with patents, you end up stepping on people's toes. Without patents, you get to stand on their shoulders.
On the other hand, if you're the one didn't get the patent, you stand the risk of being crushed when too many people show up for a free piggyback ride.
Here's a list of all the insider trades that have taken place at SCO in the last year. Each sale has been worth tens of thousands of dollars to the seller -- in one case, hundreds of thousands.
Vice President Michael Wilson sold his entire stake of 12,000 shares between July 14 and July 18, the Washington Service said.
And the fact that there are 13.7 million outstanding shares isn't relevant, only the number of shares owned by the SCO board. It also says that the total profits involved in insider sales has totaled $1.2 million. That sure sounds like massive profit-taking to me.
"Insider sales picking up is a negative sign," said Richard Campagna
No kidding. It means that four days after filing their lawsuit, SCO execs acted on the belief that they would never win. Hopefully this article will help the SEC sit up and take notice.
What sort of social impact can we expect when/if life expectancies are measured in centuries?
(_) Phenomenal demand for Viagra-like drugs (_) Constant griping about lost domain names (_) Malicious trampling of the entire organic food industry (_) Bill Gates valued at over $964 trillion following release of Microsoft Office 2099 (_) "Spy Kids 3,542: We're Not Out Of Puberty Yet" (_) CowboyNeal assassinated by moderator after posting a dupe for the 29,630th time
It's bad enough that (according to the article) 60% of all offshore software development is done in India. Now those guys are using free software to undercut American programmers even more!
American Slashdotters, we must take a stand! Boycott Linux now, before you're all replaced and forced to take employment as middle managers!
. It's temperament, hard wired in your genetic code, and cannot be altered.
That's taking determinism a bit too far, I think. Genetic, perhaps -- but unalterable? Personality is not as incorrigible as that. There's no reason to assume that introversion is a defect or that it must be reversed, but claiming that it's inherently unalterable is just absurd.
Introverts need to learn a little extroversion just to get along in life. Human beings are social creatures, and generally speaking, two heads are always better than one when solving problems. One doesn't need to make a lifestyle out of it, but IMO the sooner an introvert learns some of the basic "tricks" of reaching out to others, the better.
Mere access to credit card numbers and the corresponding user list does not constitute a major threat, IMO. Most credit card users are indemnified against thefts, misuse etc.
Perhaps, but it would still be nice to know if it's likely to happen, wouldn't you think? If I wanted/needed to change my credit card numbers, I'd rather do it proactively than after the fact. It's easier to clean up the mess, if nothing else.
Why does anyone care what's happening on BuyMusic.com, since you can't even get into it on Linux.
(1) This may astonish you, but a large percentage of Slashdot's readership doesn't use Linux on a daily basis. And many of those who do still have access to Windows and Internet Explorer.
(2) This Slashback about BuyMusic began as a copyright issue, with the store acquiring lots of artists' music from a third party without ever compensating the original artists, or even checking to see if they had permission to use their work. A big YRO story there.
I wanna know when they're going to implement these things in our homes and workplaces, like the comm-screens that pop up in midair in "Martian Successor Nadesico."
On the other hand, that might not be so great. The last thing I want is for my mom or boss to materialize right in front of my computer screen while I'm in the middle of enjoying some really good... er, browsing Slashdot.
I want webpages to be designed like they currently are.
Y'know, some people actually use their computers for more than just web browsing. And there are other applications besides web browsers that use horizontal scrollbars! Strange, I know, but true.
the RIAA is going to make life hard for theirselves down the line as they continue to sue their own customer base
I believe the RIAA's main complaint is that the people they're suing aren't customers, because they're copying the music for free instead of paying for it like they're supposed to.
"There was a picture on the top of the page that said, 'As Seen on TV,' and I guess that made me think it was legit," said a San Diego salesman
Jiminy Christmas, no wonder spammers are making it rich. And that guy's a salesman, someone who should know a cheap marketing trick when he sees one. A guy who believes something's true if it's been on TV has probably already traded most of his brain cells for crack.
They're short on money, but I'm sure someone would be willing to send them a few million to keep afloat.
They're just another victim of the dot-com fallout, really. Yet another company that completely missed the boat.
