I work for a company that is testing software that monitors everything you do on the computer. The current desire to use this software stems from employees that seem to never get anything done, but are working all day. They want to see what they are doing. It's a small step to then install it everywhere. I'm sure the cost of licensing this software for the 12000+ employee machines is all that is holding them back.
Summary author is a Lawyer who has been fighting the RIAA for years now. I believe he does understand the role that judges fill, one is to make sure that the court is fair to both sides.
Try taking a look at diabetic food sometime. Sure, it has no sugar, but they replace all the sugar with fat.
Also, did they take into account that fat people require less energy to maintain body temperature, as they have a higher volume to surface area ratio than skinny people.
This wasn't a notice of service, it was just a letter saying they could avoid being sued. There is no legal requirement to make sure this letter was received.
Except, theres no such crime as accessory to copyright infringement, or 'contributory infringement'. It doesn't exist, the RIAA/MPAA wants there to be one very badly, but such a thing doesn't exist
I'm sure it was someone trying to avoid having to get people vetted for higher clearances. We all had the basic Secret clearance, the kind you get for just joining the military.
So the copyright holder has to constantly check with the copyright office to make sure no one has requested the use of any of their copyrights? Since this is a government endevor, what will happen is that the copyright holder will be given a long list of all the copyright requests and be required to sift through to make sure that none of their copyrights are in there. They will not be able to say "hey, I have copyright on X, is anyone requesting to use it?" as that would make the government employees have to do work.
A little over two years. When I was in the Air Force we wrote software that we couldn't talk about to anyone, and they couldn't tell us what is was for. You wrote little tiny routines from vague specifications, they would be tested and returned if they didn't work. You could not be told what data was input and what didn't work, just that it didn't. Sometimes they updated the specs to be less vague so you could actually write something that worked.
Best part was when you had to go to the bathroom. The spec you had must be locked up, so you'd go to the security officer and they'd sign for your spec and lock it in a safe. When you were done, you'd come back and fill out a form to get the spec back.
We don't want to have to replace the OS on the 10,000+ machines we have now (nor do we want to replace the machines). We like to buy cheap hardware. We don't want to support 2 different OS. For what the vast majority of what our users do (web, email) we should run linix, but our clients insist that they will only support IE for their tools (we use some client tools, some inhouse tools). One of our clients in Microsoft.
Side Note: MS gave us 400 machines with Vista on them. We installed XP.
I read the fine print, I just believe that any standards org that allows patented tech into a standard is just a shill for the company that owns the patent.
I've said this before but I'm going to say it again.
Before anyone can work on a standard, their company must agree to donate any patents that become part of the standard to the standards org, and the standards org must allow any patents they own to be used for no charge. The original company can say "no" to the use of their patent in the standard. If any patented stuff 'accidently' gets placed into the standard, it is up to the company to notice and reject the use of their patented stuff. Failure to do so is an implicit agreement to the previous patent requirements.
If a third party places another company's patented stuff into a standard, the sole economic burden for any lawsuits, licenses, etc. shall fall on that third party, if there is no representation of the company on the standards committee.
I'm sure I haven't covered all issues that could arise, but you get the idea.
If they would open patent examination offices in places other than DC, I'd bet they'd get a lot better examiners. Who wants to live in one of the most expensive places in the US, or have a 4 hour commute just so you can afford to live in something other than a hovel?
Yeah, no clue here. Cell phone statistics for Mongolia (one of the contries mentioned in the article):
Cell phone subscribers per 100 inhabitants: 8.84
Computer ownership per 100 inhabitants: 1.64
Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants: 5.18
National bandwidth to and from the country: 10 Mbps
The real reason I support all my friends/family using Windows is because of the lack of source code. "What?!" you say. Well, when they call me for support because their latest software doesn't do what they want, I can say "That's stupid of , they should do that. Too bad I don't have the source, or I could fix that up for you". With Linux, I'd have to come up with some other excuse!
They also want to do their taxes, balance their checkbook, hook up their MP3 players to get music, etc.
Is there tax software for linux? Will the developers pay my taxes if there are errors in the code? Unless they will, it's not good enough for the masses.
Does my iPod, Zune and Zen software run on linux? Can I buy MP3s with an easy to use application that will automatically put it on my player(s)?
There is also the issue of legacy software. People don't want to give up all the software they already have, even if there are free alternatives they can download.
Actually, any infinite subset of the infinite set of counting numbers has the same size as the set of counting numbers. So just as many worlds will be destroyed as not.
He can't figure out vista and all he uses is a web browser? He has other issues besides vista (and for your step-dad: Click the start button, then the Internet explorer icon on the top of the menu that pops up).
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I work for a company that is testing software that monitors everything you do on the computer. The current desire to use this software stems from employees that seem to never get anything done, but are working all day. They want to see what they are doing. It's a small step to then install it everywhere. I'm sure the cost of licensing this software for the 12000+ employee machines is all that is holding them back.
Summary author is a Lawyer who has been fighting the RIAA for years now. I believe he does understand the role that judges fill, one is to make sure that the court is fair to both sides.
