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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 846481
Review Request: cantata - Client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD)
Last modified: 2013-02-12 23:33:20 EST
Spec URL: http://rdieter.fedorapeople.org/rpms/cantata/cantata.spec
SRPM URL: http://rdieter.fedorapeople.org/rpms/cantata/cantata-0.8.2-1.fc17.src.rpm
Description: Cantata is a (yet another!) client for the music player daemon (MPD).
Fedora Account System Username: rdieter
Package Review
x = Pass
! = Fail
? = Not evaluated
[x]: MUST Header files in -devel subpackage, if present.
[x]: MUST Package does not contain any libtool archives (.la)
[x]: MUST Package does not contain kernel modules.
[?]: MUST Package contains no static executables.
need verbose logging
[x]: MUST Rpath absent or only used for internal libs.
==== Generic ====
[x]: EXTRA Rpmlint is run on all installed packages.
Note: No rpmlint messages.
[x]: EXTRA Spec file according to URL is the same as in SRPM.
[!]: MUST Package is licensed with an open-source compatible license and meets
other legal requirements as defined in the legal section of Packaging
Note : GPLv2, GPLv3 detected and LGPL, some obscure file is bad detected, can you confirm that file is unused into fedore. In this case you must also retar the archive without the non free files.
[x]: MUST Package successfully compiles and builds into binary rpms on at
least one supported primary architecture.
[!]: MUST %build honors applicable compiler flags or justifies otherwise.
The compilation is not verbose, you can export the VERBOSE=1 or pass it to make to tell cmake to be more verbose on compil time
[x]: MUST All build dependencies are listed in BuildRequires, except for any
that are listed in the exceptions section of Packaging Guidelines.
[x]: MUST Buildroot is not present
Note: Unless packager wants to package for EPEL5 this is fine
[!]: MUST Package contains no bundled libraries.
libmaia is bundeled and compiled, you must patch the CMakelist to don't use it and remove it befere compile time
[X]: MUST Changelog in prescribed format.
[x]: MUST Package has no %clean section with rm -rf %{buildroot} (or
Note: Clean would be needed if support for EPEL is required
[!]: MUST Sources contain only permissible code or content.
same issue as licence contant, but you must remove file relative to ffmpeg build.
[x]: MUST Each %files section contains %defattr if rpm < 4.4
Note: Note: defattr macros not found. They would be needed for EPEL5
[X]: MUST Macros in Summary, %description expandable at SRPM build time.
[x]: MUST Package contains desktop file if it is a GUI application.
[!]: MUST Package installs a %{name}.desktop using desktop-file-install if
there is such a file.
you must folow the desktop guidelines and update the ican database : (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Icon_Cache and http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#desktop-database)
[-]: MUST Development files must be in a -devel package
[-]: MUST Package requires other packages for directories it uses.
[X]: MUST Package uses nothing in %doc for runtime.
[X]: MUST Package is not known to require ExcludeArch.
[x]: MUST Permissions on files are set properly.
[x]: MUST Package does not contain duplicates in %files.
[?]: MUST Package complies to the Packaging Guidelines
must enable verbose compiling message.
[x]: MUST Spec file lacks Packager, Vendor, PreReq tags.
[x]: MUST Package does not run rm -rf %{buildroot} (or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT) at the
beginning of %install.
Note: rm -rf would be needed if support for EPEL5 is required
[X]: MUST Large documentation files are in a -doc subpackage, if required.
[!]: MUST If (and only if) the source package includes the text of the
license(s) in its own file, then that file, containing the text of the
license(s) for the package is included in %doc.
[!]: MUST License field in the package spec file matches the actual license.
Note: Checking patched sources after %prep for licenses. Licenses found:
"GENERATED FILE", "*No copyright* UNKNOWN", "UNKNOWN", "BSD (2 clause)",
"GPL (v2 or later)", "GPL (v3 or later)", "BSD (3 clause)", "LGPL (v2)",
"*No copyright* GENERATED FILE", "LGPL (v2.1 or later)" For detailed
[X]: MUST The spec file handles locales properly.
[X]: MUST Package consistently uses macro is (instead of hard-coded directory
[x]: MUST Package is named using only allowed ascii characters.
[X]: MUST Package is named according to the Package Naming Guidelines.
[X]: MUST Package does not generate any conflict.
Note: Package contains no Conflicts: tag(s)
[X]: MUST Package obeys FHS, except libexecdir and /usr/target.
[X]: MUST Package must own all directories that it creates.
[X]: MUST Package does not own files or directories owned by other packages.
[!]: MUST Package installs properly.
Note: Installation errors (see attachment)
[X]: MUST Package is not relocatable.
[X]: MUST Requires correct, justified where necessary.
[x]: MUST Rpmlint is run on all rpms the build produces.
Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: MUST Sources used to build the package match the upstream source, as
provided in the spec URL.
[X]: MUST Spec file is legible and written in American English.
[x]: MUST Spec file name must match the spec package %{name}, in the format
[-]: MUST Package contains systemd file(s) if in need.
[x]: MUST File names are valid UTF-8.
[X]: MUST Useful -debuginfo package or justification otherwise.
[x]: SHOULD Reviewer should test that the package builds in mock.
[-]: SHOULD If the source package does not include license text(s) as a
separate file from upstream, the packager SHOULD query upstream to
include it.
[x]: SHOULD Dist tag is present.
[x]: SHOULD No file requires outside of /etc, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,
[x]: SHOULD Final provides and requires are sane (rpm -q --provides and rpm -q
[x]: SHOULD Package functions as described.
[x]: SHOULD Latest version is packaged.
[x]: SHOULD Package does not include license text files separate from
[x]: SHOULD SourceX / PatchY prefixed with %{name}.
[x]: SHOULD SourceX is a working URL.
[-]: SHOULD Description and summary sections in the package spec file contains
translations for supported Non-English languages, if available.
[x]: SHOULD Package should compile and build into binary rpms on all supported
[-]: SHOULD %check is present and all tests pass.
[x]: SHOULD Packages should try to preserve timestamps of original installed
[x]: SHOULD Spec use %global instead of %define.
[!]: MUST Package installs properly.
Note: Installation errors (see attachment)
See: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines
[!]: MUST Package installs a %{name}.desktop using desktop-file-install if
there is such a file.
See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#desktop
Installation errors
INFO: mock.py version 1.1.22 starting...
