Maybe I'm missing something but I don't think the ICANN rules will prevent this type of lawsuit.
First, national trademark law overrides the agreement -- the agreement can't prevent people from defending their trademark (or it would erode everyone's trademarks -- trademark law is generally 'defend it or lose it').
Second, the agreement is between ICANN and the current owner of the allegedly infringing domain, not the person/entity doing the suing -- it's even possible the plaintiff has never heard of ICANN. And even if they do own domains, thus having entered into this agreement with ICANN, the agreement applies to domains they already own, not other people's domains that they don't like.
- <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Exactly. It doesn't mater how strong the lock is, when everyone knows the hiding place for the key.
I think this is what Rob was getting at -- he should have used a period instead of a colon. - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
This is a great victory in ending NSI's monopoly. They constantly tried to confuse people into thinking that InterNIC and NSI were the same thing. Now InterNIC is properly represented as the database of domain names and NSI as the company that maintains the database under contract ("InterNIC" is a registered trademark of the US Dept. of Commerce)
The whois server at internic.net will tell you which registrar serves that name, and the address of that registrar's whois server for more information.
- <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The rule forbid "causing harmful interference" to radio stations, by appliances, not vice versa. The ADSL line is "accepting interference gracefully" -- by allowing its own performance to degrade rather than fight back against the interference (which would involve causing harmful interference to the radio signal). This is precisely what is required by the regulations to which you refer.
Hope this helps
- <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Something on a smaller scale (for the office gift swap, or the geek who's just an acquaintance?): a write-on mousepad - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The Ergomax2000 has equally positive reviews and looks even freakier -- like something from a Klingon ship - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
For the Internet Millionaire: Pilatus Aircraft
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Now that the slashdot set are the most-likely-to-get-rich, I'm sure some of you could use a Pilatus Aircraft. They even come in sports-car red. Looks prety snazzy. (I went and signed up for an affiliate link before posting -- just in case -- let's see, what's 10% of 2.5 million...:-) - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The Excite article is a little fuzzy on whether the DOD is considering banning (a) code on their own pages or (b) browsers within their network from accessing such code from the open web (at first it seems to be talking about one, then the other). Either way, they say it is not suitable for "high security systems"
In the case of "(a)", I'd hope that no "high security systems" are accessible from the web. Surely the web servers are not on a network with access to sensitive data?
In the case of "(b)" the same thing applies. Would they really have a machine with access to both the WWW and sensitive defense info?
When the DOD talks about "high security" I assume this means as high as it gets anywhere. High security buildings have only one door. This makes it sound like they built a "building" (so to speak) with thousands of doors and now they're lamenting the fact that they can't keep their eyes on all of them at once. - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Yesterday's (Rochester, NY) Democrat & Chronicle reports that ZD is selling ZD Education (based in Rochester). Are there other units being sold off?
ZD only bought ZD Ed about 2 years ago. The company was previously called Logical Operations, so all ZD's local advertising actually refers to the company as "Ziff Davis Education, Formerly Logical Operations":-) - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
"some scientist (who shall remain nameless) proposes that if the universe stops it's expansion and start contracting then time will start to run in reverse. Five minutes after this was suggested the scientific community disregarded it and the original author retracted it."
Well, that proves it then. Somewhere in that five minutes, the universe started contracting. - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
This isn't a law. It's a lisencing agreement from the Cadadian Recording Industry Association - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
I don't know why they don't use the name (names) they own.
Anyway, the reason I'm posting is that I've registered the name anthology.org (not yet active) to provide a directory to etexts from various collections/projects. Sorta like a card catalog (or maybe the interlibrary loan database? whatever) -- probably a yahoo-style navigation. I'm sorta surprised that I no-one else has done this (with high visibility, anyway) -- does anyone else think this would be useful? - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Not as much as a PFO (does that term enjoy currency outside Ireland?).
I picked up the term "PFO letter" in university (while applying to grad schools:-) in central Ontario (Canada) and have heard it used by someone from Seattle. Haven't heard it without the word "letter" attached.
(The "P" is for "please" and the term refers to a terse rejection form letter, i.e. no attempt to say "it was a hard decision" or "many highly qualified people applied"... just "we don't want you, go away")
To bring this back on topic, did you get any idea, while you were there, how software in preinstalled and how the machine doing the installing might get a virus? - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
If you're willing to do a bit of a stakeout, a good domain is easier to get than you might realize. From the domain-hunting I've done, it seems to me that the vast majority of registered domains are owned by speculators who submitted an email template with no intent of paying for the domain if they can't resell it. And almost all of these are deleted within a few months for non-payment.
From what I've seen, I believe that almost all (maybe even 80-90%?) "good domains" (e.g. common words, or 2-4 letters long) fall under this description.
Now that it's more difficult to register without paying, perhaps a great many new domains will become available. As far as I've seen, though, these domains are always registered by somebody else within hours or minutes by someone else.
Disclaimer: this is a theory, based on observation but not proven by empirical testing/sampling. - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
At closing today, Corel is just over US $10 on the NASDAQ and almost CDN $15 on the TSE. Two years ago they were both around $1 to $1.50 (having previously been as high as $30-$50, IIRC) -- I knew I should have bought in then... then I'd be cashing out this week:-) - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
I say we pass a law requiring the program to document all features. They can violate our privacy, but atleast we'll know what they're up to!
