Actually, you should be thankful that we HAVE a refund/replacement process. Many other countries do not and when you buy things, it is yours and that's it. My father in law came from China and when he was here to visit, he was surprised that you can purchase tools at home depot, use it once or twice and then return it.
Seems to me, there are still a bunch of problems with this format. If I was an average user and I ran across it on their website, I wouldn't even think about buying it in the first place.
I tend to agree. I went to University Of Illinois in Champaign and there was only one course that was required that actually taught you how to program. That was Intro C++. After your first year, everyone assumes you know how to program and they move on to teach algorithms. I've had 3 algorithms class and they were all called "Intro to Algorithms". That was CS 173, 273 and 373. Scary thing that a 3 level class was still called Intro. But it's already been mentioned before. You don't just "get" a piece of paper, but also conditioning and a way of thinking. I think it's helped me tremendously in the real world.
IANAL, but my wife is an accountant and has studied business law and basically this is what she told me. It does not matter whether or not you signed a piece of paper saying the company is not liable. If you go skydiving and you sign a waiver, you can still sue their butts off if the 'chute doesn't open. The waiver does nothing for them. It is considered gross negligence on their part. Therefore, even though MS says that you signed the EULA, it can still be considered negligence on their part and they would be responsible.
As a math major, it is usually the case that we say "Assuming such theorem is true, then blah blah". Science is much the same way. If we did not do things this way, then math in general would cease to exist. But after doing this for a while, you tend to forget the "Assume" part. You just simply take it to be true. Plus it's easier and more convenient that way. I would guess this is why scientists hold to "truths" that they know aren't.
Why is it that bitching about microsoft and even to an extent, online privacy rights takes precedence over something cool like scientists finding a "massive" black hole in the center of our galaxy and several others? Personally, I think it is pretty cool that we are orbiting a black hole and would like to learn more about other people's opinions and theories about this.
I read in a news article a while back, there was this guy by the name of (something like) Pete Virgin. He had a hardware store called Virgin Hardware. The British company, Virgin decided to go into the hardware business and asked the guy to change the name of his store. He refused and they took him to court. I think eventually Virgin paid the guy a large sum of money to change the name. Sad. So, in other words, they probably can..
At the University of Illinois at Champaign, one of the first CS classes that we had to take was scheme. Granted it wasn't exactly the most fun class that I took, but it really did teach a lot. I learned a lot about the basics of computer science from that class
A common programming assignment that we had was: "Using your knowledge of scheme, re-program windows 95 with a fully function GUI and AI desktop."
Do you wear Gap clothes? Do you wear Nikes? Do you wear any clothes at all? Almost everything you wear comes from China. The DVD player that you own is made in China. Just about everything that is mass produced comes from there. The reason why the US is willing to renew the Most Favored Nation status (or whatever the hell it's called) and set up a new trade deal is because it is beneficial to the US AND China. The US doesn't depend on Cuba like it depends on China, that is why the US treats Cuba like dirt. When the US depends on Chinese manufacturing, this is something that cannot be taken lightly either. If there wasn't a new trade deal, I can assure you, those $100 Nikes that you so enjoy will cost twice as much.
This is even better. In order for Metallica to pursue a court battle with the users, they would have to pursue each user individually. Basically, this is the same thing that is happening with the cigarette industry.
Has the thought ever occurred to anyone that maybe the judge should have forced him to do community service, like teaching about hacking and cracking. Then he would not be making a profit and be able to pay off his debt to society. How many famous people who have committed crimes simply get off by doing community service? Personally, I think this would have been the best option.
Yahoo in a sense, did go overboard. A parody, according to the Webster Dictionary is a feeble or ridiculous imitation. Although I am not French and lack the skills to "decode" the page, I will assume for now that the page is simply poking fun at Yahoo!. If making parodies is against the law, what about 90% of all the Wierd Al songs? I believe when he did Amish Paradise, Wierd Al did not get the permission from Coolio, and yet he did it. Moreover, he made money from the song.
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Actually, you should be thankful that we HAVE a refund/replacement process. Many other countries do not and when you buy things, it is yours and that's it. My father in law came from China and when he was here to visit, he was surprised that you can purchase tools at home depot, use it once or twice and then return it.
