Encryption does not have to be strong to meet requirements. I'm sure I didn't invent this, but I personally use a rotating ROT-? cipher. It isn't unbreakable, but without knowing the key that it is ciphered with, it is very difficult to crack.
Data to encipher: "University of Texas" Key: "Bobb Sledd"
Enciphered, it becomes some representation of: "U+B, n+o, i+b, v+b, e+' ', r+S, s+l...." etc. but it is still printable with ascii chars.
So, I suppose you could brute force it, but I think it would take you awhile. And cracking one piece of data would not compromise all data. And I can imagine that running through the process would actually give you data that would look correct, but you would have no way of knowing if it was correct or not.
There is the European Patent Organisation (which is different from the European Patent Office) and WIPO. They provide a way of centrally filing for patents and examination, and cover 137 countries.
So there is not a quick-n-dirty way of patenting your invention internationally, but (I think) there is a faster way of filing your patents in multiple countries without having each one be examined separately.
I used to be a patent paralegal... but I didn't deal with foreign patents. But we did have them.
It means you have a lawyer who doesn't know how to write effective contracts.
Seriously.
I'm not joking.
But it's not surprising. After working for technical support for a software package used only by lawyers, I now know there are about 60% incompetent lawyers practicing law out there. Scary stuff I did see. I'm not talking about "they didn't know how to use their computer." I'm talking they didn't even know their own law.
Whether you pay the toll directly or indirectly, you're still covering the cost of the use of the road through your fare.
The point is, you're still paying for that "right" to be on the road, whether you're in a taxi or bus or your own vehicle.
I think if it were truly a privilege, then you could tell some people "You can go on this road. But you can't. And you can't, but you can..." But instead everyone can use it. Because they have that right when they pay the toll.
I might have agreed with you until they use my tax dollars to pay for this "privilege." Which they effectively pry from my hands. No, I consider it a right. And it isn't state-provided, either... it's tax-payer-provided.
If I had mod points, I'd actually mod you up. At first I took offense to your comment. But then I realized it is a true statement - the whole thing is a shit sandwich (and maybe cannot be solved).
But I still just want to know one thing: what do you expect your country's leader to do?
If we send help, then it looks like we get into other people's business too much. But if we do nothing, it looks like we abandon our allies.
What is the correct answer here?
From what I understand (from talking to people there) is that about half the people in Georgia and Ukraine are sympathetic to Russia, and the other half are sympathetic to their own country. Those that enjoy the democracy of their own country are generally appreciative of the American help (I would not have guessed this).
I usually stay silent with this, but this time I will take the unpopular view. I say "enough."
You obviously do not know what you are talking about.
You act as if all of this is G. W. Bush's fault, as if he had master-minded all the problems you list so that he can ebb away all your civil rights. Then you go on to talk about another possible war on the horizon with Iran and Georgia.
Do you even know anything about the Georgia-Russia conflict? No. Have you spoken to anyone from that region to see how they feel? No. (I have.) Because if you did, you would see that what Bush is doing right now with possibly sending in 200 troops (as a support role, not a fighting role) is exactly the logical thing he should do. But you are too narrow-minded to see that maybe once in awhile he does something right.
It is no secret that there is a major pipeline of oil that runs through Georgia from Russia and China. So I see what you will say next: He is doing it for oil. Am I right?
Nevermind that Georgia and Ukraine are our allies, and we want them in NATO... and Russia is not. Nevermind that Georgia sent troops to help in the Iraq war. But that is what allies do.
If the bank knows they lost $1000 of my money, they can replace it with a similar $1000 and it will spend just the same.
If an online company loses 1000MB of my data, they cannot just replenish it with another 1000MB of similar data. Although I wouldn't put it past them to try.
Certainly a hypothetical. But: here is where I was going with it: suppose we constructed a carefully thought-out lawsuit bait that was directly applicable to what people know, but very analogous to what happens with computers online?
Then, we could "trick" the courts into rendering a clear and sane decision (but not necessarily the one we want) that could be applicable to the computers and the file-sharing world as well. And, it would be a simple enough situation for any jury to understand.
So, I go to the flea market as I said, and wait for the RIAA to bust me; but make sure everything is done correctly, so as not to taint the results.
Then maybe it'd put a stop to this mess once and for all.
Ok, good points. Except, I was not really trying to make an analogy; I was asking a question.
No, I really am on his side. I think the whole thing is crap anyway. Just posing questions.
But, let me modify the hypothetical just a little, to make it like an analogy:
Suppose instead I had a booth at the flea market, with a large library of all original CDs, and a duplication machine. I have a sign on the booth that says: "CD library - access $5/hour. Duplication machine rental - $3 per hour. Bring your own blank CDs."
Now am I a distributor? Bustable? I made it available for duplication. Is that more analogous to sharing files?
Here is my question: If I made copies of all my favorite music CDs and went to the local flea-market, and set up shop to sell the CDs, and I had not yet sold even a single one (because many people would be leery about buying pir... homemade copies), and the RIAA busted me before that first sale, then couldn't I still be considered a distributor?
Somehow, I think I would! Whether I sold anything or not, is irrelevant. But that is my initial, ill-thought opinion.
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They don't have erections in China. Get a crue.
Don't forget to DECLARE variable Elvis as type KingOfRock.
And also don't forget to VOID on the throne procedure.
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Don't anyone panic, it's just my mother-in-law. She's scuba diving in that region.
OK, I finished the test. Whew, that *was* a toughy! I think I might have gotten one of them wrong, but where do I send my answers?
It's a small word like "the," "a" or "an."
Encryption does not have to be strong to meet requirements. I'm sure I didn't invent this, but I personally use a rotating ROT-? cipher. It isn't unbreakable, but without knowing the key that it is ciphered with, it is very difficult to crack.
