Ok. I'm trying to remember that scene in "Legally Blonde" where they discussed those two terms....
come on coffee, don't fail me now!
Ok. Coffee failed. Google prevails. Definitions from http://www.law.cornell.edu/
malum prohibitum: An act which is immoral because it is illegal; not necessarily illegal because it is immoral.
malum in se: An innately immoral act, regardless of whether it is forbidden by law. Examples include adultery, theft, and murder.
Assuming that for whatever reason, Mickey's copyright does expire, I wonder if Disney could make the argument that he's also a business trademark and thus still protected by law.
The article claims that these will be universal codes for all over the world, but what about for countries that don't use the standard western alphabet?
download and install the western font from microsoft i suppose.
Yes, AOL sends commercial messages to its members, but it doesn't spam the rest of the world too -- a perhaps small but significant difference. They do offer a "check here to opt-out of commercial messages" mechanism, but it auto-resets itself after a period of time.
Hmmmm.... AOL blocks 2.4 billion spams a day. I wonder how many the company generates itself to send to its own members.
"However, you still get managers who don't understand the technology and want changes implemented yesterday. If it goes wrong it's the developer that ends up with egg on the face."
The article suggests that developers come back from their weekends and start fiddling with websites, but I think this last paragraph is perhaps equally or more accurate. Managers get "inspired" over the weekend just as much as code writers.
Wonderful! An anti-popup web article that uses popup advertising!
cause-effect, but not necessarily racism
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the amygdala, which generates and registers fear and is also associated with emotional learning, lit up more when students were shown unfamiliar black faces than unfamiliar white faces.
You might find that you are barred from a site for 24 hours because you refuse to generate a revenue stream for them.
unfortunately, most marketroids won't understand that those people who use popup blockers find it morally objectionable to purchase products advertised in them. they could think of it this way: by still allowing these people to see whatever content (and standard banner ads too no doubt), they're effectively saving themselves 300K of bandwidth per page hit.
now the thousand dollar challenge is to make them understand that.
It looks like the lawsuit is totally justified. The Strawberry Shortcake comic is damaging to the trademark-holder's reputation, and the US has an enforce it or lose it trademark system.
This only applies if the user attemtps to pass their own work off as the original. US Copyright law permits the parody of works as long as the derivative can be easily seen as a parody. And since this strip wasn't intended to be seen by Strawberry Shortcake's prime audience (little girls), I don't think American Greetings has an actual case here.
of course the usual disclaimer: ianal but have seen them on tv
My guess is that a variety of factors (shape of manholes, ease of manufature, ability to roll the covers) lead to round manhole covers.
I'd wager on ease of manufacture, ease of drawing (for the drafters). I think another really big reason might be that a circle has the largest area for the smallest outline (circumference) of any other shape.
Yes, at graduation time I was interviewed by a Microsoft guy, from their gaming department.
In one of his interview questions he asked me how many "weighings" I would need on a scale to find the one marble that was differently weighed from the other ones. I think the idea was for me to come up with some log-base-2 of n weighings. Since he didn't specify that the unique marble was specifically heavier (or lighter), he couldn't figure out why I needed an extra weighing for my result, until I explained my methodology to him.
Then he realized that he had presented the problem somewhat incorrectly and grudgingly said, "Well I guess you get that right, since I didn't explain the problem completely."
...Needless to say I was not called back for a second interview.
Once on the page, once while directing, and once in the edit. But if everthing is so storyboarded and timed down the moment that you can't have options, you can't discover anything in the edit at all.
I think this is exactly the point of this story. Whereas before, a director would have to fit the CGI to the live action already filmed, or expend a *lot* more money in bringing the actors, crew, etc. back to re-shoot the scene (several times). Now, a director can find a good "fit" for a scene almost immediately. It's like the CGI effects are almost the same as the real actors. Each can more easily react to the other.
Technically, perhaps. I think this is a great tool for directors and actors. Instead of having to wait weeks/months to incorporate CGI and see the interaction, it can be done in minutes/hours or as fast as the CGI people can splice things together. The director can give near-immediate feedback to the actor(s), which could really help the movie get done more quickly and with fewer costs in the long run. Think about it: changing the expression/pose/color on a CGI character is fairly easy. Re-filming live actors, especially with live fx, can take much longer and be more expensive (salaries for actor, director, film crew... lighting, film, makeup, fx expenses).
Correct me if I am missing something here, but isn't it a no-no to put your legally ripped-from-cd tracks into your "share" directory for others to copy? So if this worm goes cruising through your shared directories and finds copyright material, you're still in breach of copyright since you're basically giving away copies of these songs.
