It would be one ting if they had a reasonable amount of evidence, but it seems that it was all based on his credit card being used to pay for kiddie porn. Like how many purvs will use their own cards. Anyway, he later found that the computer that entered his details was in Indonesia, and could prove that he was in the UK at the time... something the police should have looked into before charging him.
Is the keylogger the worst thing you could think of?
Now you'r making me really paranoid. Will that public terminal blow up? Was the last person to use it infected with ebola? Are a bunch of pervs scanning me with millimetre waves and publishing it on youTube? Is this terminal used by terrorists, and the police mistake me for one, so that I will be shot as I try to get on a train?
You're right, keyloggers aren't that bad. I hope that I only get my identity stolen and my bank accounts cleared out.
The problem is that you or I know that OOXML is useless as a standard, but the people in governments that specify only standard formats will just see the "ISO standard" designation.
Worse than that, if they decide against Microsoft on the grounds that it is not a standard they could be sued for not following their own procurement policies. Granted new tenders can be changed to avoid this but those in the pipeline will be in danger. Of course they will probably just bribe the officials like in the OOXML vote anyway.
It sounds like paizo.com has gone for the standard open source solution. Fork your own version from the previously licensed product. Since this is going to get support from other pissed-of companies it has the potential to become the majot player, just like Joomla vs Mambo.
It's more like "If you want to make and sell products for Vista, you can't make and sell products for XP or any of your other completely independent products that you released under the same license."
That sounds pretty likely. If I could get real time video over the internet I would watch all sorts of things instead of terrestrial tv. Having to start a download and wait for a couple of hours for a half-hour program limits my use and therefore the bandwidth I use. In this way the last mile bottleneck reduces my usage of the core.
so I might as well not bother in the first place. If you want an item, you never have anything to lose by placing a bid at a reasonable price. You may win it, sometimes I've been the only bidder on an item.
If I work 9 to five it takes me 45 minutes each way to commute the 7 miles. Most days I work 7 until 3, when it takes 15 minutes in and 25 back.
On public trasnsport I would have a choice of two busses and a five minute walk (1.5 hours each way) or a two mile walk and one bus (1.25 hours each way).
I would not want to live where I work, it is in an area that has been on the news for the wrong reasons!
I would agree with you on this. Where ebay wins is on private sales, particularly of women's clothes and jewelry. Some people will buy an expensive to-brand garment, decide they don't like it, and sell it after wearing it once at a fraction of the new cost.
Computer equipment gets cheaper in real terms, so you see poor fools trying to flog a five-year old laptop for 2/3 of what he paid for it, when you can buy brand new computers with a better specification for less.
What happens if books are available on POD and in a conventionally printed form. There is nothing to stop BookSurge offering out-of-print classics through POD.
What's to stop Amazon only allowing POD versions of these books to customers. You may want a high-quality leather-bound Shakespeare, but Amazon may only let you have a POD paperback!
Also, what about authors who already have POD contracts with other publishers. They are condemned never to appear on amazon searches, which a lot of people use to find books on esoteric subjects thinking they cover most available material.
I think his chances are small, as the police would have had to act negligently. The courts and the police see arrest without charge as a small, everyday occurrence, and they would say it is not their fault if other people made wrong assumptions.
He would probably stand a better chance of suing his former employer for unfair dismissal.
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Lets hope the police are better than the UK police, who basically ruined this man's life on a false allegation of being a paedophile.
... something the police should have looked into before charging him.
It would be one ting if they had a reasonable amount of evidence, but it seems that it was all based on his credit card being used to pay for kiddie porn. Like how many purvs will use their own cards. Anyway, he later found that the computer that entered his details was in Indonesia, and could prove that he was in the UK at the time
Is the keylogger the worst thing you could think of?
Now you'r making me really paranoid. Will that public terminal blow up? Was the last person to use it infected with ebola? Are a bunch of pervs scanning me with millimetre waves and publishing it on youTube? Is this terminal used by terrorists, and the police mistake me for one, so that I will be shot as I try to get on a train?