Data to encipher: "University of Texas"
Key: "Bobb Sledd"
Enciphered, it becomes some representation of: "U+B, n+o, i+b, v+b, e+' ', r+S, s+l...." etc. but it is still printable with ascii chars.
So, I suppose you could brute force it, but I think it would take you awhile. And cracking one piece of data would not compromise all data. And I can imagine that running through the process would actually give you data that would look correct, but you would have no way of knowing if it was correct or not.
Yeah, I don't get it. I was going for funny. (*shrugs*)
If you do what you're told, you'll live. Disobey and you die.
Well obviously there is your problem. Your drive is apparently not compatible with 7zip. Duh.
I heard they had to postpone the spacewalk until they found new astronauts... Turns out the ones they already had qualified were under-aged. :-)
There is the European Patent Organisation (which is different from the European Patent Office) and WIPO. They provide a way of centrally filing for patents and examination, and cover 137 countries.
So there is not a quick-n-dirty way of patenting your invention internationally, but (I think) there is a faster way of filing your patents in multiple countries without having each one be examined separately.
I used to be a patent paralegal... but I didn't deal with foreign patents. But we did have them.
It means you have a lawyer who doesn't know how to write effective contracts.
Seriously.
I'm not joking.
But it's not surprising. After working for technical support for a software package used only by lawyers, I now know there are about 60% incompetent lawyers practicing law out there. Scary stuff I did see. I'm not talking about "they didn't know how to use their computer." I'm talking they didn't even know their own law.
No, you're playing semantics.
Whether you pay the toll directly or indirectly, you're still covering the cost of the use of the road through your fare.
The point is, you're still paying for that "right" to be on the road, whether you're in a taxi or bus or your own vehicle.
I think if it were truly a privilege, then you could tell some people "You can go on this road. But you can't. And you can't, but you can..." But instead everyone can use it. Because they have that right when they pay the toll.
Yup!
Because when you ride the bus or take the taxi, you still pay, and you still use it. It is a right.
I might have agreed with you until they use my tax dollars to pay for this "privilege." Which they effectively pry from my hands. No, I consider it a right. And it isn't state-provided, either... it's tax-payer-provided.
If I had mod points, I'd actually mod you up. At first I took offense to your comment. But then I realized it is a true statement - the whole thing is a shit sandwich (and maybe cannot be solved).
But I still just want to know one thing: what do you expect your country's leader to do?
If we send help, then it looks like we get into other people's business too much. But if we do nothing, it looks like we abandon our allies.
What is the correct answer here?
From what I understand (from talking to people there) is that about half the people in Georgia and Ukraine are sympathetic to Russia, and the other half are sympathetic to their own country. Those that enjoy the democracy of their own country are generally appreciative of the American help (I would not have guessed this).
I usually stay silent with this, but this time I will take the unpopular view. I say "enough."
You obviously do not know what you are talking about.
You act as if all of this is G. W. Bush's fault, as if he had master-minded all the problems you list so that he can ebb away all your civil rights. Then you go on to talk about another possible war on the horizon with Iran and Georgia.
Do you even know anything about the Georgia-Russia conflict? No. Have you spoken to anyone from that region to see how they feel? No. (I have.) Because if you did, you would see that what Bush is doing right now with possibly sending in 200 troops (as a support role, not a fighting role) is exactly the logical thing he should do. But you are too narrow-minded to see that maybe once in awhile he does something right.
It is no secret that there is a major pipeline of oil that runs through Georgia from Russia and China. So I see what you will say next: He is doing it for oil. Am I right?
Nevermind that Georgia and Ukraine are our allies, and we want them in NATO... and Russia is not. Nevermind that Georgia sent troops to help in the Iraq war. But that is what allies do.
No that can't be right. Pornstars are usually clean and cum with some form of protection.
Yes, it is apples and oranges.
If the bank knows they lost $1000 of my money, they can replace it with a similar $1000 and it will spend just the same.
If an online company loses 1000MB of my data, they cannot just replenish it with another 1000MB of similar data. Although I wouldn't put it past them to try.
Certainly a hypothetical. But: here is where I was going with it: suppose we constructed a carefully thought-out lawsuit bait that was directly applicable to what people know, but very analogous to what happens with computers online?
Then, we could "trick" the courts into rendering a clear and sane decision (but not necessarily the one we want) that could be applicable to the computers and the file-sharing world as well. And, it would be a simple enough situation for any jury to understand.
So, I go to the flea market as I said, and wait for the RIAA to bust me; but make sure everything is done correctly, so as not to taint the results.
Then maybe it'd put a stop to this mess once and for all.
Ok, good points. Except, I was not really trying to make an analogy; I was asking a question.
No, I really am on his side. I think the whole thing is crap anyway. Just posing questions.
But, let me modify the hypothetical just a little, to make it like an analogy:
Suppose instead I had a booth at the flea market, with a large library of all original CDs, and a duplication machine. I have a sign on the booth that says: "CD library - access $5/hour. Duplication machine rental - $3 per hour. Bring your own blank CDs."
Now am I a distributor? Bustable? I made it available for duplication. Is that more analogous to sharing files?
That is a great argument, and I am on your side.
Here is my question: If I made copies of all my favorite music CDs and went to the local flea-market, and set up shop to sell the CDs, and I had not yet sold even a single one (because many people would be leery about buying pir... homemade copies), and the RIAA busted me before that first sale, then couldn't I still be considered a distributor?
Somehow, I think I would! Whether I sold anything or not, is irrelevant. But that is my initial, ill-thought opinion.
I am really puzzled why they would have that conclusion. Oh well. Guess I'll quit trying to figure it out and go read another article.
I can imagine one good phone call you might make:
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wrong emphasis! These are potty jokes.
probably going to weed out the pot smokers too.
There!