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by pmccool 16y ago
I was surprised to find no mention of the issues with nesting. Every programmer should know about this limiation, even if they don't get into the pumping lemma and whatnot.
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by pmccool 16y ago
> the US-Australia free trade agreement ensures US copyright law applies to and overrides Australian copyright law). Can you elaborate on this? I understood treaties to have no legal force in Australia until domestic laws were passed to
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by pmccool 16y ago
I think the problem with this sort of scheme is field testing. Short of getting hold of a traffic camera (which sounds difficult), a meaningful test invokes breaking the law with all the attendant problems. edit: traffic camera, not speed c
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by pmccool 16y ago
The photograph was a bit unnerving. I couldn't see much of a gap to ride through. I wonder how right-of-way would work? The reference to the bike share scheme is interesting too -several such schemes have started up recently here in .au.
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by pmccool 16y ago
I imagine they spent a lot more on advertising their anti-"piracy" message. Compared to that, the ROI is probably pretty good. I therefore expect the lawsuits will continue, more's the pity.
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by pmccool 16y ago
In at least some incidents, it was impossible to change into neutral(owing to some electronic failsafe) and not at all obvious how to switch the ignition off. Non-obvious is bad bad bad when your throttle is suddenly stuck wide open.
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by pmccool 16y ago
But they're looking at actual infringements. 1 download, 1 infringement. The size of the audience, potential or otherwise, is here nor there.
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by pmccool 16y ago
Here's hoping this is Conroy trying to let this scheme fade away without the need for a humiliating backdown. Can it be coincidence that this means nothing will happen until after the next election? I think not. I also think that it will on
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by pmccool 16y ago
In my mind, there are two distinct arguments: that copyright is about the moral rights of the owner, and that copyright is economically useful. The moral argument has nothing to do with payment as such; it is all about control. Agreed, tec
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by pmccool 16y ago
In my mind, there are two distinct arguments: that copyright is about the moral rights of the owner, and that opyright is economically useful. The moral argument has nothing to do with payment as such; it is all about control. Agreed, tech
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by pmccool 16y ago
As I understood his argument, it had nothing to do with ease of duplication. Instead, it was about ownership. His contention that the creators (who are by implication the owners) of intangible things have rights too is not invalidated by te
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by pmccool 16y ago
This assumes that the change dispenser is emptied at the same time that the machine is refilled. This is a reasonable assumption, but not a self-evidently correct one.
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by pmccool 16y ago
Given the increased power of the judiciary in this scenario, what should be done about bad judicial precedents? I can't see a sunset clause working there.
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by pmccool 16y ago
Assuming this limit to be practicable (which I doubt; consider complex subjects like corporations law) it would have the effect of giving the judiciary more power. Such succinct laws would need considerable interpretation. I note that bad c
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by pmccool 16y ago
Have you considered ed? I dimly recall trying a line editor over a slow-slow link and being pleasantly surprised at the difference it made...
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by pmccool 16y ago
It's ancient and wierd because it gets the job done even if all you have is a teletype . It's very rare nowadays that you need something that can work in that sort of situation.
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by pmccool 16y ago
I'm a vi guy. IME the big virtue of vi and it's various clones (vim, etc) is that it's easy to install and likely to already be there. Vim is pretty feature-rich too. I don't know that it's worth learning unless you work in a UNIX environme
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by pmccool 16y ago
Seems like a good time to try their luck though. Demand for non-petroleum powered cars is building, nobody is established as a manufacturer and it seems the technology is now up to the job. It's still a gamble, but the odds seem a bit bette
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by pmccool 16y ago
I wondered the same thing. If you assume that the level of investment dictates the number of trips, then the ROI is steadily decreasing. Whether it's any worse than the ROI on, say, roads I have no idea. My opinion, and I have no hard data
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by pmccool 16y ago
Stated in a general manner. What's being alleged rather than the evidence to support it.
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by pmccool 16y ago
Yeah, the analogy with theft, particularly physical theft, is unconvincing. Counterfeiting is nearer the mark, but there are obvious differences there as well. My big complaint with these analogies, though, isn't with their accuracy or lack
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by pmccool 16y ago
More to the point, illicit downloading is not piracy. Equating downloading with armed robbery(or worse) at sea is silly.
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by pmccool 16y ago
What happens if Viacom appeals and wins? Presumably it gets sent back for trial or something?
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by pmccool 16y ago
Ah, but some of the exercise time is time that would be spent commuting anyway. That's one major advantage of commuting-as-exercise.
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by pmccool 16y ago
Video replays make for longer stoppages. To my mind, football is more enjoyable to watch when the action is more or less continuous. Replays would interfere with that continuity. Where they have could some value is in dealing with automatic
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by pmccool 16y ago
I recommend doing something manual, e.g. carpentry or paving. I find it's a great contrast to working in front of a computer. Actually building something tangible is a good feeling. For example, I plan on rebuilding a bicycle wheel this wee
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by pmccool 16y ago
Practice answering questions under time pressure. Time management can be a big problem in exam situations.
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by pmccool 16y ago
Indeed, and this book takes account of that. The recipes I've looked at have pretty quick, straightforward preparation and don't use many utensils.
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by pmccool 16y ago
Sure, but I think that there was an implicit assumption that the person under consideration was explaining something within their area of expertise. Otherwise the article would be claiming that a smart person can explain anything simply,
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by pmccool 16y ago
I agree, mostly. Being smart and being good at explaining aren't the same thing, though. They may often go together, but it isn't necessarily the case.

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