. Patching should be quick and simple. There is no logical reason to dissuade developers from fixing their products
Patching is not quick and simple. You pointed out that the odds of introducing a bug when you issue a patch is high. There is a non zero cost of pushing patch out, even a patch of a patch. Yes $40K is probably too much (it is $40K more than Apple charges for their app store)
But the reason the cost is there, is for the developer to bare the cost of pushing the patch out.
Flipping off a cop... in public are items that would normally be grouped under this crime.
Excuse me? Flipping off a cop is an expression, which I have a right to. If they are giving out disorderly conduct tickets for flipping of a cop, or calling them a pig, something is definitely wrong.
This isn't about a search warrant. At least not at this stage. In your case, it is like the cop showed up and said, we want a copy (or picture) of the sign you had in your front yard.
A subpeona is involved. Not quite a search warrant, but still a court document.
Also in your particular case, if there was evidence that the sign existed, and that you now had it in your house, it is very likely they could get a search warrant for it.
So anyone with a point can strip naked as long as it's related? Anti-sheep wool use as clothing? Nude time! Completely ridiculous.
Why do you consider it ridiculous? It is a form of protest, and has been used through out time, remember Lady Godiva? PETA does this from time to time. Free Speech means more than just spoken or written words.
Not to mention the fact, it is NOT illegal to be naked in public in Oregon (or many states for that matter)
I am amazed at the number of people who think they are safer. Look at how many slashdotters believe the TSA makes them safer. Safer from what I haven't figured out. And really that is part of the problem.
there are VERY VERY VERY few terrorists in this world. Yes there are some, and most of them don't target airplanes. You are more likely to crash due to maintenance than from a bomber. There really aren't that many.
I had one TSA agent inform me "the threat is real." What threat?
Why?
Letting a police dog sniff me is (or should be) just as bad an invasion of my 4th amendment rights as the current TSA is.
And no, it won't make me or anyone else any safer than the current TSA. Well actually a little safer as their will no longer be large group of people standing by a garbage can full of suspected explosives waiting to go through a radiation machine.
I had a difficult time parsing your statement, so I'm not really sure what your point is, other than you somehow think this is about video surveillance and no law is needed.
Do you walk down the street with a name tag on. With your name and address out there for everyone to see? When you walk into a store, do you tell them who you are, who you work for, and how much money you have in the bank? If you don't why not?
Is it perhaps because the random person you will deal with at the store/business/whatever doesn't need to know that information? THIS is what it is about.
The difference is, maybe you don't want someone knowing who you are, so you don't give that person your name or ID... With this technology they won't need to ask, they can take a picture, and figure it out. And you think that is ok?
You have two children in tow... You are in one of the most expensive sections of town. Your children want to eat at McDonald's. You can A) take your children to the relatively inexpensive McDonald's, where they want to go. B) take them to a VERY expensive restaurant, where they'll sit and whine about not going to McDonald's.
What do you do?
And on and on. That was 30 years ago! Its kind of funny what happens when something makes a lot of money... a sequel is made. Books, movies, games, tv series. Its just the way it is. And yet, new games and stories still come out.
But you know what? People WANT sequels, they want more of a good thing. I just spent some money on Defense Grid 2 kickstarter as I want more Defense Grid.
I like new stories, but I like sequels too. I'm still waiting for Half Life 3
"Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Gideon Granger, 1800.
While our country is enormous, is it "too large" in this day and age of instantaneous communication, where you can cross the entire country in a matter of hours?
They asked the "perps" individually, and they all said they treated Mr Mann with the utmost respect. No Kidding! What did you expect them to say? "Oh yeah, we beat that customer up."
That is just statistics. Half the time you flip a coin it will come up heads. Last toss was tails... You still have no idea what the next toss will be.
Do you think a tractor company should get "license" and charge royalties (however the amount) on the the food the tractor produces?
So what you are saying is, if I'm a farmer and I rent a tractor for a week... Then I can just keep using that same tractor forever?
That is basically what happened here. He made a song, they could use it for a week. But then they kept using it.
Copyright is simple. Do you have permission to copy it? No... then you can't copy it. It isn't complicated. Does it last too long? yes, but it isn't complicated.
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. Patching should be quick and simple. There is no logical reason to dissuade developers from fixing their products
Patching is not quick and simple. You pointed out that the odds of introducing a bug when you issue a patch is high. There is a non zero cost of pushing patch out, even a patch of a patch. Yes $40K is probably too much (it is $40K more than Apple charges for their app store)
But the reason the cost is there, is for the developer to bare the cost of pushing the patch out.
You could be given a subpeona to show up in court as a witness.
Flipping off a cop... in public are items that would normally be grouped under this crime.
