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Cost of Pre-Screening all youTube content: US$37 Billion->

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Fluffeh
Fluffeh writes "The folks that push "Anti-Piracy" and "Copying is Stealing" seem to often request that Google pre-screens content going up on YouTube and of course expect Google to cover the costs. No-one ever really asks the question how much it would cost, but some nicely laid out math by a curious mind points to a pretty hefty figure indeed. Starting with who to employ, their salary expectations and how many people it would take to cover the 72 hours of content uploaded every minute, the numbers start to get pretty large, pretty quickly. US$37 billion a year. Now compare that to Google's revenue for last year."
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Julian Assange Closer to Packing His Bags-> 1

Submitted by JakartaDean
JakartaDean writes "Julian Assange lost his appeal before Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday, which takes him another step closer to extradition to Sweden for questioning on sexual abuse accusations filed against him in August 2010.
But the court will allow Assange's attorneys to file a petition for the court to reconsider the ruling, which upheld an extradition order handed down in February 2011."
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Comment: Re:Sudan has 32 computers? (Score 2) 220

Two words: Impossible. I don't believe that a backwater like Sudan has 32 computers, nevermind 32 stuxnet infections, unless maybe these are real viral infections of decimated cattle. So that map and analysis looks like total bulldust to me.

I know you've got your tongue at least near your cheek, but I worked there a few years ago. They do have computers. The more reputable multinationals were running linux and StarOffice, due to US embargo Microsoft wasn't allowed to sell there. Given the rather not-ready-for-prime-time condition of Star Office in the mid-90s, people did complain and I expect productivity suffered. The embargo also meant that Visa, MasterCard and Amex couldn't operate there, so everything was done with cash. It was a little disturbing arriving in Khartoum with a few grand in cash inside my pockets.

If you ever wonder about what a really, really bad business trip might resemble, I suggest Khartoum.

Comment: Re:Break (Score 1) 147

Check out some of the other comments. A fair number of people seem unable to distinguish between "break" and "brake". Okay, fine. Spelling is a fairly minor skill in the grand scheme of things. But I have to wonder at how far the confusion extends, if we take as a premise that language is essentially built upon metaphor. Do they have a mental image of something breaking when the brakes are applied?

I agree with you that there has been some confusion or wordplay with break/brake, but I think you've missed the larger point: The iconic 1975 song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall. There's even a Wikipedia entry. Ahh, the memories of taking the 45 out of it's sleeve and playing it over and over again...

Comment: Re:About half of those ways were just . . . (Score 1) 642

by JakartaDean (#39743497) Attached to: 12 Ways LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word

. . . From the title of the article, I was expecting 12 distinct and separate features, not 6 features and a treatise on how awesome Styles are in LibreOffice.

You're right, but I think it's an important point because Word and Powerpoint completely break styles using bullets or numbers. I first noticed this when I was moving a document back and forth between Word and OpenOffice, and I thought OO was to blame. However, years more experience with Word and Powerpoint have convinced me that some drunk programmer screwed up something basic back in 1998 and nobody can find the fault. I have documents where changing the style from Heading 2 to Heading 3 changes the indentation of all Heading 3 paragraphs. I have slides in Powerpoint where adding and deleting lines changes the colour of the number/bullet. I don't go around trying to break these things, they just get into documents and never let go. I've had it with documents using compatibility mode, saved in the latest file format and started from scratch in Office 2010. The one feature I really want to use is broken. Drives me batty.

Comment: Re:XBMC vs. WMC (Score 1) 195

by JakartaDean (#39464565) Attached to: XBMC V11 Eden Has Been Released

Now, if I could only get XBMC shoehorned stand alone into a high end "smart" HDTV with wifi to my LAN. It just might make for the ultimate home theatre pc experience I so crave.

Indeed, this is the exact reason I've signed up for two of the Raspberry Pi boards. One for fun, one for my TV.

On another note, one of the things I was hoping to do with my new computer (kubuntu/nVidia but I could change the OS) was connect HDMI to my TV and have that as a separate display device for movies only. I can make it an extended desktop, but that isn't what I want at all. I thought this would be a fairly common thing, but I haven't been able to find anything with Google. Sound over HDMI is still a problem for me also. Sigh

Comment: Re:Ars Technica Lnk (Score 1) 385

by JakartaDean (#39361069) Attached to: FBI Tries To Force Google To Unlock User's Android Phone

So not only does he deal in human sex slavery, he also is acting as a catalyst for the FBI to erode our right to privacy a little bit more.

And both are eroding a little more of my faith in humanity.

FBI, instead of trying to get a skeleton key to all our phones, including me who has never made a woman sell herself for money, how about you just pass a law that people convicted of pimping can't have phones? No objections from me on that one... anyone else?

Huh? I know you didn't RTFA, but I did (at least the Ars one) so I'll point out:

1. They are asking for access to one guy's gmail password.

2. Said guy was banned from owning a cell phone while on parole, but he had one.

3. Said guy was wearing a tracking device, so he was making money "phone pimping."

4. Said guy had already signed away his Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search.

But, thanks for posting that the FBI is eroding your faith in humanity. Mine is eroded every time post uninformed opinions as suggested policy. My faith suffers a lot more regularly...

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