State Changed: init plugins
INFO: selinux enabled
State Changed: start
Mock Version: 1.1.22
INFO: Mock Version: 1.1.22
State Changed: lock buildroot
INFO: installing package(s): /home/alexises/846481-cantata/results/cantata-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm /home/alexises/846481-cantata/results/cantata-debuginfo-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm
ERROR: Command failed:
# ['/usr/bin/yum', '--installroot', '/var/lib/mock/fedora-17-x86_64/root/', 'install', '/home/alexises/846481-cantata/results/cantata-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm', '/home/alexises/846481-cantata/results/cantata-debuginfo-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm', '--setopt=tsflags=nocontexts']
Erreur : Paquet : cantata-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64 (/cantata-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64)
Requiert : mpd
Vous pouvez essayer d'utiliser --skip-broken pour contourner le problème
Vous pouvez essayer d'exécuter : rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
Checking: cantata-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm
cantata.x86_64: I: enchant-dictionary-not-found en_US
cantata.x86_64: W: no-documentation
cantata.x86_64: W: no-manual-page-for-binary cantata
cantata.src:20: W: mixed-use-of-spaces-and-tabs (spaces: line 3, tab: line 20)
cantata.src: W: invalid-url Source0: http://cantata.googlecode.com/files/cantata-0.8.2.tar.bz2 HTTP Error 404: Not Foundi
(not an error ;))
3 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 4 warnings.
Rpmlint (installed packages)
# rpmlint cantata cantata-debuginfo
(none): E: no installed packages by name cantata
(none): E: no installed packages by name cantata-debuginfo
0 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 0 warnings.
# echo 'rpmlint-done:'
cantata-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
cantata-debuginfo-0.8.2-1.fc17.x86_64.rpm (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
cantata = 0.8.2-1.fc17
cantata(x86-64) = 0.8.2-1.fc17
cantata-debuginfo = 0.8.2-1.fc17
cantata-debuginfo(x86-64) = 0.8.2-1.fc17
MD5-sum check
http://cantata.googlecode.com/files/cantata-0.8.2.tar.bz2 :
MD5SUM this package : 9bda49f1083820582723353f566268f3
MD5SUM upstream package : 9bda49f1083820582723353f566268f3
mpd look logicly not be needed, if you wish to connect to a mpd server located outside the client pc.
this repport whas generated semi automaticaly with fedora repo and in this case all error are not refferenced into the issue section. If you would like to see it you must read all the file.
I'll make your review.
I'll respond to items marked "!"
1. licensing. unsure what the problem is here
find -name \*.cpp | xargs licensecheck | grep -v GPL
./qtsingleapplication/qtlockedfile.cpp: UNKNOWN
./qtsingleapplication/qtlocalpeer.cpp: UNKNOWN
./qtsingleapplication/qtlockedfile_win.cpp: UNKNOWN
./qtsingleapplication/qtsingleapplication.cpp: UNKNOWN
./qtsingleapplication/qtlockedfile_unix.cpp: UNKNOWN
./qtsingleapplication/qtsinglecoreapplication.cpp: UNKNOWN
./replaygain/ffmpeginput.cpp: UNKNOWN
./replaygain/mpg123input.cpp: UNKNOWN
./widgets/fancytabwidget.cpp: UNKNOWN
./libmaia/maiaObject.cpp: BSD (2 clause)
./libmaia/maiaXmlRpcServerConnection.cpp: BSD (2 clause)
./libmaia/maiaFault.cpp: BSD (2 clause)
./libmaia/maiaXmlRpcClient.cpp: BSD (2 clause)
./libmaia/maiaXmlRpcServer.cpp: BSD (2 clause)
looks like found another bundled lib, qtsingleapplication. anyway, eplaygain/libebur128-COPYING is basically BSD and
./widgets/fancytabwidget.cpp is LGPLv2
2. MUST %build honors applicable compiler flags or justifies otherwise.
The compilation is not verbose, you can export the VERBOSE=1 or pass it to
the build is verbose (cmake is verbose by default in fedora). not sure what you mean here either.
3. [!]: MUST Sources contain only permissible code or content.
same issue as licence contant, but you must remove file relative to ffmpeg build.
I found nothing that had license issues, nor is the ffmpeg-interfacing code have problems with patents as far as I can tell. can you elaborate?
4. [!]: MUST License field in the package spec file matches the actual license.
The combined work, of GPLv2+ and BSD and LGPLv2 is indeed
License: GPLv2+
Outstanding item: bundled libraries qtsingleapplication and limaia. the former is in fedora, the latter seems to be a fairly old library, designed to be bundled (to buildsystem support to be installed system wide) and has no formal releases as far as I can tell. :( I may well just build a separate libmaia from within cantata for now.
looks like libmaia cannot be built independently, the sources have been forked slightly at least from what I've found @ https://github.com/wiedi/libmaia (unless you're aware of some other upstream source).
Spec URL: http://rdieter.fedorapeople.org/rpms/cantata/cantata.spec
SRPM URL: http://rdieter.fedorapeople.org/rpms/cantata/cantata-0.8.3.1-1.fc17.src.rpm
* Tue Sep 25 2012 Rex Dieter <firstname.lastname@example.com> 0.8.3.1-1
- cantata-0.8.3.1
- run desktop-file-validate
- add icon scriptlets
- drop Requires: mpd
- %%doc LICENSE AUTHORS ChangeLog README TODO
- omit and explicitly disable ffmpeg, mpg123 support
Can you please respond to my questions in comment #3 as well as highlight any remaining review blockers you see? thanks.
Another small nit:
# rpm -q --requires -p /var/lib/mock/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/result/cantata-0.8.3.1-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
This requires originates from /usr/libexec/kde4/cantata-dynamic, which uses a shebang of "#!/usr/bin/env perl".
This should be changed into "#!/usr/bin/perl"
Spec URL: http://rdieter.fedorapeople.org/rpms/cantata/cantata.spec
SRPM URL: http://rdieter.fedorapeople.org/rpms/cantata/cantata-0.8.3.1-2.fc18.src.rpm
* Wed Nov 28 2012 Rex Dieter <firstname.lastname@example.com> 0.8.3.1-2
- patch s|^#!/usr/bin/env perl|#!/usr/bin/perl|
reviewer hasn't responded in over a month, resetting review.
Looks good. Tested and basic functiontality works on MATE + Rawhide.
Naming - OK.
Licensing - OK.
Successful koji scratch build here:
Checking: cantata-0.8.3.1-2.fc18.src.rpm
cantata.src: W: invalid-url Source0: http://cantata.googlecode.com/files/cantata-0.8.3.1.tar.bz2 HTTP Error 404: Not Found
cantata.x86_64: W: no-manual-page-for-binary cantata
3 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 2 warnings.
