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Bio: Geoffrey M. Voelker is a Professor at the University of California at San Diego. His research interests include operating systems, distributed systems, and computer networks. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington in 1995 and 2000, respectively.
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Abstract: We designed the Kukui Cup challenge to foster energy conservation and increase energy literacy. Based on a review of the literature, the challenge combined a variety of elements into an overall game experience, including: real-time energy feedback, goals, commitments, competition, and prizes.
We designed a software system called Makahiki to provide the online portion of the Kukui Cup challenge. Energy use was monitored by smart meters installed on each floor of the Hale Aloha residence halls on the University of Hawai'i at Manoa campus.
In October 2011, we ran the UH Kukui Cup challenge for the over 1000 residents of the Hale Aloha towers. To evaluate the Kukui Cup challenge, I conducted three experiments: challenge participation, energy literacy, and energy use.
Many residents participated in the challenge, as measured by points earned and actions completed through the challenge website. I measured the energy literacy of a random sample of Hale Aloha residents using an online energy literacy questionnaire administered before and after the challenge. I found that challenge participants' energy knowledge increased significantly compared to non-challenge participants. Positive self-reported energy behaviors increased after the challenge for both challenge participants and non-participants, leading to the possibility of passive participation by the non-challenge participants.
I found that energy use varied substantially between and within lounges over time. Variations in energy use over time complicated the selection of a baseline of energy use to compare the levels during and after the challenge. The best team reduced its energy use during the challenge by 16%. However, team energy conservation did not appear to correlate to participation in the challenge, and there was no evidence of sustained energy conservation after the challenge. The problems inherent in assessing energy conservation using a baseline call into question this common practice.
My research has generated several contributions, including: a demonstration of increased energy literacy as a result of the challenge, the discovery of fundamental problems with the use of baselines for assessing energy competitions, the creation of two open source software systems, and the creation of an energy literacy assessment instrument.
Committee: Philip Johnson (chair), Martha Crosby, Scott Robertson, Daniel Suthers, and Anthony Kuh
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By participating in a scenario game environment, participants reinforce practical skills and build relationships with other practitioners in their area. Participants for the "Big Splash" will be given a scenario of critical infrastructure in a business setting to defend as a "Blue Team" while other professionals from government, industry, and students from University of Washington Bothell Computing and Software Systems will attack the infrastructure as a "Red Team." The goal of this exercise is to encourage proper Information Assurance and Cybersecurity practices and provide a learning forum for participants.
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Abstract: Student programming errors, online education and studio-based learning (SBL) in computer science education have all been topics of recent research efforts. This study expands on this research applying this knowledge to proactively help students overcome their difficulties. This project coins the term virtual critical studio (VCS), and proposes it for proactive online teaching. The VCS consists of three components, the studio-based-learning pedagogy, the precise and critical timing and content of the VCS sessions and the virtual nature of the implementation environment. The implementation of VCS aims to provide a better quality of online computer science courses by promoting student-student interaction focused on the discussion of problematic curriculum issues.
Data collected prior to the application of VCS provided insights into common programming errors that were later used to create the assignments for the VCS sessions. This study compares online vs. VCS incarnations of the same course. In addition, it observes and analyzes the content of VCS sessions
The VCS like its predecessor SBL, has shown the potential to help novice programmers overcome their difficulties. The effects of this treatment show that students have an optimistic state of mind before, during and after VCS sessions. These effects do not exist for the control group. This research provides a unique insight into the VCS process including the identification of "learning moments", student-student interaction and the building of camaraderie.
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Abstract: Why do some concepts come to be highly popular, significantly reshaping the IT landscape, while others do not? We address this question by exploring the communities of organizations that underlie IT innovations. In an illustrative investigation of the community for cloud computing, we integrate theories of organizational ecology and social networks and apply their associated methods. Substantial support to the theories and the effectiveness of the methods have led us to embark on a promising research program focused on IT innovation concepts and communities. This program affords several opportunities to break new grounds in Information Systems research: (1) adding an ecological explanation to the theories of IT innovations; (2) fertilizing new ground for IT innovation research; (3) stimulating research on inter-organizational social networks; and (4) demonstrating the utility of computational discourse analysis.
About the Speaker: Dr. Ping Wang is an associate professor at the College of Information Studies and an affiliate associate professor at the Decision, Operations and Information Technologies department of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also a faculty member of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) and the Director of the Ph.D. in Information Studies program. His research addresses how and why organizations innovate with information technology. Specifically, his research seeks to understand the popularity of IT innovations and the impacts of popular technologies on organizations. At the University of Maryland, he leads interdisciplinary research teams, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, that employ natural language processing, crowdsourcing, information visualization, and social network analysis to advance theories that explain the institutional and ecological processes of innovation. His work has appeared in the MIS Quarterly, Journal of AIS, Information Technology and People, Information and Organization, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Information Visualization, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Additional information is available at http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~pwang/.
