Never? The more radioactive the waste, the faster it decays. Did you know that US standards say that if a piece of Granite were taken into a nuclear facility, it would be considered waste? Why? It's too radioactive. Yes, the stuff people make kitchen counters out of. This isn't to say you can bury the stuff for 20 years and it will be significantly less hazardous, but it can at least be contained, unlike the output from a coal fired power plant.
Final point, NEVER, EVER use absolute statements to make a point as exceptions will always bite you in the ass.
As someone that is donating hundreds of dollars under a company donation matching program to the Ced Cross, my opinions:
1. I'm constantly amazed at the number of people that are oblivious to what is going on around them. I've talked with people today that had no idea anything had even happened here in NYC, so how many of those down in New Orleans didn't know that anything was happening before the winds picked up? 2. I'm amazed at how oblivious people are to the potential risks of natural disasters are around them, and know how to deal with them. 3. I'm amazed at how people that should know the risks avoid facing them and when called to evacuate, don't do so. 4. I'm amazed at how a place like New Orleans can only have provisions for a cat 3 hurricane, when they have been nearly hit by worse. 5. I'm amazed at the fact (pending) that the government will allow New Orleans to be rebuilt once they get the water under control.
I would consider a mobile device any device that is designed to be carried with you for use at various locations. As such this would cover a laptop very easily. A desktop that you can pick up and move isn't intended this way, although you COULD define a mobile device to be any device you CAN carry around, i.e. one not secured in a fixed location. Lawyer speak can be argued like this, so pretty much with this definition, anybody is opening themselves up for audit and legal costs.
First off, I believe you should put your title of General Counsel below your name, as you MUST be general counsel to provide legal advice to people outside of the company relating to your products (and yes, I did Google you and know your title). To quote the license:
You may install and use the Software on a single desktop computer that has a Windows PC operating system (including desktop PC versions of Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, ME and XP (Home and Professional), a Macintosh desktop operating system, a Linux desktop operating system, or a Solaris desktop operating system; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contrary contained herein, you may not use the Software on any non-PC product or any embedded or device versions of the above operating systems, including, but not limited to, mobile devices, internet appliances, set top boxes (STB), handhelds, PDAs, phones, web pads, tablets, game consoles, TVs, DVDs, gaming machines, home automation systems, kiosks or any other consumer electronics devices or mobile/cable/satellite/television or closed system based service. A license for the Software may not be shared, installed or used concurrently on different computers.
Now, I believe that many laptops are also tablet PC's now (convertible) and are ALSO mobile devices (I would consider anything with a battery and weighing less than 20 pounds to be mobile realistically), Linux runs on game consoles, people play games on most PC's now (so what is a gaming pc), etc. As such, your statement is a) probably in violation of your companie's own policies on making public statements as an empoloyee of the company about legal issues relating to the company and b) totally out of whack of what the license itself says. If you wish to provide good flash developer relations for Macromedia, I suggest having your lawyers revise the license ASAP to provide clarification, as this opens up pretty much everybody to be in violation of the license.
I'm also going to call out another provision of the license:
You may not make or distribute copies of the Software, or electronically transfer the Software from one computer to another or over a network.
I would consider downloading this software from your very own servers (which are computers on a network after all) a violation of this provision if taken literally, and as such, anybody that even HAS a copy of it they downloaded would be in violation.
sight != site. You DO realize this is probably as a missle defense system for the plane itself, i.e. to prevent the plane from being hit by the missle, NOT as a defense system to prevent say, an ICBM from hitting the US. Also, this is probably a means to destroy the sensors of those "heat seaking boys" you mention so they can't hit their target, not blow them up. And I also think that "dune monkey" isn't exactly a PC term... And attempt != atempt". If you can't take the time to even think about what is being attempted, please don't post on slashdot, as you are just making the signal to noise ratio worse than it already is.
Many times what is as important isn't the existance of a piece of information, but the lack of a piece of information. If a particular object is referenced and that object is flagged to be cacheable at a browser (cache-control: private), and the reference wasn't an if-modified since request, then you could consider it a new visit. If however, a user references the page the object is imbedded in, but the object itself isn't referenced, then it is cached, and could be considered a return visit. This would work about as effectively as anything this report was talking about, and is something that as an individual method won't require a huge amount of processing to do the math on.
