In fact SBC recently attempted to do just that. They filed a petition to the FCC for forbearance to title II. Jeff Pulver has covered the issue well in his blog...
Are there also seventh amendment and separation of powers challenges too? Patent invalidity/infringement has always been the province of article 3 courts, and now this bill moves invalidity claims into the realm of the administrative branch.
And, what's up with the elimination of the best mode requirement?
I think all of these proposals would be beneficial except changing for changing to a first to file system. One advantage of a first to invent, is that the true first inventor will receive a patent. A first to file system would likely protect corporations with well established patent departments. I agree with MS that the first to invent system can lead to uncertainty and litigation, but I think this is an acceptable cost.
Not "for all eternity"... Patent grants only last for 20 years. I don't know when the patents involved were granted, but thier IP protection is limited.
I disagree. There are pleanty of people who are more than willing to install the latest peice of junk software(and firefox is actually fantastic software). Just consider how many machines are overloaded with software that users don't even remember installing.
What the mozilla/firefox developers need to do, is to hook up with the marketeers working for spyware or other junkware companies and design a catchy advertisement. Firefox will be on millions of additional computers in no time:)
Don't forget about Stryker! This is the direction the army is moving. It is a light, wheeled tank manufactured by General Dynamics (same company that makes the Abrams).
In the interest of fairness... you left out that Prescott also had ties to the intelligence organizations of the time. There is speculation that his banking arrangements were at least in part a means of keeping track of Germany's finances.
I disagree. I think that the more likely reason for ageing and death had to do with a scarcity of resources, especially food. Parents and grandparents only lived as long as they were needed to see that their children and grandchildren were successful. After that point they simply ate more food than they were worth. So it was advantageous to a family for persons to age and die. But looking at this in today's terms where in most societies food scarcity is not an issue, this outcome is no longer necessary. Additionally, if older persons are able to stay healthy and fit for longer, they will be able to play the role of caretaker for a longer period of time as well.
I don't know, I think a lot of IT people have to deal with all kinds of shit that comes down the pipe:) Also, how many of us have had to spend time in uncomfortable server rooms?
I had the same problem for a while. I had accumulated some five or six boxes of stuff that I moved three times even though I hadn't opened most of them since they were first packed. After the third move I consolidated down to only two boxes. After I got married the stuff was some of the first to go when my wife and I moved in together:) The point is that it's easy to convince yourself that you need things that you really won't miss. (and for all of you that think I'm a complete wimp, in exchange for my boxes she had to donate five bags of old clothes to charity)
Each of the states has a very similar provision. Section 2-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code covers what is know as the Implied Warranty of Fitness For a Specific Purpose. The problem with using this statute is the everyone waive there right to make a claim of liability when they "agree" to Microsoft's license agreement.
It seems to me that this would be far more effective than a soldier's dog tags. It would not only identify a soldier, it would also locate him or her. Though this might not be the best idea, it could get pretty gruesome if enemy forces were aware of a POW's internal beacon.
Rules on public funding often disallow subsidizing non-core services. Most likely the municipality would issue bonds that would be strictly paid back by the revenue from the service. Taxes would only be raised if there is a risk of default.
Additionally, if the network is open to competition (which is often a requirement), there could be an indirect return on investment in the form of lower monthly rates.
Wired had a great article back in november about Computer Sciences Corporation purchase of DynCorp, a company involved in many seemingly military roles. From the article... "DynCorp planes and pilots fly the defoliation missions that are the centerpiece of Plan Colombia. Armed DynCorp employees constitute the core of the police force in Bosnia. DynCorp troops protect Afghan president Hamid Karzai. DynCorp manages the border posts between the US and Mexico, many of the Pentagon's weapons-testing ranges, and the entire Air Force One fleet of presidential planes and helicopters."
I don't understand why it is that when a company enters into a work contract they are not held to the same standards of the employer.
I completely agree you, but believe it or not, its not always easy to get rid of someone. My organization has very strict work rules, so an employee cannot be removed for not adapting. In order to change a non-empty job role, the unit must undergo a tedious process of reorganization.
If a co-worker or subordinate comes to you proclaiming that perl or php will meet the organizations needs just fine for all projects, yet he or she can't even program in c/++/#/java you have to question whether there is a conflict of interest. Is the person simply acting in the interests of self-preservation.
According to the IRS website EFile will be free for about 60% of taxpayers. Strangly these 60% of taxpayers have not yet been identified. Here's the link...IRS Free EFile
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In fact SBC recently attempted to do just that. They filed a petition to the FCC for forbearance to title II. Jeff Pulver has covered the issue well in his blog...
