Actually, section (b) applies. Section a isn't a requirement (not the OR after section a. B says 'reasonable terms and conditions free of unfair disadvantage' (paraphrased).
So, they should be able to license it in the same manner as anybody else. Which unfortunatly could be expensive. ($1/download? or whatever).
Under various international agreements he can be refused entry upon arriving at his destination and sent back to where he came from.
(Occasionaly Canadians get refused on U.S. airlines because they do not have a passport. The airline would have to foot the bill if the individual was refused entry into Canada as they would have to fly them back to the original airport they departed from. (Even though no passport is required for a Canadian to enter or leave the United States.)
It's only news if your 15. If your 30 years old and dispensing legal advise and not a lawyer you can find yourself in jail, or fined. But it isn't news.
If you start your own company, make a million dollars in the first 2 years and your 30 it makes a small story in a local paper. Maybe a bit more if it is publicly-popular.
It's only really news if your 15.
To use Napster as an example, myself, and others, would have produced something similar a long time ago, but the thought of going to jail was not pleasant.
Ending up in court getting sued over copyright infringment wasn't exactly my idea of having a good business model.
Maybe my problem is I thought the situation through too far. I should have just produced an application and worried about the consequences later. Oh wait, I'm not 15...
(Anybody who has actually read the protocol specs on Napster would be aware that Napster is a piece of shit from a technical standpoint, it truly is amazing it works at all...)
It is virtually impossible for you to defend yourself against a Great White. Unless of course you have intentionally created the situation so that you have a perceived right to kill it.
A Great White is kind of like a grizzly bear. You pretty much have to kill it before it catches you, if not you are not likely to win.
In it's own environment it is the superior creature. You arn't.
Of course, any sane person would try to avoid the grizzly bear in the first place.
Ogg cannot be embedded cheaply right now. Why not? Because most portable MP3 players do all the processing in hardware. A dedicated MP3 processor does all the real work, that way you only need a simple (read slow / underpowered) processor (read: *CHEAP*). Ogg does not have any alternative yet for that.
Until it does it won't go anywhere except on a few PCs.
I don't want to be too critical of your statement, but it is much harder to do stuff on the cheap if you are a business. If you make money off of a device in my yard/building, etc I expect I should be able to make some money off you, etc.
This substantially increase the cost to business. Also if they included operational costs that would include the maintenance staff and vehicles to support these devices. (Installation, maintenance, etc.). All of these things cost a company money, and nobody does it for free in a business environment.
Also, they may have included there replacement costs, which might be substantially higher than yours. (imediatly swappable units, service contracts for repairs, etc.).
If I'm paying for the service I expect it to work 99% of the time, if its a 'free' service I am much less demanding...
Square waveforms pumped into an electromagnet can destroy equipment. Not just speakers, but the feedback from the speakers could theoretically destroy the amp as well.
And considering what some people spend on Amps.... If you really want to test your theory, that it isn't possible, create some 'sound files' by encoding some unusual waveforms and try it on your stereo, in your car and on your portable CD player.
Which is precisly why I find MySQLs version really shaky.
NuSphere may not have met the agreement as far as MySQL is concerned, but it seems to me MySQL still made aproximatly 300K on the deal.
And for what?
Also, NuSphere is required to give GPL code away for free to 'anybody'. They are required to give it away to people who buy the product. (What those purchasers do with it is up to them, not NuSphere).
So, unless NuSphere was refusing to release the source code to anyone who purchased the product they were not violating the GLP.
Night deposit. You stuff the money in an evelope/bag and stuff it, a long with a deposit slip, and drop it down a chute into a vault. Done all the time.
Actually, many currencies (Canadian for instance) have easily computer readable serial numbers. (including marker bars to make locating and scanning easier, a long with a OCR font).
You can scan serial numbers in a split second without a problem. Remember, the font, and location are known in advance. Some banks actually do this, I understand it is used to look for counterfit currencies (duplicate serial numbers) and relates to long term storage as well as the destruction of bills. (Destruction would be restricted to your Federal Reserve bank).
