Distributing trade secrets to unauthorised parties in the US is an offence under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. So yes, it is illegal. As is knowingly receiving and acting upon information which contains trade secrets - which these rumour sites are, as another poster said, build upon. Apple did have a leg to stand on when it came to the Journalist - they had received information that could only be a trade secret at that time. There is no law protecting reporters sources, and a court can (and does) order a court to name or testify against their source. And 'stolen trade secrets' is espionage.
Its actually cheaper than you think to spread the build out over a number of countries - bare in mind that Airbus is not a public/government owned company, and therefor it cant just waste money in the name of cooperation. You get the parts built where its cheapest, and you ship them. This way you dont have to build one giant construction plant, you only have to build an assembly plant. Boeing also do this for the 777 and the 787 - prefabbed parts are made all over the world and shipped to Boeings assembly plants in the US.
The current planned method of bookin, embarkation and debarkation for a A380 is to treat it as two seperate aircraft - one for the upper deck, one for the lower deck. That way you just have the equivilent of less than two 767s being booked in at the same time, which any airport currently handles. The same goes for baggage, security checks and anything else. And since airlines pay for checkin space based on amount of time used, I think you will find a lot of airlines employing more staff for A380 checkins.
The A380 was five tonnes over target build weight at launch - but that wont matter as its not over the contract weight agreed with airlines, and that is the figure that people have been using to calculate efficiency etc. Airbus hope to lose this 5t for production aircraft by using more composites in the construction, and lighter cabin fixtures.
All launch airlines plans for the aircraft keep the plane in a twin aisle 2-4-2 configuration for standard passengers, which gives each passenger as much as 20% more space in most cases, due to the width of the A380-800. There will also be bars and rest areas on most A380s, on the base deck below the lower deck - but you wont see the lavish interiors that the promotional shots show (I dont see this as an issue, the same had been done for the 747 as well).
As for the speed arguement with 4mph between them, do the math. On a 12 hour flight, the 747 will only be 48miles ahead of the A380 if both went flat out without any delays. The A380 would make this distance up less than a minute. With the extra space you have on the A380, you should arrive at pretty much the same time as the 747 and you would have been more comfortable on the way.
All of that coupled with the fact that its quieter, more fuel efficient and greater comfortwise, I think that I would rather go in a A380, if its all the same with you:)
Interesting to note that Windows XP can do what you describe NetDrive doing - mount a webDAV remote location as a drive or network resource/web folder, allowing straight drag and drop capability.
I think its more of a case that if she can prove that the divorce is his fault, she gets a better financial settlement from the court. Without that proof, she has to settle for less. Now the court has taken away her (only?) evidence, she may have to settle for less, and her husband could potentially use this ruling against her in the divorce.
I think that the courts ruling has more to do with the interception of the spouses communications than the act of the wife installing the spyware on the PC.
From the article:
"It is illegal and punishable as a crime under (state law) to intercept electronic communications," wrote Judge Donald Grincewicz on behalf of a three-judge panel.
...and...
But Grincewicz concluded that "because the spyware installed by the wife intercepted the electronic communication contemporaneously with transmission, copied it and routed the copy to a file in the computer's hard drive, the electronic communications were intercepted in violation of the Florida Act."
The act of the wife installing the software was not ruled on and thus the question of what she can and cant do with marital property is not at issue, but the actual interception of the husbands communcations is what the court ruled on, and found to be unlawful. You dont have carte blanche over your partner.
White Dwarf origionally wasnt owned by Games Workshop - the magazine was purchased by GM quite late on as a developed RPG magazine (I have issues 1,2 and 8 somewhere of the origional mag), and thats when the content of the magazine changed to GM only.
Actually, Sleeping In Light was mainly filmed at the end of Season 3, with some more extended scenes being filmed during Season 4. So we are both right.
You do not have a full understanding of this subject. This has little to do with copyright law, it has everything to do with breach of license - specifically the DVD CSS license.
