4. What sort of 'Firewall' is in place to protect private/personal files not related to the case from being accessed by the plaintiffs? (i.e. personal financial information)
5. What sort of protections are in place to prohibit modification/installation/corruption of file/programs on the defendants/son's computer by the plaintiff? (protection against planted evidence) (note, possible solution would involve leaving the hard drive in escrow and providing the RIAA with an exact copy of the HD)
To be a witness in engineering matters, you need to be a professional engineer, which takes a minimum of about 8 years if you pass the exams the first time.
A question for you. As a CompE (and EE now) I have been told some contradictory things when it comes to being a PE in my area.
Basically, it comes down to this, is it useful as a CompE/EE to hold a PE or is it pretty much useless? I have been told that it is really only useful to CEs and MEs and I have been told every Engineer should get it. Which is true?
How do you know that the people allegedly downloading material from the defendants machines did not already own the material they were allegedly downloading?
And two more
How is providing access to a file considered distribution? (Sharing implies at least one other has already copied said file, access merely contains the possibility)
Do you have any proof someone actually downloaded the alleged files that were allegedly shared?
I'm reading over the PDFs and typing this up as I read them, so it may seem a bi unorganized.
1) You state that because you found the resume of Gustave Lindor, Jr. on the defendants machine that this "document indicates he was living and working in Brooklyn, New York during the dates that the copyrighted music was being shared." Point 7, Page 5 of the 'expert' report
a) How does this prove that Gustave Lindor, Jr. was using the machine and that he had not, for instance, e-mailed the resume to his mother (the defendant) for advice or recommendations of modifications to the resume.
b) How does this prove that Gustave Lindor, Jr. was actually at the machine, that the file was initially create on the machine or that Gustave Lindor, Jr. had ever touched this machine? (i.e. couldn't the file at least have been dictated)
c) Does this not mean that the case should be dropped against the defendant due to the lack of evidence found on machines that she owns?
d) How can you prove who was using the computer at the time of the alleged infringement?
2) From the 26-page curriculum vitae (I glanced over this one)
a) Are there any EE/ECE/CS courses that you did not include in this? Why?
b) Have you ever received a failing grade in any EE/ECE/CS course?
c) When was the last time you enrolled in aa EE/ECE/CS course? Course Name? Type? Grade?
d) Have any disciplinary actions ever been taken against you or have you ever been rebuked/censured (Note: no typo, I do not mean censored), by any University or Professional Organization such as the IEEE.
e) Have you ever cheated/plagarized on homework or a test?
3) What possible evidence could there be on Gustave Lindor, Jr.'s computers that would implicate the defendant in any of the charges against her? How would any evidence on Gustave Lindor, Jr.'s computers implicate the defendant and not Gustave Lindor, Jr.? How can the defendant be held responsible for any relevant activities by Gustave Lindor, Jr.?
4) What proof do you have that Gustave Lindor, Jr.'s computer was ever at the residence of the Plaintiff? Ever possessed on of the IP's in question? Has ever had KAZAA or any other file sharing program on it? etc... (I'd suggest having some fun and running with this one out of malicious mischief if nothing else)
5) How is this not harassment of the defendant and/or her family?
6) How can you positively completely 100% prove that any single computer ever possessed a specific IP address in the past?
That is a recording of the music. Those MP3s (or whatever they are) are still 'copyright infringement'. This only covers the sheet music/written score. It's like the difference between a books actual text and a book on tape/cd.
There are practices (such as selling goods below cost, called "dumping" when foreign companies do it) which are legal for US companies that are not legal for non-US companies exporting their products to the US, so it isn't surprising that non-US companies get charged for such practices more often.
It's a double standard, but it's one which is set out in law. Uh, no it's not. Domestically, it is called Predatory Pricing and it is just as illegal.
The US Code:
TITLE 10 > Subtitle A > PART I > CHAPTER 13 > 311
311. Militia: composition and classes
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are--
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
8. Code isn't just 0100110 010101 10100 011
Sure, when you get down to the binary level it's a bunch of 1's and 0's, but who does that? I've never met anyone who codes binary.
Hey Hollywood directors: programmers use this neat thing called the ALPHABET. It's got letters that you put together to form words. We even put spaces between those words (see #3).
This guys never met anyone who codes in binary? I've done it plenty of times. It's called Assembly.
Don't forget the N64 controller. I've also come across a mouse that has a trigger underneath. The mouse is gyroscopic and that was the left click button.
In that case, it's the law that needs to be changed. Currently, it appears that it only severes to get your money back+ some small ammount. If they want damages, I guess there is small claims court. Laws haven't exactly caught up to the computer age, or the domino effect that a crazy computer program can cause on a system (computer or otherwise).
