Right, and me starting a computer firm named "Apple Computors" would infringe on that trademark by causing confusion.
I never thought about the connection, but the two programs are basically competing, so I think KIllustrator should change its name to something that doesn't sound like it's related. KNotAdobeButStillAnIllustrator or something:)
Sure, *if* that's the way it works. I seem to recall a heated discussion with the discount store clerk over a pair of shoes that rang up $299.90 instead of the $29.99 they should have been. Miss "Smarter than the Average Bear" kept pointing at the checkout display, "proving" that the store actually sold shoes for $300 and that I must have misread the label. To add further evidence to her claim, she pulled the register receipt out and showed me that the paper printout agreed with the screen.
That's irritating, but it pales in comparison with what happens when I'm heading in to work some morning and get pulled over, handcuffed, taken downtown and booked, locked up like a criminal because "the computer says" I look like a wanted felon? I call my boss and say, "I know it's 11:00 am and I haven't shown up yet, but don't worry -- I only got arrested."
What happens when the local news gets wind that they've arrested this horrible fugitive and plasters *my* face all over the evening news?
A basic principal of jurisprudence in a democratic nation is this: it's better to have a guilty person walk free than risk an innocent person losing his liberty. That's why we're innocent until proven guilty. That's why we throw out suspect evidence, severely weaking the prosecution's case, rather than risk bad evidence being used against a guilty party. This strikes me as a VERY risky thing to do, even if it's very reliable.
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Right, and me starting a computer firm named "Apple Computors" would infringe on that trademark by causing confusion.
:)
I never thought about the connection, but the two programs are basically competing, so I think KIllustrator should change its name to something that doesn't sound like it's related. KNotAdobeButStillAnIllustrator or something
Sure, *if* that's the way it works. I seem to recall a heated discussion with the discount store clerk over a pair of shoes that rang up $299.90 instead of the $29.99 they should have been. Miss "Smarter than the Average Bear" kept pointing at the checkout display, "proving" that the store actually sold shoes for $300 and that I must have misread the label. To add further evidence to her claim, she pulled the register receipt out and showed me that the paper printout agreed with the screen.
That's irritating, but it pales in comparison with what happens when I'm heading in to work some morning and get pulled over, handcuffed, taken downtown and booked, locked up like a criminal because "the computer says" I look like a wanted felon? I call my boss and say, "I know it's 11:00 am and I haven't shown up yet, but don't worry -- I only got arrested."
What happens when the local news gets wind that they've arrested this horrible fugitive and plasters *my* face all over the evening news?
A basic principal of jurisprudence in a democratic nation is this: it's better to have a guilty person walk free than risk an innocent person losing his liberty. That's why we're innocent until proven guilty. That's why we throw out suspect evidence, severely weaking the prosecution's case, rather than risk bad evidence being used against a guilty party. This strikes me as a VERY risky thing to do, even if it's very reliable.
I bought an IBM 604 a few months ago thinking it was a PowerPC! No wonder MacOS is still loading!
:)
It is sad to see the decline of Usenet. My current ISP doesn't even provide newsgroups. :(
(but I can routinely max out my 768/128 DSL line, I have a static IP and I pay less than $20/month, so....)
We're hitting the point in history when the founders of the Information Age are reaching that age (though of course, Ellis was younger than that).
But there are new people coming to replace them (Linus, for instance), so I don't think the world is getting worse, just different.
But your car can already generate all the electricity it wants.