What I think is weird is that the journalist keeps writing ALONtm as the name. It should obviously be ALON, as AlON is the chemical formula. The tm is just a misunderstood Trademark..
Sigh. For the last several years all of our copyright laws have literally been written by laywers empolyed by our publishing industry.
I have been following (unavoidable, if you read newsstories on the net) US copyright and patent legislation for some years now.
At first I thought it was funny, to see the pathetic attempts from industry groups and lobbying organisations, of trying to gain money and control through dobious proposals.
Now I am just hoping reason will prevail over monetary interests.
Then I got concerned when the proposals became law, wondering why you accepted it (I later realized how hard some of you were trying to fight it).
Now I am becoming scared, seeing that the same stupid laws are beeing lobbied here in the EU. Even the "rational" ("" to avoid a boring discussion about our government) Dansih government don't seem to realize the potential danger.
Now I am just hoping that reason will prevail over monetary interests.
And if it did, it would be the stupidest law I've ever heard of. It would have to say you are free to share non-infringing files however you like, but if you are already commiting a FELONY sharing infringing files then we are also going to tack on a petty misdemeanor unless you post your e-mail address. I've seen some stupid laws, but that would be colossally stupid.
As far as I understand, copyright infringement is braking civilian law. It is not breaking criminal law. By introducing this bill, copyright suddenly becomes criminal.
One obvious implication is that the government gets to sue and trial you, as opposed to the copyright holders. And, more importantly for the RIAA, the goverment gets to pay for the trials as well.
Please excuse any incorrect terms in this post - my knowledge to the US legal system is limited, being from Denmark. But I do read groklaw;-)
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> Unfortunately, from the article it seems ALONtm
What I think is weird is that the journalist keeps writing ALONtm as the name.
It should obviously be ALON, as AlON is the chemical formula. The tm is just a misunderstood Trademark..
The amount of energy in sunligt at noon at the equator is approx. 1 kW/M^2, so the theoretical maximum of energy reflected is somwhere around 100 kW.
Getting 25 kW out of that seems quite good. If the 25 kW is average and not peek, it seems even more fantastic...
--- Henrik
I agree with your post except one part: The engineers obviously knew that F=ma could be a large number The formula should be E=m*v^2
Sigh. For the last several years all of our copyright laws have literally been written by laywers empolyed by our publishing industry.
I have been following (unavoidable, if you read newsstories on the net) US copyright and patent legislation for some years now.
At first I thought it was funny, to see the pathetic attempts from industry groups and lobbying organisations, of trying to gain money and control through dobious proposals.
Now I am just hoping reason will prevail over monetary interests. Then I got concerned when the proposals became law, wondering why you accepted it (I later realized how hard some of you were trying to fight it).
Now I am becoming scared, seeing that the same stupid laws are beeing lobbied here in the EU. Even the "rational" ("" to avoid a boring discussion about our government) Dansih government don't seem to realize the potential danger.
Now I am just hoping that reason will prevail over monetary interests.
One obvious implication is that the government gets to sue and trial you, as opposed to the copyright holders. And, more importantly for the RIAA, the goverment gets to pay for the trials as well.
Please excuse any incorrect terms in this post - my knowledge to the US legal system is limited, being from Denmark. But I do read groklaw