Even though it's a no-no, during my days in the trenches at the now-defunct BMUG helpline I encountered a machine that wouldn't boot when one of it's HD's (this was when Apple was still using SCSI for everything but the Performa) was plugged in. Other machines wouldn't boot up with the drive plugged in either. To get the data off the drive, I started the machine up, plugged the drive in, ran good-old SCSIprobe and mounted it. It worked and I got the data off the disk.
I read the ADS-L Digest daily, it's pretty interesting. Anyhow, here's a post to ADS-L that I haven't seen posted here.
Subject: FW: Google trademark concerns From: Frank Abate Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 06:44:02 -0500
Dear lexos and others:
Paul McFedries gives us (see below) a classic instance of what happens when the growth of the language cuts across someone's proprietary interest.
Of course google is used as a verb. And why not? It only makes sense, it is short, it is fun, it works. And what the Google (TM) lawyer knows, but does not say, is that the company he represents cannot do anything about its use as a verb, legally. They cannot sue, as one cannot claim proprietary rights to a verb. Jesse Sheidlower recently pointed this out to me; apparently it is an explicit part of US law re trademarks.
So the lawyer is really merely trying to get Paul McF to do something that he need not do, but hopes he will be scared into it by having received a letter from a corporate attorney -- enough to get anyone's attention. I'll bet it was sent certified mail with a return receipt requested -- that always impresses (and scares) people.
The bottom line on this is the following:
1. The English language has a verb, google. It is new, but it is in widespread use, and this can be documented.
2. It is perfectly right and legal for dictionaries to cover this new verb, or any new usage for that matter.
3. The company Google apparently has a trademark interest in the use of the term "Google" (whether capital or not), but legally, by statute, can only protect that use as anything other than a verb. So, if someone were to come along and set up a similar service to what Google does and use the word google on that service, then Google could sue to stop that. They could even, conceivably, get a cease-and-desist order from a judge to stop that use instantly, during the waiting period for a trial on the matter. This is within their legal rights as trademark holder, assuming that they have filed for a trademark for the exclusive use of the word commercially.
4. Paul McF -- or any lexicographer or dictionary publisher -- can and should cover the language as they see fit. They should not feel restricted by trademark issues, as regards whether they report on actual, documentable usage. That sort of reporting is the same as what journalists do, and so, in a sense, if not in actual, legal fact, is protected by the First Amendment as a matter of free speech. Reporting on usage is not a violation of another's commercial interests, at least not unless the circumstances are VERY unusual.
5. The best policy to follow in cases like this, as regards how a dictionary should handle these sorts of things, is to report on the usage and have the evidence ready to back up what the entry says. If a term is a trademark item or may be a trademark item, it is good practice to acknowledge this explicitly in the entry, in a note or in the etymology. Having done that, the entry should report on the usage.
6. Finally, it is good practice to put a general note in the front matter of a dictionary (or equivalent place for an e-dict) saying that the mention of "trademark" (or similar words) in any of the entries does not affect the actual legal status of the term, but is merely an acknowledgment that the lexicographers have found in their research that there may be a trademark (or similar) claim with regard to certain terms in the dictionary.
In short, Usage trumps Legality, in this instance, at least.
Credit reports tend to have inaccurate information, see this, a report that found seventy percent of all credit reports contain serious errors, such as false delinquencies, incorrect demographic information, missing account information, or failing to note closed accounts
It actually is happening, some stations in the US carry very little or no original programming. The programming for Radio Disney in San Francisco (and in other markets I assume) is generated by 2 satellite recievers and automation equiptment that inserts local commercials in a room that houses equiptment for several other stations that Disney owns.
Until recently "The Mikey Show," broadcast throughout the country, was instantly edited to make it seem like "Mikey" really was in your market.
Also, having a network of radio repeaters throughout a country broadcasting the exact same programming is common practice. What are BBC Radio 1 and 2? Some NPR stations carry a pretty much straight satellite feed as well.
The question I raise is: Do we really want a station that loses all of its local identity? Playlists don't vary much from station to station now anyway, thanks to rigid formatting by conglomerates such as Clear Channel (see the Salon articles about Clear Channel). Another satellite station would just probably be as bland as the rest of radio now anyways.
My (IBM Deskstar) hd died the week before finals last year. Luckily, I had ordered a free SuSE 7.2 LivEval CD (not sure if it's still offered). StarOffice, as well as Mozilla and Konqueror were all I needed to get my work done (and ftp my files off my comp). My K7V Dragon's onboard LAN and Sound were supported right off the bat, and I didn't have to have the 100mb of swap space on my HD it wanted for it to work well. You can get the ISO from here Thanks, SuSE!
