First, if we collected all the nukes, and set them off in a place where the crust was thin enough, we could most likely distroy the earth.
Second, Forbes is the "Corporate Trade Rag" That's exactly what it is. Since the GPL doesn't fit into the "Corporate Profit Model", thier going to attack it. They'll never even try to grasp something as different as the GPLv2, and more attacks are coming on GPLv3 in spades. To much anti-drm in it. There are other problems with GPLv3, so I don't believe it will go very far. As long as they keep most the tools at GPLv2, Linux will go on. If they swiched most the GNU stuff to GPLv3, then you'd start seeing everything forking with a gplv2 and gplv3 version, which would be a major hassle, but still, Linux would go on with forked versions. Forbes would start printing articles about how UNIX and GNU are falling apart because they split, and they'd be as worthless as the rms article.
You called the GPL a Communism theory. It's not! It's not restricting making money on S/W! The GPL is about sharing code, not commune living! It's to keep someone from stealing your code you donated to open source, and selling only binary copies of this stolen code, thereby hiding where it came from, and allowing someone else to make money on the backs of Open Source Community.
As far as the cake goes, it looked kinda tasty!
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Yea, this is sad alright. It's a sad reflection on our legal system and our moral values. With the stupid frivolous lawsuits, and the people who open them to get a quick buck ruining the system, you can expect to see more stuff like this happen.
(sarcastic_Mode) The only real solution - Hang all the lawyers, corral up all the people filing all the frivolous and hurd them off a big cliff, and watch anarchy take over the world! (/sarcastic_Mode)
Want to know if they're exploited? Look at your spam reports. Spam's increased 30-40% in the last month. It's been a good month for the spammer scum. The bot armies have been replenished.
Patch Tuesday came about so the $M could passify corporations. Now they can test and schedule patch updates on a set regular schedule, just like the spammer scum schedule there exploits for Exploit Wednesday.
It's worked well. Now corporate america has a set schedule to apply patches, and the botnet pinheads have a set day to release exploits. $M makes money cause corporate interests are addressed, and virus/bot writers have a preset optimum date to get there work done.
Take there money, and send them to jail. A lot of people don't see the expense, wasted efforts etc by the ISP industry to try to filter spam. Billions of the GNP are being wasted. For What, so russians can phish attack, and floridians can sell fake pills, etc. I think being bubba's Boy is fitting punishment.
Buying the new printer because it's cheaper then the cartridge doesn't work either. The cheap B#@*%&Ds only 1/3 fill the cartridges on new printers, so you have to buy a new cartridge sooner anyway.
Personal firewalls are more to protect from inbound attacks. Not to restrict outbound traffic. Yes, it also helps to inform you what programs $M wants to let out. When I build a XP system and put it on the net to put $M patches on it, if I don't have a personal firewall, it will be own'ed before I can finish patching. That seems like a useful thing to me.
Obviously, this guy has a serious caffine addiction! There are much more pressing matters to worry about! Compared to the more important issues, this pales in comparison! There are much more important things we need to address first! For Example:
1) Get a 4 day work week implemented! 2) More HD Channels! 3) Ban Light Beers! (Light Beers are for Wimps)
There's more to add to this list, but this will at least get it started!
Fortunatly he'll be out in a year or two. He's made a joke of the presidency. it's getting to the point I'd almost like to see him empeached. It's become a sad state of affairs in washington these days.
Since I got screwed by paypal, which was then bought by ebay, I don't do business with either. I discovered that I can find better deals elsewhere anyway.
I wonder how long it's going to be before google sic's the lawyer scum on em!
Obviously, you work for Microsoft.
I've worked for many large corp. at this point. They (BSA) are NOT the law, and most the time they go into a place, they don't have just cause. My advice to anyone, if you see the BSA at your door, don't let them in, and immediately, call your lawyer. Almost every medium size school, business or organization out there that you can find will end up with a unlicensed s/w package out there. When this outfit comes through your door, you will end up paying for it 10-20 times over, if your lucky.
They are $M's hit men, are well funded, and make boatloads of money for $M, at everyone's expense. I am NOT advocating piracy. BUT I'm not going to advocate blackmail or extortion either. These goons are extortionists, and should be a criminal organization.
No, this won't be the death blow. They get the right for a trial, and nobody is stopping it. IBM is following it through to clear all the IP issues out on Linux (As much is as possible at least, with $M busy shooting (Blanks mostly) at Linux).
The way the courts work, the SCO trolls will be alive until about the middle of next year, which is when the trial will probably be closed out. I don't know for sure, but were still only about 1/3 to 1/2 way through.
When the trial is over SCO will still be alive, until the countersuits hit. Then there won't be enough of sco left to warrant mopping thier slime off the floor.
