Oh, and of course there's always that *one* part of Fantasia that they did have to pay for--Stravinski's "The Rite of Spring." They've managed to convince an appeals court that the original contract (explicitly covering theatrical release only) also licenses all home video distribution, so its copyright has been rendered essentially null for them and them alone. I can think of at least 10 other movies that have never had a DVD or soundtrack CD release because the prevailing legal opinion is that those rights must be negotiated separately.
It is interesting to note that some of Disney's most well-known films are based on public domain works, while Disney has been one of the biggest factors in eliminating the public domain altogether.
can you open that up for us? I wasn't aware of this, and would appreciate a short schooling session
Open it up? You weren't aware that Disney didn't have to pay anyone for the rights to Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Hercules, Hamlet (The Lion King), Mulan, Pocahontas, Pinocchio, ad infinitum? .
I always use my favorite example of how they abuse copyright--Disney has now held the copyright on *their* version of Alice in Wonderland for more than twice as long as Lewis Carrol did for the original work.
I'm sure the logic is that only other baseball teams would want that data anyway, so there was no real concern about a group of Russian hackers copying a database. Why be fort knox secure when you trust and respect the other 29 teams that you share billions of dollars of revenue with? Naive, yes. Intentional, no. Deserved what they got, no. (No one deserves to be the victim of a crime)
As a resident of Houston who has avoided the sport since they gave the home run title to a cheater, I have to respond to this part of your comment. If THAT was the logic, then while they may not have "deserved" it, implementing security this poor amounts to criminal negligence. There are *plenty* of others who would want the info. You see, there's this little thing called gambling, and small advantages like this is how the pros stay ahead. Strangely enough, these same pros also tend to associate with folks who are part of organized crime.
What? This was a PRIVATE employment agreement between a PRIVATE employer and a PRIVATE employee. If she doesn't like the employers terms she can find a new job. The GOVERNMENT has zero business intruding in a PRIVATE affair!
While I haven't decided which candidate I prefer in the upcoming election, I endorse the remainder of this comment. The employee ignored the devastatingly simple solution to this problem: just leave the phone at work, in your (desk, locker, whatever) when you go home at night! If you have components of your life that you want to keep from your employer, don't being your employer everywhere you go! Duh.
Yeah, after three years with a "regular" Eco-Drive, I *really* want the model that sets itself with the Atomic Clock in Denver. I'd never have to touch anything again!
what you ignore while you talk about capitol gains is they already paid taxes on that income. why should they pay again??? let alone at a higher rate???
When you sell a capital asset, the difference between the basis in the asset and the amount you sell it for is a capital gain or a capital loss. Generally, an asset's basis is its cost to the owner, but if you received the asset as a gift or inheritance, refer to Topic 703 for information about your basis. You have a capital gain if you sell the asset for more than your basis. You have a capital loss if you sell the asset for less than your basis. Losses from the sale of personal-use property, such as your home or car, are not deductible.
You are not re-taxed on your original earnings (the "basis"). You are taxed on the growth in value or gain (hence the name).
Then you didn't actually read my post. I wrote " If the authors omitted information, then there would be a legitimate criticism." If the reviewer thought that gender bias could have crept into the paper, THAT is what the reviewer should have commented. Instead, the reviewer said "get a man to co-write this with you, because they're better writers." If you don't see the difference, I sure hope a similar example didn't come up during your defense.
so again. if these two phds in gender studies doing a study on gender bias received criticism about potential gender biases... Why is it wrong to address that?
Because the reviewer only talked about the potential, and did not find any actual gender bias in the article. I would be willing to bet that the article contains several examples and red flags of gender bias. If the reviewer had FOUND and could name "ideologically biased assumptions" or gender bias in the writing, then the reviewer would have a legitimate criticism of the article. If the reviewer had a counter-example to refute the article, then there would be a legitimate criticism. If the authors omitted information, then there would be a legitimate criticism.
Bottom line, the reviewer criticized the authors, not the article. And the editor should have been smart enough to see it and call BS.
