This is T-Mobile UK. Like the rest of Europe we do have consumer protection laws. But actually taking advantage of them will require you to complain, and go through the tedious process, and even the informal complaints processes are rarely worth the effort.
I suppose limiting it to distribution of source based on distribution of the actual product made sense in the days when distributing source could have mean physical media.
I've always assumed it was more analagous to buying a physical device. So if you buy a device you have acces to the components (you need to take it apart but typically it's as easy to understand the operation of a sewing machine as a piece of source code). If you don't buy (or otherwise legally acquire) a sewing machine then you don't have any right to see how it works.
Article about ostrich farming. Quite a bit of actual data there.
Strange that it isn't more populr than beef consiering similar flavour, lack of "ick" factor and aparent superiority of ostrich in so many respects but article also speculates on reasons for that.
Capitulation is cheap. And the shipping companies are running a commercial enterprise.
The could simply skirt around the troubled waters but that would cost more. Arming ships - even if the legal issues were resolved - would lead to an arms race that could cost the shipping companies more than the ransoms.
Could it be a complete lack of government control to prevent Somalians from becoming pirates? Could the fact that a lack of government means that those who do try to follow some moral code get screwed over by those who don't? When you have a bunch of foreigners dumping rubbish and overfishing in Somalian waters preventing the locals from operating a legal business, what do you expect them to do? Follow some moral code that the rest of humanity are apparently ignoring?
Just because that one guy does this to get rich doesn't mean all of them do. What do you expect a Somalian to do when there's absolutely no legal opportunities available?
Sort out the political situation in Somalia, get a stable government established there, and prevent pirates *and other criminals* from operating. It's easier said than done but it's the only way to stop this.
Well, good mid-range acceleration is nice to have. It makes a car feel responsive. Although even that's not important for someone who does nearly all their driving in the city. Then I agree. You just want a car that's pleasant to be inside.
It's not so much about watching them as having them. Geeks like to collect things. They'll watch them at some point but that's more by way of justifying the purchase.
I'll agree that that's still illogical behaviour...
Hey, I have hundreds of gigs of pirated media. I'm not criticising the ethics. Just pointing out that if you do have a business that exists solely because people are using it to break the law then don't expect it to last.
Oh come on! The Pirate Bay knew that most of the stuff was infringing copyright, and even if they weren't aware of it should have been after receiving legal demands to remove access to the material.
Rapidshare actually made some effort to prevent distribution.
Well, yes. But there's only so much you can do. No provider can be 100% certain none of the material is breaching copyright. I think it comes down to what measures they take to avoid this, amongst others.
Possibly, but The Guardian staff knows what they're doing (presumably). Assange can be a hero or a villian depending on how the media likes to portray him. The leaked cables were juicy gossip but aren't so interesting any more. Assange on the otherhand has inflated sense of self importance, and so makes himself an ideal target for the media. At least that's my reading.
Perhaps they might miss a scoop later, but there might not be others. A bird in the hand...
He asked for a feature to be enabled, knowing that this enabled an exploit, without their knowledge. So, he abused a trust in order to gain an advantage.
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Don't have details, but I'm pretty certain last time I looked, most of the other mobile pohone companies had the same cap.
In the UK, you'd be entitled to dispute the credit rating. Also a single issue isn't going to affect your credit score that much.
This is T-Mobile UK. Like the rest of Europe we do have consumer protection laws. But actually taking advantage of them will require you to complain, and go through the tedious process, and even the informal complaints processes are rarely worth the effort.
Well, yes. although I will point out this is Canadian law which is a little less insane.
I wouldn't rely on NASA press releases too much either. They're pop-science as well, apparently from NASA's huge PR wing.
I was tempted to go with T-Mobile because the 3GB cap is better than their rivals. Good enough to compensate for the fairly poor coverage.
They'v got rid of their only seling point.
if the shipping companies upgun and start refusing to pay ransoms,
But the only reason the crews are willing to take the risk is because they know they have ransom insurance.
Remember, if they get too violent, they'll piss off somebody like the USA and we'll add a third country to our occupation list.
