It's actually a secret law that allows them to refused, but it's so secret they can't even admit it's a secret law hence the somewhat ridiculous claims.
An agreement between Microsft and Company A doesn't force you to always accept terms that include a copy of Windows.
You can either accept the terms Company A is willing to accept or you can shop elsewhere. There are companies that will sell computers without Windows.
Usually you can see the sequential number of at least one ticket for that pack. Depending on the how the dispenser is set up this is either the next to be sold or has one or two to be sold before it.
Knowing this you can have a general idea where in the sequence of that pack. When I worked at a convenience store in high school the more frequent players would pick up on patterns and wouldn't buy cards in certain ranges. I'm pretty sure these players weren't using math to determine this (cause they could easily do the math and realize they were spending more then they were winning) but rather by noticing trends.
As for the original article, I can't imagine anyone would accept the return of lottery tickets after a sale especially out of order.
Perhaps this is a good example for the need for at least some level of Tort Reform so, for example, the NFL could endorse a safer helmet without fear of lawsuit (unless they were to claim it would eliminate concussions and it doesn't).
I agree to an extent, however what is legitimate public purpose is somewhat open to interpretation and that would make any laws around it unworkable because who decides whats legitmate. When you have that you no longer have freedom of speech.
I assumed it was a reference to Steve McQueen as well, but I've read (somewhere can't find it) there was someone at pixar who pass away with the last name McQueen that was supposedly the inspiration for the name.
Maybe Brill knows something we don't but it was my understanding that Lightning McQueen was supposed to look like a race car. I'm guessing Brill's car looks a lot like other races cars as well. So I guess he is trying to claim publicity rights on red race cars with stickers on them?
If he was such a big deal in racing you'd think this would have come up earlier and he'd probably be easier to find on the internet.
Additionally, based on the age of the textbooks when I was in school this groundbreaking research was complete and never needing updates in the 1930s or 40s.
I'd say the bigger problem is the lack of flexibility in the newer sets (including a bunch of non-licensed sets).
My son has a firetruck set and it can build a firetruck and not much else. I may be misremembering my childhood, but I recall the sets had a lot more generic parts. The specialized parts can be nice but they make it a lot harder to build something completely from one's imagination.
You've got a good point, people are always saying "if they hadn't wasted so much time litigating..." Unless the entire company is lawyers chances are it was only the lawyers wasting time.
What the original publisher should do is offer to be the publisher for the unedited works. It would create the opportunity to spark new interest in the originally published books.
Just think of the bundling possibilities, each individual book bundled with it's unedited version, all books with all unedited versions, all individually, and both edited and unedited separate bundles.
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You can either accept the terms Company A is willing to accept or you can shop elsewhere. There are companies that will sell computers without Windows.
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Knowing this you can have a general idea where in the sequence of that pack. When I worked at a convenience store in high school the more frequent players would pick up on patterns and wouldn't buy cards in certain ranges. I'm pretty sure these players weren't using math to determine this (cause they could easily do the math and realize they were spending more then they were winning) but rather by noticing trends.
As for the original article, I can't imagine anyone would accept the return of lottery tickets after a sale especially out of order.
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If he was such a big deal in racing you'd think this would have come up earlier and he'd probably be easier to find on the internet.
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Instructor Laziness
The easy work around is study just claiming you had study a given source previous to the ban making it your own aqcuired knowledge.
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I think you can also order whatever blocks you want online too, I believe they even have a CAD program so you can design a set and then order it.
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My son has a firetruck set and it can build a firetruck and not much else. I may be misremembering my childhood, but I recall the sets had a lot more generic parts. The specialized parts can be nice but they make it a lot harder to build something completely from one's imagination.
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Opportunity for the original publisher
Just think of the bundling possibilities, each individual book bundled with it's unedited version, all books with all unedited versions, all individually, and both edited and unedited separate bundles.
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