Except stealing fundamentally requires you to deprive the original owner of their property, which copyright infringement does not.
Honestly you need to read up on the subject, this has been rehashed about eleventy brazillion times.
My problem involves litigious companies taking action regarding frivolous and, dare I say, mind-bogglingly ridiculous assertions. Such as claiming that Nintendo of America is somehow responsible for the few customers incapable of controlling their own body.
Disregarding the very clear warnings instructing users to _not_ let go of the controller, Nintendo makes no assertions about the ability of the wrist strap to prevent powerful forces from breaking them. The wrist strap is intended for no other _explicit_ purpose than as a handy way to have the controller hang from your wrist during periods of inactivity.
To further ignore that Nintendo has already improved the wrist straps (and created a replacement program) in lieu of these zealous users when they have no obligation to due so demonstrates how petty and ignoble Green Welling LLP is. I will take whatever opportunities I may have to express my extreme displeasure in your company.
Thank you for your great effort in reading this, RandUser
How the hell is Adobe holding anyone back? No one _has_ to use any of their products. I think you meant to say "Which is a huge nuisance, but if Adobe wishes to alienate a growing market, that's their problem and not mine."
What is he talking about? Linux doesn't need new or exciting features, it needs further usability improvements and for the products currently available to mature. Feature bloat is not something I wish to see in the GNU/Linux world - function over flash has always been the mantra and it is definitely not outdated.
When there is a gap for new programs, they will be created. When someone needs to get a task done and there isn't a tool, he will scratch that itch - eventually, if enough people have the itch it becomes widespread. I also have no idea where he is coming from about this release gap between windows and linux, unless we're talking about games which is a whole other can of worms.
And finally, has he checked out XGL/compiz? That is some bleeding edge technology that is unmatched currently and definitely some cool stuff to play with. Basically I don't understand what this guy's beef is and how it relates to closed/open source - GNU/linux has all the software it needs being developed and the few closed source vendors who don't want to play nice and port are not the fault of the open vision.
Of course, I am basing this entirely on the summary so who knows. *shrug*
I really wish I weren't two years through the CS program here at Georgia Tech already, because the hands on robotics stuff tfa talks about sounds really slick and it would definitely interest me even now. There really isn't an "intro robotics" course here, mainly an AI intro course and then a hodge podge of specialized areas. I did skip my intro CS course but if I had had this kind of stuff as a choice, I would have taken it. Oh well, that is life.
I hope this program does well and encourages students to get into the robotics/AI field, an area I think hasn't quite broken out into the consumer products market yet and has a ton of potential for everyday applications. Or maybe I'm just dreaming, who knows.
"Even if so, it violates the rights of others by threatening their right to life."
This made me chuckle: the teacher was directly threatened by the student's action. By your process, the kid has no protection. Whether or not the school could have handled this a lot better is not something I'm arguing (I doubt the student was being serious) - however, in the judge's writeup there is a bit about intent or capacity to carry out a threat being irrelevant; the district is within its domain by punishing the student.
I didn't say that I agree with the school - I can remember all the stuff I used to say about teachers back in the day. The school is most likely overreacting and, as another reply said, they are considering the reaction of the teacher in this ruling which is a load of crap. However, just because I think this zero tolerance BS schools have adopted in the past ~decade doesn't mean that they are outside their bounds. I wish they would take a more metered approach to dealing with "incidents", but I still think that they're within their (current) bounds to suspend him for his poorly thought out icon.
School administrations are full of power tripping assholes and these parents put up one hell of a weak defense.
This seems pretty clear-cut: although the student _is_ free to say whatever he wants, a death threat supercedes being "protected" as far as actions from the school district. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from repercussions, and the kid/his parents are getting a pretty decent lesson in this.
If you're going to purchase things online, why not pick the "We do less evil than everyone else" company? That would, to me, be the best option. And on Apple, the sweatshop allegations are against a company Apple hired for the manufacturing so I'd hardly _directly_ blame them for it and the Darwin source is only _currently_ closed for _x86_ hardware - not exactly evil by any stretch.
I'll probably switch as soon as I want to make a purchase on something that I can buy through Google - PayPal has an abysmal record with customer service/dealing with problems and I will be extremely happy to drop them (assuming Google can offer a good service, which I think is likely).
And as a final note, it's getting freaking difficult to find deals on things I want from eBay.
-shrugs- Hopefully this will offer some much needed competition with PayPal and benefit legitimate end user buyers and sellers.
If the neighbor had the Plutonium in a secure, radiation-shielded structure I would pick it every time. No NIMBY here, thank you very much. Nuclear power plants are extrememly safe, especially considering the considerable health impacts of coal plants and the like.
You know, maybe if this wasn't in California, USofA your comment might be justified. Bush has screwed up plenty of things, but in this particular case you, dear sir, are trolling. As an aside, I am forced to side with Bush and his pro-nuclear power plant stance. He isn't *all* about big oil. *shrug*
I'm glad to see alternative energy sources being developed, I just wish public opinion would change faster so we can get some more nuclear plants as well.
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Except stealing fundamentally requires you to deprive the original owner of their property, which copyright infringement does not. Honestly you need to read up on the subject, this has been rehashed about eleventy brazillion times.
Excellent way to cause a nosedive in the number of students staying on campus.
