So a professor can then write his own book, publish it as an ebook, charging $50 per e-copy. The university buys a copy for each of the students. All the profits go straight to the professor. Thanks to the fee, students have no say in the manner. In short, Professors can write their own pay raise.
"ahem, excuse me. I would like to refer the court to the Roman empire, 180 to 192 AD. Any prior art claims made by catholic church are null and void!", exclaimed Emperor Commodus. Just then, Herod the great stormed into the courtroom to the astonishment of all.
Now I suddenly have the urge to go play SWotL. I just need to find a working 5.25 inch drive and the decoder pinwheel and I can get my retro PC gaming on.
I completely agree. I have gotten into the habit of counting the number of articles in my local paper written by local reporters, it averages out to about 5. All the other articles are from the AP wire, and I had gotten that news on the internet the day before.
I would much rather have my local paper ditch the wire services completely and fill that space with nothing but local/regional news. Even if that means they only deliver the paper 4 days a week.
Considering how 24 hour news networks (aka CNN) have been around for almost 30 years, and they have never managed to have any sort of investigative reporting, I think the decline of "real news" was a problem long before the internet hit the mainstream.
I think the Internet is going to bring us much better investigative reporters than we could ever expect from the traditional media. Michael Yon is an excellent example of what we can expect from the modern internet investigative reporter.
You mean 10% of people will let ethics trump economics? What happened in your childhood that makes you think such a large percentage of people are so good natured?
Considering how I can buy 3 or 4 Phenom chips for the price of a single Quad Core Intel chip, I'm not worried about AMD's future. They might not have the fastest chip on the market right now, but the fact remains their prices are much lower.
I read the EULA, but since I don't speak Legalize, I don't understand it. Does that really mean I agreed to it? It may as well be written in Greek.
I would also like to point out that with every patch they update the EULA, but the patch has already been installed before I click "Agree". So really one could refuse the click through EULA, then go after them for installing software that is not made clear on the packaging.
We really need to have some case law that invalidates these things.
"An ex post facto law is a law that retrospectively changes the legal consequences of acts committed or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law."
In this case congress is granting immunity, not punishing them for something they did that was legal at the time.
There are still several Hard Drive factories left in the US. In fact, my hometown has a very large one (Hitachi). Even if Imports are banned, we will still have domestic production. Since every hard drive manufacturer on the planet was not listed in the suit, I can only assume the companies not listed are not violating the patent.
A bit of a nit pick, but it is a Clear Box, not a black box, that we want voting machines to replicate.
Back in the day, there were numerous scams involving voting boxes that have been prestuffed or with false bottoms. However with a clear box made of plastic or glass, the people voting can clearly see the votes being dropped into it.
The same principle applies to electronic voting machines. Which is why so many people want paper trails. To me, the Paper printout on the voting machine is akin to seeing my ballot after it has been dropped inside the clear box.
Ok, so lets say tomarrow the FBI shuts down the internet. How long can it stay down? The entire US wont wink out forever. I am more afraid of the FBI shutting down small portions of the internet for news blackout purposes. I seriously doubt the American people will roll over and take it. Although the American populace are sheep at best, losing the internet will not only anger the hordes of computer geeks, but all internet Users in the US. The gerneral public will get the idea that the government has taken thier internet away, and, like the uninformed mass that americans are (myself included) The public outrage would cause thier elected officials to quickly reverse whatever extreme steps the FBI might have taken.
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So a professor can then write his own book, publish it as an ebook, charging $50 per e-copy. The university buys a copy for each of the students. All the profits go straight to the professor. Thanks to the fee, students have no say in the manner. In short, Professors can write their own pay raise.
Mayor Hardware Vendor has no comment at this time. Mayor McCheese encourages all citizens to eat more cheeseburgers.
"ahem, excuse me. I would like to refer the court to the Roman empire, 180 to 192 AD. Any prior art claims made by catholic church are null and void!", exclaimed Emperor Commodus. Just then, Herod the great stormed into the courtroom to the astonishment of all.
Now I suddenly have the urge to go play SWotL. I just need to find a working 5.25 inch drive and the decoder pinwheel and I can get my retro PC gaming on.
I completely agree. I have gotten into the habit of counting the number of articles in my local paper written by local reporters, it averages out to about 5. All the other articles are from the AP wire, and I had gotten that news on the internet the day before.
I would much rather have my local paper ditch the wire services completely and fill that space with nothing but local/regional news. Even if that means they only deliver the paper 4 days a week.
Considering how 24 hour news networks (aka CNN) have been around for almost 30 years, and they have never managed to have any sort of investigative reporting, I think the decline of "real news" was a problem long before the internet hit the mainstream.
I think the Internet is going to bring us much better investigative reporters than we could ever expect from the traditional media. Michael Yon is an excellent example of what we can expect from the modern internet investigative reporter.
"economics will trump ethics 9 times in 10"
You mean 10% of people will let ethics trump economics? What happened in your childhood that makes you think such a large percentage of people are so good natured?
What is overlooked by most of the PC enthusiast press is that AMD still offers an excellent price/performance ratio that Intel does not match.
We have AMD to thank for the reason high end CPUs from intel costs $300 instead of $1000 right now.
Considering how I can buy 3 or 4 Phenom chips for the price of a single Quad Core Intel chip, I'm not worried about AMD's future. They might not have the fastest chip on the market right now, but the fact remains their prices are much lower.
I read the EULA, but since I don't speak Legalize, I don't understand it. Does that really mean I agreed to it? It may as well be written in Greek.
I would also like to point out that with every patch they update the EULA, but the patch has already been installed before I click "Agree". So really one could refuse the click through EULA, then go after them for installing software that is not made clear on the packaging.
We really need to have some case law that invalidates these things.
A Little more info from Wikipedia:
"An ex post facto law is a law that retrospectively changes the legal consequences of acts committed or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law."
In this case congress is granting immunity, not punishing them for something they did that was legal at the time.
We don't know many facts in this case.
There are still several Hard Drive factories left in the US. In fact, my hometown has a very large one (Hitachi). Even if Imports are banned, we will still have domestic production. Since every hard drive manufacturer on the planet was not listed in the suit, I can only assume the companies not listed are not violating the patent.
A bit of a nit pick, but it is a Clear Box, not a black box, that we want voting machines to replicate.
Back in the day, there were numerous scams involving voting boxes that have been prestuffed or with false bottoms. However with a clear box made of plastic or glass, the people voting can clearly see the votes being dropped into it.
The same principle applies to electronic voting machines. Which is why so many people want paper trails. To me, the Paper printout on the voting machine is akin to seeing my ballot after it has been dropped inside the clear box.
The real question is, did she say what she did because she wanted to preach to the choir, or because she actually believes in privacy?
It was the American Constitution Society after all...
Ok, so lets say tomarrow the FBI shuts down the internet. How long can it stay down? The entire US wont wink out forever. I am more afraid of the FBI shutting down small portions of the internet for news blackout purposes. I seriously doubt the American people will roll over and take it. Although the American populace are sheep at best, losing the internet will not only anger the hordes of computer geeks, but all internet Users in the US. The gerneral public will get the idea that the government has taken thier internet away, and, like the uninformed mass that americans are (myself included) The public outrage would cause thier elected officials to quickly reverse whatever extreme steps the FBI might have taken.