-using P2P to distribute my trademarked sig -placing an.mp3 of my RIAA-approved sig on "the Internet" -giving my.sig to your friends and neighbors in violation of my.sig's EULA -creating weapons of mass destruction, using technologies from my.sig -supporting terror from misappropriated royalties from my.sig -and furthermore, egregiously used portions of my sig in some GNU or ELK or DEER - licensed software. Don't you know that your taking food off of my^H^H^H Microsoft's mouth?
my lawyer will be breaking down your door, and breaking into your computer without a warrant soon, please remove your firewall, encryption, and whatever else you criminal-type computer hackers use.
And who would you determine who gets paid to campaign and who doesn't? By having the government fund campaigns, you are insuring that the two major parties maintain control.
Both parties would want to place onerous regulations on achieving "the level to get financing" to other parties (Libn, Grn, Natl Law) to effectively crush any chance of any of these parties candidates get elected.
As an 'end user' I would rather deal with multi-booting a computer without using LILO or GRUB.
However, I have a few concerns, not on the technical side, but on the political/corporate side (and no, this is not a troll...sheesh)
- Will Microsoft, in its zeal to maintain some semblance of control, seek to disable Windows from using motherboards with this bios...perhaps as one of their many 'updates'?
- If Microsoft pushes forward their "trusted computing" through Palladium, how does this affect this project?
- Since this appears to be a government-funded project, will Microsoft scream that this is unfair (not that they have a point, but will they?). Since the US government seems to be unable to discipline the company, I'm wondering how much power they REALLY have over the government.
- Will this project eventually woo motherboard manufacturers were to leave the various BIOS companies (Award, etc.)?
Sheesh, that was a lot of questions about M$, but I'm not obsessed (sharpening ax on grindstone)
It's nice to know that they did this raid in time for the end of the term (assuming they are on the semester system, the term would end around the middle of December)
Secondly, why the hell did the USNA agree to do this? Where did the orders come from, the commander of the Academy, or someone higher up? Did the RIAA orchestrate the raid, or was it solely the Academy's doing?
Lastly, while I am sure that owning pirated MP3's is against the honor code, why are students found guilty expelled?
It's also important to note that the computers were issued by the USNA to the students, with the cost of the computers withdrawn from their pay. If they don't get the computers back, do they get a refund of what they have already paid?
Forgive me if I'm being obtuse but... (I know it's a great way to start a post)
How does this affect me, a person who enjoys using Linux/Open Source applications, but have no need to modify them...I just install the binaries and run (yes, I do pay/support when asked)
Secondly, what's to stop some "evil corporation" from buying the rights to the software while it's still in the "Ransom" phase, and then "resetting" the expiry date, or the new Ransom amount?
I am a 1L here in San Diego with a History background, but have been a self-taught geek since the early Apple ][ days. Unfortunately, a vast majority of my class aren't technically aware. I'm the only one in my class using Linux rather than windows on their laptops
Aside from that, I have to agree with my colleague Brandon up above. It does matter what grades you get in compared to the whole university. I knew at my undergraduate university that the CS and EE departments were highly competitive and brutal with grades.
In addition, I have noticed that one of the biggest requirements for success in Law School is being able to write coherently in whatever language the school is teaching in (in my case, American English). As well as being able to analyze a set of facts and see the shades of grey and be able to not only comprehend the difference, but accept it. In other words, the law is not digital..not 0 or 1, but analog...with an infinite number of variations. This is what history taught me.
It is logical to a point, but not in the Vulcan sense. You can't write laws like code. There is no magical 'lawcc' compiler that will throw up if you don't write it out correctly. This is what, in my observation, makes it difficult for some geeks to handle law school.
What's the solution? I don't know. I know for me I had to get out of the 0s and 1s and see the sine wave underneath. Maybe most of the people in law school need to have 0s and 1s thrown at them.
but then again...what do I know?
United States Code Title 28, section 1343, paragraph a (28 USC 1343(a))
"(a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, and trademarks. Such jurisdiction shall be exclusive of the courts of the states in patent, plant variety protection and copyright cases."
So, no matter what, the case has to go to Federal Court. If a San Diego company wants to sue a San Diego company, they'd have to do it in Federal District Court for the area (Southern District of California).
However, if the lawyer is worth his fee, he will attack venue as they make in their claim under 28 USC 1391(b) which states:
"A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought only in (1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is th subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought."
While I don't know the amount of business that was done in the district, I would imagine that in some of the defendants cases, it might not be "significant". Although, I also don't know what the precedent law is in this.
Slashdot Mirror
Or maybe not
.mp3 of my RIAA-approved sig on "the Internet" .sig to your friends and neighbors in violation of my .sig's EULA .sig .sig
Ok, that's it. I'm adding these claims...
-using P2P to distribute my trademarked sig
-placing an
-giving my
-creating weapons of mass destruction, using technologies from my
-supporting terror from misappropriated royalties from my
-and furthermore, egregiously used portions of my sig in some GNU or ELK or DEER - licensed software. Don't you know that your taking food off of my^H^H^H Microsoft's mouth?
my lawyer will be breaking down your door, and breaking into your computer without a warrant soon, please remove your firewall, encryption, and whatever else you criminal-type computer hackers use.
