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  1. Re:wait a minute... on Ask Slashdot: How To "Prove" a Work Is Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    uhh, Public domain certainly doesn't mean you're the owner... It means you can use it, that's something completely different than being 'the owner'..

    And I have no problem with them blocking you of making money on youtube for republishing a video that you ripped from another site.. I still think it's lame, if you actually had the movie on celluloid and did scan and remaster it and then publish it to youtube, it would be another matter...

    But you sir are NOT! the owner of the material. Also, let's not forget, the movie itself may be in public domain, but it doesn't mean a reproduction of the movie is freely available to do with as you please.. Just like with a classical music piece, the piece may be in public domain, but if an orchestra is playing it, that specific perfomance isn't..

  2. Re:wait a minute... on Ask Slashdot: How To "Prove" a Work Is Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    I don't have any problems with that if you actually invest money in it to reproduce it (like DVD's or get a celluloid film version and remaster it to bluray/dvd), but not they way he's doing, ripping it from another site and upload it to youtube..

  3. Re:Wait a moment... on Ask Slashdot: How To "Prove" a Work Is Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    Not really, as they took the stories (changed them a little bit) and made a new animated movie.. Unlike what this guy tries to do, rip the video from https://archive.org/details/su... then uploaded it to google and expects money from it, without doing anything himself.. He's just lame....

  4. wait a minute... on Ask Slashdot: How To "Prove" a Work Is Public Domain? · · Score: 1

    So you're asking us how to prove it's public domain so you can make money with it?
    That ofcourse is ridiculous.. If it's public domain, you shouldn't be able to make money off it by republishing it on youtube you lame bastard...

  5. So... on Off-Grid Home Ecocapsule To Hit the Market This Year · · Score: 1

    So they reinvented the caravan................... Nope, never gonna live in such an ugly home..

  6. pfff... on New Video Shows Shot Down Drone Hovered For Only 22 Seconds · · Score: 2

    Yes, the video might have run for 22 seconds, but that doesn't mean the drone wasn't already over the backyard, and 22 seconds is kinda long.
    To me the owner of the drone should just cut his losses and leave it at that, as IMHO he shouldn't have flown/hoovered over someoneelses property.. Lesson learned the hard way.. Because you own a drone doesn't mean you can do whatever you want whereever you want.. To me the property owner was full in his rights to down the drone (shooting it with a shotgun might not have been the safest way for surrounding people)..

  7. stupid, but.. on "Pixels" DMCA Takedown Even Worse Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    ofcourse the DMCA of everything with the word pixels in them is beyond normal and all video's should be restored as soon as possible as the DMCA has no viable claim..
    But the quote "First Patrick Jean gets to watch them violate his work and now they're claiming that his work violates theirs." is BS ofcourse as Columbia/Happy madisson bought the rights to the property and therefore they can do whatever they want with it (IMHO it's not really possible to do a full feature on the premise of the short anyway, so no wonder it turned out like this, and let's not forget who bought the rights, Sandler, so you knew in advance what kind of humor the movie would entail)..

  8. Re:The one from 2000 was really terrible. on Dungeons & Dragons Is Getting a Film Franchise · · Score: 1

    But D&D isn't a videogame (yes there are some videogames, but the origin lies with boardgames, not videogames)......

  9. nope.. on IBM Locking Up Lots of Cloud Computing Patents · · Score: 1

    The 'cloud' hasn't been formed using public standards, they have been formed using standards that have been commercially available for many decades (as 'cloud' is nothing new, just a new hip term), and is now available on the cheap.. Also public standards doesn't mean they are patent free..

  10. Re:Shooting Guns into the Air in a Populated Area on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    Sure, accidentally, but a drone hovering over my property (and not in transit) is not accidentally, the drone owner had no business flying it over my property in the first place..
    Drone owners shouldn't think they can fly the bugger anywhere they want without permission.. and especially with these drones having camera's on board, yeah, nice you want to have a hobby, but go fly over your own property, if you fly over mine, I'm gonna do whatever I please with it, which means bringing it down and keeping it for the electronic parts.. these days you'll need even a sign on the top of your house..
    And as far as I know, you aren't even allowed to fly a drone over someone elses property without permission just like you are not allowed to use an RC plane/helicopter anywhere you want (and that's what a drone is, nothing more than a RC toy)..

  11. maybe not now... on Beyond Safety: Is Robotic Surgery Sustainable? · · Score: 1

    Well, maybe it's not yet ready for regular use, but in the end when the robots have been refined, it will be the ONLY way one still wants a surgery.. It's not like regular surgeon doesn't make mistakes, it sadly happens too often, but that no wonder, they are only human too..

  12. uhh... on HEVC Advance Announces H.265 Royalty Rates, Raises Some Hackles · · Score: 1

    in what way has HEVC advanced any patents on h.265 that isn't already covered in the LAMPEG HEVC license for h.265? One problem though, the 'open source' VP9 (which still is being debated if it really isn't using any patented technology) isn't nearly as good as h.265 (unless you really don't give a damn about real quality)..

