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Simple model describes the transition from static to dynamic friction.
Enlarge / Some surfaces, like sandpaper, create more friction than others. (credit: Daniel Machado / Flickr)
A cook's reaction to cockroaches in the kitchen is a good approximation of a physicist's reaction to friction: not only is it undesirable, it is hard to get rid of. OK, our analogy falls at a last hurdle: unlike cooks, most physicists don't really want to understand friction.
That said, there are a few strong-stomached physicists who are trying to understand friction. One of the problems they face is that is friction is so… individual. Every experiment is different. Even copies of the same experiment are slightly different. Despite that, one group has now managed to come up with a general model that replicates many of the main features of friction.
Actually, part of that last sentence is a lie. The model focuses on the transition between two different types of friction. I'll get to that in a moment.
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Cox Communications will soon go to trial where several major music companies accuse the ISP of not doing enough to curb piracy. The eventual verdict will be handed down by a carefully selected jury of regular citizens. As part of the jury selection procedure, the record labels want to know if potential jurors use The Pirate Bay, support EFF, or read TorrentFreak.
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Some of the world’s largest music companies have taken several ISPs to court, accusing them of not doing enough to curb piracy.
This legal campaign, which is supported by the RIAA, resulted in a massive windfall for the copyright holders last month.
Following a two week trial, Cox was found guilty by a jury that awarded a billion dollars in damages. Soon after this win, the music companies shifted their focus to the next battle, the upcoming trial against ISP Grande Communications.
Similar to the Cox case, the music companies, including Capitol Records, Warner Bros, and Sony Music, argue that the Internet provider willingly turned a blind eye to pirating customers. As such, it should be held accountable for copyright infringements allegedly committed by its users.
Grande will start the trial at a severe disadvantage. The court previously granted summary judgment in favor of the record labels, ruling that the ISP will go to trial without a safe harbor defense. This means that it can be held secondarily liable for the pirating activity of its users.
This week both parties submitted their ‘voir dire’ questions for potential trial jurors. The jury consists of members of the public, but the legal teams from both sides are allowed to ask questions during the selection process, to ensure that jurors are unbiased.
The music companies, for example, will ask whether potential jurors or people close to them, ever worked for Grande Communications. That makes sense. The same is true for the question that asks whether they have any negative opinions of record labels.
While browsing through the 40 questions for the jurors, we also noticed that the labels are interested in anyone reading this article right now. Apparently, being a reader of TorrentFreak or Ars Technica is something prospective jurors must disclose.
“Have you ever read or visited Ars Technica or TorrentFreak?” question 33 reads.
What the labels plan to do with the answers remains a guess. We have covered these and other piracy liability lawsuits in great detail over the years. So, perhaps the labels want to pick our readers, many of whom are legal experts. On the other hand, our news selection and the associated knowledge may also be seen as bias.
Whatever the reason, we’ll take it as a compliment.
Reading through the rest of the questions we see more interesting mentions. The labels want to know whether the jurors have ever downloaded anything from torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and RARBG, for example. In addition, they are asked whether they support the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) or if they ever worked for a technology company.
What also stands out is the question that asks prospective jurors if they believe there are “too many frivolous lawsuits nowadays,” while asking the candidates to give examples.
The record labels are not the only ones asking questions of course. Grande Communications has also prepared a list, hoping to signal bias or other disqualifying factors.
The ISP asks, for example, if the candidates have ever worked at a record label or in the music industry. The company also asks whether they believe it’s an ISP’s responsibility to monitor and police online piracy.
Grande doesn’t ask about TorrentFreak, but it does want to know whether the prospective jurors have ever heard of BitTorrent.
The jury selection for the upcoming trial is scheduled to take place on February 24th and the trial will start a day later. In the coming weeks, both parties will work on their final preparations.
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The record label’s questions are available here (pdf) and Grande Communication’s questions can be found here (pdf).
