>Though the guy who accessed her emails might be in trouble
If he was smart enough to keep the jucier emails from the press, the charges might mysteriously disappear, and he might find himself under Secret Service protection as a witness in an impeachment hearing against the Vice President-Elect.
I've always said I'd believe the numbers when an insurance company pays out a policy for the amount, and/or a company writes off the loss to the IRS in tax filings. Generally speaking, I don't accept claims that are in a forum or format that would not be construed as testimony by a federal court. I have never heard anybody with any authority to speak for a US corporation, give a deposition under oath that makes the claims addressed in the article. It is as though they tell their shareholders, artists, performance rights organizations, and their own attorneys, different things from what they tell the FBI, the Customs agents, certain elements in the media, and lobbyists. I'm thinking there might actually be a crime here, but what do I know?
>Actually, you CAN get aftermarket batteries and replace em yourself. It just takes skill.
Even with skill and special tools, it also requires risk acceptance. What you might do to your own device, you might not do for someone else's. I can visualize the whole assembly of the laptop I'm using right now. If I don't personally have all the tools needed to disassemble it, the shop in my office certainly does. I'd be fairly comfortable disassembling the thing and even working with surface-mount components to a certain degree (that's one of the things we do here.)
Even knowing this, I simply wouldn't do it. Not for my own machine -- maybe after the thing is considered a way-obsolete curiosity and I'm tinkering with it -- but definitely not for anyone else, no matter how much indemnity they are willing to offer. The guts of Apple stuff are *tough* to work with. They have it all, screw heads that strip, ribbon connectors that must be installed blind, boards that have to be extracted between extremely tiny gaps of sharp metal... Even stuff that is supposed to be consumer-accessible can be rough, like the Macbook Pro memory installation. There was a whole generation of these that had one of the memory door screws glued in. It's a lot of fun to pull the whole door off with pliers and ripping force, I'll tell you. That seemed better than drilling. Works fine with a bent-up door and 2 out of 3 screws, anyway.
>I'm not positive on this, but I think that part of the reason for this is laws that basically require it.
Baloney. The campus where I work year-round has a quite open public network, public terminals all over the place, libraries and other buildings are simply open-doors affairs, etc., etc.
And if it's "laws", they don't seem to follow them at UC campuses. Stanford is allowed to do whatever they want to do, but the point here was that, in this one instance, THEY were in a position to make a good impression on ME, and failed. I actually enjoyed the realization that, the further away from the campus I got, the happier I was.
I am a scholar in an academic profession and university visits are a routine part of my career. I'm in a position to speak on this subject, and I think I'm going to start blogging on the comparative merits of schools from the point of view of a visiting researcher.
>This is standard reception for academic guests at many universities
Not *that* many, but funny you mentioned NYU, since I had another story about my experience there...
One of the best experiences I had in SF was in a rental car, which had a built-in voltage inverter (cool! it was a pontiac vibe), and all I had to do was feed a parking meter, to have access to really decent free public wi-fi.
OK, not the most comfortable arrangement, but it was a godsend at the moment.
Having been to Stanford as a visiting scholar recently, I have to say I am very glad I never went there (tuition and housing orders of magnitude out of my reach or not.)
Things I take for granted on a university campus, such as being able to walk into a library, or to use public wi-fi while sipping coffee somewhere on the grounds... These things are actually difficult or impossible for a visitor to do -- even a visitor with credentials who is there on academic business! I was *amazed* at the difficulty of getting into the Green Library for instance, and my week was pretty much destroyed by the fact that if you want to use on-campus wi-fi, "you can't", simple as that.
At every turn, everything that could have been convenient for a visitor was hostile. I ended up rushing through my research and spending all my time at a coffee shop in Palo Alto (where the wi-fi was free, and nobody minds if you hang out and work.)
If you think real estate is fungible like you're implying, have I got a house for you!
Of *course* art creations have different values. And a 2-bedroom house on Newport Beach CA is a little different from a 2-bedroom house in East St. Louis, but in both cases the seller sets the initial asking price.
