Well the system is stacked in favor of the incumbent. The enormous "war chests" that they can accumulate to pay for their re-election campaigns, The seniority rules that penalize states that elect freshman lawmakers, the lack of term limits, and the lack of campaign finance reforms. The Citizens United ruling made by SCOTUS didn't make things any better.
Every country follows the golden rule: Who ever has the gold gets to make the rules.
I think something was lost in translation. It's not the third-party chargers that we would normally buy, it's the ultra cheap inferiorly made chargers that pass themselves off as an Apple product that is the problem.
The best advice for any country and any make of phone is that when looking for a replacement charger that plugs into your home's AC be sure to choose a charger that is certified for safety (e.g. UL, CE, MEPS, RCM, C-Tick. I guess the closest Chinese equivalent are CCC, CCIB, CCEE).
Anyone that votes for a republican or democrat most definitely approves.
For as long as I can remember, the general elections have been more about picking the lesser of two (or rarely three) evils than a whole hearted agreement much less a 100% approval.
Most of the time people are fooled into thinking that the freshman congress person will holdfast to their positions on individual issues only to later realize that they will assuredly cave and vote the party line. The ridiculous two-party system guarantees this by basically extorting the newcomers into holding the party line at the risk of not getting any choice appointments on committees. The committee memberships are just as important to the constituents as the activities on the floor.
But the argument can also be made that the executable is not a derivative work of either of those, the executable is the mere result of using the published interfaces and applying a recipe to produce a result; and to the extent the program is a machine, and not a creative expression --- not subject to any copyright.
A very bad argument. The GPL license is explicit about how both the source code and the "non-source forms" are handled. The 1983 court case "Apple vs. Franklin" established that under the copyright act of 1976 that both source code and the resulting object code are copyrightable.
You have muddled things up a bit. Apple sells hardware with software. Microsoft mostly sells software. I know a lot of colleagues that purchased a MacBook Pro and run Windows 7 on them. They like the build of the Apple laptop but prefer to stick with the same OS as work.
You can actually purchase Apple hardware and still be in the Windows marketshare.
What's interesting about this story, at least for me, is that iPad sales have tanked.
You have a different definition of tank than most of us. TFS talks about a drop of only 8.75% (14.6 mil vs 16 mil previously). It suggests that while Android tablets have become an alternative for some, it hasn't dramatically affected the iPad's sales.
If you want to be considerate and absolutely need outdoor lights then consider putting shades on them to direct the light towards your property. If you don't need the light on continuously then consider getting a motion activated switch or even just a remote control switch.
However if the neighbor complains that her window is no longer dark due to incidental lighting then she should consider getting a darker curtains or a window shade. A friend of mine had a similar problem with a neighbor after he moved into his new house. His flood lamp (really a spotlight) illuminated his driveway whenever he arrived or departed his house. His neighbor complained because she was used to it being completely dark outside her window. Change alarms people.
It's more nuanced than that. You can copyright the work of art AND copyright the data files used to replicate that art, and allow the licensed production of the work with the data files. The summary writer wasn't even close to being correct when he hypothesized:
Precedent seems to imply that the resulting object cannot be controlled (e.g. the output of a GPLed program is not GPLed, so why should executing a program on a 3D printer be any different?).
Disregard the fact that the work is actually licensed as NC Creative Common.
You're not using an output of a GPLed program to produce your own non-GPLed works. Instead you are using a GPLed program to produce someone else's GPLed work. For example, you using GCC to compile your own HelloWorld.c doesn't automatically make the resultant HelloWorld executable GPL. Also if you using GCC to compile something GPLed like Dia doesn't make the resultant executable non-GPLed.
Someone watched the terminator movies and thought "self assembling robots that act as a team, have the ability to fly and determined to wipe out the human race? How can I get on the ground floor of this exciting new venture!"
Apparently the crazy laws in the 101 craziest laws book are not direct quotes from state statutes. The "cannot chain your alligator to a fire plug" was actually based a court finding of a specific incident based on a more general law. I can't find the exact court case, but I did find the court reference mentioned in one of the author's newsgroups.
Yes because we all know the english language is known for not evolving.
Merriam-Webster defines piracy as:
1) an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery;
2) robbery on the high seas;
3a) the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright;
3b) the illicit accessing of broadcast signals
It is correct to refer to copyright infringement as piracy.
If you really wanted to rent a movie, why do you use your favorite torrent site first?
You just justified the industry's efforts to block and pursue file sharers. The whole point of the story above was that as soon as legal alternatives became available the piracy rate went down. At least make "Use my favorite torrent site" step number 2.