Hey, your only telling half the story. Don't forget that the musicians are getting the shaft too. I read about a year ago that they get 10 to 15 cents out of the $15 you pay for a CD. They deal with the record companies only to get the promotional stuff to sell concert tickets. That's how they make money these days. It's sad. I only buy from indy labels these days, when I do buy music. I have 600++ records and close to 200 CD's. I don't need to give those damned crooks any more financing. They complain about drops in CD sales, and I have a solution.
1) stop the lawsuits against customers, and aim them at the counterfitters. (Difficult since they're in Asia, just as pointless, but more chance of recovering the bottom line)
2) base your business model around new technologies, instead of CD's, and quit trying to make everyone buy what your printing on the press's, and nothing else.
3) Start mastering the CD's instead of trying to make them louder then joe's cd accross the street. Scratchy records sound better then a lot of the crap they put out now. The dynamic range has been taken out of the cd's to make them louder. I have amplifiers in my stereo that do a better job of making the music LOUD
4) Quit pushing artists to make billboard 100 songs, and let them be creative. With a digital download model, you don't have to worry about printing 100,000 CD's that don't sell fast enough.
5) Quit paying radio stations to play top 100 billboard songs, and let them play what's there, instead of what's on the CD printing press.
Do these things, and I'll start spending my cash on RIAA music again.
I don't have to worry about my funds though. The RIAA management are'nt even in the same league as MIT students or grad's. There not bright enough to figure this one out. What they do want to do is control what we listen to, and con us into buying what they want. They want us to be sheep that buy what they shove down our throats.
Lots of LasVegas Casinos contributed to alot of Congressional re-election campains. And they paid for alot of "Congress Reasearch Projects" on this subject.
IE Our representitives were paid to protect us from those evil internet bookies, so the good kind Las Vegas Casino Operators would continue to have their monopoly.
Our Government is busy looking out for their intrests again.
You Said: " The cartoons were originally published in Egypt back in October or something. "
From what I've read, they were published first in a danish newspaper. Where did you find this out? Can you back it up with some facts? If so, then alot of information that's been published recently is wrong!
Not exactly a pay cut, but when I was layed off from revolving systems, I took a lesser paying job because it was going to be much more fun. And just before we were bought by the megacorp at the fun Co, we took a company teambuilder to Purto Varda. The Co. had to borrow money the next week to make payroll from the megacorp. The final harrah for the Fun co. I got a good raise at the time. But now the megacorp hasn't given a good raise for 5 years. If I don't get one this year.....
If the EU courts have there way, and are not corrupted by corrupt Political scum (Likely, unfortunately), then $M will need to publish the docs for the interface. Then, when they change it so samba don't work, they will be forced to document thier changes. There will be a lag of course, and it will probably be reverse-engineered before they squeeze the docs out of Redmond.
In the mean time, the marketeers will be boasting they have vista, and forcing management to force the grunts to get it fixed. And about half the samba servers will be replaced by $M servers.
Lets hope that the EU judges stick to their guns, and the Political scum with $M Bread in there pockets don't succeed in overturning/minimalizing the EU Anti-trust settlement. It would be good for the industry to put some reigns on $M.
blood plasma saves lives. That's why people do it. As far as this data is concerned, I don't want mine logged, and anyone with half a brain won't either. But then, I've noticed there's an extremely large number of people with less then half a brain, so...
Why are you singling out Bush/Cheney. You think kerry, gore, clinton or any of the democrats tell the truth? All polititions are scum. Respectible people won't take jobs in political office anymore. So, I say to you, CLINTON, KERRY AND GORE LIE REPEATEDLY
All polititions are scum, and should be impeached from office.
They passed the can-spam law nullifying the more powerful state laws that were comming into effect. Told the overloaded FTC to enforce it.
Yet spam has increased (tripled or quadrupled) since they implemented it.
But it's working?
Yes, it's working for the groups that are following it. These are the respectible companies that actually were'nt spamming in the first place.
Sadly, our congress isn't smart enough, or the green lining on thier pockets is to thick to allow them to see what a failure it's been. Until we elect representitives that won't give in to greed, the problems we have won't solve themselves. This is one of many issues that we as an electoral body need to address. The 2 party system has failed, as Thomas Jefferson predicted. People need to quit voting for democrats and republicans. But we also need to get someone other then bozo's to run in these parties. Ow Well
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First, if we collected all the nukes, and set them off in a place where the crust was thin enough, we could most likely distroy the earth.
