Every citizen to which it applied got a letter in their home
Not true. Only the people who had not already opted out of unaddressed paper spam (i.e. the 70% most likely to believe propaganda and advertisements) received this letter. In this way the government 'accidentally' failed to provide the option not be be registered to the 5 million citizens who were most likely to object.
they are just doing what every company would do Exactly, and being or owning a company is the safest way to be evil and not be punished. Seriously, what reason is there to 'limit liability' for the owners if not to do things they wouldn't do personally?
It was racism.
No, It was profiling. A technique that combines racial, religious, ethnic and political bigotry to increase the sense of security of the voters.
Nobody buys MS that doesn't want to.
That's a ridiculous statement. I have bought and wiped clean close to a hundred MS pre-installations because getting either another os or applying for a refund was more expensive.
The only posts that were there were some more or less amusing comments about how stupid this was of apple. Are you suffering from premature commentation?
I think that translating the EULA to be legally valid in different jurisdictions is actually more difficult than translating the words to different languages.
You would be completely right if their value was determined on a level playing field. Unfortunately a lot of people live in circumstances that force them to work below fair market prices. As long as a company has the liberty to move jobs to those 'cheap spots' while its employees haven't, there is an assymmetry in the relationship that will make the workers in both locations pay for the increased profit margin of the company.
Well, in the past you would be dangling from main-yard for even a single case of piracy.
The trick is to have the draconian punishment in place first and then gently change the crimes to fit.
Upgrading hardware or optimizing software will both meet the customers needs only the hardware upgrade is $2,000 and the software optimization costs $20,000
Except that the software optimization will 'upgrade' all hardware the customer will ever buy in the future by the same factor. And that the more efficient software is not something a competitor can buy off the shelf.
Jeez, that amounted to 'Nya-nya, we're in Sweden and you can't get us.
That, sir, is a succint description of international law. Not one of the strong points of the US legal system, but perhaps you will learn.
Slashdot Mirror
Every citizen to which it applied got a letter in their home
Not true. Only the people who had not already opted out of unaddressed paper spam (i.e. the 70% most likely to believe propaganda and advertisements) received this letter.
In this way the government 'accidentally' failed to provide the option not be be registered to the 5 million citizens who were most likely to object.
But did they fix the bug? Or does it still produce 'scientific' and 'wrong' results for 3+2*2?
In business 'getting patents' is considered equivalent to 'being innovative'.
Hm.
So you prove to the RIAA that the music that they claim you were sharing wasn't legally bought by you.
Smart defense.
So first you hack their server, then you advertise that on a notorious pirate gathering and make snide remarks about it?
.what are you? a turrist?
You could have bought your fuel from a more reputable supplier.
Like Iran, Lybia or Venezuela.
Do you like cats?
they are just doing what every company would do
Exactly, and being or owning a company is the safest way to be evil and not be punished.
Seriously, what reason is there to 'limit liability' for the owners if not to do things they wouldn't do personally?
Bigger text? Louder reading.
ALL CAPS FOR SHOUTING!
obviously.
It was racism.
No, It was profiling. A technique that combines racial, religious, ethnic and political bigotry to increase the sense of security of the voters.
You seem to think Volvo engineers all work on the tropical Island called Sweden.
And that marketing press releases reflect their opinions.
I think the Niven story you're looking for is called 'Safe at any speed'.
Nobody buys MS that doesn't want to.
That's a ridiculous statement. I have bought and wiped clean close to a hundred MS pre-installations because getting either another os or applying for a refund was more expensive.
Very true, in fact, there are no real words in English that start with an 'f'.
Sure, it's called vi.
The only posts that were there were some more or less amusing comments about how stupid this was of apple.
Are you suffering from premature commentation?
I think that translating the EULA to be legally valid in different jurisdictions is actually more difficult than translating the words to different languages.
You would be completely right if their value was determined on a level playing field.
Unfortunately a lot of people live in circumstances that force them to work below fair market prices.
As long as a company has the liberty to move jobs to those 'cheap spots' while its employees haven't, there is an assymmetry in the relationship that will make the workers in both locations pay for the increased profit margin of the company.
What is worse: I have it on good authority that even the atoms of american citizens are all of extraterrestial origin!
Time to send them back as well.
Hire other small businessess on X dollars for N hours basis for specific projects. They will fill out their own paperwork and tax forms.
Well, in the past you would be dangling from main-yard for even a single case of piracy.
The trick is to have the draconian punishment in place first and then gently change the crimes to fit.
Upgrading hardware or optimizing software will both meet the customers needs only the hardware upgrade is $2,000 and the software optimization costs $20,000
Except that the software optimization will 'upgrade' all hardware the customer will ever buy in the future by the same factor. And that the more efficient software is not something a competitor can buy off the shelf.
Do you mean Fedora, Suse and Ubuntu are not popular? Or do you mean that getting daily security updates without the need to reboot at all is awkward?
No there is no gold. It's credit cards all the way down.
Jeez, that amounted to 'Nya-nya, we're in Sweden and you can't get us.
That, sir, is a succint description of international law.
Not one of the strong points of the US legal system, but perhaps you will learn.