My bad for using the word "work". The work is the file, not the content. That's also in the eula. The point is this is nothing more than what every content publishing program says, and no more than base scaremongering by the submitter.
Apple isn't demanding to be sole distributor of your works, just of the format it's tool creates. Go ahead and distribute your works elsewhere, as long as you don't distribute it using their modified ePub3 format. Or distribute your works in their format gratis. That's also okay.
Only until the government says it isn't in an indictment. Then it's lights out for the company. Utterly wiped out, domains seized, all on a mere accusation. And once they make the accusation, you'll buy it as gospel truth the same as you bought their accusations against Megaupload.
Something that was once in the public domain, and legal for anyone to copy, is now not in the public domain, and not legal for anyone to copy. That sounds like it fits the definition of ex post facto to me.
I wish this could be elevated above the summary itself. It's quite disappointing that Slashdot would publish such blatant propagandistic crap. An anonymous US analyst claims? Come on. Next, maybe we can just end all court trials when the not guilty plea is entered. Defendents don't lie.
As someone who never adopted HD video as something I cared about - still enjoying 480p quality just fine thank you - the question is framed the wrong way. As long as my stream starts quickly and plays continuously without interruption, the quality meets my standards, which are the same standards I've had for decades. Others are just getting suckered into thinking they must have HD video all the time.
So much about this is wrong. It is a soldier's job to make decisions every day that could put many lives af risk, even a PFC. That's what the military is. And as for that risk, how many people died? And how many people has the military killed? The argument that Manning put lives at risk couldn't be more absurd. It's like the devil accusing Jesus of tempting people to sin.
Furthermore, Manning knew what was in many of those documents, it was his job to read them.
Except Manning isn't accused of leaking military secrets, he's accused of leaking state department secrets. The idea that he could have exposed troop movements or anything remotely close to that is, quite simply, a lie. No ships were sunk, no lives were lost. Can the military that is accusing Manning say the same thing of itself? They slaughter innocents daily, and frequently cover it up, astor leaks proved.
Which brings me to my other point. Isn't it the responsibility of everyone, especially those in the military, to refuse to obey unjust orders? That "only following orders" could not be used as a defense to commit atrocities, or permit them to occur? Atrocities were most certainly committed, as we learned from the leaks. Manning, if he is the leaker, is no criminal, but a hero, the bravest soldier in the US military.
Could get some people killed? You realize this is the US military we are talking about, right? To defend them on that basis is quite possibly the most absurd argument one could possibly make, in any context.
And when was the last time anyone actually used a nuclear weapon?
The value in having nuclear weapons is not in their use, but the threat of their use. The US has been constantly escalating its threats against Iran. What Iran desperately needs is a deterrent, to keep the US from following through on it's threats.
The summary answers itself. Replace your bosses and your project. Find bosses that aren't manipulative jerks who have projects that you could care about and ask them to hire you.
Don't tell the manipulative jerks you are doing this.
Every time Firefox crashed on my desktop, it was Flash. Every time FF hung for long periods of time before coming back out of it and acting like everything was normal like some cracked-out epileptic, (apologies to epilepsy-sufferers), it was Flash. And to top it all off, I can't imagine the number of times I've read the words "your version of Flash is out of date". I am so glad I won't be forced to put that crap on my phone, and I'll be glad when it's dead on the desktop too. I'll be the first one to buy tickets to the dance party on its grave. Good riddance!
And indeed, where are our government loans? We've all been hit by the economic crisis, not just the banks. What's that, you say? The banks were supposed to provide those with that government money? Funny, that....
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My bad for using the word "work". The work is the file, not the content. That's also in the eula. The point is this is nothing more than what every content publishing program says, and no more than base scaremongering by the submitter.
"Its" for you grammar nazis. I blame autocorrect. I'm posting from an iPhone.
Here's the source: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1310926
They don't want to own your books, just their file format.
Apple isn't demanding to be sole distributor of your works, just of the format it's tool creates. Go ahead and distribute your works elsewhere, as long as you don't distribute it using their modified ePub3 format. Or distribute your works in their format gratis. That's also okay.
