Could this not be solved to a degree by forcing both sides to put $500K -> $1M in a trust account before the court action starts?
If either side doesn't want to put the needed funds into the appropriate trust account, they forfeit their case and life goes on. In the case of a patent holder (troll), they give up the right to go after the company they claim is violating their patent, in the case of the defendant, they loose and have to pay the patent holder whatever amount is being demanded.
The penalty funds would be taken from the trust account from the losing party. If the fined amount is greater than whats in the trust account, well, that would be have to be collected somehow, but at least some of the penalty would be paid. If the amount fined is less than what's in the trust account, the remaining amount after the fine is paid is returned to losing party. The winning party would get all the funds they put in trust back immediately..
So, what is the story with Jeremiah? I only saw the first season and haven't been able to track down the 2nd, but I rather enjoyed what I saw of the show.
I read an interview you did http://www.republibot.com/cont... where you mention that you finished the 2nd season and wrapped up what you could as best as you could and then ran like hell. What happened?
As an FYI, there is a package management tool for windows: http://chocolatey.org/
Can't say how it compares to any Linux equivalent as I don't use Linux..
Well, here are some good reviews of Star Wars Episodes 1 and 2 if you can get by the serial killer aspect, but, I guess that's what happens when you watch the first three Star Wars movies.
Wouldn't that require some intelligence by the user? I mean like not sharing their file library? It's not like the RIAA can just go into people's homes and start busting open computers for pirated music.
Acting on tips from an anonymous source (*cough* RIAA), U.S. soldiers invaded the homes of many citizens at home and abroad looking for the ever elusive Saddam MP3 FileSharer and his evil co-hort Osama Stole'Music and thier cache of MMDs (MP3s of Mass Destruction).
President Bush re-iterated that the MMDs exist saying, "I know they out there, our intellegence agencies downloaded a few of them last night."
Within the hour, both the CIA and FBI bave both denied that MMDs were downloaded. They go on to say, "infact our servers were hacked and used as a MMD store by the suspected country music terrorist group "Al'abama" "
No comment has been released from the NSA. It is suspected they didn't hear the phone ring on account of the volume the MMDs were being played at the verify the MMDs were *IN FACT* MMDs.
If anything it will help my Counter-Strike skills. Instead of just holding the trigger and spraying everything thing in sight, fire a round to the beat of the music should allow me sufficient time to re-aim. And for those really intense battles, I can always smack next and put on some fast beat rave music!
Oh, wait, I can't use this magazine in Counter-String, can I? Doh!
Oh well, maybe the military can use it as a training tool in this ways then.
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Could this not be solved to a degree by forcing both sides to put $500K -> $1M in a trust account before the court action starts?
If either side doesn't want to put the needed funds into the appropriate trust account, they forfeit their case and life goes on. In the case of a patent holder (troll), they give up the right to go after the company they claim is violating their patent, in the case of the defendant, they loose and have to pay the patent holder whatever amount is being demanded.
The penalty funds would be taken from the trust account from the losing party. If the fined amount is greater than whats in the trust account, well, that would be have to be collected somehow, but at least some of the penalty would be paid. If the amount fined is less than what's in the trust account, the remaining amount after the fine is paid is returned to losing party. The winning party would get all the funds they put in trust back immediately..
So, what is the story with Jeremiah? I only saw the first season and haven't been able to track down the 2nd, but I rather enjoyed what I saw of the show.
I read an interview you did http://www.republibot.com/cont... where you mention that you finished the 2nd season and wrapped up what you could as best as you could and then ran like hell. What happened?
As an FYI, there is a package management tool for windows: http://chocolatey.org/
Can't say how it compares to any Linux equivalent as I don't use Linux..
Well, here are some good reviews of Star Wars Episodes 1 and 2 if you can get by the serial killer aspect, but, I guess that's what happens when you watch the first three Star Wars movies.
(Part 1 of 7) Star Wars I - Phantom Menace - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI
(Part 1 of 9) Star Wars II - Attack of the clones - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MYAwEUal7M
Acting on tips from an anonymous source (*cough* RIAA), U.S. soldiers invaded the homes of many citizens at home and abroad looking for the ever elusive Saddam MP3 FileSharer and his evil co-hort Osama Stole'Music and thier cache of MMDs (MP3s of Mass Destruction).
President Bush re-iterated that the MMDs exist saying, "I know they out there, our intellegence agencies downloaded a few of them last night."
Within the hour, both the CIA and FBI bave both denied that MMDs were downloaded. They go on to say, "infact our servers were hacked and used as a MMD store by the suspected country music terrorist group "Al'abama" "
No comment has been released from the NSA. It is suspected they didn't hear the phone ring on account of the volume the MMDs were being played at the verify the MMDs were *IN FACT* MMDs.
Film at 11.
No, he is talking about the UBA (Universal Business Adapter) from IBM. However, it will require another adapter to work in Europe.
Counter-string, Counter-Strike, same difference. :-)
Oh, wait, I can't use this magazine in Counter-String, can I? Doh!
Oh well, maybe the military can use it as a training tool in this ways then.