Also, this is OT, but damn it! You stole my idea for my new.sig. Hey, maybe it isn't OT! I'm sending you an invoice for $699 for the use of my IP! I won't show you exactly where I was using that.sig, but be assured, you really are using my.sig!
Mr. Postal Inspector and A.G. probably won't know the blow by blow the way you do. They won't necessarily take your word for it either.
What's wrong with:
Mr. Postal Inspector, these people are sending me a bill through the US Mail (see attached invoice). I purchased no goods or services from these people. Please investigate.
If they're sending via USMail, and you live in the US and receive one, send a copy to the USPS Postal Inspector. That's mail fraud, and the USPS takes a dim view of such things.
I suspect the FTC wouldn't particularly like it either... Your state's Attorney General might be interested in the extortion issue, too.
I think they can patent some ideas, based on non-obviousness and the rest of patent law,
Except that (algorithms and business models notwithstanding) you're not supposed to be able to patent an idea. You can patent a particular invention or process, but not the idea.
I can vouch for the AT. At work, we had several AT Model 339s (the 8MHz version with the venerable M-Series keyboard!). We ran DOS 3.x, SCO Xenix (ironic, huh?) etc...
Only time we had to replace anything was when the power supply died. Of course, that was our fault... the original supply couldn't handle the 68030 ICE boards we threw in (it drew 70 watts off the 5V line!)
I don't mean to say that Samba stole SCO IP. I'm positive the Samba team clean-roomed SMB. After all, they (wisely) won't get the MS CIFS specs to avoid contamination. And on SCO's side, AFPS is the buggiest piece of crap I've ever used. I'm simply suggesting what Darl would do.
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damn, you stole my comment.
At the gym (or running, or whatever exercising), I don't want to worry about the hard disk getting damaged through shock/whatever.
If I was using a CDR based MP3 player, why not just use a freakin' CD player?
Too late now.
.sig. Hey, maybe it isn't OT! I'm sending you an invoice for $699 for the use of my IP! I won't show you exactly where I was using that .sig, but be assured, you really are using my .sig!
Also, this is OT, but damn it! You stole my idea for my new
Darn it, now I'll have to keep this one.
Ewwww! Now I feel so... dirty. I'd take a shower, but the water to my house is out...
What's wrong with:
If they're sending via USMail, and you live in the US and receive one, send a copy to the USPS Postal Inspector. That's mail fraud, and the USPS takes a dim view of such things.
I suspect the FTC wouldn't particularly like it either... Your state's Attorney General might be interested in the extortion issue, too.
RTROTFA (read the rest of the FA).
The energy will eventually go into expanding the compacted dimensions, leaving us with a fully 10-dimensional universe.
So what happens when God messes up on bounds checking, or memory allocation for strings?
What do you think black holes and wormholes are?
Yes, but wouldn't reverse engineering God's code violate the DRM?
:-)
Divine Rights Management?
Or maybe it would violate the DMCA (Divine Message Copyright Act)???
No new MS OS for 3-4 years?
It would only be 2 years. Win2K3 Server shipped this April/May. I was at the launch.
Welcome to the Wonderful World of the DMCA.
Will the 132,000 ft. be at the top or the bottom of the 1250 foot high ballon?
So I didn't read the article. Sue me. After all, SCO and the RIAA will one of these days, so beat the rush!
Yep, Mirsky had the best "Worst of the Web" site (no pun intended). There have been attempts to do this, but they're all pale imitations.
And when will people learn that there is no "a" in "definite" and "definitely"?
I think they can patent some ideas, based on non-obviousness and the rest of patent law,
Except that (algorithms and business models notwithstanding) you're not supposed to be able to patent an idea. You can patent a particular invention or process, but not the idea.
OpenServer is not a Xenix descendant. OSR5 is Unix SVR3.2 derived.
Wait a minute!!!!!!!!
Wasn't the whole point of SCO's original claim the statment that "Linux is a Bicycle. Unix is a sports car"?
So, now Unix is an old shack needing paint work, and Linux is the nifty new paint?
However, the 14th Amendment clarified the issue, and the First Amendment applies to the Several States as well as to Congress.
Intuit.
Go! Computer...
Read "Startup" by Jerry Kaplan.
I once got my mom a T-shirt to wear while voting... Slogan read:
"I'm from Chicago. TWO BALLOTS PLEASE!!!"
Actually, it wasn't required if you didn't use the kernel TCP/IP stack, but only the userland based one.
Also, if you ran ifconfig, to change the IP, it didn't require a relink either.
Note: the kernel relink for IP change was in OSR5, not in ODT2 or ODT3.
Mod parent up! I was going to say something similar. It's not really about tech. It doesn't matter about the 'Net, or what malloc() does.
It's about copyright, contracts, licenses, and trade secrets. And most judges are aware of the issues there.
Is one of them the RCU patent? After all, SCO claims to own the RCU code, so it seems like it would be an open and shut case!
I have an IBM Personal Computer/AT
I can vouch for the AT. At work, we had several AT Model 339s (the 8MHz version with the venerable M-Series keyboard!). We ran DOS 3.x, SCO Xenix (ironic, huh?) etc...
Only time we had to replace anything was when the power supply died. Of course, that was our fault... the original supply couldn't handle the 68030 ICE boards we threw in (it drew 70 watts off the 5V line!)
The original AT was a thing of beauty.
DISCLAIMER!!!!
I don't mean to say that Samba stole SCO IP. I'm positive the Samba team clean-roomed SMB. After all, they (wisely) won't get the MS CIFS specs to avoid contamination. And on SCO's side, AFPS is the buggiest piece of crap I've ever used. I'm simply suggesting what Darl would do.