You know what this is? The problem with Japan and other countries with stupid cultural traditions such as this?
A lack of willpower.
It is so fucking stupid to waste your life because you've been raised to think that it is right to do so. To pretend to work for 3 hours because to leave early is an act of disrespect? Fuck that. If these people had any will, any ability to think for themselves, they would realize it doesn't make sense to waste your life like that. Go home, relax, or learn a new skill so you can get the fuck out of such a backwards workplace or country.
Truecrypt was a community project as is its successor. Not to mention Linux and the like. There is no question this model works at this point.
We need something similar for anti-virus/general security software for non technical-people.
Let corporations wast money on junk like McAfee and Symantec...millions for peace of mind and not much else.
Let the community have an option that we can rely on as being non-backdoored, and that non technical users who need this such as journalists can have a reliable option.
KGIII, please ignore this post. No irrelevant anecdotes thanks.
No, Windows 10 does not have a keylogger, it has telemetry which sends some data like what applications are being used, websites visited. That is something I am not happy about, but it is quiet different from a keylogger.
The updates in 7 and 8 are optional, and not enabled by default. Meaning you have to explicitly choose to install them, even with automatic updates enabled.
Stop spreading FUD about things you don't understand.
Thanks for not reducing the argument by attacking me for a typo. I appreciate that.
How? Can you qualify that? It hit every note from the short story perfectly. Literally, the only thing "wrong" with that movie was that it was geared towards kids, and so shot through that lens, with characters being a little bit more playful/humorous than they were original.
It hit every note and got the message across, so how was it a flawed adaptation?
And how in the hell was I Robot far away from the source material? Literally everything came from the source material, it was just an original interpretation, but it didn't conflict at all. It was actually pretty great to see several short stories consolidated into a larger plot.
As far as Predestination, it sounds like you're just being picky. It was a great movie and a great adaption, and can stand on it's own merits. It doesn't need another adaption to be compared to in order to be considered great. That's like saying the Lord of the Rings movies (which I haven't seen but I understand most think they are great) are "respectable adaptions" instead of great movies. They can be both, but the latter negates makes mentioning the former redundant and pointless and comes across as petty.
I'Robot wasn't that bad at all. Yes, it kind of made robots out to be the bad guy which is what Asimov wrote against, but it did it in a way that was consistent with his books. Remember the Zeroth law from the last book in the Foundation series? In addition, that movie had numerous nods and short stories integrated the main plot. It was actually pretty decent for a fan of Asimov's books (which are almost all I read as a kid...I still haven't read 2001...)
Bicentennial Man was also good. It was more playful and more targeted towards kids than it had to be, but the core of the story, a robot growing human and fighting for his rights was extremely well done.
Film adaptations of Asimov's works (even the old BBC stuff) is generally pretty well done. We just need something targeted towards adults, not kids or action movie fans.
Starship Troopers was also pretty great. Yes, it's very different from the book, but it works pretty well as a satire of military and government, which is kind of what the book was about anyway. Not sure why you think 'Predestionation' was only a respectable attempt...U guess you're just hard to please.
No one is saying it's immature to not want a keylogger on your system.
It's funny, there is a good chance whichever browser you are using acts as more of a keylogger than Windows 10 does. In any event, the only keylogger risk, and it's a stretch to even call it that, is with Windows 10.
It's asinine to assume that a product is sending keystrokes and personal information just because it is closed source. The many eyes theory doesn't just apply to code.
If that were so, this conversation would not be happening.
They're not "extremely common", and they're unenforceable because unless there is consideration on both sides, it doesn't meet the legal definition of "contract". A contract is a voluntary agreement between two parties for their mutual benefit... not just the benefit of one party.
It's a good thing you are not a lawyer. Yes, they are extremely common, That's just the facts. As I already explained to you, there does not have to be benefit to both parties, at least what you're thinking of as benefits. There has to be consideration, but this can take many forms. A voluntary agreement between two people, one to render services with no compensation, is enforcable, because it was a voluntary agreement. It's that simple.
This link has some more information on the few times a contract would actually be unenforceable due to lacking consideration. The situation in the summary does not match.
