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"The city that never sleeps," New York lives up to its nickname with exciting diversions 24/7. Whether you're ready to experience the thrill of a Broadway show or you want to step into the shoes of the many immigrants who began their lives in New York with a visit to Ellis Island, the Big Apple offers both opportunities and countless more.
The USA's largest city, New York is made up of five distinct boroughs: Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Each district has a unique personality and features all its own, but most visitors gravitate toward Manhattan: despite being just 12 miles long and three miles wide, this central district offers plenty of action for all age groups.
Exploring other areas couldn't be easier, either; just hop on board a bus or subway line. Overall, NYC has the advantage of being seriously walkable, but also boasts a reliable and well-organized public transit system. No matter where you stay when you're in town, there's a good chance you won't be too far from the action.
Things to see and do
Get a bird's-eye-view of NYC
The vertical power of this city is nearly overwhelming. Only like New York embodies the golden era of skyscrapers, and eight of them became the tallest in the world at different times over the course of the 20th century. Get a bird's-eye view of New York with an elevator ride up the Empire State Building, or try less-crowded but equally impressive Top of the Rock. This observation points extends over the 67th, 69th and 70th floors of the Rockefeller Center, from which you'll find fantastic views of Manhattan, Central Park and the Empire State Building.
Eat your way from Chinatown to Little Italy
When it comes to dining in New York, you really are spoilt for choice. Little Italy and Chinatown are packed with authentic eateries, while popular all-American diners like Stardust serve classics like Brooklyn Bagel, burgers, crispy wings and nachos. Finding the best bagel in New York could easily become the ultimate quest during your time in the city; take a look here to find some of the potential nominees.
If celebrity-spotting is at the top of your menu, check out Serendipity 3 on East 60th Street. Legendary for its "Frrrozen Hot Chocolate" dessert, this hotspot is always bustling and often sprinkled with some famous faces.
The stars of Broadway
Mesmerized by the bright lights of Broadway? Make sure to book theater tickets in advance and if you're not too picky about the production, you might even score seats near the stage at discount prices. Just ask the box office staff if the show has a daily ticket lottery system in place. From Wicked to Phantom of the Opera to Chicago, you could be watching one of the biggest shows on the planet when you're in town.
Where to stay
If you're itching to stay in the heart of the city, look no further than Manhattan's Uptown. Its northernmost clime is home to the Guggenheim Museum and the Met, Greenwich Village, Central Park and a revitalized, culture-drenched Harlem.
It goes without saying that NYC's most exclusive hotels are in Midtown: the New York Marriott Marquis (right on Times Square), The Peninsula New York (Fifth Avenue), Doubletree Guest Suites (Times Square) and the Carlyle (Madison Avenue). The famous lights of Broadway are only a cab or subway ride away, and affordable Midtown stays are also available: take a look at our Budget Big Apple guide for all the Manhattan tips you need.
A city within a city, Manhattan's lower precinct is made up of world-famous areas such as Chinatown, Little Italy, Wall Street and the resurrected World Trade Center. Soho's fashionistas, Tribeca's celebrities, and the East Village's culinary delights also make downtown truly cosmopolitan.
Close enough to the Manhattan buzz, but with a laid-back feel, Brooklyn is a borough where you can experience echoes of New York from days gone by, while enjoying the hippest crowds, trends and venues. Here you'll find hotels to suit a wide range of budgets and tastes. Just across the East River from Manhattan, the New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge is a gateway to both Manhattan and the heart of Brooklyn. Close to McCarren Park, the uber-cool King and Grove Williamsburg is the first full-service lifestyle hotel in Brooklyn. On Dean Street, The Missing Lantern offers the kind of affordable rooms that make Brooklyn a prime option for those traveling on a budget.
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A great way to use downtime in your business this holiday season is to thoroughly review your site to identify any issues and find potential upgrades you can make in the upcoming New Year.
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Oct 28, 2013When building a house, a carpenter or a construction worker will need to use several tools to get the job done correctly. Though some tools serve the same purpose as others, not all tools are created equal. The same concept applies to building or designing a website. Lucky for us designers, each browser comes with a marketplace where users can browse and download any tools they may need for the job.
