The germ of parody lies in the definition of the Greek parodeia, quoted in Judge Nelson's Court of Appeals dissent, as "a song sung alongside another." 972 F. 2d, at 1440, quoting 7 Encyclopedia Britannica 768 (15th ed. 1975). Modern dictionaries accordingly describe a parody as a "literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule," [n.12] or as a "composition in prose or verse in which the characteristic turns of thought and phrase in an author or class of authors are imitated in such a way as to make them appear ridiculous." [n.13] For the purposes of copyright law, the nub of the definitions, and the heart of any parodist's claim to quote from existing material, is the use of some elements of a prior author's composition to create a new one that, at least in part, comments on that author's works. See, e. g., Fisher v. Dees, supra, at 437; MCA, Inc. v. Wilson, 677 F. 2d 180, 185 (CA2 1981). If, on the contrary, the commentary has no critical bearing on the substance or style of the original composition, which the alleged infringer merely uses to get attention or to avoid the drudgery in working up something fresh, the claim to fairness in borrowing from another's work diminishes accordingly (if it does not vanish), and other factors, like the extent of its commerciality, loom larger. [n.14] Parody needs to mimic an original to make its point, and so has some claim to use the creation of its victim's (or collective victims') imagination, whereas satire can stand on its own two feet and so requires justification for the very act of borrowing. [n.15] See Ibid.; Bisceglia, Parody and Copyright Protection: Turning the Balancing Act Into a Juggling Act, in ASCAP, Copyright Law Symposium, No. 34, p. 25 (1987).
oops, I mean "allegedly infringing work". Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
It sounds awfully unreliable. First, there's always a chace that your delicate data will be harmed by the onset of a good hard kick. Then there's the issue of aiming. Will it actually fly between the uprights?
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The Register has published glossary of its jargon It defines punter as Originally a term for a person who went to racecourses and put bets on nags (horses) in the hope they might come in and win and save their individual financial bacon, the term is now, in Britain, extended to anyone who makes a bet on anything, whatever - such as whether their PCs will work. A punter in Britain is not, as one of our readers pointed out applies in his country, a Canadian kind of boat. .
A reckless, novelty seeking consumer, perhaps?
Hear, of course, it's just someone who punts (kicks) their problem over to someone else.
I'm sure there will be at least some mention of the results of the investigation when it is completed and various persons are prosecuted. In the meantime, here's a relatively recent article on the investigation into the collapse.
I'll look yo in the eye and tell you Gregory Benford is a hack. His Galactic Center series was muddled and poorly-written.
There's more to Benford than the "Galactic Center" novels. I rather like his modern day stuff--where unfulfilled physicists are the real heroes. I found his characterization of Alicia in Cosm to be somewhat stilted . Still, the "science" was interesting, and that's the important part.
Anvil of Stars was slicking awesome! I can't understand why you think a novel about a bunch of adolescents committing genocide with the help of alien weaponry falls flat. BTW, there's a film treatment of the Forge of God/Anvil of Stars flitting about Hollywood.
For characterization, I find John Varley to be interesting. His Work reads a bit like Heinlein at his randiest.
The Nobel laureates who signed the statement were Philip W. Anderson Physics, 1977 David Baltimore, 1975 Physiology or Medicine Paul Berg, 1980, Chemistry Jerome Friedman, 1990 Physics Walter Kohn, 1998 Chemistry Leon Lederman, 1988 Physics Mario Molina, 1995 Chemistry F. Sherwood Rowland, 1995 Chemistry J. Robert Schrieffer, 1972, Physics Richard Smalley, 1996 Chemistry Harold E. Varmus, 1989, Physiology or Medicine Steven Weinberg, 1979, Physics
Funny, I don't see Arafat on that list of signatories. I don't see Carter, either. It really shows how narrow minded these "scientists' are. Not a single literature or peace laureate was mentioned in the Union's press release.
To an analytical chemist, a pH of 0 is nonsense--it's too imprecise to be of much use. However, a pH of 0.0 is indeed possible. I'm not sure whether abandoned mine waters count as natural, but solutions with a pH of -3.6 are known to exist outside the laboratory.
