They could. Spain is quite a large market though - almost 50 million people - and there is absolutely nothing to prevent Spanish retailers from importing from Portugal or France (or any other EU country).
Oh yes. That's why I added the qualification on "luck". The thing is, any ofg the other social networking sites cpould have done exactly the same thing. Zuckerberg was the one who did. At least some of what he did was an educated guess about what people wanted and what would work. His guess was better than that of his rivals. It took skill but there was still an element of luck there.
It's probably closer to guess the number of beans in the jar than a lottery. It requires skill as well as luck.
Corporations are free to merge with many other corporations, while polygamy is still illegal for 'people' in most states.
I can merge with other people to make a corporation.
Corporations are allowed to have business practices such as "cutting off the competitor's air supply" while murder is still illegal for 'people'.
How so?
Corporations are allowed to be dissolved yet Suicide is illegal for 'people' to commit.
Do you consider this to be a bad thing?
Corporations can have 'hostile takeovers' of other weaker corporations, but armed robbery, slavery, and blackmail are all still illegal for other categories of 'people'.
I can perform a hostile takeover of a corporation.
So it seems that even with the ruling, corporations don't have all the rights of people. I can take over a corporation as an individual because it hs no protection from my doing that. I am protected from a corporation performoing a hostile takeover of me.
A publisher publishes a copyrighted work (e.g. a book) in country A. He licences it to local publisher in country B. These publishers don't want to be competing with each other so they have an exclusive licence to distribute in those countries. Copyright law is written with this sort of arrangement in mind and to prevent an end run around it (for example a publisher selling to their own distributor and then selling on in the other country) so supports exclusive rights to a work in a specific country. This prevents effective circumvention of copyright by exporters.
The trouble is, this is used to support price segmentation. I have no idea whether this is the intent, but it's certainly how it's used. By making their watches a copyrighted work, they can legitimately prevent import. To most people this feels a bit bizarre. It is bizarre, and seems unfair but according to the letter of the law, it's a correct ruling.
However, the interpretation in the blogosphere is incorrect! It is not about where they were manufactured. it's where the first sale occurred, and whether that first sale included permission for bulk imports to the US. If the copyright holder granted permission for sale in the US, then the right of first sale applies t o subsequent purchasers.
It is a little annoying that anyone successful is portrayed as being an all round genius. He had the right combination of tech savvy, business acument and being in the right place at the right time-ness (you might call this "luck", but luck is an underrated skill) to have come up with a killer app.
Other people came up with more or less the same idea at about the same time and might have been successful were it not for various minor factors that made facebook succeed when others failed.
Anything starting with a 6 uses the same basic technology. They may have features disabled and/or use a different number of pipelines but the various parts are extremely similar. The second digit is a sub-version number and indicates which of these variants apply, and the third digit is a per-sub-version speed classification.
It may not relate directly to speed, but it does give a better indication of whether a given chip will have certain features. Speed is somewhat application dependent, and so it's possible that a slightly faster chip from a different family will be slower in some cases.
"Jobsworth"? It's a common British term for an official who follows a daft rule because it's "more than his job's worth" not to. Generally it's only used against those who do so with relish and just use that as an excuse, so it seems to fit.
Lots of films without special effects are pretty awe inspiring.
The three decent Indiana Jones movies and just abut every James Bond movie generally have a lot of exciting action scenes without heavy use of special effect - just some old school stunt work. I've not seen it on the big screen, but I hear Ben Hur's chariot race is pretty impressive too.
Special effects are a tool. Unless a film is literally a special effects showcase, movie makers should rely on traditional cinematography and simply use the special effects to get those shots that can't be done with a camera.
Anon aren't all that tech savvy. They're competent as end users don't have any remotely detailed networking knowledge. nmap requires at least some knowledge and configuration. A javascript version of LOIC can be run simply by visiting the web page. This requires zero configuration, not even a download nad can be run from just about anywhere. You can then just post a link on facebook and tell all your friends to punish Mastercard by clicking on the link.
I dare say a competent lawyer could get you off. There isn't a law that specifically covers this, although there are others laws related to telecoms or public nuisance that could apply. Actual damage done by any individual is small. Possibly too small to actually be prosecutable. This is the sort of subtlety that lawyers are paid a lot of money to argue over.
Of course there's the real problem. Competent lawyers aren't cheap.
Honestly, I think the word should be abolished. Everybody simply wants it to mean "bad guys", which then fails becuase no matter how bad they were, Hitler and Stalin can't be referred to as terrorists, whearas most practical definitions would include the French Resistance, and possibly even the suffragettes.
