This is different from the nissan.com case--the owner of that domain didn't choose the name because it was like the car company's name--Mike Rowe openly admits to choosing the domain because it sounded like Microsoft. I doubt he has a registered trademark on "MikeRoweSoft" either.
MikeRoweSoft does sound like Microsoft, and the owner of the website knew this when he registered it. I honestly don't see this as a bad lawsuit by Microsoft.
DRM is not "Digital Rights Management"--it does nothing to protect anyone's rights. For one, companies who produce software/music/movies have their rights protected by copyright already. "Digital Restrictions Management" is much more accurate--it does nothing in regard to the rights of the company, but restricts the rights of the user.
The problem is with universities forcing you to give up your copyright on work that you produced and legally own copyright over.
Universities cannot force you to give up a copyright because of a class--you would be turning over the copyright while under duress (i.e., you are under the belief that your grade will suffer if you do not do so).
My personal recommendation would be to get it from a package provided by your distro. Otherwise, compile it yourself--it's not as hard as it seems. The Mozilla Detailed Unix Build Instructions go through everything you would need to do. Just add 'ac_add_options --enable-xft'. And while you're at it, 'ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2'.
It looks more like a catalog for an IT training company than a serious CIS curriculum. To consider it a CS curriculum, it's too sad to even laugh. Just the course title "Real World Programming".... None of the colleges/universities I have attended have had the staff to teach the course.
The way I read it, nearly all of the CIS courses at my university would be combined to form this "Real World Programming" course.
For a vocational program, I agree that a course on upper-level HTML/CSS/JS isn't a terribly bad idea. However, if I'm getting a Computer Science degree from a four-year university, I'd rather my courses focus on theory and abstract views of computer programming than HTML.
I agree--that's how the CIS program at my school is. There are a couple of 1-credit courses on specific languages, but the focus on theoretical CIS is present everywhere else.
First and foremost, make those classes more than 3 credits. It's hard to fill a quarter/semester when all your major courses have so few credits.
I don't like the class on basic HTML--if you can't pick that up on your own, you're in the wrong major. In fact, I was flat out told that by a professor in one of my first CIS classes.
Finally, I don't see any reason to spend time learning basics about one application (like Exchange or Visual C++) when I can learn the basics of those quickly enough on my own after learning general concepts about software engineering. Also, the Windows Server 2003 class will most certainly be outdated in 2-3 years.
Sections hold section-only stories that the editors think aren't of general interest. (So there's no really good reason to put general-interest Apache stories in the Apache section.)
Sections can hold stories that aren't of general interest, but there are plenty of stories that go in a specific section and are still visible on the homepage.
Please, someone who's read this document more closely, feel free to correct me.
You say you're a lawyer (well, you say you drafted contracts, but I think that's a good assumption), so I'd trust your "quick pass" much more than the generic "IANAL" common to slashdot, even if the "IANAL" read through it slowly.
I have an alarm clock that looks a lot like that one, but has one less button on the top. Mine behaves in roughly the same way, but in order to turn the alarm off and have it on for tomorrow, I must hit the on/off button without hitting snooze (i.e., I can't hit snooze to get rid of the noise and then easily turn off the alarm until tomorrow). Is yours like that?
The parent mentioned "Swedish" and another highly-modded post mentioned "Sweden" earlier. I merely forgot which one Jon was being tried in, and said "Sweden" because that seemed to be the consensus.
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This is different from the nissan.com case--the owner of that domain didn't choose the name because it was like the car company's name--Mike Rowe openly admits to choosing the domain because it sounded like Microsoft. I doubt he has a registered trademark on "MikeRoweSoft" either.
MikeRoweSoft does sound like Microsoft, and the owner of the website knew this when he registered it. I honestly don't see this as a bad lawsuit by Microsoft.
DRM is not "Digital Rights Management"--it does nothing to protect anyone's rights. For one, companies who produce software/music/movies have their rights protected by copyright already. "Digital Restrictions Management" is much more accurate--it does nothing in regard to the rights of the company, but restricts the rights of the user.
I dunno--VLC certainly has the "wow cool" factor.
IANAL, but this is what I was told by one.
The only licensing fee is your word that you will no longer take showers.
My personal recommendation would be to get it from a package provided by your distro. Otherwise, compile it yourself--it's not as hard as it seems. The Mozilla Detailed Unix Build Instructions go through everything you would need to do. Just add 'ac_add_options --enable-xft'. And while you're at it, 'ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2'.
C/C++
According to apt, it's at version '2.5.r1-1' now. Unfortunately I can't find the date of the last update.
For a vocational program, I agree that a course on upper-level HTML/CSS/JS isn't a terribly bad idea. However, if I'm getting a Computer Science degree from a four-year university, I'd rather my courses focus on theory and abstract views of computer programming than HTML.
I agree--that's how the CIS program at my school is. There are a couple of 1-credit courses on specific languages, but the focus on theoretical CIS is present everywhere else.
First and foremost, make those classes more than 3 credits. It's hard to fill a quarter/semester when all your major courses have so few credits.
I don't like the class on basic HTML--if you can't pick that up on your own, you're in the wrong major. In fact, I was flat out told that by a professor in one of my first CIS classes.
Finally, I don't see any reason to spend time learning basics about one application (like Exchange or Visual C++) when I can learn the basics of those quickly enough on my own after learning general concepts about software engineering. Also, the Windows Server 2003 class will most certainly be outdated in 2-3 years.
Funny--I assumed an article like this would go in the Apache section.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of hard drives.
Just like slashdot allocated extra space for the third "l" in "alllocation".
Why use a 1x1 transparent pixel image when you could use a big graphic saying "we found you!".
That is better than mine, but I doubt I'll spend the money to get a new one when this one works almost as well.
I have an alarm clock that looks a lot like that one, but has one less button on the top. Mine behaves in roughly the same way, but in order to turn the alarm off and have it on for tomorrow, I must hit the on/off button without hitting snooze (i.e., I can't hit snooze to get rid of the noise and then easily turn off the alarm until tomorrow). Is yours like that?
The parent mentioned "Swedish" and another highly-modded post mentioned "Sweden" earlier. I merely forgot which one Jon was being tried in, and said "Sweden" because that seemed to be the consensus.