Unfortunately I have the two-stage heat pump and it is trying to heat 2400 sq ft with outside temps of 20F. They weren't designed for our area but the guy who built the place cut corners everywhere. I will have to look into the Geothermal in case we ever decide to replace the existing unit without converting to Oil.
Electric heat is definitely the worse. I have be struggling through this mess of a winter with $400 electric bills and the house still never feels really warm. As for your friend, most flakes like that are totally lost. Just like the animal rights activists who were leather sneakers or coats, the tree sitters who live in a wood house, and anybody who watches John Edwards.
You really are ignorant, aren't you. You do realize that Time Warner is way more than just magazines. At the current stock value, AOL is valued at zero. The entire value of the stock is considered Time Warner properties. You can see the list I posted above but they include the two biggest hits of last year - LotR and Harry Potter.
As for quoting Time, I have never heard of anybody qouting US News or Newsweek either. They are news magazines. They are not published daily and are not meant to be the latest and greatest. That is what CNN, MSNBC, and the newspapers are for.
They are damn close. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Matrix, Sopranos, Friends, West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, etc. These are all huge properties that companies like Fox and Disney only dream of having. The problem is that AOLTW is being dragged down by the failing magazines, Music Label, and, of course, AOL.
I assume you meant to reply to the parent post and not mine. It was he who claimed that Google was acting fradulently. I merely pointed out that he doesn't even know what fraud means. You just reinforced my point with an example.
I am merely stating that Google can censor if they want to. Censoring is not necessarily a "bad" thing. It just means to eliminate something you find objectionable. Most parents censor what their children watch. In this case Google may not have censored Search King but they have every right to if they want. Just like network television can choose not to run condom ads during cartoons.
Google should not have the right to decide what it "doesn't like" and have a "Google doesn't like these sites" list that has a negative PageRank impact. Simply put, PageRank should be unbiased, and apply all rules equally to all sites.
You may have a point philosophically but there is no law that will support you. Google can censor their site any way they feel necessary to protect the integrity of their search services.
I am going back completely on my original post here. This has absolutely nothing to do with Copyright infringement. They are not using a script written by paramount, they are not using clips from Star Trek movies or shows, and they aren't even using names from Star Trek. This is an original work that is heavily influenced by Star Trek.
Now if you want to talk of trademarks then they can not (and do not) use the Star Trek name or any other word, phrase or symbol that is a registered trademark of Paramount.
This is not a derivative work since it is not based on any existing script and it is not fair use because it doesn't use any copyrighted materials at all.
They have every right to claim copyright on the movie. The movie and the script are original works and are therefore are immediately copyrighted when put into a concrete form.
As for Paramount, they probably could make a big stink and intimidate the producers of the movie into some sort of settlement (since they of course have deeper pockets) but in truth this probably falls into the realm of fair use, much like the Star Trek parodies on SNL, etc.
It is especially important to note that the name of the movie does not include Star Trek anywhere. It also does not use any names from the original shows and movies. In general there is not enough to really call this infringement.
That makes no sense. There is always a better machine coming out it a few weeks. This is not unique to Apple. I had a landlord who wouldn't buy a computer until things settled down. That was 3 years ago and I am pretty sure he still hasn't bought one. The people who visit these sites are Apple's most diehard customers. They are the ones who buy a new machine the day it comes out.
I am not an expert but I think this is an overused stereotype. I think there are a lot more unmarked graves up in Harriman State Park (40 miles north of New York) and the surrounding areas. I know that it seems like every year you hear about a body being dug up when they start new construction.
As usual, groups with relative power will alter and hide statistics if they really want to get their point of view across, especially when they are beseiged by FUD.
All groups with an agenda do this. Everybody presents only the information necessary to prove their point especially when additional information will contradict them.
Actually, the electronic keyboard is more a replacement for the organ. Old time pipe organs can produce many different sounds in many different ranges using stops. The only thing missing is foot pedals (not the sustain and damper pedals but the full octave that Organists play with their feet. Hey that sounds like one of those old bumper stickers - "Organists do it with their feet."
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I have two words - yard sales. Now is not really the season but you sometimes can find some good stuff for 25 cents. I personally hate yard sales but my girlfriend is an expert and she often comes back with nice gifts for me. I also recommend finding the local public library. Not only will they have a more extensive fiction section but they might also have book sales occassionally where you can also get books for under $1.
