Let's say that someone, anonymously posts criticizing a company. THat company then sues for defamation, trying to get the court to order the ISP to reveal who the anonymous poster was. THey find out, they drop the charges, then fire the employee who posted the comments.
It's an abuse of the legal system; they have no intention of actually suing anyone; they are just trying to find a way to force the ISP to give up the users anonymity.
Actually, from what I've read, judges cannot override jury nullification; it's been upheld before. You have the right to trial by a jury of your peers. If that jury decides you are innocent, regardless of the facts, then you are innocent; a judge reversing this decision makes a reversible error.
THeir is much misinformation about various types of swords, including the japanese blades of legend.
Yes, they 'folded' the steel... that's how they worked it. Folding & hammering changes the carbon content of the steel.
The unique technique used in making the japanese blades was the way the blade was tempered; they tempered the edge differently than the back, so the edge was almost crystalline; very hard, can be made very sharp, but is brittle.
The back, and the rest, less hard, but can bend... so the sword won't break.
THat is, of course, oversimplifying. Cutting a silk scarf in half under it's own weight? not sure you could do it regardless of how sharp the blade is...
There is no continent called 'America' anymore; it ceased to exist with the creation of the Panama canal; the correct term would be 'North America' and 'South America'
And as for what you are insinuating, that, what, Canada and Mexico will follow the US in it's laws.. what do you base that on? Contrary to popular belief, us Canucks and the Mexicans do NOT base all our laws on what the us does; and, in fact, in Canada anyway, our legislative system is small enough we can actually prevent rediculous laws from coming in to play; there isn't as much corporate power.
I see it completely the other way around. I can understand forcing your mail server to only accept mail marked the way you want it to be (such as, from your domain)...
but an ISP forbidding connections to other SMTP servers directly from it's users? That's a crime. What if I have my own mail servers elsewhere? I'm not allowed to connect? That's right.
IT's when these two things are combined there is a real problem; to me, internet access & internet services are two totally different things; they should be sold as such. I don't want mail services from my isp... I shouldh't have to shoulder the cost of them.. I just want unrestricted forwarding of IP, and I'm willing to pay for it.
No. THe AHRA of 1992 says that copying music for noncommercial use using *the devices covered by the act* is not actionable. Computers are not covered by the act. The AHRA also says that digital devices must follow the SCMS (serial copy management system).
I'm not saying it's illegal to copy music, just that the AHRA does *not* give de-facto permission for people to copy music, even it it appears to at first glance.
There is a difference between something being 'not illegal' and being 'a right'.
ALl the act says is that you cannot be prosecuted for using a compliant device to copy some music; it does not say you have a non-infringable right to copy the music. Nothing in the act prevents them from making it technically difficult for you to copy music.
Basis for a suit...
I think there is one. I expect that, when I buy a CD, I'm buying something that conforms to the standard that has been used for ages on CD's. If it's somthing else, I'm being ripped off.
If those who received the 'gpl-violating' code were not given it under the terms of the GPL, then they have no reason to expect source, or anything else guaranteed by the GPL.
That is a *totally seperate issue* from the fact that the company was using GPL'd code in it's products and failing to distribute it under an appropriate licensing scheme; that's up to the authors of the code in question to deal with.
Just because someone used GPL'd code, didn't license it properly, and released a binary does NOT mean that everyone should get their source; it just means they violated the license under which they were given the GPL'd code in the first.
These guys did NOT port Linux to the palm; it's already been done. They may have put something together to make it install easier, they may have developed some-palm type apps,which would be god...
But, given the propaganda-like marketroid speak they use, I'd say they are mainly trying to cash in looking like a linux player.
Just because they use the kernel, actually, especially in a palm device, does not mean they used *ANY* other GPL libraries....
Unless you expect to find a 'unix-like' system on it....
But they could easily be using the kernel in other ways.
On hydrogen safety... it is a myth that hydrogen is 'highly dangerous' in pure form. This is largely due to the Hindenberg airship accident, which was blamed on it's hydrogen.
