If I remember phn's description correctly, in AC's example I'm not so sure B selling a copy of the work in Asia would be copyright infringement. I think it would be a violation of the contract between A and B.
and I have and have had health insurance on my own (first through school, then through work) since I left being covered by my parents' plan the better part of twenty years ago.
The Supreme Court inadvertently just gave me a reason to vote Romney.
So you dislike Obamacare (signed into law March 2010) but you're okay with the guy who gave Massachusetts a similar piece of legislation (enacted in 2006)? I live in Massachusetts and I have to file a form every year with my state taxes indicating I had insurance, and some amount will be added to your taxes if you indicate you didn't have insurance for part or all of the year.
I'd be okay with you not paying the penalty for not having insurance... if you're okay with having to foot the ENTIRE bill for your medical care when or if something happens and you need treatment. Sure, you may luck out and be able to go 5, 10, 15, 20 plus years without a serious illness or injury but more likely you'll hear a nurse asking "Will that be cash, charge, or another mortgage?" at some point.
If you think either the Republicans or the Democrats are going to willingly appoint someone to the Supreme Court that would tend to limit the powers of Congress or the Presidency... I think you're fooling yourself. How many Supreme Court cases have there been that limited the power of the Supremes? I'm guessing that number is very small, and that the number of cases that have explicitly or implicitly given them more power is vastly larger.
You don't need privacy. If you're not willing to show the public every aspect of your life, then you're surely a terrorist or a criminal. We need to ban privacy for the good of the children, and to keep us all safe from terrorists!
Okay, just so long as the members of Congress, the President, the Vice-President, the members of the Cabinet, and the justices of the Supreme Court go first. If they do EVERYTHING on record for six months, I'll consider giving up my privacy.
So basically, you are saying that you have something to hide?
I invite anyone who claims otherwise to install a permanently on webcam in their bedroom so we can get some nice videos of their pet sheep.
Don't forget that they also should have their debit card number and PIN, or their credit card number and authentication code, tattooed to their forehead.
No, but it's GREAT for taking a substantial lead in this year's "Jack Thompson's Legal Career" Memorial Award for Bad Legal Interaction with an Website, Online Forum, or Service Provider.
Or the other way around: "My constituents want me to vote to ban gay marriage, but I believe homosexuals should have that right, so I'm going to overrule that vote."
This system isn't going to be perfect. But might it be better than the alternative, where the political decisions are made behind closed doors when corporations "contribute to the campaigns of" politicians and the politician agrees to "consider the corporation's interests"? Maybe. It's worth trying out; worst comes to worst, he gets into office and transforms into a garden variety politician. A politician breaking a campaign promise? That's never happened before! \end{sarcasm} But it wouldn't be the end of the world.
As I said, md5crypt [a hashing function based on MD5] is pretty much the "default" password scrambler for a lot of people, but even though it fulfilled all relevant criteria back in 1995, I no longer consider it safe enough (see: http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html).
But what was secure back in 1995, when computers had processors like Pentiums or Pentium Pros operating at around 200 MHz, is not secure in 2012, when computer processors in the Sandy Bridge family are operating between 1.6 and 3.6 GHz (1600 to 3600 MHz) and likely have GPUs they can call upon for extra computing power. [My use of the list of Intel processors only is not intended to be a slight against other processor manufacturers, but just the first list I found.]
That gives me an idea. The North Carolina legislature can easily create a space exploration industry in the state (boosting economic development and creating plenty of jobs.) All they need to do is to pass legislation outlawing gravity for all vehicles designated as "space vessels" inside a region designated by lines extending from the center of the Earth through the borders of the state out into space. Want to launch something to the ISS? Just put it in a trash bag and formally state "I dub this trash bag to be a space vessel." Zip, up into space it goes. Simple as that.
Which God was that? Would that be Uranus, Cronos, or Zeus? Osiris, Seth, or Horus from Egypt? Brahma, Shiva and/or Vishnu from Hinduism? Quetzacoatl? Izanagi? Marduk, Coyote, Odin (although that seems more like a Loki trick)? I can keep going for a while based on Wikipedia's list.
