"If scientists can't find a crater that's 2,000 square miles across then what chance do they have the day they lose their keys down the back of the sofa?"
Considering YOU think that square miles are a measure of distance rather than area, and that kilometers are equivalent to miles, I'd say they have a better chance than you do.
"You must not be in the US, because the case that established this in the US was over a phone directory copyright. GP is correct."
Actually, I am in the US. I assume you are talking about Feist v. Royal?
IANAL, but my reading of the case is that the lower court ruling was overturned because Royal's directory contained no original expression, which is required to obtain copyright protection. Feist's copying of the directory was merely a copying of facts.
You are correct in pointing out that the GP (GGP now) is correct. No dispute here.... facts alone are not copyrightable. However, the discussion was about including fake phone numbers in the collection. Whether or not that qualifies as original expression is debatable I suppose, but the SC noted that standard for originality is rather low. I'd say that if you included a few entries like Heywood Jablome 555-6969, that qualifies as original expression, no?
Only on a site for nerds would people be debating the grammatical correctness of 'Fuck you or I'll take away your teddy bear' instead of pointing out that "fuck you" and "teddy bear" are two groups of words that should probably never be used in the same sentence to begin with.
In other words it would be like acquiring newspaper gnomes that take the ads out of your paper before you get it, and the newspaper being paid less by advertisers for every newspaper gnome known to be on the loose.
I was half-heartedly trying to be funny, since my comments were in response to the first somewhat reasonable post I came across who could actually see that it's possible to have some middle ground with the whole full disclosure issue.
Maybe I should have just posted "You must be new here" and basked in the +5 funny
There *are* two genuine conflicting sides here and you can't just wave one of them away. I can count at least 3, and I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't a lot more. That's ridiculous! This is slashdot, where there are only 2 ways to do something... your way, and the wrong way.
"If we can get self-sustaining colonies running on the moon and mars, perhaps we can worry a little less about life-ending-events, like meteor strikes, on earth."
People actually worry about this?
As if humans are oh-so-important to the universe that we must ensure our survival by colonizing another planet.
Somehow I think the universe will get along just fine without us. Perhaps even a bit better.
I have wondered what would it take to start a community cable service, which provides basic HD (OTA reception is bad) and basic cable. Internet service offloaded in bulk to a competing ISP. Has any one any experience in such project, any links on how one can achieve this ?
You might try here and click on the "Request a Miracle" link.
Slashdot Mirror
"If scientists can't find a crater that's 2,000 square miles across then what chance do they have the day they lose their keys down the back of the sofa?"
Considering YOU think that square miles are a measure of distance rather than area, and that kilometers are equivalent to miles, I'd say they have a better chance than you do.
"Whats the difference?"
None really. You'll see lots of assholes, regardless of the website you visit.
"I love it that this article gets the oh so subtle tag: cunts Is that why tagging is still in beta?"
Oh, that explains it..... for a minute I thought I was reading Digg
"You must not be in the US, because the case that established this in the US was over a phone directory copyright. GP is correct."
Actually, I am in the US. I assume you are talking about Feist v. Royal?
IANAL, but my reading of the case is that the lower court ruling was overturned because Royal's directory contained no original expression, which is required to
obtain copyright protection. Feist's copying of the directory was merely a copying of facts.
You are correct in pointing out that the GP (GGP now) is correct. No dispute here.... facts alone are not copyrightable.
However, the discussion was about including fake phone numbers in the collection. Whether or not that qualifies as original expression is debatable I suppose,
but the SC noted that standard for originality is rather low. I'd say that if you included a few entries like Heywood Jablome 555-6969, that qualifies as original expression, no?
"Slashdot's sorely lacking a "+1, Sexy" mod. That would really invigorate this site, I think."
Then you'd just end up with *even more* unsexy people thinking they are sexy.
Except that telephone numbers are considered facts and therefore not covered by copyright.
True, but an organized collection of facts (such as a telephone directory) is protected by copyright.
"In Soviet Russian laptop encrypts you!"
Also in Soviet Russia.... they know how to make 'In Soviet Russia' jokes.
Only on a site for nerds would people be debating the grammatical correctness of 'Fuck you or I'll take away your teddy bear'
instead of pointing out that "fuck you" and "teddy bear" are two groups of words that should probably never be used in the same sentence to begin with.
(BTW, so am I)
It's a well know fact that sony sucks, but if you really need a citation, there's this
Q.E.D.
3, its a magic number
3 6 9.... 12 15 18
I'd go with the T-1000. Those things are rugged as hell.
I was creating di-positronium molecules almost 25 years ago on my Atari 2600
Or put more simply
1) Collect ads
2) ???
3) Profit!
Maybe get out of the house and find a girlfriend.
Failing that, at least spend more time surfing for porn.
I was half-heartedly trying to be funny, since my comments were in response to the first
somewhat reasonable post I came across who could actually see that it's possible
to have some middle ground with the whole full disclosure issue.
Maybe I should have just posted "You must be new here" and basked in the +5 funny
"If you have have property that you want protected, then you should PAY for that protection after the standard protection period has expired."
They do. They are called lobbyists.
Probably much cheaper than your 5% plan.
So basically, the universe is just one giant flaming God fart?
"So these are the daughter's of the president and their gift to him is a home made mix CD?"
They also gave him a Fathers Day coupon:
"This coupon entitles Dad to one full day without embarrassing drunken photos of his daughter(s)"
"If we can get self-sustaining colonies running on the moon and mars, perhaps we can worry a little less about life-ending-events, like meteor strikes, on earth."
People actually worry about this?
As if humans are oh-so-important to the universe that we must ensure our survival by colonizing another planet.
Somehow I think the universe will get along just fine without us. Perhaps even a bit better.
You might try here and click on the "Request a Miracle" link.
"Human parsing FTW! :-p"
Watch out for XSS vulnerabilities. Someone might hack into your girlfriend.