It's about time the DMCA got it's day in court. It will be interesting to see how the judge rules on this case. IMHO, I could see the DMCA being struck down, and a group of lawyers with a technical background (probably the lawyers handling the cases against 2600 and Napster) will draft a new copyright act that will protect copyright, but allow for fair use online, and propose that before Congress. I'm sure with such copyright law as the one suggested, corporations would not be able to control the flow of information via licensing or other insane methods.
Drangel mused that the new use of the company's top brand might actually benefit Hormel. The theory is that having more people talk and think about spam will cause more people to buy and eat SPAM.
If CoS wants to play hardball with the legal system, I say that the next time CoS hauls someone into court, the defendant's testimony and evidence should bring into consideration by the jury the legal tactics used by CoS, and hopefully, the jury will rule in the favor of the defense, and perhaps it will bring some momentum to keeping the CoS goons in check.
In the Databases class that I took this semester, I recalled a incident of cheating among three students (one of which is a grad student). The three students submitted an assignment which was to write views in SQL. The three students turned in three copies of the same SQL code. The TA caught this by looking at the code, and saw that there were bugs in the code in the same places on all three submissions. As a grade, each student got 1/3 of the total points that the assignment was graded as.
Seems like registering for UNIX Systems Administration last semester was a smart move on my part. If Rich Uncle Billy Gates wants to play around with license agreements, then all this consumer has to say is "NO WAY! I'm switching to Linux, whether you like it or not!" Besides the money I save on a licensing fee is better off going into my gas tank.
Wonder if I can get a bargain on a PT Cruiser
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Maybe I can work with my local car dealer to have one of their buyers hit a repo auction and get me a good price on a PT cruiser, and be able to get it delivered to me at a good price.
On Friday, Thompson made public a letter he has sent to John Carmack, one of the original "Doom" creators and founder of Texas-based id Software, on behalf of the Todd family.
He called on Carmack to prohibit the sale and distribution of all video games rated for mature audiences to children under 17 - and to do it by April 30. The letter did not specifically threaten a lawsuit, but the statute of limitations for Evan Todd won't expire until he turns 18 in June.
The software developers are not responsible for distribution of the games to the end users. I believe the letter should go to the store where the game was purchased at. I hope that this case gets thrown out, just like the one mentioned after the shooting in Paducah, KY. There's no merit behind this suit.
I feel this may get the school's attention
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I have a feeling that Sean will continue on with his life and become a software developer or hardware designer making a six or seven figure income, while the school figures out why all of their valedectorians in Sean's graduating class can't find a job that pays better than flipping burgers.
I applaud Sean's father for standing up and saying "Enough is enough". As mentioned earlier in this discussion, if there are any/. lawyers out there that want to help out here, please do so.
This review perfectly coincides with the current Slashdot poll. Click on the link to vote (but who really cares about the results. It's not a scientific poll).
The reason being that Fat is a parody of Michael Jackson's Bad song and video, but the star wars song (don't know real name) is not a parody of Don McLean's American Pie, but just uses that song to parody Star Wars
The name of the song I believe is "The Saga Begins", and it came from the album Running With Scissors
After the fallout ends, the companies that are surviving will look at each other, find out who has the best business plan, then either emulate it, or improve on it.
Not entirely true. I personally know some people who are not professionals, yet spend their weekends at the big rallies. Heck, I may risk my life in an attempt to blend in at the next big rally in Sturgis, SD.
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That's why the "All Your Bits" headline was appropriate for the Microsoft Passport article. Public Geek Enemy #1 Bill Gates wants it all, and he wants it by manipulating the legal system. He knows deep down that he won't get it.
Instead of "All your whatever...", why don't we just say that "Everything is now belong to us." At the rate things are going now, everything will belong to someone.
Has anyone confirmed the total population of Alderaan at the time of its destruction, or the total number of Imperial troops on the Death Star at the time of its destruction? I don't think anyone has tried, because IT'S ALL PART OF GEORGE LUCAS' IMAGINATION. People who try to censor this stuff are wasting their time and our tax dollars. If they need something to do, how about spending more dollars on educating the parents of today's kids to take some responsibility.
I believe if aliens came to earth, the only place where they may be able to stay is in Sealand. Just hope that no information that the aliens can use to take over our world is being co-located there.
I remember one day in high school, where a student came up behind me, and knocked me off balance. The staff who witnessed the event saw one student and hauled him off to the principal's office, and then a few minutes later, sent an aide to the class that I was in to call me down, where this student apologized to me. One thing that I noticed was that the student that got punished was not the student that I believed commited the act against me. One lesson that bullies need to learn is that their actions against one person may end up affecting more than that one person.
