I can recall hearing people with foreign accents read off random strings of numbers while messing around with HAM gear as far back as 1972. I'm pretty sure the numbers were in English, though.
They "could" hire literally thousands of people to review every upload before it is posted, attempt to determine a copyright holder, contact the copyright holder, and ask them if the upload was done with the permission of the copyright holder. (Many uploads come from the copyright holder themselves.) But that would pretty much put their business model into the toilet.
Or, they could just wait for someone to complain and take it down.
It's pretty ridiculous that thousands of people can walk into a library and make photocopies of books all day long and it's up to the copyright holder to scour the libraries for all of the violations.
It's pretty ridiculous that thousands of people can record pop songs off of the radio all day long and it's up to the copyright holder to scour the homes of anyone owning a recording device for all of the violations.
It's pretty ridiculous that thousands of people can carry cell phones into concerts and use them to create videos of concerts day long and it's up to the copyright holder to catch them in the act of making a recording for all of the violations.
Do you see a trend here? Yes, protecting your copyrights is hard. But don't expect others to spend their time and money to do it for you.
If somebody spray paints the text to a copyrighted poem on the side of a building, shouldn't the building owner be held responsible for copyright infringement?
The population density in the US and China is not evenly distributed. However, it is relatively easy to ensure cell reception along major highways, so I would expect both US and China to do that rather well.
No, the future as in when they start putting WiFi and/or Bluetooth links in entertainment systems and the iPhone is only a distant memory having long since been supplanted by Android.
Study after study have shown very little correlation between how much is spent per student on education and the quality of education received. Public schools are held back by two significant defects that private schools do not have: 1) The inability to get rid of teachers that are ineffective educators, and 2) the inability to get rid of students that are disrupting the learning experience of other students. Both of these are much, much easier to do in a private school. Cost per student here in Beaverton, Oregon is about $9000/year for public school and $10,000/year for private school. Personally, I wish the government would let me keep my tax dollars and spend them on private school instead. Vouchers would be nice too. My sisters were home schooled, but unfortunately my daughter, with 2 working parents, doesn't have that option.
In the future: Cell phones will double as entertainment center remote controls, so they'll be a must have for every couch potato. Putting the app in the phone itself will make it much easier for the app to keep track of what you're watching or listening too, although ultimately it will requires 2-way communication between the phone and the TV/home theater/music player.
I'm going to create a social network that links one person up with another based on similarities between their porn downloads! Just one problem... what should I call it?
Ok, it looks like I may be wrong about this. The widely held notion that Microsoft used the BSD network stack in NT and Windows 2000 has since been refuted. While Microsoft has felt free to steal ideas from others, I cannot cite any specific proven cases of Microsoft "borrowing" open source code. Can anyone else provide examples of where they have done this?
...most people who pick.NET also go with Windows in practice...
Only because the phrase "Miguel de Icaza gave us free Mono" is sooooo open to misinterpretation... seriously, couldn't they have thought of a better name for that project, e.g. ".NOT"?
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Fox News is easy to explain -- either Fox News is the media arm of the Republican Party, or the Republican Party is the political arm of Fox News.
I can recall hearing people with foreign accents read off random strings of numbers while messing around with HAM gear as far back as 1972. I'm pretty sure the numbers were in English, though.
There are also rumors that StayFree and Apple are collaborating on a new mini iPad...
My wife keeps telling me size doesn't matter! Wait... have I said this before?
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Get back to me when they find a planet with Orion slave girls on it...
...you'd better pack for about a 4-million-year trip, one way.
Damn... now I'm gonna run out of clean underwear for sure!
This is a Prius; the default is "Smugly Superior Asshole Coming Through".
"Nice file sharing site you've got here... be a shame if anything should happen to it!"
They "could" hire literally thousands of people to review every upload before it is posted, attempt to determine a copyright holder, contact the copyright holder, and ask them if the upload was done with the permission of the copyright holder. (Many uploads come from the copyright holder themselves.) But that would pretty much put their business model into the toilet.
Or, they could just wait for someone to complain and take it down.
It's pretty ridiculous that thousands of people can walk into a library and make photocopies of books all day long and it's up to the copyright holder to scour the libraries for all of the violations.
It's pretty ridiculous that thousands of people can record pop songs off of the radio all day long and it's up to the copyright holder to scour the homes of anyone owning a recording device for all of the violations.
It's pretty ridiculous that thousands of people can carry cell phones into concerts and use them to create videos of concerts day long and it's up to the copyright holder to catch them in the act of making a recording for all of the violations.
Do you see a trend here? Yes, protecting your copyrights is hard. But don't expect others to spend their time and money to do it for you.
If somebody spray paints the text to a copyrighted poem on the side of a building, shouldn't the building owner be held responsible for copyright infringement?
They're not "burger joints", they are "preprocessed food disk vendors". See, the problem is your unrealistic expectations.
Nobody has even mentioned padded bras... oh wait, this is slashdot, isn't it.
The population density in the US and China is not evenly distributed. However, it is relatively easy to ensure cell reception along major highways, so I would expect both US and China to do that rather well.
No, the future as in when they start putting WiFi and/or Bluetooth links in entertainment systems and the iPhone is only a distant memory having long since been supplanted by Android.
Study after study have shown very little correlation between how much is spent per student on education and the quality of education received. Public schools are held back by two significant defects that private schools do not have: 1) The inability to get rid of teachers that are ineffective educators, and 2) the inability to get rid of students that are disrupting the learning experience of other students. Both of these are much, much easier to do in a private school. Cost per student here in Beaverton, Oregon is about $9000/year for public school and $10,000/year for private school. Personally, I wish the government would let me keep my tax dollars and spend them on private school instead. Vouchers would be nice too. My sisters were home schooled, but unfortunately my daughter, with 2 working parents, doesn't have that option.
Some day this will make a really great McMenamins!
In the future: Cell phones will double as entertainment center remote controls, so they'll be a must have for every couch potato. Putting the app in the phone itself will make it much easier for the app to keep track of what you're watching or listening too, although ultimately it will requires 2-way communication between the phone and the TV/home theater/music player.
Maybe you should get a frickin' first life!
On the other hand, there is a huge demand for a good "Twitter Shitter" app!
I'm going to create a social network that links one person up with another based on similarities between their porn downloads! Just one problem... what should I call it?
Ok, it looks like I may be wrong about this. The widely held notion that Microsoft used the BSD network stack in NT and Windows 2000 has since been refuted. While Microsoft has felt free to steal ideas from others, I cannot cite any specific proven cases of Microsoft "borrowing" open source code. Can anyone else provide examples of where they have done this?
...most people who pick .NET also go with Windows in practice...
Only because the phrase "Miguel de Icaza gave us free Mono" is sooooo open to misinterpretation... seriously, couldn't they have thought of a better name for that project, e.g. ".NOT"?
Netcraft confirms it: BSD tastes more like a cross between Spotted Owl and California Condor!