Interesting how in the US these things tend to occur around universities...
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Granted, nothing puts a red flag up faster than a monitor going dead somewhere, but if you are just passing through, odds are you will be out of the area faster than it takes maintence to responed.
Even better, these are not closed circuit TVs. There is nobody monitoring them. Their recorded data is stored for later viewing, if necessary. Thus, these would do no good in stopping crimes (including your vandalism). They would help in convictions, and therefore have some effect on crime prevention.
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A great deal of the western world does believe that there can be no greater happyness then having a limo pick you up from work and drive you to your 250 bedroom house on the lake with an airfield where a LearJet is parked to take you to your 100 bedroom summer home at a moment's notice.
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I ran the Register story past a friend who works at MS, and he came up with a possible reason for the offending terms.
I'll use an analogy. There is a Babylon 5 moderated newsgroup, which the creator of the show (who is known as JMS) frequents. One of the moderation rules is that you are not allowed to post story ideas to the newsgroup. This is to protect JMS from being sued if he happens to use a similar story.
MS could be attempting something similar here. If someone posts an idea for a new piece of software that MS has been working on already, they dont want to expose themselves to a lawsuit.
Of course it is worded in a way that claims much more than just that. Whether it is careless wording, or whether MS intentionally took a mile when they needed an inch, is an exercise for the reader. ___
They certainly will, but the new contracts would only apply to new freelance writing. This case is about getting paid for previous work under an old contract. ___
That was usually the way bullying ended (at least it did for me). Unfortunately, the severe crackdown on school violence puts the bullied at extreme risk if (s)he ever retaliates. ___
Whichever company did this was gambling that a) most people agreed with them (likely in the US), and b) none of the minority who didn't agree were litigous (extremely unlikely in the US). I'd say it's a bad gamble. ___
There must be plenty of people willing to buy entire seasons of no longer aired tv shows on a DVD, imagine the number of people who would buy MASH for example.
No longer aired? On FX alone, M*A*S*H is on six times a day! ___
_Steel_Beach_. Great book. It has the best opening line in any book I've read. It's a full novel, not a short story, though there was an exerpt published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. (Of course, it's possible that there was a short story first.) ___
Almost nobody orders anything online.... Amazon is almost out of money (Again.)
I disagree with your premise - online purchases are extremely high. But regardless, Amazon's money situation is not based on lack of sales. Their problem is that they lose money on each sale. Therefore, the fact that Amazon is almost out of money is actually a sign of good sales.:/
I've never bought airline tickets online, but I buy most of my books and videos there. ___
...to ban the BSA... which teaches kids how to be a better person without strictly forcing religion along with it, but still respecting it.
As with all other rules, the enforcement is pretty much up to the troop leadership, but the above is not true. "A Scout is Reverent." Atheists are also unwelcome in the BSA. As one, or perhaps more an agnostic, I was a bit uncomfortable when it occasionally came up - I actually had Communion for the first time when I attended a Catholic service at a Camporee. (I didn't have to choose Catholic, but that's what my parents are). However, it is pretty much up to the adult leaders. We only ever had religious events (other than saying grace) when we were in multi-troop functions like Camporees or Summer camp, and once a year we'd attend Sunday services in the church that housed us. ___
How about a checkbox in some option panel that toggles these restrictions? Perhaps the restrictions will always be enabled when you open a file, but you can disable them if you need to. That way, if a legitmate, useful application for the restrictions is found (e.g. prevent 300 page print jobs) you can't accidentally disregard them, but you can bypass them if you need to. ___
The guy who's in charge of the Alice project, a Python based 3D/VR environment designed for beginners, has been working with Disney extensively. He mainly concentrates on interactive rides rather than movies, though. ___
How not to get sued? That's not possible. You don't even have to have a reason to sue someone, and companies certainly have demonstrated that. It might be more accurate to say "how not to lose the inevitable lawsuit," except you don't have to have a valid point of law to win a lawsuit... ___
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Darn it! Now you've spammed /.! Give me $50 at once!
