It's more cost effective in the short run to rape and pillage our fossil fuel reserves right now and reap the rewards, while the costs in shortages and damaged environments is eaten by later generations.
Green energy isn't sustainable right now, simply because we have to compete with people having less scruples than we. In the dog eat dog world of energy economics, there is no such thing as a referee, so Big Oil and the like have nothing to stop them from milking the earth's resources for all they're worth and then laughing all the way to the bank.
I see green energy like complex carbohydrates that digest slowly but give you an immense payoff down the line in terms of better health, while dirty energy is like a big fat greasy burger with cake for buns that gives you a big high right away.
It's my understanding that only orphan works are being included in the settlement, so the only people who are being hurt are
1) Incapable of protecting their rights anyway 2) Too lazy to do so, or 3) Copyright trolls looking to pounce on innocent infringers.
Mind you, I'd rather have the opt-out deadline be replaced by a zero-liability cease and desist option where someone who proves copyright can have google stop providing access, but can't claim damages.
But this isn't half bad even not considering the alternatives.
Actually, considering that PD's get the brunt of work for the poor, they'd almost certainly be overworked and raking in huge piles of XP, so presumably, their lawyer level would be on the high side.
By "outing" I mean the publication of ANY personal information that you'd prefer to keep secret.
Sexual orientation, which btw doesn't apply in this case to this 24 year old virgin, is only one of many possible "secrets" that can be blown.
Also, consider if I were an iranian dissident who had hard proof that the elections were rigged? Isn't it foreseeable that, with protesters being deemed to be against Allah by the powers that be, that outing me would put me in grave danger?
Anonymity is a precious thing that should be respected. Whether it protects your ego or your life.
Slashdot Mirror
This article seems to contradict you obi-wan
read this
Seeing the number of folks that are calling shenanigans on the above post I'm taking the courtesy of proving my point.
It was even mentioned in a slashdot article.
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/07/28/0045229
http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33641
There was an article on either the register or ars that reported them using GPL'ed code in one of their virtualization dealies.
That's the trouble.
It's more cost effective in the short run to rape and pillage our fossil fuel reserves right now and reap the rewards, while the costs in shortages and damaged environments is eaten by later generations.
Green energy isn't sustainable right now, simply because we have to compete with people having less scruples than we. In the dog eat dog world of energy economics, there is no such thing as a referee, so Big Oil and the like have nothing to stop them from milking the earth's resources for all they're worth and then laughing all the way to the bank.
I see green energy like complex carbohydrates that digest slowly but give you an immense payoff down the line in terms of better health, while dirty energy is like a big fat greasy burger with cake for buns that gives you a big high right away.
In soviet japan, sushi makes you
MS only gave it because they got caught with their hands in the open source cookie jar and nanny GPL made them sit in the sharing corner.
Are you sure it was Google and not Harper Collins that dropped the ball wrt. your parents books?
Now you know why I don't like class action suits.
Actually, I deliberately disobey the accepted rule regarding this because I prefer being understood over being politically correct.
So I guess I'm kinda like the Rosa Parks of grammar.
Agreed.
It's my understanding that only orphan works are being included in the settlement, so the only people who are being hurt are
1) Incapable of protecting their rights anyway
2) Too lazy to do so, or
3) Copyright trolls looking to pounce on innocent infringers.
Mind you, I'd rather have the opt-out deadline be replaced by a zero-liability cease and desist option where someone who proves copyright can have google stop providing access, but can't claim damages.
But this isn't half bad even not considering the alternatives.
Doing sound mixing in the kernel is probably the easiest way to do it if you want it to be hardware accelerated.
I'd love to see Comcast tested in a similiar way.
The "truckload of hard drives" isn't fair from a throughput standpoint, but Comcast needs some bad press to make it upgrade its network.
This is a class action suit, which means if you sit on your duff you lose your rights.
Good point.
What, exactly, gives the police special privileges to do this when if anyone else did it they'd be clapped in irons?
I'm curious if the police are liable for trespass.
Farenheit 451
Considering that the bad guys can always use stolen credit cards to pay for it...
Would Hanlon's razor be a good explanation as well?
Publication doesn't negate the patent itself.
Only covenants not to sue negate patent rights.
Actually, considering that PD's get the brunt of work for the poor, they'd almost certainly be overworked and raking in huge piles of XP, so presumably, their lawyer level would be on the high side.
I'm afraid the constitutional right to assistance of counsel would preempt you.
By "outing" I mean the publication of ANY personal information that you'd prefer to keep secret.
Sexual orientation, which btw doesn't apply in this case to this 24 year old virgin, is only one of many possible "secrets" that can be blown.
Also, consider if I were an iranian dissident who had hard proof that the elections were rigged? Isn't it foreseeable that, with protesters being deemed to be against Allah by the powers that be, that outing me would put me in grave danger?
Anonymity is a precious thing that should be respected. Whether it protects your ego or your life.
Larry Fleinhardt lived in a steam tunnel for a while...
Especially if you're outed by a friend who posts RL info without your permission that you can't retract.
Had this happen to me once.
At least by being unemployed he dodged having his ex-boss claim his invention under the work for hire doctrine.
I think that was a smart move in the long run.