Gun? Ha, ha, ha! It's NSA: "Dear Gov. Gary Herbert,
Greetings. We at the NSA were wondering if you remember that hooker you met in Puerto Rico? If not, perhaps you would like some souvenir pictures to share with your family? No?
BTW: Let us know how our data center project approval is going! Thanks!
...The next day, he found the grease soaked through the pizza, its own box, the lid of the box under it, and the bottom of the box under it, sticking it solidly to the table.
If their goal was a "fresh universe" and a "brand new story line", why the hell did they make it a "Star Trek" movie at all? Why not do something REALLY fresh and REALLY new?
Because there are no new scripts sitting on any producer's desks anywhere in Hollywood.
They don't do this. I'm sorry but the NSA just isn't interested in you, your real estate agent, your mechanic, or his daughter.
Oh, thank goodness! 'Cause my real-estate agents daughter's name is Fazul Abdullah Atwah, she's got a very full dark beard, wears a ghutra and bisht, and is constantly screaming at her dad for selling real estate to the "infidel pigs!" It's probably nothing...
Without a computer he will have no need of this data.
Agreed! Assuming he just wants to get back to 'where he was' on a computer, doing a massive printout and eventual OCR is lame. Besides, paper is flammable. So assuming that after whatever disaster (fire, flood, zombies...) you still can buy a new, working computer:
Just burn everything you want to an Archival Grade Gold DVD-R (rated to 100 years, I assume once you're dead you don't care) and keep it in a fire safe.
Once the 'disaster' happens, you just reload the data on to your new computer.
It's mostly used by astronomers, but works quite well for any series of images. Of course, it works on repeating frames. If things are moving, them they aren't 'repeating' and won't be processed correctly.
Apple is everything Microsoft was not allowed to be a decade ago.
Not defending Apple here, but one element of anti-trust is based on market share. MS was/is in the 90 percent range of the OS market share and Apple was/is still only in the single digit market share.
... you don't have enough perspective to have a rational discussion.
Yeah, I don't have "rational discussions" using 'perspective,' I use facts.
So far all you've offered is vague generalizations and your opinion that I'm wrong because: "someday I'll see the error of my ways." Oh, yeah, your cutting sarcasm that "I am full of shit." You certainly know how to craft a rational argument.
Oh, that, and the fact that you didn't know when Bush's term of office expired.
Oh, yeah; your 'perspective' that Bush is better than Obama. You show an unparalleled grasp of history. (Except, of course, for the 'facts' part!)
Hey, how about Obama's fake birth certificate!! Wow!
I explained that yesterday in at least 2 posts in this thread, still modded troll, still hope OP gets anal probed by LEO.
Distracted driving (texting ONLY falls under this) is much lower form of punishment than impaired driving and rightfully so.
Cool. Most states have reckless driving and/or distracted driving statutes on the books, which will cover bad driving no matter whether you are texting, or putting on eye-makeup, or reading a newspaper, hitting a bong, or eating behind the wheel.
They can't (and don't) write laws that cover every cause ("But officer, there's no law on the books that says I can't sheer a sheep while driving!") just the effect: bad driving.
...no, but it may be considered a form of "distracted driving" in many states.
General Distracted Driving Laws
Some states punish distracted driving through general laws which do not specify which exact activities are forbidden, but instead set general parameters. General distracted driving statutes typically define distracted driving as doing something while operating a motor vehicle which: (1) is not necessary to operating the vehicle; and (2) impairs (or would reasonably be expected to impair) the driver's ability to drive safely.
Sec. 101 b 1 says work for hire includes: "as a contribution to a collective work"...so it's possible the new developer falls under that as well... (if not the original coder)
Actually it applies to anyone who signs a work for hire agreement. Even an employee who does NOT sign a W.F.H. agreement owns the code they write. IANAL, so confirm this with a lawyer.
Correct. Obama is merely continuing and expanding on Bush's policies
Bull shit!! Bull shit!!! Bull shiiiiit! Bush hired enough lawyers to make sure he walked just on the line between legal an illegal. He chose to stay within the law and to demand that laws change just so that the head of state of this nation would still be bound by the laws of this nation. Obama does not even pretend to be restricted by such frivolities as the law. The obsequious news media is what does it. No benevolent dictatorship stays benevolent for long.
