Thats pretty common. Having an advanced degree can restrict choice in terms of employment. I know somebody in California who keeps getting told that they are overqualified... and a Ph.D. friend has to work in a teaching position in a backwoods university town because that is where a position exists.
Tech Ph.D.s are going to be a differnet matter though, as long as you have some management experience or wish to get into management. The Ph.D. I see in technology tend to be running the show in CIO or CSO positions.
Of course they are claiming the whitespace, thats the only useful part of the SysV code.
I wonder when they'll sue RMS and GNU?
Darl deserves Troll of the Year, he's got us all hook line and sinker. This has to be a joke, or maybe some brilliant marketing campaign, because its just to ludicrous to be legit.
Yes, that is what I repeat to myself as I rock in my chair. It lets me sleep at night.
I've just been voicing the same wish around the office today, after spending part of a task force meeting on Friday suggesting that somebody write a Blaster variant with a patching/removal payload.
How about the worm load itself into memory during windows boot, and then connect to a kickstart server somewhere, and clean the box of the big vulnerability called Windows? I imagine there are tons of militant Linux advocates out there working on this right now...
Its not even necessarily about power... its about things like the cult of personality, fame for intellectual achievement, lasting legacies, those sorts of things. Piles are money are only good as long as you value "things", and RMS has made it pretty clear with his software communism ideals that he has no value for things... the point that I'm commenting on here is that he seems to value something else entirely: his own fame, perhaps his own legend.
Perhaps I should use the word "legend" instead of "empire" to make the point. It is clear that RMS does not value material things, money, and other physical rewards from one's intellectual product. It actually offends me that he would campaign so mercilessly to undermine those who would like something real for their work. Its not just that RMS is a "greasy long haired code hippy" who loves free software and wants to use it... its that he is a militant who wants there to be no other option. At least that is what I'm perceiving. This makes his motivation far different than the love of free software... its much closer to the hate of profit from software produced by hard work and skill.
Thats pretty disgusting, actually. Makes me want to chip in with: "IN THE SOVIET UNION the RMSes had already won"...
I find it pretty interesting how such a zealot for free software can also be such a proponent of restricted thinking. I don't trust that RMS's decisions are actually based on high-minded ethics... what I suspect is that RMS is either consciously or subconsciously most concerned with empire building.
Would anyone who knows the man conclude that he is a little more than slightly jealous of Torvalds, and would really like recognition and time in the mass-media spotlight?
Please have your Aunt contact me, I have an AMAZING BUSIENSS OPPORTUNITY FOR HER THAT IS ONLY VALID FOR ALIMITED TIEM!
I suspect that people who so blatantly refuse to use their brains online are also shockingly stupid in other aspects of real life. It would be great is the 419/Nigerian scammers sold of list of the fools they reel in. I can see a variety of vacuum salesmen, real estate slime, and door-to-door soul savers using the list as a really effective targetted marketing list.
... and stupid. I wish this would end soon. I can somehow picture this being made into a movie kinda like Death to Smoochy or Throw Momma From the Train, with Billy Crystal as Darl McAssclown, Ed Norton as Linux Torvalds, and a cast of wacky characters in a dark comedic romp... blah blah blah.
I've said it before, and I might as well say it again since I have little of value to add to this topic: SCO can FOAD any day now, plz/thx
Yes, a lot of these kinds of DMCA-invoking takedown orders are automated. Its completely retarded how blatantly off-base many complaints are. That quoted bit is likely some sort of "just act on it and don't ask questions scare tactic" to try to discourage ISPs from thinking and challenging the takedown order. What it seems to do it prohibit a "notice-to-notice" regime wherein a carrier simply notifies the alleged violator about the complaint since they are indemnified by common carrier exemptions.
Good thing the US's bullshit DMCA means nothing up here in Canada;P
And in other news... IBM doesn't consider SCO to be more than an annoying buzzing insect, and will crush them whether or not the annoying parasitic executives responsible are still around.
Actually, if there was no Linux then there would be no SCO, at least as we know it today. You see, if the SysV/UNIX intellectual property had value then it wouldn't have been resold umpteen times. Nobody wanted it since it didn't seem to have any actual value. Why do you think IBM sold it? Novell?
The problem is now that those SCO suckers bought a deed to a piece of useless land, pardon the analogy, and are desparately trying to find a way to make the boneheaded purchase turn into something not so pointless. They realize that IBM is going to ditch AIX at some point soon, dooming the revenues from the UNIX license for AIX. SCO is trying to protect an investment... it just so happens that they are doing it in a panicky, incompetant, clumsy, and extremely annoying way.
