What's the best US Carp fishing magazine? Because we appear to have quite a selection. That's the sort of level of specific enthusiasm British magazines.
Still seems a bit of a risk though. Iran looks like a likely enemy at some point, and it's possible they have something that can catch a U-2. The Russians did in the 1960's (sure, it required a fair bit of luck, but that was 50 years ago), and Iran not only has access to some of that same tech, but has its own rockets. It's nowhere near as backward as the Taliban.
I suspect they haven't. The Blackbird was excellent at its job, and of course there were top secret developments going on, but it's possible that they found that there's a better ROI on satellites and U2 for the lower risk surveillance.
Not so much techy, but would appeal to the geeks is some sort of pop-out/foldable things that makes something.... Kinda like this business card. Or maybe something where you slide an insert to reveal the message.
My ideas are rubbish but maybe others will have suggestions along these lines.
Twitter can block tweets in some countries but the country could block twitter anyway. Superficially it appears that twitter is cooperating, but what do we know about censorship on the internet?
This will only silence an actual tweet, if nobody in the world is sufficiently incensed by the censorship. As soon as a tweet is blocked, it will be retweeted like crazy, as well as mirrored on countless websites. It effectively neuters censorship.
I hope my book about a young boy who goes to a school for wizards, meets a red headed best friend from a large family and a bookish girl with wild hair, then defeats the evil wizard at the end does well. When does it violate J K Rowling's copyright?
I guess the argument is whether the second photographer would have created the work without seeing what the first photographer did, and whether there was any different creative decisions, (i.e. did he actually copy) and whether this would reduce the value of the work of the first photographer.
To be honest, I disagree with the judge here. I think the photographs are sufficiently different, but I can see the reasoning.
I agree that most "campaign contributions " stink of bribery and in any other country they'd be identified as such. But reading the guys comments without the commentary, it doesn't seem like this is substantially different from what lobbying groups have been doing fairly openly for several decades.
I'm current;y working with multi-screen conference systems. A friend of mine had a job maintaining vacuum chambers. Both have expensive equipment that needs people to actually travel to use it. A surveyor needs to go to a site and survey. If an industry wants to show off its technology, it wants to show the physical items with actual people being able to see it close up and personal, and talk to experts directly. We want to meet other people and just browse technology and look for partners. The NEC is an ideal place for this, but people need to get there. Conveniently, HS2 stops there.
We have plenty of capacity for video conferencing as it is. I was talking to some guys on the other side of the Atlantic the other day. It may not be free, but it's not something we were worrying about the cost for.
It is of dubious value anyway. They say that it'll cut the journey time down to 50 minutes. It's only 100 miles or 160 km. That's a little over 100 miles per hour, but in theory the current trains are capable of 125 miles per hour which means the journey should take 48 minutes *with the current trains*. But on a 100 mile journey most of the time is spent stopping and starting or stopping at intermediate stations. Perhaps they should consider simply improving the current track, or running express trains?
Closer to 120 miles. Then again, we've had trains capable of running at 140mph since the 90's. Track and signalling are the problem.
Upgrading the line track isn't all that easy. We need to run trains while we're doing it. And there's no improvement to capacity. We need new lines. Building a brand new high capacity line that can take double decker trains will add capacity, while still allowing relatively slow trains on the stopping routes.
I think the other limiting factor is passenger comfort. Takes about 10 minutes for a TGV to get from 0-200mph. Slow down at the same rate and that's 33 miles covered at 100mph. that leaves 90 miles at 200mph. 36 minutes worth.
Well, I guess a lot of it can be done from worksheets. This is what we did with the BBC Micros when I was at school.
There are other problems as well though. You already mentioned the curriculum? What language? Is the computer equipment up to the task? Solvable problems, but getting it done by September is a challenge
He wasn't fired. If he was he'd be entitled to compensation.
He was disciplined for mentioning that he'd be interested in other jobs. He has the right to be interested in other jobs. As a result he felt he was forced to leave. The law on constructive dismissal prevents companies from forcing people to leave.
especially in the UK where being on camera is simply a part of city life.
The number of cameras in Britain is based on an extrapolation from a single street in London. It's not a particularly reliable figure.
Most of these cameras are privately owned. Do you really believe there's something about Britain that makes private businesses substantially more likely to employ CCTV than in other countries?
They have rockets that can get a payload to orbit. I'm not quite sure what the difference is.
They can't even get a monkey into space.
Yes they can. They just haven't yet. There's no reason to believe they don't have the basic technology since they've sent the module up and have sent smaller animals into space.
Really they're a dirty third-world country that want to pretend to be "the great Persian Empire" except they forgot that Iran was NOT the heart or the meat of said empire.
Maybe. But it's a dirty third world country with a fair bit of money and some competent technology which probably gets a certain amount of respect from its neighbours for standing up to the US.
