A 32k jpg. OH MY GOD! And you can be sure that they don't get any other biometrics by simply not submitting to them at the passport office (bitch about it if they try to get your fingerprints/rental scan/etc). I suppose they could be really sneaky and try to get some DNA, but I doubt it would be legal for them to do so, or keep it quiet. They already have a picture of your face, this will simply let them make it difficult (or impossible with digital signatures) to create a fake passport.
Anyone can sue anyone else for any reason, and invoke anything they damn well please. If Lexmark wins the case, and only then because of the DMCA, then you'll have a point. It's entirely possible that Lexmark could win even if the DMCA didn't exist. (It was always illegal to distribute someone else's copyrighted works, baring fair use)
The code that decides whether or not the cartrige is empty is COPYWRITED. It is also protected by a chip with a lame little encryption. The copywrite protection device does not have to be GOOD or EFFECTIVE, just present. Trying to bypass it is illegal. Comprende?
Shit, you can't even spell copyright and you expect people to take you seriously? Normally I don't care that much about spelling but using the term copywrite rather then copyright simply shows a substantial ignorance about what exactly copyrights are and do.
There's no such thing as 'copyrighted encryption'. I suppose you could patent an encryption algorithm, but that wouldn't be covered by the DMCA.
The encryption on a DVD is there to prevent copying the code on an ink cartage is there to prevent printing Only one of them has anything to do with COPYRIGHTS, and the Digital Millennium Copyright act applies to only one situation.
Apple didn't invent the small and light notebook. They just did it better than anyone else had to that point. This notebook by Sony is nice but I could get a 12" PowerBook for $1399
Well, that's debatable. Like I said I have a 10-inch (and lets not forget that 10 inches is a lot smaller then 12) Sony laptop, and the model that came out just after this had built in wifi and everything. My model also cost $999, which is fantastic for a student. And of course, there's always a steady march of technology, so it may be true that the iBook was "better then anything" at the time, but I doubt it.
If you live in a backwards nation like the US (not-so-proudly a resident as of late) where the DMCA makes you pay out the ass for toner, then you are in a bind...
What does printer ink have do do with the DMCA?! I'll answer that for you. NOTHING!!!
plus shiping. Just do a google search for "ink" and click on the ads. Brand name ink for this printer is about $50, but knockoffs are cheap, and work. I guess if you stay away from lexmark you should be OK.
Yeah great a Mac user says that Sony is "following" apple, and someone refutes him and gets modded down as a "troll". Mac Zealots are the most annoying people on the planet.
Wtf? Sony has had a 10 inch (not 12 inch) entry in the laptop market for years. I've owned mine for almost two years! True there was a gap between the SRX and this thing, but still. It's ridiculous to say that Sony if "following" apple because they released a laptop that's "small" I mean come on. There have been much smaller laptops through history, like the Toshiba Libretto.
Well, no, that's not true. Sure, I can hand cash to someone anonymously but I can't (easily) send cash to someone in -say- Afghanistan. I'm sure it's possible, but you'd really have to work at it.
Just stick it in a bloody envelope! My god people are so uncreative these days.
(Sure, you risk losing it, but the risk isn't that great. You could also break up the cash into several letters to diffuse the risk of loss)
American English has picked up a bunch of new words from Arabic recently, like "Jihad", "fedayeen", to go along with the hundreds we've already borrowed "algebra, sheriff, mecca, etc"
But because of close-minded aspirations of nationalism and cultural purity, generations of governements here in Quebec have managed to legislate, against the will of many Quebecers, any purely francophone couple sending their children to English school. This is discrimination against potential anglophones. One of many. Immigrants are not permitted to study in English-language schools either.
Do you mean that it's illegal to send your kids to englsh school, or it's illegal to have your kids in a public school where english is used for the lessons? What about private schools?
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I got a 12-foot optical cable from sears for $10.
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You should be able to find one with a line in on the front, or at least in back. Most stereos also have 'hidden' inputs for CD-changers and the like, you can get an adaptor for them for like $50 or so.
You know, I have a couple million bucks stuck in a nigerian bank account, if you could just give me your SSN, date of birth, bank account number and routing number, I could transfer the cash to your account and we could split the money!
False advertizing is illegal it's against the damn law and that is a government regulation. In any event, the law that says you can't post fake highway signs dosn't say you can't do it because only highway signs can be put up by the government, it just says you can't do it.
That patent is incredibly stupid. It should never have been granted anywhere.
By the way, I've been wondering about something. In general a patent covers a specific method of doing something. Like, a mouse trap is only covering that specific system, not the concept of catching mice.
With that MSN IM translation patent, shouldn't it only cover that method translating IMs? So if you were to figure out another way to do it, you'd be in the clear? Or with the one-click patent, does that patent cover "A method of buying stuff on the internet (with one click)" or is it "A method of buying stuff with one click (and here's some software to do it)"? If you implemented one-click shopping via some other method, wouldn't you be in the clear?
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A 32k jpg. OH MY GOD! And you can be sure that they don't get any other biometrics by simply not submitting to them at the passport office (bitch about it if they try to get your fingerprints/rental scan/etc). I suppose they could be really sneaky and try to get some DNA, but I doubt it would be legal for them to do so, or keep it quiet. They already have a picture of your face, this will simply let them make it difficult (or impossible with digital signatures) to create a fake passport.
