Lawyers would generally be poor choices as jurors. We're trained to look to the law, and would have to overcome our knowledge and habits. Jurors are supposed to find the facts. For technical decisions, a small jury of experts would be a better choice.
The trend today is to not exempt lawyers from jury duty. In contrast, when I was summoned in the early nineties the jury commissioner not only canceled my summons when I called, but struck me from the master list. A couple of years later, though, my brother (also an attorney) actually made it onto a jury. Usually, though, (at least) one side will not *want* an attorney to be in the jury room, and will use a peremptory challenge to remove jurors from the pool. (also note that each side gets a rather small number of these to use, buit cann eliminate any number for cause)
I am a lawyer, but this isn't legal advice. Anyone who relies on slashdot for legal advice needs a shrink, not a lawyer.
I understand we as individuals are entitled to be tried by a jury of our peers, but when one multinational corporation is suing another are eight Kansas City residents really "peers?" I *really* wanted to see a "jury of his peers" challenge to the Oliver North conviction. For crying out loud, they managed to come up with the only 12 people in Washington, D.C. who didn't know who he was! I wouldn't want that jury for a parking ticket . ..
And no, I don't have a better alternative to suggest, but something is clearly broken here. There are a number of suggestions in legal circles that would drop dueling expert witnesses in favor of a single expert chosen by the court, and to drop the jury of twelve for a jury of perhaps three experts in the field.
This would actually be a move back towards a juries roots--early Common Law juries were selected from the men of the town for the very reason that they knew what had happened and knew the witnesses and could therefore be a better judge of their truthfulness. Today, those are disqualifications . . .
The UCC (Uniform Commercial Code)applies only to goods, not to contracts in general.
I'm not going to enter the license/contract spat, but I'll point out that copyright law is federal, while license and contract law are state law (but federal copyright law will preempt part of them). Also, contract law principles would still be used to *interpret* a written license that for whatever reason was not a contract.
Enough's enough with these illegal aliens. Demanding that we accommodate language was bad enough; now the illegal Babylonians want us to accommodate their arithmetic???:)
Once, again, "innovating" by replicating a bug . . .
In the early 80's, Calc Star (is that the right name for the DB that was matched to wordstar?) would correctly calculate and display a negative result--but then treat it as a positive value for further calculation.
I knew the engineer that reported it--they actually got angry at him!
Tenant damage during our absence meant, among other things, that all but one of our windows *needed* to be replaced. After about half of them were done, my wife grumbled in the winter that "your windows" meant that the house didn't heat up as fast as it used to . . .
Just wait until they're all done and the triple-wide patio door (also damaged, and, bizarrely, mounting the sliding door on the *outside*) are replaced . . .
It's not as though they are hand crafted by elves from virgin metals in a misty valley of verdant beauty and bestowed upon their owners by divine providence. What? They never let me know. My Mercedes was made by ugly and promiscuous elves? I want my money back!:)
Who are you going to believe is describing this conversation from months ago correctly--us, or this guy that claims to remember ordering memory enhancers.:)
Yes, as an attorney, the local court rules specify pantsuit or dress for women[1], but coat and tie for men. I'm discriminated against!
Hmm, on further reflection, pants are *not* mentioned at all for men, remniscent of TANPIN[2]--but, somehow, I doubt the judge would be amused by showing up without:)
hawk
[1] Oddly, business suits with skirt are not listed, though commonly worn. [2] There Are No Pants In Nethack. [seriously, there aren't. It has armor, shoes, rings, gloves, hats, and shirts, but removing these leaves you naked . ..]
>There is meaningful evidence that men are simply drawn more strongly to technology
*shudder*
A vision of a world in which this wasn't true flashed before my eyes. OK, actually a vision of me with a woman sharing my technophilia. The floor wouldn't be dirty because noone failed to vacuum over gender roles, but because the house was littered with disassembled vacuums that had been diagnosed and then were no longer interesting enough to finish repairing . . .
not that there's one of those in my living room and two more in the garage. No, really!
There was an attempt at a women's professional football league a couple of years ago. They got as far as hiring players after tryouts, but I don't know if any of the games were played before it went bellyup.
Doesn't someone have a "Lingerie Bowl" or some such during Super Bowl halftime?
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Lawyers would generally be poor choices as jurors. We're trained to look to the law, and would have to overcome our knowledge and habits. Jurors are supposed to find the facts. For technical decisions, a small jury of experts would be a better choice.
The trend today is to not exempt lawyers from jury duty. In contrast, when I was summoned in the early nineties the jury commissioner not only canceled my summons when I called, but struck me from the master list. A couple of years later, though, my brother (also an attorney) actually made it onto a jury. Usually, though, (at least) one side will not *want* an attorney to be in the jury room, and will use a peremptory challenge to remove jurors from the pool. (also note that each side gets a rather small number of these to use, buit cann eliminate any number for cause)
hawk, esq
This would actually be a move back towards a juries roots--early Common Law juries were selected from the men of the town for the very reason that they knew what had happened and knew the witnesses and could therefore be a better judge of their truthfulness. Today, those are disqualifications . . .
hawk, esq
IAAL, but this is not legal advice.
