I doesn't matter who the current figurehead is (President). The same gang of thieves and cutthroats are still running the country and "our" government. To quote some conspiracy theorist or other, why do you think JFK was murdered? Because he was getting too close to bringing these fuckers under some semblance of control.
It's time that we (the people who elected these pinheads) fired their asses and threw them out of office in favor of folks who know how the internet works, or should work. At the very least this sort of poorly thought out legislation is indicative of even deeper problems, such as are showing up in the not so gradual erosion of our general rights.
It's cruft like this that makes people leave a service to find others that meet their needs which aren't run by such meatheads. I believe that Shankman and HARO are going to regret deeply of their baseless claims and needless harassment of others. Shame on him!
Amen to that! We pay for this research, the universities benefit from our largess, so let those who would bring the results of this research to market benefit from their labors. In my experience, just because you discover some basic principal during the research process, it does not automatically follow that there is no effort required to turn that principal into a real-world innovation. That's the development side of R&D.
Just another reason why I refuse to give MS another penny. I won't purchase any system in the future with MS operating system software, I won't voluntarily or knowingly visit any MS owned web site and as a software engineer I will not do any development that specifically targets MS systems. Their behavior over the years has consistently been egregiously anti-competitive, unethical, and dishonest.
Well, the IOC is a monopoly and as all such do, they are taking unfair advantage of their position. The only solution to this problem is to shun them. Don't watch the games, don't purchase anything with an Olympic Games logo on it, and don't support any of their financial backers!
I think he said exactly what he meant in the first place, and then discovered that he had totally pissed off his audience and is trying to mitigate his faux pas. Too bad for him. I hope people continue to vote with their pocket books and make clueless boneheads like Preston go the way of the dodo that they so rightfully resemble.
Unfortunately, the pols will just continue to do what they always do - pass laws that conform to the wishes of their biggest contributors, and the music/entertainment industry has been lining the pols' pockets for a long time... So, the end effect is that this effort unfortunately won't come to much I fear.
Chrysler is effectively defunct. After Iaccoca's brilliant recovery/restructuring of the company a couple of decades ago, management again has screwed the pooch, leaving stockholders and customers holding the short stick. Am I surprised about this behavior regarding the school? Not in the slightest. They are just putting another bullet in their head.
For the first time in my life, I will not be watching ANY broadcast of the Olympic games, on the "air" or online. These idiots have forgotten that we aren't here for them (the broadcast studios and Olympics organizers), they are here for US! Time to vote with our pocketbooks and fark them!
@Comboman
Editors, layout artists, printing costs (for those who still need paper publications), servers, software tools, internet connectivity, bandwidth... These all cost $$. Sure, a PDF costs effectively nothing (other than the time to research the paper, write it, lay it out, etc), but that is only the smallest tip of the iceberg. Maybe the IEEE doesn't pay for content contributions (not sure), but all the companies that I have worked for over the past 25 years pay their employees for publishing in technical magazines and journals. I've earned a fair amount in bonus bucks for this in the past.
All this said, I'm not sure that the current rates are appropriate, and I would be strongly in favor of releasing content into the public domain after some reasonable period of time (a year or two?), but fundamentally to charge a nominal fee for access to content published by an organization is not inappropriate. However, to keep research from public access is not. Anyway, this debate is healthy, and I will certainly discuss this issue at length the next time I get together with my colleague Dr. Gary Blank who is the current director-at-large of the IEEE-USA.
I am a long-time IEEE member (over 20 years) and director of an IEEE affiliate group. IEEE membership has a number of benefits, and access to publications is only one of them. There are continuing education credits one gets at IEEE-sponsored technical presentations that are necessary to maintain a variety of professional certifications, such as Professional Engineer (PE). There is the networking aspects of the regular chapter meetings and conferences. There is the IEEE job site where one can look for employment, or employees. There are the consultants' networks and consultant postings. There is the cachet of being an IEEE member in one's resume - that one has a certain level of education and experience in the field.