By the way, this is completely off-topic and I deserve the moderation.
Well I suppose if you wanted to pay for it through your tax dollars that could happen. Of course, the millions of people who don't want to pay for it would be mighty pissed. The truth is that these things cost money. Free is great and it can work in small places like Bryant Park where there is a not-for-profit (in this case backed by HBO and other large companies in the area) that can pick up the cost. But for large scale nationwide service a big company is going to have to take charge (and charge).
By the way - offtopic - Bryant Park is an incredibly historic place and a great place to have lunch when in New York. Visit bryantpark.org for a bit of history.
I am guessing that you are an engineer. Bridges are extremely complex. Every bridge presents a new challenge. Watch a special on the building of the Brooklyn Bridge or the Tacoma Narrows. Read about the challenges of the proper Strait of Messina (Sicily) and Gibraltar bridges.
As for telling whether you can tell if a bridge is right or not, The Koror-Babeldaob Bridge stood for 20 years before collapsing.
I understand your points a little better now and I only still disagree about the length of notes. Today's pop music may lack in variety of note length but most quality music uses much more than three note lengths. I also forgot to mention octaves when it comes to notes. The one example I can think of is Somewhere from West Side story. The first two notes are a major seventh (i.e. C to B). If you change the octave of that second note and the notes that follow you have an entirely different melody. This is even more noticeable if you change the tempo.
Intellectual Property doesn't really exist. It is just a catch all phrase that covers Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks. You can only copyright a physical work. You can't copyright something that is in your head and you can't copyright single words. You can, however, write down your idea for an invention or process and patent it. You can also take a single word or symbol and register a trademark on that word or symbol as it relates to your line of business. I hope this clears things up for you.
First of all, nice way of taking my quote out of context. My full quote was - "Anybody is allowed to take quotes from a copyrighted source so long as they properly reference the original work."
Second of all, your math in that article is shows that you are not a musician. There are far more than 3 note durations. You have to at least consider whole, half, quarter, eigth, sixteenth, and 32nd notes but you also have to add triplets, dotted notes, tied notes and most importantly silence between notes. All of a sudden your 46,000 goes quickly into the hundreds of millions.
You also have to take into consideration the use of eastern scales in popular and modern classical music. Just listen to some of the later works of the Beatles.
I would also like to see the court decision you refer to. There are no useful links in that article of yours. Most people when they make an argument point to facts and not to another one of their posts.
Ack. I can't go on. I know there must be a reason why you were already on my foe's list and I have too much to do to get upset by the likes of you.
Stealing a general plot is not infringement. If it was then Shakespeare would have been the greatest infringer ever. Romeo and Juliet is a great example of a plot that was taken from other earlier stories and has been used in newer stories. The trick is to make it different enough that it isn't an issue. Sort of like Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" and David Bowie's/Queen's "Under Pressure." There was a subtle enough difference that if it had ever gone to court he might have won. Instead he settled.
Plagiarism and Copyright are two very different issues. Plagiarism is stealing somebody else's work and claiming it as your own. Copyright prevents you from distributing copies of an entire work without the copyright holder's permission.
Anybody is allowed to take quotes from a copyrighted source so long as they properly reference the original work. This will never go away since copyright holder's like when you refer to their work since it is basically free advertising - "If you like this quote then go buy the book."
Please mod this up. Can people be so blind as to not see the value of his post? This is not about a company supporting the open source revolution. It is about a money grubbing, evil empire (that has made buying event tickets an absolute expensive nightmare) using freely available open source applications to save money and then hiring a full time open source employee so that they don't have to pay support fees to any of the companies/organizations creating the applications.
Adobe is a lot like Apple in that it has a very solid core group of users who happen to also hate Microsoft. And like Apple, Microsoft doesn't want to see Adobe die completely because it doesn't make them look so dominant.
Unless, of course, if it is alphanumeric. Then you have 839,299,365,868,340,000. Even if it is case insensitive it would still be 3,656,158,440,062,980. I think we have a few years before we reach a population in that range.
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Unfortunately I have the two-stage heat pump and it is trying to heat 2400 sq ft with outside temps of 20F. They weren't designed for our area but the guy who built the place cut corners everywhere. I will have to look into the Geothermal in case we ever decide to replace the existing unit without converting to Oil.
