(in which you can judge the quality yourself), and made it into a full length theater movie. Most danish movie critics gave it very low reviews.
I can't even imagine any dvd-ripper would bother to pirate this, whenever it hits the shelves, so if it ever turns up on torrent networks, it'll probably be the producers themselves leaking it...
Piratgruppen has replied something along the line of:
"pff, whatever, we don't want to make a bigger issue about it"
Which is probably better, because then everybody forgets about the poor poor movie as soon as possible.
They could probably sue for defamation in a civil court, but they ought to file the case with the police. False accusations of criminal action is a crime itself (as far as my limited knowledge of danish law tells me).
One often used idea in discussion forums is a comment rating system. Comments could be rated by other readers (registered ones only, preferrably), and discussions in comments with good ratings could be moved further up.
Trolling comments would quickly get a troll-rating, just as flame-bait comments would get an appropriate rating.
Moving comments up and down could break the meaning of them, especially when other comments reply to them, so maybe some sort of color-coding could be used instead. Irrelevant troll/stupidity/flamebait comments could be using a grey font color, while interesting discussions and well articulated comments could get a non-white background (similar to the official techdirt replies).
As I understand it, a Techdirt mantra could be something like: If the technology enables it, it will happen. Don't fight it, embrace it.
Limiting Techdirt to US-issues only would seem like going back to a physical conference located in the states before airplanes were invented.
I am sure you recognize that (judging by your reasoning), so I suppose that just as we non-US peeps enjoy (and learn alot from) reading about the wins and fails of your great country, you could also enjoy reading about how things are handled across your borders...
I would never have believed that people, who listens to Kiss (or heck, even know who they are) would be at any higher tech level than a phone or maybe...a fax ;)
If things really are as fairly simple in US online banks as described here, I would agree that banks are partly to blame for lack of verification. Of course the moron sitting 40 cm behind the screen surfing pr0n sites or installing emoticons via activeX in IE6 has his/her part of the blame as well.
My danish bank (actually both the 2 I use nowadays) use a code card with random one-time codes required for each single monetary transaction made in the web-bank. Whenever I've used the 80 codes on my card, I get a new card in the snailmail. Before entering the webbank, I use my SSN and a bank-generated password (10 letters, digits and chars), and one of the codes from the card.
On top of that, the webbank interface works like a charm in FF, Opera, Safari as well as IE8, so I don't need to be a moron and keep on using IE6 on winME or whatever a moron would do...
The hassle of using these codes is really not an issue - especially when taking the benefits into consideration.
Most banks here in Denmark use sort of a dongle file, which you need to store on your computer, which is then queried when making transactions. This solution makes it a bigger hassle to use your work computer to access the web bank, and I believe those solutions also have bigger problems with browser compatibility. But still, it gives a higher level of security.
correction: the millionaires accounts in Denmark apparently have zero interest rate - the one million DKK drawing is once a month, and I suspect the FSA review the drawings and number of winners.
It's interesting to note how the credit union has managed to put a lovely positive spin on this story, by having it look like it helps people save money. The credit union/banks are interested in having liquidity available at the lowest possible price, and by offering a low chance of some lottery win, they con people into giving them that liquidity at a lower than market price. Excellent scheme ;)
Anyway, as mentioned by Richard, premium bonds have existed in Europe for many years, so it's hardly up-to-standards-Harvard material from the finance professor to come up with this plan. In Denmark, the state has stopped issuing premium bonds, but the private banks have taken over by offering a "Millionærkonto" (millionaires account), on which you get a lottery ticket for each 100 DKK, and a lowered interest rate on your savings.
As some of the last few posts have pointed out, what is the difference between 5 quick lines on IM to your wife about groceries/dinner tonite and using 10 minutes on the toilet sms'ing the same thing forth and back or even reading the newspaper? I look forward to the day when those old school fellas are long gone, and everybody knows that internet is a good thing, not a bad thing. Guns don't kill people, people do; Internet doesn't steal a workers time, the workers own laziness do.