Yes, and you will get a new user every 2 minutes with IE, as it doesn't preserve the ssl session ID for long. This is even less reliable than using IP's to track users.
I don't see any advertising on that link. I DO see a list of links, but not ads on it. Now, they may have removed them, but they disappeared real fast if so.
Fair enough on the individuals vs. Companies, although the "holders of X patents" idea still holds well. Basically, if you hold more than a certain number of patents, the HOLDER needs to show responsibility for the patents if they attempt to extract revenue from them (as opposed to just holding for protection). If a company approaches them though with reasonable evidence that there is prior art, then they should be able to demand a release of the patent from the patent owner or be able to sue on grounds of fraud. These extra penalties will help to keep companies from filing insane patents that they know won't stand, because if they try to use them, they will be slapped down for it. That's the key--Why can't you take propertly from other people? Because it's considered theft. Same thing should apply to patents.
I propose: When a company files more than 10 patents in a year (not even approved, just files) or are holders of more than 20 active patents total, then they are then qualified as a "responsible IP authority", meaning they are held to a higher standard of understanding IP law and of reviewing their patent applications for prior art. In this, if they are found to have attempted to patent something that has prior art that they reasonably should have known about, then it would be constituted as FRAUD, and if they persued licensing of this patent to anybody, they would be liable for 10x the attempted license fees as if they were damages AND legal costs for the third parties in defending their rights to use the IP.
It really doesn't matter if it's WoW or something else--I dropped out from college because I was playing on this newfangled thing called the Internet, to the detriment of my studies. This was back in '95, and I got lucky that what I got involved with ended up being my job years later. Somehow though, unless you want to become a chinese gold farmer, I don't think this type of experience will carry over, but it points out that such passions have always occured, be it getting involved with drugs, sex, hobbies, etc. I don't really think this will change that much except the lack of both damage as a whole people do to themselves playing the games, and the lack of anything possibly long-lasting.
All it takes to get people to laugh is to apply for credit somewhere, or a checking account, or any loan in general... So yea, I love this. No ID theft for me.
Yes, and you will also have to pay an infinite number of well trained monkeys twice as much to find the bugs in the QA department to find the bugs for the monkeys to fix.
To be honest, the scale of the deception shouldn't always be the guide, but the nature of the deception. From what I gather, internal bookkeeping was almost an accepted practice by many of these companies, but bring a lawsuite against not one, not two but three companies in an attempt to extort buyout cash is not only a breach of their responsibility to the share holders, but an outright misuse of the judicial system. That, IMHO, is the biggest thing they did and for that they should be slapped from here to the far side of the moon (and forced to pay for the trip).
No,if the study is wrong, then it could mean that 100% of all studies are nonsense. Or 1%... but if at least 1% are wrong, it could be right while being wrong...
Mod this one up. This answers many of the crackpots trying to come up with ideas on this here on slashdot--the answer it it IS the same size when you measure it, no magnification due to the atmosphere, etc.
You do realize that they probably accept something, and it just sits on a queue until the designated time for it to pop out comes along? It's probably 3-5 days deep, so chances are they accept someone else's submission first. Plus one editor may have seen it and gone "yea, whatever", while another saw another submission and went "cool".
I think the key (no pun intended) would be to map all the keys from normal to dvorak, then remap all functions using that mapping, so all functions are in the same place. On the flip side, how much can you do with vi and still remain sane?
In addition, each new revision of a chip has until recentally taken more and more resources to design in order to achieve dramaticaly higher performance. Look at the Itanic debacle. One way around this has just begun, the multi-core designs, which I guarantee to you are taking less expense to move from single to double and eventually quad core configurations. I expect in 5 years (maybe sooner), that quad core systems will be normal, now that multi-threaded OS's are finally commonplace.
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Never? The more radioactive the waste, the faster it decays. Did you know that US standards say that if a piece of Granite were taken into a nuclear facility, it would be considered waste? Why? It's too radioactive. Yes, the stuff people make kitchen counters out of. This isn't to say you can bury the stuff for 20 years and it will be significantly less hazardous, but it can at least be contained, unlike the output from a coal fired power plant.
