That's not completely correct. If your local hometown PC shop builds a computer for you that is NOT an OEM installation. This means they can distribute the CD along with the computer. OEMs are the guys who build the computers along with the OS, eg. Dell, Compaq, Gateway, Etc. Bob's PC shop isn't included in this.
This editorial was written for those who buy computers from Bob's.
....a Goddamn fab plant! I'm sick of having to buy these so-called "CPUs". I'll build my own! I'll also need a couple of engineers to go with the plant, but what's a couple extra hundred thousand a year? And if some of my buddies get their own motherboard factories like they're hoping for, we'll be set!
So all I really need now is somebody to port Linux to our new architecture. Any takers?
So what kind of license is this released under? The legal page doesn't really say much other than that the orignal authors keep the copyright to the code. And then it says it's released under a "liberal" license.
Are you on crack my friend? I got my super NES with Zelda...I loved that game! I can still remember the beginning of the game with the music and rain. I thought it was just amazing.
And as for Street Fighter II, I still think the original street fighter was the best of all of them. But that's just my opinion, and many people think I'm an idiot.
No. This problem affected small customers as well. And this solution proposed by Microsoft still doesn't help them. The only reason they changed their agreement was because the large customers had the voice and pocketbooks to make life difficult for MS. The smaller businesses don't have the ability to do *SQUAT*.
Sure the small businesses can go and put on whatever software they please...just don't let any auditors get close to them...or that company will be toast.
Here's a quote from the CNET article on it if you're curious:
But the company's new position, as posted on its licensing Web site, does not include small businesses or other companies with fewer than 500 licenses
Well I didn't complain about the legallity or righteousness of it. I was just telling my story the way I saw it. According to the law, of course what I was doing was illegal. But that doesn't stop me and a million others from trading music.
I got busted back in 97 for running an FTP out of my dorm just like this kid. The coolest part was that the RIAA actually faxed my univeristy president about me! I was listed by name and IP address. I felt so special.
I first became worried when I noticed attempted logins from the Network Security Office at our school. I prompty booted them out and shut down the server. But alas, it was too late. 20 minutes later I noticed my connection was gone. And a week later I was in Judicial Affairs getting bitched at by some old woman with bad breath.
I lost my dorm connection for an entire year because of that. So now I no longer distribute MP3s, I just take them. I paid my dues dammit!
So anyway, my whole point is that the RIAA has been going after individual students for at least 3 years now. This is the first I've heard of a confiscated computer though.
Electrons are funny shit. Between heisenburg's uncertainty principle and the fact that the integral of the wavefuntion for an electron from -infinity to +infinity =1.
Basically, for those of you who haven't had any quantum mechanics courses:
The uncertainty principle says dXdP>=h. Where dX=delta X (position), and dP=delta P (momentum). h is Plancks constant (on the order of 10^-34). It basically says we can never know both the exact position and momentum of an electron. The more closely we measure one, the more error on the other.
As for the integral of the wavefunction, the probability of the electron existing from -infinity to +infinity will always be 1 (obviously). The weird part is that if you take an electron and put it in an infinite energy well, the electron is bounded to exist in the well. It gets funky in that there is a small probability that it will exist outside the well also!
NO talking about the case for you! I can't imagine being taken to court, and not even having the freedom to inform the public about it. Have there been any other cases where a gag order such as this was mandated?
Maybe there are (was), and we just haven't heard of it.
Create a leading edge network capability for the national research community
Enable revolutionary Internet applications
Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader Internet community.
The Internet 2 was started around 1997 I believe.
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I'd be laughing my ass off now if I were him. Come on man, have some fun!
3. If you're given your own Organizational Unit within the active directory, you can choose to block inheritance of permissions and policies and whatnot, and maintain a certain level of autonomy.
And the higher level administrator can also choose to override your block. That still gives them complete authority on the permissions and policies. Just be aware of that.
It's not the fact that his name looks almost exactly like Signal 11's, but he's copied the userinfo verbatim on him. Same website, same email, same style of sig.
From Fred Ehrlich, President New Technology, Sony Music Entertainment
"As far back as 1994, music companies were among the first to use the Internet to market and promote our recordings online. At Sony Music at that time, part of our job was evangelizing to our artists. Not only we were not afraid of the Internet, but we were actively encouraging our artists to take advantage of some of the Net's earliest opportunities."
Wow! What a bunch of BS! They've been actively encouraging artists to use the Internet since 94! This smells of an outrageous lie. I think any RIAA member/exec who claims that they were never afraid of the Internet is trying to pull a fast one over us.
We all know that those in power like to maintain the status quo. Freddy needs to keep the money rolling in so he can afford that third house in the Cayman Islands, never mind the poor artist he is knowingly starving to death.
Yes, the law is on their side, but morally I believe I have done no wrong by downloading songs off napster. These pigs know what they do is wrong, so they hide behind their lawyers who have a big bark with a painful bite.
The reason they're forced to do this is because of those "Resellers" who overclock the cpu and neglect to tell the customer. When an OCed processor bonks, it's bad for the customer and AMD. It's not bad for the asshole seller though, he's probally running under a new name by now.
I think overclocking is a damn cool thing, but I wish AMD had another way of dealing with remarked chips.
The way it works with distributions is different. Think of a distro as nothing more than the Linux kernel (preconfigured a certain way), and a bunch of applications that come with it (they can be GPL/BSD/proprietary). You can't "GPL" a distro so to speak. If a company is only willing to give out certain parts or configurations, and insists on selling the rest, they have every right to do that. I'm not saying it's nice of them, but it's perfectly legal. And overall, for as much shit as people give Redhat, they have GPLed all of their installation software (as far as I know).
