jamesbrownuhh

Wow, had been following a ccc account on YouTube for some years, had no idea it wasn't official. Now subbed to the real source - thanks. :)

Content ID is automatic and relies on matching fingerprints of existing video. If you upload something that's known to be copyrighted and where the fingerprint is already (or subsequently becomes) known, content ID is what monetises or blocks the video. You don't get copyright strikes for content ID hits, and such a hit is not a "takedown" - that term refers to cases where a copyright holder notifies youtube that a specific video infringes their rights. THAT is when you get a copyright strike.

You have, of course, the ability to appeal - basically saying "Samsung are full of shit, put my video back and tell them to sue me if they don't like it" and that's exactly what happened here.

I remember trying out Zmodem early on, only to find that it obviously had some kind of bug in that it would reliably and consistently drop the line after a certain amount of data had been transferred.

Not so, of course - but unlike Xmodem and Ymodem which acknowledged every packet (and slowed things down), Zmodem would not constantly ack back to the host unless there was an error... So this triggered the modem's inactivity timeout, since despite the constant stream of data coming down from the remote system, there were no "keystrokes" or other packets travelling in the other direction. Hence, after X minutes... Line drop.

Easily sorted with a few AT commands, eventually. :)

OK, so, the obvious "congratulations" messages aside, what's really in that file?

Example: Take the PNG, convert it to another lossless format. Then convert that lossless format back to PNG.

Different file size, right? OK, the comment accounts for about 120 bytes.. but what about the rest? Why is it that much bigger?

"As I read, numbers I see. 'Twould be a great shame not to count this art among the great texts of our time" - count this art among the great texts... it's a one time pad, isn't it.

I got that far too. I don't believe it - there has to be more to it than that. There'll be something else in that file that's better hidden, for sure, and I'm pretty sure it won't be plain ASCII and hex. :)

"It may be no coincidence that in the last two weeks Paramount has struck a deal with Netflix to stream new episodes of the much-awaited 2017 Star Trek reboot globally within 24 hours of network broadcast."

Er, it certainly would be a coincidence, since the EU investigation began some time before the Star Trek reboot was even conceived, and additionally since no such distribution deal between Paramount and Netflix exists, since Star Trek in its TV form is a CBS property.

No, HMRC rents its offices from a commercial company - it just happens that the company is headquartered offshore. HMRC themselves aren't dodging tax, and I'm sure there is no suggestion that the offshore company is doing anything improper either, the article is more about the irony of HMRC seeming to endorse or validate such offshore behaviour when of course a big reason for companies to go offshore is to - legally - avoid tax which would otherwise have to be paid to authorities like HMRC.

No 3G, as you say, but Ofcom's mobile coverage checker shows Kendal bathed in 4G EE coverage, with a good chance of good indoor reception. (And if not, a 4G router with decent outdoor antenna should help enormously.)

Or there's always satellite...?

Prior art. The Doughnut was built in 2003. :)

It would be great if they could publish the live subtitles they produced for all the talks too, so they could be read as (close enough) transcripts.