Ok, I have spent some time doing this recently at home. Spent a heap of money but I am sure my experiance will be good for your more limited budget.
If you are going to go for a projector make sure the room is DARK. And I mean REAL DARK, like only watch movies at night or with blackout curtains. This may not be an issue if you have a tv room specific for watching tv, but it can be a pain normallly.
Be warned that there are two kinds of projectors floating around, Data projectors and Home Theater projectors. You definately want the second kind. Data projecters often have specs that look amazing (high res, very bright etc) but the colour quality SUCKS. They ghost lots on fast movement and are definately not something to watch tv or movies on.
The other thing to consider is that for $1000 you are not going to get a really amazing projector, I think you will be dissapointed by the brightness and quality of the picture. Projectors really improve as you throw money at them.
Limited bulb life of projectors is an issue too. It is many hundreds to replace a burned bulb and they typically last 2000 hours.
Ok, so after all that I think you should look for a nice tube tv. Make sure it has the following things:
* Widescreen format (16:9). I know lots of TV is not in widescreen now but it will be in future and most DVD's are. You don't want to be pissed off watching everything in a letterbox. Now is NOT the time to buy an old style 4:3 tv.
* component video input. Seperates the colours into different cables, greatly improves the picture quality and is essential when connecting a good dvd player.
* 100Hz. Faster refresh rate, the picture looks much sharper and clearer, easier on the eyes.
European TV's normally have all the above features, but they often are more than $1000. Look for Metz, Loewe and Grundig.
This is interesting. Creates a nice position for the linux developers (read IBM) to bring a lawsuit against SCO and finally have them shot down as the lack of copyright violation is exposed.
What someone needs to do is sue the patent office for damages. It was their negligence in awarding a patent (that had no technical merit) in the first place that costs you money.
You should have a look at XUL. It is far superior to DHTML. I am really looking forward to the Moz team spinning off a run time library (apart of the browser) which would allow you to make zero install/zero updates, server side applications.
Recently prototyped a system with it, lots of things that need polishing but the concept is really great.
IBM will not settle for an undisclosed amount and risk Linux still looking bad becuase they *need* linux. It is important to their future business and that is why they have been sinking so much damn money into it!
Why would they reach a settlment where one of the (possibly) most important parts of their business still looks threatened?
If the salesman sold the car for half the price and he was not allowed to do this (becuase he was not authorised) then there was no sale of contract because it was not the salesmans place to sell the car. The employee has no legal rights over the car, because it has in effect been stolen. That does not mean that any money they have paid has been lost, they get that back too.
With regards to the theif exchanging stolen money for goods and services the same thing happens. There was no contract of sale becuase the theif did not own the money to exchange it. You can't contract with something you don't own.
It is interesting to note that the Commonwealth copyright act allows you to make backups of software explicity. This is not the case for other works, ie. music cd's. What gives?
Bingo, and if you really need 10 cd's of your favourite album then just take one of the burnt cd's and reburn it?
I have not seen anyone mention yet how the files are stored in your iTunes music folder without any restriction on them at all. You can take the file out and place it on another computer and it will play.
All they are doing is preventing you from using their program (iTunes) from being used as a pirating tool.
If they are first time offenders then the chance of jail time is really minimal. They will get some fines and that is all - even the amount of fines are capped (so $97 billion lawsuits here).
The court will back him up. They will imply a term in the contract that he was to get paid. The only time they will not do this is if they decided that there was no intention to create legal relations.
Being phoned up and asked to do work by a business of which you had a prior commercial arangement seems to me to shout out that there is an intention to create a legal relation.
Besides, if the court refuses to honour your bill by constructing an implied term then you can always go for quantum meriut (as an above poster pointed out). This means that you will be paid a reasonable sum just because the person took the benefit of the work you did. Follow this easy test:
1. Was a benefit given in expectation of payment?
2. Was there an opportunity for the benefit to be rejected?
3. Was the benefit accepted without payment?
If you satisfy the above then viola, you have a Quantum Meruit claim, and you will get paid. (The above test came from the case of Pavey & Matthews Pty Ltd v Paul - an Australian case, and I am making reference to Australian law).
I would like to further that instead being paid is not quantum meruit (reasonable renumeration) as this concept stems from unjust enrichment. (At least in Australia that is the idea).
Instead of looking to an equitable doctrine you could claim just basically through the common law concepts of implied terms. You would be able to get money basically because you agreed to work for them. There is an implied term that they will pay you a resonable sum. Quantum meruit does not need to come in to it.
The Australian Constitution has been found by the High Court (the highest court in australia) to have an implied protection of freedom of speech.
If the Government goes ahead with this then anyone they like can sue the Commonwealth (the federal government) or the State Governments (whoever is actually putting the block on) and try to have them stopped. I think that it would be fairly likely that the High Court would stop the blocking of most things (given that it is a violation of the implied right in the Constitution) but that it would not extend so far to declare violence inciting protected by free speech.
Australia has laws against publishing materials designed to insite violence, for example in Western Australia our Criminal Codes 78 makes it a crime to publish material that would incite racial hatred.
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family first are not left wing! they are right wing!
I have a feeling he is referring to the "Charlie Root" that the root account uses as its full name.
Ok, I have spent some time doing this recently at home. Spent a heap of money but I am sure my experiance will be good for your more limited budget.
If you are going to go for a projector make sure the room is DARK. And I mean REAL DARK, like only watch movies at night or with blackout curtains. This may not be an issue if you have a tv room specific for watching tv, but it can be a pain normallly.
