Due process motions are extremely unlikely to be overturned on appeal because they tend to be so obvious (in one direction or the other) to the court that most appeals courts wouldn't even accept the case. If damages can't be mathematically demonstrated, there's nothing to appeal, today, tomorrow, or two years from now.
Furthermore, as far as I can tell, there's no argument being put in place yet that says the material facts in the case are incorrect, just that the requested damages are frivolous. (In some states, if a judge finds something to be frivolous, it cannot be appealed anyway.) Appealing for MORE damages never, ever, ever works.
And on an ironic note, my "To confirm you're not a script" word is "appeal"!
WorldNetDaily ain't CATO or the Federalist Society. They get pigeonholed because they're hacks, just like some of the more annoying lefty bloggers could be as well (like those 9/11 conspiracy wackjobs - no offense if you actually have some evidence or argument to back up your conspiracy). You work at a shit factory, and nobody's surprised at your product selection.
Yeah, but it's the packaging. The game may be great, but if it looks cartoony, a lot of people are gonna be put off by it. It's not that people will enjoy Zelda less, it's that they just won't pick up the game in the first place. Eye candy matters.
"Now honestly, show of hands: who has their console (not PC!) connected to a display device capable of 1080p? Who plans on buying a device capable of 1080p?"
Doesn't matter. A non-trivial number of people will buy the PS3/360 without owning any HDTV set at all, because the PS3/360 will "make it high-def".
Seriously, the Wii is faulted for not displaying in high-def. Meanwhile, HDTV systems have like. 5% market penetration, and there aren't many indications of large numbers of new adopters in the horizon. I just bought a $180 set two weeks ago that looks better than, or as good as, a few of the high-def screens on display at the same store. High-def is a gimmick unless you're already buying a plasma or LCD set (and don't get me STARTED on those).
Then they should go hear the content of the lecture. During the lecture. Because he's lecturing.
Maybe my school is one of the few big-name schools that does this on a regular basis, but we take attendance in a lot of my classes. If you miss three classes, often you fail.
I guess my main argument on this whole topic is if you're going to draw the line on breaking standards, this seems like a weird place to draw it. Unlike sloppy website programming, et cetera, breaking the standard on this does appear to give some sort of benefit to the end user, especially when (to end users at least) the necessity of having a rigid standard on how to deal with incorrect web addresses is pretty nonexistent.
As for the troll rating on my original post...come on! I said downmod me, but if anything I'm flamebait! A troll doesn't come back and explain his argument! =P
Well, it could be and it could not be. Obviously for whatever reason, the present request I'm making isn't producting the expected results. However, "server not found" doesn't get me started on a solution - does the page I'm looking for still exist? If so, where is it and what is its condition? Perhaps the ensuing results page will offer caches of the page, if the server's down, et cetera. All in all, I see this as probably becoming a minor pain in the ass for people who don't like pages showing up where a dialog box used to be, and a minor benefit for people who don't feel like running a google search when really they can't remember how to spell "Magellan's" or something.
I should have had a disclaimer - it's really easy to make one of these suggestion pages get really bad, really fast, like a browser hijack search page. Maybe I'm just being naive but since Earthlink already has your money and will be making more money off the sponsored clicks, I suspect the number of ads will be at least within reason on these pages. The one thing that is decent about IE's suggestion page is that there's maybe two or three images, last time I checked (I have Firefox here, and IE at work).
Nothing is getting sent to the web browser that is of use to an end user anyway. "Server not found" or some timeout message doesn't tell me a goddamned thing. Is it down? Does the page exist or not? Did I misspell something? Is there something wrong with my connection or the DNS server I/my ISP uses?
This is different from what VeriSign did because VeriSign had a monopoly in the market (if you can call it a market) and also VeriSign had a financial incentive in preventing registration of addresses similar to misspellings of common websites, thereby impacting potentially legitimate growth of websites. This is just an ISP trying to make some money off of a service that Internet Explorer already does in a half-assed, information-gathering type of way.
True in a way, but there are two things that seem off to me. First, the search page isn't taking away a choice for you. You pointed your web browser to an address that didn't resolve, and you succeeded in doing so - but what changes is that your ISP recognizes this and gives you something in addition to some message about how you didn't get to the right site. Second of all, I don't see the difference between your browser making recommendations (and how do you think your browser will come up with these recommendations? Some sort of web-based search, I'd imagine?) and your ISP sending recommendations through your browser. It'll still be an HTML-based list of suggestions produced through a web query.