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Big data is becoming a critical component of science. Researchers need tools that address their end-to-end distributed data management needs. But the small and medium research labs often lack the resources to deploy and maintain sophisticated software infrastructures. So, there is a strong need to do data management with modest effort. End users do not have the time and expertise to learn complex software. So the data management tools must be exceedingly easy to use. At the same time, these tools must be highly efficient and utilize the capabilities of advanced compute and network infrastructure. In this talk, I will present our work on hosted services that enables researchers to move, sync and share data in a simple, yet efficient way. I will also briefly discuss our work on resource and application aware protocols to effectively utilize 100 Gigabit networks and beyond.
Rajkumar Kettimuthu is a Fellow in the Computation Institute at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago. He is the technology coordinator for Globus GridFTP, widely used bulk data movement tool. Currently, he is leading multiple projects to develop tools for research data management, and data movement protocols for next generation networks.
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EVL website: http://www.evl.uic.edu
Speaker website: http://jasonleigh.me
Speaker's Bio: Jason Leigh is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory and the Software Technologies Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently he is a Fellow of the Institute for Health Research and Policy. He has also held appointments at Argonne National Laboratory, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. His research expertise includes: large scale data visualization; virtual reality; high performance networking; and video game design. IN 2010 he initiated a new multi-disciplinary area of research called Human Augmentics - which refers to the study of technologies for expanding the capabilities and characteristics of humans. His work has received widespread press from media including: the New York Times, Popular Science's Future Of, Nova ScienceNow, and NSF Science Now. Leigh also teaches classes in Software Design and he has been teaching Video Game Design for over 10 years.
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]]>Aaron Marcus heads his award-winning design firm in California, is an expert in mobile, UX, Web, and user-interface design, has published 8 books and 250 articles, and lectures/tutors worldwide. He is a Visiting Professor at IIT's Institute of Design; a Master at the De Tao Academy, Beijing,and member of the CHI Academy.
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]]>The NASA Astrobiology Institute Director's Discretionary Fund makes one-year awards for research that advances the science of astrobiology, demonstrates impact to NASA's space flight programs or its broader science activities, and/or contributes to NASA's role as a federal R&D agency. More information about the NASA Astrobiology Institute can be found here: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/.


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We are not always privy to detrimental information about these drugs. Many times it is discovered by investigative reporters under The Freedom of Information Act. Another interesting story is by Liam Scheff, who wrote about orphan children who were used to test an AIDS drug in New York City, many died from this.
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Is it and what does it mean by jigging i'm new to heavy tackle when i hear jigging i think 7' bass tackle and 12 pound line not 100 poundAnswers
Jigging is usually using heavy braid to "jig" large saltwater fish from wrecks and deep water on metal butterfly jigs. Yes a flathead in the 80 lb range should be no problem on these kinds of rodsTop 250 Contributor
The rods are built very light in weight, with very stiff backbone. The 100# is for braid line rating, so if you vertical jig for large fish in saltwater the rod will be good for that. I use it for bottom fishing mostly because I can hold them all day without getting to heavy, father in law loves trolling with them, and they have allot of pulling power for getting fish up and off the bottom. So if you want a light weight all around rod for big saltwater game give it a shot. Also use mine for catfishing just to give you an idea of how flexible the rods are, for the $$ you won't find anything this tough.Answers
Depends what you are fishing for. I have several of these rods in different sizes. I have a Fin Nor offshore 55 on one, and a Okuma Salina 2 size 10000 on another. The rods have a great flex all the way down to the handle. I like a reel with some serious drag. The Okuma has over 50# and the Fin Nor has around 40# of drag pressure.A:
ive herd this is a strong rod, but can it stand up 2 any sharks? nd if so, whts tha maximum size shark that this rod culd bring in?Answers
It all matters on the fisher mans experience and the way u fight the fish in this case the shark there guys that have fished 600. Pound marlins with 6lbs test lineAnswers
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HARTFORD — A snowy night, a contract extension for the head coach and UConn's 10th victory of the season combined Saturday to send the Huskies into 2013 on a high note.
"Like coach (George) Blaney said to me after the game, this was a good day in my life," said a grinning Kevin Ollie, following the Huskies' 61-53 nonconference win over Washington at the XL Center.
And indeed it was a good night for Ollie, and a solid night for his team, which will enter Big East play on New Year's night at Marquette with a 10-2 record and all sorts of momentum. The game Saturday night wasn't a classic in terms of quality of play (Washington shot just 29.7 percent and UConn committed 17 turnovers), but from an energy and tempo standpoint, it was a strong effort by the home Huskies.
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Charity "gutted" at Carew Manor Music in the Park cancellation
9:40am Thursday 31st January 2013 in Freetime By Mike Pyle
A popular annual fund-raising concert and firework spectacular has been cancelled after falling victim to the ailing economy and last year's weather.
