If the software did work like that (and I don't think it does based on the article) it would be useless.
If they offer dummy files with the same name as copyrighted material then downloaders haven't committed any copyright infringment - they've downloaded a couple of megabytes of garbage and have therefore done nothing wrong.
If they offer the real thing and track who downloads; then doesn't the fact that they allowing free downloads of their copyrighted material affect the status of their copyright? If they're not protecting their material properly then they can't accuse anyone of abusing the copyright.
Whatever they offer for download they've lost the case.
The children need a project to work on. Whatever the language, learning the basic principles just by writing small programs simply to illustrate those principles gets boring quickly. You need to find something achievable, with some quickly achievable and satisfying early milestones.
It had 17 known bugs. There may be an 18th waiting to send the shuttle crashing to the ground when some, as yet unexperienced, set of circumstances occurs.
The sooner they get the high-end chips out then the sooner the low-end chips drop in price. No-one can afford the 1Ghz chips, but the 500's are cheaper as a result.
Yes it is true. Lots of disks have the copyright warning at the beginning that can't be skipped (30 seconds-ish)and a few have advert from the studio - it's usually 30 seconds or so of quickly flashed images from their films. I've yet to see an entire trailer that can't be skipped.
I, like many others in this industry, live in a country where I am not allowed to vote.
I can't vote in America because I'm here on a visa, it will be many years before I can become a citizen, assuming I wish do to so.
The country of which I am a citizen is thousands of miles away and although physical distance is less important today, I still feel isolated from what's going on their politically.
There was an article on CNN (I think) the other day describing the large number of technical people working in California who are on H1B visas from India, but it didn't say what proportion of the geek population are non-citizens.
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Because they want to kill the whole concept, not just that particular company.
Silly dynamic whatchamacallit. Search for their trademarks here
Metallica have got trademarks for everything.
... to gratuitously replace perfectly good mirrors with fuel-wasting electronics.
ford.com.cars
ford.com.CannedFish
"Ford Motor Co. (tm)" and "Ford Fish Packing Co. (tm)" can both have their favourite domain.
E.g. 'whispering in your lover's ear' isn't, in my experience, enforced.
The pumping gas one is.
The M25 (Motorway around London) has a variable speedlimit in the worst spots. It works quite well apparently.
If they offer dummy files with the same name as copyrighted material then downloaders haven't committed any copyright infringment - they've downloaded a couple of megabytes of garbage and have therefore done nothing wrong.
If they offer the real thing and track who downloads; then doesn't the fact that they allowing free downloads of their copyrighted material affect the status of their copyright? If they're not protecting their material properly then they can't accuse anyone of abusing the copyright.
Whatever they offer for download they've lost the case.
2) An untrue accusation of theft is a serious slander/libel. You would seek compensation in whatever manner your local legal system allowed.
The acceleration during the 3 foot drop is obviously 1G. The deceleration when it hits the ground is what is being measured.
Many phallic trees : Yellowstone
Naughty Areas : Snoopy
Genitalia : Dogs
More phalluses : vegetables
I, for one, will use this software to protect myself from all this obscenity I hadn't noticed before.
this patent looks relevent I haven't read it all though.
You probably have to change your time-zone after daylight savings kicked in.
The children need a project to work on. Whatever the language, learning the basic principles just by writing small programs simply to illustrate those principles gets boring quickly. You need to find something achievable, with some quickly achievable and satisfying early milestones.
We all just notice the "Patent Pending" icon and post away ...
To head the list of smells that will no doubt arise from this topic ... I shall patent the smell of a fart. All producers will owe me royalties.
The point of the article is that activity that is illegal in the USA may not be illegal elsewhere, and vice versa.
It had 17 known bugs. There may be an 18th waiting to send the shuttle crashing to the ground when some, as yet unexperienced, set of circumstances occurs.
Probation is not supposed to be punitive. It is supposed to help the offender - get a job, avoid crime, etc. etc. depending on circumstances.
MS controls what you use to view content (IE vs NS)
AOL controls what you view (and, incidently, what you use).
When it comes down to it, what appears in the big empty space in window is much more important than who's bit of code was used to render it.
There's more than 1 ABC (American & Australian at least) I expect they want these 2 (or more) companies to bid against each other
The sooner they get the high-end chips out then the sooner the low-end chips drop in price. No-one can afford the 1Ghz chips, but the 500's are cheaper as a result.
Yes it is true. Lots of disks have the copyright warning at the beginning that can't be skipped (30 seconds-ish)and a few have advert from the studio - it's usually 30 seconds or so of quickly flashed images from their films. I've yet to see an entire trailer that can't be skipped.
I can't vote in America because I'm here on a visa, it will be many years before I can become a citizen, assuming I wish do to so.
The country of which I am a citizen is thousands of miles away and although physical distance is less important today, I still feel isolated from what's going on their politically.
There was an article on CNN (I think) the other day describing the large number of technical people working in California who are on H1B visas from India, but it didn't say what proportion of the geek population are non-citizens.
Can anyone make a good guess?
It didn't go away. Even Windows 2000 Advanced Server comes with Gorilla.bas, nibbles.bas money.bas and remline.bas Really!