Actually - a 'spent' fuel rod still has about 80% of it's original isotopes in it. If you were allowed to re-process it, thats 4 brand new rods for every 5 old rods - and an 80% reduction in waste. Add to that the ability to feed the waste into a breeder reactor & you can convert a plants 'spent' fuel into more energy and low level waste.
The problem isn't with the creation of nuclear waste, it's with how it's being handled - or not handled. Because reprocessing the rods would produce weapons grade materials - the US forbids it. Because it's so much safer to have thousands of tons of radioactive material sitting in hundreds of sites rather than a few nukes worth of stuff in a single central location that can be well guarded and controlled.
If they don't attempt to enforce copyright they lose it.
Not in any country I know of. Trademarks are subject to this in the US, but it's not true of copyright in countries that are signatories to the Berne convention.
Preliminary injunctions are issued under "good faith" statements by the lawyers - essentially it happens because there hasn't been any discovery yet in the issue. It means you actually believe that what you are saying is true. The converse - "bad faith" is liable for a 601 hearing by the bar association - although you basically have to be arrested before they give a damn.
The way the DMCA is written, takedown notices are basically preliminary injunctions against the posting of that item. What I can't understand is how you can in "good faith" say you own copyright on everything with "the box" in it. At this point, I would say that they violated the rules & should be sued for slander of title by the copyright owner and tortuous interfierence by hotfile and the copyright owners.
In my own little perfect world, they would have an injunction issued against them preventing them from issuing another takedown notice for a year or more as punishment for abusing the system.
Pedantically speaking, there was a design study for putting wings on the Apollo CSM so the Apollo crew could fly back to land rather than crashing into the sea. Though trying to land it with the limited view out of the CSM windows would have been entertaining.
Actually it was a para-sail that popped out after the parachutes slowed it down enough. They have one in the Smithsonian.
earthquakes are caused by shifting along faultlines.
When the faultline freezes, the stresses builds until the stresses get larger than the structural strength of the rocks making up the fault.
The sudden release of stress at one point on the faultline translates that energy along the faultline as the sides of the fault shift.
The stress shifting along the faultlines can cause either the same location to release again - aftershocks, or other sections of the fault to release - chain earthquakes.
Pheonix Az & several other cities use tall evaporative towers to cool plazas -- pump water to the top & let it cascade down over tera-cotta tiles. The evaporation drops the air temperature and the cooler air combined with the dropping water forces the cooler air out the bottom of the tower.
I think you need to re-evaluate your information. Pot smoke contains most of the same carcinogens as regular tobacco smoke. Likewise, THC does have some CNS depressant characteristics.
You would be much more accurate to say that: "Marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol or tobacco." Otherwise, you're basing your argument on a fallacy, which allows opponents to discount the entire argument.
How was it random? They didn't shutdown the datacenter, just a couple of racks. What exactly do you expect them to do?
Hmmm, how about they take the servers listed in the warrant and leave the ones that aren't. You know, follow that pesky 4th amendment. It probably would have been easier to remove a couple of servers than an entire rack - except the FBI probably 'forgot' to have anyone with any computer experience accompany the seizure team.
RTFA - The FBI took all of the racks that had a server related to the warrant. So, they took servers for "tens of customers", rather than just servers for a single company,
It has a SD/MMC slot, so you can put a 4G card in for $6 (pricewatch). That's enough to stash a desktop version of Linux, Office Apps, and still have enough room for papers or anything else you're going to do in a semester at school.
The other advantage is that you can pop out the card and drop it into another shell if you step on it.
I not clear on how not knowing where a company is headquartered helps GeoHotz's case.
SCEA is trying to sue in CA because they want to make it as expensive as possible for Hotz (a NJ resident). Part of the claim they are making is that he 'directed his actions against SCEA in CA'.
If he was unaware that SCEA was in CA, he couldn't have directed his action towards CA. Essentially, Hotz is trying to get the case dismissed in CA for lack of personal jurisdiction. If he succeeds, SCEA will have to refile in NJ, a state not quite as tied to the entertainment industry.
The inventor is supposed to give a reasonably clear description of how the invention is manufactured, so others can use it to reproduce the invention after the patent runs out.
