In the event that CD Intelligence terminates this EULA, you must immediately stop using the SOFTWARE and destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE and all of its component parts.
We have come to destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE. Resistance is futile!
Could Greene's actions of hiring these students to violate the law be prosecuted under the RICO statutes? Certainly this "Don" is hiring out the "dirty work":-)
It seems to be covered. But perhaps this crime will go unpunished:-(
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 96--RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
section 2318 (relating to trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works), section 2319 (relating to criminal infringement of a copyright), section 2319A (relating to unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos of live musical performances),
A number of things on this:
Apparently McDonalds has actually is okay with you paying by change (at least on a corporate level). McDonalds apology to a customer [As we see below the Michigan Attorney General's office gets it's info directly from the web:-) ].
The pertinent portion of law that applies to [accepting cash] is the Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 102. This is now found in
section 392 of Title 31 of the United States Code. The law says that: "All coins and currencies of the United States, regardless of when coined or issued, shall be legal-tender for all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, duties and dues."
This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy.
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When Marc Ewing, co-founder and [former] Chief Technology Officer, lost his grandfather's red Cornell lacrosse cap while a student at
Carnegie-Mellon University, he searched everywhere for it. The manual of the beta release of what was to become Red Hat
Linux
contained a plea asking readers to send him the cap if they found it while in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He [
Mark Ewing] named his venture Red Hat, after the Cornell lacrosse team cap he got from his grandfather. "The real story is that it was red-
and white-striped," said Ewing, who wore the
cap regularly until he lost it. "But Red- and
White-striped Hat didn't sound like a good
name for a company."
[...] he [ Mark White, Vice President/General
Manager, Asia-Pacific, Red Hat Inc.] had this to say : "Our co-founder Mark Ewing used to be a
student at Carnegie Mellon University. Like all students, he
took on jobs at the school and one of his trademark outfits
includes wearing one of his uncles old lacrosse hat, which
happened to be red. Whenever anyone needed help with the
computers, people will say, 'look for the guy with the red hat'.
He essentially became the 'red hat guy'. Later, he met up with
Bob Young, co-founder of Red Hat Inc. They wanted a
name/logo for the new company they are setting up, it had to
be of an emotional color and be an everyday object. Naturally
they decided on 'red hat'. "
He [Marc Ewing] spent years of hard work on Red Hat, which he
named after a Cornell lacrosse team cap he found in his grandfather's
closet.
P.S. I remember Bob Young as one of the tireless members of our local Unigroup, New York Unix User's Group. Bob Young and Marc Ewing were both part of a panel discussion on Linux at UnixExpo at Jacob Javits Center. Marc gave out the BETA RedHat CD, which was just a red CD with no lettering. He explained there was a bug in the installer, where you had to use the arrow keys to select any button. This turned out to very counter intuitive when there was just one button (like OK) on the screen and it wasn't already selected.:-)
One type of free-space transmitter, a type that has no battery, is the so-called "resonant cavity" transmitter. The Great Seal of the United States
in the Moscow Embassy concealed such a device. As has been reported extensively in the media, a wooden wall plaque was presented as a gift along
with the suggestion of mounting it on the wall behind the Ambassador's desk. Many may recall the photograph of Ambassador Lodge pointing to a
"bug" concealed in the back of the plaque. The embarrassment caused by the detection of this transmitter motivated the intelligence community to
spring into action and devices similar to it soon evolved.
[click above for technical details on how it worked]
Yes, the roles of the NSA are diverse and growing. From the About the NSA
The National Security Agency is the Nation's
cryptologic organization. It coordinates, directs,
and performs highly specialized activities to protect U.S. information systems and produce foreign intelligence information. [...]
Happily, our government is such that we know that the organization exists and is limited its scope. Unknown and unlimited secret organizations are the greatest threat to personal and national freedom. Note too that the NSA's existence was secret.
From The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence community
The 1950s
Acting on the recommendations of a commission of senior officials headed by George Brownell, President Truman, by classified memorandum, established
the National Security Agency (NSA) in October 1952 in recognition of the need for a single entity to be responsible for the signals intelligence mission of
the United States. Placed within the Department of Defense, NSA assumed the responsibilities of the former Armed Forces Security Agency as well as the
signals intelligence responsibilities of the CIA and other military elements. In 1958, the National Security Council issued directives that detailed NSA's
mission and authority under the Secretary of Defense.
The secrecy was probably the only way to combine the groups handling sensitive material which were
competing for the same job.
Keeping sensitive information from wandering off is necessary if espionage exists. Even after 50 years captured information is useful. See the now declassified (well mostly) VENONA project.
Finally, have a look at NSA via slashdot's past in
Heidi Moeller: [...] Is the MS-DOS prompt still in Millennium, or has it been deleted?
