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The Geological Society requests all profits from photos featuring the Earth (or part thereof) to be forwarded to its bank account. This claim however is being contested by the Astronomical Society which contends that the earth is just another planet and since it is the sole beneficiary of IP rights related to stars, planets and other cosmic objects, it automatically has rights over photos of Earth and the moon and sun. In addition, any photos made using unauthorised light from the sun are strictly forbidden.
With waistlines constantly expanding, it's not just the budget airlines that have decided to charge more for fatter people. Now the Russians are doing it too:D
Well since we can no longer use "the name, image, and any symbols of the Pope", the sensible solution would be for the rest of the world to make up a new name, image and symbol for use when referring to the person formerly known as Pope. The competition for the new name, image and symbol will remain open until end December 2009, and the winner will get free permission to visit the city-state formerly known as Vatican. All entries must be open sourced.
I've lost count of the genuine websites run by respectable organisations that used an "invalid" certificate - either because the certificate was for www.someone.com instead of yyy.someone.com, or because it expired last week, or something like that. In most cases they're not a site I need too much security for. So I shrug and add an exception. Unless it's ebay or paypal or my bank, I don't really care about encryption OR authentication for the site.
rcasha2 writes: "Playmobil has launched a lawsuit against a man for (among other things) "tampering with Playmobil toy characters without authorisation", "circulating the manipulated toys" and "breaching copyright on the company trademark". The playmobil dolls normally depict benign activities, smiling faces and a cheery disposition. The customised models included "macabre-looking knights holding bloody decapitated plastic heads". This case could have repercussions on various kinds of customisation jobs."
We have the ability to sense large changes in ambient pressure, as well as relative temperature. We have a sense of balance (yes, that's a sense too).
Ok, so maybe we can't determine the exact atmospheric pressure in the same way we can see tiny subtle changes in colour (ie, frequency of visible light), but all these are still senses.
The problem with American policies is that they depend heavily on whoever currently occupies the White House and its subsidiaries. So, when the administration had the kind of people who would cover up the nipple of a marble statue in the DOJ, the various entities like ICANN adopt a comparable attitude.
The UN is not just the Security Council. It is also the WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO and many other entities which are part of the UN and *generally* work well enough that they blend into the background.
Elektroschock writes: "Rui Seabra reveals that the national standard organisation of Portugal plans to sent Microsoft as head of its ISO delegation to the Ballot Resolution meeting in Geneve. The Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) will work on amendments to the Open XML standard (DIS 29500) as put forward by ECMA International. The meeting will be held behind closed doors and last 5 days. While Microsoft would get privileged access and voting rights other interested stakeholders for instance Portuguese SMEs and software develoeprs are excluded from participation and review. The head of the delegation will exercise all voting rights for the nation, here Portugal. All national ISO members need to submit their list of delegates to ISO until Dec 11."
rcasha2 writes: Microsoft has lost its appeal against the EU fine of almost 500m / $700m. Microsoft could still appeal again at the European Court of Justice. More important than the fine, however, is the confirmation of the ruling that Microsoft must share with competitors information needed for interoperability. This ruling could have an effect on such products as Samba, email clients etc.