Haven't you heard of the problem of rising ocean levels? As soon as we have fusion plants that burn seawater, everyone will be urged to leave their lights and appliances on.
Viacom's customers are the advertisers. How many commercials are being viewed when their channels are off the air? Viacom is screwed either way- if sales don't dip, the advertisers may ask why they're buying commercials on Viacom when they have no effect. If sales do dip, the advertisers are going to be upset at Viacom for lost revenue. And if sales go up, why would the advertisers ever return?
It would be awesome if DotCom won damages against the MPAA/RIAA, which they refused to pay, and DotCom was then able to seize movie/music distribution rights in NZ as payment.
If the prosecutor realized that he didn't actually have to present evidence of the crime Mr. Sunde would be convicted of, he might have charged him with something worse, like murder (no victim, no problem in Sweden!). Isn't this case sort of like being accused of accessory to murder, and having the 'victim' in court to testify in your defense, but still being convicted? Way to go, Swedish court system...
That's exactly it- price the fine so it's not worth fighting it. I noticed the same thing for speed cameras fines- not worth the cost to fight a bogus ticket, and no way to contest it other than wasting a whole day- and considering the 'kangaroo' nature of the typical traffic court I don't think most people would have any luck there. I'm just waiting for the eventual class-action lawsuit.
Not sure if this is what he was looking for: http://www.foia.cia.gov/32CFR.asp
That's right, the CIA has a link on their own website to download an electric copy of the document they said they don't have an electronic copy of. In their FOIA section. Maybe it's on a domestic server, and the FBI should have looked for it?
Of course you can always download CFR from the GPO. It seem ridiculous to submit an FOI for a whole section of the CFR when it's freely available, but it's even worse for the CIA to give this response. Is there a 'secret' subsection of 1908 that was specifically requested? The article doesn't indicate anything other than the entire section being requested.
This is not like shutting down a park for a valid reason. This is more like they suspect crime in one park, so they shut down all the parks. Your picnic basket? You'll get that back when they feel like it. Maybe. Don't complain, because most of your food will still be in it.
Hopefully this highlights the apparent ridiculousness of the situation.
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Rebecca Hains said she was going through security at the airport in Las Vegas when a TSA agent pulled her aside and said the cupcake frosting was "gel-like" enough to constitute a security risk. (Source: WCVB/CNN)
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What about the security risk constituted by the "gel-like" substance rattling around in the skull of that TSA agent? I guess since the agent wasn't going on the plane it's not considered dangerous?
I hope they rendered the cupcake inedible before they left, as I too get the impression the agent was just looking for a free dessert.
Does this program upload data to the cell phone company? Using bandwidth that subscribers paid for, and in a way that subscribers can not prevent? I think there's been a lawsuit over a similar situation previously.
Maybe even more relevant is a later bullet point from that page:
The U.S. government work designation does not apply to works of U.S. state and local governments. Works of state and local governments may be protected by copyright.
And of course any songs recorded using those instruments must be seized. And any other songs created while the criminal ('artist') is in possession of the illegal material. And all copies of cd's, and mp3s containing those songs. And the cd players or computer hard drives they are located in/on. And the rest of the stereo systems, computers, or other equipment (i.e. cars with cd players in them) contributing to the infringement. Or would that be crazy?
The test isn't actually shorter, they just changed it so the answer to every question is 'A'. This also helps the FBI to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act, as they just need one sticky note for everyone to take the test.
More seriously, having taken plenty of government training, I can understand why they would be compelled to do this. The online training is often of extremely poor quality, with questions sometime unrelated to any information presented or so poorly worded that it's difficult to determine what exactly is being asked. Some of the courses seem to have no purpose other than to keep the author of the course employed, or to enable someone to fill in a box claiming 'X hours' of training completed. If the training were better prepared, people would probably take it more seriously.
Were there bananas present? Did the monkeys take anything? If so, maybe these pictures could be considered a work-for-hire? Of course ignoring the whole monkeys can't sign contracts aspect. Also, these pictures were taken on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi- does any local law affect this?
After hearing people from other countries complain how litigious and uneducated Americans are, hearing stories like this is a gift. Thank you, lawyer-happy Darwin Award also-rans from Italy! Thank you, Italian politician following the proud tradition of the Vajont Dam disaster and letting politics overrule common sense! Now, when people criticize Americans for being dumb and for filing ridiculous lawsuits, we can point to this story and say it's not just us.
From the article: "The dentist foolishly sued Yelp in the lawsuit but voluntarily dismissed Yelp after the plaintiff's lawyer decided that 47 USC 230 immunized Yelp."
Not clear if it was the lawyers or the dentists idea to sue Yelp in the first place, but I can't imagine how the lawyer didn't know about 47 USC 230 before filing. The article also states that the Yelp portion of the damages is "at least $8k of the fees", which is a lot lower starting point than I would have guessed, so it appears the bulk of the damages are to the defendants. Also interesting is that there is an defamation claim still proceeding, so the dentist may get some of his money back.
This is like complaining that your bathtub is ruining your ability to do the backstroke. If he's looking for deep conversation he's obviously looking in the wrong place. Twitter is a tool for sending out short broadcast messages. Don't complain about a tool that you are not using correctly.
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Might have gotten off easy...
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Do you work in a toll booth? I think I got change from you once...
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Should have done a simple web search instead...
http://www.foia.cia.gov/32CFR.asp
That's right, the CIA has a link on their own website to download an electric copy of the document they said they don't have an electronic copy of. In their FOIA section. Maybe it's on a domestic server, and the FBI should have looked for it?
Of course you can always download CFR from the GPO. It seem ridiculous to submit an FOI for a whole section of the CFR when it's freely available, but it's even worse for the CIA to give this response. Is there a 'secret' subsection of 1908 that was specifically requested? The article doesn't indicate anything other than the entire section being requested.
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Thanks to libraries I haven't had to buy firewood for some time.
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Hopefully this highlights the apparent ridiculousness of the situation.
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Rebecca Hains said she was going through security at the airport in Las Vegas when a TSA agent pulled her aside and said the cupcake frosting was "gel-like" enough to constitute a security risk. (Source: WCVB/CNN)
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What about the security risk constituted by the "gel-like" substance rattling around in the skull of that TSA agent? I guess since the agent wasn't going on the plane it's not considered dangerous?
I hope they rendered the cupcake inedible before they left, as I too get the impression the agent was just looking for a free dessert.
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The test isn't actually shorter...
More seriously, having taken plenty of government training, I can understand why they would be compelled to do this. The online training is often of extremely poor quality, with questions sometime unrelated to any information presented or so poorly worded that it's difficult to determine what exactly is being asked. Some of the courses seem to have no purpose other than to keep the author of the course employed, or to enable someone to fill in a box claiming 'X hours' of training completed. If the training were better prepared, people would probably take it more seriously.
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Now, the next question...
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I love this!
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Not clear if it was the lawyers or the dentists idea to sue Yelp in the first place, but I can't imagine how the lawyer didn't know about 47 USC 230 before filing. The article also states that the Yelp portion of the damages is "at least $8k of the fees", which is a lot lower starting point than I would have guessed, so it appears the bulk of the damages are to the defendants. Also interesting is that there is an defamation claim still proceeding, so the dentist may get some of his money back.
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