Ahh...Flexing our culinary snobbery muscles, are we Mike??
Love the Spam(TM).
C'mon everyone, post your favorite Spam(TM) recipes for Mike to try out!
I'll start:
PIG COOKIES
Slice Spam(TM) 1/8th inch thick. Lay on bed of paper towels. Microwave to death (Crisp and Brown). Allow to cool. If they are still chewey, cook longer.
...I'm waiting for the tipping point where the non-RIAA/IFPI labels and independants will band together and create an "RIAA Free" trade mark that must appear on CD packaging and next to individual download listings so CONSUMERS can help hasten the demise of these despised organizations.
And then I'll start wanting to see the country of origin of all gasoline I pump into my car at the pump, too!
These laws happen because political self promotion/aggrandizement while championing phantom causes is **much, much** easier work than making government work more effectively and cost less.
We need a new information monopoly legal framework
...for the "Information Spill" age.
All personally identifiable information about me should be my property and I should have copyright style monopoly powers over such information. Let's call it "IdentityRight". Spill the information that I have licensed to you for some purpose, the contract says you pay me N dolars in compensation. Get caught holding unlicensed information about me?? Criminal offense.
Ok, somebody ...please... slap me before I develop this idea any further.
Your first case example of physical breaking is ethically correct.
Your extension of the physical ingress and physical theft analogy to an open wi-fi access point is logically flawed because you are broadcasting "information" beyond your property lines.
A more accurate example/analogy is that your house is equipped with flood lights that illuminate my yard as well as yours. When you have a night-time party in your back yard and you turn on the electricty to those lights, it illuminates my back yard too, or maybe the alley way in between. Yes, you paid or are paying for the light, BUT, you have done NOTHING to make sure that the light does not propagate beyond your property. Your inaction to restrict propagation and therefore use of the light is implied consent to use. So, Yes, I may party in my back yard at night using your flood lights without ethical remorse.
If you do not want others basking in your wi-fi network access, errect the shades by securing your access point transciever.
Why DRM, LockDowns and Anti-Piracy Methods Will Al
This is such a simple concept... so I am constantly amazed why media execs keep falling for this DRM nonsense.
Ok, once more for you Copyright Cartel Club members out there:
This stuff keeps failing because you are, and always will be, on the wrong end of an "Invalid Intellectual Capitol Equation".
Let's take a closer look at that term, OK? You remember equations from grade school don't you? That where you have a number on the right side of an "equals" sign (=) and another number on the left side. For Example:
5 = 5
This 5=5 example is a "valid equation".
An "invalid equation" is where the numbers don't match. For instance:
2 = 5
Got it? Good. Let's press forward, shall we?
Now, instead of numbers just pulled out of thin air, let make those numbers represent something. "Intellectual Capitol" for instance, or in simpler terms, "Brains".
Now, how many brains were used to create the DRM you bought into?? 50, 100? But they were PHDs you say? Sorry, doesn't matter. They don't award PHDs on the basis of intelligence.
Ok, so you used 100 brains to create your DRM. Once your DRM is released into the wild, how many brains out there in the world do you estimate will likely consider cracking your DRM a challenge? 1000, 10,000? Who knows for sure. But we can all be pretty sure that the number is at least an order of magnitude greater than the number of brains you used to create the DRM.
Didn't NetMeeting, WebEx et al, move quite effectively into this space??
Video of faces in meeting is only important if you don't trust the people you are meeting with. We're all there to talk about the work product, which is predominately digital these days, so seeing someone's PC desktop is more important than their toupee.
...Copyright terms need to be rolled back to the original limits.
Shorter Copyright terms = More Public Domain
Shorter Copyright terms = Less Litigation
Shorter Copyright terms = More creativity, not less.
Also... can any one here (especially you "copyright cartel" lurkers) explain to me EXACTLY why the intellectual property monopoly of Copyright is intrinsically more deserving of protection terms that are LONGER than the intellectual property monopoly granted by Patent?
Seriously, take all the space you need to formulate your best arguments.
...after reading the TechLiberation piece and comments. I had completely forgot that Comcast's customers are all on cable modems. TCP/IP over that last mile of RF broadband is a flippin' nightmare because subscribers have to share the same data channel and the collisions skyrocket exponentially as you pass about 50% bandwidth utilization.
Their only option to manage the average bandwidth use increases per subscriber is to keep subdividing those last mile segments to lower the number of users on them. They can't traffic shape at the aggregation routers because that is not where the problem is. Their bottleneck is that stupid RF lan segment closest to their customers.
And I suppose that suggesting that they convert all their customers over to DSL would not be a very helpful one either, huh?
Thanks for bringing that up. Oddly, I had not encountered references to Godwin's law before.
I tried reading Mein Kampf in high school, but in spite of my rabid facination for anything regarding WWII history, I found it so insufferably dull and long winded, I could not make myself finish it.
If Mike is right about this being a possible benevolent application on IBM's part trying to dial down the patent insanity here in the US, then I would expect another filing shortly for "A system and method for obfuscting patent application language and clarity improving patent award rates and post-award patent litigation value".
Reading patents is about as much fun as reading "Mein Kampf".
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Face it, life without the French...
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Crapflood this clown.
I am the Patent Troll Tracker.
Next?
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Could be worse...
