I didn't realize you didn't own the copyright to a photo automatically until 1983. Is that what you meant to say? Applying for a copyright is different from registering a copyright. The latter implies ownership while the former implies lack of ownership.
No work is copyrighted unless application is filed along with two copies in the Library of Congress That will kill the photography profession. Professional photographers take literally thousands of photographs in hopes that a single one will make some money. I'm not a professional and I typically take about 200 pictures(I would take more if I has the luxury of digital) during a single college football game while also playing trumpet in the band while the pros on the field are taking 10 pictures every time someone gets tackled. It would be insanely expensive to copyright the photos from a single game.
The government does have the authority to tell you how to drive your car on public roads. You can't drive over the posted speed limit. You can't run a stop light. You can't drive while intoxicated. You can't drive without a license... Sounds to me like the government only has the authority to tell you how you can't drive. That's a big difference.
You say you don't get any but then explain that it gets filtered, meaning you DO get some but you don't see it. Those are mutually exclusive. You can't not get it and filter it, otherwise there wouldn't be anything to filter.
When you said "Kindle-type", I thought you meant something with the form factor of the Kindle but with extra functionality, not the Kindle itself.
Let me break this down for you. You want something with Wi-Fi and bluetooth to push and pull notes from meetings. To easily create notes in electronic form, you need a touch screen. Use color e-ink with that touchscreen and you end up with a tablet PC or handheld computer that has an e-ink display or a "Kindle-type" device with extra functionality. We are simply taking your compact sedan and adding extras, not building a whole new vehicle.
I ran the Ubuntu and Kubuntu LiveCDs on very similar low-end computers and Kubuntu would take at least a couple seconds to respond to anything but Ubuntu was zipping along almost as fast as if it had actually been installed.
Why am I a bad programmer? Where did you get that idea?
it's made patently obvious by your ignorance about software development That makes a lot of sense. That's some nice circular reasoning.
No one is saying you can't copy the CD to "protect [your] investment", just that it is questionable whether you can backup that copy that you just made. Learn to read, dumbass.
Your examples have nothing to do with this. Try using some things called "context clues". Of course backups of personal stuff are allowable and should always be allowable. The question that you seem to be missing is whether or not you should be allowed to backup the backup of SOMEONE ELSE'S data for which you purchased a license to use.
How do you know it is legal. A CD is a physical medium that you are backing up onto your hard drive. That is obviously allowable. The question here seems to be whether or not is is legal to backup the backup. I don't think it is quite as obvious but should still be allowable.
I noticed RapidShare has a new CAPTCHA involving writing only the letters and numbers that have a cat in a certain pose and the rest of the letters have a cat in a different pose. The letters were very distorted and the cats were on top of the letters or underneath. It was actually a little bit challenging.
You are factually correct, but your intent(taken from the context of the comment) is not. An OS is not a game, but it does require a computer of some sort.
A primitive culture doesn't mean that it's members are stupid. Western culture isn't primitive but there are certainly a bunch of stupid people living in it.
Isn't the point of beta-testing to find the flaws? Would you berate your doctor for saying you need to eat more fruits and vegetables? So what if I'm not involved in the project? I can still comment on it. Would I be a bad pilot to comment on another pilot's landing? According to you, I would since I was not involved in the landing. You are saying one must have involvement with something to comment on it. That goes against our natural ability to judge just about everything, no matter how much or little we know about it. You can tell a good musician from a bad one and stating your opinion one way or the other doesn't make you a bad person.
Why are you so defensive about Pogo? You keep making excuses, dodging questions, and insulting those that have the "audacity" to say something negative about it.
Actually, that is pretty complicated for the average user. There are a lot of unmentioned substeps. I looked up how to get my wireless card working in Ubuntu and there was almost always a single step: use NDISWrapper. That alone was several more steps. It eventually worked but I'm not sure how since it didn't work immediately and I didn't mess with it.