One example, of course, is the Pentium FDIV failure. That was a hardware failure, "programmed" into the CPU by Intel's experts in solid-state hardware design. There wasn't a whole lot that any software developer could do to defend against that failure.
Interesting point I wonder if race conditions could be categorised as a computer getting it wrong as well. It's ultimately the programmer's fault but it can certainly be affected quirks of hardware. I've had issues with them that occurred on a fast multi-core machine but not on a Pentium 4.
This told us a lot about the way such things are done. Since I left academia and worked in what passes for the Real World, I've found that this is a nearly universal attitude. Faster and cheaper is always preferable to correct.
Most of the time this is quite correct. I don't care that road navigation software doesn't solve the travelling salesman problem as long as it does get close to the best route most of the time.
It's short for mathematics. This is standard British English. Given that this is a British writer writing in a British magazine, I think you should forgive that one.
Burma uses its own historical set of measurements in addition to a mishmash of metric and imperial, but Britain has a similar mishmash. The Wikipedia page isn't clear on which of these are typically used in industry.
There is a certain difference. An html A href tag is formatted specifically for a computer to follow the link. This might be enough to push it into the context of a "device".
I still don't think this makles it "publishing" for what it's worth.
It does. But you actually have to prove fraud, and it's extremely difficult. Can you prove beyond reasonable doubt that they didn't know they weren't authorised, and that they claimed to be purely for their own enrichment rather than for the benefit of their client?
Perhaps but there's a decent overlap between Slashdot users and gamers. Even if they're a minority, it's by no means a small minority. There are millions of gamers who want to play single player games.
Come to think of it, there's no good reason for international charges. Calling Aberdeen from Cornwall is not an international call. Unless there's already some agreememnt between France and Belgium, calling Brussels from Dunkirk is an international call and that's somewhere around a quarter of the distance.
Seems sensible to me. Helping the American economy is not a zero sum game is it? And a regular fairly predictable income is a lot more useful for a charity than a single lump sum. It allows them to plan ahead.
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They could. Spain is quite a large market though - almost 50 million people - and there is absolutely nothing to prevent Spanish retailers from importing from Portugal or France (or any other EU country).
Oh yes. That's why I added the qualification on "luck". The thing is, any ofg the other social networking sites cpould have done exactly the same thing. Zuckerberg was the one who did. At least some of what he did was an educated guess about what people wanted and what would work. His guess was better than that of his rivals. It took skill but there was still an element of luck there.
It's probably closer to guess the number of beans in the jar than a lottery. It requires skill as well as luck.
Corporations are free to merge with many other corporations, while polygamy is still illegal for 'people' in most states.
I can merge with other people to make a corporation.
Corporations are allowed to have business practices such as "cutting off the competitor's air supply" while murder is still illegal for 'people'.
How so?
Corporations are allowed to be dissolved yet Suicide is illegal for 'people' to commit.
Do you consider this to be a bad thing?
Corporations can have 'hostile takeovers' of other weaker corporations, but armed robbery, slavery, and blackmail are all still illegal for other categories of 'people'.
I can perform a hostile takeover of a corporation.
So it seems that even with the ruling, corporations don't have all the rights of people. I can take over a corporation as an individual because it hs no protection from my doing that. I am protected from a corporation performoing a hostile takeover of me.
It's bad law rather than a bad ruling.
A publisher publishes a copyrighted work (e.g. a book) in country A. He licences it to local publisher in country B. These publishers don't want to be competing with each other so they have an exclusive licence to distribute in those countries. Copyright law is written with this sort of arrangement in mind and to prevent an end run around it (for example a publisher selling to their own distributor and then selling on in the other country) so supports exclusive rights to a work in a specific country. This prevents effective circumvention of copyright by exporters.
The trouble is, this is used to support price segmentation. I have no idea whether this is the intent, but it's certainly how it's used. By making their watches a copyrighted work, they can legitimately prevent import. To most people this feels a bit bizarre. It is bizarre, and seems unfair but according to the letter of the law, it's a correct ruling.
However, the interpretation in the blogosphere is incorrect! It is not about where they were manufactured. it's where the first sale occurred, and whether that first sale included permission for bulk imports to the US. If the copyright holder granted permission for sale in the US, then the right of first sale applies t o subsequent purchasers.
Does greece "disappear" people? I never realised.
It is a little annoying that anyone successful is portrayed as being an all round genius. He had the right combination of tech savvy, business acument and being in the right place at the right time-ness (you might call this "luck", but luck is an underrated skill) to have come up with a killer app.
Other people came up with more or less the same idea at about the same time and might have been successful were it not for various minor factors that made facebook succeed when others failed.