"A person reasonably skilled in the art" is the actually the measure. The problem is that the USPTO is approving patents that are rated for your average 3 year old, the "Well Duh!" patents of blindingly obvious crap. As well as the incredibly vague ones that offer a vague framework with no guidance on execution that could only be understood by a mind reader with a law degree.
Fair use in the US hinges on many things, including how you're using the material. Educational non-profit usage rates fairly high on the fair use scale. Using the same material in the same way on a for-profit site may not have been able to succeed with a fair use claim.
What these students did was a jailable offense if only they were old enough. Doing things that would land an adult in jail is a fairly good reason to expel someone.
What they did isn't jailable in any case. It's libel & slander, which are civil claims. If they had filed a police report saying they had been abused by the teacher, that would have been 'filing a false report'. Depending on the district, that's usually a fine & possibly community service.
HOWEVER, the Tolkien estate is still LEGALLY REQUIRED to sue anyone they know who is using their mark without their permission.
No, they are not. If the use is clearly not violating the trademark, then they are not required to sue over it. This use fails all of the test for trademark violation - suing over it would result in the case being thrown out immediately - most likely along with the trust being required to pay for the defendants legal costs. Under your interpretation, every website discussion and product review would be subject to lawsuits over trademarks.
As much as the RIAA & MPAA would like it to be, IP laws do not grant absolute ownership to the holder of Trademarks, copyrights, or patents.
The Tolkien estate isn't "censoring speech," it's protecting its trademarks
There's no basis for a case under trademark. Trademark only protects from actions that attempt to mislead consumers. Pepsi can use Coke products in their add - complete with Coke Logo's - and there's not thing 1 that Coke can do about it. Pepsi doesn't attempt to create confusion or dilute the trademark by comparing their product to Coke.
Likewise, simply referring to the author makes no claim of ownership of the trademark, does not attempt to create confusion as to the nature of the product, nor does it attempt to create a new brand that could be confused with the existing brand.
In short, if they actually filed a case, it won't actually go anywhere and it could leave the trust subject to penalties for frivolous lawsuit.
He refused to follow procedure or the law that would have gotten the improperly classified information declassified
Doesn't happen any more. Even information that was scheduled to be declassified is being held back - obviously 50 year old supply records for the Vietnam & Korean wars are still highly sensitive.
More types of information are being classified all the time. I fully expect to find out that the names of presidential candidates are going to be classified in the next election - the debates will be held with the voices scrambled & the candidates hiding behind screens. When you get to the booth, you only get to vote A or B.
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Actually - a 'spent' fuel rod still has about 80% of it's original isotopes in it. If you were allowed to re-process it, thats 4 brand new rods for every 5 old rods - and an 80% reduction in waste. Add to that the ability to feed the waste into a breeder reactor & you can convert a plants 'spent' fuel into more energy and low level waste.
The problem isn't with the creation of nuclear waste, it's with how it's being handled - or not handled. Because reprocessing the rods would produce weapons grade materials - the US forbids it. Because it's so much safer to have thousands of tons of radioactive material sitting in hundreds of sites rather than a few nukes worth of stuff in a single central location that can be well guarded and controlled.
Not in any country I know of. Trademarks are subject to this in the US, but it's not true of copyright in countries that are signatories to the Berne convention.
The way the DMCA is written, takedown notices are basically preliminary injunctions against the posting of that item. What I can't understand is how you can in "good faith" say you own copyright on everything with "the box" in it. At this point, I would say that they violated the rules & should be sued for slander of title by the copyright owner and tortuous interfierence by hotfile and the copyright owners.
In my own little perfect world, they would have an injunction issued against them preventing them from issuing another takedown notice for a year or more as punishment for abusing the system.
Actually it was a para-sail that popped out after the parachutes slowed it down enough. They have one in the Smithsonian.
Um, don't really know. I'm working contract work in DC so I'm not familiar with the area (From MA) I'm about 5 miles from capitol building.
I work 3rd shift & was woken up with stuff falling from the shelves. First earthquake I actually felt.
