It's easier. I could either give you a big license to read, make you email me, or just say "CC Remix License" (or whatever). Having a common, named license means that licensors don't need to find and whackamole every legal angle, and that licensees will (after enough familiarity) have an easily-recongized definition of their rights.
It also benifits in that a popular common license will have more talk about it, such as third-party legal explanations for the layman and guidance for users, because it is common and easily referred-to.
Are you sure about that ? in this day and age ( at least in the US ) you are nothing to the company execpt a body.
If that's how you're valued, work somewhere else. If that's the only place you can work, gain more value.
Not to say that anywhere that kicks you out for green hair, etc, is wrongfully discriminatory. Really, the whole thing depends on your job, amount and types of outside interaction, and knowing beforehand, either explicitly or "feeling it out", what the reaction will be. That's just respectful.
Yes, but it's much easier not needing a driver. No real chance of incompatibilities (the PS2 one runs just like a keyboard) and no need to install things to use the unit elsewhere.
I follow you... I was just referring to "palettes" in the more Photoshopish sort of term-- control panels or toolbars. Although color palettes can be used if you go strictly "by the numbers" or have a system of selected colors that you know are correct to your output.
I agree with you to a large degree, although I would add that both you and the company you work for are bringing something of value to the table, otherwise both of you wouldn't have come. If you, as a worker, are salable, negotiate your price and demand certain rights or go elsewhere. "The Man" after all, is but a man.
OTOH, I'd probably consider that not so bad a place to terminate, and the whole arrangement would probably work out to be a positive situation down the road.
The technology's certainly advancing though. With more people using networks to send communication and news, we've got email logging and packet sniffing, amorphous news at CNN.com, fill-in-the-blank psych classifications and data mining to get you onto a watchlist or out of a job.
Granted, someone like the FBI of old could find informants, watch your mail, tap your phone, surveil the place, and the Heart interests could print any old slant nationwide, but now it's a whole lot easier and a whole lot more accessible to everyone.
On the other hand, though, there are some jobs in a company (usually low-paid dubiously-trained-monkey jobs, but regardless) where the reason a person is there is to wait for something to happen, or a lot of the time is spent in downtime. I've got something like that. Once the daily workload is done, I have to sit there and make sure no new crises erupt. Other than that, it's watch TV or fart around on the web.
Sure, it might be "company time and resources", but if there's nothing better to do, why jump down employee's throats? To paraphrase an irrelevant movie quote: Yes, you're right, but you're an asshole.
I really think that people need to chill out a bit and accept that 100% productivity, total company loyalty, etc., might not be the universal pinnacle with a company made of humans.
I do recall some manner of law or precedent (in the US) that said that contracts that are administered by someone who, for all appearances, is in a position of appropriate power may still have to be honored by the company, even if that agent of the company was overstepping their power.
Anybody know what I'm talking about? Got a link? It was a long time ago that I heard this.
As would a challenge/response sort of calculated password on your personal webmail/SSH login.
Username/Password/PIN plus 8392, divided by 2, rounded down, and offset one key up (with wraparound) on the numeric keypad. The parameters of which are calculated differently for every login attempt, of course.
The problem with encrypting on the work machine (seriously, although I assume you were joking) is that you'll probably be either forced to turn over your private email or just dismissed on suspicion, since, why would you be sending encrypted, anyhow?
Unless you're saying that something that isn't a PSP is a PSP, and they aren't calling themselves "authorized resellers" or the like, there shouldn't (USA, IIRC, IANAL, YMMV) be any trademark infringement claim. The trademark is there to truthfully distinguish the Sony product from imitators.
Of course, with European/International IP law, I know nothing, so I might be (probably am) wrong.
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Without this, the citizens' right to censor their own Internet connection would not be unprotected.
I predict you'd see evolution. Like you said, "insidious" context links, more aggresive popups, or something like product placement.
It's easier. I could either give you a big license to read, make you email me, or just say "CC Remix License" (or whatever). Having a common, named license means that licensors don't need to find and whackamole every legal angle, and that licensees will (after enough familiarity) have an easily-recongized definition of their rights.
It also benifits in that a popular common license will have more talk about it, such as third-party legal explanations for the layman and guidance for users, because it is common and easily referred-to.
