Indeed a (this) name is not unique.
But when it comes with a picture of this particular person holding the name in real life the "identity theft" claim does get a little more credible...
Talking about leveraging a Monopoly, to me this sounds a bit like the problems to get a non-MS port for NTFS access.
I'm surprised there is no court case (yet) about this lock-out of other systems.
With that being said, however, the other flip side is how thinly do they want to slice the information; many things in IT can't be simplistically put down to a few catch words
Oh it can put down in a simplistic and correct way.
There have been several examples in Dutch advertising that should have led AMD to statements like "Can help in stopping virusses" instead of there present "Will stop virusses".
The origin of the spam message as in which computer send it is somewhat trivial in the fight against spam.
I find it far more interesting that virtually all spam is about doing some sort of transaction with a US based shop.
Stopping spam would be easier if (local) authorities would go after the guys making the money selling bogus viagra and watches.
This is what happened in the Dutch example.
In other words, instead of tracking and prosecuting the one whose computer send the message we should be going after the links, addresses and phone and fax numbers of the business contact in the message.
A (large) company these days does not need to license major parts of the licenceable code they use, mainly because they have agreements with (the) other large companies.
It's only the little ones that (need to) fight for their part of the cake.
It is this inequality between large and small developers in the present system that I find especially unfair.
This is not to say that some of these litigating companies have nothing to trade with, rather excist purely on the basis of their legal department.
You are right in stating there were no software patents 20 years ago but for the ease of the argument (this is/.!) I concidered possible copyright infringements etc. as of similar value.
An acquaintance lives & works on the Island of Phuket (yes, a lucky bastard), his shell access from his home to the xs4all.nl server in Amsterdam never went down.
He has already posted some pictures online.
Therefore I imagine that an internet shop would be the best bet to call home.
The government numbers are only pacifiers until the affected people themselves contact their home authorities, which is obviously not their first priority...
This whole fiasco is a demonstration of why Wikipedia is NOT reliable.
But it still is Informative.
Only a fool would take the word of a wiki for the absolute truth but the smart will and can use it for their benefit.
Considering the wealth of articles and subjects Wikipedia is now carrying (and in many languages) there are only few of these 'Fiasco's' as you chose to name it.
But your idea for a 'Trustability' rating could be a solution, in my view possibly better than splitting up in 'Edited' vs. 'Undetited' as an other sugested.
A little over a year ago a bought a Z1 and realy liked it.
The combination of features is great, build quality leaves something to desire, like the flimsy battery cover and the zoom 'button' that broke off after a few months of heavy use.
I do see the noise in low light pictures but it does not bother me greatly considering the price of the camera (345 Euro).
Half a year ago the camera was stolen and I did not hesitate to buy the Z2.
The APO lens of the Z2 is clearly the biggest improvement and the new availability of optical zoom while in the movie mode is a great bonus as well.
Before I got the Z1 I was never a great fan of movies but it works so well on these cameras, especially the low light movies come out remarkably well plus the sound quality is excelent.
I have recommended the camera to several people and those who bought it are all real happy.
And when I can find someone that'll take the Z2 off my hands I'll be in the market for the Z3 because of it's stabilisation system, something important on a camera with a 12x zoom.
(Yes when I win the lottery I'll take the Nikon D70 'cause then I can use all the lenses of my F90...)
Ah but it's not just the proven vulnerability of MS products, it's just as well the unhealthy mono culture that Bill has inspired and is trying to continue.
The analogy in the real (biological) world is incest.
This would be just as true if all computers were running the same distribution of say Linux.
For me this goes without saying.
Dutch or Duuts or Diedsch is an old word for "people".
So whenever we met foreigners on our travels and they asked us who we were we replied with "people".
Strange is that all except the English speakers have named our language after the place we came from, Hollands or the Nederlands.
Maybe this means our ties with the British are older than all other.
The following might not be of interest to the typical/.er or the AC above:
I don't care about the ones with moustaches.
But I do care about the multitude of tall leggy blondes that walk/ bike the streets of the Friesian cities, especially Sneek (Snits in Friesian) has a reputation for classy Blondie's.
It is not a choice of MS or no MS, the solution would be MS and some other system(s).
There is no reason to give a BSD or Linux OS a chance on servers.
There are continuously new systems introduced where the software should be open source to begin with.
Examples are the tax system, the new computer readable passports and the security systems that are being build around the world.
In security and voting public trust in the system is vital, only Open Source can deliver.
And it's public money that pays for them so the public should have the benefit of the development.
Then there is the very large issue of (so far) not having had a public tendering, the rules do allow extensions of existing contracts without a public tender but this is very restricted.
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Indeed a (this) name is not unique.
But when it comes with a picture of this particular person holding the name in real life the "identity theft" claim does get a little more credible...
Maybe, but in space exploration the comparison is in Volkswagen Beetles...