Hmm... Then we'd be hearing companies saying "It's not a feature, it's a bug" - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
I have a pirated copy of realplayer g2 plus, my os is pirated... basically all software on my system that isnt free in the first place, is pirated.... could this be bad?
yes, pirating is bad - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Why is it that all the different roadmaps to success don't even look like they cover the same territory? How can there be a roadmap showing how to get there when we can't even agree on it's location?
As Dogbert once said, "Beware the advice of successful people. They do not seek company." - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The "article" in Business Wire is identical to the press release -- Business Wire is a distrubutor of press releases, not a source of original content (NB: Not intended to be derogatory towards Business Wire) - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Should be relatively easy to include the keywords in headers of all messages passing through the system. Add something like X-message-topic: or something. - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
But isn't any graphical interface going to be a 3D metaphor? I never thought Gibson was saying this was what the network itself was inherently like but only that this was the interface written for this particular implementation.
Tangental thought: Ever read "Computers as Theatre"?
- <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The way we use it today is a metaphor which refers to Gibson's books, not vice cersa - <SIG> "I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
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First, national trademark law overrides the agreement -- the agreement can't prevent people from defending their trademark (or it would erode everyone's trademarks -- trademark law is generally 'defend it or lose it').
Second, the agreement is between ICANN and the current owner of the allegedly infringing domain, not the person/entity doing the suing -- it's even possible the plaintiff has never heard of ICANN. And even if they do own domains, thus having entered into this agreement with ICANN, the agreement applies to domains they already own, not other people's domains that they don't like.
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
I think this is what Rob was getting at -- he should have used a period instead of a colon.
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Here's a place to discuss this http://slashdot.org/article.pl?s id=slashdot-issues
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The whois server at internic.net will tell you which registrar serves that name, and the address of that registrar's whois server for more information.
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Hope this helps
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Something on a smaller scale (for the office gift swap, or the geek who's just an acquaintance?): a write-on mousepad
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The Ergomax2000 has equally positive reviews and looks even freakier -- like something from a Klingon ship
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Now that the slashdot set are the most-likely-to-get-rich, I'm sure some of you could use a Pilatus Aircraft. They even come in sports-car red. Looks prety snazzy. (I went and signed up for an affiliate link before posting -- just in case -- let's see, what's 10% of 2.5 million... :-)
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
In the case of "(a)", I'd hope that no "high security systems" are accessible from the web. Surely the web servers are not on a network with access to sensitive data?
In the case of "(b)" the same thing applies. Would they really have a machine with access to both the WWW and sensitive defense info?
When the DOD talks about "high security" I assume this means as high as it gets anywhere. High security buildings have only one door. This makes it sound like they built a
"building" (so to speak) with thousands of doors and now they're lamenting the fact that they can't keep their eyes on all of them at once.
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Sounds like even within the genre cheesey made-for-tv disaster movies, it doesn't rank too highly.
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ZD only bought ZD Ed about 2 years ago. The company was previously called Logical Operations, so all ZD's local advertising actually refers to the company as "Ziff Davis Education, Formerly Logical Operations" :-)
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Well, that proves it then. Somewhere in that five minutes, the universe started contracting.
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
This isn't a law. It's a lisencing agreement from the Cadadian Recording Industry Association
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Anyway, the reason I'm posting is that I've registered the name anthology.org (not yet active) to provide a directory to etexts from various collections/projects. Sorta like a card catalog (or maybe the interlibrary loan database? whatever) -- probably a yahoo-style navigation. I'm sorta surprised that I no-one else has done this (with high visibility, anyway) -- does anyone else think this would be useful?
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
I picked up the term "PFO letter" in university (while applying to grad schools
(The "P" is for "please" and the term refers to a terse rejection form letter, i.e. no attempt to say "it was a hard decision" or "many highly qualified people applied"... just "we don't want you, go away")
To bring this back on topic, did you get any idea, while you were there, how software in preinstalled and how the machine doing the installing might get a virus?
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
From what I've seen, I believe that almost all (maybe even 80-90%?) "good domains" (e.g. common words, or 2-4 letters long) fall under this description.
Now that it's more difficult to register without paying, perhaps a great many new domains will become available. As far as I've seen, though, these domains are always registered by somebody else within hours or minutes by someone else.
Disclaimer: this is a theory, based on observation but not proven by empirical testing/sampling.
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
At closing today, Corel is just over US $10 on the NASDAQ and almost CDN $15 on the TSE. Two years ago they were both around $1 to $1.50 (having previously been as high as $30-$50, IIRC) -- I knew I should have bought in then... then I'd be cashing out this week :-)
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
yes, pirating is bad
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Wired News has it at http://www.wired.com/news/p olitics/0,1283,32361,00.html
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
As Dogbert once said, "Beware the advice of successful people. They do not seek company."
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The "article" in Business Wire is identical to the press release -- Business Wire is a distrubutor of press releases, not a source of original content (NB: Not intended to be derogatory towards Business Wire)
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Should be relatively easy to include the keywords in headers of all messages passing through the system. Add something like X-message-topic: or something.
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
Tangental thought: Ever read "Computers as Theatre"?
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht
The way we use it today is a metaphor which refers to Gibson's books, not vice cersa
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"I am not trying to prove that I am right... I am only trying to find out whether." -Bertolt Brecht