...to drive the Europeans into the open and waiting arms of Linux, BSD, and the likes? Who in the world at MS was responsible for making this "threat?"
Yeah, I recently saw something about that on TV (Discovery, History Channel,TechTV?). But they said they're finding it harder and harder to get the same quality of bamboo. Apparently the structural qualities of today's bamboo (at least in...Hong Kong? I think that's where the footage was from) are somewhat lacking.
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He's prolly referring to raw aluminum. Extracting it consumes way too much electricity. Of course, recycling aluminum takes very little.
I'm hardly an expert, but RICO is sufficiently broad in its scope (the Feds made it that way on purpose) that it could probably be used against SCO. From this article (http://law.about.com/library/weekly/aa042202a.htm ) about RICO and priests,
"Just exactly how does the RICO statute work? RICO requires that an "enterprise" be shown to exist. "Enterprise" is broadly defined to mean "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity." The broad definition was thought necessary to address the great variety of informal organized crime organizations and the control organized crime has over legitimate businesses.
"For RICO to apply, the enterprise must be shown to have engaged in a "pattern of racketeering activity," which means that one must show at least two "acts of racketeering activity" over a period of ten years. An "act of racketeering activity" consists of one of a lengthy list of state and federal crimes. Note that the statute does not require conviction of an "act of racketeering activity" but only that the act have been committed.
"The list of "acts of racketeering activity" includes crimes normally associated with organized crime such as murder, kidnaping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, and dealing in obscenity or drugs. However, the list also includes numerous, less heinous crimes. Well into the list one finds mail fraud and wire fraud. These statutes make it a criminal offense to use the mails or electronic communications in the commission of a crime.
"When all the pieces are assembled, one can press a RICO claim by showing that a conspiracy existed among individuals or other organizations during which two telephone calls in furtherance of the conspiracy were made in ten years."
After careful thought and ethical consideration, I have come to a conclusion regarding my use of Linux and the SCO license. It is as follows:
Mr. McBride, bite me.
I will not submit to your extortion. I will, however, point it out to my Missouri Attorney State General, for his consideration. In fact, the RICO statute comes to mind.
Okay, so once everyone has one of these devices, what happens then? Say it tells you the north road is the best choice; now everyone with one of these things heads to that road. Seems to me that, when these become commonplace, your best bet would be to do the OPPOSITE of what it tells you.
I mean, seriously. Apple knows exactly how many copies of its OS have been installed. Linux companies, eh, not so much. Even if they keep track of sales AND the number of downloads, how can they possibly know how many times a distro has been passed around? And the Mac OS pretty much has to run on a Mac. Not so Linux. My personal experience says, there's a lot more machines out there running Linux than you think.
We used to buy singles all the time. As kids, who could risk the cost of an unheard album, when you could buy eight or ten 45's for the same amount? Seems to me that these artists who are now complaining have had it too easy for too long. They've grown accustomed to people buying the whole CD based on the airplay of one or two songs, and the people now have a way to buy what they want. You want to sell complete albums? Make them worth buying. The market rewards those who provide something that people want.
Look at all the different versions of movies on DVD. The Fellowship Of The Rings, for example. Four different releases (the theatrical release, in Pan and Scan or Widescreen, the Extended version, and the Gift Set).
Excellent examples. And I would add Tull's "A Passion Play" and "Thick As A Brick," the Kinks' "Schoolboys In Disgrace," and some of the Moody Blues' albums, for those of us who remember.
"The fear among artists is that the work of art they put together, the album, will become a thing of the past," says attorney Fred Goldring, whose firm represents Will Smith...
Will Smith? "Work of art?" Hahahahahahahahah! Ho, ho, ho! Stop it! You're killing me! Hahahahahaha! Ho...*sniff* *gasp* *blink*
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...to drive the Europeans into the open and waiting arms of Linux, BSD, and the likes? Who in the world at MS was responsible for making this "threat?"
Shareholders must be loving this (not).
Yuck. I understand the want/need to hack it, but seriously, those pictures from that camera are just nasty-awful.
"However, since this has become a source of concern to our users[...]
Correction: EX-users...
I have wire-cutters.
Who stands to gain the most from this?
There's your answer.
Upgraded to 2100. Used daily.
Also, I gave away my daughter's old 166MHz Compaq, and it's still in use for email and surfing.
Isn't Novell the demon that spawned SCO?
"Although my recent experience with Linux isn't exactly getting me excited about that. It's a pain in the ass."
How recent? What distro? What part was a pain?
... of MAHA 1550mAH AA NiMH batteries in my Nikon digicam. I use the MAHA MH-C204F charger. More info here:
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Is that something like this?