There's a legitimate justification for "cheating". The wargames are used to establish whether the tactics will actually work. Round 1 failed. Fine. Back to the drawing board. There's no contingency plan for them failing though. We still need to see if the round 2 tactics will work. Obviously they won't if there's no fleet, so the refloat it and see if those tactics work.
It's an experiment in tactics rather than a literal "game". It doesn't matter who wins as long as lessons can be learned.
Iran's naval capability isn't that shabby. Sure, the US Navy could obliterate it but not without suffering a few losses themselves. 100+ missile boats can send out a lot of missiles before they're sunk. They only need a few lucky hits to take out a much bigger boat..
Nor is Iran technologically in the dark ages, having its own robotics industry and technology from China and Russia.
So why does a special privilege exist, letting the software creator seek damages many times higher than 3x?
It's because they're applying an inappropriate law. Statutory damages aren't punitive. They are, however, aimed at industrial level piracy.
When the law was enacted, it was expected that they'd be applied against people operating a duplication plant. This would most likely be criminal level infringement. So the police would bust the place, collect the evidence. They'd get a handful of copies which is adequate for a criminal prosecution but if the copyright holder wants to claim damages, they should be able to claim for the copies the plant owner has already sold.
No way to prove these damages, but it's pretty obvious to all involved that, if we assume each sale displaces a legitimate sale, the piracy has cost the rights holders a lot more than the value of the inventory.
Applying this to file sharers doesn't make sense but the law's there.
Yup. Edison too. Actually Steve Jobs too, since Wozniak was the brains behind the actual technology.
Not going to disagree with you, but there's a certain skill to spotting the right idea to steal, as well as actually committing the theft. Whether they deserve their success or not I make no comment but I know I'd not be able to be successful in the same way.
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They're a drain on our services (schools and healthcare) without shouldering any of the tax burden
Typically minimum wage earners receive more in government benefits than they pay in taxes. And illegal immigrants are less likely to have family
Some are members of gangs committing crime
So are some citizens.
Your other points are fair enough.
Plenty?
What's the best US Carp fishing magazine? Because we appear to have quite a selection. That's the sort of level of specific enthusiasm British magazines.
Still seems a bit of a risk though. Iran looks like a likely enemy at some point, and it's possible they have something that can catch a U-2. The Russians did in the 1960's (sure, it required a fair bit of luck, but that was 50 years ago), and Iran not only has access to some of that same tech, but has its own rockets. It's nowhere near as backward as the Taliban.
I suspect they haven't. The Blackbird was excellent at its job, and of course there were top secret developments going on, but it's possible that they found that there's a better ROI on satellites and U2 for the lower risk surveillance.
Not so much techy, but would appeal to the geeks is some sort of pop-out/foldable things that makes something.... Kinda like this business card. Or maybe something where you slide an insert to reveal the message.
My ideas are rubbish but maybe others will have suggestions along these lines.
Bolt it onto my rocket ship! We'll show those foul martians you don't mess with earth!
Not at all!
Twitter can block tweets in some countries but the country could block twitter anyway. Superficially it appears that twitter is cooperating, but what do we know about censorship on the internet?
This will only silence an actual tweet, if nobody in the world is sufficiently incensed by the censorship. As soon as a tweet is blocked, it will be retweeted like crazy, as well as mirrored on countless websites. It effectively neuters censorship.
I hope my book about a young boy who goes to a school for wizards, meets a red headed best friend from a large family and a bookish girl with wild hair, then defeats the evil wizard at the end does well. When does it violate J K Rowling's copyright?
I guess the argument is whether the second photographer would have created the work without seeing what the first photographer did, and whether there was any different creative decisions, (i.e. did he actually copy) and whether this would reduce the value of the work of the first photographer.
To be honest, I disagree with the judge here. I think the photographs are sufficiently different, but I can see the reasoning.
I agree that most "campaign contributions " stink of bribery and in any other country they'd be identified as such. But reading the guys comments without the commentary, it doesn't seem like this is substantially different from what lobbying groups have been doing fairly openly for several decades.
He wasn't just "posting links". A site that embeds streaming video may technically be doing that but the result is quite different.
The fact that people want to represent it as "linking" makes it look like they have something to conceal.
I'm current;y working with multi-screen conference systems. A friend of mine had a job maintaining vacuum chambers. Both have expensive equipment that needs people to actually travel to use it. A surveyor needs to go to a site and survey. If an industry wants to show off its technology, it wants to show the physical items with actual people being able to see it close up and personal, and talk to experts directly. We want to meet other people and just browse technology and look for partners. The NEC is an ideal place for this, but people need to get there. Conveniently, HS2 stops there.
