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Comment Does not apply to photographs of buildings (Score 1) 300

120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works (a) Pictorial Representations Permitted. — The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place. http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#120

Comment Re:Evidence of Chinese interventionism pointed out (Score 1) 920

The Chinese intervened upon NK's request.

Then why didn't they stop at the NK/SK border? By continuing the invasion of the south all the way to Pusan, you kind of lose that argument because under that standard the US could have continued past the Kuwaiti border to invade Iraq back during the first Gulf War after expelling the Iraqi troops from Kuwait following Kuwait's request for assistance.

Comment Depends on how you turn around to see the image (Score 1) 57

The direction it reverses is based on how you turn around to see the image. George Gamow explained this. Rotate a book around the vertical axis (yaw) and the text is correct top-to-bottom but reversed right-to-left. Rotate it around the horizontal axis (pitch) and the text is correct left-to-right but reversed bottom-to-top. This applies to how the observer turns around to see his/her image as well -- either by rotating around on your feet or by flipping over and standing on your head.

Comment Not every download is a lost sale (Score 1) 987

What you are missing is that not every download is a lost sale. People who download would probably not have bought it in the first place -- they would have bought a used copy, borrowed from a friend or roommate, or checked it out from a library. This is the fundamental fact that RIAA/MPAA don't understand either. Think of it as free advertising. After checking out a book from a library, if I've found it really useful I've then gone on and purchased a copy. I've even replaced a used book with a new book when a new edition came out because it was quite good. I never would have bought it in the first place had there not been a cheaper option available. This goes for downloads as well.

Comment "The Internet routes around damage" (Score 1) 195

Whatever happened to the idea that the Internet routes around damage? I can no longer connect to vesti.ru because the route from my ISP to Moscow goes through Telia's routers and they no longer peer with Russia either through design, damage, or poor maintenance. Shouldn't the packets get rerouted if a particular link is down?
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Submission + - UK National Archives face "digital dark age (bbc.co.uk)

rcbutcher writes: "Chief executive of the UK National Archives, Natalie Ceeney, said society faced the possibility of "losing years of critical knowledge" because modern PCs could not always open old file formats... She was speaking at the launch of a partnership with Microsoft to ensure the Archives could read old formats. Microsoft's UK head Gordon Frazer warned of a looming "digital dark age"."

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