the term "sham" in this context has a specific legal meaning. Basically, the pleading is attempting to state that the lawsuits fail both prongs of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, and in order to do that, they have to establish that the suits were, in fact, "shams" within the meaning used in California Motor Transport.
So, it sort of HAD to read that way, is instead of what you think, exactly and precisely professional.
It's just that we're not used to encountering stuff like this.
the article has a detailed measured drawing with every possible detail in mm.
the bill of materials, if you use rod reflectors is "Some thick wire" Coathangers will do, copper or aluminum wire will be better. The original article shows two examples, one spaced out with pvc pipe, the other with multi-stranded cheap copper wire..
Reallly, if you visit the original article, everything you could need to know is on there, I freely admit you have to infer that you're going to use some sort of WIRE, and that the type is irrelevant (from the photos of the included examples.)
Really, you could make this by dissassembling 5 feet of cat5 and using some cardboard spacers. Building antennas isn't that hard.
A 35mm camera, and the process of taking photos is not criminal when not in the hands of a private investigator, but in the hands of someone CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION for pay, under contract from a company or a law firm CAN be criminal. It's not the tool, it's the use to which the tool is put.
You know, I've read this piece before, but just now noticed that he claims that the TRACEROUTE that they ran from media sentry TO the ip address in question was stored on the computer that they are investigating....
which is silly on face. The computer (that they claim was Lindor's) didn't have a traceroute TO it from Media Sentry ON it...
So, clearly, the people producing these documents are -- just plain not competent.
In fact, DEFG and H all aren't on "lindor's computer"
uh.... And I'm sure that's been commented on before, but I just noticed it.
What about them? OLED's are essentially emmisive. They have to MAKE light. This means that
1) in direct sunlight they would have to be VERY bright to be seen at all (and suck power)
and
2) even in DIM light, they have to consume SOME power. E-Ink works like paper. By reflected light. Wherever paper is readable so is e-ink. Which means that with an e-ink reader you still need a flashlight to read under the covers in bed at night _just like a book_.:-)
No, the BOM is _not_ under $200. Baen readers NAEB group spent over a year trying to find a way to prototype an open e-book reader and ended up doing a deal with Bookeen because you _can't_ build one of these substantially cheaper than you're seeing right now.
There have been a LOT of people trying. First off, e-ink displays are still low-production and expensive. They're the single most expensive element, but there are other issues as well.
If you want to participate in an effort to do this as cheaply as possible and in as open a way as possible, head over to the ebook forums at bar.baen.com and check out the concensus orders at http://www.naebllc.com./ But you're wrong about cheap. It just isn't possible _yet_.
Eventually, but not yet.
E-ink may not be the longest term answer. There are "stable" zero-power liquid crystal solutions in the pipeline but they're not ready _yet_.
With luck, they'll make it before the collapse of civilization 21 December 2012.
E-Ink has been around for a while, but no one has actually developed hardware around them until recently.
Sony's new Libre http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/LIBRIE/ ) , IRex's Illiad ( http://www.irextechnologies.com/shop/products/ilia d.htm ), and Jinke's Reader V2 (http://www.jinke.com.cn/compagesql/English/embedp ro/prodetail.asp?id=20)all look to be exciting e-book platforms which may make reading e-books something not tied to the tiny screens of PDA's and heavy laptops or neck and eye wearing desktops.
Publishers like Fictionwise, Orsen Scott Card and Jim Baen have seen this coming and are ready to deal with it. Particluarly OSC's Intergalatic Medicine Show and Jim Baen's Universe on-line magazines look to be set to take particular advantage of the forthcoming increase in portable displays.
Open source has some point when on-going services are needed, and when the demand for the software is large, but I have spent the last 20 years marketing software to a -very- narrow vertical market where my total customer base -ever- will be around 150 installs. So, let's just give away 20 years of work, and hope that they pay service contracts? Are you NUTS? The software I make would not exist unless the customer pays to have it created. It's as simple as that.