  13. funny... on Gmail Messages Can Now Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    they can claim whatever they want, but it won't work on any other mailclient (unless the specific mailclients are going to implement the feature, and guess what, don't count on it)....

  14. it's ridiculous that drivers themselves aren't optimized and seem to be game-based optimized.. that's something that should stop..

  15. what? on Apple Patents Bank Account Balance Snooping Tech · · Score: 1

    how in the world can one get a patent on something like this......... this really shows how broken the patent system is.. But then again, Apple has given a lot of money to the patentofficers to get their patents approved...

  16. just check on Twitter Stock Jumps Nearly 8 Percent After Fake Report · · Score: 1

    Just check who sold a lot of shares and investigate that person, he/she's most likely to be the culprit..

  17. Sure... on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    Yeah ofcourse he was arrested only for using the socket........... He propably was told it was illegal to use the socket and was written a fine, but then he got a big mouth and that's why he got arrested, and trying to arrest him he got even agressive and that was the second offence.. There are always 2 sides to the story, and ofcourse according to him, he did nothing and only used the outlet...

    Then again, why don't they just replace the socket with a plug that isn't compatible with any consumer plug... But people are getting more bold/rude and think they can just charge their device anywhere without permission.. I've seen it a lot in bars etc, people just unplugging an appliance or light just to charge their f-ing phone and not even putting the plug back in, and all without asking..

  18. Really? on Boeing Patents an Engine Run By Laser-Generated Fusion Explosions · · Score: 1

    the dumb greenpeace moron in the article is comparing the Solar Impulse 2 to a real engine that could power an airliner... Solar Impulse 2 can barely lift itself and a pilot, how is that supposed to support a big jumbo jet with 300 passengers and/or cargo... Solar energy is far from viable (at the moment/decade) for use in commercial flight..

    Also nowhere is mentioned that the engine is actually going to be used in commercial flight...

  19. why? on Even the "Idea Person" Should Learn How To Code · · Score: 1

    So should we all learn how to fix a car?
    should we all learn how to do brainsurgery?
    should we all learn how to disassemble a nuclear device?
    This is such nonsense, let the coding be done by people who want and are good at it just like we do with every other job.
    A lot of people are just not cut out to do coding, just like a lot of people cannot build a simple doghouse or are not able to draw..

  20. problem on How Bad User Interfaces Can Ruin Lives · · Score: 1

    the biggest problem is, it's very hard to do a good UI, as a good UI means something different to different people, what you might think to be a good UI for you, might be horrible for others..
    Windows 8 is a good example, some people really like the spacious UI and think it's productive, but others think it's a waste of space and could show much more information which doesn't need you to scroll for seeing the same extra information.. Also the settings for instance are way less than what would be more productive for a more advanced user, yes it's enough for a 'dumb' user, but for others it's counterproductive as they need to find the advanced settings which show much more..

    Good UI's are very difficult to do due to the many whishes and habbits of all the users.. Less visible is not always better...

  21. Ikea on Ask Slashdot: Have You Tried a Standing Desk? · · Score: 1

    Well, ikea sells 'cheap' motorized desk for about 550 euro's..

    But all day standing is also not good for you...

  22. not so smart... on Greece Rejects EU Terms · · Score: 1

    Yeah, voting 'no' to the EU plan might seem great to the people who voted, but the problem is, most people who did vote 'no' don't even know what the consequences are of their vote, they have no clue that voting 'no' is even more dissastrous for them then having said 'yes'... If they thought their pensions etc were in danger with the EU plan, well, with exiting the 'euro' there will be no pension at all.. Greece still have to pay the loan they got in the end...

  23. Actually, we still haven't got a clue as to what the longterm problems might be with Wifi.. There are studies which suggest it IS harmfull..
    Just think back, in the past they also said for decades, living under powerlines wasn't a problem, but now we do know it IS a problem...

  24. Just an idea.... on Students Win Prize For Color-Changing Condoms That Detect STDs · · Score: 1

    So as I gather from most stories around the net, this is nothing more than just an Idea, it doesn't even have a crude prototype...
    And in that case, I'd rather suggest some sort of a stick (like for testing pregnancy) to test if you have a STD.. And if I use a condom, then I really don't care if the other has a STD (well at least not one that transmits through intercourse), that's what's the condom is for (next to birthcontrol)...

  25. should have known on The Death of Aibo, the Birth of Softbank's Child-Robot · · Score: 1

    People should have known this day would be comming, it's been 9 years since they stopped production on the robots themselves, so 9 years later stopping the service is even quite a long time..
    And with 3D printing, it shouldn't be hard to replace parts that are damaged..
    And just think how far robotics would have been if Sony didn't stop the aibo, and they did sell just enough to make a small profit..
    One time there was even the notion that a new aibo would be released which would have a CELL processor inside (ofcourse it didn't make it out of the sony laboratories)..
    But the aibo has been one of the best 'consumer' robot for a long time, and still there really isn't any other 'consumer' replacement for it.. The i-cybie never even came close, and that was one of the only robotdogs that even came anywhere in the direction of the aibo...