Meanwhile it looks like I may be wearing my '80s-style sunglasses more often. They're darker than anything you can buy today that isn't opaque and they wrap around preventing side-acquisition of biometric data.
And cranking up the brightness on my monitors to compensate.
A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
IANAL, but it sounds to me like they want you to indemnify them for their mistake, thereby excusing them from a charge of perjury themselves, while opening you up for such a charge as well. Don't excuse them for their actions. Get your own lawyer.
The DMCA that declarations of ownership have to be done under penalty of perjury.
Which rarely gets charged. You should not expect the charge of perjury to be leveled on your behalf, even if the perjury is performed under oath in the presence of a judge with the evidence of it clear to all present; level the charge yourself.
A copy of a public domain work is public domain... for now
But there is pressure to change it so that any refixing in a medium of a work grants a new copyright duration, even if (or if-and-only-if, I'm not certain on that detail) the original work had passed into the public domain. You can't make copies of the new copy; you need to go to the wellspring (a copy with expired copyright) and make your copy from that.
Of course this means if a company keeps a stranglehold on their works using DRM so that no one can make a new copy without the original masters, they can just keep reissuing the work and retain perpetual copyright control. It would allow for the reduction of copyright duration and stop dragging all works along with Mickey Mouse, but at the expense of granting perpetual copyright to immortal corporations and estates, which should violate the Constitution in the US.
My city already puts pictures of people's homes on-line, along with how much was paid for it. I found this out from a nosy co-worker who heard I'd bought a house and looked it up. Whatever happened to "need-to-know" restrictions?
Unless it is owned by the (or in some cases, just a) government. Then they can not only prevent you from taking pictures, they can force previously taken pictures to be redacted (satellite pictures of nouveau-sensitive sites).
And you missed the critical joke: the rating system doesn't include a system for rating games as unsuitable for adults. At least the retired K-A rating (Kids to Adults) could be read as stopping at adulthood.
Even "Early Childhood" is for age 3 and older, though is the only one besides T for Teens that on its face would suggest a non-adult age group.
(I guess I need to cite my sources to avoid people citing them in rebuttal.)
a bulging object and wires on it which looked awfully bomb-like
On what do you base that impression? How many bombs have you seen that dedicate an entire panel to LEDs to depicting a cartoonish character flipping the bird? (TV and movie references don't count.)
to make the joke more lighthearted. Though my first instinct was that it might be seen as mocking. Offense wasn't intended. We should be able to laugh at our own mistakes.
I just hope I'll not feel it necessary to modify my signature to read, "Offense wasn't intended."
If I were to start a religion based on the preservation of copyrighted works for when they may eventually enter the public domain, employing any methods necessary to make the copies (similar to the preservation of ancient works through the Dark Ages, sort of like Digital Monks of the Internet Monastery), can I gain similar protection against the likes of the RIAA and MPAA, provided I can afford Scientology's lawyers?
Well, he did also suggest that this water would be found in the "canals" on Mars. Though perhaps that arose from his moments earlier gaffe of saying Mars and Earth had the same orbit and was just getting more and more flustered as he spoke.
These things have to weigh less than 10 times what the Earth weighs, or they will become gas giants. Our sun weighs 332,946 times as much as the Earth.
How does one "weigh" a planet or star? Where do you put the scale?
But publishers who were "pirating" [Charles Dickens'] books in the US made enough money to kickstart the publishing industry in the US. Then a time came when there were enough US authors whose rights had to be protected & that's when the relevant laws were passed & enforced in the US.
Did that time come within Charles Dickens' lifetime, or plus 70 years?
By that I mean, did he get to see and appreciate how the piracy of his works benefited the publishing industry in the long term by creating more publishers and published works, and did he see it as worth the earlier piracy of his works?
Classifying network traffic based only on the port went out the window well over 5 years ago when modern packet shapers came to the market which were able to analyze the very contents of packets and classify them based on the type of service they contained rather than the port they used.
So my packets are being subjected to automatic warrantless searches at domestic subnet border crossings?
