Yes, absolutely do this. I've done this at almost every job except for my current (but I'm a principle developer and have rights through my patents).
Most developers don't have worries anyway - since most are simply writing business & service software. Very few people are developing real products that can garner patent protection.
I absolutely agree - my only point was to back your original argument with actual facts from his own campaign promises which indicates an expansion of militaristic behavior onto the internet.
He clearly stated he would "declare our cyber-infrastructure a strategic asset." Just as America has declared arabian oil "strategic" during the last 4 administrations.
Lastly, I've lived abroad and yet I have always been able to analyze rhetoric and facts without attempting to polarize other's views into boxes. I can make an argument without antagonizing it with wild speculation and exorbitant conclusions.
Show some respect occasionally, it shows a firm grasp of humanity. Bonne chance!
And you don't think Obama is going to continue the practice?
Sorry, got news for you... Obama is only going to expand the "cyberwar" mentality - and you can bet that means more wiretaps.
"I'll declare our cyber-infrastructure a strategic asset, and appoint a National Cyber Advisor who will report directly to me." â"7/16/08 West Lafayette, Ind.
You know - it's interesting that when we teach engineers we always start with the "basic forces" - and only afterwards do students learn how to design by utilizing and understanding these forces.
Perhaps that's the turning point we're looking for in software as an engineering profession?
Increasing funding only works when the teachers believe in their student. And even then, it purely augments the ability to teach, and it surely doesn't improve education simply by it's availability.
Well, it's all pretty black and white there... is the university paying you? Does the check say "Harvard University" or does it say "HRUMPTHING Project, LLC?"
I mean it's not like your playing football where you win a T-Shirt and the university takes home 100's of millions in TV revenue! You can speak to your employer about what you want out of the deal and see if there's any possibility.
But just like football - chances are you're going to get squat for this - and hope for glorious rewards in the after-life (aka.. the real world).
I now what hue mene. Its lick - ho kares if hue now ho to speel anywhay? Huey is eferybody so darn jugmental!!
Know that I hafe a Pdh - I dun't feel lick it realey maters if I cane speel - everywon nows I'm just so F*IN SMART.
Smart smart smart so f'in smart. I keen speel like a burd on a dart. Guv me a wurd and I'm speel it like a shirk. Dystopian this and excremental that - give I a problem and me give you shat.
Well, I think that lacks some insight into how publishing works.
First - every author has a different business arrangement, even though the author MAY not be deriving income directly from your sale - you are however helping the author by showing overall demand for the book.
Another consideration is that many authors self-publish, or self-finance their books these days.
Lastly, there's hundreds of people that make a living off book publishing - and I'm sure they appreciate it as well.
Well, I was thinking a detector to accurately represent the wave form of any molecule, creating an equal inverted wave, and shooting it back at the molecule.
e=mc^2
Particles are waves - so why couldn't we just unmake the particle? Bwa ha ha! Quantum Bomb?
CueCat was developed pre-DMCA, and so was your code I would assume. You're not breaking their patent by replicating their method - and I assume you distributed code previously which did not result into a court-ordered injunction. No one brought full enforcement of their cease and desist and you never signed a settlement or agreement.
Alright... here's a lesson in how the FUTURES MARKET WORKS.
There's a place where people trade oil (actually there are 2) - and in this place, a bunch of people with oil sell their future production contracts to anyone wanting to buy it.
Sometimes people who would never want to buy that much oil decide to start buying and selling oil. They figure that the price will go up before they have to actually get the oil - so they buy a contract hoping to sell it for a higher price before the contract executes.
Sometimes a lot of people like this get in on the action - especially when other things like stocks and bonds are in the crapper.
And sometimes they drive the price up unnaturally,... because who's foolish enough to turn down money?
From my understanding, volunteer work is not tax deductible. Tangible assets and money given (like miles driven, money and items donated) may be deductible in certain situations.
In other words - you need receipts for things you used in the service of making your work for non-profits. And, technically speaking, you're going to need a 503(c) charity status as well.
If you want to run a 503(c) and give it away, you can certainly do that. But the only money you would be able to deduct is the money you would spend on the creation and operation of the charity organization.
Disclaimer: You milage may vary, offer not valid in the state of California, I'm not a lawyer and you're likely to end up in Gitmo following my advice, married with 16 children, and bald. Some people experience adverse reactions to this advice, such as lucid dreaming, extended erections, overgrown toe and nose hair, and quite possibly death by shotgun in the night. Drink responsibly.
