I have never heard terrorists say that abridging these kind of freedoms is their goal. If anything, a totalitarian-like state would be even more harmful to the terrorists than a freer one.
Have you ever heard of preventative measures? we are castigating the CIA for not preventing the Sept. event; would we not castigate the US government if another event occured, this time from publically available info?
What the heck are Norwegian authorities doing arresting a kid based on a US organizations say so? It sounds as if Norwegian law enforcement is screwed up.
So many posts I could reply to, but I choose this one. Oil is renewable, it's just very expensive to renew. If oil got above (I believe) us$50 or so a barrel, it would be economically feasible to start converting shale into gas.
Embedded Geek asks: "Every year, the online version of Locus (a trade magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy) asks the question: "Name the 5 deceased 20th century SF & fantasy writers you think will still be read 50 years from now." The results favored some of the bigger names (Heinlein, Asimov, Tolkein) as well as a few lesser known figures (Simak, Bester). I would like to ask a broader question: What authors (in any genre, fiction or nonfiction) alive today will still be read (hard copy or online) in 2051?"
A great story? All of the "moral" tones were dealt to the audience in an extremely heavy-handed matter, and all of the characters were close to one-dimensionally good or evil. The plot had as many storylines as a Soap Opera, though they merged much better than one.
It was ok, but not something I'd watch again. OTOH, I did really like The One, even though I felt it could have had another 10 - 20 minutes in the storyline.
It wasn't an automatically generated cease and desist. If you read the cease and desist letter carefully, you would have seen that the author had specifically mentioned the poor taste of the Columbine material.
I totally agree. I bought all of the nine books so far printed at almost the same time, and read them serially. The first 2 or 3 books engaged me, by the 7th book I was skimming through 50+ pages at a time. I actually "read" book 8 in a few hours, as the only person I was interested in by that time was Matt Cauthon and his princess, who didn't really make an appearance (a short one at that) until the end of book 9.
Some people fill up hundreds of pages with what should only take up a few dozen.
The kind of legislation they need is a 3-strikes law against the prosecuting *Lawyers/Legal Firms* who bring these frivolous cases to court.
3 strikes and you're disbarred.
It's the lawyer's job to know whether something is frivolous intimidation or a serious case. They should be the ones primarily (though not solely) punished for bringing such cases to court, or threatening people with such cases.
Even moreso; Apple is entirely GUI. The hardware is just a means to push a consistent system. Apple's main concern is selling their idea of the perfect GUI with a proprietary hardware architecture to ensure consistency and profits.
It's no shock that Apple would want to own as much of their baby as they can.
According to the article, computers have been simplified drastically from what they were; to the extent that users are no longer functional capable of using them. There's such a thing as over simplification, and this author thinks that it's gone that far.
Specifically, section 109(a) of the 1976 Act confirmed former section 27 of the same; "the physical act of renting, leasing or lending phonorecords . . . for direct or indirect commercial advantage [is] a copyright infringement."66 The actual infringement occurs at the instant the unauthorized copy is created.67 However, "the elimination of the . . . right to rent, lease or lend is the legislative instrument employed to [prevent violations]."68 Less than half a decade later, the recording industry and Congress were again faced with the same problem, albeit from a new and more powerful recording medium called "digital." (Bold emphasis mine)
There's probably more, I just haven't read it yet.
Resonance in facial bones, IIRC. When you speak, the sound travels both through the air and your head, therefore you here it differently than when you only hear it traveling through air (with the recorder).
A distinct type of blue is a distinct wavelength of light. If you have a solid color object, only one wavelength of light will be reflected from that. Whether or not our minds interpret that color the same is irrelevent, though it's probable. We both are seeing the same blue.
"No, I just read the headline. It says "Gateway Says Bug Affects 1GHz Thunderbird Systems".
Which is completely, one-hundred percent correct and true."
No it's not. You could point to another vendor's 1Ghz Thunderbird System and ask whether this statement applies. If the statement is not true, it's not one-hundred percent correct. A more appropriate headline would have been "Gateway Says Bug Affects *Their* 1GHz Thunderbird Systems".
Copyrights are always for individual works. Though past works may lose their copyright, future ones will not.
How could movie distribution channels collapse? It would take alot more than the total revocation of all copyright protection to close down the theaters and the contracts they sign with the movie companies.
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I have never heard terrorists say that abridging these kind of freedoms is their goal. If anything, a totalitarian-like state would be even more harmful to the terrorists than a freer one.
Have you ever heard of preventative measures? we are castigating the CIA for not preventing the Sept. event; would we not castigate the US government if another event occured, this time from publically available info?
"the things we are talking about is simple information, nothing life threatening."
You've read it all?
What the heck are Norwegian authorities doing arresting a kid based on a US organizations say so? It sounds as if Norwegian law enforcement is screwed up.
