I want to run Linux on crappy (three year) old hardware. My crappy (three year) old hardware was running just fine. Then I decided I wanted the latest security updates (because only a moron refuses to give up on that old RedHat 7.2 when RedHat 9.0 has security fixes, right?;) ). Guess what? My productivity got shot to hell because it can't handle the latest KDE.
Linux was supposed to be different from Windows. You weren't supposed to have to upgrade your CPU in order to get the latest security/bug fixes.
Why do you assume there wasn't a warrant involved, or that there weren't already laws in place to deal with the issue?
The linked article notes that there were in fact legal proceedings that went on prior to the text messages being provided. Furthermore, the judge will be reading them in private prior to their release to determine if they are in fact relevant to the case (the issue of whether or not the judge is an impartial, trustworthy observer is not addressed).
Can you provide some links to credible studies saying "Global Warming Doesn't Exist" or that it's "not a big deal"? By "credible studies" I mean actual scientific reports from scientists not in the employ of or with close ties to the fossil fuel industries. Yes, I'm sure they exist, but as I hardly ever see them I'm not convinced they make up 90% of the scientific literature on the subject.
And even if it is only a '10% chance of global catastrophe', that seems like a good reason to take steps to prevent it. If a giant asteroid had a '10% chance to hit Earth in the next 10 years', wouldn't it be wise to start looking into ways to make 10% go to 0%?
What rights are in dispute here? Do "people" feel it should be a "right" to copy a commercial software product and distribute free copies of it to people?
Don't you have to give the 'loyalty card' to the merchant in order for this this to work? If you don't want the merchant to track you, don't use the card. Does your WalMart work differently?
I thought about this a few years ago. My supermarket 'loyalty card' saves me several dollars on each shopping trip (vs not using the card and remaining anonymous). I decided that the money the store was 'paying' me (through discounts on items I would purchase anyway) was worth giving them my shopping data.
I guess that makes me a tool of the man or something:)
The problem is that this guy's (alleged) program's sole purpose was to commit fraud.
To continue your gasoline example, it'd be like developing a method to fool the 'pay-at-the-pump' system into giving you gas without actually charging your credit card, and then telling the gas station that if they don't give you $100,000, you'll publish the program in the USA Today(tm).
Yes, this does vary by state. Some states have open primaries, where you don't have to declare a party and can vote in either primary (since I don't live in one of those states, I'm not sure if you vote in both primaries or just one of your choice).
There is no requirement to declare a party affiliation. However, in states with "closed" primaries, you cannot vote in the party primary if you are not declared for that party.
Your party affiliation has no effect on your ability to choose a canditate in the general election (the one that actually decides who gets into office).
Sounds like a great idea. After the guy calls the cops, the police can go chasing after your car in a low-speed highway chase, pull you over, handcuff you, and strip search you and your car to a) look for whatever you stole, and b) as a deterrent to *wasting their fucking time*. And I guarantee you that in just about any court in this country, setting off the "inventory management" alert is probable cause to assume shoplifting is taking place, so don't go talking about violations of your 4th Amendment rights.
In this case, RC means simple 'Remote Controlled' The signal is transmitted over IR, presumably because the IR receiver can be made smaller than an RF receiver.
There is, in fact, pending litigation that directly involves the ability of EV1 to continue supporting Linux. As much as the arm-chair lawyer croud on Slashdot likes to think Linux is free and clear, the case is still pending. And while the case is still pending, anything can happen. Just because the current evidence certainly makes it look like SCO doesn't have a chance doesn't mean they can't win through any number of bizarre circumstances that have nothing to do with whether or not the GPL is valid or not, actual SCO code got into Linux, or whatever. Litigation is uncertain, which is why even companies with open and shut cases often settle out of court.
The same freedom that allows the KKK to march in Pittsburgh also guarantees civil rights activists the right to march in Birmingham. You can't have one without the other.
Just because interest rates are low now doesn't mean they were low when Apple took out the loan that they paid off, does it?
I can imagine (read: I have no real idea) that the interest rates charged to a struggling company that many people have given up for dead (ie Apple before the iMac) are quite high.
That's all well and good until "law enforcement" decides that they don't particularly like you for some reason that has nothing to do with terrorism (having long hair, going to Church on Saturday instead of Sunday, carrying around a Farmer's Almanac).
Call me a bleeding heart liberal if you want, but I don't want to live in a police state where every small bit of dissent gets you investigated for a federal crime.
I can certify that those are all safe to click. You're browser may show http://www.stealmypassword.com, but that's a known bug and will be fixed in the next release.