Also, the bills would only have to be scanned by the ATM machine itself as it dispenses them. This would have negligable impact on the time it takes to get your money.
But I did say this was for the paranoid.
(I'm not actually this paranoid to believe it myself. But the possibilities....)
Actually, if you check out tags intended to be used in products at grocery stores (one example used in testing) the tags can be scanned in mere seconds. (a shopping cart FULL of products). Now, since the chip suggested can be scanned from 12" away, I propose a portable scanner for pickpockets. They will know exactly how much cash your carrying.
For those of you paranoid enough to decide this is a method of tracking your purchases, let me suggest a truley paranoid alternative.
They already can.
You go to your local A.T.M. machine an get $60 out. The machine scans the serial numbers and spits out the bills.
You walk away. Later that day you buy lunch at Subway, you pay with one of the $20. Subway deposits the $20 in their till/safe, etc till the end of day. At the end of the day they count their cash and deposit it in their bank.
The bank scans the serial numbers of all the money it receives and reports where it came from...
.
Now, don't get paranoid about the damn chip... ok?
Whats with the requirement about the Windows keys? I just recently bought a new PS/2 style keyboard. I needed another keyboard and this one had a bunch of extra Internet related keys. Figured if it was good I'd use it onn my main system, if I hated it I would put it on one of my other systems I use less. This keyboard is relativly small, it is smaller than the IBM keyboard I have. The enter key is a straight key. The Windows keys do not take up very much space from anything. And the 'extra' buttons are located above the number pad so they don;t take any more space either.
It is from NEC. I looked at some USB keyboards, but I dislike the idea of using USB for keyboards when PS/2 works with everything.
I have an ATI All-in-Wonder card. It is, in my humble opinion, USELESS for video capture.
It captures MPEG-1 fine, but anything with a decent resolution/framerate is useless. MPEG-2 requires a Pentium III 500 MINIMUM. (I happen to have a P3/500 - but I woul dlike to be able to do something during capture).
We need either a dedicated DSP for encoding (codec for Mpeg2 and mpeg4 would then be possible) or just an MPEG-2 encoder.
MPEG-4 would be a good choice for such a beast though as the file sizes are quite small and the video quality is quite good for most things.
Also, DVD playback on ATI cards suck. I have a Creative Labs MPEG-2 decoder card and DVD drive, they worked flawlessly on my Pentium 133 a few years ago, and continue to work good on my Pentium III/500.
(ATI recommends DMA to get good enough performance from their card, funny it wasn't necessary on my Pentium 133, even if I was browsing the net, etc.).
A monopoly -can- exist when other companies are in the same field. A monopoly exists when a company is able to act like it is the only company in the field. And Microsoft does. An example of this, oddly enough is Copyprotection. As long as competition existed for office applications everybody dropped copyprotection. Now that competition basicly doesn't exist for Office Applications Microsoft is adding copyprotection.
(Lotus was a long holdout, but even they caved in at some point and dropped their copyprotection.)
I have seen more 'minor' problems fixed by rebooting than anything else. I am *sure* if you ask those involved they would have prefered to not reboot. But, it may have resolved the problem for a short while. It is possible for routers, Linux boxes, etc to crash. It happens.
Of course, I'm not so fond of Cisco as they are, aftering having to type "no shutdown" to bring up an ISDN router...
(c) decode an encrypted subscription programming signal or encrypted network feed otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorization from the lawful distributor of the signal or feed;
DirecTV (US) has no authority to allow, or disallow their signal from being decodedin Canada. They are not authorized to operate here. The current interpretation is based on the potential to authorize the signal. As long as there is NO potential authorization (noone to seek it from) it is not illegal to decode it. The laws intent was to protect broadcasters in Canada. And yes, Canadain courts do look at the intent of the law when necessary.
Robert Bateman is a Canadian artist. He is world renouned for his paintings. Generally they are wildlife paintings that are quite lifelike. While his work has appeared around the world the Vancouver Art Gallery repeatedly refused to show his work because they did not consider it anything more than 'illustrations'.
(I believe they may have since had a show of his stuff.)
