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Royal Society Issues IP Charter
An anonymous reader writes "The Economist
and the Guardian
both have stories about the release of the
Adelphi Charter – an international blueprint for how
intellectual property should be made – by Britain's Royal
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce.
The Economist says “The Adelphi group are a varied crew
ranging from Gilberto Gil, the Brazilian culture minister (and pop
star) to Sir John Sulston, a Nobel-winning scientist who helped
decode the human genome, and James Boyle, a law professor at Duke
University. They believe that the intellectual-property system is
starting to lean so far in favor of private enrichment that it no
longer serves the public interest.” The charter calls for
evidence-based policy, and a balance between rights protection and
the public domain. It also condemns business method and software
patents."
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Welcome to Mission Impropable.
In only a few hours, I will train a group of 10 "Microsoft SQL Server" DBAs in
using MSSQL OLAP. I just spent maybe 20 minutes today on the crapper reading up
on what "Dimensions" "Measures" and "Cubes" are... what's a "DataWarehouse" what's
a Datamart (Gonna talk to them about this for two hours, while stall hehehe). I
spent another fucking two hours to get the Microsoft samples setup on my laptop.
Chances are I am going to burn myself badly today, because usually as an Unix
Specialist I don't touch Microcrap even with a 100 foot pole. Chances are those
fucks are never going to the difference because I learn fast and I've pulled this
off before.
Can I, a Unix professional with only very little background in Microsoft Crap
Tech pull it off and train a bunch of MSSQL DBAs how to implement a Datawhorehouse
in their backyards?? Will I get paid, or be spit upon??? Stay tuned, I'll keep you posted!
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Search for music from both, specially the lyrics...
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in the US door to door lettersare supposed to be placed in the door or any recepticle not labled "US Mail"
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