DOJ filed to block the proposed MCI/Sprint merger. http://news.com.com/2100-1033-242457.html?legacy=c net
The parties terminated the agreement shortly thereafter.
Nope. Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., No. 93-2214 (1st Cir. Mar. 9, 1995)held that a "menu command heirarchy, and all expression therein, is an uncopyrightable 'Method of Operation'" See http://www.panix.com/~jesse/lotus.html
They've been working on something like this since the early '90s. Used to see them out there testing the thing on the paved paths through Schenley Park, which is right next to the University. Back then it was a big hard top cargo HMMWV, still camoflauged, with a bunch of sensors strapped on - not nearly as mean looking as the stripped down red monster pictured in the articles.
There actually isn't a Colorado University, although there is a Colorado College. I also feel obligated to acknowledge the existence of the aggies up at Colorado State University.
Why do we call the University of Colorado "CU" instead of UC? Can't afford to be confused with University of California. Of course, when I tell people I went to CU in DC, they think "Catholic University," which is rather unfortunate.
And yes, I recognize this post is both off topic and completely inane.
Same problem exists with wireless carriers, yet they've managed to make it work by entering into contractual interconnection arrangements.
Same problem exists with internet backbone carriers, yet they've managed to make it work by entering into contractual interconnection arrangements.
Same problem exists with wireline carriers, yet they've managed to make it work through a combination of contractual interconnection arrangements (after being forced to do so by Congress and the FCC).
Perhaps I should say that it *might* be illegal. I have no idea what the field strength generated by a 1.5 watt amp is at 3 meters (the distance that should have been mentioned in parent).
2- Primestar Satellite Dishes with modified feedhorns 2- Laptop computers with 350 Cisco wireless cards 2- Bidirectional Amplifiers (1.5 watt) Compass & GPS Tripods Cables and wires - MMCX RT ANG male to N Male on RG174, 72". http://classes.weber.edu/wireless/Project%20 Inform ation.htm
They also stated they weren't sure of FCC regulations in the Lessons Learned page. http://classes.weber.edu/wireless/Lesson%20 Learned.htm
FCC Regs state that the maximum power level for unlicensed devices in the 2.4 GHz range are: Field Strength of Fundamental (millivolts/meter) - 50 Field strength of fundamental frequency harmonics (microvolts/meter) - 500
See http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2002/15/249/ In other words, it's cool, but it's illegal.
Unless Congress acted this morning, the only legal definitions of spam are set forth in state laws, and the definition varies from state to state. Federal activity, to date, has consisted of FTC actions under the Federal Trade Act.
The following is drawn from http://www.akingump.com/docs/publication/576.pdf.
California's state legislation defines UBE as a commercial e-mail advertisement sent to a
recipient that has not provided direct consent to receive the advertisement and does not have a
pre-existing or current business relationship with the sender, advertiser or commercial
sponsor. See CAL. BUS. CODE 17538.45 (2003).
Virginia's law states that it is illegal to "use a computer network with the intent to falsify or forge electronic transmission information," but it doesn't define the term "electronic mail transmission." Makes the law rather flexible. See VA. CODE ANN. 18.2-152.2 - 18.2-152.4, 18.2-152.6, 18.2-152.7, 18.2-152.12, 18.2-152.3:1, 18.2-152.16, 18.2-376.1.
Nobody will ever read this because I'm late to the party, but...
When I was in the Army, my battalion was deployed to secure Tuzla airfield as the first wave of the NATO force implementing the Bosnia peace accords. Part of that package was a couple of Q-36 "Firefinder" radars, which were supposed to detect incoming artillery rounds, provide early warning, and provide counterbattery targeting data to our artillery battery.
Given that nobody felt the need to lob any artillery shells at us, it was amazing how many warnings we received - presumably from birds and other non-threatening objects (I was a rifle platoon leader, so I don't know the full scoop). Had we had such a laser on site, I imagine we'd have had a lot of roast birds around the perimeter.
Further, the two radars we had, aside from servig as a massive radiation hazard to those of us wandering around, could only cover about 40% of the perimeter.
All this to say that the above post has a point - we'll need far better detection and targeting equipment before the laser is useful for defense against incoming artillery. And we'll still need robust and redundant targeting procedures before the weapon can be employed in an offensive mode.
I have a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid and I love it. Average about 45 mpg. Use it to commute on the DC beltway - plenty of pickup for merging and passing. Have taken 2 4-6 hour trips with the car, and it's just fine - like driving a regular Civic. Really, the only noticeable difference between the Hybrid an the regular Civic is that you can feel the car nose forward just a bit as you press down on the brake pedal and the generator that is driven by the brakes kicks in.