Music in the Park, a Last Night of the Proms-style concert at Carew Manor put on by the Rotary Club of Carshalton Beeches which has been running for more than 21 years, has been cancelled after it failed to break even in 2012's rainy summer.
The event - one of the biggest events in Sutton's cultural calendar - has raised more than £300,000 for charities in its history and in its heydey, thousands of people would attend each summer.
Among the groups to benefit were Jigsaw4u, The Wave Trust, Sutton Young Carers, Scout and Boys Brigade groups and the Diamond Centre.
Club president Martin Midgley said: "Numbers have fallen over the last few years then last year there was the weather, which was absolutely awful and a lot of our sales come in the last few weeks when people are looking at the weather, then there was the recession and then there was the jubilee and all these things came to pass and our numbers were down by about 1,000.
"Over the years we've built up reserves but we had to use more than half last year and with what we've got in the bank we can't take the risk.
"It was a lovely event. We're very sad to lose it and it was a hard decision to make."
Pam Byfield, director of operations at childhood bereavement and trauma charity Jigsaw4u, said: "We're absolutely gutted because it's something they've really developed over the years. Many people went to the event and it had a real community feel to it.
"For an organisation like ours we're grateful for any contribution and the fact that they chose us as a worth recipient validated our work locally. We were able to use the money flexibly so it's a blow to us."
Other charities expressed their sadness at the annoncement.
Mr Midgely said the club may hold future Music in the Park concerts but it may need sponsors to come forward.
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I came up with this recipe as a way to make a sandwich feed a large group at once. The braid design always impresses the guests at our parties. —Kellie Mulleavy, Lambertville, Michigan
Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 195 calories, 12 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 469 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 7 g protein.
Originally published as Reuben Braids in Taste of Home June/July 2008, p56
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Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2013 by genii007
i tried this and whipped up a sour cream, whole grain dijon mustard and tarragon dipping sauce! yum!
Reviewed on Mar. 17, 2012 by Bernarde
WOW! What a tasty bread... 1 2 lb corn beef yields 5 loaves. I was unable to locate a smaller amount so what the heck! The breads are beautiful to look at and enjoyed with a side of Thousand Island dressing you are set. I used black sesame seed versus white and baked the loaves on Parchment paper. This makes the sticky dough easier to handle and clean up is a wiz! :B>)
Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2011 by monroehead
This recipe is wonderful! It was delicious and I doubt I will ever make a regular reuben sandwich again!
Reviewed on Mar. 14, 2011 by PB2
My family likes this hot reuben sandwich. I have it in the oven for the second time already. I keep it simple, just mix sauerkraut, dressing, cheese, and cooked corned beef brisket. I liked the sandwich with double the filling.
Reviewed on Mar. 09, 2011 by dmgiblin
I, too, left out the onions. We love this quick easy dinner!
Reviewed on Feb. 25, 2011 by voodoowitch
I love reubens so I made some changes. I omitted the onion (never had a reuben with onion on it) the dill weed and the mustard. I added an extra T. of dressing. I also didn't use sesame seeds. I sprinkled the tops of mine with caraway seeds to mimic the rye bread.
Reviewed on May. 09, 2010 by CaseyKobyluk
Always a hit with my family!
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These were very delish! The sesame seeds accent these perfectly.
Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2010 by wbusenbark
Since Reuben sandwiches are a favorite of my husband's I thought I'd try making this dish. It was easy and delicious. I've made it three times in the past two weeks since I had to share it with my friends at work. The first try I used to much onion, but after that it was great!
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I think the directions are either difficult to understand or they have you do it the hard way. If you have the crescent rolls laying vertically you cut 1 inch strips horizontally. each strip is crossed over the top and attached on the other side!
Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2008 by HisVictoriah
I actually found this in my TOH magazine, but lost that issue...so I found it here again! I've made it half a dozen times! its delish
Reviewed on Sep. 04, 2008 by BaileyvilleWV
I'm confused about how to do the braid and cutting 1 inch wide stripes.
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The DRM debate
By Lucy McNulty
When the web browser Mosaic v 1.0 was released into the public domain in late 1993 no one could have predicted the impact it would have on public perception of the Internet. Mosaic encouraged those outside of academia and large industrial research institutions to access the Internet, and by doing so made the web relevant to the general public for perhaps the first time.
This newly networked digital age brought with it new problems, however, as the ability to instantaneously access vast amounts of information pushed the issue of rampant piracy to the fore. Anyone could now lift, copy and re-distribute digital content very easily and at virtually no cost. As a result, access control technologies known as digital rights management (DRM) software began to be developed in an effort to enable the secure creation, management, distribution and promotion of digital content on the Internet.
It was hoped they would provide the much-needed solution to digital piracy. Yet, since its development in the mid 1990s DRM technology has consistently courted controversy and conflicted opinion with some dismissing the software as an innately flawed solution. Others, however, continue to believe incorporating access control technologies into software is key to the prevention of piracy. But who is right? Is DRM software destined for failure or is it in fact an effective disincentive to infringement in the digital age?
