But you can Trademark team names and logos and even the players' names. Merchandising rights for names on jerseys and such are delegated to the NFL as part of every players' standard contract. Very, very few cross that line out when they sign.
EA and the NFL basically screwed the Sega/ESPN folks on this one.
And universal healthcare and a big welfare state so that the poor aren't quite so desperate, thus removing one of the motivations for crime in the first place. There is far more than one factor in Sweden's low crime rate.
Or they'd change their modus operandi to home invasion and simply kill everyone before they knew what was going on. When someone gets desperate enough, there's no telling what they will do.
I don't oppose gun ownership (though I do believe in mandatory safety and accuracy training), but simple solutions rarely have only the intended effect. Pervasive gun ownership did nothing to slow down the James brothers, nor does the large number of assault weapons owned by Afghan tribesmen appear to have brought about a peaceful society based on mutual respect.
Um, Microsoft's own CRM program breaks under SP2 as does at least one version of Great Plains Dynamics. There are registry hacks that re-enable the software, but they undo some of the protections provided by SP2.
That said, we'll be going to SP2 where I work when all of the testing is finished, but there are non-game business critical software packages that do break under SP2. I recommend it for home users, but I'm far more hesitant in the business environment, particularly if some custom or very old software is being used.
Particularly since the universal naval signal of "mission accomplished" is to fly a broom from the mast, indicating that you have swept the seas.
On the other hand, you might want to change your sig. Al Qaida named itself well before the FBI investigation you cite and RICO does not require a "named" organization. Both are fantasies of a rabidly anti-US author.
I know I was agreeing with you. I was trying to amplify my point. Certainly our allies are technically capable of either following our lead, or in some cases, pointing us in the right direction to end our petroleum dependence. At that point, the engine that feeds the current fundamentalist terror machine will run dry. They may be angry, but they will also be impotent. That's called winning the war in my book.
Hopefully, it will lead the populations of the Middle East to ask some very tough questions of their ersatz leaders. Right now those questions aren't being pressed nearly as hard as they should, since oil revenue allows people to be bought off.
Correction: Apple had Desk Accessories in Finder 1 in 1984. They were essentially device drivers and wicked as hell to write. I also find Moto's complaints somewhat suspect.
If oil was trading at $0.50 a barrel because it was irrelevant to the world economy then they wouldn't be able to fund very much in the way of terror. I understand that they are engaged in a culture war. I just object to paying for the explosives that are being used to blow me up.
Yep. Just look at the radioactive wasteland that is Harrisburg Pennsylvania. We don't built Cheronobyl-style charcoal grill reactors for power in this country.
I would also note that Islamic Fundamentalism stoked by our dependence on oil has already killed more US citizens than the nuclear power industry.
Except that the early Mercury capsules only carried one, and they flew much higher than SS1 and led directly to an orbital craft. SS1 is essentially a stretch X-15, which was supposed to lead to the Air Force's Dyna-Soar, which was cancelled in favor of a civilian space program.
How little of my money can we get away with the government getting is the right question.
As long as you continue to receive the same level of benefits, of course. Which means the government will be taking more of someone else's money while leaving you yours. Hey. You just summed up someone's "economic recovery" program!
Don't forget that it was a Beautiful Day when you first got it. You were thinking about a Mini, but decided to just Walk On past it. Come to think of it, you would have had it sooner, but UPS won't deliver on Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Still, you take great Pride in owning it.
While atmospheric drag did contribute to Skylab's fall, it a.) took years, and b.) only slightly hastened what an unstable orbit was going to do anyway.
You are going to have to retrofire out of orbit to come back in a reasonable timeframe. To get down to below Mach 4, where SS1's unique design can take over, is going to take a lot of retrofire, which means a big retrorocket, which means a bigger craft to carry it, which means a bigger engine to put it up in the first place, which means a bigger retrorocket to slow down the bigger spacecraft. Lather, rinse, repeat.
As a point of reference, adding one kg to the lunar lander or the command module ended up adding hundreds of kgs to the Saturn V stack. The math in this process is vicious.
I'm not asking that they violate any laws, merely that they file legal protests when they are coerced into violation of their clients businesses, rather than just rolling over. If they aren't allowed to tell their client so much as which court issued the search warrant, then they are the ONLY party that can so act, and therefore it is incumbent upon them to do so. To act otherwise violates most commonly accepted business ethics.
The problem is with the law, not "commonly accepted business ethics." The law (which is horrendous, by the way) states that Rackspace is gagged. Speaking out on it would immediately cause a contempt order, in fact I bet the governments lawyers already have the paperwork drafted to request one.
In the end, you are asking a business to do something that will cost it a lot of money. Businesses do not exist to engage in moral crusades, they exist to make the stockholders happy. Ugly? Yes, but it's also reality.
Scaled still hasn't equalled the Mercury, much less the Vostok program yet. They're about at where NASA/USAF was with the X-15.