Virtually all modern records are recorded to the RIAA standard and require RIAA equalization. But older records, and not just 78's, were recorded to different characteristics. Pre '60's LPs were recorded to the now redundant Decca/London FFRR, HMV/EMI, Columbia (British), Columbia (American) or NAB "standards". From 1955 most record companies changed over to the RIAA (new orthophonic) standard, but some companies kept their old "standards" well into the '60's because they considered them close enough to RIAA when listened to with record players of the era. (from here
They developed the equalization curve that was used on records (yes, vinyl) in the 60s, giving a little better low end to recordigns (from the way I understand it). See this for a chart. I know this'll probably be never modded up so that anyone will see it, but I think it's interesting.
For a movie (or at least it seems like from the first 8 mins) that lambasts traditional IP sentiments, why are they charging for the finished product? You need only to hear the tone of the narrator's voice reading Gates' open letter to see what I mean.
Shouldn't we be able to get a hold of all of the footage and roll-our own edits? Why isn't it released as an OpenDivx? Just a few questions. P.S. Even with the above questions, I think I'll try to organize a screening of this on my college campus next year.
Is already out on DVD. I'm not going to plug any retalier specifically, but I'm sure you can pick it up cheaply (I think I spent 8.99). The video quality is nice, though they did cut out a huge chunk of This Island Earth, some of which was pretty crucial (why did they try to leave the camp? you'll never know if you see their edit).
see this for the IMDb page.
For those of you using Windows, you can set up LiteStep to replace explorer and have it use Virtual Desktops. If you hate stacking windows, just spread 'em out. See LSD4P for the easiest install of LiteStep.
Yes, they were out there in the late 60's.
I have a super 8 movie from 1969 with a guy sitting in an MG or a Triumph in traffic before the toll plaza on the (SF) Bay Bridge talking on his car phone. Anyone got a good way to digitize super 8?
Is it playing in SF anytime soon?
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Seems interesting, does anyone know where this is playing?
It seems like all this new Tech is being a scapegoat for violence. What about Books? I've read some more horribly violent things than i've ever seen on TV or in the movies, even, gosh, in SCHOOL (ie All Quiet on the Western Front)! It's pretty damn hipocritical to have someone read something with imagery worse than what is visible on screen.
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Even though it's a no-no, during my days in the trenches at the now-defunct BMUG helpline I encountered a machine that wouldn't boot when one of it's HD's (this was when Apple was still using SCSI for everything but the Performa) was plugged in. Other machines wouldn't boot up with the drive plugged in either. To get the data off the drive, I started the machine up, plugged the drive in, ran good-old SCSIprobe and mounted it. It worked and I got the data off the disk.
I read the ADS-L Digest daily, it's pretty interesting. Anyhow, here's a post to ADS-L that I haven't seen posted here.
Subject:
FW: Google trademark concerns
From:
Frank Abate
Date:
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 06:44:02 -0500
Dear lexos and others:
Paul McFedries gives us (see below) a classic instance of what happens when
the growth of the language cuts across someone's proprietary interest.
Of course google is used as a verb. And why not? It only makes sense, it
is short, it is fun, it works. And what the Google (TM) lawyer knows, but
does not say, is that the company he represents cannot do anything about its
use as a verb, legally. They cannot sue, as one cannot claim proprietary
rights to a verb. Jesse Sheidlower recently pointed this out to me;
apparently it is an explicit part of US law re trademarks.
So the lawyer is really merely trying to get Paul McF to do something that
he need not do, but hopes he will be scared into it by having received a
letter from a corporate attorney -- enough to get anyone's attention. I'll
bet it was sent certified mail with a return receipt requested -- that
always impresses (and scares) people.
The bottom line on this is the following:
1. The English language has a verb, google. It is new, but it is in
widespread use, and this can be documented.
2. It is perfectly right and legal for dictionaries to cover this new verb,
or any new usage for that matter.
3. The company Google apparently has a trademark interest in the use of the
term "Google" (whether capital or not), but legally, by statute, can only
protect that use as anything other than a verb. So, if someone were to come
along and set up a similar service to what Google does and use the word
google on that service, then Google could sue to stop that. They could
even, conceivably, get a cease-and-desist order from a judge to stop that
use instantly, during the waiting period for a trial on the matter. This is
within their legal rights as trademark holder, assuming that they have filed
for a trademark for the exclusive use of the word commercially.
4. Paul McF -- or any lexicographer or dictionary publisher -- can and
should cover the language as they see fit. They should not feel restricted
by trademark issues, as regards whether they report on actual, documentable
usage. That sort of reporting is the same as what journalists do, and so,
in a sense, if not in actual, legal fact, is protected by the First
Amendment as a matter of free speech. Reporting on usage is not a violation
of another's commercial interests, at least not unless the circumstances are
VERY unusual.