How does DRM work?
The term DRM refers to any scheme that aims to control access to copyrighted material using technological means. First-generation DRM systems sought merely to control copying; second-generation DRM schemes, however, are now designed in an effort to control the viewing, copying, printing and altering of digital content in particular digital film, music, eBooks and corporate files.
DRM software can incorporate a number of techniques from encryption technologies and digital watermarking to authorisation systems and disabling equipment. Most organisations, however, now employ a combination of encryption and authorisation systems to both protect content and ensure that only authorised customers can use particular content or unlock encrypted files. When DRM is applied in this manner, the digital data in a file is scrambled rendering the file unreadable to anyone without the correct decryption key.
Authentication systems, which are intended to act as a stand between users and keys, ensure that only people with proper permission can obtain a key to unlock the protected file. A key will not be provided unless the correct username and password is given or if a file in any way contravenes the restrictions a rights holder has in place for example, if the file has been decrypted too many times.
DRM, therefore, removes usage control from the person in possession of the digital content and puts it in the hands of the computer program or intellectual property (IP) holder. In deploying DRM technologies rights holders get somewhat more control and they want control for controls sake, says Jessica Litman, a professor of copyright law at the University of Michigan Law School. They are scared of a digital future in which the next generation would rather hang out on YouTube than watch television so the more control they have over their content the less scared they feel they have to be.
And it is not just control over their content which rights holders can enjoy: DRM technologies also make it possible to find out more about a buyer watermarking technologies, for example, can track a users preferences. Indeed, it seems this is not the only benefit of a fully integrated DRM system.
DRM places consumers in a position where they must pay for the creative work that a business has invested capital in to create, says Leigh Ellis, a software engineer, intellectual property and information technology lawyer at Gillhams Solicitors. The greater revenue companies amass as a result enables businesses to become more competitive in their pricing as their market expands. It appears, therefore, that consumers can also benefit. For not only do they gain access to cheaper content but they supposedly also acquire the right to use higher quality digital media on the Internet because content providers using DRM will be more willing to make media widely available, safe in the knowledge that their content will not be unlawfully distributed.
How effective is DRM?
To the content owner or distributor DRM technologies evidently appear as the perfect means to prevent misuse of content, increase the scope of control that they assert over and revenue that they receive from their copyrighted IP assets but in practice are they really as effective as they seem?
A look back to one of the earliest examples of DRM software would seem to suggest they are not. The Content Scramble System (CSS), deployed in the late 1990s, used a simple encryption algorithm to protect content on all commercially produced DVD discs and required device manufacturers to sign license agreements that restricted the inclusion of features in DVD players, such as digital outputs that could be used to extract high-quality digital copies of film. Yet by 1999 the software had been compromised by the development of the computer program DeCSS, by a fifteen-year-old Norwegian, which successfully circumvented the technologies employed by CSS by enabling encrypted DVDs to play on computers using the Linux operating systems.
As with all other DRM systems CSS was and still is easily hackable, says Litman. In fact I have yet to hear of any system that is unhackable. It would seem that DRM technology is by no means as flawless as IP owners would hope to believe. It is fundamentally a flawed application of cryptography, explains Becky Hogge, the executive director of the Open Rights Group (ORG), a UK-based organisation that works to preserve digital rights and freedoms. At the same time as the technology attempts to give the consumer a locked file, it is also giving the consumers computer a key to unlock or decrypt the file.
Clearly no matter how much the DRM software attempts to obscure the key from the end user, it is relatively easy for someone with a degree of technological knowledge to find that key within their computer and upload a decrypted file onto a file sharing platform to make it available to others. Surely this is a clear indication that this technology fails to accomplish what it was developed to do. Maybe so but worryingly to DRMs critics, the ease with which the software can be circumnavigated is only one of its many flaws. It has become painfully clear that DRM is not working the way it was imagined, says Tarleton Gillespie, author of Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of the Digital Culture. It is a costly piece of software that doesnt only fail to secure copyright but also manages to really irritate consumers.
Indeed, many argue the software is fundamentally anti-consumer and imposes unfair restrictions on the use of legitimately acquired digital media. One of the problems with DRM technology is that it isnt flexible, says Gillespie. There is no wiggle room in the software to determine what is or isnt fair use of content. This lack of flexibility impacts upon the consumer. A customer who purchases a DRM-restricted music file, for example, may find themselves restricted to making two copies of the file. This is fine, if the user only wanted to copy the file to their MP3 player and laptop, but is it fair that if they then buy a new computer they will find themselves unable to copy their lawfully purchased content onto it? Many would argue it isnt.
