Operating systems that perform illegal operations every day.
I have seen source code for a product that was soooooo bad, I would have been embarassed. And they had the nerved to charge $100 for the source. I found 3 pages of bugs, 1 bug per line, single spaced.
Those agument may or may not hold up in some jurisdictions.
On "disparate impact" you may have an uphill battle. There has been age discrimination cases claiming that calculate pay in layoffs would have a disparate impact on older workers. This argument has been tried on the constitutionality of the death penalty.
Isn't trustworthyness claimable as per se job requirement? One can argue that a felon cannot be trusted because they violated the law. Until recently employers (before FMLA) have claimed that perfect attendance is a job requirement (per se), so that time off is not a reasonable accomodation. The FMLA has turned that argument around.
Even so the employer was led to believe that the employee had lied on the application. That they said no felonies, but the report came back otherwise. And most applications say that lying on an application is a reason for discharge or not to hire.
Being a felon is not a protected class, such as being sex, race, color, disability, veteran. So, the company can refuse to hire a felon.
Now against the agency that screwed up on the report, the cases have been all over the map. These cases I have seen were false positives on drug tests.
I would go after them! They are making money on this, they should have some responsibility for what they do.
That is why the credit reporting agencies have become regulated. They have false things in reports, and their response was, "Hey someone reported it to us, tough luck!"
Testing companies, and investigating companies should take responsibility for their actions.
Most (non-public) beta agreements include prohibitions against disclosure.
If they violated it, it is actionable.
The idea behind non-public betas are to allow a company to test the product (w/o getting slammed). It also allows them to get feedback on features, that might or might not be included in the final product. Though as of the last couple of years, the original ideas behind beta have been diluted.
GPL requires the distribution of source code. Now, how can you have an NDA on what you MUST distribute?
But, if you talk about a NDA source code licence, with a license to freely distribute the results (read executible/object code), then that might work. But it's not an NDA.
Many companies (include M$) has been doing this in a way for years. They would provide source code for libraries, which you may use to build products, as long as they are not a "new version" of what they provide to you. If you have Raima DataManger Source, you can't produce a RDM set of libaries of your own, but you can include it in your application. But M$ says in some of theirs, you can use it, but only on platforms they approve of.
Just because everyone is out to get me does not mean that I can't be paranoid too.
But seriously, the intent is not to piss everyone off. I am trying to make sure that when people think of Mattel's abuses, they think of my site. That they know the url, like most people know yahoo or/..
If I can coordinate the Mattel litgation, we (other people being abused by Mattel) can use other rulings against Mattel in our cases.
By sharing information, individuals can be stronger than an individual corporation. That if there is a ruling against a corporation, that ruling may be used against them by everyone. But that's only if you find out about it.
If a jury, when assesing punitive damages, know how much of a practice this has become for a company, will assess large amounts of damages. This might stop them from continuing.
In analyzing if something is libel, you MUST take it in context.
There was a case where David Brudnoy, called some restraunt owners pigs. Another case, where an ex-MBTA employee called someone a racist. Both cases ruled that the statements in contact were opinions, not statements of fact. Therefore, is libel.
For libel, you publish statements as fact, not opinion that are false. Or opinions that imply libelous facts (not revealed).
Remember the swearing canoer case? The man was charged with using obscenities in front of women and children? That case was thrown out.
When we allow the state to dictate what speach is not proper, we start on a slipery slope.
If you don't want to read about it, then don't. Are you just a Mattel shill? Are you hired to tell people to shut up, when Mattel can't scare them?
This case is another example of Mattel's abuse. Once Mattel stops acting like this, then I don't need to fight! But until then, I will keep fighting and try to get everyone together to coordinate the fight.
How true. One company I worked at, I was lied to about what I was going to be doing. They told me the real thing after I signed the NDA. I was going to be doing some fun stuff, that I had not done before.
Before I started IBM doing OS/2 printer drivers, I had no printer driver experience. But since that was a rare skill, they had to hire someone with solid skills on large complex systems.
I have worked with stupid people. I knew one guy (yes with an H1B) who was working on a Mac version of a PC package. He said it could not be done because the compiler did not support #pack. I then had to explain how to read the data as a block of chars, then convert it into internal structures. He had to do it anyways, since you had to change word order.