The EU system seems a lot worse.
Thats why it's the world's first 12" FULL FEATURED laptop
Oh, because "FULL FEATURED" is totaly not a subjective judgement call...
Anyone can sue anyone else for any reason, and invoke anything they damn well please. If Lexmark wins the case, and only then because of the DMCA, then you'll have a point. It's entirely possible that Lexmark could win even if the DMCA didn't exist. (It was always illegal to distribute someone else's copyrighted works, baring fair use)
The code that decides whether or not the cartrige is empty is COPYWRITED. It is also protected by a chip with a lame little encryption. The copywrite protection device does not have to be GOOD or EFFECTIVE, just present. Trying to bypass it is illegal. Comprende?
Shit, you can't even spell copyright and you expect people to take you seriously? Normally I don't care that much about spelling but using the term copywrite rather then copyright simply shows a substantial ignorance about what exactly copyrights are and do.
There's no such thing as 'copyrighted encryption'. I suppose you could patent an encryption algorithm, but that wouldn't be covered by the DMCA.
The encryption on a DVD is there to prevent copying the code on an ink cartage is there to prevent printing Only one of them has anything to do with COPYRIGHTS, and the Digital Millennium Copyright act applies to only one situation.
Not a copyright access control, that's for sure. DMCA does not aply.
Apple didn't invent the small and light notebook. They just did it better than anyone else had to that point. This notebook by Sony is nice but I could get a 12" PowerBook for $1399
Well, that's debatable. Like I said I have a 10-inch (and lets not forget that 10 inches is a lot smaller then 12) Sony laptop, and the model that came out just after this had built in wifi and everything. My model also cost $999, which is fantastic for a student. And of course, there's always a steady march of technology, so it may be true that the iBook was "better then anything" at the time, but I doubt it.
The chip is not a copyright access control, since copyrights are not involved, neither is the DMCA.
If you live in a backwards nation like the US (not-so-proudly a resident as of late) where the DMCA makes you pay out the ass for toner, then you are in a bind...
What does printer ink have do do with the DMCA?! I'll answer that for you. NOTHING!!!
plus shiping. Just do a google search for "ink" and click on the ads. Brand name ink for this printer is about $50, but knockoffs are cheap, and work. I guess if you stay away from lexmark you should be OK.
Yeah great a Mac user says that Sony is "following" apple, and someone refutes him and gets modded down as a "troll". Mac Zealots are the most annoying people on the planet.
Wtf? Sony has had a 10 inch (not 12 inch) entry in the laptop market for years. I've owned mine for almost two years! True there was a gap between the SRX and this thing, but still. It's ridiculous to say that Sony if "following" apple because they released a laptop that's "small" I mean come on. There have been much smaller laptops through history, like the Toshiba Libretto.
Why not just use the $1000 to buy the gun? What's the point of buying the card?
Well, no, that's not true. Sure, I can hand cash to someone anonymously but I can't (easily) send cash to someone in -say- Afghanistan. I'm sure it's possible, but you'd really have to work at it.
Just stick it in a bloody envelope! My god people are so uncreative these days. (Sure, you risk losing it, but the risk isn't that great. You could also break up the cash into several letters to diffuse the risk of loss)
As opposed to what, a dumb robot?
American English has picked up a bunch of new words from Arabic recently, like "Jihad", "fedayeen", to go along with the hundreds we've already borrowed "algebra, sheriff, mecca, etc"
But because of close-minded aspirations of nationalism and cultural purity, generations of governements here in Quebec have managed to legislate, against the will of many Quebecers, any purely francophone couple sending their children to English school. This is discrimination against potential anglophones. One of many. Immigrants are not permitted to study in English-language schools either.
Do you mean that it's illegal to send your kids to englsh school, or it's illegal to have your kids in a public school where english is used for the lessons? What about private schools?
I got a 12-foot optical cable from sears for $10.
You should be able to find one with a line in on the front, or at least in back. Most stereos also have 'hidden' inputs for CD-changers and the like, you can get an adaptor for them for like $50 or so.
You know, I have a couple million bucks stuck in a nigerian bank account, if you could just give me your SSN, date of birth, bank account number and routing number, I could transfer the cash to your account and we could split the money!
You can get money even if you never clicked any of the ads. But why let facts get in the way of pure, unadulterated idiocy?
False advertizing is illegal it's against the damn law and that is a government regulation. In any event, the law that says you can't post fake highway signs dosn't say you can't do it because only highway signs can be put up by the government, it just says you can't do it.
this can actualy be done with a 32 bit CPU, just more slowly.
That patent is incredibly stupid. It should never have been granted anywhere.
By the way, I've been wondering about something. In general a patent covers a specific method of doing something. Like, a mouse trap is only covering that specific system, not the concept of catching mice.
With that MSN IM translation patent, shouldn't it only cover that method translating IMs? So if you were to figure out another way to do it, you'd be in the clear? Or with the one-click patent, does that patent cover "A method of buying stuff on the internet (with one click)" or is it "A method of buying stuff with one click (and here's some software to do it)"? If you implemented one-click shopping via some other method, wouldn't you be in the clear?
Under that logic, all open source is 'immoral'.