According to some ADHD experts, the rhythm of the music allows ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) to concentrate better, instead of being distracted by random conversations, etc. I know that I can't work without music on.
Who cares? They were going to sue BoA, but changed their mind. It's not relevant. Who cares who they were going to sue. In most cases, the reason you strip the meta data is because of embarassment, not because of legality. I.e., if you forward a contract to another side, you don't want them to see that you changed the offer from 10,000 to 15,000, for pure negotiating reasons. But if the contract were litigated in court. It's the signed contract that rules, not the fact that it was once changed.
A better question than "would you buy a car that has a hood that is welded shut?" is "how often do you open your hood?" I think that the majority of professionals, male and female, don't do their own maintenance. When I was in college, I opened the hood to change my own oil and top off fluid. But when you have a full-time job and kids to take care of, you have bigger priories and dropping the car off at a service station makes sense.
No. Parent poster is talking about scantron voting, not punch cards. The problem with the punch cards was that a punch may not have gone all the way through. You'd probably get the same result with stray marks on the scantron ballot.
E.g., the SAT used to have a feature where you could order your scantron sheet. I ordered mine and noticed three questions marked wrong which were double marked. I had filled in the wrong row (e.g., put the answer for #26 in #27 slot.) I erased it and put them in the correct row. But the machines still said they were mistaken.
Imagine the next election, where someone wanted to vote for Kerry, did vote for Kerry, but then dropped his pen and marked the slot next to Bush. The ballot will be marked as an overvote and ignored.
Part of the issue is that Word doesn't (or, at least it didn't when last I heard) handle legal footnoting and citation properly.
I don't know why WP was standard in law offices, but I can say that ability to handler legal footnoting and citation is not the reason. Law Journals routinely accept submissions in Word (even 5 years ago) and even performed final formatting for the typesetter using Word. Law Journals are heavily footnoted and Word handles it fine.
The "law offices use WordPerfect" argument is not really true anymore. Many law firms have switched to Word for the simple reason that their clients use Word. To effectively transmit documents to and from clients, it helps to have the same program.
Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, has suggested that consumers have no legitimate need for such software, telling The Associated Press in November, "If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one."
Justice Dept. could still prevent the new DirecTV from jacking up rates in rural cities. Pure competition prevents a new DirecTV from jacking up prices in metropolitan areas.
You should have bought from a retailer like Best Buy. If it was defective, you can exchange it for a new product or get a refund. No need to deal with the manufacturer, because Best Buy does it for you.
HP and Compaq are merely 2 of a plethora of other computer manufacturers. Peoplesoft has always said that there are only 3 companies in their line of business. Merging with Oracle would leave only 2. Same reason they nixed the Office Depot/Staples merger, there are only 3 companies: merging two would eliminate one of them (notwithstanding the fact that you can get a lot of the stuff they sell from Wal-Mart or Best Buy).
The Justice Dept is too literal in their readings sometimes. They nixed the DirecTV/Dish Network merger because there are only 2 companies in the field, somehow not realizing that a merged satellite company would still have to compete against Cable.
As an aside, it's kind of ironic that Eminem is suing for use of his work, when Dido had no idea he had sampled her work ("Stan") until she heard the CD. Luckily she was "blown away" and agreed to it - and later toured with him...
Samples have to be cleared before they are released. The story I heard was that the song was already recorded, but not yet released when Dido heard it and gave permission. If she refused, they would merely have re-recorded the song and never released the Dido-fied version.
You're a fucking idiot.
(1) The song was copyrighted the moment is was fixed in a tangible medium.
(2) Do you honestly think that a major label artist, whose albums are expected to sell millions of copies each, don't register their copyrights before they are released?
(3) There is no such thing as a "personal copyright"
In a job interview, the interview assumes you are exagerating your skills.
Likewise, the company is exaggerating the desirability of the company. I remember conducting interviews for my company, describing how great it was to work there, just a day after having interviewed somewhere else because I was unhappy with the company.
A PDA is probably not a solution to his problem. But it is great to jot down little notes that you may use in the near future. For example, if someone is talking about a software program (or TV show, car, or whatever your interest is) you write it down in your PDA. Every once in a while, you look at your notes and you find all sorts of interesting software, etc. that you had completely forgotten about. Much more useful than a sticky that you will lose when you empty out your pockets at the end of the day.
Some car makers do that now. Instead of using standard sized openings (DIN), they "integrate" the stereo with the dash. Meaning that if you take the stereo out to put in an Alpine, all of the "integration" is gone and you have a stereo that doesn't match the rest of the car. But it'll sound a lot better.
They should definitely fire their attorneys. The Lindows site has many of the filings. In one of the filings, MS made an argument that was later shot down by the judge. Lindows pointed that out. What does MS do in response? They say the same thing over again! MS is getting completely incompetent advice and should hire new counsel, at least for the appeal.
Parent poster was right, you're wrong. To show secondary meaning, you have to show use for 5 years. MS didn't get the trademark until 1993, well after 5 years after they started using it.
Here's the thing that is amazing about Windows. You're right that most likely, no one could ever trademark the word "Petrol," but not because of any legal considerations, but because it would be almost impossible to become distinctive with such a generic name. What Microsoft accomplished with "Windows" is to make a word that possibly once was generic and make it exclusively associated with their product (admit it, when someone says their computer runs "windows," you know *Exactly* what they mean). That is a feat that, in my mind, should be rewarded.
Raw footage is boring. No one wants to watch video of your trip to the Grand Canyon. Even grandparents aren't going to watch their grandchild's birthday party more than once.
