The funny thing is, something like that did happen. Tom Brokaw was interviewing Bill Gates in a small town in South Dakota (Watertown, I think), about something the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was doing with small town libraries and the Internet. They conducted part of the interview in a coffee shop/cafe there. The interview ended, and they both left. A little while later, Brokaw realizes that his people didn't pay the cafe. Neither did Gates'. The world's richest man and perhaps the most famous person to come out of the state stiffed the cafe.
But did anyone else have a giant ad for the "Scientology Video Channel" directly underneath the story? Complete with the tagline of "Get the Facts?" Methinks maybe the/. editors may also have fallen to the Dark Side.
I think it would be interesting to see if there is any case law to this effect, where someone used failure to defend a copyright as a defense against their own copyright infringement, and the outcome of said case. Although IMO, this amounts to a defense of, "But Billy's Mom let him do it!"
The original purpose of the Freedom of Religion clause was to prevent the Government, either State or Federal, from pushing religion on citizens. Prior to that, there were several Colonies (later States), that would require membership in a particular religion as a condition to vote.
They may have never been arrested, no. But up until recently, anyone who tried to speak out against the Iraq War was drowned out by its supporters, who, while may not be good at getting their facts straight, were very good at being loud with their opinions; effectively "closing down" the dissenters.
I don't think that's what the OP meant. His thought isn't that of perpetual copyright. His thought (I think), is that since Nintendo is still actively using their older copyrights (Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda and the like), they deserve to keep them for the entirety of their copyright term. Whereas copyrights on a lot of the old Sierra games, for example, are no longer being used, and many are abandonware, therefore they should have their copyright revoked, and the games should enter the public domain.
As for your panic-stricken rant about warrantless wiretapping and abuse of executive power, that is absolutely irrelevant to this issue. No government entity, state or federal, is immune from suit for violating the Constitution. You usually can't get any money from them, but you can sue them to stop violating your rights.
Of course the only reason for this to exist is so that you can see what other people have downloaded in addition to downloading the song you want. There's no other reason for this to exist.
Well, that and the ability to compare what rootkits users have. They're like Pokemon: Gotta Catch 'Em All!
As a native South Dakotan, I must object to the above comment. Our state is nowhere near ready to be named after Colbert. Hell, it'll take at least 5 more years to get the faces on Mt. Rushmore completed to where they all look like him. And don't even get me started on how we'll reface the Mitchel Corn Palace http://www.cornpalace.org/newpages/webcam.html/ in his image.
On the other hand, everyone knows Colbert's favorite color is red, and South Dakota is as Red as they come.
Unfortunately, I must agree with you. I work in a huge engineering firm, where Windows messenger is used as one of the better ways to contact people who probably aren't at their desk, but have logged in remotely in one of the labs. As great as it is to be able to get ahold of someone no matter where they are, the amount of "AOL-er" speak that goes on is atrocious. I know most engineers don't have the best gramatical skills in the first place, but still, it isn't that much more work to type out your instead of "ur", and to use the right form of their, there or they're.
Hell, I remember when I was born, my parents thought the family was complete. 3 years and a broken condom later, my little brother would have to disagree with you.
As a guy who is doing the same thing he is, trying to drop Windows from my everyday computing, I feel his pain. While editing config files itself isn't too hard, knowing what config file to edit and when, and how to edit it is very difficult for a newbie.
One of the main problems I've seen with several FOSS projects is poor documentation. How many of us have tried to use some piece of software, run into problems, tried to see what went wrong in the documentation, and, lo and behold, the documentation is 2, maybe 3 versions out of date, and filled with sections that only contain "Need to be added." To me, this is one of the first things that comes to mind when I think of being free from complexity. Personally, I think that all Software Engineers/Computer Scientists, and maybe all engineers/scientists, should spend time learning how to write GOOD documentation, and in the case of FOSS programs designed to be used by desktop users, this documentation should be easily readable by Joe Schmuck.
Then again, any proprietary hardware should have a patent, which would be available for all to see, so competitors can already see what your hardware does and how it is implemented.
Not really, unless you want everyone to know exactly how your hardware works, and then find a cheaper way to do the same thing. In fact, sometimes its better to not patent the idea, that way you never have to reveal how you did it. It worked for Coke.
No matter what medium you use (oil paints, Photoshop, colored pencils, MS Paint), you are still going to somewhat need those core drawing skills of being able to see things not as they are, but as a collection of shapes, lines, curves and shadows.
I believe it's referring to the (in)famous California 3 strikes law, where upon being convicted of your 3rd felony, you automatically get a sentence of 25-life.
Missing the Christmas 2006 season alone is estimated to cost hardware manufacturers over 4 billion US dollars.
Yeah, but how many times have you gotten a copy of Windows for Xmas? Although it wouldn't be that bad of an idea: get the copy of Windows under the tree, and then in your stocking get a disk with all the latest security patches.
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The funny thing is, something like that did happen. Tom Brokaw was interviewing Bill Gates in a small town in South Dakota (Watertown, I think), about something the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was doing with small town libraries and the Internet. They conducted part of the interview in a coffee shop/cafe there. The interview ended, and they both left. A little while later, Brokaw realizes that his people didn't pay the cafe. Neither did Gates'. The world's richest man and perhaps the most famous person to come out of the state stiffed the cafe.
