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As I waited for a bus on Amiens St this evening, I heard sirens and, a few seconds later, saw police motorcycle outriders flank a green Army Bomb Disposal Unit trunk on it's way south. My first thought was "probably just a false alarm, people are a bit jumpy after London".
The Web is slowing down. I've only seen it do this a few times. And the most exteme time was as everyone tried to get news of what was happening in New York.
Attending to Mr Michael Daly of the Department of Communications Marine and Natural Resources when he telephoned in response to my letter of 3rd July 2005. 1. He asked me to identify the person for whom I was acting.
I received a registered letter yesterday from the OPW dated 24 June 2005 as follows. Ref: A473/66/6Re: Four Courts:- Objection to Part 9 Planning ConsultationDear Mr McGarrI acknowledge receipt of your letter with regard to the above and I herewith return your payment of twenty euro as there is no obligatory charge in such instances.
In the context of the jailing of five Mayo men for contempt of court I have today delivered an open letter to Mr Noel Dempsey, Minister for Communications Marine and Natural Resources. It seeks 21 points of information, including the release of documentation, persuant to Council Directive 2003/4/EC. The full text of this letter is available to read on Tuppenceworth.
The significant difference between Grokster and Sony is that whereas Sony suggested that a mere potentiality of legitimate use would be enough to save a technology, Grokster looks to the intent of the distributor.
I'll leave it to Shoegal to expound on the joys of suddenly owning a Zen Micro. My only contribution is to point out the method of using it while also owning a Mac. The Zen matches the Mac quite nicely, with a sleek white back and cheerful coloured facia.
Some time ago over on the main site I wrote about the MGM v Grokster case in the Supreme Court of the United States (or SCOTUS as the online law nerds like to call it). Well the decision's in, and contrary to what some of the commentators have been saying, it's a reaonable enough judgement, delivered by the moderate Justice David Souter.
I had an odd conversation with the OPW on the phone this week when I rang them up to check that the objection had reached its intended destination.
I could sell this valuable land I'm not using and use the money I get to buy affordable (ie poorly build, and far away) housing. Or- OR. - I could see if I could swap the land, whose value I'm not really sure of for some houses from this nice man I met at the Galway Races.
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