Try taking a look at diabetic food sometime. Sure, it has no sugar, but they replace all the sugar with fat.
Also, did they take into account that fat people require less energy to maintain body temperature, as they have a higher volume to surface area ratio than skinny people.
Whole numbers, at least. And OMG, so does 5!
This wasn't a notice of service, it was just a letter saying they could avoid being sued. There is no legal requirement to make sure this letter was received.
Except, theres no such crime as accessory to copyright infringement, or 'contributory infringement'. It doesn't exist, the RIAA/MPAA wants there to be one very badly, but such a thing doesn't exist
Time for you to read the DMCA. Contributory infringement is alive and well.
I'm sure it was someone trying to avoid having to get people vetted for higher clearances. We all had the basic Secret clearance, the kind you get for just joining the military.
So the copyright holder has to constantly check with the copyright office to make sure no one has requested the use of any of their copyrights? Since this is a government endevor, what will happen is that the copyright holder will be given a long list of all the copyright requests and be required to sift through to make sure that none of their copyrights are in there. They will not be able to say "hey, I have copyright on X, is anyone requesting to use it?" as that would make the government employees have to do work.
A little over two years. When I was in the Air Force we wrote software that we couldn't talk about to anyone, and they couldn't tell us what is was for. You wrote little tiny routines from vague specifications, they would be tested and returned if they didn't work. You could not be told what data was input and what didn't work, just that it didn't. Sometimes they updated the specs to be less vague so you could actually write something that worked.
Best part was when you had to go to the bathroom. The spec you had must be locked up, so you'd go to the security officer and they'd sign for your spec and lock it in a safe. When you were done, you'd come back and fill out a form to get the spec back.
We don't want to have to replace the OS on the 10,000+ machines we have now (nor do we want to replace the machines). We like to buy cheap hardware. We don't want to support 2 different OS. For what the vast majority of what our users do (web, email) we should run linix, but our clients insist that they will only support IE for their tools (we use some client tools, some inhouse tools). One of our clients in Microsoft.
Side Note: MS gave us 400 machines with Vista on them. We installed XP.
So their research found that you don't make errors when you are paying attention but when you aren't you do.
I read the fine print, I just believe that any standards org that allows patented tech into a standard is just a shill for the company that owns the patent.
I've said this before but I'm going to say it again.
Before anyone can work on a standard, their company must agree to donate any patents that become part of the standard to the standards org, and the standards org must allow any patents they own to be used for no charge. The original company can say "no" to the use of their patent in the standard. If any patented stuff 'accidently' gets placed into the standard, it is up to the company to notice and reject the use of their patented stuff. Failure to do so is an implicit agreement to the previous patent requirements.
If a third party places another company's patented stuff into a standard, the sole economic burden for any lawsuits, licenses, etc. shall fall on that third party, if there is no representation of the company on the standards committee.
I'm sure I haven't covered all issues that could arise, but you get the idea.
If they would open patent examination offices in places other than DC, I'd bet they'd get a lot better examiners. Who wants to live in one of the most expensive places in the US, or have a 4 hour commute just so you can afford to live in something other than a hovel?
Yeah, no clue here. Cell phone statistics for Mongolia (one of the contries mentioned in the article):
Cell phone subscribers per 100 inhabitants: 8.84
Computer ownership per 100 inhabitants: 1.64
Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants: 5.18
National bandwidth to and from the country: 10 Mbps
Information from here
You can do your own research for how many people in Mongolia have access to clean water, much less something to clean a computer with.
My mistake. I forgot that we issued bottles of isopropyl alchohol to children in developing contries.
can't be fixed by disassembly and wiping the area under the affected key with isopropyl alcohol
Because we all know that third world children carry around bottles of isopropyl alchohol.
The real reason I support all my friends/family using Windows is because of the lack of source code. "What?!" you say. Well, when they call me for support because their latest software doesn't do what they want, I can say "That's stupid of , they should do that. Too bad I don't have the source, or I could fix that up for you". With Linux, I'd have to come up with some other excuse!
They also want to do their taxes, balance their checkbook, hook up their MP3 players to get music, etc.
Is there tax software for linux? Will the developers pay my taxes if there are errors in the code? Unless they will, it's not good enough for the masses.
Does my iPod, Zune and Zen software run on linux? Can I buy MP3s with an easy to use application that will automatically put it on my player(s)?
There is also the issue of legacy software. People don't want to give up all the software they already have, even if there are free alternatives they can download.
Actually, any infinite subset of the infinite set of counting numbers has the same size as the set of counting numbers. So just as many worlds will be destroyed as not.
Contact ISO
Vermonts East-Central Network Association.
Does everyone forget MovieBeam? It was a horrible failure. Why would anyone want to follow in their footsteps?
There is also a dearth of newborns for good parents
As of 2006, there were 16,142 children in foster care in Oregon. Where are all the adoptors?
He can't figure out vista and all he uses is a web browser? He has other issues besides vista (and for your step-dad: Click the start button, then the Internet explorer icon on the top of the menu that pops up).