Many thieves aren't all that stupid. It's the stupid ones that get caught, that's why you hear about them. The smart ones, well...let's just say you never hear about them.
Yep. There's a difference between "willful" copyright violation and "incidental" copyright violation. Guess which one allows you to collect more damages?
Now, IANAL, but from what I know, it doesn't actually matter whether or not you knew that company had permission to sell the book.
You see, copyright protects the right to copy. When you're buying a book, you're not making a copy of the book. Someone else is. And that person, company, whatever, is the one who bears the legal liability for making the copy, not you.
I think that your story is a good illustration of what I've been thinking is a problem now. There have probably always been kids who are shy and have anxious reactions to social situations. People just have different dispositions.
Y'know, it's really amazing the number of people on this thread who seem to think that I have no idea what it's like to be extremely shy and that I'm some insensitive jerk who just doesn't understand shy kids.
I, personally, was extremely shy in my youth. And, yes, I played videogames (Coleco, NES, Atari, PC games, etc.) and read books for escapism. I learned to overcome my extreme shyness, particularly in my teenage years.
So I understand where you and the other posters are coming from. But, I was never so caught up in any of these things that I had severe problems in dealing with reality. What I mean is this: my stepson, who's now 23, can't take care of scheduling his own doctor's appointments, can't manage to fill out his financial aid forms without help, doesn't know how to cook anything that doesn't have instructions on the package, can't manage to get a driver's license, and can't manage to keep his clothing from being scattered all over the floor. But he takes his GBA with him everywhere he goes, including to the restaurant, the park, his grandmother's house, anywhere he should rather be being social.
I don't think I'm at all being unreasonable here when I say that the main problem is his videogame addiction.
You make such statements, yet you don't back this up with any citations or other evidence. Most of the CS programs that I looked at didn't offer an assembly language class.
Luckily most college CS degrees still teach assembly. Sure most students hate it, but I few pick it up. Especially the ones interested in hardware development.
Really? Think so?
Here is the course catalog for a very well-respected, nationally reknowned computer science program at a Big 10 school.
Other than "Computer Organization" and "Design of Microprocessor-Based Systems", neither of which is truly a programming class, show me another class which even mentions assembly language in the course description. Those two courses are it, and neither one is really focused on assembly language, but are more or less computer architecture classes.
I've seen this problem first-hand in my stepson. He grew up absolutely addicted to video games and he constantly throws himself into the video game world. He has difficulty in coping with the real world. Until we started getting him some help, he was even uncomfortable paying for something at a store counter. His sister, who never shared his video game addiction, grew up to be very okay and completely independent. But now that he's almost 23, coping with real life is a skill he's having to work at. He still lives at home, has had difficulty holding a job. He's starting to turn around -- he's in school and getting A+ certification training (hey, it's a start!) But he's got a long way to go.
Dell and Wal*Mart are actually not too far off. Neither one is a 'true' monopoly in all the markets they are in... but in certain select markets (Wal*Mart in rural areas, Dell in the U.S.), they are near monopolies, controlling a significant percentage of the market. Dell had 30% of the market in April, compared to HP's 18% and Apple's 3.5% according to this article.
When you command nearly a third of the market for PCs, you can make your suppliers do almost anything -- including making them sell components to you below-cost, just so they won't lose your business.
MS sells the OS Windows. There is no need to include "3rd party" functionality.
Linux is just an OS too. Yet its ok for them?
First off, Linux is a kernel, not a complete OS. Go on to http://kernel.org/ and download some DVD authoring software from there. I'll wait. Not there is it?
Linux distributions bundle a kernel with the other stuff (from the GNU project, from X.org, from the GNOME and KDE projects, etc.) to make it work. Plus, Linux distributors aren't selling you just an OS either. A desktop Linux distribution is a complete desktop operating system bundled with a complete set of applications and all of the spit and polish to make it pretty and work seamlessly.
What, is it giving you spaghetti when you wanted ravioli?
It's what he gets for using a pirated version of Firefox!;)
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The reason the Windows IE had such bad CSS support was because they didn't work with the Mac IE team. IE 5 for the Mac had better css support than any Windows IE, except maybe IE 7?
Well, IE 7 reportedly only supports 50% of the CSS standard, so if Mac IE 5's CSS standard is worse than than IE 7's, then it would still be pretty awful.
Yeah, but if a GPL web browser connected to it to view a web page, that would be causing Apache to be voilaitng withe GPL since it is communicating with a GPL app over a socket!
Of course, none of the mainstream Web browsers (Opera, Mozilla, Firefox, IE, Konqueror, Safari) are licensed exclusively under the GPL. And even Epiphany, the GNOME Web browser, which is GPL, uses Gecko, which cross-licensed.
I think there is some GNU FAQ somewhere that says that communication over pipes or sockets is okay.
Following your logic, the best tactic would be to set up an open WiFi access point "by mistake". If you then get an inquiry, it's easy to show that anyone in a 250m radius could have accessed a P2P network through your IP address...
Y'know, that's just crazy enough to work, in the U.S. at least. The RIAA does have to prove that I possess the material, and not only that, to win a case of willful copyright infringement (as opposed to incidental copyright infringement, which doesn't carry statutory damages), they have to prove intent.
Just started fiddling with Audacity this weekend....me likey!
Audacity is very cool app. The editing interface is very easy to work with and highly intuitive, you can change pitch and speed of a recording, and you can even add cool audio effects, with the ability to add your own. And it's cross-platform, with ports for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. And, of course it's open source.;)
I originally installed it in order to convert/edit some tape recordings I had and 'master' them to CD-Rs, and then I just started playing with it, mixing up some tracks and stuff. All in all, a very powerful tool for audio editing!
