Not so. The text that you put in boldface does not indicate that the Constitution itself is changed, just that it is overridden. There is a subtle difference. For example, if a treaty expires, or is overturned by the courts, or deratified by Congress, any laws that it put into place that override the Constitution are null, and the Constitution takes over.
See my post directly above for references. The Core i3 and Core i5 series chips have the GPU integrated directly with the CPU.
The Core i3 and Core i5 CPUs have the GPU directly on die.
From http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei3/index.htm :
This processor comes equipped with Intel HD Graphics, an advanced video engine that delivers smooth, high-quality HD video playback, and advanced 3D capabilities, providing an ideal graphics solution for everyday computing.
From http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei5/index.htm :
Intel® HD Graphics on Intel® Core i5-600 processor series
Only if they want to compare Shakespeare from the original Klingon.
This is not correct. AT&T offers a data plan for Windows Mobile based smart phones that includes tethering. It's $65/month. I had it for a while when I needed on the road access for a few months.
Additionally, when provided a Windows Mobile based smart phones by my company that used either Verizon or Sprint, tethering was a usable option there as well.
If a work is in the public domain, then it is no longer protected by copyright law in regards to the possibility of circumventing it. What they are doing is creating a derivative work of a public domain work (which they are free to do, as the original owner no longer has rights in regard to how the materials are used), which they will then own copyright on until such time as that expires and their scans/ocr of the original text enters the public domain, at which point you are free to use their materials to do whatever you like.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
On the other hand, what Google seems to be doing, and what is the contention of The Author's Guild and others, is taking orphaned works, those works still under copyright, but are A) no longer in active production, and B) the owner of the copyright cannot be easily located, and creating a derivative work of those. The legal status of which is questionable at best.
Additionally, as a derivative work, Google will only hold copyright on any changes they make, not to the original text itself.
See: http://www.photosig.com/go/main/help?name=help/copyright
and
http://www.copyright.gov/
All of the above only holds true in the USA, laws differ around the world.
SSN's get reused every 70-90 or so years. I don't remember all the details, but there was a situation surfaced a few years ago where a SSN got reused and caused the new owner no end of problems as the original owner of the SSN was still alive and collecting benefits.
It was covered on
Sticking a tracking device on a car is hardly "damage." (I'm making the bold, and possibly unwarranted, assumption they just used a magnetic unit.)
No, but it would still be considered a modification, I believe.
Also, if the police follow your car in a chopper, they most certainly can track your vehicle's whereabouts on private property.
Yes, but the chopper is unlikely to be peering in your windows. The police in the car can see that your car has entered the property, but they are not allowed to enter your private property or perform surveillance that does not occur within plain sight of the street.
I would file this kind of surveillance under the "reasonable suspicion" (no warrant needed) standard (used for traffic stops, stop-n-frisks, etc.) vs. the "probable cause" standard (warrant required). This would preclude the ability of placing a tracking device on the car of every citizen.
I would as well, if it didn't require the police to physically modify a person's private property. Even if the GPS unit used a magnet or double sided tape to attach to the car, for the length of time that the unit was attached, it physically modified the car under the strict definition of the word (as generally used in legal terminology).
From Webster's Dictionary
Modify:
1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
No, but NY law does prohibit the police from modifying private property or tapping a communications device without a warrant.
The issue is not that they attached a box to his car. The issue is that they did so without a warrant. However, the police do not require a warrant to follow someone in public areas. The problem is that the GPS also follows the person onto private property where the police are not allowed to go.
Additionally, the GPS is unable to tell you what the person did at a location, only that he was there. What if you have a strip mall with an adult toy store, a liquor store, and a gun shop. The guy parks in the parking lot for 15 minutes. The GPS cannot tell you if he was picking up a fifth of vodka, strawberry flavored condoms, or a box of ammo.
The argument can be made for what store he parked in front of, but you have no way of knowing how many other parking spaces were taken at the time he went to park.
A GPS device is no replacement for actual investigative actions. And, in NYS at least, any evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless tracking of the vehicle - say copies of receipts and video surveillance from the gun store - would be inadmissible under the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine.
The RC is only available via TechNet/MSDN until Tuesday. After that it's available to the general public.
One thing that you are not taking into consideration is this:
Gamefly will sell you the game if you like it, then ship you the original box and manual.
When they have a new release, they buy dramatically more then they are going to need in the long run in order to meet short term demand. Then, you have the option while you have the game to "Keep it" for a discounted rate (usually less then buying it used at Gamestop/EBGames). If you managed to get ahold of the game in the first week or so of the release, you can also be reasonably sure that you are either the first, or at worst the second, person to use the media.
And again, since they are sending you the case and manual, they have to be obtaining the retail versions of the games (I have purchased a number of games from them over the last 3-4 years that I've been a subscriber, it has always been the same packaging/UPC that I found on Amazon, Best Buy, etc). So, while it's probably not costing them $50/game to buy, it's not going to be costing them $10-20 either.
I used to work for Best Buy for a while, it's highly unlikely that Gamefly is getting a better deal on the games then BBY is, and on a $49.99 game the cost to BBY was usually around $38-40. I would imagine that GF is picking up a new release for $43-45/copy on a $49.99 release.
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