"If you use this "non-commercial" camera to produce commercial work, MPEG-LA can just come up to you and demand that you pay the licensing fee"
And I'll sue the shit out of them for extorting me for money after the fact, I bought my camera without a manual or box, off eBay. WHAT LICENSE? RICO lawsuit here we come!
Actually the energy required to change a crystalline state is far more than what is required to just keep refreshing a bit in silicon.
However, the write/read cycle lifetime of this tech pretty much means this stuff should be used as hard disk stuff. 10^8 W/R for PCM is much better than the typical 10^6 of NAND and NOR.
"CO2 levels of 300ppm are generally what are needed for good plant growth, while levels above 1200ppm can become injurious. CO2 deficiency can occur in greenhouses that are closed up in winter to conserve heat. When CO2 is limiting, plant growth slows resulting in stunted plants and delayed maturity. Conversely, too much CO2 will also stunt plants but this is usually accompanied by chlorosis or necrosis of the foliage"
As a man in the Horticultural business, it wouldn't be good of me to not keep abreast of all the changes. Even the slightest GM change could make me force a light panel redesign to match that new strain's photosynthetic needs.
"It's also possible Sony will make every attempt to settle this out of court to prevent the court from definitively ruling on what a company may and may not put in a ToS/EULA."
You can be rest assured the second I sign up and obtain representative status this won't be allowed to happen. I will be the holdout if everyone else gets lured by $$$.
"There is more to the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3) computer entertainment system than you may have assumed. In addition to playing games, watching movies, listening to music, and viewing photos, you can use the PS3 system to run the Linux operating system. "
Are you fucking blind or what? It's in the first goddamned paragraph.
On the other hand, if enough people in enough jurisdictions file the SAME SUIT in multiple courts, the judges have the option to consolidate all the claims into a class-action suit.
"It surely wasn't Visa or Mastercard, since they are contractually obligated to the merchants not to reverse charges after 30 days past sale."
Wrong. I used my VISA for STALKER (D2D) and three months later after they (D2D) still refused to patch online MP to 1.0006 I called up the credit company and told them to reverse the charges for failure to deliver. I then called Direct2Drive and told them to remove STALKER from my account as I had the charges reversed.
Sony doesn't have that option - we're pressing the suits and we're going to be filing for maximum damages, and we're *NOT* going to let it go. It will be taken to a full trial if necessary to get a permanent injunction against Sony products being sold in the USA.
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"The whole "the only way to fix it is to reinstall" is extremely rare since XP"
Bullshit. I watch XP, Vista, and 7 machines eat their own NTLDR on reboot all the goddamned time.
"Anyone else find that sometimes it just goes ahead and does it?"
I have it turned off and I *STILL* get updates. I've also removed the HP assistant so that doesn't do the same damned thing twice.
Makes me miss the days of DOS.
"Technically, you're not legally allowed to race,"
I take it you've never seen the speedways around most major cities where you can take your car out to race?
What manual? I bought my camera off eBay without the original packaging or manual, just the camera itself.
"take it like a man."
Says the child posting on the internet.
"If you use this "non-commercial" camera to produce commercial work, MPEG-LA can just come up to you and demand that you pay the licensing fee"
And I'll sue the shit out of them for extorting me for money after the fact, I bought my camera without a manual or box, off eBay. WHAT LICENSE? RICO lawsuit here we come!
"Phase change memory has some advantages, but for now and the foreseeable future it can't beat NAND in terms of cell size and price."
But it'll beat most anything else in terms of read/write cycle lifetime, and it's non-volatile.
And that alone makes it *FAR* superior.
Actually the energy required to change a crystalline state is far more than what is required to just keep refreshing a bit in silicon.
However, the write/read cycle lifetime of this tech pretty much means this stuff should be used as hard disk stuff. 10^8 W/R for PCM is much better than the typical 10^6 of NAND and NOR.
I have several DLink routers, every manual listed the change in specs. They didn't falsely advertise anything.
Sony advertised OtherOS heavily (in order to evade EU VAT primarily.)
The box has already been sent to legal for evidence.
Chould be easier to accomplish in a lower-G environment since we have less forces at work against us, but it's still an engineering issue, indeed.
Those papers are way outdated.
http://wihort.uwex.edu/flowers/greenhousegases.htm
"CO2 levels of 300ppm are generally what are needed for good plant growth, while levels above 1200ppm can become injurious. CO2 deficiency can occur in greenhouses that are closed up in winter to conserve heat. When CO2 is limiting, plant growth slows resulting in stunted plants and delayed maturity. Conversely, too much CO2 will also stunt plants but this is usually accompanied by chlorosis or necrosis of the foliage"
In fact, I do, and it's the third such test conducted.
This is the most recent one, done in Russia. Austria and France made similar discoveries with other GM food products as well.
As a man in the Horticultural business, it wouldn't be good of me to not keep abreast of all the changes. Even the slightest GM change could make me force a light panel redesign to match that new strain's photosynthetic needs.
Citation provided:
Here you go. This is a *THIRD* repeat with nearly the exact same results.
"You are talking about an organization with 100 years of experience"
Of which I was a member. Not only do I know the whole thing, but I know of MULTIPLE ways to improve it.
"It's also possible Sony will make every attempt to settle this out of court to prevent the court from definitively ruling on what a company may and may not put in a ToS/EULA."
You can be rest assured the second I sign up and obtain representative status this won't be allowed to happen. I will be the holdout if everyone else gets lured by $$$.
"There is more to the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3) computer entertainment system than you may have assumed. In addition to playing games, watching movies, listening to music, and viewing photos, you can use the PS3 system to run the Linux operating system. "
Are you fucking blind or what? It's in the first goddamned paragraph.
You can name a corporation in small claims.
On the other hand, if enough people in enough jurisdictions file the SAME SUIT in multiple courts, the judges have the option to consolidate all the claims into a class-action suit.
"you don't even have to show up in court."
Unless you're a class representative and testimonial witness.
"However, the last models of the PS3 that supported PS2 games were full software emulation,"
No, the graphics subsystem was ALWAYS in hardware.
"The whole "EULAs are unenforceable" is a false meme that constantly repeated on Slashdot."
You're full of fucking shit.
I sued EA for their EULA/Spore. Guess what? I won.
Don't talk unless you were actually in the court room, pal.
"I don't recall it ever having been in their sales and promotion literature"
IT WAS ALL OVER THEIR WEBSITE WHEN THE THING WAS FIRST RELEASED.
Check out archive.org
And if it's included in the technical specs, that's advertising as well.
"It surely wasn't Visa or Mastercard, since they are contractually obligated to the merchants not to reverse charges after 30 days past sale."
Wrong. I used my VISA for STALKER (D2D) and three months later after they (D2D) still refused to patch online MP to 1.0006 I called up the credit company and told them to reverse the charges for failure to deliver. I then called Direct2Drive and told them to remove STALKER from my account as I had the charges reversed.
Money was back on my credit two days later.
California has far more restrictive consumer rights laws. That is why the suit was filed in the state of California.
Sony's about to get raped without lube.
"If Sony plays it smart,"
Sony doesn't have that option - we're pressing the suits and we're going to be filing for maximum damages, and we're *NOT* going to let it go. It will be taken to a full trial if necessary to get a permanent injunction against Sony products being sold in the USA.
Yes, we are that pissed.