The DVDCCA people beleive that the usage of CSS decoding in this jukebox product breaches the license conditions that the Jukebox makers signed. Nothing about copyright.
And there are plenty of products that have legal uses but are either restricted from purchase or banned altogether in many countries, including the US.
Two people? With the advent of Netflix and other rental by mail services, there are already a LOAD of people doing this exact thing, so to be afraid of it in a proper jukebox system designed for it is quite valid.
So, where are the weapons ready for deployment in 45 minutes? Where is the huge and dangerous nuclear program? Where was the immediate threat?! Bush and Blair got it wrong - the UN security council called them on it, but they went straight on to fuck it up anyway. And what are you talking about, South American disarmament? Brazil blatantly told the UN Nuclear Inspectors that they could not inspect certain places, including areas of enrichment plants - why was this accepted for Brazil and yet isnt for other well known countries?
The paraphrase is that there was a document that suggested, with no credible backup, that double amounts existed of some chemicals. Blix later concluded that all items unaccounted for were infact doubled up on paper, there was infact no corresponding physical item, it was just two documents that were later found to mean the same physical item.
As an aside, how the FUCK are you supposed to prove that something doesnt exist, especially to a paranoid body?
Face it, the invasion was illegal and unjustified based on the evidence given. No manner of downmodding me (my previous post has been to +5, insightful 6 times now, while being modded down) will silence my opinion on the matter.
Incase you completely missed it, theres a UN investigation currently going on into the Oil for Food program that has so far been extremely critical of companies, individuals and officials that either bent or broke the rules. So, other countries are taking the blame for the Oil for Food programs short fallings. The sanctions were never designed to remove Saddam from power - thats the job of his subjugates.
But U.N. reports submitted to the Security Council before the war by Hans Blix, former chief U.N. arms inspector, and Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency, have been largely validated by U.S. weapons teams. The common findings:
Iraq's nuclear weapons program was dormant.
No evidence was found to suggest Iraq possessed chemical or biological weapons. U.N. officials believe the weapons were destroyed by U.N. inspectors or Iraqi officials in the years after the 1991 Gulf War.
From USA Today. These reports superceeded the beliefs on Blix's part that there was hidden material (which was more of a paraphrase than an actual quote). The report in which Blix is supposed to have made the quote you refer to was given on February 14, 2003. The report in which I quote from was given one month later. Things change given time.
Iraq never 'kicked out' the weapons inspectors in 1998, Clinton pulled them out. They were never asked to leave, they were never threatened, they were never forced out of the country.
Iraq may have been in non compliance with inspection requirements, but thats not to say that the UK/US invasion was legitimate or legal. There was a reason this wasnt a UN led operation, the lack of convincing evidence presented to the UN security council. Those who voted against military action in the security council based on the evidence presented were ultimately proved right - so far theres been nothing of any substance discovered.
Hans Blix is also quoted as saying Iraq did not possess the weapons or materials that the US and the UK said they did - but I see most people overlook this little matter. Face it, Iraqs invasion was Bushes way of tying up loose ends rather than anything legitimate and good. The arguement that 'Saddam was a bad man' doesnt hold up. Yes, its good hes gone, yes, he was evil. Unfortunately, when you dispose of governments in that way, you face a very real risk of becoming that which you are dealing with.
Look, its quite simple, these people modified the origional binaries and code for the game to produce modifications of their own, and in doing so they produced a DERIVED WORK of a copyrighted item. That is what they are being sued for. Its exactly the same as if they had done it for a GPLed piece of work and not licensed the resulting work under the GPL. Copyright owners have rights, regardless of whether they choose to follow the same ideology as you or not, get over it.
To all those that say 'this means you arent allowed to modify items you bought anymore' - you are. Go and do to your own property what these people did. Guess what, you wont be hauled into court. The difference is that these people distributed a derived work, and in the same manner a garage isnt allowed to make certain types of adjustments to vehicles while you are perfectly entitled to make them yourself.