Who died and made _their_ god king? [If they worship someone like Zeus or Cronos, who did inherit power from a previous god that did die, fair enough.]
Wow so now we all are lawyers? I mean give me break, what has this world come to when copying a photo causes a deluge of DMCA takedowns. If you want to share, post it on the internet. Otherwise stay off of it and go to law school.
Does that include free software like Linux, Firefox, etc? So Microsoft should be able to download that software and do whatever they want with it? If you disagree with that statement, what's the difference between Linux, Firefox, and this guy's photograph? What makes the first two copyrightable and the last one not?
Before she started going nuts on the guy, I'm guessing describing that her sites were intended to promote a charity and attributing the photo might have worked.
Now? If I were the photographer, her next communication to me in ANY form would be answered very simply: "Address any further communications to my lawyer, here's his or her address."
If there isn't such a person in the government, see if your local television station has a "consumer watch" reporter. This reporter investigates stories of companies not living up to their promises and names and shames them (if necessary.) If faced with the possibility of bad PR, the ISP may be willing to go a little farther than they would otherwise.
The Dragon Ball manga wouldn't be my first choice for a 3-year-old's first manga, considering how Bulma convinces Roshi to give up his dragon ball. In the anime she promises him a kiss; in the manga, if I remember correctly (it's been a while since I read that volume) she promises him a peek at her underwear... which she somehow didn't realize Goku had innocently (yes, really) removed during the night. Dirty old man indeed.
That depends on what you're trying to do with the "Tech / TV / CARs" -- if you're trying to repair existing ones, then a vocational school may be a good option. If you're trying to design new ones from scratch (or even design significant modifications to one that already exists) that I'm going to use, I'd kind of like at least one (ideally most) of the designers to have advanced engineering or science degrees.
That's why the May 2011 data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (the first set of data I found; I didn't dig for more recent data) indicates that "automotive service technicians and mechanics" (occupation code 49-3023) made an average annual salary of $38,560 while "mechanical engineers" (17-2141) made an average of $83,550.
Given that the article described the little girl as having nightmares for the next several nights:
Croft said that for the first few nights after coming home, Isabelle had nightmares and talked about kidnappers. She said TSA agents had shouted at the girl, telling her to calm down and saying the suspect wasn't cooperating.
doesn't that make the TSA agents, by the dictionary definition of the word, terrorists? Dictionary.com has as the second definition for the word "a person who terrorizes or frightens others" and it sounds like this girl became extremely frightened or even terrified.
Those younger than forty will probably live to see the fall of the Big Bang Theory.
Well, sure. If you look at the list of longest-running TV shows by category, it looks like Meet The Press, which started in 1947, has been on the longest. If The Big Bang Theory were to run for the same length of time, someone who's 40 now would have to live to be just over 100 to see it end its run. That's plausible, assuming humanity doesn't do something to wipe itself out in the meantime. But somehow I don't think it's going to run for 60+ years.
Keep in mind that Obama threatened to veto the NDAA, and ended up signing it under protest.
So if I were to punch you in the stomach while all the while saying I didn't want to hurt you, that would render me blameless? I'm sure all the people that commit domestic violence will be happy to hear your opinion.
There's MORE than enough blame to go around about the NDAA, and it should coat all the politicians that supported it, regardless of their political party. That includes President Obama. If he had vetoed it and had his veto overriden, I'd be a little more sympathetic. But he didn't.
Well some cosmologists aim for a compromise, why the hell shouldn't all be presented and let each kid/student/person/parent choose and pursue.
That's fine... except not all theories should be presented in the same class. Present those theories that could be tested using the scientific method in science class; present other theories in philosophy or similar classes. Evolution falls into the first category; intelligent design, creationism, the theory that Atum "took matters into his own hands", etc. fall into the second category.
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John Scalzi's editor, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, wrote a comment on one of Scalzi's blog posts explaining this in the context of ebooks:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/06/13/patrick-nielsen-hayden-explains-ebook-territorial-rights-for-you/
If I remember phn's description correctly, in AC's example I'm not so sure B selling a copy of the work in Asia would be copyright infringement. I think it would be a violation of the contract between A and B.
