Posts by localzuk

Re: Here is the problem...

If a broadcaster has 500 viewers, they are highly unlikely to have 500 subs. More likely around 10-20% that number at most. So, your calculation is well off.

Realistically, a 500 viewer stream is going to be looking at $125 - $250 income per month, plus tips etc...

Re: I don't fully understand...

Sorry Andrew, once again you are chasing a reality that should not exist.

A hyperlink is the equivalent of someone saying to a room full of people that something exists and where it is. That isn't a crime, even if they are telling them where copyrighted material exists. They haven't themselves disseminated the copyright material. If it were a crime, it'd be absurd. It could even be argued that banning such a link would be an infringement of the right to freedom of expression.

So, why does that suddenly change when it is a link on a website? The link itself doesn't contain any illegal material. It is a quickdial on a phone.

Your view leads to the conclusion that hyperlinks are a crime unless they have the express permission of the owner of the copyright of that destination. Something that would make the internet a pointless place.

Re: Aspartame

Aspartame is safe. It has had more research done into it than pretty much any other food stuff due to the obsession with it. I'm happier drinking a drink with aspartame in it than refined sugar, that's for sure.

Re: Hmm

Note - I stated that .bat files can't do any harm if the right permissions are in place on the client side... So, yeah, still don't see how a batch file could cause damage if they're restricted from running on the client.

Yeah, wrong rant. The fight is not against patents in general. Its against the specific notion of "design patents". Patents that cover the "look" of something.

They really are an anachronism, especially in the technology world.

Re: "Printing and filing those records"

I wonder if the policy applies to junk mail too?

Even without junk mail, they'll have some pretty huge document warehouses around the place. Great when it could all fit on a couple of hard disks.

Re: That's just cover

History is not on your side here Andrew. Whilst the government are saying "oh, it won't be used for XYZ" we have decades of experience of laws being applied far further than they were originally intended to be used. It isn't paranoia, or persecution, it is evidence based conjecture.

On top of that, this law change (it is a change of copyright law, as sentence maximums are set in the laws themselves, whilst sentencing guidelines within those maximums are not in the laws themselves), is absurd. Sharing some files online, even in bulk, is not the same as selling physical copies.

I will guarantee nearly 100% that "egregious" won't actually end up in the law at all. Its highly likely instead that the law will merely have a new maximum sentence in it. Also, egregious, is a completely variable term, depending on the person looking at it, and whether they understand the technologies involved (for example, would someone who uploads a lot based on the fact they're part of a private tracker be classed as engaging in egregious infringement?). Its a washy term that means very little in law. Its why things are defined properly in legislation, and when they aren't, we end up with decades of court cases.

Re: I think they have a point here

Not how it works though is it? If you are looking for an image, and the search engine provides you a 10 Megapixel version of the picture there and then, you're unlikely going to click "Visit Page" are you? You're going to copy it and move on.

At least, that's how every person I've ever seen use it...

Re: Science SpaceX is go for US military GPS sat launch, smashes ULA monopoly

Don't think it does. There's nothing to stop ULA from modernising and reducing their costs. There's also potential for other providers to do the job too.

Re: Which brings us to "The tragedy..."

Connections without caps seem to work for plenty of ISPs around the world, including the one I'm using. Caps actually appear to be a relatively new thing, introduced as a way to reduce investment into infrastructure.

Sure, we buy contended connectivity but its now 2016. If an entire housing estate can't all watch the latest episode of Game of Thrones on Netflix at the same time, then the ISP is doing it wrong.

Indeed. It will likely mean reduced staffing. What it should mean though, is a pay cut for all the management above the person who made the mistake, and the firing of that person.

Re: Want my money? Stop the geoblocks

Geo-blocking is enforced by the licensing agencies and rights holders. As you have pointed out, it can actually make money for Netflix to allow VPN access. But it means that the need for regional or country by country licensing agreements is weakened, which is bad for the licensing agencies in those countries.

So, shout at them, not Netflix.

There are quite a few systems for such things. http://www.capterra.com/law-enforcement-software/ gives a random list of related systems.

There's gotta be thousands of police forces world-wide, so I'd be shocked if they couldn't get what they needed off the shelf.

Re: Here's how the competing IoT market will shake out

With the "savings" from things like the Nest thermostat, I don't understand how that actually happens.

Our heating is turned on, manually, when the house is cold. It is set to turn on in the morning, when cold, before we get out of bed to warm the house up, and again at night before we get home.

I don't see how having a fancy thermostat would reduce the heating bill? It only gets turned on when its cold at the moment. What's it doing that saves money?

Re: All homes and businesses can now access basic broadband at speeds of 2Mps

Have you spoken to a satellite internet provider? That's what the government means by their statement really - you can get it but not via a wire.

Re: I'll believe it when I see it. . .

The type of 3D printer you are referring to doesn't allow for much in terms of multi-colour printing, high detail printing etc... I've used such 3D printers and the end results are great in terms of a prototype, but are just not great.

The sort of device HP are talking about here is several steps up from that it seems, allowing per voxel printing! That's pretty amazing if it can be done cheaply.

Re: That is not competition

BT are a big ship and as such they turn slowly. They are very much wedded to their existing way of doing things.

The extra 5% could be connected up using a variety of different technologies such as point to point wireless, satellite, and even fibre. Just look at organisations like B4RN and how they're rolling out 1Gbps to farm houses in the middle of nowhere. It just takes some thinking outside the box.

BT won't do things like that though.

Re: $1.3 billion turnover but a loss of milions

Don't believe the reported profit/loss. Spotify is part owned by a bunch of major record labels. Have no doubt that the rather interesting music industry accounting methods will be in use there.

Re: If code is free speech then Apple can't tell developer what to write...

It isn't "free speech" that's the issue here. Its "compelled speech". Something that is illegal for the US government to do.

Re: Jim'll fix it and you

@Grease Monkey, the law agrees with him entirely.

The law is that you must have a license if you have a device that can receive live broadcast television, and is set up to do so. So, if you don't have an aerial plugged in and/or the TV isn't tuned then your TV is not set up to do so.

I have a TV. I don't have an aerial. I don't need a license. TVL agrees with me on this.

Re: Internal IT

Realistically, GDS could be a great resource for moving government to the digital age, but they've been badly implemented.

Instead of giving them control of things, would it not be better to have them work as a co-ordinator of developers? So DEFRA need a new IT system, they say what they need it to do and GDS would then assign a team to the job based on an assessment of its technical needs, under DEFRA's control, with the rest of GDS available for advice and specialist technical requirements. That way, DEFRA is in control of the project rather than people that, quite frankly, have no idea about the project?

Re: @unwarranted irrelevance: In other words...

Legally? Yes. There is absolutely nothing you can do to stop someone on a public highway taking a photo of your property front. I would have no qualms about someone doing this either.