My grandmother's farmhouse has a few glass balls in wire racks hanging high up on the walls. If there is a fire they are supposed to explode and spread fire retardant over the fire. Or you can take them out of the racks and throw them into the fire.
They have been hanging there for (I think) close to 100 years.
Very likely it matters for identification. "The guy in the blue shirt is the one that's causing the trouble, officer." "The Indian guy is causing the trouble, officer." If he's the only Indian or the only guy in a blue shirt, the police know who to grab and haul out.
You've missed the point. The original poster to whom I replied stated that there was no reason to give your email address to a supplier from whom you have PURCHASED software. "I'll give you my credit card number and point me to a download and that's it", or words to that effect.
So I assume that means purchasing production software.
I'll give them my credit card number, they generate a serial number and point me to a download.
And when a huge security hole is discovered in this software, or they suddenly realize that the calculations for the bridge that you're building are off by one decimal point, they will then advise you of the problem by.... ESP, perhaps?
At least once a week, someone posts a message in alt.binaries.warez.linux asking for someone to post a "full version of RedHat Linux 7.2" or something like that. Some folks won't believe that it's free even after they are told, to boot!
it's no one's business who you are unless you've committed a crime.
Or you want to write me a cheque, or rent/borrow my car, or you say you're from "the gas company" and you're standing on my doorstep saying that you're here to check the meter.
Pleading "innocent" when you know you're guilty is not perjury.
It probably should be. "I plead not guilty" = "I didn't do it". Upon proof that you did, in fact, do it, doesn't that mean that you lied when you stated that you didn't do it?
The situations that bother me most are the ones where, after a long trial, the defendant is found guilty of the crime. He then stands up and says, "I'm terribly sorry for all of the hurt that I have caused." The judge at that point should say, "Where was this apology BEFORE we had to prove that you actually did this?" Instead he says, "The defendant is sorry, so we'll give him a few years less in jail." HUH??
If you don't want to submit to the airport security guys' idea of "search" then use another method of transportation. I personally don't want to be searched that way, so I won't be taking the plane any time soon.
There are lots of buses and trains that run between most points in Canada (in fact, Via Rail is actually a pretty decent service) and since he had to wait an extra day or two before getting on the plane anyway, I don't think any significant time would have been lost by him if he had simply said, "Screw you, I'm outta here" at the airport on the first day, got a refund on his ticket, and gone to the railway station and boarded Via Rail to his destination.
I know that if I were him, that's what I would do. It's not hard; airlines aren't the only game in town as long as you're going from point A to point B on the same continent. If you were going from North America to Europe it might be a different story, but going from one Canadian province to another? Take the train, dude.
The "spy guys" say in this article that they recommend that their customers advise the people that are being monitored that monitoring is going on.
Taking them at their word *they wouldn't lie, right* all they need to do is to put a splash screen into their spy software that says, "Access monitored by XYZ Monitoring software". This splash screen shows up on each boot and hangs around for five seconds, and takes the need for the anti-spy software away.
Hey, they did say that the persons being monitored should be advised, so they should take the step of advising them.
I wonder if we'll see a splash screen in v2.0.
And while we're waiting, could I interestt you in a nice bridge that I just happen to have available for sale?
set off an alarm warning anyone in the room to get out, then it releases an O2 displacing mixture of inert gases
I don't know if I like this. Joe Sysop is behind a cabinet standing on his head in a pile of cabling with a toolbox behind him. *BWAH* *BWAH* *BWAH* "Holy shit, time to evacuate!" Joe heart-rate goes through the roof, he jumps up, hits his head on the case above him, trips on the cabling behind him, knocks the rack over onto his feet, gets thoroughly tangled in cables, and is lying there. *BWAH* *BWAH* *BWAH* Here comes the gas. Poor Joe, he was a helluva nice guy too.
If the bomb crashes and does not explode, and some people can extract the binary out of it, then these people can ask for the source code and get it.
I don't think so. The intention of the bomb-dropper was not to provide the drop-ee with a copy of the binary included with the bomb. That would be like stating that if I broke into your office and stole a copy of the binary I could then walk in the front door and demand a copy of the source code.
Couldn't the military, if it wanted to avoid the legalities and implications of the GPL, just license whatever code it wanted directly from the authors?
It depends on the exact code involved. Some code has so many authors that contacting each and every one would be impractical (the Linux kernel, for example), some code is written by folks who moved (or died) a while back and left no forwarding address, some programmers would say "no" on moral grounds if a military organization wished to license their code, and some programmers would say "no" to anyone who wanted to get a proprietary license to their code for any reason (like the FSF).
(1) The Board must certify a tariff and set a levy.