So they think bigger and flashier and noisier work better? Studies show a higher click-through rate?
Maybe we all need to start clicking on the smallest, quietest, static and relevant advertisements we can find and change their clickthrough rates. Support the tiny ad... even if you're not really interested! If all they do is measure clickthrough, maybe we'll see results.
Personally I avoid anything noisy, popup/under, or flashy. I've found that those who resort to such annoying tactics are the first to bomb your computer with popups, sell your information and first-born to any quasi-legitimate marketing sleaze, etc.
Yes, I write complaint letters when a better-known company resorts to such tactics.
Perhaps. But every car I've ever driven has pretty much the same controls in nearly the same places. We get a drivers' license not as much because we know how to operate the car, nor because we have learned how to fix or reconfigure it, but to show that we understand the traffic laws in our country and can abide by them. In most places, you can legally drive a vehicle on your own property (not a public road) without a license.
IMO, computers are becoming more like answering machines, stereos, TVs... household appliances, at least in the minds of the general public. Yes, they're MUCH more complex than any other appliance. But if the public is comparing their computer with their toaster or TV, they're going to want to be able to just use it, or at least its basic functions, right out of the box, just like their other appliances.
Even if he sues, it's almost futile. IANAL warning, of course, but no doubt he'll be countersued on the same grounds: that spam is harassment and steals the recipients' resources. So if he wins at sueing the spammers, they should win their countersuit by the same principle.
"The simple, self-powered mechanism transfers heat to the side edge of the computer, where air fins or a tiny fan can dissipate the unwanted energy into air"
I wonder what else designers could do with that extra heat energy. If these heat pipes turn methanol into vapor, carry it to heat fans, then recondense it (due to heat loss) back into liquid.... isn't this process quite similar to how turbines work with steam? I wonder how much power could be gleaned from the extra heat. Maybe someone could design a tiny electrical generator. I doubt you could run anything significant off the power output, but I'm sure there could be some use for it, rather than simply letting that extra energy go to waste.
I believe they wanted to keep a lid on their prices until Nov. 29th so that their competitors wouldn't be able to undercut their prices at the last minute, and so pull potential customers away.
I just got out of a meeting with my boss. He wants me to put on the project management hat in addition to my coding and database hats I alreaday wear. I won't complain. Brownie points are always nice.
Re:Let your congressmen(women) know you want this!
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Go here to find your House Rep. for your city/state.
Here's what I wrote to Jim Davis:
Sir:
I have just heard of new legislation that U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (16th Congressional District, California) is proposing. As both a software developer and someone who appreciates art in any form, be it written, musical, video or otherwise, I would strongly encourage you to read this new proposal, if you have not already, in hopes that you may lend your support. Relevant website links are below.
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come on coffee, don't fail me now!
Ok. Coffee failed. Google prevails. Definitions from http://www.law.cornell.edu/
malum prohibitum: An act which is immoral because it is illegal; not necessarily illegal because it is immoral.
malum in se: An innately immoral act, regardless of whether it is forbidden by law. Examples include adultery, theft, and murder.
Assuming that for whatever reason, Mickey's copyright does expire, I wonder if Disney could make the argument that he's also a business trademark and thus still protected by law.
download and install the western font from microsoft i suppose.
Yes, AOL sends commercial messages to its members, but it doesn't spam the rest of the world too -- a perhaps small but significant difference. They do offer a "check here to opt-out of commercial messages" mechanism, but it auto-resets itself after a period of time.
Hmmmm.... AOL blocks 2.4 billion spams a day. I wonder how many the company generates itself to send to its own members.
The article suggests that developers come back from their weekends and start fiddling with websites, but I think this last paragraph is perhaps equally or more accurate. Managers get "inspired" over the weekend just as much as code writers.
Wonderful! An anti-popup web article that uses popup advertising!
How does this automatically indicate unconscious racism? I'm sure there could be other possible reasons for the reaction. How about that trying to process and recognize faces of a different race is usually more difficult than faces of one's own race?
unfortunately, most marketroids won't understand that those people who use popup blockers find it morally objectionable to purchase products advertised in them. they could think of it this way: by still allowing these people to see whatever content (and standard banner ads too no doubt), they're effectively saving themselves 300K of bandwidth per page hit.
now the thousand dollar challenge is to make them understand that.
This only applies if the user attemtps to pass their own work off as the original. US Copyright law permits the parody of works as long as the derivative can be easily seen as a parody. And since this strip wasn't intended to be seen by Strawberry Shortcake's prime audience (little girls), I don't think American Greetings has an actual case here.
of course the usual disclaimer: ianal but have seen them on tv
what about defamation of character, libel/slander?
i'm sure they can come up with several torts to counter the spammers.