Office 365 Released for Android and Why You Shouldn't Care
Jul 31, 2013
Today Office 365 was finally released for Android. Many hoped that this would bring greater productivity to Android and would offer greater functionality than the current third party options, but after I bit of time with it I have found the opposite.
As an internet marketer I try to stay on the leading edge of technology, so naturally I downloaded the app to try it out.
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"Sales Resistance!"™
Timeless and eternally hilarious, "I Love Lucy"® remains a benchmark of comedy. In the memorable "Sales Resistance"™ episode originally broadcast in 1953, Fred, Ethel and Ricky reminisce about a sales experience. Ricky was upset because Lucy had made a frivolous purchase when she saw an ad on TV. Ricky explains how to resist a salesman and insists that she return the item. Later that day when the salesman comes to pick-up the gadget he bamboozles Lucy into buying a "Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner". Ricky agrees to return the new item himself because Lucy cannot resist a salesman. Lucy and Ethel leave to go to the movies so Lucy can avoid another sales pitch. When the duo returns they discover that the vacuum is gone but Ricky has bought a new "Handy Dandy refrigerator". And the notorious penny-pincher Fred bought a washing machine! Lucy enjoys a last happy moment with her Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner wearing a navy and white polka dot dress with a white apron.
"I Love Lucy" and "Sales Resistance" are trademarks of CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Images of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are used with the permission of Desilu, too. LLC Licensing by Unforgettable Licensing, a Division of Unforgettable Enterprises, Inc.
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To Kill A Mockingbird (DVD + Digital Copy)
Price: $14.98
- Technical Specs
- Format: DVD
- Rating: Not Rated
- Number of Discs: 1
- Run Time: 130 Minutes
- Region: 1
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
- Language: English
- Studio: Universal Studios
- DVD Release Date: January 31, 2012
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
- Color: Black & White
Fearful Symmetry - A feature-length documentary on the making of To Kill A Mockingbird with cast and crew interviews and a visit to author Harper Lee's home town.
A Conversation With Gregory Peck - An intimate feature-length documentary on one of the most beloved actors in film history with interviews, film clips, home movies and more.
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Scout Remember - Actress Mary Badham shares her experiences working with Gregory Peck
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Fifty years, or half a century if you want to make it sound even longer, is a hell of a decent stretch of time to hold onto an obsession. Most people simply don't have the staying power to stick with a dream for such an epic amount of time, but California-based retired fireman John Bolsted, at 70 years of age, is not most people.
It was 1954, and John was a freshman in high school. "I was flicking through a Life magazine, and came across an advertisement for AC Spark Plugs," he recalls. "The ad featured an image of a car like nothing I'd ever seen-the Chevrolet Corvette Nomad. I wanted that car so badly and spent the next 40 years looking for it."
It seems at first as though John must have been looking in all the wrong places, considering his four decade-long unsuccessful hunt for the Nomad. But the truth is, despite the various rumors that pop up every now and again, that particular concept car (and the four other copies made) were most likely destroyed by Chevy.
Now known as the Waldorf Nomad, the car was first shown September 22, 1954, during the GM Motorama event at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. It has since become a holy grail of sorts for many Chevy fans. A crazy mix of the upcoming '55 Bel Air Nomad station wagon and Corvette sports car, the Waldorf Nomad was by all accounts the first sports wagon ever made. It had a complete first-generation Vette fiberglass front end, an exceptionally low profile and aggressive, muscular styling. It is safe to say, the Corvette Nomad was well before its time, and why Chevy never put the car and the Corvette Corvair Motorama stablemate into production remains a pity to this day.
As far as fans go, none was more die-hard than John, and although he gave up on his search, he did not give up on his dream. "About 10 years ago, I finally decided I would have to build my own version of the car as there was just no way I would ever be able to find the original. I started searching for a suitable Nomad wagon to convert, and eventually found something that would work in Rhode Island. The owner said I could easily drive it back to California, so I booked a one-way ticket and went to get the car.
