I have a very large vacuum capacitor which I'm not sure what to do with. It looks really neat (images: http://novalis.org/images/photo/vacuum_capacitor/) . The glass is about eight cm in diameter.
Does anyone know anything about things like this? Is it worth anything?
"... as a simple example: A name and an address wouldn't itself be protected by the law, but an index like a phone book would as a whole."
Europe has the Database Directive, which grants certain sui generis rights to people who create collections of otherwise uncopyrightable information. These rights are analagous to copyright's restrictions on derivative works, called "extraction" in the database case, and on redistribution, called "re-utilization". These rights last for 15 years.
The UK and Australia simply grant copyrights to these collections.
The US doesn't have anything at all like this -- indeed, it's been explicitly ruled many times in the last decade that the constitution doesn't provide any authority to grant such rights. See Feist v. Rural Telephone Service for the specific phone book case, and ADC v. Hamilton for maps.
If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation. (emphasis added)
Hi. I investigate license violations for the Free Software Foundation. Can you send me information about these possible violations? You can mail license-violation@gnu.org, and I will look into them. While we don't act vindictively in license violations, we do get them resolved.
If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
So, Linux can be licensed under v2 only if the copyright holders want. Also, RMS is not the whole of the FSF.
There are people like Torvalds that will pressure our community into use of a non-free program, and challenge anyone who complains to provide a (technically) better program immediately or shut up.
Even better is Roger Boisjoly's lectures on Challenger. He was the engineer who, the night before launch, told management that it was too cold and that the O-Ring would break. You can read his lectures online
"Or for that matter, if any of you have it, will you run strings on the binaries and post the results of that?"
Are you a copyright holder on any part of any software that might concievably be in Lindows? If so, mail me (novalis@gnu.org or license-violation@gnu.org) and I will send you what you need.
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That kind of flexibility, which allows the programmer to mold the language to fit his (and his tasks) needs, is really what makes Lisp great to work with.
"That kind of flexibility, which allows the programmer to mold the language to fit the needs of the task, is really what makes Lisp great to work with."
It's not quite the same, but it's worth making an effort to write in a gender-neutral fashion. IMO, "one" is just fine, but some people are not used to using it and hearing it, so it sounds awkward.
If you don't agree that gender-neutral language is a worthwhile pursuit, maybe you will after reading Douglas Hofstadter's hilarious essay on the topic.
Sure, but why bother stalking someone from an email address, when there's a phone book full of people to stalk. OK, so oyu "know" it's a kid if you meet the person over the 'net (ignoring the probability that it's a cop), but you could also call around until a kid picked up the phone.
Of course, history shows that it's pretty easy to go from email->snail address, because ISP employees are vulnerable to social engineering.
"but if common sense is applied, you should know that giving your name, address, phone number and pantie size to a stranger you've never met in real life is a tad stupid."
Why? Ignoring panty size, all that info can be found in a phone book!
I put my real name and home phone number at the bottom of every email. I've never gotten any weird calls, even though I've corresponded with some pretty weird people.
"Subject to sections 107 through 121, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:... in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;"
Actually, that's an idiom I never used, although I've certainly heard it. I wonder if it's specific to some age group (I'm 21), or region (I'm from the western suburbs of Phila). I dropped MAC and Wawa within a semester, and picked up "spendy", which I still use even though I haven't lived in Oregon for a few years. I never used pop instead of soda, although I think that people who move out of the south stop using coke generically pretty quickly (because there's ambiguity). I live in Boston now, but I don't use "wicked", although I do remember picking it up for a while when I went to summer camp up here many years ago. Language is funny.
"But to anyone outside PA/NJ/DE they think you have lost your mind."
When I first moved to Oregon, I was going to the 7-11 with some friends, and realized I didn't have any money. Without thinking, I said, "But that's OK, because there's a MAC machine in the Wawa!" My friends looked at me really, really funny. (for those not from that same area, a MAC (Money Access Center?) is an ATM. It's actually some brand-name, I think.
Don't convince the client of anything. As an independent contractor, your work isn't work for hire. You hold copyright. So, just don't sign a contract which stipulates that it will be work for hire.
I'm with the poster a few threads up who says "let the market decide." That's usually the best way to do things, and really, why not?
OK, so I'll just go in and start selling.pro TLDs for $100 and make a killing. Oh, wait, I can't do that, because this company already 'owns'.pro? OK, I'll make up my own tld,.poet, open only to published poets. What's that you say, I can't do that? But I could pay to be able to, right? No? How is the "market" deciding again?
Incidentally, do you suggest we just let our gov't be run by the lowest bidder? Screw that messy representative democracy, let's let the market decide! It's usually the best way to do things...
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information on the internet rarely has a link saying "About the Author's agenda"
On the contrary, that's what Google is for. I can find out somebody's bias instantly. Look at what everyone did with the ADTI paper?
Seventy-five bucks plus shipping, and it's yours. Otherwise, I'll e-bay it when I get bored of it sitting on my desk.
I have a very large vacuum capacitor which I'm not sure what to do with. It looks really neat (images: http://novalis.org/images/photo/vacuum_capacitor/) . The glass is about eight cm in diameter.
Does anyone know anything about things like this? Is it worth anything?
Let's find out.
