Sounds like the administration as told them do A, they have done the opposite of A.
Just apologise to the other members of ACTA, then fire everyone even tertiarly related to the whole mess. It would make the point to the public, and the other groups dragging their feet that when asked to do A by the administration, you should in fact do A.
The New Zealand Herald (the local paper where I live) announced an iPad version of itself on iPad release day. I downloaded it once to see what it was, then left it alone.. in a pile of dead newspaper apps including NY Times, AP, and Reuters.
Their web page versions are more useful to me because they come to me via links from other pages/applications.
I think that the newspapers are not considering value here.. With the iphone apps were often a good substitute for websites. They were an alternate way to present the data well formatted for the small screen. This isn't needed on the iPad, so the value of these apps is marginal at best.
I have no idea what the SMH app is like, but even if the SMH was my main paper I would be looking for a really good reason to download it at all.
As a former WoW player my issue would be if past posts suddenly display a real name rather than an alias.
This would make it a sort of bait and switch where you posted under an alias to have your real name revealed later. That is very bad karma.
Otherwise the offical forum is blizzards playground, and they can make whatever rules they want to impliement. If you want to use it well and good, otherwise don't use the official forum, it's not like there are a shortage of others.
Not sure it's a good call.. but it's blizzard's call to make. Just making it retroactive would make it 'evil'.
We run with as loose a policy as we feel we can. We block streaming services because our data is charged by volume, and it is seldom work related. (users can and do ask for work related exceptions)
We inspect and block incomingb malware, viruses and ads (essentialy the adblock addin for the enterprise) and thats it.
If it's a technical issue.. we deal with it. If it's a social issue (eg facebook, ebay or just forum usage) that's the problem of the manager in charge of the employee.
.. and users can join internal networks with an unauthorised device, then you have already failed as an admin.
We avoid apple's smartphone at my work because it's hard to centrally manage, and expensive on the cellular data (no unlimited plans over here). But there is a lot more lockdown should have already happened if you require the sort of security that would be banning iphones from your system.
To answer Mike's question: I will setup oddball devices for users in downtime, with a 'if it breaks it's not our problem'. Provided of course the device is not going to create issues with other internal systems.
This is a good thing.. Well not for the Venezuelans (and I am sorry guys).
But lets keep a running track on violent crime figures and see if there is any significant difference. While correlation isn't causation, and we can't infer much from what comes out, if there IS a link then there should be a measureable difference in the stats after that ban goes live.
I'm sure the 'think of the children' people will ignore any data.. but at least it will give us ammunition to stop similar lunacy in our own countries.
The new versions work very nicely thankyou very much.
I however don't use an ipod for a varitey of reasons, but mostly because I can't stand itunes. So if you still need to sync that toy up it's no help there.
I thought the competing papers like to point out when their competition screw up good.
I would think that this is a good opertunity to point out the quality of the journalism going on at the SMH. Hell Mike's done most of their research for them :)
Of them getting it right. When John Key (NZ Prime Minister) was first questioned about this whole debacle his solution was to delay the law so that the "stakeholders" could come to an agreement.
My problem is by stakeholders he ment copyright holders and ISPs. Nothing about the public.
But at least they didn't screw it up completely, and are having another go.. it can't be *worse*.
All I know about skid control I learned from video games... well not entirely true I learned theory while getting my drivers license. But I learnt the practice while playing a car racing game with a wheel, and I swear it saved me at least a dented car, and possibly a lot more.
I was in a line of fast moving traffic, and saw my exit as I was going past it, and for whatever reason tried to take it anyway... My car started to skid out, but I reacted instinctively, releasing the breaks, and straightening the car, then pulling it around. I made the corner ... just. I attribute that entirely to the "practice" I had that month on a Porsche driving game.
The good physics in that game meant that when I hit the same problem in the real world I just corrected, it was a learned movement. I dread to think what would have happened had the car spun.. It would have been a mess.
On the post: Filmmaker Insists That Only People Whose Livelihood Depends On Copyright Really Understand It
Classic Logical Fallacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading
On the post: USTR Behind ACTA Secrecy; This Is Not The Transparency We Were Promised
Fire them
Just apologise to the other members of ACTA, then fire everyone even tertiarly related to the whole mess. It would make the point to the public, and the other groups dragging their feet that when asked to do A by the administration, you should in fact do A.
On the post: Has Microsoft Extinguished Silverlight?
Definatly not dead
I think it may be that they are looking at using it less as a wrapper for video.