Not paying attention, are you? The poster who speced out the machine opined that a 2K premium for semi portability was excessive. Logic dictates that his $1280 Athlon64 was therefore non-portable, or what you might call a "desktop" machine.
Maybe you should RTFC before responding.
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Here's a collection of various Mac startup sounds. They do serve a diagnostic purpose-- if the internal tests fail, an alternate sound, such as a car crash will be played.
Well said. People don't seem to understand that companies themselves do not pay for anything, or pay taxes, ect. The CONSUMERS pay for all these things, the companies are like a middle man for money, the just pass the costs on to us. Private citizens pay for everything that happens.
Bullshit. Some corporations do not sell products and services to "private citizens"--they sell instead to governments or other corporations. Eventually, several dozen middlemen later, there may be a guy wondering why in the hell he's been charged a tenth of a cent more for his Big Mac, but such a "private citizen consumerist" approach minimizes the value added and the costs imposed by a particular corporation.
I suppose that you could simply dissolve the corporations and governments away, but doesn't that make politics and economics really, really hard to understand? Naturally, this misunderstanding could be rectified by a heavy doses of world wide anarchy. Bu I digress.
And yet the only bugfix offered is for the "Windows version." I'm guessing that "Please contact your Platinum representative or RealNetworks Customer Support for an update." is some sort of secret code for "pony up more dough, or we'll hose your system."
Don't tell me I'm competing against the unborn, too! India's population is approximately 1.05 billion. About a third of Indians are under the age of 14.
Well spotted, but you do have to be a type nerd to notice or care. Type nerd? Isn't nerdity something that slashdot extolls? Actually, I'm not much of a type nerd, else I would have found a way to describe the different serif designs.
I said metrically identical. Same widths. Helvetica is bland, but preferable, at least in print.
Ah yes. Metric identity. Look, if I'm going to be fiddling about with fonts, I might as well pay attention to the shape of the letterforms, and not just to metrics.
Times New Roman is a Monotype design, Times Roman is a Linotype design. They're pretty similar, but there are subtle differences-- the most striking difference is that there's an extra serif on the Times Roman "5".
Arial, however, is noticeably different. The cross stroke on the Arial "Q" is curved, but the Helvetica Q has a straight cross stroke.
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But GNU's not Unix, and I want to use XFree86 with HURD.
The Mac G4 cube case used a thermal chimney to cool the computer. It was a fanless design.
Similarly, the designers of the Mac G5 designed the case so that the computer could be efficiently cooled with a few slow fans.
Most cases for PCs are also designed to meet certain thermal specifications, although that standard is somewhat lax.
Microsoft used the powerpc in little endian mode. But the PPC 970 apparently lacks a little endian mode.
How is that Parody?
oops, I mean "allegedly infringing work".
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
I think you need to read Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (92-1292), 510 U.S. 569 (1994).
Parody is a defense against copyright infringement, however, the infringing work must qualify as a parody.
English Bill Of Rights, 1689
Note that Freedom of Expression was only guaranteed to members of parliament, although there was a general right to petition.
It sounds awfully unreliable. First, there's always a chace that your delicate data will be harmed by the onset of a good hard kick. Then there's the issue of aiming. Will it actually fly between the uprights?
The Register has published glossary of its jargon It defines punter as
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Originally a term for a person who went to racecourses and put bets on nags (horses) in the hope they might come in and win and save their individual financial bacon, the term is now, in Britain, extended to anyone who makes a bet on anything, whatever - such as whether their PCs will work. A punter in Britain is not, as one of our readers pointed out applies in his country, a Canadian kind of boat.
A reckless, novelty seeking consumer, perhaps?
Hear, of course, it's just someone who punts (kicks) their problem over to someone else.
You could run in single user mode.
I'm sure there will be at least some mention of the results of the investigation when it is completed and various persons are prosecuted. In the meantime, here's a relatively recent article on the investigation into the collapse.
I'll look yo in the eye and tell you Gregory Benford is a hack. His Galactic Center series was muddled and poorly-written.