5. The best policy to follow in cases like this, as regards how a dictionary
should handle these sorts of things, is to report on the usage and have the
evidence ready to back up what the entry says. If a term is a trademark
item or may be a trademark item, it is good practice to acknowledge this
explicitly in the entry, in a note or in the etymology. Having done that,
the entry should report on the usage.
6. Finally, it is good practice to put a general note in the front matter of
a dictionary (or equivalent place for an e-dict) saying that the mention of
"trademark" (or similar words) in any of the entries does not affect the
actual legal status of the term, but is merely an acknowledgment that the
lexicographers have found in their research that there may be a trademark
(or similar) claim with regard to certain terms in the dictionary.
In short, Usage trumps Legality, in this instance, at least.
Frank Abate
Credit reports tend to have inaccurate information, see
this, a report that found seventy percent of all credit reports contain serious errors, such as false delinquencies, incorrect demographic information, missing account information, or failing to note closed accounts
The only one fscking me is AOL out of $21.95 a month.
Yes, I know they've raised the price, but it's word for word.
But can it survive a slashdotting?
It actually is happening, some stations in the US carry very little or no original programming. The programming for Radio Disney in San Francisco (and in other markets I assume) is generated by 2 satellite recievers and automation equiptment that inserts local commercials in a room that houses equiptment for several other stations that Disney owns.
Until recently "The Mikey Show," broadcast throughout the country, was instantly edited to make it seem like "Mikey" really was in your market.
Also, having a network of radio repeaters throughout a country broadcasting the exact same programming is common practice. What are BBC Radio 1 and 2? Some NPR stations carry a pretty much straight satellite feed as well.
The question I raise is: Do we really want a station that loses all of its local identity? Playlists don't vary much from station to station now anyway, thanks to rigid formatting by conglomerates such as Clear Channel (see the Salon articles about Clear Channel). Another satellite station would just probably be as bland as the rest of radio now anyways.
My (IBM Deskstar) hd died the week before finals last year. Luckily, I had ordered a free SuSE 7.2 LivEval CD (not sure if it's still offered). StarOffice, as well as Mozilla and Konqueror were all I needed to get my work done (and ftp my files off my comp). My K7V Dragon's onboard LAN and Sound were supported right off the bat, and I didn't have to have the 100mb of swap space on my HD it wanted for it to work well. You can get the ISO from here
Thanks, SuSE!
Virtually all modern records are recorded to the RIAA standard and require RIAA equalization. But older records, and not just 78's, were recorded to different characteristics. Pre '60's LPs were recorded to the now redundant Decca/London FFRR, HMV/EMI, Columbia (British), Columbia (American) or NAB "standards". From 1955 most record companies changed over to the RIAA (new orthophonic) standard, but some companies kept their old "standards" well into the '60's because they considered them close enough to RIAA when listened to with record players of the era. (from here
They developed the equalization curve that was used on records (yes, vinyl) in the 60s, giving a little better low end to recordigns (from the way I understand it). See this for a chart.
I know this'll probably be never modded up so that anyone will see it, but I think it's interesting.
Harvey Clars is on Telegraph just north of 24 in Oakland.
Another way for me to increase my cancer risk. Except it might be in my hip, not my brain.
For a movie (or at least it seems like from the first 8 mins) that lambasts traditional IP sentiments, why are they charging for the finished product? You need only to hear the tone of the narrator's voice reading Gates' open letter to see what I mean.
Shouldn't we be able to get a hold of all of the footage and roll-our own edits? Why isn't it released as an OpenDivx?
Just a few questions.
P.S. Even with the above questions, I think I'll try to organize a screening of this on my college campus next year.
how does one pronounce that? Is it C-pound? C-number? C-two sets of lines at near-right angles?
Is already out on DVD. I'm not going to plug any retalier specifically, but I'm sure you can pick it up cheaply (I think I spent 8.99). The video quality is nice, though they did cut out a huge chunk of This Island Earth, some of which was pretty crucial (why did they try to leave the camp? you'll never know if you see their edit).
see this for the IMDb page.
For those of you using Windows, you can set up LiteStep to replace explorer and have it use Virtual Desktops. If you hate stacking windows, just spread 'em out. See LSD4P for the easiest install of LiteStep.
Yes, they were out there in the late 60's.
I have a super 8 movie from 1969 with a guy sitting in an MG or a Triumph in traffic before the toll plaza on the (SF) Bay Bridge talking on his car phone. Anyone got a good way to digitize super 8?
Seems interesting, does anyone know where this is playing?
It seems like all this new Tech is being a scapegoat for violence. What about Books? I've read some more horribly violent things than i've ever seen on TV or in the movies, even, gosh, in SCHOOL (ie All Quiet on the Western Front)! It's pretty damn hipocritical to have someone read something with imagery worse than what is visible on screen.