the important phrase in the statute is 'causes damage'. The update doesn't completely cripple the software, it just removes some functions that could potentially cause a great deal of damage. I wouldn't say that qualified as damage. The statute is clearly aimed at people that deliberately spread viruses and the like.
Have you ever been to a slaughterhouse? Unless you like to hunt your own food in the wild the cows you have eaten were (almost) certainly not shot. Generally they are stunned, often with a blow to the back of the neck, then hung up by their hind legs and a main artery is cut and they bleed to death.
I can get to microsoft.com (I couldn't earlier) but MSN seems to still be having problems.
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Do you mean the marks that appear in the top right corner of the frame? I was under the impression that they are there to let the projectionist know when a reel change is coming up.
The way I see it, he didn't mean a legal precedent as such, but that if people see someone breaching the GPL and getting away with it, they may be inclined to see if they can get away with it too.
.exe files can have their own icons embedded in the file. Simply embed the standard icon Windows uses for.jpgs and it will look like a regular jpg file.
What I think he means is that it's more sci-FI than SCI-fi, i.e. the show isn't about the science/technology, but about people, who just happen to live on a space ship. It could have been equally well set on a boat at sea several hundred years ago.
LCDs dont flicker in the same way CRTs do. CRTs have to be constantly refreshed by a scanning electron beam, which means that between the time when a pixel gets 'painted' for the first and second time it fades in brightness slightly, resulting in a slight pulsing or flickering effect even if the image isn't changing. LCDs on the otherhand have a single backlight that is always on and so the brightness of pixels only changes when the image changes.
Incidentally, flickering is more noticable the brighter the image, (think about film projectors: when viewing a film you can't see the flicker, but if the film runs out but the projector is just projecting a white screen you can see it flickering because it is so much brighter.) If for some reason you can't increase the refresh rate of a monitor for a quick and dirty solution to flickering try turning the brightness down a bit.
Your anecdote is an argument for ID cards more than against them.
His exact situation may be an argument for ID cards, but I believe his point was that human error can be a big danger when everything is stored in a single big database.
For example, someone with the same name and date-of-birth as you dies, but an operator accidentally updates your record rather than the correct one. As far as the government is now concerned you're dead. This means you can no longer claim benefits or get a job since your NI number will be marked as deceased as well as a whole range of other problems.
This sort of thing has happened before and as everyone starts using a single big database a simple mis-typing or mis-reading of a single digit will cause even more problems than before.
The people downloading it could even own the cd, but are too lazy to rip it.
This is getting more likely as more and more CDs come with copy protection. In some cases it's easier to download a copy of a CD you own rather than making your own.
1. Sale, 2. Adverstisement, 3. Possession for commercial purposes, AND 4. Use.
The whole statement is only true if each and every of the sub-statements are also true. I.e use alone is not enough, you must commercialise it for the law to be broken. On the otherhand, if it said
1. Sale, 2. Adverstisement, 3. Possession for commercial purposes, OR 4. Use.
The've probably figured out the trick of covering the lights on the camera with black tape by now.
When I went to see ROTK a kid in front of me got ejected because he recorded a short clip using his video mobile phone. It seemed kind of petty since you can't record for longer than 60 seconds and you'd get a better picture if you took a sketchbook and pencil to the cinema instead.
My current phone allows me to use any mp3 as a ringtone, no conversion necessary. As far as I can tell this is becoming more and more common on new phones. With more and more phones and computers supporting bluetooth it's also getting easier to transfer them onto the phone. Eventually it's going to become convienient enough that people won't be willing to pay to be sent ringtones when they could just use music they already own.
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If you wanted to know whether or not your neighborhood flooded, you had to look a little futher.
Like out the window?
the important phrase in the statute is 'causes damage'. The update doesn't completely cripple the software, it just removes some functions that could potentially cause a great deal of damage. I wouldn't say that qualified as damage. The statute is clearly aimed at people that deliberately spread viruses and the like.
You do realize every cow you eat is shot, right?
Have you ever been to a slaughterhouse? Unless you like to hunt your own food in the wild the cows you have eaten were (almost) certainly not shot. Generally they are stunned, often with a blow to the back of the neck, then hung up by their hind legs and a main artery is cut and they bleed to death.
I can get to microsoft.com (I couldn't earlier) but MSN seems to still be having problems.
