Is LimeWire really illegal?
This isn’t a new question that’s been asked around. LimeWire is definitely 100% legal; however, putting copyright protected material without the permission of the copyright holder is entirely illegal. Thus, downloading and uploading copyrighted materieals should not be done by the users.
LimeWire is no different to other peer to peer software such as BitTorrent and Bearshare. These peer to peer clients simply make it possible for users to share their files over the web. Since these are called peer to peer, there is no centralized server where downloadable content are stored. Instead, content can be downloaded from other LimeWire users.
As you download a song or a video using this client, you may be downloading several bits and pieces of that media from several LimeWire users like yourself.
I had been using LimeWire myself and I had seen all sorts of downloadable stuff – yes, even copyright protected work and offending material can be found indiscriminately within that little piece of software. Since this software isn’t illegal, I have the impression that the user should be the one responsible in sharing content over these networks.
If you want to try out LimeWire for yourself, visit LimeWire website.
If you are interested in the legalities of LimeWire then it is best to take a peek on their copyright and safety pages:
The image below of a glass frog is actually one of the interesting species discovered in a recent Ecuador expedition in the forests. Glass frogs are not new to science, but this particular one is among the endangered species list. These frogs are endangered not because of the humans: the chytrid fungus that inhabits their home kills these amphibians.
As you can see, this particular see through frog has a translucent skin and you can easily see its internal organs. Its scientific name is Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum.
This glass frog is among the twelve new species which were found in the expedition. The salamander which looked like an E.T. was also another one of the expedition’s interesting discovery.
see images of the animals discovered in the expedition here
Interested in knowing iPhone 3.0 release time? According to Apple iPhone website, this software is to be released today June 17. However, there isn’t any particular time when this download will be available.
IPhone 3.0 boasts of new features, so it seemed to be a worthy software upgrade. Cut, copy and pasting text between applications are now possible. Landscape keyboard makes it easier to type. Sending MMS can be done. Spotlight search offers a one-stop search which visits every application on the phone for the search item, so the user does not need to hop from one application to another. Voice memos convert an iPhone to a sound recorder that can record meetings. The Enhanced Stocks App is something that will also be useful to owners who are into the Stock Market trade.
Those are just some of those exciting new features; you can actually see more of those in Apple iPhone software update page. The added MMS capability is sure to attract people who had been greatly turned off by this lack of feature.
The buzz about the new prime number isn’t really the latest news, but this discovery gathers quite a huge interest to day. Odd Magnar Strindmo from Melhus, Norway claimed that he had found the 47th Mersenne prime number last April 12. This IT professional used a 3.0 GHz Intel Core2 processor and this took him 29 days to calculate this 13-million-digit number. This 47th Mersenne prime number is not the largest number: the largest number was discovered last year. Tony Reix verified this feat independently using a different program that ran on his HPC servers.
I hope you had not forgotten what prime numbers are. Prime numbers are often taught at Elementary Math or Arithmetic in grade school. These numbers are divisible only by one and themselves. Typical examples of prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11.
Now Mersenne primes are a different breed. These prime numbers are equal to this formula:
where n must be a prime number.
Mersenne primes are not discovery made in the modern times. Ancient Greek mathematicians were still the first to discover and study these interesting primes.
There is actually an organization whose ultimate goal is to hunt Mersenne primes: Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search or GIMPS, which had been around since 1996.
Dubai seemed to be shaped up as an architectural wonder in the Middle East. The world looks to them at awe at their magnificent fancy structures. Now their underwater hotel is near to its opening date – finally, as its opening day is always delayed. This hotel, named as Hydropolis Sea Resort, will be open to the public soon. Like their other famous structures, this luxurious underground hotel looks more like a giant sea monster at a distance than an underground building.
This underground hotel is said to be worth £300m. It boasts of 220 suites that show the scenic views of the underwater. The roof of this structure was constructed above water so that guests can hold special events.
To get to the hotel, guests would have to take trains going to and from the building. Interestingly, unlike other hotels, this building is protected by a missile defense system.
I guess this is way beyond what I can afford. For now, I could just imagine myself enjoying a night at one of their underground suites.
If you want to know more about this luxury hotel, you may want to dig deeper into this article:Â Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