Bug should probably filed against rpmlint for this.
New Package SCM Request
Package Name: cantata
Short Description: Client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD)
Owners: rdieter
Branches: f17 f18
Git done (by process-git-requests).
cantata-0.9.2-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
cantata-0.9.2-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
cantata-0.9.2-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository.
cantata-0.9.2-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.
cantata-0.9.2-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.


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No. Most of the citizens in the U.S. could careless about the Ukraine. Secondly there are no major oil reserves which we are dependent upon. Neither Russia or the U.S. wants to unleash nuclear bombs on each other.
More likely what will happen is each side will arm the troops they support and let them kill each other. However there will not be a direct war between the U.S. and Russia.
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Who threw nuclear bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima? Did you forget your own history. To assert that the US won't use it shows that your knowledge of the reality is erroneous.
maxoxam41, No I did not forget my history. I believe there were (lessons) learned from that which is why it has not happened again! No nukes were dropped in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. In a WWIII (both) nations would have nukes.
maxoxam41 - In answer to your question, "Who threw nuclear bombs at Nagasaki and Hiroshima?", I have to ask, "Who attacked Pearl Harbor?" The alternative would have been an attack of the mainland. Much more costly in terms of human misery.
This situation, if permitted (or encouraged) to exacerbate tensions between the U.S. and Russia, could spiral out of control. Candidly, I don't have confidence in this administration's ability to handle this productively because relations between the U.S. and Russia have noticeably deteriorated in the past 6 years. With good reasons (witness the vacillation in the Middle East) America is perceived as lacking clear purpose and tenacity. The issues in the east Ukraine do not reflect well on Russia, and the downing of a civilian Malaysia airliner and two Ukrainian military jet aircraft with Russian-supplied surface-to-air missile technology has magnified the tension, but it has drawn the criticism of other nations as well (Australia, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and others). This is not Putin's proudest moment. What was a developing atmosphere of understanding has deteriorated to criticism and mockery between Presidents Obama and Putin, and that's not productive at all. We're back to Cold War distrust and stand-off. Could it escalate? Yes, it could. Will it spiral into a World War (i.e., mutually assured destruction)…no, it will not. There are other diplomatic, economic and tactical tools to employ before that develops. We live in interesting times, but this will add fuel to a potentially argumentative situation, and an atmosphere of distrust and saber-rattling.
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The US is at fault nobody else.
Max you are way off base and are making it pretty obvious that you believe the Putin propaganda. Russia is becoming imperialistic once again because democracy is an alien concept to a government that wants to control everyone and anything. Get real!
America is not going to launch nuclear bombs at a nation that also has it's own nuclear bombs to launch back. In order for anything to happen it takes (both) sides to make decisions that lead down a path.
Hi everyone! Somehow, no one pays attention to the fact that the board did not have stockpiles of food and water. Given the fact that the plane was supposed to fly 8 hours, it is very strange. Furthermore, when the DNR representatives arrived at the
We are already fighting WWIII against terrorism. It's a different type of world war. I don't believe we will see global fighting as in the two previous world wars but we will see many conflicts such as Ukraine, Israel, Iraq and Syria. Besides these conflicts provide more profits for the arms dealers in the west. The UK and USA are still suppling Russia with arms despite the so called sanctions.
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Obviously, the terrorist war controllable. And this war is controlled from the United States. See how many NATO bases on the world map and draw a conclusion - who is the aggressor: Russia or the United States?
Everything depends on the US. We are the ones who started the conflict. We are the ones, in our logic of destabilization of Russia, that overthrew the existing government. We are the ones financing militarily the "Ukrainian rebels". We are the ones that allowed a minority of Ukrainians to launch missiles on Russian land. We are the ones who suddenly don't see those Ukrainians as bellicose. Why aren't we intervening? Aren't we everywhere else? When Crimea decided through a referendum to attach to former ally Russia, it was their right. Everybody knows that we are trying to show Europe that the Russians are volatile. But so far they are VERY consistent. Few days ago, I read that CIA agents sabotaged the Russian pipeline that provides gas to Europe. It is the key.
May I remind you that 100 years ago the archduke of Sarajevo was assassinated that triggered WWI. It doesn't seem to be a coincidence that the US through the Ukrainians' (their puppet, remember our representative's famous words "F--K EUROPE") missile against the Malaysian airline failed their false flag operation. But it says it all. It will happen. It's just a question of timing. You remember Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan... they were in Brzezinski's project as well as Russia.
The question is DO WE WANT WAR? Because, this time, it won't be abroad but on our land and with our and their nuclear powers, it is our annihilation as for humanity.
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This answer makes a lot of sense. Max, I can tell you don't get your info from the major "news" networks and that you actually use your head for something other than an ornament. Good for you.
Robert, we only use 10% of our brain, why not maximizing it? Like you I fence for independence and freedom.
I have a feeling it just might. Because there were so many people from different countries on that airplane it could prompt many people to attack Russia or Ukraine.
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Let's talk numbers.
The Standard & Poor's 500 companies, the largest firms in the nation, have more than $1.8 trillion in reserves above their cash-flow needs. Additionally, the large banks that keep their excess cash at the Federal Reserve have more than $1 trillion in reserves at their fingertips.
This unprecedented glut of money - which, combined, is twice as large as the recent stimulus package - has yet to be put back into the economy.
At the same time, corporate profits have soared 44 percent in the past year, while the Dow is now above 10,000. On Wall Street, financial firms have begun to expand their staffs in earnest, with New York securities firms adding more than 2,000 high-paying jobs since February. This is on the heels of $61.4 billion in profits for the New York Stock Exchange in 2009, the highest total ever.
All this, while the aftermath of the recent recession continues to hamper a full recovery for the nation's economy.
More than anything, the economic downturn has been sustained by a marked decline in velocity, which is the number of times money turns over in the economy. Basic economics teaches us to measure this by comparing the ratio of the money supply to gross domestic product. Just four years ago, during a healthy economy, that ratio was 1.9. Today, however, it's 1.69.
Bruce Bartlett, a former senior economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan, determined the difference between 1.9 and 1.69 is $1.6 trillion in GDP. If velocity were even marginally higher, the ongoing doldrums that are gripping the economy wouldn't be present.
Bartlett, at his Capital Gains blog, argued that any increase in spending, whether it was from business investments, consumer purchasing or public expenditures, would help to remedy this problem. Of course, the rub is that demand remains low and consumer confidence remains shaky, thus giving us the circular problem that defines our economy today - businesses don't want to expand because demand is down, but demand is only down because consumers don't have much cash.
