The Berne Convention (a set of guidelines for copyright laws adopted by almost all notable countries), says that copyrights are valid within any country that has adopted it.
An interesting bit of history.. once upon a time printers in the US took British books, reproduced them and sold them in the US, without paying any sort of royalty or making any recognition to the British author/publisher, because the US did not recognize the British copyright.
Now though, the copyrighted anime from Japan can not legally be distributed in the US (or Canada, or Britain, or Australia.. you get the idea). However, the only people likely to complain about this illegal distribution are the anime distribution companies in the States like ADV, and since fansubbers have a general rule of stopping distribution when it is picked up for American release, the companies turn a blind eye to it.
Never mind that it says this right in between a bunch of comments about how BT is used to pirate anime, movies and music...
The tone of the article was more "Look! Here's this neat file-sharing program. There's all sorts of illegal content, including music, games and movies on it! Oh yeah, and I guess.. er.. software developers could use it to distribute their programs.. or something.. but look at all the pirated movies!"
I love the Simpsons. It's great.. but I don't really think there is enough material for a feature-length movie.
In a 1/2 hour comedy, like the Simpsons, the plotlines and characters tend to be simple, due to the necessity of telling a complete story in 24 minutes.
How can Groening translate the Simpsons formula to a 1 1/2 hour (or more) movie?
However, the other 999 people at MegaCorp are completely unaffected. That one person is really insignifigant compared to the number of machines that COULD be affected.
Additionally, all of the worms that depend on the user launching them on windows could do an equal amount of 'damage' in the unix world. No special permissions are required for them to do their thing.
Mount the/home partition 'noexec'. That's something Windows definitely CAN'T do..
I can't find a reliable source of information on guns per capita in Canada, either way, but I can say for a fact that Canada has many times fewer handguns per capita -- people with guns (of whom I don't know any) are more likely to have hunting rifles and that sort of thing.
Not to mention that a regular user at MegaCorp would not have root access to their machine... The Linux security model isn't horribly broken like in Windows.
Kinsey measured actual men to come up with his number. (What was it.. 5 1/2" or something?)
Also, condom companies need to know how big to make their condoms.. they pay men to come and be measured. Their number are likely a little skewed since their volunteers are not going to be afraid to be measured, and so are probably larger than average.
I don't have a link to the story I saw about condom companies; Google might help (between all the HERBAL V1AGRA!!!!!!1 spam links)..
Better yet, forget this whole 'testing' bit, and write standards-compliant pages that validate.
If it validates, there is absolutely no reason it shouldn't work in browser A, B and C, as long as the browsers are properly standards-compliant as well.
I call BS.. Windows 2000 and up use almost 64MB without starting any programs.. I've tried it. It's painful with a P2-350 and 64MB of RAM.. it swaps the instant you start anything.
Additionally, how does it know what to do to make the fonts usable by the system? This is hgonna vary depending on whether or not you use a font server, freetype, etc..
It says KDE now includes a font installer.. how does that work? Do you have to tell it beforehand where your fonts are, negating the benefit or does it somehow automagically figure out from the X Server where to put the fonts?
I'm just kind of curious how this will work across different distros and OSes (Linux, FreeBSD, etc)
Never mind that PC's have been saying this since 1982, for the exact same reason: You put an invalid or non-system (floppy) disk in the drive.
Yes, the error does not specify floppy, but anyone with any computer experience should realize the historical signifigance of the message and now what was wrong.
You'll find a lot of (esp. smaller stores) with "PLEASE BE KIND, REWIND" stickers on the DVD cases because it is actually a security tag and they are using up old tags..
I suspect you should get a better analog phone then; Phones work (or at least should work) regardless of whether or not there is electricity or not..
Cordless phones will not (for obvious reasons). Poorly-designed phones with fancy features like Call Display/ID will not work at all.. the better designed ones will continue to do basic telephone functions.
But a simple, basic phone will always work -- they don't even plug into the wall.
Really, the only electricity needed for a phone is what's provided down the line.. (I believe) 48V to drive the bell/electronic ringer, and some small amount to power the speaker on the other end..
The smaller, local stations did not have backup power, and some of the large Toronto stations were constantly on and off (CFTO, Toronto CBC), but there were plenty of stations still operating..
How are they going to deal with RF interference issues? Canadian ham radio operators have very similar rights to those in the US.. the CRTC keeps its regulations pretty similar to the FCC.
Also, will this cause any other sort of interference? My TV reception (over antenna) is already crap because of Ontario Hydro -- I live within 0.5km of the high-voltage pylons and my TV reception is terrible on VHF because of it.. (during the huge power outage last summer, I was able to very clearly receive stations all through New York state)
She also includes a small section on building your own Cat-5 for you really cheap Joes.
