What pollutes more? 100 oxo-biodegradable plastic bags or 1 non-biodegradable vinyl bag? Also, when you use the same bag over and over again and use it to carry food, how sanitary is that?
Taxes in Canada differ from province to province so it's hard to say how much one pays. There's also a sales tax to consider. With health care, in some provinces and depending on your condition, you may be better in Canada. I don't know.
But the thing is, Canada has a similar law. You cannot claim tax credits as if you were a small business unless you operate as one. You must be able to demonstrate this by showing that your hours are flexible; working for more than one employer; or through some other way. Let me know if you want to move to Canada and I'll look it up:-)
Still, I was able to claim tax credits easily when I was fully employed and doing other jobs on the side.
Although, from what I know of US healthcase, I prefer Canada's quite a bit, we do pay for healthcare through our "higher" taxes. Also, you get healthcare even if you don't pay taxes:-) In Quebec, there's also a medication coverage that is mandatory. You can get one personally or through the government but you need to have one.
Pirates don't steal things because they're making some kind of political statement.
They steal stuff because they don't want to pay for it and it's easy with little chance of getting caught.
I once received a Nickelback "CD" as a gift. When I tried to play that fake CD on my computer I realized that it was DRM'd and it wouldn't play. I immediately made a political statement! Note that I already had one of their albums which is probably what prompted that gift.
I worked for a company that believed that mantra. We spent lots of time and money on developing the perfect process. The only problem was we didn't have the process required to define that perfect process.
IANAL but even if they manage to settle this case without divulging the amount per song paid, wouldn't an individual that gets sued by the CRIA be entitled to obtain this information through discovery?
I respect and agree with the motivations behind the patent system.
I also agree that if examiners did a better job then there would be fewer issues.
The biggest problem I see is that it's impossible, as far as I can tell, to define what constitutes an innovative invention. This means that two examiners are likely to come to different conclusions. Two companies, two lawyers and two judges as well.
This means that patents are high maintenance even when examiners do a great job.
I agree that abandoning an ideal because the solution is not perfect is generally not a good idea. In the case of software patents, the system is creating more problems and costing more than it's worth.
IANAL so I don't have the experience with the system that you have. However, I have been granted a patent - my boss insisted on it - and I have had to respond to patent claims. In both cases, my time would have been better spent doing my actual job.
You may not agree with the SlowCanuck but there's obviously a problem when lawyers make more money from patents then the inventors. In my opinion, although lawyers are a necessary evil, the less they are needed the better the system. As it stands, laws are made so complicated that judges can't agree. Laws should be clear enough that you know what to expect before going in front of the judge.
How would you suggest we fix the system with respect to patents?
Isn't the purpose of SOA to be platform and language independent?
I would think that a book on SOA that covers a single programming language is missing a key aspect of SOA.
I understand that if someone is writing an SOA application then the application can be written in Java only but I would expect the application to be tested using several languages.
Well I guess it's not called downstream but depending on the direction of the tide, sea water will move inland.
Since it already does that without a power plant present, I don't know if it would create any additional effects on the local environment.
"At the time they were found "guilty" of leveraging their monopoly in the operating system market to gain market shares in the browser market."
Well, the US courts' position on IE is a bit muddled. In an earlier case Judge Jackson's ruling about MS bundling IE with Windows was overturned on appeal.
The penalty was overruled but not the finding of facts. There's no question that Microsoft was found "guilty" of using their monopoly in the OS sector to gain a monopoly in the browser market.
"The fact that they no longer have a monopoly in the browser market is an indication that the ruling had the intended effect."
I don't see how. Has MS eliminated IE from Windows? Has it been including firefox?
Maybe you don't remember about Microsoft preventing retailers from supplying Netscape with Windows and making changes to the OS that would break other applications? Do you not remember the Microsoft-only OS calls that IE would use which would make it perform faster?
The fact that they no longer use these practices is an indication that the judgment had some impact.
"If I understood this right, Microsoft was found guilty of using their monopoly in the OS sector to gain monopolies in other sectors"
MS wasn't "found guilty" of anything because it was a civil -- ah forget it.
Sorry if I didn't use the proper legal expression. I'm sure everyone understood.
So, what are these "other sectors" that MS now enjoys a monopoly in?
At the time they were found "guilty" of leveraging their monopoly in the operating system market to gain market shares in the browser market. Microsoft had essentially managed to gain a monopoly in the browser market. They could not have gained that monopoly without illegally leveraging off their monopoly in the OS market.
The fact that they no longer have a monopoly in the browser market is an indication that the ruling had the intended effect.
If I understood this right, Microsoft was found guilty of using their monopoly in the OS sector to gain monopolies in other sectors.
If they no longer have a monopoly in other sectors, this would reinforce the decision.
I realize that we're way past '07 but shouldn't the x be octal since the number starts with a 0 (zero). Then again, 4000 octal is 2048 decimal so maybe they're still early.
From the article, the TM sought is generic. This would presumably let Woolworth use it on pretty much anything including electronics and computers.
Apple seems to be covering that eventuality.
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What if there was an option to not check for updates and to not load the previously loaded tabs?
Google for GeoTIFF and spend some time here
So what you're saying is that if it's not porn that drives technology, it's video gaming?
I'm not an expert on this subject but I wonder.
What pollutes more? 100 oxo-biodegradable plastic bags or 1 non-biodegradable vinyl bag?
Also, when you use the same bag over and over again and use it to carry food, how sanitary is that?
