The kindle is a great concept, but a horrid implementation.
It most certainly doesn't offer any impressive functionality over what a real book offers - actually less.
Go figure...
A collection of bound paper is still superior to a high tech electronic device. But only because of DRM, lol
It's a shame to see the potential of new electronics so horribly 'caged' by these companies. I guess it's why I just 'pass' on most of them, PARTICULARLY news ones. You never know how you'll get shafted on 'new' stuff.
The 'concept' of the 'web' is linking between sites. I guarantee, that I could find a 'link route' on any of these copyright holders' sites that go to 'infringing content'.
Top right corner - there are links to YouTube, Facebook, etc - which certainly then link to Google. So you could start on Sony's site and get to 'pirated' stuff...
Even on the 'legal music links' page, there are links to YouTube, Yahoo, etc - all of which in turn, at some point - link to potentially infringing content.
"But "piracy" is killing the ability to earn money, right?"
Yes, yes it does.
Just like 'free radio' hurt music sales.
Just like 'free TV' hurt Cinema sales.
Just like 'free books' at the library hurt books sales.
Just like 'free education' on the web is hurting University Enrollment
Just like 'free transportation' (walking) is hurting car sales.
Just like 'free food' at soup kitchens is hurting the restaurant industry.
Just like 'free swimming' in the river/pond/ocean is hurting swim club enrollment.
Just like 'free exercise' (walking/jogging) is hurting exercise equipment sales.
Just like 'free internet' is hurting broadband sales.
Just like 'free Operating Systems' are hurting Microsoft's sales.
Long time ago, I had to return a monitor to KDS, because Sun TV went belly up.
KDS's warranty was 10 times better than the one the retail store sold me - I don't bother with those anymore. Why? Because if the manufacturer won't really back their product in a strong fashion - what does that say about the quality?
I'd certainly buy KDS again, ATI did the same. Their own serial number was all the info they needed.
Would seem in this type of business, return customers would be your life blood, but I guess some don't see it that way.
In any event, I'll continue to buy from companies who back their product regardless of the circumstance. This will further help me decide. It's as important to a consumer to know who WILL NOT back their product as anything.
More importantly, why does a privately run company get to contract with the govt. in a way that entrusts them with criminal information?
Corporations donate to Politicians.
Politicians then insure that those corporations get 'contracts' to enrichen them. The politician may even have an interest or own stock, thereby profiting as well.
This is why a person would put up millions to get a job that pays much, much less. Profits are made 'by proxy'.
It's not about safety or anything other than money, power, and control.
I think it could be interesting to look at how patent laws have impacted such copycat activities.
Betamax - Sony is a prime example of a copyright that killed a concept.
But take it further - imagine if magnetic tape had been copy written. Keeping in mind that it was developed primarily out of research in Germany during the 30's and 40's...
What impact would that have had on Broadcast TV, The Movie Industry, Radio, Recording Industry, and then eventually - computers. Honestly; I don't think any of them would be to the level of progression that they are today.
I guess this supports the idea that these kinds of vulnerabilities are not part of some government conspiracy to allow tampering with votes by a select few. If you want to control who gets elected, you wouldn't do so using an exploit that the unwashed masses could access. You'd want a back door into the system that would only allow the select few to control the results.
Not really - if it's ever discovered that some type of fraud did in fact take place, having tight security that only a few can get past takes an IMMENSE amount of options away from one's "plausible deniability".
If you are the only one with a particular level of access and the system is compromised the 'possible' people who could have done it is narrowed substantially. If there are 'gaping holes' then the range of potential offenders increases dramatically, allowing for "plausible deniability" by those who really compromised the system.
Then in the end if fraud is uncovered the 'select few' are immediate suspects with not much in the way of defense to the contrary. But if there are large gaping holes, then it's easy to say some 'random hacker' did it, with evidence that's admissible in court to backup that "poor security" defense. Allowing the real guilty parties to not only get out of legal issues, but allows the 'system' as a whole an 'out' in the court of public opinion.
In the end, REAL tight security on a voting machine will result in a quite possible arrest of the real guilty party if only a few could potentially instruct the machine to change the votes. If there are wide gaping holes; then any uncovered fraud can be finger-pointed away at some programmer or company, rather than the admin or two that have access to a highly secure system.
Internet voting will never work. Even if they 'secure' a system; who's to stop someone from pushing out a virus that re-directs you to a different site, grabs your login info - you think you have voted, but someone else will place the REAL vote for you.
That would interfere with others who want to alter the votes - can't have that now, can we!?
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It most certainly doesn't offer any impressive functionality over what a real book offers - actually less.
Go figure...
