IANAL but here goes as far as my understanding goes.
If you are in an art history class, and were citing The Simpsons in their impact on culture in the Late 20th century, then use of images and clips to illustrate the point in this discussion about the Simpsons is fine and quite legit. You are likely not using an entire show, but might have clips of entire bits or segments.
On the other hand, if you are selling a product called BARFO, then the use of the Simpsons is not legitimate, as it is likely the use of a copyrighted image in the promotion of a product, without licensing.
Internal usage inside a company, such as a sales training manual, would probably pass because the danger of getting caught is low. This would probably be inside a single office.
External usage, say in the training of Vendors, or across a much larger campany area is probably in dangerous territory, probably because it is unlicensed usage, and the danger of getting caught is much higher. This brings to mind the phrase "not a career enhancing decision". Lawyers might get to know you well. This is not always a good thing
For an example, see this discussion of a classic cartoonist instruction book, where the first edition had to be changed in the second edition, so as not use well known characters of the day. The first edition used all famous characters, many of which you may recognise. Link one and Link two
These links are heavy with illustrations. which enlarge when you click on them.
Thus you could likely use simpson inspired characters, or simpson style characters,
Using the actual simpson characters in materials to be distributed outside the company into a semi-public or public area Is probably very bad. Similar to using them on a company website or blog, again, without permission.
Big shake-up going on at Microsoft. I wonder if this is related to Limbo Longhorn, or if something else is in the works. Change in direction, maybe?
The appropriate cliche is "rats leaving a sinking ship"
In this case, it is well in advance of Vista shipping, so maybe it is more like a game of catch by the three stooges tossing around a hand granade. Somebody gets left holding on to the booby prize when it the spam hits the wall, so to speak.
A robot may not harm the Microsoft Company, or, through inaction, allow the Microsoft Company to come to harm.
A robot may not harm a Microsoft Executive, or, through inaction, allow a Microsoft Executive to come to harm, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by Microsoft Executives except where such orders would conflict with the First or Second Law.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by Microsoft Employees except where such orders would conflict with the First, Second, or Third Law.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by Microsoft Temp Workerss except where such orders would conflict with the First, Second, Third, of Fourth Law.
A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First, Second Law, Third, Fourth, or Fifth Laws.
Harm may be defined as physical, fiscal, emotional, mental, or of any other type, as defined by a Microsoft Executive.
Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, a recent hire from Wal-Mart Stores where he ran the Sam's Club division and previously served as the retailer's chief information officer, is the most likely replacement for Ballmer.
He has one big strike against him: his short tenure at Microsoft, which translates into a lack of familiarity with the company's culture. He's believed to be behind a recent cost-cutting move to force the company's substantial contractor workforce to take an unpaid week off. Since contractors at Microsoft contribute to important projects and are often hired on as full-time employees, the move hurt morale.
But as Wal-Mart's CIO, he bought a lot of software from Microsoft, giving him a valuable perspective as a customer that most executives who rose through the ranks at Microsoft lack.
Microsoft run by a WalMart Exec. The mind boggles....
I think that the reason so many people do not care about Privacy issues is because they relish the idea of spying on their neighbors. I have had more than one person ask me a question which strongly suggested that they thought Google Earth was using real time imagery of their neighborhood.
They wanted to see what their neighbors were doing, or see where their kids were, etc. Nevermind the sunbathers behind the super high fence.
But they still liked the product even if they didn't have those features. I imagine it would be very popular if they could get the features they thought they had.
Only in a few rare occasions have I found the need to wipe and start over.
In general, I agree, although there are some systems that will not boot even in safe mode.
then it is better to boot via some sort of Live CD PE or similar enviroment, or run the infected drive as a secondary/external drive, not as the boot. and then back up important documents, nuke temp files, and do other assorted cleaning.
after that, then you can proceed to boot into safe mode, and clean the rest of it.
Remember also that many home users and offices do not have XP or 2k installed, which means when you booting safemode you do not have a CD device driver loaded.
As an economic factor for clients, unless they have software installed where the setup CDs have mysteriously walked out the door or something, then in many cases repaving the parking lot is the best way to go. Again, if you have all backups and install CDs, etc.
When I have to rent my word processor and spread sheet program.
This is vaguely similar to the RIAA, etc wanting us to merely rent music, or repurchase it in a new format every so often, instead of owning it outright.
Music as a service. Software as a service. What's the difference?
Well I thought that the mud would act as a lubricant to the earthquake faults, setting up Earthquake season. Earthquakes then cause more fires. fires burn off the ground cover enabling floods when the rain comes, which creates mud to enable the earthquakes.
So it becomes a nice natural cycle for California.
Riots work well as part of a slightly different cycle.
I don't mean to minimize the quake. I have lived through many, and this was by far the most terrifying. But I don't want people in Israel and elsewhere with loved ones in Los Angeles thinking that there is chaos here. Remember, the four seasons in our part of California are earthquake, fire, flood and drought. This year we had them all, plus a fifth season: riots. But we pull together and get on with our lives.