No... that's a "contract of adhesion", as I mentioned earlier. They might be enforceable -- barely -- but a judge is compelled to look askance at them
A contract of adhesion is when a stronger party forces a weaker party to sign a contract in some fashion. A cursory search would have revealed this. ou should quit the armchair layering, it's making you look foolish.
As has been pointed out to you numerous times now, a voluntary agreement between two parties, neither being remotely forced into it, is completely legal. A judge may look at it, if the court bothered to even hear the case, and would likely dismiss it, as courts are not obligated to compensate poor decisions.
If there is actual coercion, it's not voluntary and so is not an enforceable contract. If it's not negotiable, again in a sense it's not really "voluntary" and at best it's a contract of adhesion.
Finally, you've written something correct. In this case, the severance package is an offer. It isn't something that has to be negotiated, unless they were promised it in some form. That would literally be the only legal issue with this; if they had promised severance previously and are now trying to tack on this clause. Failing that, the contract would be entirely legal and enforceable, because it would be completely voluntary from both sides.
Your last sentence appears to have been made up of what you think the law is, rather than what it says, so I think I'll just ignore it.
Did you even read the summary? It's clear that this is being asked as part of a severance contract, which they have no obligation to sign.
And yes, there are one sided contracts. That's perfectly legal. We can make a contract where you agree to do me something for nothing, for credit, for 10c, and all of that is legal as long as it isn't explicitly illegal. I really have no idea why you think a one sided contract, which is extremely common, is for some reason unenforceable.
The only way a one sided contract is unenforceable is if it's an abuse of power. If someone holds all the cards and the other person has little choice but to accept a shitty deal...those types of contracts tend to be unenforceable.
Any two parties can make a one sided contract and as long as it isn't illegal, it is entirely enforceable.
Huh, I disagree, but that's an interesting opinion.
I disagree because Ubuntu was often the least stable, and there were easier to use distros available. No doubt they are stable now (I mean, all major operating systems are these days). I'd say Mandrake beat Ubuntu by quite a few years on being an easy to use, polished distro.
Also, OS X is not easy to use. It's counter-intuitive as hell.
Fedora is known to be cutting edge, that's the point. Beat software should nto have been pushed on end users, that is directly attributable to the Ubuntu dev team.
No, I only stopped paying attention about 3 or 4 years ago. I got tired of the pointless "Year of the desktop" nonsense, and outgrew my need to have a loyality to any one OS, understanding that some things are better for different purposes than others. Something most of the FOSS community hasn't matured enough to realize.
10 years ago, Linux was a thing for hobbyists and people interested in computers to learn more. The config files were never difficult, although understandably for non-hobbyists/enthusiasts it was. Thing is, The Ubuntu stall and process wasn't anything special. We had a few distributions that had the same goal and all did a pretty decent job. Mandrake comes to mind, as well as OpenSuSE.
Hell, I'm pretty sure Mandrake predated Ubuntu with the easy install and live CD by quite a few years. Long before they came up with stuff like Unity and the Amazon deal, they were buggy as hell. Always. People kept pushing it on new users (when there were more stable, just as easy options available), and somehow it stuck.
I guess I missed something along the way, because I don't know how Mandrake faltered and Ubuntu thrived. Money, I guess.
I never liked Ubuntu. I cam from Slackware and it always left a horrible taste in my mouth.
Cutting edge, poorly tested software like PulseAudio was included in a desperate attempt to keep up with windows, and easy to manage config files was replaced with junk like NetworkManager..and then Unity happened.
How is it these days? Better? How does it compare to Mint or Fedora or Debian? How did it become the only real viable desktop distro aside from maybe Mint?
They don't have to provide a severance package (outside of whatever may be in their current contract), and they are offering one, likely attractive offer on the deal that they remain in a support role for 2 years. They don't have to sign, but if they do it's a voluntary agreement on their behalf. Not employment, and minimum wage laws are irrelevant.
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You know what this is? The problem with Japan and other countries with stupid cultural traditions such as this?
A lack of willpower.
It is so fucking stupid to waste your life because you've been raised to think that it is right to do so. To pretend to work for 3 hours because to leave early is an act of disrespect? Fuck that. If these people had any will, any ability to think for themselves, they would realize it doesn't make sense to waste your life like that. Go home, relax, or learn a new skill so you can get the fuck out of such a backwards workplace or country.
Then that's a denial of service attack. People will fuck with them all the time to shut them off and delay deliveries.