Precisely. If I had ink covering my wrist, I would definitely read the watch's promotional material to see what technology is being used in that sensor. And once I determined it was optical, I sure as hell wouldn't buy one without a test-drive. The same for any off-nominal physical condition--it's the responsibility of the individual to see if the equipment functions in the presence of their physical variation. If you were one of the people whose dental work causes them to hear radio signals, would you buy a Bluetooth headset without trying it?
What I *do* have is quite hairy arms, I'm concerned enough about the pulse sensor working that I'm not even thinking about one of these watches until they're common enough to try on without an appointment (that, and since it's Apple, version 2.0 will be 25% cheaper and have 25% more features).
I think you are missing the point. When the pullout tabs were phased out in favor of tabs that stay with the can, I remember thinking that a thousand years from now discarded pullout tabs will be a valuable archeological resource. They are distinctive, ubiquitous, and indestructible, and because they were only used during a short time, they would conclusively date any architectural layer they were found in....
Exactly. I'm a contractor at the NASA Johnson Space Center. One day in the 90's, I was walking across a parking lot that had just been graded flat in preparation for a new layer of asphalt. I found myself in a "field" of dozens of pull-tabs embedded in the pavement. It was easy and fun to imagine some Apollo-era astronaut gathering. The Right Stuff, indeed.
(of course, today, just bringing alcohol inside the gate will get you fired)
The same way we can't seem to function without carrying a mobile phone 100% of the time. I really wish I could leave mine behind more often and not be labelled as antisocial. I swear I'm the only person in my subdivision who isn't talking on the phone while walking my dog.
Ditto--since when is a border crossing something that could be considered anywhere in the same sentence with privacy? It's in the public interest of TWO nations!
I think that map app has problems. when I navigate it, it shows the French Southern and Antarctic Lands opposite Calgary. In fact, that's why I made the follow-up post. The first time I looked at Hawaii, it showed me an antipode well off the east coast of Madagascar.
But since this is Japan, the author speculates that the antipodal point is somewhere in Uruguay, which it is not (it's kinda close though).
Ironically, "Uruguay syndrome" is a more accurate term because Uruguay is a heck of a lot closer to being an antipode of Japan than China is to being an antipode of the US.
Well, sure, but there's *no* land antipodal to anywhere in the US. Gotta call it something. Indian Ocean syndrome?
I beg to differ. The whoosh was it going under my feet. To be a joke a joke, it's only funny if it actually works. Otherwise, it's just lemmings volunteering to get pranked on Kickatarter.
I've never picked one up but maybe they are so light the magnet would pull it to the floor anyway.
It's about four ounces lighter than the current 11" Macbook Air, and I can attest that with the Air, there's enough static friction on a "normal" desk that MagSafe gives before the Macbook starts to slide.
... in the case of the e-reader, you're dramatically more limited as there are fewer memory cues and navigation options of which you can take advantage. For example, you may not have placed a bookmark at a specific section, but you might remember "reading something about that", "close to the middle", "a few pages after that orangish picture near the bottom". With the e-reader, it's a guessing game: "what page was that on?" or "what section was that in" followed by a tedious one-page-at-a-time search. With the hard-copy, it's a couple quick flips along the edge.
We're a long-way from replicating that. I love my kindle, sure, but I always buy a hard-copy of anything I find that's worth-while.
I find the opposite to be true. Typically, I remember a word or phrase, or *fail* to recall a previous appearance of a minor character. The Search function of e-readers makes it dramatically faster to find a partially-recalled passage, or instance of a character's name.
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Oh, and of course there's always that *one* part of Fantasia that they did have to pay for--Stravinski's "The Rite of Spring." They've managed to convince an appeals court that the original contract (explicitly covering theatrical release only) also licenses all home video distribution, so its copyright has been rendered essentially null for them and them alone. I can think of at least 10 other movies that have never had a DVD or soundtrack CD release because the prevailing legal opinion is that those rights must be negotiated separately.