"When I arrived, I found the Nomad sitting in the garage held together with duct tape and bailing wire-literally. I said no thanks, and flew home."
Not to be deterred, once back in California, he was talking to some of the firemen he had worked with about the trip, and one of them mentioned that he had attended a house fire, and it had gotten into a neighbor's garage-which just happened to have a '56 Chevy Nomad in it. "The owner decided it wasn't worth his trouble, and eventually agreed to sell it to me," John explains.
After media blasting the car, it began to dawn on John just what he had got himself into. But not one to quit, he sat down at a desk and began to study vintage photographs of the original Corvette Nomad. Although one can get a rough idea of the shape of the car from pictures, the hard part lay in the dimensions, but John had a plan. "It is fairly common knowledge that the wheels on the Waldorf car were 15-inch. Knowing that much I used it as a scale to get the dimensions of the rest of the car from the pictures I had."
Once John had worked out all his measurements, he took his car to master body-man Dick Dean, who helped him chop the roof two inches, pancake it a further inch, and channel the body three inches, thus creating a much lower profile overall.
Next, Dick set about grafting on the aftermarket Corvette rear fenders to the full-size wagon. A re-pop '53-55 Corvette front clip was modified to fit the firewall of the Nomad, then fused into a one-piece tilting unit. Fiberglass was also used to create the swinging rear tailgate, complete with electric window.


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Codel International Ltd
based in Bakewell, UNITED KINGDOM
CODEL are world leaders in the design and manufacture of systems for continuous emissions gas monitoring (cems) and combustion control analysers, such as in-situ and extractive flue gas emissions analysers (analyzers), pollution sensors, dust monitor/particulate monitors, opacity/smoke monitors, flue gas analysers (analyzers), road tunnel atmosphere sensors and velocity ...
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based in Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
AMETEK Process Instruments is a worldwide manufacturer of process analyzers and instrumentation. A Business Unit of the Process & Analytical Instruments division of AMETEK, Inc., we are part of a global corporation with over $3.5 billion (USD) in annual revenue. Our engineering and manufacturing activities take place in several North American facilities. We have direct ...
IMR Messtechnik GmbH
based in Neckarsulm, GERMANY
Solutions for flue gas analysis, exhaust gas analysis, emission testing,CEMS continuous emission monitoring, heating, trucks, forklifts & vehicles,construction equipment, biogas, marine & industrial measuring.
Fibrex Corporation
based in Burlington, WASHINGTON (USA)
Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) composites are an economical solution for many of the highly corrosive environments in industry where metals just won't hold up. Fibrex Corporation is a leading manufacturer of application-specific (custom) fiberglass pipe, headers and duct systems for corrosive industrial applications. We use premium vinyl ester and polyester resins, ...
Nova Analytical Systems Inc.
based in Niagara Falls, NEW YORK (USA)
Manufacturer of portable and permanent gas analyzers for landfill, biogas, syngas, heat treat, power generation, agriculture, flue gas & emissions, on-line process, steel making, indoor air quality, personnel safety, and engine exhaust industries. We can measure Oxygen (O2), Nitrogen Oxide (NO), Hydrocarbons (HCs), Hydrogen Chloride (HCl), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen ...
IDRECO S.p.A
based in Voghera, ITALY
IDRECO was created in 1976. Since the beginning its main field of activities has been the protection of the environment with particular attention to the design and the supply of complete turn key installations for municipal waste water and industrial water treatment.IDRECO, having a very well developed and organised water treatment department, created a new division, ...
Testo AG
based in Lenzkirch, GERMANY
Testo is a market leader in portable electronic measuring instruments for temperature, humidity, flow velocity, flue gas analysis and other measurement parameters. The instuments are used for various applications in trade and industry. Testo employs more than 1200 staff worldwide and with 25 subsidiaries, is represented on all continents.