You should also note that you can take $2000 off your adjusted gross income on your 2003 taxes, and many states provide addtional incentives. Excise tax was waved in Maryland ($2000), and you can drive in the HOV lanes in Virginia without a second passenger.
Bottom line - it's a great car, and a good deal to boot.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996, which governs all of this, distinguishes between "telecommunications service," which is, loosely, the provision of voice service over fixed facilities for a fee, and "information services" which are services that provide advanced capabilities, such as data storage and retrieval, protocol conversion, etc.
VoIP falls into a bit of a grey area. As described in the FCC's 1998 Report to Congress (the "Stevens Report"), it's hard to classify VoIP. Your circa 2000 net2phone, which allowed you to talk through your computer to another computer running the same software via the internet, was clearly an information service. However, you now have services in which the call is transported via IP, but is originated and terminated on POTS. Yes, there's IP in the middle, but does that mean the call is an "information service?" The FCC punted on the issue.
Bottom line - the FCC has chosen to largely ignore VoIP until now, arguing that VoIP is a "nascent technology" that should not be crushed by the imposition of regulations which would require contributions to universal service and, possibly, the imposition of access charges. There are two ongoing proceedings that may change that - a petition by pulver.com, a pure IP voice service that in no way uses POTS, and a petition from AT&T requesting that the FCC rule its "phone-to-phone" VoIP service be exempt from access charges. There are also ongoing proceedings to determine what level of compliance VoIP providers must demonstrate with respect to CALEA and E911 obligations. In light of all the attention that VoIP is currently drawing, it will be interesting to see what the FCC decides to do.
Best resource for all this: http://www.cybertelecom.org/teleph.htm
Yup. It's a problem
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/musicstore/terms.ht ml
Usage Rules.
Your use of the Products is conditioned upon your prior acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
You shall be authorized to use the Products only for personal, noncommercial use.
You shall be authorized to use the Products on three Apple-authorized computers at any time.
You shall be entitled to export, burn or copy Products solely for personal, noncommercial use.
Any burning or exporting capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not constitute a grant or waiver (or other limitation or implication) of any rights of the copyright owners in any content, sound recording, underlying musical composition, or artwork embodied in any Product.
You agree that you will not attempt to, or encourage or assist any other person to, circumvent or modify any security technology or software that is part of the Service or used to administer the Usage Rules.
The delivery of Products does not transfer to you any commercial or promotional use rights in the Products.
This is likely to cause a rather serious problem for our fair hero. Excerpted from http://www.info.apple.com/usen/musicstore/policies.html
CONTENT USAGE RULES
Your use of the Products is conditioned upon your prior acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
You shall be authorized to use the Product only for personal, non-commercial use.
You shall be authorized to use the Product on three Apple authorized computers.
You shall be entitled to burn and export Products solely for personal, non-commercial use.
Any burning or exporting capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not constitute a grant or waiver (or other limitation or implication) of any rights of the copyright owners of any content, sound recording, underlying musical composition or artwork embodied in any Product.
You agree that you will not attempt to, or encourage or assist any other person to, circumvent or modify any software required for use of the Service or any of the Usage Rules.
The delivery of a Product does not transfer to you any commercial or promotional use rights in the Product.
Refer to Terms of Sale for more detailed information on Usage Rules.
"Wifi is not a problem, evidently. Understandable, given its short range."
Yah, that and the fact that the public safety networks operate in the 700 and 800 Mhz bands, whereas 802.11a and b currently operate primarily at 2.4 Ghz.
1. Find out which bankruptcy court the company filed in.
2. Go to http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
3. Get a pacer account.
4. Search the court filings for the party name.
5. Download the plan of reorganization or liquidation. If the filings aren't available electronically, contact the clerk of the court and request a copy. You can find the number for the clerk on the court's homepage.
The bankruptcy plan lays out who owns what following reorganization or liquidation. Look for a clause regarding "intellectual property."
Pacer will cost you $.07/page to view the docket - probably a couple of bucks. Ordering the filing from the court will cost you more - $.10/page or so for the copying, plus postage.
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Use Tor. http://tor.eff.org/
DOJ filed to block the proposed MCI/Sprint merger. http://news.com.com/2100-1033-242457.html?legacy=c net
The parties terminated the agreement shortly thereafter.