You're right, keyloggers aren't that bad. I hope that I only get my identity stolen and my bank accounts cleared out.
The problem is that you or I know that OOXML is useless as a standard, but the people in governments that specify only standard formats will just see the "ISO standard" designation.
Worse than that, if they decide against Microsoft on the grounds that it is not a standard they could be sued for not following their own procurement policies. Granted new tenders can be changed to avoid this but those in the pipeline will be in danger. Of course they will probably just bribe the officials like in the OOXML vote anyway.
That is a very good point.
It sounds like paizo.com has gone for the standard open source solution. Fork your own version from the previously licensed product. Since this is going to get support from other pissed-of companies it has the potential to become the majot player, just like Joomla vs Mambo.
It's more like "If you want to make and sell products for Vista, you can't make and sell products for XP or any of your other completely independent products that you released under the same license."
Yes, but if you haven't got anything to hide you have nothing to worry about.
(spoken in a squeaky high voice)
Which in turn means that if this is accepted throttling/blocking open source peer to peer is fair game.
Also pretty pointless. Unless you spend years in isolation the chances are you will be exposed to the virus.
That sounds pretty likely. If I could get real time video over the internet I would watch all sorts of things instead of terrestrial tv. Having to start a download and wait for a couple of hours for a half-hour program limits my use and therefore the bandwidth I use. In this way the last mile bottleneck reduces my usage of the core.
If I work 9 to five it takes me 45 minutes each way to commute the 7 miles. Most days I work 7 until 3, when it takes 15 minutes in and 25 back.
On public trasnsport I would have a choice of two busses and a five minute walk (1.5 hours each way) or a two mile walk and one bus (1.25 hours each way).
I would not want to live where I work, it is in an area that has been on the news for the wrong reasons!
I would agree with you on this. Where ebay wins is on private sales, particularly of women's clothes and jewelry. Some people will buy an expensive to-brand garment, decide they don't like it, and sell it after wearing it once at a fraction of the new cost.
Computer equipment gets cheaper in real terms, so you see poor fools trying to flog a five-year old laptop for 2/3 of what he paid for it, when you can buy brand new computers with a better specification for less.
That may be why the option of "cash on collection" is allowed. I have no idea about Australian law, this is pure speculation.
I think that people that want to sell "old crap", or as they would say "quality pre-owned items" that are complaining about ebay.
Besides, I have brought a number of good, cheap items and my wife has had some exceptional deals
I have found some good reviews of the following, and they all look cheaper than ebay.
http://www.specialistauctions.com/
http://www.52marketplace.com/
http://www.cqout.com/
http://www.ebid.net/
http://www.tazbar.com/
http://www.oneway-uk.com/
http://www.avabid.com/
I have only had a quick look at each, http://www.ebid.net/ seems to have the most comprehensive items list from a buyer's point of view
If its mandatory, make it free (for use on payment for ebay items, charging for other uses is OK). How can they justify a double charge?
Implement your own GDrive - It shouldn't be to hard with 500MB of storage, user authentication, etc.
What happens if books are available on POD and in a conventionally printed form. There is nothing to stop BookSurge offering out-of-print classics through POD.
What's to stop Amazon only allowing POD versions of these books to customers. You may want a high-quality leather-bound Shakespeare, but Amazon may only let you have a POD paperback!
Also, what about authors who already have POD contracts with other publishers. They are condemned never to appear on amazon searches, which a lot of people use to find books on esoteric subjects thinking they cover most available material.
40% of us are paranoid, but its only because we know that the other 60% are out to get us.
Why redo the first book in the series when there are many more in the service. The current Dune is a great film anyway.
I think his chances are small, as the police would have had to act negligently. The courts and the police see arrest without charge as a small, everyday occurrence, and they would say it is not their fault if other people made wrong assumptions.
He would probably stand a better chance of suing his former employer for unfair dismissal.