Regarding a consultant who provides web accessibility services (i.e. making web sites useful to the disabled), you wrote:
It is really pathetic that some people make a living off of other peoples' misery and suffering. They are the lowest of the low-life on the internet and most of them only pretend to champion the cause for disabled people because it gives them a justification for their poor development and design skills.
Other pathetic low-lifes who make a living from the misfortune of others:
The paid staff of the American Red Cross Disaster Services
Oncologists
Special-education teachers
Professional fire fighters and EMTs
I, for one, am grateful that these people chose these jobs, even if they get paid for them.
Technically, the terms of service for $10/unlimited Vision only allow you to send/receive data on the phone itself, not to use it with your laptop, PDA, etc.
However, many people are reporting that this limitation is not being enforced, and that they'll probably only be looking for the egregious offenders who consistently use their cell phone in place of a dialup or broadband connection.
In any case, this article was talking about a service accessed on the phone itself, so that would definitely fall under the $10/unlimited plan.
Yeah, and if you leave the downstairs lights on all night they can screw you over by running up your electric bill. It doesn't matter if your not seeing the content, you're still using the bandwidth.
But my light bulb has its power consumption printed right on it. Before I even take it to the cash register at the store, I know pretty accurately how much power it will use when it's on.
Under your interpretation of copyright law we'd have no DJs.
You're talking about radio DJs, not wedding reception DJs, right? They play music under license, of course. (And, traditionally, the labels are even willing to pay them to do so. Look up "payola.") Copyright law is about unauthorized reproduction, of course.
Copyright law does not prevent you from copying content.
I believe as long as you are not selling it fair use applies. Besides most TV shows are broadcast across the airwaves making them public domain, since anyone could intercept them.
You want to support either of those statements?
Although commercial vs. non-commercial use is a consideration in determining fair use, the intent is to protect non-commercial educational use, not just giving copies to your friends for the fun of it. The fact that you're not charging money does not automatically make it fair use.
Nor does free distribution place a work in the public domain. Works in the public domain by definition receive no copyright protection. There are plenty of examples of freely distributed works which are under copyright, including most free software.
It does exactly what it says. Since you're a registered user, you start at score=1. Since you have good karma (or did, if the moderators notice us), you get a +1 bonus to 2. The checkbox gets rid of the +1 bonus.
I do know that nobody would make them because of being predisposed to a declining market.
I disagree; clearly the disposable lightbulb market is not so lucrative that everyone wants a part of it. There are lots of companies out there that don't make lightbulbs. If you could make a permanent lightbulb that was so good that it would kill the disposable-lightbulb market, why wouldn't some company that's not currently in the bulb business make them? They would have nothing to lose, since they're not making money on current bulb technology.
Uh, for one because slashdot revolves around linux more or less.. maybe? Because linux is the centerpiece of open source software.. perhaps?
Maybe to you it does, but I have no interest in Linux but read Slashdot daily. See all those stories about science, civil liberties, and movies?
Given that Shatner is an actor who was on Star Trek, asking him about acting and Star Trek instead of Linux seems prudent to me. I like hearing people talk about what they know about, rather than topics they're ignorant of.
Too many shoes come with short laces that can barely support a full bow.
Hm, do you have large feet? My shoes seem to come with laces that are too long. I need to make sure the knot is very even, or I'll tend to step on whatever part is longer. I take a men's 8.5 or 9, and have suspected that they use the same length laces regardless of size.
Anyone with even a fundamental understanding of derivatives (any RF engineer) can explain why it is that the amount of RF output drops exponentially as you move away from the transmitter.
I wouldn't trust an engineer who thinks that.
(First, output is output, and doesn't depend on where an observer is. Second, received power per unit collecting area does not decrease exponentially.)
There is a big difference between light that goes down from the fixture, reflects off the asphalt, and goes into space and light that goes directly from the fixture upward to space. It's the latter that is seriously wasteful, of course. Next time you're in an airplane at night, look down and you'll see examples of both kinds of fixtures--the good ones will just put a big, bright patch on the ground, and the bad ones will have a bright point source in the middle (i.e. the fixture) which is shining up at you.
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Using open relays is a whole different story.
No, it is the story with spammers. It is the basis of their business model.
It would be a stretch to claim that confidential materials are compromised when the "break-in" was performed by staff (consultants, whatever) who are authorized to do so.
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- The paid staff of the American Red Cross Disaster Services
- Oncologists
- Special-education teachers
- Professional fire fighters and EMTs
I, for one, am grateful that these people chose these jobs, even if they get paid for them.Technically, the terms of service for $10/unlimited Vision only allow you to send/receive data on the phone itself, not to use it with your laptop, PDA, etc. However, many people are reporting that this limitation is not being enforced, and that they'll probably only be looking for the egregious offenders who consistently use their cell phone in place of a dialup or broadband connection. In any case, this article was talking about a service accessed on the phone itself, so that would definitely fall under the $10/unlimited plan.
Like $10/unlimited for Sprint PCS Vision?
Although commercial vs. non-commercial use is a consideration in determining fair use, the intent is to protect non-commercial educational use, not just giving copies to your friends for the fun of it. The fact that you're not charging money does not automatically make it fair use.
Nor does free distribution place a work in the public domain. Works in the public domain by definition receive no copyright protection. There are plenty of examples of freely distributed works which are under copyright, including most free software.
You mean like this?
How many times does it have to be said? Your right to free speech does not mean that others must bear the burden of paying for it.
(Offtopic -1's for everyone!)
It does exactly what it says. Since you're a registered user, you start at score=1. Since you have good karma (or did, if the moderators notice us), you get a +1 bonus to 2. The checkbox gets rid of the +1 bonus.
Well, "Sk8er Boi" then.
Theorems are backed up with mathematical proof. The Pythagorean theorem, for example.
You're confusing it with the much weaker, colloquial use of the word "theory."
I wouldn't trust an engineer who thinks that.
(First, output is output, and doesn't depend on where an observer is. Second, received power per unit collecting area does not decrease exponentially.)
There is a big difference between light that goes down from the fixture, reflects off the asphalt, and goes into space and light that goes directly from the fixture upward to space. It's the latter that is seriously wasteful, of course. Next time you're in an airplane at night, look down and you'll see examples of both kinds of fixtures--the good ones will just put a big, bright patch on the ground, and the bad ones will have a bright point source in the middle (i.e. the fixture) which is shining up at you.
It would be a stretch to claim that confidential materials are compromised when the "break-in" was performed by staff (consultants, whatever) who are authorized to do so.