The art community is full of biggots. They like what they like, and despise what they despise, but in the end the will not acknowledge that it is just some trumped up opinion based on nothing but snobbery.
And you expect them to appreciate art done on a computer? Get real.
First theywould have to understand it, and their guide books to understanding art don't include descriptions of computer art.
If in fact the original message was changed (I wouldn't know) it would be because they are now can be held libel for the technician being forced to quit. (Harrasment is uncalled for).
The presedent of the company I worked for would come running down the hall if the server crashed, he would immediatly start asking us what happened. Of course we would not have an answer yet. It one instance he came running down the hall so fast we did not even have the chance to stand up and walk over to the server 5ft away from us. (Then he started questioning everything we did and simply insisted we call HP. Even though it was obvious we had to cycle the power since even the console was not responding. Server came up just fine after we cycled the power.)
People often over react to the situation. Yes, it is a very bad thing. (Server crash, connection down, etc. But those people most effected should probably NOT be allowed in the room unless they are skilled enough to do the job themselves.(And being vaugly familiar with routers IS NOT being skilled with them).
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So, they should be able to license it in the same manner as anybody else. Which unfortunatly could be expensive. ($1/download? or whatever).
Under various international agreements he can be refused entry upon arriving at his destination and sent back to where he came from.
(Occasionaly Canadians get refused on U.S. airlines because they do not have a passport. The airline would have to foot the bill if the individual was refused entry into Canada as they would have to fly them back to the original airport they departed from. (Even though no passport is required for a Canadian to enter or leave the United States.)
If you start your own company, make a million dollars in the first 2 years and your 30 it makes a small story in a local paper. Maybe a bit more if it is publicly-popular.
It's only really news if your 15.
To use Napster as an example, myself, and others, would have produced something similar a long time ago, but the thought of going to jail was not pleasant.
Ending up in court getting sued over copyright infringment wasn't exactly my idea of having a good business model.
Maybe my problem is I thought the situation through too far. I should have just produced an application and worried about the consequences later. Oh wait, I'm not 15...
(Anybody who has actually read the protocol specs on Napster would be aware that Napster is a piece of shit from a technical standpoint, it truly is amazing it works at all...)
THe live video feed has less activity on it than live footage of continental drift.
A Great White is kind of like a grizzly bear. You pretty much have to kill it before it catches you, if not you are not likely to win.
In it's own environment it is the superior creature. You arn't.
Of course, any sane person would try to avoid the grizzly bear in the first place.
Until it does it won't go anywhere except on a few PCs.
This substantially increase the cost to business. Also if they included operational costs that would include the maintenance staff and vehicles to support these devices. (Installation, maintenance, etc.). All of these things cost a company money, and nobody does it for free in a business environment.
Also, they may have included there replacement costs, which might be substantially higher than yours. (imediatly swappable units, service contracts for repairs, etc.).
If I'm paying for the service I expect it to work 99% of the time, if its a 'free' service I am much less demanding...
And considering what some people spend on Amps.... If you really want to test your theory, that it isn't possible, create some 'sound files' by encoding some unusual waveforms and try it on your stereo, in your car and on your portable CD player.
Go ahead.
I dare you.
NuSphere may not have met the agreement as far as MySQL is concerned, but it seems to me MySQL still made aproximatly 300K on the deal.
And for what?
Also, NuSphere is required to give GPL code away for free to 'anybody'. They are required to give it away to people who buy the product. (What those purchasers do with it is up to them, not NuSphere).
So, unless NuSphere was refusing to release the source code to anyone who purchased the product they were not violating the GLP.
Yes. Except: The average person at a Rave missed PacMan by about 3 years.
If the actual code is never released by the company during it's production it does not have to be released if the company goes under.
All updates can sink with the company.
And little did I know his monstrosety would grow...
You can scan serial numbers in a split second without a problem. Remember, the font, and location are known in advance. Some banks actually do this, I understand it is used to look for counterfit currencies (duplicate serial numbers) and relates to long term storage as well as the destruction of bills. (Destruction would be restricted to your Federal Reserve bank).
Also, the bills would only have to be scanned by the ATM machine itself as it dispenses them. This would have negligable impact on the time it takes to get your money.