Sidel Systems USA Inc.
based in Atascadero, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Sidel Systems proudly manufactures the full line of SRU Series Flue Gas Waste Heat Recovery Units. We help companies and government agencies save money on energy bills while reducing CO2 emissions and creating usable water as a byproduct of operating our equipment. We retrofit to your systems to reduce costs.
based in Halmstad, SWEDEN
Jernforsen is one of Europe s leading companies within thefield of biofuel heating technology.We have delivered more than 1,000 plants to satisfied customers across the world since the inception in 1984.With many years of experience in the industry, we are today proud to be leading in the development and production of biomass combustion plants.Our customers are sawmills ...
Norsk Analyse AS
based in Barkåker, NORWAY
Norsk Analyse AS is a worldwide provider of turn-key analytical solutions for the process industry. Having in the last years expanded international business operations, we are now present in six countries - our main office based in Tønsberg, Norway, with subsidiaries located in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Trinidad and Turkey. Our unmatched analytical expertise and process ...


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The Beverly Hillbillies™ Barbie® Doll
Designed by: Robert Best
Release Date: 11/18/2010
Product Code: V0441
The Beverly Hillbillies™ Barbie® doll captures the essence of the classic '60s TV show, The Beverly Hillbillies.
Barbie® doll features a vintage face with her trademark hairstyle and ribbon details. Sporting a gingham shirt, denim jeans and espadrilles-style shoes, Barbie also comes with Elly May's infamous "slingshot."
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Clessidra 40 Deg Wall Sconce
Clessidra LED wall sconce features a glossy white or chrome finish. Available with 20 or 40 degree beam angle as well as an indoor or outdoor version. Features wide range (100-240V) power jack integrated in the body. Non dimmable. Includes 2 multichip, 80 CRI 3000K LED modules totaling 8 watts. Up and downlight distribution. UL listed. ADA compliant. 2.85W x 9.52H.
|Dimensions: 9.52"H x 2.85"W
|Lamp Source: LED
|Bulb: 2 x LED/8W/120V LED
LED module included
|Lamp Color: 3000K
|Beam Angle: 40°
About Flos Lighting
FLOS was founded in 1962. The very same year Flos lighting began producing a number of lamps that were to become classics in Italian industrial design. From the very outset, Flos has been distinguished by its high quality approach to lamp design and production. Many of the numerous lamps designed for Flos are undoubtedly some of the best-known and most successful products of industrial design. They have won awards and historical-critical accolades, and are included in all the most important collections and design museums around the world. Some significant product examples over the last forty years are: Parentesi (1970), Brera (1992), Fucsia (1996), Rosy Angelis (1994), the Romeo Moon (1996), Archimoon (1998) series and the recent Diabolo (1998). Throughout the nineties the work of Achille Castiglioni and Philippe Starck has been flanked by a series of products from new and other designers. This reflects a desire to keep the attitude to discover the most talented designers to maintain Flos leadership in innovation.


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MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz 390 390
from the stewards-of-knowledge-locked-safe-within-their-walls dept.
Well it is news. The Swartz case has been a discussion topic here in previous articles and this provides a bit more insight into what drove it into becoming a criminal case in the first place; JSTOR pressure on MIT was probably the trigger for MIT's later actions.
All they needed to do is change the focus to make it into a decent FA and being a nice guy allow me to do so:
If MLK or any of the other freedom fighters of the 60s were to pull that same shit today they would have all their rights stripped away as EVERYTHING is a felony now.
Now THAT should have been the focus of TFA, Go to some occupy protest? You end up on a list of possible terrorists and if you are arrested they will pile on as many charges as it takes to make it a felony. Go to some rally and hold up a little sign? Same thing, if the PTBs decide to break it up a good portion of your rights will be stripped away. Do you know how many homeless single mothers we have because of the "zero tolerance" crap they passed in the 90s?If you get busted for pretty much anything in many states including protesting you will end up being able to get ZERO help for the rest of your life, in fact a fucking illegal will have more help than you will, you'll have pretty much zero rights and the cops will fuck with you at will for the rest of your life. "do the crime do the time" simply no longer exists as its "Do a crime do a life sentence as a second class citizen"
It was THIS kind of bullshit that killed the kid, not JSTOR or any other corp. Sure corps now have Godlike powers but those Godlike powers are granted them by a broken corrupted system that has turned into a giant revolving door with so much conflict of interest its not even funny.
