I guess Microsoft figures that they are not going to release another OS for the next 10 years (assuming they're even in the OS business in 10 years time) so they better make it so Vista runs at best performance in about 5 years time. Heh. Vienna is just around the corner... but don't tell anyone.
That's because Cisco did apply in time according to the rules, but the question remains if they were actually actively using the Trademark or not. Apple will try to show that they did not have a single product out called the iPhone and thus, the application should be nullified. If it is, next in line gets it, and it looks to be a front company for Apple. Surprise, surprise.
So, when an IE user who has not modified their default home page wants to do a search on Google, it's first a hit against Microsoft (which they had no intention of using) when they start up IE, then a hit against Google (which they did intend to use).
I wonder what the stats would be if they pulled out the "initial default page" hits.
Are you kidding? The huge gap is in price! They both offer equivalent quality, yet one is almost twice the price as the other... guess who wins? Until BD players are the same price as HD-DVD players, HD-DVD is going to take the cake. All that extra "space" on the BD discs ain't gonna save it.
a crapload of content that they don't actually own
Actually, the terms of service give full ownership rights to the owners of YouTube to all the content uploaded to YouTube. They can do whatever they like with it and not have to pay any royalties to the original uploader.
Ahhh - the good old 5-4-3. It may work well over a short period of time, but an extensive absence exposes the flaws of the system. You end up working longer (to make up for time you missed while travelling) and that comes at a high cost.
Dude... I've spent the last year and a half commuting to work via airplane. Flying out early Monday morning and coming home late Thursday night. Wicked opportunity, excellent client, lots of great experience. But it comes at a MASSIVE price. Recently married, trying to start a family - it weighed HEAVY on us. Took its toll and the ride has not been smooth. Looking back at it all now, I would NEVER have taken the chance after all that has happened. It's just not worth it man - family is number one. If you can move 'em with you and setup shop there, then do it. But otherwise, pass and find something local. Trust me. Jobs come and go but the love of your life does NOT and neither does your family.
Interesting - I was not aware of the issues with Zone Alarm. I do see they had issues with v6 calling home to a number of servers. Do you have any specific links? I will take a look a Sunbelt as you mentioned. I also see Outpost has free Firewall that is recommended.
Same here - I alays setup AVG Free and Zone Alarm Free for family and friends. I used to buy Norton Internet Security for my own machine but their 2006 edition was so bad, I moved my own machine to AVG Free and Zone Alarm Free. Much better now. Not as much control on the firewall as I had before, but that's ok.
I think it came down to the fact that because they were found guilty previously in a lower court and that they had appealed all the way to the highest court possible, they could not appeal any further to get the charges thrown out based on the patent invalidations. So, the court would have to find them guilty and issue charges. Customers were getting ready to run and RIM wanted to prevent more bleeding. At least they (and their customers) don't every have to pay another dime to NTP.
It seems really dumb. Why couldn't the court just say "based on new information... yadda yadda yadda" like on L&O and throw the case out? Can someone explain that?
True. I use ID3-TagIT to do similar activities when the tags don't come out right. But a lot of people like to store more ID3 tag info than the basics such as Genre, Year, Comments, Total # of tracks, etc... you end up with really long file names.
If I had a dime for every person that has used "ripping" when they meant "rip and encode", I'd have a lot of dimes. Apps like iTunes that do it all in one make people forget you first have to extract the digital audio (WAV or AIFF) and then compress it down to a lossy format (or a different lossless). If they rip everything to WAV first and then encode later, how are they going to populate their ID3 tags? WAV does not store ID3 tags.
I use EAC/LAME in Secure Mode and it takes ~10 mins to rip and encode an audio track. The ripping takes the most time, the encoding with LAME 3.97b2 is pretty fast.
To the OP: Do it right, do it once, use EAC/LAME and get the best quality MP3s you can. You don't want to have to re-rip all these tracks when you realize you've made the wrong choice in formats (do NOT use WMA, please for the love of god and be careful about choosing AAC - limited support). You can get fancy and do a one rip, double encode to MP3 and FLAC using EAC/LAME with MAREO and then you have lossless for archiving and lossy for your portalbe audio system.
I suspect the disconnect is that the politicians are only listening to the spin from the Recording and Movie industry execs who equate P2P with illegal downloading of copyrighted works. There needs to be more and more discussion and demonstration about the legal uses of P2P.
It is sad that this teacher felt he was pressured to resign. IANAL but I think he should have consulted legal counsel and fought it. This would have made a terrific show case for legal P2P uses. But doing so would take a huge personal toll.
I suspect Microsoft is taking the stance that "Freely Available" and "Freely Readable" are two very different things. I hope the judge sees the stupidity in this and takes appropriate action.
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...write to your Member of Parliament.
e form_action/
It's so easy, there's even an on-line form:
http://www.onlinerights.ca/get_active/copyright_r
Stand up and fight!
I guess Microsoft figures that they are not going to release another OS for the next 10 years (assuming they're even in the OS business in 10 years time) so they better make it so Vista runs at best performance in about 5 years time.
Heh. Vienna is just around the corner... but don't tell anyone.
Cheers.
Holy crap! So, when you're surfing the pr0n, do icons for BangBros and what not get added to the "Pr0n Explorer"? ;)
The only thing missing is the BLINK tag.
MS Sales Guy #1: "Hey! We sold one!!!!"
MS Sales Guy #2: "To EUROPE!!!!"
MS Sales Guy #1: "We are SO on fire!"
MS Sales Guy #2: "Hollah!!!"