The restrictions imposed on content by DRM effectively punishes rights holders customers, because in the end they are offering consumers who pay to legitimately download files, content that performs worse than that which can be copied for free on file sharing platforms, says Hogge. Litman reiterates this damning assessment, describing the software as being completely obnoxious, owing to its ability to restrict a consumers usage of content and its potential to lock the user into using a particular product or download service. Many successful digital music platforms tie consumers into their product by using one type of DRM that is compatible only with the music player they are associated with, explains Hogge. This type of product lock-in does not benefit the consumer at all.
Worse still, this lack of interoperability among the number of DRM systems in existence has led to the development of differing restrictions concerning how consumers can and cannot use content, leaving the user confused as to what is and isnt legitimate use of digital files.
In imposing so many limitations on the consumer, DRM technology can in fact alienate the customer to such a degree that it succeeds in encouraging piracy as opposed to preventing it. A great detriment of this technology is that it results in consumers being able to do less with the stuff that theyve gotten legitimately, says Litman. I think that tempts many users to act illegitimately, and that in turn, breeds disrespect for laws concerning copyright.
Such criticisms have not gone unnoticed by businesses using DRM technologies. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates spoke out against DRM to an invited party of bloggers and web developers at Microsofts Seattle headquarters in late 2006, calling for more flexible models to put a stop to a DRM models which cause too much pain for the legitimate buyer.
Apple, also expressed its dissatisfaction with the current DRM system with CEO Steve Jobs stating, in an open letter posted on the company website in February 2007, that those who are unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading music companies to sell their music DRM-free. And the dissent is not limited to the world of business. Indeed, the need to improve DRM has been acknowledged in the UK by the 2006 release of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, an independent report on IP rights in this country.
The review believes there is a need for clearer guidance on DRM for users, writes report author Andrew Gowers. Any future policy formulated on DRM ought to be consulted on widely, with the views of all stakeholders, including consumers, libraries and creators, taken into consideration.
The future
Yet in spite of the many negative attributes associated with DRM and the many that have criticized the software, access control technologies continue to be deployed. Why?
The answer lies primarily with the rights holders continued confidence in the power of the technology. In the 1990s rights holders got scared by file sharing platforms and the like, says Hogge. They were told DRM technology would prevent their content being unlawfully exploited by such platforms and they continue to believe this today.
For as long as IP owners remain convinced DRM is key to the prevention of digital piracy, companies and organisations who wish to distribute their content will need to comply with their wish to impose DRM restrictions.
We implemented DRM within our service to satisfy the rights holders, says Mat Pfleger, head of marketing and sales at the British Library, in reference to the librarys 2003 launch of a DRM restricted secure electronic document delivery service. We needed to provide more content through a fast electronic delivery service. In order to for us to provide that across our entire content base we had to deliver some sort of DRM system which would protect the content and thereby appease the rights holders from who we buy the content from.
If those who own the digital content continue to support DRM and insist on its use, the future of the software could perhaps be secured. But support for the technology cannot detract from its many flaws, and the ease with which DRM can be circumvented. Indeed, surely the mere existence of these weaknesses would indicate a demise of the technology is inevitable. Not so; in fact, copyright legislation such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), an extension to the US copyright law, and its UK equivalent, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, help to further cement the future of DRM technology.
Both contain amendments to prior copyright regulations to ensure any interference with DRM technologies and attempt to circumvent such systems became punishable by law, and thereby made it possible for DRM systems that had already been compromised (such as CSS technology) to continue to be incorporated in to digital media. Even possessing an article or apparatus that is designed for the purpose of circumventing DRM is contrary to law in this country, in the US and Europe-wide says Ellis. It effectively cuts the problems of copyright infringement off at the source. Redistribution is made difficult if not impossible.
Such measures are apparently enough of a deterrent for most would-be hackers to prevent them from copying content. De-CSS is widely available but the fact is most people just do not bother, says Litman. DRM and the legal measures put in place to support it are enough of a speed bump to discourage most from unlawful copying.
Gillespie, too, speaks of the curb high protection these measures encourage. The curb doesnt stop your from driving on the sidewalk if you want to but it stops a lot of people a lot of the time, he explains.
This curb high protection encourages many companies to carry on deploying DRM systems. Adobe, for example, continues to offer consumers DRM products, such as Web Buy (which enables consumers to download encrypted digital works from the Web) and Adobe® ADEPT (a hosted service solution for protecting premium digital content against unauthorized use) and Microsoft Corporation has offered the Windows Media DRM solution to consumers since 1999.
Alternatives to DRM
But can the provision of mere curb high protection really justify the continued existence of evidently insecure technology? The increasing number of DRM alternatives in existence would seem to suggest that it cannot. Technology such as watermarking software (which cannot prevent people from doing what they want but can catch them when they do something illegal according to Hogge) and measures such as the implementation of innovative business models are, it has been argued, equally if not more effective in preventing the illegitimate copying or redistribution of content.
The band Radiohead managed to sidestep traditional distribution models by allowing fans to choose how much they wanted to pay to digitally download their album In Rainbows, says Hogge. In implementing this trust your customers business model, the band was able to gain a greater cut of generated revenue, attain more knowledge about their customer base and crucially discourage fans from going to file sharing platforms.
