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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Golfing with my parents.
Christine and I had a nice round of golf with my parents. It was only our second time ever golfing but it was great fun. I discovered that if I stop thinking I can actually drive a fairly good distance. I have problems with the irons though. Don't know if I would make it a regular hobby but I would like to play enough to be little bit of a challenge to my opponents. It was supposed to rain but it was nice and sunny instead. Great day!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Time lapse from our bedroom window.
My first time fiddling with the time lapse feature for the camera on my laptop. Sadly you can see the screen reflected when the background get bright enough to illuminate it. I will try and make some cooler videos. I added an Ulrich Schnauss track for mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQARrDDnLOU
I think I would also like to try make one of those stop motion light animation videos. Would be fun. Will need a laser or two, some key chain LED lights...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQARrDDnLOU
I think I would also like to try make one of those stop motion light animation videos. Would be fun. Will need a laser or two, some key chain LED lights...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Lawyer explaining how bill C-61 will affect you.
This article from The Globe and Mail is a Q&A with a University of Ottawa intellectual property law professor. He has worked for the Department of Justice and as legal counsel to the Copyright Board of Canada. Prof. deBeer answers questions about how the new bill will affect every day people. Here is an excerpt I find interesting:
Read the full article at The Globe and Mail's website. Take action by using the page in my previous post. This bill needs to be stopped and revised to be more fair to consumers.
J Swede from Edmonton writes: Two Questions: 1. Let's say I have purchased a DVD from the store (Alien, for example). Under the new law, am I able to rip this DVD for viewing on my iPod Classic? 2. If I am able to format shift this DVD to my iPod, what's the difference between ripping it myself and downloading an already ripped version using P2P? I already own a licence to view this particular movie and I find it a lot easier and quicker to download the already ripped versions rather than do it myself. Am I breaking the law? If so, why? I've already paid to view this movie ...
Jeremy deBeer answers: This is a long-winded answer, but it is an important question, so please bear with me.
What you describe doing is commonly called "format shifting" — moving content you've legally acquired from one format to another, like DVD to iPod. Though Industry Minister Jim Prentice correctly explained that the Bill contains provisions to permit ordinary activities like format shifting, the devil is in the details.
Ripping DVDs to laptops, iPods or even backup discs would not be allowed under the proposed law. The various format shifting exceptions only apply to music, photos, books, newspapers, magazines and — get this — videocassettes, like VHS and Betamax tapes. Yah, I know. Weird. What century are we in?
If you do want to digitize your VHS collection, though, the good news is that you can do that. But only under certain conditions. You've got to own, not rent or borrow, the tape. You can't get rid of the old tape without deleting the copies first. It has to be your own iPod, computer or DVD that you're copying to. And no selling, lending or giving away the copies, not even to close friends or family.
Back to the DVD example for a second. Even if you were allowed to format shift your DVDs (which under this Bill you're not), you'd probably be technologically prevented from doing so. Most DVDs are region coded, so, for instance, the disc you bought legally in Europe won't play in your machine back home.
Under the proposed law, circumventing the "technological measure" is prohibited, even if you just want to watch the disc, let alone copy it. If you think that doesn't matter, because you won't get caught, ask yourself how you'll find the tools do make your movie-watching possible. Those tools are outlawed, and people caught circulating them could be subject to a million-dollar fine (literally) and up to 5 years in jail.
So that is one practical example of how the infamous anti-circumvention provisions would operate if this Bill becomes law.
Oh right, to answer, your question: no. You can't do that. Sorry.
Read the full article at The Globe and Mail's website. Take action by using the page in my previous post. This bill needs to be stopped and revised to be more fair to consumers.
Fight bill C-61 (Copyright reform)
This bill will take rights away from consumers and tries to let the recording industries set their own copyright rules which the government would then enforce. A couple of examples of rights you would lose are as follows:
-If you buy a CD that has a digital lock on it you cannot circumvent that lock to get the music you legitimately purchased to play on your MP3 player.
-Buying iTunes tracks with DRM (Digital Rights Management) cannot be unlocked to allow you to play your legitimately purchased music on devices other than iPods
-Consumer will be granted the right to timeshift and record television (a right we already have) unless the broadcaster doesn't want you to. In which case you become a criminal if you timeshift or record that particular show. They will also be building the locking function in to DVRs (Digital Video Recorder). This means that right out of the box you have purchased something to record shows that can be prevented from recording shows.
