You see, the thing is, most artists that are worth buying the CDs from are all Canadians anyway. You name an american artist and I'll tell you a Canadian artist who is much better. Of course, it's all a matter of opinion, but usually the Canadians are the ones with the talent. =)
So I would be pretty surprised if more than 20% of the mp3s I have are not by Canadian artists.
Actually, the company just has to prove that your program is sufficiently similar to prove copyright. It doesn't even have to have the same code. For instance, there was a case of "look and feel" where the company infringed on copyrights based upon how the software actually looked. The defendant had made a program with a UI that had a sufficiently similar UI as the company doing the suing. I think it was Broderbund vs Corel or something along those lines (Corel was suing for a copyright infringement on their print shop program)... Corel won the case, as they were able to prove that you could create a banner, card, etc. printing program without the same look and feel of their program (they gave an example of sticky bear or something)..
Anyway, the main point is that you don't have to copy the code exactly to be infringing upon copyright.
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I'd like to point out that the M.A.S.H movie came out before the series.. The series was based on the movie.. =)
Unless they made another movie... Which would be kind of silly..
The problem is, unlike the car, in a couple of years the thing is going to be an out of date POS with a nice paint job. With the car, at least it becomes vintage.
You could have said the same for Chris Columbus' crew. "Want to live in the New world? Be my guest. While you are spending 90% of your time in the boonies I'll be eating cake"... Now look at N.A. Arguably the best place to live in the world. (Canada anyway;P )
It's all about the exploration and reaching into space man! Where's your sense of adventure? I can't wait!
When am I ever going to listen to 15GB worth of music on my player? That's like my _whole_ friggun music library! I don't even listen to half those songs anymore... I would rather have something like a 1.5 GB mp3 player.. Hey, it could be smaller and probably easier on the batteries.. ? The only thing I could find that had those specs was the Muvo2, and no store around here (lower B.C.) sells it.
Toilets are not a good example to compare with computers though. You don't see people carrying around portable toilets to use anyplace they go... There aren't toilets in your car and I sure as hell hope that a toilet isn't monitoring your heart... Heck, there are even computers in some toilets!
Just plain bullshit. Computers are never going to go away and they'll always need computer scientists. It's just a painful period where the government isn't properly regulating the laws for software. That will all change when more people are educated on software and computers, but when people are saying things like "don't go into the computer feild" it will always stay a field where the government and law-makers are just complete fuck-ups, because no-one will learn anything about computers.
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You see, the thing is, most artists that are worth buying the CDs from are all Canadians anyway. You name an american artist and I'll tell you a Canadian artist who is much better. Of course, it's all a matter of opinion, but usually the Canadians are the ones with the talent. =)
So I would be pretty surprised if more than 20% of the mp3s I have are not by Canadian artists.
Actually, the company just has to prove that your program is sufficiently similar to prove copyright. It doesn't even have to have the same code. For instance, there was a case of "look and feel" where the company infringed on copyrights based upon how the software actually looked. The defendant had made a program with a UI that had a sufficiently similar UI as the company doing the suing. I think it was Broderbund vs Corel or something along those lines (Corel was suing for a copyright infringement on their print shop program)... Corel won the case, as they were able to prove that you could create a banner, card, etc. printing program without the same look and feel of their program (they gave an example of sticky bear or something)..
Anyway, the main point is that you don't have to copy the code exactly to be infringing upon copyright.
I'd like to point out that the M.A.S.H movie came out before the series.. The series was based on the movie.. =)
Unless they made another movie... Which would be kind of silly..
...barrier to building fundamentally new kinds of computers not limited by physical distance should become a reality, experts say...
I was under the impression that physical distance was always a limitation...? Which "experts" are saying this?
The problem is, unlike the car, in a couple of years the thing is going to be an out of date POS with a nice paint job. With the car, at least it becomes vintage.
Now they're making other countries follow their laws for free trade agreements? What the fuck? Ignorance must be commonplace.
I wonder how he's going to prove this in court. Did he take a before and after picture or something?
Because we can make it support us better. I think mars has some potential. =)
You could have said the same for Chris Columbus' crew. ;P )
"Want to live in the New world? Be my guest. While you are spending 90% of your time in the boonies I'll be eating cake"...
Now look at N.A. Arguably the best place to live in the world. (Canada anyway
It's all about the exploration and reaching into space man! Where's your sense of adventure? I can't wait!
Best. Slashdot Title. Ever.
D'oH! I meant a star destroyer! Goddamn starship names! Gah I think it's time I get some more sleep.
Does anyone else think that the X43 looks like a death star? Am I going crazy or have I been hanging around the Comp Sci labs too much?
Best story I've seen on slashdot in a long time. hahaha
I think what you have to consider is that even the textbook writers get the answers wrong.
You forgot one factor: people like explodey things.
damn.. that means... it would take him around 300 years to pay off his purchase of a mini iPod! Damn that's expensive! =P
The thing is, why do you have some songs on there that you don't listen to? Why bother even having the space taken up with those songs?
"I'm probably going to buy a silver [mini iPod] just 'cause I'm a silver kind of person." - Steve Jobs in an MSN article on the mini iPod.
Am I missing something here? Doesn't Steve Jobs own apple or something? Why does he have to buy one?
When am I ever going to listen to 15GB worth of music on my player? That's like my _whole_ friggun music library! I don't even listen to half those songs anymore... I would rather have something like a 1.5 GB mp3 player.. Hey, it could be smaller and probably easier on the batteries.. ? The only thing I could find that had those specs was the Muvo2, and no store around here (lower B.C.) sells it.
Toilets are not a good example to compare with computers though. You don't see people carrying around portable toilets to use anyplace they go... There aren't toilets in your car and I sure as hell hope that a toilet isn't monitoring your heart... Heck, there are even computers in some toilets!
Just plain bullshit. Computers are never going to go away and they'll always need computer scientists. It's just a painful period where the government isn't properly regulating the laws for software. That will all change when more people are educated on software and computers, but when people are saying things like "don't go into the computer feild" it will always stay a field where the government and law-makers are just complete fuck-ups, because no-one will learn anything about computers.
Is it "cute" or "cutey" or what?
Well, you can tell I didn't read it =P..
OK... let me get this straight, you don't think Master and Commander should get a nomination and then you compare it to Moby Dick?
Isn't Mody Dick considered one of the greatest works of fiction of all time? Heck, it invented the opening, "It was a dark and stormy night..." =D
Even if that someone is an old, grey haired woman?