Here is an article that was linked on slashdot http://www.collectspace.com/ne... and at the bottom it says "Outside of lunar meteorites and a few ounces of the moon returned by Soviet robotic probes, all other moon rocks are considered the property of the United States. As such, according to the NASA Office of the Inspector General, those found in possession of samples can be prosecuted for theft of government property, for which there is no statute of limitations." which is in violation of the Outer space treaty wonder if they know lol
Hold on a second, I just checked the outer space treaty was signed in 1967. The moon landings where from 1969 - 1972, so according to the treaty the US signed the moon rocks which they brought back from the moon landings which are part of the moon do not belong to anyone not the USA or NASA so when they run around the world chasing missing moon rocks and prosecuting people who sell them they are violating that treaty right? How can they claim ownership and still adhere to this treaty?
The police and Feds do not want to confirm a ban at this moment as a blanket ban on arming drones might effect themselves, While I know they can make a law for the people and one for themselves it will be much harder to get a police/feds only armed drone law passed the public than simply not banning them for anyone.
Its in early access? It's lego there a large company and very profitable with there merchandising and by that I mean the star wars, harry potter and other franchises they made lego out of, you really telling me there so hard up for cash that they are releasing an early access game? Or is that the new excuse companies use for releasing buggy/unfinished software now, its in early access.
Lol just to clarify I was curious why it hit the planet when it ran out of fuel instead of having some extra rockets or extra tank to send it away from hitting mercury as it could have hit something of scientific interest on the planet. I wondered if it was like when they rammed the LCROSS satellite/probe into the moon to study the impact results was this something similar or was it simply that it just ran out of fuel and fell......Hard into mercury.
Why did they smash messenger into mercury? Was it because they had no choice as there was not enough fuel to deorbit? If so why not save some before it ran out and blast it away from mercury. Or was there a scientific reason? Like the next probe could analyze the impact crater and compare it to ancient ones to see what the difference will be.
Its interesting but ever notice that Valve does not follow through with any of its features it comes up with?
I started to notice this when they did that steam broadcasting, its nothing like twitches service with the level of support and features and its shows in its use, despite having millions of people use steam barely any of them use the steam broadcasting.
What about there green light system? A broken mess that they made then again just ignored any development on. The steambox? Anyone have it? What about steam big picture?
All of these are good ideas that are under implemented and underused for the amount of people that have steam. Even there main page needed upgrading for years and they didn't follow though with that.
I believe Valves work structure causes this, we all seen there handbook. There are no lines of authority everyone just moves there desks literally to an area that is doing something that they are interested in then when its finished they move on, and this is important no one is left to offer support on that new feature.
I think in Valve everyone is looking for that new feature for the glory it brings but there is no glory in supporting that feature after it is released.
Look at this new paid modding feature in the article it was designed with as little support or oversight needed, not because they wanted it that way but because they just have no people to support it.
Unless Valve sets up an independent company to support there features they will never make anything that people will want to use in any length of time.
With more and more species becoming extinct all the time why does someone not collect genetic material from the as many remaining individual creatures from a species so that if they all die out in the future there is a chance of bringing them back.
There trying with mammoths but that is with badly preserved genetic material, imagine if you had a change to take samples of your chose from a mammoth we would be having them walking around the zoos right now.
Even from a business point of view as someone has to pay for the collection and storage, the potential for a company to hold the only remaining genetic material of an entire species would be a massive asset to a company.
Let me tell you of a game called subspace, it was a 2d multi player shooting game with small spaceships, do a google search if you want to find more about it but i bet a lot of you remember it.
At the height of its popularity there was over 1 million player plus playing this small free game.
Then sony took an interest.
They bought the game and put it on there Sony station platform as a pay to play game and the 1 million plus players drop instantly to 100k players(im not sure about the exact number but i do know that the vast majority drooped playing the game)
Even though a lot of people did not continue to play it enough still did to make it a good business decision i guess but that is not what this post is about.
What it is about is when you offer something for free(i know it was not offered for free btw its just a comparison example) compared with with purchasing it there will always be around 10x the amount of people who would play it for free compared to the amount that would buy it.
The statistics shown in the article above just show that. It does not mean that the 90% of players who pirated it would have paid for it all it shows is that given the choice more people would play the game freely about 10x the amount that would buy it thats all.
Hi i was wondering can the defendant counter sue now?
As they don't have the threat of this suit been redone against them?
I mean the defendant can show that because of the actions of the RIAA they have cost them money and wasted time.
If so can they use the fact that when faced with rule 11 instead of standing up they backed down straight away, while they wont be facing rule 11 in the counter suit there actions when faced with it by not defending themselves against rule 11 show that they did not or think they did not act appropriate in the case.
BTW To the RIAA as i know they have people monitoring these sites.
"If you have done nothing wrong and acted in the proper and legal manner in your handling of this case why did you back down and dismiss the case? Aren't innocent law abiding people and companies not afraid of the law? What do YOU have to hide?"
Slashdot Mirror
As long as you can capture the raw video and audio output you can copy anything into your own format.
