Watch what he does... actions speak louder than words. Sorry to hear about your narcolepsy...
As for proof, how about this:
Associated Press, Sept. 24, 2002 WASHINGTON- Twelve nations have agreed with the United States' request not to turn American peacekeepers over to a new international criminal court, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues said Tuesday
Or this: NY Times, October 6, 2002 U.S. EXEMPTED FROM COURT The European Union agreed to exempt American soldiers and government officials from prosecution for war crimes at the International Criminal Court. The decision by the 15 member nations would prevent the extradition of American suspects, as long as the U.S. government guaranteed that the suspects would be tried in an American court. The Bush administration fears that Americans in peacekeeping or overseas military operations could become targets of politically motivated trials
what he announced was that we'd join the international court--as long as we could ignore its jurisdictional authority....
The state department is currently going around the world strong-arming countries into agreeing not to deliver US citizens into the evil clutches of the court.
US policy---they may be war criminals, but they're OUR war criminals
Whatever else one may think of AOL (don't get me started...), it's one of the great business stories of our time...
More or less at the peak of the bubble, the folks at AOL managed to merge a company of highly dubious quality into a media empire that was chock full of real assets. They took a mountain of funny money and converted it into a somewhat smaller but still substantial pile of real green.
On the other hand, TW spent billions for a giant pile of crap--the shareholders of the old TimeWarner should band togethor to hunt down and publicly humiliate the TW execs that allowed this to happen....
Your comparison to grid electricity costs isn't really apt... consider instead the cost of batteries
a typical AA alkaline battery (my data comes from Duracell) gives about 2.3 Volt-Amp-hours, which is equivalent to 2.3 watt-hours, or 0.0023 kWh. Guessing that you're paying 50 cents each for AA cells, that comes to about $215 per kWh....
you don't have to walk away with something in your pocket for it to be theft. As a case in point, there is a great deal of case law regarding theft of cable TV by unauthorized users
it's been pointed out to me by IP lawyers on more than one occaision clarity is not necessarily an advantage...
The trick to a patent filing is to reveal enough to lock up the field, while revealing little enough to to permit the patent to be interpretted as broadly as possible. This is something that takes experience, which the self-filer will rarely possess
one could point out that most of the examples you cite out are merely specific instances of
"or, our arrogance"
The biggest problem with the United States is that we want all the perks of an imperial civilization, but aren't willing to admit that we've got one. OF COURSE the rest the world hates us--get used to it and move on.
"Anyway isn't there a time limit of claiming trademark infringment?"
Nope--trademarks live forever, as long as the holder prevents them from falling into common usage...
"We don't have a clue on how long it will really take, but fifteen years sounds like a time frame that is close enough to get funding, without being so close that we actually have to deliver anything that works....."
1) how's her breath control? If it's good, you could set up something that she could blow on-- say, a sustained puff of greater than 1 second could trigger the bell. You'd need a room with relatively still air, but it's otherwise a straigt-forward problem
2) perhaps a more intrusive than she'd accept, but something based on jaw clench is possible
3) voice recognition... not a radio shack problem, i'm afraid tho
offsetting the subscription cost is the significant additional energy cost to keep the PC running--
Even if you figure it (conservatively) at an additional 100 watts, it comes to something like 35 cents per day-- which comes out within about a dollar per month of the monthly subscription fee
Essentially, the PC solution has you paying your subscription fee to the power company instead of Tivo
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Watch what he does... actions speak louder than words. Sorry to hear about your narcolepsy...
As for proof, how about this:
Associated Press, Sept. 24, 2002
WASHINGTON- Twelve nations have agreed with the United States' request not to turn American peacekeepers over to a new international criminal court, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues said Tuesday
Or this:
NY Times, October 6, 2002
U.S. EXEMPTED FROM COURT
The European Union agreed to exempt American soldiers and government officials from prosecution for war crimes at the International Criminal Court. The decision by the 15 member nations would prevent the extradition of American suspects, as long as the U.S. government guaranteed that the suspects would be tried in an American court. The Bush administration fears that Americans in peacekeeping or overseas military operations could become targets of politically motivated trials
what he announced was that we'd join the international court--as long as we could ignore its jurisdictional authority....
The state department is currently going around the world strong-arming countries into agreeing not to deliver US citizens into the evil clutches of the court.
