It seems likely that Mozart also "plagiarised" himself. It's easy to find cases where he uses a remarkably similar theme to another piece, and develops it in similar ways. There's no particular reason why he should have been aware of this when he did it; if he was aware, he could have saved himself a lot of compositional effort by quoting more directly.
When we discussed installing FIOS, I said that we had to keep one land line in copper. (That line will still work after your home has had hours of power failure.) Our Verizon rep said that I was making a reasonable request, but I would have to discuss it with the contractor when FIOS was installed. We did not get FIOS.
There have been reports (that I cannot verify) that the copper line is almost always cut with FIOS is installed. That line represents an access point that other companies can use to compete with FIOS, so it is possible that cutting the copper line is part of a marketing strategy.
The woman may have known the video was 1:44 long because the Zune told her so. My Creative Zen player (and my archos player before it) always showed me how long each item is.
Everyone, please think about something else as yo ushop in techy stores. Microsoft has bought a LOT of shelf space. For example, circuit city and staples had to move out a lot of competitor products to showcase the Zune the way they do.
The big shelf space strongly suggests that Microsoft expected the Zune to sell well, and persuaded many stores they were right. Ask your local sales people about their Zune self space!
- P.B.
The ruling suggests that the website was really designed to point people to mp3 files to download. The site contained a warning against downloading copyrighted files, but otherwise seemd to exist to help people copy them.
This was a site where ANYONE could add links to files. The defendant argued he couldn't police all these links, but the court said he certainly did not have to design the site that way.
Websites that have other purposes can obviously point to mp3 files with impunity.
There is in fact little need for a website to point to ANY mp3 file (in my opinion), unless they are critiquing it or othewise discussing it. I point, indirectly to mp3 files myself, usully by pointing to a public page set up by the file's owner, containing his own link to the file.
If I lived in Oz, I do not see how this ruling would dampen my spirit.
- tobyr21, the precision blogger.
I do not believe in Personalized Content News. I want my newspapers to find stories I would never have dreamed of reading, and bring them to my attention. It's easy for me to get inof on things I consciously follow. Here's a simple example:
This week the NYT has a long article exposing the unbelieveably dreadful town courts of rural New York state. this legal system is utterly broken and no one has had the $$ to fix it for 50 years.
I have many interests, both technical and legal, but had I "personalized" my focus of news items, I would never have seen this fascinating look at how the law is REALLY administered.
Backdating options for a dead man makes sense! This is a bout propeorly compensating highly skilled executives so that you can retain their services. If this dead man allowed himself to be hired by a competitor, he might start haunting the guys he used to work with. In the matter of stock options, you HAVE to show respect to the rich guy.
- PB
Britannica may sound a bit defensive, but they trashed nature effectively. They found that Nature edited some of the mterial they sent to reviewers, so that reviewers were not always seeing true Britannica articles. They showed reasonably that many socalled inaccuracies were simply differences of opinion about how much detail to include and where to put that detail.
Finally, they claim (in detail) that some of Nature's "corrections" are simply wrong.
Britannica asked for the full reviewers notes so that they could comment properly. Nature has refused to let Britannica see them.
- PrBl
email functioning in 1967
Applied Logic Corporation of Princeton, NJ had a fully functioning email system, used nationwide, in 1967.
self-plagiarism
It seems likely that Mozart also "plagiarised" himself. It's easy to find cases where he uses a remarkably similar theme to another piece, and develops it in similar ways. There's no particular reason why he should have been aware of this when he did it; if he was aware, he could have saved himself a lot of compositional effort by quoting more directly.
FIOS and cutting the land line
When we discussed installing FIOS, I said that we had to keep one land line in copper. (That line will still work after your home has had hours of power failure.) Our Verizon rep said that I was making a reasonable request, but I would have to discuss it with the contractor when FIOS was installed. We did not get FIOS.
There have been reports (that I cannot verify) that the copper line is almost always cut with FIOS is installed. That line represents an access point that other companies can use to compete with FIOS, so it is possible that cutting the copper line is part of a marketing strategy.
Oh for goodness sakes!
The woman may have known the video was 1:44 long because the Zune told her so. My Creative Zen player (and my archos player before it) always showed me how long each item is.
Everyone, please think about something else as yo ushop in techy stores. Microsoft has bought a LOT of shelf space. For example, circuit city and staples had to move out a lot of competitor products to showcase the Zune the way they do.
The big shelf space strongly suggests that Microsoft expected the Zune to sell well, and persuaded many stores they were right. Ask your local sales people about their Zune self space!
- P.B.
Not such a bad ruling ...
The ruling suggests that the website was really designed to point people to mp3 files to download. The site contained a warning against downloading copyrighted files, but otherwise seemd to exist to help people copy them.
This was a site where ANYONE could add links to files. The defendant argued he couldn't police all these links, but the court said he certainly did not have to design the site that way.
Websites that have other purposes can obviously point to mp3 files with impunity.
There is in fact little need for a website to point to ANY mp3 file (in my opinion), unless they are critiquing it or othewise discussing it. I point, indirectly to mp3 files myself, usully by pointing to a public page set up by the file's owner, containing his own link to the file.
If I lived in Oz, I do not see how this ruling would dampen my spirit.
- tobyr21, the precision blogger.
I do not believe in Personalized Content News!
I do not believe in Personalized Content News. I want my newspapers to find stories I would never have dreamed of reading, and bring them to my attention. It's easy for me to get inof on things I consciously follow. Here's a simple example:
This week the NYT has a long article exposing the unbelieveably dreadful town courts of rural New York state. this legal system is utterly broken and no one has had the $$ to fix it for 50 years.
I have many interests, both technical and legal, but had I "personalized" my focus of news items, I would never have seen this fascinating look at how the law is REALLY administered.
Backdating options for a dead man makes sense ...
Backdating options for a dead man makes sense! This is a bout propeorly compensating highly skilled executives so that you can retain their services. If this dead man allowed himself to be hired by a competitor, he might start haunting the guys he used to work with. In the matter of stock options, you HAVE to show respect to the rich guy.
- PB
Britannica Trases Nature
Britannica may sound a bit defensive, but they trashed nature effectively. They found that Nature edited some of the mterial they sent to reviewers, so that reviewers were not always seeing true Britannica articles. They showed reasonably that many socalled inaccuracies were simply differences of opinion about how much detail to include and where to put that detail.
Finally, they claim (in detail) that some of Nature's "corrections" are simply wrong.
Britannica asked for the full reviewers notes so that they could comment properly. Nature has refused to let Britannica see them.
- PrBl
I like the new look!
I really like the new look! Nice web design.
- PrBl
Zonelabs changed wording BEFORE the lawsuit
Zonelabs is very clear that they were sued AFTER they showed wording changes to the suing company.
This is a simple, clear win for Zonelabs.