There is no legal reason why a tarriff of 0% could not be set. It's set. It's just 0%. It's been done before in regard to the GST. Some goods are taxable for GST purposes but the tax is zero-rated (I believe that's the term). I think "medical devices" (eyeglasses, hearing aids and the like) fall into that category.
I wonder would happen to a newspaper editor that let one blatant error slide each day?
I "religiously" read the daily paper here. And there are numerous spelling and gramattical errors (not to mention typos) every day. Some of it is obvious "word substitution" by someone's spelling checker; some it has obviously not been run through any spelling checker.
I've always chalked it up to the pressure of meeting a daily deadline. "It may not be perfect, but at least it's on the street."
Can we use braille printed yellow on a white background?
No.
Source has to be distributed as "machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange".
Yet this simple, newbie slip-up that is used specifically for the purpose of sending spam is used as a yet more proof that the whole of Asia should be firewalled.
Indeed. It appears to be used as yet more proof simply because it is, in fact, yet more proof.
some lawyer who was using Word had his brief thrown out of court because it was too long.
That is an abuse of process, in my opinion.
"The document that proves you are not guilty of this crime is too long so we won't bother to read it. Guilty as charged! 20 years!"
If it takes one page, three or five thousand and two pages to state your case to the court, then so be it. Anything else is, as I said, an abuse of process and a presumptive denial of justice and a fair trial.
I think it would be interesting to do some pattern matching on that data to see how many comments are truly "original" and how many are multi-duplicated form letters. A break-down of how many of the form letters are "pro-" versus "anti-" might be enlightening.
I disagree. When stuff is free, folks who do it for the money don't want to create. People who do it to please themselves or impress their friends or whatever will continue to do "it", whatever "it" is. Look at Linux, for a concrete example.
I haven't heard of anyone getting a ticket in the metro area for going 70 in 55.
But that is selective enforcement, which can be even worse. No ticket for you going 70 in a 55 zone? What about a black man in a pink Caddy? If he gets a ticket from that same cop, isn't that a bad thing?
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My grandmother's farmhouse has a few glass balls in wire racks hanging high up on the walls. If there is a fire they are supposed to explode and spread fire retardant over the fire. Or you can take them out of the racks and throw them into the fire.
They have been hanging there for (I think) close to 100 years.
I'm curious why the IBM support didn't orginally setup automatic backups of some kind.
Apparently they did. But the tape backup is broken so they can't retrieve the data.
and what exactly does that last part matter for?
Very likely it matters for identification. "The guy in the blue shirt is the one that's causing the trouble, officer." "The Indian guy is causing the trouble, officer." If he's the only Indian or the only guy in a blue shirt, the police know who to grab and haul out.
You've missed the point. The original poster to whom I replied stated that there was no reason to give your email address to a supplier from whom you have PURCHASED software. "I'll give you my credit card number and point me to a download and that's it", or words to that effect.
So I assume that means purchasing production software.
Can you be traced on the strength of your credit card number?
You'd rather they stored your credit card number in their database than your email address????
I'll give them my credit card number, they generate a serial number and point me to a download.
And when a huge security hole is discovered in this software, or they suddenly realize that the calculations for the bridge that you're building are off by one decimal point, they will then advise you of the problem by.... ESP, perhaps?
At least once a week, someone posts a message in alt.binaries.warez.linux asking for someone to post a "full version of RedHat Linux 7.2" or something like that. Some folks won't believe that it's free even after they are told, to boot!
it's no one's business who you are unless you've committed a crime.
Or you want to write me a cheque, or rent/borrow my car, or you say you're from "the gas company" and you're standing on my doorstep saying that you're here to check the meter.
And so on.
Pleading "innocent" when you know you're guilty is not perjury.
It probably should be. "I plead not guilty" = "I didn't do it". Upon proof that you did, in fact, do it, doesn't that mean that you lied when you stated that you didn't do it?
The situations that bother me most are the ones where, after a long trial, the defendant is found guilty of the crime. He then stands up and says, "I'm terribly sorry for all of the hurt that I have caused." The judge at that point should say, "Where was this apology BEFORE we had to prove that you actually did this?" Instead he says, "The defendant is sorry, so we'll give him a few years less in jail." HUH??
It seems to me that the answer is obvious.
If you don't want to submit to the airport security guys' idea of "search" then use another method of transportation. I personally don't want to be searched that way, so I won't be taking the plane any time soon.
There are lots of buses and trains that run between most points in Canada (in fact, Via Rail is actually a pretty decent service) and since he had to wait an extra day or two before getting on the plane anyway, I don't think any significant time would have been lost by him if he had simply said, "Screw you, I'm outta here" at the airport on the first day, got a refund on his ticket, and gone to the railway station and boarded Via Rail to his destination.
I know that if I were him, that's what I would do. It's not hard; airlines aren't the only game in town as long as you're going from point A to point B on the same continent. If you were going from North America to Europe it might be a different story, but going from one Canadian province to another? Take the train, dude.
