That pole is on the public right-of-way, not your property. And your municipality is paid for the wires on it. It's called a franchise fee.
The transmitters aren't owned by the cable companies, and transmit power has nothing to do with how the cable networks operate. The rebroadcasters simply don't see a return on upping the transmit power.
There is a reason mini-USB has been depreciated for micro-USB, and it directly relates to you never having a mini-USB cable fail. The retaining clips on mini-USB are on the connector, when they fail you must repair the device. With micro-USB you just replace the cable. Also, a properly designed micro-USB cable fails before the connector does.
My three year old has picked up and walked off with one of my five current micro-USB devices at least once (probably a dozen times with the tablet) while they were still plugged in. I do have a healthy supply of partially functioning cables, but I've never had to repair a port.
This is not a copyright case, and copyright wouldn't prevent me from handing my mail to my assistant and saying, "Open these, read them, throw away the ones I don't want, stack them in order of importance, and if you can think of anything I might want based on these letters let me know."
My apologies, I used consent instead of two-party consent.
And, I'll retract my comment that must jurisdictions (US) require it. Turns out only 12 states do (honestly, a little shocked by that fact).
California's law prohibits "intercepting and recording" without all-party consent. Now, clearly no intercepting is going on. A Google mailbox is the desired endpoint.
Recording is a little less clear cut. E-mails must be recorded by definition. I argue that, since Google is using the "original" copy stored in my mailbox, no additional recording is going on either.
However, none of this addresses my point that once an e-mail is in my mailbox (just like a physical letter) it is mine, and I am free to do as I please with it.
That's a terrible analogy. First, it's not common practice to record and retain phone calls for future reference (creating a reasonable expectation that the recording doesn't exist in the first place).
Second, it is explicitly illegal to record phone calls without consent in most (all?) jurisdictions.
Third, just who does an email belong to once it has been delivered? (I feel this may be the most important question posed by this case) I'll certainly argue that once it hits my mailbox, it's mine. So, I would clearly be within my rights to allow Google to read it.
Have you read the proposed law? It only requires removal (which the law defines as no longer transmitting, not deletion) of content posted by the minor making the request.
So, if your "friend" posts a picture of you doing something questionable and tags you, it stays up.
I admit, I've never tried to remove a post from five years ago, but that doesn't seem like a major technical hurdle to overcome.
While the design is constrained there really is no restriction on the input methods. The surface pro has full sized USB ports and is running Windows 8. It will recognize any USB keyboard or mouse you plug into it. Or any other USB accessory you plug in (provided it has Windows 8 drivers).
There is no one app per screen restriction on the pro either. It has desktop mode just like any Windows 8 machine.
Meanwhile, show me a laptop with a touchscreen, pen input, and the ability to just take the damn keyboard off if I don't want to lug it around.
I'm not certain about the secure boot settings on the pro, but I'm pretty sure they're unlocked. So, it will even run Linux if you want. Good luck getting either of the digitizers to work though.
I don't know about you, but my mid-size tower would look a little funny hanging on the wall next to my flat screen. Sure, I could buy a 30' hdmi cable, but I've yet to find a decent wireless keyboard and mouse that works from more than 15' away and doesn't cost $100.
You're assuming that gasoline and fracking compounds are equally toxic, and penetrate the soil equally. Since they won't disclose the formulas, we have no way of knowing that. Also gasoline would be spilt on the surface, not leaked out at water table levels (in cases when wells fail). Making it much easier to clean up.
And copy-and-paste or not, the OP has a point when they ask what happens (and how do we know) when a well fails.
Is it really too much to ask that they put a marker in all of their fluid?
Exactly! If the contract is a set bid he shouldn't be paying in full until he has an acceptable product. However, if his contractors are hourly then you do have to pay for bug fixes or they just walk away when they realize he wants them to work for free.
Nope. The DMCA prohibits unauthorized decryption, but simply dumping unaltered data for backup is not prohibited. Similarly 1:1 backup copies of DVDs are okay, but decrypting the stream to remove previews or compress it to fit on a single layer disc is not.