It is interesting to note that some of Disney's most well-known films are based on public domain works, while Disney has been one of the biggest factors in eliminating the public domain altogether.
can you open that up for us? I wasn't aware of this, and would appreciate a short schooling session
Open it up? You weren't aware that Disney didn't have to pay anyone for the rights to Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Hercules, Hamlet (The Lion King), Mulan, Pocahontas, Pinocchio, ad infinitum? .
I always use my favorite example of how they abuse copyright--Disney has now held the copyright on *their* version of Alice in Wonderland for more than twice as long as Lewis Carrol did for the original work.
I'm sure the logic is that only other baseball teams would want that data anyway, so there was no real concern about a group of Russian hackers copying a database. Why be fort knox secure when you trust and respect the other 29 teams that you share billions of dollars of revenue with? Naive, yes. Intentional, no. Deserved what they got, no. (No one deserves to be the victim of a crime)
As a resident of Houston who has avoided the sport since they gave the home run title to a cheater, I have to respond to this part of your comment. If THAT was the logic, then while they may not have "deserved" it, implementing security this poor amounts to criminal negligence. There are *plenty* of others who would want the info. You see, there's this little thing called gambling, and small advantages like this is how the pros stay ahead. Strangely enough, these same pros also tend to associate with folks who are part of organized crime.
What would be wrong with saying Pac-Man AI?
The fact that the game's (ghosts') responses are completely deterministic. They follow distinct logical rules, and do not make "choices."
Whoosh...
Dr. Noah's bacillus?
road damage from a prius vs road damage from a semi. Hmm. sounds equitable.
I'm an Oregonian.. and holy god, this is one of those proposals which needs to be killed with fire before it metastasizes.
Yes. At the very least, the proposed tax should be multiplied by [ (number of axles) - 1 ].
There is no point in having multiple copies of the same CD.
So something else is the master plan.[snip]
I'm betting it's something similar to the Beer Can House.
What? This was a PRIVATE employment agreement between a PRIVATE employer and a PRIVATE employee. If she doesn't like the employers terms she can find a new job. The GOVERNMENT has zero business intruding in a PRIVATE affair!
While I haven't decided which candidate I prefer in the upcoming election, I endorse the remainder of this comment. The employee ignored the devastatingly simple solution to this problem: just leave the phone at work, in your (desk, locker, whatever) when you go home at night! If you have components of your life that you want to keep from your employer, don't being your employer everywhere you go! Duh.
Yeah, after three years with a "regular" Eco-Drive, I *really* want the model that sets itself with the Atomic Clock in Denver. I'd never have to touch anything again!
what you ignore while you talk about capitol gains is they already paid taxes on that income. why should they pay again??? let alone at a higher rate???
That is absolutely false. From the definition of capital gains:
When you sell a capital asset, the difference between the basis in the asset and the amount you sell it for is a capital gain or a capital loss. Generally, an asset's basis is its cost to the owner, but if you received the asset as a gift or inheritance, refer to Topic 703 for information about your basis. You have a capital gain if you sell the asset for more than your basis. You have a capital loss if you sell the asset for less than your basis. Losses from the sale of personal-use property, such as your home or car, are not deductible.
You are not re-taxed on your original earnings (the "basis"). You are taxed on the growth in value or gain (hence the name).
Then you didn't actually read my post. I wrote " If the authors omitted information, then there would be a legitimate criticism." If the reviewer thought that gender bias could have crept into the paper, THAT is what the reviewer should have commented. Instead, the reviewer said "get a man to co-write this with you, because they're better writers." If you don't see the difference, I sure hope a similar example didn't come up during your defense.
so again. if these two phds in gender studies doing a study on gender bias received criticism about potential gender biases... Why is it wrong to address that?
Because the reviewer only talked about the potential, and did not find any actual gender bias in the article. I would be willing to bet that the article contains several examples and red flags of gender bias. If the reviewer had FOUND and could name "ideologically biased assumptions" or gender bias in the writing, then the reviewer would have a legitimate criticism of the article. If the reviewer had a counter-example to refute the article, then there would be a legitimate criticism. If the authors omitted information, then there would be a legitimate criticism.