A collection of bound paper is still superior to a high tech electronic device. But only because of DRM, lol
It's a shame to see the potential of new electronics so horribly 'caged' by these companies. I guess it's why I just 'pass' on most of them, PARTICULARLY news ones. You never know how you'll get shafted on 'new' stuff.
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For instance; go to: http://www.sony.com/index.php
Top right corner - there are links to YouTube, Facebook, etc - which certainly then link to Google. So you could start on Sony's site and get to 'pirated' stuff...
RIAA's site: http://www.riaa.com/toolsforparents.php?content_selector=legal_music_sites
Even on the 'legal music links' page, there are links to YouTube, Yahoo, etc - all of which in turn, at some point - link to potentially infringing content.
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/sarcasm off
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Yes, yes it does.
Just like 'free radio' hurt music sales.
Just like 'free TV' hurt Cinema sales.
Just like 'free books' at the library hurt books sales.
Just like 'free education' on the web is hurting University Enrollment
Just like 'free transportation' (walking) is hurting car sales.
Just like 'free food' at soup kitchens is hurting the restaurant industry.
Just like 'free swimming' in the river/pond/ocean is hurting swim club enrollment.
Just like 'free exercise' (walking/jogging) is hurting exercise equipment sales.
Just like 'free internet' is hurting broadband sales.
Just like 'free Operating Systems' are hurting Microsoft's sales.
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KDS's warranty was 10 times better than the one the retail store sold me - I don't bother with those anymore. Why? Because if the manufacturer won't really back their product in a strong fashion - what does that say about the quality?
I'd certainly buy KDS again, ATI did the same. Their own serial number was all the info they needed.
Would seem in this type of business, return customers would be your life blood, but I guess some don't see it that way.
In any event, I'll continue to buy from companies who back their product regardless of the circumstance. This will further help me decide. It's as important to a consumer to know who WILL NOT back their product as anything.
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If you want to pay be credit card, you have to pony up another $3.50 or $4.50 (I forget, I won't do that).
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LOL, right.
+1 Alatar too - don't link to that paywall, I won't follow the link anyway. WSJ and NYTimes; among others, it does no good to link to them anyway.
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On the post: US Offender Monitoring System Goes Offline Because Someone Didn't Realize They Ran Out Of Storage
Re: Re: Re: Well that bytes.
Corporations donate to Politicians.
Politicians then insure that those corporations get 'contracts' to enrichen them. The politician may even have an interest or own stock, thereby profiting as well.
This is why a person would put up millions to get a job that pays much, much less. Profits are made 'by proxy'.
It's not about safety or anything other than money, power, and control.
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Betamax - Sony is a prime example of a copyright that killed a concept.
But take it further - imagine if magnetic tape had been copy written. Keeping in mind that it was developed primarily out of research in Germany during the 30's and 40's...
What impact would that have had on Broadcast TV, The Movie Industry, Radio, Recording Industry, and then eventually - computers. Honestly; I don't think any of them would be to the level of progression that they are today.
On the post: University Of Miami Demanding ESPN Documentary About University Of Miami Football Remove Its Logo
Just cut your own throat why don't you?
So then - just yank the whole show and consider it a loss, lol
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Not really - if it's ever discovered that some type of fraud did in fact take place, having tight security that only a few can get past takes an IMMENSE amount of options away from one's "plausible deniability".
If you are the only one with a particular level of access and the system is compromised the 'possible' people who could have done it is narrowed substantially. If there are 'gaping holes' then the range of potential offenders increases dramatically, allowing for "plausible deniability" by those who really compromised the system.
Then in the end if fraud is uncovered the 'select few' are immediate suspects with not much in the way of defense to the contrary. But if there are large gaping holes, then it's easy to say some 'random hacker' did it, with evidence that's admissible in court to backup that "poor security" defense. Allowing the real guilty parties to not only get out of legal issues, but allows the 'system' as a whole an 'out' in the court of public opinion.
In the end, REAL tight security on a voting machine will result in a quite possible arrest of the real guilty party if only a few could potentially instruct the machine to change the votes. If there are wide gaping holes; then any uncovered fraud can be finger-pointed away at some programmer or company, rather than the admin or two that have access to a highly secure system.
On the post: Washington DC Pulls Down Internet Voting Trial After Hackers Program It To Play UMich Fight Song
Internet voting will never work. Even if they 'secure' a system; who's to stop someone from pushing out a virus that re-directs you to a different site, grabs your login info - you think you have voted, but someone else will place the REAL vote for you.
That would interfere with others who want to alter the votes - can't have that now, can we!?
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Governments usually don't let laws get in their way.
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