Ok, thanks for the vote of confidence on SugarCRM. It's way more than we need but so far it's been working nicely as a bug tracking / communication tool. I discovered it by accident, it was linked-to from some Drupal module site.
Open Source CRM, would that be Sugar by any chance? I've been modifying SugarCRM for my (tiny, budget-less academic) shop to use as an alternative to JIRA (even academic pricing for JIRA is far beyond our budget, did I mention it was $0?)
We have competent labor and lots of time. Just no money, which means $0.
You seem to be under the impression that it's not a "free market" if the producer of a product sets the asking price.
Where do you get the idea that a free market depends on producers surrendering rights?
I'll bet you don't apply the same concept to real estate or any other producer/consumer situation. I'm trying very hard not to post a car analogy, thank me later.
Well, the base cost of living in a college town is potentially far higher than even the highest full-time position at that grocery store. Another problem I had, was being in competition with others who led a more "luxurious" lifestyle, that is, they could afford to live in buildings that had windows that closed, roofs that didn't leak, first-hand mattresses, good shoes, never doubted that they would eat 5 square meals in a 7 day week, etc. I did finish eventually but I might have done better if my parents actually supported the idea of me going to college in the first place (they were fairly opposed to it and I received almost no support. When I returned home one spring break, my stepfather made a big show of kicking me out of the house and telling me I went back to college without his blessing.)
I always loved seeing people whose parents paid for school. It's on the long list of reasons why I'm still to this day, a completely anti-social punk with open contempt for "normals."
I don't see any posts from any people who simply don't have a TV.
The space required by a television (plus the seating and the line-of-sight) is huge. Big enough, I learned a long time ago, that by doing without the TV, there is room for a grand piano even in a modest home. Since that's a major priority of mine (serious musician), I don't have a TV, partly for the space, and partly for the time. But I get the feeling that there are people who would suggest that depriving children of TV altogether is a form of child abuse, if they even considered the idea. But I also get the idea that it's considered unthinkable to have no TV. Maybe during an election year, but what do you get from TV that an internet-connected computer can't give you better?
The language necessary to make the non-compete clauses as narrowly tailored as the OP seems to believe they are, my not be as simple as it sounds. I would make the non-compete agreement a fully separate contract, with its own consideration. What is the lifetime value of your contribution to the project? What is the long-term value of the rights (reserved under copyright) that you waive under this agreement? Regardless of the employment agreement (salary, etc.), this non-compete business has a value that may well be higher, potentially much higher than the employment situation. Negotiate it separately. Make sure the non-compete agreement is written by your attorney, at their expense, and don't even consider it otherwise. Maybe this means you walk away from a job. I would, just knowing what the OP told us. The company is approaching the OP, not the other way around. I hope the consideration is already huge. At the very least, I would make the non-compete contract for a fixed length of time, which is wise in any case, if not required. They can renegotiate in one year (with a fresh contract, new consideration, etc.)
Never waive your rights for some lump sum unless it's the last money you will need for the rest of your life. Make them decide on an annual basis if it's still important to them to ask you (by consideration) to refrain from exercising your rights.
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>"why doesn't he wear a flag pin?"
I wouldn't stick a pin in the lapel of a $1600 Brooks Brothers suit either.
>Though the guy who accessed her emails might be in trouble
If he was smart enough to keep the jucier emails from the press, the charges might mysteriously disappear, and he might find himself under Secret Service protection as a witness in an impeachment hearing against the Vice President-Elect.
>Can anyone actually cite a specific email from her Yahoo! account that would qualify as illegal
It seems that the FBI knows more than was disclosed to you, and that there is sufficient evidence to justify charges against the Governor.
>it's quite plausible that the current DOJ may drag their feet well past election day.
Sarah Palin will have no relevance to anything after that.
>I doubt you're qualified to empty a dumpster let alone serve as a visiting researcher.
Big man, posting your personal insult as AC.