They're gonna get Gates to attempt to jump over a shark tank on water skis. That's when you know the series will have nuked the fridge.
Hey! We of the cabbage coalition resent being lumped in with those turnips!
But did anyone else have a giant ad for the "Scientology Video Channel" directly underneath the story? Complete with the tagline of "Get the Facts?" Methinks maybe the /. editors may also have fallen to the Dark Side.
I think it would be interesting to see if there is any case law to this effect, where someone used failure to defend a copyright as a defense against their own copyright infringement, and the outcome of said case. Although IMO, this amounts to a defense of, "But Billy's Mom let him do it!"
Sorry, I didn't preview this close enough. What its supposed to say is "V/I = Futile if V/I is less than 1 ohm."
V/I = Futile if V/I 1 ohm
The original purpose of the Freedom of Religion clause was to prevent the Government, either State or Federal, from pushing religion on citizens. Prior to that, there were several Colonies (later States), that would require membership in a particular religion as a condition to vote.
They may have never been arrested, no. But up until recently, anyone who tried to speak out against the Iraq War was drowned out by its supporters, who, while may not be good at getting their facts straight, were very good at being loud with their opinions; effectively "closing down" the dissenters.
I don't think that's what the OP meant. His thought isn't that of perpetual copyright. His thought (I think), is that since Nintendo is still actively using their older copyrights (Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda and the like), they deserve to keep them for the entirety of their copyright term. Whereas copyrights on a lot of the old Sierra games, for example, are no longer being used, and many are abandonware, therefore they should have their copyright revoked, and the games should enter the public domain.
The lotto does do its job. Its a tax on people that feel they have too much money.
You're kidding, right?
As for your panic-stricken rant about warrantless wiretapping and abuse of executive power, that is absolutely irrelevant to this issue. No government entity, state or federal, is immune from suit for violating the Constitution. You usually can't get any money from them, but you can sue them to stop violating your rights.
You mind telling them that?
Or you could just be part of the class that only had to write the paper and not implement the project :-p
Yes, but April is in the spring, where we're hit with all kinds of symbols of fertility.
Of course the only reason for this to exist is so that you can see what other people have downloaded in addition to downloading the song you want. There's no other reason for this to exist. Well, that and the ability to compare what rootkits users have. They're like Pokemon: Gotta Catch 'Em All!
As a native South Dakotan, I must object to the above comment. Our state is nowhere near ready to be named after Colbert. Hell, it'll take at least 5 more years to get the faces on Mt. Rushmore completed to where they all look like him. And don't even get me started on how we'll reface the Mitchel Corn Palace http://www.cornpalace.org/newpages/webcam.html/ in his image. On the other hand, everyone knows Colbert's favorite color is red, and South Dakota is as Red as they come.
Unfortunately, I must agree with you. I work in a huge engineering firm, where Windows messenger is used as one of the better ways to contact people who probably aren't at their desk, but have logged in remotely in one of the labs. As great as it is to be able to get ahold of someone no matter where they are, the amount of "AOL-er" speak that goes on is atrocious. I know most engineers don't have the best gramatical skills in the first place, but still, it isn't that much more work to type out your instead of "ur", and to use the right form of their, there or they're.
Hell, I remember when I was born, my parents thought the family was complete. 3 years and a broken condom later, my little brother would have to disagree with you.
As a guy who is doing the same thing he is, trying to drop Windows from my everyday computing, I feel his pain. While editing config files itself isn't too hard, knowing what config file to edit and when, and how to edit it is very difficult for a newbie.
One of the main problems I've seen with several FOSS projects is poor documentation. How many of us have tried to use some piece of software, run into problems, tried to see what went wrong in the documentation, and, lo and behold, the documentation is 2, maybe 3 versions out of date, and filled with sections that only contain "Need to be added." To me, this is one of the first things that comes to mind when I think of being free from complexity. Personally, I think that all Software Engineers/Computer Scientists, and maybe all engineers/scientists, should spend time learning how to write GOOD documentation, and in the case of FOSS programs designed to be used by desktop users, this documentation should be easily readable by Joe Schmuck.
Then again, any proprietary hardware should have a patent, which would be available for all to see, so competitors can already see what your hardware does and how it is implemented.
Not really, unless you want everyone to know exactly how your hardware works, and then find a cheaper way to do the same thing. In fact, sometimes its better to not patent the idea, that way you never have to reveal how you did it. It worked for Coke.
No matter what medium you use (oil paints, Photoshop, colored pencils, MS Paint), you are still going to somewhat need those core drawing skills of being able to see things not as they are, but as a collection of shapes, lines, curves and shadows.
I believe it's referring to the (in)famous California 3 strikes law, where upon being convicted of your 3rd felony, you automatically get a sentence of 25-life.
Missing the Christmas 2006 season alone is estimated to cost hardware manufacturers over 4 billion US dollars.
Yeah, but how many times have you gotten a copy of Windows for Xmas? Although it wouldn't be that bad of an idea: get the copy of Windows under the tree, and then in your stocking get a disk with all the latest security patches.