The police also have to actively look at their radar gun to detect speeders. And the radar gun has to actively zap (to use the technical term) your car to read the speed.
Besides, laptops can be pretty good at automatically logging into unsecured wifi. And sometimes secured wifi ... obligatory xkcd
I'm with TAM on this one. If you leave something where anyone can see it - be it on the passenger seat of your car, in your window or in a shared folder on an unsecured network - you should expect that people will see it. And expect to deal with any repercussions.
After all, the police already use binoculars to watch people while on stakeouts (at least they do in the movies). They also use heat cameras to detect houses that are overheated and therefore potential cannabis farms. And so why not a computer to scan your unsecured network for illegal activity? In each case using technology to detect something that's freely emitted from your house unencrypted.
Leaving your front gate open doesn't allow someone to kick in your door, any more than having a road up to your front gate allows people to kick the gate in.
What sort of company sees that there's demand for a product and then purposely decides to not offer it and to actively stop others who are trying to offer it?
On the concessions - agree that the profits there must be huge. No wonder the corn farmers were so upset about piracy!
Also agree on tiered seating prices, I think some places do this (not sure, it's been years since I last went to the cinema as it's overpriced for what they offer).
On headphones however I think you'd rapidly have people complaining that you charged for it and wanting to use their own headphones. Plus part of the point of going to the cinema I thought was the better sound system than at home?
For combining dinner and a movie (complete date experience in one building!) that's a good idea. I go to classical concerts fairly regularly and they've always got a couple of nice restaurants in the same building. Means it's more convenient to make it a night out.
Similarly at the concerts there's always a program for sale that's fairly overpriced for what it is (a couple of pages of blurb, some bios and a load of adverts) but I still buy one every time. Why? For a momento I guess ...
Thinking about it, perhaps the cinemas need to take some ideas from concerts/theatres? Admittedly you can't have the stars on hand in every cinema but the other things could be incorporated.
"why doesn't Floor64 man up and run a torrent tracker for only legal stuff?"
Bear in mind that the RIAA seems unable to determine whether various youtube videos are infringing or fair use - and they presumably have access to all the master copies to check against.
Plus with leaks of new releases, there's not even anything around yet to test it against.
How is anyone else to determine whether something is infringing?
Yeah, the number of pies that Tesco has managed to stick their fingers into is pretty impressive - finance, mobile phones, internet access, insurance ...
I read something on this, think it was in freakonomics - apparently for a lot of people the existence of a cheaper brand that they don't want makes them think the nicer brand is better and worth more. Basically if there's only one type of tin of beans you might pay 50p, but if there's a horrible looking cheap one for 30p you might pay 60p for one that's not nasty. Apparently that's why the "own brand" packaging looks so bad - after all it wouldn't cost much to make the packaging nicer. Plus they can now sell to the people who can only (or will only) pay 30p for beans.
I'm rather disappointed by that - I remember reading the article and being amused by the research.
A lot of the press (in the UK at least) seems to be run by arts graduates, so as soon as there's a piece involving numbers or science some basic misunderstandings do keep coming through - although I always assumed that they were making mistakes in summarising a bunch of press releases or something rather than just making stuff up.
On the making stuff up front though, I see Blair is giving evidence on the war in Iraq today ...
Interest, good to see that other clubs haven't (yet) stamped down on their players in this manner. I see Steven Gerrard is on your list - will add him to my FB page when I get home (can't access FB from work ... :/ )
I'm willing to bet that the opportunity to be in the game would go down well. People would love to get anything from bit parts to minor speaking roles modelled on them - although this does depend on there being humanlike characters in the game ...
Presumably though he could stay silent in a subsequent trial on whether he infringed copyright and require the prosecution to prove that he did. I know that confessions aren't definitive, although I admin they're not normally made under oath ... IANAL
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We should believe that the desire for privacy is an indication of guilt ... says the guy posting as Anonymous Coward!
Something to hide? :)
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The police also have to actively look at their radar gun to detect speeders. And the radar gun has to actively zap (to use the technical term) your car to read the speed.
Besides, laptops can be pretty good at automatically logging into unsecured wifi. And sometimes secured wifi ... obligatory xkcd
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After all, the police already use binoculars to watch people while on stakeouts (at least they do in the movies). They also use heat cameras to detect houses that are overheated and therefore potential cannabis farms. And so why not a computer to scan your unsecured network for illegal activity? In each case using technology to detect something that's freely emitted from your house unencrypted.
Leaving your front gate open doesn't allow someone to kick in your door, any more than having a road up to your front gate allows people to kick the gate in.
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I don't know about that.
What sort of company sees that there's demand for a product and then purposely decides to not offer it and to actively stop others who are trying to offer it?
Sure sounds like the **AA to me
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On the concessions - agree that the profits there must be huge. No wonder the corn farmers were so upset about piracy!
Also agree on tiered seating prices, I think some places do this (not sure, it's been years since I last went to the cinema as it's overpriced for what they offer).
On headphones however I think you'd rapidly have people complaining that you charged for it and wanting to use their own headphones. Plus part of the point of going to the cinema I thought was the better sound system than at home?
For combining dinner and a movie (complete date experience in one building!) that's a good idea. I go to classical concerts fairly regularly and they've always got a couple of nice restaurants in the same building. Means it's more convenient to make it a night out.
Similarly at the concerts there's always a program for sale that's fairly overpriced for what it is (a couple of pages of blurb, some bios and a load of adverts) but I still buy one every time. Why? For a momento I guess ...
Thinking about it, perhaps the cinemas need to take some ideas from concerts/theatres? Admittedly you can't have the stars on hand in every cinema but the other things could be incorporated.
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Re: What's the fuss about?
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"why doesn't Floor64 man up and run a torrent tracker for only legal stuff?"
Bear in mind that the RIAA seems unable to determine whether various youtube videos are infringing or fair use - and they presumably have access to all the master copies to check against.
Plus with leaks of new releases, there's not even anything around yet to test it against.
How is anyone else to determine whether something is infringing?
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Re: Re: Re: I would think
Ah yes, had forgotten that the iPad wasn't Apple's first foray into feminine hygiene products!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immac
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A lot of the press (in the UK at least) seems to be run by arts graduates, so as soon as there's a piece involving numbers or science some basic misunderstandings do keep coming through - although I always assumed that they were making mistakes in summarising a bunch of press releases or something rather than just making stuff up.
On the making stuff up front though, I see Blair is giving evidence on the war in Iraq today ...
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Re: You obviously are not a red devils supporter then.
wait .. there are Man U supporters in manchester? Other than on match days?
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Re: This could be soooo much better...
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Re: Awesome Stuff
You'd better not copy any of the stuff listed though or you'll get sued for stealing ideas :)
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We do have perjury laws in the UK - just ask Jeffrey Archer
Presumably though he could stay silent in a subsequent trial on whether he infringed copyright and require the prosecution to prove that he did. I know that confessions aren't definitive, although I admin they're not normally made under oath ... IANAL
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All assuming that the files aren't encrypted
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