I live in a townhouse. 2 places in my house I have to use a ladder to get to the lights - one of them I have to stand on one of the steps of the ladder while standing my other foot on the stair rail. Damn right it's a big pain. I recently replaced all of those with 3-year bulbs (3 in each light).
"...The company holds 19 patents related to the control of LED lighting systems, and has filed for more than 100 additional patents. "We spend about a million dollars a year filing patents," says chief executive George Mueller. The company has two full-time patent lawyers in-house, and also works with the Boston firm of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks."
Little or no competition here for some time to come.
"If she says she tried to stop the program from sharing her files, then she knew the program was capable of sharing files and that the sharing was wrong."
Wrong, you have no idea if that it true. She could have been following directions from a friend or someplace online for installation of Kazaa. 'Click OK. Click and add a username. Click to uncheck this box. Click to check this box...'. Only now she finds out she is being sued. She goes back and says "well this is what I did when I installed the software..." Did she try and prevent others from getting her files? Yes. Did she know she was doing it? Doesn't say, in this example - no.
Get it over with. Install your base hardware and software, then lock on the Centurion Guards. Have all data be written to local servers.
Then if they install any crap or if a virus hits, just reboot the machine. Bam, back to normal. They could format the hard drive, reboot and its back to normal.
Every MMORPG to date has been relased early. Take Planetside for example. The doors hardly worked for the first month after release. Myself and 40 others were stuck in a base for almost 20 minutes several weeks because the doors wouldn't even open.
Course I never blame the developers, those who write the code. Sure it has bugs, all code does. It will eventually get fixed. I blame managment and the bean counters who force the obviously bugged game out the door early.
Hey Einstein, ever thought that people do buy the fastest CPUs out and then overclock those? Guess what? You can overclock them farther with a water cooled system.
And thanks for that critical update on water transmitting electricity. I'll alert CNN.
5. Microsoft pays billions to the company to license the technology. The company isn't stupid, it doesn't want to be bought out. It now sets its sights on every other software maker in the market.
I don't think it's a decoy at all. I think the RIAA is just starting with the bills. They will keep hammering and hammering no matter what the cost. Their entire business model is on the line here - it's not just the RIAA vs file trading. It's the RIAA vs the entire Internet model. The RIAA knows that P2P works and is still really in it's infancy. Once a solid model is put out where bands can directly be put online, have their songs spread to radio stations, tours set up, etc all without the RIAA they know they are in trouble. It's only a matter of time until the RIAA is not needed any longer.
1. unlicensed spectrum is limited to a small sliver of 2.4 GHz, no 5 GHz at all
Nothing wrong with 2.4 at all, the vast majority of WISPs use 2.4.
2. output power is severely restricted legally (about 1 mW!!!)
1mW? You have to be kidding me? There isn't even a single wireless card on the market that is that low. Even the lowest card is at least 35mW, you can find 200mW cards commonly now. If 1mW is the case you can't even use wireless at all. Do you mean 1 Watt? If that's the case, that's fine unless you need to shoot 15+ miles and through some trees.
"...are required to report the intrusion either by email, snail mail, a notice on their website, or by notification to the news media."
So the company puts it in size 1 font buried somewhere deep on their news page that hardly anyone reads after having a lawyer word it in such a way that normal users will have zero clue what it says.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, so buy one overseas or keep your existing car. You still have to get the device installed. RTFA.
Just like all those mod chips out there that alter the data sent on Smart Tags for toll lanes right? All zero of them?
"In other news, breathing is good for you."
If you were a professor you too could get a large federal grant to research that.
I live in a townhouse. 2 places in my house I have to use a ladder to get to the lights - one of them I have to stand on one of the steps of the ladder while standing my other foot on the stair rail. Damn right it's a big pain. I recently replaced all of those with 3-year bulbs (3 in each light).
"...The company holds 19 patents related to the control of LED lighting systems, and has filed for more than 100 additional patents. "We spend about a million dollars a year filing patents," says chief executive George Mueller. The company has two full-time patent lawyers in-house, and also works with the Boston firm of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks."
Little or no competition here for some time to come.
Go away, Troll.
The best supercomputer in history, his brain. Or at least I would hope thats what he used.
Because he knows how to type?
"If she says she tried to stop the program from sharing her files, then she knew the program was capable of sharing files and that the sharing was wrong."
Wrong, you have no idea if that it true. She could have been following directions from a friend or someplace online for installation of Kazaa. 'Click OK. Click and add a username. Click to uncheck this box. Click to check this box...'. Only now she finds out she is being sued. She goes back and says "well this is what I did when I installed the software..." Did she try and prevent others from getting her files? Yes. Did she know she was doing it? Doesn't say, in this example - no.
I'm sure they will find a way to bump that cost up to get it above small claims court. In fact I'd guarantee it.
Get it over with. Install your base hardware and software, then lock on the Centurion Guards. Have all data be written to local servers.
Then if they install any crap or if a virus hits, just reboot the machine. Bam, back to normal. They could format the hard drive, reboot and its back to normal.
Dirk
"Get a real life."
Like yours?
Very nice. Doesn't look like USAA covers this, bummer.
Every MMORPG to date has been relased early. Take Planetside for example. The doors hardly worked for the first month after release. Myself and 40 others were stuck in a base for almost 20 minutes several weeks because the doors wouldn't even open.
Course I never blame the developers, those who write the code. Sure it has bugs, all code does. It will eventually get fixed. I blame managment and the bean counters who force the obviously bugged game out the door early.
Glad I wasn't the only one that was thinking that.
Wow talk about someone with no idea what they are talking about - this is it.
Hey Einstein, ever thought that people do buy the fastest CPUs out and then overclock those? Guess what? You can overclock them farther with a water cooled system.
And thanks for that critical update on water transmitting electricity. I'll alert CNN.
5. Microsoft pays billions to the company to license the technology. The company isn't stupid, it doesn't want to be bought out. It now sets its sights on every other software maker in the market.
What kind of video card does this powerbook killer have in it? My Dell has a 64mb Geforce4, hope this thing has something 'killer' as well.
From where? Torpedoes 'R' US?
"and I can trace it to the RIAA"
Ah - but you can't because of the DMCA. In fact, they will sue you first for hacking into their network.
I don't think it's a decoy at all. I think the RIAA is just starting with the bills. They will keep hammering and hammering no matter what the cost. Their entire business model is on the line here - it's not just the RIAA vs file trading. It's the RIAA vs the entire Internet model. The RIAA knows that P2P works and is still really in it's infancy. Once a solid model is put out where bands can directly be put online, have their songs spread to radio stations, tours set up, etc all without the RIAA they know they are in trouble. It's only a matter of time until the RIAA is not needed any longer.
Dirk
Because of their amazingly huge butts, no doubt.
The technology employs amazingly huge butts?
Freaky.
1. unlicensed spectrum is limited to a small sliver of 2.4 GHz, no 5 GHz at all
Nothing wrong with 2.4 at all, the vast majority of WISPs use 2.4.
2. output power is severely restricted legally (about 1 mW!!!)
1mW? You have to be kidding me? There isn't even a single wireless card on the market that is that low. Even the lowest card is at least 35mW, you can find 200mW cards commonly now. If 1mW is the case you can't even use wireless at all. Do you mean 1 Watt? If that's the case, that's fine unless you need to shoot 15+ miles and through some trees.
Dirk
"...are required to report the intrusion either by email, snail mail, a notice on their website, or by notification to the news media."
So the company puts it in size 1 font buried somewhere deep on their news page that hardly anyone reads after having a lawyer word it in such a way that normal users will have zero clue what it says.
Yep, that should work well.
Dirk