Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises... To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries
Not being particularly well versed in US law or even your constitution, but wouldn't that mean that when an author or inventor dies that no one has exclusive rights to their work?
And that the current copyright length is in fact unconstitutional?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from skimming the patent claims a number of items that they're describing seems very much like a cable television subscription.
The EULA specifically states that licensing for individual components overrides this. Additionally, it seems to be more of a "Don't build on top of this and use our trademarks" more than anything else
A better analogy would be that the wireless network is your entire property and the house is an individual computer. If your front gate is unlocked then there is an inherent permission to enter the yard.
I'd get the consultant to come to the office. If the new software is going to be run onsite, there should be no reason why the data needs to leave. But if it does need to be taken offsite then having the consultant come in to collect it makes them responsible for keeping the data secure.
I wholeheartedly agree, considering decisions regarding the operations at CERN are run by a council which consists of 20 European States. However, I imagine that this lawsuit would make life difficult for any associated US based facilities. Additionally CERN employs people from around the world, as well as allowing visiting physicists to run experiments. (A couple of my physics professors left halfway through a semester to work on some experiment at CERN)
That may well be true now, because the last time I tried using PostgreSQL was nearly two years ago and it was a configuration nightmare that was poorly documented for windows. But if PostgreSQL is so much easier to use now than MySQL, why is MySQL still that default database for hosted websites, and why do most open source web applications that I've looked at recommend a LAMP/WAMP stack?
Incidentally, you do know that Slashdot runs on MySQL don't you?
I think part of the reason for MySQL being so prevalent is the fact that it is probably the easiest backend database you can use for a web app. I've seen quite a few that have started life with MySQl and added in additional database support as the application has grown and matured.
IIRC Nvidia was one of the major suppliers of on-board graphics for AMD based motherboards and since AMDs purchase of ATI they are now focusing more on competing with Intel in that space.
Just to note, Microsoft isn't the richest corporation on earth. And as it happens, the richest retail corporation on earth (Walmart) is now selling Linux PCs.
Just thought that needed a correction, considering there are all those financial and manufacturing giants that are so much richer.
Your explaination makes more sense than the article, but there is still the flaw where Jane, Jill (she's just like Jane, the silly bint) and I both receive a legitimate email and based on someone elses reputation this system classifies the email as spam. Creating false positives and temporarily increase my score.
So, if I understood the article correctly, this technology will classify more email as spam the more spam you have received. Wouldn't this eventually classify everything as spam, forcing you to trawl through catch folders to find all your legit email?
The summary isn't particulary clear on the specifications. 100 hertz is the pulse repition frequency. THe actual microwaves are "tunable in the 350-1350 MHz range"
Not to mention that power steering is a hydraulic system, just like the brakes. Although some newer cars may have the hydraulics regulated by electronic systems, having them cut out won't be critical. For the most part the driver probably wouldn't even notice.
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Not being particularly well versed in US law or even your constitution, but wouldn't that mean that when an author or inventor dies that no one has exclusive rights to their work? And that the current copyright length is in fact unconstitutional?
I think it's more likely that they're going after Microsoft for making one of their products redundant. "x4o© - The One Step Solution to XML Authoring in Microsoft® Word"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from skimming the patent claims a number of items that they're describing seems very much like a cable television subscription.
It seemed rather familiar to me, so a quick google search came up with a similar article from last year.
Additionally, there is an Australian company that is marketing a SolarCube, which looks like it uses conventional lenses to produce the same effect. The initial design was featured on the New Inventors in 2005
Do you mean something like this? http://www.ondemandbooks.com/home.htm
Or buy a solar lighting kit from an electrical distributor. In Australia, HPM carries a number of types depending on usage requirements.
The EULA specifically states that licensing for individual components overrides this. Additionally, it seems to be more of a "Don't build on top of this and use our trademarks" more than anything else
A better analogy would be that the wireless network is your entire property and the house is an individual computer. If your front gate is unlocked then there is an inherent permission to enter the yard.
Hey, I like my Packard Bell.
I'd get the consultant to come to the office. If the new software is going to be run onsite, there should be no reason why the data needs to leave. But if it does need to be taken offsite then having the consultant come in to collect it makes them responsible for keeping the data secure.
maybe they can catch it
I wholeheartedly agree, considering decisions regarding the operations at CERN are run by a council which consists of 20 European States.
However, I imagine that this lawsuit would make life difficult for any associated US based facilities. Additionally CERN employs people from around the world, as well as allowing visiting physicists to run experiments. (A couple of my physics professors left halfway through a semester to work on some experiment at CERN)
That may well be true now, because the last time I tried using PostgreSQL was nearly two years ago and it was a configuration nightmare that was poorly documented for windows. But if PostgreSQL is so much easier to use now than MySQL, why is MySQL still that default database for hosted websites, and why do most open source web applications that I've looked at recommend a LAMP/WAMP stack?
Incidentally, you do know that Slashdot runs on MySQL don't you?
I think part of the reason for MySQL being so prevalent is the fact that it is probably the easiest backend database you can use for a web app. I've seen quite a few that have started life with MySQl and added in additional database support as the application has grown and matured.
IIRC Nvidia was one of the major suppliers of on-board graphics for AMD based motherboards and since AMDs purchase of ATI they are now focusing more on competing with Intel in that space.
Which reminds me of a book by Tracy Hickman which had a number of these concepts.
I don't know about anyone else, but I asked some nuclear physicists very nicely and they assured me that they would build me one...
... to power the mecha that I asked some robotics and mechatronics guys to build me.
But it does come close to racketeering.
Just to note, Microsoft isn't the richest corporation on earth. And as it happens, the richest retail corporation on earth (Walmart) is now selling Linux PCs.
Just thought that needed a correction, considering there are all those financial and manufacturing giants that are so much richer.
Your explaination makes more sense than the article, but there is still the flaw where Jane, Jill (she's just like Jane, the silly bint) and I both receive a legitimate email and based on someone elses reputation this system classifies the email as spam. Creating false positives and temporarily increase my score.
So, if I understood the article correctly, this technology will classify more email as spam the more spam you have received. Wouldn't this eventually classify everything as spam, forcing you to trawl through catch folders to find all your legit email?
Nothing at all, and considering how it worked out with hotmail that may well be the business plan.
The summary isn't particulary clear on the specifications. 100 hertz is the pulse repition frequency. THe actual microwaves are "tunable in the 350-1350 MHz range"
Not to mention that power steering is a hydraulic system, just like the brakes. Although some newer cars may have the hydraulics regulated by electronic systems, having them cut out won't be critical. For the most part the driver probably wouldn't even notice.
reminds me very much of the 1987 version of Falcon (F-16 fighting falcon?).
While it seems to be a good concept, wouldn't it make it more difficult to distinguish non-military targets?