These guys were con artists and should be fined severely, but couldn't more of that money have gone to the people who were duped? Then again the people who wrote the law were probably lawyers and needed to make sure they could have something to gain.
The lawyers in this case were the Washington State Attorney General's office. In other words, by goin to the lawyers, the money is going into the State of Washingtons coffers, and helps to lower taxes, benifiting the people who were duped.
Government: You're illegally calling people.
You: No, that's e-mail.
Government:You're sending e-mail for 8 hours a day and sending and receiving the same amount in email bytes?
All you have to do is pay for the sync converter (or whatever that unit is) to hook your inverter up to the mains and bingo!
Judging by the name, here's my guess on what a sync converter is.
The 120V line from the grid is an AC signal, a sin wave. When you are putting power into the grid, you want your sin wave and the grids sin wave to be perfectly matched. What the sync converter does is synchronise your sin wave to the grids sin wave so you don't fsck up the grid.
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The equator is the ideal place to launch something into orbit from. Ther further north you are, the more energy it takes to reach orbital velocity. This is due to the lower rotation of the earth at that latitude.
The DoD has had the frequencies since at least 1996 and most likely since before 1966. The MFGs have ALWAYS been in 'collision' with a licensed band. This is entirely the MFGs fault and none of the DoDs or governments.
A 4 year replacement cycle is watching the bottom line. The last batch of P3s was replaced this year with new P4s. The P3s had either 256 or 512 MB and were SLOW running WinXP.
The moral thing would be for the Garage Door manufactureres to pay for it as they were the ones knowingly making a product that uses a military frequency. It's not as if the DoD was just allocated this frequency last month. They've had it for decades.
Local county government. We get X dollars per computer that needs to be replaced and we make the most of the money. When the computers were bought they may not have needed 1GB of ram, but by the time they are 4 years old it's nice to have that given how software bloats over time.
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In addition, I'd ask how much he was being payed by the RIAA and how this compared to other expert witnesses in the field or similar fields.
4. What sort of 'Firewall' is in place to protect private/personal files not related to the case from being accessed by the plaintiffs? (i.e. personal financial information) 5. What sort of protections are in place to prohibit modification/installation/corruption of file/programs on the defendants/son's computer by the plaintiff? (protection against planted evidence) (note, possible solution would involve leaving the hard drive in escrow and providing the RIAA with an exact copy of the HD)
To be a witness in engineering matters, you need to be a professional engineer, which takes a minimum of about 8 years if you pass the exams the first time.
A question for you. As a CompE (and EE now) I have been told some contradictory things when it comes to being a PE in my area.
Basically, it comes down to this, is it useful as a CompE/EE to hold a PE or is it pretty much useless? I have been told that it is really only useful to CEs and MEs and I have been told every Engineer should get it. Which is true?
One slight modification
How do you know that the people allegedly downloading material from the defendants machines did not already own the material they were allegedly downloading?
And two more
How is providing access to a file considered distribution? (Sharing implies at least one other has already copied said file, access merely contains the possibility)
Do you have any proof someone actually downloaded the alleged files that were allegedly shared?
I'm reading over the PDFs and typing this up as I read them, so it may seem a bi unorganized.
1) You state that because you found the resume of Gustave Lindor, Jr. on the defendants machine that this "document indicates he was living and working in Brooklyn, New York during the dates that the copyrighted music was being shared."
Point 7, Page 5 of the 'expert' report
a) How does this prove that Gustave Lindor, Jr. was using the machine and that he had not, for instance, e-mailed the resume to his mother (the defendant) for advice or recommendations of modifications to the resume.
b) How does this prove that Gustave Lindor, Jr. was actually at the machine, that the file was initially create on the machine or that Gustave Lindor, Jr. had ever touched this machine? (i.e. couldn't the file at least have been dictated)
c) Does this not mean that the case should be dropped against the defendant due to the lack of evidence found on machines that she owns?
d) How can you prove who was using the computer at the time of the alleged infringement?
2) From the 26-page curriculum vitae (I glanced over this one)
a) Are there any EE/ECE/CS courses that you did not include in this? Why?
b) Have you ever received a failing grade in any EE/ECE/CS course?
c) When was the last time you enrolled in aa EE/ECE/CS course? Course Name? Type? Grade?
d) Have any disciplinary actions ever been taken against you or have you ever been rebuked/censured (Note: no typo, I do not mean censored), by any University or Professional Organization such as the IEEE.
e) Have you ever cheated/plagarized on homework or a test?