Pheonix Az & several other cities use tall evaporative towers to cool plazas -- pump water to the top & let it cascade down over tera-cotta tiles. The evaporation drops the air temperature and the cooler air combined with the dropping water forces the cooler air out the bottom of the tower.
Awww, how cute. Look everyone, he still has faith in humanity.
Check your local laws, in most states you can be ticketed for riding your bike on the sidewalk.
I think you need to re-evaluate your information. Pot smoke contains most of the same carcinogens as regular tobacco smoke. Likewise, THC does have some CNS depressant characteristics.
You would be much more accurate to say that: "Marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol or tobacco." Otherwise, you're basing your argument on a fallacy, which allows opponents to discount the entire argument.
Hmmm, how about they take the servers listed in the warrant and leave the ones that aren't. You know, follow that pesky 4th amendment. It probably would have been easier to remove a couple of servers than an entire rack - except the FBI probably 'forgot' to have anyone with any computer experience accompany the seizure team.
RTFA - The FBI took all of the racks that had a server related to the warrant. So, they took servers for "tens of customers", rather than just servers for a single company,
Last report I saw said that between 30 and 50% of every medical dollar went to handling insurance.
It has a SD/MMC slot, so you can put a 4G card in for $6 (pricewatch). That's enough to stash a desktop version of Linux, Office Apps, and still have enough room for papers or anything else you're going to do in a semester at school. The other advantage is that you can pop out the card and drop it into another shell if you step on it.
Because he couldn't find a .50 cal sniper rifle?
SCEA is trying to sue in CA because they want to make it as expensive as possible for Hotz (a NJ resident). Part of the claim they are making is that he 'directed his actions against SCEA in CA'.
If he was unaware that SCEA was in CA, he couldn't have directed his action towards CA. Essentially, Hotz is trying to get the case dismissed in CA for lack of personal jurisdiction. If he succeeds, SCEA will have to refile in NJ, a state not quite as tied to the entertainment industry.
"A person reasonably skilled in the art" is the actually the measure. The problem is that the USPTO is approving patents that are rated for your average 3 year old, the "Well Duh!" patents of blindingly obvious crap. As well as the incredibly vague ones that offer a vague framework with no guidance on execution that could only be understood by a mind reader with a law degree.
Fair use in the US hinges on many things, including how you're using the material. Educational non-profit usage rates fairly high on the fair use scale. Using the same material in the same way on a for-profit site may not have been able to succeed with a fair use claim.
Who will comb his mother's hair & make sure she's taken care of?
[cue shower scene]
What they did isn't jailable in any case. It's libel & slander, which are civil claims. If they had filed a police report saying they had been abused by the teacher, that would have been 'filing a false report'. Depending on the district, that's usually a fine & possibly community service.
No, they are not. If the use is clearly not violating the trademark, then they are not required to sue over it. This use fails all of the test for trademark violation - suing over it would result in the case being thrown out immediately - most likely along with the trust being required to pay for the defendants legal costs. Under your interpretation, every website discussion and product review would be subject to lawsuits over trademarks.
As much as the RIAA & MPAA would like it to be, IP laws do not grant absolute ownership to the holder of Trademarks, copyrights, or patents.
There's no basis for a case under trademark. Trademark only protects from actions that attempt to mislead consumers. Pepsi can use Coke products in their add - complete with Coke Logo's - and there's not thing 1 that Coke can do about it. Pepsi doesn't attempt to create confusion or dilute the trademark by comparing their product to Coke.
Likewise, simply referring to the author makes no claim of ownership of the trademark, does not attempt to create confusion as to the nature of the product, nor does it attempt to create a new brand that could be confused with the existing brand.
In short, if they actually filed a case, it won't actually go anywhere and it could leave the trust subject to penalties for frivolous lawsuit.
Yes, those are listed under the entertainment section.
Doesn't happen any more. Even information that was scheduled to be declassified is being held back - obviously 50 year old supply records for the Vietnam & Korean wars are still highly sensitive.
More types of information are being classified all the time. I fully expect to find out that the names of presidential candidates are going to be classified in the next election - the debates will be held with the voices scrambled & the candidates hiding behind screens. When you get to the booth, you only get to vote A or B.