Even if there is no password, which there usually is, it's just that the account the voicemail is tied to can be allowed to bypass it. Beyond this, leaving an unlocked door, doesn't make it any less illegal to enter a private residence without permission. And entering someone else's voicemail without permission is equally a violation. There are wiretap laws that could apply here, not to mention privacy laws, and other encroachments. I think the fine should be $10K per insident (per voicemail listened to) and $100K per account they accessed. Along with $500M in 120 second awareness/apology advertisements on their networks, along with announcements on every one of their networks on the same day.
Most areas around Phoenix have both Cox, and DSL (Not just isdn) available... Tough I dislike qwest as a company way more than Cox, I have mixed feelings that cox c**k blocks your ports.
The right to property wasn't spelled out either... we see how that has been working out... wait, I gotta sell my successful business for pennies on the dollar so you can build a strip mall?
I think that HD-DVD was in a natural position to win, first with a home solution under $100, lower licensing fees, similar encryption etc.. Sony colluded there, I want to know why there wasn't an anti-trust violation considered for that.
You know, I could send an *anonymous* letter via the postal service to a few of these law professors, without a signature or valid return address and it will get to them... they will be equally offended with no recourse. You don't have a right to not be offended, but you can kick a jackass out of your house/bar/restaurant/business/life.
Just left amazon, going to work on aborting Visa/MC
Well, when it was just Amazon, I could accept it *might* be a business decision. Now, I've let Amazon know they won't be a customer of me personally (https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/contact-us/general-questions.html) and I'll be working to rework all client applications I have running on their servers. I would encourage others to do the same... I'd been a happy "Prime" customer for several years. Goodbye amazon.
I have to agree.. this is my first thought... I've been considering donating, the more I hear about the BS being pushed onto wikileaks... As to money oriented decisions.. if Wikileaks is paying for the per-unit charges that Amazon charges all customers, then it isn't a money decision.. if the U.S. Gov't is threatening these companies, it isn't a money decision.
I keep thinking it would be cool to have a torrent/dht + browser... when you pull up a resource, it will check against a dht, and pull that down into your cache/seed pile... when the cache size (minimum 1GB to join) on your HDD starts to get full, there's a weighted algorithm that will kill the more well seeded files from your system.. this would ensure that the information is out there, and that it's easily browsable... If some people wanted to put a 1-2TB HDD into their dynamic-wikileaks cache, they'd have the entire archive.. a few thousand do this, it's simply preserved for good.
But: universities receive public (tax payer) funds for most of their costs... from government backed student loans, to individual grants, and other easements from the federal and state governments. It's very much a gray line here. As long as a university get no public funding, I'd be okay with it... actually, I wouldn't be. Just the same, it would be harder to argue against.
My dad was a police officer while I was growing up, mostly undercover... My mom was a police dispatcher... There was a single year I wasn't allowed to go trick-or-treating when I was about 8... it's because the police had caught someone poisoning a candy shipment... though this says nothing to the home or local made candy... just an interesting tidbit that there are insane people out there... just the same I'd rather not have to resort to pliers to get into my bottle of milk.
It seems to me that Amendments (being an addition/adjustment to) the original constitution should take precedent over the original form... IIRC, one of the arguments previously was that the copyright provision was more important than the First Amendment, but being that the amending of the Constitution itself is meant to change its' meaning that the First should take precedent over the body.
If all the site is doing is adding a title="..." attribute to the markup, and no active javascript to display special content then it isn't even responsible for any violation of the patent... the behavior of displaying a title attribute on a link as a tooltip is the browser's. The site in question cannot be violating the patent, as they are not enabling the functionality in that case.
As horrible as it is, I think the cost for *filing* for a patent should be $50k, with an annual renewal fee of $1K. That would cause a think twice approach to patenting the obvious. And would cover the cost for the Patent office's research and staff to keep up with current demands. Though it would pretty much eliminate the small time inventor, they've already been cut out for the most part.
Personally, I don't think I've seen anything in the past 20 years in relation to software that was truly unique and deserving of a patent.. Given that the U.S. Patent system is 20 years, that means there shouldn't be *ANY* software patents left today. This is from a software engineer.
I would also comment that I've had several ideas over the years that were had before anyone successfuly monetized them... If I'd simply patented them, I'd be rich.
Generally, you have to buy multiple "original" copies from the government... Which is pretty stupid imho, but that is generally the case. Given that you are handing over copies paid for from the source, they are authorized. At least that's how it is in my State.
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An unlocked door is not an invitation.
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Food replicators
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Sony and BluRay?
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It does happen.. rarely though...
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First Amendment after Copyright provision
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The target is wrong...
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I would also comment that I've had several ideas over the years that were had before anyone successfuly monetized them... If I'd simply patented them, I'd be rich.
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