Businesses are in the business of making money, and as much as you or I might hate that fact, it's the absolute truth.
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That's not completely correct. If your local hometown PC shop builds a computer for you that is NOT an OEM installation. This means they can distribute the CD along with the computer. OEMs are the guys who build the computers along with the OS, eg. Dell, Compaq, Gateway, Etc. Bob's PC shop isn't included in this.
This editorial was written for those who buy computers from Bob's.
With this logic if you killed somone 5 years ago you shouldn't be prosecuted.
Better yet would be "If you killed a terminally ill patient (with less than 5 years to live) 5 years ago you shouldn't be prosecuted."
So all I really need now is somebody to port Linux to our new architecture. Any takers?
So what kind of license is this released under? The legal page doesn't really say much other than that the orignal authors keep the copyright to the code. And then it says it's released under a "liberal" license.
Two Jon Katz columns in a row! I think my head is going to explode!
Are you on crack my friend? I got my super NES with Zelda...I loved that game! I can still remember the beginning of the game with the music and rain. I thought it was just amazing.
And as for Street Fighter II, I still think the original street fighter was the best of all of them. But that's just my opinion, and many people think I'm an idiot.
Notice the 'may'.
Yeah, and Microsoft MAY be on a mission to take over the world. I think the truth is obvious.
No. This problem affected small customers as well. And this solution proposed by Microsoft still doesn't help them. The only reason they changed their agreement was because the large customers had the voice and pocketbooks to make life difficult for MS. The smaller businesses don't have the ability to do *SQUAT*.
Sure the small businesses can go and put on whatever software they please...just don't let any auditors get close to them...or that company will be toast.
Here's a quote from the CNET article on it if you're curious:
But the company's new position, as posted on its licensing Web site, does not include small businesses or other companies with fewer than 500 licenses
The article is here.
Well I didn't complain about the legallity or righteousness of it. I was just telling my story the way I saw it. According to the law, of course what I was doing was illegal. But that doesn't stop me and a million others from trading music.
I got busted back in 97 for running an FTP out of my dorm just like this kid. The coolest part was that the RIAA actually faxed my univeristy president about me! I was listed by name and IP address. I felt so special.
I first became worried when I noticed attempted logins from the Network Security Office at our school. I prompty booted them out and shut down the server. But alas, it was too late. 20 minutes later I noticed my connection was gone. And a week later I was in Judicial Affairs getting bitched at by some old woman with bad breath.
I lost my dorm connection for an entire year because of that. So now I no longer distribute MP3s, I just take them. I paid my dues dammit!
So anyway, my whole point is that the RIAA has been going after individual students for at least 3 years now. This is the first I've heard of a confiscated computer though.
Basically, for those of you who haven't had any quantum mechanics courses:
The uncertainty principle says dXdP>=h. Where dX=delta X (position), and dP=delta P (momentum). h is Plancks constant (on the order of 10^-34). It basically says we can never know both the exact position and momentum of an electron. The more closely we measure one, the more error on the other.
As for the integral of the wavefunction, the probability of the electron existing from -infinity to +infinity will always be 1 (obviously). The weird part is that if you take an electron and put it in an infinite energy well, the electron is bounded to exist in the well. It gets funky in that there is a small probability that it will exist outside the well also!
This shit blows my mind.
I'll mess with yer mom.
Yeah, I know, it makes no fucking sense. I realized that a little while ago. Oh well.
NO talking about the case for you! I can't imagine being taken to court, and not even having the freedom to inform the public about it. Have there been any other cases where a gag order such as this was mandated?
Maybe there are (was), and we just haven't heard of it.
You're a day and a dollar late. But you stand for everything that sucks about Slashdot now. Just a bunch of tree hugging hippies looking for karma.
From the official Internet2website:
Create a leading edge network capability for the national research community
Enable revolutionary Internet applications
Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader Internet community.
The Internet 2 was started around 1997 I believe.
I'd be laughing my ass off now if I were him. Come on man, have some fun!
3. If you're given your own Organizational Unit within the active directory, you can choose to block inheritance of permissions and policies and whatnot, and maintain a certain level of autonomy.
And the higher level administrator can also choose to override your block. That still gives them complete authority on the permissions and policies. Just be aware of that.
Now I can have my shartks with friggin lasers to kill Austin Powers!
Hugs and Kisses,
Dr. Evil
It's not the fact that his name looks almost exactly like Signal 11's, but he's copied the userinfo verbatim on him. Same website, same email, same style of sig.
User Info for Signal 11 (7608)
This guy is obviously a fake
SiQnal 11
"As far back as 1994, music companies were among the first to use the Internet to market and promote our recordings online. At Sony Music at that time, part of our job was evangelizing to our artists. Not only we were not afraid of the Internet, but we were actively encouraging our artists to take advantage of some of the Net's earliest opportunities."
Wow! What a bunch of BS! They've been actively encouraging artists to use the Internet since 94! This smells of an outrageous lie. I think any RIAA member/exec who claims that they were never afraid of the Internet is trying to pull a fast one over us.
We all know that those in power like to maintain the status quo. Freddy needs to keep the money rolling in so he can afford that third house in the Cayman Islands, never mind the poor artist he is knowingly starving to death.
Yes, the law is on their side, but morally I believe I have done no wrong by downloading songs off napster. These pigs know what they do is wrong, so they hide behind their lawyers who have a big bark with a painful bite.
Those bastards.
I think overclocking is a damn cool thing, but I wish AMD had another way of dealing with remarked chips.
Businesses are in the business of making money, and as much as you or I might hate that fact, it's the absolute truth.