If they grant you special permission to use their logo they dont want you slinging mud. Journalistic laws get around this by allowing you to use it without infiringing, this should be easy to knock down. However, regardless of your obvious inflammatory spin on the situation, which I consider to be bad journalism, you fail to miss that it does not ban bad reviews. It bans bad reviews by people who are given special privelege to use logo's and such. These are two separate issues. This does not effect most of use who post an actual review, it only effects people who review in slanderous or libelous ways. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Paragraph (3) describes the elements which must be present in a notification, including: "A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
Based on eBay's statements, the Church of Scientology has sworn under penalty of perjury that it has an "exclusive right" to copyright on the material that was posted in the auction.
Read a little more closely, it says that 'under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed'
It does not say that they are swearing the exclusive right is valid, only that they have the legal right to act on behalf of the company and notify you of the infringement. That is a pretty noticeable difference. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
They already have Lojack for laptops
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I don't think it is actually provided by Lojack, but they already have system like Lojack for laptops. The antenna for the system is embedded in the motherboard as an integral piece somehow, that way if it is removed the laptop becomes unusable.
I am not sure if they went into production, but the technology *is* out there, so it is probably already patented.
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p.s. the dislike of me-to posts only shows a dislike of finding common concensus. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
A business (any business) is legally required to attempt to make money for it's investors (or risk getting sued).
Just as a comment... this is less likely in a private company, where the people running the business have more autonomy. The situation you are talking about is much more likely in a public company. Basically the point I am trying to make is that maybe the "IPO Madness" has something to do with this environment. Companies are more at the mercy of the public than they would be if they stayed private and built the business from the ground up.
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You may be correct, but it takes all types to make the world go round. Those suits might make it possible to bring open source development to a new level. A level where people who contribute can do it for more than a hobby.
I like the open source model, but I have to feed myself. The current models work best for college students and people working in their free time. There is alot of good development, made mostly by the people who have a real stake. Now you can get a real stake, and if the product does well you will get credit.
These guys may not have the answer, but they are heading down the right path. And in the business market right now, a little hype goes a long way towards making things a reality.
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Lets take a step back, and think about this particular situation. (PSYOPS) guys in newsrooms. These guys jobs in many cases is to find out how news agencies work, for the intention of using that information in other countries.
While I would not like for that to be used against me, or for me to be used as a guinea pig, they need to get training somewhere. It makes pretty good sense for PSYOPS guys to intern at CNN.
This is mostly paranoia, in my opinion.
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What a bunch of open-source self involved rhetoric. Open source and slashdot saving us from the evil empire. My A$$. Get your ducks in a row. It's quite possible that the "Justice Department pols falling all over one another yesterday to get their pusses in front of the TV cameras" set up an environment in which Open Source, Slashdot, and Linux could come to the forefront like it has. I think the reality of this situation is far different than you have seemed to make it. But hey all you slashdotters don't you feel good, Jon Katz said we were important in the fall of Microsoft. You sound like a politician too, Jon. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Maybe a neutron bomb instead of a nuke. That way non-criminal people can move back in (after you sweep up the bodies) From a utilitarian standpoint, this could be a good idea. If the ratio of criminals to non-criminals was very high. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
If any of them are running advertising then they are being damaged monetarily. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
At least you admit you don't know what the hell you are talking about. Somehow I doubt that this one issue is 'the problem' though... otherwise we wouldn't be wasting our time here. We would probably all be working on how to solve this problem.
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Re:Is command line vs. GUI a false dichotomy?
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Windows has the WSH - 'Windows Scripting Host' I have not gotten deep into what it can do, but is like VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) I am pretty sure and it allows this. Just a note... /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
You can get a turntable for your car. I forget who makes it, but they *are* made. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Science does not really find truth. Now that's a philosophical discussion, but it's an important idea to get your head around when you look at studies like this. Every scientist colors their research with their own ideas. Every bit of science has a bit of social phenomena and 'buzz'. If this researcher looks at the data in front of him and said 'People like the Internet and that's ok.' would we be talking about the study right now? /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
I think the point was that TV is still new enough to be controversial. The technologies they mentioned have been proven to surely outweigh any social damamge they could possibly have caused. That can still be debated for TV. It would have diminished the argument to mention TV. /*---------------------------*/ Man? What is man? But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Yes there was a guy that did very similar tests way before this and it was ejector seats. There is a documentary on him, and he went through hell. It was on TV about 4 months ago on Dsicovery or some such channel.