If it isn't "reasonable" to demand that people have at least combination-lock security on their cars to prevent the remote possibility of unnecessary DEATHS, then it isn't reasonable to expect people to use advanced encryption technology to prevent the remote possibility of a few cents' loss of theoretical profit to some strange company you never even knew existed.
The problem with car analogies is that they so rarely equate. Enabling encryption in a wireless network is as simple as enabling a feature that is already present on both your router and your wireless devices. However, adding a combination lock to an automobile is a complicated and expensive process.
Not to mention that a keyed door lock is already fairly secure. While an unencrypted wireless access point, broadcasting it's id, is completely insecure.
Cities get a portion of sales tax. State, county and city each add a percentage. If I purchase an item in a neighboring city I pay about 9.5%. If I have the same item delivered to my door, I only pay about 9%. That's how works in Washington state at least. Each state is, at least, slightly different.
That's why it's such a PITA to collect sales tax. It's a big enough headache to keep track of one states tax laws, and tax boundaries (which rarely correspond with ZIP codes).
Way to cherry pick a quote. Here's the rest of it.
"We did get an indication that the vaccine was protecting people, not only from the numbers of people who got flu but also from looking at their T-cells before we gave them flu. The people we vaccinated had T-cells that were more activated. The people we hadn't vaccinated had T-cells as well but they were in a resting state so they would probably have taken longer to do anything. The volunteers we vaccinated had T-cells that were activated, primed and ready to kill. There were more T-cells in people we vaccinated and they were more activated."
This test appears to be about safety and confirming some sort of t-cell response, not effectiveness.
IANAL but... The big thing in the US is that the burden of proof is on the plantiff. The plaintiff must prove that what was said is false, and that the defendant knew that it was false at the time.
Amazon has the convenience factor on their side.
I, for one, would gladly pay 90% the paperback cost for an eBook, when I just pick up the device, search for the book, and download it. No computer, no pulling out my wallet to check my CC numbers. I don't even have to get off the toilet.
No, the 40 watt and most of the 60 watt (I've even found a 75 watt that is only slightly larger) CFL equivalents are the same size, or smaller than, an incandescent, but almost all 75 watt and 100 watt equivalents are larger than an incandescent bulb. And every last one of them is larger at the base. I have several fixtures that I can't get the smallest CFL into because of the ballast.
Just because the damn things work for you doesn't mean they work everywhere.
And just so you know that I'm not "whining and whimpering like a neocon" I have CFLs in every fixture that they will fit in and still give me a decent amount of light.
Remote attestation isn't something that needs to be built into the average PC. On a typical user's desktop, remote attestation doesn't really have any legitimate uses, only evil ones.
You're assuming manufacturers are going to produce a separate line of motherboards for home use and office use? I think that would drive the cost of hardware up.
If those workstations came with a switch on the side for forging attestations,
On a typical user's desktop forging attestations doesn't really have any legitimate uses, only evil ones.
Honestly, turning the attestations off may happen, but do you really think the hardware manufacturers are going to let you forge them?
Yeah, rules are rules, but just how far do school employees get to go when enforcing the rules.
This case isn't about if school's can have Zero-Tolerance rules, but did they act inappropriatly when they involutarily, and without parental consent, strip-searched a 13 year-old girl, because they suspected she had ibuprofen (Advil, that's right plain, old, ADVIL) on her.
If this case actually involved illegal possession, they should have contacted the police and let them handle it. Since it was simply a case of an over-zealous enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy, I think school administrators should have been limited to suspending the student.
And I do feel the need to mention, they didn't even find any pills.
How's this for a rule, School administrators DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES get to strip-search anyone. Pat them down, search their bags, remove them from the general student body, call the police and let them do their thing, but you, as school administrators, do not have the authority to strip anyone naked, for any purpose.
This is the third time I have read this exact post and I'm tired of it!
if a musician records a work of his own accord , and without having entered into any agreement with that musician or deceiving him in any way, I copy his songs, then it's not called "theft of labor".
Note the emphasis. Slaves did not do work of their own accord. Your silly little analagy is even more inaccurate that a car metaphor.