This 'Distortion' you talk about is called Selective Availability, and was turned off by default by Clinton in the late 1990s. SA can still be turned back on globally at any time, or even targetted for specific theatres of operations (for example, Iraq). Your civilian GPS receiver still has the potential for massive inaccuracy.
When XP came out, I dont recall any announcement from Microsoft about having to upgrade?! Infact, I recall that the vast majority of 'upgrading' to XP just happened during the normal course of buying a new system as and when required - Win2k or 98 didnt suddenly stop working (did 98 ever start working?). Longhorn will be the same, natural upgrade with new hardware for normal users, those that follow the 'cutting edge' will be buying OS upgrades, and everyone will get on with life.
I *think* Steam relies on whether or not it can get a DNS lookup on the content server to determine if theres a valid net link there or not - YMMV.
One thing I forgot to mention, Steam also expires the token if its 'check by' date is passed AND Steam wants an update - it forces a check on a predetermined schedule for major updates, once every 60 days I think, UNLESS you have the game set to 'do not keep up to date', at which point it wont expire the token.
I wont class your #3 as a problem per se, its definately a POTENTIAL problem, but at the moment its not a problem. Personally, $60 to me is 3 hours wages (I know this isnt everyones situation) and Im quite willing to accept the possibility that in the far future Valve may lock people out of HL2. Why? Because I get entertained now for months and months on end, Valve keep releasing new levels, mods and stuff now - I get my fill for $60.
1. No, it doesnt, if you dont start Steam while the system is connected to the internet. When you put Steam into offline play, it writes a token to disk with a 'check by' date. Steam checks this when its online, but removes the token before it discovers if the auth servers are up or not. The token does not expire on its own - I have a system that has had HL2 on it since it was released, and hasnt been connected to the net since the week after it was released, and it is still allowing me to play single player.
2. Correct, Steam removes the offline play token before it manages to get a response from the Auth servers. This is most definately a bug.
3. *shrug* There are currently bugs in Steam, it should allow an authed install of HL2 to run if it cant contact the steam servers - expect Valve to rectify this pretty soon. Its a tradeoff - I dont have to mess around with CD/DVDs that have the potential to get scratched, i can visit a friend and have games download to play on his PC without carrying said media around. There are many positives to Steam as there are negatives - I for one am currently pleased.
A note: When you first auth your HL2 install through Steam, you are assigned a 'content server' which also acts as Steams authentication server. Any interactions you have with Steam will be through this server or its deputies, so its possible for your particular server to be down while others are fine.
Right click on the game in Steam and choose 'do not keep this game up to date' in the drop down box on the window that appears. Simple really. This will allow you to play the game in single player mode with no issues at all.
Motherboard realestate. Laying out an SMP motherboard is expensive, and uses more materials and components than a dualcore motherboard will, thats it really.
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Distributing trade secrets to unauthorised parties in the US is an offence under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. So yes, it is illegal. As is knowingly receiving and acting upon information which contains trade secrets - which these rumour sites are, as another poster said, build upon. Apple did have a leg to stand on when it came to the Journalist - they had received information that could only be a trade secret at that time. There is no law protecting reporters sources, and a court can (and does) order a court to name or testify against their source. And 'stolen trade secrets' is espionage.
http://nsi.org/Library/Espionage/usta.htm
All of that coupled with the fact that its quieter, more fuel efficient and greater comfortwise, I think that I would rather go in a A380, if its all the same with you :)
Interesting to note that Windows XP can do what you describe NetDrive doing - mount a webDAV remote location as a drive or network resource/web folder, allowing straight drag and drop capability.
I think its more of a case that if she can prove that the divorce is his fault, she gets a better financial settlement from the court. Without that proof, she has to settle for less. Now the court has taken away her (only?) evidence, she may have to settle for less, and her husband could potentially use this ruling against her in the divorce.