Blood-sucking pond scum? Get a life. NSI provides one of the more reasonably priced services on the internet. Are you pissed because domain registration is one of the few things you can't get for free? There are better things to petition and demand for than a refund of $200 for 4 years of domain name registration. Or is $5 dollars a month too much of a financial burden?
Maybe by claiming such a dumb patnet they get on a lot of news sites, and this get a lot of free press. Bad press in our minds, but many people may say "Wow, really?" and then go check out their site. Just a thought....
In fact they make this claim: "This pioneering patent relates to technology associated with dynamic Web page generation and application serving that we believe is currently employed by numerous Web sites and Web service providers," So they just recieved a patent on technology that they know full well is already in use. prior to their receiving the patent!!
I think that Herman Miller sells a desk which can go from a few inches off the ground to standing very easily. Combine that with a good chair and you have what is probably just as ergonomic of a sytem for a quarter of the price. $6300 bucks is not worth it. You could probably contract someone to build you one of these things for less!
The guy says at the end that there were only trace amounts of plutonium. I get the feeling that 'Working" has erroneously replaced "Scale Model" here. They probably had a model that if scaled up would work. You need a certain MASS of plutonium to get a reaction. So the idea of a small nuclear reactor is somewhat silly. Since you would need at least enough space to hold the 15(?) pounds of plutonium.
Do you realize that in the process of creating said filter, you will have to view tons of the "offending" information in order to make sure it works? Not only that but you would have to read lots of it to discern what distinguishes the material from everything else. Your filter will be counter productive, at least for you.
Everyone seems to be thinking small.... Any scheme that does not provide an individual IP address to a particular computer is going against the basic design of the Internet. A device/ entity/computer/home/remote/fridge with an IP address can do anything you want it to (in regards to Internet activities). The other schemes all have limitations, whether it be outside accesibility or whatever. THINK BIG and don't settle for any solutions that do not provide IP's for anything and everything you want them for. Otherwise, you are starting to mess up the Internet's basic structure. Sure you can point to individual activity and say "That can be done without individual IP allocations, heres how.....", but anything can be done if you have an individual IP allocation.
anyway, my 2c, I'll go have another cup of coffee now.
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If they grant you special permission to use their logo they dont want you slinging mud. Journalistic laws get around this by allowing you to use it without infiringing, this should be easy to knock down.
However, regardless of your obvious inflammatory spin on the situation, which I consider to be bad journalism, you fail to miss that it does not ban bad reviews. It bans bad reviews by people who are given special privelege to use logo's and such.
These are two separate issues. This does not effect most of use who post an actual review, it only effects people who review in slanderous or libelous ways.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Duh! I have a feeling someone will contact the person for verification of the form.
As far as the UK thing, its a good point.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Not so fast, slick.
You have to be legally able to speak for the company that is claiming an infringement, or you get in trouble yourself.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Paragraph (3) describes the elements which must be present in a notification, including: "A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
Based on eBay's statements, the Church of Scientology has sworn under penalty of perjury that it has an "exclusive right" to copyright on the material that was posted in the auction.
Read a little more closely, it says that 'under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed'
It does not say that they are swearing the exclusive right is valid, only that they have the legal right to act on behalf of the company and notify you of the infringement. That is a pretty noticeable difference.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
I don't think it is actually provided by Lojack, but they already have system like Lojack for laptops. The antenna for the system is embedded in the motherboard as an integral piece somehow, that way if it is removed the laptop becomes unusable.
I am not sure if they went into production, but the technology *is* out there, so it is probably already patented.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Exactly.
p.s. the dislike of me-to posts only shows a dislike of finding common concensus.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Just as a comment... this is less likely in a private company, where the people running the business have more autonomy. The situation you are talking about is much more likely in a public company. Basically the point I am trying to make is that maybe the "IPO Madness" has something to do with this environment. Companies are more at the mercy of the public than they would be if they stayed private and built the business from the ground up.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
You may be correct, but it takes all types to make the world go round. Those suits might make it possible to bring open source development to a new level. A level where people who contribute can do it for more than a hobby.
I like the open source model, but I have to feed myself. The current models work best for college students and people working in their free time. There is alot of good development, made mostly by the people who have a real stake. Now you can get a real stake, and if the product does well you will get credit.
These guys may not have the answer, but they are heading down the right path. And in the business market right now, a little hype goes a long way towards making things a reality.
/*---------------------------*/
Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Lets take a step back, and think about this particular situation. (PSYOPS) guys in newsrooms. These guys jobs in many cases is to find out how news agencies work, for the intention of using that information in other countries.