Actually I think this would benefit all involved, including the pirates - it would give them the opportunity to switch to a legitimate occupation.
Your reason for respecting your sysadmin should be that he or she is a compatent capable individual who keeps the network running.
It should not be that if you don't, then you lose control of your network.
I suppose limiting it to distribution of source based on distribution of the actual product made sense in the days when distributing source could have mean physical media.
I've always assumed it was more analagous to buying a physical device. So if you buy a device you have acces to the components (you need to take it apart but typically it's as easy to understand the operation of a sewing machine as a piece of source code). If you don't buy (or otherwise legally acquire) a sewing machine then you don't have any right to see how it works.
Yes. That's pretty accurate. It does appears that this company isn't providing source to the purchasers.
It may be that they in fact are. Or they may hold the copyright to all the code within the product. It just doesn't look like it.
Article about ostrich farming. Quite a bit of actual data there.
Strange that it isn't more populr than beef consiering similar flavour, lack of "ick" factor and aparent superiority of ostrich in so many respects but article also speculates on reasons for that.
Capitulation is cheap. And the shipping companies are running a commercial enterprise.
The could simply skirt around the troubled waters but that would cost more. Arming ships - even if the legal issues were resolved - would lead to an arms race that could cost the shipping companies more than the ransoms.
The root cause is lack of government in Somalia.
Not having guns is just an exacerbating factor.
So why is this only a problem around Somalia?
Could it be a complete lack of government control to prevent Somalians from becoming pirates? Could the fact that a lack of government means that those who do try to follow some moral code get screwed over by those who don't? When you have a bunch of foreigners dumping rubbish and overfishing in Somalian waters preventing the locals from operating a legal business, what do you expect them to do? Follow some moral code that the rest of humanity are apparently ignoring?
Just because that one guy does this to get rich doesn't mean all of them do. What do you expect a Somalian to do when there's absolutely no legal opportunities available?
Sort out the political situation in Somalia, get a stable government established there, and prevent pirates *and other criminals* from operating. It's easier said than done but it's the only way to stop this.
Well, good mid-range acceleration is nice to have. It makes a car feel responsive. Although even that's not important for someone who does nearly all their driving in the city. Then I agree. You just want a car that's pleasant to be inside.
It's not so much about watching them as having them. Geeks like to collect things. They'll watch them at some point but that's more by way of justifying the purchase.
I'll agree that that's still illogical behaviour...
I will agree it is a little odd to gamble. I'm just assuming they know their business better than I do.
It is generally considered one of the more reputable newspapers, and not given to sensationalism or picking fights so not really their MO.
Or more to the point, made a business of finding files for people to pirate.
Hey, I have hundreds of gigs of pirated media. I'm not criticising the ethics. Just pointing out that if you do have a business that exists solely because people are using it to break the law then don't expect it to last.
They weren't found guilty of hosting. They were found guilty of assisting copyright infringement.
Given that I used TPB for most of my vopyright infringement at one point, I can certainly agree, they assisted me greatly.
Oh come on! The Pirate Bay knew that most of the stuff was infringing copyright, and even if they weren't aware of it should have been after receiving legal demands to remove access to the material.
Rapidshare actually made some effort to prevent distribution.
Well, yes. But there's only so much you can do. No provider can be 100% certain none of the material is breaching copyright. I think it comes down to what measures they take to avoid this, amongst others.
Possibly, but The Guardian staff knows what they're doing (presumably). Assange can be a hero or a villian depending on how the media likes to portray him. The leaked cables were juicy gossip but aren't so interesting any more. Assange on the otherhand has inflated sense of self importance, and so makes himself an ideal target for the media. At least that's my reading.
Perhaps they might miss a scoop later, but there might not be others. A bird in the hand...
This complicates things a lot.
He asked for a feature to be enabled, knowing that this enabled an exploit, without their knowledge. So, he abused a trust in order to gain an advantage.
I can see a case for this being fraud.
Won't always be the case. A touch screen is pretty simple device that can be manufactured as a single component. A keyboard has lots of fiddly parts.