interesting, because Dells lease program WAS Apples, Apple used to be the only Ed Lease program out there when I started and Dell came in a year later with theirs which was almost a exact copy of Apples program.
Education does this too, and all the major players (Apple, Dell, HP) have programs in place for Education institutions. The problem is getting the "old guard" to agree to it, and getting the administration to budget themselves properly for it. Even as far back as 2000 I was selling leasing plans to Montclair U for the schools Apple or Dell computers, but couldnt get them to bite worth a damn, despite how much easier it would have been for upkeep of their labs which where in a dire state of disrepair constantly due to poor IT support.
The percentage of revenue a theater makes from ticket sales is directly reflected in hype. If its a much hyped movie, the studios will demand more money from ticket sales and thus lower the theaters revenue. If the movie looks like its going to suck, the studios wont demand nearly as much money in the hopes of getting it played.
This is why a lot of decent to good movies get bad reviews. Because the theater groups are trying to force the studios to lower their demand in price.
The real question here is, how stupid is this Judge. Its not hard to look at the "evidence" and realize this company is a front for a patent troll, yet here we go again a judge with no technical background is smoke-screened by a company who makes no product and who's sole income has been through settling and lawsuits.
It doesnt take much to figure out whats going on here, yet apparently it was too much for this dolt.
IE the Cube, which was a awesome system, but again mispriced for its capabilities (being priced at a point where compared to the G4 Powermac 100-200 dollars more, it was junk)
Your experience is wrong. Firewire BY DESIGN is faster than USB 2 (argue that how you want, but despite being 80mbs faster on sheet it cant reach that speed by design) and SATA. How could you even think to be taken seriously when you dont even know the capabilities of the drives.
I think the biggest issue with the Mini is that its outdated (its not meant to be powerful at all) but that its 600 bucks for something you could build for 300.
Look at the specs though, you cant compare the two. Where the clone is faster and has more memory, it lacks firewire, wireless (while you could get away with no wireless unless your using it for a media PC, firewire I find essential no matter what until Apple adds external SATA), and the options to select it bump it up to the same price as the only slightly slower Apple Mini.
Who is confused about how god damn hard it is to make a simple secure voting machine? I mean we could fly to the moon and blow the living shit out of the earth, but casting 1 ballot with multiple sections with one selection from each section is like near impossible to do right.
How fucking dumb are these people working for there companies?
Just when I thought I should be offended by the stereotypical nature of shows like "Big Bang Theory" on the idea that nerds are not hip... this question shows up here...
Unless you have been under a rock for the last 5 years, Dell priced themselves into a hole and now has serious financial issues. They have basically moved all their operations to India, and now are limiting even built to order in the hopes of saving their asses as the economy bombs.
And their model was ALWAYS to sell multiple computers to the same people, through planned obsolescence in 2 years.
No Apple is doing things EXACTLY right, which is why they are the only computer and perpetual manufacturer to make serious profits in a failing economy. If Dell took Apple as their example, they would not be on the brink of firing off a good 1/8th of their workforce to save profits for their management.
Thats nothing, seriously. You can go to Philly, New York, Newark, LA anywhere and find motels like that. And I dont know a motel who DOESNT rent by the hour for prostitutes and people sneaking around their spouses.
Wow not only are you right, but your wrong in area, Maryland is actually LARGER area wise (12,407 to a little over 7000) than NJ. Im not sure if that counts landmass though.
Your right though about Baltimore. I have been all over Newark and except for a few spots near Irvington never felt terribly scared (even have worked in their schools) But Baltimore proper SCARES me.
Yet what you described is a area 3 times the size of Maryland. As long as your outside of Union, Middlesex, Hudson and Essex counties to the east, and the VERY edge of the Delaware river counties in the west (like maybe 4-5 miles across the edge), you would hardly SEE a city, heck maybe even a town since most of the interior of NJ is farmland.
Like I said, 99% of the people who make Jersey jokes have never even seen NJ for the most part. Except for a small area, NJ is very underpopulated. It just so happens the area that is, happens to be overpopulated.
As for Maryland though, I would take Newark ANY DAY over Baltimore. That city is just a scary place to drive through.
Also remember everything is proportional. I make nearly 50,000 doing general IT (repair computers, install software, some light networking) work that someone with a similar job elsewhere would be only making 30,000-35,000.
While the cost of living is higher, your income tends to likewise be higher. One of the biggest mistakes two of my friends made was they left NJ to go to other states because they saw it to be cheaper, but made almost 10,000 less in salary once they got there and are struggling just as hard as they where in NJ but without the support system of family and friends.
For your information we actually LIKE living in Jersey. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else in this country. Maybe if you people actually drove a few miles AWAY from the turnpike and parkway, and NYC in general and actually saw the rest of our state, you would see why we all think its great.
Apple's developmental stuff is not compatible with the GPL... and thats a issue against making free software how?
