To those who say that Apple stiffles innovation, please cite examples of innovation within the products for which Apple is seeking an injunction. Why would one invest in innovation if the market is free to copy immediately?
If Verizon is claiming their free speech is being violated, then they must be accepting responsibility for the content of that speech. IANAL, but I would think that Verizon would want to avoid being held accountable for content.
A few months ago some guy generated random numbers firing lasers at diamonds; and now we've got quantum light. Maybe someone could explain how randomness varies in non-random ways...
The effort to hash and salt contact information to provide a basic level of privacy over cleartext is computationally and programatically inconsequencial. We're locking the screen door, here; not securing Fort Knox.
The homeless person doesn't keep the money for the same reason that the cashier at McDonald's doesn't get to keep the money... The profits will be donated to a homeless shelter in Austin.
You assume that gov't entities would prefer bullet proof systems... How could Bush43 have won the elections in Ohio if SmarTech didn't have the man in the middle exploit set up to rig the results?
I wouldn't consider IRC or USENET to be 'back in the day" technologies. Both are alive and well and doing a fine job of allowing for inconspicuous file transfers...
Just because you can't search for it in Google doesn't mean it's not on the Internet.
RT(F)A -- Suit originally filed in 1999. Since the claim is specifically against image interaction, rather than simply hyperlinks, the timing is just about right.
Lots of movies (everything except the blockbusters) make most of their money in back catalog. There is huge money in owning a massive library of old films.
So while I agree that copyright has lost all sense of 'fair use', I don't think you'll win arguing that there is no value in long copyrights.
The real variable, and the real constraint, is theater screens. Bad movies have shorter runs and good movies last longer. Price comes in later when you wait for it to show at some local independent theatre, or on PPV, Redbox, etc.
US citizens are eligible for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion of up to roughly $92,000 if you are either permanently residing outside of the United States or have been residing outside of the US for at least 330 days during the previous 12 months.
US Government contractors are eligible, but US government employees (State, USAID, etc.) are not.
It's a good deal if you can get it; and if you are close to the threshold of 330 days, take a vacation anywhere outside the US -- you don't need to be working all the time, you just need to not be in the US. Also, if you have a touch of the OCD, ask the immigration people to stamp your passport chronologically instead of randomly when you travel. This makes it super easy to show your dates outside the US if you get called on it.
Snarky...I like snarky... Hopefully there will be a new comment modifier so we can distinguish humor from snark...
I found it funny that of all the available data Google has on the Android Market, they chose to ignore the one that a lot of people track. Voting with dollars is a good way to see which apps/developers are producing quality; and it tends to signal whether the market is sustainable since developers, like everyone else, have rent to pay and at least one mouth to feed.
This is the same way in which news has always developed. The difference now is that all the rumors, facts, leads, and dead ends that a good reporter sifted through and tracked down is much more public. Now we get to see the making of the sausage because so many people are willing to post random noise and data, but most of us still want trusted reporters to help us analyze and make sense of a story. Every individual needs to pick their level of comfort and trust in their sources -- some will continue to trust the traditional institutions of journalism, and some will believe that 'Anonymous Coward' is a trustworthy and citable source.
Same signal, more noise, and less ability of the average American to distinguish between the two.
I have no desire to start a fight over FOSS ends versus means, but is it fair to say that for most non-technical users, the thing that matters most is the 'F' in FOSS?
Also, while the Blender story is interesting, why does that matter from a FOSS perspective? Don't deathbed converts get admitted to Heaven?
Specifically, mice strains used in research (of which there are many different strains) are bred to be genetically identical. That's the whole point. All the different strains represent identical genetics and each strain may have attributes that are desirable for the researcher.
The mice aren't valuable because they are similar to people; they're valuable because they are identical to each other.
Perhaps it's time to start we stop believing that everything in the world needs to be connected to external networks.
In the battle of the sword and the shield, the sword eventually wins, but it takes a hell of a lot longer when the sword and shield are separated by the moat and a thick stone wall...
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To those who say that Apple stiffles innovation, please cite examples of innovation within the products for which Apple is seeking an injunction. Why would one invest in innovation if the market is free to copy immediately?
slightly off topic, but what do you have about c++? Also, I think I've seen you here before, what's your actual screen name?
Nice approximation of 2 factor authentication: from a selection of questions you need to know (1) which one to answer, and (2) the answer.
If Verizon is claiming their free speech is being violated, then they must be accepting responsibility for the content of that speech. IANAL, but I would think that Verizon would want to avoid being held accountable for content.
