Huh, was this before the military turned off selective availability in GPS?
Your last comment reminds me of this one Cosby Show reference. The kids were talking about a black man that lived in Africa(IIRC) and the little one commented to the big one about how he was black, and the big one corrected her "No, he's African American" (even though he was not American, he was like a political figure of Africa, again IIRC). It was so rediculous, but I'm sure the producers were quite proud of themselves.
Ice-T? You mean the guy that plays a police detective (good guy) on TV? (Law and Order: SVU, good show).
But yeah, I agree with the intent of your message. The law is a very bad idea. I will also sign a petition/write a letter (as I'm a WA state resident) even though the law will only ever impact me indirectly (as I have none/will have no children).
I have to say though, I'm simply amazed that the law did not also cover games that let you assault/kill politicians and charity groups - they always seem to get special treatment in these sorts of laws. Maybe we can look forward to Grand Theft Auto: Your Nation's Capitol soon.
It could conceivably be provable - have an independant 3rd party compile the code in question and compare it to existing UnixWare installs. If the binaries match (which they ought to, I'd think, barring major weirdness) then you know the code was once there. Or, you're at least reasonably certain.
I'm glad you know all of these rules. They've sure been well publicized. Especially the one about not calling the police station - who would have known!
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SCO distributed the allegedly "infringing" code themselves. That's what he means.
That we know of. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not on SCO's side here, at all. They haven't given us any evidence, so I think/. (and others) should ignore 'em until they do, to stop the FUD spread.
However, there's really no way for us to know if code wasn't copied from some commercial source into GNU or Linux kernel source. We can say that the "official" statement is that GNU and Linux will not incorporate code that it knows to be "stolen" (and by We I guess I mean FSF and Linus respectively) and that offending code will be removed if proof is presented. The community doesn't have its own lawyers and coders with access to all available commercial source worldwide searching the code.
That all said though, I'll go back to my first point. SCO's lawsuit needs to stop getting press, unless/. et al are cool with spreading Linux FUD.
I don't think it's so unusual. Almost nobody I know likes the TV shows, movies, and music I like. Few like the games I like. It's to the point that I have almost completely stopped making any recommendations of any sort.
Then again, I don't meet very many people. Maybe I just need to get out more and find folks that do have similar interests. Although, I wonder if they'd be as terribly boring as I am.;)
I hate to break it to you, but that's what car insurance is all about, safe people paying more for non-safe people. That's just how it works.
There is an out, however. You can put up a $50K (I think, in most states) bond for insurance purposes. Or you can ditch the car and move closer to work and walk (er, wrong thread).
What the hell are you talking about? It's a valid question. What's the difference between the Mozilla I'm using now and this Firebird download - you know, the one that is the entire subject of the thread?
It's all well and good to be anonymous on the Internet, as long as you are OK with the fact that no one can contact you. However, for most people, having an e-mail address available for others to contact you with is handy.
With regard to your email postcard example - if you have friends that have your email address, it is possible that they may one day put it in one of those forms without your permission. So, the only way to avoid getting spam is to never give anyone your email address, ever. And then you may as well not have an email address.
People are already doing that now. They've decided that you should own a car and you should drive enough miles a year to properly fund their interests.
'course, maybe the well designed cities would all be sponsored by shoewear manufacturers...;)
I think you miss the point. People are getting sued for putting up websites that say bad things about other companies. They're getting sued for writing search engine software. They're getting sued for, as he pointed out, registering domains for their own personal family names.
Email is nearly worthless for most people - I'm at about 1:50::real email:spam. We're to the point that people are running software to filter mail for them, software which can tag non-spam as spam - a worse problem than getting the spam itself. But, people are desperate enough to restore email's worth that they'll put up with that sort of thing.
You don't get any spam - I hope you realize that you're a part of a very small minority (you may also want to contact your MX admin, the mail server could just be down;) ).
You can assume, at least in most areas, that the taxes will hover around the same amount. Like, here in Seattle, it's 9.25% or so for prepared food (IIRC) and outside of Seattle I believe it's 8.25%. Just figure on paying ~10% in taxes and you're on the right track.
Btw, this is why credit cards are so nice. You don't have to worry about how many dollar bills you have in your wallet. And if you shop around, you can easily end up with a card which costs you $0 to use (no annual fee, no interest if paid off w/in 20 or 30 days). Good stuff.
"And, gosh, am I tired of watching tail -f/var/log/all and tail -f/var/log/smail/logfile on one screen while reading/. and claiming it's "research for the project" on the other."
That's the strangest masturbation method I've ever heard. It's probably tiring from the lack of boobies to stimulate.
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Huh, was this before the military turned off selective availability in GPS?
Your last comment reminds me of this one Cosby Show reference. The kids were talking about a black man that lived in Africa(IIRC) and the little one commented to the big one about how he was black, and the big one corrected her "No, he's African American" (even though he was not American, he was like a political figure of Africa, again IIRC). It was so rediculous, but I'm sure the producers were quite proud of themselves.
Ice-T? You mean the guy that plays a police detective (good guy) on TV? (Law and Order: SVU, good show).
But yeah, I agree with the intent of your message. The law is a very bad idea. I will also sign a petition/write a letter (as I'm a WA state resident) even though the law will only ever impact me indirectly (as I have none/will have no children).