Seems to me, there are still a bunch of problems with this format. If I was an average user and I ran across it on their website, I wouldn't even think about buying it in the first place.
Isn't this akin to saying that if I microwave food, then the food will become radiated?
Has it occurred to anyone that it took someone with the initials "J.C." to get his windows up and running? Apparently JC often performs miracles.
I tend to agree. I went to University Of Illinois in Champaign and there was only one course that was required that actually taught you how to program. That was Intro C++. After your first year, everyone assumes you know how to program and they move on to teach algorithms. I've had 3 algorithms class and they were all called "Intro to Algorithms". That was CS 173, 273 and 373. Scary thing that a 3 level class was still called Intro. But it's already been mentioned before. You don't just "get" a piece of paper, but also conditioning and a way of thinking. I think it's helped me tremendously in the real world.
IANAL, but my wife is an accountant and has studied business law and basically this is what she told me. It does not matter whether or not you signed a piece of paper saying the company is not liable. If you go skydiving and you sign a waiver, you can still sue their butts off if the 'chute doesn't open. The waiver does nothing for them. It is considered gross negligence on their part. Therefore, even though MS says that you signed the EULA, it can still be considered negligence on their part and they would be responsible.
As a math major, it is usually the case that we say "Assuming such theorem is true, then blah blah". Science is much the same way. If we did not do things this way, then math in general would cease to exist. But after doing this for a while, you tend to forget the "Assume" part. You just simply take it to be true. Plus it's easier and more convenient that way. I would guess this is why scientists hold to "truths" that they know aren't.
Why is it that bitching about microsoft and even to an extent, online privacy rights takes precedence over something cool like scientists finding a "massive" black hole in the center of our galaxy and several others? Personally, I think it is pretty cool that we are orbiting a black hole and would like to learn more about other people's opinions and theories about this.
I read in a news article a while back, there was this guy by the name of (something like) Pete Virgin. He had a hardware store called Virgin Hardware. The British company, Virgin decided to go into the hardware business and asked the guy to change the name of his store. He refused and they took him to court. I think eventually Virgin paid the guy a large sum of money to change the name. Sad. So, in other words, they probably can..
At the University of Illinois at Champaign, one of the first CS classes that we had to take was scheme. Granted it wasn't exactly the most fun class that I took, but it really did teach a lot. I learned a lot about the basics of computer science from that class
A common programming assignment that we had was:
"Using your knowledge of scheme, re-program windows 95 with a fully function GUI and AI desktop."
Farts are now patented. Anyone that passes gas must pay me a royalty fee.
Do you wear Gap clothes? Do you wear Nikes? Do you wear any clothes at all? Almost everything you wear comes from China. The DVD player that you own is made in China. Just about everything that is mass produced comes from there. The reason why the US is willing to renew the Most Favored Nation status (or whatever the hell it's called) and set up a new trade deal is because it is beneficial to the US AND China. The US doesn't depend on Cuba like it depends on China, that is why the US treats Cuba like dirt. When the US depends on Chinese manufacturing, this is something that cannot be taken lightly either. If there wasn't a new trade deal, I can assure you, those $100 Nikes that you so enjoy will cost twice as much.
This is even better. In order for Metallica to pursue a court battle with the users, they would have to pursue each user individually. Basically, this is the same thing that is happening with the cigarette industry.
Has the thought ever occurred to anyone that maybe the judge should have forced him to do community service, like teaching about hacking and cracking. Then he would not be making a profit and be able to pay off his debt to society. How many famous people who have committed crimes simply get off by doing community service? Personally, I think this would have been the best option.
Yahoo in a sense, did go overboard. A parody, according to the Webster Dictionary is a feeble or ridiculous imitation. Although I am not French and lack the skills to "decode" the page, I will assume for now that the page is simply poking fun at Yahoo!. If making parodies is against the law, what about 90% of all the Wierd Al songs? I believe when he did Amish Paradise, Wierd Al did not get the permission from Coolio, and yet he did it. Moreover, he made money from the song.