A few months ago some guy generated random numbers firing lasers at diamonds; and now we've got quantum light. Maybe someone could explain how randomness varies in non-random ways...
Privacy /= security.
The effort to hash and salt contact information to provide a basic level of privacy over cleartext is computationally and programatically inconsequencial. We're locking the screen door, here; not securing Fort Knox.
All homeless people are criminals? Part of this program is about raising awareness -- and clearly you could use some awareness raising....
The homeless person doesn't keep the money for the same reason that the cashier at McDonald's doesn't get to keep the money... The profits will be donated to a homeless shelter in Austin.
You assume that gov't entities would prefer bullet proof systems... How could Bush43 have won the elections in Ohio if SmarTech didn't have the man in the middle exploit set up to rig the results?
/tin_foil_hat
/humor
THe best rumor I've heard so far is that the ipad2 will see a price drop to make it more cost competitive with kindle fire. We'll see in a few days.
Length of life (in years) dropped from 120 years to 114 years when the Romans added August to the Calendar...
I wouldn't consider IRC or USENET to be 'back in the day" technologies. Both are alive and well and doing a fine job of allowing for inconspicuous file transfers...
Just because you can't search for it in Google doesn't mean it's not on the Internet.
RT(F)A -- Suit originally filed in 1999. Since the claim is specifically against image interaction, rather than simply hyperlinks, the timing is just about right.
Lots of movies (everything except the blockbusters) make most of their money in back catalog. There is huge money in owning a massive library of old films.
So while I agree that copyright has lost all sense of 'fair use', I don't think you'll win arguing that there is no value in long copyrights.
The real variable, and the real constraint, is theater screens. Bad movies have shorter runs and good movies last longer. Price comes in later when you wait for it to show at some local independent theatre, or on PPV, Redbox, etc.
It's not the size of the home page, it's the motion of the .GIF
US citizens are eligible for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion of up to roughly $92,000 if you are either permanently residing outside of the United States or have been residing outside of the US for at least 330 days during the previous 12 months.
US Government contractors are eligible, but US government employees (State, USAID, etc.) are not.
It's a good deal if you can get it; and if you are close to the threshold of 330 days, take a vacation anywhere outside the US -- you don't need to be working all the time, you just need to not be in the US. Also, if you have a touch of the OCD, ask the immigration people to stamp your passport chronologically instead of randomly when you travel. This makes it super easy to show your dates outside the US if you get called on it.
I am not a tax advisor.
Snarky...I like snarky... Hopefully there will be a new comment modifier so we can distinguish humor from snark...
I found it funny that of all the available data Google has on the Android Market, they chose to ignore the one that a lot of people track. Voting with dollars is a good way to see which apps/developers are producing quality; and it tends to signal whether the market is sustainable since developers, like everyone else, have rent to pay and at least one mouth to feed.
How about a breakout of paid versus free and some idea of who's making money developing for the Andriod platform?
First, it's additional work... but more importantly, it's additional liability since you are now responsible for what gets posted...
I just use the rand() function in Excel. Way less hassle than firing a laser through a diamond...
This is the same way in which news has always developed. The difference now is that all the rumors, facts, leads, and dead ends that a good reporter sifted through and tracked down is much more public. Now we get to see the making of the sausage because so many people are willing to post random noise and data, but most of us still want trusted reporters to help us analyze and make sense of a story. Every individual needs to pick their level of comfort and trust in their sources -- some will continue to trust the traditional institutions of journalism, and some will believe that 'Anonymous Coward' is a trustworthy and citable source.
Same signal, more noise, and less ability of the average American to distinguish between the two.
I have no desire to start a fight over FOSS ends versus means, but is it fair to say that for most non-technical users, the thing that matters most is the 'F' in FOSS?
Also, while the Blender story is interesting, why does that matter from a FOSS perspective? Don't deathbed converts get admitted to Heaven?
Specifically, mice strains used in research (of which there are many different strains) are bred to be genetically identical. That's the whole point. All the different strains represent identical genetics and each strain may have attributes that are desirable for the researcher.
The mice aren't valuable because they are similar to people; they're valuable because they are identical to each other.
Perhaps it's time to start we stop believing that everything in the world needs to be connected to external networks.
In the battle of the sword and the shield, the sword eventually wins, but it takes a hell of a lot longer when the sword and shield are separated by the moat and a thick stone wall...