Hmmmm. I guess this slide from the NSA PRISM presentation, showing the program starting in 2007 must be mistaken. Or, maybe, you're claiming Obama was president in 2007...?
Get a letter from your original client summarizing the work you did, and identifying you as the original author of the code.
Excellent advice. Proactively, have them mention that the new developer is now doing maintenance on your awesome, original work.
If the new client finds the new copyright header, it will not require an explanation.
On another point: if both the work you did, and the new developer code, was paid for by the original client - then the copyright belongs to the original client as a "work for hire." The original client may want to be the only copyright notice on the code, in case of future legal issues.
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Utah complies with NSA while gun in the face
Gun? Ha, ha, ha! It's NSA:
"Dear Gov. Gary Herbert,
Greetings. We at the NSA were wondering if you remember that hooker you met in Puerto Rico?
If not, perhaps you would like some souvenir pictures to share with your family? No?
BTW: Let us know how our data center project approval is going! Thanks!
NSA"
Couple times per year?
You must not read many threads here on Slashdot, because there seems to be an obligatory link in every story.
Obligatory XKCD:
http://xkcd.com/262/
In order to be a valid contract, there has to be "consideration" on both sides.
In this case it would appear that the consideration is the "increased privacy" beyond HIPAA.
It will probably still not be enforceable since the reviews are not a work for hire, and reviews are generally not protected by copyright.
...The next day, he found the grease soaked through the pizza, its own box, the lid of the box under it, and the bottom of the box under it, sticking it solidly to the table.
"...that crap's gonna eat through the hull..."
People had some place in the house call a Dining Room and it was much larger than their computer den. Shocking!
A room just for eating in? Weird.
How could you operate your computer from there..?
And do what?
Move them to Arkansas or Alabama, where it's legal?
Move them to Arkansas or Alabama, where it's mandatory?
FTFY
If their goal was a "fresh universe" and a "brand new story line", why the hell did they make it a "Star Trek" movie at all? Why not do something REALLY fresh and REALLY new?
Because there are no new scripts sitting on any producer's desks anywhere in Hollywood.
Trying to keep a straight face
They don't do this. I'm sorry but the NSA just isn't interested in you, your real estate agent, your mechanic, or his daughter.
Oh, thank goodness!
'Cause my real-estate agents daughter's name is Fazul Abdullah Atwah, she's got a very full dark beard, wears a ghutra and bisht, and is constantly screaming at her dad for selling real estate to the "infidel pigs!"
It's probably nothing...
James Cameron got the idea years ago for Terminator 2.
Don't worry, Apple lawyers are already filing suit against Cameron for using time travel to steal their idea.
If they pass this they will have to eliminate voting machines in Florida, since the way they work their voting is a "game of chance."
Could be good for the rest of the country...
You can buy fire safes that are rated for 1, 2, ore 3 hours of fire which will maintain internal temperatures no hotter than 125F
This would work well with the archival DVDs, since the disk is made of Polycarbonate (thermoplastic polymers) that has a melting point of 311F (155C)
While it's true that paper will ignite up at 424.4F (218C) it starts to yellow and char starting down at 302F (150C) which could interfere with OCR.
There's no reason he couldn't burn an archival DVD and print a paper hard copy; then keep them both in the safe.
This is silly.
Without a computer he will have no need of this data.
Agreed! Assuming he just wants to get back to 'where he was' on a computer, doing a massive printout and eventual OCR is lame. Besides, paper is flammable. So assuming that after whatever disaster (fire, flood, zombies...) you still can buy a new, working computer:
Just burn everything you want to an Archival Grade Gold DVD-R (rated to 100 years, I assume once you're dead you don't care) and keep it in a fire safe.
Once the 'disaster' happens, you just reload the data on to your new computer.
http://www.verbatim.com/subcat/optical-media/professional-optical/archival-grade-gold-dvd-r/
Are there any algorithms out there that can take a movie, and produce a sharp photo
Of course. And it's free:
RegiStax
http://www.astronomie.be/registax/index.html
It's mostly used by astronomers, but works quite well for any series of images. Of course, it works on repeating frames. If things are moving, them they aren't 'repeating' and won't be processed correctly.
Apple is everything Microsoft was not allowed to be a decade ago.
Not defending Apple here, but one element of anti-trust is based on market share.