I'd wager on ease of manufacture, ease of drawing (for the drafters). I think another really big reason might be that a circle has the largest area for the smallest outline (circumference) of any other shape.
In one of his interview questions he asked me how many "weighings" I would need on a scale to find the one marble that was differently weighed from the other ones. I think the idea was for me to come up with some log-base-2 of n weighings. Since he didn't specify that the unique marble was specifically heavier (or lighter), he couldn't figure out why I needed an extra weighing for my result, until I explained my methodology to him.
Then he realized that he had presented the problem somewhat incorrectly and grudgingly said, "Well I guess you get that right, since I didn't explain the problem completely."
Once on the page, once while directing, and once in the edit. But if everthing is so storyboarded and timed down the moment that you can't have options, you can't discover anything in the edit at all. I think this is exactly the point of this story. Whereas before, a director would have to fit the CGI to the live action already filmed, or expend a *lot* more money in bringing the actors, crew, etc. back to re-shoot the scene (several times). Now, a director can find a good "fit" for a scene almost immediately. It's like the CGI effects are almost the same as the real actors. Each can more easily react to the other.
Technically, perhaps. I think this is a great tool for directors and actors. Instead of having to wait weeks/months to incorporate CGI and see the interaction, it can be done in minutes/hours or as fast as the CGI people can splice things together. The director can give near-immediate feedback to the actor(s), which could really help the movie get done more quickly and with fewer costs in the long run. Think about it: changing the expression/pose/color on a CGI character is fairly easy. Re-filming live actors, especially with live fx, can take much longer and be more expensive (salaries for actor, director, film crew... lighting, film, makeup, fx expenses).
Correct me if I am missing something here, but isn't it a no-no to put your legally ripped-from-cd tracks into your "share" directory for others to copy? So if this worm goes cruising through your shared directories and finds copyright material, you're still in breach of copyright since you're basically giving away copies of these songs.
Maybe we all need to start clicking on the smallest, quietest, static and relevant advertisements we can find and change their clickthrough rates. Support the tiny ad... even if you're not really interested! If all they do is measure clickthrough, maybe we'll see results.
Personally I avoid anything noisy, popup/under, or flashy. I've found that those who resort to such annoying tactics are the first to bomb your computer with popups, sell your information and first-born to any quasi-legitimate marketing sleaze, etc.
Yes, I write complaint letters when a better-known company resorts to such tactics.
You haven't? I get them all the time when I visit those pr0n^H^H^H^Humm... wholesome family sites! Yeah, that's it...
IMO, computers are becoming more like answering machines, stereos, TVs... household appliances, at least in the minds of the general public. Yes, they're MUCH more complex than any other appliance. But if the public is comparing their computer with their toaster or TV, they're going to want to be able to just use it, or at least its basic functions, right out of the box, just like their other appliances.
Even if he sues, it's almost futile. IANAL warning, of course, but no doubt he'll be countersued on the same grounds: that spam is harassment and steals the recipients' resources. So if he wins at sueing the spammers, they should win their countersuit by the same principle.
Why would you want do pour freezing children into the street? Don't they have enough problems already? ;)
Ok. Bad joke.
I wonder what else designers could do with that extra heat energy. If these heat pipes turn methanol into vapor, carry it to heat fans, then recondense it (due to heat loss) back into liquid.... isn't this process quite similar to how turbines work with steam? I wonder how much power could be gleaned from the extra heat. Maybe someone could design a tiny electrical generator. I doubt you could run anything significant off the power output, but I'm sure there could be some use for it, rather than simply letting that extra energy go to waste.
I believe they wanted to keep a lid on their prices until Nov. 29th so that their competitors wouldn't be able to undercut their prices at the last minute, and so pull potential customers away.
I just got out of a meeting with my boss. He wants me to put on the project management hat in addition to my coding and database hats I alreaday wear. I won't complain. Brownie points are always nice.
Here's what I wrote to Jim Davis:
Sir:
I have just heard of new legislation that U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (16th Congressional District, California) is proposing. As both a software developer and someone who appreciates art in any form, be it written, musical, video or otherwise, I would strongly encourage you to read this new proposal, if you have not already, in hopes that you may lend your support. Relevant website links are below.
Thank you for your time.
http://www.house.gov/lofgren/press/107press/021002 _summary.htm
http://www.house.gov/zoelofgren
Is there a link to the direct article? It's not on the homepage.