Second, Forbes is the "Corporate Trade Rag" That's exactly what it is. Since the GPL doesn't fit into the "Corporate Profit Model", thier going to attack it. They'll never even try to grasp something as different as the GPLv2, and more attacks are coming on GPLv3 in spades. To much anti-drm in it. There are other problems with GPLv3, so I don't believe it will go very far. As long as they keep most the tools at GPLv2, Linux will go on. If they swiched most the GNU stuff to GPLv3, then you'd start seeing everything forking with a gplv2 and gplv3 version, which would be a major hassle, but still, Linux would go on with forked versions. Forbes would start printing articles about how UNIX and GNU are falling apart because they split, and they'd be as worthless as the rms article.
You called the GPL a Communism theory. It's not! It's not restricting making money on S/W! The GPL is about sharing code, not commune living! It's to keep someone from stealing your code you donated to open source, and selling only binary copies of this stolen code, thereby hiding where it came from, and allowing someone else to make money on the backs of Open Source Community.
As far as the cake goes, it looked kinda tasty!
Yea, this is sad alright. It's a sad reflection on our legal system and our moral values. With the stupid frivolous lawsuits, and the people who open them to get a quick buck ruining the system, you can expect to see more stuff like this happen.
(sarcastic_Mode) The only real solution - Hang all the lawyers, corral up all the people filing all the frivolous and hurd them off a big cliff, and watch anarchy take over the world!
(/sarcastic_Mode)
Want to know if they're exploited? Look at your spam reports. Spam's increased 30-40% in the last month. It's been a good month for the spammer scum. The bot armies have been replenished.
Patch Tuesday came about so the $M could passify corporations. Now they can test and schedule patch updates on a set regular schedule, just like the spammer scum schedule there exploits for Exploit Wednesday.
It's worked well. Now corporate america has a set schedule to apply patches, and the botnet pinheads have a set day to release exploits. $M makes money cause corporate interests are addressed, and virus/bot writers have a preset optimum date to get there work done.
Take there money, and send them to jail. A lot of people don't see the expense, wasted efforts etc by the ISP industry to try to filter spam. Billions of the GNP are being wasted. For What, so russians can phish attack, and floridians can sell fake pills, etc. I think being bubba's Boy is fitting punishment.
I have a better idea! Lets set him and the VP up on a hunting trip in the Alaska Wilderness!
Well, writing your senator and representitives isn't a bad idea ether though.
Damn you people! You went and /.'ed the site!
Durn Commie Geeks!
Buying the new printer because it's cheaper then the cartridge doesn't work either. The cheap B#@*%&Ds only 1/3 fill the cartridges on new printers, so you have to buy a new cartridge sooner anyway.
My next printer is NOT going to be an inkjet.
Personal firewalls are more to protect from inbound attacks. Not to restrict outbound traffic. Yes, it also helps to inform you what programs $M wants to let out. When I build a XP system and put it on the net to put $M patches on it, if I don't have a personal firewall, it will be own'ed before I can finish patching. That seems like a useful thing to me.
DON'T LISTEN TO THIS MORON!!!
Obviously, this guy has a serious caffine addiction! There are much more pressing matters to worry about! Compared to the more important issues, this pales in comparison! There are much more important things we need to address first! For Example:
1) Get a 4 day work week implemented!
2) More HD Channels!
3) Ban Light Beers! (Light Beers are for Wimps)
There's more to add to this list, but this will at least get it started!
Fortunatly he'll be out in a year or two. He's made a joke of the presidency. it's getting to the point I'd almost like to see him empeached. It's become a sad state of affairs in washington these days.
Since I got screwed by paypal, which was then bought by ebay, I don't do business with either. I discovered that I can find better deals elsewhere anyway.
I wonder how long it's going to be before google sic's the lawyer scum on em!
Obviously, you work for Microsoft.
I've worked for many large corp. at this point. They (BSA) are NOT the law, and most the time they go into a place, they don't have just cause. My advice to anyone, if you see the BSA at your door, don't let them in, and immediately, call your lawyer. Almost every medium size school, business or organization out there that you can find will end up with a unlicensed s/w package out there. When this outfit comes through your door, you will end up paying for it 10-20 times over, if your lucky.
They are $M's hit men, are well funded, and make boatloads of money for $M, at everyone's expense. I am NOT advocating piracy. BUT I'm not going to advocate blackmail or extortion either. These goons are extortionists, and should be a criminal organization.
I haven't found one yet
No, this won't be the death blow. They get the right for a trial, and nobody is stopping it. IBM is following it through to clear all the IP issues out on Linux (As much is as possible at least, with $M busy shooting (Blanks mostly) at Linux).
The way the courts work, the SCO trolls will be alive until about the middle of next year, which is when the trial will probably be closed out. I don't know for sure, but were still only about 1/3 to 1/2 way through.
