There seems to be a general assumption by many that the internet was predestined to win out over these other pre-existing nets.
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If the existing services that were taking off when the internet came along from behind had gotten their acts together - and gotten for example inter-provider mail working, the internet in its present form may not have happened.
Certainly not predestined, but economic forces at some point would have demanded interoperability. Whether that meant a true "network of networks" (as you say, and as the internet was defined as), at some point a common-denominator protocol,service,etc would be required. The rise of cheaper and faster electronics (and therefore communications) would make any other scenario unlikely (barring dumb government regulation or something). It may not have looked been TCP/IP, but it would be an Internet Protocol nonetheless.
How do you propose to regulate it then so that everyone's phone works whenever they're in range of a cell tower? Otherwise, you haven't offered anything better than what we have now.
As far as I can tell, their system tracks using radio signals, and intercepting radio signals is specifically excluded from this provision
Your quote may be right, but your interpretation is incorrect. "intercepting radio signals is specifically excluded" only applies to "a system, or series of systems, for carrying communications solely by means of radiocommunication".
A cell phone uses a "telecommunications network" that does not consist of "communications solely by means of radiocommunication", since a cell phone network includes the regular phone system, including exchanges, etc.
The exclusion given above would apply to things like ham radios, walkie-talkies, etc.
I was under the impression that since Microsoft only announced Windows Phone 7 in February 2010, that a shipping product would be at least another 18 months away.
There appear to be a TON of clues in this document to help break it:
1. Repetition: "5E" or "SE". Plenty of times. 2. Numbers appear to be plain text. Three consecutive lines have 71, 74, 75 followed by the same four characters. 3. Apostrophes and hyphens. Not all of these would be literal, but they are major clues.
Plus, he has been using this "encryption" for years. The code is certainly something he could do in his head as he writes.
There is not a single reason to "only lend one digital" copy out at a time, other than to force some insane business model down the throats of people
There is this little thing call copyright law. It has to do with the RIGHT to COPY something. They have a right to loan out their single copy, but not more than one.
If, after a transaction, the hotel needs to do something like refund part or all of the charge (e.g. returning a deposit), it would seem like they should be able to do that with just the transaction ID. Is there something I'm missing?
The fact that VISA/Mastercard/etc (or by proxy, most payment processors) provide no way to do that.
Why do they need to retain the info?
When the customer inquires about a charge, they don't/can't/won't have a transaction identifier. There is no transaction identifier issued by a card provider, just an approval and authorization code.
They look accurate to me. From me undergrad stats classes, I seem to recall that to get 5% confidence level out of population of 10k, one needed a sample of around 850.
If you upgrade to the new Total Recall (TM) solution, you'll have 95% confidence in what you remember.
A foreign import isn't reproduced under that monopoly grant and is thus illegal to import or sell in the US. Black letter law guys. The fact that in small quantities (and marked up over the closest local version as in the typical import album) the rights holders don't mind, but they still possess an absolute legal monopoly on reproduction of copies for sale inside the US so if they do decide they don't like an import they have the right to forbid it.
Held: The first sale doctrine endorsed in 109(a) is applicable to imported copies. Pp. 3—18....
(b) The statutory language clearly demonstrates that the right granted by 602(a) is subject to 109(a).
So, if I live in England, legally buy an Omega watch there, then legally immigrate to the US, it is now a copyright violation to resell that watch on eBay?!? This flies in the face of common sense!
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How can they just collect taxes from one online store and leave the other million alone?
Learn about Tax Nexus and you'll have your answer.
Gates himself has only survived thanks to the vigilant guard of his hulking 'roid-enhanced genetically engineered gorilla henchman.
And here I was thinking it was because he was some kind of Borg creature. My mistake.
There seems to be a general assumption by many that the internet was predestined to win out over these other pre-existing nets.
If the existing services that were taking off when the internet came along from behind had gotten their acts together - and gotten for example inter-provider mail working, the internet in its present form may not have happened.
Certainly not predestined, but economic forces at some point would have demanded interoperability. Whether that meant a true "network of networks" (as you say, and as the internet was defined as), at some point a common-denominator protocol,service,etc would be required. The rise of cheaper and faster electronics (and therefore communications) would make any other scenario unlikely (barring dumb government regulation or something).
It may not have looked been TCP/IP, but it would be an Internet Protocol nonetheless.
How do you propose to regulate it then so that everyone's phone works whenever they're in range of a cell tower? Otherwise, you haven't offered anything better than what we have now.
More likely than not, he's registered with BMI or ASCAP.
Indeed, Eye of the Tiger is available for public performance with ASCAP.
Your quote may be right, but your interpretation is incorrect.
"intercepting radio signals is specifically excluded" only applies to "a system, or series of systems, for carrying communications solely by means of radiocommunication".
A cell phone uses a "telecommunications network" that does not consist of "communications solely by means of radiocommunication", since a cell phone network includes the regular phone system, including exchanges, etc.
The exclusion given above would apply to things like ham radios, walkie-talkies, etc.
Spot on. I DO remember Breakout, and I absolutely feel NO nostalgia for it.
Since December 23, 1913:
I was under the impression that since Microsoft only announced Windows Phone 7 in February 2010, that a shipping product would be at least another 18 months away.
I'm speechless!
Difficult Parallel Makes Programming What?
(Prior message was optimized for concurrent throughput).
There appear to be a TON of clues in this document to help break it:
1. Repetition: "5E" or "SE". Plenty of times.
2. Numbers appear to be plain text. Three consecutive lines have 71, 74, 75 followed by the same four characters.
3. Apostrophes and hyphens. Not all of these would be literal, but they are major clues.
Plus, he has been using this "encryption" for years. The code is certainly something he could do in his head as he writes.
There is this little thing call copyright law. It has to do with the RIGHT to COPY something. They have a right to loan out their single copy, but not more than one.
Markets are closed today.
Apparently Americans have been liking it for the past 20+ years.
That would be a HUGE step for a man. Actually, more like free-fall now that I think of it. (He was in the moon orbiter.)
So, they tweeted that they had fixed a bug preventing unintended retweeting, and 100+ people have retweeted it?
I don't.
It is considered polite to allow family the right to quiet grief in the case of stillborns.
Created MTV.
The fact that VISA/Mastercard/etc (or by proxy, most payment processors) provide no way to do that.
When the customer inquires about a charge, they don't/can't/won't have a transaction identifier. There is no transaction identifier issued by a card provider, just an approval and authorization code.
They look accurate to me. From me undergrad stats classes, I seem to recall that to get 5% confidence level out of population of 10k, one needed a sample of around 850.
If you upgrade to the new Total Recall (TM) solution, you'll have 95% confidence in what you remember.
A foreign import isn't reproduced under that monopoly grant and is thus illegal to import or sell in the US. Black letter law guys. The fact that in small quantities (and marked up over the closest local version as in the typical import album) the rights holders don't mind, but they still possess an absolute legal monopoly on reproduction of copies for sale inside the US so if they do decide they don't like an import they have the right to forbid it.
Too bad that isn't how they ruled in QUALITY KING DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. L’ANZARESEARCH INT’L.
So, if I live in England, legally buy an Omega watch there, then legally immigrate to the US, it is now a copyright violation to resell that watch on eBay?!? This flies in the face of common sense!
See USC TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 6 > 602 (a) (3) (B). That is not an infringement.
Let me know when you find the Christian word for Jihad.
if you look at the article directly, you'll burn out your retinas!
I don't think any /. readers will be affected.