OK, so they've patented the business method of conducting international transactions "over the computer".
I will patent a refinement of said business method, namely that of conducting international transactions with the specific country of, say, Lower Elbonia over the computer. Then I'll patent a similar refinement for each of the rest of the countries of the world.
Bwahahaha.... Now that can't excercise their patented business method without infringing MY patents!
The reasoning was that since the farmer grew his own wheat, he affected interstate commerce; otherwise, he might have purchased wheat that had moved in interstate commerce.
Aha! So this is why you can only get *Florida* orange juice in California, even though California grows shitloads of oranges.....
Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot,
Bends with the trolley tracks, and stops, cut off
Before it has a chance to go two blocks,
At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berth's Garage
Is on the corner facing west, and there,
Most days, you'll find Flick Webb, who helps Berth out.
Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps---
Five on a side, the old bubble-head style,
Their rubber elbows hanging loose and low,
One's nostrils are two S's, and his eyes
An E and O. And one is squat, without
A head at all--- more of a football type.
Once Flick played for the high-school team, the Wizards.
He was good: in fact, the best. In '46
He bucketed three hundred ninety points.
A county record still. The ball loved Flick.
I saw him rack up thirty-eight or forty
In one home game. His hands were like wild birds.
He never learned a trade, he just sells gas,
Checks oil, and changes flats. Once in a while,
As a gag, he dribbles an inner tube,
But most of us remember anyway.
His hands are fine and nervous on the lug wrench.
It makes no difference to the lug wrench, though.
Off work, he hangs around Mae's Luncheonette.
Grease-gray and kind of coiled, he plays pinball,
Sips lemon cokes, and smokes those thin cigars;
Flick seldom speaks to Mae, just sits and nods
Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers
Of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju Beads.
> 1) They sold you the device. What right do thay > have to prevent you from modifying your own > property to take advantage of capabilities they > built into it then proceeded to disable? This is > like Intel suing someone for overclocking a > processor!
Not that I think this is an appropriate application of the DMCA, but this is a question of access to software for which the hardware owner has no license, unlike the overclocking of hardware case.
What about something like Matlab, which has everything on the disk, but only certain toolkits and blocksets are unlocked by the license file? If you can get your hands on a different license file that unlocks more stuff, is it legitimate to use it? After all, they've already delivered you the product, just not the means to access it. Of course in this case, you probably have to sign an agreement up front where you promise not to do so...
This sounds like the "I want to eat my cake and have it too" method of voting.
A 3rd party candidate might have a chance here in the USA if there was one that actually had good, workable ideas instead of the wackiness we always see from Libertarians and Greenies.
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I just reinstalled RH9 because FC2 was causing my Dell Optiplex GX260 to oops and crash on a null pointer dereference at interrupt time.
Do I dare try FC3 now?
I probably will, but I hope that whatever was causing problems has been fixed...
Damn...
I suppose the price of Blue Corn enchiladas is now gonna increase here in New Mexico due to increased demand for the makin's elsewhere...
OK, so they've patented the business method of conducting international transactions "over the computer".
I will patent a refinement of said business method, namely that of conducting international transactions with the specific country of, say, Lower Elbonia over the computer. Then I'll patent a similar refinement for each of the rest of the countries of the world.
Bwahahaha.... Now that can't excercise their patented business method without infringing MY patents!
Early exit polls are misleading.
Republicans vote in the evening because, unlike welfare sucking democrats, they have jobs....
...you can learn a lot just by listening.
But how come adults find it more dificult to do that than babies?
So all you Democrats need not bother voting tomorrow...
Governement Health Officials want to impose a stiff tax on milk, because nearly 100 percent of hard drug abusers got their start on milk...
The reasoning was that since the farmer grew his own wheat, he affected interstate commerce; otherwise, he might have purchased wheat that had moved in interstate commerce.
Aha! So this is why you can only get *Florida* orange juice in California, even though California grows shitloads of oranges.....
...one that's in kit form, I guess.
This kind of dumbing down just doesn't seem appropriate for someone who's planning to assemble his 'puter from a kit!
Seems like it would be more appropriate for POST-made computers that J. Random User buys...
In reality, it'll turn out to be that non-DRM'd albums will be missing a track...
also take some guitars?
Yep, Bush went AWOL.
Here's the proof!
Now that the Genesis Device has been crashed into our planet, can we expect to renew intelligent life?
> Personally I don't care if F911 is truth or not as long as it helps stop Bush getting reelected.
Hitler and Stalin didn't care about the truth, either. As long as it got the desired results.
OK, so you don't like Bush. Wouldn't it be more honorable to articulate your reasons for not liking him, and try to convince us of the same?
You can vote for Kerry, but I'm not Fonda Hanoi John.
Ex-Basketball Player
by John Updike
Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot,
Bends with the trolley tracks, and stops, cut off
Before it has a chance to go two blocks,
At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berth's Garage
Is on the corner facing west, and there,
Most days, you'll find Flick Webb, who helps Berth out.
Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps---
Five on a side, the old bubble-head style,
Their rubber elbows hanging loose and low,
One's nostrils are two S's, and his eyes
An E and O. And one is squat, without
A head at all--- more of a football type.
Once Flick played for the high-school team, the Wizards.
He was good: in fact, the best. In '46
He bucketed three hundred ninety points.
A county record still. The ball loved Flick.
I saw him rack up thirty-eight or forty
In one home game. His hands were like wild birds.
He never learned a trade, he just sells gas,
Checks oil, and changes flats. Once in a while,
As a gag, he dribbles an inner tube,
But most of us remember anyway.
His hands are fine and nervous on the lug wrench.
It makes no difference to the lug wrench, though.
Off work, he hangs around Mae's Luncheonette.
Grease-gray and kind of coiled, he plays pinball,
Sips lemon cokes, and smokes those thin cigars;
Flick seldom speaks to Mae, just sits and nods
Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers
Of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju Beads.
You mean it blocks all email, and the one ligitimate email among the 25000 is the "misclassed" one...
> The top 1% of Americans own 40% of the total
> wealth, whilst the bottom 40% only own 1%.
In other words, 59% of Americans own 59% of the wealth.
I'm shocked, Shocked! at those statistics...
"Parry Aftab. Esq.,
The Privacy Lawyer(TM)"
Hahahahaha....
Not just me, but now my computer is gonna have to wear a tinfoil hat...
Anyone remember "Dialing for Dollars"?
> 1) They sold you the device. What right do thay
> have to prevent you from modifying your own
> property to take advantage of capabilities they
> built into it then proceeded to disable? This is
> like Intel suing someone for overclocking a
> processor!
Not that I think this is an appropriate application of the DMCA, but this is a question of access to software for which the hardware owner has no license, unlike the overclocking of hardware case.
What about something like Matlab, which has everything on the disk, but only certain toolkits and blocksets are unlocked by the license file? If you can get your hands on a different license file that unlocks more stuff, is it legitimate to use it? After all, they've already delivered you the product, just not the means to access it. Of course in this case, you probably have to sign an agreement up front where you promise not to do so...
This sounds like the "I want to eat my cake and have it too" method of voting.
A 3rd party candidate might have a chance here in the USA if there was one that actually had good, workable ideas instead of the wackiness we always see from Libertarians and Greenies.
I thought the DMCA was about protecting copyright, not just any old thing that was encrypted...?
... and the BSA squeezed it.
Now they want someone to put the toothpaste back in the tube.