“Why would VEVO pirate content? Because it was easier than getting it legally. This is the actual root cause of piracy online. It’s not shady, masked individuals at swanky events commandeering computers to pirate for the hell of it. It’s VEVO employees. It’s everyone.” — MG Siegler: To Catch A Hypocrite
“I did a quick survey of 15 developers of popular iOS apps, and 13 of them told me they have a contacts database with millons of records. One company’s database has Mark Zuckerberg’s cell phone number, Larry Ellison’s home phone number and Bill Gates’ cell phone number.” — Stealing Your Address Book by Dustin Curtis
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Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist -
A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity.
Fredrik Strage: Särskrivningar skrämmer mig mer än Sean Banan och terrorister -
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Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3? -
The line is about 400 miles long, we can walk 4 miles per hour for 10 hours per day, so we’ll be there in 10 days. We call our friends and book dinner for next Sunday night, when we will roll in triumphantly at 6 p.m. They can’t wait!
Amazing parable from Michael Wolfe. Please read.
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Sweden Rock avskaffar film- och fotoförbud -
Sommaren 2010 på var jag på Arvikafestivalen. Alice in Videoland spelade ganska tidigt på kvällen på Vintergatan (den största scenen). Det var inte mycket folk och jag kunde enkelt komma längst fram till kravallstaketet. Sedan hände något av det löjligaste jag varit med om. En publikvärd gick fram och ställde sig i vägen för mig när jag tog fram min kamera för att ta kort. Man fick inte fotografera på så nära håll från publiken vid Vintergatan.
Bra att fler festivalar än Emmaboda (som fram till 2011 inte ens krävt fotopass för att fotografera från diket) börjar förstå.
“In 2009, Apple sold more iPhones than it did in 2007 and 2008 combined. In 2010, Apple sold more iPhones than it did in 2007, 2008, and 2009 combined. Last year, Apple sold 93.1 million iPhones, slightly more than it did in in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 combined.” — Matt Richman on Apple’s First Quarter Results
(Source: daringfireball.net)
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SOPA and PIPA are not dead: they are waiting in the shadows. What’s happened in the last 24 hours, though, is extraordinary. The internet has enabled creativity, knowledge, and innovation to shine, and as Wikipedia went dark, you’ve directed your energy to protecting it.
But what will happen when the MPAA buys the next SOPA? We can’t protest every similar bill with the same force. Eventually, our audiences will tire of calling their senators for whatever we’re asking them to protest this time.
Eventually, we will lose.
Such ridiculous, destructive bills should never even pass committee review, but we’re not addressing the real problem: the MPAA’s buying power in Congress. This is a campaign finance problem.
And again, they will. Consider this: SOPA and PIPA came this close to passing with MPAA head Chris Assclown Dodd banned from direct lobbying. Why is he banned? Because there’s a law that requires politicians to be two years out of office before they can lobby.
Dodd vacated his U.S. Senate seat on January 3, 2011. In a year, he’ll be able lobby all he wants. He’ll be able to directly buy the support of all his former colleagues. He spent 36 years in Washington as both a Senator and Congressman. You think that doesn’t matter? He’s going to be the best lobbyist ever. Which is exactly why the MPAA picked him.
“So Jony Ive leads the design team at the two most-profitable phone makers. Impressive.” — John Gruber
A week ago I bought a movie from iTunes. That was a mistake.
During boxing week I was at a friends house and we wanted to watch the movie. I had my laptop with me, but not my Mini DisplayPort adapter, so I couldn’t connect my computer to the projector. I shared the movie and my friend accessed from his computer. He couldn’t play it. The file was infected with DRM, Digital rights management (or rather digital restrictions management).
Okay, we could eventually play the movie. We had to use iTunes and I had to log in with the account that I had bought the movie with and authorize something. Maybe I’m naïve, but I was a bit amazed. I thought iTunes didn’t use DRM anymore, but apparently it’s only music that are DRM-free.
I won’t be buying any more movies from iTunes as long they are infected with DRM. When I pay for something, I want it to work, without hassle.
It’s sad that after more than ten years into the 21st century, we still have crap like DRM. That’s why organizations such as the EFF need our support.
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