There's more to Benford than the "Galactic Center" novels. I rather like his modern day stuff--where unfulfilled physicists are the real heroes. I found his characterization of Alicia in Cosm to be somewhat stilted . Still, the "science" was interesting, and that's the important part.
Anvil of Stars was slicking awesome! I can't understand why you think a novel about a bunch of adolescents committing genocide with the help of alien weaponry falls flat. BTW, there's a film treatment of the Forge of God/Anvil of Stars flitting about Hollywood.
For characterization, I find John Varley to be interesting. His Work reads a bit like Heinlein at his randiest.
The Nobel laureates who signed the statement were
Philip W. Anderson Physics, 1977
David Baltimore, 1975 Physiology or Medicine
Paul Berg, 1980, Chemistry
Jerome Friedman, 1990 Physics
Walter Kohn, 1998 Chemistry
Leon Lederman, 1988 Physics
Mario Molina, 1995 Chemistry
F. Sherwood Rowland, 1995 Chemistry
J. Robert Schrieffer, 1972, Physics
Richard Smalley, 1996 Chemistry
Harold E. Varmus, 1989, Physiology or Medicine
Steven Weinberg, 1979, Physics
Funny, I don't see Arafat on that list of signatories. I don't see Carter, either. It really shows how narrow minded these "scientists' are. Not a single literature or peace laureate was mentioned in the Union's press release.
Those are Norwegian Nobel Prizes. Swedish Nobel Prizes are less political.
To an analytical chemist, a pH of 0 is nonsense--it's too imprecise to be of much use. However, a pH of 0.0 is indeed possible.
I'm not sure whether abandoned mine waters count as natural, but solutions with a pH of -3.6 are known to exist outside the laboratory.
Not paying attention, are you? The poster who speced out the machine opined that a 2K premium for semi portability was excessive. Logic dictates that his $1280 Athlon64 was therefore non-portable, or what you might call a "desktop" machine.
Maybe you should RTFC before responding.
As cake recipes go, it's almost as confusing as this paper, described by one observer asentirely equations and symbols, with the word "clearly" here and there
Here's a collection of various Mac startup sounds. They do serve a diagnostic purpose-- if the internal tests fail, an alternate sound, such as a car crash will be played.
Can this poor website really survive a slashdotting? Perhaps some kind souls will provide a mirror...
Well said. People don't seem to understand that companies themselves do not pay for anything, or pay taxes, ect. The CONSUMERS pay for all these things, the companies are like a middle man for money, the just pass the costs on to us. Private citizens pay for everything that happens.
Bullshit. Some corporations do not sell products and services to "private citizens"--they sell instead to governments or other corporations. Eventually, several dozen middlemen later, there may be a guy wondering why in the hell he's been charged a tenth of a cent more for his Big Mac, but such a "private citizen consumerist" approach minimizes the value added and the costs imposed by a particular corporation.
I suppose that you could simply dissolve the corporations and governments away, but doesn't that make politics and economics really, really hard to understand? Naturally, this misunderstanding could be rectified by a heavy doses of world wide anarchy. Bu I digress.
And yet the only bugfix offered is for the "Windows version." I'm guessing that "Please contact your Platinum representative or RealNetworks Customer Support for an update." is some sort of secret code for "pony up more dough, or we'll hose your system."
Don't tell me I'm competing against the unborn, too! India's population is approximately 1.05 billion. About a third of Indians are under the age of 14.
Well spotted, but you do have to be a type nerd to notice or care.
Type nerd? Isn't nerdity something that slashdot extolls? Actually, I'm not much of a type nerd, else I would have found a way to describe the different serif designs.
I said metrically identical. Same widths. Helvetica is bland, but preferable, at least in print.
Ah yes. Metric identity. Look, if I'm going to be fiddling about with fonts, I might as well pay attention to the shape of the letterforms, and not just to metrics.
Times New Roman is a Monotype design, Times Roman is a Linotype design. They're pretty similar, but there are subtle differences-- the most striking difference is that there's an extra serif on the Times Roman "5".
Arial, however, is noticeably different. The cross stroke on the Arial "Q" is curved, but the Helvetica Q has a straight cross stroke.