Taxes in Canada differ from province to province so it's hard to say how much one pays. There's also a sales tax to consider. With health care, in some provinces and depending on your condition, you may be better in Canada. I don't know.
But the thing is, Canada has a similar law. You cannot claim tax credits as if you were a small business unless you operate as one. You must be able to demonstrate this by showing that your hours are flexible; working for more than one employer; or through some other way. Let me know if you want to move to Canada and I'll look it up :-)
Still, I was able to claim tax credits easily when I was fully employed and doing other jobs on the side.
Although, from what I know of US healthcase, I prefer Canada's quite a bit, we do pay for healthcare through our "higher" taxes. Also, you get healthcare even if you don't pay taxes :-)
In Quebec, there's also a medication coverage that is mandatory. You can get one personally or through the government but you need to have one.
That's reserved for element 144.
Found the CD. It's not from Sony BMG; It's from Roadrunner Records.
I don't remember and I can't find the CD.
I know it was not long after the Sony BMG root kit issue that I received the CD.
But the CRIA is in Canada.
I think the laws are different here.
Pirates don't steal things because they're making some kind of political statement.
They steal stuff because they don't want to pay for it and it's easy with little chance of getting caught.
I once received a Nickelback "CD" as a gift.
When I tried to play that fake CD on my computer I realized that it was DRM'd and it wouldn't play.
I immediately made a political statement!
Note that I already had one of their albums which is probably what prompted that gift.
Strangely, when I took my statistical analysis course, many people had trouble getting a C- and to be honest, the exams weren't that hard.
Now, everybody is commenting on statistical studies as if they were experts on the subject.
When did so many people become experts in statistics?
Need to agree with you.
I worked for a company that believed that mantra. We spent lots of time and money on developing the perfect process. The only problem was we didn't have the process required to define that perfect process.
even went so far as to personally try to interpret scripture to match his theory.
Isn't that what every good Christian is supposed to do? :-)
IANAL but even if they manage to settle this case without divulging the amount per song paid, wouldn't an individual that gets sued by the CRIA be entitled to obtain this information through discovery?
I respect and agree with the motivations behind the patent system.
I also agree that if examiners did a better job then there would be fewer issues.
The biggest problem I see is that it's impossible, as far as I can tell, to define what constitutes an innovative invention. This means that two examiners are likely to come to different conclusions. Two companies, two lawyers and two judges as well.
This means that patents are high maintenance even when examiners do a great job.
I agree that abandoning an ideal because the solution is not perfect is generally not a good idea. In the case of software patents, the system is creating more problems and costing more than it's worth.
IANAL so I don't have the experience with the system that you have. However, I have been granted a patent - my boss insisted on it - and I have had to respond to patent claims. In both cases, my time would have been better spent doing my actual job.
You may not agree with the SlowCanuck but there's obviously a problem when lawyers make more money from patents then the inventors.
In my opinion, although lawyers are a necessary evil, the less they are needed the better the system.
As it stands, laws are made so complicated that judges can't agree. Laws should be clear enough that you know what to expect before going in front of the judge.
How would you suggest we fix the system with respect to patents?
Isn't the purpose of SOA to be platform and language independent?
I would think that a book on SOA that covers a single programming language is missing a key aspect of SOA.
I understand that if someone is writing an SOA application then the application can be written in Java only but I would expect the application to be tested using several languages.
Well I guess it's not called downstream but depending on the direction of the tide, sea water will move inland. Since it already does that without a power plant present, I don't know if it would create any additional effects on the local environment.
"At the time they were found "guilty" of leveraging their monopoly in the operating system market to gain market shares in the browser market."
Well, the US courts' position on IE is a bit muddled. In an earlier case Judge Jackson's ruling about MS bundling IE with Windows was overturned on appeal.
The penalty was overruled but not the finding of facts. There's no question that Microsoft was found "guilty" of using their monopoly in the OS sector to gain a monopoly in the browser market.
"The fact that they no longer have a monopoly in the browser market is an indication that the ruling had the intended effect."
I don't see how. Has MS eliminated IE from Windows? Has it been including firefox?
Maybe you don't remember about Microsoft preventing retailers from supplying Netscape with Windows and making changes to the OS that would break other applications? Do you not remember the Microsoft-only OS calls that IE would use which would make it perform faster?
The fact that they no longer use these practices is an indication that the judgment had some impact.
"If I understood this right, Microsoft was found guilty of using their monopoly in the OS sector to gain monopolies in other sectors"
MS wasn't "found guilty" of anything because it was a civil -- ah forget it.
Sorry if I didn't use the proper legal expression. I'm sure everyone understood.
So, what are these "other sectors" that MS now enjoys a monopoly in?
At the time they were found "guilty" of leveraging their monopoly in the operating system market to gain market shares in the browser market. Microsoft had essentially managed to gain a monopoly in the browser market. They could not have gained that monopoly without illegally leveraging off their monopoly in the OS market.
The fact that they no longer have a monopoly in the browser market is an indication that the ruling had the intended effect.
If I understood this right, Microsoft was found guilty of using their monopoly in the OS sector to gain monopolies in other sectors. If they no longer have a monopoly in other sectors, this would reinforce the decision.
I realize that we're way past '07 but shouldn't the x be octal since the number starts with a 0 (zero). Then again, 4000 octal is 2048 decimal so maybe they're still early.
I still disagree with patents but that's the best argument for patents I've ever seen.
From the article, the TM sought is generic. This would presumably let Woolworth use it on pretty much anything including electronics and computers. Apple seems to be covering that eventuality.