4) Any payout awarded from a single end user has to be in proportion to value of the patented technology. The value of a single instance will could only be measured in hundreds of dollars, not coming close to covering the costs of the lawsuit to the platiff.
For example, if you live a few blocks from your workplace, you should not have to pay taxes for a transit system?
I see. So I have to pay money to a *PRIVATE ENTITY* to protect their profit model, even though I choose not to purchase their product? There's a difference between a transit system, created by the people's elected representatives, for the public good; and this "we want a money tree" mentality of the RIAA.
Maybe so. But it seems to me that the fact that he would have to grant a temporary injunction just to get your butt into the courtroom would weigh heavily in his final decision.
After all, the right to petition for redress of grievance is explicitly listed in the First Amendment.
Sue the Federal Government over the Real ID. Send you lawyer to court. When the judge asks "Where's the plaintiff?", your lawyer states that you are legally barred from entering the courtroom by the Real ID act.
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I think that's the April Fools joke -- there are no April Fools joke stories.
Though, I want my ZOMG!!! PONIES!!!! theme back for one day.
Apparently it's running on 1994 hardware, too....
PointDev should have put an "anti-piracy" rootkit into their software.
iostream.h was never an "official" header.
Also, the GP doesn't need iomanip, as std::endl is declared in ostream.
Another edge case where this fails is in the case of empty input.
4) Any payout awarded from a single end user has to be in proportion to value of the patented technology. The value of a single instance will could only be measured in hundreds of dollars, not coming close to covering the costs of the lawsuit to the platiff.
Tell that to RIM.
Serial ports are still widely used in the embedded world.
Because the center of gravity would no longer be at GEO. At that point, the CG is moving too slow to maintain "orbit" and will fall.
It's been invented. Apollo 12 took a direct lightning strike immediately after liftoff.
There's also a difference between "For the Public Good" and "To ensure the MAFIAA an eternal revenue stream".
For example, if you live a few blocks from your workplace, you should not have to pay taxes for a transit system?
I see. So I have to pay money to a *PRIVATE ENTITY* to protect their profit model, even though I choose not to purchase their product? There's a difference between a transit system, created by the people's elected representatives, for the public good; and this "we want a money tree" mentality of the RIAA.
No prob, Animats. I wasn't sure if you were the Anonymous on GL or not.
Parent was lifted verbatim from this post.
Maybe Animats is the Anonymous, but give credit where credit is due.
You mean the UK. What we in the US call a billion, the UK call a milliard. In the UK, 1 billion is 10^12.
Note: common usage may have changed since I learned that.
He's a geek. He knows how to use TZEDIT, or at least how to use Google to find the right way to use TZEDIT.
That's how I patched my 2K box for the new leap year rules.
Piker.
DOS 3.2 and Windows 1.03
Somewhere else, I have some DOS 2.11 disks from a vintage blue IBM XT.
Maybe so. But it seems to me that the fact that he would have to grant a temporary injunction just to get your butt into the courtroom would weigh heavily in his final decision.
After all, the right to petition for redress of grievance is explicitly listed in the First Amendment.
PCRE isn't an MS technology.
Now that's an idea.
Sue the Federal Government over the Real ID. Send you lawyer to court. When the judge asks "Where's the plaintiff?", your lawyer states that you are legally barred from entering the courtroom by the Real ID act.
No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!
The magnets are really good for hanging things on cubical walls
What works best for hanging things on tetrahedral walls?
If you are operating a mail server you are NEVER supposed to put information for domains you don't control into the headers. That is what spammers do.
Maybe the donotreply.com guy can countersue under CAN-SPAM?
From the "what-have-they-ever-done-for-us" department:
In other words, the Romans were right, and "All roads lead to Rome"?
We get a Sagan once a generation, and to remain above the fray he had to go so far as refusing to denounce astrology
Oh really? The Demon Haunted World is about as strong a manifesto against astrology and other pseudo-science as I've ever read.
IANAL, but...
Comcast: "The FCC can bite my shiny metal ass. Nyah, nyah, nyah!!!!"