Even $5 is too much for a ebook unless it's brand new. I can buy a dead-tree version of a paperback novel for less than that if I wait until it's on the clearance rack or get it secondhand. A dead tree book has to be printed, bound, and shipped someplace and there are inherent production costs. A file can be replicated an infinite number of times so there's no cost involved in production after the publisher has paid someone to convert the original text to pdf, epub, or mobi format (unless you count the cost of bandwidth, which is negligible). Everything they make on ebook sales is pure profit.
Another thing to consider are the dates. If the incident happened back in 2010, why is Edwin Mellen Press waiting until now (2.5 - 3 years later) to sue? If I had to guess, I would say that the statute of limitations is coming up (not sure how long it is in Canada but in the states 3-5 years is typical) and the plaintiff is getting the lawsuit pushed through while they still can. IANAL but I've seen stuff like this before. The very late timing appears to weaken the validity of Richardson's case against Askey since if there were actual damages the plaintiff would have logically done something about it much sooner. This is a SLAPP/shakedown attempt, nothing more.
This definitely looks like a SLAPP suit to me. They may be able to sue for libel but the last time I checked a claim is not libel (no matter how damaging it is) if it's 100% true. Askey could probably beat this if he can document and prove his claims with real evidence.
I don't think it's 100% due to dehydration. Drinking lots of water probably helps to dilute and flush the metabolites that cause hangovers out of your system faster. Also, fusel oils (very common in brown spirits like whiskey and far more rare in clear spirits like vodka) can make hangovers worse.
That's why you don't give them every single detail needed to solve Problem X. The sweet spot is somewhere between a vague and excessive level of detail; the point is to prove you know what you're talking about, not give them enough to solve it on their own after your interview is over.
I still have an ancient 128 MB Memorex USB flash drive from 2002 that has a physical write-protect switch (and it actually works without relying on software). Even after all these years the drive is still good; if it wasn't such low capacity I never would have replaced it.
Some of the early CD-RW discs seemed to have stability problems. From my experience if you left them around long enough they would "go bad" and wouldn't blank properly. If you tried to burn then again after that they would become unusable. The discs were kept at proper room temperature and were nearly scratch-free. Maybe I was just unlucky but I lost well over 50% of my early discs to this problem. Even some DVD+RWs were affected by it. The whole experience kind of turned me off to rewritable media especially after high-capacity USB drives got cheap.
I haven't bought any new CD-RW or DVD+RW discs in over 5 years so I have no idea if new ones are any better.
What do you mean by "becoming"? This country has been fascist to the hilt for a long time now. Bullshit like Citizens United was just the icing on the cake.
I would hope most people would cross out any such clause in an employment contract before signing it (I would).
Sorry, but some asshole executive doesn't get automatic rights to what I produce on my own time using my own resources. If they want to outright *buy* the project I might listen to what they have to say but no promises on whether I would be willing to take their offer. If I were working on a closed-source project on my own time with intent to sell it later and someone tried to steal it from me like that, I might just GPL the thing out of pure spite.
You must be kidding. Since the patent troll is enjoying a government-granted monopoly, what the troll does with that monopoly is every bit the government's business.
I get what you're saying but requiring the inventor to file progress reports/submit to inspection does not necessarily require a working implementation of the idea. We all know that progress is by no means steady. In the case of your antenna example, the incomplete prototype would be adequate evidence that the inventor is at least trying to do something with the idea instead of merely waiting to sue someone else who actually succeeds in making a working implementation that is unknowingly based on the patented idea.
It seems like the easy way to fix the patent troll situation is for the government to require yearly progress reports (it's not too much to ask to have the patent holder produce something that indicates actual development work is going on whether the product is complete or not). The patent should be rendered null and void if the patent holder has done nothing but sit on it; if the holder hasn't done anything then it's time to let someone else try. No more free money by gaming the system and shaking people down.
IIRC, Broadcom wireless support was still a bit dodgy on Ubuntu back in the 7.10 days. There was no easy-fix install from the repos, you had to manually rip the firmware from the Windows drivers yourself with bcm43xx-fwcutter and hope it would work after the next reboot.
After typing in a password 8-10 times I pretty much have it memorized, how long does it take for you? Doing it every 1-3 months isn't too bad. If it were changed every week then I would agree with you.
If you can memorize a 10-digit phone number (i.e. (123) 456-7890) then you can also memorize a 10-character randomized password. No excuses...there are sites out there that will generate tons of good passwords for you and you can just use the one you want.