I've always said I'd believe the numbers when an insurance company pays out a policy for the amount, and/or a company writes off the loss to the IRS in tax filings. Generally speaking, I don't accept claims that are in a forum or format that would not be construed as testimony by a federal court. I have never heard anybody with any authority to speak for a US corporation, give a deposition under oath that makes the claims addressed in the article. It is as though they tell their shareholders, artists, performance rights organizations, and their own attorneys, different things from what they tell the FBI, the Customs agents, certain elements in the media, and lobbyists. I'm thinking there might actually be a crime here, but what do I know?
>Actually, you CAN get aftermarket batteries and replace em yourself. It just takes skill.
Even with skill and special tools, it also requires risk acceptance. What you might do to your own device, you might not do for someone else's. I can visualize the whole assembly of the laptop I'm using right now. If I don't personally have all the tools needed to disassemble it, the shop in my office certainly does. I'd be fairly comfortable disassembling the thing and even working with surface-mount components to a certain degree (that's one of the things we do here.)
Even knowing this, I simply wouldn't do it. Not for my own machine -- maybe after the thing is considered a way-obsolete curiosity and I'm tinkering with it -- but definitely not for anyone else, no matter how much indemnity they are willing to offer. The guts of Apple stuff are *tough* to work with. They have it all, screw heads that strip, ribbon connectors that must be installed blind, boards that have to be extracted between extremely tiny gaps of sharp metal... Even stuff that is supposed to be consumer-accessible can be rough, like the Macbook Pro memory installation. There was a whole generation of these that had one of the memory door screws glued in. It's a lot of fun to pull the whole door off with pliers and ripping force, I'll tell you. That seemed better than drilling. Works fine with a bent-up door and 2 out of 3 screws, anyway.
Did anybody ever explain to the O.P. how babby is formed?
>Also, if you needed in Green, why are you on /.
I thought everybody knew I was a fine arts major, studied entertainment law, intellectual property, etc.
I'm also a software developer but that's just my day job. Well, hopefully (fingers crossed, waiting for funding).
>I'm not positive on this, but I think that part of the reason for this is laws that basically require it.
Baloney. The campus where I work year-round has a quite open public network, public terminals all over the place, libraries and other buildings are simply open-doors affairs, etc., etc.
And if it's "laws", they don't seem to follow them at UC campuses. Stanford is allowed to do whatever they want to do, but the point here was that, in this one instance, THEY were in a position to make a good impression on ME, and failed. I actually enjoyed the realization that, the further away from the campus I got, the happier I was.
I am a scholar in an academic profession and university visits are a routine part of my career. I'm in a position to speak on this subject, and I think I'm going to start blogging on the comparative merits of schools from the point of view of a visiting researcher.
>This is standard reception for academic guests at many universities
Not *that* many, but funny you mentioned NYU, since I had another story about my experience there...
One of the best experiences I had in SF was in a rental car, which had a built-in voltage inverter (cool! it was a pontiac vibe), and all I had to do was feed a parking meter, to have access to really decent free public wi-fi.
OK, not the most comfortable arrangement, but it was a godsend at the moment.
Having been to Stanford as a visiting scholar recently, I have to say I am very glad I never went there (tuition and housing orders of magnitude out of my reach or not.)
Things I take for granted on a university campus, such as being able to walk into a library, or to use public wi-fi while sipping coffee somewhere on the grounds... These things are actually difficult or impossible for a visitor to do -- even a visitor with credentials who is there on academic business! I was *amazed* at the difficulty of getting into the Green Library for instance, and my week was pretty much destroyed by the fact that if you want to use on-campus wi-fi, "you can't", simple as that.
At every turn, everything that could have been convenient for a visitor was hostile. I ended up rushing through my research and spending all my time at a coffee shop in Palo Alto (where the wi-fi was free, and nobody minds if you hang out and work.)
Thanks Stanford, you're awesome.
If you think real estate is fungible like you're implying, have I got a house for you!
