The problem is that the burden of proof is on the users to show they got it legally, and if you wipe all traces of your CC licensing from the internet then they can't prove it, and you win.
One solution is to provide a digitally signed license with (or perhaps even embedded in) the image file, so anyone who uses the image can prove the license even after all traces have been removed from the internet.
The uploaded letter was an altered version of a detention letter sent to a student.
Correct, the student's name was blocked out to create the "altered" version.
The reports, blogs and other sources on the Internet indicating that a Big Spring student was assigned detention for using the Firefox internet browser instead of Internet Explorer are untrue and were based on the fake letter.
Technically, the student was assigned detention for insubordination.
Next they'll discover that playing Counter-Strike is cheaper and less destructive than real combat and soon we'll be fighting wars in simulations (and executing the losers) just like in that old Star Trek episode.
+ I better be able to resell it, just like I can resell a used book.
If you have a choice between the new hardcover for $15 or the ebook for $10, and you can later sell the hardcover for $5, then in both cases you can't recover $10 of the original purchase price. In the end, the ebook saves you a trip to the used bookstore, and a tree.
It seems relevant to point out that prices didn't seem to go down any when the airlines started these practices, but rather, the same dollar amount (even adjusted for inflation) seems to buy less and less service on the airplane.
That's understandable, given the rising cost of energy and the plunging value of the dollar.
Some transportation companies like Skybus and Megabus have come up with an answer to the high price of tickets: sell the first few at a very low price, and sell the rest at incrementally higher prices. Then even the poor can buy tickets, if they get in line early enough.
If it's going to use characters not present on normal keyboards, what's the point? Why not just use IP addresses?
If you're going to visit a web site written in Chinese, chances are you have a Chinese keyboard or the Chinese IME installed. Or you're following a link.
...intensifying effort by Bush administration officials to make permanent a law that is scheduled to expire in about five months.
Don't you love sunset clauses? They keep the administration off the streets, encourage refactoring, and a bad law with a sunset clause can be revoked more easily than one without.
There are times when, at least on an analog tuner, it is difficult to distinguish a single station.
That's only with an omnidirectional antenna. With a yagi and a good radio, you can distinguish multiple stations on the same frequency.
HD radio signals are causing no end of good for FM DXers, but multicasting (actually multiplexed broadcasting) means multiple audio streams can broadcast on the same frequency.
Public transport here is subsidized. Heavily subsidized.
Especially in cities where it isn't taken seriously. For example, in Phoenix, the goal is to have a farebox recovery ratio of 25%. (In other words, riders pay only 25% of actual costs.) But in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City, the ratios are 50% and higher.
Also, gasoline and road and freeway construction and maintenance are also heavily subsidized. Public transport would have a better chance if this weren't the case.
This person is blaming the administration for allowing him to do something that was against the rules... He's asking for the admins to change the computer security settings so that he isn't capable of doing something that he knows will get him into trouble.
Isn't it the administration's responsibility to exercise due diligence in securing their own computers?
"Now that I moved to California, I should call my buddy in India. Hmm, what time can I call him so I don't wake him up in the middle of the night?"
First, when you move to California, remember that it's positioned at UTC-8 (except during the DST months).
What you would have to look up is where India is positioned. It's at UTC+5.5.
Subtract the two, and you'll get the time zone difference. India is 5.5--8 or 13.5 hours ahead of California.
Since you know from observation what time the sun rises and sets, what time you go to bed, etc. you just add 13.5 hours to figure out what time these events occur in India.
"The store closes at 5." "The store closes at 9." You know the former means "early evening" and the latter means "late evening" because we use time zones. Replace that with "The store closes at 0300," and suddenly you haven't a clue.
I don't usually remember what time stores open and close, only that they tend to be open during daylight hours. I don't need a clock to tell me if it's daytime.
Perhaps not surprisingly, California ranks almost dead last in education.
Using the arbitrary ranking system of someone who appears to have an agenda of increasing funding for schools and decreasing class sizes. Many of the factors have absolutely nothing to do with student performance.
Source control is a good start. But I'd also like to see a more rigorous engineering discipline applied to creating laws. Things like clearly defining the problem, finding the simplest solution that solves that problem, and then testing any changes before releasing them to the world. (MMORPGs might make good test beds for suggested laws. Twilight clauses ought to be used far more often.) And refactoring. Right now, our laws are a series of patches upon patches. ("Law cruft"?)
...and when prices rise to the estimated US $5-15 per gallon as a result, people will voluntarily give up their cars in droves. (Google for "true cost of gas" for more information.)
