So, I'm reading the claims of the patent on the delphion patent server (was ibm's patent server).
I notice that the make claims to a complete "terminal apparatus" but never to either the client or the server themselves. Does this mean that BT must identify a specific client/server instance where both are controlled by prodigy to even show a violation of the patent?
Also, does this counterexample everyone keeps talking about involve a modem? Given the recent decline of the IQ of the average slashdot user to somewhere between 5 and 10, I can't really make the assumption that someone would actually read the claims before trying to think up a counterexample.
Escalation of listings past single hosts is also known about, this happens when the provider continues to allow the spamming to continue, or moves the host around the netblock to avoid the RBL listing.
I agree on your assessments of the rights involved. Personally, I didn't know about the "escalation" provisions (essentially massive provider boycotting). I can see their point of view on the issue...
They could at least have the courtesy to contact the owners of the individual sites, though. I don't particularly mind if they continue causing more and more collateral damage... My guess is that the related publicity can only shrink their userbase to virtually nothing.
Can I mod down posts by people who obviously didn't bother to read the linked patent and made braindead assumptions under the 'troll' category? They're just asking for 'learn how to use your web browser, you fucking imbeciles' reply, IMNSHO. =)
"odds are you are a criminal and OUGHT TO FACE THE DUE PROCESS OF LAW. This is not a game where the cops have to guess that you are a criminal, and somehow charge and prosecute you without touching you or your property"
No, this is a game where the federal authorities get annoyed that you aren't doing anything wrong, so they find something unrelated to charge you with to justify their effort. Read the Hacker Crackdown (e-text is available online for free, and dead-tree-text is still in print AFAIK) if you want an extensive brief summary.
Uh... Why does the poster think that the US doesn't have GSM service? GSM 1900 is in widespread usage. Licensed providers include Sprint, BellSouth, Omnipoint, PacBell, etc.
"The company's service allowed users who had legitimately purchased CD recordings of music to store their CDs on the Internet as MP3 files to be played later, either on the computer or on devices like the Rio player. The plaintiffs alleged that the conversion of the music into MP3 files was illegal copying that violated their rights, under copyright law, to copy and distribute the musical work."
What this poster says is true. But, ignoring the wierd quantization which was clearly meant to give even states with low populations a baseline amount of power (the US has some wierd characteristics as far as federal unions go... =), the intent appears to be that each citizen should have equal representation. I was attempting to respond to the "schoolyard" comment. Although I could write a building-sized tome on why parliamentary democracy is really nasty, at least Canada has good supreme court precedents about vote equality and electoral riding size parity. I don't really know why the founding non-gender-specific-parent-figures [ =) ] had in mind with the whole #electors = #senators + #representatives thing.
Something tells me that God is somewhat above ICANN on the priority list for that title. =) Heck... if you ask me, even Satan is more deserving of the title than ICANN. =)
Yeah, but having the popular votes for a state go one way or the other as a block isn't a requirement for good segmentation of the vote. A simple quantization of a state's percentage vote to electoral vote numbers should suffice.
I'll tack this on, because some people don't realize that the post I was replying to was a troll (or that the poster was at least hopelessly clueless).
Electoral votes are allocated to each state based on the population of that state, people. I don't know how you can a) be a US citizen and b) not know this. Did you spend all of your high school civics classes out smoking pot somewhere or something? =)
"We can't have 5% of the nation dictating who will rule over the other 95% of the land."
I thought you were arguing _against_ a popular vote. But this suggests that you support the 1 person = 1 vote concept. (Unless those percentages you're quoting are land mass and not population... In which case, I'd suggest that you look up "democracy" in an encyclopaedia some time. =)
"Think of what it was like on the schoolyard and how popularity ruled all. You want that shit running the nation?"
This confirms that the poster doesn't have a clue.
One of the domains I own was purchased through Gandi, as they were the cheapest registrar for single domain registrations at the time (at 12 euros = ~ C$16, US$10). I'm not sure if they still are, though. Anyway, they are based in France, and don't seem to have any problem with registering names containing ascii (102,117,99,107) or various other things. =)
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So, I'm reading the claims of the patent on the delphion patent server (was ibm's patent server).
I notice that the make claims to a complete "terminal apparatus" but never to either the client or the server themselves. Does this mean that BT must identify a specific client/server instance where both are controlled by prodigy to even show a violation of the patent?
Also, does this counterexample everyone keeps talking about involve a modem? Given the recent decline of the IQ of the average slashdot user to somewhere between 5 and 10, I can't really make the assumption that someone would actually read the claims before trying to think up a counterexample.
Violates the charter? Read the subject.
"Dark day." So, then, you don't feel that equal representation is important?