Publishing technical journals as does the IEEE is a very costly enterprise, and they don't take advertising to help defray these costs. So, membership in the Institute, subscription to these journals, or purchasing copies of the articles online, is the only way we have to subsidize these activities. FWIW, you don't need to be a member to purchase articles, though it costs somewhat more for non-members. As a member, I subscribe to a number of journals (they cost extra) and can access the content of those journals online. However, unless I purchase an IEEE Library subscription I have to pay for full access to publications that I don't subscribe to. Do I object to that? Well, once in awhile I find reference to an article I would like to read in detail that I also have to pay for, and while I grumble, if it is something I really need then I will pay. If I needed access to a lot more than I currently do, then I would pay the couple hundred USD per year for unfettered access to the IEEE publication "hoard".
It's just software. There is nothing to keep a user from writing some client-side code using Java, JSP, or whatever to do the same thing that Boxee does, or from someone creating a video indexing add-on/plug-in for Firefox, Chrome, et al that accomplishes the same thing. FWIW, it's all a presentation system for information that is available on the Internet. Your display can be a monitor, or your TV which these days most likely has monitor capabilities. So, I fail to see the distinction you apparently do and agree that Boxee is JAB (Just Another Browser), albeit a specialized one.
Ok. My father, a physicist, had the same name as a famous chemist/physicist who lived in the 17th century. Does that mean any books or videos that portray the famous one have to clear rights with us?
Ok. Time to kill all the lawyers. That has the nice side-effect of getting rid of most of the politicians as well...
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"What the fuck is the point in this? are companies full of damned idiots?"
The short answer? Yes.
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It doesn't matter
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Time to kick the bums out
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The Reverse Streisand Effect
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Re: Etruscan Goat F--ers
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Repeal Bayh-Dole
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Just another reason
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The IOC and monopolies
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Speaking one's mind
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To the highest bidder goes...
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Dodge is Dead
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First time, no deal
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Re: Re: IEEE Membership
Editors, layout artists, printing costs (for those who still need paper publications), servers, software tools, internet connectivity, bandwidth... These all cost $$. Sure, a PDF costs effectively nothing (other than the time to research the paper, write it, lay it out, etc), but that is only the smallest tip of the iceberg. Maybe the IEEE doesn't pay for content contributions (not sure), but all the companies that I have worked for over the past 25 years pay their employees for publishing in technical magazines and journals. I've earned a fair amount in bonus bucks for this in the past.
All this said, I'm not sure that the current rates are appropriate, and I would be strongly in favor of releasing content into the public domain after some reasonable period of time (a year or two?), but fundamentally to charge a nominal fee for access to content published by an organization is not inappropriate. However, to keep research from public access is not. Anyway, this debate is healthy, and I will certainly discuss this issue at length the next time I get together with my colleague Dr. Gary Blank who is the current director-at-large of the IEEE-USA.
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IEEE Membership
Publishing technical journals as does the IEEE is a very costly enterprise, and they don't take advertising to help defray these costs. So, membership in the Institute, subscription to these journals, or purchasing copies of the articles online, is the only way we have to subsidize these activities. FWIW, you don't need to be a member to purchase articles, though it costs somewhat more for non-members. As a member, I subscribe to a number of journals (they cost extra) and can access the content of those journals online. However, unless I purchase an IEEE Library subscription I have to pay for full access to publications that I don't subscribe to. Do I object to that? Well, once in awhile I find reference to an article I would like to read in detail that I also have to pay for, and while I grumble, if it is something I really need then I will pay. If I needed access to a lot more than I currently do, then I would pay the couple hundred USD per year for unfettered access to the IEEE publication "hoard".
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Re:
It's just software. There is nothing to keep a user from writing some client-side code using Java, JSP, or whatever to do the same thing that Boxee does, or from someone creating a video indexing add-on/plug-in for Firefox, Chrome, et al that accomplishes the same thing. FWIW, it's all a presentation system for information that is available on the Internet. Your display can be a monitor, or your TV which these days most likely has monitor capabilities. So, I fail to see the distinction you apparently do and agree that Boxee is JAB (Just Another Browser), albeit a specialized one.
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Not a chance!
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Rights, rights! Who's got the rights?!
Ok. Time to kill all the lawyers. That has the nice side-effect of getting rid of most of the politicians as well...
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Magic seeds
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