Final point, NEVER, EVER use absolute statements to make a point as exceptions will always bite you in the ass.
As someone that is donating hundreds of dollars under a company donation matching program to the Ced Cross, my opinions:
1. I'm constantly amazed at the number of people that are oblivious to what is going on around them. I've talked with people today that had no idea anything had even happened here in NYC, so how many of those down in New Orleans didn't know that anything was happening before the winds picked up?
2. I'm amazed at how oblivious people are to the potential risks of natural disasters are around them, and know how to deal with them.
3. I'm amazed at how people that should know the risks avoid facing them and when called to evacuate, don't do so.
4. I'm amazed at how a place like New Orleans can only have provisions for a cat 3 hurricane, when they have been nearly hit by worse.
5. I'm amazed at the fact (pending) that the government will allow New Orleans to be rebuilt once they get the water under control.
I would consider a mobile device any device that is designed to be carried with you for use at various locations. As such this would cover a laptop very easily. A desktop that you can pick up and move isn't intended this way, although you COULD define a mobile device to be any device you CAN carry around, i.e. one not secured in a fixed location. Lawyer speak can be argued like this, so pretty much with this definition, anybody is opening themselves up for audit and legal costs.
First off, I believe you should put your title of General Counsel below your name, as you MUST be general counsel to provide legal advice to people outside of the company relating to your products (and yes, I did Google you and know your title). To quote the license:
You may install and use the Software on a single desktop computer that has a Windows PC operating system (including desktop PC versions of Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, ME and XP (Home and Professional), a Macintosh desktop operating system, a Linux desktop operating system, or a Solaris desktop operating system; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contrary contained herein, you may not use the Software on any non-PC product or any embedded or device versions of the above operating systems, including, but not limited to, mobile devices, internet appliances, set top boxes (STB), handhelds, PDAs, phones, web pads, tablets, game consoles, TVs, DVDs, gaming machines, home automation systems, kiosks or any other consumer electronics devices or mobile/cable/satellite/television or closed system based service. A license for the Software may not be shared, installed or used concurrently on different computers.
Now, I believe that many laptops are also tablet PC's now (convertible) and are ALSO mobile devices (I would consider anything with a battery and weighing less than 20 pounds to be mobile realistically), Linux runs on game consoles, people play games on most PC's now (so what is a gaming pc), etc. As such, your statement is a) probably in violation of your companie's own policies on making public statements as an empoloyee of the company about legal issues relating to the company and b) totally out of whack of what the license itself says. If you wish to provide good flash developer relations for Macromedia, I suggest having your lawyers revise the license ASAP to provide clarification, as this opens up pretty much everybody to be in violation of the license.
I'm also going to call out another provision of the license:
You may not make or distribute copies of the Software, or electronically transfer the Software from one computer to another or over a network.
I would consider downloading this software from your very own servers (which are computers on a network after all) a violation of this provision if taken literally, and as such, anybody that even HAS a copy of it they downloaded would be in violation.
What would you consider a "mobile device" if not a laptop?
sight != site. You DO realize this is probably as a missle defense system for the plane itself, i.e. to prevent the plane from being hit by the missle, NOT as a defense system to prevent say, an ICBM from hitting the US. Also, this is probably a means to destroy the sensors of those "heat seaking boys" you mention so they can't hit their target, not blow them up. And I also think that "dune monkey" isn't exactly a PC term... And attempt != atempt". If you can't take the time to even think about what is being attempted, please don't post on slashdot, as you are just making the signal to noise ratio worse than it already is.
Many times what is as important isn't the existance of a piece of information, but the lack of a piece of information. If a particular object is referenced and that object is flagged to be cacheable at a browser (cache-control: private), and the reference wasn't an if-modified since request, then you could consider it a new visit. If however, a user references the page the object is imbedded in, but the object itself isn't referenced, then it is cached, and could be considered a return visit. This would work about as effectively as anything this report was talking about, and is something that as an individual method won't require a huge amount of processing to do the math on.
Yes, and you will get a new user every 2 minutes with IE, as it doesn't preserve the ssl session ID for long. This is even less reliable than using IP's to track users.
On point 1, yes, he broke the EULA by using a bot.
