Saying "no" to the customer is not normally what's called for. Instead, your team must clearly state the total cost of any proposed change. Factoring maintainable quality into cost estimates is an art that an organization must learn if it wants to get asked to do another job after the money for this one runs out (project drift leads to no results leads to unhappy customers, as you well know). When the customer responds with "Well, isn't just as simple as changing X into Y?" then that's when you get to say "no."
On the topic of underage smoking, I think the author has missed the effect that smoking has on the very judgment that is considered inadequate before a person turns 18. Because of addiction effects, having chosen and been allowed to smoke as a child permanently inhibits the ability to apply reasoned arguments to the choice to continue smoking even after the age of 18.
When I try to access the third page of the article, labeled CONTINUED: "Net Neutrality" debate, the server says Page not found. Is Comcast (or MSNBC's carrier) somehow interfering here, too, just to keep me from reading about the debate?
If you can keep up the pace, you can drive by car between any 2 points in the continental US in 72 hours: 60mph * 72h = 4320 miles. If you've got an emergency, you're better off driving, no matter how far.
In one sense, yes, MS's success ensured that lots of people were out there connecting to the Internet. But in a more important sense, no, MS was not key to making data indexable or searchable. HTTP's success ensures enough data can be indexed by a spider to make it worthwhile; HTML's success ensures enough people can access a web-based search engine, regardless of desktop platform. The only thing MS brings to this party is masses of underserved users, yearning to breathe searchable data.
how religious-based communities and other 'subcultures' can use the patent-pending process to prevent their members from viewing undesirable television programs
And here I was hoping to see how a church could enlist the help of the USPTO by submitting a carefully crafted patent that, by its nature, made it illegal for church members to watch the undesirable shows.
Another reason to take to heart the adage that a person who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client: it just makes it easier for the big guys to make bad self-serving case law.
It's ironic that they would choose this movie to highlight such an effect. As a cartoon watcher in the 1970s, I noticed that Speed Racer was one of the few that would on occasion actually use out-of-focus backgrounds in some scenes.
...leaving a copy of this warrant and receipt for the person or property taken...
I wonder how they did that. Surely just dropping a PDF in with the CIPAV software would be considered contempt (about as legal as burying a physical search warrant in the backyard). Waiting for the 60 day gathering period to expire seems too long, but sending notice and receipt for each day's take would make the whole thing a waste of time.
Estimated sales are difficult to come up with; even actual sales can be obscured through various accounting mechanisms (e.g. movies never have profits so "percentage of the profits" is a loser's share). Perhaps a better approach would be a simple fee, say US$10, that increases by a set percentage, say 20%, each year after the 14 year standard period. By the 95th year after release, a corporation would be paying US$26 million per year to keep the property in action.
Money's got to go somewhere, though. Maybe set up a foundation (or fund an arm of the LOC) dedicated to archiving and making freely available the originals after the copyright expires.
The only reason for the execs to be angry is if they signed a contract with him thinking incorrectly that it guaranteed they could invest heavily in promoting the album and get the return on that investment through album sales. Having the album given away cuts into that revenue. If it was a violation of the contract, there'd by a lawsuit. Since there isn't, they must've made a mistake. And I know all too well how angry I get at everyone else when I make a mistake.
Expect to see changes in future contracts with all artists to close this loophole.
As with anything else, property rights on Mars will go to those with the ability to enforce them. International "nobody owns this place" treaties like those governing Antarctica and the Moon are only useful as long as those places have nothing of value. In the end, if a region is worth occupying, only those with the weapons needed to keep others out will really "own" the land.
Just another category of imbalanced trade for the current account weenies in the Treasury Department. The only thing I want to know is, if you look on the back of the gold coin after you buy it from the online retailer, does it say Made in China?
The stated worst case scenario is that the ISS will need to be evacuated, but if the remaining gyros are being overwhelmed, might the station enter an unrecoverable spin state before the problem is resolved?
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It's a good thing they didn't have to use anions: Super Charge Anion Battery just might not make as good an acronym.
The effect? I'll tell you what the effect is, it's pissing me off!
