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Comment Re:why not the UK? (Score 1) 526

by ycv (#59820408) Attached to: Coronavirus: Trump Suspends Travel From Europe To US

It seems that Alitalia also stopped flying to China weeks ago: https://www.bloomberg.com/news...
This has nothing to do with belonging to EU. Spain has stopped all its flights to Italy without any problem and Spain is still part of the EU as far as I know.
The UK government isn't more able han any other European country, and as said somewhere else, the UK is still part of the open policy until the end of the year.

I don't see what true information was carried through your post. Why is it rated as informative?

Comment Re:less disruptive compared to backdoors. (Score 1, Interesting) 120

Could you please provide any reference of actual proof? I still haven't seen any, only broad claims.

We have had so many proofs of spying from US infrastructure companies, I believe hat the first assumption is that you can't trust the infrastructure, wherever it comes from. The communication protocols should take tat into account and encrypt everything with strong end to end crypto. The downside being that spying would then be made more difficult for our 'allies'.

Comment Re:Meet the Internet (Score 1) 224

by ycv (#40142439) Attached to: Hundreds of IP Addresses Make Pirate Bay a Hard Target

So, the old way of creating content and get a financial reward will disappear. Is it a great loss ? I am not sure as the end result that we are getting at this moment is not very satisfying. Most artists don't get a fair share for their creation while a few are overly rewarded. And I'm not even mentioning the "copyright industry".

I am sure that the will to create is so strong that people will find new way to get paid for their creation. And we can hope that the money will be more evenly distributed and that more people will be able to create content. That's the way it goes in a free market, the same that is so much praised in the content produced by the entertainment industry
Earth

Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn 819

Posted by kdawson from the revenge-of-the-lawn dept.
Hugh Pickens writes "The LA Times reports that Orange County officials are locked in a legal battle with a couple accused of violating city ordinances for replacing the grass on their lawn with wood chips and drought-tolerant plants, reducing their water usage from 299,221 gallons in 2007 to 58,348 gallons in 2009. The dispute began two years ago, when Quan and Angelina Ha tore out the grass in their front yard. In drought-plagued Southern California, the couple said, the lush grass had been soaking up tens of thousands of gallons of water — and hundreds of dollars — each year. 'We've got a newborn, so we want to start worrying about her future,' said Quan Ha, an information technology manager for Kelley Blue Book. But city officials told the Has they were violating several city laws that require that 40% of residential yards to be landscaped predominantly with live plants. Last summer, the couple tried to appease the city by building a fence around the yard and planting drought-tolerant greenery — lavender, rosemary, horsetail, and pittosporum, among others. But according to the city, their landscaping still did not comply with city standards. At the end of January, the Has received a letter saying they had been charged with a misdemeanor violation and must appear in court. The couple could face a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for their grass-free, eco-friendly landscaping scheme. 'It's just funny that we pay our taxes to the city and the city is now prosecuting us with our own money,' says Quan Ha."
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Antarctic's First Plane, Found In Ice 110

Posted by timothy from the ice-tractor-cometh dept.
Arvisp writes "In 1912 Australian explorer Douglas Mawson planned to fly over the southern pole. His lost plane has now been found. The plane – the first off the Vickers production line in Britain – was built in 1911, only eight years after the Wright brothers executed the first powered flight. For the past three years, a team of Australian explorers has been engaged in a fruitless search for the aircraft, last seen in 1975. Then on Friday, a carpenter with the team, Mark Farrell, struck gold: wandering along the icy shore near the team's camp, he noticed large fragments of metal sitting among the rocks, just a few inches beneath the water."
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Submission + - IBM Predicts the End of Advertising as We Know It (techluver.com)

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Tech.Luver writes: "IBM Global Business Services unveiled its new report, "The End of Advertising as We Know It," forecasting greater disruption for the advertising industry in the next five years than occurred in the previous 50. To examine the factors influencing advertising and explore future scenarios, IBM surveyed more than 2,400 consumers and 80 advertising executives globally. Traditional advertising players risk major revenue declines as budgets shift rapidly to new, interactive formats, which are expected to grow at nearly five times that of traditional advertising. To survive in this new reality, broadcasters must change their mass audience mind-set to cater to niche consumer segments, and distributors need to deliver targeted, interactive advertising for a range of multimedia devices. Advertising agencies must experiment creatively, become brokers of consumer insights, and guide allocation of advertising dollars amid exploding choices. All players must adapt to a world where advertising inventory is increasingly bought and sold in open exchanges vs. traditional channels. ( http://techluver.com/2007/11/09/ibm-predicts-the-end-of-advertising-as-we-know-it/ )"

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