Second copying a song is not "theft of labor." Theft of labor would be someone hiring you for a job and not paying you (as the post you quoted was trying to point out.) Legally copying a song is unauthorized copying, not theft. Neither is ethical, but there are very distinct differences.
Third, copyright is not an inalienable right. It was initially a temporary monopoly granted to an idea's creator. It has since been perverted by corporations (such as Disney) so that it is granted virtually in perpetuity.
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The transmitters aren't owned by the cable companies, and transmit power has nothing to do with how the cable networks operate. The rebroadcasters simply don't see a return on upping the transmit power.
My three year old has picked up and walked off with one of my five current micro-USB devices at least once (probably a dozen times with the tablet) while they were still plugged in. I do have a healthy supply of partially functioning cables, but I've never had to repair a port.
This is not a copyright case, and copyright wouldn't prevent me from handing my mail to my assistant and saying, "Open these, read them, throw away the ones I don't want, stack them in order of importance, and if you can think of anything I might want based on these letters let me know."
And, I'll retract my comment that must jurisdictions (US) require it. Turns out only 12 states do (honestly, a little shocked by that fact).
California's law prohibits "intercepting and recording" without all-party consent. Now, clearly no intercepting is going on. A Google mailbox is the desired endpoint.
Recording is a little less clear cut. E-mails must be recorded by definition. I argue that, since Google is using the "original" copy stored in my mailbox, no additional recording is going on either.
However, none of this addresses my point that once an e-mail is in my mailbox (just like a physical letter) it is mine, and I am free to do as I please with it.
That's a terrible analogy. First, it's not common practice to record and retain phone calls for future reference (creating a reasonable expectation that the recording doesn't exist in the first place). Second, it is explicitly illegal to record phone calls without consent in most (all?) jurisdictions. Third, just who does an email belong to once it has been delivered? (I feel this may be the most important question posed by this case) I'll certainly argue that once it hits my mailbox, it's mine. So, I would clearly be within my rights to allow Google to read it.
Have you read the proposed law? It only requires removal (which the law defines as no longer transmitting, not deletion) of content posted by the minor making the request. So, if your "friend" posts a picture of you doing something questionable and tags you, it stays up. I admit, I've never tried to remove a post from five years ago, but that doesn't seem like a major technical hurdle to overcome.
I'm a US citizen, but living in Washington, I'm not bound by Californian laws.
I'm pretty sure they already let you delete posts.
While the design is constrained there really is no restriction on the input methods. The surface pro has full sized USB ports and is running Windows 8. It will recognize any USB keyboard or mouse you plug into it. Or any other USB accessory you plug in (provided it has Windows 8 drivers). There is no one app per screen restriction on the pro either. It has desktop mode just like any Windows 8 machine. Meanwhile, show me a laptop with a touchscreen, pen input, and the ability to just take the damn keyboard off if I don't want to lug it around. I'm not certain about the secure boot settings on the pro, but I'm pretty sure they're unlocked. So, it will even run Linux if you want. Good luck getting either of the digitizers to work though.
I don't know about you, but my mid-size tower would look a little funny hanging on the wall next to my flat screen. Sure, I could buy a 30' hdmi cable, but I've yet to find a decent wireless keyboard and mouse that works from more than 15' away and doesn't cost $100.
It makes them no worse than cable, and about $50 cheaper where I am.
Personal information from financial institutions? They had that decades ago.
You're assuming that gasoline and fracking compounds are equally toxic, and penetrate the soil equally. Since they won't disclose the formulas, we have no way of knowing that. Also gasoline would be spilt on the surface, not leaked out at water table levels (in cases when wells fail). Making it much easier to clean up. And copy-and-paste or not, the OP has a point when they ask what happens (and how do we know) when a well fails. Is it really too much to ask that they put a marker in all of their fluid?
Exactly! If the contract is a set bid he shouldn't be paying in full until he has an acceptable product. However, if his contractors are hourly then you do have to pay for bug fixes or they just walk away when they realize he wants them to work for free.