Let's put that quote in context, shall we. From the article
Other revelations from the memos include Democrats' race-based characterization of Estrada as "especially dangerous, because . . . he is Latino," which they feared would make him difficult to block from a later promotion to the Supreme Court.
They don't want to block him because they don't like Latinos. They want to block him because they don't like his views. They want to try extra hard to block him because they think his race means he is more likely to advance out of the Circuit Court.
The social contract was broken a long time ago... by the content producers. When copyright was extended long past absurd lengths the writing was on the wall.
If the majority of copyright violations that the RIAA is concerned about involved decades-old music, you'd have a valid point. But unless you're arguing for a 2-week copyright term, I don't think "copyright extension" is relevant to this discussion.
Funny, I read the original post as anti-middle-class and classified the poster as 'you greedy neocon fascist'.
$60K may be a lot in certain parts of the country, but if you work anywhere that actually pays $60K annually, chances are the cost of living isn't cheap.
Yeah, I'm hoping in the the EE there's a scene where Gandalf finds Denethor's Palantir, which pretty much explained why he (Denethor) went off the deep end... he'd been conversing with Sauron just as Saruman had.
actually, I think Sam using the One Ring was a huge plot hole in the original story. When Frodo puts on the Ring at Mt Doom, Sauron instantly knows he's in big big trouble. So how come Sam could wear the Ring while infiltrating the Orc tower and not be noticed?
First off, let me be clear... I didn't like what happened to Faramir.
However, let's assume you're someone who hasn't ever read the books. Throughout all of the movies, you've heard how powerfully corrupting this Ring is. You've seen Gandalf refuse to touch it. You've seen Boromir betray the Fellowship for it. And now you see this random guy, who turns out to be Boromir's brother, presented with an opportunity to take the Ring.
If you're someone who doesn't know what's "supposed" to happen, you're EXPECTING Faramir to want the Ring. If he just says "Ah, ok, you two random little people can take this powerful weapon into the hands of the enemy" you're not going to think "Oh, how noble of you". You're going to think "Hello Big Freakin' Plot Hole". There wasn't time to develop Faramir's character in the hidden caves (I forgot their name). So they had to do something else to rationalize Faramir releasing Frodo.
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Wow, you sound just like Bill Gates.
;) ). Guess what? My productivity got shot to hell because it can't handle the latest KDE.
I want to run Linux on crappy (three year) old hardware. My crappy (three year) old hardware was running just fine. Then I decided I wanted the latest security updates (because only a moron refuses to give up on that old RedHat 7.2 when RedHat 9.0 has security fixes, right?
Linux was supposed to be different from Windows. You weren't supposed to have to upgrade your CPU in order to get the latest security/bug fixes.
Why do you assume there wasn't a warrant involved, or that there weren't already laws in place to deal with the issue?
The linked article notes that there were in fact legal proceedings that went on prior to the text messages being provided. Furthermore, the judge will be reading them in private prior to their release to determine if they are in fact relevant to the case (the issue of whether or not the judge is an impartial, trustworthy observer is not addressed).
Can you provide some links to credible studies saying "Global Warming Doesn't Exist" or that it's "not a big deal"? By "credible studies" I mean actual scientific reports from scientists not in the employ of or with close ties to the fossil fuel industries. Yes, I'm sure they exist, but as I hardly ever see them I'm not convinced they make up 90% of the scientific literature on the subject.
And even if it is only a '10% chance of global catastrophe', that seems like a good reason to take steps to prevent it. If a giant asteroid had a '10% chance to hit Earth in the next 10 years', wouldn't it be wise to start looking into ways to make 10% go to 0%?
also explains Japaneses video games. I've always wondered why Tekken, Final Fantasy, etc always listed "blood type" in the character descriptions.
What rights are in dispute here? Do "people" feel it should be a "right" to copy a commercial software product and distribute free copies of it to people?
Don't you have to give the 'loyalty card' to the merchant in order for this this to work? If you don't want the merchant to track you, don't use the card. Does your WalMart work differently?
:)
I thought about this a few years ago. My supermarket 'loyalty card' saves me several dollars on each shopping trip (vs not using the card and remaining anonymous). I decided that the money the store was 'paying' me (through discounts on items I would purchase anyway) was worth giving them my shopping data.
I guess that makes me a tool of the man or something
The problem is that this guy's (alleged) program's sole purpose was to commit fraud.
To continue your gasoline example, it'd be like developing a method to fool the 'pay-at-the-pump' system into giving you gas without actually charging your credit card, and then telling the gas station that if they don't give you $100,000, you'll publish the program in the USA Today(tm).