Saying "no" to the customer is not normally what's called for. Instead, your team must clearly state the total cost of any proposed change. Factoring maintainable quality into cost estimates is an art that an organization must learn if it wants to get asked to do another job after the money for this one runs out (project drift leads to no results leads to unhappy customers, as you well know). When the customer responds with "Well, isn't just as simple as changing X into Y?" then that's when you get to say "no."
On the topic of underage smoking, I think the author has missed the effect that smoking has on the very judgment that is considered inadequate before a person turns 18. Because of addiction effects, having chosen and been allowed to smoke as a child permanently inhibits the ability to apply reasoned arguments to the choice to continue smoking even after the age of 18.
When I try to access the third page of the article, labeled CONTINUED: "Net Neutrality" debate, the server says Page not found. Is Comcast (or MSNBC's carrier) somehow interfering here, too, just to keep me from reading about the debate?
If you can keep up the pace, you can drive by car between any 2 points in the continental US in 72 hours: 60mph * 72h = 4320 miles. If you've got an emergency, you're better off driving, no matter how far.
Why not implement them in Java and call them "javatars"?
In one sense, yes, MS's success ensured that lots of people were out there connecting to the Internet. But in a more important sense, no, MS was not key to making data indexable or searchable. HTTP's success ensures enough data can be indexed by a spider to make it worthwhile; HTML's success ensures enough people can access a web-based search engine, regardless of desktop platform. The only thing MS brings to this party is masses of underserved users, yearning to breathe searchable data.
Crime Office President? I thought that was George W. Bush.
He probably didn't have the international data plan; that's why he left the phones turned off.
And here I was hoping to see how a church could enlist the help of the USPTO by submitting a carefully crafted patent that, by its nature, made it illegal for church members to watch the undesirable shows.
Lighten up, Francis.
Really.
Really.
Really.
OK, those are cheap shots... but it was still a little funny, right?
Another reason to take to heart the adage that a person who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client: it just makes it easier for the big guys to make bad self-serving case law.
It's ironic that they would choose this movie to highlight such an effect. As a cartoon watcher in the 1970s, I noticed that Speed Racer was one of the few that would on occasion actually use out-of-focus backgrounds in some scenes.
From the search warrant:
I wonder how they did that. Surely just dropping a PDF in with the CIPAV software would be considered contempt (about as legal as burying a physical search warrant in the backyard). Waiting for the 60 day gathering period to expire seems too long, but sending notice and receipt for each day's take would make the whole thing a waste of time.Estimated sales are difficult to come up with; even actual sales can be obscured through various accounting mechanisms (e.g. movies never have profits so "percentage of the profits" is a loser's share). Perhaps a better approach would be a simple fee, say US$10, that increases by a set percentage, say 20%, each year after the 14 year standard period. By the 95th year after release, a corporation would be paying US$26 million per year to keep the property in action.
Money's got to go somewhere, though. Maybe set up a foundation (or fund an arm of the LOC) dedicated to archiving and making freely available the originals after the copyright expires.
I can't wait for the video where they drop in a (possibly disassembled) blender from one of their competitors.
The only reason for the execs to be angry is if they signed a contract with him thinking incorrectly that it guaranteed they could invest heavily in promoting the album and get the return on that investment through album sales. Having the album given away cuts into that revenue. If it was a violation of the contract, there'd by a lawsuit. Since there isn't, they must've made a mistake. And I know all too well how angry I get at everyone else when I make a mistake.
Expect to see changes in future contracts with all artists to close this loophole.
As with anything else, property rights on Mars will go to those with the ability to enforce them. International "nobody owns this place" treaties like those governing Antarctica and the Moon are only useful as long as those places have nothing of value. In the end, if a region is worth occupying, only those with the weapons needed to keep others out will really "own" the land.
Just another category of imbalanced trade for the current account weenies in the Treasury Department. The only thing I want to know is, if you look on the back of the gold coin after you buy it from the online retailer, does it say Made in China?
The stated worst case scenario is that the ISS will need to be evacuated, but if the remaining gyros are being overwhelmed, might the station enter an unrecoverable spin state before the problem is resolved?
I'm sure someone's thought of this, but isn't there weight allowance on the Orion for even half an EMU?
When an adult does it, it's "poor judgment;" when a student does it, it's "a potential threat that must be dealt with seriously."
If the desktop metaphor is dead, why is its replacement called the "online desktop"?