We had to disect flatworms and frogs to see how they worked.
In programming classes, we are given parts of programs to understand what they are doing. When we get an exam in these classes, we have to reverse engineer the program in the question to know what it does. Remember, having to take apart a car engine and put it back together in autoshop?
Carl is talking about liability regarding email. There are two issues here.
Liability from something in the email. "Here is a copy of my windows Cd, here is how you install it..."
Evidence from the email. "Hey Sal, if that guy doesn't pay that 5 large tonight, break both kneecaps this time."
In a case (either civil or criminal) it usually takes more than six months to discover the crime/wrongful act and get to discovering the email. If that was a law, a good lawyer would just delay for 6 months and claim that the emails are not admissible anymore.
Having someone technical does help, but it's not an end-all/be-all attribute.
Many technical people don't understand civil liberties.
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Big deal, Mattel shuts down some hackers breaking their copyright." or "big deal etoys.com is shutting down a porno sight that toy buyers might get confused with"
But, they don't realize the ramifications of those issues. Or some of the detailed legal analysis that an implication of some of the rules, regulations, and laws that are written. Hell, Congress didn't realize the extent of ERISA preemption when writing the ERISA laws. Or the simple analysis of disability under the ADA.
I was in Hong Kong and China in September and October 1996 for medical treatment.
While at the university hospital, I had a chance to talk with the students, and the staff.
In China, the wages are low (head of a networking department at a university gets about $250 USD/month). It makes it hard to penetrate a market when a computer costs more two months salary. The people there are eager to learn and bright.
The issue of not allowing the people from the mainland into Hong Kong was to prevent a rush of people from going into Hong Kong for the higher pay and overtaxing the infrastructure of HK.
But you also get people who are not exact fits. Such as someone who is a Unix hack, with network experience but no router management experience. Or someone who does not have Visual C++ 8.0 experience, but Visual Age C++ expereince. Or someone who does not have NLM programming experience but have Banyan Service programming experience. Or someone with CPM programming experience not MS DOS programming experience.p>
Don't complain when you receive an unsolicited cuecat via mail.
At that point, you get to use it, reverse engineer, etc. for free. When they send the lawyer letter, for reverse engineering it, then include a copy of the USPS complaint along with your response to their lawyers.
Do their lawyers get paid by the cease and desist letter?
Disclaimer: IANAL, you cannot sue for the pain caused by reading this. If you read this, you agree to send me all your property and money.
If you get a temporary visa, what suprise is it that you are asked to leave when it expires?
If there is such a shortage, then why don't they hire people who do not have the exact/i> skills advertised. I have seen companies in 1988 ask for people with 10 years of IBM/MS-DOS programming experience.
Given that the filter programs can be bypassed, defeated, and are not perfect. It would be quite embarassing when some person at a libary pulls up www.tubetop.com or 206.251.29.10.
We could always start with the guys who try to use fake email addresses and put at the bottom of the message: According to the proposed bill, this is not SPAM. They know a bill is not law, until after signed by the president, or the president's veto is overidden.
You do not authorized SPAMMERS to put spam on your system. You do not authorize SPAMMERs to take use your POP3 server. Now, a SPAMMER used your POP3 to send data to your POP3 client without your authorization.
It's good to see a large corporation doing the right thing.
Even if the company thought that their trademark was being infringed on and that they had to do something to protect their rights from becomming a common word, there are better ways then spending money on lawyers and clogging up courts.
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In programming classes, we are given parts of programs to understand what they are doing. When we get an exam in these classes, we have to reverse engineer the program in the question to know what it does. Remember, having to take apart a car engine and put it back together in autoshop?
The slamming company is required to pay the difference between what you would have paid if you were not slammed.
What should happen, is if a company slams you, they can't get any money from you.
- Liability from something in the email. "Here is a copy of my windows Cd, here is how you install it..."
- Evidence from the email. "Hey Sal, if that guy doesn't pay that 5 large tonight, break both kneecaps this time."
In a case (either civil or criminal) it usually takes more than six months to discover the crime/wrongful act and get to discovering the email. If that was a law, a good lawyer would just delay for 6 months and claim that the emails are not admissible anymore.Many technical people don't understand civil liberties.
But, they don't realize the ramifications of those issues. Or some of the detailed legal analysis that an implication of some of the rules, regulations, and laws that are written. Hell, Congress didn't realize the extent of ERISA preemption when writing the ERISA laws. Or the simple analysis of disability under the ADA.I'd rather have a holographic image that you can reach into for your manipulations, but even 3D feedback is a good start.
Well, lets go back to sand.
The WWW is based on computers and computers are based on silicon. Silicon comes from sand.
Well sand is based on atoms, .........
Enough already
I'd like a trip to Mir, and that Jet pack that they had on slash dot last year.
Put up or shut up!
I want my membership money returned. Actually, make it 5X my membership fee. What's 5 x $0.00???
While at the university hospital, I had a chance to talk with the students, and the staff.
In China, the wages are low (head of a networking department at a university gets about $250 USD/month). It makes it hard to penetrate a market when a computer costs more two months salary. The people there are eager to learn and bright.
The issue of not allowing the people from the mainland into Hong Kong was to prevent a rush of people from going into Hong Kong for the higher pay and overtaxing the infrastructure of HK.
This technique usually works when it's a large company going against an individual or small company.
But sometimes David can win against Goliath.
But you also get people who are not exact fits. Such as someone who is a Unix hack, with network experience but no router management experience. Or someone who does not have Visual C++ 8.0 experience, but Visual Age C++ expereince. Or someone who does not have NLM programming experience but have Banyan Service programming experience. Or someone with CPM programming experience not MS DOS programming experience.p>
At that point, you get to use it, reverse engineer, etc. for free. When they send the lawyer letter, for reverse engineering it, then include a copy of the USPS complaint along with your response to their lawyers.
Do their lawyers get paid by the cease and desist letter?
Disclaimer: IANAL, you cannot sue for the pain caused by reading this. If you read this, you agree to send me all your property and money.
If there is such a shortage, then why don't they hire people who do not have the exact/i> skills advertised. I have seen companies in 1988 ask for people with 10 years of IBM/MS-DOS programming experience.
Take a look at the programmers guild.
Does E-bay auction entire politicians? Or do they just auction votes on individual bills?
You do not authorized SPAMMERS to put spam on your system. You do not authorize SPAMMERs to take use your POP3 server. Now, a SPAMMER used your POP3 to send data to your POP3 client without your authorization.
A stretch, yes.
Even if the company thought that their trademark was being infringed on and that they had to do something to protect their rights from becomming a common word, there are better ways then spending money on lawyers and clogging up courts.
Maybe a large company using abusive litigation tactics might have something to do with many of the discussions here.
And BTW, I will shut up, after Mattel stops their abusive tactics!