It's the chicken-and-egg of economics.
It doesn't appear to be getting any easier either as, after months of slow, but consistent growth, private-sector job creation has languished the past two months. Compounding the problem - and shattering the myth that people are incentivized to remain on unemployment insurance - is that, as of May, there were approximately 17 million people underemployed in the country, but fewer than four million job openings.
For lack of a better term, then, our economy is being held hostage by a small collection of very powerful and very influential corporations. When investing and spending, those large corporations are helping to spur on the economy as a whole. The fact of the matter, however, is, despite possessing roughly two years' worth of profits on hand, they're simply not doing that, and they can't seem to offer up a rational justification for doing so.
On one hand, they say they're concerned over future taxes and increased regulation that may result from the deficit, which is fair enough. It's worthwhile to note those concerns appear to be recent developments and are more fueled by political disagreement than actual worries over the nation's fiscal health.
Likewise, a prime source of the actual deficit stems from the massive dropoff in demand. This is easily verified by the fact that 14.9 percent of our current GDP comes from total federal revenues, the lowest that share has been since 1950.
Additionally, another concern is a possible double-dip recession, but that can be avoided if the businesses in question actually loosen their wallets. Even if they let go of a portion of their massive savings - the largest accumulation of above-cash-flow reserves in more than 50 years - spending will flood the economy, thus creating jobs, putting money in the hands of consumers and generating demand.
Consumers want to spend money, but they need jobs to gain access to that cash. Likewise, small businesses want to expand their operations, but they lack access to the financial resources to do so. Ultimately, it seems the only way for these things to happen - and get our economy rolling again - is if these large corporations decide to spend some of their savings.
We took a chance and bailed out banks, financial firms, car companies and more. It's about time they took a chance on us.
• Johnathan McGinty runs Beyond the Trestle (beyondthetrestle.com), a blog that covers local and state politics.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jan 13, 2004
|Filing date
|Sep 24, 1999
|Priority date
|May 13, 1997
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Chong C. Lee, Charles E. Neal
|Original Assignee
|Veicon Technology, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (22), Referenced by (23), Classifications (13), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/855,100, which was filed on May 13, 1997, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,958,007 on Sep. 28, 1999, and the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates generally to remote access systems for enabling users to contact their home systems when traveling or otherwise away from their home systems. More particularly, the invention concerns an automatic and secure system for providing a remote user with temporary access to the user's home system in a familiar operating environment, and a method of using the same.
Today, more and more people use electronic mail (e-mail) and the Internet as a means for communicating with others and gathering and disseminating information. When a user is at home or work where the user has a computer that is pre-configured to establish a link to the user's home system, sending and receiving e-mail or accessing the Internet is relatively quick and easy. The computer has e-mail and Internet or network-browsing clients with which the user is comfortable, and thereby provides a familiar operating environment every time the user uses the clients. This is especially beneficial because the clients will vary in commands, operating procedures, display formats, etc. Therefore, while a user may feel very comfortable with and be very fast at using the user's preferred choice of client, the user may be unfamiliar with another client for a similar application. As a result, the user will not only be very uncomfortable using that client but also will be significantly slower than when using the user's preferred client.
When the user travels, it becomes much more difficult to communicate with the user's home system in a familiar operating environment. Traditionally, a traveling or remote user required a laptop computer with a modem and the user's preferred choices of e-mail and web-browsing clients pre-configured and installed. Traveling with a laptop is not only cumbersome and inconvenient, but also may be expensive if the laptop is stolen or otherwise damaged during transportation.
On the other hand, when the user travels without a pre-configured laptop computer, establishing communication with the user's home system becomes much more difficult. Moreover, even if communication can be established, it will often be in an operating environment within which the user is unfamiliar and therefore uncomfortable. For example, if the user attempts to use someone else's computer, the user will have to re-configure the computer's clients, if the clients are even installed on the computer. Many users do not have the knowledge or training to accomplish this task. Furthermore, those that do have the knowledge often will not want to take the time to do so. In addition, if the computer does not have the user's preferred choices of clients installed, the user either must obtain, install and configure the clients on the computer, or will have to work in an operating environment within which the user is unfamiliar.
An additional concern for traveling users is security. In order to access the user's home system from a laptop or other computer, a configuration file is conventionally created and stored on that computer. The configuration file includes, among other things, the user's identifying information, such as user identification (user ID) and password. If the user's laptop is stolen or lost, a new user of the computer would be able to access the configuration file and thereby obtain the original user's identifying information. This information can then be used to impersonate the original user and gain access to that user's home system. Unless significant steps are taken to secure or otherwise protect this file, it remains vulnerable to misuse and misappropriation.
Security is an even larger concern when a remote user configures and uses someone else's computer to establish communication with the user's home system. Because the configuration file is stored on that computer, and because the remote user does not retain control of the computer (unlike a laptop, which is generally kept with the user), a subsequent user will have access to the data stored in the prior user's configuration file. Furthermore, merely deleting the configuration file from the computer when the user is finished using the computer is not sufficient to prevent others from accessing the information previously stored in the configuration file. More complex steps and security measures are generally necessary to protect the data sufficiently.
Systems exist today which enable a traveling user to send or receive e-mail and to access the Internet (or "surf the net"). None of these systems, however, allow a remote user to work within an operating environment within which the user is familiar. Furthermore, none of the systems available today enable the user to select the user's preferred choices of e-mail and network browsing clients, automatically configure the selected clients to establish communication with the user's home system, and do so in a secure environment.
Therefore, there is a need for a system and method that enables remote users to access their home system in a secure, familiar environment. Furthermore, there is a need for a system which will automatically configure the user's preferred choices of clients and that will automatically establish communication with the user's home system without requiring the user to have any specialized computer knowledge.
Briefly, the invented system includes one or more remote terminals, each including an input device and a display, and a system server for communicating with the terminals. The server is capable of displaying prompts on each of the displays and reading user inputs on each of the input devices. Furthermore, the server is operatively connected with the user's home system, via a global electronic network, namely the Internet. The system further includes a program executing on the system server for prompting one or more users located at the one or more remote terminals to enter inputs and for automatically configuring a configuration file for each remote user. Each configuration file contains information responsive to a corresponding one of the user's inputs, and each of the files is usable by the system server to operatively connect the corresponding user with that user's home system via the electronic network, based at least in part on the user's individual inputs. The system server executes the configuration file in such a manner as to provide each user with customized remote access to the user's home system in a secure operating environment dictated at least in part by the user's network client choices. In another embodiment of the invention, the system server and remote terminal are a single computer on which the program executes responsive to the user's network client choices.
