Comment Let me guess... (Score 0) 114
these were Diebold voting machines?
Comment Re:Been tried, major fail (Score 1) 432
Radiation is a problem, but over 2000 nuclear test have been carried out, and we haven't all dropped dead. A few more explosions that have specifically designed to minimize fallout won't kill us either.
Right... but how many people have cancer? I find it much more likely that small amounts of radiation in the environment are causing cancer than some of the "carcinogens" found by scientists such as sugar.
Submission + - Copyright Scholar Challenges RIAA/DOJ Position (blogspot.com) 1
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Leading Copyright Law scholar Prof. Pamela Samuelson, of the University of California law school, has published a 'working paper' which directly refutes the position taken by the US Department of Justice in RIAA cases on the constitutionality of the RIAA's statutory damages theories. The Department of Justice had argued in its briefs that the Court should follow a 1919 United States Supreme Court case which upheld the constitutionality of a statutory damages award that was 116 times the actual damages sustained, under a statute which gave consumers a right of action against railway companies. The Free Software Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the view that the more modern, State Farm/Gore test applied by the United States Supreme Court to punitive damages awards is controlling. The paper with Prof. Samuelson is consistent with the FSF brief, and contradicts the DOJ briefs, arguing that the Gore test should be applied. A full copy of the paper, in *pdf format, is available for download online here."
Submission + - Apple switching to quanity over quality? (digitimes.com) 1
Trintech writes: Apple has reportedly placed orders for 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips. (Note: The chips hold 8 Gigabits which equals 1 GigaByte) This is an odd move for Apple because they generally use much higher density chips even in small storage products like the 4GB iPod shuffle which uses a single 32Gb NAND chip. There has been some speculation as to what Apple might do with all these low density chips and, as usual, Apple refuses to comment.
1GB iPod Femto anyone?
1GB iPod Femto anyone?
Comment Re:This is why you should need a court order (Score 1) 185
Otherwise you are guilty until proven innocent.
No, you are guilty until you have filed a counterclaim at which point you can resume using the DMCAed material until proven guilty in court.
Submission + - China pressuring US for cheap green-technologies (wsj.com)
Trintech writes: "At a U.N. conference on climate change, China is asking developed nations like the US to offer cutting-edge renewable technology to poor developing countries at a reduced price. American companies though are not receptive to selling their technologies at a reduced price and also worry that countries like China will not respect the intellectual-property rights of their technologies. China argues that this is for the public good and will help combat climate change."
Submission + - BBFC says violence not caused by video games (gamesindustry.biz)
Trintech writes: In the ongoing case against Rockstar Games' Manhunt 2 in the UK, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has admitted that there's nothing to suggest that video games should be linked to anti-social and violent behavior.
"The board's position is that there is insufficient evidence to prove, as a fact, there is a causal connection between violent games and behavioural harm," says Andrew Calderott, Director of the BBFC.
"The board's position is that there is insufficient evidence to prove, as a fact, there is a causal connection between violent games and behavioural harm," says Andrew Calderott, Director of the BBFC.
