Welcome to the real world, where it is not illegal to be in an accident. Well, at least not in Sweden. I can't talk for other countries. It might not be good, but then again, you won't be arrested for it. On the other hand, if you drive head on in to a school class of children while screaming "I'm going to take you down" then good luck with that insurance you've got. See the difference? Legal/Not-legal.
Yes, offering insurance for this is a great idea. Not for the reasons that might pop in to peoples head though. If I remember my, somewhat meager, law classes correctly then you can not contractually take on liability for illegal actions. This sounds to me like the companies that insure you against speeding tickets. Sure, they might pay up when you make your claim, they might just as easily say "Hell no!", take the money and run when the shit hits the fan. You won't have a legal leg to stand on.
In the future you just might consider using pdf for your resume. Nothing sucks as much as an old version of word falling apart due to differences in document format. Or better yet, those little edits you made that changed the resume for the better can be 'back tracked' by the people considering to hire you.
Yeah, I hate trying to boot up windows on those pesky pentium 0.5 things. Bogs down the entire setup. And to think they were all the rage before the Pentium and Pentium Pro came out.
Yes, I'm sure all those people like Newton and Einstein would agree with you. As the story goes, one day when Einstein was sitting under an orange tree a fruit fell on his head. This in turn led to him discovering the theory of relativity burried under the tree.
Are you insane? Not only did you Read The Fucking Article, you read another fucking article on top of that. Who are you and what are you doing on Slashdot?!
China recognises plenty of rights in their constitution and I would assume "free speech" is one of them. In fact, reading their constitution makes the place sound like heaven on earth, rights for all and freedom in abundance. The only nagging thing about it is that they end every single point with "unless it conflicts with the interests of the state", or some such. So it is not so much a "violation" as it is a use of a loophole, if you can call a hole the size of a tank a loophole.
Could that be because it is, more or less, inconsequential? True, it affects things but still, you try to run a company making a 0.5% gain on capital per year. See what investors that want to risk investing in it and what investors that prefer to put their money in a cash bank account at higher interest and lower risk.
That said, I see no reason to think that Nintendo is in a panc situation, but I haven't even looked at their quarterly report so what do I know.
Problem is, to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the data, you need to prevent huge number of scenarios where you access the data - many of them quite legal.
The only difference between 'making a warez copy of the data to be distributed for all mankind' and 'making a backup copy in case the original dies' is *intent*. And no DRM can dechiper that.
While you in essence are correct, there is at least one, if not many, ways to cope with that specific situation. Two separated (or dual configurable) drm systems. One that let's you copy the media but implements in the copy the secondary no-copy-allowed drm. Presto, fair right usage preserved.
Sure, there are still a load of stuff that are problematic with this approach, as with all drm, such as "if you can see it you can copy it" et cetera. Also. this particular sollution does let a "pirate" make a godzillion copies from the original and spread it arround. The thing is, we would be back to exchanging flopy disks (by only another model) and for content providers that would be, while not perfect, a dream scenario by todays standards. All this assuming the acctual implementation of what I am talking about works. If it can simply be side-steped then obviously it doesnt work and the rest of the statements mean nothing.
And hence you do not put all your savings in to a gigantic google-stock-package. You D-I-V-E-R-S-I-F-Y, preferably according to a nice statistical "optimum graph" if you have a lot of cash, in a fund or different business areas if you don't.
I think that is what the original poster tried to say. Well, except for that fact that he should have written 1/4 gallon sized bottle. Not that I realy know much about holograms, simply that if what you stated is true then it would be legitimate to see the end result as a smaller bottle.
Example Original Picture Of a Square Bottle:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
Example End Result of the Broken Picture
XX XX
See, same size bottle with half the resolution OR 1/4 sized bottle with the same resolution (simply fewer pixels).
Again, given the fact that what you stated is true. I have no idea if it is.
I think you just accidentally came up with a sollution to the "eew, the tiles don't look good"-problem that some people have been voicing. Can't say that I actually read all the licenses for the FreeCol game but since it's GPLed then I assume something similar is up with their graphics.
1. Download FreeCol 2. Implement tiles in FreeCiv 3. Profit!!!
All you have to figure out now is how to get 20 of the world's prettiest supermodels at your house, and some animal specimens, during the time of this burst, so you could repopulate the earth later.
If you figure out that part of the plan you just know Murphys law will spring in to action and the entire damn gamma burst will miss the planet. So much for fun with models.
Flip side of that is that if we develop sufficient technology to terraform Mars or some other planet (ideally some planet a little closer to Earth gravity), we should have no trouble fixing something as simple as the ozone layer on our own....
Sure we might. Problem might be that the process involved in re-creating the ozone layer, at that level of technology, might very well involve some processes that are heavily disruptive to the current planetary life.
Just to clear things up, fever isn't your bodys way of telling you something is wrong. Fever, normaly, isn't even caused by external problems in itself. Little organisms floating arround in your body simply doesn't like the heat, thus the body makes itself warm. Might missfire at times, sure, but most often does more good then bad.
