Muslims seem to only allow a couple dozen names and the most popular is Muhammad. There are only so many combinations and the chance of many duplicates are very likely. It's like Smith, Jones or Brown in many countries.
I thought the whole idea of trolling was quick easy settlements. Companies know how expensive it is to fight back even when they know the claim is a load of crap. The trolls then rake in big bucks with minimal legal fees. Why would they go after NewEgg when they know they will likely lose millions even they win? There are so many easier targets.
Yeah, you are probably right. It always cracks me up when NewEgg kicks some troll's ass after even companies who have the resources to fight them have paid up. You would think the trolls would eventually learn not to fuck with NewEgg!
So, if is proven in court that the crappiest song ever written has been public domain since at least 1922, does that mean Warner will have to refund everyone they defrauded? Perhaps a class action suit that retroactively includes everyone who paid fees for it is in order.
What about the player piano invented in the 1900s? Just one example. There hast to be many more products with that very common word that long predate his song. This one hit wonder thinks he owns that word? If it was called a Beatles kit there might be a case, but seriously, player? If I was looking to get back into playing in bands I might take out an ad as a bass player. Am I violating his trademark?
That may be true because anyone that drives a car violates some traffic law pretty much every day. If I get caught speeding I can expect to be pulled over and ticketed. What I don't expect is to be held at gunpoint or thrown to the ground and cuffed because some automated system thinks I may resemble some criminal.
Can't wait for all the false positives that lead to false arrests become massive lawsuits. Facial recognition isn't like DNA where the odds sometimes exceed the entire population of the planet. It's not even like fingerprints where mistakes are very unlikely if there are a decent number of comparison points. SWAT teams will be taking down people unlucky enough to just look like some felon. Wouldn't the odds of a mistake be even higher for innocent relatives who bear a family resemblance? We have been worried that 1984 will become a reality. I think we are heading more toward Person of Interest.
Does this also mean that MySpace can take down NASA and other space agencies on trademark claims if they dare to include "space" in a web site name? Since most of them probably predated MySpace perhaps the claim could go the other way. Where does this insanity end?
Does he want us to believe with that name that this is the first time he has been called ass man? I'm guessing form about the 6th grade on that is about all he was called. Still quite fitting for someone claiming his credentials and making such ridiculous arguments.
I recently opened Facebook while I was on a VPN and they locked me out. I had a much tougher time than any forgot password recovery. I had to make several attempts to identify friends photos that in many cases were their pets, kids, ancestors, friends of friends, schoolmates I hadn't seen in 40 years. After each failed attempt I was prevented from trying again for an hour. I finally lucked out and enough the photos were of the actual person I had seen in the last 10 years and got my account back. All this because Facebook saw me logging in from Dallas instead of my usual IP. Yet someone can get enough info on me to file a fake tax return.
I have always wondered why so many financial institutions still use mother's maiden name as a security question. This information is very easily obtained for just about anyone. Even if that wasn't pretty much public record already, what if a relative wants to rip you off? I grew up in the 60's so it wouldn't be a stretch to guess the Beatles are my favorite band and a few people might remember my first pet's name but mother's maiden name is about a secure as using 123456 or password as a password.
Congress is supposed to represent the citizens that voted them into office. None of them could possibly be unaware that there is massive public opposition to TPP. Senator Wyden's Facebook page has been flooded with thousands of posts blasting him for his position on TPP and fast track. After his Washington office phone number was posted everywhere he got so many messages against TPP that the number was changed. They backed off SOPA when they realized that it was poison for their career. Why haven't they gotten the message on this? Are they all total slaves to the big cooperations funneling millions to them that they don't care what the voters think? Government of the cooperations, by the cooperations and of the cooperations.
Does this really matter? If the leadership in congress doesn't kill this bill or at least strip it down like the last one the president will veto it. Even if it does get through it will not change anything. This country is not led by congress or the president and certainly not by the will of the citizens. Three letter agencies and big money interests hold all the power. The surveillance will continue. They will do it in secret and take extreme precautions against any more leaks. If providers don't give them data they will hack in and get it anyway.
As freaked out as they are about terrorism you would think they would be interested in them since some of them endorse killing cops and other violence. That is, if you are some famous rapper and not some 16 year old kid posting them to his Facebook page. Then you get hit with a felony that follows you all your life just for being a stupid kid.
I always thought the big stink over Louie Louie was hilarious. I played in bands as a kid in the 60's and when everybody would play this song we would try to come up with the dirtiest lyrics we could. Maybe the FBI should have investigated us instead of the Kingsmen. We were almost sure we heard the line "Stuck my finger in the hole of love" and another line included "across the bed". The real lyrics were eventually released back then so we sang them when our audience was not appropriate for the dirty versions and kept the nastiest lyrics for frat parties.
I guess it may depend on management in different areas. AT&T DSL and Verizon wireless are the only other choices here. I had the Verizon on my laptop and a lot of the time I was lucky to get 100 Kbps when it wasn't losing the signal completely. Amazing that with no real competition that Cox has given me such good service for years. They even give a discount on your next bill if the tech doesn't show up in the time slot they schedule.
I don't rely on brief speed tests for my Cox. I go by times on longer downloads and at least in my area Cox is pretty consistently giving me the speed I'm supposed to be getting.
I have an idea. My AT&T landline was twice what Cox is charging and I would have had to paid extra for caller ID. Back in the dial up days I had AT&T for internet. Calling for service was being put on hold for 20 or 30 minutes at a time only to be told several times that I was talking to the wrong department. They would then transfer me for another long hold only to be told the same thing and another long wait while a recording came on every 20 seconds telling me how important my call was. If my call is so important, answer the fucking thing! the main problem was my AT&T phone had so much noise on the line my modem would keep cutting out. They never fixed the problem.
I guess I'm lucky that I have Cox. I have always gotten the speeds I was promised. My package I have now is unlimited. I switched my phone when I changed and they saved me enough over what I was paying AT&T that it really isn't that much more. I also saved by dropping TV that I never watched but they only blocked analog and I still get a lot of HD digital channels. Service has always been pretty good.If you call by noon they usually get out here the same day. I've even called later than that have had someone here in an hour or two. When it's an area outage it's usually not longer than a couple of hours unless there was a big storm that knocked down a lot of poles.
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