I thought the whole IDEA of the GPL was to not be as big of assholes as companies where with their licensing? No NOW we have people acting for the GPL EXACTLY like companies where with their licensing too and this false idea that if its not GPL its not free even though everyone knows thats a load of tin-foil hat bullshit...
Sometimes people with good intentions can be their own worse enemy.
This letter is CLASSIC! It is the legalizes version of a vicious beatdown and then farting on the kid after your done.
RE: Your letter, received April Fools' Day
Dear Monster Lawyers,
Let me begin by stating, without equivocation, that I have no interest whatsoever in infringing upon any intellectual property belonging to Monster Cable. Indeed, the less my customers think my products resemble Monster's, in form or in function, the better.
I am evaluating your claim that the connectors on certain Tartan brand products infringe Monster's design patents and trademarks. However, the information supplied with your letter is plainly inadequate to support a claim of infringement and so I am writing to you to ask for further information and clarification regarding your claims.
I will begin by addressing your trademark/trade dress claim. You have referred to two trademark registrations, and have attached some printouts from the USPTO system but the depiction of the marks on the drawings provided is small and indistinct, making it difficult to determine exactly what the alleged resemblance is, and I need further information from you.
First, I need legible, scale drawings of the marks, preferably with dimensions shown on the drawing. To the extent that drawings are inadequate to show the nature of materials, finishes, print legends, colors and the like, I will also need examples of each of Monster Cable's actual uses of these marks in commerce; actual physical examples would be best, but photographic reproductions might do. As you will understand, these considerations are essential to any claim arising out of trade dress, as you are alleging in essence that there is a resemblance sufficient to cause confusion over the identity or origin of the goods, and no mere line-drawing can suffice.
Second, I will need copies of the trademark applications and any correspondence between the applicant and the USPTO in support of the applications.
Third, you have not identified the Monster Cable products in question, in actual use and distribution in commerce, whose trade dress you allege has been appropriated. I have reviewed Monster Cable's online materials and have examined connectors on various Monster Cable assemblies in local retail outlets and am unable to determine which, if any, of these are thought by Monster to represent use of these particular marks. I am also unable to determine from this review whether Monster Cable actually offers any product for sale to which the Tartan connectors are alleged to be particularly similar. My own sense of it, in looking at the connectors, has been that there is no similarity between the Tartan connectors and any of the many Monster Cable connectors beyond the general functional and conventional characteristics which all or nearly all solder-cup, mechanical-assembly, barrel-style RCA-type connectors share. It may be that there is some line of products to which you have intended to refer but which I have not found in Monster Cable's marketing materials or displays; but if so, you will need to show me specifically what product it is, and you will need to call to my attention the specific aspects of the connector design which you contend constitute unique Monster Cable trade dress, what the associated secondary meaning of those aspects of the trade dress is, and in what manner and by what characteristics you allege that this trade dress has been appropriated.
Fourth, if the dimensional characteristics of the connector as used in commerce vary from the dimensions of the scale drawing of your mark, I will need a proper scale drawing, with dimensions, of each version of the actual connector as used in commerce, as well as photographs of the connectors showing actual in-use finishes. If there is more than one such connector design in actual use by Monster Cable as to which appropriation of trade dress is alleged, of course, I will require this information for eac
Yes but when you sign a contract for promotion and production, and all of the people they are "paying" to do that are seperate entities of the same company, and thus much cheaper than they tell the artist they are... then regardless of them signing the contract, they are getting screwed.
Artists rarely know the ins and outs of industry contracts, and they make particular efforts to prevent them from knowing since unless your a industry lawyer (who are all owned by the RIAA) a regular lawyer would hardly know where to begin on reading one of these contracts.
And even then, they might know. A good friend of mine whos band broke up before the album was made found out all of their recordings where turned into a album and sold without the bands permission, which contractually WAS required.
How did the company get around this? They sold them in Japan, the contract fine print specified that their rights only extended to the US.
I worked the arts desk for a school paper for a year. I can tell you flat out they do NOT make you sign anything, they just send you boxes and boxes of CDs to review. I used to hold a contest a week to give out whatever I reviewed that week in our office because they do NOT collected nor make any attempt to collect them later.
And the rarely if ever do you get a CD before the street date. Maybe a week or two. But good artists? Nope never happens. What they typically do is invite you to a listening party to review it (while at the same time showering you with food and drink to bribe a good review out of you.)
And the REAL truth is the CDs ARE paid for. They charge the artist for "promo" copies as part of advertising. Universal claiming these are their CDs is about as big a joke as the RIAA in general. They where bought by the artist... if anyone has the right to tell people what to do with them, its the guy who's salary was raped by the suits.
actually its never been bricked for the consumer. Its been bricked on developers (and your dumb if you are developing on your currently in use phone but thats another story) and its been bricked by people who violated their contract with AT&T.
what do you think most sci-fi is? Is it hard sci-fi well depends on the books (the later ones delve really hard into genetic research and transfer of consciousness) but it IS sci-fi.