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Well the system is stacked in favor of the incumbent. The enormous "war chests" that they can accumulate to pay for their re-election campaigns, The seniority rules that penalize states that elect freshman lawmakers, the lack of term limits, and the lack of campaign finance reforms. The Citizens United ruling made by SCOTUS didn't make things any better.
Every country follows the golden rule: Who ever has the gold gets to make the rules.
I think something was lost in translation. It's not the third-party chargers that we would normally buy, it's the ultra cheap inferiorly made chargers that pass themselves off as an Apple product that is the problem.
The best advice for any country and any make of phone is that when looking for a replacement charger that plugs into your home's AC be sure to choose a charger that is certified for safety (e.g. UL, CE, MEPS, RCM, C-Tick. I guess the closest Chinese equivalent are CCC, CCIB, CCEE).
Normally I would immediately agree, but haven't you seen a college class room lately? Guess what the students are using.
Or he will just reiterate what we known all along that Perl is the glue that combines multiple executables together.
I mostly agreed with what you said except for:
For as long as I can remember, the general elections have been more about picking the lesser of two (or rarely three) evils than a whole hearted agreement much less a 100% approval.
Most of the time people are fooled into thinking that the freshman congress person will holdfast to their positions on individual issues only to later realize that they will assuredly cave and vote the party line. The ridiculous two-party system guarantees this by basically extorting the newcomers into holding the party line at the risk of not getting any choice appointments on committees. The committee memberships are just as important to the constituents as the activities on the floor.
A very bad argument. The GPL license is explicit about how both the source code and the "non-source forms" are handled. The 1983 court case "Apple vs. Franklin" established that under the copyright act of 1976 that both source code and the resulting object code are copyrightable.
Agree and I just rounded up to the nearest integer. We can do that.
You have muddled things up a bit. Apple sells hardware with software. Microsoft mostly sells software. I know a lot of colleagues that purchased a MacBook Pro and run Windows 7 on them. They like the build of the Apple laptop but prefer to stick with the same OS as work.
You can actually purchase Apple hardware and still be in the Windows marketshare.
You have a different definition of tank than most of us. TFS talks about a drop of only 8.75% (14.6 mil vs 16 mil previously). It suggests that while Android tablets have become an alternative for some, it hasn't dramatically affected the iPad's sales.
They only care that 51% of the people either approve or don't care enough to disapprove.
Because he wants to?
If you want to be considerate and absolutely need outdoor lights then consider putting shades on them to direct the light towards your property. If you don't need the light on continuously then consider getting a motion activated switch or even just a remote control switch.
However if the neighbor complains that her window is no longer dark due to incidental lighting then she should consider getting a darker curtains or a window shade. A friend of mine had a similar problem with a neighbor after he moved into his new house. His flood lamp (really a spotlight) illuminated his driveway whenever he arrived or departed his house. His neighbor complained because she was used to it being completely dark outside her window. Change alarms people.
Disregard the fact that the work is actually licensed as NC Creative Common.
You're not using an output of a GPLed program to produce your own non-GPLed works. Instead you are using a GPLed program to produce someone else's GPLed work. For example, you using GCC to compile your own HelloWorld.c doesn't automatically make the resultant HelloWorld executable GPL. Also if you using GCC to compile something GPLed like Dia doesn't make the resultant executable non-GPLed.
There you go.. ruining humor with facts and common sense. ;)
Someone watched the terminator movies and thought "self assembling robots that act as a team, have the ability to fly and determined to wipe out the human race? How can I get on the ground floor of this exciting new venture!"
Thanks for the link. The feature that made me laugh the loudest was the harmonica demonstration.
You forgot the best feature:
4. When your phone is misplaced or stolen, your data automatically transitions from pocket data to somewhere data.
Apparently the crazy laws in the 101 craziest laws book are not direct quotes from state statutes. The "cannot chain your alligator to a fire plug" was actually based a court finding of a specific incident based on a more general law. I can't find the exact court case, but I did find the court reference mentioned in one of the author's newsgroups.
I guess no Monty Python fans had mod points.
Makes sense. How about this law from my state? "You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant."
Wow those were some crazy times...
This is probably true.
If he programmed Perl, he would have left "return to step 1" off.
It could go either way.
Yes because we all know the english language is known for not evolving.
Merriam-Webster defines piracy as:
It is correct to refer to copyright infringement as piracy.
He is specifying the order. Why else would he say at the end of #2, "return to step 1"?.
If you really wanted to rent a movie, why do you use your favorite torrent site first?
You just justified the industry's efforts to block and pursue file sharers. The whole point of the story above was that as soon as legal alternatives became available the piracy rate went down. At least make "Use my favorite torrent site" step number 2.