The "spy guys" say in this article that they recommend that their customers advise the people that are being monitored that monitoring is going on.
Taking them at their word *they wouldn't lie, right* all they need to do is to put a splash screen into their spy software that says, "Access monitored by XYZ Monitoring software". This splash screen shows up on each boot and hangs around for five seconds, and takes the need for the anti-spy software away.
Hey, they did say that the persons being monitored should be advised, so they should take the step of advising them.
I wonder if we'll see a splash screen in v2.0.
And while we're waiting, could I interestt you in a nice bridge that I just happen to have available for sale?
If the source CD's weren't in the box along with the binary CD, it would be violating the GPL, even if it was available for download on their website.
I don't think so.
An offer to provide the source code must be included. The actual source code can be provided "on request" and doesn't have to be included in the box.
set off an alarm warning anyone in the room to get out, then it releases an O2 displacing mixture of inert gases
I don't know if I like this. Joe Sysop is behind a cabinet standing on his head in a pile of cabling with a toolbox behind him. *BWAH* *BWAH* *BWAH* "Holy shit, time to evacuate!" Joe heart-rate goes through the roof, he jumps up, hits his head on the case above him, trips on the cabling behind him, knocks the rack over onto his feet, gets thoroughly tangled in cables, and is lying there. *BWAH* *BWAH* *BWAH* Here comes the gas. Poor Joe, he was a helluva nice guy too.
If the bomb crashes and does not explode, and some people can extract the binary out of it, then these people can ask for the source code and get it.
I don't think so. The intention of the bomb-dropper was not to provide the drop-ee with a copy of the binary included with the bomb. That would be like stating that if I broke into your office and stole a copy of the binary I could then walk in the front door and demand a copy of the source code.
Couldn't the military, if it wanted to avoid the legalities and implications of the GPL, just license whatever code it wanted directly from the authors?
It depends on the exact code involved. Some code has so many authors that contacting each and every one would be impractical (the Linux kernel, for example), some code is written by folks who moved (or died) a while back and left no forwarding address, some programmers would say "no" on moral grounds if a military organization wished to license their code, and some programmers would say "no" to anyone who wanted to get a proprietary license to their code for any reason (like the FSF).
(1) The Board must certify a tariff and set a levy.
There is no legal reason why a tarriff of 0% could not be set. It's set. It's just 0%. It's been done before in regard to the GST. Some goods are taxable for GST purposes but the tax is zero-rated (I believe that's the term). I think "medical devices" (eyeglasses, hearing aids and the like) fall into that category.
I wonder would happen to a newspaper editor that let one blatant error slide each day?
I "religiously" read the daily paper here. And there are numerous spelling and gramattical errors (not to mention typos) every day. Some of it is obvious "word substitution" by someone's spelling checker; some it has obviously not been run through any spelling checker.
I've always chalked it up to the pressure of meeting a daily deadline. "It may not be perfect, but at least it's on the street."
Can we use braille printed yellow on a white background?
No.
Source has to be distributed as "machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange".
Yet this simple, newbie slip-up that is used specifically for the purpose of sending spam is used as a yet more proof that the whole of Asia should be firewalled.
Indeed. It appears to be used as yet more proof simply because it is, in fact, yet more proof.
You have to wonder about any company that sells you something with one click from an advertisement.
Wouldn't they have to license that valuable intellectual property from Amazon?
some lawyer who was using Word had his brief thrown out of court because it was too long.
That is an abuse of process, in my opinion.
"The document that proves you are not guilty of this crime is too long so we won't bother to read it. Guilty as charged! 20 years!"
If it takes one page, three or five thousand and two pages to state your case to the court, then so be it. Anything else is, as I said, an abuse of process and a presumptive denial of justice and a fair trial.
In my opinion.
I think it would be interesting to do some pattern matching on that data to see how many comments are truly "original" and how many are multi-duplicated form letters. A break-down of how many of the form letters are "pro-" versus "anti-" might be enlightening.
when stuf is free, no one wants to create,
I disagree. When stuff is free, folks who do it for the money don't want to create. People who do it to please themselves or impress their friends or whatever will continue to do "it", whatever "it" is. Look at Linux, for a concrete example.
I haven't heard of anyone getting a ticket in the metro area for going 70 in 55.
But that is selective enforcement, which can be even worse. No ticket for you going 70 in a 55 zone? What about a black man in a pink Caddy? If he gets a ticket from that same cop, isn't that a bad thing?
You'll have to friggin build your own computer from the friggin components to get a device that will even be able to boot Linux.
And building that would be illegal under this proposed legislation.
Build your own computer from components and go to jail. Doesn't matter if you have the ability or not. You won't be allowed to do it. Period.