Linux Mint 14. Did you experience the vertical lines problem (lots of red, green, and blue vertical lines on the display instead of a visible picture) during the LiveCD session? I did and the only way I could make it work was to use the "nomodeset" argument (instead of "quiet splash") in Grub. The only downside is nomodeset forces the lowest common denominator graphics so I couldn't get higher than 1024x768 resolution. However, the display works fine after the installation (I could achieve native screen resolution) unless I close the lid or allow the screen to go blank after X minutes. It's really strange.
I can't recommend a specific current model (my last laptop was bought around 3 years ago) but every time I go computer shopping I bring a live USB stick (containing the newest Linux Mint or Ubuntu of the time) with me. If a computer can't handle the distro on the USB stick w/o minimal issues, I don't buy that model. I shopped like this until I found a HP that had everything (including wireless) work just fine out of the box.
The Inspiron 1501 belonged to a friend (I recently set them up with Linux Mint 14). Since that laptop would have failed my in-store USB stick test I never would have bought it in the first place.
I haven't used a new Inspiron lately but putting Linux on an Inspiron 1501 (Windows Vista-era laptop) was an absolutely hateful experience. The video card was badly supported (producing vertical lines after closing and reopening the lid) and the fucking Broadcom wireless wouldn't work (even after I installed the firmware) until I configured the startup to modprobe b43 at every boot.
I hope the buyers appealed. It sounds like that judge really fucked them over (or was crooked to begin with). Now that you've captured my interest, I can't help but wonder why the judge ruled that way.
From my experience, all paid dating sites are shit. If they work as advertised it means you basically got lucky. You have no idea if the matches you get are still current or if they are old dead accounts that never get looked at anymore (and you have no idea who is really on the other end if you do get a bite). It's also interesting how people suddenly start "communicating" with you when you try to cancel your subscription (i.e. shills that try to bait you into staying).
When were these servers shut down? I was still able to activate my CS2 last year. I've been using CS2 all these years and never bothered to upgrade.... CS2 has always done what I needed so why pay more for a new version?
Mod up. Photoshop CS2 is acceptable on Wine the last time I checked (kind of wonky but still usable). However, other CS2 apps like Indesign and Illustrator were unusable for me, maybe other people have had better luck.
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Even $5 is too much for a ebook unless it's brand new. I can buy a dead-tree version of a paperback novel for less than that if I wait until it's on the clearance rack or get it secondhand. A dead tree book has to be printed, bound, and shipped someplace and there are inherent production costs. A file can be replicated an infinite number of times so there's no cost involved in production after the publisher has paid someone to convert the original text to pdf, epub, or mobi format (unless you count the cost of bandwidth, which is negligible). Everything they make on ebook sales is pure profit.
Another thing to consider are the dates. If the incident happened back in 2010, why is Edwin Mellen Press waiting until now (2.5 - 3 years later) to sue? If I had to guess, I would say that the statute of limitations is coming up (not sure how long it is in Canada but in the states 3-5 years is typical) and the plaintiff is getting the lawsuit pushed through while they still can. IANAL but I've seen stuff like this before. The very late timing appears to weaken the validity of Richardson's case against Askey since if there were actual damages the plaintiff would have logically done something about it much sooner. This is a SLAPP/shakedown attempt, nothing more.
This definitely looks like a SLAPP suit to me. They may be able to sue for libel but the last time I checked a claim is not libel (no matter how damaging it is) if it's 100% true. Askey could probably beat this if he can document and prove his claims with real evidence.
I don't think it's 100% due to dehydration. Drinking lots of water probably helps to dilute and flush the metabolites that cause hangovers out of your system faster. Also, fusel oils (very common in brown spirits like whiskey and far more rare in clear spirits like vodka) can make hangovers worse.
The last time I saw a Shockwave app was back in the late 1990s.
That's why you don't give them every single detail needed to solve Problem X. The sweet spot is somewhere between a vague and excessive level of detail; the point is to prove you know what you're talking about, not give them enough to solve it on their own after your interview is over.
I still have an ancient 128 MB Memorex USB flash drive from 2002 that has a physical write-protect switch (and it actually works without relying on software). Even after all these years the drive is still good; if it wasn't such low capacity I never would have replaced it.
Some of the early CD-RW discs seemed to have stability problems. From my experience if you left them around long enough they would "go bad" and wouldn't blank properly. If you tried to burn then again after that they would become unusable. The discs were kept at proper room temperature and were nearly scratch-free. Maybe I was just unlucky but I lost well over 50% of my early discs to this problem. Even some DVD+RWs were affected by it. The whole experience kind of turned me off to rewritable media especially after high-capacity USB drives got cheap.
