals on YouTube are talking about this (one gaming channel I follow had a video about it just last week trying to increase its visibility outside of people like us TechDirt readers) and previous outrage is part of the reason that this isn't already the law in the EU even though it just seems to be getting worse rather than better as they continue to work on it.
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You don't have to. You can choose to pay for that ~$100 visit out-of-pocket if you so choose. There's nothing stopping you. For example, the primary argument in favor of single-payer insurance isn't catastrophic insurance, since most people won't need that over the course of their lives, but rather that everyone benefits if all people actually see the doctor for regular well-person visits for things like vaccinations and other health maintenance since a healthy population is generally more productive.
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Yeah, they'll eventually scan, index, and root through that. The point is the PR and the malicious compliance.
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The Appeals Court gets to question the immunity because it can't study the evidence itself since only the qualified immunity was appealed. Now that qualified immunity has been lost, he'll be tried in the lower court (or plea bargain) and we'll see what happens there.
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Don't forget, the largest ballot failure in recent American history was using paper ballots (hanging chads anyone?) They may be better but, they aren't a panacea.
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Yeah, that's the law here in Michigan too. Fortunately, there's a proposition on the ballot today to change that. Hopefully, it'll pass.
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I'd hope for that to be the very last option.
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Then the ISP's run into the problem of the state realizing that for some, if not all, of their locations they have no choice except for certain NN abusing ISPs for service and therefore deciding to set up municipal broadband service to avoid violating their own law. This may be why the ISPs are trying to attack this type of law too.
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Re: The usual anti-corporate double-standard?
You seem to be arguing for the seemingly everywhere except for North America method of including taxes in the sticker price. That's fine with me as long as we do it for everyone including retail establishments. I'd enjoy going to a store and having to only pay the amount on the tag for an item and not having to calculate sales tax myself as I go.
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The current law says that airlines are required to state all of their fees before booking. Of course, the airlines are currently trying to get those regulations rolled back but, that's how the game is played.
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