So, vote parity isn't important to you? Would you give away your vote in the name of this freedom you speak of? =)
Escalation of listings past single hosts is also known about, this happens when the provider continues to allow the spamming to continue, or moves the host around the netblock to avoid the RBL listing.
I agree on your assessments of the rights involved. Personally, I didn't know about the "escalation" provisions (essentially massive provider boycotting). I can see their point of view on the issue...
They could at least have the courtesy to contact the owners of the individual sites, though. I don't particularly mind if they continue causing more and more collateral damage... My guess is that the related publicity can only shrink their userbase to virtually nothing.
Ok, let's ban all sites about operating systems with sendmail ports because, woah, sendmail can be used to send spam!
Time for a Meta RBL. Block known RBL-using sites. (Or hey, why not whole netblocks? =)
Yes.
You: moron.
Can I mod down posts by people who obviously didn't bother to read the linked patent and made braindead assumptions under the 'troll' category? They're just asking for 'learn how to use your web browser, you fucking imbeciles' reply, IMNSHO. =)
How does that patent you linked have anything to do with freedb (or cddb's current services, for that matter)?
"How likely is it that they will be tapping people for no good reason?"
Why? Where are you getting your statistics? What does your source consider a "good reason"?
"odds are you are a criminal and OUGHT TO FACE THE DUE PROCESS OF LAW. This is not a game where the cops have to guess that you are a criminal, and somehow charge and prosecute you without touching you or your property"
No, this is a game where the federal authorities get annoyed that you aren't doing anything wrong, so they find something unrelated to charge you with to justify their effort. Read the Hacker Crackdown (e-text is available online for free, and dead-tree-text is still in print AFAIK) if you want an extensive brief summary.
And colocation with 24/7 T3 usage is going to cost a little bit more than $45/month. =)
Uh... Why does the poster think that the US doesn't have GSM service? GSM 1900 is in widespread usage. Licensed providers include Sprint, BellSouth, Omnipoint, PacBell, etc.
This poster obviously has no clue. Hey poster: My computer complies with both IA-32 and Posix standards. How is that possible? Magic.
F***ing idiots.
Uh... Correct me if I'm wrong, but GSM 1900 is widespread in the US, right? I know it is in Canada.
"The company's service allowed users who had legitimately purchased CD recordings of music to store their CDs on the Internet as MP3 files to be played later, either on the computer or on devices like the Rio player. The plaintiffs alleged that the conversion of the music into MP3 files was illegal copying that violated their rights, under copyright law, to copy and distribute the musical work."
Did this guy even read the ruling?
What this poster says is true. But, ignoring the wierd quantization which was clearly meant to give even states with low populations a baseline amount of power (the US has some wierd characteristics as far as federal unions go... =), the intent appears to be that each citizen should have equal representation. I was attempting to respond to the "schoolyard" comment. Although I could write a building-sized tome on why parliamentary democracy is really nasty, at least Canada has good supreme court precedents about vote equality and electoral riding size parity. I don't really know why the founding non-gender-specific-parent-figures [ =) ] had in mind with the whole #electors = #senators + #representatives thing.
But, somehow, evaluation of others decision-making performance is easier than making those decisions directly... Oh, wait. =)
Why does the .edu domain only allow US educational institutions, by the way?
Something tells me that God is somewhat above ICANN on the priority list for that title. =) Heck... if you ask me, even Satan is more deserving of the title than ICANN. =)
Yeah, but having the popular votes for a state go one way or the other as a block isn't a requirement for good segmentation of the vote. A simple quantization of a state's percentage vote to electoral vote numbers should suffice.
I'll tack this on, because some people don't realize that the post I was replying to was a troll (or that the poster was at least hopelessly clueless).
Electoral votes are allocated to each state based on the population of that state, people. I don't know how you can a) be a US citizen and b) not know this. Did you spend all of your high school civics classes out smoking pot somewhere or something? =)
Heck... I learned it, and I'm not even in the US.
"We can't have 5% of the nation dictating who will rule over the other 95% of the land."
I thought you were arguing _against_ a popular vote. But this suggests that you support the 1 person = 1 vote concept. (Unless those percentages you're quoting are land mass and not population... In which case, I'd suggest that you look up "democracy" in an encyclopaedia some time. =)
"Think of what it was like on the schoolyard and how popularity ruled all. You want that shit running the nation?"
This confirms that the poster doesn't have a clue.
One of the domains I own was purchased through Gandi, as they were the cheapest registrar for single domain registrations at the time (at 12 euros = ~ C$16, US$10). I'm not sure if they still are, though. Anyway, they are based in France, and don't seem to have any problem with registering names containing ascii (102,117,99,107) or various other things. =)