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the term "sham" in this context has a specific legal meaning. Basically, the pleading is attempting to state that the lawsuits fail both prongs of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, and in order to do that, they have to establish that the suits were, in fact, "shams" within the meaning used in California Motor Transport. So, it sort of HAD to read that way, is instead of what you think, exactly and precisely professional. It's just that we're not used to encountering stuff like this.
the article has a detailed measured drawing with every possible detail in mm.
the bill of materials, if you use rod reflectors is "Some thick wire" Coathangers will do, copper or aluminum wire will be better. The original article shows two examples, one spaced out with pvc pipe, the other with multi-stranded cheap copper wire..
Reallly, if you visit the original article, everything you could need to know is on there, I freely admit you have to infer that you're going to use some sort of WIRE, and that the type is irrelevant (from the photos of the included examples.)
Really, you could make this by dissassembling 5 feet of cat5 and using some cardboard spacers. Building antennas isn't that hard.
he's not calling any of them that exactly.
A 35mm camera, and the process of taking photos is not criminal when not in the hands of a private investigator, but in the hands of someone CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION for pay, under contract from a company or a law firm CAN be criminal. It's not the tool, it's the use to which the tool is put.
You know, I've read this piece before, but just now noticed that he claims that the TRACEROUTE that they ran from media sentry TO the ip address in question was stored on the computer that they are investigating....
which is silly on face. The computer (that they claim was Lindor's) didn't have a traceroute TO it from Media Sentry ON it...
So, clearly, the people producing these documents are -- just plain not competent.
In fact, DEFG and H all aren't on "lindor's computer"
uh.... And I'm sure that's been commented on before, but I just noticed it.
What about them? OLED's are essentially emmisive. They have to MAKE light. This means that 1) in direct sunlight they would have to be VERY bright to be seen at all (and suck power) and 2) even in DIM light, they have to consume SOME power. E-Ink works like paper. By reflected light. Wherever paper is readable so is e-ink. Which means that with an e-ink reader you still need a flashlight to read under the covers in bed at night _just like a book_. :-)
No, the BOM is _not_ under $200. Baen readers NAEB group spent over a year trying to find a way to prototype an open e-book reader and ended up doing a deal with Bookeen because you _can't_ build one of these substantially cheaper than you're seeing right now. There have been a LOT of people trying. First off, e-ink displays are still low-production and expensive. They're the single most expensive element, but there are other issues as well. If you want to participate in an effort to do this as cheaply as possible and in as open a way as possible, head over to the ebook forums at bar.baen.com and check out the concensus orders at http://www.naebllc.com./ But you're wrong about cheap. It just isn't possible _yet_. Eventually, but not yet. E-ink may not be the longest term answer. There are "stable" zero-power liquid crystal solutions in the pipeline but they're not ready _yet_. With luck, they'll make it before the collapse of civilization 21 December 2012.
E-Ink has been around for a while, but no one has actually developed hardware around them until recently. Sony's new Libre http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/LIBRIE/ ) , IRex's Illiad ( http://www.irextechnologies.com/shop/products/ilia d.htm ), and Jinke's Reader V2 (http://www.jinke.com.cn/compagesql/English/embedp ro/prodetail.asp?id=20)all look to be exciting e-book platforms which may make reading e-books something not tied to the tiny screens of PDA's and heavy laptops or neck and eye wearing desktops.
Publishers like Fictionwise, Orsen Scott Card and Jim Baen have seen this coming and are ready to deal with it. Particluarly OSC's Intergalatic Medicine Show and Jim Baen's Universe on-line magazines look to be set to take particular advantage of the forthcoming increase in portable displays.
popfile. Absolutely. The current release is good. The up-coming release currently working its way through the cvs is going to be _amazing_ Rick
Please tell me this is sarcasm.
Open source has some point when on-going services are needed, and when the demand for the software is large, but I have spent the last 20 years marketing software to a -very- narrow vertical market where my total customer base -ever- will be around 150 installs. So, let's just give away 20 years of work, and hope that they pay service contracts? Are you NUTS? The software I make would not exist unless the customer pays to have it created. It's as simple as that.