ISP Information:
An 8-pin serial EEPROM chip available on some SDRAM memory that keeps specific information about a DIMM's size, speed, voltage, drive strength, number of row and column addresses, DIMM manufacturer, and RAM manufacturer. If a motherboard supports SPD, it can set its BIOS automatically based on these settings to achieve maximum compatibility.
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SPD - polite_james@hotmail.com (James) wrote in message news:<48e9be89.0306291928.352a9fe3@posting.google.com>... Just so we're clear this will be the last post I make here as the conversation is about to become circular.What's been shown is that PublishAmerica's contract:1) Takes rights that PA is unwilling or unable to exploit (e.g.electronic display), and,2) Does not revert all rights to the author if it is no longer makingthe work available for sale.Which is no more than to say that PA has a poor contract. But we knewthat coming in.I pass over PA's high prices for its books, its lack of promotion anddistribution, its inability to get books on physical bookstoreshelves, its lack of editorial standards, its poor production values,and its low sales, since James does not mention them in his farewell. When you can show me a website where an author provides his entire manuscript for free on the Internet (thus lessoning its value for the publisher - copyright aside) where the publisher has not agreed that it is permissable under their contract you will have a case.It's not up to me to prove a case -- this was your example that youbrought up. Show me how publishing the full text of a novel on theweb diminishes its value and _you_ might have a case. (You are aware,BTW, that notorious PoD vanity press iUniverse also publishes the fulltexts of its works on the web? Do they believe this diminishes thevalue of the works? Why or why not? Be specific; use examples.) Until then all you arte doing is saying that in some instances publishers have either provided websites or allowed under their contracts that their authors can post thier entire book on the website for free. The original intent of this thread was to show that Fred's actions lessoned the percieved value of his book and therefore that went against the contract bewteen him and his publisher and PA had every right not to publish his work.The publisher doesn't have the right not-to-publish the work unlessthe author signed a bad contract. If the publisher refuses topublish, or withdraws the book, the author should get all rights back,on the spot. Do I take it you're conceding that PA offers a badcontract?Was there a reversion clause in your contract? If so, would youplease post that clause? If you don't have a reversion clause, whynot? If you need to contact me you can use my email address. But I am walking away from this futile discussion. JamesI wish you a happy life, and every success. I hope that you'll stopin a year from today to let us know how your book is doing.Best,Jim
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