These and additional objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood after consideration of the drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments which follows.
FIG. 1 is a general schematic diagram of a prior art system for providing remote users with access to their home systems.
FIG. 2 is a general schematic diagram of the invented system for providing remote users with temporary and secure access to their home systems.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an aspect of the invented method.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating the remote user's inputs in response to the prompts displayed on the remote terminal.
FIG. 5 is a general schematic diagram of an alternative embodiment of the system of FIG. 2 in which the system is configured for simultaneous use by multiple remote users.
FIG. 6 is a general schematic diagram showing an alternative embodiment of the system shown in FIG. 5, in which the system is configured for simultaneous use by multiple remote users, each having a different home system.
FIG. 7 is a general schematic diagram showing another embodiment of the invented system for providing remote users with temporary and secure access to the Internet and/or their home systems.
As used herein, the term "home system" is intended to mean a computer or network of computers that a user accesses to send and receive e-mail or to access the Internet while the user is not traveling. Therefore, the term should be broadly construed to include a personal computer with remote and Internet access capabilities, an Internet service provider, a mainframe or mini-computer with remote and Internet access capabilities, and a network of interconnected computers with remote and Internet access capabilities. Furthermore, the term "remote user" is intended to refer to an individual that is away from that user's accustomed, home system for sending and receiving e-mail or accessing the Internet, and the terms "network client" and "client" refer to application programs which provide an operating environment for a user when that user engages in a particular activity. For example, examples of e-mail clients are MICROSOFT EXCHANGE, MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, MICROSOFT MAIL, EUDORA PRO, Z-MAIL PRO, PEGASUS, and JUNO. Examples of web-browsing or Internet clients are MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER, NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR, WEBSURFER, and MOSAIC.
A prior art system for providing a remote user with temporary access to the user's home system is schematically shown in FIG. 1. The system includes a laptop computer 10 with a modem 12 and a home system 14 with a modem 16. A communication link 18 is established between the laptop and home system using modems 12 and 16 and a conventional telephone line or other suitable telecommunications link.
When the user is away from his or her home system, the user generally must travel with a laptop computer in order to send and receive e-mail and access the Internet. Laptop 10 has the user's preferred and accustomed software loaded and preconfigured thereon so that the remote user is able to send and receive e-mail and to access the Internet in a familiar operating environment. Typically, this means that the remote user simply selects icons representing the user's preferred clients, and the clients are automatically run on the laptop according to preconfigured preferences and settings. Therefore every time the user uses the laptop, a familiar operating environment is encountered, and the user does not have to have any specialized training or knowledge to use the clients. As discussed above, however, the benefits of traveling with a laptop computer quickly begin to diminish as the user has to transport and safeguard the computer at all times.
A system constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is schematically shown in FIG. 2. The system includes a remote terminal 20 with a modem 22, a system server 24 with a modem 26 and a memory device 28, and a home system 30. Remote terminal 20 has a display 32 and an input device 34, such as a keyboard, mouse, joystick, electronic pen or other suitable device through which a user inputs information into the computer. Furthermore, while the remote terminal may have some form of local file storage, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the terminal has no local file or data storage capacity (i.e. it has no non-volatile storage), for the reasons discussed below.
The term "remote terminal" refers to the computing device from which the remote user accesses that user's home system via communication with the system server. The term includes any suitable computing device capable of communicating with the system server to transmit user inputs thereto and to display outputs from the user's home system via the system server. An example of a remote terminal particularly well-suited for use in the present invention is a WINTERM terminal, which is manufactured by Wyse Technology, Inc. Illustrative, non-exhaustive examples of other remote terminals within the scope of the invention include laptop computers, personal computers (PCs), and hand-held computing devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDA's), smart phones, pagers, digital imaging devices, and the like so long as the criteria set forth herein are satisfied.
It should be understood that the remote terminal may have other elements not shown in the schematic drawing and that the icons shown in the drawings are meant to schematically represent any remote terminal meeting the criteria set forth herein. For example, the terminal may be operatively connected to a printer. It should also be understood that modems 22 and 26 have been shown schematically in FIGS. 2 and 5-6, and may be any conventional internal or external modem. Furthermore, for the reasons discussed below, it may be preferable for the modems, and especially modem 26, to be a multi-modem card which is capable of being used to establish communication between the system server and a plurality of other computers and their respective modems.
System server 24 is a conventional computer operatively coupled with a modem 26 and memory device 28, which typically includes both volatile and non-volatile memory. Server 24 is capable of establishing a link with the Internet, which is schematically indicated at 36 in FIG. 2. Preferably, server 24 is what is commonly referred to as a "back-bone" access provider, although any connection to the Internet will suffice. Also, in the preferred embodiment, the system server is capable of directly connecting to the Internet without the assistance of another processor, although it should be understood that the term "system server" is intended to be broadly construed to include plural computers which are in communication with each other, at least one of which is capable of directly connecting to the Internet. For example, the system server may include a computer that communicates, via modem, with one or more remote terminals, and which is also in communication with another computer (such as an Internet service provider) directly connected to the Internet. Another example is a plurality of computers which are connected, via modem, with a plurality of remote terminals, and which are connected to another computer that is capable of directly connecting to the Internet.
The remote terminal communicates with the system server via modems 22 and 26, linked together by a telephonic link, which is generally indicated at 38 in FIG. 2, e.g. the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The link may be a more complex, higher speed communication line, such as an ISDN line, in which case modems are not necessary. The system server is configured to cause prompts to be displayed on the remote terminal's display and to receive the user-inputted responses thereto. System server 24 is connected to and communicates with home system 30 via the Internet.
The system further includes software which is installed on the system server and which enables the remote user to access the user's home system in a secure, familiar operating environment, as discussed below. A flow chart shown in FIG. 3 illustrates the steps in the execution and operation of the system, and a flow chart is shown in FIG. 4 which illustrates user responses thereto.
Referring collectively to FIGS. 3 and 4, the method may be seen to begin at 40 with the previously described system in which the software is executed and with a remote user located at the remote terminal. At 42, the software causes prompts to be displayed on the remote terminal's display 32 and receives the user's keyboard 34 responses thereto at 44. A flow chart indicating the preferred sequence of user inputs in response to the prompts is shown in FIG. 4. Referring particularly now to FIG. 4, at the beginning of an operating session 46, the software prompts the remote user, via the remote terminal, to enter the user's identifying information. This information includes the user's real name 48, e-mail address 50, user identification 52 (user ID), the electronic address 54 of the user's home system, and the user's choice of preferred communication protocol 56. Typically electronic address 54 is the home system's domain name, although it should be understood that the system's Internet Protocol (IP) address could be entered instead.
