More likely, this is Peter Jackson doing what he can not to butcher the Hobbit by having to cut the book down to a 2-3 hour movie. Most likely its going to be a movie in two parts, with part 1 being up until Bilbo escapes from the wood elves, and Part 2 being the Dragon, the battle of the 5 armies, and some other things tying the movie further into the first 3 (Gandolf poking around the necromancer's home and finding out he's Sauron perhaps?)
We don't have anything specific yet,but we are busy digging through the source looking for infringing content. As soon as we get something even semi legit we will show you. Until then, we will make idle threats.
Dear God, what the hell is this crap? Are we now to allow manufacturers to produce shoddy equipment and promise 'firmware' fixes down the line? That is totaly unreasonable. I should not have to patch my DVD player, update my receiver, or flash my TV.
I should be able to buy some equipment, plug it in and watch my movies. thats it.
250 years ago he probably would have been called a patriot and minuteman. You know, putting your butt on the line against tyrany? I salute this guy.
If we had more people like him today we would probably not have things like the DMCA, USA Patriot act, and warentless wiretapping. Standing up for your fundemental rights is a duty of americans.
Bad will? Bad will? What bad will. You walk into any music store and ask a random person buying CD's if they like or dislike the RIAA, they are going to look at you blankly.
Ask them what they think about the lawsuits being filed daily by the RIAA, and they will shrug and say "Yeah? So, i'm not getting sued, i don't care."
Ask them if they are upset that there is a rootkit in that CD they are holding, the would probably not understand the ramifications.
Face it, the American people care for their rights, up into the moment choosing between those rights and getting the newest, shiney toy.
Since Solaris packages are all marked by the originating company's stock ticker (VRTSvcs, SUNWlp), won't it cause a little confusion to start seeing things like JAVAapp, or JAVAexplorer?
Very good point. I remember back in the early 80's news reports of the shuttle coming back with 1/3rd of the tiles being gone due to faulty glue. Even when they didn't need to repalce the tiles so much, I'm sure they HAD to go over every inch with a fine tooth comb, and I'm sure that more than once they found some with holes from damage, either ice or micrometers. This whole "omg teh tiles have holes in them' thing is a reaction to the columbia disaster, and a way to show the media that 'yes, we are aware of the issue'.
It always annoys me when people say E. Coli is a dangerous bacteria. ONE strand of the bacteria is dangerous, but in fact another strand is needed by humans to live. We have billions of them in our large intestines, processing waste and making vitamin K. If we did not have the e. coli inside us, we would die from dehydration.
The company is obviously disappointed with the ruling issued last Friday. However, the court clearly determined that SCO owns the copyrights to the technology developed or derived by SCO after Novell transferred the assets to SCO in 1995. This includes the new development in all subsequent versions of UnixWare up through the most current release of UnixWare and substantial portions of SCO UnixWare Gemini 64. Also, SCO owns the exclusive, worldwide license to use the UnixWare trademark, now owned by The Open Group. SCO's ownership of OpenServer and its Mobile Server platforms were not challenged and remain intact. These SCO platforms continue to drive enterprises large and small and our rapidly developing mobile business is being well received in the marketplace.
What's more, the court did not dismiss our claims against Novell regarding the non compete provisions of the 1995 Technology License Agreement relating to Novell's distribution of Linux to the extent implicated by the technology developed by SCO after 1995. Those issues remain to be litigated.
Although the district judge ruled in Novell's favor on important issues, the case has not yet been fully vetted by the legal system and we will continue to explore our options with respect to how we move forward from here.
Since when do corporations get to claim protections from the constitution? Since when do they get first amendment rights?
Does this mean that corporations can start owning firearms and having their own militias, per the 2nd amendment? Does this mean that they can't testify against themselves per the 5th amendment?
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It really must have hurt your brain, since its 7am on FRIDAY. ;)
Or if you want to have fun with the string theorists, it hurts your brane.
Being appalled is the natural state of existence for a windows sysadmin.
More likely, this is Peter Jackson doing what he can not to butcher the Hobbit by having to cut the book down to a 2-3 hour movie. Most likely its going to be a movie in two parts, with part 1 being up until Bilbo escapes from the wood elves, and Part 2 being the Dragon, the battle of the 5 armies, and some other things tying the movie further into the first 3 (Gandolf poking around the necromancer's home and finding out he's Sauron perhaps?)
LOL. Well played sir, well played.
And it hosed my machine.
:)
but at least i can take solace from the fact that somewhere in Iceland is a developer who's currently getting the snot kicked out of him.
"Pull the other one, its got bells on it! comes to mind.
"Personally I'd like to know just as much where this 4.6+ billion dollars is going to end up."
Iraq, I would guess.
This translates to:
We don't have anything specific yet,but we are busy digging through the source looking for infringing content. As soon as we get something even semi legit we will show you. Until then, we will make idle threats.