Here is an article that was linked on slashdot http://www.collectspace.com/ne... and at the bottom it says "Outside of lunar meteorites and a few ounces of the moon returned by Soviet robotic probes, all other moon rocks are considered the property of the United States. As such, according to the NASA Office of the Inspector General, those found in possession of samples can be prosecuted for theft of government property, for which there is no statute of limitations." which is in violation of the Outer space treaty wonder if they know lol
Hold on a second, I just checked the outer space treaty was signed in 1967. The moon landings where from 1969 - 1972, so according to the treaty the US signed the moon rocks which they brought back from the moon landings which are part of the moon do not belong to anyone not the USA or NASA so when they run around the world chasing missing moon rocks and prosecuting people who sell them they are violating that treaty right? How can they claim ownership and still adhere to this treaty?
The police and Feds do not want to confirm a ban at this moment as a blanket ban on arming drones might effect themselves, While I know they can make a law for the people and one for themselves it will be much harder to get a police/feds only armed drone law passed the public than simply not banning them for anyone.
Its in early access? It's lego there a large company and very profitable with there merchandising and by that I mean the star wars, harry potter and other franchises they made lego out of, you really telling me there so hard up for cash that they are releasing an early access game? Or is that the new excuse companies use for releasing buggy/unfinished software now, its in early access.
All great discoveries can be summed up with three simple letters... WTF
Lol just to clarify I was curious why it hit the planet when it ran out of fuel instead of having some extra rockets or extra tank to send it away from hitting mercury as it could have hit something of scientific interest on the planet. I wondered if it was like when they rammed the LCROSS satellite/probe into the moon to study the impact results was this something similar or was it simply that it just ran out of fuel and fell......Hard into mercury.
Hmmm who gets to name the new crater btw lol
Why did they smash messenger into mercury? Was it because they had no choice as there was not enough fuel to deorbit? If so why not save some before it ran out and blast it away from mercury. Or was there a scientific reason? Like the next probe could analyze the impact crater and compare it to ancient ones to see what the difference will be.
Or did they do it simply because it was cool?
Its interesting but ever notice that Valve does not follow through with any of its features it comes up with?
I started to notice this when they did that steam broadcasting, its nothing like twitches service with the level of support and features and its shows in its use, despite having millions of people use steam barely any of them use the steam broadcasting.
What about there green light system? A broken mess that they made then again just ignored any development on. The steambox? Anyone have it? What about steam big picture?
All of these are good ideas that are under implemented and underused for the amount of people that have steam. Even there main page needed upgrading for years and they didn't follow though with that.
I believe Valves work structure causes this, we all seen there handbook. There are no lines of authority everyone just moves there desks literally to an area that is doing something that they are interested in then when its finished they move on, and this is important no one is left to offer support on that new feature.
I think in Valve everyone is looking for that new feature for the glory it brings but there is no glory in supporting that feature after it is released.
Look at this new paid modding feature in the article it was designed with as little support or oversight needed, not because they wanted it that way but because they just have no people to support it.
Unless Valve sets up an independent company to support there features they will never make anything that people will want to use in any length of time.
For seeds only not animals as what my origonal suggestion was for. If there is an animal genetic vault can someone post a link thanks
With more and more species becoming extinct all the time why does someone not collect genetic material from the as many remaining individual creatures from a species so that if they all die out in the future there is a chance of bringing them back.
There trying with mammoths but that is with badly preserved genetic material, imagine if you had a change to take samples of your chose from a mammoth we would be having them walking around the zoos right now.
Even from a business point of view as someone has to pay for the collection and storage, the potential for a company to hold the only remaining genetic material of an entire species would be a massive asset to a company.
Let me tell you of a game called subspace, it was a 2d multi player shooting game with small spaceships, do a google search if you want to find more about it but i bet a lot of you remember it.
At the height of its popularity there was over 1 million player plus playing this small free game.
Then sony took an interest.
They bought the game and put it on there Sony station platform as a pay to play game and the 1 million plus players drop instantly to 100k players(im not sure about the exact number but i do know that the vast majority drooped playing the game)
Even though a lot of people did not continue to play it enough still did to make it a good business decision i guess but that is not what this post is about.
What it is about is when you offer something for free(i know it was not offered for free btw its just a comparison example) compared with with purchasing it there will always be around 10x the amount of people who would play it for free compared to the amount that would buy it.
The statistics shown in the article above just show that. It does not mean that the 90% of players who pirated it would have paid for it all it shows is that given the choice more people would play the game freely about 10x the amount that would buy it thats all.
Hi i was wondering can the defendant counter sue now?
As they don't have the threat of this suit been redone against them?
I mean the defendant can show that because of the actions of the RIAA they have cost them money and wasted time.
If so can they use the fact that when faced with rule 11 instead of standing up they backed down straight away, while they wont be facing rule 11 in the counter suit there actions when faced with it by not defending themselves against rule 11 show that they did not or think they did not act appropriate in the case.
BTW To the RIAA as i know they have people monitoring these sites.
"If you have done nothing wrong and acted in the proper and legal manner in your handling of this case why did you back down and dismiss the case? Aren't innocent law abiding people and companies not afraid of the law? What do YOU have to hide?"
-J