Which you would need to do anyway to register it with the WGA. Oh, wait, my bad. You can now register your screenplay online in whatever file format you wish.
The fee for non-members is $20. The fee for members is $10. Registration lasts for 5 years, and then may be renewed. Protecting your copyrights and getting a back up thrown in!
I don't think it would have been material to the case even if he did have a written deal memo, if there wasn't financing to back it up. It's easy for you and I to have a written contract between the two of us based on an imaginary screenplay of yours and imaginary funds that I hope to raise from investors. Even paper can be pretty worthless if there isn't anything backing it up.
If there actually was a $2.7 million deal in the works, it would have been worth the money for an immediate forsenic recovery, or failing that, replacing the HD and setting it aside for later forsenic recovery. Notwithstanding SBC's negligence, this was really not much more than a frivolous nuisance suit.
The question is, was his lawyer working on contingency or by the hour? If the later, he's probably lost a fair amount.
Right. And most of their "plans" were at the instigation of the FBI informer.
Similar to the Lodi case, where some poor schmuck was railroaded by the FBI. If he had been left alone, he'd never have done anything, but the FBI informant basically cajoled and incited him. Even then it was never proven that he had attended any terrorist camps. The court prevented a former FBI agent from testifying in his behalf.
These "high profile" cases the FBI is coming up with are pretty disgraceful. All they are uncovering are gullible people that can be convinced to do or say stupid things by a paid informant. If the FBI has uncovered any serious threats, hopefully they're using the info to work up the chain of command (and we're not hearing about them, of course) to actually disrupt terrorist networks.
But what we're seeing so far is the FBI setting up some clowns to take a fall and provide publicity.
I was going to send you over to OWC for a mini battery replacement for $24.95, but I see that they recommend that you don't do it yourself on the minis. If you watch the installation video, you'll see that changing the battery on the mini is a real PITA, and much more involved than changing the battery on one of the regular iPods. OWC does offer installation with quick turn around for an additional $39.00.
I was hoping this would be helpful to you, but alas, it looks more expensive or more trouble than I had originally thought. Best of luck whatever you decide to do.
Except RBC handles a lot of MS money in various investments. So, they might be willing to take a long shot high risk investment if it will keep their biggest customer happy. What's 30 million when you want a bigger piece of your customer's 40 billion?
And it's already been established that RBC invested because of a "tip" from certain MS executives. Have you heard about the Halloween Papers?
It's a feature, dammit, not a bug! Just like dupes: they give a chance for those who missed the story the first time to post their inane opinions! It's all part of a brilliant plan to co-opt AOL users.
I've got to agree with your comment. I've got an old 2nd Generation 10 GB model. It's been through a motorcycle crash that basically put a very rough bevel edge along it lengthwise (the crash also but a bevel edge on my arm; I wasn't wearing my leather jacket. Ouch!) The damn thing kept playing as I peeled myself up off the road with nary a skip.
I'm not doubting the veracity of others who are reporting problems. But in my experience, the iPod can take a licking and keep on ticking. It basically survived me falling on it and then sliding on it. (Note: I only had one ear piece in my ear; I know someone will bring this up.)
Department Store A doesn't accept charge cards from other department stores. Slashdotters speculate that Department Stores B and C will sue for illegal monopolistic practices.
MS has announced that they'll have an iPod killer out by Christmas, but they cleverly didn't say Christmas of which year. If Vista and Office are any indication, look for the msPod in late 2007.
- as people get used to having some financial freedom and power, they come to desire personal/political freedom and power as well and pressure the government for it.
I'm not sure how desire for political freedom springs forth from financial freedom.
- Depending on the pre-capitalist powerbase of the elite, they may also find themselves increasingly in debt/dependent on the successful merchants, who eventually just demand access to power on pain of no more loans.
Or they become beholden to a few very powerful merchants, who have no more inclination to share power with the masses.
We still have democracy in the US, but judging by voter turn out, most people are content to vote for either Coke or Pepsi, Burger King or McDonalds. The notion that democracy will by necessity automatically spring forth from capitalism is an unproven assumption. In fact, there are counter-examples that Godwin's law prohibits me from mentioning.
You've hit upon a point that rarely gets mentioned: disease vector.
This is the biggest argument for a heterogeneous computing environment. In a homogenous environment, a new virus can potentially spread like wildfire because each system it comes into contact with is a potential host/victim. In a mixed environment, propagation is slowed down and the network, though it might be crippled, is not shut down.
Your example is a good one. With a heterogeneous email environment, the virus isn't able to spread as fast and as far (assuming that the email clients don't have vulnerabilities in common), and it's possible to take effective countermeasures in a timely manner (i.e., before it's too late).
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Which you would need to do anyway to register it with the WGA. Oh, wait, my bad. You can now register your screenplay online in whatever file format you wish.
The fee for non-members is $20. The fee for members is $10. Registration lasts for 5 years, and then may be renewed. Protecting your copyrights and getting a back up thrown in!
Seems like a no brainer if you're a screenwriter.
I don't think it would have been material to the case even if he did have a written deal memo, if there wasn't financing to back it up. It's easy for you and I to have a written contract between the two of us based on an imaginary screenplay of yours and imaginary funds that I hope to raise from investors. Even paper can be pretty worthless if there isn't anything backing it up.
