In all documented cases where Plutonium (a common alpha emitter) was accidently ingested, it was found to pass through the digestive tract without issue.
This doesn't Jive with what I have been previously lead to believe that Plutonium is in fact quite chemically poisonous.
Last I read (which was admittedly a long while ago) OLEDs had 2 major problems, 1) blue, and 2) they have historically had a degradation problems over time. Losing luminosity. i dont know how this has progressed.
ya know i have pondered this topic long and hard. My thoughts on this bloomed out of my learning of Descartes' evil demon theory thing (i can never recall its proper name). Which goes something like, if we assume the world you live in is created by a demon intent on your deception. All of your perceptions are manipulated toward this purpose.
What's there to keep you from going insane? The only thing is logical consistency. Cause and effect. When you drop a bowling ball it doesnt over in the air and then shoot into the sky. It falls to the ground like everything else that is not suspended.
What does this have to do with anything? At the end of the day there is 1 objective reality. Wether the existence is in fact 'really real' or synthesized (aka "the matrix") as long as cause and effect are in place and the reality is internally consistent, at the end of the day doesn't matter, because its the one you live in. Attempting to determine if you are in fact being fooled is a waste of time. The probabilities collapse and you have to deal with whats at hand.
If one has taken a class in logic or classical argument, you may recall that if you start with false premises you can indeed logically reach false 'true' conclusions. Logical deduction itself itself is *NOT* sufficient to prove a phenomenon real. You actually have to prove your premises are real. By definition you cannot prove something supernatural. Supernatural things (being outside the realm of the natural) cannot be observed, tested, measured, or proved to exist.
Their supernatural creator might as well be *FAIRY GOD PARENTS*/KROCKER
What answers could i possibly give? "Sorry Mr. Microsoft-man, looks like that disreputable vendor that was selling fake windows XP has vanished into the night like disreputable vendors are wont to do.
It looks like these guys followed the proper channels. Bought the rights and hired the author. This is the same procedure as any other SW project (like a shareware author).
Ok i was following this on the first article, and now i am even more confused. How does the DMCA 'legitimately' cover this. (Im not referring to its typical fraudulent and over board use [see lexmark])
Nikon cant seriously be claming copyright protection on *other people's* photographs.
And in any case, like the lexmark issue, this is about reverse-engineering for compatibility. Which IIRC is not actionable under the DCMA. NIkon is merely being obstructionist here. Adobe did this as to splash bad PR on Nikon for being dicks, and as far as i can tell, its working. By having to issue PR to defend their position means they are feeling heat, as opposed to ignoring it and making the public drink their swill.
Assuming there wasnt an exception, I very much doubt this would hold up. As a document itself is the content, and the font is a visualization tool, the font doesn't change the content. It is part of the display of said document.
It is somewhat analogous to saying GIMP to make an image, the image does not become part of the GPL.
Also with a font, a document is not typically intended to be a font distribution method. Fonts are almost always distributed as stand alone objects to be installed in your system. No one installs a document into their system to get a font. No reasonable person uses documents in that fashion. And courts generally err on what a reasonable person would expect. So even if the GPL fonts were designed *on purpose* to force GPL of other people's document content it would likely be ruled invalid. And invalid clauses of contracts are non-binding.
Of course such a taking was not something intended, or even wanted.
It is Comcast's policy in accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws to reserve the right to terminate the Service provided to any customer or user who is either found to infringe third party copyright or other intellectual property rights, including repeat infringers, or who Comcast believes in its sole discretion is infringing these rights
So if they turned over info about this user without terminating service they arent following their own policies. It can then be argued that they may not be correctly following other policies and laws, like handing over customer information without a court order.
This is also different in the fact that these people making routers are explicitly selling others property for their gain. Not to split leagal hairs here, but I find it more repulsive. Not to mention its a corporation stealing and making actual gains from it. and not in he case of the RIAA, making up vaporous losses to justify huge settlements.
Up at camp in the mountains in Feb. couple of years ago it was -40 in the daytime. Which is almost bearable if the wind isnt blowing... so as long as the wind isnt blowing on the moon... hmmmm well then there ya go:) no wind blowing on the moon
Crusade never got it's chance either. WB was too busy screwing around with it because their marketing staff wanted to control the show. Part of its death was due to that JMS wouldnt be their cabanaboy.
I got nothing at all from firefly. I just cant accept teh use of slugthrowers on a spacecraft.
How about the 'community' draft an 'ethical business practices' document for the media companies.
Some possible clauses
1) charge no more then 20% profit on your real cost of production of products.