I have to say though, I'm simply amazed that the law did not also cover games that let you assault/kill politicians and charity groups - they always seem to get special treatment in these sorts of laws. Maybe we can look forward to Grand Theft Auto: Your Nation's Capitol soon.
Keep in mind I don't have a lot of knowledge about batteries...
If you replace the cells and circuitry, what's left other than the casing? That is, what makes it worthwhile?
It could conceivably be provable - have an independant 3rd party compile the code in question and compare it to existing UnixWare installs. If the binaries match (which they ought to, I'd think, barring major weirdness) then you know the code was once there. Or, you're at least reasonably certain.
I'm glad you know all of these rules. They've sure been well publicized. Especially the one about not calling the police station - who would have known!
SCO distributed the allegedly "infringing" code themselves. That's what he means.
That we know of. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not on SCO's side here, at all. They haven't given us any evidence, so I think /. (and others) should ignore 'em until they do, to stop the FUD spread.
/. et al are cool with spreading Linux FUD.
However, there's really no way for us to know if code wasn't copied from some commercial source into GNU or Linux kernel source. We can say that the "official" statement is that GNU and Linux will not incorporate code that it knows to be "stolen" (and by We I guess I mean FSF and Linus respectively) and that offending code will be removed if proof is presented. The community doesn't have its own lawyers and coders with access to all available commercial source worldwide searching the code.
That all said though, I'll go back to my first point. SCO's lawsuit needs to stop getting press, unless
Are there any companies selling the FX that throw in free earplugs? That'd be sweet.
I don't think it's so unusual. Almost nobody I know likes the TV shows, movies, and music I like. Few like the games I like. It's to the point that I have almost completely stopped making any recommendations of any sort.
;)
Then again, I don't meet very many people. Maybe I just need to get out more and find folks that do have similar interests. Although, I wonder if they'd be as terribly boring as I am.
Did you read somewhere that the blackbox can determine the blood alcohol level of the vehicle's driver?
He's still required to give you the original parts, so you know that something was actually replaced.
Saturn dealerships are somewhat sleazy though, so this doesn't surprise me much.
I hate to break it to you, but that's what car insurance is all about, safe people paying more for non-safe people. That's just how it works.
There is an out, however. You can put up a $50K (I think, in most states) bond for insurance purposes. Or you can ditch the car and move closer to work and walk (er, wrong thread).
What the hell are you talking about? It's a valid question. What's the difference between the Mozilla I'm using now and this Firebird download - you know, the one that is the entire subject of the thread?
It's all well and good to be anonymous on the Internet, as long as you are OK with the fact that no one can contact you. However, for most people, having an e-mail address available for others to contact you with is handy.
With regard to your email postcard example - if you have friends that have your email address, it is possible that they may one day put it in one of those forms without your permission. So, the only way to avoid getting spam is to never give anyone your email address, ever. And then you may as well not have an email address.
I'd like a Mini-hybrid. They're cute cars, and really, really tiny. I bet they'd sell like mad.
That is, as long as the manufacturer can avoid "hybriding" up the body design... the Insight and Prius are both rather ugly.
Heh.
;)
People are already doing that now. They've decided that you should own a car and you should drive enough miles a year to properly fund their interests.
'course, maybe the well designed cities would all be sponsored by shoewear manufacturers...
Take a bus/mass transit ride. In a well designed city, it wouldn't be take too long to get there and back.
Toll roads exist here, but not everywhere. I'd personally like to see more of them, but ONLY if I can pay less in income tax to compensate. :)
You can build over the roads, at least. Something like Seattle's Monorail, except hopefully a lot less lame.
In some cases you can build under roads, too.
You could, you know, walk to a place to get lunch, in a well-designed city. The sidewalks can even accomodate you and your 2 lunchmates.
I think you miss the point. People are getting sued for putting up websites that say bad things about other companies. They're getting sued for writing search engine software. They're getting sued for, as he pointed out, registering domains for their own personal family names.
;) ).
Email is nearly worthless for most people - I'm at about 1:50::real email:spam. We're to the point that people are running software to filter mail for them, software which can tag non-spam as spam - a worse problem than getting the spam itself. But, people are desperate enough to restore email's worth that they'll put up with that sort of thing.
You don't get any spam - I hope you realize that you're a part of a very small minority (you may also want to contact your MX admin, the mail server could just be down
You can assume, at least in most areas, that the taxes will hover around the same amount. Like, here in Seattle, it's 9.25% or so for prepared food (IIRC) and outside of Seattle I believe it's 8.25%. Just figure on paying ~10% in taxes and you're on the right track.
Btw, this is why credit cards are so nice. You don't have to worry about how many dollar bills you have in your wallet. And if you shop around, you can easily end up with a card which costs you $0 to use (no annual fee, no interest if paid off w/in 20 or 30 days). Good stuff.
a Beowulf cluster of threads that do not have a ms or *nix comment.
"And, gosh, am I tired of watching tail -f /var/log/all and tail -f /var/log/smail/logfile on one screen while reading /. and claiming it's "research for the project" on the other."
That's the strangest masturbation method I've ever heard. It's probably tiring from the lack of boobies to stimulate.