Does this mean rich people can just kill the poor and pay fines now?
Taking a life illegally should at least warrant some jail time.
I agree, in tthe case of a corporation the equivalent would be to hand over all operations (below the executive suites) to a consortuim of competotors to run for the length of the sentence, under court supervision of course. Just like what would happen to you and me in the same situation!
Any profits for that period would go to "reasonably compensate" the consortium.
The evidence is that this arose out of corporate decision making so a corporate wide penalty would appear to be approprite.
Stopped reading your post after I saw the "fiat" was in quotes. Hint: it shows off your I-want-the-gold-standard-back total-nutter credentials.
To the contrary, I used quotes to denote the technical use of the term "fiat" as used by the BitCoin promoters.
History shows that the price of Gold is one of the most manipulated forms of "currency"!
Take a close look at what FDR did to the price of gold during his "New Deal" and what is happening today.
As one analyst observes, paper has more value than Gold based on supply and demand. The "supply" of paper is far more constrained than Gold, but the demand for both for "utilitarian" purposes is declining. The only reason Gold sells for more than approx $1/oz (wild guess) is speculation and scare mongering.
The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that it is difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine - Abraham Lincoln
While I admire the idealism of the BitCoin project, I have to remember a couple of essential functions provided by (evil!) Government control of "fiat" currency!
1) ANY "fiat" currency is intended first and foremost to "promote commerce" and the first need of any actual business that uses the currency is STABILITY. NO (evil!!) government would ever have allowed the "run up" and "crash" of BitCoins that we have seen over the past few months.
2) Governments chase/catch/punish crooks and swindlers - probably that is what they do the very best! Now that BitCoin actually has (had?) "significant" value it inevitably attracts "significant" crooks! But BirCoin HAS NO (EVIL!!!!) Government to catch the crooks!
One wonders at the sophistication of the crooks (e.g. Madoff) if BitCoins had risen to US$300/coin ($3K/30K or ???).
Clearly an EVIL conspiracy of some sort - we just have to figure out what and who?
AREA 51 is not far from there, could this be related to the UFO they have hidden???
The Obama administration has made it possible to create petitions which, if they get sufficient signatures, will be
responded to and potentially acted on. I've created one at http://wh.gov/4PW which I encourage all to read and
sign if they agree with it. We can defeat this!
I am signer number 2! Only 4998 more needed to get an official response! "SLASHDOTTING" might actually count for something at last!
I would point out that there are far more mobile phones on these bands than routers!
The difference is essentially one of proper spectrum management and number of channels available.
"The test facility at http://whitespaces.spectrumbridge.com/Trial.aspx is non-responsive to Linux machines you gotta use Windows. This sort of blind spot on their part (and embrace of proprietary technologies) does not bode well for an effort to ensure inter-device compatibility!"
Not only that, but Mac users are ALSO excluded!
You need MS SIlverlight (!!!!) installed to use the FCC site!
That excludes some 20%+ of all Internet users as I read the numbers. Yes this is a GREAT "test"!
At present you can file a "preliminary" or "informal" patent with the PTO which establishes the filing priority date and retains many of the benefits of "first to invent".
You get 1 year to either abandon the preliminary patent or convert it into a formal patent filing.
In other words the "little guy" gets a year to try to market the invention before paying to file a formal patent.
Does anyone know how this is affected by the present legislation?
that you get when trying to herd cats!
It is mazing that most FOSS users will even agree on using the Linux Kernel and a quick search reveals plenty of bruised egos even there.
IMHO this is both one of t e great advantages and the great disadvantages of Linux - INFINITE customisation! There are not merely 2000+ "distros", but 20M "custom installations"!
Slashdot Mirror
The FAA has only one question: "What happens when it quits?"
For whatever reason there you are you are 200+ feet in the air with NOTHING holding you up!
Helicopters can autorotate (sorta) and save themselnes MOST of the time, but a jet pack?
In aviation they refer to this as a "once in a lifetime event".
Does this mean rich people can just kill the poor and pay fines now?
Taking a life illegally should at least warrant some jail time.
I agree, in tthe case of a corporation the equivalent would be to hand over all operations (below the executive suites) to a consortuim of competotors to run for the length of the sentence, under court supervision of course. Just like what would happen to you and me in the same situation!
Any profits for that period would go to "reasonably compensate" the consortium.
The evidence is that this arose out of corporate decision making so a corporate wide penalty would appear to be approprite.
It takes just a minute to make XFCE look and act pretty much like GNOME 1.
I really hope that you have uploaded this to someplace like SourceForge so the rest of us ignorant pesants can share it!
I also sent an email to my US Senators (McCain and Kyl - both supportes of PIPA) asking if Mr Dodd was referring to either of them!