It sometimes feels like Les Miserables comes to life.
After watching Les Miserables recently I actually felt that this is the basis of our legal system. Nothing has evolved since then and we they didn't need big brother to destroy lives, now we have "the system" it's pretty much end game for any form of redemption from any past errors in life, disgusting.
The purpose of "everything is illegal" has been well-known for thousands of years -- nobody can do daily activities to keep themselves alive without kickbacks, and anyone uppity can be easily yanked.
History should give no confidence whatsoever that democracy and freedom of speech have more than a minor impact on this. If anything, it can be worse in some ways since some of the lower-level officials don't feel themselves corrupt, but rather fancy themselves helpful, playing the position of useful idiot for higher officials who do take donations, legal or otherwise. "I'll sic this self-righteous regulator...unless a hefty ransom is paid?"
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." (Le Lys Rouge)
but I can see how prosecutorial discretion has the ability to continue our society's descent to a place where being a felon is so ubiquitous it's no longer a Big Red F.
Oh, don't worry, they'd never let it get watered down to that point. They'll make sure "felon" still makes people think they're horrible people. Kind of like how they label people "sex offender" for a ton of crimes that have nothing to do with sex, but most people would still see that as a mark of a pervert, rather than someone who got drunk and peed in public.
You think this is any different now? You are aware that the FBI bugged MLK, aren't you? And that the guy who assassinated him likely had help from the Feds, don't you?
Only the names have changed.
Well, sure, but the courts didn't send Mildred and Richard Loving [wikipedia.org] up the river, and they could have because the were both criminal lawbreakers as well as doubleplusungood crimethinkers.
The FBI and COINTELPRO used to have to do their dirty work in secret, as covert ops.
The thing is, they don't even need SOPA - as it is now, you could read the same 1980s CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) section that was being used to prosecute Swartz even more liberally and make the internet itself illegal because it essentially requires a user to get permission to visit any site (for Swartz they interpreted this section of the law as a violation of Terms of Service).
For that matter, this post is a felony in the United States; under the CFAA, I am technically committing wire fraud by using an alias to (falsely) represent myself. Yep, the CFAA wording is that broad - if we had internet in the 1970s/80s (a failed precursor existed in 1979), we'd have killed it with a massive protest.
I am technically committing wire fraud by using an alias to (falsely) represent myself.
So, you're not actually "Creepy"? Damn.
A friend of mine was convicted of a crime 20 years ago. Long story short, he slept with the sheriff's daughter (in a small town) who had to that point claimed to her father to be saving it for marriage. Now he is a sex offender. Sure he made some bad choices (he was 17 at the time), but now he not only has a criminal record, but a sex offense. It drove him out of the city, out of the state, and eventually nearly underground. It made it almost impossible for him to get an education and a job, buy a house, start a family--all those normal things we take for granted that in fact stem from our "inalienable" rights. And that was 20 years ago--nowadays that small-town attitude is the norm for anyone trying to express an opinion that The Man finds unsavory. Once the system gets a hold of you, you're lucky if it only ruins your life in the short term.
It was a bit tougher in the 60's than the picture you paint, for starters MLK was assasinated.
Indeed, for people to suggest civil rights activists would be incarcerated today for doing what they did then is just an example of reaching all the way up their asses to make an argument. That act is even worse because it willfully white-washes the horrors of the time, horrors that are no longer present regardless of how they feel about the current status quo.
So far JSTOR has been covered favorably (due to settling and not wanting the government to press charges) while MIT has come off as evil or apathetic at best. This story implies that MIT was itself pressured by JSTOR to go after Swartz or lose their access. That's pretty big news.
JSTOR acted naively, but corrected itself later. MIT acted naively and then stupidly, but realized their mistake too late. Prosecutors acted like prosecutors typically do these days (I.E. tyranically) and a vulnerable kid took the least painful way out.
