Given the trade relations, this case should have consequences far outside of Canada proper. Canada
proper? I like the sound of Canada improper. Where the hell's that?
The word proper is to distinguish Canada from its "suburb" to the south.
Part of the reason is a change in the 2002 National Electric Code that requires the removal of abandoned cabling.
Actaully I am planning on redoing the electrical in my 1949 house, and leaving the old electrical wire dead and grounded - 55 year old 12 gauge copper just doesn't pull very easily. Anybody know if this rule applies to electrical wiring?
I once had an inkjet printer (in fact, I think was an HP) and there was a period of several months when I did not use the printer. Then when I tried to use it, it started making awful noises. I openned it up and found that the printer cartridge had exploded on me.
Ever have a pen explode? Well multiply that by about 400 times and you'll know how pissed off I was. My printer felt the heel of my boot after that.
I have an Epson now, but I get very nervous about old print cartridges and when I move, if I expect it to get hot or cold en route, I throw th eold print cartridge away.
Nation-wide dialup is nice when you spend most of your life on the road. Not a whole lot of hotels are equipped with WiFi or internet service yet - at least with dialup you are guaranteed covered. I applaud Earthlink for their innovation should this come to fruition.
- Thomas - A very satisfied former Earthlink subscriber;
There are, in some areas, unions for IT workers. Unions don't solve problems, they are merely a symptom. Non-unionized dot-com - cuts 30% of its work force to avoid going under. Unionized dot-com - goes under.
You have to remember that we are in an industry that hasn't yet matured, and we are an industry that grows and shrinks in size quite frequently and quite wildly. This is reality. Unions can't stop reality - they only make it more painful.
Why is the current practice of laying off your IT staff, then "re-employing" them as contractors (at a lower rate) not illegal?
A company has the right to do what it needs to do to stay alive. When you make getting rid of you ore difficult, you also make hiring you more difficult and risky.
Why is most of the programming work done overseas, where you have to ridiculously overspecify the project to get maintainable/extendable code?
So the rest of the world should be allowed to write software? Only Americans can do that? Only Americans are capable of writing maintainable software? Should Americans not be allowed to import software then?
Why are our governments allowing Visas for people to do IT work, when there are IT people available for work in their own country?
Do you think it makes sense that as soon as a people become available that all foreigners should head out, taking all of their domain knowledge with them? Companies don't bring foreigners in during hard times, unless they have something that is hard to find locally - it's too costly. Most of the foreigners that came in, came in during good times. Some left when the economy went bad. Some didn't. Why don't you look at the statistics for H1-B Visa issuing. Quotas ran out during the summers of every year until maybe 2000. I think there were plently left over in 2001 and 2002 though.
Why do employers/government wish to abuse our human rights read our email, and look at the websites we read?
If your employer is reading your mail, they are not abusing your rights. The employer has the right to monitor what goes through their networks, and monitor what you are doing on company time with company resources.
Why does this kind of article make me sick?
You view anything that causes you displeasure as abuse.
Our company advertises your company by writing grafitti on subway walls. We're suing the subway owners who keep cleaning up the grafitti.
Kudos! I like this analogy a lot better than the one on the link from Yale. Dead on, this anlogy is.
The King does have a point: when your "business" consists of shoplifting and the corner store installs a security camera, you're going to go out of business quickly enough that an injunction is your only hope.
SearchKing aims to deface Google. Google is rectifying it.
A man an his wfie just hada gnasty argument about nothing and were starting to make up. "I'm sorry" he says. "No, I'm sorry", she says. "No really, I'm sorry - how can I make it up to you?". She says "well, if it'll make you feel better, just buy me something expensive that I dont' need." So, the next morning, he booked her for chemotherepy.
could the companies PLEASE at least make up their mind about the issues?
I think that they are pretty clear on this issue - they don't really care if you copy a competitor's cd's. Just don't copy theirs. Sounds pretty clear to me
I could just see a teenager worrying more about what the black box is recording than what is on the road.
Any time that someone is being measured by their management (or in this case, their parents), they work harder to make the measurement look good and forget about the real goal.
Sure, most of the measurements shown actually do contribute the safety of the driver, I think that the kid will pay more attention to the measurements than to the road.
Driving is a complex task, and can be overwhelming for a new driver. Let's not add another thing to the mix.
First, their patent is dated 26 October, 1986. IANAL, but I beleive that patents are only valid for 17 years, so even if it were effective, it would only last for another year or so. Also, in order for a patent to remain valid, the holder must continually defend it. You must file claims, or at least C&D letters within a reasonable time of becoming knowledgeable of an infringement. The entire industry adopting a technology as a standard for over ten years under the assumption that it is free (beer and freedom), is a strong indication that they have failed in that regard. They can't simply wait for a technology to become pervasive and then whack everyone that uses it. As soon as this patent goes to court, it will be stricken down.
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Manopoly power: Being the last man on earth and holding her to her word.