Your "facts" are wrong!
He is CERTAINLY NOT American!
He lives in the UK and I understand (from the BBC) that he is a UK citizen.
So do you HAVE a point or do you just want to quibble?
Last time I checked Australia was not part of the US!
We ALL know that CEOs NEVER break the law too - can you say ENRON, et al???
After all much of the USA watches a TV "news" network (aka FAUX NEWS) owned and controlled by a foreign (UK) criminal!
Sigh
Stopped reading your post after I saw the "fiat" was in quotes. Hint: it shows off your I-want-the-gold-standard-back total-nutter credentials.
To the contrary, I used quotes to denote the technical use of the term "fiat" as used by the BitCoin promoters.
History shows that the price of Gold is one of the most manipulated forms of "currency"!
Take a close look at what FDR did to the price of gold during his "New Deal" and what is happening today.
As one analyst observes, paper has more value than Gold based on supply and demand. The "supply" of paper is far more constrained than Gold, but the demand for both for "utilitarian" purposes is declining. The only reason Gold sells for more than approx $1/oz (wild guess) is speculation and scare mongering.
The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that it is difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine - Abraham Lincoln
While I admire the idealism of the BitCoin project, I have to remember a couple of essential functions provided by (evil!) Government control of "fiat" currency!
1) ANY "fiat" currency is intended first and foremost to "promote commerce" and the first need of any actual business that uses the currency is STABILITY. NO (evil!!) government would ever have allowed the "run up" and "crash" of BitCoins that we have seen over the past few months.
2) Governments chase/catch/punish crooks and swindlers - probably that is what they do the very best! Now that BitCoin actually has (had?) "significant" value it inevitably attracts "significant" crooks! But BirCoin HAS NO (EVIL!!!!) Government to catch the crooks!
One wonders at the sophistication of the crooks (e.g. Madoff) if BitCoins had risen to US$300/coin ($3K/30K or ???).
Clearly an EVIL conspiracy of some sort - we just have to figure out what and who? AREA 51 is not far from there, could this be related to the UFO they have hidden???
The Obama administration has made it possible to create petitions which, if they get sufficient signatures, will be responded to and potentially acted on. I've created one at http://wh.gov/4PW which I encourage all to read and sign if they agree with it. We can defeat this!
I am signer number 2! Only 4998 more needed to get an official response! "SLASHDOTTING" might actually count for something at last!
I would point out that there are far more mobile phones on these bands than routers! The difference is essentially one of proper spectrum management and number of channels available.
let me shed some moonlight on the subject
The site is set up so moonlight does not work, ONLY Genuine "Silverlight"!!
All you are doing with 5Ghz is adding a few channels!
... :-(
2.4Ghz has only 11 overlapping channels in th e US - that is where the problem lies.
Hopefully a WAN implementation will define 10K channels and all will be well for a few months
Personally I like the idea of infra red lasers - NO license, VERY directional and HUGE bandwidth!
Oh yes and a 50 mi+ range in Ham competition tests
"The test facility at http://whitespaces.spectrumbridge.com/Trial.aspx is non-responsive to Linux machines you gotta use Windows. This sort of blind spot on their part (and embrace of proprietary technologies) does not bode well for an effort to ensure inter-device compatibility!"
Not only that, but Mac users are ALSO excluded!
You need MS SIlverlight (!!!!) installed to use the FCC site!
That excludes some 20%+ of all Internet users as I read the numbers. Yes this is a GREAT "test"!
in that WiFi signals from inside the house cannot be intercepted from the driveway or further away. If you can't hear it you can't intercept it!
Yes it gets complicated, but it does address many of the issues of "first to file".
You get 1 year to either abandon the preliminary patent or convert it into a formal patent filing.
In other words the "little guy" gets a year to try to market the invention before paying to file a formal patent.
Does anyone know how this is affected by the present legislation?
that you get when trying to herd cats! It is mazing that most FOSS users will even agree on using the Linux Kernel and a quick search reveals plenty of bruised egos even there. IMHO this is both one of t e great advantages and the great disadvantages of Linux - INFINITE customisation! There are not merely 2000+ "distros", but 20M "custom installations"!
Now how about some GRANDCHILDREN?
Why don't I have mod points when I really need them :-(
The "suits" who run the studios don't understand or trust any "geeks" who write, produce or consume real SciFi.
They will do whatever it takes to preserve their "know nothing" view of the world!
Speak for yourself. I want to live forever.
You're a 20-something, aren't you?
Well I am 66 and have about 500 years of interesting stuff that I still want to do!
Of course I am one of those dull people who stays married for 40 years and sails around the world with my wife at age 47 ...