Spaceship One has no chance of surviving re-entry at orbital velocities. Tier Two is going to need to be a totally new craft. I'm also betting its body shape will be closer to Buran or the STS than Spaceship One's. You need some bulk to carry the required heat shielding. You can't "feather" your way out of orbit, since there's no atmosphere for the feathers to work on.
That isn't to say that I don't think that Scaled can do it, eventually. I'm just not willing to pee my pants in joy over their relatively minor accomplishments so far.
I would guess that the business that they lose over this incident is worth far less than the complete and total shutdown that a contempt of court order would have brought. Furthermore, Rackspace would then have lost further business as the well-oiled smear machine on the Right painted them as supporting "terrah."
Rackspace is not a political organization. They are vendors. Never, never expect your vendors to stand up to John Law, unless the vendor in question is your lawyer. It just isn't good business.
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EA and the NFL basically screwed the Sega/ESPN folks on this one.
And universal healthcare and a big welfare state so that the poor aren't quite so desperate, thus removing one of the motivations for crime in the first place. There is far more than one factor in Sweden's low crime rate.
I don't oppose gun ownership (though I do believe in mandatory safety and accuracy training), but simple solutions rarely have only the intended effect. Pervasive gun ownership did nothing to slow down the James brothers, nor does the large number of assault weapons owned by Afghan tribesmen appear to have brought about a peaceful society based on mutual respect.
No member of Congress or the President shall be allowed to hire another party to prepare their or their immediate family's Income Tax Returns.
That one line in the Constitution and the entire Internal Revenue Act would suddenly fit on the back of a three by five card.
That said, we'll be going to SP2 where I work when all of the testing is finished, but there are non-game business critical software packages that do break under SP2. I recommend it for home users, but I'm far more hesitant in the business environment, particularly if some custom or very old software is being used.
Which is why I use the superior "Smoke On The Water" ad-blocking system.
Particularly since the universal naval signal of "mission accomplished" is to fly a broom from the mast, indicating that you have swept the seas. On the other hand, you might want to change your sig. Al Qaida named itself well before the FBI investigation you cite and RICO does not require a "named" organization. Both are fantasies of a rabidly anti-US author.
Well, the terrain is similar, as is the air quality...
Hopefully, it will lead the populations of the Middle East to ask some very tough questions of their ersatz leaders. Right now those questions aren't being pressed nearly as hard as they should, since oil revenue allows people to be bought off.
Correction: Apple had Desk Accessories in Finder 1 in 1984. They were essentially device drivers and wicked as hell to write. I also find Moto's complaints somewhat suspect.
I just thought that Mars still had full-service stations, thus proving their civilization is far more advanced than ours.
If oil was trading at $0.50 a barrel because it was irrelevant to the world economy then they wouldn't be able to fund very much in the way of terror. I understand that they are engaged in a culture war. I just object to paying for the explosives that are being used to blow me up.
I would also note that Islamic Fundamentalism stoked by our dependence on oil has already killed more US citizens than the nuclear power industry.
Except that the early Mercury capsules only carried one, and they flew much higher than SS1 and led directly to an orbital craft. SS1 is essentially a stretch X-15, which was supposed to lead to the Air Force's Dyna-Soar, which was cancelled in favor of a civilian space program.
As long as you continue to receive the same level of benefits, of course. Which means the government will be taking more of someone else's money while leaving you yours. Hey. You just summed up someone's "economic recovery" program!
Perhaps the Indian immigrants will punch holes in the center of their Naan to fit in better, eh?
Slept through the impeachment trial did we? Or are you more willing to forgive the excesses of those you agree with?
Like that would ever happen on Slashdot anyway...
Sorry, but I had to follow.
You are going to have to retrofire out of orbit to come back in a reasonable timeframe. To get down to below Mach 4, where SS1's unique design can take over, is going to take a lot of retrofire, which means a big retrorocket, which means a bigger craft to carry it, which means a bigger engine to put it up in the first place, which means a bigger retrorocket to slow down the bigger spacecraft. Lather, rinse, repeat.
As a point of reference, adding one kg to the lunar lander or the command module ended up adding hundreds of kgs to the Saturn V stack. The math in this process is vicious.
In the end, you are asking a business to do something that will cost it a lot of money. Businesses do not exist to engage in moral crusades, they exist to make the stockholders happy. Ugly? Yes, but it's also reality.
Spaceship One has no chance of surviving re-entry at orbital velocities. Tier Two is going to need to be a totally new craft. I'm also betting its body shape will be closer to Buran or the STS than Spaceship One's. You need some bulk to carry the required heat shielding. You can't "feather" your way out of orbit, since there's no atmosphere for the feathers to work on.
That isn't to say that I don't think that Scaled can do it, eventually. I'm just not willing to pee my pants in joy over their relatively minor accomplishments so far.
The folks at Oak Ridge Labs aren't as sure as you are. Still, the previous poster is probably overstating the case a bit.
Nixon. Also an idiot. So far I'm three for three!
Rackspace is not a political organization. They are vendors. Never, never expect your vendors to stand up to John Law, unless the vendor in question is your lawyer. It just isn't good business.