The complaint du jour (at least on Slashdot) is Obama's 'flop' on FISA. What people don't care to remember is his attempt to vote the telecom immunity out of existence. With the expectations on him following everything he says to the exacting letter like someone with OCD, the vote to amend FISA was a let-down, despite the overwhelming support in the Senate from Republicans preventing any hope of a filibuster. He had a choice between easy and sticky Republican accusations of "soft on terror" and "won't work across the aisle" by voting against a bill doomed to pass, and letting the Republicans have their day this time and siccing his AG on it (legal challenge, or amicus curiae for the ACLU) if inaugurated.
I hope the ACLU gets a thorough hearing on FISA, and it gets improved or struck down in judicial review. But as history demonstrates, the Bush DoJ will probably nix it with a "state secrets" claim.
Okay, how's this: Palin is a strict young-earth creationist. When asked why she believes this despite the fact that her father was a science teacher, she said, "We don't have to agree on everything."
I think the entire concept of judging people, particularly women, on the basis of appearance is precisely why someone as dangerous as Sarah Palin has been making headlines.
Oh, sure, it's hardwired in us-- there are traits that physically induce positive feelings in humans, especially males (don't think for a second that she was selected for the smart woman vote). But the best way to assess a person is by character, not by appearance. Obama doesn't fare too well in this regard, but he's a saint compared to McCain or Palin, when their track records are compared.
In other words, because the labels, not the artists took the rights to copy, distribute, and broadcast from the artists, "there is no legal foundation" for protest.
I would think that the artists have some say in what manner their works are used, but that would probably be anti-business of me. Next thing you know, it'll be sedition to speak against the companies.
Depends on how Chrome's drawing its glyphs. If it's using a custom function that doesn't translate well into wine, I wouldn't be surprised if the letters look like the neighbor's dog snacked on them.
If Chromium picks up interest among the Linux or BSD crowd, you can expect them to use cairo or freetype. I hope cairo, but that's just the K. Packard fanboy in me.
Google's vision isn't truly understood by everyone, IMHO That includes a lot of OSS advocates and developers, and that's probably what may keep the OSS community from giving Chrome a fair run-down. They were already concerned because Google is the de facto leader in search and advertising, and the EULA screw-up really gave privacy advocates something to scream about. Never mind that Google harvests data every time you search for something using its engine, or when you post stuff to Blogger, etc.
You could remind those that still think Google == Microsoft that they could get the Chromium source and build something better, or that Google's aim isn't to dominate the browser market until you're blue in the face. They'll still believe that Google == Microsoft, because they don't want to touch, let alone tinker with Chromium, and they want to believe that Chrome is a threat to Firefox/Safari/Opera. The oft-misquoted "don't be evil" motto simply gave the paranoid something to doubt.
Of course, we'll be thanking those of us who were paranoid, should Google become the next evil Microsoft.
Well, the diesel locomotive design would be much more substantial than the Prius' drivetrain, because you would need a lot more electrical storage-- i.e. batteries or supercapacitors.
Honda said they made a better diesel, which was just introduced IIRC in the Acura line for the US market.
Thank you! Finally, some common sense in a forum full of people who are quick to blame others without asking for a moment whether their own driving is suspect, or to assume some good faith in other drivers.
Generally the person braking ahead of you isn't trying to keep you from getting to work on time, and sometimes a person who slashes through the space ahead of you really needs to get someplace quick and ran out of time. Assuming that other drivers are getting in your way is a one-way path to road rage.
When did the Department of Justice become the lap-dogs of the media cartels? What the hell does an FDA official have to do with copyright? Why does the bill allow language accommodating the abusive unitary executive theory still championed by this administration? Why tell the AG to prioritize criminal and commercial infringement (i.e. actual piracy), but still give him the ability to litigate civil suits on the cartels' behalf? Do they think he doesn't have enough shit to do?
Welcome to Fascist America, we just got finished making a mini-Gestapo. Enjoy your stay, and if you carry any copyrighted content, we're going to sue the pants off of you.
Regardless of whether it's race, gender, or jersey design, value judgments based on trivialities is often a very bad idea, but for some reason, very hard to separate from ourselves.
If you think oil is the sole reason we've marched into the Middle East, you don't understand the agenda of people like Dick Cheney.
Oil is the icing. The cake is building nations that are loyal to us. The so-called "conservatives" who led us into Iraq thought they were making another 1950s Japan or 1960s South Korea. The fact that they failed spectacularly in Vietnam and Iran doesn't enter their minds.