Of *course* art creations have different values. And a 2-bedroom house on Newport Beach CA is a little different from a 2-bedroom house in East St. Louis, but in both cases the seller sets the initial asking price.
Ok, thanks for the vote of confidence on SugarCRM. It's way more than we need but so far it's been working nicely as a bug tracking / communication tool. I discovered it by accident, it was linked-to from some Drupal module site.
Copyrights are rights in the United States. Where do you get the notion they are merely "privileges?"
Open Source CRM, would that be Sugar by any chance? I've been modifying SugarCRM for my (tiny, budget-less academic) shop to use as an alternative to JIRA (even academic pricing for JIRA is far beyond our budget, did I mention it was $0?)
We have competent labor and lots of time. Just no money, which means $0.
You're arguing with people who don't understand that an unloaded pickup truck has less sprung weight than some sedans.
I'm pretty sure that if I lived on Oahu, the only transportation I'd need would be a kayak, a bicycle, and my feet.
Canada doesn't want him back badly enough to take a few navy ships down there and liberate him? That'd be my guess.
You have rights by virtue of being the creator of an original work that is in a form that lasts more than a short duration of time.
You may give these rights away, or you may assign some of all of them for consideration.
The suggestion is that they are taken away unfairly or by force, but the fact of the matter is, they are assigned by contract.
>A USian would just wind up in gitmo.
Cite please? Just a single case of a US Citizen being incarcerated there will do.
You seem to be under the impression that it's not a "free market" if the producer of a product sets the asking price.
Where do you get the idea that a free market depends on producers surrendering rights?
I'll bet you don't apply the same concept to real estate or any other producer/consumer situation. I'm trying very hard not to post a car analogy, thank me later.
Well, the base cost of living in a college town is potentially far higher than even the highest full-time position at that grocery store. Another problem I had, was being in competition with others who led a more "luxurious" lifestyle, that is, they could afford to live in buildings that had windows that closed, roofs that didn't leak, first-hand mattresses, good shoes, never doubted that they would eat 5 square meals in a 7 day week, etc. I did finish eventually but I might have done better if my parents actually supported the idea of me going to college in the first place (they were fairly opposed to it and I received almost no support. When I returned home one spring break, my stepfather made a big show of kicking me out of the house and telling me I went back to college without his blessing.)
I always loved seeing people whose parents paid for school. It's on the long list of reasons why I'm still to this day, a completely anti-social punk with open contempt for "normals."
I don't see any posts from any people who simply don't have a TV.
The space required by a television (plus the seating and the line-of-sight) is huge. Big enough, I learned a long time ago, that by doing without the TV, there is room for a grand piano even in a modest home. Since that's a major priority of mine (serious musician), I don't have a TV, partly for the space, and partly for the time. But I get the feeling that there are people who would suggest that depriving children of TV altogether is a form of child abuse, if they even considered the idea. But I also get the idea that it's considered unthinkable to have no TV. Maybe during an election year, but what do you get from TV that an internet-connected computer can't give you better?
The language necessary to make the non-compete clauses as narrowly tailored as the OP seems to believe they are, my not be as simple as it sounds. I would make the non-compete agreement a fully separate contract, with its own consideration. What is the lifetime value of your contribution to the project? What is the long-term value of the rights (reserved under copyright) that you waive under this agreement? Regardless of the employment agreement (salary, etc.), this non-compete business has a value that may well be higher, potentially much higher than the employment situation. Negotiate it separately. Make sure the non-compete agreement is written by your attorney, at their expense, and don't even consider it otherwise. Maybe this means you walk away from a job. I would, just knowing what the OP told us. The company is approaching the OP, not the other way around. I hope the consideration is already huge. At the very least, I would make the non-compete contract for a fixed length of time, which is wise in any case, if not required. They can renegotiate in one year (with a fresh contract, new consideration, etc.)
Never waive your rights for some lump sum unless it's the last money you will need for the rest of your life. Make them decide on an annual basis if it's still important to them to ask you (by consideration) to refrain from exercising your rights.
Oh, and seek your legal advice from an attorney.