Are you kidding me? It's the rule structure itself that is so contemptuous. You sound like an apologist.
In other news, no one involved in the massive fraud and graft that trashed the world economy has seen the inside of a jail cell.
Justice is served only to those who can afford it.
Don't worry, the website has already been seized, so it's a hypothetical we needn't concern ourselves with.
Only until the government says it isn't in an indictment. Then it's lights out for the company. Utterly wiped out, domains seized, all on a mere accusation. And once they make the accusation, you'll buy it as gospel truth the same as you bought their accusations against Megaupload.
Beautiful comment. +1 if I had mod points to give.
No. Socrates drank the hemlock on purpose. He committed suicide. It was a political act of protest against being exiled from his home.
Something that was once in the public domain, and legal for anyone to copy, is now not in the public domain, and not legal for anyone to copy. That sounds like it fits the definition of ex post facto to me.
Apparently you haven't heard of Anwar al-Awlaki.
Did you actually just suggest we would have greater rights if we had remained colonies of Britain?
Judging by my experience as a regular software user, lousy and uninspired software is exactly what companies want.
You really think they are doing any of this because they care about catching bad guys?
I wish this could be elevated above the summary itself. It's quite disappointing that Slashdot would publish such blatant propagandistic crap. An anonymous US analyst claims? Come on. Next, maybe we can just end all court trials when the not guilty plea is entered. Defendents don't lie.
As someone who never adopted HD video as something I cared about - still enjoying 480p quality just fine thank you - the question is framed the wrong way. As long as my stream starts quickly and plays continuously without interruption, the quality meets my standards, which are the same standards I've had for decades. Others are just getting suckered into thinking they must have HD video all the time.
No, they don't. Iran hasn't invaded anybody in like 2500 years.
So much about this is wrong. It is a soldier's job to make decisions every day that could put many lives af risk, even a PFC. That's what the military is. And as for that risk, how many people died? And how many people has the military killed? The argument that Manning put lives at risk couldn't be more absurd. It's like the devil accusing Jesus of tempting people to sin.
Furthermore, Manning knew what was in many of those documents, it was his job to read them.
Except Manning isn't accused of leaking military secrets, he's accused of leaking state department secrets. The idea that he could have exposed troop movements or anything remotely close to that is, quite simply, a lie. No ships were sunk, no lives were lost. Can the military that is accusing Manning say the same thing of itself? They slaughter innocents daily, and frequently cover it up, astor leaks proved.
Which brings me to my other point. Isn't it the responsibility of everyone, especially those in the military, to refuse to obey unjust orders? That "only following orders" could not be used as a defense to commit atrocities, or permit them to occur? Atrocities were most certainly committed, as we learned from the leaks. Manning, if he is the leaker, is no criminal, but a hero, the bravest soldier in the US military.
Could get some people killed? You realize this is the US military we are talking about, right? To defend them on that basis is quite possibly the most absurd argument one could possibly make, in any context.
And when was the last time anyone actually used a nuclear weapon?
The value in having nuclear weapons is not in their use, but the threat of their use. The US has been constantly escalating its threats against Iran. What Iran desperately needs is a deterrent, to keep the US from following through on it's threats.
The summary answers itself. Replace your bosses and your project. Find bosses that aren't manipulative jerks who have projects that you could care about and ask them to hire you.
Don't tell the manipulative jerks you are doing this.
Every time Firefox crashed on my desktop, it was Flash. Every time FF hung for long periods of time before coming back out of it and acting like everything was normal like some cracked-out epileptic, (apologies to epilepsy-sufferers), it was Flash. And to top it all off, I can't imagine the number of times I've read the words "your version of Flash is out of date". I am so glad I won't be forced to put that crap on my phone, and I'll be glad when it's dead on the desktop too. I'll be the first one to buy tickets to the dance party on its grave. Good riddance!
This makes a lot more sense now. Sorry for misunderstanding you.
And indeed, where are our government loans? We've all been hit by the economic crisis, not just the banks. What's that, you say? The banks were supposed to provide those with that government money? Funny, that....