It does make sense.
Anything starting with a 6 uses the same basic technology. They may have features disabled and/or use a different number of pipelines but the various parts are extremely similar. The second digit is a sub-version number and indicates which of these variants apply, and the third digit is a per-sub-version speed classification.
It may not relate directly to speed, but it does give a better indication of whether a given chip will have certain features. Speed is somewhat application dependent, and so it's possible that a slightly faster chip from a different family will be slower in some cases.
The strict definition provided by the OED doesn't. Generally as used, it does imply being an asshole about it.
Another possible term is "little hitler", although that's more of a bullying "you will respect my authoritae" type attitude from a minor official.
"Jobsworth"? It's a common British term for an official who follows a daft rule because it's "more than his job's worth" not to. Generally it's only used against those who do so with relish and just use that as an excuse, so it seems to fit.
Lots of films without special effects are pretty awe inspiring.
The three decent Indiana Jones movies and just abut every James Bond movie generally have a lot of exciting action scenes without heavy use of special effect - just some old school stunt work. I've not seen it on the big screen, but I hear Ben Hur's chariot race is pretty impressive too.
Special effects are a tool. Unless a film is literally a special effects showcase, movie makers should rely on traditional cinematography and simply use the special effects to get those shots that can't be done with a camera.
Anon aren't all that tech savvy. They're competent as end users don't have any remotely detailed networking knowledge. nmap requires at least some knowledge and configuration. A javascript version of LOIC can be run simply by visiting the web page. This requires zero configuration, not even a download nad can be run from just about anywhere. You can then just post a link on facebook and tell all your friends to punish Mastercard by clicking on the link.
Next will be Tic-Tac-Tow
Well, they took a few liberties with the game, but there's already been a movie about it.
I dare say a competent lawyer could get you off. There isn't a law that specifically covers this, although there are others laws related to telecoms or public nuisance that could apply. Actual damage done by any individual is small. Possibly too small to actually be prosecutable. This is the sort of subtlety that lawyers are paid a lot of money to argue over.
Of course there's the real problem. Competent lawyers aren't cheap.
Seems the workaround is to assign another number to the fax. Just tell those that mneed to send a fax what the new number is.
Honestly, I think the word should be abolished. Everybody simply wants it to mean "bad guys", which then fails becuase no matter how bad they were, Hitler and Stalin can't be referred to as terrorists, whearas most practical definitions would include the French Resistance, and possibly even the suffragettes.
One example, of course, is the Pentium FDIV failure. That was a hardware failure, "programmed" into the CPU by Intel's experts in solid-state hardware design. There wasn't a whole lot that any software developer could do to defend against that failure.
Interesting point I wonder if race conditions could be categorised as a computer getting it wrong as well. It's ultimately the programmer's fault but it can certainly be affected quirks of hardware. I've had issues with them that occurred on a fast multi-core machine but not on a Pentium 4.
This told us a lot about the way such things are done. Since I left academia and worked in what passes for the Real World, I've found that this is a nearly universal attitude. Faster and cheaper is always preferable to correct.
Most of the time this is quite correct. I don't care that road navigation software doesn't solve the travelling salesman problem as long as it does get close to the best route most of the time.
like the word 'maths' when he really means 'math'
It's short for mathematics. This is standard British English. Given that this is a British writer writing in a British magazine, I think you should forgive that one.
Burma uses its own historical set of measurements in addition to a mishmash of metric and imperial, but Britain has a similar mishmash. The Wikipedia page isn't clear on which of these are typically used in industry.
There is a certain difference. An html A href tag is formatted specifically for a computer to follow the link. This might be enough to push it into the context of a "device".
I still don't think this makles it "publishing" for what it's worth.
The UK does have a loser pays system. So it should cost nothing to defend successfully.
It does. But you actually have to prove fraud, and it's extremely difficult. Can you prove beyond reasonable doubt that they didn't know they weren't authorised, and that they claimed to be purely for their own enrichment rather than for the benefit of their client?
I asked. He refused to answer unless I paid him several hundred dollars.
Perhaps but there's a decent overlap between Slashdot users and gamers. Even if they're a minority, it's by no means a small minority. There are millions of gamers who want to play single player games.
Come to think of it, there's no good reason for international charges. Calling Aberdeen from Cornwall is not an international call. Unless there's already some agreememnt between France and Belgium, calling Brussels from Dunkirk is an international call and that's somewhere around a quarter of the distance.
Seems sensible to me. Helping the American economy is not a zero sum game is it? And a regular fairly predictable income is a lot more useful for a charity than a single lump sum. It allows them to plan ahead.