I tried to "see it in action" and I totally just saw snow (just like I expect from a CRT), and then it threw my browser outa wack! Stupid watch!
Well whatever. Who cares. This reminds me of those stupid phones Japanese people like to carry around--an old school phone handset hooked up to their cell phone.
Yeah, lets go old school. Next I'm gonna put a steam engine in my car...
This is one of those programs that you've gotta download to decide if you like it. I think it's good looking, and I like having a calendar and notepad on my desktop. I also like that you can change the "widgets." ie--the "slide show" had options for how long to show each slide, but I use it to show my syllabi so I know my homework and I didn't want it to change. So I got the "Widget converter" and added a "change slides never" option to the preferences menu (which now changes the slides ever zero seconds). It took me all of 5 minutes and I have essentially zero programming experience.
I recommend looking through the "Widgets" to see if you think there's anything useful, and decide if it's worth its cost in RAM usage (which I haven't found to be too bad).
That would be like not informing people of airplane safety measures "because very few planes actually crash."
I've always wondered the use of those airplane safety measures. They tell you all about the life vests, floating seat cushions, and slides that turn into rafts even on flights that don't go over water.
In one last ditch effort, if Wikipedia and the CIA are too shady for you, how about the self declared First Macedonian WWW Page? (I might note that the bottom of this page mentions that it "was rated in the 'Top 5% of the Web'")
This is one of my favorite things! When people state their authority (in this case, by pointing out that you're a teacher), and then making a fool out of yourself.
800,000 / 200,000,000 =.004..004 is a ratio. A ratio is a fraction; when there is only one number shown in the ratio, then it is only showing the numerator and we therefore assume the denominator is 1. Every.004 computers out of 1 would be a virus checker. Percentages are ratios as well--but instead of using 1 as the denominator, percentages use 100 (per cent--"cent" is derived from Latin hundred. Note there are 100 "cents" in one dollar. 40 percent means 40 per cent, or 40 per hundred). So, to turn a ratio that uses one as the denominator into a ratio that uses 100 in the denominator, we multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 100.
So, to apply that here we would take our ratio that we calculated (.004), which implicitly holds 1 in the denominator and multiply it by 100/100. This gives us.4/100, or.4 per cent, or.4 percent, or.4%.
That depends what the RIAA argues. The tip here is that they'll argue everything. They'll argue that the lady's a liar and she downloaded the music herself. Then they'll say that even if she didn't do it herself she should have known what the kid was doing. And so on--the arguments will get progressively weaker from there. So yes, if the RIAA argues that the lady should be liable, then that's what the case will be addressing.
The case would set precedent. The strength of the precedent, however, depends on how far the case goes. If the district court says "X," then it needs to be consistant with "X" in the future (unless it has a darn good reason not to be). But the case might get appealed. The court of appeals sets precedent for itself and all courts lower that are in the same circuit. The Supreme Court sets precedent for all circuit and districts courts.
This is how it would work in application: The district court rules "X" regarding the case. If "X" is favorable to the RIAA then it will bring future cases to the same district court. If "X" is not favorable to the RIAA then it will bring the next case to a different court that does not need to pay attention to the decision of the first court, or the RIAA may appeal the decision of the district court.
If there is an appeal, the the same scenario as above applies. If the decision on appeal is favorable to the RIAA then the RIAA will bring future cases to any district court in that same circuit because all of the district courts are bound by the precedent set by the court of appeals.
If the court of appeals decision is not favorable to the RIAA then it will bring future cases in an entirely different district because all of the district courts must follow that same unfavorable holding. Or, alternatively, the RIAA may appeal the unfavorable court of appeals decision to the Supreme Court.
The courts of appeals and the Supreme Court all have the choice as to whether or not to hear arguments on the district court cases. The vast majority of cases never make it past a district court.
Really it's all more complex than this, but that's the basics.
I think that a lot of people/businesses that use VOIP phones plan to use them as their exclusive phone. It was pretty much unheard of to have a cell phone as a person's exclusive phone until recently (I think that this is because it was only recently that cell phones became potentially cheaper than a landline).
So I don't think the FCC was in such a rush to get 911 capabilities onto phones that were merely supplementary.
On the other hand, when I'm, like, on some highway someplace, or camping, or something--my cell phone is my only phone (well, if I didn't think it was a sin to take my cell phone camping).