Support for this type of business model is in fact increasing substantially. Executives at EMI Group, for example, recently announced the company would now be selling DRM-free music through Apples online music store iTunes to give consumers the best possible digital music experience, according to EMI CEO Eric Nicoli.
Companies are realising that its all about IP and how to realise its value in the digital age without irritating your customers, explains Hogge.
But will DRM technologies ever really be replaced by these models or technologies?
Only time will tell, but what is certain is that some degree of content protection will always be necessary. For, as Litman reveals, the idea that there will never be a dark net or an illegal distribution network is fantasy. Whether DRM technologies continue to be deployed to control use of this dark net remains to be seen. But, as Hogge indicates, what is evident is that a certain degree of change in access control technologies is inevitable: Rights holders are finally beginning to listen to the fact that their customers dont like DRM, she says. Now we will just have to wait and see what happens.


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someone who goes to rock concerts because of the music, because she inspires the musicians and believes the band to be very talented. not to be confused with a "groupie," who sleeps with rock stars because she wants to be near someone famous penny lane is a bandaid who follows the tours of bands such as stillwater to inspire them and make their music even greater than it already is
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when you cant fix something right away, but you hafta settle it down or at least put it off for a while "Shit! well, ig its okay for now, i jus put a band-aid on the situation.." -taylor
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An extra paper (usually a half) used to roll a joint that needs a little extra paper due to it being too loosely packed, ripped, or has exposed weed. Dude 1: Dude you rolled that joint horribly
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I have been lost in my thoughts ever since SXSW ended. So many things have happened in the past week; it's difficult to wrap my mind around it all. I don't know if I want this to be my recap for SXSW, because all I really care to focus on are my friends, the AP.net community and all the industry people I work with who I finally got a chance to meet. I suppose this might turn into a big mushy, boring post that's best kept private. But when do I ever take the chance to open up to this extent? So here we go....
If there is one thing that this past week has truly taught me, it's the fact that people do take notice and appreciate what you do -- sometimes even more than you may realize; people will genuinely care if you are a thoughtful and friendly individual. I find it difficult to believe that there's a single person out there who doesn't struggle with self-esteem issues. And I'm no exception (shocking, right?) It's often difficult to value my own work, or myself in general, more often than I'd like to admit. And I struggle to keep doing what I love doing because crazy insecurities like to take hold once in a while. I always manage to make it through and keep my focus on what truly matters: my love for music. But I would be lying if I said that I'm just that strong. No. It's the people around me -- the people I surround myself with. I've had my fair share of disastrous and betraying friendships/relationships, but at the end of the day, I'm still here. And I have so many wonderful people in my life. I grew up in a third world country with next to nothing, and I moved here as a teen, 10 years ago, without knowing how to speak English. To say that the past decade has been a difficult journey would be an understatement. But I feel so blessed. I was handed a job on this, you know, website called AbsolutePunk 5+ years ago, because the owner had this crazy idea that I'd be a good addition ... obviously all thanks to my flawless taste in music! At the time, I thought he was insane, and looking back, I still think he was. But clearly, he was on to something. I feel like my work on AP.net has made me find myself; it brought me out of the shell I was stuck in after moving to Canada and spending many years alone. And most importantly, it brought me to so many people, and music itself. I never thought I had this in me -- this passion for music. I played the piano for 6 years when I was young, and even though I couldn't play a single note right now, there is absolutely no doubt in mind that music is my life. It's all so clear to now.
There are certain aspects of the industry that are disheartening, but isn't that the case with every industry? In a perfect world, everyone would get the attention they deserve, and everyone would be treated fairly and equally. But that's not the case. And you know, maybe in a naive way, that's what inspires me to be a part of the industry: I want to make a difference, and it doesn't matter how small. I have put my support behind bands that I truly believe in for years, and I have campaigned and promoted them like I was a part of their project -- I've felt and breathed their music to the deepest extent one possibly can. It goes without saying that being able to support a living this way would be ideal, but I don't regret a single second I have spent helping anyone in this industry. Money is crucial, but it's not everything. I have had the pleasure to meet and befriend some amazing people along the way, people that I want to always have around.
I was telling Kate, one of the girls I traveled to Austin with, that I could essentially travel anywhere and I would always have at least one person to hang out with and show me around. To me, that is priceless. I would not trade these friendships for the world. I wouldn't trade them for the simple fact that, when I visited Austin, my lovely coworker
picked me up. In addition, I was reunited with one of my favourite people,
(hard_luck). We last hung out in San Francisco back in 2010, but our paths crossed once again due to her relocating. And that was amazing, even though she stunk up my hotel room by eating my canned fish. I still love her, and I look forward to seeing her again.
