Words that are simply misused don't count as pirated. For example, many people consider "hopefully" to be misused when people really mean "I hope" and some of us are driven nuts by the use of "impact" as a verb (not to mention "impactful"). But those aren't pirated words. They're just misused. A pirated word is one that has been twisted by a political or commercial group for their own selfish purposes.

Buying and using pirated software is risky for users. Aside from the legal consequences of using pirated software, you forfeit some practical benefits as well. Those who use pirate software: May find that the software is actually an outdated version, a beta (test) version, or a nonfunctioning copy; Risk potential public and private embarrassment, and in the case of a organization, negative publicity that could cause irreparable harm to the business.

No. There is no way for a Kaleidescape System to automatically tell the difference between a rental DVD and a purchased DVD because the two are identical. Similarly, there is no way for the System to automatically tell the difference between a borrowed or pirated DVD and one that is legally owned. However, the person in possession of the DVD or CD should know if it is rented or borrowed, and such content is not permitted to be imported into a Kaleidescape System.

The First Amendment is not a defense for committing copyright infringement. Harper & Row Pub., Inc. v. Nation Enterprises. [471 U.S. 539, 105 S.Ct. 2218 (1985)] Conversely, copyright laws are not restrictions on free speech, but instead provide protection to speech and expression. This protection seeks to promote creativity and the wide dissemination of ideas.

Software that is distributed without the knowledge and/or permission of the company that legally produces it. Pirated software is usually cheater than the real stuff but it also is the best way to get a virus on your computer.

Counts of housing units for governmental entities and for a variety of summary statistical geographic entities will be available on the Internet http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html and through the Census Bureau’s American FactFinder website http://factfinder.census.gov/ during May 2001. Counts of housing units at the block and tract level will be available in Summary File 1 (SF 1) and for the place and/or governmental unit level in the 100-Percent Demographic Profile.

The Working Time Regulations state that working time is when someone is "working, at his employer's disposal and carrying out his activity or duties". This includes: When a worker has to travel as part of his or her work, for example a 24-hour mobile repairman or travelling salesman. Time spent abroad working if a worker works for an employer who carries on business in Great Britain. On 3 October 2000 the European Court of Justice gave judgment in a case concerning the status of 'on-call' time1.

The intestinal tract contains over 400 different species of bacteria. To impact the balance, higher potency is needed to re-establish the beneficial flora within this huge number of resident flora. Users should be assured there are no negative side effects or contraindications from taking too much culture.

Votes change in recounts because original vote counts and recounts are conducted by human beings interacting with machines. We know from experience that human beings make mistakes. And, we know that most machine mistakes are caused by human error in operating the machine. The purpose of a recount is to identify any human or machine errors that occurred in the original count and rectify these in the recount.

When a word has a "total hits for that word" of zero, it means that that particular word does not exist anywhere within any of the documents indexed by the system. Because the minutes indexed within this system are written in British English, American spellings will probably not be recognised. Another common reason for getting a zero word count is that the word contains a typing or spelling error. top

Anything which effects the way OpenGL is currently configured is considered a state change, this includes setting a new drawing colour, binding a texture or performing a translation. All of these operations cause something to change somewhere in the OpenGL pipeline, ofcourse some are more expensive than others.

No, we are a legitimate business and would not have lasted over 12 years in the industry if we dealt in illegal software.

You're buying it not in a store but at a flea market, from a street vendor, at a swap meet, or in a concert parking lot.

Absolutely not tolerated. If you see any on here, send a note to admin@nyx.net immediately what file it is so it can be removed. Our policy is to remove all illegal software when it comes to our attention, so please don't upload any such. Nyx is genuinely not the place for that. Remember that Nyx is run by a non-profit corporation -- Nyx *really* *truly* is *not* a pirate board.

The use of pirated software is a Federal offense and carries a heavy fine if you are found using pirated software. At Ursuline, we promote moral behavior and will report any actions otherwise. Pirated software is any program you did not pay for and get directly from the manufacturer.

The domain was registered in 2000, shortly after a web developer called the "Website Captain" was discovered offering up other developers' sites in his own portfolio (I'm still searching for the original posts on K10K and Metafilter). It struck us that a site to spotlight pirates such as these could help them come to light, and archiving them could help make them regret it in the long run. It took a few months for the site to be launched, but it immediately found its niche.

Single objects: Any creature, a small collection of objects that are touching (a bag of marbles), a door, the wheel of a car (plus probably a part of the steering column), etc. Size is important here! Calabim have a general field of entropy that can be focused to do specific damage, but even then they can't get it precisely narrowed down. Generally the range is between a foot in diameter up to about the size of a human body.

For purposes of this card, if any part of a player's hand comes into contact with any part of the tabletop, he or she is "touching the table." A player touching the bottom of the tabletop while playing the Enter the Dungeon subgame also counts.

Outsourcing of function point counting has all of the advantages associated with other forms of outsourcing. These include access to expertise and the freeing of resources. In addition, there are special attributes of the function point counting role that make outsourcing attractive. These involve issues of credibility, consistency and independence. Expertise - The major function point consultants have experience with many organizations and diverse technologies.

Loss of expertise and cost are two of the traditional disadvantages of outsourcing. Without proper planning, the result can be more insidious in this case. The ability to count function points may not be critical to an organization, but the ability to understand the counts is. Lessening Interpretation Expertise - For many people, it is necessary to use a technique like function point counting in order to understand what the measure truly means.

This question should be asked and answered long before the first function point is counted. Here are a few of the traditional answers: To measure the productivity of your staff, your outsourcer or even yourself, and then track it over time; To use the data to drive business decisions regarding which applications to retain, retire or redesign. If you enjoy one or more of the above activities, then you may want to launch a metrics program for your organization.

If the system comes across a word that is either two or less characters long, then that word is considered to be a common word and is not indexed. Certain other very common words such as 'the' and 'was' are also not indexed. All of these 'common words' are given a hit count of 99999. When the search system comes across a word with a hit count of 99999, it knows it is a common word that is likely to occur in virtually every minute or report and so ignores it. top

Mortgage interest is any interest you pay on a loan secured by a main home or second home. These loans include: If the loan is not a secured debt on your home, it is considered a personal loan and the interest you pay isn't deductible.

Every Child Counts is a coalition formed by Barnardos, Plunket, Unicef, Save the Children and the Institute of Public Policy at AUT. We work in a variety of ways to educate people-from corporate citizens to politicians and the general public- about the political and community actions that will better support children and their families. We believe it's time to address the priority issues that affect children, so that all New Zealanders can thrive.

The club has decided not to display post counts as we feel it reduces the quality of posts on the forum.

Meal Counts/Meal Plans ? are the total number of meals available for your use between Sunday and Saturday of each full week during the semester.

We are now tracking expired and canceled games. So in the above situation, where a game is ended due to lack of activity, the player whose turn it was to move will loose the game by forfeit. The other player will win the game by forfeit. These new forfeit counts will also appear on your profile ranking screen. User defined move time limits per game are set at the time of game creation (1 - 60 days).

Weigh in Motion counts - they determine vehicle weights while vehicles are moving. Data is collected by vehicle classification and weight.

A dependant is the husband, wife or partner, child or parent of the employee. It also includes someone who lives in the same household as a member of the family. For example, this could be an elderly aunt or grandparent who lives in the household. It does not include tenants or boarders living in the family home, or someone who lives in the household as an employee, such as a live-in housekeeper.