That's a good idea. The only modification needed shd be that within a single thread, there shd be a way to identify same posters. poster A might be replying to poster B's response to poster A, and it probably helps to know that the two posts by A are actually posted by the same person.
While your point stands abstractly, in this concrete instance, emmett is right. Did you take a look at the post numbers that the microsoft lawyer was objecting to in his letter? Those (#86, was it?) did not include the proprietory specs in the post; they were simply criticising microsoft. Also there was a mention of SAMBA. Does the lawyer claim that mentioning SAMBA in a post violates DMCA?
Hmmm.... I had a non-American education till my undergraduate degree, and I didn't know about the mho bit. The fact of the matter is, for college courses in (say) physics and electrical engineering, American text books are becoming a norm in many places.
On the other hand, what really needs to be tested before the Supreme Court is the Constitutionality of the DMCA. If this ruling has too many obvious errors that might not be achieved. The defendants really need to lose the first round, but only for violating the DMCA.
I am not a lawyer, though; and would appreciate someone more knowledgeable to comment on it.
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Essentially yes. Isn't that what goodwill is all about? It struck me as a goodwill post rather than an "expert opinion".
That's a good idea. The only modification needed shd be that within a single thread, there shd be
a way to identify same posters. poster A might be replying to poster B's response to poster A, and it probably helps to know that the two posts by A are actually posted by the same person.
Dear harvardian,
While your point stands abstractly, in this concrete instance, emmett is right. Did you take a look at the post numbers that the microsoft lawyer was objecting to in his letter? Those (#86, was it?) did not include the proprietory specs in the post; they were simply criticising microsoft. Also there was a mention of SAMBA. Does the lawyer claim that mentioning SAMBA in a post violates DMCA?
regards,
Archi
Hmmm....
I had a non-American education till my undergraduate degree, and I didn't know about the mho bit. The fact of the matter is, for college courses in (say) physics and electrical engineering, American text books are becoming a norm in many places.
On the other hand, what really needs to be tested before the Supreme Court is the Constitutionality of the DMCA. If this ruling has too many obvious errors that might not be achieved. The defendants really need to lose the first round, but only for violating the DMCA.
I am not a lawyer, though; and would appreciate someone more knowledgeable to comment on it.
Linux users might have more trouble with emacs
viruses. Though I don't know how many people use
it as a mail client.
(I think you misread my message. I said that ML programs need not terminate.)
You are right, I did misread your message. My apologies!
let rec f x = (f x)
Perhaps you are confusing with Charity in which all programs terminate?
So why don't we boycott Yahoo? It's not like there
aren't a million other search engines out there!
-- Archi