I had a related thought: Does anyone know how to jumper any of this software to your home phone? Run your server and tie in a regular handset so you could use a cheap cordless phone?
However, for it to be successful in the mainstream the customization has to be super easy and painless
The problem I have is that there is no easy way to un-install an extension... er... plugin. They're easy enough to install, but the best you can do from the interface is "Disable" them - which is a method that I'm not sure never touches the files involved.
The people given a warrant are not always suspected of doing something wrong. They're just thought to have evidence or clues that might help prove that somebody did something criminal
She wasn't issued a warrant, she was issued a Grand Jury Subponea, which is way different. She's not being accused of being a criminal, you're right. She is, however, being forced to release information or be declared criminal (fined or jailed or both) if she doesn't. Further, the information has very little to do with the criminal activity they actually are investigating. They seem to be using one thing as an excuse to do another from what she said.
Go RTFA. It may make you worry more than you seem to be from your reaction.
Uhm, I take it the first think they'll do is trim all of the entries from tonight on.
I don't think so. Now that it's public, they're going to be looking for the ones who panic because they feel they have something to hide. Those people will be the first to be nabbed if it comes to that, I bet. The way they see it, the most suspicious activity you can take part in is panicking in front of law enforcement.
That being said, a slashdotting of user creations could put a crimp on them finding who panics, but the rest is there no matter how much slashdotters or other groups think they can change it.
Is the custom app hard coded to those directories? If, by some lucky chance it's not on the C drive, you can have it shared and then map it to a network drive to make it think it's running from the right location (you can mount a local share).
You may also want to check out this MS article about creating junction points. It's the "proper" way to link directories, but don't try anythong too complicated or you will just screw up NTFS. By complicated I mean trying to link different sub-directories inside linked directories.
While you're at MS, take a close look at LinkD on the 2K Resource Kit. That may be just the ticket for making that custom app run from a server or from a different directory. If you don't have the ResKit, you can grab LinkD and other tools from the free offerings from the ResKit. I've used it inside a batch file wrapper for onery custom apps that clients insist on. Be sure to have the batch file un-link the directory at the end or un-link it if it exists at startup. NTFS doesn't like to have a bunch of these around or mangled. Here's the LinkD syntax:
linkd source [/d] [destination] [/?]
Where:
source displays the Windows 2000 name targeted by source. source [destination] links source to destination (target), which can be any valid Windows 2000 directory name, device name, or object name. source [/d] deletes source, regardless of whether a link to a destination exists for that source. /? prints this help message. Type linkd/? | more to see all the help text. LinkD's syntax is case-insensitive. If a source or destination name contains a space, the name must be surrounded by quotation marks. All characters in both the source and destination names must be in the ASCII character set; usage of Unicode characters is not supported.
Or even something as simple as whether or not he un-checked "Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propogate to this object". I've found that XP will seem to let the permissions get changed without un-checking this box, but on re-boot the permissions re-propogate. Well hell! That could be the answer - or not. It doesn't always work that way for some reason.
Maybe that helps... In which case he got what he came looking for no matter how lame we think his question may have been. Maybe we should cut some slack to people that may not know as much as we do... Times up! That's enough slack;)
He's gone home now. He sits pretty close by when he's here. It's not that I would have gotten into trouble. It just would have been a total pain in the ass (<--see! not here!) and embarassing.
We may be all adults, but my Boss' kid is here today. You won't get fired if he runs around the office saying "Darl's shit hit the fan!", but I sure will. He mocks everything I do enough as it is. Unfortunately he likes to read... especially when he thinks he can read something that I do with tech. Sure he can figure out what I said, but in kid terms I didn't really say it.
Given that it's posted online on a public site, and not in a limited user base network (ala p2p) this means the entire world population had access and SCO should be fined roughly the total value of all money produced in the world from 1972 to present.
That would be the whole world -1. Darl may appear in this reality, but he's not in it. He made up his own. He's definitely inhuman at least.
I like the one year graph better. It looks like Ayers Rock.
I was just looking at the 1 year too. It's not good for a stock to follow a bell curve, is it? Darl, this is the fan. It's what your sh*t is about to land on. Cover your eyes. It may splatter back messily. Don't worry. Everyone else knew it was going to happen so they took cover. You're the only one left standing next to the fan.
But do you want to bet your future on your lawyer convincing a skeptical judge and jury that it was a technology problem? After all, they have evidence that the pictures were on your machine, under your control. I don't think I'd want to bet my future on that.