MS was/is in the 90 percent range of the OS market share and Apple was/is still only in the single digit market share.
... you don't have enough perspective to have a rational discussion.
Yeah, I don't have "rational discussions" using 'perspective,' I use facts.
So far all you've offered is vague generalizations and your opinion that I'm wrong because: "someday I'll see the error of my ways." Oh, yeah, your cutting sarcasm that "I am full of shit." You certainly know how to craft a rational argument.
Oh, that, and the fact that you didn't know when Bush's term of office expired.
Oh, yeah; your 'perspective' that Bush is better than Obama. You show an unparalleled grasp of history. (Except, of course, for the 'facts' part!)
Hey, how about Obama's fake birth certificate!! Wow!
True story:
I explained that yesterday in at least 2 posts in this thread, still modded troll, still hope OP gets anal probed by LEO.
Distracted driving (texting ONLY falls under this) is much lower form of punishment than impaired driving and rightfully so.
Cool. Most states have reckless driving and/or distracted driving statutes on the books, which will cover bad driving no matter whether you are texting, or putting on eye-makeup, or reading a newspaper, hitting a bong, or eating behind the wheel.
They can't (and don't) write laws that cover every cause ("But officer, there's no law on the books that says I can't sheer a sheep while driving!") just the effect: bad driving.
You do further understand that Bush stayed within the law or tried to.
Yeah.. I guess technically that was Cheney who got Halliburton $39.5 billion taxpayer dollars in no-bid contracts.
But it WAS Bush who broke the world economy and got us into two wars over WMDs. At least he didn't lie about that.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
You do know that Bush never ran a campaign on protecting civil rights or ending wars?
Yeah, 'cause those are bad things.
texting isn't a form of impaired driving.
...no, but it may be considered a form of "distracted driving" in many states.
General Distracted Driving Laws
Some states punish distracted driving through general laws which do not specify which exact activities are forbidden, but instead set general parameters. General distracted driving statutes typically define distracted driving as doing something while operating a motor vehicle which: (1) is not necessary to operating the vehicle; and (2) impairs (or would reasonably be expected to impair) the driver's ability to drive safely.
Sec. 101 b 1 says work for hire includes: "as a contribution to a collective work" ...so it's possible the new developer falls under that as well... (if not the original coder)
Your link shows that they collected information only from Microsoft in 2007. Not even from Skype. Just Microsoft...
You do know that Bush was still president until Jan 2009? Which meant he also brought on Yahoo and Google (which would include Yahoo Mail and GMail.)
And "...recording meta data on all phone calls in the country..."? You think Obama started that? Really?
You know that the NSA also started that program under Bush:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/8811_493891374010704_1864334744_n.jpg
(2006)
Actually it applies to anyone who signs a work for hire agreement. Even an employee who does NOT sign a W.F.H. agreement owns the code they write. IANAL, so confirm this with a lawyer.
"Work for hire" defined well here:
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ09.pdf
Correct. Obama is merely continuing and expanding on Bush's policies
Bull shit!! Bull shit!!! Bull shiiiiit! Bush hired enough lawyers to make sure he walked just on the line between legal an illegal. He chose to stay within the law and to demand that laws change just so that the head of state of this nation would still be bound by the laws of this nation. Obama does not even pretend to be restricted by such frivolities as the law. The obsequious news media is what does it. No benevolent dictatorship stays benevolent for long.
Hmmmm. I guess this slide from the NSA PRISM presentation, showing the program starting in 2007 must be mistaken. Or, maybe, you're claiming Obama was president in 2007...?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/images/prism-slide-5.jpg
Get a letter from your original client summarizing the work you did, and identifying you as the original author of the code.
Excellent advice. Proactively, have them mention that the new developer is now doing maintenance on your awesome, original work.
If the new client finds the new copyright header, it will not require an explanation.
On another point: if both the work you did, and the new developer code, was paid for by the original client - then the copyright belongs to the original client as a "work for hire." The original client may want to be the only copyright notice on the code, in case of future legal issues.
When was the last time you saw someone being prosecuted for putting their own credits at the tail end of a Hollywood movie? It simply doesn't happen.
Hollywood credits, down to the size of the type and placement in the sequence, is all defined in advance when drafting the contracts.
In this case, the coder failed to contract for rights to credit.