I am not in the 1% (unless the income required has dropped sharply since 2009, as indicated by this CNNMoney article)
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/20/news/economy/occupy_wall_street_income/index.htm
and I have and have had health insurance on my own (first through school, then through work) since I left being covered by my parents' plan the better part of twenty years ago.
The Supreme Court inadvertently just gave me a reason to vote Romney.
So you dislike Obamacare (signed into law March 2010) but you're okay with the guy who gave Massachusetts a similar piece of legislation (enacted in 2006)? I live in Massachusetts and I have to file a form every year with my state taxes indicating I had insurance, and some amount will be added to your taxes if you indicate you didn't have insurance for part or all of the year.
I'd be okay with you not paying the penalty for not having insurance ... if you're okay with having to foot the ENTIRE bill for your medical care when or if something happens and you need treatment. Sure, you may luck out and be able to go 5, 10, 15, 20 plus years without a serious illness or injury but more likely you'll hear a nurse asking "Will that be cash, charge, or another mortgage?" at some point.
If you think either the Republicans or the Democrats are going to willingly appoint someone to the Supreme Court that would tend to limit the powers of Congress or the Presidency ... I think you're fooling yourself. How many Supreme Court cases have there been that limited the power of the Supremes? I'm guessing that number is very small, and that the number of cases that have explicitly or implicitly given them more power is vastly larger.
You don't need privacy. If you're not willing to show the public every aspect of your life, then you're surely a terrorist or a criminal. We need to ban privacy for the good of the children, and to keep us all safe from terrorists!
Okay, just so long as the members of Congress, the President, the Vice-President, the members of the Cabinet, and the justices of the Supreme Court go first. If they do EVERYTHING on record for six months, I'll consider giving up my privacy.
So basically, you are saying that you have something to hide?
I invite anyone who claims otherwise to install a permanently on webcam in their bedroom so we can get some nice videos of their pet sheep.
Don't forget that they also should have their debit card number and PIN, or their credit card number and authentication code, tattooed to their forehead.
No, but it's GREAT for taking a substantial lead in this year's "Jack Thompson's Legal Career" Memorial Award for Bad Legal Interaction with an Website, Online Forum, or Service Provider.
PS: Hasn't Vermont already legalized gay marriage? Or is that some other cold northern state I'm thinking of?
Four of the six New England states have done so: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The other two New England states, Maine and Rhode Island, have domestic partnerships or civil unions respectively.
Or the other way around: "My constituents want me to vote to ban gay marriage, but I believe homosexuals should have that right, so I'm going to overrule that vote."
This system isn't going to be perfect. But might it be better than the alternative, where the political decisions are made behind closed doors when corporations "contribute to the campaigns of" politicians and the politician agrees to "consider the corporation's interests"? Maybe. It's worth trying out; worst comes to worst, he gets into office and transforms into a garden variety politician. A politician breaking a campaign promise? That's never happened before! \end{sarcasm} But it wouldn't be the end of the world.
There ARE libraries like that. From the article:
But what was secure back in 1995, when computers had processors like Pentiums or Pentium Pros operating at around 200 MHz, is not secure in 2012, when computer processors in the Sandy Bridge family are operating between 1.6 and 3.6 GHz (1600 to 3600 MHz) and likely have GPUs they can call upon for extra computing power. [My use of the list of Intel processors only is not intended to be a slight against other processor manufacturers, but just the first list I found.]
One of the top 5. I think that this United States Navy pilot and this US Marine Corps pilot may be more famous, though not necessarily for their skill at flying aircraft.
Does she own the rights to that? Normally I'd give people the benefit of the doubt, but she sounds a few fries short of a Jack Thompson meal.
That gives me an idea. The North Carolina legislature can easily create a space exploration industry in the state (boosting economic development and creating plenty of jobs.) All they need to do is to pass legislation outlawing gravity for all vehicles designated as "space vessels" inside a region designated by lines extending from the center of the Earth through the borders of the state out into space. Want to launch something to the ISS? Just put it in a trash bag and formally state "I dub this trash bag to be a space vessel." Zip, up into space it goes. Simple as that.