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I didn't realize you didn't own the copyright to a photo automatically until 1983. Is that what you meant to say? Applying for a copyright is different from registering a copyright. The latter implies ownership while the former implies lack of ownership.
Apparently, this IS Ass-backwards-land. I see no complaint of there not being a link.
You say you don't get any but then explain that it gets filtered, meaning you DO get some but you don't see it. Those are mutually exclusive. You can't not get it and filter it, otherwise there wouldn't be anything to filter.
I've certainly been tempted, but I don't enjoy the smell of burning plastic and who knows what else.
When you said "Kindle-type", I thought you meant something with the form factor of the Kindle but with extra functionality, not the Kindle itself.
Let me break this down for you. You want something with Wi-Fi and bluetooth to push and pull notes from meetings. To easily create notes in electronic form, you need a touch screen. Use color e-ink with that touchscreen and you end up with a tablet PC or handheld computer that has an e-ink display or a "Kindle-type" device with extra functionality. We are simply taking your compact sedan and adding extras, not building a whole new vehicle.
Well the, how is it not a tablet PC? I'm not very familiar with the program but it sounds like you just described OneNote.
There are already drives that have platters and flash. They cache frequently used files in flash and bootup files when you shut down.
Just because the effect can be seen in food doesn't mean it shouldn't be studied.
I ran the Ubuntu and Kubuntu LiveCDs on very similar low-end computers and Kubuntu would take at least a couple seconds to respond to anything but Ubuntu was zipping along almost as fast as if it had actually been installed.
No one is saying you can't copy the CD to "protect [your] investment", just that it is questionable whether you can backup that copy that you just made. Learn to read, dumbass.
Your examples have nothing to do with this. Try using some things called "context clues". Of course backups of personal stuff are allowable and should always be allowable. The question that you seem to be missing is whether or not you should be allowed to backup the backup of SOMEONE ELSE'S data for which you purchased a license to use.
Are you going to act like a baby and call me names or are you going to answer my questions?
You say Firefox has been around longer so it is better in beta. I sat you are making excuses.
How did it get out of alpha testing, then? Wouldn't being able to run on an average computer be important?
Do you work on Pogo?
How do you know it is legal. A CD is a physical medium that you are backing up onto your hard drive. That is obviously allowable. The question here seems to be whether or not is is legal to backup the backup. I don't think it is quite as obvious but should still be allowable.
I noticed RapidShare has a new CAPTCHA involving writing only the letters and numbers that have a cat in a certain pose and the rest of the letters have a cat in a different pose. The letters were very distorted and the cats were on top of the letters or underneath. It was actually a little bit challenging.
You are factually correct, but your intent(taken from the context of the comment) is not. An OS is not a game, but it does require a computer of some sort.
My last phone had AIM. It did use a data connection but each IM counted as an SMS.
Isn't the point of beta-testing to find the flaws? Would you berate your doctor for saying you need to eat more fruits and vegetables? So what if I'm not involved in the project? I can still comment on it. Would I be a bad pilot to comment on another pilot's landing? According to you, I would since I was not involved in the landing. You are saying one must have involvement with something to comment on it. That goes against our natural ability to judge just about everything, no matter how much or little we know about it. You can tell a good musician from a bad one and stating your opinion one way or the other doesn't make you a bad person.
Why are you so defensive about Pogo? You keep making excuses, dodging questions, and insulting those that have the "audacity" to say something negative about it.
Actually, that is pretty complicated for the average user. There are a lot of unmentioned substeps. I looked up how to get my wireless card working in Ubuntu and there was almost always a single step: use NDISWrapper. That alone was several more steps. It eventually worked but I'm not sure how since it didn't work immediately and I didn't mess with it.
It took me hours and hours to research that. Thanks for putting it all in a simple step-by-step guide!
I wouldn't call "since at least 10 years ago" "comparatively recently". They did it with my parent's first computer that had a 2GB hard drive.