Jeff Pulver's Blog on SBC Forbearance Petition
Given that it is based on a French application form 1989, I would guess that it was inspired by, or perhaps directly related to, the Minitel system.
Are there also seventh amendment and separation of powers challenges too? Patent invalidity/infringement has always been the province of article 3 courts, and now this bill moves invalidity claims into the realm of the administrative branch.
And, what's up with the elimination of the best mode requirement?
I think all of these proposals would be beneficial except changing for changing to a first to file system. One advantage of a first to invent, is that the true first inventor will receive a patent. A first to file system would likely protect corporations with well established patent departments. I agree with MS that the first to invent system can lead to uncertainty and litigation, but I think this is an acceptable cost.
Not "for all eternity"... Patent grants only last for 20 years. I don't know when the patents involved were granted, but thier IP protection is limited.
I disagree. There are pleanty of people who are more than willing to install the latest peice of junk software(and firefox is actually fantastic software). Just consider how many machines are overloaded with software that users don't even remember installing.
:)
What the mozilla/firefox developers need to do, is to hook up with the marketeers working for spyware or other junkware companies and design a catchy advertisement. Firefox will be on millions of additional computers in no time
http://www.metaresearch.org/solar%20system/eph/
(scroll down 3/4 the page) enjoy
Don't forget about Stryker! This is the direction the army is moving. It is a light, wheeled tank manufactured by General Dynamics (same company that makes the Abrams).
manufacture website
some news
The Stryker is at the centre of the transformation of America's military championed by Donald Rumsfeld (Subscription required)
In the interest of fairness... you left out that Prescott also had ties to the intelligence organizations of the time. There is speculation that his banking arrangements were at least in part a means of keeping track of Germany's finances.
I disagree. I think that the more likely reason for ageing and death had to do with a scarcity of resources, especially food. Parents and grandparents only lived as long as they were needed to see that their children and grandchildren were successful. After that point they simply ate more food than they were worth. So it was advantageous to a family for persons to age and die. But looking at this in today's terms where in most societies food scarcity is not an issue, this outcome is no longer necessary. Additionally, if older persons are able to stay healthy and fit for longer, they will be able to play the role of caretaker for a longer period of time as well.
The prize for this should be ownership of hubble. Who ever can fix it, gets it!
I don't know, I think a lot of IT people have to deal with all kinds of shit that comes down the pipe :) Also, how many of us have had to spend time in uncomfortable server rooms?
I had the same problem for a while. I had accumulated some five or six boxes of stuff that I moved three times even though I hadn't opened most of them since they were first packed. After the third move I consolidated down to only two boxes. After I got married the stuff was some of the first to go when my wife and I moved in together :) The point is that it's easy to convince yourself that you need things that you really won't miss. (and for all of you that think I'm a complete wimp, in exchange for my boxes she had to donate five bags of old clothes to charity)
Each of the states has a very similar provision. Section 2-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code covers what is know as the Implied Warranty of Fitness For a Specific Purpose. The problem with using this statute is the everyone waive there right to make a claim of liability when they "agree" to Microsoft's license agreement.
I haven't had the fortune of reading any of Microsoft's licenses, but I would be willing to bet that there is a clause that limits thier liability.
It seems to me that this would be far more effective than a soldier's dog tags. It would not only identify a soldier, it would also locate him or her. Though this might not be the best idea, it could get pretty gruesome if enemy forces were aware of a POW's internal beacon.
Additionally, if the network is open to competition (which is often a requirement), there could be an indirect return on investment in the form of lower monthly rates.
here's a link to a project in Utah that wants to bring fiber to 170,000 households and more than 20,000 businesses.
I don't understand why it is that when a company enters into a work contract they are not held to the same standards of the employer.
I completely agree you, but believe it or not, its not always easy to get rid of someone. My organization has very strict work rules, so an employee cannot be removed for not adapting. In order to change a non-empty job role, the unit must undergo a tedious process of reorganization.
If a co-worker or subordinate comes to you proclaiming that perl or php will meet the organizations needs just fine for all projects, yet he or she can't even program in c/++/#/java you have to question whether there is a conflict of interest. Is the person simply acting in the interests of self-preservation.
According to the IRS website EFile will be free for about 60% of taxpayers. Strangly these 60% of taxpayers have not yet been identified. Here's the link...IRS Free EFile
annual leave?
Does this mean your experience comes from government/military system security?
One would hope that many military systems would have a very high level of secury procedures in place.
Does anyone know if by law or policy whether military systems are reqired to follow any security policies?
And what exactly do you plan to do with the manikins? :)
one word... Bikinis