You gotta admit, it was huge oversight on Microsoft's part to not include any mechanism for turning off the accepting of audio instructions while playing audio
You know you've just replaced a remote exploit with a denial of service attack, yes?
"Computer, stop playback. Computer, mute! Computer, reduce volume!! Computer, end program!!! Computer, shut the f@#k up and do what I tell you!!!!"
It is not the movement of the medium (electrons or atoms); it is the speed the effect across the medium.
<NUMB3RS> Take for example a croquet ball. You could hit one ball with enough force to send it 15 feet to the hoop, but it will have to physically traverse that whole distance. But what if you had 10 feet of croquet balls in a row, one against another? You could hit the first ball with the same force and that force would be transmitted across the length of the adjoining balls faster than a lone ball could travel the same distance, causing the last ball to fly off the end. If you'd done both at the same time, the ball that was at the end of the chain will reach the hoop first before the lone ball could traverse more than a third of the distance. </NUMB3RS>
How do you propose to pay for content when you block out advertiser's ads? I am perfectly happy with Colgate (for example) dropping the cash needed to float and air a program that I enjoy, even if that means that 8 minutes out of every half hour I have to look at dumb ads.
And I'm perfectly happy for letting Colgate throwing money towards a show as well. That doesn't mean I feel compelled to watch or listen to them, or even merely see or hear them.
They're placing a bet that the ratings in their target demographic are representative and will be met by the program they sponsor, knowing that there are people who will watch the show and not see the ads. They know they won't necessarily get the expected return on their investment. I bear no responsibility that they achieve that return. (I can't afford to own that many cars.)
However, if I find them to be genuinely entertaining, I will pay attention. I watch Super Bowl ads because they tend to be genuinely entertaining.
Meanwhile I feel like boycotting shows that use the dancing penguins from Happy Feet to sell flu medication. I hate that commercial more than the Head On commercials.
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Meanwhile it looks like I may be wearing my '80s-style sunglasses more often. They're darker than anything you can buy today that isn't opaque and they wrap around preventing side-acquisition of biometric data.
And cranking up the brightness on my monitors to compensate.
The DMCA that declarations of ownership have to be done under penalty of perjury.
Which rarely gets charged. You should not expect the charge of perjury to be leveled on your behalf, even if the perjury is performed under oath in the presence of a judge with the evidence of it clear to all present; level the charge yourself.
A copy of a public domain work is public domain... for now
But there is pressure to change it so that any refixing in a medium of a work grants a new copyright duration, even if (or if-and-only-if, I'm not certain on that detail) the original work had passed into the public domain. You can't make copies of the new copy; you need to go to the wellspring (a copy with expired copyright) and make your copy from that.
Of course this means if a company keeps a stranglehold on their works using DRM so that no one can make a new copy without the original masters, they can just keep reissuing the work and retain perpetual copyright control. It would allow for the reduction of copyright duration and stop dragging all works along with Mickey Mouse, but at the expense of granting perpetual copyright to immortal corporations and estates, which should violate the Constitution in the US.
My city already puts pictures of people's homes on-line, along with how much was paid for it. I found this out from a nosy co-worker who heard I'd bought a house and looked it up. Whatever happened to "need-to-know" restrictions?
Unless it is owned by the (or in some cases, just a) government. Then they can not only prevent you from taking pictures, they can force previously taken pictures to be redacted (satellite pictures of nouveau-sensitive sites).
Note also the article's comment about bridges.
Where can I get a high res version of that image to print out poster size? That's great!
Posters? Nah, I think they would be much more interesting as mobile sculptures. Just not over a crib.
And you missed the critical joke: the rating system doesn't include a system for rating games as unsuitable for adults. At least the retired K-A rating (Kids to Adults) could be read as stopping at adulthood.
Even "Early Childhood" is for age 3 and older, though is the only one besides T for Teens that on its face would suggest a non-adult age group.
(I guess I need to cite my sources to avoid people citing them in rebuttal.)
...but did anyone stop to think for a second maybe that was their original intention was to market the game towards girls?