From the article:
"It is illegal and punishable as a crime under (state law) to intercept electronic communications," wrote Judge Donald Grincewicz on behalf of a three-judge panel.
...and...
But Grincewicz concluded that "because the spyware installed by the wife intercepted the electronic communication contemporaneously with transmission, copied it and routed the copy to a file in the computer's hard drive, the electronic communications were intercepted in violation of the Florida Act."
The act of the wife installing the software was not ruled on and thus the question of what she can and cant do with marital property is not at issue, but the actual interception of the husbands communcations is what the court ruled on, and found to be unlawful. You dont have carte blanche over your partner.
White Dwarf origionally wasnt owned by Games Workshop - the magazine was purchased by GM quite late on as a developed RPG magazine (I have issues 1,2 and 8 somewhere of the origional mag), and thats when the content of the magazine changed to GM only.
Actually, Sleeping In Light was mainly filmed at the end of Season 3, with some more extended scenes being filmed during Season 4. So we are both right.
The end episode to the entire series was filmed during season 3. Thats how mapped out he had the storyline.
You do not have a full understanding of this subject. This has little to do with copyright law, it has everything to do with breach of license - specifically the DVD CSS license.
The DVDCCA people beleive that the usage of CSS decoding in this jukebox product breaches the license conditions that the Jukebox makers signed. Nothing about copyright.
And there are plenty of products that have legal uses but are either restricted from purchase or banned altogether in many countries, including the US.
Two people? With the advent of Netflix and other rental by mail services, there are already a LOAD of people doing this exact thing, so to be afraid of it in a proper jukebox system designed for it is quite valid.
So, where are the weapons ready for deployment in 45 minutes? Where is the huge and dangerous nuclear program? Where was the immediate threat?! Bush and Blair got it wrong - the UN security council called them on it, but they went straight on to fuck it up anyway. And what are you talking about, South American disarmament? Brazil blatantly told the UN Nuclear Inspectors that they could not inspect certain places, including areas of enrichment plants - why was this accepted for Brazil and yet isnt for other well known countries?
The DMCA covers distribution of said copyrighted work among other things, thats whats covered here.
The paraphrase is that there was a document that suggested, with no credible backup, that double amounts existed of some chemicals. Blix later concluded that all items unaccounted for were infact doubled up on paper, there was infact no corresponding physical item, it was just two documents that were later found to mean the same physical item.
As an aside, how the FUCK are you supposed to prove that something doesnt exist, especially to a paranoid body?
Face it, the invasion was illegal and unjustified based on the evidence given. No manner of downmodding me (my previous post has been to +5, insightful 6 times now, while being modded down) will silence my opinion on the matter.
Incase you completely missed it, theres a UN investigation currently going on into the Oil for Food program that has so far been extremely critical of companies, individuals and officials that either bent or broke the rules. So, other countries are taking the blame for the Oil for Food programs short fallings. The sanctions were never designed to remove Saddam from power - thats the job of his subjugates.
From USA Today. These reports superceeded the beliefs on Blix's part that there was hidden material (which was more of a paraphrase than an actual quote). The report in which Blix is supposed to have made the quote you refer to was given on February 14, 2003. The report in which I quote from was given one month later. Things change given time.
Whatever the ulterior motives, the REASON stated for voting against military action was ultimately proved correct.
Iraq never 'kicked out' the weapons inspectors in 1998, Clinton pulled them out. They were never asked to leave, they were never threatened, they were never forced out of the country.
Iraq may have been in non compliance with inspection requirements, but thats not to say that the UK/US invasion was legitimate or legal. There was a reason this wasnt a UN led operation, the lack of convincing evidence presented to the UN security council. Those who voted against military action in the security council based on the evidence presented were ultimately proved right - so far theres been nothing of any substance discovered.
