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A soft spot on the Apple?MacXGuy writes: "I recently obtained by free 10.1 upgrade from the Apple Store in the Mall of America. After installing it on my Titanium PB-G4 XFree4.1 (http://www.mrcla.com/XonX/) no longer works. (I'm definitely not installing it on my Dual 800 G4 until a workaround is found.)"
Since most of the stuff I've heard about the 10.1 upgrade has been positive to the point of suspicion, I wonder if anyone else has experienced similar upgrade quibbles with it.
Another good reason for a complex infrastructure. PhantomHarlock writes "New York City officials requested and got what's left of Metricom to re-activate the wireless network in the area surrounding the World Trade Center. Rescue and cleanup crews are using the network to coordinate and access death certificates filed online. Only one rooftop transmitter had been destroyed, the other four are still intact."
Even when you're right, you're wrong -- as the fine print clearly shows. An anonymous reader points to column in InfoWorld about interpreting the overlapping, contradictory and sometimes funny EULAs that accompany Microsoft products. Microsoft certainly isn't alone in that regard either -- ever read a EULA you thought was totally fair, unambiguous, and satisfying? Mr. Anonymous writes: "This was amply illustrated last week after I mentioned here that the EULA (end-user license agreement) for FrontPage 2002 contains a term prohibiting use of the software in connection with a site that disparages Microsoft or its online services. I love it."
The only place to hunker is a well-connected bunker. severn2j writes: "It seems that AL Digital's nuclear bunker (posted on /. a few weeks ago), has paid off for them in light of the attacks on the U.S. So much so that they've got another one."
And for all your fair-use needs ... An Anonymous Coward writes "Maybe lyrics.ch is going down now, but most of its content and even more is available from LyricsDot which is not going to close."
Good to hear. Amateur song transcription really isn't such a bad thing, except when you consider most of the songs.
[Microsoft] Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 02, @05:30PM.
On the bright side, at least I use Linux :-)
If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
I'm going into the bunker selling business, just like the 50s.
I can use terrorism fear, point to the governments overreaction for validation, I'll make a fortune! If they don't buy from me I'll report them annonymously as terrorist via the web!
if only Mcarthy had the web
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
I think they really meant hackers i.e. people trying to chop up your computer with an axe.
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three persons, two of them absent.
BOFH excuse generator proof? I gotta check into this!
How does a bunker protect you from crackers?
Simple. If you are under ground you do not have to fear pasty white people trying to throw Ritz, Saltines, Townhouse or other flat crunchy breadlike foodstuffs at you.
However, since it appears as though the site truly IS hosted in Russia (rather than having a North American-based site with a .RU address), it just might stick around for a while after all!
Unless the maintainers decide to come visit the U.S. to participate in a Def Con convention.
ok then your [sic] infringing on my copyright! Could you as [sic] me next time before STEALING my comments for your own?
Meh. The modern Internet has trouble surviving an attack by a backhoe, let alone nuclear weapons.
For a really great EULA read the one that comes with the windows game "Heroes of Might and Magic 3" (HOMM3)
Its quoted as saying "you will reccomend this game to all your friends and say it is the best game ever made" and many more suspicious terms...
The following is an ACTUAL copy of the first two pages inside a manual
for a product called EASYFLOW.
This is where the bloodthirsty license agreement is supposed to go,
explaining that EasyFlow is a copyrighted package, sternly warning you
not to pirate copies of it and explaining, in detail, the gory
consequences if you do.
We know that you are an honest person, and are not going to go around
pirating copies of EasyFlow; this is just as well with us since we
worked hard to perfect it and selling copies of it is our only method
of making anything out of all the hard work. For your convenience
EasyFlow Is distributed on a non copy-protected diskette and you are
free to do what you want with it (make backups, move from machine to
machine, etc.) provided that it is never in use by more than one
person at a time.
If, on the other hand, you are one of those few people who do go
around pirating copies of software, you probably aren't going to pay
much attention to a license agreement, bloodthirsty or not. Just keep
your doors locked and look out for the HavenTree attack shark.
Honest Disclaimer
We don't claim EasyFlow is good for anything - if you think it is,
great, but it's up to you to decide. If EasyFlow doesn't work: tough.
if you lose a million because EasyFlow messes up, it's you that's out
the million, not us. If you don't like this disclaimer, tough. We
reserve the right to do the absolute minimum provided by law, up to
and including nothing.
This is basically the same disclaimer that comes with all software
package but ours is in plain English and theirs is in legalese.
We didn't really want to include any disclaimer at all, but our
lawyers insisted. We tried to ignore them but they threatened us with
the attack shark (see license agreement above) at which point we
relented.
DON'T LOSE THE MANUAL
That's right; don't lose this manual. Especially don't lose it before
you have read this page. Why are we telling you this? Isn't it obvious
that you shouldn't lose the manual?
That's what we thought. Then we started getting all these calls from
people saying "Hi! I'm Joe Blow and you've never heard of me, but I
bought a copy of EasyFlow from FlyByNite Software and now I can't find
the manual... will you send me a new one free?".
At first we were nice guys and went along with this. Then we started
getting a bit more hard nosed about it; after all it is trivial to
copy the disk but the manual involves somewhat more work. Now we had
to agonize over each request and try to distinguish between the
genuine unfortunate ("the dog chewed it up") and the merely
unscrupulous looking for free software.
So what does everybody else do? We phoned the local Chevy dealer and
told them we had misplaced the engine out of our new Camaro; that call
didn't get us much useful information. Well
We called Borland and gave them a song and dance about losing our
Turbo Pascal manual; they said to mail a letter to their "Lost Manual
Review Committee". Wow! What a good idea. So we immediately rushed
out and set up our Lost Manual Review Committee. The Committee meets
once a month. They don't send out many replacement manuals, but they
seem to do a lot of howling, rolling around on the floor and saying
things like, "Oh wow - listen to this one".
Don't lose the manual.
Replacement manuals are available without going through the Committee
for US$147.95 each.