Mr. Swartz turned over his hard drives with 4.8 million documents, and Jstor declined to pursue the case. But Carmen M. Ortiz, the United States attorney in Boston, decided to press on.
As in MIT didn't "ensnare" anyone. They first overreacted, but then couldn't reach the reset button before Ortiz et al took over and sent all reservations MIT may have had about pressing on and destroying his life straight to
The prosecutors killed Swartz. That's it. While I appreciate the details of exactly what happened within MIT, lets not divert attention away to what this story really is. This should actually be looked as a big fat spotlight being shined on our spectaular legal system that values conviction rates over actual decreased crime rates and political gain at the cost of lives.
Swartz did something wrong, for sure, he used a script to download documents. He was being rude, making the system slower for everybody else.
The DOJ reaction? Slap a 50 years sentence on him.
If that's the prosecutor's reaction, she is certainly not competent for the job she does, she should be fired and the bar association should start an investigation on her.
I think disbarment would be the proper solution. That would be the right level of punishment in her case. She demonstrated very plainly that she doesn't have the understanding of law needed to work on it professionally.
The final outcome of this story is unfortunate and appears to condemn the American Criminal Justice system more than anything else.
Aaron did not do something without consequence however. He broke a trust in a club (People on campus) and spoiled the party for the members of that club. Free access had been granted to members of the club and his actions took that away. The club members are not trusted anymore and have to go through authentication to get at the data now because of his actions.
When you look around at society most of the petty unpleasantness of it all happens because someone was greedy, stupid or criminal. It is a shame that Aaron contributed to this slow slide into the straightjacket, whatever the justification.
He broke a trust in a club (People on campus) and spoiled the party for the members of that club.
Good, lets brand him a felon and then throw him in federal prison for 35 years. That will teach him to cut out the "petty unpleasantness" he was spreading, and stop inconveniencing the People on campus.
Just because the prosecutors were wrong does not mean Swartz was right.
This. Thank you. It is unfortunate that Swartz took his life. He was treated unfairly and with the utmost unjustice, ironically by the DOJ. And he was a brilliant individual. But he did commit a wrong. It does not justify what was done to him (which ultimately led him to kill himself.)
He might have been abused like Valjean, but he was not Valjean. On this issue, he was not.
OTH, the DOJ certainly played the Javert macabre part and relished on it.
Just because the prosecutors were wrong does not mean Swartz was right.
This. Thank you. It is unfortunate that Swartz took his life. He was treated unfairly and with the utmost unjustice, ironically by the DOJ. And he was a brilliant individual. But he did commit a wrong. It does not justify what was done to him (which ultimately led him to kill himself.)
What was the wrong he committed? He was allowed access to the documents he downloaded. The only wrong was that instead of sitting there clicking on each one and clicking save as, he had a script access them and save them. But as to the content itself, he was allowed to have access to it and to save it. Instead of JSTOR, you would have thought the RIAA was behind this.
Just because the prosecutors were wrong does not mean Swartz was right.
This. Thank you. It is unfortunate that Swartz took his life. He was treated unfairly and with the utmost unjustice, ironically by the DOJ. And he was a brilliant individual. But he did commit a wrong. It does not justify what was done to him (which ultimately led him to kill himself.)
What was the wrong he committed? He was allowed access to the documents he downloaded. The only wrong was that instead of sitting there clicking on each one and clicking save as, he had a script access them and save them. But as to the content itself, he was allowed to have access to it and to save it. Instead of JSTOR, you would have thought the RIAA was behind this.
That. Usage of robots was/is prohibited by JSTOR. Whether that makes sense or not is not the issue. If someone doesn't like a service's TOS, the correct thing is not to use that service. It is not a ZOMG-kill-babies, but it is still a wrong.
Obviously, however, the DOJ's javirtistic response was completely unjustified. Considering that all the WS fat cats that almost drove us to the cliff are not in jail, or the people behind unmasking Valerie Plame's cover as a CIA operative (*cough* Karl *cough* Rove *cough*) still remain unpunished, the DOJ's handling of this petty case is an obscene miscarriage of the law beyond description.