Nope. Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., No. 93-2214 (1st Cir. Mar. 9, 1995)held that a "menu command heirarchy, and all expression therein, is an uncopyrightable 'Method of Operation'" See http://www.panix.com/~jesse/lotus.html
They've been working on something like this since the early '90s. Used to see them out there testing the thing on the paved paths through Schenley Park, which is right next to the University. Back then it was a big hard top cargo HMMWV, still camoflauged, with a bunch of sensors strapped on - not nearly as mean looking as the stripped down red monster pictured in the articles.
IAAL. Oral contracts are just as enforceable as written ones. Of course, it's harder to establish what the terms of the contract were.
There actually isn't a Colorado University, although there is a Colorado College. I also feel obligated to acknowledge the existence of the aggies up at Colorado State University.
Why do we call the University of Colorado "CU" instead of UC? Can't afford to be confused with University of California. Of course, when I tell people I went to CU in DC, they think "Catholic University," which is rather unfortunate.
And yes, I recognize this post is both off topic and completely inane.
Same problem exists with wireless carriers, yet they've managed to make it work by entering into contractual interconnection arrangements.
Same problem exists with internet backbone carriers, yet they've managed to make it work by entering into contractual interconnection arrangements.
Same problem exists with wireline carriers, yet they've managed to make it work through a combination of contractual interconnection arrangements (after being forced to do so by Congress and the FCC).
A T-1 has a capacity of 1.544 Mbps. An E-1 has a capacity of 2.048 Mbps. Why are they different? Who knows.
Perhaps I should say that it *might* be illegal. I have no idea what the field strength generated by a 1.5 watt amp is at 3 meters (the distance that should have been mentioned in parent).
Certification shouldn't cost you 10k. Next time you need certification call these guys. Ask for Al Cerwithian - he did real well by us.
PCTEST Engineering Laboratory, Inc.
6660-B Dobbin Road, Columbia, MD 21045
Tel: 410-290-6652
Fax: 410-290-6654
Web: www.pctestlab.com
Equipment List:
0 Inform ation.htm
0 Learned .htm
2- Primestar Satellite Dishes with modified feedhorns
2- Laptop computers with 350 Cisco wireless cards
2- Bidirectional Amplifiers (1.5 watt)
Compass & GPS
Tripods
Cables and wires - MMCX RT ANG male to N Male on RG174, 72".
http://classes.weber.edu/wireless/Project%2
They also stated they weren't sure of FCC regulations in the Lessons Learned page.
http://classes.weber.edu/wireless/Lesson%2
FCC Regs state that the maximum power level for unlicensed devices in the 2.4 GHz range are:
Field Strength of Fundamental (millivolts/meter) - 50
Field strength of fundamental frequency harmonics (microvolts/meter) - 500
See http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2002/15/249/
In other words, it's cool, but it's illegal.
Unless Congress acted this morning, the only legal definitions of spam are set forth in state laws, and the definition varies from state to state. Federal activity, to date, has consisted of FTC actions under the Federal Trade Act. The following is drawn from http://www.akingump.com/docs/publication/576.pdf. California's state legislation defines UBE as a commercial e-mail advertisement sent to a recipient that has not provided direct consent to receive the advertisement and does not have a pre-existing or current business relationship with the sender, advertiser or commercial sponsor. See CAL. BUS. CODE 17538.45 (2003). Virginia's law states that it is illegal to "use a computer network with the intent to falsify or forge electronic transmission information," but it doesn't define the term "electronic mail transmission." Makes the law rather flexible. See VA. CODE ANN. 18.2-152.2 - 18.2-152.4, 18.2-152.6, 18.2-152.7, 18.2-152.12, 18.2-152.3:1, 18.2-152.16, 18.2-376.1.
Nobody will ever read this because I'm late to the party, but... When I was in the Army, my battalion was deployed to secure Tuzla airfield as the first wave of the NATO force implementing the Bosnia peace accords. Part of that package was a couple of Q-36 "Firefinder" radars, which were supposed to detect incoming artillery rounds, provide early warning, and provide counterbattery targeting data to our artillery battery. Given that nobody felt the need to lob any artillery shells at us, it was amazing how many warnings we received - presumably from birds and other non-threatening objects (I was a rifle platoon leader, so I don't know the full scoop). Had we had such a laser on site, I imagine we'd have had a lot of roast birds around the perimeter. Further, the two radars we had, aside from servig as a massive radiation hazard to those of us wandering around, could only cover about 40% of the perimeter. All this to say that the above post has a point - we'll need far better detection and targeting equipment before the laser is useful for defense against incoming artillery. And we'll still need robust and redundant targeting procedures before the weapon can be employed in an offensive mode.