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Here's a link to the Operationg Cyberstorm Report on the DHS web site.
Many thieves aren't all that stupid. It's the stupid ones that get caught, that's why you hear about them. The smart ones, well...let's just say you never hear about them.
As long as we listen to music with our analog ears, and watch video with our analog eyes, this will be the case.
... Just wait 'til we introduce our new BrainImplant(R) DRM-on-a-chip(TM) decoding system! We will pwn j00!
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Section 117 applies only to computer programs, not to books.
Yep. There's a difference between "willful" copyright violation and "incidental" copyright violation. Guess which one allows you to collect more damages?
Thank you, Microsoft!
Now, IANAL, but from what I know, it doesn't actually matter whether or not you knew that company had permission to sell the book.
You see, copyright protects the right to copy. When you're buying a book, you're not making a copy of the book. Someone else is. And that person, company, whatever, is the one who bears the legal liability for making the copy, not you.
Y'know, it's really amazing the number of people on this thread who seem to think that I have no idea what it's like to be extremely shy and that I'm some insensitive jerk who just doesn't understand shy kids.
I, personally, was extremely shy in my youth. And, yes, I played videogames (Coleco, NES, Atari, PC games, etc.) and read books for escapism. I learned to overcome my extreme shyness, particularly in my teenage years.
So I understand where you and the other posters are coming from. But, I was never so caught up in any of these things that I had severe problems in dealing with reality. What I mean is this: my stepson, who's now 23, can't take care of scheduling his own doctor's appointments, can't manage to fill out his financial aid forms without help, doesn't know how to cook anything that doesn't have instructions on the package, can't manage to get a driver's license, and can't manage to keep his clothing from being scattered all over the floor. But he takes his GBA with him everywhere he goes, including to the restaurant, the park, his grandmother's house, anywhere he should rather be being social.
I don't think I'm at all being unreasonable here when I say that the main problem is his videogame addiction.
You make such statements, yet you don't back this up with any citations or other evidence. Most of the CS programs that I looked at didn't offer an assembly language class.
Okay. Here's another one. Should I go on?
Luckily most college CS degrees still teach assembly. Sure most students hate it, but I few pick it up. Especially the ones interested in hardware development.
Really? Think so?
Here is the course catalog for a very well-respected, nationally reknowned computer science program at a Big 10 school.
Other than "Computer Organization" and "Design of Microprocessor-Based Systems", neither of which is truly a programming class, show me another class which even mentions assembly language in the course description. Those two courses are it, and neither one is really focused on assembly language, but are more or less computer architecture classes.
I've seen this problem first-hand in my stepson. He grew up absolutely addicted to video games and he constantly throws himself into the video game world. He has difficulty in coping with the real world. Until we started getting him some help, he was even uncomfortable paying for something at a store counter. His sister, who never shared his video game addiction, grew up to be very okay and completely independent. But now that he's almost 23, coping with real life is a skill he's having to work at. He still lives at home, has had difficulty holding a job. He's starting to turn around -- he's in school and getting A+ certification training (hey, it's a start!) But he's got a long way to go.
Dell and Wal*Mart are actually not too far off. Neither one is a 'true' monopoly in all the markets they are in... but in certain select markets (Wal*Mart in rural areas, Dell in the U.S.), they are near monopolies, controlling a significant percentage of the market. Dell had 30% of the market in April, compared to HP's 18% and Apple's 3.5% according to this article.
When you command nearly a third of the market for PCs, you can make your suppliers do almost anything -- including making them sell components to you below-cost, just so they won't lose your business.
Not exactly. I think you're looking for terrestris, which means earthlike in Latin.
MS sells the OS Windows. There is no need to include "3rd party" functionality.
Linux is just an OS too. Yet its ok for them?
First off, Linux is a kernel, not a complete OS. Go on to http://kernel.org/ and download some DVD authoring software from there. I'll wait. Not there is it?
Linux distributions bundle a kernel with the other stuff (from the GNU project, from X.org, from the GNOME and KDE projects, etc.) to make it work. Plus, Linux distributors aren't selling you just an OS either. A desktop Linux distribution is a complete desktop operating system bundled with a complete set of applications and all of the spit and polish to make it pretty and work seamlessly.
Not to mention a lack of common sense, a lack of discretion, and a lack of thinking ability...no wait, that's just the White House, sorry.
Yeah, go figure. Stupid Brits can't even speak English.
It's what he gets for using a pirated version of Firefox!
Well, IE 7 reportedly only supports 50% of the CSS standard, so if Mac IE 5's CSS standard is worse than than IE 7's, then it would still be pretty awful.
Y'know, that's just crazy enough to work, in the U.S. at least. The RIAA does have to prove that I possess the material, and not only that, to win a case of willful copyright infringement (as opposed to incidental copyright infringement, which doesn't carry statutory damages), they have to prove intent.
But the ESN is embedded in the SIM card, not in the phone itself. That's why GSM phones can be carried across to different carriers.
Well, the way I see, you've got nothing to lose by trying. Either way, the worst result is that you'll die. And that's guaranteed anyhow.
My Epson C88 cost $80 and uses Inkco.
Audacity is very cool app. The editing interface is very easy to work with and highly intuitive, you can change pitch and speed of a recording, and you can even add cool audio effects, with the ability to add your own. And it's cross-platform, with ports for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. And, of course it's open source.
I originally installed it in order to convert/edit some tape recordings I had and 'master' them to CD-Rs, and then I just started playing with it, mixing up some tracks and stuff. All in all, a very powerful tool for audio editing!