I mean, their business directors must really be lost at sea as to how to resolve these problems.
Perhaps they'd succeed with a new software strategy? Say, pier-to-pier filesharing?
Oh, I kill me....
no solution to legal responsibilities
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HavenCo In Trouble?
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· Score: 4, Insightful
The "gimmick" for this business was that they could host sites outside of one's own country, thus protecting one from legal liability for the content. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it demonstrated that the legal responsibility for content on a web site lies with the site's owner, not the hosting provider, and thus the owner would be held responsible under the laws of the country where he lived?
as long as someone is not acivly inciting violence, they should be allowed to speak there mind.
According to the article, the reason he was punished was because he was actively inciting violence. Just because he couldn't hear the rallying cries of his audience doesn't mean he wasn't looking for one.
Go to the internet archives (already linked in this discussion) and show me where he did this. I looked fairly thoroughly, and saw nothing of this sort, just lots of bits about police brutality, etc.
It's impossible to look thoroughly through the archived site, because most of the links don't work. I didn't see any links on the homepage saying "Build a pipe bomb and send it to a judge! Here's how!", true, but that's hardly enough proof for me to doubt the FBI.
Naturally, raisethefist.com is pretty much devoid of content now. Fortunately for thos of us who like to know firsthand what the news is about, the Internet Archive has several backups of the site and what it's about.
For starters, you shouldn't advertise yourself as a promoter of the use of explosives in order to undermine your government. Free speech notwithstanding, your leaders don't look kindly on that sort of thing. Neither do conservatives. Neither, broadly speaking, does any sane human being.
Slashdot Mirror
Thousands of companies provide $product - free search engines simply direct all users to one supplier of $product. That's not right.
Neither is that sentence. One subject per verb, please?
for (i=0; i<intMaxSearchResults; i++) {
if (searchResultURL.host="www.myfavoritedomain.com")
intSearchRanking = 1;
else
intSearchRanking = 1000;
}
with patents, you end up stepping on people's toes. Without patents, you get to stand on their shoulders.
On the other hand, if you're the one didn't get the patent, you stand the risk of being crushed when too many people show up for a free piggyback ride.
Here's a list of all the insider trades that have taken place at SCO in the last year. Each sale has been worth tens of thousands of dollars to the seller -- in one case, hundreds of thousands.
Namely, this one:
Vice President Michael Wilson sold his entire stake of 12,000 shares between July 14 and July 18, the Washington Service said.
And the fact that there are 13.7 million outstanding shares isn't relevant, only the number of shares owned by the SCO board. It also says that the total profits involved in insider sales has totaled $1.2 million. That sure sounds like massive profit-taking to me.
"Insider sales picking up is a negative sign," said Richard Campagna
No kidding. It means that four days after filing their lawsuit, SCO execs acted on the belief that they would never win. Hopefully this article will help the SEC sit up and take notice.
What sort of social impact can we expect when/if life expectancies are measured in centuries?
(_) Phenomenal demand for Viagra-like drugs
(_) Constant griping about lost domain names
(_) Malicious trampling of the entire organic food industry
(_) Bill Gates valued at over $964 trillion following release of Microsoft Office 2099
(_) "Spy Kids 3,542: We're Not Out Of Puberty Yet"
(_) CowboyNeal assassinated by moderator after posting a dupe for the 29,630th time
That's a first -- and here I thought moderators had a sense of humor. *shrug*
It's bad enough that (according to the article) 60% of all offshore software development is done in India. Now those guys are using free software to undercut American programmers even more!
American Slashdotters, we must take a stand! Boycott Linux now, before you're all replaced and forced to take employment as middle managers!
...right about here:
. It's temperament, hard wired in your genetic code, and cannot be altered.
That's taking determinism a bit too far, I think. Genetic, perhaps -- but unalterable? Personality is not as incorrigible as that. There's no reason to assume that introversion is a defect or that it must be reversed, but claiming that it's inherently unalterable is just absurd.
Introverts need to learn a little extroversion just to get along in life. Human beings are social creatures, and generally speaking, two heads are always better than one when solving problems. One doesn't need to make a lifestyle out of it, but IMO the sooner an introvert learns some of the basic "tricks" of reaching out to others, the better.