You might be surprised to find that padded carpeting isn't uniform, especially near walls and seams. Your laptop probably hit concrete in that case, because carpet doesn't compress all that well without padding underneath.
I've seen thinkpads and old HP laptops get broken too... sometimes it's just dumb luck. I wouldn't blame it on Apple design. Heck, my thinkpad case has cracked on the right side twice now... I got tired of buying new case pieces off ebay and just bought a macbook pro.
If it makes you feel better you can probably bang out those dents. Try that with a Dell!
You can't bring a laptop "safely" ANYWHERE, period. Every country in the world has the right to search at the border - both citizens and non. I don't see how the USA is any different from France, England, or Japan.
Secondly - there are not millions of people in FEMA concentration camps. That's utter and complete B.S. Be vigilant for freedom and liberty - don't make a mockery of it.
Second, the guy was walking around with Osama's friends!!
Third, he got his day in court.
Blame Canada... they're the one that sold this poor guy down the river in the first place. They alerted the US authorities, told them Arar was not a citizen of Canada and would not accept extradition, and actively solicited intelligence information leading to deep suspicion.
Oh come on... I feel really bad for the guy over everything that happened... but shit happens. Especially when you're hanging around a bunch of Taliban fighters... Especially when you're carrying a kalishnakov around...
Ok, I'll bite. Name one US citizen this has happened too. I'm not saying there isn't injustice - but from what I can see the courts still operate in full public view. Laws are by and large still in effect, and we're not gassing women and children.
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Yes, absolutely do this. I've done this at almost every job except for my current (but I'm a principle developer and have rights through my patents).
Most developers don't have worries anyway - since most are simply writing business & service software. Very few people are developing real products that can garner patent protection.
Not bloody likely that... Safenet produces a big chunk of crypto hardware for the government, focusing on Type 1 encryption solutions.
How Safenet got involved with Mediasentry has got to be the weirdest story of the decade IMHO.
The only ones I've heard complaining about how hard they had to work abroad were the ones who went to Ãf©cole polytechnique du paris (or other french technical universities).
That's because they're too busy eating baguettes!
Whoa... sorry, that was a bad joke. Only somewhat true, at least according to my experience there.
Actually there's a bunch of great work happening at the Grand Ãcole schools... even University of Paris has a great program.
Nobody forced you to choose Lehman Brothers!!! Man... some people? You have a choice!
I absolutely agree - my only point was to back your original argument with actual facts from his own campaign promises which indicates an expansion of militaristic behavior onto the internet.
He clearly stated he would "declare our cyber-infrastructure a strategic asset." Just as America has declared arabian oil "strategic" during the last 4 administrations.
Lastly, I've lived abroad and yet I have always been able to analyze rhetoric and facts without attempting to polarize other's views into boxes. I can make an argument without antagonizing it with wild speculation and exorbitant conclusions.
Show some respect occasionally, it shows a firm grasp of humanity. Bonne chance!
And you don't think Obama is going to continue the practice?
Sorry, got news for you... Obama is only going to expand the "cyberwar" mentality - and you can bet that means more wiretaps.
"I'll declare our cyber-infrastructure a strategic asset, and appoint a National Cyber Advisor who will report directly to me." â"7/16/08 West Lafayette, Ind.
You know - it's interesting that when we teach engineers we always start with the "basic forces" - and only afterwards do students learn how to design by utilizing and understanding these forces.
Perhaps that's the turning point we're looking for in software as an engineering profession?
No you don't(get what you pay for).
Increasing funding only works when the teachers believe in their student. And even then, it purely augments the ability to teach, and it surely doesn't improve education simply by it's availability.
Well, it's all pretty black and white there... is the university paying you? Does the check say "Harvard University" or does it say "HRUMPTHING Project, LLC?"
I mean it's not like your playing football where you win a T-Shirt and the university takes home 100's of millions in TV revenue! You can speak to your employer about what you want out of the deal and see if there's any possibility.
But just like football - chances are you're going to get squat for this - and hope for glorious rewards in the after-life (aka.. the real world).
I now what hue mene. Its lick - ho kares if hue now ho to speel anywhay? Huey is eferybody so darn jugmental!!
Know that I hafe a Pdh - I dun't feel lick it realey maters if I cane speel - everywon nows I'm just so F*IN SMART.
