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Submission + - You can't copyright a number judge rules. (cnn.com)

i_want_you_to_throw_ writes: "Pi Day this year was special for Michael John Blake. On that day, March 14 (3/14, like the number 3.14), a judge dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against his song, which is based on the number pi. A judged ruled that you can't copyright pi (it's a non-copyrightable fact). You CAN however trademark numbers although it is a sticky business. Boeing, for example, has trademarked "737", "757", and so on. Intel on the other hand hasn't been so lucky with "486", forcing it to switch to names like seem like newfound elements of the periodic table ("Pentium", etc)."

Submission + - Former Goldman Programmer's Conviction Overturned (cnbc.com)

i_want_you_to_throw_ writes: "It appears the legal woes of Sergey Aleynikov, a former Goldman Sachs Group computer programmer, who had been convicted of stealing part of the Wall Street bank's high-frequency trading code, are now over. A federal appeals court overturned his conviction and recommended acquittal. Slashdot previously covered this story when he was sentenced to 97 months. It will be interesting to see their reasoning (an opinion is to be released) as well as what this may mean for other programmers developing high frequency trading code."

Comment .... and your solution. Straight Talk. $45 a month (Score 4, Interesting) 406

I don't know how long this hack will last but here's what I'm doing... I just went to StraightTalk.com, bought a Nokia E-71, activated it. (It's WalMart's $45.00 a month unlimited text, web and phone plan). Pulled the SIM card from the Nokia and put it in the iPhone. Turn on the WiFi connection on your iPhone. Using Safari, go to http://unlockit.co.nz. I changed my IMEI to ATT and BAM! Unlimited phone, web and text. I just pay 45.00 a month to WalMart. Just YouTube search for iPhone on Straight Talk. Works with the 4 too.

Comment Interested in developing finance apps? Try this... (Score 2) 25

Look into interactivebrokers.com. You do need to open an account there (which IMHO isn't too much to ask. A roth IRA can be opened for $3k I think) but when you do, they'll give you (on request) a test/paper trade account with $1,000,000 in it and access to the real time functions.

Comment Yes, but know what you're getting into (Score 2) 91

A guy I knew in my hometown made game calls. He employed a few people and made what are the Cadillac of game calls. His game calls were featured on a show on the outdoor network and the next thing you know Wal Mart came calling. He had to hire 20 people to handle the demand. Next year Wal Mart comes to him and says "We need these 5 cents cheaper than what you sold them to us for last year". He lowered his price but ultimately what happened was he ended up lowering his prices so much year after year that he couldn't afford to keep people employed in rural Kentucky so he outsourced to Malaysia. His entire production plant in Kentucky went of business. Low prices have a consequence and so does innovation if you do it with Wal Mart

Submission + - Reliving 9/11: TV Archive (cnn.com)

i_want_you_to_throw_ writes: "It's a time few may want to remember. But TV news reports of the September 11, 2001, attacks — the innocuous moments before, and the horrible hours and days after — are now archived online for anyone who cares to relive them.

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, has posted video from 20 television stations chronicling that grim week. The group's founder said the page, "Understanding 9/11," is designed to help researchers, historians and regular citizens put the attacks in context a decade later."

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