IANAD, but I've consulted with a highly respected fertility doctor on this topic.
Although there is a somewhat higher chance for 'complications' with IVF than other forms of pregnancy, that is most heavily influenced by the age of the mother, and the effect of natural radiation on the genetic matierial in the egg, since they've all been around as long as the woman has been alive.
If the egg is donated, the complication rate is controlled by the age of the woman the egg came from, not from the age of the woman carrying the pregnancy. For this reason, Egg donors need to be in the 'prime' youth fertility years.
There are, additionally, drugs that the woman can take that will make her 'superfertile' by releasing multiple eggs per monthly cycle, and the skilled doctor can select those that are most healthy for fertilization and ultimately implantation. The complication rates for this type of fertilization have been dropping as the technology and techniques have matured.
If and as the technology improves, I wouldn't be surprised to see IVF used in the future as a method for making sure that healthy young (affluent) women have the healthiest children possible, by genetically screening out the 'bad eggs' and 'bad seed' prior to conception. Right now it's a crapshoot.
Further reproduction of any of the Gutenberg Bible images without the written consent of the Ransom Center is prohibited.
It appears that you cannot copy this copy of the OLDEST TYPESET BOOK ON THE PLANET. I mean jeezus (heh), they've copyrighted a photocopy of something that was in the public domain centuries before the existence of copyright laws?
Well, for starters, disclosing it to you would be violating the Non Disclosure part of the Non Disclosure Agreement. Having never seen the agreement, I don't know what the legal penalties one agrees to for violating this are when you sign the contract (that's what it is).
The beauty is, consider these email virii applications of this... - Somebody reads an email with a simplified hack based on this embedded within it (don't need the whole dataset, you just reduce your hit rate) - They unwittingly send back the machine info and an admim-level password to the hacker. (where I work, all 'owners' have admin rights on their system). - From this, they can get admil-level access permanently, as well as a chance to download the full crack via a backdoor and get the network admin password, and from there, the whole network.
In an earlier version of the Messenger EULA, they had language had Microsoft claiming ownership of any information and communications sent via Messenger.
I don't recall the exact wording at the moment, but it was pretty disturbing. That section is no longer in the current EULA, so it appears that the outrage had them change their mind.
However, everything entered into *any* chat service is totally unprotected, and can be snooped. In fact, in the current EULA, they explicity state that they will give archives of the messages (which they store, BTW) away to officials upon prompting.
Microsoft reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Microsoft deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request,...
Now the RIAA can sue anybody who has installed or downloaded software that allows people to share information over an electronic network, presuming that they have pirated music, since there is no other legitimate use of this technology!
It changes the law such that making copyrighted material available over a network without permission to be considered to have satisfied the requirements for having sold the 10 copies or $2500 worth of goods.
Under this change, providing access, intentional or otherwise == unauthorized commerce.
If you have a music (or other copyrighted work) file, and you didn't buy it, technically you stole it.
Ummm....no?
I do not pay for the content I get over my cable/satellite/rabbit ears. I pay for the delivery, but not the content. But I am specifically allowed to record it for my own use! Same with radio broadcasts.
I am allowed to take a photo of Disneyland(c)(r)(TM) and the vaunted Mouse, and posess it for my entire life, with no fear of prosecution.
And one that shouldn't need to be asked since we're on Slashdot: have you ever looked at the header of the open source or GPL code you are undoubtedly so fond of? It has a copyright notice in it! I bet you posess it, and did not pay for it, therefore you are a felon. (BTW, given this, perhaps Microsoft is the real force behind the bill, not Mickey)
Posession does not violate the copyright act...unauthorized commerce does.
This Story talks about Cincinnati residents placing cameras on their homes and businesses to surveil criminal activity...This is a democracy, and they're choosing the personal route to spying on the citizenry!
At what point does it become opression, instead of self defense?
In this article: http://news.com.com/2100-1040-823260.htm l
An economics professor pegs the wage of playing everquest at $3.42/hr on average. Even at the average wage, that would be a damn fine wage in a third world country, but the initial capital outlay to buy the computer to play it on would be a bit prohibitive for a dirt poor african subsistence farmer.
But just think...A poor community in the third world could pool their resources, get a world bank loan to buy a computer, and keep it busy 24/7 farming for *wealthy* players, and quickly earn enough to feed the village.
