Comment I will not hold my breath (Score 1) 2
The chances that BillCo would enable the browser ballot anywhere, except where they are forced, are very slim IMHO
Submission + - Film giants close in on Pirate Bay 4
paulraps writes: Ten major film companies, including Disney, Universal, Warner Bros and Colombia Pictures, are suing The Pirate Bay and demanding that the file sharing site "cease aiding the production of copies" of their films and television shows. The companies also want The Pirate Bay to stop making the recorded material available to the general public. The writ comes less than a month after it was announced that the site would be sold for $7.8 million to Global Gaming Factory X, a company specializing in internet café management software.
Comment Oooohhh what a chock (Score 1) 5
Apple does not want competing functionality on Apple gadgets
Comment Re:Its OK though (Score 5, Insightful) 206
And who decides what is terrorist acts?
I for one would not want US government to access my financial activity. Not because I am a terrorist but simply because I do not want a foreign government to breach my privacy. A court order that allows MY government agencies to snoop is OK though.
And as the post says. how long before US considers perfectly legal and reasonable acts to be terrorist acts?? Or for that matter simple petty crime to be terrorist acts.
Furthermore... I am not so sure I want America to police the world unrestrained. Considering that it could easily be argued that US is not democratic (remember that GWB was appointed by a court that ordered the counting of votes stopped). Considering that it is a country that kills it's citizens. Considering that it holds prisoners without due court proceedings.
Comment Re:To hear the accountants tell it (Score 1) 174
That was the whole point of the post.... The recording industry raised the price in the CD because it was so much more expensive to produce the CD.... As they claimed. When reality was that it was indeed cheaper and that was when greed took over the recording industry
I agree that price change on end product should reflect changes in production costt. But the recording industry used the novelty of the CD to jack the price 40-50% while the actual cost went down a percent or so
Submission + - Apple kills Google Voice apps on the iPhone 5
molnarcs writes: "Apple pulls Google Voice-enabled applications from its App Store citing duplication of functionality. This includes both Google's official Google Voice and third party apps like Voice Central. Sean Kovacs, main developer of GV Mobile says that he had personal approval from Phillip Shiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing last April. TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid suspects AT&T behind the move."
Comment Re:To hear the accountants tell it (Score 5, Insightful) 174
Now would that be the same people who raised the price when the CD came "to pay off the investment"?
When independent economists calculated the price of a CD, on the shelf in the store, being ~10 cents less than the LP. That included paying off investment in 5 years...
Or is it the people who said that the prices would drop as soon as the market grew?
I am still waiting for the CD market to take off so the prices will drop
Or are we talking the guys who manage to set the price of a soundtrack CD higher than the movie DVD?
Comment Re:Just imagine... (Score 1) 174
That is a question we will never get the answer to.... But I know for a fact that I would not buy a CD of an unknown artist at the prices the charge. However... I will buy the CD of an artist that I hear and like.
Comment Re:Oh come now... We know this can't be true. (Score 2, Funny) 174
Come come... You are getting confused here...
What on earth does the recording industry have to do with the music industry ???
Comment Re:"Hey, I know!" (Score 1) 275
Transport also isn't much of an issue, given that we've figured out how to transport nuclear waste in containers that are designed to withstand pretty much anything
Just a few days ago there was a story here about all kinds of transportation issues.... Wind and transport Given the itty bitty problem transporting benign steel structures..... Naaaahh transport is not much of an issue
Submission + - Can photos of networks impact security? 2
CapitalistShark writes: "I work for a news agency in Canada and when one of our reporters was doing a story on a new government data centre under construction, he was told he couldn't take any photos of a rack of servers because it could compromise network security. Is this actually possible? Have any Slashdot readers out there heard of cases of network security being compromised because of photographs taken of physical hardware?"
Submission + - Patents Discourage Innovation, Experiment Finds (ssrn.com) 1
Thoughtfire writes: An experimental study from the University of California, Irvine and the University of Kansas suggests that patent systems hamper innovation. The researchers created a simulation where players are able to create and implement inventions. In some conditions, participants could acquire and use patents for these inventions. An open-source system was also available in some cases. The researchers found that when a patent system is available, or available in conjunction with an open-source option, innovation and social benefits were reduced compared to a condition that did not use a patent system (only an open-source system).
Comment Re:Can't budget for human stupidity (Score 3, Insightful) 63
Parnoid and smart ?? Or Just Paranoid?.
Many IT-departments implement mandatory password changes and antivirus
Also common is various filter programs
Automated PW changes are actually counterproductive according to several studies as it makes the selected passwords more predictable. Better to educate users as to what is a good PW
Antivirus is a good thing and should be in place if you use windows
Filters DOES NOT WORK. At least not as intended.
The only thing that works in the long run is education. And harsh punishment
Comment Re:And then there will be a price to pay. (Score 5, Interesting) 63
And all of this is because IT never seems to be able to make management understand :
1) Security is not a cost but an insurance.
2) PHB's will never adhere to simple guidelines as to what is safe.
3) The bad guys are out there
Comment Re:Tinfoil hat time? (Score 1) 489
No no no!
Not links to tin foil hat sites