Not a stalker. I just keep running into your posts full of lies and irrelevant anecdotes and have to call out your bullshit.
Truecrypt was a community project as is its successor. Not to mention Linux and the like. There is no question this model works at this point.
We need something similar for anti-virus/general security software for non technical-people.
Let corporations wast money on junk like McAfee and Symantec...millions for peace of mind and not much else.
Let the community have an option that we can rely on as being non-backdoored, and that non technical users who need this such as journalists can have a reliable option.
KGIII, please ignore this post. No irrelevant anecdotes thanks.
Shut the fuck up.
Not a shill, just not a rabid anti-ms fanboy. I use slackware, netbsd and windows 7.
You don't understand what a keylogger is. Kill yourself.
Do you even have 40,000? Don't you live in you mothers basement?
Jesus Christ you cocksucker. How the fuck does it take you a paragraph to describe a google search. Kill yourself.
No, Windows 10 does not have a keylogger, it has telemetry which sends some data like what applications are being used, websites visited. That is something I am not happy about, but it is quiet different from a keylogger.
The updates in 7 and 8 are optional, and not enabled by default. Meaning you have to explicitly choose to install them, even with automatic updates enabled.
Stop spreading FUD about things you don't understand.
Seems like my quote disappeared, but after my typo comment I quoted this : "It just was a horrible adaptation of the story."
Thanks for not reducing the argument by attacking me for a typo. I appreciate that.
How? Can you qualify that? It hit every note from the short story perfectly. Literally, the only thing "wrong" with that movie was that it was geared towards kids, and so shot through that lens, with characters being a little bit more playful/humorous than they were original.
It hit every note and got the message across, so how was it a flawed adaptation?
And how in the hell was I Robot far away from the source material? Literally everything came from the source material, it was just an original interpretation, but it didn't conflict at all. It was actually pretty great to see several short stories consolidated into a larger plot.
As far as Predestination, it sounds like you're just being picky. It was a great movie and a great adaption, and can stand on it's own merits. It doesn't need another adaption to be compared to in order to be considered great. That's like saying the Lord of the Rings movies (which I haven't seen but I understand most think they are great) are "respectable adaptions" instead of great movies. They can be both, but the latter negates makes mentioning the former redundant and pointless and comes across as petty.
I'Robot wasn't that bad at all. Yes, it kind of made robots out to be the bad guy which is what Asimov wrote against, but it did it in a way that was consistent with his books. Remember the Zeroth law from the last book in the Foundation series? In addition, that movie had numerous nods and short stories integrated the main plot. It was actually pretty decent for a fan of Asimov's books (which are almost all I read as a kid...I still haven't read 2001...)
Bicentennial Man was also good. It was more playful and more targeted towards kids than it had to be, but the core of the story, a robot growing human and fighting for his rights was extremely well done.
Film adaptations of Asimov's works (even the old BBC stuff) is generally pretty well done. We just need something targeted towards adults, not kids or action movie fans.
Starship Troopers was also pretty great. Yes, it's very different from the book, but it works pretty well as a satire of military and government, which is kind of what the book was about anyway. Not sure why you think 'Predestionation' was only a respectable attempt...U guess you're just hard to please.
No one is saying it's immature to not want a keylogger on your system.
It's funny, there is a good chance whichever browser you are using acts as more of a keylogger than Windows 10 does. In any event, the only keylogger risk, and it's a stretch to even call it that, is with Windows 10.
It's asinine to assume that a product is sending keystrokes and personal information just because it is closed source. The many eyes theory doesn't just apply to code.
Indeed I did read it and understand it.
If that were so, this conversation would not be happening.
They're not "extremely common", and they're unenforceable because unless there is consideration on both sides, it doesn't meet the legal definition of "contract". A contract is a voluntary agreement between two parties for their mutual benefit... not just the benefit of one party.
It's a good thing you are not a lawyer. Yes, they are extremely common, That's just the facts. As I already explained to you, there does not have to be benefit to both parties, at least what you're thinking of as benefits. There has to be consideration, but this can take many forms. A voluntary agreement between two people, one to render services with no compensation, is enforcable, because it was a voluntary agreement. It's that simple.
This link has some more information on the few times a contract would actually be unenforceable due to lacking consideration. The situation in the summary does not match.