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Die Ad Monetization Platform sollte Entwicklern Werbeeinahmen garantieren. Allerdings schaltet Microsoft das System im Sommer 2020 ab, da es sich wohl nicht rentiert hat. Das könnte ein weiteres Zeichen dafür sein, dass es UWP in seiner eigentlichen Fo…
Die Ad Monetization Platform sollte Entwicklern Werbeeinahmen garantieren. Allerdings schaltet Microsoft das System im Sommer 2020 ab, da es sich wohl nicht rentiert hat. Das könnte ein weiteres Zeichen dafür sein, dass es UWP in seiner eigentlichen Form wohl bald nicht mehr geben wird. (Microsoft, Onlinewerbung) Der freie E-Mail-Client Thunderbird soll noch mehr Vollzeit-Entwickler bekommen. Diese könnten an einem neuen UI arbeiten, an der Unterstützung des Matrix-Chat oder an vielen weiteren wichtigen Details des Clients. (Thunderbird, Firefox)
Der freie E-Mail-Client Thunderbird soll noch mehr Vollzeit-Entwickler bekommen. Diese könnten an einem neuen UI arbeiten, an der Unterstützung des Matrix-Chat oder an vielen weiteren wichtigen Details des Clients. (Thunderbird, Firefox) Immer mehr Fälle des Coronavirus werden gemeldet. Das ist der Zeitpunkt für Apple, sämtliche Geschäfte in China vorerst zu schließen. Das Unternehmen handele auf Rat von Gesundheitsexperten und wolle den Betrieb so schnell wie möglich wieder aufnehmen….
In den 80er Jahren gab es unzählige Magazine mit Basic-Programmen zum Abtippen oder Kassetten, die unter Freuden getauscht wurden. Weniger bekannt ist die Übertragung durch öffentliche Radiostationen, die es sogar bis in die DDR geschafft hat. (Basic, …
Laney Griner, mother behind the meme, sent cease-and-desist to the Iowa congressman.
Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) wanted supporters to fund his memes—but he may end up paying for them instead. On Monday, King and his campaign for reelection to the House of Representatives received a cease-and-desist letter from the attorneys of Laney Griner, the mother of 2011’s most ubiquitous meme, Success Kid: a baseball-shirted cherub clasping a fistful of sand with a look of utter triumph. King’s campaign had used the famous image of Griner’s son for an ad, emblazoning it with the phrase “FUND OUR MEMES!!!” and superimposing the baby over an image of the US Capitol. As soon as she found out, Griner made it clear she would not stand for it.
She may not have to. Even though the point of a meme is that it gets reused and remixed and reappropriated, and Success Kid in particular has been memed across the world for almost a decade, Griner could have the law on her side. “The question everyone is going to be asking is, can you copyright a meme? But that’s not the right question to ask,” says Derigan Silver, who researches internet law at the University of Denver. “[King] is using the original picture of this kid, which is clearly copyrightable.” To that end, Griner does, in fact, hold the copyright, and she wouldn’t be the first person to try to enforce their copyright of an image-turned-meme. Matt Furie, the artist behind the infamous Pepe the Frog meme, has taken around 75 people and entities to task (or court) for reproducing Pepe’s image without his permission.
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Ältere Thinkpads und andere Notebooks haben oft Smartcard-Adapter dabeigehabt. Auf Indiegogo finanziert Alex West derzeit einen Adapter, der in den Slot hineinpasst und eine SSD beinhaltet. Diese soll hot-swap-fähig und bootbar sein. (Solid State Drive…
Ältere Thinkpads und andere Notebooks haben oft Smartcard-Adapter dabeigehabt. Auf Indiegogo finanziert Alex West derzeit einen Adapter, der in den Slot hineinpasst und eine SSD beinhaltet. Diese soll hot-swap-fähig und bootbar sein. (Solid State Drive, Speichermedien) Die Jollylook Auto sieht aus wie aus dem Jahr 1900, ist aber eine moderne Sofortbildkamera, die auf Kickstarter finanziert wird. Interessant: Fokus, Blende und den Bilderauswurf bedienen Nutzer mit Kurbeln und Rädchen. Belichtungszeit und Blitz werden …
Die Jollylook Auto sieht aus wie aus dem Jahr 1900, ist aber eine moderne Sofortbildkamera, die auf Kickstarter finanziert wird. Interessant: Fokus, Blende und den Bilderauswurf bedienen Nutzer mit Kurbeln und Rädchen. Belichtungszeit und Blitz werden automatisch ausgewählt. (Kickstarter, Digitalkamera) 
Immer mehr Fälle des Coronavirus werden gemeldet. Das ist der Zeitpunkt für Apple, sämtliche Geschäfte in China vorerst zu schließen. Das Unternehmen handele auf Rat von Gesundheitsexperten und wolle den Betrieb so schnell wie möglich wieder aufnehmen. (
In den 80er Jahren gab es unzählige Magazine mit Basic-Programmen zum Abtippen oder Kassetten, die unter Freuden getauscht wurden. Weniger bekannt ist die Übertragung durch öffentliche Radiostationen, die es sogar bis in die DDR geschafft hat. (
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