All these clowns had to do to convince Bush was telling him that this nation-building would spread democracy and Christian values in places hostile to the US. After that, he became Cheney's willing patsy, and after 5 years of mismanagement, escalation, and violence, he still doesn't understand the parallels between Iraq and Vietnam.
All the fusion reactors in the world will not change the agenda for power-hungry megalomaniacs like these; they will still try to march into hostile regimes and take their countries by force, under the guise of national security.
Was Symantec's complaint that Microsoft didn't let them see the kernel (or something like that, haven't had caffeine yet) legit, or were they looking for an excuse to run kernel-level software that wasn't necessary?
If they really needed the kernel to run anti-virus, that may explain any delays or instabilities.
Notwithstanding Rowling's public statements of her intention to publish her own encyclopedia, the market for reference guides to the Harry Potter works is not exclusively hers to exploit or license, no matter the commercial success attributable to the popularity of the original works.
Looks like the good judge hit the plaintiff's most potentially chilling argument.
Also, from the defense counsel:
Hammer, who represented RDR Books, said the decision was thoughtful and well crafted. "I'm sorry about the result, that the lexicon was not found to be sufficiently transformative," Hammer said. "But I am happy the judge endorsed the genre of reference works and companion books as valuable and important and that authors don't have an automatic right to control what's written about their works."
Given the adversarial system used by US courts, this speaks a lot about the ruling.
I'm reading PJ's analysis of the ruling right now.
I don't know how "fair-use-unfriendly" 2nd Circuit case law is, but painting this ruling as such might be stretching it. I do agree that publishers will be far more paranoid, as both Rowlings and Time Warner are very powerful in the fantasy literature business.
When did nVidia know that the G84 and G86 lines were defective? Was it before they green-lighted the chips for use in the OEM notebooks, or was it after months of investigating customers' and partners' complaints about dying video hardware?
Regardless of the answer, the fact that they tried to cover it up will not look good in court.
Hope Apple puts fan controls in the Boot Camp software (not likely, but a guy can dream).
Serious question to elucidate those who are misinformed (including myself): What effect does the Industrial Revolution and the subsequent history's use of fossil fuels have on carbon dating?
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No one's going to argue about the validity of Vulcan logic.
Not to mention their ability to force a full confession...
Cue the commenters still aching over Obama's FISA votes.
How's this: Vote the guy in, but if he doesn't grill Bush, Cheney et al. to a flaming crisp, we get to barbecue Obama. Deal?
No, but she does believe that she's been sent by God to distract the Democrats enough to steal votes from them.
The complaint du jour (at least on Slashdot) is Obama's 'flop' on FISA. What people don't care to remember is his attempt to vote the telecom immunity out of existence. With the expectations on him following everything he says to the exacting letter like someone with OCD, the vote to amend FISA was a let-down, despite the overwhelming support in the Senate from Republicans preventing any hope of a filibuster. He had a choice between easy and sticky Republican accusations of "soft on terror" and "won't work across the aisle" by voting against a bill doomed to pass, and letting the Republicans have their day this time and siccing his AG on it (legal challenge, or amicus curiae for the ACLU) if inaugurated.
I hope the ACLU gets a thorough hearing on FISA, and it gets improved or struck down in judicial review. But as history demonstrates, the Bush DoJ will probably nix it with a "state secrets" claim.
Okay, how's this: Palin is a strict young-earth creationist. When asked why she believes this despite the fact that her father was a science teacher, she said, "We don't have to agree on everything."
I think the entire concept of judging people, particularly women, on the basis of appearance is precisely why someone as dangerous as Sarah Palin has been making headlines.
Oh, sure, it's hardwired in us-- there are traits that physically induce positive feelings in humans, especially males (don't think for a second that she was selected for the smart woman vote). But the best way to assess a person is by character, not by appearance. Obama doesn't fare too well in this regard, but he's a saint compared to McCain or Palin, when their track records are compared.
In other words, because the labels, not the artists took the rights to copy, distribute, and broadcast from the artists, "there is no legal foundation" for protest.
I would think that the artists have some say in what manner their works are used, but that would probably be anti-business of me. Next thing you know, it'll be sedition to speak against the companies.
Depends on how Chrome's drawing its glyphs. If it's using a custom function that doesn't translate well into wine, I wouldn't be surprised if the letters look like the neighbor's dog snacked on them.
If Chromium picks up interest among the Linux or BSD crowd, you can expect them to use cairo or freetype. I hope cairo, but that's just the K. Packard fanboy in me.