If you live in Southern California, there are four seasons:
Fire, Flood, Mud, and Earthquake
In which case, the best case for off site backup is out of state, like Las Vegas or something. This also gives you an excellent excuse for monthly road trips to "check out the quality of the backups"
That said, for simple off site backups, solutions like MOZY.com do just fine for a small small business. Otherwise, something like LiveVault.com is recommended. There are plenty of vendors out there.
Another thing is the insurance for replacements for each of your software media. Things like MS can be done in bulk via several MSDN subscriptions, a bargain even if you never develop anything. (300 bucks get you copies of everything MS is currently shipping, along with extra CDKeys for many items). In fact insurance for the media and other details is a very good idea.
It's very nice if the backup facility is also located at the bottom of a retired ICBM missile silo, or something similar.
hmmmmm. The question we have is if limited access is censorship.
Is it censorship to not have the best access to the front page of the news paper, the best storefront, the best story placement in a newscast? Do these physical universe examples apply to the Internet?
Is the two tier setup meaning that currently available sites would continue with the current level of bandwidth, and only certain people would get better bandwidth service if they pay for it? or would the quality of their service decrease? If it decreases, how is this different from having a low bandwidth server like geocities? or getting slashdotted?
Is the 2nd tier Internet 2?
It probably is not fair to be marginalized. But is this censorship?
banning "the production, import and supply of devices capable of evading or breaching technical measures of copyright protection".
Technically, wouldn't that ban the production, import and supply of computers? Note that it does not say "specifically designed"
This would open the door to all sorts of draconian enforcements of the law. This would fit the stereotype of a bureaucrat's paradise. I bet other countries are taking notes.
let me get this right... The King of Bloated software, of bogus html, and operating systems that take forever to boot, is complaining that an open source file format is too slow to open?
it's just a rumor, I doubt it's true, Ihave no evidence, BUT.... I overheard some guys talking, I don't know who they were, but the teacher/principle/school super is a child molester/drug dealer/terrorist/assorted pervert, and is sleeping with....
You get the idea. let's see the powers that be deal with that, especially if the kids put up fake profiles. with fake pictures ripped off from someplace else.
I think a vulnerability can be reported anonymously quite safely (for a good deal of people anyway).
of course, this means that everyone else finds out about vulnerabilities first. This might not be exactly what they wanted when they make it illegal to report.
I often try to track down the original source, and cite that, although I will often give a knod of the head to the blogger or news story where I stumbled across the item.
If it is a good item, then both items should be acknowledged. Although some blogs have made an interesting practical joke on this....
Avast has an excellent feature that nobody else has, which is the ability to scan in command line mode on reboot before major services load, similar to running chkdsk. This enables you to kill a lot of things that fire up as a wndows service. They get a gold star for this.
AVAST also has plugins for about a dozen IM and p2p services. This is excellent for a number of reasons.
On the other hand, the free version does not seem to have a scheduled scan feature, not that I've noticed.
AVG is more user friendly, does have a scheduled scan feature that Avast does not seem to have. It does not seem to have a plugin for IM and p2p networks.
Avast also has many other versions, such as a linux edition, among others:
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avast! 4 Home Edition FREE Download
avast! Linux Home Edition FREE Download
avast! U3 Edition Download
ADNM Download (includes the avast! Managed Client)
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The home edition is free, you merely have them send you a new free license number each year. Another neat feature of the Windows version is the ability to scan the drive on rebooting the system (in the space where chkdsk usually happens) This is very nice. No one else offers this feature, as far as I know.
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If you are in an art history class, and were citing The Simpsons in their impact on culture in the Late 20th century, then use of images and clips to illustrate the point in this discussion about the Simpsons is fine and quite legit. You are likely not using an entire show, but might have clips of entire bits or segments.
On the other hand, if you are selling a product called BARFO, then the use of the Simpsons is not legitimate, as it is likely the use of a copyrighted image in the promotion of a product, without licensing.
Internal usage inside a company, such as a sales training manual, would probably pass because the danger of getting caught is low. This would probably be inside a single office.
External usage, say in the training of Vendors, or across a much larger campany area is probably in dangerous territory, probably because it is unlicensed usage, and the danger of getting caught is much higher. This brings to mind the phrase "not a career enhancing decision". Lawyers might get to know you well. This is not always a good thing
For an example, see this discussion of a classic cartoonist instruction book, where the first edition had to be changed in the second edition, so as not use well known characters of the day. The first edition used all famous characters, many of which you may recognise. Link one and Link two
These links are heavy with illustrations. which enlarge when you click on them.
Thus you could likely use simpson inspired characters, or simpson style characters,
Using the actual simpson characters in materials to be distributed outside the company into a semi-public or public area Is probably very bad. Similar to using them on a company website or blog, again, without permission.
Quick, everyone send them the programer you hate working with most .... this should improve morale appropriately for most companies out there
The appropriate cliche is "rats leaving a sinking ship"
In this case, it is well in advance of Vista shipping, so maybe it is more like a game of catch by the three stooges tossing around a hand granade. Somebody gets left holding on to the booby prize when it the spam hits the wall, so to speak.