2) stop ripping off new artists with loans for promotion disgused as recording contracts.
3) Discontinue painting customers as potential criminals
4) Discontinue ramming DRM down our throats.
5) stop producing crap.
6) stop being control freaks and demanding that people consume your drek as you see fit.
7) Tell us explicitly what our license is for. If its for the media then tell us, and have a reasonable replacement policy for bad media. If it for the contents of the media, then we demand our license be portable and persistent for private use.
Au contraire, Uncle sam wants you to rat out anyone you think might be a 'terraist' regardless if you are a mindless slug on minimum wage, who if you had any fewer working brain cells, the majority leader of the senate would pass a bill to keep you alive against your will.
Sweet, I got in terrorism, Tom Delay, morons, low paid employees, and Terri Schiavo in one post. Tell me what I win Johnny!
If this movie goes anfd uses the dumbass plotlines and moralistic BS from these new cartoons (transformers energon and so on) I swear to god i am gonna bomb cyberton back into the steam age.
This is just the latest in a long line of what I like to call "The Jingo-izing of IT"
Its a not so clever ploy to try and reframe the topic into one of 'nationalism'. Previously we have seen people tell us that Open Source could be used by terrorists. and that OS is bad for national security
As it is obvious to the choir I am preaching to, this is BS. Its an attempt to get people scared. Because the IP that Sun has donest belong to 'the wealthiest nation' or 'a nation' or even the the state or city Sun has its HQ. Its owned by Sun. If it does belong to a nation or government then I want my share of Sun's profits, as the govt of the US is supposed to be working, in theory, for the people. (But this isnt a political science post.
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In all documented cases where Plutonium (a common alpha emitter) was accidently ingested, it was found to pass through the digestive tract without issue.
This doesn't Jive with what I have been previously lead to believe that Plutonium is in fact quite chemically poisonous.
Plutonium is radioactive and highly toxic if you breathe it or eat it. We take very strict protection measures at each stage of the handling process to make sure the plutonium doesn't get into the body, by breathing or eating it, or through cuts in the skin. (via bnfl.com)
Last I read (which was admittedly a long while ago) OLEDs had 2 major problems, 1) blue, and 2) they have historically had a degradation problems over time. Losing luminosity. i dont know how this has progressed.
ya know i have pondered this topic long and hard. My thoughts on this bloomed out of my learning of Descartes' evil demon theory thing (i can never recall its proper name). Which goes something like, if we assume the world you live in is created by a demon intent on your deception. All of your perceptions are manipulated toward this purpose.
What's there to keep you from going insane? The only thing is logical consistency. Cause and effect. When you drop a bowling ball it doesnt over in the air and then shoot into the sky. It falls to the ground like everything else that is not suspended.
What does this have to do with anything? At the end of the day there is 1 objective reality. Wether the existence is in fact 'really real' or synthesized (aka "the matrix") as long as cause and effect are in place and the reality is internally consistent, at the end of the day doesn't matter, because its the one you live in. Attempting to determine if you are in fact being fooled is a waste of time. The probabilities collapse and you have to deal with whats at hand.
Astute observation.
/KROCKER
If one has taken a class in logic or classical argument, you may recall that if you start with false premises you can indeed logically reach false 'true' conclusions. Logical deduction itself itself is *NOT* sufficient to prove a phenomenon real. You actually have to prove your premises are real. By definition you cannot prove something supernatural. Supernatural things (being outside the realm of the natural) cannot be observed, tested, measured, or proved to exist.
Their supernatural creator might as well be *FAIRY GOD PARENTS*
What answers could i possibly give? "Sorry Mr. Microsoft-man, looks like that disreputable vendor that was selling fake windows XP has vanished into the night like disreputable vendors are wont to do.
Here in NYC whats to stop me from reporting a a fake retailer at an addressed that is a closed store?
There are so many abandoned buildings in this city, i mean seriously.
Imagine spilling your coffee on your liquid sodium? It aint gonna be 2 great tastes that taste great together.
Agreed,
It looks like these guys followed the proper channels. Bought the rights and hired the author. This is the same procedure as any other SW project (like a shareware author).
So now MS has the power to void a contract between 3rd parties, a contract to which it is not a party?
Firstly, who do they think they are that they have such power, and how do they get off thinking they have the power to do such a thing.
Ok i was following this on the first article, and now i am even more confused. How does the DMCA 'legitimately' cover this. (Im not referring to its typical fraudulent and over board use [see lexmark])
Nikon cant seriously be claming copyright protection on *other people's* photographs.