Do you mean the marks that appear in the top right corner of the frame? I was under the impression that they are there to let the projectionist know when a reel change is coming up.
The way I see it, he didn't mean a legal precedent as such, but that if people see someone breaching the GPL and getting away with it, they may be inclined to see if they can get away with it too.
.exe files can have their own icons embedded in the file. Simply embed the standard icon Windows uses for .jpgs and it will look like a regular jpg file.
There is a Game Cube version too. It's a fun game if a little on the short side.
No, I was reading somewhere (groklaw, perhaps) that actions to ameliorate a controversy can't be used as evidence of knowledgeable wrongdoing.
In a court of law yes, but in the court of public opinion it could be spun by SCO et al. that way.
What I think he means is that it's more sci-FI than SCI-fi, i.e. the show isn't about the science/technology, but about people, who just happen to live on a space ship. It could have been equally well set on a boat at sea several hundred years ago.
LCDs dont flicker in the same way CRTs do. CRTs have to be constantly refreshed by a scanning electron beam, which means that between the time when a pixel gets 'painted' for the first and second time it fades in brightness slightly, resulting in a slight pulsing or flickering effect even if the image isn't changing. LCDs on the otherhand have a single backlight that is always on and so the brightness of pixels only changes when the image changes.
Incidentally, flickering is more noticable the brighter the image, (think about film projectors: when viewing a film you can't see the flicker, but if the film runs out but the projector is just projecting a white screen you can see it flickering because it is so much brighter.) If for some reason you can't increase the refresh rate of a monitor for a quick and dirty solution to flickering try turning the brightness down a bit.
Your anecdote is an argument for ID cards more than against them.
His exact situation may be an argument for ID cards, but I believe his point was that human error can be a big danger when everything is stored in a single big database.
For example, someone with the same name and date-of-birth as you dies, but an operator accidentally updates your record rather than the correct one. As far as the government is now concerned you're dead. This means you can no longer claim benefits or get a job since your NI number will be marked as deceased as well as a whole range of other problems.
This sort of thing has happened before and as everyone starts using a single big database a simple mis-typing or mis-reading of a single digit will cause even more problems than before.
You're *that* flexible?
If I'm wearing a red jersey...
If you're wearing a red jersey, you won't last five minutes. The guy in the blue jersey has much better odds, especially if he has pointy ears.
Don't forget a UPS otherwise you're still screwed if the power goes out.
This is getting more likely as more and more CDs come with copy protection. In some cases it's easier to download a copy of a CD you own rather than making your own.
There are four violations in the statement:
1. Sale,
2. Adverstisement,
3. Possession for commercial purposes, AND
4. Use.
The whole statement is only true if each and every of the sub-statements are also true. I.e use alone is not enough, you must commercialise it for the law to be broken. On the otherhand, if it said
1. Sale,
2. Adverstisement,
3. Possession for commercial purposes, OR
4. Use.
Then use alone would be sufficient.
Because they're easier to model than loose fitting clothes.
Which side of the fence do DVD-writers fall on?
Gaim spell checks my instant messaging on Linux, highlighting any words it doesnt recognise in red.
they just forgot the upper case C.
1 Calorie = 1000 calories = 1 kcalorie
The've probably figured out the trick of covering the lights on the camera with black tape by now.
When I went to see ROTK a kid in front of me got ejected because he recorded a short clip using his video mobile phone. It seemed kind of petty since you can't record for longer than 60 seconds and you'd get a better picture if you took a sketchbook and pencil to the cinema instead.
My current phone allows me to use any mp3 as a ringtone, no conversion necessary. As far as I can tell this is becoming more and more common on new phones. With more and more phones and computers supporting bluetooth it's also getting easier to transfer them onto the phone. Eventually it's going to become convienient enough that people won't be willing to pay to be sent ringtones when they could just use music they already own.
"Footballers' Wives" is made by ITV, not the BBC
From the BBC Website:
The BBC is run in the interests of its viewers and listeners. Twelve governors act as trustees of the public interest and regulate the BBC. They are appointed by the Queen on advice from ministers.
Day-to-day BBC operations are run by 16 divisions. Their directors report to the director-general, forming the Executive Committee. It answers to the Board of Governors.
BBC governors differ from directors of public companies, whose primary responsibilities are to shareholders and not consumers. BBC governors represent the public interest, notably the interests of viewers and listeners.