Actaully I am planning on redoing the electrical in my 1949 house, and leaving the old electrical wire dead and grounded - 55 year old 12 gauge copper just doesn't pull very easily. Anybody know if this rule applies to electrical wiring?
- Thomas;
I once had an inkjet printer (in fact, I think was an HP) and there was a period of several months when I did not use the printer. Then when I tried to use it, it started making awful noises. I openned it up and found that the printer cartridge had exploded on me.
Ever have a pen explode? Well multiply that by about 400 times and you'll know how pissed off I was. My printer felt the heel of my boot after that.
I have an Epson now, but I get very nervous about old print cartridges and when I move, if I expect it to get hot or cold en route, I throw th eold print cartridge away.
- Thomas;
Shouldn't unzip come before strip?
That could have the effect fo making a cell phone smaller yet making the display larger. Cooooool
- Thomas;
What is broswer support for JPEG 2000 like?
- Thomas;
Nation-wide dialup is nice when you spend most of your life on the road. Not a whole lot of hotels are equipped with WiFi or internet service yet - at least with dialup you are guaranteed covered. I applaud Earthlink for their innovation should this come to fruition.
- Thomas - A very satisfied former Earthlink subscriber;
I love how the whole thing is held onto the recycle bin with the shaft of a sledge hammer!
There are, in some areas, unions for IT workers. Unions don't solve problems, they are merely a symptom. Non-unionized dot-com - cuts 30% of its work force to avoid going under. Unionized dot-com - goes under.
You have to remember that we are in an industry that hasn't yet matured, and we are an industry that grows and shrinks in size quite frequently and quite wildly. This is reality. Unions can't stop reality - they only make it more painful.
A company has the right to do what it needs to do to stay alive. When you make getting rid of you ore difficult, you also make hiring you more difficult and risky.
So the rest of the world should be allowed to write software? Only Americans can do that? Only Americans are capable of writing maintainable software? Should Americans not be allowed to import software then?
Do you think it makes sense that as soon as a people become available that all foreigners should head out, taking all of their domain knowledge with them? Companies don't bring foreigners in during hard times, unless they have something that is hard to find locally - it's too costly.
Most of the foreigners that came in, came in during good times. Some left when the economy went bad. Some didn't. Why don't you look at the statistics for H1-B Visa issuing. Quotas ran out during the summers of every year until maybe 2000. I think there were plently left over in 2001 and 2002 though.
If your employer is reading your mail, they are not abusing your rights. The employer has the right to monitor what goes through their networks, and monitor what you are doing on company time with company resources.
You view anything that causes you displeasure as abuse.
Kudos! I like this analogy a lot better than the one on the link from Yale. Dead on, this anlogy is.
SearchKing aims to deface Google. Google is rectifying it.
Please mod parent up.
- Thomas;
Reminds me of a joke.
A man an his wfie just hada gnasty argument about nothing and were starting to make up. "I'm sorry" he says. "No, I'm sorry", she says. "No really, I'm sorry - how can I make it up to you?". She says "well, if it'll make you feel better, just buy me something expensive that I dont' need." So, the next morning, he booked her for chemotherepy.
-Thomas;
I think that they are pretty clear on this issue - they don't really care if you copy a competitor's cd's. Just don't copy theirs. Sounds pretty clear to me
-ThomasLocal time - the idea is to tie up their modems, which are unlikely to be centralized.
I like how this article credited /. for pointing out that the [clip-art] woman pictured was not likely the writer of the story.
- Thomas;
I'm sure that RIAA would LOVE to ALL ISP's honeynetting RIAA. Then they don't have to spend their own bandwidth to do that themselves.
Just my $0.02
All this needs though is a radar. It doesn't need to know WHO is going through, it just needs to clock vehicles as they drive by.
I tried making a tin foil helmet once. Didn't work. The voices still found me.
But what about my phone? I'm naked without it!
- Esperanto
- Newspeak
- Klingon
- CowboyNeal
Love to sig!I could just see a teenager worrying more about what the black box is recording than what is on the road.
Any time that someone is being measured by their management (or in this case, their parents), they work harder to make the measurement look good and forget about the real goal.
Sure, most of the measurements shown actually do contribute the safety of the driver, I think that the kid will pay more attention to the measurements than to the road.
Driving is a complex task, and can be overwhelming for a new driver. Let's not add another thing to the mix.
First, their patent is dated 26 October, 1986. IANAL, but I beleive that patents are only valid for 17 years, so even if it were effective, it would only last for another year or so. Also, in order for a patent to remain valid, the holder must continually defend it. You must file claims, or at least C&D letters within a reasonable time of becoming knowledgeable of an infringement. The entire industry adopting a technology as a standard for over ten years under the assumption that it is free (beer and freedom), is a strong indication that they have failed in that regard. They can't simply wait for a technology to become pervasive and then whack everyone that uses it. As soon as this patent goes to court, it will be stricken down.
Doesn't India have a law that all financial software must be written in-house?