No, but you could make the argument that you had claim to whatever gold you found.:)
Actually, if you've ever read any Rand, you'd know that she considers selfishness one of the biggest honking virtues that a human could possibly cultivate.
This might also be a situation where a contract can be implied by the mere act of visiting the web page. You certainly don't have to sign anything to make a contract; sometimes, you don't even have to say anything..
And how is this different from copyright law as it exists today?
I have a blue and white G3 Mac and my only choice in data xfer is USB (unless there's a Firewire mp3 player that I've missed). However, USB is faster than standard serial, and half the Wintel computers here at work have USB ports, so it's not as if there isn't infrastructure in place to use a USB-equipped MP3 player.
Not only that, but there were two articles (one on the wire, one in this month's SciAmer [sorry, no urls]) that directly relates to this. IBM just put out copper chip manufacturing technology ahead of schedule, which means chips will be cheaper (at least to make) and more efficient than aluminum. Second, there are at least three consortiums working on magnetic RAM that will leave FlashRAM in the dust.
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No, but you could make the argument that you had claim to whatever gold you found. :)
Actually, if you've ever read any Rand, you'd know that she considers selfishness one of the biggest honking virtues that a human could possibly cultivate.
This might also be a situation where a contract can be implied by the mere act of visiting the web page. You certainly don't have to sign anything to make a contract; sometimes, you don't even have to say anything..
And how is this different from copyright law as it exists today?
I have a blue and white G3 Mac and my only choice in data xfer is USB (unless there's a Firewire mp3 player that I've missed). However, USB is faster than standard serial, and half the Wintel computers here at work have USB ports, so it's not as if there isn't infrastructure in place to use a USB-equipped MP3 player.
Nothing else, just venting.
Not only that, but there were two articles (one on the wire, one in this month's SciAmer [sorry, no urls]) that directly relates to this. IBM just put out copper chip manufacturing technology ahead of schedule, which means chips will be cheaper (at least to make) and more efficient than aluminum. Second, there are at least three consortiums working on magnetic RAM that will leave FlashRAM in the dust.