Even in the "article" itself MOG admits that she didn't know for sure if she had tracked down the actual PJ, and even implied that this "Pamela Jones" might have been the victim of identity theft.
Given that, why plaster the address and pictures of a potentially innocent party across the Internet?
What about the mother? She's not a party to Groklaw in any way, she's not a blogger, a reporter, or anything, yet her address and pictures of her house ended up in the "article".
It just means they suckered Tivo into getting involved in some way, just to get the brand recognition. Apparently Tivo hasn't been paying much attention to what happens to companies that do this or somehow naively believes they'll be treated differently.
Once Microsoft has sucked out all the juices, they'll leave the dessicated husk behind.
This time they're ignoring the "reset" button and barrelling ahead with the previous proposal. The process has not actually stopped this time, just suspended a little bit.
As an American I'm torn - if the EU does not have software patents, they'll easily pull ahead of the United States in the software arena while we litigate ourselves into irrelevancy. However, I'd much rather see the playing field made level by eliminating our own software and business method patents then burden the Europeans with the same yoke.
They may still say "google it", but be using the Microsoft search engine.
After all, in the mainstream, "iPod" has already become synonymous with "MP3 Player" even if they aren't iPods, and indeed "MP3 Player" has come to mean "portable player device", including ones that can't even play MP3s.
Simply using a tool released under the GPL like GCC does *not* make the resulting program GPLed. The GPL applies if one *links* to libraries or other code covered by the GPL and distributes the result.
Pointcast never actually pushed - it was periodic HTTP polling, just like RSS. The difference is that Pointcast responded with entire articles with graphics, whether or not they were going to ever be read, while RSS typically responds with only headline and summary, with a link to the actual content.
Presumably, the proposed law doesn't allow iTunes-type sharing only without the permission of the copyright holder.
Apple must have negotiated that permission from the labels when they created the feature, along with the burning and iPod sync limitations. It may be true, however, that such a feature might become illegal in other products.
I think its biggest weakness is that, unlike other P2P applications, this one can't take advantage of network effects to gain ubiquity due to the small, private, nature of the networks.
...but then it ended up solving the crime and the show ends with him signing a req form to buy it.
I heard one of the stars of CSI Miami (the coroner) on the radio talking about how many of the props on the show are *real* machines, which they have, but actual forensics agencies don't, due to budget problems. She didn't seem to see the problem that they were being wasted on the show when they could have been used more productively in an actual forensics lab.
It was the ultimate pro-rational show, since every seemingly paranormal phenomenom turned out to have a prosaic explanation, except, of course, for the addition of Scrappy Do.
It's impractical for the stores to deal with tens of thousands of individual suppliers, and its's impractical for a supplier to deal directly with tens of thousands of stores.
As a publisher, you want to send a big palette of boxes to a small number of places and deal with only one or two accounting departments. As a store, you want to place a single order for a mix of products, and again deal with only a few accounting departments.
It's totally a matter of efficiency. However, the distributors are notorious for abusing both ends of the channel.
According to the BSA web site, they *could* be fined $150,000 per illegal copy as a civil case, and the government can prosecute as a criminal matter and fine up to $250,000.
If Microsoft is let off the hook on this, then I would hazard that it could be used against them in a prosecution of someone else.
An H2O molecule is an H2O molecule, is an H2O molecule.
There are whole branches of pseudoscience and associated commerce that are based on that not being the case - homeopathy, and "activated water" products.
Giventhe degree this nonsense is accepted by the mainstream, it's no surprise that these recycling systems are controversial.
They've been working on this since 1993, and in 1997 they said they'd have it working in three years. In 2004, they say they'll have it working in three years.
It sounds like their schedule will fit nicely with the Moller Skycar.
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Given that, why plaster the address and pictures of a potentially innocent party across the Internet?
What about the mother? She's not a party to Groklaw in any way, she's not a blogger, a reporter, or anything, yet her address and pictures of her house ended up in the "article".
I'm sorry - I see nothing ethical here.
Once Microsoft has sucked out all the juices, they'll leave the dessicated husk behind.
As an American I'm torn - if the EU does not have software patents, they'll easily pull ahead of the United States in the software arena while we litigate ourselves into irrelevancy. However, I'd much rather see the playing field made level by eliminating our own software and business method patents then burden the Europeans with the same yoke.
After all, in the mainstream, "iPod" has already become synonymous with "MP3 Player" even if they aren't iPods, and indeed "MP3 Player" has come to mean "portable player device", including ones that can't even play MP3s.
Simply using a tool released under the GPL like GCC does *not* make the resulting program GPLed. The GPL applies if one *links* to libraries or other code covered by the GPL and distributes the result.
Pointcast never actually pushed - it was periodic HTTP polling, just like RSS. The difference is that Pointcast responded with entire articles with graphics, whether or not they were going to ever be read, while RSS typically responds with only headline and summary, with a link to the actual content.
Apple must have negotiated that permission from the labels when they created the feature, along with the burning and iPod sync limitations. It may be true, however, that such a feature might become illegal in other products.
I think its biggest weakness is that, unlike other P2P applications, this one can't take advantage of network effects to gain ubiquity due to the small, private, nature of the networks.
I heard one of the stars of CSI Miami (the coroner) on the radio talking about how many of the props on the show are *real* machines, which they have, but actual forensics agencies don't, due to budget problems. She didn't seem to see the problem that they were being wasted on the show when they could have been used more productively in an actual forensics lab.
It was the ultimate pro-rational show, since every seemingly paranormal phenomenom turned out to have a prosaic explanation, except, of course, for the addition of Scrappy Do.
The 3D file system in Jurassic Park was real - it's fsn (File System Navigation) from SGI - it's available as freeware.
As a publisher, you want to send a big palette of boxes to a small number of places and deal with only one or two accounting departments. As a store, you want to place a single order for a mix of products, and again deal with only a few accounting departments.
It's totally a matter of efficiency. However, the distributors are notorious for abusing both ends of the channel.
If Microsoft is let off the hook on this, then I would hazard that it could be used against them in a prosecution of someone else.
Both Timeline and Acacia have been suing Microsoft customers, using Microsoft-supplied technology, for patent violations.
Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction occured on CBS, which is owned by Viacom.
Viacom, along with a number of other broadcasters, joined in a petition to protest Bono's potential fine.
On the other hand, six Clear Channel stations were fined a total of $495,000 for the Stern incident.
So, clear this up for me - you're saying a politicized FCC is punishing Viacom to protect Clear Channel?
Right?
Group him with Lance Bass, not John Glenn.
Giventhe degree this nonsense is accepted by the mainstream, it's no surprise that these recycling systems are controversial.
Uh...that was Gus Grissom. not Gordon Cooper.
Don't bother - George Lucas really should have stopped with the first Anal Assassins trilogy.