Previously, most people had no idea what a Flash drive was, but now you can be sure to find most people with even a basic Flash drive in their pocket or purse.
I thought this article was fairly informative, but their writing sure could use a little work.
I don't see how this solves the censorship problem at all. If the xxx TLD is blocked by the ISP or OS vendor, (I don't know why an OS vendor would block a TLD, but ok) then no porn sites will use.xxx as their only TLD, since it could potentially be blocked. Allowing the TLD to be blocked would only make censorship easier.
Even though there are millions of psychics/clairvoyants and other people who claim to be able to predict the future worldwide, not one predicted the tsunami!
Except that Pseudo-Random Number Generator. I think we know what's pseudoscience now!
(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of property or services, shall knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services in any of the following ways:
(1) Without the consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent; (2) Beyond the scope of the express or implied consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent; (3) By deception; (4) By threat; (5) By intimidation.
Yes Word documents are larger than they seem like they would have to be, but does the extra 19K really bother anyone? We have 80GB hard drives and 512MB of RAM, and 1mbps connections, so 20K is really a trivial amount.
MSNBot is pulling as many pages from my site as GoogleBot, but only bringing me 2% of the visitors that Google does.
The number of visitors to your site has more to do with the popularity of Google than the quality of the search engine. If more people used MSN, you'd probably see more of your traffic coming from there.
Q. OK, I understand that most of the distribution of software decoders is free of charge, is this the same for the software encoders?
A. No, while we basically support the freeware concept for software players, for all encoders a license is needed.
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Q. I have developed my own software encoder to run MPEG Layer-3. Do I need a license?
A. Yes, in this case you have to get a "patent-only" license from THOMSON multimedia, the following royalties apply:
- US $ 25 for the first 1000 encoders,
- US $ 20 for the next 1000 encoders,
- US $ 15 for the next 1000 encoders,
- US $ 10 for all further units, and
- US $ 10 000 yearly minimum, payable upon signature and each following year in January, fully creditable against future sales.
For these "patent only" licenses we have also granted licenses for unlimited sales based on a fixed royalty per year.
The royalty does not include any on-going support from Fraunhofer IIS.
This agreement does NOT cover the right to sell MPEG Layer-3 encoded data (e.g. in "pay-audio" and "broadcast" systems). These rights are covered by the licenses described under (IId) and (IIe).
Firefox will do fine for the next year or so, but when MS releases Longhorn and its new browser, Firefox is going to have to have something that the new MS browser doesn't. MS isn't stupid, they realize what advantages Firefox has over IE, and they're going to improve their browser. Once Longhorn comes out, the average user is no longer going to make the effort to switch. The only reason Firefox is doing so well now is that IE is really terrible. The new MS browser will be better, and Firefox will have to get better also.
I could be wrong, but IMO, they aren't the same licenses. The GPL and BSD licenses differ quite a bit.
I agree that they're different licenses, but is one of them generally accepted as being "free software" while the other is "open source"? Perhaps this distinction exists and I just wasn't aware of it.
This piece mainly addresses the issue of potential security threats from files (like Firefox or Flash Player) that the user decides to download voluntarily. While there are potential risks here, it seems to me that the main issue is users inadvertently installing spyware and adware. I doubt that many users encounter problems from software that they were actually trying to install in the first place.
It's true that we don't normally refer to people by their city of origin anymore, but back when it was more common for people to be "dukes" or "barons," this happened frequently. For example the Duke of York could simply be called "York," even though his real name might be Charles.
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Whoa, spoilers. I guess it's just a coincidence that I happen to be reading Dune right now.
Previously, most people had no idea what a Flash drive was, but now you can be sure to find most people with even a basic Flash drive in their pocket or purse.
I thought this article was fairly informative, but their writing sure could use a little work.
* Allow ISP's or OS vendors to block xxx domain
.xxx as their only TLD, since it could potentially be blocked. Allowing the TLD to be blocked would only make censorship easier.
I don't see how this solves the censorship problem at all. If the xxx TLD is blocked by the ISP or OS vendor, (I don't know why an OS vendor would block a TLD, but ok) then no porn sites will use
Imagine if every human that ever died of simple old age was still around today. I don't think the Earth could support that many humans.
So what would happen? We'd all die?
This is an English-language site. I would say that both the original and the translation should be in the story.
Even though there are millions of psychics/clairvoyants and other people who claim to be able to predict the future worldwide, not one predicted the tsunami!
Except that Pseudo-Random Number Generator. I think we know what's pseudoscience now!
From the Ohio Revised Code:
2913.02. Theft.
(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of property or services, shall knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services in any of the following ways:
(1) Without the consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent;
(2) Beyond the scope of the express or implied consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent;
(3) By deception;
(4) By threat;
(5) By intimidation.
Yes Word documents are larger than they seem like they would have to be, but does the extra 19K really bother anyone? We have 80GB hard drives and 512MB of RAM, and 1mbps connections, so 20K is really a trivial amount.
MSNBot is pulling as many pages from my site as GoogleBot, but only bringing me 2% of the visitors that Google does.
The number of visitors to your site has more to do with the popularity of Google than the quality of the search engine. If more people used MSN, you'd probably see more of your traffic coming from there.
I have to rely on the honesty of my guests in disclosing if their camera has imaging capabilities or not
I think if they say no, you can be pretty sure they're lying.
Also, in case you were wondering:
II.c) Software ENCODERS
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Q. OK, I understand that most of the distribution of software decoders is free of charge, is this the same for the software encoders?
A. No, while we basically support the freeware concept for software players, for all encoders a license is needed.
*****
Q. I have developed my own software encoder to run MPEG Layer-3. Do I need a license?
A. Yes, in this case you have to get a "patent-only" license from THOMSON multimedia, the following royalties apply:
- US $ 25 for the first 1000 encoders,
- US $ 20 for the next 1000 encoders,
- US $ 15 for the next 1000 encoders,
- US $ 10 for all further units, and
- US $ 10 000 yearly minimum, payable upon signature and each following year in January, fully creditable against future sales.
For these "patent only" licenses we have also granted licenses for unlimited sales based on a fixed royalty per year.
The royalty does not include any on-going support from Fraunhofer IIS.
This agreement does NOT cover the right to sell MPEG Layer-3 encoded data (e.g. in "pay-audio" and "broadcast" systems). These rights are covered by the licenses described under (IId) and (IIe).
Firefox will do fine for the next year or so, but when MS releases Longhorn and its new browser, Firefox is going to have to have something that the new MS browser doesn't. MS isn't stupid, they realize what advantages Firefox has over IE, and they're going to improve their browser. Once Longhorn comes out, the average user is no longer going to make the effort to switch. The only reason Firefox is doing so well now is that IE is really terrible. The new MS browser will be better, and Firefox will have to get better also.
I could be wrong, but IMO, they aren't the same licenses. The GPL and BSD licenses differ quite a bit.
I agree that they're different licenses, but is one of them generally accepted as being "free software" while the other is "open source"? Perhaps this distinction exists and I just wasn't aware of it.
This piece mainly addresses the issue of potential security threats from files (like Firefox or Flash Player) that the user decides to download voluntarily. While there are potential risks here, it seems to me that the main issue is users inadvertently installing spyware and adware. I doubt that many users encounter problems from software that they were actually trying to install in the first place.
Actually, most foxes are naked for that matter...
I think the problem is that this is an anthropomorphic fox with human genetalia.
It's true that we don't normally refer to people by their city of origin anymore, but back when it was more common for people to be "dukes" or "barons," this happened frequently. For example the Duke of York could simply be called "York," even though his real name might be Charles.