The high cost of gasoline will then pull up the prices of other fuels. People will make more of an effort to conserve energy.
I don't know if this will save a billion tons of carbon dioxide, but it's a start.
Agreed. And raising taxes on electricity would increase that incentive. Then, besides people switching to CFLs, they will also be more vigilant about switching off lights and appliances when they aren't in use.
Is the fundamental purpose of this bill to get people to switch to CFLs or is it about saving energy?
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What's this difference between creating and developing that I'm not aware of?
One solution is to provide a digitally signed license with (or perhaps even embedded in) the image file, so anyone who uses the image can prove the license even after all traces have been removed from the internet.
Correct, the student's name was blocked out to create the "altered" version.
Technically, the student was assigned detention for insubordination.
Next they'll discover that playing Counter-Strike is cheaper and less destructive than real combat and soon we'll be fighting wars in simulations (and executing the losers) just like in that old Star Trek episode.
If you have a choice between the new hardcover for $15 or the ebook for $10, and you can later sell the hardcover for $5, then in both cases you can't recover $10 of the original purchase price. In the end, the ebook saves you a trip to the used bookstore, and a tree.
I'd take it a step further by using a genetic algorithm whose goal is to keep the telemarketer on the phone as long as possible.
That's understandable, given the rising cost of energy and the plunging value of the dollar.
Some transportation companies like Skybus and Megabus have come up with an answer to the high price of tickets: sell the first few at a very low price, and sell the rest at incrementally higher prices. Then even the poor can buy tickets, if they get in line early enough.
If you're going to visit a web site written in Chinese, chances are you have a Chinese keyboard or the Chinese IME installed. Or you're following a link.
So I shouldn't be allowed to set up a gaming-oriented ISP where my customers pay me to prioritize gaming packets over all other packets?
If you publish it under a license that requires licensees to credit your company for authorship, then that's free advertising.
Don't you love sunset clauses? They keep the administration off the streets, encourage refactoring, and a bad law with a sunset clause can be revoked more easily than one without.
In California, living alone is is practically a luxury.
I say we file our claim for the Arctic before they get a chance to correct their misspelling.
That's only with an omnidirectional antenna. With a yagi and a good radio, you can distinguish multiple stations on the same frequency.
HD radio signals are causing no end of good for FM DXers, but multicasting (actually multiplexed broadcasting) means multiple audio streams can broadcast on the same frequency.
How does this keep happening? Didn't the USPS change the locks after the first time the keys were stolen?
Especially in cities where it isn't taken seriously. For example, in Phoenix, the goal is to have a farebox recovery ratio of 25%. (In other words, riders pay only 25% of actual costs.) But in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City, the ratios are 50% and higher.
Also, gasoline and road and freeway construction and maintenance are also heavily subsidized. Public transport would have a better chance if this weren't the case.
Isn't it the administration's responsibility to exercise due diligence in securing their own computers?
First, when you move to California, remember that it's positioned at UTC-8 (except during the DST months).
What you would have to look up is where India is positioned. It's at UTC+5.5.
Subtract the two, and you'll get the time zone difference. India is 5.5--8 or 13.5 hours ahead of California.
Since you know from observation what time the sun rises and sets, what time you go to bed, etc. you just add 13.5 hours to figure out what time these events occur in India.
I don't usually remember what time stores open and close, only that they tend to be open during daylight hours. I don't need a clock to tell me if it's daytime.
Using the arbitrary ranking system of someone who appears to have an agenda of increasing funding for schools and decreasing class sizes. Many of the factors have absolutely nothing to do with student performance.
Source control is a good start. But I'd also like to see a more rigorous engineering discipline applied to creating laws. Things like clearly defining the problem, finding the simplest solution that solves that problem, and then testing any changes before releasing them to the world. (MMORPGs might make good test beds for suggested laws. Twilight clauses ought to be used far more often.) And refactoring. Right now, our laws are a series of patches upon patches. ("Law cruft"?)
...and when prices rise to the estimated US $5-15 per gallon as a result, people will voluntarily give up their cars in droves. (Google for "true cost of gas" for more information.)
The high cost of gasoline will then pull up the prices of other fuels. People will make more of an effort to conserve energy.
I don't know if this will save a billion tons of carbon dioxide, but it's a start.
A giant vacuum cleaner.
More seriously, how about a robotic space skimmer?
Agreed. And raising taxes on electricity would increase that incentive. Then, besides people switching to CFLs, they will also be more vigilant about switching off lights and appliances when they aren't in use.
Is the fundamental purpose of this bill to get people to switch to CFLs or is it about saving energy?