But I did say this was for the paranoid.
(I'm not actually this paranoid to believe it myself. But the possibilities....)
Actually, if you check out tags intended to be used in products at grocery stores (one example used in testing) the tags can be scanned in mere seconds. (a shopping cart FULL of products). Now, since the chip suggested can be scanned from 12" away, I propose a portable scanner for pickpockets. They will know exactly how much cash your carrying.
It would probably be -more- accurate than Credit Cards for some things.
(Not everyone has credit cards and many smaller purchases are not done on a credit card. (ignoring debit/cheque cards for the moment)).
Besides, think about your spending habits and how much of the money you spend -could- potentially be tracked by serial numbers alone.
(And I did say for the truly paranoid).
They already can.
You go to your local A.T.M. machine an get $60 out. The machine scans the serial numbers and spits out the bills.
You walk away. Later that day you buy lunch at Subway, you pay with one of the $20. Subway deposits the $20 in their till/safe, etc till the end of day. At the end of the day they count their cash and deposit it in their bank.
The bank scans the serial numbers of all the money it receives and reports where it came from...
. Now, don't get paranoid about the damn chip... ok?
It is from NEC. I looked at some USB keyboards, but I dislike the idea of using USB for keyboards when PS/2 works with everything.
It captures MPEG-1 fine, but anything with a decent resolution/framerate is useless. MPEG-2 requires a Pentium III 500 MINIMUM. (I happen to have a P3/500 - but I woul dlike to be able to do something during capture).
We need either a dedicated DSP for encoding (codec for Mpeg2 and mpeg4 would then be possible) or just an MPEG-2 encoder.
MPEG-4 would be a good choice for such a beast though as the file sizes are quite small and the video quality is quite good for most things.
Also, DVD playback on ATI cards suck. I have a Creative Labs MPEG-2 decoder card and DVD drive, they worked flawlessly on my Pentium 133 a few years ago, and continue to work good on my Pentium III/500.
(ATI recommends DMA to get good enough performance from their card, funny it wasn't necessary on my Pentium 133, even if I was browsing the net, etc.).
Sorry for the rant.
A monopoly -can- exist when other companies are in the same field. A monopoly exists when a company is able to act like it is the only company in the field. And Microsoft does. An example of this, oddly enough is Copyprotection. As long as competition existed for office applications everybody dropped copyprotection. Now that competition basicly doesn't exist for Office Applications Microsoft is adding copyprotection.
(Lotus was a long holdout, but even they caved in at some point and dropped their copyprotection.)
Of course, I'm not so fond of Cisco as they are, aftering having to type "no shutdown" to bring up an ISDN router...
(c) decode an encrypted subscription programming signal or encrypted network feed otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorization from the lawful distributor of the signal or feed;
DirecTV (US) has no authority to allow, or disallow their signal from being decodedin Canada. They are not authorized to operate here. The current interpretation is based on the potential to authorize the signal. As long as there is NO potential authorization (noone to seek it from) it is not illegal to decode it. The laws intent was to protect broadcasters in Canada. And yes, Canadain courts do look at the intent of the law when necessary.
(I believe they may have since had a show of his stuff.)
The art community is full of biggots. They like what they like, and despise what they despise, but in the end the will not acknowledge that it is just some trumped up opinion based on nothing but snobbery.
And you expect them to appreciate art done on a computer? Get real.
First theywould have to understand it, and their guide books to understanding art don't include descriptions of computer art.
The presedent of the company I worked for would come running down the hall if the server crashed, he would immediatly start asking us what happened. Of course we would not have an answer yet. It one instance he came running down the hall so fast we did not even have the chance to stand up and walk over to the server 5ft away from us. (Then he started questioning everything we did and simply insisted we call HP. Even though it was obvious we had to cycle the power since even the console was not responding. Server came up just fine after we cycled the power.)
People often over react to the situation. Yes, it is a very bad thing. (Server crash, connection down, etc. But those people most effected should probably NOT be allowed in the room unless they are skilled enough to do the job themselves.(And being vaugly familiar with routers IS NOT being skilled with them).