On the post: US 27th In Broadband Speeds? Slower Than Kyrgyzstan
27th... we DREAM of 27th
*sigh*
On the post: Australian Newspaper Says The Only Way To Get Its iPad App Is To Subscribe To The Paper Version
It's competing with it's own website.
Their web page versions are more useful to me because they come to me via links from other pages/applications.
I think that the newspapers are not considering value here.. With the iphone apps were often a good substitute for websites. They were an alternate way to present the data well formatted for the small screen. This isn't needed on the iPad, so the value of these apps is marginal at best.
I have no idea what the SMH app is like, but even if the SMH was my main paper I would be looking for a really good reason to download it at all.
On the post: A Paywall... For Obituaries?
Up against the worlds best... they make it less useful
I don't see how they will add value even close to what twitter provides.
On the post: Users Revolt Over Blizzard's Requirement Of 'Real Names' In Forum Comments
Is it retroactive?
This would make it a sort of bait and switch where you posted under an alias to have your real name revealed later. That is very bad karma.
Otherwise the offical forum is blizzards playground, and they can make whatever rules they want to impliement. If you want to use it well and good, otherwise don't use the official forum, it's not like there are a shortage of others.
Not sure it's a good call.. but it's blizzard's call to make. Just making it retroactive would make it 'evil'.
On the post: Should Managers Care That Employees Are On Facebook And YouTube While At Work?
I am in fact an IT Manager
We inspect and block incomingb malware, viruses and ads (essentialy the adblock addin for the enterprise) and thats it.
If it's a technical issue.. we deal with it. If it's a social issue (eg facebook, ebay or just forum usage) that's the problem of the manager in charge of the employee.
On the post: In A World Of Bottom Up Technology, Should IT Support Your iPhone?
If security was your reason for a ban...
We avoid apple's smartphone at my work because it's hard to centrally manage, and expensive on the cellular data (no unlimited plans over here). But there is a lot more lockdown should have already happened if you require the sort of security that would be banning iphones from your system.
To answer Mike's question: I will setup oddball devices for users in downtime, with a 'if it breaks it's not our problem'. Provided of course the device is not going to create issues with other internal systems.
On the post: Venezuelan Government Blames Video Games For Violence, Implements Widespread Ban
Interesting experiment
But lets keep a running track on violent crime figures and see if there is any significant difference. While correlation isn't causation, and we can't infer much from what comes out, if there IS a link then there should be a measureable difference in the stats after that ban goes live.
I'm sure the 'think of the children' people will ignore any data.. but at least it will give us ammunition to stop similar lunacy in our own countries.
On the post: Apple Does As Many Expected: Kills Palm Pre iTunes Syncing
Actually... I use windows media player
I however don't use an ipod for a varitey of reasons, but mostly because I can't stand itunes. So if you still need to sync that toy up it's no help there.
On the post: Australian Press Prints Movie Industry Myths About Piracy Funding Terrorism
Where is the SMH Fail story?
I would think that this is a good opertunity to point out the quality of the journalism going on at the SMH. Hell Mike's done most of their research for them :)
On the post: New Zealand Officials To Scrap Copyright Law; Start From Scratch
Re: Godzone and dissemination of innovation
But before that the regulator was being continually strung along by the major players.
I would currently give the regulation a B ranking.
Qyiet
On the post: New Zealand Officials To Scrap Copyright Law; Start From Scratch
I don't like the odds
My problem is by stakeholders he ment copyright holders and ISPs. Nothing about the public.
But at least they didn't screw it up completely, and are having another go.. it can't be *worse*.
Qyiet (a NZer)
On the post: Yellow-Pages Publishers Teetering On The Brink
In NZ yellow pages are awesome
The reason it's making money in NZ though is they still do the dead tree version, but the primary version is the website.
www.yellowpages.co.nz is actually very useful.
On the post: Survey Says Link To Video Games And Unsafe Driving Is 'Indisputable' -- Which, Of Course, It Isn't
Video games saved my ass
I was in a line of fast moving traffic, and saw my exit as I was going past it, and for whatever reason tried to take it anyway... My car started to skid out, but I reacted instinctively, releasing the breaks, and straightening the car, then pulling it around. I made the corner ... just. I attribute that entirely to the "practice" I had that month on a Porsche driving game.
The good physics in that game meant that when I hit the same problem in the real world I just corrected, it was a learned movement. I dread to think what would have happened had the car spun.. It would have been a mess.
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