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How can I prove that images were stolen from a website?
Is there any way to check from when an another website have the same images? I have no any access to the server.
Thanks for any idea!
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No, I'm not the one who forgot watermark. An old client of mine just found me with this question. Actually found Google cached page which we can use, but still interested if any other solution is exist. Like any image format contains any date attribute in it?
If you're using a Unix-based operating system, you might have access to cURL. Try running
curl --remote-time --remote-name http://url-to-your-image/
and see if you get a timestamp that is different from the exact time you downloaded the file. Not all servers respond with the time, but it might be worth an attempt.
But generally, if it's your original work, then you should have a copy of the image with higher resolution and/or lower compression rate, right? That should be enough to prove which of the images is the stolen one. Intellectual property rights on the Internet is a mess, though, for several reasons. But even if you can't take legal actions, you might have better luck convincing an administrator to remove the content.
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While doing web development, I often need to edit images. Not photos, not creative work, just simple editing. For example: adding shadow on a button, resizing multiple images, tweaking few pixels here and there, etc.
Photoshop always felt like a huge overkill (not to mention the price). Gimp's price tag is right, but it's still an overkill and somehow I feel clumsy while using it.
So what free/ open source Windows products are simpler yet do the same job?
Note that if product was really great, I would consider paying up to $50 but no more than that.
PAINT.NET
This may be an option. I know that I have used this in the past but it may not be exactly what you need. There are plugins for it though I believe.
http://www.getpaint.net/
you can use Paint.Net on http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
Its free
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A site I just started to manage is not banned in Google because I can find the domain in the index, but it gets extremely poor ranking -- almost nowhere to be found.
Does anyone know of a good method for determining how and/or why a site gets a poor ranking in Google. The site I have has been around for a while and is very rich with content relative to "youth sports". Yet you can hardly find it in the Google.
Sorry for asking this question here, but if you have ever posted anything to the Google Help and User forums you;ll find you get no responses or assistance. SO is the only place I can ever get exceptional and timely help.
There is no way to tell for sure as no one knows exactly how pages are ranked. However, we do have a pretty good idea of what many of the ranking factors are so we can be sure do them to help our chances of ranking well. This question at Pro Webmasters is a good start. So is this answer. Once you're sure you got the basics down you need to promote your website in the hopes of getting quality links to your pages. But if you don't have quality content (and what you call quality content may not be what Google and others call quantity content) you're not going to stand much of a chance of ranking well.
Did you use any dirty tricks like white text on white background to contain some false keywords etc.? Google continually discovers these tricks and penalizes them. Cheating doesn't pay off. I don't tell this is your case, but I just want to warn against it, in general.
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I am planning to write and distribute a pac-man like game. So I would like to know if It is still protected by copyright.
Can I use the word pacman in the title? What are the limits that I will have?
PS. I can conclude from the first answers that I can't use the name and may be a very similar art work. If I keep that in mind, will I have any trouble. And I don't want to do something unethical, is it unethical to write a pac-man like game? I see tons of them on the internet.
It's a matter of trademarks, not copyright. Trademarks don't run out, though they must be continually used. I'm pretty sure Pacman would be considered to be in use, as it's a very well-known brand.
So you'll have to use a different name.
A visit to Namco will show you they are still actively promoting it by porting it to new platforms, as well as continuing to develop it as a franchise.
So the answer is: No. No. Also, no.
I think no??? since this is game we are seeing since childhood so , you cannot use its name. And its the most popular game in world, just like mario, tetris etc. So better dont use names that exists from decades instead use some other similiar type names, if you want.
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I am going to be taking over from a developer here at work soon. Hence, I'll be supporting all the applications that he has written over the last few years.
My question is, when supporting an application that you probably don't know much about, what kind of documentation is most helpful to get a handle on how to fix problems, extend functionality, modify functionality, etc? I'm thinking it would need to give you an overview of what the software does, what interfaces it has to other software, what databases it uses, usernames, passwords, and so on.
Is there such a thing as a software support document? Referrals to any templates would be most helpful.
BTW, unfortunately, there are no requirements documents, specs, etc! So, really my question is, if my colleague had a day to write a single document for each application so that I could (more easily) support it, what would that document be and/or what would it look like?
I would ask for primarily some sort of flow chart/schema of the way the app functions.
I would want to be able to know how each file interacts with other files (and the database). So this way, you'd know where to start to fix a bug or add a new feature, etc.
So to do a quick, text mockup of it:
Index.php -> Login.php -> Dashboard.php
Index.php:
Has login box. Submits login into to login.php
Login.php:
Verifies data with database entries, shows error on fail or sends to Dashboard.php
Dashboard.php:
Once logged in this acts as a main menu
Something along these lines? For basic documentation I'd think this is the way to go.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
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Before I go crazy and try to script a way to lock folks out of their accounts on multiple failed attempts, is a captcha ideal? I've seen several sites that do this, but wasn't sure how effective it would be. Granted, if a human is indeed trying to "hack" into someone else's account, I would think blocking access for a few minnutes would be much better than having them input some random obscure characters.
CAPTCHAs are a common solution. They're rarely ideal.
One suggestion: Offer x chances (say 3) at which point you lock the account and then require some sort of email validation to unlock.
Otherwise, I think giving 1 or 2 freebie chances is fine and then switching over to a CAPTCHA'd login is acceptable.
If you aren't having spambot problems, CAPTCHA's are rarely a good solution. They are just annoying. I agree with DA's email verification idea.