Why do we need goverment to get involved on the expiration date for gift certificates? If some store sells gift certificates that expire within a month we have the option of not buying it! I know that is a novel concept for some people, but no one is obligated to purchase gift certs at any given store.
I could understand if tehy paased a law to ensure the the expiration date was clearly displayed, but this is a waste of their time and it will probably not be enforced anyway.
I didn't say that I wanted to distribute the copies. I only want to make the copies for personal use within my own home. Is this copyright infringment?
My grandfather started developing Alzheimer's and his short term memory is getting pretty bad. Sometimes we need to repeat things to him a few times before he remembers it. If he were to take a camcorder to the movie theatre in order to watch it a few more times at home so that he can understand it and remember the plot, would that be stealing? It seems like fair use to me.
Here is the full article from their page before it gets/.'ed.
The Day I Broke My Camera
One sunny day, a friend of mine had this crazy idea of sending a camera up on my kite to take some aerial photos. He was unwilling to use his camera, so I foolishly used my own. The end result was that I broke my digital camera worth over 300. If you're thinking of trying something similar, this story may make you think about planning it a bit better than we did.
The Kite
The kite we used was a Flexifoil Super 10. This has a parachute-like appearance and has a span of 10ft. It would have no trouble lifting most cameras, although if it gets too windy, it pulls very hard and it's difficult to stand still.
The Camera
My camera is (was?) a Casio EX-Z3. This is a very small and light digital camera that seemed suitable for airborne photography. It is capable of taking a sequence of three photos after a ten second delay, which gives plenty of time for the kite to get into its highest position from a standing launch. Andy was kindly responsible for pressing the shutter button and launching the kite while I held the control lines. It was also his idea to do this in the first place. Perhaps I shouldn't have listened to him!
Protecting the Camera
Obviously, my main concern was that I'd paid over 300 for the camera and I didn't want to break it. I put on my Blue Peter hat and cunningly crafted a fine blend of bubblewrap, toilet roll and parcel tape. The idea was that even if the camera fell from a great height, the camera would be safe. Maybe I should have used more bubblewrap...
Testing the Camera Protection
I slotted the camera into its impromptu bubblewrap casing and it looked like it felt at home. Elastic bands and some string kept it from falling out. I tested it out by throwing it around the room while it counted down from ten and took some photos. The lens was able to get a good, unobscured view courtesy of my patented Toilet Roll/Bubblewrap Hybrid Lens Protection System (TM). (That's a joke, by the way, in case someone else has already patented it...)
Weather Conditions
We were getting excited, because the wind looked a lot better than it had the day before. There seemed to be enough, but not too much. It was a very hot day! Towards the end of the aerial photography session, the wind died down a bit and it became increasingly difficult to fly.
The First Flight!
The first flight was quite successful, but in the bright sun it was difficult to see how well the photos had come out. The only way of attaching the camera to the Flexifoil was to suspend it on a 10ft piece of string between each end of the carbon fibre leading edge spar, so I was a bit worried about how "steady" the camera would be during flight. It did seem to wobble about quite a bit (particularly when I performed a few loops) but it was a lovely bright day, so the exposure time was pretty short.
Taking More Photos
The bubblewrap casing seemed to be doing a good job of protecting the camera. None of the landings had been particularly heavy so far, so we sent the kite up a few more times to take some more photos. The next photo shows Eliot College at the University of Kent. The pointy building in the distance is the Electronics lab. You can also see The Venue, Keynes College and Beckett Court in this photo.
Taking Even More Photos
It was a bit of a gamble taking the photos. Some of them were just bits of grass and most were taken at weird angles. But we carried on taking a few more before moving on to taking some short video clips.
Pushing the Envelope
While we were trying to take the video clips, the wind had died down to a level that made it almost impossible to control the kite. However, every now and then, a gust of wind would come along that made it possible to launch the kite and camera combo. During one particularly gusty session, the wind seemed to totally disappear and the kite ended up facing towards th
Imagine using this thousand of years old water to make the perfect brew. Take that stuff made with Rocky mountains water elsewhere Coors, we've got pre-historic water in our frosty beverages!
I apologize if I offended your clearly superior education obtained through the discovery channel. RTFA, there is no eveidence of any geothermal vents down there, just icy cold water sealed off by an ice layer.
This is nice, but the last thing that the open source community needs is more choices. This software will only weaken the openoffice user base and make Microsoft stronger. They should join forces with the OO developers and build ONE great product.
on how long it will take until MS changes Excel to make it incompatible with this application?