Google's vision isn't truly understood by everyone, IMHO
That includes a lot of OSS advocates and developers, and that's probably what may keep the OSS community from giving Chrome a fair run-down. They were already concerned because Google is the de facto leader in search and advertising, and the EULA screw-up really gave privacy advocates something to scream about. Never mind that Google harvests data every time you search for something using its engine, or when you post stuff to Blogger, etc.
You could remind those that still think Google == Microsoft that they could get the Chromium source and build something better, or that Google's aim isn't to dominate the browser market until you're blue in the face. They'll still believe that Google == Microsoft, because they don't want to touch, let alone tinker with Chromium, and they want to believe that Chrome is a threat to Firefox/Safari/Opera. The oft-misquoted "don't be evil" motto simply gave the paranoid something to doubt.
Of course, we'll be thanking those of us who were paranoid, should Google become the next evil Microsoft.
Well, the diesel locomotive design would be much more substantial than the Prius' drivetrain, because you would need a lot more electrical storage-- i.e. batteries or supercapacitors.
Honda said they made a better diesel, which was just introduced IIRC in the Acura line for the US market.
The thing is, you're assuming that diesel and gas prices aren't linked, but in general, diesel invariably stays at ~1.3* times the price of gas.
* I made that number up, but I generally see diesel riding at a certain percentage higher than gas.
Thank you! Finally, some common sense in a forum full of people who are quick to blame others without asking for a moment whether their own driving is suspect, or to assume some good faith in other drivers.
Generally the person braking ahead of you isn't trying to keep you from getting to work on time, and sometimes a person who slashes through the space ahead of you really needs to get someplace quick and ran out of time. Assuming that other drivers are getting in your way is a one-way path to road rage.
When did the Department of Justice become the lap-dogs of the media cartels?
What the hell does an FDA official have to do with copyright?
Why does the bill allow language accommodating the abusive unitary executive theory still championed by this administration?
Why tell the AG to prioritize criminal and commercial infringement (i.e. actual piracy), but still give him the ability to litigate civil suits on the cartels' behalf? Do they think he doesn't have enough shit to do?
Welcome to Fascist America, we just got finished making a mini-Gestapo. Enjoy your stay, and if you carry any copyrighted content, we're going to sue the pants off of you.
I get the feeling that the cellular company will sic the FCC on you for communications fraud (or something silly like that).
Even better when you account for inflation (which a telco defender will no doubt do).
Maybe it's a veiled Ask Slashdot?
Regardless of whether it's race, gender, or jersey design, value judgments based on trivialities is often a very bad idea, but for some reason, very hard to separate from ourselves.
If you think oil is the sole reason we've marched into the Middle East, you don't understand the agenda of people like Dick Cheney.
Oil is the icing. The cake is building nations that are loyal to us. The so-called "conservatives" who led us into Iraq thought they were making another 1950s Japan or 1960s South Korea. The fact that they failed spectacularly in Vietnam and Iran doesn't enter their minds.
All these clowns had to do to convince Bush was telling him that this nation-building would spread democracy and Christian values in places hostile to the US. After that, he became Cheney's willing patsy, and after 5 years of mismanagement, escalation, and violence, he still doesn't understand the parallels between Iraq and Vietnam.
All the fusion reactors in the world will not change the agenda for power-hungry megalomaniacs like these; they will still try to march into hostile regimes and take their countries by force, under the guise of national security.
Well, I guess that makes sense, then.
Was Symantec's complaint that Microsoft didn't let them see the kernel (or something like that, haven't had caffeine yet) legit, or were they looking for an excuse to run kernel-level software that wasn't necessary?
If they really needed the kernel to run anti-virus, that may explain any delays or instabilities.
From the ruling:
Looks like the good judge hit the plaintiff's most potentially chilling argument.
Also, from the defense counsel:
Given the adversarial system used by US courts, this speaks a lot about the ruling.
I'm reading PJ's analysis of the ruling right now.
I don't know how "fair-use-unfriendly" 2nd Circuit case law is, but painting this ruling as such might be stretching it. I do agree that publishers will be far more paranoid, as both Rowlings and Time Warner are very powerful in the fantasy literature business.
When did nVidia know that the G84 and G86 lines were defective? Was it before they green-lighted the chips for use in the OEM notebooks, or was it after months of investigating customers' and partners' complaints about dying video hardware?
Regardless of the answer, the fact that they tried to cover it up will not look good in court.
Hope Apple puts fan controls in the Boot Camp software (not likely, but a guy can dream).
Okay, semi-OT, but what's the state of the miniature fuel cells that Japanese companies were demo-ing a few years back?
Serious question to elucidate those who are misinformed (including myself): What effect does the Industrial Revolution and the subsequent history's use of fossil fuels have on carbon dating?