Are you sure about that ? in this day and age ( at least in the US ) you are nothing to the company execpt a body.
If that's how you're valued, work somewhere else. If that's the only place you can work, gain more value.
Not to say that anywhere that kicks you out for green hair, etc, is wrongfully discriminatory. Really, the whole thing depends on your job, amount and types of outside interaction, and knowing beforehand, either explicitly or "feeling it out", what the reaction will be. That's just respectful.
Yes, but it's much easier not needing a driver. No real chance of incompatibilities (the PS2 one runs just like a keyboard) and no need to install things to use the unit elsewhere.
Wishful thinking?
I follow you... I was just referring to "palettes" in the more Photoshopish sort of term-- control panels or toolbars. Although color palettes can be used if you go strictly "by the numbers" or have a system of selected colors that you know are correct to your output.
If you take those two rules out, then I think it the whole concept would be more feasible/watchable.
Or, if you leave them in, it's sarcasm!
Sledgehammer of intelligence!
(Even if it doesn't work, the effect is still about the same.)
I agree with you to a large degree, although I would add that both you and the company you work for are bringing something of value to the table, otherwise both of you wouldn't have come. If you, as a worker, are salable, negotiate your price and demand certain rights or go elsewhere. "The Man" after all, is but a man.
OTOH, I'd probably consider that not so bad a place to terminate, and the whole arrangement would probably work out to be a positive situation down the road.
Not to say this is the case for everyone.
The technology's certainly advancing though. With more people using networks to send communication and news, we've got email logging and packet sniffing, amorphous news at CNN.com, fill-in-the-blank psych classifications and data mining to get you onto a watchlist or out of a job.
Granted, someone like the FBI of old could find informants, watch your mail, tap your phone, surveil the place, and the Heart interests could print any old slant nationwide, but now it's a whole lot easier and a whole lot more accessible to everyone.
Say, is that the company-logo shirt we gave you when you signed on?
(Dramatic chord)
On the other hand, though, there are some jobs in a company (usually low-paid dubiously-trained-monkey jobs, but regardless) where the reason a person is there is to wait for something to happen, or a lot of the time is spent in downtime. I've got something like that. Once the daily workload is done, I have to sit there and make sure no new crises erupt. Other than that, it's watch TV or fart around on the web.
Sure, it might be "company time and resources", but if there's nothing better to do, why jump down employee's throats? To paraphrase an irrelevant movie quote: Yes, you're right, but you're an asshole.
I really think that people need to chill out a bit and accept that 100% productivity, total company loyalty, etc., might not be the universal pinnacle with a company made of humans.
The person in the HR office is not an officer?
I do recall some manner of law or precedent (in the US) that said that contracts that are administered by someone who, for all appearances, is in a position of appropriate power may still have to be honored by the company, even if that agent of the company was overstepping their power.
Anybody know what I'm talking about? Got a link? It was a long time ago that I heard this.
The person who monitors those tapes must either really love or really hate their job.
Or I suppose you could use "Character Map" or the like with the mouse.
As would a challenge/response sort of calculated password on your personal webmail/SSH login.
Username/Password/PIN plus 8392, divided by 2, rounded down, and offset one key up (with wraparound) on the numeric keypad. The parameters of which are calculated differently for every login attempt, of course.
I'd imagine that signing into it with an employment contract may constitute "knowing", though.
If not, though, an acoustic coupler could come in handy in that sort of situation.
The problem with encrypting on the work machine (seriously, although I assume you were joking) is that you'll probably be either forced to turn over your private email or just dismissed on suspicion, since, why would you be sending encrypted, anyhow?
There's also mail2web for those like me who won't give up the POP3.
Yes, usually.
My personal DRM gripe is the fact that you have to burn-rip-burn or some other lossy method in order to get it onto portables or accessible formats.
I'll take MP3 or CDDA.
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Not much for major-label, but I still burn up my 90/mo. (And, IIRC, CDBaby's listed on there as well.)
Unless you're saying that something that isn't a PSP is a PSP, and they aren't calling themselves "authorized resellers" or the like, there shouldn't (USA, IIRC, IANAL, YMMV) be any trademark infringement claim. The trademark is there to truthfully distinguish the Sony product from imitators.
Of course, with European/International IP law, I know nothing, so I might be (probably am) wrong.