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interesting, because Dells lease program WAS Apples, Apple used to be the only Ed Lease program out there when I started and Dell came in a year later with theirs which was almost a exact copy of Apples program.
Education does this too, and all the major players (Apple, Dell, HP) have programs in place for Education institutions. The problem is getting the "old guard" to agree to it, and getting the administration to budget themselves properly for it. Even as far back as 2000 I was selling leasing plans to Montclair U for the schools Apple or Dell computers, but couldnt get them to bite worth a damn, despite how much easier it would have been for upkeep of their labs which where in a dire state of disrepair constantly due to poor IT support.
This is why a lot of decent to good movies get bad reviews. Because the theater groups are trying to force the studios to lower their demand in price.
It doesnt take much to figure out whats going on here, yet apparently it was too much for this dolt.
oh forgot to add, your wrong BTW in another fact. the NSA IS a agency of the DOD.
Only 3, Marines are part of the Navy and have absolutely no independent say at the DOD, they dont even have a department
IE the Cube, which was a awesome system, but again mispriced for its capabilities (being priced at a point where compared to the G4 Powermac 100-200 dollars more, it was junk)
Your experience is wrong. Firewire BY DESIGN is faster than USB 2 (argue that how you want, but despite being 80mbs faster on sheet it cant reach that speed by design) and SATA. How could you even think to be taken seriously when you dont even know the capabilities of the drives.
I think the biggest issue with the Mini is that its outdated (its not meant to be powerful at all) but that its 600 bucks for something you could build for 300.
How fucking dumb are these people working for there companies?
Just when I thought I should be offended by the stereotypical nature of shows like "Big Bang Theory" on the idea that nerds are not hip... this question shows up here...
Unless you have been under a rock for the last 5 years, Dell priced themselves into a hole and now has serious financial issues. They have basically moved all their operations to India, and now are limiting even built to order in the hopes of saving their asses as the economy bombs.
And their model was ALWAYS to sell multiple computers to the same people, through planned obsolescence in 2 years.
No Apple is doing things EXACTLY right, which is why they are the only computer and perpetual manufacturer to make serious profits in a failing economy. If Dell took Apple as their example, they would not be on the brink of firing off a good 1/8th of their workforce to save profits for their management.
Thats nothing, seriously. You can go to Philly, New York, Newark, LA anywhere and find motels like that. And I dont know a motel who DOESNT rent by the hour for prostitutes and people sneaking around their spouses.
Your right though about Baltimore. I have been all over Newark and except for a few spots near Irvington never felt terribly scared (even have worked in their schools) But Baltimore proper SCARES me.
Like I said, 99% of the people who make Jersey jokes have never even seen NJ for the most part. Except for a small area, NJ is very underpopulated. It just so happens the area that is, happens to be overpopulated.
As for Maryland though, I would take Newark ANY DAY over Baltimore. That city is just a scary place to drive through.
While the cost of living is higher, your income tends to likewise be higher. One of the biggest mistakes two of my friends made was they left NJ to go to other states because they saw it to be cheaper, but made almost 10,000 less in salary once they got there and are struggling just as hard as they where in NJ but without the support system of family and friends.
For your information we actually LIKE living in Jersey. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else in this country. Maybe if you people actually drove a few miles AWAY from the turnpike and parkway, and NYC in general and actually saw the rest of our state, you would see why we all think its great.
confused. Its giving me no issues with noscript up.
I thought the whole IDEA of the GPL was to not be as big of assholes as companies where with their licensing? No NOW we have people acting for the GPL EXACTLY like companies where with their licensing too and this false idea that if its not GPL its not free even though everyone knows thats a load of tin-foil hat bullshit...
Sometimes people with good intentions can be their own worse enemy.
Artists rarely know the ins and outs of industry contracts, and they make particular efforts to prevent them from knowing since unless your a industry lawyer (who are all owned by the RIAA) a regular lawyer would hardly know where to begin on reading one of these contracts.
And even then, they might know. A good friend of mine whos band broke up before the album was made found out all of their recordings where turned into a album and sold without the bands permission, which contractually WAS required.
How did the company get around this? They sold them in Japan, the contract fine print specified that their rights only extended to the US.
And the rarely if ever do you get a CD before the street date. Maybe a week or two. But good artists? Nope never happens. What they typically do is invite you to a listening party to review it (while at the same time showering you with food and drink to bribe a good review out of you.)
And the REAL truth is the CDs ARE paid for. They charge the artist for "promo" copies as part of advertising. Universal claiming these are their CDs is about as big a joke as the RIAA in general. They where bought by the artist... if anyone has the right to tell people what to do with them, its the guy who's salary was raped by the suits.
But bricked by Apple legitimately? Never been.
what do you think most sci-fi is? Is it hard sci-fi well depends on the books (the later ones delve really hard into genetic research and transfer of consciousness) but it IS sci-fi.