My problem involves litigious companies taking action regarding frivolous and, dare I say, mind-bogglingly ridiculous assertions. Such as claiming that Nintendo of America is somehow responsible for the few customers incapable of controlling their own body.
Disregarding the very clear warnings instructing users to _not_ let go of the controller, Nintendo makes no assertions about the ability of the wrist strap to prevent powerful forces from breaking them. The wrist strap is intended for no other _explicit_ purpose than as a handy way to have the controller hang from your wrist during periods of inactivity.
To further ignore that Nintendo has already improved the wrist straps (and created a replacement program) in lieu of these zealous users when they have no obligation to due so demonstrates how petty and ignoble Green Welling LLP is. I will take whatever opportunities I may have to express my extreme displeasure in your company.
Thank you for your great effort in reading this,
RandUser
How the hell is Adobe holding anyone back? No one _has_ to use any of their products. I think you meant to say "Which is a huge nuisance, but if Adobe wishes to alienate a growing market, that's their problem and not mine."
What is he talking about? Linux doesn't need new or exciting features, it needs further usability improvements and for the products currently available to mature. Feature bloat is not something I wish to see in the GNU/Linux world - function over flash has always been the mantra and it is definitely not outdated.
When there is a gap for new programs, they will be created. When someone needs to get a task done and there isn't a tool, he will scratch that itch - eventually, if enough people have the itch it becomes widespread. I also have no idea where he is coming from about this release gap between windows and linux, unless we're talking about games which is a whole other can of worms.
And finally, has he checked out XGL/compiz? That is some bleeding edge technology that is unmatched currently and definitely some cool stuff to play with. Basically I don't understand what this guy's beef is and how it relates to closed/open source - GNU/linux has all the software it needs being developed and the few closed source vendors who don't want to play nice and port are not the fault of the open vision.
Of course, I am basing this entirely on the summary so who knows. *shrug*
I really wish I weren't two years through the CS program here at Georgia Tech already, because the hands on robotics stuff tfa talks about sounds really slick and it would definitely interest me even now. There really isn't an "intro robotics" course here, mainly an AI intro course and then a hodge podge of specialized areas. I did skip my intro CS course but if I had had this kind of stuff as a choice, I would have taken it. Oh well, that is life.
I hope this program does well and encourages students to get into the robotics/AI field, an area I think hasn't quite broken out into the consumer products market yet and has a ton of potential for everyday applications. Or maybe I'm just dreaming, who knows.
"Even if so, it violates the rights of others by threatening their right to life."
This made me chuckle: the teacher was directly threatened by the student's action. By your process, the kid has no protection. Whether or not the school could have handled this a lot better is not something I'm arguing (I doubt the student was being serious) - however, in the judge's writeup there is a bit about intent or capacity to carry out a threat being irrelevant; the district is within its domain by punishing the student.
I don't like it, but I can't argue with it.
As I said in response to a similar reply, you still can't yell FIRE in a theatre.
I didn't say that I agree with the school - I can remember all the stuff I used to say about teachers back in the day. The school is most likely overreacting and, as another reply said, they are considering the reaction of the teacher in this ruling which is a load of crap. However, just because I think this zero tolerance BS schools have adopted in the past ~decade doesn't mean that they are outside their bounds. I wish they would take a more metered approach to dealing with "incidents", but I still think that they're within their (current) bounds to suspend him for his poorly thought out icon. School administrations are full of power tripping assholes and these parents put up one hell of a weak defense.
You can be locked up for screaming FIRE in a theatre.
This seems pretty clear-cut: although the student _is_ free to say whatever he wants, a death threat supercedes being "protected" as far as actions from the school district. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from repercussions, and the kid/his parents are getting a pretty decent lesson in this.
If you're going to purchase things online, why not pick the "We do less evil than everyone else" company? That would, to me, be the best option. And on Apple, the sweatshop allegations are against a company Apple hired for the manufacturing so I'd hardly _directly_ blame them for it and the Darwin source is only _currently_ closed for _x86_ hardware - not exactly evil by any stretch. I'll probably switch as soon as I want to make a purchase on something that I can buy through Google - PayPal has an abysmal record with customer service/dealing with problems and I will be extremely happy to drop them (assuming Google can offer a good service, which I think is likely). And as a final note, it's getting freaking difficult to find deals on things I want from eBay. -shrugs- Hopefully this will offer some much needed competition with PayPal and benefit legitimate end user buyers and sellers.
If the neighbor had the Plutonium in a secure, radiation-shielded structure I would pick it every time. No NIMBY here, thank you very much. Nuclear power plants are extrememly safe, especially considering the considerable health impacts of coal plants and the like.
Touche. Which is why I think we should be focusing research and energy on nuclear fuel reuse [waaaay unexploited in the US] and disposal techniques.
You know, maybe if this wasn't in California, USofA your comment might be justified. Bush has screwed up plenty of things, but in this particular case you, dear sir, are trolling. As an aside, I am forced to side with Bush and his pro-nuclear power plant stance. He isn't *all* about big oil. *shrug*
A heck of a lot less than this solar farm, I would imagine.
I'm glad to see alternative energy sources being developed, I just wish public opinion would change faster so we can get some more nuclear plants as well.
So many new languages, so little time...
I wonder if this will finally allow geeks the ability to 'browse' girlfriends o_0