1. An output time management apparatus comprising:
an output time management means for acquiring a specific object data, a time management program for controlling an output of said specific object data, and an upper limit time for which the output of said object data is permitted, from data stored in a removable storing medium,
a time counter for measuring an accumulation time representing the time elapsed from start of outputting the specific object data from the output time management apparatus,
a comparator for comparing said upper limit time for said specific object data and said accumulation time for said object data measured by said time counter, and
a controller for, executing said time management program acquired by said output time management means and outputting said specific object data based on said time management program, and after the comparison by said comparator, suspending the output of said specific object data when it is found that said accumulation time reaches said upper limit time.
2. The output time management apparatus of claim 1 wherein said output of said specific object data is for displaying said specific object data.
3. The output time management apparatus of claim 1 wherein said output of said specific object data is for outputting said specific object data by sound.
4. The output time management apparatus of claim 1 which further comprises a timer to count time, and
wherein said time counter measures said accumulation time utilizing the time counted by said timer.
5. The output time management apparatus of claim 1 which further comprises time information acquisition means for acquiring time information from an outside apparatus connected to the output time management apparatus and having the time information, and
wherein said time counter measures said accumulation time by utilizing the time information acquired by said time information acquisition means.
6. An output time management system comprising:
a data sending apparatus for sending data via a network,
a data receiving apparatus for receiving said data sent from said data sending apparatus,
an output time management means for acquiring a specific object data, a time management program for controlling an output of said specific object data, and an upper limit time for which the output of said object data is permitted, from said data received by said data receiving apparatus,
an output apparatus for outputting said specific object data based on said data received by said data receiving apparatus,
a time counting apparatus for measuring an accumulation time representing the time elapsed from start of outputting said specific object data by said output apparatus,
a comparison apparatus for comparing said upper limit time for said specific object data is permitted and said accumulation time for said specific object data measured by said time counting apparatus, and
a control apparatus for executing said time management program acquired by said output time management means and outputting said specific object data based on said time management program, and after the comparison by said comparator, suspending the output of said specific object data when it is found that said accumulation time reaches said upper limit time.
7. An output time management system comprising:
a storing apparatus for storing data on a storing medium,
a reading apparatus for reading data from said storing medium,
an output time management means for acquiring a specific object data, a time management program for controlling an output of said specific object data, and an upper limit time for which the output of said specific object data is permitted, from said data read by said reading apparatus,
an output apparatus for outputting said specific object data based on said data read by said reading apparatus,
a time counting apparatus for measuring an accumulation time representing the time elapsed from start of outputting said specific object data by said output apparatus,
a comparison apparatus for comparing said upper limit time for specific object data and said accumulation time for said specific object data measured by said time counting apparatus, and
a control apparatus for executing said time management program acquired by said output time management means and outputting said specific object data based on said time management program, and after the comparison by said comparator, suspending the output of said specific object data when it is found that said accumulation time reaches said upper limit time.
8. An output time management method comprising:
an output time management step for acquiring a specific object data, a time management program for controlling an output of said specific object data, and an upper limit time for which the output of said specific object data is permitted, from data stored in a removal storing medium,
a time counting step for measuring an accumulation time representing the time elapsed from start of outputting said specific object data by the output time management step,
a comparing step for comparing said upper limit time for said specific object data and said accumulation time for said specific object data measured in said time counting step, and
a controlling step for for executing said time management program acquired in said time management step and outputting said specific object data based on said time management program, and after the comparing step, suspending the output of said specific object data when it is found that said accumulation time reaches said upper limit time.
9. A computer readable storing medium for storing a program which makes a computer operate as an output time management apparatus, comprising:
an output time management step for acquiring a specific object data, a time management program for controlling an output of said of said specific object data, and an upper limit time for which the output of said specific object data is permitted, from data stored in a removal storing medium,
a time counting step for measuring an accumulation time representing the time elapsed from start of outputting said specific object data by said output time management step,
a comparing step for comparing said upper limit time for said specific object data and said accumulation time for said specific object data measured in said time counting step, and
a comparing step for for executing said time management program acquired in said time management step and outputting said specific object data based on said time management program, an after the comparing step, suspending the output of said specific object data when it is found that said accumulation time reaches said upper limit time.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A spindle for use in a fence, railing, decking or the like, comprising:
an elongate, hollow, molded plastic member having first and second ends opposite each other, said plastic member having four (4) non-planar sides extending between said first and second ends.
2. A spindle as claimed in claim 1 wherein at points along a longitudinal axis extending between said first and second ends, a cross-section of said plastic member perpendicular to said longitudinal axis is rectangular.
3. A spindle as claimed in claim 2 wherein said rectangular cross-section is square.
4. A spindle as claimed in claim 1 wherein edges are formed at junctures between said four (4) non-planar sides and wherein said edges are curvilineal.