US policy---they may be war criminals, but they're OUR war criminals
teaspoon :: 1/3 Tablespoon :: 1/6 Ounce :: 1/768 Gallon
.004929 liter
or, if you prefer useful units:
1 teaspoon = 4.929 CC =
Whatever else one may think of AOL (don't get me started...), it's one of the great business stories of our time...
More or less at the peak of the bubble, the folks at AOL managed to merge a company of highly dubious quality into a media empire that was chock full of real assets. They took a mountain of funny money and converted it into a somewhat smaller but still substantial pile of real green.
On the other hand, TW spent billions for a giant pile of crap--the shareholders of the old TimeWarner should band togethor to hunt down and publicly humiliate the TW execs that allowed this to happen....
no I'm not... those are "nutritional" calories....aka kilo-calories
.785kJoule
if it were thermal calories, 187.5 would be equivalent to
Your comparison to grid electricity costs isn't really apt... consider instead the cost of batteries
a typical AA alkaline battery (my data comes from Duracell) gives about 2.3 Volt-Amp-hours, which is equivalent to 2.3 watt-hours, or 0.0023 kWh. Guessing that you're paying 50 cents each for AA cells, that comes to about $215 per kWh....
Their numbers contain a little of the stench usually associated with products containing Ecoli---
:: .04kw*8hours=0.32kWh=1152kiloJoules
:: 187.5Calories = 785 kiloJoules
-lets do a little math...
The article claims 8 hours @ 40 watts from 50 grams of sugar: 40watts=.04kW
according to the domino box in my hand, 4grams sugar=15 Calories, so the sugar contains 12.5*15=187.5 Calories
So-- they claim to be getting 1152kJ output for a 785kJ input???? 146% output is impressive, but not likely.
"The worst that could have happened was what just happened"
no, the worst didn't happen.... at least not from the standpoint of the officers and directors of Napster.
For them, the worst that could have happened was a contempt of court citation, and possible personal civil or criminal liability......
AOL's market niche is the non-savvy...
just imagine the joy that tech-support would experience trying to talk 1,000,001 (l)users through the joy of a linux install...
and that doesn't even begin to address the woeful state of the desktop....
true, but not relevant....
the question here isn't packet sniffing (where your point would be relevant), but rather the network transmitting data because you requested it.
Technically, the "theft" probably happens when you send the request for a page at www.p()rn.com, not when you actually view the page...
you don't have to walk away with something in your pocket for it to be theft. As a case in point, there is a great deal of case law regarding theft of cable TV by unauthorized users
it's been pointed out to me by IP lawyers on more than one occaision clarity is not necessarily an advantage...
The trick to a patent filing is to reveal enough to lock up the field, while revealing little enough to to permit the patent to be interpretted as broadly as possible. This is something that takes experience, which the self-filer will rarely possess
first 3 posts feature prominent use of the word oxymoron...
I've yet to see a blog that came anywhere close to being essential for anything
start from a bad foundation, then require backwards compatibility, and the best engineer in the universe will still turn out junk...
one could point out that most of the examples you cite out are merely specific instances of
"or, our arrogance"
The biggest problem with the United States is that we want all the perks of an imperial civilization, but aren't willing to admit that we've got one. OF COURSE the rest the world hates us--get used to it and move on.
when did /. start doing product placement? At the very least, we deserve a disclaimer....
must be having to stretch to meet payroll....
HA!
there are lots of gem stones in the universe...
pick one you like, and buy the girl a nice ring.
"Anyway isn't there a time limit of claiming trademark infringment?" Nope--trademarks live forever, as long as the holder prevents them from falling into common usage...
mothra will protect us
Fifteen years is "funding speak" for:
"We don't have a clue on how long it will really take, but fifteen years sounds like a time frame that is close enough to get funding, without being so close that we actually have to deliver anything that works....."
1) how's her breath control? If it's good, you could set up something that she could blow on-- say, a sustained puff of greater than 1 second could trigger the bell. You'd need a room with relatively still air, but it's otherwise a straigt-forward problem
2) perhaps a more intrusive than she'd accept, but something based on jaw clench is possible
3) voice recognition... not a radio shack problem, i'm afraid tho
offsetting the subscription cost is the significant additional energy cost to keep the PC running--
Even if you figure it (conservatively) at an additional 100 watts, it comes to something like 35 cents per day-- which comes out within about a dollar per month of the monthly subscription fee
Essentially, the PC solution has you paying your subscription fee to the power company instead of Tivo
need to work on your buzzwords a little tho-- you left out "FUD"