That might be as simple as looking at the Judge's PC. I bet Spybot would find a few untidies in there with the associate pictures to help too! Then we'll look at his SPAM...
spoof your mac and run it in secret... then after you find all the massive holes (the REAL reason they dont want you to scan) you have some dirt on them. Then bargain for better pay and better work conditions, then whip out the scan results. Then sue for wrongful dismissal.
You forgot the parts about eating only ramen, getting your house/car reposessed, losing your girlfriend/wife/family and having no money while you deal with getting your job back through the courts. Too many have played that game and lost, my friend.
INAL and all of that. From some creative googling I found that you might try looking for "charitable organization law site:irs.gov" and "private foundation law site:irs.gov". If you need to know your state laws, try the same searches with "site:(whateverState).gov". For example, mine would be "site:.ca.gov".
Be sure to check out the real deal, 501(c)(3) - but its a bugger of a read! Right here is a spot I think you might land in if you worked hard enough. I'm sure an OSS project could qualify as furthering science, but that might be a fight. It may be easier to jump through the hoops of a private foundation status. Rather than try to find what you qualify for in it, I would concentrate on what would disqualify you. It might be a more manageable list.;)
The law should really be amended to keep up with this, IMHO. We have manyother laws
that were to "catch up with the times". Why not one to recognize collaborative efforts of this nature?
legacy from the days when RAM was tiny little metal beads woven into a grid that doubled as a spaghetti strainer and CPUs acted as room heaters...
What would you do with a 6GigHz CPU, a gig or two of RAM, and a terabyte or two of storage?
With the way heat and current CPUs relate to eachother, a 6GHZ CPU is a room heater. At least we can use it to cook the spaghetti before we strain it through the Gigs of RAM and that TB hard disk;)
What the hell machines are they testing alpha builds of Longhorn on anyway? Are they installing it on a cluster and considering that "tomorrow's platform"? No Beowulf jokes... the 640 thing is enough "classic" Slashdot already.
I agree that Jack just saw all of the invested money go poof in six lines of PERL. I certainly would hate to be on the other end of the phone for that first call Jack made after this interview. Somebody's day got shot to bloody hell, that's for sure. First the ear-full from someone who can address congress competently then that realization that you may be fired at any moment no matter who you are or whether or not you work for the MPAA. Bad day at work. Bad day.
The idea of a "shopping pheremone" would bring lots of unexpected behavior, I bet. On 99.9% of the population it could work... until that wacko that associated shopping with going on a shooting spree and can't help himself from raiding the sporting goods department. Talk about your "devil made me do it" plea!
"I couldn't stop shooting. Everyone just smelled like they needed to be dead."
People think erratically enough. Pushing behavior in such a casual way is a dangerous thing.
In the past year, the Motion Picture Association of America has spent approximately $200,000 to launch its program called ''What's The Diff?" to combat digital piracy. Despite the criticism, the trade group plans to continue the program next school year.
What about actually teaching these kids usable skills in school? Math? English?
Upon further reading, I realized that they did teach the kids a usable skill...
Many children in the class indicated they had never downloaded anything before...
The volunteer and the teacher worked from a 25-page classroom guide to explain the concept of using a computer to download files, which they called ''morally and ethically wrong."
They tought a room full of kids who have never downloaded anything how to pirate. The even used a manual. Leave it to the entertainment industry to teach what they are trying to control.
From my perusal of their site, it would seem to me that one of the main advantages is having a standard and fully featured renderer come with the boxes. The renderer acts like a plugin for both Max and Maya (look in the download section) and can do caustics, reflections/refraction, radiosity and such. Having that stuff out of the box is so much better than pounding out a Renderman install. And the render queue is native via a plugin to boot! This may be one of the easier solutions for setup I've seen yet if all they claim is true.
Be sure to count the price of your rendering software into your comparrison.
The price of Renderman and it's associated support could well make up the difference in your hardware costs. Don't forget to include the price of your install time (man-hours) as well.
If you distribute, license or sell a Licensed Implementation, this license is conditioned upon you requiring that the following notice be prominently displayed in all copies and derivative works of your source code and in copies of the documentation and licenses associated with your Licensed Implementation: "This product may incorporate intellectual property owned by Microsoft Corporation. If you would like a license from Microsoft, you need to contact Microsoft directly." By including the above notice in a Licensed Implementation, you will be deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of this license. You are not licensed to distribute a Licensed Implementation under license terms and conditions that prohibit the terms and conditions of this license. You are not licensed to sublicense or transfer your rights.