The UCC (Uniform Commercial Code)applies only to goods, not to contracts in general.
I'm not going to enter the license/contract spat, but I'll point out that copyright law is federal, while license and contract law are state law (but federal copyright law will preempt part of them). Also, contract law principles would still be used to *interpret* a written license that for whatever reason was not a contract.
hawk, esq.
I am a lawyer, but this isn't legal advice. If you need legal advice, find a lawyer in your jurisdiction and hire him.
Registration is a pre-condition for litigation. Furthermore, registration prior to violation is a pre-condition for statutory damages.
hawk, esq.
>However, their product needs a Linux toolkit, so they would
>inevitably have used Busybox or the GNU toolchain.
Hardly inevitable. If they had thought things out, and were concerned about the GPL, a stripped down BSD would be their answer.
now that I think of it, the aftermath of this is likely to include more emmbedded BSD.
hawk
"It was just raining amulets of change, that day, it was. So hard that as you ducked one you got your head caught in another"
hawk
"I'm not an eighteen year old nymphomaniac, but I play one on the internet."
Haven't you ever heard of "multiplying like rabbits???"
hawk
>but I'd really like to permit this up to base 60
:)
Enough's enough with these illegal aliens. Demanding that we accommodate language was bad enough; now the illegal Babylonians want us to accommodate their arithmetic???
hawk
Once, again, "innovating" by replicating a bug . . .
In the early 80's, Calc Star (is that the right name for the DB that was matched to wordstar?) would correctly calculate and display a negative result--but then treat it as a positive value for further calculation.
I knew the engineer that reported it--they actually got angry at him!
hawk
Tenant damage during our absence meant, among other things, that all but one of our windows *needed* to be replaced. After about half of them were done, my wife grumbled in the winter that "your windows" meant that the house didn't heat up as fast as it used to . . .
Just wait until they're all done and the triple-wide patio door (also damaged, and, bizarrely, mounting the sliding door on the *outside*) are replaced . . .
hawk, soon to have a wifesicle
>Nowhere does the article claim that Leopard will be G5 & Intel only.
Nowhere does the summary (or your quote of it) claim that the article said it was. It' says 867+ or G5
hawk
Who are you going to believe is describing this conversation from months ago correctly--us, or this guy that claims to remember ordering memory enhancers. :)
hawk
>3- Flavor X of utility type Y is the best ever. All else is heresy.
:)
Yeah, yeah. Keep trying; someday you'll convince *someone* that using emacs doesn't make you a pervert.
hawk
However, the "twice as many female ancestors as male", if true, puts a hard cap of 50% on the portion of males with surviving ancestors . . .
hawk
Yes, as an attorney, the local court rules specify pantsuit or dress for women[1], but coat and tie for men. I'm discriminated against!
:)
.]
Hmm, on further reflection, pants are *not* mentioned at all for men, remniscent of TANPIN[2]--but, somehow, I doubt the judge would be amused by showing up without
hawk
[1] Oddly, business suits with skirt are not listed, though commonly worn.
[2] There Are No Pants In Nethack. [seriously, there aren't. It has armor, shoes, rings, gloves, hats, and shirts, but removing these leaves you naked . .
Never attribute to sexism that which can adequately be explained by back-stabbing . . . :)
hawk
>There is meaningful evidence that men are simply drawn more strongly to technology
*shudder*
A vision of a world in which this wasn't true flashed before my eyes. OK, actually a vision of me with a woman sharing my technophilia. The floor wouldn't be dirty because noone failed to vacuum over gender roles, but because the house was littered with disassembled vacuums that had been diagnosed and then were no longer interesting enough to finish repairing . . .
not that there's one of those in my living room and two more in the garage. No, really!
hawk
>I know the difference between Burberry,
I have one, too. Mine's an 8700, but I dropped the data service.
>Prada,
Didn't that stoop printing when the Soviet Union collapsed?
>and Ben Sherman.
I don't follow celebrities. Is he an actor or a singer????
hawk
However, evolutionary forces are in play, too--while there are no doubt guys who like their girls greasy, they're a distinct minority.
:)
The thought of getting my wife to fix the car instead of shopping has a certain appeal, though
hawk
There was an attempt at a women's professional football league a couple of years ago. They got as far as hiring players after tryouts, but I don't know if any of the games were played before it went bellyup.
Doesn't someone have a "Lingerie Bowl" or some such during Super Bowl halftime?
hawk
Hmm, a domain whose availability depends upon the tides . . . :)
hawk
>Does anyone see this bringing a whole new meaning to phoning home?
More importantly, it means we'll be able to *find* our phones instead of spending hours searching for them . . .
hawk
>Politicians will simply ignore the facts and press ahead.
*BZZT*
Quite obviously, the correct answer is that the cameras are being stolen . . .
hawk