Hire McGyver! You don't need to provide him with a computer, just a few paper clips and chewing gum.
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Amusing to see that there are still a few vocal xenophobes out there. If there is a reduction in 1B quota, then the jobs will not go to other underskilled US citizens,
Boy, you are full of it. You have no idea of what you speak. My wife has her greencard, my best friend is from Columbia, one of the best programmers I know is Serbian.
What I object to is companies claiming that they can't hire people, because they can't find someone with 2 years of Java 2 programming or in 1988 someone with 10 years of DOS programming. Then because they can't find that "exact" person, they underpay someone whom is sponsored on an H1B. Then this person is trapped.
It's alot cheaper to export the work. The head of networking at a university is China is paid $250/month. So, why not.
Part of this comes from the Micro v. Mainframe mentality. I have run into many people thinking that mainframes are very different from micros.
Most of the same principals apply. With micros, people just are sloppier. But they should follow many of the same practices.
Even with this programming shortage, employers discriminate against older people. Or they demand exact skills, but then they ask for increases in the H1B visa limit.
I have used buddyphone on a WindowsNT system through IPCHAINs.
One tip, and I think it may apply to most software packages. Tell the software that your connection is a little slower then it actually is. This may degrade the voice quality a little, but it gets rid of that annoying lag.
I tried this on a PII-266 under WinNT 4.0 SP5 though a firewall using RH 6.0 on a Pentium Overdrive 83 system on a Cable Modem.
I'd like to some software that will let me use OS/2 and Linux to talk to people I know that run Windoze.
I am not suprised knowing some of the coding practices at MSI!
Hashing the CyberNot list is not the issue. It is designed for speed, not security. If the list access was slow, it would make the product useless, if you had to wait an addition.5 seconds on every lookup. Hashing the list was probably meant as a prevent someone from taking the list and selling their own product (a filter, or a list of XXX sites). Using the same hash for the password was just plain lazy/sloppy!
Since spammers use cycles of pop3 servers and SMTP servers stealing cycles, bandwith, and disk space. This ruling may apply.
This is not a precident!
For it to be a precident, it has to be ruled on by an appeals court. Unless, it is something that an appeals court does not usually rule on (ie. a motion to remand).
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I have seen source code for a product that was soooooo bad, I would have been embarassed. And they had the nerved to charge $100 for the source. I found 3 pages of bugs, 1 bug per line, single spaced.
On "disparate impact" you may have an uphill battle. There has been age discrimination cases claiming that calculate pay in layoffs would have a disparate impact on older workers. This argument has been tried on the constitutionality of the death penalty.
Isn't trustworthyness claimable as per se job requirement? One can argue that a felon cannot be trusted because they violated the law. Until recently employers (before FMLA) have claimed that perfect attendance is a job requirement (per se), so that time off is not a reasonable accomodation. The FMLA has turned that argument around.
Even so the employer was led to believe that the employee had lied on the application. That they said no felonies, but the report came back otherwise. And most applications say that lying on an application is a reason for discharge or not to hire.
Now against the agency that screwed up on the report, the cases have been all over the map. These cases I have seen were false positives on drug tests.
I would go after them! They are making money on this, they should have some responsibility for what they do.
That is why the credit reporting agencies have become regulated. They have false things in reports, and their response was, "Hey someone reported it to us, tough luck!"
Testing companies, and investigating companies should take responsibility for their actions.
Programmers should be responsible for their code!
This is the solution, I got them to work (beta version of course). I'm spending my day at the mall tommorow.
I'm now working on adapting the optics to my digital camera, then after that, I will make the modifications to my web cam at the gym.
If they violated it, it is actionable.
The idea behind non-public betas are to allow a company to test the product (w/o getting slammed). It also allows them to get feedback on features, that might or might not be included in the final product. Though as of the last couple of years, the original ideas behind beta have been diluted.
But, if you talk about a NDA source code licence, with a license to freely distribute the results (read executible/object code), then that might work. But it's not an NDA.
Many companies (include M$) has been doing this in a way for years. They would provide source code for libraries, which you may use to build products, as long as they are not a "new version" of what they provide to you. If you have Raima DataManger Source, you can't produce a RDM set of libaries of your own, but you can include it in your application. But M$ says in some of theirs, you can use it, but only on platforms they approve of.