Which God was that? Would that be Uranus, Cronos, or Zeus? Osiris, Seth, or Horus from Egypt? Brahma, Shiva and/or Vishnu from Hinduism? Quetzacoatl? Izanagi? Marduk, Coyote, Odin (although that seems more like a Loki trick)? I can keep going for a while based on Wikipedia's list.
Who died and made _their_ god king? [If they worship someone like Zeus or Cronos, who did inherit power from a previous god that did die, fair enough.]
"So that means that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not actually God but is in fact ... SATAN?!?!"
"Yes, Church Lady."
Wow so now we all are lawyers? I mean give me break, what has this world come to when copying a photo causes a deluge of DMCA takedowns. If you want to share, post it on the internet. Otherwise stay off of it and go to law school.
Does that include free software like Linux, Firefox, etc? So Microsoft should be able to download that software and do whatever they want with it? If you disagree with that statement, what's the difference between Linux, Firefox, and this guy's photograph? What makes the first two copyrightable and the last one not?
Before she started going nuts on the guy, I'm guessing describing that her sites were intended to promote a charity and attributing the photo might have worked.
Now? If I were the photographer, her next communication to me in ANY form would be answered very simply: "Address any further communications to my lawyer, here's his or her address."
Thanks (don't know how I missed that originally).
That's what he said.
If there isn't such a person in the government, see if your local television station has a "consumer watch" reporter. This reporter investigates stories of companies not living up to their promises and names and shames them (if necessary.) If faced with the possibility of bad PR, the ISP may be willing to go a little farther than they would otherwise.
The Dragon Ball manga wouldn't be my first choice for a 3-year-old's first manga, considering how Bulma convinces Roshi to give up his dragon ball. In the anime she promises him a kiss; in the manga, if I remember correctly (it's been a while since I read that volume) she promises him a peek at her underwear ... which she somehow didn't realize Goku had innocently (yes, really) removed during the night. Dirty old man indeed.
Tech / TV / CARs need a TECH / vocational school.
That depends on what you're trying to do with the "Tech / TV / CARs" -- if you're trying to repair existing ones, then a vocational school may be a good option. If you're trying to design new ones from scratch (or even design significant modifications to one that already exists) that I'm going to use, I'd kind of like at least one (ideally most) of the designers to have advanced engineering or science degrees.
That's why the May 2011 data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (the first set of data I found; I didn't dig for more recent data) indicates that "automotive service technicians and mechanics" (occupation code 49-3023) made an average annual salary of $38,560 while "mechanical engineers" (17-2141) made an average of $83,550.
Given that the article described the little girl as having nightmares for the next several nights:
doesn't that make the TSA agents, by the dictionary definition of the word, terrorists? Dictionary.com has as the second definition for the word "a person who terrorizes or frightens others" and it sounds like this girl became extremely frightened or even terrified.
Those younger than forty will probably live to see the fall of the Big Bang Theory.
Well, sure. If you look at the list of longest-running TV shows by category, it looks like Meet The Press, which started in 1947, has been on the longest. If The Big Bang Theory were to run for the same length of time, someone who's 40 now would have to live to be just over 100 to see it end its run. That's plausible, assuming humanity doesn't do something to wipe itself out in the meantime. But somehow I don't think it's going to run for 60+ years.
Keep in mind that Obama threatened to veto the NDAA, and ended up signing it under protest.
So if I were to punch you in the stomach while all the while saying I didn't want to hurt you, that would render me blameless? I'm sure all the people that commit domestic violence will be happy to hear your opinion.
There's MORE than enough blame to go around about the NDAA, and it should coat all the politicians that supported it, regardless of their political party. That includes President Obama. If he had vetoed it and had his veto overriden, I'd be a little more sympathetic. But he didn't.
Well some cosmologists aim for a compromise, why the hell shouldn't all be presented and let each kid/student/person/parent choose and pursue.
That's fine ... except not all theories should be presented in the same class. Present those theories that could be tested using the scientific method in science class; present other theories in philosophy or similar classes. Evolution falls into the first category; intelligent design, creationism, the theory that Atum "took matters into his own hands", etc. fall into the second category.
It is an option. Not a requirement.
For the next few weeks, according to their FAQ. Then it becomes a requirement.