On point 2, NO, he did NOT break in-game rules, it's part of the game.
On the last point, agreed, if he broke the EULA, he should be banned and items returned, but that's it.
I don't see any advertising on that link. I DO see a list of links, but not ads on it. Now, they may have removed them, but they disappeared real fast if so.
Fair enough on the individuals vs. Companies, although the "holders of X patents" idea still holds well. Basically, if you hold more than a certain number of patents, the HOLDER needs to show responsibility for the patents if they attempt to extract revenue from them (as opposed to just holding for protection). If a company approaches them though with reasonable evidence that there is prior art, then they should be able to demand a release of the patent from the patent owner or be able to sue on grounds of fraud. These extra penalties will help to keep companies from filing insane patents that they know won't stand, because if they try to use them, they will be slapped down for it. That's the key--Why can't you take propertly from other people? Because it's considered theft. Same thing should apply to patents.
I propose: When a company files more than 10 patents in a year (not even approved, just files) or are holders of more than 20 active patents total, then they are then qualified as a "responsible IP authority", meaning they are held to a higher standard of understanding IP law and of reviewing their patent applications for prior art. In this, if they are found to have attempted to patent something that has prior art that they reasonably should have known about, then it would be constituted as FRAUD, and if they persued licensing of this patent to anybody, they would be liable for 10x the attempted license fees as if they were damages AND legal costs for the third parties in defending their rights to use the IP.
Then it will probably be duped on http://www.primidi.com/, submitted, and posted as a dupe on slashdot again. Sigh.
It really doesn't matter if it's WoW or something else--I dropped out from college because I was playing on this newfangled thing called the Internet, to the detriment of my studies. This was back in '95, and I got lucky that what I got involved with ended up being my job years later. Somehow though, unless you want to become a chinese gold farmer, I don't think this type of experience will carry over, but it points out that such passions have always occured, be it getting involved with drugs, sex, hobbies, etc. I don't really think this will change that much except the lack of both damage as a whole people do to themselves playing the games, and the lack of anything possibly long-lasting.
Yes, but with a post like that, it should end up on Slashdot in a few days anyway... after every news site has posted it a few days earlier.
All it takes to get people to laugh is to apply for credit somewhere, or a checking account, or any loan in general... So yea, I love this. No ID theft for me.
Yes, and you will also have to pay an infinite number of well trained monkeys twice as much to find the bugs in the QA department to find the bugs for the monkeys to fix.
To be honest, the scale of the deception shouldn't always be the guide, but the nature of the deception. From what I gather, internal bookkeeping was almost an accepted practice by many of these companies, but bring a lawsuite against not one, not two but three companies in an attempt to extort buyout cash is not only a breach of their responsibility to the share holders, but an outright misuse of the judicial system. That, IMHO, is the biggest thing they did and for that they should be slapped from here to the far side of the moon (and forced to pay for the trip).
No,if the study is wrong, then it could mean that 100% of all studies are nonsense. Or 1%... but if at least 1% are wrong, it could be right while being wrong...
Innovation != unhiding an option. Innovation is putting something in that wasn't turned off for marketing reasons.
Mod this one up. This answers many of the crackpots trying to come up with ideas on this here on slashdot--the answer it it IS the same size when you measure it, no magnification due to the atmosphere, etc.
You do realize that they probably accept something, and it just sits on a queue until the designated time for it to pop out comes along? It's probably 3-5 days deep, so chances are they accept someone else's submission first. Plus one editor may have seen it and gone "yea, whatever", while another saw another submission and went "cool".
This isn't a proper solution. The WMA files are already lossy, so you burn a lower quality version, then rip from that. This is their solution?
I think the key (no pun intended) would be to map all the keys from normal to dvorak, then remap all functions using that mapping, so all functions are in the same place. On the flip side, how much can you do with vi and still remain sane?
In addition, each new revision of a chip has until recentally taken more and more resources to design in order to achieve dramaticaly higher performance. Look at the Itanic debacle. One way around this has just begun, the multi-core designs, which I guarantee to you are taking less expense to move from single to double and eventually quad core configurations. I expect in 5 years (maybe sooner), that quad core systems will be normal, now that multi-threaded OS's are finally commonplace.