If there actually was a $2.7 million deal in the works, it would have been worth the money for an immediate forsenic recovery, or failing that, replacing the HD and setting it aside for later forsenic recovery. Notwithstanding SBC's negligence, this was really not much more than a frivolous nuisance suit.
The question is, was his lawyer working on contingency or by the hour? If the later, he's probably lost a fair amount.
Right. And most of their "plans" were at the instigation of the FBI informer.
Similar to the Lodi case, where some poor schmuck was railroaded by the FBI. If he had been left alone, he'd never have done anything, but the FBI informant basically cajoled and incited him. Even then it was never proven that he had attended any terrorist camps. The court prevented a former FBI agent from testifying in his behalf.
These "high profile" cases the FBI is coming up with are pretty disgraceful. All they are uncovering are gullible people that can be convinced to do or say stupid things by a paid informant. If the FBI has uncovered any serious threats, hopefully they're using the info to work up the chain of command (and we're not hearing about them, of course) to actually disrupt terrorist networks.
But what we're seeing so far is the FBI setting up some clowns to take a fall and provide publicity.
"I'll get you and your little dog, Toto, too!"
"Surrender Dorothy" (sky tagging)
Yay!
I love Bush Administration Mad Libs!
But do you weigh less than a duck?
What I _do_ ridicule are the posers pretending they're something they're really not.
Word to your nerd, G.
(Am I the man yet, dog?)
And more recently, Allchin. =)
You made my head asplote.
I was going to send you over to OWC for a mini battery replacement for $24.95, but I see that they recommend that you don't do it yourself on the minis. If you watch the installation video, you'll see that changing the battery on the mini is a real PITA, and much more involved than changing the battery on one of the regular iPods. OWC does offer installation with quick turn around for an additional $39.00.
I was hoping this would be helpful to you, but alas, it looks more expensive or more trouble than I had originally thought. Best of luck whatever you decide to do.
Except RBC handles a lot of MS money in various investments. So, they might be willing to take a long shot high risk investment if it will keep their biggest customer happy. What's 30 million when you want a bigger piece of your customer's 40 billion?
And it's already been established that RBC invested because of a "tip" from certain MS executives. Have you heard about the Halloween Papers?
Geezus, the one time I don't RTFA, I get slammed! OK, my face is a bit red, it was a bad analogy, but I get modded as a troll? =)
Anyway, mea culpa and all that.
It's a feature, dammit, not a bug! Just like dupes: they give a chance for those who missed the story the first time to post their inane opinions! It's all part of a brilliant plan to co-opt AOL users.
It sounds almost like dumping, doesn't it? I'm sure there's a loophole that MS is using, but dumping is considered anti-competitive and illegal.
I've got to agree with your comment. I've got an old 2nd Generation 10 GB model. It's been through a motorcycle crash that basically put a very rough bevel edge along it lengthwise (the crash also but a bevel edge on my arm; I wasn't wearing my leather jacket. Ouch!) The damn thing kept playing as I peeled myself up off the road with nary a skip.
I'm not doubting the veracity of others who are reporting problems. But in my experience, the iPod can take a licking and keep on ticking. It basically survived me falling on it and then sliding on it. (Note: I only had one ear piece in my ear; I know someone will bring this up.)
Dodgers baseball is always on my slow jams playlist.
Department Store A doesn't accept charge cards from other department stores. Slashdotters speculate that Department Stores B and C will sue for illegal monopolistic practices.
MS has announced that they'll have an iPod killer out by Christmas, but they cleverly didn't say Christmas of which year. If Vista and Office are any indication, look for the msPod in late 2007.
That's why they pay him the big bucks! =)
What part of "back then" don't you understand? (Some of us graduated from college before Linus took a stab at building OSes. Where was OO.o then?)
And what part of engineering student needing a CAD program didn't you understand?
The poster was speaking of his own experiences and you accuse him of lying? His experience sounded pretty believable to me.
- as people get used to having some financial freedom and power, they come to desire personal/political freedom and power as well and pressure the government for it.
I'm not sure how desire for political freedom springs forth from financial freedom.
- Depending on the pre-capitalist powerbase of the elite, they may also find themselves increasingly in debt/dependent on the successful merchants, who eventually just demand access to power on pain of no more loans.
Or they become beholden to a few very powerful merchants, who have no more inclination to share power with the masses.
We still have democracy in the US, but judging by voter turn out, most people are content to vote for either Coke or Pepsi, Burger King or McDonalds. The notion that democracy will by necessity automatically spring forth from capitalism is an unproven assumption. In fact, there are counter-examples that Godwin's law prohibits me from mentioning.
OK, that's it! I'm switching to Amiga OS!
You've hit upon a point that rarely gets mentioned: disease vector.
This is the biggest argument for a heterogeneous computing environment. In a homogenous environment, a new virus can potentially spread like wildfire because each system it comes into contact with is a potential host/victim. In a mixed environment, propagation is slowed down and the network, though it might be crippled, is not shut down.
Your example is a good one. With a heterogeneous email environment, the virus isn't able to spread as fast and as far (assuming that the email clients don't have vulnerabilities in common), and it's possible to take effective countermeasures in a timely manner (i.e., before it's too late).
And she was in a vegetative state. So why wasn't she re-growing? I suspect there was a liberal conspiracy to deny her fertilizer.