While I would not like for that to be used against me, or for me to be used as a guinea pig, they need to get training somewhere. It makes pretty good sense for PSYOPS guys to intern at CNN.
This is mostly paranoia, in my opinion.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
What a bunch of open-source self involved rhetoric. Open source and slashdot saving us from the evil empire. My A$$.
Get your ducks in a row. It's quite possible that the "Justice Department pols falling all over one another yesterday to get their pusses in front of the TV cameras" set up an environment in which Open Source, Slashdot, and Linux could come to the forefront like it has.
I think the reality of this situation is far different than you have seemed to make it. But hey all you slashdotters don't you feel good, Jon Katz said we were important in the fall of Microsoft. You sound like a politician too, Jon.
/*---------------------------*/
Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Maybe a neutron bomb instead of a nuke. That way non-criminal people can move back in (after you sweep up the bodies) From a utilitarian standpoint, this could be a good idea. If the ratio of criminals to non-criminals was very high.
/*---------------------------*/
Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
If any of them are running advertising then they are being damaged monetarily.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
At least you admit you don't know what the hell you are talking about. Somehow I doubt that this one issue is 'the problem' though... otherwise we wouldn't be wasting our time here. We would probably all be working on how to solve this problem.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Windows has the WSH - 'Windows Scripting Host' I have not gotten deep into what it can do, but is like VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) I am pretty sure and it allows this.
Just a note...
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
You can get a turntable for your car. I forget who makes it, but they *are* made.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Science does not really find truth. Now that's a philosophical discussion, but it's an important idea to get your head around when you look at studies like this. Every scientist colors their research with their own ideas. Every bit of science has a bit of social phenomena and 'buzz'.
If this researcher looks at the data in front of him and said 'People like the Internet and that's ok.' would we be talking about the study right now?
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
I think the point was that TV is still new enough to be controversial. The technologies they mentioned have been proven to surely outweigh any social damamge they could possibly have caused. That can still be debated for TV. It would have diminished the argument to mention TV.
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Man? What is man?
But a collection of chemicals with delusions of granduer.
Yes there was a guy that did very similar tests way before this and it was ejector seats. There is a documentary on him, and he went through hell. It was on TV about 4 months ago on Dsicovery or some such channel.
Blood-sucking pond scum? Get a life. NSI provides one of the more reasonably priced services on the internet. Are you pissed because domain registration is one of the few things you can't get for free? There are better things to petition and demand for than a refund of $200 for 4 years of domain name registration. Or is $5 dollars a month too much of a financial burden?
Maybe by claiming such a dumb patnet they get on a lot of news sites, and this get a lot of free press. Bad press in our minds, but many people may say "Wow, really?" and then go check out their site. Just a thought....
In fact they make this claim: "This pioneering patent relates to technology associated with dynamic Web page generation and application serving that we believe is currently employed by numerous Web sites and Web service providers," So they just recieved a patent on technology that they know full well is already in use. prior to their receiving the patent!!
I think that Herman Miller sells a desk which can go from a few inches off the ground to standing very easily. Combine that with a good chair and you have what is probably just as ergonomic of a sytem for a quarter of the price. $6300 bucks is not worth it. You could probably contract someone to build you one of these things for less!
The guy says at the end that there were only trace amounts of plutonium. I get the feeling that 'Working" has erroneously replaced "Scale Model" here. They probably had a model that if scaled up would work. You need a certain MASS of plutonium to get a reaction. So the idea of a small nuclear reactor is somewhat silly. Since you would need at least enough space to hold the 15(?) pounds of plutonium.
Do you realize that in the process of creating said filter, you will have to view tons of the "offending" information in order to make sure it works? Not only that but you would have to read lots of it to discern what distinguishes the material from everything else. Your filter will be counter productive, at least for you.
Everyone seems to be thinking small.... Any scheme that does not provide an individual IP address to a particular computer is going against the basic design of the Internet. A device/ entity /computer/home/remote/fridge with an IP address can do anything you want it to (in regards to Internet activities). The other schemes all have limitations, whether it be outside accesibility or whatever. THINK BIG and don't settle for any solutions that do not provide IP's for anything and everything you want them for. Otherwise, you are starting to mess up the Internet's basic structure. Sure you can point to individual activity and say "That can be done without individual IP allocations, heres how.....", but anything can be done if you have an individual IP allocation.
anyway, my 2c, I'll go have another cup of coffee now.