It turns out, years later, that the hydrogen was NOT the culprit in the Hindenberg; the real culprit was the new coating used on the canvas covering... it was essentially rocket fuel (they did not know this at the time).
You are correct; hydrogen fuel is no more dangerous than gasoline fumes.. or propane, or anything else.
does not mean 'hard to crack'. It means that, in general, the mechanism protects the work. It doesn't have to be strong encryption at all; that's why the DMCA sucks.
It could be a single 'copy-me' bit, and if someone develops software to get around it, they are violating the DMCA.
A cop sitting with his lights off is not in any way 'entraping' you in to speeding. Speeding is illegal regardless of whether you think a cop will see you or not.
A cop challenging you to a race in an unmarked car.. that *might* be grounds for entrapment. Then again, they may argue you would have done it anyway.
Entrapment is when, like, some undercover agent tries to get you to come rob a bank with him, you agree, the he arrests you for bank robbery.
The Law Firm who sent the letter was not acting as an agent of Adobe. In Germany, it's common practice (apparently) for law firms to send out these kinds of letters when they see a trademark violation, regardless of who the clients are, and they expect to be paid for your violation.
Yes. That's it! Keep going.. it's a socialitist dictatorship.. don't move there! don't go to canada! That's what I'm getting at. That's the response you should have.. that way nobody will catch on.
I don't dislike the US; I think the US is, as a whole, a great nation.
Also, I'm glad you feel happy in living where you are, and that America is the best nation on earth. I feel the same way about my country, and I won't debate it; neither of us is wrong, we are both happy with where we are.
No, it's not your fault the US is a good place to live; the point I was making is, it's hypocritical to whine about illegals coming in when, at the same time, you encourage everyeone to be like you, move to the US, adopt your way of life. The US is not an innocent bystander in this.
ANd what do you mean by that nafta comment? I don't understand.
Okay... first, which sony flash video recorder are you referring to? Any Sony video camera I've seen uses tape. Yes, some have a memstick slot; it's used for taking stills with the video camera, or taking low-res low-rate video snapshots. Same goes for the still cameras that do video; the video is not meant to be high quality; it's for little 30 second, low-rate snapshots.
Now, is memstick expensive? Yes. Is that because its' proprietary? Yes. Does it have a technical advantge over CF or SM? No.
But you see, I bought a Sony Cybershot... and I bought a couple memsticks. Sure, CF would have been cheaper, by quite a bit. But that's all I need. There is no recurring cost for me, either way. It's not like I need some piece of flash, at this time, that fits in everythin I own; it's for storing pictures on. I don't go around buying more flash all the time, so I don't really care if it's more expensive.
On the topic of mp3 cd players.. I have an exonion.... avoid it at all costs. The mp3 playback quality STINKS. I don't know what's up.. but it beats the crap out of my tunes. Low-end filters, bass is missing (and I know it's there; this is on tracks that sound fantastic with winamp or whatever else I use on the computer). CD playback is okay, but it still pauses between tracks, which sucks.
Be very wary of which mp3 player you get.. many have shitty decoders.
Lossy compression is not an option? Not even high-quality jpeg? (Just wondering if you've tried, and if you could elaborate on the details.. I'm curious). I find it very diffult, if not impossible, to tell the difference between some decent jpeg compression and a lossless image, especially at 1600x1200.
The article actually says nothing about getting an excess of power out of anything.... other than stating that hitting the 'break-even' point is the current goal of fusion research.
Dunno where they got that terribly misleading statement from.
You are right; as soon as we have a power excess, we're in business.
Where in the article does it say they've made a scale model produce more energy than they're putting in? They haven't; they've just overcome one obstacle, out of many.
They found a new method of enhancing plasma containment, and they've tested it, and it works... it in no way means they produce more energy than they use; the second they do that, we're in the fusion business... even if it's a very small margin.
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Let's say that someone, anonymously posts criticizing a company. THat company then sues for defamation, trying to get the court to order the ISP to reveal who the anonymous poster was. THey find out, they drop the charges, then fire the employee who posted the comments.