Dear God, what the hell is this crap? Are we now to allow manufacturers to produce shoddy equipment and promise 'firmware' fixes down the line? That is totaly unreasonable. I should not have to patch my DVD player, update my receiver, or flash my TV.
I should be able to buy some equipment, plug it in and watch my movies. thats it.
250 years ago he probably would have been called a patriot and minuteman. You know, putting your butt on the line against tyrany? I salute this guy.
If we had more people like him today we would probably not have things like the DMCA, USA Patriot act, and warentless wiretapping. Standing up for your fundemental rights is a duty of americans.
Is someone feeling a bit marginalized, and bit irked that Linux has overshadowed HURD?
This is simply another case in the feud stallman has against torvald.
Remember the whole 'gnu/Linux' thing a few years back? Stallman likes to pick these fights, while Linus seems to shrug and roll his eyes.
Bad will? Bad will? What bad will. You walk into any music store and ask a random person buying CD's if they like or dislike the RIAA, they are going to look at you blankly.
Ask them what they think about the lawsuits being filed daily by the RIAA, and they will shrug and say "Yeah? So, i'm not getting sued, i don't care."
Ask them if they are upset that there is a rootkit in that CD they are holding, the would probably not understand the ramifications.
Face it, the American people care for their rights, up into the moment choosing between those rights and getting the newest, shiney toy.
So I'm eating lunch, glancing at slashdot.
My boss walks up behind me and says "Don't let your boss catch you reading this? What is that Dave?"
"Umm, its slashdot boss, and Its my lunch time."
"You know Dave, internet usage isnt for personal activities...."
*sigh*
Since Solaris packages are all marked by the originating company's stock ticker (VRTSvcs, SUNWlp), won't it cause a little confusion to start seeing things like JAVAapp, or JAVAexplorer?
Very good point. I remember back in the early 80's news reports of the shuttle coming back with 1/3rd of the tiles being gone due to faulty glue. Even when they didn't need to repalce the tiles so much, I'm sure they HAD to go over every inch with a fine tooth comb, and I'm sure that more than once they found some with holes from damage, either ice or micrometers. This whole "omg teh tiles have holes in them' thing is a reaction to the columbia disaster, and a way to show the media that 'yes, we are aware of the issue'.
It always annoys me when people say E. Coli is a dangerous bacteria. ONE strand of the bacteria is dangerous, but in fact another strand is needed by humans to live. We have billions of them in our large intestines, processing waste and making vitamin K. If we did not have the e. coli inside us, we would die from dehydration.
Statement from SCO Regarding Recent Court Ruling
The company is obviously disappointed with the ruling issued last Friday. However, the court clearly determined that SCO owns the copyrights to the technology developed or derived by SCO after Novell transferred the assets to SCO in 1995. This includes the new development in all subsequent versions of UnixWare up through the most current release of UnixWare and substantial portions of SCO UnixWare Gemini 64. Also, SCO owns the exclusive, worldwide license to use the UnixWare trademark, now owned by The Open Group. SCO's ownership of OpenServer and its Mobile Server platforms were not challenged and remain intact. These SCO platforms continue to drive enterprises large and small and our rapidly developing mobile business is being well received in the marketplace.
What's more, the court did not dismiss our claims against Novell regarding the non compete provisions of the 1995 Technology License Agreement relating to Novell's distribution of Linux to the extent implicated by the technology developed by SCO after 1995. Those issues remain to be litigated.
Although the district judge ruled in Novell's favor on important issues, the case has not yet been fully vetted by the legal system and we will continue to explore our options with respect to how we move forward from here.
http://www.sco.com/company/news/statement.html
If this law passes, I see the following.
(mp/ri)aa will flood the various file sharing networks with dummy files, aka 'master_of_puppets.mp3' that are actualy null files of a certain size.
Random user tries to download file from *aa over the network.
*aa records IP address of user
*aa submits IP information to DoJ
Random user goes to jail for attempted piracy and *aa also files a civil suit.
PROFIT!
Since when do corporations get to claim protections from the constitution? Since when do they get first amendment rights?
Does this mean that corporations can start owning firearms and having their own militias, per the 2nd amendment? Does this mean that they can't testify against themselves per the 5th amendment?
If you submit to WOOT and are rejected, they will state "Paper Was Not Designated Useful"
I think if he has the lat/long, he can afford the drinks.
I was actually talking about the text itself. At least on my monitor, the lines were not straight, they were slanted a few degrees.
It was a joke. A poor one perhaps, but a joke none the less.
The test of the synopsis clearly tilts to the left.
Of all the games I played back then (and i played a LOT), the one i have a great fondness for was Autoduel.
Not because the game was great (it was merely good) but because the game came with a packet of small tools.
Which were very useful in doing computer repairs. I cursed when I lost that tool packet a few years ago during a move.
That kids getting caught faking identities to get around this would be dealt with harshly by the government.
Parents (or kids?) going to jail because junior wanted to play WoW for more than 3 hours a day and faked ID?