Hans Blix is also quoted as saying Iraq did not possess the weapons or materials that the US and the UK said they did - but I see most people overlook this little matter. Face it, Iraqs invasion was Bushes way of tying up loose ends rather than anything legitimate and good. The arguement that 'Saddam was a bad man' doesnt hold up. Yes, its good hes gone, yes, he was evil. Unfortunately, when you dispose of governments in that way, you face a very real risk of becoming that which you are dealing with.
Look, its quite simple, these people modified the origional binaries and code for the game to produce modifications of their own, and in doing so they produced a DERIVED WORK of a copyrighted item. That is what they are being sued for. Its exactly the same as if they had done it for a GPLed piece of work and not licensed the resulting work under the GPL. Copyright owners have rights, regardless of whether they choose to follow the same ideology as you or not, get over it.
To all those that say 'this means you arent allowed to modify items you bought anymore' - you are. Go and do to your own property what these people did. Guess what, you wont be hauled into court. The difference is that these people distributed a derived work, and in the same manner a garage isnt allowed to make certain types of adjustments to vehicles while you are perfectly entitled to make them yourself.
This 'Distortion' you talk about is called Selective Availability, and was turned off by default by Clinton in the late 1990s. SA can still be turned back on globally at any time, or even targetted for specific theatres of operations (for example, Iraq). Your civilian GPS receiver still has the potential for massive inaccuracy.
When XP came out, I dont recall any announcement from Microsoft about having to upgrade?! Infact, I recall that the vast majority of 'upgrading' to XP just happened during the normal course of buying a new system as and when required - Win2k or 98 didnt suddenly stop working (did 98 ever start working?). Longhorn will be the same, natural upgrade with new hardware for normal users, those that follow the 'cutting edge' will be buying OS upgrades, and everyone will get on with life.
I *think* Steam relies on whether or not it can get a DNS lookup on the content server to determine if theres a valid net link there or not - YMMV.
One thing I forgot to mention, Steam also expires the token if its 'check by' date is passed AND Steam wants an update - it forces a check on a predetermined schedule for major updates, once every 60 days I think, UNLESS you have the game set to 'do not keep up to date', at which point it wont expire the token.
I wont class your #3 as a problem per se, its definately a POTENTIAL problem, but at the moment its not a problem. Personally, $60 to me is 3 hours wages (I know this isnt everyones situation) and Im quite willing to accept the possibility that in the far future Valve may lock people out of HL2. Why? Because I get entertained now for months and months on end, Valve keep releasing new levels, mods and stuff now - I get my fill for $60.
1. No, it doesnt, if you dont start Steam while the system is connected to the internet. When you put Steam into offline play, it writes a token to disk with a 'check by' date. Steam checks this when its online, but removes the token before it discovers if the auth servers are up or not. The token does not expire on its own - I have a system that has had HL2 on it since it was released, and hasnt been connected to the net since the week after it was released, and it is still allowing me to play single player.
2. Correct, Steam removes the offline play token before it manages to get a response from the Auth servers. This is most definately a bug.
3. *shrug* There are currently bugs in Steam, it should allow an authed install of HL2 to run if it cant contact the steam servers - expect Valve to rectify this pretty soon. Its a tradeoff - I dont have to mess around with CD/DVDs that have the potential to get scratched, i can visit a friend and have games download to play on his PC without carrying said media around. There are many positives to Steam as there are negatives - I for one am currently pleased.
A note: When you first auth your HL2 install through Steam, you are assigned a 'content server' which also acts as Steams authentication server. Any interactions you have with Steam will be through this server or its deputies, so its possible for your particular server to be down while others are fine.
Right click on the game in Steam and choose 'do not keep this game up to date' in the drop down box on the window that appears. Simple really. This will allow you to play the game in single player mode with no issues at all.
Motherboard realestate. Laying out an SMP motherboard is expensive, and uses more materials and components than a dualcore motherboard will, thats it really.
The next version of Xcode will support autovectorisation, but I dont think it does it atm.