It's an abuse of the legal system; they have no intention of actually suing anyone; they are just trying to find a way to force the ISP to give up the users anonymity.
Actually, from what I've read, judges cannot override jury nullification; it's been upheld before. You have the right to trial by a jury of your peers. If that jury decides you are innocent, regardless of the facts, then you are innocent; a judge reversing this decision makes a reversible error.
THeir is much misinformation about various types of swords, including the japanese blades of legend.
Yes, they 'folded' the steel... that's how they worked it. Folding & hammering changes the carbon content of the steel.
The unique technique used in making the japanese blades was the way the blade was tempered; they tempered the edge differently than the back, so the edge was almost crystalline; very hard, can be made very sharp, but is brittle.
The back, and the rest, less hard, but can bend... so the sword won't break.
THat is, of course, oversimplifying. Cutting a silk scarf in half under it's own weight? not sure you could do it regardless of how sharp the blade is...
then you would be legally obligated to pay. He could have you in court.
There is no continent called 'America' anymore; it ceased to exist with the creation of the Panama canal; the correct term would be 'North America' and 'South America'
And as for what you are insinuating, that, what, Canada and Mexico will follow the US in it's laws.. what do you base that on? Contrary to popular belief, us Canucks and the Mexicans do NOT base all our laws on what the us does; and, in fact, in Canada anyway, our legislative system is small enough we can actually prevent rediculous laws from coming in to play; there isn't as much corporate power.
I see it completely the other way around. I can understand forcing your mail server to only accept mail marked the way you want it to be (such as, from your domain)...
but an ISP forbidding connections to other SMTP servers directly from it's users? That's a crime. What if I have my own mail servers elsewhere? I'm not allowed to connect? That's right.
IT's when these two things are combined there is a real problem; to me, internet access & internet services are two totally different things; they should be sold as such. I don't want mail services from my isp... I shouldh't have to shoulder the cost of them.. I just want unrestricted forwarding of IP, and I'm willing to pay for it.
No. THe AHRA of 1992 says that copying music for noncommercial use using *the devices covered by the act* is not actionable. Computers are not covered by the act. The AHRA also says that digital devices must follow the SCMS (serial copy management system).
I'm not saying it's illegal to copy music, just that the AHRA does *not* give de-facto permission for people to copy music, even it it appears to at first glance.
There is a difference between something being 'not illegal' and being 'a right'.
ALl the act says is that you cannot be prosecuted for using a compliant device to copy some music; it does not say you have a non-infringable right to copy the music. Nothing in the act prevents them from making it technically difficult for you to copy music.
Basis for a suit...
I think there is one. I expect that, when I buy a CD, I'm buying something that conforms to the standard that has been used for ages on CD's. If it's somthing else, I'm being ripped off.
No. You are confusing the issue.
If those who received the 'gpl-violating' code were not given it under the terms of the GPL, then they have no reason to expect source, or anything else guaranteed by the GPL.
That is a *totally seperate issue* from the fact that the company was using GPL'd code in it's products and failing to distribute it under an appropriate licensing scheme; that's up to the authors of the code in question to deal with.
Just because someone used GPL'd code, didn't license it properly, and released a binary does NOT mean that everyone should get their source; it just means they violated the license under which they were given the GPL'd code in the first.
These guys did NOT port Linux to the palm; it's already been done. They may have put something together to make it install easier, they may have developed some-palm type apps,which would be god...
But, given the propaganda-like marketroid speak they use, I'd say they are mainly trying to cash in looking like a linux player.
Just because they use the kernel, actually, especially in a palm device, does not mean they used *ANY* other GPL libraries....
Unless you expect to find a 'unix-like' system on it....
But they could easily be using the kernel in other ways.
And if you obtain prime air to fuel mixtures, for say, propane.... you'll find it does a great deal more damage.
On hydrogen safety... it is a myth that hydrogen is 'highly dangerous' in pure form. This is largely due to the Hindenberg airship accident, which was blamed on it's hydrogen.
It turns out, years later, that the hydrogen was NOT the culprit in the Hindenberg; the real culprit was the new coating used on the canvas covering... it was essentially rocket fuel (they did not know this at the time).