Sorry, I misplaced a modifier. I wrote:
which grants certain sui generis rights to people who create collections of otherwise uncopyrightable information.
And should have written
which grants certain sui generis rights to people who create otherwise uncopyrightable collections of information.
"... as a simple example: A name and an address wouldn't itself be protected by the law, but an index like a phone book would as a whole."
Europe has the Database Directive, which grants certain sui generis rights to people who create collections of otherwise uncopyrightable information. These rights are analagous to copyright's restrictions on derivative works, called "extraction" in the database case, and on redistribution, called "re-utilization". These rights last for 15 years.
The UK and Australia simply grant copyrights to these collections.
The US doesn't have anything at all like this -- indeed, it's been explicitly ruled many times in the last decade that the constitution doesn't provide any authority to grant such rights. See Feist v. Rural Telephone Service for the specific phone book case, and ADC v. Hamilton for maps.
Disclaimer: AINAM. Also, IANAL, but you knew that.
Some Muslims think that copyright is not a part of Islam.
No, read the GPL again. See section 9. It says:
If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation. (emphasis added)
Hi. I investigate license violations for the Free Software Foundation. Can you send me information about these possible violations? You can mail license-violation@gnu.org, and I will look into them. While we don't act vindictively in license violations, we do get them resolved.
And that bullshit geographical copyright protection."
The Linux kernel includes some proprietary stuff. The FSF doesn't use that stuff. It urges others not to use it. What's the problem?
The GPL actually says:
If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
So, Linux can be licensed under v2 only if the copyright holders want. Also, RMS is not the whole of the FSF.
RMS asserts no such thing. He does write:
There are people like Torvalds that will pressure our community into use of a non-free program, and challenge anyone who complains to provide a (technically) better program immediately or shut up.
He is talking about BitKeeper.
They could also provide a Squid cache, and not charge for files in the cache.
Even better is Roger Boisjoly's lectures on Challenger. He was the engineer who, the night before launch, told management that it was too cold and that the O-Ring would break.
You can read his lectures online
Yes, it's based on GNU/Linux. It uses KDE and lots of GNU utilities. I didn't see anything BSD-related in there.
"Or for that matter, if any of you have it, will you run strings on the binaries and post the results of that?"
Are you a copyright holder on any part of any software that might concievably be in Lindows? If so, mail me (novalis@gnu.org or license-violation@gnu.org) and I will send you what you need.
That kind of flexibility, which allows the programmer to mold the language to fit his (and his tasks) needs, is really what makes Lisp great to work with.
"That kind of flexibility, which allows the programmer to mold the language to fit the needs of the task, is really what makes Lisp great to work with."
It's not quite the same, but it's worth making an effort to write in a gender-neutral fashion. IMO, "one" is just fine, but some people are not used to using it and hearing it, so it sounds awkward.
If you don't agree that gender-neutral language is a worthwhile pursuit, maybe you will after reading Douglas Hofstadter's hilarious essay on the topic.
Sure, but why bother stalking someone from an email address, when there's a phone book full of people to stalk. OK, so oyu "know" it's a kid if you meet the person over the 'net (ignoring the probability that it's a cop), but you could also call around until a kid picked up the phone.
Of course, history shows that it's pretty easy to go from email->snail address, because ISP employees are vulnerable to social engineering.
"but if common sense is applied, you should know that giving your name, address, phone number and pantie size to a stranger you've never met in real life is a tad stupid."
Why? Ignoring panty size, all that info can be found in a phone book!
I put my real name and home phone number at the bottom of every email. I've never gotten any weird calls, even though I've corresponded with some pretty weird people.
Wrong! http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/106.html
... in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;"
"Subject to sections 107 through 121, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:
Actually, that's an idiom I never used, although I've certainly heard it. I wonder if it's specific to some age group (I'm 21), or region (I'm from the western suburbs of Phila). I dropped MAC and Wawa within a semester, and picked up "spendy", which I still use even though I haven't lived in Oregon for a few years. I never used pop instead of soda, although I think that people who move out of the south stop using coke generically pretty quickly (because there's ambiguity). I live in Boston now, but I don't use "wicked", although I do remember picking it up for a while when I went to summer camp up here many years ago. Language is funny.
"But to anyone outside PA/NJ/DE they think you have lost your mind."
When I first moved to Oregon, I was going to the 7-11 with some friends, and realized I didn't have any money. Without thinking, I said, "But that's OK, because there's a MAC machine in the Wawa!" My friends looked at me really, really funny. (for those not from that same area, a MAC (Money Access Center?) is an ATM. It's actually some brand-name, I think.
Don't convince the client of anything. As an independent contractor, your work isn't work for hire. You hold copyright. So, just don't sign a contract which stipulates that it will be work for hire.
Disclaimer: IANAL, TINLA
I'm with the poster a few threads up who says "let the market decide." That's usually the best way to do things, and really, why not?
.pro TLDs for $100 and make a killing. Oh, wait, I can't do that, because this company already 'owns' .pro? OK, I'll make up my own tld, .poet, open only to published poets. What's that you say, I can't do that? But I could pay to be able to, right? No? How is the "market" deciding again?
OK, so I'll just go in and start selling
Incidentally, do you suggest we just let our gov't be run by the lowest bidder? Screw that messy representative democracy, let's let the market decide! It's usually the best way to do things...
(end rant)