I'm sure IBM knows this. They will drain the life out of SCO with their countersuits, like the ancient old business vampire that they are, and SCO won't irritate us any more. Perhaps the UNIX intellectual property will be purchased by Red Hat, Apple, or Microsoft when all is said and done... perhaps the only legally true UNIX will be Windows Server 2005;)
I wonder when a report will be done that shines light on the "Joe Average does not or cannot think for himself" issue. Tech support is one of the most thankless jobs out there... whether or not a company may put out imperfect products is not a sufficient justification for tech support people to put up with the abuse that they are subjected to by people too damn lazy to think for themselves.
It is not cool to not know how to do things, or not take the time to figure it out. Wearing ignorance like a badge of honor is nothing to be proud of, nor is defending or supporting those who do. People who demand that others solve their problems for them, abuse those who support them, and make life miserable for call center staff need to be whacked with a Cluebat.
I know this will draw -1 Troll downmods because of some bizarre/. need to defend to common user from the evil of corporations.
SCO is starting to sound like some clueless zombie minion of the anti-GPL evil masterminds: Microsoft.
I didn't put much stock in the theory that Microsoft was pulling the strings until now. SCO has become a source of mindless and deteriorating spew on this issue, and it reminds me of bad horror movies. Microsoft's zombie spokesman is falling apart, and their press releases read to me like the text equivalent of chunks of flesh, limbs, and whatnot falling off.
Microsoft, I hope these SCO fools are just your probe at Linux and the GPL. If this is the best challenge you can muster than I suggest you return to a focus on incorporating all the best practices of the Open Source and UNIX worlds into your "Trustworthy Computing" initiative so that Windows 2003 Server won't be a sucking chest wound in network security.
Whether or not they are "right", they can FOAD any time now as far as I am concerned. They will see no money for a license for the use of GPLed code that they distributed from me, thats for damn sure.
If you can't even attempt to make conditions the same for each so you are only testing the OS, then you can't claim the tests on different architectures are valid. It is rediculous to claim that the tests of different architectures is valid, but tests of the two OSes on the same architecture is not valid.
1. Do you think there truly is such a thing as "intellectual property", should there be such a thing?
2. Which nation (or international treaty/convention, i.e. Berne, etc) do you feel best approximates how you believe this concept should (and shouldn't) be defined in law?
Of course they will, its a great way to show a judge that the "theft" is causing costs to be incurred. That is how you get judgements that aware damages to the victimized party, isn't it?
If I were to sue somebody for something in civil court I'd need to demonstrate to a judge that their actions caused me damage. In this case, the groups representing the rights holders only have fuzzy potential profit (not real profit) and soft costs without something concrete (i.e., with a receipt that can be submitted as evidence) to submit in court.
EXACTLY! I wish I had mod points today rather than being relegated to a mere "me too! i agree!".
If only Hotmail in particular and other free email providers would clue in. Its not that they haven't been told, either. Other ISPs would love it if Hotmail and its ilk would log the x-originating-ip and stick it in the headers.
You better be browsing/. the oldschool way for the intellectual elite (i.e., lynx) or your credibility just went out the window.
Gentoo designed their ports system to be elegant, not the constant fiddle and hackjob that FreeBSD boasts. Just because 20 lines of code to make ports updating work was good enough for grandpa doesn't mean you should accept it as an example of intelligent design today.
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Tech Ph.D.s are going to be a differnet matter though, as long as you have some management experience or wish to get into management. The Ph.D. I see in technology tend to be running the show in CIO or CSO positions.
I wonder when they'll sue RMS and GNU?
Darl deserves Troll of the Year, he's got us all hook line and sinker. This has to be a joke, or maybe some brilliant marketing campaign, because its just to ludicrous to be legit.
Yes, that is what I repeat to myself as I rock in my chair. It lets me sleep at night.
1. Make SCO more hated than Microsoft for destroying the GPL
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3. PROFIT!
How about the worm load itself into memory during windows boot, and then connect to a kickstart server somewhere, and clean the box of the big vulnerability called Windows? I imagine there are tons of militant Linux advocates out there working on this right now...
Perhaps I should use the word "legend" instead of "empire" to make the point. It is clear that RMS does not value material things, money, and other physical rewards from one's intellectual product. It actually offends me that he would campaign so mercilessly to undermine those who would like something real for their work. Its not just that RMS is a "greasy long haired code hippy" who loves free software and wants to use it... its that he is a militant who wants there to be no other option. At least that is what I'm perceiving. This makes his motivation far different than the love of free software... its much closer to the hate of profit from software produced by hard work and skill.