As I'm typing this, I'm talking to one of my longtime friends from AP.net,
(Flags of Dawn). I couldn't tell you how we became friends, but this crazy guy from Wisconsin has now become a big enough part of my life that I try to plan summer hangouts every year. He's like that close gay friend every girl wants, except he's completely straight, and he has an amazing girlfriend (hi Marie!). Really, he is pretty damn great and I'm lucky to call him a friend.
And there I go, getting another IM (on aim nonetheless) from
, someone else that I met on AP all the way back in 2004. He has been a part of my life since, and even though he hasn't posted on our forums in a long time, he's still very special to me. We have grown up together, and I hope we'll still be in each other's lives when we're old and wrinkly. There aren't many people that I couldn't picture not talking to on a regular basis, but he is one of them.
But back to Austin -- I had the pleasure of spending some time with these two awesome girls,
, who my best friend and I traveled with. Our personalities could not be any more different, but I had some of the most fun in their company. Here we are, four girls from Canada, stranded in a tornado-ridden state, with a canceled flight. The solution? Drinking Pinot Grigio, Four Loko and Bud Light Platinum... since the latter don't exist in Canada. The entire rest of the trip was an absolute blast, including all the panic attack moments we had here and there. Really, I can't thank them enough for making my trip so memorable. I now have two more friends in Toronto, and I cannot wait to spend more time and work with them in the future.
And of course, Austin would not have been the same without some of the most important people I've met on AP.net:
(Billions & Billions),
(Tao!) and
(thisisadisaster). I've mentioned the first two many times, and I promote their music like it's my own; they are both great musicians that deserve so much more attention. Not to mention that they are great friends of mine, so we all know what that means: I'll be milking them when they make it big! Speaking of someone that's made it "big" -- I've known Paul since I was 16, so meeting him was a special moment. I jumped in his arms when we saw each other and he spun me around. Quite romantic, but in reality, we are siblings at this point, and I value him dearly. As for Wade, I am still absolutely baffled that he actually made his way to SXSW. It felt so good to finally meet this "one AP kid" who I have known for 8 years. It was so great to have him around, and it's even greater to have become closer to him because of that. And how could I forget
(apoemtothedead)? We somehow always bump into each other in different parts of the continent -- it's so random, but so awesome.
On the topic of "AP kids," I managed to hang out with these two guys named
. The former works on AP.net's weekly hip-hop round-up, so I had a somewhat "professional" relationship with him. Well, I don't know how else to put this, so I'll just come out and say it: they truly blew me away. They are probably the finest gentlemen in all of Texas, and we all know how big that state is. I didn't expect much from our hangout, but at the end of the festival.... they were truly one of the highlights of my entire trip. They showed me around, took me out to eat, and bought me drinks... on their dime, throughout the entire weekend. While all those perks were nice and all, it was their company that I appreciated most. I spent the weekend being depressed over my mother being in the hospital, so having them around, two "locals" who made me feel right at home, helped me more than they may realize. But one thing is for sure, and I believe they know it too: they have now made a life-long friend, one who, unfortunately, will keep pestering them to visit time and time again. Oh, they have an awesome blog too:
My Austin trip would not have been possible without the company of my best friend,
. She was my rock throughout the entire trip and put up with my ups and downs better than I would expect anyone to. It's funny because we joke about our crazy insecurities and that we don't know how to maintain a healthy, close girl-friendship, be it from past experiences or from not having any experience whatsoever. But despite it all, and the ups and downs, we just...
. Maybe it's our Eastern European genes that brought and keep us together -- whatever the reason may be, I feel extremely blessed to have her around. She has been the most supportive and encouraging person about my "career," and my "potential" as a person in general. The way I feel about her and our friendship can not be put down to words, so I think I will end this by saying: you know you are an extremely lucky person when someone offers to take on this crazy trip to Austin, and who selflessly supports you throughout, for an entire week; someone who is constantly encouraging you because they believe in you so much. It's impossible to express the amount of love and gratitude I have for her, so I suppose a gift from her crush,
, will suffice. Or
?! But really, if you read this: thank you. You are truly incredible.
I ended my trip on a somewhat depressing note on Monday night, but I quickly realized that I really did/do not have anything to worry about. I had this outpouring support from some people that I value so, so much.
(Needler) spent hours trying to ease my anxiety, and I don't know how, but he managed to succeed. His love and support meant, and always do mean, the world. Sometimes unconditional love is all you need. I am beyond lucky to have him in my life.
And I'm lucky to have friends like
, who support what I do and believe in me. He's my second favourite ginger in the entire world, and I am anxious to see what we can accomplish together. And of course, I also feel lucky to have these other two AP.net friends, who I consider anything but "e-friends," called
(HometownHero) and
(sjb2k1). The former has been so wonderful to me the past few weeks, and he's slowly, but surely, securing himself a pretty special spot in my heart. His support has been so crucial, and I am extremely excited for both of our futures and whatever we manage to do together. And as for Steph, she is my grammar-Nazi-rock. I don't think she realizes how lost I would feel if I couldn't bug her to proof read any and all that I ever post for AP readers to see. On top of that, she has been such a wonderful friend to me on a personal level. Knowing that she, as well as her lovely girlfriend
(imagination), is always there is so comforting.