Assuming they mean making up network cable and not actually fabricating CAT-5 wire, why on Earth would you NOT make your own cables?
CDN$.30/foot + connectors is a hell of a lot cheaper than the precut lengths that are only available in standard sizes (25ft, 50ft), and it's very easy..
It depends.. in some places the analog cable service is terrible.. lots of interference and a weak signal.
It is okay here (Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada).. though the signal is a little weak.
Personally, I have an antenna (wonderful quality for local channels) and C-Band dish (cheap, uncompressed high-quality analog video).. I hate compression artefacts too..
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An interesting bit of history.. once upon a time printers in the US took British books, reproduced them and sold them in the US, without paying any sort of royalty or making any recognition to the British author/publisher, because the US did not recognize the British copyright.
Now though, the copyrighted anime from Japan can not legally be distributed in the US (or Canada, or Britain, or Australia.. you get the idea). However, the only people likely to complain about this illegal distribution are the anime distribution companies in the States like ADV, and since fansubbers have a general rule of stopping distribution when it is picked up for American release, the companies turn a blind eye to it.
The tone of the article was more "Look! Here's this neat file-sharing program. There's all sorts of illegal content, including music, games and movies on it! Oh yeah, and I guess.. er.. software developers could use it to distribute their programs.. or something.. but look at all the pirated movies!"
In a 1/2 hour comedy, like the Simpsons, the plotlines and characters tend to be simple, due to the necessity of telling a complete story in 24 minutes.
How can Groening translate the Simpsons formula to a 1 1/2 hour (or more) movie?
I can't find a reliable source of information on guns per capita in Canada, either way, but I can say for a fact that Canada has many times fewer handguns per capita -- people with guns (of whom I don't know any) are more likely to have hunting rifles and that sort of thing.
The damage would definately be limited.
Also, condom companies need to know how big to make their condoms.. they pay men to come and be measured. Their number are likely a little skewed since their volunteers are not going to be afraid to be measured, and so are probably larger than average.
I don't have a link to the story I saw about condom companies; Google might help (between all the HERBAL V1AGRA!!!!!!1 spam links)..
What exactly does overly restrictive copyright laws have to do with guns? If I don't like the law, can I go shoot my MP?
If it validates, there is absolutely no reason it shouldn't work in browser A, B and C, as long as the browsers are properly standards-compliant as well.
I call BS.. Windows 2000 and up use almost 64MB without starting any programs.. I've tried it. It's painful with a P2-350 and 64MB of RAM.. it swaps the instant you start anything.
Additionally, how does it know what to do to make the fonts usable by the system? This is hgonna vary depending on whether or not you use a font server, freetype, etc..
I'm just kind of curious how this will work across different distros and OSes (Linux, FreeBSD, etc)
Is the new version any faster? How about memory requirements.. it uses up an obscene amount of memory on my machine..
Pretty terrible phone company then; and in that case, it would be just a fluke that cell phones were working and analog phones were not..
Yes, the error does not specify floppy, but anyone with any computer experience should realize the historical signifigance of the message and now what was wrong.
Feel under it for a raised (metal) square...
Yes. Most of the Canadian population is right along the Southern border.
Cordless phones will not (for obvious reasons). Poorly-designed phones with fancy features like Call Display/ID will not work at all.. the better designed ones will continue to do basic telephone functions.
But a simple, basic phone will always work -- they don't even plug into the wall.
Really, the only electricity needed for a phone is what's provided down the line.. (I believe) 48V to drive the bell/electronic ringer, and some small amount to power the speaker on the other end..
I'd just like to point out that the last blackout was NOT caused by problems here, and it was in fact a problem on your site.
The smaller, local stations did not have backup power, and some of the large Toronto stations were constantly on and off (CFTO, Toronto CBC), but there were plenty of stations still operating..
Also, will this cause any other sort of interference? My TV reception (over antenna) is already crap because of Ontario Hydro -- I live within 0.5km of the high-voltage pylons and my TV reception is terrible on VHF because of it.. (during the huge power outage last summer, I was able to very clearly receive stations all through New York state)
Assuming they mean making up network cable and not actually fabricating CAT-5 wire, why on Earth would you NOT make your own cables?
CDN$.30/foot + connectors is a hell of a lot cheaper than the precut lengths that are only available in standard sizes (25ft, 50ft), and it's very easy..
Belkin (I believe) makes a Wi-Fi hotspot detector.. coupled with a GPS receiver and GIS software I think you could do a pretty good job of it..
Many standards have been updated this way; look at the ones regarding SMTP and e-mail.
It is okay here (Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada).. though the signal is a little weak.
Personally, I have an antenna (wonderful quality for local channels) and C-Band dish (cheap, uncompressed high-quality analog video).. I hate compression artefacts too..