I haven't bought any new CD-RW or DVD+RW discs in over 5 years so I have no idea if new ones are any better.
What do you mean by "becoming"? This country has been fascist to the hilt for a long time now. Bullshit like Citizens United was just the icing on the cake.
I would hope most people would cross out any such clause in an employment contract before signing it (I would). Sorry, but some asshole executive doesn't get automatic rights to what I produce on my own time using my own resources. If they want to outright *buy* the project I might listen to what they have to say but no promises on whether I would be willing to take their offer. If I were working on a closed-source project on my own time with intent to sell it later and someone tried to steal it from me like that, I might just GPL the thing out of pure spite.
You must be kidding. Since the patent troll is enjoying a government-granted monopoly, what the troll does with that monopoly is every bit the government's business.
I get what you're saying but requiring the inventor to file progress reports/submit to inspection does not necessarily require a working implementation of the idea. We all know that progress is by no means steady. In the case of your antenna example, the incomplete prototype would be adequate evidence that the inventor is at least trying to do something with the idea instead of merely waiting to sue someone else who actually succeeds in making a working implementation that is unknowingly based on the patented idea.
It seems like the easy way to fix the patent troll situation is for the government to require yearly progress reports (it's not too much to ask to have the patent holder produce something that indicates actual development work is going on whether the product is complete or not). The patent should be rendered null and void if the patent holder has done nothing but sit on it; if the holder hasn't done anything then it's time to let someone else try. No more free money by gaming the system and shaking people down.
IIRC, Broadcom wireless support was still a bit dodgy on Ubuntu back in the 7.10 days. There was no easy-fix install from the repos, you had to manually rip the firmware from the Windows drivers yourself with bcm43xx-fwcutter and hope it would work after the next reboot.
If you want Ubuntu without all the bullshit just use Linux Mint.
After typing in a password 8-10 times I pretty much have it memorized, how long does it take for you? Doing it every 1-3 months isn't too bad. If it were changed every week then I would agree with you.
If you can memorize a 10-digit phone number (i.e. (123) 456-7890) then you can also memorize a 10-character randomized password. No excuses...there are sites out there that will generate tons of good passwords for you and you can just use the one you want.
The book was way better than that movie they made back in the 90s.
Linux Mint 14. Did you experience the vertical lines problem (lots of red, green, and blue vertical lines on the display instead of a visible picture) during the LiveCD session? I did and the only way I could make it work was to use the "nomodeset" argument (instead of "quiet splash") in Grub. The only downside is nomodeset forces the lowest common denominator graphics so I couldn't get higher than 1024x768 resolution. However, the display works fine after the installation (I could achieve native screen resolution) unless I close the lid or allow the screen to go blank after X minutes. It's really strange.
I can't recommend a specific current model (my last laptop was bought around 3 years ago) but every time I go computer shopping I bring a live USB stick (containing the newest Linux Mint or Ubuntu of the time) with me. If a computer can't handle the distro on the USB stick w/o minimal issues, I don't buy that model. I shopped like this until I found a HP that had everything (including wireless) work just fine out of the box.
The Inspiron 1501 belonged to a friend (I recently set them up with Linux Mint 14). Since that laptop would have failed my in-store USB stick test I never would have bought it in the first place.
I haven't used a new Inspiron lately but putting Linux on an Inspiron 1501 (Windows Vista-era laptop) was an absolutely hateful experience. The video card was badly supported (producing vertical lines after closing and reopening the lid) and the fucking Broadcom wireless wouldn't work (even after I installed the firmware) until I configured the startup to modprobe b43 at every boot.
I hope the buyers appealed. It sounds like that judge really fucked them over (or was crooked to begin with). Now that you've captured my interest, I can't help but wonder why the judge ruled that way.
From my experience, all paid dating sites are shit. If they work as advertised it means you basically got lucky. You have no idea if the matches you get are still current or if they are old dead accounts that never get looked at anymore (and you have no idea who is really on the other end if you do get a bite). It's also interesting how people suddenly start "communicating" with you when you try to cancel your subscription (i.e. shills that try to bait you into staying).
When were these servers shut down? I was still able to activate my CS2 last year. I've been using CS2 all these years and never bothered to upgrade.... CS2 has always done what I needed so why pay more for a new version?
Mod up. Photoshop CS2 is acceptable on Wine the last time I checked (kind of wonky but still usable). However, other CS2 apps like Indesign and Illustrator were unusable for me, maybe other people have had better luck.