Thats pretty disgusting, actually. Makes me want to chip in with: "IN THE SOVIET UNION the RMSes had already won"...
Would anyone who knows the man conclude that he is a little more than slightly jealous of Torvalds, and would really like recognition and time in the mass-media spotlight?
I suspect that people who so blatantly refuse to use their brains online are also shockingly stupid in other aspects of real life. It would be great is the 419/Nigerian scammers sold of list of the fools they reel in. I can see a variety of vacuum salesmen, real estate slime, and door-to-door soul savers using the list as a really effective targetted marketing list.
I can't seem to lose the association between "Dutch" and "Goldmember".
I've said it before, and I might as well say it again since I have little of value to add to this topic: SCO can FOAD any day now, plz/thx
Good thing the US's bullshit DMCA means nothing up here in Canada ;P
And in other news... IBM doesn't consider SCO to be more than an annoying buzzing insect, and will crush them whether or not the annoying parasitic executives responsible are still around.
Feeding those who cannot feed themselves while allowing others to steal from, assault, or murder you is not righteous, it is downright stupid.
The problem is now that those SCO suckers bought a deed to a piece of useless land, pardon the analogy, and are desparately trying to find a way to make the boneheaded purchase turn into something not so pointless. They realize that IBM is going to ditch AIX at some point soon, dooming the revenues from the UNIX license for AIX. SCO is trying to protect an investment... it just so happens that they are doing it in a panicky, incompetant, clumsy, and extremely annoying way.
I'm sure IBM knows this. They will drain the life out of SCO with their countersuits, like the ancient old business vampire that they are, and SCO won't irritate us any more. Perhaps the UNIX intellectual property will be purchased by Red Hat, Apple, or Microsoft when all is said and done... perhaps the only legally true UNIX will be Windows Server 2005 ;)
It is not cool to not know how to do things, or not take the time to figure it out. Wearing ignorance like a badge of honor is nothing to be proud of, nor is defending or supporting those who do. People who demand that others solve their problems for them, abuse those who support them, and make life miserable for call center staff need to be whacked with a Cluebat.
I know this will draw -1 Troll downmods because of some bizarre /. need to defend to common user from the evil of corporations.
I didn't put much stock in the theory that Microsoft was pulling the strings until now. SCO has become a source of mindless and deteriorating spew on this issue, and it reminds me of bad horror movies. Microsoft's zombie spokesman is falling apart, and their press releases read to me like the text equivalent of chunks of flesh, limbs, and whatnot falling off.
Microsoft, I hope these SCO fools are just your probe at Linux and the GPL. If this is the best challenge you can muster than I suggest you return to a focus on incorporating all the best practices of the Open Source and UNIX worlds into your "Trustworthy Computing" initiative so that Windows 2003 Server won't be a sucking chest wound in network security.
I'm officially getting sick of all the useless SCO pronouncments. I can't wait until IBM puts them out of our misery.
Whether or not they are "right", they can FOAD any time now as far as I am concerned. They will see no money for a license for the use of GPLed code that they distributed from me, thats for damn sure.
If you can't even attempt to make conditions the same for each so you are only testing the OS, then you can't claim the tests on different architectures are valid. It is rediculous to claim that the tests of different architectures is valid, but tests of the two OSes on the same architecture is not valid.
Please go back to science 101.
Yes.
This should be modded up as insightful. I paid full price for Terminator 3, so I'm not laughing at all.
2. Which nation (or international treaty/convention, i.e. Berne, etc) do you feel best approximates how you believe this concept should (and shouldn't) be defined in law?
If I were to sue somebody for something in civil court I'd need to demonstrate to a judge that their actions caused me damage. In this case, the groups representing the rights holders only have fuzzy potential profit (not real profit) and soft costs without something concrete (i.e., with a receipt that can be submitted as evidence) to submit in court.
Maybe a whole line of SCO Sucks gear...
If only Hotmail in particular and other free email providers would clue in. Its not that they haven't been told, either. Other ISPs would love it if Hotmail and its ilk would log the x-originating-ip and stick it in the headers.
Gentoo designed their ports system to be elegant, not the constant fiddle and hackjob that FreeBSD boasts. Just because 20 lines of code to make ports updating work was good enough for grandpa doesn't mean you should accept it as an example of intelligent design today.