Nope. The DMCA prohibits unauthorized decryption, but simply dumping unaltered data for backup is not prohibited. Similarly 1:1 backup copies of DVDs are okay, but decrypting the stream to remove previews or compress it to fit on a single layer disc is not.
If it isn't "reasonable" to demand that people have at least combination-lock security on their cars to prevent the remote possibility of unnecessary DEATHS, then it isn't reasonable to expect people to use advanced encryption technology to prevent the remote possibility of a few cents' loss of theoretical profit to some strange company you never even knew existed.
The problem with car analogies is that they so rarely equate. Enabling encryption in a wireless network is as simple as enabling a feature that is already present on both your router and your wireless devices. However, adding a combination lock to an automobile is a complicated and expensive process.
Not to mention that a keyed door lock is already fairly secure. While an unencrypted wireless access point, broadcasting it's id, is completely insecure.
That's why it's such a PITA to collect sales tax. It's a big enough headache to keep track of one states tax laws, and tax boundaries (which rarely correspond with ZIP codes).
"We did get an indication that the vaccine was protecting people, not only from the numbers of people who got flu but also from looking at their T-cells before we gave them flu. The people we vaccinated had T-cells that were more activated. The people we hadn't vaccinated had T-cells as well but they were in a resting state so they would probably have taken longer to do anything. The volunteers we vaccinated had T-cells that were activated, primed and ready to kill. There were more T-cells in people we vaccinated and they were more activated."
This test appears to be about safety and confirming some sort of t-cell response, not effectiveness.
IANAL but... The big thing in the US is that the burden of proof is on the plantiff. The plaintiff must prove that what was said is false, and that the defendant knew that it was false at the time.
Amazon has the convenience factor on their side. I, for one, would gladly pay 90% the paperback cost for an eBook, when I just pick up the device, search for the book, and download it. No computer, no pulling out my wallet to check my CC numbers. I don't even have to get off the toilet.
Just because the damn things work for you doesn't mean they work everywhere.
And just so you know that I'm not "whining and whimpering like a neocon" I have CFLs in every fixture that they will fit in and still give me a decent amount of light.
Remote attestation isn't something that needs to be built into the average PC. On a typical user's desktop, remote attestation doesn't really have any legitimate uses, only evil ones.
You're assuming manufacturers are going to produce a separate line of motherboards for home use and office use? I think that would drive the cost of hardware up.
If those workstations came with a switch on the side for forging attestations,
On a typical user's desktop forging attestations doesn't really have any legitimate uses, only evil ones.
Honestly, turning the attestations off may happen, but do you really think the hardware manufacturers are going to let you forge them?
This case isn't about if school's can have Zero-Tolerance rules, but did they act inappropriatly when they involutarily, and without parental consent, strip-searched a 13 year-old girl, because they suspected she had ibuprofen (Advil, that's right plain, old, ADVIL ) on her.
If this case actually involved illegal possession, they should have contacted the police and let them handle it. Since it was simply a case of an over-zealous enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy, I think school administrators should have been limited to suspending the student.
And I do feel the need to mention, they didn't even find any pills.
How's this for a rule, School administrators DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES get to strip-search anyone. Pat them down, search their bags, remove them from the general student body, call the police and let them do their thing, but you, as school administrators, do not have the authority to strip anyone naked, for any purpose.
if a musician records a work of his own accord , and without having entered into any agreement with that musician or deceiving him in any way, I copy his songs, then it's not called "theft of labor".
Note the emphasis. Slaves did not do work of their own accord. Your silly little analagy is even more inaccurate that a car metaphor.
Second copying a song is not "theft of labor." Theft of labor would be someone hiring you for a job and not paying you (as the post you quoted was trying to point out.) Legally copying a song is unauthorized copying, not theft. Neither is ethical, but there are very distinct differences.
Third, copyright is not an inalienable right. It was initially a temporary monopoly granted to an idea's creator. It has since been perverted by corporations (such as Disney) so that it is granted virtually in perpetuity.
Do you get it yet?
But in a court of law, in combination with that NDA, it could be worth millions.