Kinda disturbing if you think about it long enough. But why should they be disallowed from trying?
Maybe the loss of genius is actually disllusionment that they will never get mad sex again now that they're married. And if they were a scientific genius before, it means they'll go through their entire life without ever having experienced it.
Don't be too quick to dis' Sneakernet. Sometimes it is the only viable choice!
I have personally experienced this, on a much more minor scale. Just because one has a high speed connection does not mean that you have a point-to-point high speed throughput.
I was trying to download the redhat distro, and due to the server throttling the throughput, it was going to take 48 hours to download all of the ISOs. I made an economic decision that driving 10 minutes to Best Buy to spend $40 on the boxed set to get it immediately was 'cheaper' in terms of overall cost.
The incredible advances in technology in the last 20 years that have made my 56 inch television possible, and have allowed the NBA League Pass and NFL Sunday Ticket to be beamed into my home have greatly improved my enjoyment of sport.
Top it off with internet Fantasy Sports that I monitor with my wireless notebook while I'm lounging in the comfy chair eating a pizza I ordered with my cell phone and drinking the beer I bought at my online grocer, and technology has been a true boon.
No...You couldn't, because everybody knows that the dividend is coming, and when they can sell the stock after their dividend is theirs.
If you were the only person who knew, and could sell the 'dividendless' stock to an unsuspecting dupe, you could, but the legal system and an efficient market prevent this.
Although there an 'ownership as of' date that is prior to the 'payable' date, no brokerage will trade in dividend-stripped stock on the open market. They'd quickly be sued and legally barred from doing business because of fraud, and all this to earn the $9.95 commission you're paying them? I don't think so.
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This is actually somewhat of a misconception.
IANAD, but I've consulted with a highly respected fertility doctor on this topic.
Although there is a somewhat higher chance for 'complications' with IVF than other forms of pregnancy, that is most heavily influenced by the age of the mother, and the effect of natural radiation on the genetic matierial in the egg, since they've all been around as long as the woman has been alive.
If the egg is donated, the complication rate is controlled by the age of the woman the egg came from, not from the age of the woman carrying the pregnancy. For this reason, Egg donors need to be in the 'prime' youth fertility years.
There are, additionally, drugs that the woman can take that will make her 'superfertile' by releasing multiple eggs per monthly cycle, and the skilled doctor can select those that are most healthy for fertilization and ultimately implantation. The complication rates for this type of fertilization have been dropping as the technology and techniques have matured.
If and as the technology improves, I wouldn't be surprised to see IVF used in the future as a method for making sure that healthy young (affluent) women have the healthiest children possible, by genetically screening out the 'bad eggs' and 'bad seed' prior to conception. Right now it's a crapshoot.
You'd have a difficult time surviving in Arkansas on the wages outsourced workers in India make without getting a second job at McDonalds.
And since that is going to be replaced with a robot soon, you're screwed!
Further reproduction of any of the Gutenberg Bible images without the written consent of the Ransom Center is prohibited.
It appears that you cannot copy this copy of the OLDEST TYPESET BOOK ON THE PLANET. I mean jeezus (heh), they've copyrighted a photocopy of something that was in the public domain centuries before the existence of copyright laws?
The mouse would be proud.
I dunno about you, but I know that if the bar I frequent replaces the hot waitresses with daleks, I'm not going any more.
Well, for starters, disclosing it to you would be violating the Non Disclosure part of the Non Disclosure Agreement. Having never seen the agreement, I don't know what the legal penalties one agrees to for violating this are when you sign the contract (that's what it is).
The beauty is, consider these email virii applications of this...
- Somebody reads an email with a simplified hack based on this embedded within it (don't need the whole dataset, you just reduce your hit rate)
- They unwittingly send back the machine info and an admim-level password to the hacker. (where I work, all 'owners' have admin rights on their system).
- From this, they can get admil-level access permanently, as well as a chance to download the full crack via a backdoor and get the network admin password, and from there, the whole network.
In an earlier version of the Messenger EULA, they had language had Microsoft claiming ownership of any information and communications sent via Messenger.
...
I don't recall the exact wording at the moment, but it was pretty disturbing. That section is no longer in the current EULA, so it appears that the outrage had them change their mind.
