Posts by jon_knox
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Here's a link to Andrew Dubber (of Great Blend fame) on RadioNZ talking about his views on how to make money from music, copyright and the need to make content for the internet, rather than using it as second-thought receptacle & archive.
It's worth a listen, if you can get throught the first few minutes of scene setting/salad.
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Mark's post regarding the law schools, reminds me about the law libraries calling for open access to legal journals.
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http://202.7.7.90/rnz/ocw/ocw-20090219-2134-Whitebait_Recruitment_in_Rivers-048.mp3
RadioNZ interview with fish ecologist Andy Hicks, who has recently completed a research project on the lifecycle of whitebait.
The interview focuses more on the scientific than the cultural, but if you're into whitebait, it's probably an interesting listen.
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Perhaps you could share your ideas on how it might work, Keir
There are some ideas from a few thought-leaders being shared in the New York Times on micropayments. There seems to be a few noises being made that the NYT won't be sharing quite so freely in the future and I wonder if that article is part of a larger campaign to socialise that idea.
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Or the refs had a bias against the home teams for not complying with the security rules.
So take the security rules out of the equation...ask the (seemingly) few dozen spectator's who attend socc...sorry football (top level domestic league) in NZ not to attend for a while and play a few games in neutral but empty stadiums....but that opens the door on the Hawthorne effect.
I wonder if any of those Italian games were played at neutral stadiums whilst work was occurring to rectify the security non-compliance?
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With so much discussion regarding legislation at the moment, perhaps it's timely to share this TED presentation, (streaming, vid) which considers the carrot & the stick.
The following words are from the TED website:
Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.
For some reasons the words "Barack Obama" and "Nanny state" spring to mind.
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Chris Laidlaw & guests very respectfully discussing how we should teach creation in schools.
Deals with the philosophy & importance of science, as much as it does with spirituality.
Warning: This program is not middle-aged men talking about their salad days, nor people shouting at each, as I'd expected.
And it's a really good listen.
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I am probably stating what has been stated many times previously.
With our children, we teach them to share rather than to be naughty, greedy or inconsiderate. As the guy in that TED link I provided up-thread indicates, teaching them the ethics/morality of their actions is the area that needs a bit of shoring up.....But that's nanny-state type stuff and people don't want that do they.
Putting too much responsibility onto the ISP’s to make a decision about the standard of evidence required and the implementation of action is poor as it concentrates power.
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to live in a peaceful civilisation I must abide by its rules and in return I get its rules to protect my interests
I still think you haven't given-up anything for the right of protection for IP.
You were already a member of society.
So why are patents and trademarks any different? People have to apply for their protection.
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There's a bit of cud in the this video from TED regarding the loss of wisdom, to chew. (think some of it is s92 relevant...and no it's not a link to Shatner singing Rocketman, or Nimoy singing about Bilbo Baggins).