You are correct; hydrogen fuel is no more dangerous than gasoline fumes.. or propane, or anything else.
does not mean 'hard to crack'. It means that, in general, the mechanism protects the work. It doesn't have to be strong encryption at all; that's why the DMCA sucks.
It could be a single 'copy-me' bit, and if someone develops software to get around it, they are violating the DMCA.
A cop sitting with his lights off is not in any way 'entraping' you in to speeding. Speeding is illegal regardless of whether you think a cop will see you or not.
A cop challenging you to a race in an unmarked car.. that *might* be grounds for entrapment. Then again, they may argue you would have done it anyway.
Entrapment is when, like, some undercover agent tries to get you to come rob a bank with him, you agree, the he arrests you for bank robbery.
you should do so. It brings up a good point:
The Law Firm who sent the letter was not acting as an agent of Adobe. In Germany, it's common practice (apparently) for law firms to send out these kinds of letters when they see a trademark violation, regardless of who the clients are, and they expect to be paid for your violation.
No. Entrapment is when an officer of the law coerces you into doing something you would not otherwise have done, and then arrests you for it.
Yes. That's it! Keep going.. it's a socialitist dictatorship.. don't move there! don't go to canada! That's what I'm getting at. That's the response you should have.. that way nobody will catch on.
Yes, that's the attitude I was talking about.
I don't dislike the US; I think the US is, as a whole, a great nation.
Also, I'm glad you feel happy in living where you are, and that America is the best nation on earth. I feel the same way about my country, and I won't debate it; neither of us is wrong, we are both happy with where we are.
No, it's not your fault the US is a good place to live; the point I was making is, it's hypocritical to whine about illegals coming in when, at the same time, you encourage everyeone to be like you, move to the US, adopt your way of life. The US is not an innocent bystander in this.
ANd what do you mean by that nafta comment? I don't understand.
Okay... first, which sony flash video recorder are you referring to? Any Sony video camera I've seen uses tape. Yes, some have a memstick slot; it's used for taking stills with the video camera, or taking low-res low-rate video snapshots. Same goes for the still cameras that do video; the video is not meant to be high quality; it's for little 30 second, low-rate snapshots.
Now, is memstick expensive? Yes. Is that because its' proprietary? Yes. Does it have a technical advantge over CF or SM? No.
But you see, I bought a Sony Cybershot... and I bought a couple memsticks. Sure, CF would have been cheaper, by quite a bit. But that's all I need. There is no recurring cost for me, either way. It's not like I need some piece of flash, at this time, that fits in everythin I own; it's for storing pictures on. I don't go around buying more flash all the time, so I don't really care if it's more expensive.
On the topic of mp3 cd players.. I have an exonion.... avoid it at all costs. The mp3 playback quality STINKS. I don't know what's up.. but it beats the crap out of my tunes. Low-end filters, bass is missing (and I know it's there; this is on tracks that sound fantastic with winamp or whatever else I use on the computer). CD playback is okay, but it still pauses between tracks, which sucks.
Be very wary of which mp3 player you get.. many have shitty decoders.
My advice? Get an MD player...
Lossy compression is not an option? Not even high-quality jpeg? (Just wondering if you've tried, and if you could elaborate on the details.. I'm curious). I find it very diffult, if not impossible, to tell the difference between some decent jpeg compression and a lossless image, especially at 1600x1200.
Yeah.. that's another way of putting it.
The article actually says nothing about getting an excess of power out of anything.... other than stating that hitting the 'break-even' point is the current goal of fusion research.
Dunno where they got that terribly misleading statement from.
You are right; as soon as we have a power excess, we're in business.
But current experimental reactors aren't doing any such thing... we're not at breakeven yet.
Where in the article does it say they've made a scale model produce more energy than they're putting in? They haven't; they've just overcome one obstacle, out of many.
They found a new method of enhancing plasma containment, and they've tested it, and it works... it in no way means they produce more energy than they use; the second they do that, we're in the fusion business... even if it's a very small margin.