No, I want to talk about the RIAA and MPAA. Specifically the MPAA.
I saw an ad for a DVD that said "Own [some movie] today on DVD". It did not say, "License [some movie]".
Therefore, they are selling me a copy of that movie. By the doctrine of First Sale, it is mine to do with as I wish, including cracking the CSS or region coding, folding, spindling, or mutilating, reselling to someone else.
The only thing that I may not do is reproduce it for other people, since I don't hold the copyright.
A bit of a blue-sky thought: but could they have potentially docked with the ISS?
Nope. By the time they realized that something *MIGHT* be wrong, they were already in the wrong orbit for ISS. There wasn't enough delta-v available to get to ISS.
<IRAQI-MINISTER> I can say, and I am responsible for what I say that piracy is down due to our efforts against the infidel pirate dogs! They are commiting suicide against our valiant auditors! I triply guarantee this!
I have detailed information about the situation...which completely proves that that piracy is spiraling out of control. Of course, the pirates are most welcome. We will butcher them. </IRAQI-MINISTER>
In the hypothetical samm office you talk about, half of the copies of Windows 95 and two-thirds of the copies of Office 97 are pirated
Not necessarily. It could be 20 computers, of which 2 have identical W95 keys, and 3 have the same copy of O97. Leading to a 5% piracy rate on W95, and a 10% piracy rate on O97.
Just goes to show that anyone can job the numbers.
<HUMOR> Remember, 37% of all statistics are made up! </HUMOR>
I used an old North American (Autonetics) Recomp III. One of the stock programs on tape was a GCD/LCM program. I was 12, and had learned how to program the machine about 6 weeks previous. I managed to clone the program to the point where the teacher and his TA were amazed.
Granted, it was only a simple algorithm, but the hardware was primitive, and I even cloned the error outputs.
Some defense contractors make a really big deal out of having employees disclose potential conflicts of interest, just to avoid legal problems and situations like the one you described.
pmz is right. When I worked for a defense contractor, we had to fill out annual conflict of interest forms, stating whether we owned any stock in potential vendors, AND whether (to the best of our knowledge) any person in our immediate family owned such stock., etc...
Please, don't refer to email spam in all caps. SPAM(tm) is a trademark of Hormel Foods, who have been quite good-natured about the use of the term to describe bulk email.
Oh, I agree. However, because she was Bush's FL campaign chair, it becomes an obvious conflict of interest, and she should have seen that and recused herself.
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Guess it's time to actually consider buying aluminum siding! :-)
Curb Records, who gave 100% to reps.
Well Mike Curb is a Republican.
He was Lt. Governor of CA under Jerry Brown. Made life interesting when Moonbeam wanted to leave the state for whatever reason.
No, I want to talk about the RIAA and MPAA. Specifically the MPAA.
I saw an ad for a DVD that said "Own [some movie] today on DVD". It did not say, "License [some movie]".
Therefore, they are selling me a copy of that movie. By the doctrine of First Sale, it is mine to do with as I wish, including cracking the CSS or region coding, folding, spindling, or mutilating, reselling to someone else.
The only thing that I may not do is reproduce it for other people, since I don't hold the copyright.
Where it stops depends on whether a backlash develops that hurts legitimate sales.
No, that won't work.
RIAA: What? Our profits are down? !@#$ Pirates!!! Quick, we need to buy some more laws!
I wasn't commenting that there was nothing to do... I'm merely saying that there was no way to get to ISS.
They could have launched Atlantis early, etc.... There was stuff they could have tried.
Finally none of these equations make a damn bit of sense if your not using the SI system.
Really? As I recall, the SI system didn't exist when Newton developed his equations.
Also, as long as you use the proper constants, what's the difference if you use kilograms, meters, and seconds; or slugs, feet, and seconds?
A bit of a blue-sky thought: but could they have potentially docked with the ISS?
Nope. By the time they realized that something *MIGHT* be wrong, they were already in the wrong orbit for ISS. There wasn't enough delta-v available to get to ISS.
and no rescue vehicle could have reached them in time.
Care to reconsider that last?
They claimed earlier that foam falling off the fuel tank not extraordinary, and hadn't been a problem in the past.
Feynman pointed out this Russian Roulette attitude during the Challenger investigation. "We always got away with it before"...
No, it's the Iraqi Information Minsiter!
<IRAQI-MINISTER>
I can say, and I am responsible for what I say that piracy is down due to our efforts against the infidel pirate dogs! They are commiting suicide against our valiant auditors! I triply guarantee this!
I have detailed information about the situation...which completely proves that that piracy is spiraling out of control. Of course, the pirates are most welcome. We will butcher them.
</IRAQI-MINISTER>
OR the free copy of windows NT4 that came bundled with the copy of Visual Basic 6
You had one of those too? I had about 6 of them (we bought 3 each of VB6 and VC6). A pretty good deal, actually.
Actually, I think the problem was that her estate was identified.
In the hypothetical samm office you talk about, half of the copies of Windows 95 and two-thirds of the copies of Office 97 are pirated
Not necessarily. It could be 20 computers, of which 2 have identical W95 keys, and 3 have the same copy of O97. Leading to a 5% piracy rate on W95, and a 10% piracy rate on O97.
Just goes to show that anyone can job the numbers.
<HUMOR>
Remember, 37% of all statistics are made up!
</HUMOR>
Mod this guy up!
I've been in the REAL Bedquilt/Colossal Cave in the Mammoth Cave system
So, did you find the diamonds? How did you get out of the maze of twisty little passages all alike? Where was the vending machine?
I did the same thing (but not the Trek game).
I used an old North American (Autonetics) Recomp III. One of the stock programs on tape was a GCD/LCM program. I was 12, and had learned how to program the machine about 6 weeks previous. I managed to clone the program to the point where the teacher and his TA were amazed.
Granted, it was only a simple algorithm, but the hardware was primitive, and I even cloned the error outputs.
Darn it! I'm jealous! I haven't been sued by SCO yet!
Wasn't that the Caldera purchase of SCO?
Bull. That page has been up for at least 2 or 3 years.
Some defense contractors make a really big deal out of having employees disclose potential conflicts of interest, just to avoid legal problems and situations like the one you described.
pmz is right. When I worked for a defense contractor, we had to fill out annual conflict of interest forms, stating whether we owned any stock in potential vendors, AND whether (to the best of our knowledge) any person in our immediate family owned such stock., etc...
FTC's current attempts at curtailing E-mail SPAM.
Please, don't refer to email spam in all caps. SPAM(tm) is a trademark of Hormel Foods, who have been quite good-natured about the use of the term to describe bulk email.
Maybe it stands for a spammer?
Stupid Pissing-Off Unsolicited Commercial Emailer
A foreign language
Jibberish
Elvish, or
Klingon
Oh, I agree. However, because she was Bush's FL campaign chair, it becomes an obvious conflict of interest, and she should have seen that and recused herself.
Ms. Harris should have recused herself from the process once it became clear that it would be disputed. Nevertheless...
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