These are just three examples that I'm sure affect most of the people reading this post. The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has put together a simple form that you can fill out protesting the fast tracking of this bill (fast tracking essentially means pushing the bill in to law as quickly as possible). The world is watching this and it is already being regarded as worse than the American version known as the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). You know, that law that allows the music industry to sue everyone and obtain your private information without the need of a subpoena... If you value the ability to use the media you have legitimately purchased on the media players you have legitimately purchased I urge you to fill out this form. Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
Some people think that this is about letting pirates continue to steal. The fact is that piracy is already illegal. What this bill is trying to change is the rights of the consumers that have legally obtained media. It wants to take away your right to use you media the way you would like to. You shouldn't have to purchase a song three times because you have three different MP3 players. That would be like having to buy a new CD each time you want to play your music in a different CD player. So I urge you to take literally one minute from your day and fill out the form.
Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
-If you buy a CD that has a digital lock on it you cannot circumvent that lock to get the music you legitimately purchased to play on your MP3 player.
-Buying iTunes tracks with DRM (Digital Rights Management) cannot be unlocked to allow you to play your legitimately purchased music on devices other than iPods
-Consumer will be granted the right to timeshift and record television (a right we already have) unless the broadcaster doesn't want you to. In which case you become a criminal if you timeshift or record that particular show. They will also be building the locking function in to DVRs (Digital Video Recorder). This means that right out of the box you have purchased something to record shows that can be prevented from recording shows.
These are just three examples that I'm sure affect most of the people reading this post. The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has put together a simple form that you can fill out protesting the fast tracking of this bill (fast tracking essentially means pushing the bill in to law as quickly as possible). The world is watching this and it is already being regarded as worse than the American version known as the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). You know, that law that allows the music industry to sue everyone and obtain your private information without the need of a subpoena... If you value the ability to use the media you have legitimately purchased on the media players you have legitimately purchased I urge you to fill out this form. Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
Some people think that this is about letting pirates continue to steal. The fact is that piracy is already illegal. What this bill is trying to change is the rights of the consumers that have legally obtained media. It wants to take away your right to use you media the way you would like to. You shouldn't have to purchase a song three times because you have three different MP3 players. That would be like having to buy a new CD each time you want to play your music in a different CD player. So I urge you to take literally one minute from your day and fill out the form.
Click HERE to fight for your rights as a consumer!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Ghettoed car.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Mesmerizing Hanoi traffic Time-lapse.
Again, something found at Digg. Really hypnotic traffic time lapse of a busy intersection in Hanoi. The crazy part is that this intersection has no traffic lights. Cars, bicycles, pedestrians and motorcycles seem to flow more smoothly than you would ever see around here. Although I think a time-lapse could probably make anything look awesome...
Hanoi crazy night traffic from v!Nc3sl4s on Vimeo.
Hanoi crazy night traffic from v!Nc3sl4s on Vimeo.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Big storm please!
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Saturday.
http://www.ambivalent-one.com/2008/06/dsc5227.htm
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
I'm not relevant!
Amazing performer.
Found this on Digg. Really amazing performer. I have never seen such fluid movement in a human.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC3b5JnSIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC3b5JnSIE
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Double anger...
Went and saw Indiana Jones tonight... My favorite part was when he did that thing to the big guy and it made him do something. Or when you thought there was going to be more fighting and the guy just fell over instead. Super great. Anyways. Didn't want to talk about the movie. I wanted to talk about the experience.
I had the pleasure of sitting in front of some asshole with no limb awareness and a case of what I can only guess was caffeine or shit cramp induced fidgeting. He was moving and bumping my chair fairly often during the movie. However it wasn't constant enough to warrant a vocal rebuff. Only enough for the head turn. You know, when you just turn and look and hope that will be enough for them to get the message.
Well it wasn't.
I found myself in a curious position. I was annoyed that he was bumping my chair yet more annoyed that he wasn't doing it more so that I could justify potentially making a scene about it.
The resolution was to start fidgeting myself so it would hide the bumps. The person in front of me may very well be composing a similar blog entry as I type this.
I had the pleasure of sitting in front of some asshole with no limb awareness and a case of what I can only guess was caffeine or shit cramp induced fidgeting. He was moving and bumping my chair fairly often during the movie. However it wasn't constant enough to warrant a vocal rebuff. Only enough for the head turn. You know, when you just turn and look and hope that will be enough for them to get the message.
Well it wasn't.
I found myself in a curious position. I was annoyed that he was bumping my chair yet more annoyed that he wasn't doing it more so that I could justify potentially making a scene about it.
The resolution was to start fidgeting myself so it would hide the bumps. The person in front of me may very well be composing a similar blog entry as I type this.
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