Hungh? Does this section mean that everyone who implements this must notify Microsoft that they are using it? If you're "not licensed to distribute a Licensed Implementation", then does each end user have to check in with MS? If I write, say an e-mail class in PHP that can use this spec for my personal web site, do I have to notify MS?
I may just be paranoid of the MS grab it all attitude, but I don't like the implications of this. Is this normal wording for such a license that involves Patented works in RFCs?
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I had a related thought: Does anyone know how to jumper any of this software to your home phone? Run your server and tie in a regular handset so you could use a cheap cordless phone?
Go RTFA. It may make you worry more than you seem to be from your reaction.
That being said, a slashdotting of user creations could put a crimp on them finding who panics, but the rest is there no matter how much slashdotters or other groups think they can change it.
You may also want to check out this MS article about creating junction points. It's the "proper" way to link directories, but don't try anythong too complicated or you will just screw up NTFS. By complicated I mean trying to link different sub-directories inside linked directories.
While you're at MS, take a close look at LinkD on the 2K Resource Kit. That may be just the ticket for making that custom app run from a server or from a different directory. If you don't have the ResKit, you can grab LinkD and other tools from the free offerings from the ResKit. I've used it inside a batch file wrapper for onery custom apps that clients insist on. Be sure to have the batch file un-link the directory at the end or un-link it if it exists at startup. NTFS doesn't like to have a bunch of these around or mangled. Here's the LinkD syntax:
A tool to be careful with, but a handy one.Maybe that helps... In which case he got what he came looking for no matter how lame we think his question may have been. Maybe we should cut some slack to people that may not know as much as we do... Times up! That's enough slack ;)
He's gone home now. He sits pretty close by when he's here. It's not that I would have gotten into trouble. It just would have been a total pain in the ass (<--see! not here!) and embarassing.
We may be all adults, but my Boss' kid is here today. You won't get fired if he runs around the office saying "Darl's shit hit the fan!", but I sure will. He mocks everything I do enough as it is. Unfortunately he likes to read... especially when he thinks he can read something that I do with tech. Sure he can figure out what I said, but in kid terms I didn't really say it.
So I pinged it to make sure it was available. The response:
"Unknown host life.liberty.pursuit-of-happiness"
I should have known...
Heres some Goodies:
(many are PDFs)
- PUBLIC CHARITY CLASSIFICATION AND
PRIVATE FOUNDATION ISSUES:
- DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS WITH FOREIGN OPERATIONS
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AS EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Be sure to check out the real deal, 501(c)(3) - but its a bugger of a read! Right here is a spot I think you might land in if you worked hard enough. I'm sure an OSS project could qualify as furthering science, but that might be a fight. It may be easier to jump through the hoops of a private foundation status. Rather than try to find what you qualify for in it, I would concentrate on what would disqualify you. It might be a more manageable list.The law should really be amended to keep up with this, IMHO. We have many other laws that were to "catch up with the times". Why not one to recognize collaborative efforts of this nature?
What the hell machines are they testing alpha builds of Longhorn on anyway? Are they installing it on a cluster and considering that "tomorrow's platform"? No Beowulf jokes... the 640 thing is enough "classic" Slashdot already.
I agree that Jack just saw all of the invested money go poof in six lines of PERL. I certainly would hate to be on the other end of the phone for that first call Jack made after this interview. Somebody's day got shot to bloody hell, that's for sure. First the ear-full from someone who can address congress competently then that realization that you may be fired at any moment no matter who you are or whether or not you work for the MPAA. Bad day at work. Bad day.
"I couldn't stop shooting. Everyone just smelled like they needed to be dead."
People think erratically enough. Pushing behavior in such a casual way is a dangerous thing.
Upon further reading, I realized that they did teach the kids a usable skill...
They tought a room full of kids who have never downloaded anything how to pirate. The even used a manual. Leave it to the entertainment industry to teach what they are trying to control.Oh well, nothing to see here...
Be sure to count the price of your rendering software into your comparrison. The price of Renderman and it's associated support could well make up the difference in your hardware costs. Don't forget to include the price of your install time (man-hours) as well.
I may just be paranoid of the MS grab it all attitude, but I don't like the implications of this. Is this normal wording for such a license that involves Patented works in RFCs?