My guess is that they will release a new security patch for Excel within a month.
Seep and vent communities are not sealed off from the outside world by a thick layer of ice. These systems receive nutrients that fall off from the surface and heat and minerals from the volcanic vents. This area that was found has none of the basic requirements for life to exist.
This ruling will hurt us in the long run.
Industry consolidation is good for the overall economy as it improves the economies of scale and productivity. Having a fragmented market will reduce the number of available choices in rural areas and further isolate these areas.
If I pay $10 to watch a movie I expect to be able to watch it at my own pace and pause,rewind or fast-forward as necessary. I have a right to take my camcorder to the theatre because I already paid for the ticket and I should be able to the contents for backup or timeshifting purposes. If I have a right to tape a show from my TV, taping it at the movies should also be allowed!
Does anyone know if the EFF is fighting this law?
I mounted a Sun Fire E25K server that I had laying around the house on the back of my motorcycle to listen to my mp3 collection. It's a little bit harder to keep my balance, but I'm getting used to it.
Colleges are for education
You are exactly right, the colleges should be teaching students about their constitutional and privacy rights and not invading their privacy for a minor annoyance.
If the kids knew more about their rights coming out of school they would (hopefully) be able to see when their rights are being taken away. Instead, the universities condition the students to get used to a big brother always watching them.
Why do women think that it's a man's obligation to put the seat down? The task of raising/lowering the toilet seat should be equally divided.
Let's say that 1 man and 1 woman live in the same household and the man never puts the seat back down. Assuming that each one of them goes to the bathroom 4 times for #1 and once for #2 each day and that they alternate their bathroom visits. The man will need to raise the toilet 4 times and the woman must lower it 4 times, which seems fair to me.
Remember the three laws from Asimov's:
Thou shall not kill yourself
Thou shall not kill your master
Thou shall not kill your master's friends
This appliance should be safe if they follow these three simple rules.
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Now we will all have to pay the $1.99 Universal IP Portability Fee in our monthly ISP bills.
Anyone else unable to properly view the demostration screen shot series (start/stop) under Firefox 0.9 for Windows?
Why did it take so long for him to be fired?
Why do we need goverment to get involved on the expiration date for gift certificates? If some store sells gift certificates that expire within a month we have the option of not buying it! I know that is a novel concept for some people, but no one is obligated to purchase gift certs at any given store.
I could understand if tehy paased a law to ensure the the expiration date was clearly displayed, but this is a waste of their time and it will probably not be enforced anyway.
I didn't say that I wanted to distribute the copies. I only want to make the copies for personal use within my own home. Is this copyright infringment?
My grandfather started developing Alzheimer's and his short term memory is getting pretty bad. Sometimes we need to repeat things to him a few times before he remembers it. If he were to take a camcorder to the movie theatre in order to watch it a few more times at home so that he can understand it and remember the plot, would that be stealing? It seems like fair use to me.
Here is the full article from their page before it gets /.'ed.
The Day I Broke My Camera
One sunny day, a friend of mine had this crazy idea of sending a camera up on my kite to take some aerial photos. He was unwilling to use his camera, so I foolishly used my own. The end result was that I broke my digital camera worth over 300. If you're thinking of trying something similar, this story may make you think about planning it a bit better than we did.
The Kite
The kite we used was a Flexifoil Super 10. This has a parachute-like appearance and has a span of 10ft. It would have no trouble lifting most cameras, although if it gets too windy, it pulls very hard and it's difficult to stand still.
The Camera
My camera is (was?) a Casio EX-Z3. This is a very small and light digital camera that seemed suitable for airborne photography. It is capable of taking a sequence of three photos after a ten second delay, which gives plenty of time for the kite to get into its highest position from a standing launch. Andy was kindly responsible for pressing the shutter button and launching the kite while I held the control lines. It was also his idea to do this in the first place. Perhaps I shouldn't have listened to him!
Protecting the Camera
Obviously, my main concern was that I'd paid over 300 for the camera and I didn't want to break it. I put on my Blue Peter hat and cunningly crafted a fine blend of bubblewrap, toilet roll and parcel tape. The idea was that even if the camera fell from a great height, the camera would be safe. Maybe I should have used more bubblewrap...
Testing the Camera Protection
I slotted the camera into its impromptu bubblewrap casing and it looked like it felt at home. Elastic bands and some string kept it from falling out. I tested it out by throwing it around the room while it counted down from ten and took some photos. The lens was able to get a good, unobscured view courtesy of my patented Toilet Roll/Bubblewrap Hybrid Lens Protection System (TM). (That's a joke, by the way, in case someone else has already patented it...)