Then why was it rated E for Everyone?
They could have pushed for eC (Early Childhood).
I saw a photo of these things. A panel with some LEDs, a bulging "object" and a few wires? ...[W]hat were they supposed to think?
"Cool! They've finally updated the Lite-Brite!"?
a bulging object and wires on it which looked awfully bomb-like
On what do you base that impression? How many bombs have you seen that dedicate an entire panel to LEDs to depicting a cartoonish character flipping the bird? (TV and movie references don't count.)
I hope no-one shows Boston PD the movie Robot Carnival. They'll be blowing up abandoned Teddy Ruxpin dolls next.
I've seen enough episodes of X-Play to see "N-Gage" and think of their version of Patrick Stewart.
- my speling
to make the joke more lighthearted. Though my first instinct was that it might be seen as mocking. Offense wasn't intended. We should be able to laugh at our own mistakes.I just hope I'll not feel it necessary to modify my signature to read, "Offense wasn't intended."
If I were to start a religion based on the preservation of copyrighted works for when they may eventually enter the public domain, employing any methods necessary to make the copies (similar to the preservation of ancient works through the Dark Ages, sort of like Digital Monks of the Internet Monastery), can I gain similar protection against the likes of the RIAA and MPAA, provided I can afford Scientology's lawyers?
Just borrow Archimedes' Lever.
And that was the answer I was looking for! Well done, sir!
Well, he did also suggest that this water would be found in the "canals" on Mars. Though perhaps that arose from his moments earlier gaffe of saying Mars and Earth had the same orbit and was just getting more and more flustered as he spoke.
If one can bare one's soul, cannot one bare one's pain?
True, "bear" is more apt in the GP's usage and "share" in mine, but I offer that neither his nor mine is a wholly erroneous usage.
(*) Except for this verbifying of a noun. And that one, too.
These things have to weigh less than 10 times what the Earth weighs, or they will become gas giants. Our sun weighs 332,946 times as much as the Earth.
How does one "weigh" a planet or star? Where do you put the scale?
"If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe." -- Dan Quayle
By that I mean, did he get to see and appreciate how the piracy of his works benefited the publishing industry in the long term by creating more publishers and published works, and did he see it as worth the earlier piracy of his works?
Classifying network traffic based only on the port went out the window well over 5 years ago when modern packet shapers came to the market which were able to analyze the very contents of packets and classify them based on the type of service they contained rather than the port they used.
So my packets are being subjected to automatic warrantless searches at domestic subnet border crossings?
"Your protocols, please."
You gotta admit, it was huge oversight on Microsoft's part to not include any mechanism for turning off the accepting of audio instructions while playing audio
You know you've just replaced a remote exploit with a denial of service attack, yes?
"Computer, stop playback. Computer, mute! Computer, reduce volume!! Computer, end program!!! Computer, shut the f@#k up and do what I tell you!!!!"
It is not the movement of the medium (electrons or atoms); it is the speed the effect across the medium.
<NUMB3RS> Take for example a croquet ball. You could hit one ball with enough force to send it 15 feet to the hoop, but it will have to physically traverse that whole distance. But what if you had 10 feet of croquet balls in a row, one against another? You could hit the first ball with the same force and that force would be transmitted across the length of the adjoining balls faster than a lone ball could travel the same distance, causing the last ball to fly off the end. If you'd done both at the same time, the ball that was at the end of the chain will reach the hoop first before the lone ball could traverse more than a third of the distance. </NUMB3RS>
They're placing a bet that the ratings in their target demographic are representative and will be met by the program they sponsor, knowing that there are people who will watch the show and not see the ads. They know they won't necessarily get the expected return on their investment. I bear no responsibility that they achieve that return. (I can't afford to own that many cars.)
However, if I find them to be genuinely entertaining, I will pay attention. I watch Super Bowl ads because they tend to be genuinely entertaining.
Meanwhile I feel like boycotting shows that use the dancing penguins from Happy Feet to sell flu medication. I hate that commercial more than the Head On commercials.