Indeed. The fact that the authors are even agreeing to settle for an order of magnitude less points to just how effective the MAFIAA is at grinding people down in court.
I suspect, sadly, that the lawfirm going after them is somehow protecting their own interests. The MAFIAA is a big client of the lawyer guild after all.
Geeks are handicapped in social areas, they have trouble advocating for bigger budgets, they get shafted by their bosses on funding, something goes wrong, they get blamed for it.
In theory, a business would contract a towing company to promptly evacuate and impound any bad parkers. This would give the business a no nonsense reputation that would earn respect.
In practice, tolerating temporary bad parking may be a necessary evil on account of how much leverage a disgruntled driver can hold sway over the bottom line, so being a paying customer may well be grounds enough to demand the perk of being allowed to park screwy.
Thing is, the company that paid for the research will count on that one oddball that proves them right, publish their results, and use legal procedures to sit on anything they don't like.
And those companies may well use their purse strings to choke anyone who doesn't say what they like.
Unfortunately the FDA will shut anyone down that tries a stunt like this. The pharmaceuticals have them in their pockets, just like every other major industry has their regulators in bed with them.
When *isn't* there a strong incentive to find a way to cheat the system, to be honest?
And people at the bottom of the totem pole getting the most crap is just the way it works when the power people at the top have a monopoly on dodging and dumping privileges. Since the guy at the bottom is the only one not able to divert it, he eats it.
At least, here in Washington, you need a license to drive. And a license to drive is a privilege, for which the state is free to impose whatever conditions they see fit.
So a driver's license application is rather like a contract. You agree to follow traffic laws and consent to a breathalyzer whenever the fuck the police want to give you one, and in exchange the state grants you passage upon its roads.
To be blunt...applying for a license is rather like agreeing to an EULA.
One chad hanging when the other candidates weren't even dimpled is clear enough of a choice.
And thanks to the electoral college system, individual citizens don't even have standing to challenge an election, only the electors do. This is what allowed SCOTUS to impose a deadline in Florida.
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Indeed. The fact that the authors are even agreeing to settle for an order of magnitude less points to just how effective the MAFIAA is at grinding people down in court.
I suspect, sadly, that the lawfirm going after them is somehow protecting their own interests. The MAFIAA is a big client of the lawyer guild after all.
They should be convicted of felony copyright infringement and enjoined from the recording business.
Arthur Andersen got its accountancy license yanked for screwing around in the Enron case after all.
DMCA
Someone's been playing GTA3 too much.
They're probably in bed with the casinos.
Denny Crane...
So it was titty for tatty?
I can hear Sony's lawyers loading their DMCA shotguns.
Geeks are handicapped in social areas, they have trouble advocating for bigger budgets, they get shafted by their bosses on funding, something goes wrong, they get blamed for it.
In theory, and ONLY in theory, the original arrest has to be lawful for a charge of resisting arrest to stand.
In theory, a business would contract a towing company to promptly evacuate and impound any bad parkers. This would give the business a no nonsense reputation that would earn respect.
In practice, tolerating temporary bad parking may be a necessary evil on account of how much leverage a disgruntled driver can hold sway over the bottom line, so being a paying customer may well be grounds enough to demand the perk of being allowed to park screwy.
Sadly, I believe you.
Thing is, the company that paid for the research will count on that one oddball that proves them right, publish their results, and use legal procedures to sit on anything they don't like.
And those companies may well use their purse strings to choke anyone who doesn't say what they like.
I believe you.
Unfortunately the FDA will shut anyone down that tries a stunt like this. The pharmaceuticals have them in their pockets, just like every other major industry has their regulators in bed with them.
And that grant money just proves that not even scientists are safe from politics.
It is the rich and powerful that sit atop the world's totem poles, and their influence extends down to the uttermost and lowliest reaches of society.
If you want to so much as live somewhere and eat something, you will pay for it.
Infinite capture loops are illegal moves because of the rule of Ko.
The solution for that is to require regular testing, perhaps on a surprise basis. Any surgeon who fails his random test gets booted off the whitelist.
When *isn't* there a strong incentive to find a way to cheat the system, to be honest?
And people at the bottom of the totem pole getting the most crap is just the way it works when the power people at the top have a monopoly on dodging and dumping privileges. Since the guy at the bottom is the only one not able to divert it, he eats it.
I'm talking about states vs states, or fed vs states.
Hmm...given context that probably wasn't obvious.
The cost argument means nothing when you would otherwise have to pay the oil companies for your gasoline.
You and I both know damn well that the wealth won't trickle down any better there than it is here.
Too bad it's a collective problem that has no individual profit without total cooperation.
State sovereign immunity does not protect them from being sued in federal court as the federal government is a superior sovereign.
It could also be invoking implied consent.
At least, here in Washington, you need a license to drive. And a license to drive is a privilege, for which the state is free to impose whatever conditions they see fit.
So a driver's license application is rather like a contract. You agree to follow traffic laws and consent to a breathalyzer whenever the fuck the police want to give you one, and in exchange the state grants you passage upon its roads.
To be blunt...applying for a license is rather like agreeing to an EULA.
One chad hanging when the other candidates weren't even dimpled is clear enough of a choice.
And thanks to the electoral college system, individual citizens don't even have standing to challenge an election, only the electors do. This is what allowed SCOTUS to impose a deadline in Florida.