Posts by jon_knox
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Here's the link to the relevant statement as read in the House of Commons and the response.... (which also allows the speech and the amusing responses to be watched).
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I have just seen the UK Culture Secretary live on the BBC making a statement regarding the digital economy in the House of Commons about the creation of a new agency to fund creative industries, ISP responsibilities ...(though no details on the methods). "Digital Britain" Report seems to be the name of the statement.
Now watching the ensuing questions....which includes criticism that the contents were deliberately leaked to the media before the statement was made.
The Times seems to be one of the parties that had access and have posted this.
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something strikes me as a bit odd about that Irish times article.
Key point 1.
an agreement reached between Eircom and four major record companies in the High Court yesterday.
So, in short an agreement reached.
Key point 2.
As part of the settlement, the record companies will supply Eircom with the IP addresses of all persons who they detect illegally uploading or downloading copyright works.
Eircom will then contact the subscribers directly and either warn them or terminate their account.
It looks to be a model in which the record companies tell the ISP the IP of the alleged infringer and ISP agrees to take action.
And then why not close things of with a statement regarding the fesability of P2P filtering.It is also understood some other providers do not have the technical ability to monitor peer to peer traffic.
(Hmmm perhaps following the lead of the Irish times, I need to finish off with something a little out of left field)
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the intro to this seems to frame an idea or 2 quite nicely....and then there's the whole titanic-defeatist metaphor.
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Merit, who the hell cares about merit? Just toe the line will you little ol' NZ, else the big boys will remove the much talked about free-trade-carrot . And if the big boys subsequently change their mind because their solution is unworkable, then deal with it.
If 2 out of 3 of the the Chinese, the Russians and the Indians decide not to follow America's lead, how does it impact the situation?
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The police already have the right to shoot and that right to shoot comes with the need to ensure that the police only so when reasonable.
The mechanism to do that is a mandatory explanation presented to the relevant arbiters.
Every case will be different and therefore every case requires an examination.The only contention I can see is regarding the level of transparency and the parties to act as relevant arbiter.
Questions.
Regarding the standard of care in the prescribed standard procedure (SOP) from the police.
Is there an assumption that the standard is reasonable/adequate? (Yes/No)
If there is no assumption regarding the of adequacy the SOP, how is the assessment made, by whom and whom are the parties to be held responsible if the SOP is deemed inadequate?
What process needs to therefore apply when changes to the SOP are made, if any?
How to balance the need to prevent the SOP becoming so onerous that innocent lives are being unduly risked, with the need to prevent the standard becoming so lax that the police become sloppy, trigger happy or worse?Regarding the individual members of the police who contributed to the death.
Did the actions of this individual meet the requirements of the SOP? (Yes, No, somewhat)
Questions regarding intention.
How to distinguish between the intention to disable and the intention to kill?
Under what set of circumstances is the intention to kill justified?When does it become contrary to the public interest for the consideration of these details to be made available to all?
Who should the arbiter be?As many have pointed out, the standards for the police are different, but I can't see a valid reason that the arbiter of those standards needs to be different from those that decide in any other situation.
Having an investigation either automatically behind closed doors, or performed & decided by a group who have fraternal bond with police is unsatisfactory.
The duplication in the maintenance & support of a separate authority to decide is wasteful.If there is good reason for not utilizing the judiciary then it must be for a valid & stated reason.
Is it because the if the courts were to decide on the suitability of the SOP, it would be to have the courts effectively dictating police procedure and that is unsatisfactory? I don't think this situation is a special case, as any legal ruling may create precedents that impact decisions made by prosecutors regarding what cases get brought before the courts, which also effectively determines which crimes the police enforce, as the police are unlikely to bother enforcing laws that they are unable to achieve a conviction. The police know that they have procedures that are supported by precedent, so these are the procedures utilized.
I think the one significant impact of having the judiciary answer these questions, is that there can be no assumption regarding the suitability of SOP, which requires an assessment of suitability in each case.
As much as many people would like to plant the image of a member of police suffering indecision when placed in a terrible situation at the prospect of a court appearance as a defendant, due process also protects and absolves those people of responsibility, though it is quite understandable that nothing may resolve the personal responsibility felt by some of the parties.
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We haven't made any major experiments
Yesterday I made a backwards version of hallelujah and it's not bad....It's refreshed my interest in a song that I have long felt overexposed to, even before what has happened in the UK as I've not heard it on TV/Radio at all in last 3 years.
With words and sounds slowly forming in the distance moving towards the listener, it changes from haunting into Hungarian.
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giovanni - I hope it's just a phase your middle child is going through, but it sounds fascinating.
Are there any other clues about the response that have become apparent? eg played other music with a similar epic spiraling crescendo, or the track without the vocals, or even the track backwards.
I guess rather than experimenting to determine if there some discernable edges in the response, you just want all of your children to be happy and avoid any aggravation.
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Publisher Tim O'Reilly has just pointed twitter at an article regarding "Google and the future of Books" which I've poured into spreeder (light yellow txt on light grey, 3 word chunks, font size 30 seems to work well) .
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and from those chaps in the corner with the funny walks, some good news.
But perhaps it's a special case.