And in any case, like the lexmark issue, this is about reverse-engineering for compatibility. Which IIRC is not actionable under the DCMA. NIkon is merely being obstructionist here. Adobe did this as to splash bad PR on Nikon for being dicks, and as far as i can tell, its working. By having to issue PR to defend their position means they are feeling heat, as opposed to ignoring it and making the public drink their swill.
Rabbit, thanks. I have a feeling I stepped on someone's toes and the masked kiddie is taking his revenge.
Wow this will be the last decade of online advertising? Sweet! im waiting for 2010!
Assuming there wasnt an exception, I very much doubt this would hold up. As a document itself is the content, and the font is a visualization tool, the font doesn't change the content. It is part of the display of said document.
It is somewhat analogous to saying GIMP to make an image, the image does not become part of the GPL.
Also with a font, a document is not typically intended to be a font distribution method. Fonts are almost always distributed as stand alone objects to be installed in your system. No one installs a document into their system to get a font. No reasonable person uses documents in that fashion. And courts generally err on what a reasonable person would expect. So even if the GPL fonts were designed *on purpose* to force GPL of other people's document content it would likely be ruled invalid. And invalid clauses of contracts are non-binding.
Of course such a taking was not something intended, or even wanted.
Comcast has dug themselves a hole here:
It is Comcast's policy in accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws to reserve the right to terminate the Service provided to any customer or user who is either found to infringe third party copyright or other intellectual property rights, including repeat infringers, or who Comcast believes in its sole discretion is infringing these rights
So if they turned over info about this user without terminating service they arent following their own policies. It can then be argued that they may not be correctly following other policies and laws, like handing over customer information without a court order.
This is also different in the fact that these people making routers are explicitly selling others property for their gain. Not to split leagal hairs here, but I find it more repulsive. Not to mention its a corporation stealing and making actual gains from it. and not in he case of the RIAA, making up vaporous losses to justify huge settlements.
Up at camp in the mountains in Feb. couple of years ago it was -40 in the daytime. Which is almost bearable if the wind isnt blowing... so as long as the wind isnt blowing on the moon... hmmmm well then there ya go:) no wind blowing on the moon
Im not sure what you are getting at here. Firelfly didnt take place in the present.
Besides, based on the context of my previous post, B5 didnt have hand held lasers either.
Crusade never got it's chance either. WB was too busy screwing around with it because their marketing staff wanted to control the show. Part of its death was due to that JMS wouldnt be their cabanaboy.
I got nothing at all from firefly. I just cant accept teh use of slugthrowers on a spacecraft.
How about the 'community' draft an 'ethical business practices' document for the media companies.
Some possible clauses
1) charge no more then 20% profit on your real cost of production of products.
2) stop ripping off new artists with loans for promotion disgused as recording contracts.
3) Discontinue painting customers as potential criminals
4) Discontinue ramming DRM down our throats.
5) stop producing crap.
6) stop being control freaks and demanding that people consume your drek as you see fit.
7) Tell us explicitly what our license is for. If its for the media then tell us, and have a reasonable replacement policy for bad media. If it for the contents of the media, then we demand our license be portable and persistent for private use.
and so on.
Indeed, however when they are acting as a mindless herd its hard to tell who's in charge.
Au contraire, Uncle sam wants you to rat out anyone you think might be a 'terraist' regardless if you are a mindless slug on minimum wage, who if you had any fewer working brain cells, the majority leader of the senate would pass a bill to keep you alive against your will.
Sweet, I got in terrorism, Tom Delay, morons, low paid employees, and Terri Schiavo in one post. Tell me what I win Johnny!
Well we've seen how the mega media companies have paid off congress to get an inch and they have taken the whole way.
If this movie goes anfd uses the dumbass plotlines and moralistic BS from these new cartoons (transformers energon and so on) I swear to god i am gonna bomb cyberton back into the steam age.
This is just the latest in a long line of what I like to call "The Jingo-izing of IT"
Its a not so clever ploy to try and reframe the topic into one of 'nationalism'. Previously we have seen people tell us that Open Source could be used by terrorists. and that OS is bad for national security
As it is obvious to the choir I am preaching to, this is BS. Its an attempt to get people scared. Because the IP that Sun has donest belong to 'the wealthiest nation' or 'a nation' or even the the state or city Sun has its HQ. Its owned by Sun. If it does belong to a nation or government then I want my share of Sun's profits, as the govt of the US is supposed to be working, in theory, for the people. (But this isnt a political science post.
fat32 was introduced in win95(b) OSR2
http://www.project9.com/fat32/