However, everything entered into *any* chat service is totally unprotected, and can be snooped. In fact, in the current EULA, they explicity state that they will give archives of the messages (which they store, BTW) away to officials upon prompting.
Microsoft reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Microsoft deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request,
Now the RIAA can sue anybody who has installed or downloaded software that allows people to share information over an electronic network, presuming that they have pirated music, since there is no other legitimate use of this technology!
Excuse me, but since you jumped on somebody for not RTFA, pretty please with sugar on top, RTFA yourself.
Here is the link to the proposed amendment to the law.
It changes the law such that making copyrighted material available over a network without permission to be considered to have satisfied the requirements for having sold the 10 copies or $2500 worth of goods.
Under this change, providing access, intentional or otherwise == unauthorized commerce.
Read Page 4 line 18 through Page 5 line 2.
I guess Bill's gonna get arrested again
If you have a music (or other copyrighted work) file, and you didn't buy it, technically you stole it.
Ummm....no?
I do not pay for the content I get over my cable/satellite/rabbit ears. I pay for the delivery, but not the content. But I am specifically allowed to record it for my own use! Same with radio broadcasts.
I am allowed to take a photo of Disneyland(c)(r)(TM) and the vaunted Mouse, and posess it for my entire life, with no fear of prosecution.
And one that shouldn't need to be asked since we're on Slashdot: have you ever looked at the header of the open source or GPL code you are undoubtedly so fond of? It has a copyright notice in it! I bet you posess it, and did not pay for it, therefore you are a felon. (BTW, given this, perhaps Microsoft is the real force behind the bill, not Mickey)
Posession does not violate the copyright act...unauthorized commerce does.
This story updates the journey of the ducks...They've made it across the Nortwest Passage to the Atlantic, and are landing on the New England coast.
Apparently they've been seen in Europe, as well.
At what point does it become opression, instead of self defense?
In this article:m l
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-823260.ht
An economics professor pegs the wage of playing everquest at $3.42/hr on average. Even at the average wage, that would be a damn fine wage in a third world country, but the initial capital outlay to buy the computer to play it on would be a bit prohibitive for a dirt poor african subsistence farmer.
But just think...A poor community in the third world could pool their resources, get a world bank loan to buy a computer, and keep it busy 24/7 farming for *wealthy* players, and quickly earn enough to feed the village.
Kinda disturbing if you think about it long enough. But why should they be disallowed from trying?
A self-aware penis transportation device. Once his objective is completed, the motivation vanishes.
Maybe the loss of genius is actually disllusionment that they will never get mad sex again now that they're married. And if they were a scientific genius before, it means they'll go through their entire life without ever having experienced it.
Raising children doesn't require genuis, it requires endurance.
Don't be too quick to dis' Sneakernet. Sometimes it is the only viable choice!
I have personally experienced this, on a much more minor scale. Just because one has a high speed connection does not mean that you have a point-to-point high speed throughput.
I was trying to download the redhat distro, and due to the server throttling the throughput, it was going to take 48 hours to download all of the ISOs. I made an economic decision that driving 10 minutes to Best Buy to spend $40 on the boxed set to get it immediately was 'cheaper' in terms of overall cost.
I'll be impressed, and get a warm fuzzy feeling, when they have power over wireless ethernet.
The incredible advances in technology in the last 20 years that have made my 56 inch television possible, and have allowed the NBA League Pass and NFL Sunday Ticket to be beamed into my home have greatly improved my enjoyment of sport.
Top it off with internet Fantasy Sports that I monitor with my wireless notebook while I'm lounging in the comfy chair eating a pizza I ordered with my cell phone and drinking the beer I bought at my online grocer, and technology has been a true boon.
No...You couldn't, because everybody knows that the dividend is coming, and when they can sell the stock after their dividend is theirs.
If you were the only person who knew, and could sell the 'dividendless' stock to an unsuspecting dupe, you could, but the legal system and an efficient market prevent this.
Although there an 'ownership as of' date that is prior to the 'payable' date, no brokerage will trade in dividend-stripped stock on the open market. They'd quickly be sued and legally barred from doing business because of fraud, and all this to earn the $9.95 commission you're paying them? I don't think so.