(1) takes precedence over (2) because this is what is best for the Collective
Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, a recent hire from Wal-Mart Stores where he ran the Sam's Club division and previously served as the retailer's chief information officer, is the most likely replacement for Ballmer.
He has one big strike against him: his short tenure at Microsoft, which translates into a lack of familiarity with the company's culture. He's believed to be behind a recent cost-cutting move to force the company's substantial contractor workforce to take an unpaid week off. Since contractors at Microsoft contribute to important projects and are often hired on as full-time employees, the move hurt morale.
But as Wal-Mart's CIO, he bought a lot of software from Microsoft, giving him a valuable perspective as a customer that most executives who rose through the ranks at Microsoft lack.
Microsoft run by a WalMart Exec. The mind boggles ....
heck, the parodies practically write themselves
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Although other varieties might do the job just as well.
They wanted to see what their neighbors were doing, or see where their kids were, etc. Nevermind the sunbathers behind the super high fence.
But they still liked the product even if they didn't have those features. I imagine it would be very popular if they could get the features they thought they had.
a true 3d browser would be 3d in the real world.
I remember data storage and presentation systems that performed exactly in this way. They were called "offices"
Of course, if they was a practical way to do this, the porn industry would have done it a long time ago. then we would have 3d porn.
3d Porn? yes, exactly like the real world, without any of those troublesome things called "people" and "personalities" to deal with.
Feel free to fill in the details.....
In general, I agree, although there are some systems that will not boot even in safe mode.
then it is better to boot via some sort of Live CD PE or similar enviroment, or run the infected drive as a secondary/external drive, not as the boot. and then back up important documents, nuke temp files, and do other assorted cleaning.
after that, then you can proceed to boot into safe mode, and clean the rest of it.
Remember also that many home users and offices do not have XP or 2k installed, which means when you booting safemode you do not have a CD device driver loaded.
As an economic factor for clients, unless they have software installed where the setup CDs have mysteriously walked out the door or something, then in many cases repaving the parking lot is the best way to go. Again, if you have all backups and install CDs, etc.
The prices are for the full product. Upgrade editions count as the full product for liability
something similar can be sorted out for large installations, bulk licenses, etc.
Just thinking out loud
This is vaguely similar to the RIAA, etc wanting us to merely rent music, or repurchase it in a new format every so often, instead of owning it outright.
Music as a service. Software as a service. What's the difference?
So it becomes a nice natural cycle for California.
Riots work well as part of a slightly different cycle.
So you are the guy with the sideburns? excellent.
Although there seem to be earlier mentions of that phrase in various versions in other groups prior to the 1995 rec.humor.funny posting - It's still all quite good.
Fire, Flood, Mud, and Earthquake
In which case, the best case for off site backup is out of state, like Las Vegas or something. This also gives you an excellent excuse for monthly road trips to "check out the quality of the backups"
That said, for simple off site backups, solutions like MOZY.com do just fine for a small small business. Otherwise, something like LiveVault.com is recommended. There are plenty of vendors out there.
Another thing is the insurance for replacements for each of your software media. Things like MS can be done in bulk via several MSDN subscriptions, a bargain even if you never develop anything. (300 bucks get you copies of everything MS is currently shipping, along with extra CDKeys for many items). In fact insurance for the media and other details is a very good idea.
It's very nice if the backup facility is also located at the bottom of a retired ICBM missile silo, or something similar.
Is it censorship to not have the best access to the front page of the news paper, the best storefront, the best story placement in a newscast? Do these physical universe examples apply to the Internet?
Is the two tier setup meaning that currently available sites would continue with the current level of bandwidth, and only certain people would get better bandwidth service if they pay for it? or would the quality of their service decrease? If it decreases, how is this different from having a low bandwidth server like geocities? or getting slashdotted?
Is the 2nd tier Internet 2?
It probably is not fair to be marginalized. But is this censorship?
Is the lack of a free ride censorship?
I am so confused
This would open the door to all sorts of draconian enforcements of the law. This would fit the stereotype of a bureaucrat's paradise. I bet other countries are taking notes.
Could somebody please hurry up and invent the thing for me?
oh the sweet irony.
Imagine students posting something like
You get the idea. let's see the powers that be deal with that, especially if the kids put up fake profiles. with fake pictures ripped off from someplace else.of course, this means that everyone else finds out about vulnerabilities first. This might not be exactly what they wanted when they make it illegal to report.
that's a boot section and root area scan, among other things. It is no way close to a full system scan, taking 20 to 30 seconds on a slow system.
If it is a good item, then both items should be acknowledged. Although some blogs have made an interesting practical joke on this....
AVAST also has plugins for about a dozen IM and p2p services. This is excellent for a number of reasons.
On the other hand, the free version does not seem to have a scheduled scan feature, not that I've noticed.
AVG is more user friendly, does have a scheduled scan feature that Avast does not seem to have. It does not seem to have a plugin for IM and p2p networks.
The home edition is free, you merely have them send you a new free license number each year. Another neat feature of the Windows version is the ability to scan the drive on rebooting the system (in the space where chkdsk usually happens) This is very nice. No one else offers this feature, as far as I know.