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I have nothing to add here but my complete agreement.
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Gosh, it would be nice to get all the religions' holidays off...
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Interesting how in the US these things tend to occur around universities... Of course. That's where the highest concentrations of those rowdy furriners are.
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Or at least buffed.
Sorry.
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Even better, these are not closed circuit TVs. There is nobody monitoring them. Their recorded data is stored for later viewing, if necessary. Thus, these would do no good in stopping crimes (including your vandalism). They would help in convictions, and therefore have some effect on crime prevention.
Just be careful when you're 'stickering' cameras that cover each other.
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I think you need 15 more bedrooms there. Or are those the nights spent in 6 star hotels?
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I'll use an analogy. There is a Babylon 5 moderated newsgroup, which the creator of the show (who is known as JMS) frequents. One of the moderation rules is that you are not allowed to post story ideas to the newsgroup. This is to protect JMS from being sued if he happens to use a similar story.
MS could be attempting something similar here. If someone posts an idea for a new piece of software that MS has been working on already, they dont want to expose themselves to a lawsuit.
Of course it is worded in a way that claims much more than just that. Whether it is careless wording, or whether MS intentionally took a mile when they needed an inch, is an exercise for the reader.
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Actually, of the three types of intellectual property, you listed the two that this is not true of. That rule only applies to trademarks.
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They certainly will, but the new contracts would only apply to new freelance writing. This case is about getting paid for previous work under an old contract.
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Sure, but Slashdot can't publish your quote of the comment on their website.
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Why is the above a troll?
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That was usually the way bullying ended (at least it did for me). Unfortunately, the severe crackdown on school violence puts the bullied at extreme risk if (s)he ever retaliates.
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Whichever company did this was gambling that a) most people agreed with them (likely in the US), and b) none of the minority who didn't agree were litigous (extremely unlikely in the US). I'd say it's a bad gamble.
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All you need are two toilet paper tubes and some tape, and voila! Problem solved.
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No longer aired? On FX alone, M*A*S*H is on six times a day!
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And those are the schools that Congresspeoples children go to...
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_Steel_Beach_. Great book. It has the best opening line in any book I've read. It's a full novel, not a short story, though there was an exerpt published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. (Of course, it's possible that there was a short story first.)
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I thought kids were sheep.
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I disagree with your premise - online purchases are extremely high. But regardless, Amazon's money situation is not based on lack of sales. Their problem is that they lose money on each sale. Therefore, the fact that Amazon is almost out of money is actually a sign of good sales. :/
I've never bought airline tickets online, but I buy most of my books and videos there.
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I'll bet you haven't done much formal logic. QED.
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As with all other rules, the enforcement is pretty much up to the troop leadership, but the above is not true. "A Scout is Reverent." Atheists are also unwelcome in the BSA. As one, or perhaps more an agnostic, I was a bit uncomfortable when it occasionally came up - I actually had Communion for the first time when I attended a Catholic service at a Camporee. (I didn't have to choose Catholic, but that's what my parents are). However, it is pretty much up to the adult leaders. We only ever had religious events (other than saying grace) when we were in multi-troop functions like Camporees or Summer camp, and once a year we'd attend Sunday services in the church that housed us.
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How about a checkbox in some option panel that toggles these restrictions? Perhaps the restrictions will always be enabled when you open a file, but you can disable them if you need to. That way, if a legitmate, useful application for the restrictions is found (e.g. prevent 300 page print jobs) you can't accidentally disregard them, but you can bypass them if you need to.
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The guy who's in charge of the Alice project, a Python based 3D/VR environment designed for beginners, has been working with Disney extensively. He mainly concentrates on interactive rides rather than movies, though.
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How not to get sued? That's not possible. You don't even have to have a reason to sue someone, and companies certainly have demonstrated that. It might be more accurate to say "how not to lose the inevitable lawsuit," except you don't have to have a valid point of law to win a lawsuit...
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