Why should we upgrade when your stone age browser breaks Web 2.0 stuff like facebook, youtube, and all that other obnoxious crap I don't want my little peons accessing anyway?
Sorry pal, but I have no incentive to cooperate here. We have too much of a good thing and we're keeping IE6 till hell freezes over.
The definition is anyone who is recruited by a person party to a dispute for the sole or primary purpose of attracting support. This would include stirring the pot at slashdot or any other popular website with a provocative link.
Frowned upon because it turns a discussion into a dumb numbers game. It's basically the wikipedia version of a proxy fight.
The reference to puppet, as in sockpuppet, is because someone who is buzzed into a discussion is deemed to be acting on behalf of the person who summoned him.
The consequences are nothing but a pack of powers that be that are looking for a convenient excuse for something they are hell bent on imposing anyway.
They have the motive and means. The hacktivists only provide opportunity.
What I don't get is how copyrights essentially get turned into patents, since the same criteria is used to judge infringement in both cases.
In theory, you can have two independent artists come up with the exact original work, neither drawing inspiration from the other, and yet when all is said and done in court, whoever came up with it first will win, coincidence be damned.
The original copyright's "inheritance by" the derived work would expire with the original copyright. However, the copyright of whoever did the derivation would still remain in force.
Depends, was the line worker's boss negligent in failing to supervise?
If so, he gets tacked on, then we take a look at HIS boss, and so on.
Once we reach a high enough level that the chain of command hits someone who qualifies as an agent, vicarious liability steps in and the whole corporation's on the hook.
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What advantage does first to file offer patent trolls and megacorps that they don't already have under the current status quo?
The Coke recipe is a trade secret, not a patent.
Anonymous?
What about someone whose sole intention is to troll?
What about tag team trolling?
First of all, it would be Apple doing the actual killing. Apple is not a force of nature that is immune to moral codes, or the law for that matter.
Second, participation in the android app store is optional.
All punishment is discipline.
Not all discipline is punishment.
And that is something that DOES fall under the school's jurisdiction. Unlike a facebook posting made from a non school computer.
Correct.
They deserved to get whacked, but the wrong hammer was used.
And letting the school punish off campus behavior sets a dangerous, easy to abuse precedent.
How does the school district even have jurisdiction in this case?
Was the offending facebook post made from a school computer? During school hours?
It might be libel, but unless the school actually has jurisdiction this suspension and expulsion is a load of crap.
What the hell business does the school have exercising jurisdiction over a facebook posting anyway?
Did the student use a school computer to make the post?
Dear microsoft
Why should we upgrade when your stone age browser breaks Web 2.0 stuff like facebook, youtube, and all that other obnoxious crap I don't want my little peons accessing anyway?
Sorry pal, but I have no incentive to cooperate here. We have too much of a good thing and we're keeping IE6 till hell freezes over.
Respectfully:
-- PHBs around the world.
I'm not condoning the abusive labelling of "meatpuppet" on interested participants that have opinions of their own.
I'm just quoting the rulebook. I give no assurance that they're actually following their own rules, however.
A meatpuppet isn't slang, it's jargon.
The definition is anyone who is recruited by a person party to a dispute for the sole or primary purpose of attracting support. This would include stirring the pot at slashdot or any other popular website with a provocative link.
Frowned upon because it turns a discussion into a dumb numbers game. It's basically the wikipedia version of a proxy fight.
The reference to puppet, as in sockpuppet, is because someone who is buzzed into a discussion is deemed to be acting on behalf of the person who summoned him.
If he indeed had a personal history then he had a WP:COI and should have left it alone since he's biased.
It's still just as cheeky either way.
Define "douchebag"
Now define "douchebag" taking into account the increased influence governments could bring upon slash dotters identified by their real names.
You may jest, but Anonymous is a group of people that choose to act as a group.
It's an open ended army.
I am anonymous.
The consequences are nothing but a pack of powers that be that are looking for a convenient excuse for something they are hell bent on imposing anyway.
They have the motive and means. The hacktivists only provide opportunity.
Ford's son might have had to pay inheritance tax on his share of the corporation if he had them when dad died.
Corporate run media systems that prevent spineful politicians from getting elected.
What I don't get is how copyrights essentially get turned into patents, since the same criteria is used to judge infringement in both cases.
In theory, you can have two independent artists come up with the exact original work, neither drawing inspiration from the other, and yet when all is said and done in court, whoever came up with it first will win, coincidence be damned.
The original copyright's "inheritance by" the derived work would expire with the original copyright. However, the copyright of whoever did the derivation would still remain in force.
Depends, was the line worker's boss negligent in failing to supervise?
If so, he gets tacked on, then we take a look at HIS boss, and so on.
Once we reach a high enough level that the chain of command hits someone who qualifies as an agent, vicarious liability steps in and the whole corporation's on the hook.
That's an interesting question.
When stock is held as part of a mutual fund, who exercises the voting rights?
Arthur Andersen lost its accounting license over its role in covering up the Enron scandal.
It went bankrupt very quickly afterwards.