Thanks for the info.
Electric heat is definitely the worse. I have be struggling through this mess of a winter with $400 electric bills and the house still never feels really warm. As for your friend, most flakes like that are totally lost. Just like the animal rights activists who were leather sneakers or coats, the tree sitters who live in a wood house, and anybody who watches John Edwards.
You really are ignorant, aren't you. You do realize that Time Warner is way more than just magazines. At the current stock value, AOL is valued at zero. The entire value of the stock is considered Time Warner properties. You can see the list I posted above but they include the two biggest hits of last year - LotR and Harry Potter.
As for quoting Time, I have never heard of anybody qouting US News or Newsweek either. They are news magazines. They are not published daily and are not meant to be the latest and greatest. That is what CNN, MSNBC, and the newspapers are for.
It's not like TW's assets are gold or something.
They are damn close. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Matrix, Sopranos, Friends, West Wing, Everybody Loves Raymond, etc. These are all huge properties that companies like Fox and Disney only dream of having. The problem is that AOLTW is being dragged down by the failing magazines, Music Label, and, of course, AOL.
I assume you meant to reply to the parent post and not mine. It was he who claimed that Google was acting fradulently. I merely pointed out that he doesn't even know what fraud means. You just reinforced my point with an example.
I am merely stating that Google can censor if they want to. Censoring is not necessarily a "bad" thing. It just means to eliminate something you find objectionable. Most parents censor what their children watch. In this case Google may not have censored Search King but they have every right to if they want. Just like network television can choose not to run condom ads during cartoons.
fraud: "intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right"
Care to change your argument?
Google should not have the right to decide what it "doesn't like" and have a "Google doesn't like these sites" list that has a negative PageRank impact. Simply put, PageRank should be unbiased, and apply all rules equally to all sites.
You may have a point philosophically but there is no law that will support you. Google can censor their site any way they feel necessary to protect the integrity of their search services.
I am going back completely on my original post here. This has absolutely nothing to do with Copyright infringement. They are not using a script written by paramount, they are not using clips from Star Trek movies or shows, and they aren't even using names from Star Trek. This is an original work that is heavily influenced by Star Trek.
Now if you want to talk of trademarks then they can not (and do not) use the Star Trek name or any other word, phrase or symbol that is a registered trademark of Paramount.
This is not a derivative work since it is not based on any existing script and it is not fair use because it doesn't use any copyrighted materials at all.
I would also point out that fair use is far more than criticism and parody. Take a look here for a full definition.
They have every right to claim copyright on the movie. The movie and the script are original works and are therefore are immediately copyrighted when put into a concrete form.
As for Paramount, they probably could make a big stink and intimidate the producers of the movie into some sort of settlement (since they of course have deeper pockets) but in truth this probably falls into the realm of fair use, much like the Star Trek parodies on SNL, etc.
It is especially important to note that the name of the movie does not include Star Trek anywhere. It also does not use any names from the original shows and movies. In general there is not enough to really call this infringement.
That makes no sense. There is always a better machine coming out it a few weeks. This is not unique to Apple. I had a landlord who wouldn't buy a computer until things settled down. That was 3 years ago and I am pretty sure he still hasn't bought one. The people who visit these sites are Apple's most diehard customers. They are the ones who buy a new machine the day it comes out.
I am not an expert but I think this is an overused stereotype. I think there are a lot more unmarked graves up in Harriman State Park (40 miles north of New York) and the surrounding areas. I know that it seems like every year you hear about a body being dug up when they start new construction.
As usual, groups with relative power will alter and hide statistics if they really want to get their point of view across, especially when they are beseiged by FUD.
All groups with an agenda do this. Everybody presents only the information necessary to prove their point especially when additional information will contradict them.
Actually, the electronic keyboard is more a replacement for the organ. Old time pipe organs can produce many different sounds in many different ranges using stops. The only thing missing is foot pedals (not the sustain and damper pedals but the full octave that Organists play with their feet. Hey that sounds like one of those old bumper stickers - "Organists do it with their feet."
I have two words - yard sales. Now is not really the season but you sometimes can find some good stuff for 25 cents. I personally hate yard sales but my girlfriend is an expert and she often comes back with nice gifts for me. I also recommend finding the local public library. Not only will they have a more extensive fiction section but they might also have book sales occassionally where you can also get books for under $1.