But seriously, the intent is not to piss everyone off. I am trying to make sure that when people think of Mattel's abuses, they think of my site. That they know the url, like most people know yahoo or /..
If I can coordinate the Mattel litgation, we (other people being abused by Mattel) can use other rulings against Mattel in our cases.
By sharing information, individuals can be stronger than an individual corporation. That if there is a ruling against a corporation, that ruling may be used against them by everyone. But that's only if you find out about it.
If a jury, when assesing punitive damages, know how much of a practice this has become for a company, will assess large amounts of damages. This might stop them from continuing.
There was a case where David Brudnoy, called some restraunt owners pigs. Another case, where an ex-MBTA employee called someone a racist. Both cases ruled that the statements in contact were opinions, not statements of fact. Therefore, is libel.
For libel, you publish statements as fact, not opinion that are false. Or opinions that imply libelous facts (not revealed).
Remember the swearing canoer case? The man was charged with using obscenities in front of women and children? That case was thrown out.
When we allow the state to dictate what speach is not proper, we start on a slipery slope.
Every time the little guy wins, it encourages others to fight for their rights!
This case is another example of Mattel's abuse. Once Mattel stops acting like this, then I don't need to fight! But until then, I will keep fighting and try to get everyone together to coordinate the fight.
Watch out, if you say anything negative about Mattel, they may sue you too.
Ever hear of principals?
You lose rights inches at a time. If you don't fight for your rights you lose them?
In my case when a judge asked Mattel what was libelous, Mattel asked to dismiss their countersuit.
The name Barbie has been around longer than the doll. The doll was named after a girl.
Mattel is know for bring abusive lawsuits.
But Microsoft has embeded codes, but you just don't see it.
Styles are a start, but sometimes, some people need finer control.
You mean there is an office suit from Microsoft?
The only problem I have with WP6, is that I can't read files that people send in Word97 format.
I also am not worried about any type of word/excel macro virus. And I don't use outlook!
There always will be suits at the Linux Expo (and Software Development Conferences). That is how you can tell the sales people from the real people.
Before I started IBM doing OS/2 printer drivers, I had no printer driver experience. But since that was a rare skill, they had to hire someone with solid skills on large complex systems.
I have worked with stupid people. I knew one guy (yes with an H1B) who was working on a Mac version of a PC package. He said it could not be done because the compiler did not support #pack. I then had to explain how to read the data as a block of chars, then convert it into internal structures. He had to do it anyways, since you had to change word order.
Hire McGyver! You don't need to provide him with a computer, just a few paper clips and chewing gum.
Most of the same principals apply. With micros, people just are sloppier. But they should follow many of the same practices.
Even with this programming shortage, employers discriminate against older people. Or they demand exact skills, but then they ask for increases in the H1B visa limit.
Some information on it is at the Programmer's Guild.
Petition to Abolish the H1B.
One tip, and I think it may apply to most software packages. Tell the software that your connection is a little slower then it actually is. This may degrade the voice quality a little, but it gets rid of that annoying lag.
I tried this on a PII-266 under WinNT 4.0 SP5 though a firewall using RH 6.0 on a Pentium Overdrive 83 system on a Cable Modem.
I'd like to some software that will let me use OS/2 and Linux to talk to people I know that run Windoze.
Go near a Frye's and you get an advertisement for COMPUSA. Many even a 10 minute special.
Head towards a McDonalds, get an ad beamed to you that gives you $1 off your next purchase at Wendy's, good for 20 minutes.
Hashing the CyberNot list is not the issue. It is designed for speed, not security. If the list access was slow, it would make the product useless, if you had to wait an addition .5 seconds on every lookup. Hashing the list was probably meant as a prevent someone from taking the list and selling their own product (a filter, or a list of XXX sites). Using the same hash for the password was just plain lazy/sloppy!
This is not a precident!
For it to be a precident, it has to be ruled on by an appeals court. Unless, it is something that an appeals court does not usually rule on (ie. a motion to remand).
I could claim that someone copied my site w/o my permission.
But having an anonymous site, does not have the impact of a named site.