Not being resident in the USA, I am not proficient with the Yank Law / Constitution. However I believe the libel law(s) to be in direct contravention of free speech, defining free speech as free from financial and legal recriminations.
My remady would be to alter the libel laws so that the party disseminating (wether on the Web or on a Newspaper) libelous comments which are untrue (this may be proven/disproven in a simple court hearing with only a Judge prosiding to minimise costs - with no party being libel for the others costs) to print an apologie with EQUAL or greater prominance and time of display to the original libelous comment(s). After all how often have you seen YYY newsrag print a week full of untruths on the front page then after this is proved as such print a 2 line apologie on page 10.
This would help recifiy the problem of media printing untrue information (by giving the readership the true picture afterwards and by detering incorrect information before [think of the lost sales in the News market]), reduce costs of both parties during legal action, stop the awarding of stupidly large and difficult to determine awards and provide a plesent form of poetic justice.
Of course this will never happen as 1. It is too sensible of any goverment to implement (going to write to my local MP with this idea anyway:) and 2. There are too many libel lawyers getting their pockets lined by the present system.
The main problem with making Mars livable for humans is nothing to do with chemistry but rotational dynamics. Allow me to explain. On Earth the moon reduces wobble during the Earth's rotational cycle. Therefore the rotational axis of the Earth remains perpendicular to the Sun rays. However Mars lacks a sufficiently large moon, this allows axial wobble of up to 90 degrees! Image being in equatral weather conditions when the axis is perpendicalar and in polar weather conditions when the axis is parallel to the Suns output.
Secondly, probably the best way to terraform a planet would be to use a genitically engineered bacteria which would transform the atmosphere using a fermentation like process. Ie. the waste product of the bacteria (the new earth-like atmosphere) would be poisonous to the bacteria so by forming the atmosphere the bacteria kills itself off (therefore we would have no problems getting rid of the bacteria when it had done it's job). The problem here is that the bacteria my mutate (a process which would be accelerate by the high UV radiation levels in the martian atmosphere) and form some nasty bacteria which could be harmful to humans - could a termination after N reproductions gene be manufactured to solve this problem?
As this is getting into a fest of Mac Bashing I though I'd try and do something on-topic. So here is a little explaination of how IBM's method works (note this is not a new method as the Silicon on Saphire method has been around for years.. however IBM seems to have altered the idea by replacing the expensive saphire with cheap silica) A normal NMOSFET transistor would to something like this (side view) Drain Source MMMMM Gate MMMMMM OOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOO OOOOMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMOOOOO SSSS######SSSSSSSSSS######SSSSS SSSS######SSSSSSSSSS######SSSSS SSSS######SSSSSSSSSS######SSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS (M Metal track) (# Doped silicon) (O Silica) (S Intrinsic silicon)
When the transistor is in operation it has a charged region (depletion zone) around it as such... Drain Source MMMMM Gate MMMMMM OOOOMMMMMMMMMMM MOOOOO OOOOMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMOOOOO SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS SS@SSSSSSSSSSS@@@@@@@@@@@@@@SSS SSS@@@@@@@@@@@SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
This charged region (boundary shown with @ signs) acts as capacitor which is bad (slows down the operation of the transistor). What the process does is to place a layer of oxide below the chip as shown MMMMM MMMMMM OOOOMMMMMMMMMMM MOOOOO OOOOMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMOOOOO SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO This stops some of the charged layer from forming as the charge cannot move (easily) in the oxide. Which speeds up the transistor. 'Tis a nice idea doing it with silica though which should make the chips very affordable (ie. only 2 or 3 extra process stages) (btw. this is my on words no trade secrets - not that/. would allow that;) ) -mG
You should read the UNIX haters handbook folks, tis quite funny and has some very useful design hints, at least in telling you what NOT to do.
PS: Guess my favorate line is.. .....MacOS was designed to please users, Unix was designed to please programmers and Windows was designed to please accountants..... (hope I've quoted this correctly its been a few months since I read the book) -mG
This is a simple matter of ways of ordering. Think of the sentence "I'm going to the shops." it could be represented in many ways ie. "To the shops I will proceed", "I'm heading towards the shops" and so on... This sentence could be copyrighted because there are many varients (of course prior art would be a problem in such a common example). However when you think of coding a html table how many options do you have... answer 1, therefore that cannot be copyrightable.
To copyright something you must be able to argue that the work you have created has original content. Therefore if we had multiple tables which could be assembled in a myriad of ways ie. as in the page you are viewing here, this would be copyrightable.
As to the owner of the copyright... that is a matter for contract law.
You could use to main message body to pass an encripted file while using this header trick to transmit the password. This should improve the speed of transmission of pseudo-secured data in a covert way.
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So thats why when ever I switch off my computer my dog suddenly wants to go for a walk :)
Not being resident in the USA, I am not proficient with the Yank Law / Constitution. However I believe the libel law(s) to be in direct contravention of free speech, defining free speech as free from financial and legal recriminations.