I have a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid and I love it. Average about 45 mpg. Use it to commute on the DC beltway - plenty of pickup for merging and passing. Have taken 2 4-6 hour trips with the car, and it's just fine - like driving a regular Civic. Really, the only noticeable difference between the Hybrid an the regular Civic is that you can feel the car nose forward just a bit as you press down on the brake pedal and the generator that is driven by the brakes kicks in. You should also note that you can take $2000 off your adjusted gross income on your 2003 taxes, and many states provide addtional incentives. Excise tax was waved in Maryland ($2000), and you can drive in the HOV lanes in Virginia without a second passenger. Bottom line - it's a great car, and a good deal to boot.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996, which governs all of this, distinguishes between "telecommunications service," which is, loosely, the provision of voice service over fixed facilities for a fee, and "information services" which are services that provide advanced capabilities, such as data storage and retrieval, protocol conversion, etc.
VoIP falls into a bit of a grey area. As described in the FCC's 1998 Report to Congress (the "Stevens Report"), it's hard to classify VoIP. Your circa 2000 net2phone, which allowed you to talk through your computer to another computer running the same software via the internet, was clearly an information service. However, you now have services in which the call is transported via IP, but is originated and terminated on POTS. Yes, there's IP in the middle, but does that mean the call is an "information service?" The FCC punted on the issue.
Bottom line - the FCC has chosen to largely ignore VoIP until now, arguing that VoIP is a "nascent technology" that should not be crushed by the imposition of regulations which would require contributions to universal service and, possibly, the imposition of access charges. There are two ongoing proceedings that may change that - a petition by pulver.com, a pure IP voice service that in no way uses POTS, and a petition from AT&T requesting that the FCC rule its "phone-to-phone" VoIP service be exempt from access charges. There are also ongoing proceedings to determine what level of compliance VoIP providers must demonstrate with respect to CALEA and E911 obligations. In light of all the attention that VoIP is currently drawing, it will be interesting to see what the FCC decides to do.
Best resource for all this: http://www.cybertelecom.org/teleph.htm
That's correct. Look at the defined terms in the license agreement, which distinguish between "Product" and "Software."
Yup. It's a problem http://www.info.apple.com/usen/musicstore/terms.ht ml
Usage Rules.
Your use of the Products is conditioned upon your prior acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
You shall be authorized to use the Products only for personal, noncommercial use.
You shall be authorized to use the Products on three Apple-authorized computers at any time.
You shall be entitled to export, burn or copy Products solely for personal, noncommercial use.
Any burning or exporting capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not constitute a grant or waiver (or other limitation or implication) of any rights of the copyright owners in any content, sound recording, underlying musical composition, or artwork embodied in any Product.
You agree that you will not attempt to, or encourage or assist any other person to, circumvent or modify any security technology or software that is part of the Service or used to administer the Usage Rules.
The delivery of Products does not transfer to you any commercial or promotional use rights in the Products.
This is likely to cause a rather serious problem for our fair hero. Excerpted from http://www.info.apple.com/usen/musicstore/policies .html
CONTENT USAGE RULES
Your use of the Products is conditioned upon your prior acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
You shall be authorized to use the Product only for personal, non-commercial use.
You shall be authorized to use the Product on three Apple authorized computers.
You shall be entitled to burn and export Products solely for personal, non-commercial use.
Any burning or exporting capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not constitute a grant or waiver (or other limitation or implication) of any rights of the copyright owners of any content, sound recording, underlying musical composition or artwork embodied in any Product.
You agree that you will not attempt to, or encourage or assist any other person to, circumvent or modify any software required for use of the Service or any of the Usage Rules.
The delivery of a Product does not transfer to you any commercial or promotional use rights in the Product.
Refer to Terms of Sale for more detailed information on Usage Rules.
Yup. Sorry. Pre-coffee comment. Bottom line is that they operate in unrelated bands.
"Wifi is not a problem, evidently. Understandable, given its short range." Yah, that and the fact that the public safety networks operate in the 700 and 800 Mhz bands, whereas 802.11a and b currently operate primarily at 2.4 Ghz.
1. Find out which bankruptcy court the company filed in. 2. Go to http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ 3. Get a pacer account. 4. Search the court filings for the party name. 5. Download the plan of reorganization or liquidation. If the filings aren't available electronically, contact the clerk of the court and request a copy. You can find the number for the clerk on the court's homepage. The bankruptcy plan lays out who owns what following reorganization or liquidation. Look for a clause regarding "intellectual property." Pacer will cost you $.07/page to view the docket - probably a couple of bucks. Ordering the filing from the court will cost you more - $.10/page or so for the copying, plus postage.