IANAL, but I have worked in the legal field for several years now. In the article it mentions that the Defendant used words like, "fraud," "con artist," and such to describe her. So the Defendant wasn't saying that she was unhappy with the Plaintiff's work, but that the Plaintiff was an actual criminal defrauding the people who went to her. That is a significant difference. Free speech does not, nor has it ever, allowed people to lie about someone else. That is not its intent and arguing that it ought to be allowed does far more damage than good.
As for politicians and celebrities, there is a higher standard that must be met in order for words against them to be considered damaging. For celebrities the case is, I believe, Lemon v Kurtzman, and it basically says that if you put yourself into the national spotlight, than you should expect to have things said about you. (In a nutshell;-)
As for politicians, I believe just about anything you say against them is fair game since it can be construed as a political metaphor. "CongressCritter Soandso is a crook!" is allowed because it is, in essence, still considered political speech. The protection of which is the main intent of the Free Speech clause of the 1st Amendment.
AMD: We now have two cores, so there!
Intel: Oh yeah, well we now have four cores- losers!
AMD: Oh yeah, well we're coming out with eight cores next. Ha beat that!
Intel: We can and will! We're going to come out with, with EIGHTY cores! Yeah that's right, eighty cores!
Disclaimer: I've not kept up on the Core War, so any inaccuracies are for dramatic effect...
My stepson was dissappointed in Tomb Raider because it only took him half the time as it said on the box. The key difference is likely that when you play a game here and there it takes you awhile to get back into it and get your groove back. If its summer break and you play for twelve straight hours, well, its not going tot ake as long. What would be interesting is if he took a week off to just play the game, and see how he does. Not likely, but interesting;-)
PErspective does not equal defense. I'm not saying that Nintendo is doing the right, I'm saying that the negatives of no 3rd party support till early next year is are overblown. My basic point is that the Online gaming crowd is overrepresented online: as shocking as that may be. Xbox Live is great and doing well... but the Xbox 360 has yet to sell up to the levels it was projected to. Sony went from the wonderkid of NexGens in a heart beat over price. Nintendo has not only stated that they are targetting a different audience than MS and Sony, but but their actions have followed it up. So if the MS and Sony audience are all flustered by this, then maybe, just maybe, since they aren't the target audience anway, this will not be as bad as people would have it be.
Xbox Live downloads have exceeded iTunes downloads
Really? Around E3 Xbox Live announced they had surpassed 24 million downloads. This came several months after someone one the iTunes 1 billionth download content. 24 million is certainly a lot, but it is still 1/40 of iTunes.
I think people overestimate how many people take advantage of online services to begin with. How many of the million Xbox live users are only there because they got it for free and are no longer active once they have to pay? And, having to wait until next year? That's what, four months away at this point with the console's release date not even announced yet? So you might have to wait 2 whole months for third party online games and that's supposed to be a deal breaker? No, a $600 price tag on a console not in production with only marginally better graphics for the next year or two is a deal breaker, this is not.
The airline said that although passengers would be allowed to carry their Dells either as checked or cabin baggage, they could only use them on battery power or through the aircraft power supply available in some first and business class cabins once they have first removed the batteries from the unit.
You can use the battery, or use the cord, but you can't use both.
Wilson, speaking on behalf of Microsoft, also alleged proof that evolution is wrong, the moon landings never happened, and that Elvis is alive, well, and shares a quaint cottage in Northern Idaho with Bigfoot and his cousin Yeti, visiting from Nepal.
I HIT CAPSLOCK TWICE AND IT STILL WON'T TYPE LOWERCASE...
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The Director makes some good points, but I think there is also a sense that no country wants to be seen as needing the program. I wonder if the program itself could be seen as an affront to the pride of many of the target nations.
Maybe the pledge to buy two laptops to donate to get one free really isn't such a bad thing after all. Governments have a difficult time tturning away things that are free.
The reason it stands out so much is that it was the first and last time it has happened and it was once in a lifetime kind of news. If I had such feeligns all the time then I think coincidence makes far more sense. But, as it is, I can count on one hand with no thumb the number of times I've had a "feeling" that I needed to call someone and it was accurate both times.
Agreed. There have been occasions when I knew that I had to call a certain friend even though they were hundreds of miles away and there was no reason other than a "feeling" that I would know to call. I did and sure enough he had huge news and was going to call me later that night. Just like I don't think that psychic enegies revolve around us constantly, I think there are many events that cannot simply be explained as "coincidence."