Alan Sohn: That's a good question. As you might or might not have heard, Windows Millennium will not include the ability to be able to boot up to a MS-DOS prompt from the hard disk. We've included some of the real-mode functionality from within Windows Millennium, to allow for better stability and performance, and even eliminate a lot of the troubleshooting aspects . However, you still will be able to go out to a MS-DOS virtual machine, or a virtual MS-DOS prompt within Windows, just like you could in previous versions. Basically the limitation here will be the fact that you can't boot to a Start menu, and then choose command prompt as one of the options.
If you need to boot to a command prompt, you can still do so through the emergency startup disk. That will still be an option, to be able to create one within Control Panel Add/Remove Programs, or during setup. We'll also give you the option to create a startup disk at that time as well.
You could dig this out from http://support.microsoft.com by choosing "-All Microsoft Products", typing the word Millennium, and choosing the first search result.:-)
I just think it's amusing that with WinMe, we return to the days of DOS 1.0/1.1 and can't boot DOS
off the hard drive.
It really has been an incredible run for a tiny little "Operating System".
As Cooper Union, now celebrating 140 years of of tuition free education, was mentioned in the original article, I thought a bit about Peter Cooper's methods might be on topic:
Cooper gave his money away without tax breaks and
without leaving it to his family. His family fully supported him in this, believing as he did, which is also remarkable by modern standards. His example directly nudged Andrew Carnegie, George Peabody, Matthew Vassar, Ezra Cornell and many others into their famous philanthropies. Cooper was the first wealthy industrialist of the 19th century to equate the acquisition of wealth with social responsibility. It is a tragedy that history seems to have largely forgotten this pivotal figure of the 19th century.
Sound investments with long term payout (and loyal alumni) seem to be the key to providing the long term funding that Gone Jackal frets about. Cooper Union's wise trustees allowed the Chrysler Building to be built on their land. The site brings in a tidy sum.
[... Jerry] Speyer, president of Tishman Speyer Properties, acquired an extended leasehold on the land under the Chrysler Building from Cooper Union.[...]A source close to the deal puts the value of the lease at nearly
$13 million, plus percentage closed.
Of course, a small fixed number of student slots, and a merit based admissions policy seem to allow Cooper Union continue to function...
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In the agreement they say that
In the event that CD Intelligence terminates this EULA, you must immediately stop using the SOFTWARE and destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE and all of its component parts.
We have come to destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE. Resistance is futile!
to violate the law be prosecuted under the RICO statutes? Certainly this "Don" is hiring out the "dirty work"
It seems to be covered. But perhaps this crime will go unpunished
According government sources The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Office of Public Correspondence of the Department of the Treasury
As I remember from the original BETA Red Hat CD
( From www.softwareview.com (in the same issue as the hood welded shut" cartoon))
Funny how the story evolves over the years...
From zdnetnews
Also from Webnewz
From the Washington Post A Chain Of Riches
P.S. I remember Bob Young as one of the tireless members of our
local Unigroup, New York Unix User's Group.
Bob Young and Marc Ewing were both part of a panel discussion on Linux at UnixExpo at Jacob Javits Center.
Marc gave out the BETA RedHat CD, which was just a red CD with no lettering. He explained there was a bug in the installer, where you had to use the arrow keys to select any button. This turned out to very counter intuitive when there was just one button (like OK) on the screen and it wasn't already selected.
Try Risks Digest Volume 21:Issue 32
A favorite exhibit is the carved Great Seal of the United States from the old U.S. Embassy in Moscow
From Surveillance countermeasures primer from Kaiser Electronics part one
[click above for technical details on how it worked]
Happily, our government is such that we know that the organization exists and is limited its scope. Unknown and unlimited secret organizations are the greatest threat to personal and national freedom. Note too that the NSA's existence was secret.Yes, the roles of the NSA are diverse and growing. From the About the NSA
From The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence community
The secrecy was probably the only way to combine the groups handling sensitive material which were competing for the same job.
Keeping sensitive information from wandering off is necessary if espionage exists. Even after 50 years captured information is useful. See the now declassified (well mostly) VENONA project.
Finally, have a look at NSA via slashdot's past in
Enjoy, Chris Lent
And in case you just thought Tim Patterson just wrote QDDOS, that became first SCPDOS and then MSDOS version 1.0, here's a computer he built.
A good insight into the why of dumping DOS comes from Microsoft's Alan Sohn who apparently gave a webcast called Windows Millennium Edition Feature Overview and discussed this point(from the transcrip t)
My own emphasis added
You could dig this out from http://support.microsoft.com by choosing "-All Microsoft Products", typing the word Millennium, and choosing the first search result.
I just think it's amusing that with WinMe, we return to the days of DOS 1.0/1.1 and can't boot DOS off the hard drive.
It really has been an incredible run for a tiny little "Operating System".
Sound investments with long term payout (and loyal alumni) seem to be the key to providing the long term funding that Gone Jackal frets about. Cooper Union's wise trustees allowed the Chrysler Building to be built on their land. The site brings in a tidy sum.
Of course, a small fixed number of student slots, and a merit based admissions policy seem to allow Cooper Union continue to function...