Usage of robots was/is prohibited by JSTOR.
Then its up to JSTOR to detect and block bots.
Putting a web server on the internet means that people will connect to it with various types of software. You don't get to determine what that software is -- a TOS that says "no IE" is meaningless, and so it one that says "no bots"; and using IE or bots to access that site, in and of itself, is not a wrong.
When you are selling access to your servers to academic institutions you most certainly do get to determine how those users then connect to you, how much they can download, etc. If the academic institution doesn't like those terms they can go elsewhere for the content.
Usage of robots was/is prohibited by JSTOR.
Then its up to JSTOR to detect and block bots.
JSTOR had a solution for violation of their terms of service. They notified their customer, MIT, that they were going to suspend their service if they didn't correct the problem.
Putting a web server on the internet means that people will connect to it with various types of software.
I don't believe JSTOR had their server on the Internet. Mr Swartz first hacked MIT's network (kept changing his MAC every time the MIT
You're so sure Mr. Swartz was not in the right that you preemptively call everyone who disagrees with you stupid, huh?
No, it is publishers who are in the wrong. If you think JSTOR is some kind of saintly, charitable effort, and point to their non-profit status as evidence, I suggest you take a harder look. Research publishing is a huge racket. We, the people, pay for a great deal of research, and then allow these publishers to lock it all up, charge huge fees for access, and bless the whole affair by calling it privatization. That they do it on behalf of a few school rather than for themselves, and that the access fees are in the form of tuition rather than straight up fees, does not make it any less unfair. JSTOR has willingly aided that injustice, providing cover for the schools, until prodded hard.
He wasn't sentenced (or even found guilty yet) and the claim wasn't for 50 years. But hey, facts happen to other people right?
The moment you start spouting nonsense like this, the rest of your opinion is automatically suspect as well. After all, if you don't know the facts, how can you form an accurate opinion?
Cases like this get very emotional but if you ever want to change anything, you need to argue with facts, not with made up stuff. Liars like mangu just make it easier for people on the other side to
Sorry, I remembered wrong, it wasn't 50 years, just 35 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, restitution, forfeiture and a fine of up to $1 million. [justice.gov]
Do you feel better now? Is 35 years in prison plus a $1 million fine the correct punishment for using a script to download documents?
Sorry, I remembered wrong, it wasn't 50 years, just 35 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, restitution, forfeiture and a fine of up to $1 million. [justice.gov]
Do you feel better now? Is 35 years in prison plus a $1 million fine the correct punishment for using a script to download documents?
Is disbarment the correct punishment for applying the law that Congress wrote and failing to use discretion to ignore offenses? Do you understand what "discretion" even means, if you insist that it be mandatory and punishment be applied if it's not used? Do you understand what "hypocrisy" means?
I find your lack of familiarity with our system disturbing. It ain't justice, it just is.
I disagree honestly its better for society if people like Swartz are martyred.
As another poster pointed out everything is a felony now. You probably commit felonies everyday without even being aware. If something is illegal and someone does it they should be prosecuted. If we don't want to prosecute people for doing than it should not be illegal in the first, and the law needs to get off the books. Right now we have a legal briar patch, that can be used to find a reason to mess up someones life anytime
Isn't that a failure of our lawmakers to set reasonable prison terms for crimes? The prosecutor doesn't set the maximum sentence for any crime, they just charge people with the laws written by the legislative body for their jurisdiction.
If that's the prosecutor's reaction, she is certainly not competent for the job she does, she should be fired and the bar association should start an investigation on her.
I think disbarment would be the proper solution. That would be the right level of punishment in her case. She demonstrated very plainly that she doesn't have the understanding of law needed to work on it professionally.
So, you're saying you're in favor of ridiculously high punishments that have no relationship to what the accused did?
There are a lot of hypocrites in here.
The prosecutors killed Swartz.
I do find the difference in opinion that rises to the top of Slashdot discussions on various topics very interesting.
In this case, the overriding opinion is that the acts of the prosecutors are responsible for the death of Swartz.