Excuse me? Flipping off a cop is an expression, which I have a right to. If they are giving out disorderly conduct tickets for flipping of a cop, or calling them a pig, something is definitely wrong.
This isn't about a search warrant. At least not at this stage. In your case, it is like the cop showed up and said, we want a copy (or picture) of the sign you had in your front yard.
A subpeona is involved. Not quite a search warrant, but still a court document.
Also in your particular case, if there was evidence that the sign existed, and that you now had it in your house, it is very likely they could get a search warrant for it.
So anyone with a point can strip naked as long as it's related? Anti-sheep wool use as clothing? Nude time! Completely ridiculous.
Why do you consider it ridiculous? It is a form of protest, and has been used through out time, remember Lady Godiva? PETA does this from time to time. Free Speech means more than just spoken or written words.
Not to mention the fact, it is NOT illegal to be naked in public in Oregon (or many states for that matter)
Why? You still have to go through security. The US doesn't have a monopoly on idiocy at the security theatre.
Now that he's established that it's protected speech, everyone can do it.
This has been established by others in the past. Naked protests are a form of protected speech.
No, it is my anti-terrorist rock. It sits right next to my tiger repellent rock.
I am amazed at the number of people who think they are safer. Look at how many slashdotters believe the TSA makes them safer. Safer from what I haven't figured out. And really that is part of the problem.
there are VERY VERY VERY few terrorists in this world. Yes there are some, and most of them don't target airplanes. You are more likely to crash due to maintenance than from a bomber. There really aren't that many.
I had one TSA agent inform me "the threat is real." What threat?
Why?
Letting a police dog sniff me is (or should be) just as bad an invasion of my 4th amendment rights as the current TSA is.
And no, it won't make me or anyone else any safer than the current TSA. Well actually a little safer as their will no longer be large group of people standing by a garbage can full of suspected explosives waiting to go through a radiation machine.
I had a difficult time parsing your statement, so I'm not really sure what your point is, other than you somehow think this is about video surveillance and no law is needed.
Do you walk down the street with a name tag on. With your name and address out there for everyone to see? When you walk into a store, do you tell them who you are, who you work for, and how much money you have in the bank? If you don't why not?
Is it perhaps because the random person you will deal with at the store/business/whatever doesn't need to know that information? THIS is what it is about.
The difference is, maybe you don't want someone knowing who you are, so you don't give that person your name or ID... With this technology they won't need to ask, they can take a picture, and figure it out. And you think that is ok?
You have two children in tow... You are in one of the most expensive sections of town. Your children want to eat at McDonald's. You can A) take your children to the relatively inexpensive McDonald's, where they want to go. B) take them to a VERY expensive restaurant, where they'll sit and whine about not going to McDonald's.
What do you do?
And on and on. That was 30 years ago! Its kind of funny what happens when something makes a lot of money... a sequel is made. Books, movies, games, tv series. Its just the way it is. And yet, new games and stories still come out.
But you know what? People WANT sequels, they want more of a good thing. I just spent some money on Defense Grid 2 kickstarter as I want more Defense Grid.
I like new stories, but I like sequels too. I'm still waiting for Half Life 3
Really, how many of you have been stopped at government checkpoints and asked to show your papers (except when leaving the country)?
Every single time I've gotten on an airplane, whether domestic or international travel.
Further, if you failed to supply papers, were you under threat of arrest?
Yes
"Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Gideon Granger, 1800.
While our country is enormous, is it "too large" in this day and age of instantaneous communication, where you can cross the entire country in a matter of hours?
It makes no sense to stand in line more than once to vote, after standing in line for an hour each and travelling between towns to hide it.
Washingtonians don't stand in line to vote. They mail their ballot in.
They asked the "perps" individually, and they all said they treated Mr Mann with the utmost respect. No Kidding! What did you expect them to say? "Oh yeah, we beat that customer up."
No, they patented the behavior of the scroll bar in UITableView, not the view itself like the summary makes it sound.
BUT according to the patent "is not a scroll bar"
According to the patent "is not a scroll bar"
HOW is this NOVEL in any way, shape, or form? In 2007?
That is just statistics. Half the time you flip a coin it will come up heads. Last toss was tails... You still have no idea what the next toss will be.
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Do you think a tractor company should get "license" and charge royalties (however the amount) on the the food the tractor produces?
So what you are saying is, if I'm a farmer and I rent a tractor for a week... Then I can just keep using that same tractor forever?
That is basically what happened here. He made a song, they could use it for a week. But then they kept using it.
Copyright is simple. Do you have permission to copy it? No... then you can't copy it. It isn't complicated. Does it last too long? yes, but it isn't complicated.
So what you are saying is there is a problem with the justice system. Not sure I see how this equates to "IP is bad for everybody"
Yes because not creating things is obviously in the best interests of society.