There are far too many other AP.net people that I would love to thank (Kyle H, Broden, Sean, Dre, Chris C, etc), but these people deserve personal shout-outs for their consistent support, especially the past few days. I sincerely do not know where I would be without them. They are my family.
Before I end this, I want to give a shout-out to some of my favourite people in the industry, people who I hope to get to know better with time.
Ryan Graveface
(Black Moth Super Rainbow / Dreamend) was one of the very first musicians to send me a personal "thank you" email back in 2010, so it's easy to see why he's a favourite, as a musician and person. I only hope that more people will start to take notice of his talent because I can't think of many musicians who deserve it as much as he does. He's been a great friend and I can't thank him enough for taking a chance with me.
I want to thank my PR friends that I met while down at SXSW:
George Corona
Caroline Borolla
Jeff Tafolla
Tito Belis
Chris Vinyard
Ever Kipp
Marni Wandner
Joanna Noyes
. And of course, our Buzz Media Director,
Jeff Leeds
. I still consider myself very much a "newbie" in the music industry, so to have them make an effort to spend time with me.... well, I honestly am not sure I can describe how amazing that felt. They were all extremely friendly and kind, and I cannot thank them enough. I am so eager to continue working with them, and to spend more time with them in general; they are fun and flat out awesome.
Last but not least, I want to thank
. They made my weekend. And they make me want to move to the Midwest! Well, maybe not... but the collective, as well as their crew, are hands down some of the most genuine people I have had, and will ever have, the pleasure of knowing. Their support means the world, and I will continue to promote their music for as long as I possibly can. Besides being crazy fun to hang out with, they are also insanely talented musicians. They rocked our party, and they will melt your face off live, so go see them!
So there we go, it's all out of my chest. I have no doubt I could have made this much longer, but I suppose I should get back to work. If you didn't care to read any of the shout-outs, then all you really need to know is that: I am surrounded by wonderful
friends. Whatever happens, wherever this crazy music journey takes me, it feels incredible to know that I have so much support. I have so much love for all these people, and anyone that has ever taken the time to pay attention to and support my work. Words can't do my feelings justice, but
Thank You
. I could not do any of this without you.
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It's no secret that I have made a lot of progress in terms of "indie" coverage on AP.net in the past two years. I'm extremely appreciative and thankful to all my contacts in the industry that have helped make this happen; those who have actually taken a chance with the AP audience despite knowing that their bands may not receive as much attention on a site such as ours. I personally believe that is key in advertising--reaching new audiences. It's great to reach a specific audience that will undoubtedly care about a certain band or genre, but isn't it also a good thing to reach new ones? Or is it only important for bands to be promoted to already existing fans? I can simply not wrap my mind around the fact that certain labels/agencies believe the latter to be more important.
The last point essentially brings me to the biggest issue that I deal with on a daily basis: AP.net being stereotyped as a site that only covers a certain genre of music--pop punk. If one took the time to venture on to the forums, they would soon discover that pop punk is most certainly not even the most "popular" genre on the site at this point. Our readers
interested in "indie" bands." They
love to see features of bands that aren't or don't sound anything like Blink-182. Sure, maybe my readers are a little lazier in replying to my features than the kids who make BrokeNCYDE threads hit 100+ replies in news posts. That is irrelevant, however, because replies are not necessarily an indication of preference.
What prompted this little rant is the fact that various other tiny blogs seem to be able to get exclusives over AP.net, and there is only one reason why this happens: stereotypes about AP.net (and the site name itself), and the music that we supposedly "cover." No, we do not cover just pop punk. No, we don't only care about pop punk. Our site has one of the most diverse fan bases out there, and a little research would easily prove this. So perhaps, instead of catering to Pitchfork-lite sites that are x10 less popular than AP.net, why not take a chance with us? Why not reach a new audience? It would most certainly benefit your bands. As time has shown, various "different" bands have clearly succeeded in attracting new fans by being promoted on our site. Ellie Goulding is one of the most popular pop acts on our site at the moment--I don't think I need to say more regarding our readers' diverse music taste.
My job can be extremely frustrating a lot of the time, especially when my coverage and efforts in general do not yield many rewards (in a general or personal sense). Reaching and building a new fan base on a site that is mainly known for "pop punk" music is difficult. And convincing the music industry that we are not defined by any one genre is even more so. However, despite my job seeming kind of "out of place" and under appreciated on AP from time to time, I would never choose to work on any other site. Why? Because I am proud of our diversity. I am proud of seeing a Top 30 end of the year list that's as different as
Most importantly, I love what I do, and I love doing it right here, on AbsolutePunk.net. I love bringing new music to our readers, because music lovers know no genres--they only know music.
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