Referring still to FIG. 4, the user is also prompted to select, from a pull-down or other menu of available network clients, the user's preferred client for sending and receiving e-mail 58 and the user's preferred client for accessing the Internet 60. It should also be understood that the actual presentation format of the prompts may vary, so long as the user is able to input or otherwise indicate the user's responses to prompts. Additionally, the prompts may include other user-accessible options, such as help screens and the ability to correct incorrect information.
As the user enters this information into the remote terminal, via the input device, the information is communicated to system server 24 at 66 in FIG. 3. Once received by the system server, the identifying information is stored in an identifiable location on the system server's memory device. Typically, the software stores the user's information in a directory or other portion of the memory device allocated for use by a single remote user, although any other suitable configuration for storing and being able to retrieve the user's identifying information and files may be used and are within the scope of the present invention.
Still referring particularly now to FIG. 3, at 68, the software then uses the inputted information to create one or more configuration files for the remote user. It should be understood that network clients, such as e-mail clients and Internet or web-browsing clients, require a configuration file, which is executed and provides the system server with necessary, customizable information about the user's preferences, system resources, settings, etc. As a general rule, the clients require much of the same information, although the information must be presented with different formats, syntaxes, key words, encryption schemes, etc. The software customizes the configuration file based on the user's selected choices of network clients, as well as the inputted user information, to create a file that will provide the remote user with an operating environment with which the user is familiar and accustomed. The configuration file is saved, at 70, on the system server's memory device 28, preferably in the previously described folder. It should be understood that it is intended to be within the scope of the present invention that the system may create a separate configuration for each selected network client, or alternatively, a master configuration file may be created which may be used with both the user's preferred client for sending and receiving e-mail as well the user's preferred client for accessing the Internet. It should also be understood that the term "configuration file" is meant to be broadly construed to include portions of other files which are created and added by the software and used, as discussed above, with the selected network clients. For example, WINDOWS NT uses a registry, which includes configuration data for a wide variety of applications and clients. Therefore, in a WINDOWS NT operating environment, the software discussed above would amend the registry to include configuration information for the remote user's preferred choices of network clients.
In addition to creating the configuration file (or files or portions thereof, as discussed above), the software creates and displays icons on the remote terminal's display 32. The icons may be selected, at 72, by the remote user to establish a communication gateway or link, via system server 24 and the Internet 36, between the remote terminal 20 and the user's home system 30 so that the user may access the user's home system with the chosen clients, at 74. When used, the configured clients may still prompt the user for additional information. For example, the user may be prompted to enter the user's password. Alternatively, the software may prompt the user to enter the user's password along with the user's other identifying information.
Also, once configured and customized for the remote user, the clients may be repetitively used and closed during the entire communication session. Therefore, it is possible for the remote user to use the chosen e-mail client, close that application, use the selected client for accessing the Internet, close that client, and then use the e-mail client again, all by simply clicking on the icons to automatically and transparently establish communication with the user's home system 30 in a familiar, secure operating environment. The chosen clients may also be used concurrently with each other.
Therefore, as discussed above and shown in FIG. 4, all the remote user needs to establish familiar, customized access to the user's home system 30 is the user's identifying information discussed above in response to prompts displayed on the remote terminal's display. It should be understood that some of the information that the user is prompted to enter is optional and is not necessary for the system to operate. An example of this optional, but helpfil, information is the user's real name. Other information is necessary, but has a default setting which is used unless the user specifies otherwise. For example, the user's preferred communication protocol, e-mail address, and network client choices will have default settings that will be used if nothing is entered by the user. The default communication protocol will be the industry standard communication protocol, which is currently POP 3, but which soon may be IMAP 4 and which may continue to change as technology advances. Also, when the user selects a particular protocol, the user may be prompted to enter additional configuration information. For example, after selecting IMAP 4 as the user's preferred choice of communication protocol, the user will then be prompted for a directory on the user's home system to save files, e-mail messages and other information.
The user's e-mail address will default to a combination of the user's user ID and the domain name of the user's home system (i.e. firstname.lastname@example.com). If the user does not select both a preferred e-mail client and a client for accessing the Internet, the software will use a default choice for the non-selected client. Alternatively, the system may be configured to only create a configuration file for the selected network client and not to use a default setting for the non-selected type of network client. This option would be useful if the user only wanted to access the Internet but did not want to send and receive e-mail, or vice versa.
As mentioned above, in addition to providing the remote user with access to the user's home system 30 in a familiar operating environment, the invented system also provides a level of security previously not readily available to the traveling user. Because the user's identifying information is not stored on remote terminal 20, subsequent users of the remote terminal are not able to access the prior user's information. Instead, the user's information is stored only on system server 24, which is not accessible by the remote users. This removal of the remote user's confidential information to a non-accessible location eliminates the need for complex security devices and software. Therefore, as mentioned above, it is also not necessary for the remote terminal to include any local (non-RAM) file storage. However, as discussed previously, a remote terminal with local file storage is still within the scope of the invention.
Referring still to FIG. 3, at 76, once the user's operative session is completed, the user-specific information, such as may be stored in the user's folder and which includes all of the user's information, configuration files, and anything which is downloaded by the user, is simply erased from the system server, at 78. As an added level of security, the system may be configured to overwrite the region of the memory device on which the folder was saved. The above-described security measures provides remote users with a heightened level of security because no residual storage of their information remains after the user is finished using the system. Therefore the user can feel free to use the system to handle confidential or other sensitive matters without worrying that others may gain access to this information.
As shown in FIG. 5, the previously described system and method of using the same are capable of being used simultaneously by more than one remote user. As shown, the invented plural-user system includes plural remote terminals 20 with modems 22, which communicate with system server 24 through its modem 26. It should be understood that the invented system in this alternate embodiment may include a varying number of remote terminals 20, as long as system server 24 has the capacity to communicate with each of these remote terminals. Also, as discussed above, modems 22 and 26 have been only schematically illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 5-6. Therefore it should be understood that modem 26 schematically represents both internal and external modems, as well as a multi-user modem card and a plurality of modems, each configured to establish communication with a respective one of the modems 22 connected to the remote terminals. The system server stores each remote user's identifing information and configuration file in a discrete location on the system server's memory device. Preferably, the system will create, for each remote user, a separate folder into which information from a specific remote terminal is stored, and then erased, as successive remote users use that terminal.