The key to making video watchable is to edit. Take a lot of footage and edit it to make the footage watchable. Instead of leaving the camera on for 30 minutes at the birthday party. Make a 2 minute music video showing the highlights. People will want to watch that, it's more easily distributed via the Internet.
Finally, even if you don't believe in editing, importing digital video to computer and making a DVD out of it is very easy. Plus it's easier to send and store DVDs than it is to send and store VHS tapes.
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According to some ADHD experts, the rhythm of the music allows ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) to concentrate better, instead of being distracted by random conversations, etc. I know that I can't work without music on.
Who cares? They were going to sue BoA, but changed their mind. It's not relevant. Who cares who they were going to sue. In most cases, the reason you strip the meta data is because of embarassment, not because of legality. I.e., if you forward a contract to another side, you don't want them to see that you changed the offer from 10,000 to 15,000, for pure negotiating reasons. But if the contract were litigated in court. It's the signed contract that rules, not the fact that it was once changed.
A better question than "would you buy a car that has a hood that is welded shut?" is "how often do you open your hood?" I think that the majority of professionals, male and female, don't do their own maintenance. When I was in college, I opened the hood to change my own oil and top off fluid. But when you have a full-time job and kids to take care of, you have bigger priories and dropping the car off at a service station makes sense.
No. Parent poster is talking about scantron voting, not punch cards. The problem with the punch cards was that a punch may not have gone all the way through. You'd probably get the same result with stray marks on the scantron ballot. E.g., the SAT used to have a feature where you could order your scantron sheet. I ordered mine and noticed three questions marked wrong which were double marked. I had filled in the wrong row (e.g., put the answer for #26 in #27 slot.) I erased it and put them in the correct row. But the machines still said they were mistaken. Imagine the next election, where someone wanted to vote for Kerry, did vote for Kerry, but then dropped his pen and marked the slot next to Bush. The ballot will be marked as an overvote and ignored.
I don't know why WP was standard in law offices, but I can say that ability to handler legal footnoting and citation is not the reason. Law Journals routinely accept submissions in Word (even 5 years ago) and even performed final formatting for the typesetter using Word. Law Journals are heavily footnoted and Word handles it fine.
The "law offices use WordPerfect" argument is not really true anymore. Many law firms have switched to Word for the simple reason that their clients use Word. To effectively transmit documents to and from clients, it helps to have the same program.
According to Jack Valenti, if you want a backup of a DVD you bought, you buy another one.
Justice Dept. could still prevent the new DirecTV from jacking up rates in rural cities. Pure competition prevents a new DirecTV from jacking up prices in metropolitan areas.
You should have bought from a retailer like Best Buy. If it was defective, you can exchange it for a new product or get a refund. No need to deal with the manufacturer, because Best Buy does it for you.
The Justice Dept is too literal in their readings sometimes. They nixed the DirecTV/Dish Network merger because there are only 2 companies in the field, somehow not realizing that a merged satellite company would still have to compete against Cable.
Samples have to be cleared before they are released. The story I heard was that the song was already recorded, but not yet released when Dido heard it and gave permission. If she refused, they would merely have re-recorded the song and never released the Dido-fied version.
You're a fucking idiot. (1) The song was copyrighted the moment is was fixed in a tangible medium. (2) Do you honestly think that a major label artist, whose albums are expected to sell millions of copies each, don't register their copyrights before they are released? (3) There is no such thing as a "personal copyright"
How 'free' do you think other countries are?
Likewise, the company is exaggerating the desirability of the company. I remember conducting interviews for my company, describing how great it was to work there, just a day after having interviewed somewhere else because I was unhappy with the company.
BTW, here is the Google link to the article.
You just figured that out? It was obvious from the beginning he just has a thing for Gates.
A PDA is probably not a solution to his problem. But it is great to jot down little notes that you may use in the near future. For example, if someone is talking about a software program (or TV show, car, or whatever your interest is) you write it down in your PDA. Every once in a while, you look at your notes and you find all sorts of interesting software, etc. that you had completely forgotten about. Much more useful than a sticky that you will lose when you empty out your pockets at the end of the day.
Some car makers do that now. Instead of using standard sized openings (DIN), they "integrate" the stereo with the dash. Meaning that if you take the stereo out to put in an Alpine, all of the "integration" is gone and you have a stereo that doesn't match the rest of the car. But it'll sound a lot better.
They should definitely fire their attorneys. The Lindows site has many of the filings. In one of the filings, MS made an argument that was later shot down by the judge. Lindows pointed that out. What does MS do in response? They say the same thing over again! MS is getting completely incompetent advice and should hire new counsel, at least for the appeal.
Parent poster was right, you're wrong. To show secondary meaning, you have to show use for 5 years. MS didn't get the trademark until 1993, well after 5 years after they started using it.
Here's the thing that is amazing about Windows. You're right that most likely, no one could ever trademark the word "Petrol," but not because of any legal considerations, but because it would be almost impossible to become distinctive with such a generic name. What Microsoft accomplished with "Windows" is to make a word that possibly once was generic and make it exclusively associated with their product (admit it, when someone says their computer runs "windows," you know *Exactly* what they mean). That is a feat that, in my mind, should be rewarded.
The key to making video watchable is to edit. Take a lot of footage and edit it to make the footage watchable. Instead of leaving the camera on for 30 minutes at the birthday party. Make a 2 minute music video showing the highlights. People will want to watch that, it's more easily distributed via the Internet.
Finally, even if you don't believe in editing, importing digital video to computer and making a DVD out of it is very easy. Plus it's easier to send and store DVDs than it is to send and store VHS tapes.
He wants to spend $1k for a camera. Why recommed a $2k camera?
It's also costs twice as much as he wanted to spend.