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I tried to "see it in action" and I totally just saw snow (just like I expect from a CRT), and then it threw my browser outa wack! Stupid watch!
Well whatever. Who cares. This reminds me of those stupid phones Japanese people like to carry around--an old school phone handset hooked up to their cell phone.
Yeah, lets go old school. Next I'm gonna put a steam engine in my car...
This is one of those programs that you've gotta download to decide if you like it. I think it's good looking, and I like having a calendar and notepad on my desktop. I also like that you can change the "widgets." ie--the "slide show" had options for how long to show each slide, but I use it to show my syllabi so I know my homework and I didn't want it to change. So I got the "Widget converter" and added a "change slides never" option to the preferences menu (which now changes the slides ever zero seconds). It took me all of 5 minutes and I have essentially zero programming experience. I recommend looking through the "Widgets" to see if you think there's anything useful, and decide if it's worth its cost in RAM usage (which I haven't found to be too bad).
Do you trust Wikipedia?
If not, how about the CIA's World Factbook?
In one last ditch effort, if Wikipedia and the CIA are too shady for you, how about the self declared First Macedonian WWW Page? (I might note that the bottom of this page mentions that it "was rated in the 'Top 5% of the Web'")
This is one of my favorite things! When people state their authority (in this case, by pointing out that you're a teacher), and then making a fool out of yourself.
.004. .004 is a ratio. A ratio is a fraction; when there is only one number shown in the ratio, then it is only showing the numerator and we therefore assume the denominator is 1. Every .004 computers out of 1 would be a virus checker. Percentages are ratios as well--but instead of using 1 as the denominator, percentages use 100 (per cent--"cent" is derived from Latin hundred. Note there are 100 "cents" in one dollar. 40 percent means 40 per cent, or 40 per hundred). So, to turn a ratio that uses one as the denominator into a ratio that uses 100 in the denominator, we multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 100.
.4/100, or .4 per cent, or .4 percent, or .4%.
800,000 / 200,000,000 =
So, to apply that here we would take our ratio that we calculated (.004), which implicitly holds 1 in the denominator and multiply it by 100/100. This gives us
Fool! Hahaha!
That depends what the RIAA argues. The tip here is that they'll argue everything. They'll argue that the lady's a liar and she downloaded the music herself. Then they'll say that even if she didn't do it herself she should have known what the kid was doing. And so on--the arguments will get progressively weaker from there. So yes, if the RIAA argues that the lady should be liable, then that's what the case will be addressing.
Tough to predict the outcome.
IANAL, but I am a law student.
The case would set precedent. The strength of the precedent, however, depends on how far the case goes. If the district court says "X," then it needs to be consistant with "X" in the future (unless it has a darn good reason not to be). But the case might get appealed. The court of appeals sets precedent for itself and all courts lower that are in the same circuit. The Supreme Court sets precedent for all circuit and districts courts.
This is how it would work in application: The district court rules "X" regarding the case. If "X" is favorable to the RIAA then it will bring future cases to the same district court. If "X" is not favorable to the RIAA then it will bring the next case to a different court that does not need to pay attention to the decision of the first court, or the RIAA may appeal the decision of the district court.
If there is an appeal, the the same scenario as above applies. If the decision on appeal is favorable to the RIAA then the RIAA will bring future cases to any district court in that same circuit because all of the district courts are bound by the precedent set by the court of appeals.
If the court of appeals decision is not favorable to the RIAA then it will bring future cases in an entirely different district because all of the district courts must follow that same unfavorable holding. Or, alternatively, the RIAA may appeal the unfavorable court of appeals decision to the Supreme Court.
The courts of appeals and the Supreme Court all have the choice as to whether or not to hear arguments on the district court cases. The vast majority of cases never make it past a district court.
Really it's all more complex than this, but that's the basics.
I think that a lot of people/businesses that use VOIP phones plan to use them as their exclusive phone. It was pretty much unheard of to have a cell phone as a person's exclusive phone until recently (I think that this is because it was only recently that cell phones became potentially cheaper than a landline). So I don't think the FCC was in such a rush to get 911 capabilities onto phones that were merely supplementary. On the other hand, when I'm, like, on some highway someplace, or camping, or something--my cell phone is my only phone (well, if I didn't think it was a sin to take my cell phone camping).