Making a parody site may be 'fair use', but actually copying CSS and HTML is infringement. If CIAPC wants to create a parody site they can write their own HTML and CSS to mimic TPB look and feel. Actually copying CSS and HTML is a violation of copyright which 'fair use' will technically not protect.
Probably why Pincus was voted the 4th worst CEO in the USA in 2012 http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/12/the-worst-ceos-of-2012/
That is so ridiculous. I live in China and am sitting in Beijing as I write this post. In the last 25 years I have passed through Chinese customs literally 100s of times. I have been asked to turn on my laptop exactly ZERO times. Mod the parent down (to zero)!
Corporate espionage happens in China, but largely it is a result of stupidity. Executives with experience in China will give the victim advice (don't put blind faith in your Chinese partner) and they immediately ignore it. This is just one of the challenges of doing business in China (or anywhere else).
Oh please! Dell includes the MS crap on the computer to add value to the hardware. Dell makes a profit from MS. They are not including Windows 7 for free.
If they had the same attitude about Linux then they would realize that by including Linux they add value to the machine.
I guess their net analysis is that Linux adds more value than Windows.
Notwithstanding this Slashdot is TERRIBLE PR for Dell, and stupid really. Imagine how many MORE machines Dell could have sold if they were $50 cheaper rather than $50 more expensive. Shortsighted management.
The USA has plenty of rare earth minerals but the EPA and other government agencies have made in nearly impossible to open a new mine in the USA. In China you just pay a few bribes or mine illegally and pay off the police and you are in business. You can drink from rivers and streams in the USA. In China if you drink from the rivers you will probably get sick. Many vegetables you buy in China are laced with chemicals. The USA cannot on one hand complain about the pollution in the USA and on the other try to take advantage of the industries which cause this pollution. If the USA needs these rare earth minerals then shut up about China and start mining them in the USA.
Children were not originally designed to play with electronic devices. Children prefer objects which they can hold, throw, eat and break. This type of behavior can prove very expensive with an iPad. Better suggestion:
1. Borrow or buy a jigsaw with a thin blade. A hand jigsaw with a thin blade is okay but try to find a jigsaw with a table:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/tls/3430299340.html
2. Buy a sheet of thin 1/8 inch tempered hardboard (aka high-density fiberboard) or 1/8 inch plywood:
www.homedepot.com/buy/1-8-in-4-ft-x-8-ft-tempered-hardboard-832777.html
www.lowes.com/pd_95321-99899-95321_0__?productId=3605348
3. Buy some spray adhesive:
www.drillspot.com/products/1348820/3m_45_1025oz_spray_adhesive
4. Download puzzle templates suitable for your child's age
https://www.google.com/search?q=puzzle+templates
5. Find some nice colorful pictures or posters to make into puzzles. Car dealerships often have great car posters for little boys. Highway rest stops or AAA have maps which make great puzzles. Hair salons have plenty of posters of women's hair styles. Doll shops have promotional posters of dolls. Travel agencies have promotional posters of exotic destinations. You get the idea.
6. Spray adhesive to the back of the poster and glue it on to the 1/8 inch board. Let sit for a while to cure.
7. Spray adhesive to the back of the puzzle design and glue to the other side of the board
8. For younger children cut a rectangular border to surround the puzzle and another rectangle to go under the puzzle
http://www.dinosaurjunction.com/130-46-thickbox/t-rex-wooden-puzzle.jpg
9. Start cutting according to the puzzle pattern and make toys which your children can pass on to their children and which have been proven for thousands of years not to cause attention deficit disorder.
10. Store the puzzles in empty boxes you get from a shoe store or cigar shop
Or you could just spend $7 and order one online:
http://www.dinosaurjunction.com/400-Shop-for-dinosaur-puzzles
https://www.google.com/search?q=wooden+jigsaw+puzzles&tbs=p_ord:p&tbm=shop
Your kids will have plenty of time to play with computers when they grow up. No need to start when they are three.
Google's predicament in China is entirely self created. Google elected to leave China in response to a hack attack perpetrated / tolerated by the Chinese government. Mr. Brin played a large part in the decision largely based on his experience growing up in Russia. China != Russia. Google made a huge mistake leaving China. Google used to own half of the market, now they own a fraction. Eventually Google will make a good business decision and return to China, but until then those of us living in China will just have to deal with Google's infantile hubris.
The way to affect change is to be active in the community. With Google out of China the Chinese government has no use for them. For the most part Chinese people do not care one iota about Google. As a businessman doing business in China I can tell you emphatically I do not care about Google or their market share in China. Google is a Harvard Business School textbook case of what NOT to do in China. And David Wolf's statement that if work on the Great Firewall continues China "will be an increasingly untenable place to do business" is a joke. Google's failure in China does not affect those doing business in China.
The speech (tweets, postings, etc.) in question is not related to a Miranda warning in any way because it was not made by the person charged with a crime. The speech is not being used against the defendant but is being used by the defendant to support his case. How on earth did this question ever make it on Slashdot? Commander Taco where are you?
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