Smart smart smart so f'in smart. I keen speel like a burd on a dart. Guv me a wurd and I'm speel it like a shirk. Dystopian this and excremental that - give I a problem and me give you shat.
The army has Rangers... don't need no stinkin' Marines. heheh
Well, I think that lacks some insight into how publishing works.
First - every author has a different business arrangement, even though the author MAY not be deriving income directly from your sale - you are however helping the author by showing overall demand for the book.
Another consideration is that many authors self-publish, or self-finance their books these days.
Lastly, there's hundreds of people that make a living off book publishing - and I'm sure they appreciate it as well.
Well, I was thinking a detector to accurately represent the wave form of any molecule, creating an equal inverted wave, and shooting it back at the molecule.
e=mc^2
Particles are waves - so why couldn't we just unmake the particle? Bwa ha ha! Quantum Bomb?
Get her out into the real world a bit, visit some colleges and let her get some experience in different fields.
We all know people in many different job fields - introduce her and perhaps get a day on the job with some of the fields she's interested in.
I took two years of college chem before I had my first internship... where I quickly changed my mind.
Well, if it makes you feel better... I accidentally (*whoops!*) dropped a plate of enchiladas in Jovan's lap once. Wow can he jump!
The problem with your argument is that the output of a CueCat doesn't meet the legal standard for copyright.
CueCat was developed pre-DMCA, and so was your code I would assume. You're not breaking their patent by replicating their method - and I assume you distributed code previously which did not result into a court-ordered injunction. No one brought full enforcement of their cease and desist and you never signed a settlement or agreement.
In other words - you're totally clear.
Alright... here's a lesson in how the FUTURES MARKET WORKS.
There's a place where people trade oil (actually there are 2) - and in this place, a bunch of people with oil sell their future production contracts to anyone wanting to buy it.
Sometimes people who would never want to buy that much oil decide to start buying and selling oil. They figure that the price will go up before they have to actually get the oil - so they buy a contract hoping to sell it for a higher price before the contract executes.
Sometimes a lot of people like this get in on the action - especially when other things like stocks and bonds are in the crapper.
And sometimes they drive the price up unnaturally,... because who's foolish enough to turn down money?
Sounds perilously dangerous... But I will admit that is a possible method.
From my understanding, volunteer work is not tax deductible. Tangible assets and money given (like miles driven, money and items donated) may be deductible in certain situations.
In other words - you need receipts for things you used in the service of making your work for non-profits. And, technically speaking, you're going to need a 503(c) charity status as well.
If you want to run a 503(c) and give it away, you can certainly do that. But the only money you would be able to deduct is the money you would spend on the creation and operation of the charity organization.
Disclaimer: You milage may vary, offer not valid in the state of California, I'm not a lawyer and you're likely to end up in Gitmo following my advice, married with 16 children, and bald. Some people experience adverse reactions to this advice, such as lucid dreaming, extended erections, overgrown toe and nose hair, and quite possibly death by shotgun in the night. Drink responsibly.
You might be surprised to find that padded carpeting isn't uniform, especially near walls and seams. Your laptop probably hit concrete in that case, because carpet doesn't compress all that well without padding underneath.
I've seen thinkpads and old HP laptops get broken too... sometimes it's just dumb luck. I wouldn't blame it on Apple design. Heck, my thinkpad case has cracked on the right side twice now... I got tired of buying new case pieces off ebay and just bought a macbook pro.
If it makes you feel better you can probably bang out those dents. Try that with a Dell!
You can't bring a laptop "safely" ANYWHERE, period. Every country in the world has the right to search at the border - both citizens and non. I don't see how the USA is any different from France, England, or Japan.
Secondly - there are not millions of people in FEMA concentration camps. That's utter and complete B.S. Be vigilant for freedom and liberty - don't make a mockery of it.
First, he's not a US citizen.
Second, the guy was walking around with Osama's friends!!
Third, he got his day in court.
Blame Canada... they're the one that sold this poor guy down the river in the first place. They alerted the US authorities, told them Arar was not a citizen of Canada and would not accept extradition, and actively solicited intelligence information leading to deep suspicion.
Oh come on... I feel really bad for the guy over everything that happened... but shit happens. Especially when you're hanging around a bunch of Taliban fighters... Especially when you're carrying a kalishnakov around...
Anyone else?
Ok, I'll bite. Name one US citizen this has happened too. I'm not saying there isn't injustice - but from what I can see the courts still operate in full public view. Laws are by and large still in effect, and we're not gassing women and children.