Imagine if your paper ballot came pre-ticked and you had to erase the default if you did not like it.

While I agree that people should read, how many will cast a mistaken vote because of this? We do not know. Do we really think it will be zero?

all the best,

drew

"Actually if one reads the link you will see that Slashdot is at it again.
They are touch screen systems. If you keep your finger on them to long you end up with double picking.
This is a coding error. They just need to change the select from touch begin to touch end and maybe add a next button to take you to the next screen."

Perhaps, but it is a coding error in a production system of some importance right? Should this have not been dealt with before going live? To me, this sort of error would invalidate an election. Not a good thing.

all the best,

drew

Try one of cc's Free licenses and I would love to. If you need to use NC though I will pass on that.

all the best,

drew
http://freemusicpush.blogspot.com/

I got what you meant, but I still think there needs to be an exception for claims on works put under a Free License. Anyone may claim a copyright in a photograph that does not rise to the level to get a copyright. Do you want this law to apply to claiming a copyright on a photograph which you put under a Free license but which is not worthy of a copyright?

(Is what I am saying clear yet?)

all the best,

drew

You don't always know what you have the copy "rights" to. You get them automatically. But if they go there, there should be an exception to works "Free"ly licensed...

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

Under some takes on this license, no for profit corporation (the idea is that everything such an entity does is by definition for profit) would be allowed to make use of the licensed work. And who will trust MS not to take such a view, now or at some point in the future once the damage is done...

all the best,

drew

they need to develop and then provide the code to a program which the others can compile and test. it should identify works to which they hold copyright while not claiming works to which others hold copyright and without any mistakes either.

go for it.

meanwhile: http://zotzbro.blogspot.com/2007/04/some-thoughts-on-copyright-offensive.html

Are athletes air hogs? Should we encourage the couch potato lifestyle to reduce air usage and cut down on CO2 emissions?

~;-)

all the best,

drew

How much data would the average family pull if they did all of their TV watching via IP and not regular cable/sat/broadcast?

They are pushing broadband aren't they? And the benefits of high speed access?

all the best,

drew

I was thinking along the lines of untrue boasts myself.

You can have the obvious kind:

Man, I was driving down Bay Street yesterday doing about 5,000 miles per hour, weaving in and out of traffic and jumping over jitneys.

Or the not so obvious kind:

I was clocking 50 yesterday on my way home.

Odd to think of even being investigated on such boasts much less convicted.

Now a video shot from the moving car and posted online might be different.

all the best,

drew

Shhhh, don't give them any ideas....

~;-)

Sure. But I hear the breakage on downloads is terrible.

1. regular patents. put the fees up all you want. make them harder to get.
2. defensive only patents. can only be brought out when you (or a "partner" are being sued for some reason.) low to no fees, fast tracked ahead of regular patents in the grant process, easier to get.

thoughts?

Unless I missed something in the reading, it needs this improvement at least.

All patents in the pool are granted, royalty free for use by all Free Software, whether produced by members of the pool or not if the non-members have no patents. (Or perhaps just to copyleft Free Software? if needed to block gaming the system by patent holders who will not join.)

I need to think on this some more.

all the best,

drew

The governator?