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Welcome to the real world, where it is not illegal to be in an accident. Well, at least not in Sweden. I can't talk for other countries. It might not be good, but then again, you won't be arrested for it. On the other hand, if you drive head on in to a school class of children while screaming "I'm going to take you down" then good luck with that insurance you've got. See the difference? Legal/Not-legal.
Yes, offering insurance for this is a great idea. Not for the reasons that might pop in to peoples head though. If I remember my, somewhat meager, law classes correctly then you can not contractually take on liability for illegal actions. This sounds to me like the companies that insure you against speeding tickets. Sure, they might pay up when you make your claim, they might just as easily say "Hell no!", take the money and run when the shit hits the fan. You won't have a legal leg to stand on.
In the future you just might consider using pdf for your resume. Nothing sucks as much as an old version of word falling apart due to differences in document format. Or better yet, those little edits you made that changed the resume for the better can be 'back tracked' by the people considering to hire you.
Yeah, I hate trying to boot up windows on those pesky pentium 0.5 things. Bogs down the entire setup. And to think they were all the rage before the Pentium and Pentium Pro came out.
"A witty saying proves nothing."
I always figured it would be gods playing doctors.
Yes, I'm sure all those people like Newton and Einstein would agree with you. As the story goes, one day when Einstein was sitting under an orange tree a fruit fell on his head. This in turn led to him discovering the theory of relativity burried under the tree.
Their loss is our gain.
Are you insane? Not only did you Read The Fucking Article, you read another fucking article on top of that. Who are you and what are you doing on Slashdot?!
China recognises plenty of rights in their constitution and I would assume "free speech" is one of them. In fact, reading their constitution makes the place sound like heaven on earth, rights for all and freedom in abundance. The only nagging thing about it is that they end every single point with "unless it conflicts with the interests of the state", or some such. So it is not so much a "violation" as it is a use of a loophole, if you can call a hole the size of a tank a loophole.
altavista,digital.com, not altavista.com.
Well, duh! It is hard to drop a pretend gun, is it not?
So, you are saying you can get a credit card without the SIN? Why can't "they" do that as well?
Such as News Corp? Please...
Could that be because it is, more or less, inconsequential? True, it affects things but still, you try to run a company making a 0.5% gain on capital per year. See what investors that want to risk investing in it and what investors that prefer to put their money in a cash bank account at higher interest and lower risk.
That said, I see no reason to think that Nintendo is in a panc situation, but I haven't even looked at their quarterly report so what do I know.
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While you in essence are correct, there is at least one, if not many, ways to cope with that specific situation. Two separated (or dual configurable) drm systems. One that let's you copy the media but implements in the copy the secondary no-copy-allowed drm. Presto, fair right usage preserved.
Sure, there are still a load of stuff that are problematic with this approach, as with all drm, such as "if you can see it you can copy it" et cetera. Also. this particular sollution does let a "pirate" make a godzillion copies from the original and spread it arround. The thing is, we would be back to exchanging flopy disks (by only another model) and for content providers that would be, while not perfect, a dream scenario by todays standards. All this assuming the acctual implementation of what I am talking about works. If it can simply be side-steped then obviously it doesnt work and the rest of the statements mean nothing.
And hence you do not put all your savings in to a gigantic google-stock-package. You D-I-V-E-R-S-I-F-Y, preferably according to a nice statistical "optimum graph" if you have a lot of cash, in a fund or different business areas if you don't.
I think that is what the original poster tried to say. Well, except for that fact that he should have written 1/4 gallon sized bottle. Not that I realy know much about holograms, simply that if what you stated is true then it would be legitimate to see the end result as a smaller bottle.
Example Original Picture Of a Square Bottle:
XXXX
XXXX
XXXX
XXXX
Example End Result of the Broken Picture
XX
XX
See, same size bottle with half the resolution OR 1/4 sized bottle with the same resolution (simply fewer pixels).
Again, given the fact that what you stated is true. I have no idea if it is.
I think you just accidentally came up with a sollution to the "eew, the tiles don't look good"-problem that some people have been voicing. Can't say that I actually read all the licenses for the FreeCol game but since it's GPLed then I assume something similar is up with their graphics.
1. Download FreeCol
2. Implement tiles in FreeCiv
3. Profit!!!
If you figure out that part of the plan you just know Murphys law will spring in to action and the entire damn gamma burst will miss the planet. So much for fun with models.
Sure we might. Problem might be that the process involved in re-creating the ozone layer, at that level of technology, might very well involve some processes that are heavily disruptive to the current planetary life.
Just to clear things up, fever isn't your bodys way of telling you something is wrong. Fever, normaly, isn't even caused by external problems in itself. Little organisms floating arround in your body simply doesn't like the heat, thus the body makes itself warm. Might missfire at times, sure, but most often does more good then bad.
I think they are refering to the Jamba ring tone ads.
Stealing as in "if there was no patent system and everything was open source" they would simply be extending the functionality of "our" products?
Funny how things work when you apply reality to it.