you can't display Nazi-related objects in France (and though the server is in the US, pages can be displayed in France, that's what the court said)
Surely it's the user at the keyboard that's instructed their browser to display Nazi-related objects. Sue Microsoft, it's their software that's doing it! If Jon Johanssen can be arrested/prosecuted for writing DeCSS, then Microsoft can be prosecuted in France for IE!
If the feds rule against Yahoo, does this mean that they also have the right to demand that the courts in the offshore nations force the gambling sites to close up or to restrict US access?
If the company operating the gambling site has a business presence and assets in the US, then that US branch can be pursued under US law. That's what happened to Yahoo - they basically said that Yahoo! France would be fined if their sister company in the US continued auctioning Nazi stuff. If you don't like another country's laws, don't do business there. If you don't like your own country's laws, lobby your representative.
As I understand it, the two applications would have to be filed simultaneously, as a patent in another country counts as prior art. Of course, if the second patent is issued by a country that doesn't have the same prior art rules, then this could happen.
Possibly, but scanning a server for all the documents that it makes publically available is basically legitimate use of the system, whereas the browser inserting it's own hyperlinks is not.
So do it next year on May 11th - although that's a Saturday, so make sure you walk round town with it, or maybe shift it back to 10th. When is his birthday?
Why would I need to resort to straw man arguments when dealing with everyone in this thread's simple tactic of denial of the law?
I don't know.
I really hope you don't actually do jury duty, being so ready to make up new laws yourself as opposed to nullifing them as a jury is actually still allowed to do.
I have made no decision as to the right or wrong of this case, and neither did you, you simply put up your own set of opposing arguements to counter. This happens far too often with the issues raised on/., people just vent their spleens in entirely nonproductive and often counterproductive ways.
Now that AOL owns the word AIM, can I not have a domain name like www.trueaim.com, www.aimtrue.com, www.aim-for-the-heart.com, www.aimright.com?
Straw man
Hey does AOL also own the simpler IM so i cant register the domain name www.IM-not-online.com,
Straw man
What's next, are idots like this panel going to shutdown an autosalvage operation like www.fordparts.com. Are they going to give all domain names like www.applefritter.com and www.lowendmac.com over to apple computer?
Straw man
Argue against the original issue, not your own exaggerations of it.
What is Aimster? Is it anything to do with AOL Instant Messenger? If so, then they *are* using the "aim" part to play on AOL Instant Messenger, and diluting the market value of the brand. Or is the name a coincidence?
That's an idea. I haven't read the patent, and I'm not qualified to, but so long as the patent covers a method of implementing this, prior use of the same idea doesn't count as prior art. Whether the patent claims are sufficiently broad to cover the entire idea is a different complaint. Go ahead, attack it if you think it's wrong, but attack it for the right reason or you'll just end up beating your head against a brick wall.
That's just the most outlandish example I could think of, but there are many other platforms out there that would suffer, and for minimal benefit. The internal representation isn't important, it's the interchange representation that's the problem. A standard binary data exchange format, and efficient (i.e. platform-optimised) routines are what is needed.
It's unpopular for good reasons. It would impose too great a burden on unusual platforms such as PDPs (IIRC) where the byte size is 36 bits. Having to mess around with the value before and after every integer operation would be a nightmare. Also, there is the endian problem, as others have mentioned. What I would like to see is a set of std:: functions for outputting binary data in specific formats such as little-endian 32 bit, big-endian 64 bit, etc.
eg:
Sorry, the whole concept of 'tolerance' as practiced in our Western liberal society is based out of our morality.
Peddle your halfbaked psuedo-philosphy somewhere else, okay?
Sure, but casting an entire sector of humanity as depraved or immoral is itself highly dangerous. The Kosovars believe that the Serbians are vicious and immoral, and the Serbians believe the same about the Kosovars. Would Europe have been a better place if we had ground Germany under our heel after WWII, like we did after WWI? No, because that's what caused Nazism to come to power! You can't repress tyrrany by being tyrranical. In order to defeat racism, we have to look at what there is in human nature that makes large sections of the population embrace it, rather than just sweep it under the carpet. I am a racist. You are a racist. Face up to it, deal with it, get past it. It's the only way the problem can be avoided, IMO.
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As I understand it, the two applications would have to be filed simultaneously, as a patent in another country counts as prior art. Of course, if the second patent is issued by a country that doesn't have the same prior art rules, then this could happen.
So do it next year on May 11th - although that's a Saturday, so make sure you walk round town with it, or maybe shift it back to 10th. When is his birthday?
Opinions expressed may not even be my own, let alone
those of any organisations, nations, species or
schools of thought to which I may be affiliated.
"One fourth" is entirely legitimate English, and is more normal in statistics. "Quarter" is regarded as vernacular.
Argue against the original issue, not your own exaggerations of it.
What is Aimster? Is it anything to do with AOL Instant Messenger? If so, then they *are* using the "aim" part to play on AOL Instant Messenger, and diluting the market value of the brand. Or is the name a coincidence?
And what happens if someone signs up to Passport, and then moves to Maryland?
That's an idea. I haven't read the patent, and I'm not qualified to, but so long as the patent covers a method of implementing this, prior use of the same idea doesn't count as prior art. Whether the patent claims are sufficiently broad to cover the entire idea is a different complaint. Go ahead, attack it if you think it's wrong, but attack it for the right reason or you'll just end up beating your head against a brick wall.
Would that make the entirity of the USA ineligible for the Pa$$port service, or just Washington state?
That's just the most outlandish example I could think of, but there are many other platforms out there that would suffer, and for minimal benefit. The internal representation isn't important, it's the interchange representation that's the problem. A standard binary data exchange format, and efficient (i.e. platform-optimised) routines are what is needed.
Here's another vote for Light Mode. I've been using it for years, and complaining every time they forget to close an tag.
It's unpopular for good reasons. It would impose too great a burden on unusual platforms such as PDPs (IIRC) where the byte size is 36 bits. Having to mess around with the value before and after every integer operation would be a nightmare. Also, there is the endian problem, as others have mentioned. What I would like to see is a set of std:: functions for outputting binary data in specific formats such as little-endian 32 bit, big-endian 64 bit, etc.
eg:
std::binary_out<int,std::little_endian,32>( 12345 );
Great, my mouse can have it's own IPv6 address!
I've bought stuff from ThinkGeek based on seeing a banner ad on Slashdot.
I want a clockwork PDA! You can already get clockwork radios and flashlights, why not a computer?
Sorry to interrupt, but you were looking for Goat Sex pictures a while back. Well, I found you one:
http://www.cpu.lu/gka/erpan.htm
We return you to your usual slashback...
"Lift the front 2 inches and drop it" was one of the standard "percussive maintenance" techniques when I was doing tech support 10 years ago.