No... that's a "contract of adhesion", as I mentioned earlier. They might be enforceable -- barely -- but a judge is compelled to look askance at them
A contract of adhesion is when a stronger party forces a weaker party to sign a contract in some fashion. A cursory search would have revealed this. ou should quit the armchair layering, it's making you look foolish.
As has been pointed out to you numerous times now, a voluntary agreement between two parties, neither being remotely forced into it, is completely legal. A judge may look at it, if the court bothered to even hear the case, and would likely dismiss it, as courts are not obligated to compensate poor decisions.
If there is actual coercion, it's not voluntary and so is not an enforceable contract. If it's not negotiable, again in a sense it's not really "voluntary" and at best it's a contract of adhesion.
Finally, you've written something correct. In this case, the severance package is an offer. It isn't something that has to be negotiated, unless they were promised it in some form. That would literally be the only legal issue with this; if they had promised severance previously and are now trying to tack on this clause. Failing that, the contract would be entirely legal and enforceable, because it would be completely voluntary from both sides.
Your last sentence appears to have been made up of what you think the law is, rather than what it says, so I think I'll just ignore it.
Did you even read the summary? It's clear that this is being asked as part of a severance contract, which they have no obligation to sign.
And yes, there are one sided contracts. That's perfectly legal. We can make a contract where you agree to do me something for nothing, for credit, for 10c, and all of that is legal as long as it isn't explicitly illegal. I really have no idea why you think a one sided contract, which is extremely common, is for some reason unenforceable.
The only way a one sided contract is unenforceable is if it's an abuse of power. If someone holds all the cards and the other person has little choice but to accept a shitty deal...those types of contracts tend to be unenforceable.
Any two parties can make a one sided contract and as long as it isn't illegal, it is entirely enforceable.
Huh, I disagree, but that's an interesting opinion.
I disagree because Ubuntu was often the least stable, and there were easier to use distros available. No doubt they are stable now (I mean, all major operating systems are these days). I'd say Mandrake beat Ubuntu by quite a few years on being an easy to use, polished distro.
Also, OS X is not easy to use. It's counter-intuitive as hell.
Fedora is known to be cutting edge, that's the point. Beat software should nto have been pushed on end users, that is directly attributable to the Ubuntu dev team.
No, I only stopped paying attention about 3 or 4 years ago. I got tired of the pointless "Year of the desktop" nonsense, and outgrew my need to have a loyality to any one OS, understanding that some things are better for different purposes than others. Something most of the FOSS community hasn't matured enough to realize.
10 years ago, Linux was a thing for hobbyists and people interested in computers to learn more. The config files were never difficult, although understandably for non-hobbyists/enthusiasts it was. Thing is, The Ubuntu stall and process wasn't anything special. We had a few distributions that had the same goal and all did a pretty decent job. Mandrake comes to mind, as well as OpenSuSE.
Hell, I'm pretty sure Mandrake predated Ubuntu with the easy install and live CD by quite a few years. Long before they came up with stuff like Unity and the Amazon deal, they were buggy as hell. Always. People kept pushing it on new users (when there were more stable, just as easy options available), and somehow it stuck.
I guess I missed something along the way, because I don't know how Mandrake faltered and Ubuntu thrived. Money, I guess.
I cam from Slackware and it always left a horrible taste in my mouth
Sigh...phrasing Lana!
I never liked Ubuntu. I cam from Slackware and it always left a horrible taste in my mouth.
Cutting edge, poorly tested software like PulseAudio was included in a desperate attempt to keep up with windows, and easy to manage config files was replaced with junk like NetworkManager..and then Unity happened.
How is it these days? Better? How does it compare to Mint or Fedora or Debian? How did it become the only real viable desktop distro aside from maybe Mint?
You're not a heretic, just the next hairyfeet. God I'm sick of reading your bullshit anecdotes that never contribute anything.
How is GPS a time source?
To make an analogy, duh.
It's not unenforceable.
They don't have to provide a severance package (outside of whatever may be in their current contract), and they are offering one, likely attractive offer on the deal that they remain in a support role for 2 years. They don't have to sign, but if they do it's a voluntary agreement on their behalf. Not employment, and minimum wage laws are irrelevant.
Awesome, thanks.