Bottom line, the reviewer criticized the authors, not the article. And the editor should have been smart enough to see it and call BS.
Precisely. If I had ink covering my wrist, I would definitely read the watch's promotional material to see what technology is being used in that sensor. And once I determined it was optical, I sure as hell wouldn't buy one without a test-drive. The same for any off-nominal physical condition--it's the responsibility of the individual to see if the equipment functions in the presence of their physical variation. If you were one of the people whose dental work causes them to hear radio signals, would you buy a Bluetooth headset without trying it?
What I *do* have is quite hairy arms, I'm concerned enough about the pulse sensor working that I'm not even thinking about one of these watches until they're common enough to try on without an appointment (that, and since it's Apple, version 2.0 will be 25% cheaper and have 25% more features).
But you can appeal it if new evidence comes to light.
I think you are missing the point. When the pullout tabs were phased out in favor of tabs that stay with the can, I remember thinking that a thousand years from now discarded pullout tabs will be a valuable archeological resource. They are distinctive, ubiquitous, and indestructible, and because they were only used during a short time, they would conclusively date any architectural layer they were found in. ...
Exactly. I'm a contractor at the NASA Johnson Space Center. One day in the 90's, I was walking across a parking lot that had just been graded flat in preparation for a new layer of asphalt. I found myself in a "field" of dozens of pull-tabs embedded in the pavement. It was easy and fun to imagine some Apollo-era astronaut gathering. The Right Stuff, indeed.
(of course, today, just bringing alcohol inside the gate will get you fired)
The same way we can't seem to function without carrying a mobile phone 100% of the time. I really wish I could leave mine behind more often and not be labelled as antisocial. I swear I'm the only person in my subdivision who isn't talking on the phone while walking my dog.
Ditto--since when is a border crossing something that could be considered anywhere in the same sentence with privacy? It's in the public interest of TWO nations!
I think that map app has problems. when I navigate it, it shows the French Southern and Antarctic Lands opposite Calgary. In fact, that's why I made the follow-up post. The first time I looked at Hawaii, it showed me an antipode well off the east coast of Madagascar.
Continental US, that is. Looking at the linked map, looks like Botswana is opposite Hawaii.
Ironically, "Uruguay syndrome" is a more accurate term because Uruguay is a heck of a lot closer to being an antipode of Japan than China is to being an antipode of the US.
Well, sure, but there's *no* land antipodal to anywhere in the US. Gotta call it something. Indian Ocean syndrome?
I beg to differ. The whoosh was it going under my feet. To be a joke a joke, it's only funny if it actually works. Otherwise, it's just lemmings volunteering to get pranked on Kickatarter.
Like prescription options for the monocle? If this is just clear glass, it's useless. If it's just a magnifying glass, I'll head to the dollar store.
I've never picked one up but maybe they are so light the magnet would pull it to the floor anyway.
It's about four ounces lighter than the current 11" Macbook Air, and I can attest that with the Air, there's enough static friction on a "normal" desk that MagSafe gives before the Macbook starts to slide.
... in the case of the e-reader, you're dramatically more limited as there are fewer memory cues and navigation options of which you can take advantage. For example, you may not have placed a bookmark at a specific section, but you might remember "reading something about that", "close to the middle", "a few pages after that orangish picture near the bottom". With the e-reader, it's a guessing game: "what page was that on?" or "what section was that in" followed by a tedious one-page-at-a-time search. With the hard-copy, it's a couple quick flips along the edge.
We're a long-way from replicating that. I love my kindle, sure, but I always buy a hard-copy of anything I find that's worth-while.
I find the opposite to be true. Typically, I remember a word or phrase, or *fail* to recall a previous appearance of a minor character. The Search function of e-readers makes it dramatically faster to find a partially-recalled passage, or instance of a character's name.