Hey now! If you're going to make a "derivative work" of my sig, I will sue you for
-copyright infringement
-patent infringement
-intentionally confusing business practices
-libel
-slander
-the killing of D.B.Cooper
-cattle rustling...through the Vatican!
-the kidnapping of Elian Gonzales!
I have lawyers trained at the finest institutions that Microsoft and the Justice Department can train, so watch it!
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/09/dvd.kid .ap/index.html
And who would you determine who gets paid to campaign and who doesn't? By having the government fund campaigns, you are insuring that the two major parties maintain control.
Both parties would want to place onerous regulations on achieving "the level to get financing" to other parties (Libn, Grn, Natl Law) to effectively crush any chance of any of these parties candidates get elected.
Gee, and people jump on me for putting up bad links.. Nice rotten.com picture.
I've been wrong before...I'll be wrong again.
sorry
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/ comsrch_v2.hts
it's in PDF Format
How the Cheapest card (the Highpoint RocketRaid 133) seems to be the best in the performance chart.
Maybe it's just me, but why woould I go back to SCSI when IDE almost outperforms for about a third of the cost.
Just because I'm a geek doesn't mean I'm made of money.
I couldn't read that letter without the little voice in my head sounding like Apu was reading it.
grr...
As an 'end user' I would rather deal with multi-booting a computer without using LILO or GRUB.
However, I have a few concerns, not on the technical side, but on the political/corporate side (and no, this is not a troll...sheesh)
- Will Microsoft, in its zeal to maintain some semblance of control, seek to disable Windows from using motherboards with this bios...perhaps as one of their many 'updates'?
- If Microsoft pushes forward their "trusted computing" through Palladium, how does this affect this project?
- Since this appears to be a government-funded project, will Microsoft scream that this is unfair (not that they have a point, but will they?). Since the US government seems to be unable to discipline the company, I'm wondering how much power they REALLY have over the government.
- Will this project eventually woo motherboard manufacturers were to leave the various BIOS companies (Award, etc.)?
Sheesh, that was a lot of questions about M$, but I'm not obsessed (sharpening ax on grindstone)
It's nice to know that they did this raid in time for the end of the term (assuming they are on the semester system, the term would end around the middle of December)
Secondly, why the hell did the USNA agree to do this? Where did the orders come from, the commander of the Academy, or someone higher up? Did the RIAA orchestrate the raid, or was it solely the Academy's doing?
Lastly, while I am sure that owning pirated MP3's is against the honor code, why are students found guilty expelled?
It's also important to note that the computers were issued by the USNA to the students, with the cost of the computers withdrawn from their pay. If they don't get the computers back, do they get a refund of what they have already paid?
actually, it was in reply to someone elses comment, "Honest Officer, I wasn't trying to feed the troll, just poke him with this pointed stick!"
Terror Ware? I can just see it now for the new "switch" ads... "My name is Osama Bin Laden, and I use Open Source"
Forgive me if I'm being obtuse but... (I know it's a great way to start a post)
How does this affect me, a person who enjoys using Linux/Open Source applications, but have no need to modify them...I just install the binaries and run (yes, I do pay/support when asked)
Secondly, what's to stop some "evil corporation" from buying the rights to the software while it's still in the "Ransom" phase, and then "resetting" the expiry date, or the new Ransom amount?
I am a 1L here in San Diego with a History background, but have been a self-taught geek since the early Apple ][ days. Unfortunately, a vast majority of my class aren't technically aware. I'm the only one in my class using Linux rather than windows on their laptops Aside from that, I have to agree with my colleague Brandon up above. It does matter what grades you get in compared to the whole university. I knew at my undergraduate university that the CS and EE departments were highly competitive and brutal with grades. In addition, I have noticed that one of the biggest requirements for success in Law School is being able to write coherently in whatever language the school is teaching in (in my case, American English). As well as being able to analyze a set of facts and see the shades of grey and be able to not only comprehend the difference, but accept it. In other words, the law is not digital..not 0 or 1, but analog...with an infinite number of variations. This is what history taught me. It is logical to a point, but not in the Vulcan sense. You can't write laws like code. There is no magical 'lawcc' compiler that will throw up if you don't write it out correctly. This is what, in my observation, makes it difficult for some geeks to handle law school. What's the solution? I don't know. I know for me I had to get out of the 0s and 1s and see the sine wave underneath. Maybe most of the people in law school need to have 0s and 1s thrown at them. but then again...what do I know?
Just for your edification:
#include std.IANAL.disclaimer
United States Code Title 28, section 1343, paragraph a (28 USC 1343(a))
"(a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, and trademarks. Such jurisdiction shall be exclusive of the courts of the states in patent, plant variety protection and copyright cases."
So, no matter what, the case has to go to Federal Court. If a San Diego company wants to sue a San Diego company, they'd have to do it in Federal District Court for the area (Southern District of California).
However, if the lawyer is worth his fee, he will attack venue as they make in their claim under 28 USC 1391(b) which states:
"A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought only in (1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is th subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought."
While I don't know the amount of business that was done in the district, I would imagine that in some of the defendants cases, it might not be "significant". Although, I also don't know what the precedent law is in this.