The date on the patent database is October 6, 1987. Don't patents expire in 17 years (or is it 20?)? So should this expire soon? Anyone know if they can back collect royalties?
Yes, the cop can pull you over for "reasonable" suspicion. Having long hair, a pierced ear, being black, having a legalize drugs sticker etc... are NOT cause for reasonable suspicion and a half way decent judge will throw out any evidence from a stop based on those things. So cops love the seat belt laws and other minor traffic violations as a legal way to pull people over and snoop around.
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Ever wonder why Greenland is called Greenland? Hint: it used to be a greener when they named it a few centuries back
It was named Greenland too fool people into moving there not because it was green. Kind of like today we just call a hot day El Nino instead of what it may really be, global warming./P.
That is why biodiesel is such a good choice. Because biodiesel contains some oxygen, it burns more completely, way lowering the amount of unburnt hyrdocarbons vs mineral diesel.
Current diesel cars also do not use catalytic converters. The sulfur in mineral diesel quickly ruins them. Biodiesel does not contain sulphur, so catalytic converters could be used on cars that run biodiesel, even further reducing the particulate count. A good site on this is at Veggievan.org
They didn't say they were going to stop using oil outright, just stop using it as fuel.
30-40 years ago they did say we were going start running out of oil. Well today, just go to any small West Texas town. Oil was the only industry were I grew up. It was booming the 70s and 80s, but now the reserves are so depleted it is getting too expensive to get the oil out of the ground so the oil companies are pulling out.
Maybe we have more than 40 years, but people that say it will never run out are mistaken.
From Marsh: you have a 1st amendment right for areas "freely accessible to and freely used by the public in general".
You have a point that it might apply to mailservers in general, but I don't think it would fly for saying spammers have right to fill up individual email boxes. Marsh said they had a right to be "on the sidewalk" of the town, not in the indivdual homes.
I have to disagree with you on Apple being liable. Someone else mentioned that Apple was selling these IMacs BEFORE this type of CD was put out.
Cactus on the other hand seems to be looking for a lawsuit though. Unless they put a BIG RED sticker on the front, inside the cover and all over the CD warning about this, they are probably liable.
People have been using CD's in computers for years. This record lable has been selling CD's that work in computers. Now they make a CD that looks like a regular CD but instead kills your IMac? They had better have one hell of a warning lable.
Consequentially nobody remembers the Japanese soldiers
I wasn't talking about the Japanese soldiers, I was talking about the Americans who fought and died in Perl Harbor. Plenty of people remember them. But how many remember how many planes they shot down that day.
The policemen and firefighters who died in the World Trade Center won't be remembered for how many lives they saved. They will be rembered for how they played the game. For trying their best even though they couldn't save everyone.
The soldiers at Perl Harbor aren't remembered for how many enemy planes they shot down. They're remembered for how they play the game. Standing by their post to the end.
If you want to spend your life keeping score, go ahead. One year after your dead no one will care what you scored, they will either say you were a good guy (you played the game well) or they won't remeber you at all.
I am too lazy to spend time searching the net. So does anyone know of any decent open source video editing software. Nothing fancy, just enough to make some videos of my kids for the grandparents.
For a business reason, I would think that you could claim you need the ability to overwrite a products OS in case the vendor goes bankrupt?
You could use the anology of needing to be able to buy replacement parts for a factory machine. No one would want to buy a car/bulldozer/welder if it was illegal to get a replacement part from anyone but the vendor. The OS/software is just another type of part that we should be able to replace.
What do you mean by "real" crimes. If you use the internet to scam an old woman out of her life savings and she had to eat dog food for the rest of her life, she has been hurt just as bad as if someone committed a "real" crime and stole all the money she hides under her mattress.
People need to get out of the mindset that white collar crime isn't a "real" crime. Right you will get more jail time from stealing $100 from a liquour store than embezelling $100 million from your companies stockholders (aka Enron)
For me cut/paste is the most annoying thing. It doesn't seem to work the same across all Linux apps. I can cut/paste in netscape or a terminal, but I can't cut from a terminal window and paste that into netscape.
If anybody can explain to me how to do that it would be very appreciated.
The patent was filed in 1980, so shouldn't this patent have expired by now? Granted they may sue for infringement before expiration, but shouldn't everyone be safe for links that were "made" after 2000?
Forget the US Air Force, here comes the RIAA
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What are the odds that the copy of Independence Day is pirated.
First, from what I understood the author is in Florida now, not Canada.
Second, at least in my experience, collecting wasn't too bad. After the court win, I sent a letter to UPS threating to sick a collection agency on them. I had a check within 30 days. Some states have laws that penalize late payers. Writing to the president would be a good first thing to do though.
You are right that UPS could be a butt and make you pay $10,000 in fees to collect $2,000, but never underestimate the power of a good bluff.
Just go to small claims court. Most states let you sue in small claims court for things under about $5000. It costs about $40 bucks to file and you DON'T need a lawyer. You just find the regestered agent of UPS in your state (just do a net search) and fill out the form in the courthouse. UPS broke a computer that I shipped, I did have insurance but they refused to pay.
When the court date came, UPS didn't even show up so I won by default. Not having insurance hurts your case, but if you go to small claims you pay $40 and either win or it least have chance to piss off UPS.
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The date on the patent database is October 6, 1987. Don't patents expire in 17 years (or is it 20?)? So should this expire soon? Anyone know if they can back collect royalties?
Yes, the cop can pull you over for "reasonable" suspicion. Having long hair, a pierced ear, being black, having a legalize drugs sticker etc... are NOT cause for reasonable suspicion and a half way decent judge will throw out any evidence from a stop based on those things. So cops love the seat belt laws and other minor traffic violations as a legal way to pull people over and snoop around.