"It is against the Law to insult Turkmenistaniness."
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Obvious Alternative...
Try auctioning off your seats the day before the concert.
Two possible outcomes:
Maximum Profit$$$
or
Empty Hall.
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"Meat-like substance"?? C'mon Mike...
Love the Spam(TM).
C'mon everyone, post your favorite Spam(TM) recipes for Mike to try out!
I'll start:
PIG COOKIES
Slice Spam(TM) 1/8th inch thick. Lay on bed of paper towels. Microwave to death (Crisp and Brown). Allow to cool. If they are still chewey, cook longer.
Alan
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I agree with Tim.
Vista is punishment enough for Microsoft.
Ouch.
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Good start, but...
And then I'll start wanting to see the country of origin of all gasoline I pump into my car at the pump, too!
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Short Answer????
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We need a new information monopoly legal framework
All personally identifiable information about me should be my property and I should have copyright style monopoly powers over such information. Let's call it "IdentityRight". Spill the information that I have licensed to you for some purpose, the contract says you pay me N dolars in compensation. Get caught holding unlicensed information about me?? Criminal offense.
Ok, somebody ...please... slap me before I develop this idea any further.
On the post: Wireless Piggybacking Is Still Not A Problem
Re: Re: Flawed thinking
Your first case example of physical breaking is ethically correct.
Your extension of the physical ingress and physical theft analogy to an open wi-fi access point is logically flawed because you are broadcasting "information" beyond your property lines.
A more accurate example/analogy is that your house is equipped with flood lights that illuminate my yard as well as yours. When you have a night-time party in your back yard and you turn on the electricty to those lights, it illuminates my back yard too, or maybe the alley way in between. Yes, you paid or are paying for the light, BUT, you have done NOTHING to make sure that the light does not propagate beyond your property. Your inaction to restrict propagation and therefore use of the light is implied consent to use. So, Yes, I may party in my back yard at night using your flood lights without ethical remorse.
If you do not want others basking in your wi-fi network access, errect the shades by securing your access point transciever.
Damn logic rookies.
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Stupid comment post filter test in 3...2..1...
Especially the guys who wear masks!
On the post: Still More Bad DRM News
Why DRM, LockDowns and Anti-Piracy Methods Will Al
Ok, once more for you Copyright Cartel Club members out there:
This stuff keeps failing because you are, and always will be, on the wrong end of an "Invalid Intellectual Capitol Equation".
Let's take a closer look at that term, OK? You remember equations from grade school don't you? That where you have a number on the right side of an "equals" sign (=) and another number on the left side. For Example:
5 = 5
This 5=5 example is a "valid equation".
An "invalid equation" is where the numbers don't match. For instance:
2 = 5
Got it? Good. Let's press forward, shall we?
Now, instead of numbers just pulled out of thin air, let make those numbers represent something. "Intellectual Capitol" for instance, or in simpler terms, "Brains".
Now, how many brains were used to create the DRM you bought into?? 50, 100? But they were PHDs you say? Sorry, doesn't matter. They don't award PHDs on the basis of intelligence.
Ok, so you used 100 brains to create your DRM. Once your DRM is released into the wild, how many brains out there in the world do you estimate will likely consider cracking your DRM a challenge? 1000, 10,000? Who knows for sure. But we can all be pretty sure that the number is at least an order of magnitude greater than the number of brains you used to create the DRM.
Let's do the math again:
100 DRM Creation Brains = 100x(N?) DRM Cracking Brains
See? Not a valid equation. And you're on the wrong side.
And, yes, this will be on Friday's quiz.
Alan
On the post: Videoconferencing Is A Nice-To-Have, Not A Need-To-Have
NetMeeting...
Video of faces in meeting is only important if you don't trust the people you are meeting with. We're all there to talk about the work product, which is predominately digital these days, so seeing someone's PC desktop is more important than their toupee.
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Which is why..
Shorter Copyright terms = More Public Domain
Shorter Copyright terms = Less Litigation
Shorter Copyright terms = More creativity, not less.
Also... can any one here (especially you "copyright cartel" lurkers) explain to me EXACTLY why the intellectual property monopoly of Copyright is intrinsically more deserving of protection terms that are LONGER than the intellectual property monopoly granted by Patent?
Seriously, take all the space you need to formulate your best arguments.
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The other enduring lesson here...
"If you're gonna act like "The Man", know that there will always be plenty of "Stick It" ready and available."
--General Emergency
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I feel sorry for the fools...
Their only option to manage the average bandwidth use increases per subscriber is to keep subdividing those last mile segments to lower the number of users on them. They can't traffic shape at the aggregation routers because that is not where the problem is. Their bottleneck is that stupid RF lan segment closest to their customers.
And I suppose that suggesting that they convert all their customers over to DSL would not be a very helpful one either, huh?
On the post: IBM Trying To Get Patent On Patent Extortion?
Re: Godwin's law...
I tried reading Mein Kampf in high school, but in spite of my rabid facination for anything regarding WWII history, I found it so insufferably dull and long winded, I could not make myself finish it.
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What's Next???
Reading patents is about as much fun as reading "Mein Kampf".
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Ummm...Errr....
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P2P will evolve.
VPN the transfers and the handshaking. Only leave peer discovery traffic open for Nazi-ISP packet inspection.
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