As far as I can tell, this seems to be handled by treating it like the best analogous non-computer situation. This means there's something "special" about the copy the computer makes in memory as it plays a CD, runs a program, or whatever, since in a non-computer situation (playing a CD on a stereo, following a list of isntructions, etc.) there wouldn't be any copying, and there certainly wouldn't be any distribution of copies. Unfortunately, this kind of system tends to define violations as "you know it when you see it" -- clearly you don't, or there wouldn't be any disagreement over whether or not a given action is a violation.
You're talking about a completely different event with your post hoc thing. The GGGP was talking about the suggestion that one event would lead to another in the future, and you are talking about two events in the past.
My great-grandfather immigrated to the U.S. in the 1920s, and as he worked and earned money, he sent some home to family in the Soviet Union. A long time later, when he was able to visit them, he found that they still had every dollar they'd gotten from him -- they were afraid to spend American money. Clearly, they knew something wasn't quite right.
A friend of mine once disappeared into a mental health hospital for two weeks, and nobody had any idea where he'd gone. Everyone was relieved to finally hear from him once he got out.
Qualified means "people we make offers to", pretty much by definition. We talk to a lot more people than the number of people we choose to extend offers to. Ergo, we have a problem finding qualified applicants.
If whether or not an applicant is qualified is defined solely by your actions, you have nobody but yourself to blame for being unable to find qualified candidates.
I suggest you redefine "qualified" in a way that is based on the candidate rather than on you.
I cannot imagine having Linux-trained support staff ready to answer questions about.CONF files etc.
Whose tech support do I call if I want to mess with the Windows registry?
I doubt most users will ever have to see or know about a.conf file, and most of the times that.conf files have to get changed should be handled by the package management system.
Because the government has a limited pot from which to draw funds to pay out for citizen's medical bills. What happens when the money runs out?
The same problem applies to private insurers. If Blue Cross runs out of money, do I get rationed health care, or higher premiums, or both?
I would like to see the government join and compete in the insurance market; there are "assigned risk" programs for high-risk insurees which do just that. However, I would not like to see the government be the only available insurer. A government-run monopoly is still a monopoly.
Furthermore, $80k is TWICE what the average Canadian earns. At $40k the tax rates of Quebec and B.C. are 23.7% and 18.7%, respectively.
Does this include province and federal (are there separate province and federal)?
For comparison, here in the U.S., I'm at about 40kUSD/yr (about 47kCAD/yr), paying about 25% in taxes, so it sounds like income taxes are roughly the same, possibly higher here.
The Mac restriction confuses me. There is a Windows Media Player for Mac OS X, so.wma files should be playable, even if they're not hassle-free. When I have the time, I may try browsing the site through a Canada-based proxy and see if it works.
There may be a production/distribution infrastructure already active, but we still have to wait for gas stations to actually carry this stuff. If nobody sells it, nobody can buy and use it.
Speaking of which, how many have actually seen a gas station that sells E85?
The nanny state is neither a liberal nor a conservative ideal. It is an authoritarian one. There are authoritarian liberals and authoritarian conservatives.
Agreed. Entrapment does not really apply to civil cases anyway. The relevant issue here is that if you hire someone to use your copyrighted works in a certain way, it is not copyright infringement. (IANAL)
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I suspect that in such a case, piracy would be let slide for a while and later used as an excuse to lock up "undesirables."
As far as I can tell, this seems to be handled by treating it like the best analogous non-computer situation. This means there's something "special" about the copy the computer makes in memory as it plays a CD, runs a program, or whatever, since in a non-computer situation (playing a CD on a stereo, following a list of isntructions, etc.) there wouldn't be any copying, and there certainly wouldn't be any distribution of copies. Unfortunately, this kind of system tends to define violations as "you know it when you see it" -- clearly you don't, or there wouldn't be any disagreement over whether or not a given action is a violation.
I think we should distiguish between "making available" and "offering" something.
You're talking about a completely different event with your post hoc thing. The GGGP was talking about the suggestion that one event would lead to another in the future, and you are talking about two events in the past.
No self-respecting Linux hacker would vote 600 times in an online poll. Now, writing a script to vote 600 times....
My great-grandfather immigrated to the U.S. in the 1920s, and as he worked and earned money, he sent some home to family in the Soviet Union. A long time later, when he was able to visit them, he found that they still had every dollar they'd gotten from him -- they were afraid to spend American money. Clearly, they knew something wasn't quite right.
A friend of mine once disappeared into a mental health hospital for two weeks, and nobody had any idea where he'd gone. Everyone was relieved to finally hear from him once he got out.
He can think on his own too, but it's the world leaders' thoughts that form the world leaders' decisions.
I suggest you redefine "qualified" in a way that is based on the candidate rather than on you.
I doubt most users will ever have to see or know about a
Sure, there's no resume, but there may be reputation.
Here it is. Yes, it's old and incomplete and buggy, but it's not totally unavailable.
I would like to see the government join and compete in the insurance market; there are "assigned risk" programs for high-risk insurees which do just that. However, I would not like to see the government be the only available insurer. A government-run monopoly is still a monopoly.
For comparison, here in the U.S., I'm at about 40kUSD/yr (about 47kCAD/yr), paying about 25% in taxes, so it sounds like income taxes are roughly the same, possibly higher here.
The Mac restriction confuses me. There is a Windows Media Player for Mac OS X, so .wma files should be playable, even if they're not hassle-free. When I have the time, I may try browsing the site through a Canada-based proxy and see if it works.
Congratulations, AC, you've discovered that used books are cheaper than new ones.
There may be a production/distribution infrastructure already active, but we still have to wait for gas stations to actually carry this stuff. If nobody sells it, nobody can buy and use it.
Speaking of which, how many have actually seen a gas station that sells E85?
The nanny state is neither a liberal nor a conservative ideal. It is an authoritarian one. There are authoritarian liberals and authoritarian conservatives.
That and Bruce Scneier has been describing this as a likelihood for some time now.
Right, and it was grep, not the security worker than identified an attack on the company network.
Hey, wait a minute, there's an unexpended acronym there!
Stack overflow. Core dumped.
Agreed. Entrapment does not really apply to civil cases anyway. The relevant issue here is that if you hire someone to use your copyrighted works in a certain way, it is not copyright infringement. (IANAL)