We have plenty of capacity for video conferencing as it is. I was talking to some guys on the other side of the Atlantic the other day. It may not be free, but it's not something we were worrying about the cost for.
It is of dubious value anyway. They say that it'll cut the journey time down to 50 minutes. It's only 100 miles or 160 km. That's a little over 100 miles per hour, but in theory the current trains are capable of 125 miles per hour which means the journey should take 48 minutes *with the current trains*. But on a 100 mile journey most of the time is spent stopping and starting or stopping at intermediate stations. Perhaps they should consider simply improving the current track, or running express trains?
Closer to 120 miles. Then again, we've had trains capable of running at 140mph since the 90's. Track and signalling are the problem.
Upgrading the line track isn't all that easy. We need to run trains while we're doing it. And there's no improvement to capacity. We need new lines. Building a brand new high capacity line that can take double decker trains will add capacity, while still allowing relatively slow trains on the stopping routes.
I think the other limiting factor is passenger comfort. Takes about 10 minutes for a TGV to get from 0-200mph. Slow down at the same rate and that's 33 miles covered at 100mph. that leaves 90 miles at 200mph. 36 minutes worth.
Well, I guess a lot of it can be done from worksheets. This is what we did with the BBC Micros when I was at school.
There are other problems as well though. You already mentioned the curriculum? What language? Is the computer equipment up to the task? Solvable problems, but getting it done by September is a challenge
They pretty much have carte blanche to read packets whether it's free or not. And the provider is even more likely to.
At least we don;t have to pay to be spied on.
This is well within the rules of free software though, so it doesn't really matter what they think.
Does Mythbuntu have a mechanism for renting/buying movies though?
Ironically, I post saying how privacy in Britain isn't a bad as all that, and then this happens
Under UK law, employees have rights.
He wasn't fired. If he was he'd be entitled to compensation.
He was disciplined for mentioning that he'd be interested in other jobs. He has the right to be interested in other jobs. As a result he felt he was forced to leave. The law on constructive dismissal prevents companies from forcing people to leave.
especially in the UK where being on camera is simply a part of city life.
The number of cameras in Britain is based on an extrapolation from a single street in London. It's not a particularly reliable figure.
Most of these cameras are privately owned. Do you really believe there's something about Britain that makes private businesses substantially more likely to employ CCTV than in other countries?
They don't have ICBMs
They have rockets that can get a payload to orbit. I'm not quite sure what the difference is.
They can't even get a monkey into space.
Yes they can. They just haven't yet. There's no reason to believe they don't have the basic technology since they've sent the module up and have sent smaller animals into space. Really they're a dirty third-world country that want to pretend to be "the great Persian Empire" except they forgot that Iran was NOT the heart or the meat of said empire.
Maybe. But it's a dirty third world country with a fair bit of money and some competent technology which probably gets a certain amount of respect from its neighbours for standing up to the US.
Well, if you like, but unless you can give a reason, then that's just name calling, and you might as well call me a poopy-head.
There's a legitimate justification for "cheating". The wargames are used to establish whether the tactics will actually work. Round 1 failed. Fine. Back to the drawing board. There's no contingency plan for them failing though. We still need to see if the round 2 tactics will work. Obviously they won't if there's no fleet, so the refloat it and see if those tactics work.
It's an experiment in tactics rather than a literal "game". It doesn't matter who wins as long as lessons can be learned.
Iran's naval capability isn't that shabby. Sure, the US Navy could obliterate it but not without suffering a few losses themselves. 100+ missile boats can send out a lot of missiles before they're sunk. They only need a few lucky hits to take out a much bigger boat..
Nor is Iran technologically in the dark ages, having its own robotics industry and technology from China and Russia.
If there are 10 free spaces, and I take one of them, for 10 minutes, am I retarded?
Because unless a convention suddenly arrives I can't see the harm that it's doing.
So why does a special privilege exist, letting the software creator seek damages many times higher than 3x?
It's because they're applying an inappropriate law. Statutory damages aren't punitive. They are, however, aimed at industrial level piracy.
When the law was enacted, it was expected that they'd be applied against people operating a duplication plant. This would most likely be criminal level infringement. So the police would bust the place, collect the evidence. They'd get a handful of copies which is adequate for a criminal prosecution but if the copyright holder wants to claim damages, they should be able to claim for the copies the plant owner has already sold.
No way to prove these damages, but it's pretty obvious to all involved that, if we assume each sale displaces a legitimate sale, the piracy has cost the rights holders a lot more than the value of the inventory.
Applying this to file sharers doesn't make sense but the law's there.
Yup. Edison too. Actually Steve Jobs too, since Wozniak was the brains behind the actual technology.
Not going to disagree with you, but there's a certain skill to spotting the right idea to steal, as well as actually committing the theft. Whether they deserve their success or not I make no comment but I know I'd not be able to be successful in the same way.