By the way, this is completely off-topic and I deserve the moderation.
Well I suppose if you wanted to pay for it through your tax dollars that could happen. Of course, the millions of people who don't want to pay for it would be mighty pissed. The truth is that these things cost money. Free is great and it can work in small places like Bryant Park where there is a not-for-profit (in this case backed by HBO and other large companies in the area) that can pick up the cost. But for large scale nationwide service a big company is going to have to take charge (and charge).
By the way - offtopic - Bryant Park is an incredibly historic place and a great place to have lunch when in New York. Visit bryantpark.org for a bit of history.
I am guessing that you are an engineer. Bridges are extremely complex. Every bridge presents a new challenge. Watch a special on the building of the Brooklyn Bridge or the Tacoma Narrows. Read about the challenges of the proper Strait of Messina (Sicily) and Gibraltar bridges.
As for telling whether you can tell if a bridge is right or not, The Koror-Babeldaob Bridge stood for 20 years before collapsing.
I understand your points a little better now and I only still disagree about the length of notes. Today's pop music may lack in variety of note length but most quality music uses much more than three note lengths. I also forgot to mention octaves when it comes to notes. The one example I can think of is Somewhere from West Side story. The first two notes are a major seventh (i.e. C to B). If you change the octave of that second note and the notes that follow you have an entirely different melody. This is even more noticeable if you change the tempo.
Intellectual Property doesn't really exist. It is just a catch all phrase that covers Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks. You can only copyright a physical work. You can't copyright something that is in your head and you can't copyright single words. You can, however, write down your idea for an invention or process and patent it. You can also take a single word or symbol and register a trademark on that word or symbol as it relates to your line of business. I hope this clears things up for you.
First of all, nice way of taking my quote out of context. My full quote was - "Anybody is allowed to take quotes from a copyrighted source so long as they properly reference the original work."
Second of all, your math in that article is shows that you are not a musician. There are far more than 3 note durations. You have to at least consider whole, half, quarter, eigth, sixteenth, and 32nd notes but you also have to add triplets, dotted notes, tied notes and most importantly silence between notes. All of a sudden your 46,000 goes quickly into the hundreds of millions.
You also have to take into consideration the use of eastern scales in popular and modern classical music. Just listen to some of the later works of the Beatles.
I would also like to see the court decision you refer to. There are no useful links in that article of yours. Most people when they make an argument point to facts and not to another one of their posts.
Ack. I can't go on. I know there must be a reason why you were already on my foe's list and I have too much to do to get upset by the likes of you.
Stealing a general plot is not infringement. If it was then Shakespeare would have been the greatest infringer ever. Romeo and Juliet is a great example of a plot that was taken from other earlier stories and has been used in newer stories. The trick is to make it different enough that it isn't an issue. Sort of like Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" and David Bowie's/Queen's "Under Pressure." There was a subtle enough difference that if it had ever gone to court he might have won. Instead he settled.
Plagiarism and Copyright are two very different issues. Plagiarism is stealing somebody else's work and claiming it as your own. Copyright prevents you from distributing copies of an entire work without the copyright holder's permission.
Anybody is allowed to take quotes from a copyrighted source so long as they properly reference the original work. This will never go away since copyright holder's like when you refer to their work since it is basically free advertising - "If you like this quote then go buy the book."
Please mod this up. Can people be so blind as to not see the value of his post? This is not about a company supporting the open source revolution. It is about a money grubbing, evil empire (that has made buying event tickets an absolute expensive nightmare) using freely available open source applications to save money and then hiring a full time open source employee so that they don't have to pay support fees to any of the companies/organizations creating the applications.
Actually Microsoft does have (or had) answers to pretty much everything that Adobe offers:
Photodraw - Photoshop
Publisher - Illustrator
FrontPage - PageMaker / GoLive
MovieMaker - Premiere (Not really - different users)
Adobe is a lot like Apple in that it has a very solid core group of users who happen to also hate Microsoft. And like Apple, Microsoft doesn't want to see Adobe die completely because it doesn't make them look so dominant.
Unless, of course, if it is alphanumeric. Then you have 839,299,365,868,340,000. Even if it is case insensitive it would still be 3,656,158,440,062,980. I think we have a few years before we reach a population in that range.