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As for politicians and celebrities, there is a higher standard that must be met in order for words against them to be considered damaging. For celebrities the case is, I believe, Lemon v Kurtzman, and it basically says that if you put yourself into the national spotlight, than you should expect to have things said about you. (In a nutshell;-)
As for politicians, I believe just about anything you say against them is fair game since it can be construed as a political metaphor. "CongressCritter Soandso is a crook!" is allowed because it is, in essence, still considered political speech. The protection of which is the main intent of the Free Speech clause of the 1st Amendment.
'Cause all their Lemmings died.
AMD: We now have two cores, so there!
Intel: Oh yeah, well we now have four cores- losers!
AMD: Oh yeah, well we're coming out with eight cores next. Ha beat that!
Intel: We can and will! We're going to come out with, with EIGHTY cores! Yeah that's right, eighty cores!
Disclaimer: I've not kept up on the Core War, so any inaccuracies are for dramatic effect...
My stepson was dissappointed in Tomb Raider because it only took him half the time as it said on the box. The key difference is likely that when you play a game here and there it takes you awhile to get back into it and get your groove back. If its summer break and you play for twelve straight hours, well, its not going tot ake as long. What would be interesting is if he took a week off to just play the game, and see how he does. Not likely, but interesting;-)
Were you trying to take a left turn?
Bears or Backfires?
Arrgh!
Or at least it would have been if it hadn't been for those meddling Ninjas!
Depends on whether or not they can deduct the purchase of the PS3 now as a charitable contribution to medical research;-)
PErspective does not equal defense. I'm not saying that Nintendo is doing the right, I'm saying that the negatives of no 3rd party support till early next year is are overblown. My basic point is that the Online gaming crowd is overrepresented online: as shocking as that may be. Xbox Live is great and doing well... but the Xbox 360 has yet to sell up to the levels it was projected to. Sony went from the wonderkid of NexGens in a heart beat over price. Nintendo has not only stated that they are targetting a different audience than MS and Sony, but but their actions have followed it up. So if the MS and Sony audience are all flustered by this, then maybe, just maybe, since they aren't the target audience anway, this will not be as bad as people would have it be.
Really? Around E3 Xbox Live announced they had surpassed 24 million downloads. This came several months after someone one the iTunes 1 billionth download content. 24 million is certainly a lot, but it is still 1/40 of iTunes.
I think people overestimate how many people take advantage of online services to begin with. How many of the million Xbox live users are only there because they got it for free and are no longer active once they have to pay? And, having to wait until next year? That's what, four months away at this point with the console's release date not even announced yet? So you might have to wait 2 whole months for third party online games and that's supposed to be a deal breaker? No, a $600 price tag on a console not in production with only marginally better graphics for the next year or two is a deal breaker, this is not.
You can use the battery, or use the cord, but you can't use both.
They're Yankees in Boston: of course they're confused.
Ah yes, the family dog...
Wilson, speaking on behalf of Microsoft, also alleged proof that evolution is wrong, the moon landings never happened, and that Elvis is alive, well, and shares a quaint cottage in Northern Idaho with Bigfoot and his cousin Yeti, visiting from Nepal.
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;-)
The roughly third percent of the US population who do not believe in the evolution of humans cited themselves as proof...
An excellent point and one that I don't think a lot of folks have thought of. Relativity strikes again.
Maybe the pledge to buy two laptops to donate to get one free really isn't such a bad thing after all. Governments have a difficult time tturning away things that are free.
Does the ringtone play Three Blind Mice?
You don't know me, my friend, or the event in question, yet you somehow know he didn't mean it. How could that be unless... You're psychic!!!
The reason it stands out so much is that it was the first and last time it has happened and it was once in a lifetime kind of news. If I had such feeligns all the time then I think coincidence makes far more sense. But, as it is, I can count on one hand with no thumb the number of times I've had a "feeling" that I needed to call someone and it was accurate both times.
Agreed. There have been occasions when I knew that I had to call a certain friend even though they were hundreds of miles away and there was no reason other than a "feeling" that I would know to call. I did and sure enough he had huge news and was going to call me later that night. Just like I don't think that psychic enegies revolve around us constantly, I think there are many events that cannot simply be explained as "coincidence."