You're better off spending $30 for a camera, and attaching it to your computer. If you dont have a computer, you might as well buy one for just a little bit more, which will be far more usefull.
IANAL. Is it even legal to allow your patent to be used freely for so long, and THEN try and collect licensing fees? I always thought that for a patent to be valid, you must defend it. By allowing it to be used freely for so long, without defending it, shouldn't it be invalidated?
Or am I wrong? If I am, I can see a hell of a business model coming. Get a few thousand new patents, wait a few years untill a large number of people are well established users of something covered in one of them, and then sue the shit out of all of them! WE COULD MAKE BILLIONS!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA MWAHAHAHA MWAHAHAHA!
Damn, I still remember playing air warrior, spending untold $, paying by the minute to play. Those were the days. (anyone who played air warrior should check out aces high)
Then there was the sierra network, redbaron online, etc, more money down the drain.
Currently algebra is taught as a "You'll need to know this eventually" kind of a subject. Most of it is forgotten in a few days. Instead of teaching algebra, and then a few years later using it, math classes should be integrated with the science classes in which math skills are usefull.
A skill without a use is going to be forgotten quickly.
Every single time any government agency says this, they simply mean "Untill you get used to it, and ignore it's existence. We'll gladly start tracking you once we think we can get away with it"
Tracking a hacker is extremly difficult without becoming one yourself. Most of the time any hacker hacks from another hacked machine. 90% of the time, these machines are ones owned by people who have no clue how to use them, and who's response to being hacked is a fresh default install. So unless you speak chinese, you're probably not going to have a whole lot of luck, unless the hacker is either stupid, or just really screws up.
Why is it that if a bully attacks someone in school, he might get scolded, detention or even *gasp* some sort of in-school suspension, When if this happened in the Real World(tm), he would be in jail? Schools have too much of a tendancy to look the other way in situations like that.
Students who are caught with some pot get expelled, but those who harass someone to the point where they kill themselves have never gotten more than a slap on the wrist.
Copy protection is like airport security, it makes people feel like something is being done. In reality, copy protection of any kind will be broken. If you can read it, you can copy it.
Would this make audio cables an illegal circumvention device?
Have there been any major copy protection methods used that havn't been broken?
The closest thing I can think of are the cd-keys on half-life and the like, where you need a unique key to play online.
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Fuel cells will be in common usage in as little at 10 years!
Why are there constantly stories like this, without any kind of example of what it sounds like?
$300 for a phone?
You're better off spending $30 for a camera, and attaching it to your computer. If you dont have a computer, you might as well buy one for just a little bit more, which will be far more usefull.
IANAL. Is it even legal to allow your patent to be used freely for so long, and THEN try and collect licensing fees? I always thought that for a patent to be valid, you must defend it. By allowing it to be used freely for so long, without defending it, shouldn't it be invalidated?
Or am I wrong? If I am, I can see a hell of a business model coming. Get a few thousand new patents, wait a few years untill a large number of people are well established users of something covered in one of them, and then sue the shit out of all of them! WE COULD MAKE BILLIONS!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA MWAHAHAHA MWAHAHAHA!
Damn, I still remember playing air warrior, spending untold $, paying by the minute to play. Those were the days. (anyone who played air warrior should check out aces high)
Then there was the sierra network, redbaron online, etc, more money down the drain.
Currently algebra is taught as a "You'll need to know this eventually" kind of a subject. Most of it is forgotten in a few days. Instead of teaching algebra, and then a few years later using it, math classes should be integrated with the science classes in which math skills are usefull.
A skill without a use is going to be forgotten quickly.
Is this an attempt to create the most unreadable source code possible?
Want popup blocking? Use mozilla, dont use netscape. Simple enough isn't it?
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States make a significant amount of money off of speeding tickets.
Every single time any government agency says this, they simply mean "Untill you get used to it, and ignore it's existence. We'll gladly start tracking you once we think we can get away with it"
Tracking a hacker is extremly difficult without becoming one yourself. Most of the time any hacker hacks from another hacked machine. 90% of the time, these machines are ones owned by people who have no clue how to use them, and who's response to being hacked is a fresh default install. So unless you speak chinese, you're probably not going to have a whole lot of luck, unless the hacker is either stupid, or just really screws up.
This one feature alone was more than enough to get me to switch. Tabbed browsing is a very nice addition too.
Aren't EULA's copyright?
Just wait till the BSA lawyers show up.
Why is it that if a bully attacks someone in school, he might get scolded, detention or even *gasp* some sort of in-school suspension, When if this happened in the Real World(tm), he would be in jail? Schools have too much of a tendancy to look the other way in situations like that.
Students who are caught with some pot get expelled, but those who harass someone to the point where they kill themselves have never gotten more than a slap on the wrist.
Copy protection is like airport security, it makes people feel like something is being done. In reality, copy protection of any kind will be broken. If you can read it, you can copy it.
Would this make audio cables an illegal circumvention device?
Have there been any major copy protection methods used that havn't been broken?
The closest thing I can think of are the cd-keys on half-life and the like, where you need a unique key to play online.
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