Mere access to credit card numbers and the corresponding user list does not constitute a major threat, IMO. Most credit card users are indemnified against thefts, misuse etc.
Perhaps, but it would still be nice to know if it's likely to happen, wouldn't you think? If I wanted/needed to change my credit card numbers, I'd rather do it proactively than after the fact. It's easier to clean up the mess, if nothing else.
Why does anyone care what's happening on BuyMusic.com, since you can't even get into it on Linux.
(1) This may astonish you, but a large percentage of Slashdot's readership doesn't use Linux on a daily basis. And many of those who do still have access to Windows and Internet Explorer.
(2) This Slashback about BuyMusic began as a copyright issue, with the store acquiring lots of artists' music from a third party without ever compensating the original artists, or even checking to see if they had permission to use their work. A big YRO story there.
I wanna know when they're going to implement these things in our homes and workplaces, like the comm-screens that pop up in midair in "Martian Successor Nadesico."
On the other hand, that might not be so great. The last thing I want is for my mom or boss to materialize right in front of my computer screen while I'm in the middle of enjoying some really good... er, browsing Slashdot.
I want webpages to be designed like they currently are.
Y'know, some people actually use their computers for more than just web browsing. And there are other applications besides web browsers that use horizontal scrollbars! Strange, I know, but true.
the RIAA is going to make life hard for theirselves down the line as they continue to sue their own customer base
I believe the RIAA's main complaint is that the people they're suing aren't customers, because they're copying the music for free instead of paying for it like they're supposed to.
At least telemarketing provides jobs.
So does pimping, but that doesn't mean I'm going to recognize it as an overall benefit to society.
"There was a picture on the top of the page that said, 'As Seen on TV,' and I guess that made me think it was legit," said a San Diego salesman
Jiminy Christmas, no wonder spammers are making it rich. And that guy's a salesman, someone who should know a cheap marketing trick when he sees one. A guy who believes something's true if it's been on TV has probably already traded most of his brain cells for crack.
Right after a couple of paragraphs on the "effectiveness" of selling penis-enlargement pills online, I see this blurb:
... read more.
(photo of bald guy with big goofy laugh)
Find out how Novell Nterprise Linux Services
will put a smile on your face
And I though, Dang... penis pills are so profitable that Novell's getting into that business, too?
They're short on money, but I'm sure someone would be willing to send them a few million to keep afloat.
They're just another victim of the dot-com fallout, really. Yet another company that completely missed the boat.
I mean, their business directors must really be lost at sea as to how to resolve these problems.
Perhaps they'd succeed with a new software strategy? Say, pier-to-pier filesharing?
Oh, I kill me....
The "gimmick" for this business was that they could host sites outside of one's own country, thus protecting one from legal liability for the content. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it demonstrated that the legal responsibility for content on a web site lies with the site's owner, not the hosting provider, and thus the owner would be held responsible under the laws of the country where he lived?
as long as someone is not acivly inciting violence, they should be allowed to speak there mind.
According to the article, the reason he was punished was because he was actively inciting violence. Just because he couldn't hear the rallying cries of his audience doesn't mean he wasn't looking for one.
Go to the internet archives (already linked in this discussion) and show me where he did this. I looked fairly thoroughly, and saw nothing of this sort, just lots of bits about police brutality, etc.
It's impossible to look thoroughly through the archived site, because most of the links don't work. I didn't see any links on the homepage saying "Build a pipe bomb and send it to a judge! Here's how!", true, but that's hardly enough proof for me to doubt the FBI.
Sez right near the top: "Austin, 20, pleaded guilty in February to distributing information related to explosives."
Naturally, raisethefist.com is pretty much devoid of content now. Fortunately for thos of us who like to know firsthand what the news is about, the Internet Archive has several backups of the site and what it's about.
As a highschooler what am I to think growing up?
For starters, you shouldn't advertise yourself as a promoter of the use of explosives in order to undermine your government. Free speech notwithstanding, your leaders don't look kindly on that sort of thing. Neither do conservatives. Neither, broadly speaking, does any sane human being.