So many posts I could reply to, but I choose this one. Oil is renewable, it's just very expensive to renew. If oil got above (I believe) us$50 or so a barrel, it would be economically feasible to start converting shale into gas.
Embedded Geek asks: "Every year, the online version of Locus (a trade magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy) asks the question: "Name the 5 deceased 20th century SF & fantasy writers you think will still be read 50 years from now." The results favored some of the bigger names (Heinlein, Asimov, Tolkein) as well as a few lesser known figures (Simak, Bester). I would like to ask a broader question: What authors (in any genre, fiction or nonfiction) alive today will still be read (hard copy or online) in 2051?"
Bold emphasis mine.
A great story? All of the "moral" tones were dealt to the audience in an extremely heavy-handed matter, and all of the characters were close to one-dimensionally good or evil. The plot had as many storylines as a Soap Opera, though they merged much better than one.
It was ok, but not something I'd watch again. OTOH, I did really like The One, even though I felt it could have had another 10 - 20 minutes in the storyline.
The DMCA, and Skylarov are to the USA what Islamic law on Blasphemy and Apostacy, and Rushdie are to Iran.
Fish eggs need less protection in their liquid environment?
It wasn't an automatically generated cease and desist. If you read the cease and desist letter carefully, you would have seen that the author had specifically mentioned the poor taste of the Columbine material.
I totally agree. I bought all of the nine books so far printed at almost the same time, and read them serially. The first 2 or 3 books engaged me, by the 7th book I was skimming through 50+ pages at a time. I actually "read" book 8 in a few hours, as the only person I was interested in by that time was Matt Cauthon and his princess, who didn't really make an appearance (a short one at that) until the end of book 9.
Some people fill up hundreds of pages with what should only take up a few dozen.
They're reproducing cells *within* their body.
The kind of legislation they need is a 3-strikes law against the prosecuting *Lawyers/Legal Firms* who bring these frivolous cases to court.
3 strikes and you're disbarred.
It's the lawyer's job to know whether something is frivolous intimidation or a serious case. They should be the ones primarily (though not solely) punished for bringing such cases to court, or threatening people with such cases.
Even moreso; Apple is entirely GUI. The hardware is just a means to push a consistent system. Apple's main concern is selling their idea of the perfect GUI with a proprietary hardware architecture to ensure consistency and profits.
It's no shock that Apple would want to own as much of their baby as they can.
Did cars ever have this capability?
According to the article, computers have been simplified drastically from what they were; to the extent that users are no longer functional capable of using them. There's such a thing as over simplification, and this author thinks that it's gone that far.
From the same site:
In particular, the 1995 addition created the exclusive right to perform sound recordings "by means of a digital audio transmission."
From this site:
Specifically, section 109(a) of the 1976 Act confirmed former section 27 of the same; "the physical act of renting, leasing or lending phonorecords . . . for direct or indirect commercial advantage [is] a copyright infringement."66 The actual infringement occurs at the instant the unauthorized copy is created.67 However, "the elimination of the . . . right to rent, lease or lend is the legislative instrument employed to [prevent violations]."68 Less than half a decade later, the recording industry and Congress were again faced with the same problem, albeit from a new and more powerful recording medium called "digital." (Bold emphasis mine)
There's probably more, I just haven't read it yet.
Tannenbaum was not Torvalds' professor.
There are actually a few more really rare antibodies. This would be a truly "null" blood substitute. (Assuming it is, that is).
Resonance in facial bones, IIRC. When you speak, the sound travels both through the air and your head, therefore you here it differently than when you only hear it traveling through air (with the recorder).
A distinct type of blue is a distinct wavelength of light. If you have a solid color object, only one wavelength of light will be reflected from that. Whether or not our minds interpret that color the same is irrelevent, though it's probable. We both are seeing the same blue.
" No, I just read the headline. It says "Gateway Says Bug Affects 1GHz Thunderbird Systems".
Which is completely, one-hundred percent correct and true."
No it's not. You could point to another vendor's 1Ghz Thunderbird System and ask whether this statement applies. If the statement is not true, it's not one-hundred percent correct. A more appropriate headline would have been "Gateway Says Bug Affects *Their* 1GHz Thunderbird Systems".
Copyrights are always for individual works. Though past works may lose their copyright, future ones will not.
How could movie distribution channels collapse? It would take alot more than the total revocation of all copyright protection to close down the theaters and the contracts they sign with the movie companies.
A copy of the original Rosetta stone.
Check out this you urban myth spreader :). Equivalently priced Betamax products were comparable to their VHS counterparts.
Visit this place for a look at Video 2000 and the other formats which lost out to VHS.
Good old days? I quote from a newspaper article about Lincon's death: "Details unclear. There is much confusion here."
It rhymes! I envy that reporter for that statement. I'd almost bet that that rhyme is a major reason the reporter wrote that article.