When the trial is over SCO will still be alive, until the countersuits hit. Then there won't be enough of sco left to warrant mopping thier slime off the floor.
Hey, your only telling half the story.
Don't forget that the musicians are getting the shaft too. I read about a year ago that they get 10 to 15 cents out of the $15 you pay for a CD. They deal with the record companies only to get the promotional stuff to sell concert tickets. That's how they make money these days. It's sad. I only buy from indy labels these days, when I do buy music. I have 600++ records and close to 200 CD's. I don't need to give those damned crooks any more financing. They complain about drops in CD sales, and I have a solution.
1) stop the lawsuits against customers, and aim them at the counterfitters. (Difficult since they're in Asia, just as pointless, but more chance of recovering the bottom line)
2) base your business model around new technologies, instead of CD's, and quit trying to make everyone buy what your printing on the press's, and nothing else.
3) Start mastering the CD's instead of trying to make them louder then joe's cd accross the street. Scratchy records sound better then a lot of the crap they put out now. The dynamic range has been taken out of the cd's to make them louder. I have amplifiers in my stereo that do a better job of making the music LOUD
4) Quit pushing artists to make billboard 100 songs, and let them be creative. With a digital download model, you don't have to worry about printing 100,000 CD's that don't sell fast enough.
5) Quit paying radio stations to play top 100 billboard songs, and let them play what's there, instead of what's on the CD printing press.
Do these things, and I'll start spending my cash on RIAA music again.
I don't have to worry about my funds though. The RIAA management are'nt even in the same league as MIT students or grad's. There not bright enough to figure this one out. What they do want to do is control what we listen to, and con us into buying what they want. They want us to be sheep that buy what they shove down our throats.
You got that one right!!
Because...
Lots of LasVegas Casinos contributed to alot of Congressional re-election campains. And they paid for alot of "Congress Reasearch Projects" on this subject.
IE
Our representitives were paid to protect us from those evil internet bookies, so the good kind Las Vegas Casino Operators would continue to have their monopoly.
Our Government is busy looking out for their intrests again.
You Said:
" The cartoons were originally published in Egypt back in October or something. "
From what I've read, they were published first in a danish newspaper. Where did you find this out? Can you back it up with some facts? If so, then alot of information that's been published recently is wrong!
Not exactly a pay cut, but when I was layed off from revolving systems, I took a lesser paying job because it was going to be much more fun. And just before we were bought by the megacorp at the fun Co, we took a company teambuilder to Purto Varda. The Co. had to borrow money the next week to make payroll from the megacorp. The final harrah for the Fun co. I got a good raise at the time. But now the megacorp hasn't given a good raise for 5 years. If I don't get one this year.....
If the EU courts have there way, and are not corrupted by corrupt Political scum (Likely, unfortunately), then $M will need to publish the docs for the interface. Then, when they change it so samba don't work, they will be forced to document thier changes. There will be a lag of course, and it will probably be reverse-engineered before they squeeze the docs out of Redmond.
In the mean time, the marketeers will be boasting they have vista, and forcing management to force the grunts to get it fixed. And about half the samba servers will be replaced by $M servers.
Lets hope that the EU judges stick to their guns, and the Political scum with $M Bread in there pockets don't succeed in overturning/minimalizing the EU Anti-trust settlement. It would be good for the industry to put some reigns on $M.
blood plasma saves lives. That's why people do it. As far as this data is concerned, I don't want mine logged, and anyone with half a brain won't either. But then, I've noticed there's an extremely large number of people with less then half a brain, so...
Why are you singling out Bush/Cheney. You think kerry, gore, clinton or any of the democrats tell the truth? All polititions are scum. Respectible people won't take jobs in political office anymore. So, I say to you,
CLINTON, KERRY AND GORE LIE REPEATEDLY
All polititions are scum, and should be impeached from office.
They passed the can-spam law nullifying the more powerful state laws that were comming into effect.
Told the overloaded FTC to enforce it.
Yet spam has increased (tripled or quadrupled) since they implemented it.
But it's working?
Yes, it's working for the groups that are following it. These are the respectible companies that actually were'nt spamming in the first place.
Sadly, our congress isn't smart enough, or the green lining on thier pockets is to thick to allow them to see what a failure it's been. Until we elect representitives that won't give in to greed, the problems we have won't solve themselves. This is one of many issues that we as an electoral body need to address. The 2 party system has failed, as Thomas Jefferson predicted. People need to quit voting for democrats and republicans. But we also need to get someone other then bozo's to run in these parties. Ow Well
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Remember -- Embrace and Extend. Incorporate into your own browser, and nobody elses so everyone breaks accept IE.
Hopefully, it will fail this time, but.....