I suspect that the actual reason there are no ads in space is that it's too expensive and you can't target your message effectively.
Yes, this does vary by state. Some states have open primaries, where you don't have to declare a party and can vote in either primary (since I don't live in one of those states, I'm not sure if you vote in both primaries or just one of your choice).
There is no requirement to declare a party affiliation. However, in states with "closed" primaries, you cannot vote in the party primary if you are not declared for that party.
Your party affiliation has no effect on your ability to choose a canditate in the general election (the one that actually decides who gets into office).
Sounds like a great idea. After the guy calls the cops, the police can go chasing after your car in a low-speed highway chase, pull you over, handcuff you, and strip search you and your car to a) look for whatever you stole, and b) as a deterrent to *wasting their fucking time*. And I guarantee you that in just about any court in this country, setting off the "inventory management" alert is probable cause to assume shoplifting is taking place, so don't go talking about violations of your 4th Amendment rights.
In this case, RC means simple 'Remote Controlled' The signal is transmitted over IR, presumably because the IR receiver can be made smaller than an RF receiver.
How is this clueless?
There is, in fact, pending litigation that directly involves the ability of EV1 to continue supporting Linux. As much as the arm-chair lawyer croud on Slashdot likes to think Linux is free and clear, the case is still pending. And while the case is still pending, anything can happen. Just because the current evidence certainly makes it look like SCO doesn't have a chance doesn't mean they can't win through any number of bizarre circumstances that have nothing to do with whether or not the GPL is valid or not, actual SCO code got into Linux, or whatever. Litigation is uncertain, which is why even companies with open and shut cases often settle out of court.
Exactly! Popular speech doesn't need protecting.
The same freedom that allows the KKK to march in Pittsburgh also guarantees civil rights activists the right to march in Birmingham. You can't have one without the other.
Just because interest rates are low now doesn't mean they were low when Apple took out the loan that they paid off, does it?
I can imagine (read: I have no real idea) that the interest rates charged to a struggling company that many people have given up for dead (ie Apple before the iMac) are quite high.
Isn't this exactly what Unisys did with the compressed (lzw?) .gif patent?
That's all well and good until "law enforcement" decides that they don't particularly like you for some reason that has nothing to do with terrorism (having long hair, going to Church on Saturday instead of Sunday, carrying around a Farmer's Almanac).
Call me a bleeding heart liberal if you want, but I don't want to live in a police state where every small bit of dissent gets you investigated for a federal crime.
I can certify that those are all safe to click. You're browser may show http://www.stealmypassword.com, but that's a known bug and will be fixed in the next release.
If the majority of copyright violations that the RIAA is concerned about involved decades-old music, you'd have a valid point. But unless you're arguing for a 2-week copyright term, I don't think "copyright extension" is relevant to this discussion.
you liberal prick.
Funny, I read the original post as anti-middle-class and classified the poster as 'you greedy neocon fascist'.
$60K may be a lot in certain parts of the country, but if you work anywhere that actually pays $60K annually, chances are the cost of living isn't cheap.
Yeah, I'm hoping in the the EE there's a scene where Gandalf finds Denethor's Palantir, which pretty much explained why he (Denethor) went off the deep end... he'd been conversing with Sauron just as Saruman had.
actually, I think Sam using the One Ring was a huge plot hole in the original story. When Frodo puts on the Ring at Mt Doom, Sauron instantly knows he's in big big trouble. So how come Sam could wear the Ring while infiltrating the Orc tower and not be noticed?
aren't you the one letting a 9 year old watch a PG-13 movie? You do know what the 13 in PG-13 means, right?
On the other hand, I agree with you...having my DVD player tell me 'this operation prohibited in disk now' ticks me off as well.
First off, let me be clear... I didn't like what happened to Faramir.
However, let's assume you're someone who hasn't ever read the books. Throughout all of the movies, you've heard how powerfully corrupting this Ring is. You've seen Gandalf refuse to touch it. You've seen Boromir betray the Fellowship for it. And now you see this random guy, who turns out to be Boromir's brother, presented with an opportunity to take the Ring.
If you're someone who doesn't know what's "supposed" to happen, you're EXPECTING Faramir to want the Ring. If he just says "Ah, ok, you two random little people can take this powerful weapon into the hands of the enemy" you're not going to think "Oh, how noble of you". You're going to think "Hello Big Freakin' Plot Hole". There wasn't time to develop Faramir's character in the hidden caves (I forgot their name). So they had to do something else to rationalize Faramir releasing Frodo.
Hell, that's nothing... I'd vote for Count Chocula over Bush.