If anyone has LOS to where they live from the tallest building in their city, then they can get wireless DSL. This can be a problem in rural areas, unless the wireless DSL signal can be generated from an antenna tower, then all a person needs is to be able to "see" their house from the top of the tower. Overall, I see this catching on in major US cities, and internationally.
...actually talking out of his mouth. What I have to comment on is what was said about the moderation system here. I've had my share of positive and negative moderation, from a "First Post!" (which I have done twice, almost had a third for this discussion)and all of my off-topic posts, to all the on-topic stuff that people may consider reading and debating (like my proposed question to Rep. Bucher). Though most of my posts go un-noticed, it's nice to know that there is a moderation system in place that allows the members of the/. community to earn their recognition among the rest of/. Who knows, maybe I could post something and have it modded up to +5 (informative) each time I post.
I'm about to graduate from Kent State with my CS degree. In the five years that I spent in taking classes (both in CS and in Computer Technology), I have discovered the following.
More money needs to be spent on upgrading the labs. If the university is spending money on new construction and renovations to existing buildings, then there should be some money budgeted to improving the education. By improving the education is how you get your students to stay in the university.
Professors need to care more for their students. Of all the professors that I've had, only four have shown that they care about their students learning the subject matter. The classes that I've taken with these profs, I have done well in.
Exams either need to be programming projects, or open book. Outside of the university, people are not going to tell you that you can't use any references to complete a programming assignment. You also can't learn every single detail about everything that is taught in any CS program. This is why I kept all of my books, and only study if I really need to commit something to memory.
I remember one first poster that linked to a program where you can post to slashdot via this program. Why would someone want to waste valuable programming energy to do such a silly task of getting first post. I've done first post myself a while back, and I did it the old way, by luck that a fresh article got posted. I'll also admit that when the article ran about one of the original developers for Unix quitting, I had moderator access at the time, and modded up the FP because I thought it was funny. Several others did the same.
I recommend moving to Indiana, where there is a law that has been passed by the state General Assembly declaring that pi == 3. You can read more at http://www.acc.umu.se/~olletg/pi/tribute.html
Slashdot Mirror
It's about time the DMCA got it's day in court. It will be interesting to see how the judge rules on this case. IMHO, I could see the DMCA being struck down, and a group of lawyers with a technical background (probably the lawyers handling the cases against 2600 and Napster) will draft a new copyright act that will protect copyright, but allow for fair use online, and propose that before Congress. I'm sure with such copyright law as the one suggested, corporations would not be able to control the flow of information via licensing or other insane methods.
Drangel mused that the new use of the company's top brand might actually benefit Hormel. The theory is that having more people talk and think about spam will cause more people to buy and eat SPAM.
Now who the heck eats SPAM all day?
If CoS wants to play hardball with the legal system, I say that the next time CoS hauls someone into court, the defendant's testimony and evidence should bring into consideration by the jury the legal tactics used by CoS, and hopefully, the jury will rule in the favor of the defense, and perhaps it will bring some momentum to keeping the CoS goons in check.
I could have swore that stuntmen who like to climb up the sides of skyscrapers used suction cups to maintain their grip on the side of the building.
In the Databases class that I took this semester, I recalled a incident of cheating among three students (one of which is a grad student). The three students submitted an assignment which was to write views in SQL. The three students turned in three copies of the same SQL code. The TA caught this by looking at the code, and saw that there were bugs in the code in the same places on all three submissions. As a grade, each student got 1/3 of the total points that the assignment was graded as.
Seems like registering for UNIX Systems Administration last semester was a smart move on my part. If Rich Uncle Billy Gates wants to play around with license agreements, then all this consumer has to say is "NO WAY! I'm switching to Linux, whether you like it or not!" Besides the money I save on a licensing fee is better off going into my gas tank.
Maybe I can work with my local car dealer to have one of their buyers hit a repo auction and get me a good price on a PT cruiser, and be able to get it delivered to me at a good price.
On Friday, Thompson made public a letter he has sent to John Carmack, one of the original "Doom" creators and founder of Texas-based id Software, on behalf of the Todd family.
He called on Carmack to prohibit the sale and distribution of all video games rated for mature audiences to children under 17 - and to do it by April 30. The letter did not specifically threaten a lawsuit, but the statute of limitations for Evan Todd won't expire until he turns 18 in June.
The software developers are not responsible for distribution of the games to the end users. I believe the letter should go to the store where the game was purchased at. I hope that this case gets thrown out, just like the one mentioned after the shooting in Paducah, KY. There's no merit behind this suit.