However, in at least two other cases, that of Amanda Todd and Megan Meier, the overriding opinion in those Slashdot stories was that the person or people accused of bullying were not responsible for the deaths of the victims, as suicide victims usually have underlying issues.
The duality of Slashdot is very interesting, but so is how very different, very strong opinions and very opposing opinions can still rise to the surface.
"There's a good book by ex-FBI cop & criminal lawyer Dale Carson who explains these people have run out of big time criminals to prosecute, and so now the justify their existence by filling jails with poor saps who meet this criteria,"
In a word, that's bull. The world is filled with big time criminals. The problem is that they are "too big to prosecute". Look at HSBC. They laundered money, knowingly, for drug dealers, terrorists, and Iran (helping to fund their nuclear program).
Even after a full investigation, and HSBC admitting to criminal activity to the tune of billions of dollars, wanna take a guess how many people went to jail?
If you guessed anything other than ZERO, you are wrong. HSBC was fined 1.9 Billion Dollars, and then let off the hook. HSBC, incidentally, can make up for that fine over 4 weeks with some slightly more risky trading, and perhaps charging their customers a few pennies more per transaction.
The point is: Prosecutors don't go after "big targets" to make their name, because it's much, much tougher to win a case against an organization that can spend more in lawyers than the entire GDP of your district.
As a result, there have been no prosecutions of anyone guilty of market manipulation for the "Great Recession", there have been no prosecutions for "robosigning foreclosures", there have been no prosecutions for insider trading, there have been no prosecutions for LIBOR, there have been no prosecutions for HSBC.
So, Prosecutors spend their time being High School Bullies, going after targets they know they can win because the little guy has no resources to fight. That's why we have the highest incarceration rate in the world, and our jails are filled with petty criminals -- people busted for a few ounces of Pot. But the real criminals drive in limos.
The more details that come out the less sympathy I have for the legal troubles Swartz found himself in. He was smart enough to know going into this that there would be legal repercussions. It's possible he even ran his plan by Lessig, with Lessig explaining that it was wrong and he shouldn't do it. Barreling ahead anyways, he only decided not to do it at Harvard.
The problem here is Stephen Heymann. He is the real zealous procsecutor here
He has been on a crusade for years for "computer crime" juicy publicty [huffingtonpost.com]
I remember about a week or so ago Anonymous leaked some long diatribe written by Stephen Heymann about lowering the bar on what defines computer crimes etc. I can't find it now. This guy is on a crusade to make a name for himlself.
> During another investigation in the 1990s, Heymann wanted Harvard to place a electronic banner on its intranet telling users they were being monitored, as Network World reported. He said would allow the feds to monitor the network without getting a court order. Harvard disagreed, saying it respected the privacy of its users. According to his Ha
The prosecutor [Heymann] even claimed Watt had psychopathic tendencies and was trying to bring down the entire financial system, Watt told Business Insider.
Those accusations came after Watt admitted to liking the movie "Fight Club," according to Watt.
"I think that he had a very bombastic manner of describing the crime and the alleged calculating manners of the co-defendants," Watt said.
Read more: Ex-Con Shares How Hard It Is To Be Targeted By One Of Aaron Swartz's Prosecutors [businessinsider.com]
Heymann does seem to be a partic
With their resources, MIT could do the same thing in-house instead of outsourcing.
MIT is a wealthy institution and could afford to free considerable information without being adversarial. The solution isn't "lone rebels freeing the info", but using massive resources to break it loose instead.
The comments on this "The Tech," "MIT's oldest and largest newspaper & the first newspaper published on the web," online edition are very good:
Aaron Swartz commits suicide By Anne Cai [mit.edu]
Isn't this the very school that *created* hacker culture with the model railroad club and people lockpicking their way into offices at the school?
Is this school now going to teach that the investigative process itself is now a crime? That, if you try and figure out how something works, essentially reverse engineer it, you're a criminal?
What has happened to our world? Dammit, the vast majority of the infrastructure of the internet was created by college students, as a free and open system that was run largely on chaos theory.
I think it's time we took back our internet.
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