Yeah, I recently saw something about that on TV (Discovery, History Channel,TechTV?). But they said they're finding it harder and harder to get the same quality of bamboo. Apparently the structural qualities of today's bamboo (at least in...Hong Kong? I think that's where the footage was from) are somewhat lacking.
I hate it when that happens.
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He's prolly referring to raw aluminum. Extracting it consumes way too much electricity. Of course, recycling aluminum takes very little.
It's those little strips of bark that hold the bamboo together that are keeping the industry from taking off...
http://www.movieeditor.com/pubs/gu4dec.rowe.monday .abridged.pdf
"DO NOT OPEN THE CD."
Better yet, OPEN the CD. Take it back and exchange it. Repeat. Loop.
Not only does this show a high rate of returns, it removes the CD from circulation, COSTING them money.
I plan on using this strategy if I ever end up with a copyprotected (unrippable) CD. If I ever buy another CD.
Yes, Ashcroft was AG for two terms. Also guv'ner from 1984 to 1993. Now, in the immortal words of ZZTop, "he's nationwide."
Jay Nixon is the current Attorney General of Missouri.
I'm hardly an expert, but RICO is sufficiently broad in its scope (the Feds made it that way on purpose) that it could probably be used against SCO. From this article (http://law.about.com/library/weekly/aa042202a.htm ) about RICO and priests,
"Just exactly how does the RICO statute work? RICO requires that an "enterprise" be shown to exist. "Enterprise" is broadly defined to mean "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity." The broad definition was thought necessary to address the great variety of informal organized crime organizations and the control organized crime has over legitimate businesses.
"For RICO to apply, the enterprise must be shown to have engaged in a "pattern of racketeering activity," which means that one must show at least two "acts of racketeering activity" over a period of ten years. An "act of racketeering activity" consists of one of a lengthy list of state and federal crimes. Note that the statute does not require conviction of an "act of racketeering activity" but only that the act have been committed.
"The list of "acts of racketeering activity" includes crimes normally associated with organized crime such as murder, kidnaping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, and dealing in obscenity or drugs. However, the list also includes numerous, less heinous crimes. Well into the list one finds mail fraud and wire fraud. These statutes make it a criminal offense to use the mails or electronic communications in the commission of a crime.
"When all the pieces are assembled, one can press a RICO claim by showing that a conspiracy existed among individuals or other organizations during which two telephone calls in furtherance of the conspiracy were made in ten years."
OTOH, IANAL, so who knows?
After careful thought and ethical consideration, I have come to a conclusion regarding my use of Linux and the SCO license. It is as follows:
Mr. McBride, bite me.
I will not submit to your extortion. I will, however, point it out to my Missouri Attorney State General, for his consideration. In fact, the RICO statute comes to mind.
Seems there's been a fair amount of trading by the higher-ups in the last couple months. Note, also, the levels of the automatic sales...
http://biz.yahoo.com/t/s/scox.html
Okay, so once everyone has one of these devices, what happens then? Say it tells you the north road is the best choice; now everyone with one of these things heads to that road. Seems to me that, when these become commonplace, your best bet would be to do the OPPOSITE of what it tells you.
I mean, seriously. Apple knows exactly how many copies of its OS have been installed. Linux companies, eh, not so much. Even if they keep track of sales AND the number of downloads, how can they possibly know how many times a distro has been passed around? And the Mac OS pretty much has to run on a Mac. Not so Linux. My personal experience says, there's a lot more machines out there running Linux than you think.
We used to buy singles all the time. As kids, who could risk the cost of an unheard album, when you could buy eight or ten 45's for the same amount? Seems to me that these artists who are now complaining have had it too easy for too long. They've grown accustomed to people buying the whole CD based on the airplay of one or two songs, and the people now have a way to buy what they want. You want to sell complete albums? Make them worth buying. The market rewards those who provide something that people want.
Look at all the different versions of movies on DVD. The Fellowship Of The Rings, for example. Four different releases (the theatrical release, in Pan and Scan or Widescreen, the Extended version, and the Gift Set).
The market thrives on more choices, not less.
Excellent examples. And I would add Tull's "A Passion Play" and "Thick As A Brick," the Kinks' "Schoolboys In Disgrace," and some of the Moody Blues' albums, for those of us who remember.
"The fear among artists is that the work of art they put together, the album, will become a thing of the past," says attorney Fred Goldring, whose firm represents Will Smith...
Will Smith? "Work of art?" Hahahahahahahahah! Ho, ho, ho! Stop it! You're killing me! Hahahahahaha! Ho...*sniff* *gasp* *blink*
Okay, I'm better now. Damn, that's funny...