As shown in FIG. 5, the system is capable of establishing communication between two remote users and the same home system. Sometimes, however, both remote users will not have the same home system. Therefore, a system that is also intended to be within the scope of the present invention, is schematically shown in FIG. 6. As shown, the system is configured to enable three remote users, one at each remote terminal 20 to establish secure communication in a familiar operating environment with three different home systems 30. Although remote users may have the same home system, it should be understood that the system does not require this result. All such plural-user systems, however, are within the spirit and scope of the invention. Furthermore, while FIGS. 5 and 6 are meant to be illustrative examples of the multi-user systems that are within the scope of the present invention, the system may be used with many more than two or three remote and home systems. For example, the system server may be capable of establishing simultaneous connections between dozens of remote users and their respective home systems.
Another embodiment of the invented system for providing remote users with temporary and secure access to their home systems is schematically shown in FIG. 7 and generally indicated at 80. In system 80, the system server and remote terminal are the same computing device, which is generally indicated at 82, and includes the previously described elements of remote terminal 20 and system server 24, such as a display 32, user-input device 34, memory device 28 for storing the user's configuration files, and a communication linkage 36 for communicating with a remote user's home system 30 via the Internet. As discussed, this communication linkage may be any suitable physical or wireless communication linkage, such as a telephone line, ISDN line, cable line, etc. The previously described software is installed on device 82.
Because the system server and remote terminal are the same remote computing device in this embodiment of the invention, it may be preferable to provide security to the data stored on device 82 in the form of a physical barrier that prevents unauthorized individuals from accessing elements of device 82 other than display 32 and user input 34. For example, device 82 may be housed within a durable, secure housing that includes a secure region 86, which may only be accessed by authorized users. Region 86 is protected by a lock or other security system or physical barrier that prevents unauthorized access to selected components of the remote computing device, but may be selectively accessed by authorized personnel. For example, the memory device and processor may be housed within the secure region. The display also may be housed within region 86 so long as its screen is visible by a remote user.
Device 82 further includes a user-accessible region 88, which all remote users may access. For example, the display and input device, such as a keyboard and/or mouse, would typically be within the user-accessible region. Other optional components that may be within the user-accessible region are a printer, or at least the output therefrom, and a credit card reader. Because system 80 will typically be placed in locations frequented by travelers, such as airports, hotels, convention centers, shopping centers and the like, one suitable form of housing 84 is a locked, durable kiosk from which remote users may access their home systems.
It is also within the scope of the present invention that any of the other embodiments of the invention may be implemented in a housing, such as a kiosk, containing a secure region and a user-accessible region. For example, the system shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 could be implemented in a kiosk housing system server 24 and multiple remote terminals 20, which typically would communicate with the system server through a physical communication linkage because of the close proximity of the remote terminals to the system server. In a variation of this embodiment, plural remote terminals may be housed within a kiosk and may separately or collectively communicate with a system server located apart from the kiosk.
A further advantage of the system is due to the fact that the communication between the system server and a particular remote user's home system is established via a global computer network, namely, the Internet. Because the Internet may be accessed from virtually anywhere in the world to establish communication with virtually any other location in the world, there will not be long distance or other increased costs to allow a remote user to contact a home system which is in a different city, state or even a different country.
An example of how the previously described system may be implemented is in a hotel, airport or convention center. Remote terminals may be placed in both public and private locations, and each remote terminal will establish communication, via conventional telephonic, ISDN or other communication line, with a system server which is preferably in the same calling zone. The system server then establishes communication, via the Internet, with any home system requested by the remote users, regardless of the distance between the system server and the home system.
Accordingly, while the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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The Case for Discrimination
This paper defends the use of asymmetric norms which grant gre- ater privileges to minorities than to majorities. The norms we discuss include norms facilitating the establishment or prohibition of minority- only or majority-only institutions, neighborhoods, or associations. While traditionally the primary arguments favoring minorities' privileges have been based on considerations of fairness or justice, we show that there are simple environments where asymmetric norms would maximize aggregate sum of individual utilities. A utilitarian may therefore support the establishment of black colleges or Hassidic only neighborhoods while at the same time oppose exclusion of blacks or Jews from white or Christian neighborhoods.
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Rabb Da Radio Cast: Tarsem Jassar, Mandy Takhar, Simi Chahal
Director: Tarnvir Singh Jagpal and Harry Bahtti
Producer: Manpreet Johal
Screenplay: Jass Grewal
Writer: Jass Grewal
Running Time: 2hrs 01mins
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rabb Da Radio Review: Rabb Da Radio story revolves around a Manjinder Singh played by Tarsem Singh Jassar who comes from a high-class family and Guddi played by Simi Chahal, a young girl. Manjinder starts wooing Guddi from the first time he saw her, she has two sisters and two cousin brother, but they did not talk to each other. Naseeb Kaur played by Mandy Takhar married to Guddi's cousin brother. Manjinder already falls for Guddi and want to marry her, so he started convincing Naseeb and wanted her to talk to Guddi family for marriage. Naseeb's mother in law has objections, and she forces Naseeb to made a false statement about Guddi character. Will Naseeb consent wishes of her mother in law? You need to watch the movie for what happened next.
Rabb Da Radio is a Romantic drama, and we've seen same genre movies in every couple of months in Pollywood. However the theme and story of them film which makes it a special one. The story of the film is written by Jass Grewal, who is well known for his great screenplay in Bambukat.
Tarnvir Singh Jagpal and Harry Bahtti, the two debutant directors work is also appreciable, For direction, I will give them 10 out of 9 because they directed such a complicated characters movie and it's very significant.
Tarsem Singh Jassar acting as a debutant is tremendous (I hardly use that word for a debut actor and actress, and I believe that he gets many roles in upcoming Punjabi movies as a lead actor. Simi Chahal, I fell in love with her acting, her character as Guddi and how she represented herself as a village girl, her acting will make you smile, and you will see what beauty from rural Punjab is like And Mandy Takhar acting is fabulous as always.
Final Words: You have seen everything about Raab Da Radio story has many times before, just in other films. However, the story, theme, dialogue and acting of Tarsem Singh Jassar is the top notch of the movie.
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Archive of the University of Manchester's department of physics.
The archive is fragmentary, but includes material from the earliest years of the department. Most material dates from 1870-1910, and the 1960s-1990s. It is not believed that archival records for the intervening period are extant.