3) What possible evidence could there be on Gustave Lindor, Jr.'s computers that would implicate the defendant in any of the charges against her? How would any evidence on Gustave Lindor, Jr.'s computers implicate the defendant and not Gustave Lindor, Jr.? How can the defendant be held responsible for any relevant activities by Gustave Lindor, Jr.?
4) What proof do you have that Gustave Lindor, Jr.'s computer was ever at the residence of the Plaintiff? Ever possessed on of the IP's in question? Has ever had KAZAA or any other file sharing program on it? etc... (I'd suggest having some fun and running with this one out of malicious mischief if nothing else)
5) How is this not harassment of the defendant and/or her family?
6) How can you positively completely 100% prove that any single computer ever possessed a specific IP address in the past?
Since when does German law apply in other countries?
Since when does French law apply in other countries?
I'm pretty sure I could come up with a few other things as well. Oh yes, in this particular case it might be since Russia started to join the WTO.
That is a recording of the music. Those MP3s (or whatever they are) are still 'copyright infringement'. This only covers the sheet music/written score. It's like the difference between a books actual text and a book on tape/cd.
Please tell him that if there was ever a use for BitTorrent, this would be it.
It's a double standard, but it's one which is set out in law.
Uh, no it's not. Domestically, it is called Predatory Pricing and it is just as illegal.
All you need to do is burn the hydrogen down to Methane, taking carbon out of the atmosphere in the process.
If you have a way to do this, I'd love to know about it. Last I checked, this wasn't possible with current technology.
I'm more interested in this one.
A new species of rock lobster in Madagascar that may be the largest in the world. Its body spans half a metre.
You've never been to Australia, have you.
From Cornell
The US Code:
TITLE 10 > Subtitle A > PART I > CHAPTER 13 > 311
311. Militia: composition and classes
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are--
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
8. Code isn't just 0100110 010101 10100 011
Sure, when you get down to the binary level it's a bunch of 1's and 0's, but who does that? I've never met anyone who codes binary.
Hey Hollywood directors: programmers use this neat thing called the ALPHABET. It's got letters that you put together to form words. We even put spaces between those words (see #3).
This guys never met anyone who codes in binary? I've done it plenty of times. It's called Assembly.
Don't forget the N64 controller. I've also come across a mouse that has a trigger underneath. The mouse is gyroscopic and that was the left click button.
In that case, it's the law that needs to be changed. Currently, it appears that it only severes to get your money back+ some small ammount. If they want damages, I guess there is small claims court. Laws haven't exactly caught up to the computer age, or the domino effect that a crazy computer program can cause on a system (computer or otherwise).
These guys were con artists and should be fined severely, but couldn't more of that money have gone to the people who were duped? Then again the people who wrote the law were probably lawyers and needed to make sure they could have something to gain.
The lawyers in this case were the Washington State Attorney General's office. In other words, by goin to the lawyers, the money is going into the State of Washingtons coffers, and helps to lower taxes, benifiting the people who were duped.
I sense the idea for a project to automatically take these images and update a map of the earth in real time.
And why the hell aren't they using PNG instead of BMP?
Here's the revised Government with half a brain:
Government: You're illegally calling people.
You: No, that's e-mail.
Government:You're sending e-mail for 8 hours a day and sending and receiving the same amount in email bytes?
All you have to do is pay for the sync converter (or whatever that unit is) to hook your inverter up to the mains and bingo!
Judging by the name, here's my guess on what a sync converter is.
The 120V line from the grid is an AC signal, a sin wave. When you are putting power into the grid, you want your sin wave and the grids sin wave to be perfectly matched. What the sync converter does is synchronise your sin wave to the grids sin wave so you don't fsck up the grid.
The equator is the ideal place to launch something into orbit from. Ther further north you are, the more energy it takes to reach orbital velocity. This is due to the lower rotation of the earth at that latitude.
The DoD has had the frequencies since at least 1996 and most likely since before 1966. The MFGs have ALWAYS been in 'collision' with a licensed band. This is entirely the MFGs fault and none of the DoDs or governments.
A 4 year replacement cycle is watching the bottom line. The last batch of P3s was replaced this year with new P4s. The P3s had either 256 or 512 MB and were SLOW running WinXP.
The moral thing would be for the Garage Door manufactureres to pay for it as they were the ones knowingly making a product that uses a military frequency. It's not as if the DoD was just allocated this frequency last month. They've had it for decades.
Local county government. We get X dollars per computer that needs to be replaced and we make the most of the money. When the computers were bought they may not have needed 1GB of ram, but by the time they are 4 years old it's nice to have that given how software bloats over time.