It does not get any easier than this for Canadians:
e form_action/
http://www.onlinerights.ca/get_active/copyright_r
Web form that sends a letter to your MP as well as Maxime and Beverley.
STAND UP AND FIGHT!!!
Cheers.
That's because Cisco did apply in time according to the rules, but the question remains if they were actually actively using the Trademark or not. Apple will try to show that they did not have a single product out called the iPhone and thus, the application should be nullified. If it is, next in line gets it, and it looks to be a front company for Apple. Surprise, surprise.
Cheers.
The secret is how much they paid Linksys/Cisco to be able to use the name iPhone.
c hive/2007/01/10/102198.aspx
http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/ar
Heh heh.
Parkey is a Blake Ross product. Perhaps he thinks he won't get fair representation on searches.
More info: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/4696
Cheers.
So, when an IE user who has not modified their default home page wants to do a search on Google, it's first a hit against Microsoft (which they had no intention of using) when they start up IE, then a hit against Google (which they did intend to use).
I wonder what the stats would be if they pulled out the "initial default page" hits.
Cheers.
Are you kidding? The huge gap is in price! They both offer equivalent quality, yet one is almost twice the price as the other... guess who wins? Until BD players are the same price as HD-DVD players, HD-DVD is going to take the cake. All that extra "space" on the BD discs ain't gonna save it.
A 320VBR MP3? How do you achieve that? Or do you mean 320CBR as 320kbps is the max bit rate for MP3?
My top 5:
- Mortal Kombat
- Halo
- Unreal Tournament
- Load Runner
- Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Good times.
Actually, the terms of service give full ownership rights to the owners of YouTube to all the content uploaded to YouTube. They can do whatever they like with it and not have to pay any royalties to the original uploader.
Cheers.
Ahhh - the good old 5-4-3. It may work well over a short period of time, but an extensive absence exposes the flaws of the system. You end up working longer (to make up for time you missed while travelling) and that comes at a high cost.
Dude... I've spent the last year and a half commuting to work via airplane. Flying out early Monday morning and coming home late Thursday night. Wicked opportunity, excellent client, lots of great experience. But it comes at a MASSIVE price. Recently married, trying to start a family - it weighed HEAVY on us. Took its toll and the ride has not been smooth. Looking back at it all now, I would NEVER have taken the chance after all that has happened. It's just not worth it man - family is number one. If you can move 'em with you and setup shop there, then do it. But otherwise, pass and find something local. Trust me. Jobs come and go but the love of your life does NOT and neither does your family.
Cheers.
Interesting - I was not aware of the issues with Zone Alarm. I do see they had issues with v6 calling home to a number of servers. Do you have any specific links? I will take a look a Sunbelt as you mentioned. I also see Outpost has free Firewall that is recommended.
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/
Cheers.
Same here - I alays setup AVG Free and Zone Alarm Free for family and friends. I used to buy Norton Internet Security for my own machine but their 2006 edition was so bad, I moved my own machine to AVG Free and Zone Alarm Free. Much better now. Not as much control on the firewall as I had before, but that's ok.
I think it came down to the fact that because they were found guilty previously in a lower court and that they had appealed all the way to the highest court possible, they could not appeal any further to get the charges thrown out based on the patent invalidations. So, the court would have to find them guilty and issue charges. Customers were getting ready to run and RIM wanted to prevent more bleeding. At least they (and their customers) don't every have to pay another dime to NTP.
It seems really dumb. Why couldn't the court just say "based on new information... yadda yadda yadda" like on L&O and throw the case out? Can someone explain that?
Boggles the mind...
True. I use ID3-TagIT to do similar activities when the tags don't come out right. But a lot of people like to store more ID3 tag info than the basics such as Genre, Year, Comments, Total # of tracks, etc... you end up with really long file names.
If I had a dime for every person that has used "ripping" when they meant "rip and encode", I'd have a lot of dimes. Apps like iTunes that do it all in one make people forget you first have to extract the digital audio (WAV or AIFF) and then compress it down to a lossy format (or a different lossless). If they rip everything to WAV first and then encode later, how are they going to populate their ID3 tags? WAV does not store ID3 tags.
I use EAC/LAME in Secure Mode and it takes ~10 mins to rip and encode an audio track. The ripping takes the most time, the encoding with LAME 3.97b2 is pretty fast.
To the OP: Do it right, do it once, use EAC/LAME and get the best quality MP3s you can. You don't want to have to re-rip all these tracks when you realize you've made the wrong choice in formats (do NOT use WMA, please for the love of god and be careful about choosing AAC - limited support). You can get fancy and do a one rip, double encode to MP3 and FLAC using EAC/LAME with MAREO and then you have lossless for archiving and lossy for your portalbe audio system.
Cheers.
With internet enabled airplanes... VOIP then becomes possible.
Personally, I'd prefer no cell phones on planes at all. Too annoying for everyone else, and man - I'm already reachable everywhere else.
I suspect the disconnect is that the politicians are only listening to the spin from the Recording and Movie industry execs who equate P2P with illegal downloading of copyrighted works. There needs to be more and more discussion and demonstration about the legal uses of P2P.
It is sad that this teacher felt he was pressured to resign. IANAL but I think he should have consulted legal counsel and fought it. This would have made a terrific show case for legal P2P uses. But doing so would take a huge personal toll.
Hopefully his blog will ignite a few fires.
HA! I was waiting for them to say "We had to turn off the CPU... you know, that big grey box thing underneath the monitor - the CPU."
Oh man.
I suspect Microsoft is taking the stance that "Freely Available" and "Freely Readable" are two very different things. I hope the judge sees the stupidity in this and takes appropriate action.