Weather Conditions
We were getting excited, because the wind looked a lot better than it had the day before. There seemed to be enough, but not too much. It was a very hot day! Towards the end of the aerial photography session, the wind died down a bit and it became increasingly difficult to fly.
The First Flight!
The first flight was quite successful, but in the bright sun it was difficult to see how well the photos had come out. The only way of attaching the camera to the Flexifoil was to suspend it on a 10ft piece of string between each end of the carbon fibre leading edge spar, so I was a bit worried about how "steady" the camera would be during flight. It did seem to wobble about quite a bit (particularly when I performed a few loops) but it was a lovely bright day, so the exposure time was pretty short.
Taking More Photos
The bubblewrap casing seemed to be doing a good job of protecting the camera. None of the landings had been particularly heavy so far, so we sent the kite up a few more times to take some more photos. The next photo shows Eliot College at the University of Kent. The pointy building in the distance is the Electronics lab. You can also see The Venue, Keynes College and Beckett Court in this photo.
Taking Even More Photos
It was a bit of a gamble taking the photos. Some of them were just bits of grass and most were taken at weird angles. But we carried on taking a few more before moving on to taking some short video clips.
Pushing the Envelope
While we were trying to take the video clips, the wind had died down to a level that made it almost impossible to control the kite. However, every now and then, a gust of wind would come along that made it possible to launch the kite and camera combo. During one particularly gusty session, the wind seemed to totally disappear and the kite ended up facing towards th
Imagine using this thousand of years old water to make the perfect brew. Take that stuff made with Rocky mountains water elsewhere Coors, we've got pre-historic water in our frosty beverages!
I apologize if I offended your clearly superior education obtained through the discovery channel. RTFA, there is no eveidence of any geothermal vents down there, just icy cold water sealed off by an ice layer.
Time will tell who is the ignorant person here...
BTW I have some Martian bacteria samples for sale if you are interested in it...
This is nice, but the last thing that the open source community needs is more choices. This software will only weaken the openoffice user base and make Microsoft stronger. They should join forces with the OO developers and build ONE great product.
on how long it will take until MS changes Excel to make it incompatible with this application?
My guess is that they will release a new security patch for Excel within a month.
Seep and vent communities are not sealed off from the outside world by a thick layer of ice. These systems receive nutrients that fall off from the surface and heat and minerals from the volcanic vents. This area that was found has none of the basic requirements for life to exist.
Yes, but only if it was much . This tiny closed system could not possibly support an entire ecosystem. It's all vaporware to get more research funds.
This ruling will hurt us in the long run.
Industry consolidation is good for the overall economy as it improves the economies of scale and productivity. Having a fragmented market will reduce the number of available choices in rural areas and further isolate these areas.
If I pay $10 to watch a movie I expect to be able to watch it at my own pace and pause,rewind or fast-forward as necessary. I have a right to take my camcorder to the theatre because I already paid for the ticket and I should be able to the contents for backup or timeshifting purposes. If I have a right to tape a show from my TV, taping it at the movies should also be allowed!
Does anyone know if the EFF is fighting this law?
Without oxygen or light no living creatures could survive. They may find a few fossils trapped in the icy chamber but not much more.
Spain should be capitalized. Only france does not require capitalization.
Bush got elected..
I mounted a Sun Fire E25K server that I had laying around the house on the back of my motorcycle to listen to my mp3 collection. It's a little bit harder to keep my balance, but I'm getting used to it.
It will be even worse if some stupid kid presses all the buttons after leaving the elevator.
HAM operators are like cockroaches.
If the event of a thermonuclear war, they may provide us with our only mean of communication.
Colleges are for education You are exactly right, the colleges should be teaching students about their constitutional and privacy rights and not invading their privacy for a minor annoyance.
If the kids knew more about their rights coming out of school they would (hopefully) be able to see when their rights are being taken away. Instead, the universities condition the students to get used to a big brother always watching them.
Let's say that 1 man and 1 woman live in the same household and the man never puts the seat back down. Assuming that each one of them goes to the bathroom 4 times for #1 and once for #2 each day and that they alternate their bathroom visits. The man will need to raise the toilet 4 times and the woman must lower it 4 times, which seems fair to me.
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Remember the three laws from Asimov's: Thou shall not kill yourself Thou shall not kill your master Thou shall not kill your master's friends This appliance should be safe if they follow these three simple rules.