:) and 2. There are too many libel lawyers getting their pockets lined by the present system.
My remady would be to alter the libel laws so that the party disseminating (wether on the Web or on a Newspaper) libelous comments which are untrue (this may be proven/disproven in a simple court hearing with only a Judge prosiding to minimise costs - with no party being libel for the others costs) to print an apologie with EQUAL or greater prominance and time of display to the original libelous comment(s). After all how often have you seen YYY newsrag print a week full of untruths on the front page then after this is proved as such print a 2 line apologie on page 10.
This would help recifiy the problem of media printing untrue information (by giving the readership the true picture afterwards and by detering incorrect information before [think of the lost sales in the News market]), reduce costs of both parties during legal action, stop the awarding of stupidly large and difficult to determine awards and provide a plesent form of poetic justice.
Of course this will never happen as 1. It is too sensible of any goverment to implement (going to write to my local MP with this idea anyway
The main problem with making Mars livable for humans is nothing to do with chemistry but rotational dynamics. Allow me to explain. On Earth the moon reduces wobble during the Earth's rotational cycle. Therefore the rotational axis of the Earth remains perpendicular to the Sun rays. However Mars lacks a sufficiently large moon, this allows axial wobble of up to 90 degrees! Image being in equatral weather conditions when the axis is perpendicalar and in polar weather conditions when the axis is parallel to the Suns output.
Secondly, probably the best way to terraform a planet would be to use a genitically engineered bacteria which would transform the atmosphere using a fermentation like process. Ie. the waste product of the bacteria (the new earth-like atmosphere) would be poisonous to the bacteria so by forming the atmosphere the bacteria kills itself off (therefore we would have no problems getting rid of the bacteria when it had done it's job). The problem here is that the bacteria my mutate (a process which would be accelerate by the high UV radiation levels in the martian atmosphere) and form some nasty bacteria which could be harmful to humans - could a termination after N reproductions gene be manufactured to solve this problem?
As this is getting into a fest of Mac Bashing I though I'd try and do something on-topic. So here is a little explaination of how IBM's method works (note this is not a new method as the Silicon on Saphire method has been around for years .. however IBM seems to have altered the idea by replacing the expensive saphire with cheap silica)
/. would allow that ;) ) -mG
A normal NMOSFET transistor would to something like this (side view)
Drain Source
MMMMM Gate MMMMMM
OOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOO
OOOOMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMOOOOO
SSSS######SSSSSSSSSS######SSSSS
SSSS######SSSSSSSSSS######SSSSS
SSSS######SSSSSSSSSS######SSSSS
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
(M Metal track) (# Doped silicon)
(O Silica) (S Intrinsic silicon)
When the transistor is in operation it has a charged region (depletion zone) around it as such...
Drain Source
MMMMM Gate MMMMMM
OOOOMMMMMMMMMMM MOOOOO
OOOOMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMOOOOO
SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS
SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS
SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS
SS@SSSSSSSSSSS@@@@@@@@@@@@@@SSS
SSS@@@@@@@@@@@SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
This charged region (boundary shown with @ signs) acts as capacitor which is bad (slows down the operation of the transistor). What the process does is to place a layer of oxide below the chip as shown
MMMMM MMMMMM
OOOOMMMMMMMMMMM MOOOOO
OOOOMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMOOOOO
SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS
SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS
SS@S######SSSSSSSSSS######S@SSS
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This stops some of the charged layer from forming as the charge cannot move (easily) in the oxide. Which speeds up the transistor.
'Tis a nice idea doing it with silica though which should make the chips very affordable (ie. only 2 or 3 extra process stages)
(btw. this is my on words no trade secrets - not that
In HHGTTG you claimed that Vogon poetry was the third worst in the Universe.
After a brief description of the worst poet, you mentioned the second worst poet had died when the Earth was destroyed.
As this poet was obviously human, did you have anyone in mind?
PS: Guess my favorate line is ..
.....MacOS was designed to please users, Unix was designed to please programmers and Windows was designed to please accountants.....
(hope I've quoted this correctly its been a few months since I read the book) -mG
This is a simple matter of ways of ordering. Think of the sentence "I'm going to the shops." it could be represented in many ways ie. "To the shops I will proceed", "I'm heading towards the shops" and so on... This sentence could be copyrighted because there are many varients (of course prior art would be a problem in such a common example). However when you think of coding a html table how many options do you have ... answer 1, therefore that cannot be copyrightable.
... that is a matter for contract law.
... this is just my 2 penith. --mG
To copyright something you must be able to argue that the work you have created has original content. Therefore if we had multiple tables which could be assembled in a myriad of ways ie. as in the page you are viewing here, this would be copyrightable.
As to the owner of the copyright
Anyway IANAS
You could use to main message body to pass an encripted file while using this header trick to transmit the password. This should improve the speed of transmission of pseudo-secured data in a covert way.