Talking about leveraging a Monopoly, to me this sounds a bit like the problems to get a non-MS port for NTFS access.
I'm surprised there is no court case (yet) about this lock-out of other systems.
You've indeed paid royalties for the stuff you copy.
Yet this does not make it legal to offer someone else's work for copying.
Various European courts have already confirmed that the downloaders are not the infringers but the uploaders are.
Damn some moderators are thick!
And even with SP2 it only works for incoming traffic, incredible they can get away with calling it a Fire Wall.
Oh it can put down in a simplistic and correct way.
There have been several examples in Dutch advertising that should have led AMD to statements like "Can help in stopping virusses" instead of there present "Will stop virusses".
I find it far more interesting that virtually all spam is about doing some sort of transaction with a US based shop.
Stopping spam would be easier if (local) authorities would go after the guys making the money selling bogus viagra and watches.
This is what happened in the Dutch example.
In other words, instead of tracking and prosecuting the one whose computer send the message we should be going after the links, addresses and phone and fax numbers of the business contact in the message.
It's only the little ones that (need to) fight for their part of the cake.
It is this inequality between large and small developers in the present system that I find especially unfair.
This is not to say that some of these litigating companies have nothing to trade with, rather excist purely on the basis of their legal department.
You are right in stating there were no software patents 20 years ago but for the ease of the argument (this is /.!) I concidered possible copyright infringements etc. as of similar value.
But this is not to say that software patents are very destructive to development.
A short term cure would be to forbid the exchange of (software) portfolios as this greatly prefers large corporations.
I'd start with ZoneAlarm.
CQView is not bad, probably the best alternative for Irfanview on Linux.
Still Irfanview beats 'em all, and it runs under Wine.
But I'll give a hint, usenet xs4all.general
He has already posted some pictures online.
Therefore I imagine that an internet shop would be the best bet to call home.
The government numbers are only pacifiers until the affected people themselves contact their home authorities, which is obviously not their first priority...
As these events are rare around this part of the world there has so far not been a need to set up a warning system.
You call this mr. Peter Williams an Author??
:-)
Ah well, if VNUnet is woth their salt he'll be looking for a new (Microsoft?) job before the year is over.
But it still is Informative.
Only a fool would take the word of a wiki for the absolute truth but the smart will and can use it for their benefit.
Considering the wealth of articles and subjects Wikipedia is now carrying (and in many languages) there are only few of these 'Fiasco's' as you chose to name it.
But your idea for a 'Trustability' rating could be a solution, in my view possibly better than splitting up in 'Edited' vs. 'Undetited' as an other sugested.
The combination of features is great, build quality leaves something to desire, like the flimsy battery cover and the zoom 'button' that broke off after a few months of heavy use.
I do see the noise in low light pictures but it does not bother me greatly considering the price of the camera (345 Euro). Half a year ago the camera was stolen and I did not hesitate to buy the Z2.
The APO lens of the Z2 is clearly the biggest improvement and the new availability of optical zoom while in the movie mode is a great bonus as well.
Before I got the Z1 I was never a great fan of movies but it works so well on these cameras, especially the low light movies come out remarkably well plus the sound quality is excelent.
I have recommended the camera to several people and those who bought it are all real happy.
And when I can find someone that'll take the Z2 off my hands I'll be in the market for the Z3 because of it's stabilisation system, something important on a camera with a 12x zoom.
(Yes when I win the lottery I'll take the Nikon D70 'cause then I can use all the lenses of my F90...)
The analogy in the real (biological) world is incest.
This would be just as true if all computers were running the same distribution of say Linux.
For me this goes without saying.
The spam generated by Zombies can only exist due to the leaks in the MS products.
Dutch or Duuts or Diedsch is an old word for "people".
So whenever we met foreigners on our travels and they asked us who we were we replied with "people".
Strange is that all except the English speakers have named our language after the place we came from, Hollands or the Nederlands.
Maybe this means our ties with the British are older than all other.
I don't care about the ones with moustaches.
But I do care about the multitude of tall leggy blondes that walk/ bike the streets of the Friesian cities, especially Sneek (Snits in Friesian) has a reputation for classy Blondie's.
There is no reason to give a BSD or Linux OS a chance on servers. There are continuously new systems introduced where the software should be open source to begin with.
Examples are the tax system, the new computer readable passports and the security systems that are being build around the world.
In security and voting public trust in the system is vital, only Open Source can deliver.
And it's public money that pays for them so the public should have the benefit of the development.
Then there is the very large issue of (so far) not having had a public tendering, the rules do allow extensions of existing contracts without a public tender but this is very restricted.
Just a pity rumour has this contract (extension) is for 5 years...
So 5 years must be short term??
Thankfully our (Dutch) politicians are a little more Microsoft Resistant than the bureaucrats.
Still, the community will have to fight to prevent further lock down.
Thanks for the enlightenment, I must have misread in the past.