It was named Greenland too fool people into moving there not because it was green. Kind of like today we just call a hot day El Nino instead of what it may really be, global warming. /P.
That is why biodiesel is such a good choice. Because biodiesel contains some oxygen, it burns more completely, way lowering the amount of unburnt hyrdocarbons vs mineral diesel.
Current diesel cars also do not use catalytic converters. The sulfur in mineral diesel quickly ruins them. Biodiesel does not contain sulphur, so catalytic converters could be used on cars that run biodiesel, even further reducing the particulate count. A good site on this is at Veggievan.org
They didn't say they were going to stop using oil outright, just stop using it as fuel.
30-40 years ago they did say we were going start running out of oil. Well today, just go to any small West Texas town. Oil was the only industry were I grew up. It was booming the 70s and 80s, but now the reserves are so depleted it is getting too expensive to get the oil out of the ground so the oil companies are pulling out.
Maybe we have more than 40 years, but people that say it will never run out are mistaken.
Since I don't give out my email to anyone that shouldn't have it. No it is not "freely accessible and freely used by the public in general".
From Marsh: you have a 1st amendment right for areas "freely accessible to and freely used by the public in general".
You have a point that it might apply to mailservers in general, but I don't think it would fly for saying spammers have right to fill up individual email boxes. Marsh said they had a right to be "on the sidewalk" of the town, not in the indivdual homes.
clueless l33t h4x0r IRC Linux zealot to represent Linux? No
Clueless RedHat sales rep. Yes
Clueless Mandrake sales rep. Yes
Clueless IBM sales rep. Yes
Clueless Debian project leader rep. Yes
You must now have ever had a MS sales rep come talk to your company.
I have to disagree with you on Apple being liable. Someone else mentioned that Apple was selling these IMacs BEFORE this type of CD was put out.
Cactus on the other hand seems to be looking for a lawsuit though. Unless they put a BIG RED sticker on the front, inside the cover and all over the CD warning about this, they are probably liable.
People have been using CD's in computers for years. This record lable has been selling CD's that work in computers. Now they make a CD that looks like a regular CD but instead kills your IMac? They had better have one hell of a warning lable.
Nobody remembers the Japanese? Apperently you do. You stuff Anonymous coward.
Consequentially nobody remembers the Japanese soldiers
I wasn't talking about the Japanese soldiers, I was talking about the Americans who fought and died in Perl Harbor. Plenty of people remember them. But how many remember how many planes they shot down that day.
The policemen and firefighters who died in the World Trade Center won't be remembered for how many lives they saved. They will be rembered for how they played the game. For trying their best even though they couldn't save everyone.
The soldiers at Perl Harbor aren't remembered for how many enemy planes they shot down. They're remembered for how they play the game. Standing by their post to the end.
If you want to spend your life keeping score, go ahead. One year after your dead no one will care what you scored, they will either say you were a good guy (you played the game well) or they won't remeber you at all.
Because I need that $800 to pay for daycare.
I am too lazy to spend time searching the net. So does anyone know of any decent open source video editing software. Nothing fancy, just enough to make some videos of my kids for the grandparents.
For a business reason, I would think that you could claim you need the ability to overwrite a products OS in case the vendor goes bankrupt?
You could use the anology of needing to be able to buy replacement parts for a factory machine. No one would want to buy a car/bulldozer/welder if it was illegal to get a replacement part from anyone but the vendor. The OS/software is just another type of part that we should be able to replace.
What do you mean by "real" crimes. If you use the internet to scam an old woman out of her life savings and she had to eat dog food for the rest of her life, she has been hurt just as bad as if someone committed a "real" crime and stole all the money she hides under her mattress.
People need to get out of the mindset that white collar crime isn't a "real" crime. Right you will get more jail time from stealing $100 from a liquour store than embezelling $100 million from your companies stockholders (aka Enron)
Why should the XBox be any different because it is a *console* ? And why do some many people accept this type of stuff when it comes to computers?
If Ford made a car that had a special chip that prevented you from using brand X tires, the press would be all over it.
For some reason consumers just accept this kind of stuff when it comes to electronics.
That is THE killer app!
For me cut/paste is the most annoying thing. It doesn't seem to work the same across all Linux apps. I can cut/paste in netscape or a terminal, but I can't cut from a terminal window and paste that into netscape.
If anybody can explain to me how to do that it would be very appreciated.
The patent was filed in 1980, so shouldn't this patent have expired by now? Granted they may sue for infringement before expiration, but shouldn't everyone be safe for links that were "made" after 2000?
What are the odds that the copy of Independence Day is pirated.
First, from what I understood the author is in Florida now, not Canada.
Second, at least in my experience, collecting wasn't too bad. After the court win, I sent a letter to UPS threating to sick a collection agency on them. I had a check within 30 days. Some states have laws that penalize late payers. Writing to the president would be a good first thing to do though.
You are right that UPS could be a butt and make you pay $10,000 in fees to collect $2,000, but never underestimate the power of a good bluff.
Just go to small claims court. Most states let you sue in small claims court for things under about $5000. It costs about $40 bucks to file and you DON'T need a lawyer. You just find the regestered agent of UPS in your state (just do a net search) and fill out the form in the courthouse. UPS broke a computer that I shipped, I did have insurance but they refused to pay.
When the court date came, UPS didn't even show up so I won by default. Not having insurance hurts your case, but if you go to small claims you pay $40 and either win or it least have chance to piss off UPS.
You can find your reps mailing address at Contacting the Congress .