If I'm lazy and screw up a web address, and a search page comes up offering the correct address, then good for it. Of course it generates revenue for the firm that produces the search page. Why the hell shouldn't it? There's a moneymaking opportunity there. As long as the web page isn't cluttered with images and Flash and shit, it's no skin off my back, and it's more useful than "server not found". It's not as if this is some browser hijack program - this is a customer's ISP offering an ISP-related service.
From the article: "The system is specifically configured to handle only NXDOMAIN HTTP traffic as it is being returned to the user's browser and to not impact email and other non-web-browsing traffic."
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Ad hominem attacks are valid if the point is to indeed argue "against the man". Anything else would be irrelevant.
While I can see what you're saying for most artists, Radiohead goes more into the realm of art than most popular acts out there (do we count Sigur Ros as popular or not?) so I can at least buy THEIR argument. I, uh, disagree with Metallica trying to go with the same argument, though. But I don't see why the artists can't ALSO make as much money as possible from touring. Besides mural art, I don't think there's anything about art that makes it necessary (or even better) to make it freely available.
Well, the patch itself isn't the "product" in question, the software+patch is. Of course, this is all sort of moot, since EULAs always reserve the right to modify terms at any point.
No because that car is the same product it was before. Modified Windows is a new product, just like your adding undercarriage lighting to your Honda Civic would nullify the warranty because it's not the same car.
No, you're quite right. The patch constitutes a new product, and as far as I can tell, there's nothing in the original EULA that guarantees its legality perpetually. New product, new agreement. If you don't want the new agreement - and you haven't explained why you don't - then you don't get the new product. Weird.
Not that I'm a Windows fanboy (or, um, a scientific instrument fanboy), but considering that from the question itself we have no idea what the scientific instruments ARE, we have no way whatsoever to determine whether Windows is the right tool for the job?
I work at a high-end luggage store. Pelican is the way to go if you want hard luggage/cases - BUT. In general, hard cases are really NOT the way to go for luggage. (They're essentially made out of the same material that makes up the frame inside a soft-sided case.) The best bags in general are Andiamo, Hartmann, and Tumi (in that order.)
Having said that, practically all airlines will NOT ALLOW YOU to check a laptop, and if I recall correctly the TSA backs them up on this. Just carry the laptop in your, um, hands.
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Can't patent math. Sorry. And the law doesn't need to change to suit your workplace preferences.
Due process motions are extremely unlikely to be overturned on appeal because they tend to be so obvious (in one direction or the other) to the court that most appeals courts wouldn't even accept the case. If damages can't be mathematically demonstrated, there's nothing to appeal, today, tomorrow, or two years from now.
Furthermore, as far as I can tell, there's no argument being put in place yet that says the material facts in the case are incorrect, just that the requested damages are frivolous. (In some states, if a judge finds something to be frivolous, it cannot be appealed anyway.) Appealing for MORE damages never, ever, ever works.
And on an ironic note, my "To confirm you're not a script" word is "appeal"!
Can someone mention what a TARDIS is?
er. not you personally. If one works at a shit factory, then others shan't be surprised at the aforementioned's product selection.
WorldNetDaily ain't CATO or the Federalist Society. They get pigeonholed because they're hacks, just like some of the more annoying lefty bloggers could be as well (like those 9/11 conspiracy wackjobs - no offense if you actually have some evidence or argument to back up your conspiracy). You work at a shit factory, and nobody's surprised at your product selection.
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....eh, fuck this. *cracks another one open*
That is the most accurate analogy I have ever heard.
Yeah, but it's the packaging. The game may be great, but if it looks cartoony, a lot of people are gonna be put off by it. It's not that people will enjoy Zelda less, it's that they just won't pick up the game in the first place. Eye candy matters.
Doesn't matter. A non-trivial number of people will buy the PS3/360 without owning any HDTV set at all, because the PS3/360 will "make it high-def".