Of particular interest are a series of laboratory record books (DPH/2) dating from 1872-1910, which provide detailed information on students' experimental work (note: these do not include information on research work by staff). The records provide detailed information on the development of laboratory teaching within the physics syllabus in this period. As such, the records books are rare survivals of the earliest period of laboratory physics instruction in a British university.
Committee minutes (DPH/1) date from the period when formal committee organization was being developed in the department in the 1960s. The minutes include those of the Departmental Board, the senior departmental committee, which had overview for many academic and administrative arrangements within the Department. Information about the Department's work can also be picked up from the Departmental handbooks which date from the 1960s to the 1990s and include information on syllabus, research work and facilities (DPH/3). The archive also includes a letter book (DPH/4) dating 1871-1882; this provides limited, but interesting, information on administrative arrangements within the Department, including relations with equipment suppliers.
The archive contains a number of photos, dating from the 1890s to the 1950s (DPH/5). These are mostly departmental groups of staff and students. Finally, the collection includes an interesting notebook of a former Student Doris Bailey, who recorded lectures on radioactivity, delivered, it is believed, by Hans Geiger in the 1910/11 session (DPH/6/1).


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Now that enforcement agencies have determined that digital currencies are more than a passing fad, they are establishing more permanent efforts focused on the novel legal issues digital currencies present. The SEC's formation of its multi-office Digital Currency Working Group may foreshadow an increase in the agency's exercise of regulatory authority over entities offering interests in Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Businesses that transact in digital currencies or cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, should be aware of the SEC's increased focus on these transactions.
Since Bitcoin's 2009 debut, regulators like the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") have scrutinized Bitcoin and other digital currencies to assess how they fit into the existing framework of laws applicable to money and securities. Regulators have also cracked down on a variety of perceived wrongs with some link to digital currencies, including money laundering, Ponzi schemes and securities fraud. For example, in July of 2013, the SEC charged an individual with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, and in June of 2014 the SEC charged a Bitcoin-related website owner with publicly offering shares in his ventures without registering them.
Now that digital currencies have proved more than a passing fad, enforcement agencies are establishing more permanent efforts focused on the novel legal issues they present. The U.S. Department of Justice had by 2011 established its Global Illicit Finance Team (GIFT), a task force consisting of investigators from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Justice's Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section. GIFT was recently credited with the shutdown of Liberty Reserve, which allegedly operated a $6 billion digital currency system designed to provide cyber and other criminals with a way to launder their profits.
The SEC has followed suit. In a press release dated December 8, 2014, the SEC publicly featured its Digital Currency Working Group, which helped coordinate the investigation of Ethan Burnside, who was sanctioned for his alleged operation of two online venues that traded securities using digital currencies without registering the venues as broker-dealers or stock exchanges. The Digital Currency Working Group has approximately 50 members from among the SEC's divisions and offices, and the stated aim of fostering information-sharing internally and externally. Though it was reportedly formed in 2013, it was not linked to a specific enforcement action until the SEC's press release of December 8, 2014.
The SEC's advance into this enforcement arena came at the same time as a ruling by Magistrate Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas federal court that digital currency is "money" for the purposes of the Securities Act because it can be used to purchase goods and services, pay for individual living expenses, and exchanged for conventional currencies. In August of 2013, SEC Chairman Mary Jo White issued a letter that clarified the SEC's position: though virtual currency itself may not be considered a "security" subject to SEC enforcement, interests issued by entities owning virtual currencies or providing returns based on assets such as virtual currencies likely would be securities and therefore would be subject to regulation. In May of 2014, the SEC issued an alert warning investors of the risks of investments involving Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
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One driver got the fright of his life when it was revealed he had been driving a rental car hidden with explosives.
A routine police training exercise at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Alaska went horribly wrong when the rental company accidentally allowed the car to be rented out.
The chief of Airport Police and Fire at the airport, Jesse Davis, old Anchorage Daily News that, "it took a few hours for police to track down the car and recover the explosives, which had been placed on the vehicle for a routine K-9 training."
"Airport police routinely work with rental car companies to expose bomb-sniffing dogs to different environments. During the trainings, very small amounts of an explosive are used to challenge the dogs", he said.
While the explosives were small and the driver unharmed, it was an embarrassing moment for the police department.
"When we say 'explosives,' it's not a stick of dynamite," Davis said. "It's a very small piece of explosive."
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A California mayor who failed to report his donation of $11,000 (GBP6,100) to rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight's Death Row Records has been ordered to pay a fine of the same amount.
The state's FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION, which reached an agreement with Compton Mayor ERIC PERRODIN last month (JUL04) to settle the case, called it a "serious violation" of the law.
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The human genius for turning small differences into big wars was never more apparent than 100 years ago this week. The world was on the verge of a slaughter that took 17 million military and civilian lives. The causes were a suicide attack on an archduke, followed by a series of casual decisions by various leading powers to allow treaties and alliances to fall into place like the tumblers on a lock, opening the gates of hell. A century later, what have we learned?
A lot, in fact. Whether we know it or not. As the media, including this newspaper, focus their attention on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at the hands of Gavrilo Princip in 1914, and its consequences through 1918, it should be our species' fervent wish that we acknowledge two fundamental truths to emerge from the First World War.
The first truth is that the leading powers of the day must be cautious about pulling themselves and their allies into escalating conflicts. There is an element in well-armed countries that, energized by either a thirst for blood or a naiveté about the horrors of its shedding, wants to answer every terrorist attack, act of aggression or perceived threat with military-backed ultimatums. This was Austria-Hungary's response to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand – it now serves as a reminder that an interconnected world, as ours most definitely was in 1914, can back into Armageddon as easily as march into it. World leaders who resist calls for military action aren't necessarily showing weakness; they may be showing resolve and wisdom.
The second indelible truth is that nationalism, a product of the age in which the war started, is the single greatest threat to peace. It was a toxic narcissism that convinced Princip and his co-conspirators that a suicide mission to kill a mustachioed future monarch would make Bosnia a better place. The subsequent cult-like worship of nationalistic identity, with its attendant hatreds, irremediable grievances and glorification of violence, continues to divide the world into ever smaller units of self-determination. What we need is the opposite: a world where different peoples respectfully unite in the name of prosperity and the mutual good.
The world today is more stable in many important ways than it was in 1914. But we are still human, and our capacity to slide into all-out war remains. The centenary of our most ill-conceived global conflict is a good moment to remind ourselves of the better path.Report Typo/Error
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