When reading all you network admins' posts, I wonder if any of you ever read and understand many of the topics here on techdirt?
I see a parallel to kids internet usage at home: parents shouldn't block and constantly monitor their kids internet usage, they should rather teach their children what dangers are out there, and how they can avoid them. (http://techdirt.com/articles/20060929/154029.shtml )
Likewise, my boss should not monitor what pages i surf and what IMs i write, he should look at what i produce for him.
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Re: Can\'t believe this
http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=winnie+og+karina
The producers took this TV satirical show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCP8KTW4SUY&feature=related
(in which you can judge the quality yourself), and made it into a full length theater movie. Most danish movie critics gave it very low reviews.
I can't even imagine any dvd-ripper would bother to pirate this, whenever it hits the shelves, so if it ever turns up on torrent networks, it'll probably be the producers themselves leaking it...
Re: Does that mean....
"pff, whatever, we don't want to make a bigger issue about it"
Which is probably better, because then everybody forgets about the poor poor movie as soon as possible.
They could probably sue for defamation in a civil court, but they ought to file the case with the police. False accusations of criminal action is a crime itself (as far as my limited knowledge of danish law tells me).
(untitled comment)
Trolling comments would quickly get a troll-rating, just as flame-bait comments would get an appropriate rating.
Moving comments up and down could break the meaning of them, especially when other comments reply to them, so maybe some sort of color-coding could be used instead. Irrelevant troll/stupidity/flamebait comments could be using a grey font color, while interesting discussions and well articulated comments could get a non-white background (similar to the official techdirt replies).
Re: I can see this side of the argument.
Limiting Techdirt to US-issues only would seem like going back to a physical conference located in the states before airplanes were invented.
I am sure you recognize that (judging by your reasoning), so I suppose that just as we non-US peeps enjoy (and learn alot from) reading about the wins and fails of your great country, you could also enjoy reading about how things are handled across your borders...
are their fans still alive?
online banking security
My danish bank (actually both the 2 I use nowadays) use a code card with random one-time codes required for each single monetary transaction made in the web-bank. Whenever I've used the 80 codes on my card, I get a new card in the snailmail. Before entering the webbank, I use my SSN and a bank-generated password (10 letters, digits and chars), and one of the codes from the card.
On top of that, the webbank interface works like a charm in FF, Opera, Safari as well as IE8, so I don't need to be a moron and keep on using IE6 on winME or whatever a moron would do...
The hassle of using these codes is really not an issue - especially when taking the benefits into consideration.
Most banks here in Denmark use sort of a dongle file, which you need to store on your computer, which is then queried when making transactions. This solution makes it a bigger hassle to use your work computer to access the web bank, and I believe those solutions also have bigger problems with browser compatibility. But still, it gives a higher level of security.
Re: Great spin on the story
Great spin on the story
Anyway, as mentioned by Richard, premium bonds have existed in Europe for many years, so it's hardly up-to-standards-Harvard material from the finance professor to come up with this plan. In Denmark, the state has stopped issuing premium bonds, but the private banks have taken over by offering a "Millionærkonto" (millionaires account), on which you get a lottery ticket for each 100 DKK, and a lowered interest rate on your savings.
Re: Re: Re: Re: The futility of it all... (as GoodPeace)
Regarding mp3sparks and the likes; do any of them accept payment via paypal? I suppose most US creditcard companies still allow payments to paypal.
People from the generation before that internet th (as GP)
When reading all you network admins' posts, I wonder if any of you ever read and understand many of the topics here on techdirt?
I see a parallel to kids internet usage at home: parents shouldn't block and constantly monitor their kids internet usage, they should rather teach their children what dangers are out there, and how they can avoid them. (http://techdirt.com/articles/20060929/154029.shtml )
Likewise, my boss should not monitor what pages i surf and what IMs i write, he should look at what i produce for him.
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