Seriously, the Wii is faulted for not displaying in high-def. Meanwhile, HDTV systems have like. 5% market penetration, and there aren't many indications of large numbers of new adopters in the horizon. I just bought a $180 set two weeks ago that looks better than, or as good as, a few of the high-def screens on display at the same store. High-def is a gimmick unless you're already buying a plasma or LCD set (and don't get me STARTED on those).
Then they should go hear the content of the lecture. During the lecture. Because he's lecturing. Maybe my school is one of the few big-name schools that does this on a regular basis, but we take attendance in a lot of my classes. If you miss three classes, often you fail.
As for the troll rating on my original post...come on! I said downmod me, but if anything I'm flamebait! A troll doesn't come back and explain his argument! =P
Yes but being able to do something and doing something are two separate things. If this ends up being for real, the Google/Slashdot marriage is over.
Well, it could be and it could not be. Obviously for whatever reason, the present request I'm making isn't producting the expected results. However, "server not found" doesn't get me started on a solution - does the page I'm looking for still exist? If so, where is it and what is its condition? Perhaps the ensuing results page will offer caches of the page, if the server's down, et cetera. All in all, I see this as probably becoming a minor pain in the ass for people who don't like pages showing up where a dialog box used to be, and a minor benefit for people who don't feel like running a google search when really they can't remember how to spell "Magellan's" or something.
I should have had a disclaimer - it's really easy to make one of these suggestion pages get really bad, really fast, like a browser hijack search page. Maybe I'm just being naive but since Earthlink already has your money and will be making more money off the sponsored clicks, I suspect the number of ads will be at least within reason on these pages. The one thing that is decent about IE's suggestion page is that there's maybe two or three images, last time I checked (I have Firefox here, and IE at work).
Nothing is getting sent to the web browser that is of use to an end user anyway. "Server not found" or some timeout message doesn't tell me a goddamned thing. Is it down? Does the page exist or not? Did I misspell something? Is there something wrong with my connection or the DNS server I/my ISP uses?
This is different from what VeriSign did because VeriSign had a monopoly in the market (if you can call it a market) and also VeriSign had a financial incentive in preventing registration of addresses similar to misspellings of common websites, thereby impacting potentially legitimate growth of websites. This is just an ISP trying to make some money off of a service that Internet Explorer already does in a half-assed, information-gathering type of way.
True in a way, but there are two things that seem off to me. First, the search page isn't taking away a choice for you. You pointed your web browser to an address that didn't resolve, and you succeeded in doing so - but what changes is that your ISP recognizes this and gives you something in addition to some message about how you didn't get to the right site. Second of all, I don't see the difference between your browser making recommendations (and how do you think your browser will come up with these recommendations? Some sort of web-based search, I'd imagine?) and your ISP sending recommendations through your browser. It'll still be an HTML-based list of suggestions produced through a web query.
From the article: "The system is specifically configured to handle only NXDOMAIN HTTP traffic as it is being returned to the user's browser and to not impact email and other non-web-browsing traffic."
Ad hominem attacks are valid if the point is to indeed argue "against the man". Anything else would be irrelevant.
While I can see what you're saying for most artists, Radiohead goes more into the realm of art than most popular acts out there (do we count Sigur Ros as popular or not?) so I can at least buy THEIR argument. I, uh, disagree with Metallica trying to go with the same argument, though. But I don't see why the artists can't ALSO make as much money as possible from touring. Besides mural art, I don't think there's anything about art that makes it necessary (or even better) to make it freely available.
Well, the patch itself isn't the "product" in question, the software+patch is. Of course, this is all sort of moot, since EULAs always reserve the right to modify terms at any point.
No because that car is the same product it was before. Modified Windows is a new product, just like your adding undercarriage lighting to your Honda Civic would nullify the warranty because it's not the same car.
No, you're quite right. The patch constitutes a new product, and as far as I can tell, there's nothing in the original EULA that guarantees its legality perpetually. New product, new agreement. If you don't want the new agreement - and you haven't explained why you don't - then you don't get the new product. Weird.
Not that I'm a Windows fanboy (or, um, a scientific instrument fanboy), but considering that from the question itself we have no idea what the scientific instruments ARE, we have no way whatsoever to determine whether Windows is the right tool for the job?
Having said that, practically all airlines will NOT ALLOW YOU to check a laptop, and if I recall correctly the TSA backs them up on this. Just carry the laptop in your, um, hands.