Be warned that there are two kinds of projectors floating around, Data projectors and Home Theater projectors. You definately want the second kind. Data projecters often have specs that look amazing (high res, very bright etc) but the colour quality SUCKS. They ghost lots on fast movement and are definately not something to watch tv or movies on.
The other thing to consider is that for $1000 you are not going to get a really amazing projector, I think you will be dissapointed by the brightness and quality of the picture. Projectors really improve as you throw money at them.
Limited bulb life of projectors is an issue too. It is many hundreds to replace a burned bulb and they typically last 2000 hours.
Ok, so after all that I think you should look for a nice tube tv. Make sure it has the following things:
* Widescreen format (16:9). I know lots of TV is not in widescreen now but it will be in future and most DVD's are. You don't want to be pissed off watching everything in a letterbox. Now is NOT the time to buy an old style 4:3 tv.
* component video input. Seperates the colours into different cables, greatly improves the picture quality and is essential when connecting a good dvd player.
* 100Hz. Faster refresh rate, the picture looks much sharper and clearer, easier on the eyes.
European TV's normally have all the above features, but they often are more than $1000. Look for Metz, Loewe and Grundig.
Hope that helps!
This is interesting. Creates a nice position for the linux developers (read IBM) to bring a lawsuit against SCO and finally have them shot down as the lack of copyright violation is exposed.
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What someone needs to do is sue the patent office for damages. It was their negligence in awarding a patent (that had no technical merit) in the first place that costs you money.
You mean my singing hammer I spent so much money on is just the same as any old hammer?
DAMN!
You should have a look at XUL. It is far superior to DHTML. I am really looking forward to the Moz team spinning off a run time library (apart of the browser) which would allow you to make zero install/zero updates, server side applications.
Recently prototyped a system with it, lots of things that need polishing but the concept is really great.
Sorry couldn't resist! http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/ritalin.html
Isn't it called the World Organisation? :)
IBM will not settle for an undisclosed amount and risk Linux still looking bad becuase they *need* linux. It is important to their future business and that is why they have been sinking so much damn money into it!
Why would they reach a settlment where one of the (possibly) most important parts of their business still looks threatened?
If the salesman sold the car for half the price and he was not allowed to do this (becuase he was not authorised) then there was no sale of contract because it was not the salesmans place to sell the car. The employee has no legal rights over the car, because it has in effect been stolen. That does not mean that any money they have paid has been lost, they get that back too.
With regards to the theif exchanging stolen money for goods and services the same thing happens. There was no contract of sale becuase the theif did not own the money to exchange it. You can't contract with something you don't own.
It is interesting to note that the Commonwealth copyright act allows you to make backups of software explicity. This is not the case for other works, ie. music cd's. What gives?
Bingo, and if you really need 10 cd's of your favourite album then just take one of the burnt cd's and reburn it?
I have not seen anyone mention yet how the files are stored in your iTunes music folder without any restriction on them at all. You can take the file out and place it on another computer and it will play.
All they are doing is preventing you from using their program (iTunes) from being used as a pirating tool.
If they are first time offenders then the chance of jail time is really minimal. They will get some fines and that is all - even the amount of fines are capped (so $97 billion lawsuits here).
Great so now you are going to get thinksecret, mozillazine and the poor sucker who is hosting beta v62... :)
I can't believe I understood what that ancronym meant... worse still i found it funny.
fuck i am a nerd!
Unless you live in Western Australia; 'truth' is no defense to defamation!
The court will back him up. They will imply a term in the contract that he was to get paid. The only time they will not do this is if they decided that there was no intention to create legal relations.
Being phoned up and asked to do work by a business of which you had a prior commercial arangement seems to me to shout out that there is an intention to create a legal relation.
Besides, if the court refuses to honour your bill by constructing an implied term then you can always go for quantum meriut (as an above poster pointed out). This means that you will be paid a reasonable sum just because the person took the benefit of the work you did. Follow this easy test:
1. Was a benefit given in expectation of payment?
2. Was there an opportunity for the benefit to be rejected?
3. Was the benefit accepted without payment?
If you satisfy the above then viola, you have a Quantum Meruit claim, and you will get paid. (The above test came from the case of Pavey & Matthews Pty Ltd v Paul - an Australian case, and I am making reference to Australian law).
Instead of looking to an equitable doctrine you could claim just basically through the common law concepts of implied terms.
You would be able to get money basically because you agreed to work for them. There is an implied term that they will pay you a resonable sum. Quantum meruit does not need to come in to it.
Holy shit, dominos and pron! I know I am not going to be the only one who clicks the 'Erotik' link down the side of the page!
Lawyers are just serving a purpose, if people did not chase for money in stupid ways then they would not be needed!
You guys are like the secret police or something!
If the Government goes ahead with this then anyone they like can sue the Commonwealth (the federal government) or the State Governments (whoever is actually putting the block on) and try to have them stopped. I think that it would be fairly likely that the High Court would stop the blocking of most things (given that it is a violation of the implied right in the Constitution) but that it would not extend so far to declare violence inciting protected by free speech.
Australia has laws against publishing materials designed to insite violence, for example in Western Australia our Criminal Code s 78 makes it a crime to publish material that would incite racial hatred.
Just tried it on my windows 2000 machine and it moved the file.
Are you sure that you are dragging a file between folders on the same disk?