I have a feeling that Sean will continue on with his life and become a software developer or hardware designer making a six or seven figure income, while the school figures out why all of their valedectorians in Sean's graduating class can't find a job that pays better than flipping burgers.
/. lawyers out there that want to help out here, please do so.
I applaud Sean's father for standing up and saying "Enough is enough". As mentioned earlier in this discussion, if there are any
This review perfectly coincides with the current Slashdot poll. Click on the link to vote (but who really cares about the results. It's not a scientific poll).
and the site has been slashdotted. Anyone going to mirror the site and/or download file?
The reason being that Fat is a parody of Michael Jackson's Bad song and video, but the star wars song (don't know real name) is not a parody of Don McLean's American Pie, but just uses that song to parody Star Wars
The name of the song I believe is "The Saga Begins", and it came from the album Running With Scissors
After the fallout ends, the companies that are surviving will look at each other, find out who has the best business plan, then either emulate it, or improve on it.
Not entirely true. I personally know some people who are not professionals, yet spend their weekends at the big rallies. Heck, I may risk my life in an attempt to blend in at the next big rally in Sturgis, SD.
That's why the "All Your Bits" headline was appropriate for the Microsoft Passport article. Public Geek Enemy #1 Bill Gates wants it all, and he wants it by manipulating the legal system. He knows deep down that he won't get it.
Instead of "All your whatever...", why don't we just say that "Everything is now belong to us." At the rate things are going now, everything will belong to someone.
Has anyone confirmed the total population of Alderaan at the time of its destruction, or the total number of Imperial troops on the Death Star at the time of its destruction? I don't think anyone has tried, because IT'S ALL PART OF GEORGE LUCAS' IMAGINATION. People who try to censor this stuff are wasting their time and our tax dollars. If they need something to do, how about spending more dollars on educating the parents of today's kids to take some responsibility.
I believe if aliens came to earth, the only place where they may be able to stay is in Sealand. Just hope that no information that the aliens can use to take over our world is being co-located there.
It's good to see that the first post went to a registered user with a low uid.
Secondly, the people over at F*cked Company will likely have this posted with severity of 100.
I remember one day in high school, where a student came up behind me, and knocked me off balance. The staff who witnessed the event saw one student and hauled him off to the principal's office, and then a few minutes later, sent an aide to the class that I was in to call me down, where this student apologized to me. One thing that I noticed was that the student that got punished was not the student that I believed commited the act against me. One lesson that bullies need to learn is that their actions against one person may end up affecting more than that one person.
If anyone has LOS to where they live from the tallest building in their city, then they can get wireless DSL. This can be a problem in rural areas, unless the wireless DSL signal can be generated from an antenna tower, then all a person needs is to be able to "see" their house from the top of the tower. Overall, I see this catching on in major US cities, and internationally.
...actually talking out of his mouth. What I have to comment on is what was said about the moderation system here. I've had my share of positive and negative moderation, from a "First Post!" (which I have done twice, almost had a third for this discussion)and all of my off-topic posts, to all the on-topic stuff that people may consider reading and debating (like my proposed question to Rep. Bucher). Though most of my posts go un-noticed, it's nice to know that there is a moderation system in place that allows the members of the /. community to earn their recognition among the rest of /. Who knows, maybe I could post something and have it modded up to +5 (informative) each time I post.
I'm about to graduate from Kent State with my CS degree. In the five years that I spent in taking classes (both in CS and in Computer Technology), I have discovered the following.
More money needs to be spent on upgrading the labs. If the university is spending money on new construction and renovations to existing buildings, then there should be some money budgeted to improving the education. By improving the education is how you get your students to stay in the university.
Professors need to care more for their students. Of all the professors that I've had, only four have shown that they care about their students learning the subject matter. The classes that I've taken with these profs, I have done well in.
Exams either need to be programming projects, or open book. Outside of the university, people are not going to tell you that you can't use any references to complete a programming assignment. You also can't learn every single detail about everything that is taught in any CS program. This is why I kept all of my books, and only study if I really need to commit something to memory.
I remember one first poster that linked to a program where you can post to slashdot via this program. Why would someone want to waste valuable programming energy to do such a silly task of getting first post. I've done first post myself a while back, and I did it the old way, by luck that a fresh article got posted. I'll also admit that when the article ran about one of the original developers for Unix quitting, I had moderator access at the time, and modded up the FP because I thought it was funny. Several others did the same.
I recommend moving to Indiana, where there is a law that has been passed by the state General Assembly declaring that pi == 3. You can read more at http://www.acc.umu.se/~olletg/pi/tribute.html