A return to the 28-year copyrights of the Statute of Anne would be in many ways arbitrary, but not unreasonable. If there is a case for longer terms, they should be on a renewal basis, so that content is not locked up automatically. The value society places on creativity means that fair use needs to be expanded and inadvertent infringement should be minimally penalised.
11) "This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need quad i7 processors if I am to do battle with this code!"
10) "You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon."
9) "Indentation? I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!"
8) "What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes', leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in it's wake."
7) "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters', they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM."
6) "Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak."
5) "I have challenged the entire SQA team to a Bat-Leth contest. They will not concern us again."
4) "A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!"
3) "By filing this bug report you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!"
2) "You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!"
1) "Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!"
That's actually very easy, and happens naturally all the time. Natural decay is what makes radioactive substances radioactive. The hard part is separating out the enriched uranium. Once you do that it's very easy to make a bomb out of it.
Magnum e was much better. But we all know that Magnum i was the best.
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Don't give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings! Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, malodorous, pervert!!!
I sure as hell didn't want my parents to interfere with mine when I was that age.
That's because you were a teenager, and thus an idiot. I know, I was a teenager once. Know several now. Teens are much more likely to act without thinking than adults. Much more likely to think "A condom reduces my pleasure, so I won't wear one, because I won't become a father|catch an STD|both" and act upon that.
I don't know about Europe, but in the US banks eat the cost for someone vacuuming out a personal account. Businesses are on their own, however. See Krebs on Security for fun details.
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No, you get it. That's the purpose.
Because Sierra was considered pretty hackish, by the general public anyway, in 1984.
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Since when does "networked"=="internet" and != "any other type of network"?
The phone system is a network. Consider how much vital infrastructure is connected to that.
I though you were more of a willow devotee.
...if you have a Klingon Programmer.
12) "Specifications are for the weak and timid!"
11) "This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need quad i7 processors if I am to do battle with this code!"
10) "You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon."
9) "Indentation? I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!"
8) "What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes', leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in it's wake."
7) "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters', they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM."
6) "Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak."
5) "I have challenged the entire SQA team to a Bat-Leth contest. They will not concern us again."
4) "A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!"
3) "By filing this bug report you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!"
2) "You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!"
1) "Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!"
Probably unfilmable, but it might be fun to see the attempt.
Especially the ones of the rad meter.
and always has been, and don't try to tell the Chinese differently.
Sorry man, the USA DoD has the geeks beat when it comes to TLAs and FLEAs.
so the author seems to know exactly what he's talking about.
That's actually very easy, and happens naturally all the time. Natural decay is what makes radioactive substances radioactive. The hard part is separating out the enriched uranium. Once you do that it's very easy to make a bomb out of it.
Fusing atoms, now that's difficult.
Is not selling their content in countries, like Spain, where piracy is rampant.
There's no warning at all. It just runs.
helicopters can... what?? Not to be a pedant... Well, actually, yeah, it's pedantic. But helicopters do have wings, or airfoils, anyway.
and it will have unicorns and ponies and...
Flaming Tatas.
Magnum e was much better. But we all know that Magnum i was the best.
Don't give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings! Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, malodorous, pervert!!!
I sure as hell didn't want my parents to interfere with mine when I was that age.
That's because you were a teenager, and thus an idiot. I know, I was a teenager once. Know several now. Teens are much more likely to act without thinking than adults. Much more likely to think "A condom reduces my pleasure, so I won't wear one, because I won't become a father|catch an STD|both" and act upon that.
As adults we (should) know better.
I don't know about Europe, but in the US banks eat the cost for someone vacuuming out a personal account. Businesses are on their own, however. See Krebs on Security for fun details.
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If it was a quote, you should have blockquoted it, or at least put quotation marks around it.
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President Bush yesterday
You do realize that Bush isn't the President of the US anymore, right? We booted him out over a year ago.
Except run for more than a day without charging. Oh, and be read in full sunlight.