And, of course, I forgot that I once implemented XModem in interpretted Microsoft BASIC v5.2 (or so) on an Osborne 1. 4MHz Z80A processor and 64k of RAM. Yeesh, I would have rather gotten laid.
I was more of a self-importantly smug type, but I did that YModem-G stuff too -- great with the ol' error corrected connection from my USR Courier 14.4.
Of course, that was really faster than anyone needs. 300 baud Modem7 and CP/M should be good enough for anyone, right? You can't read or type faster than that anyway.
And that started me on a nostalgia trip that lead to this page. Notice that copyright issues on source were already a problem, although in a different way.
The San Francisco office, which they obtained when they acquired Spinner (now Radio@AOL), and which housed Nullsoft after their acquisition by AOL, is being closed along with an office in San Diego.
Those places are also in CA.
Jeez, I know it's common not to RTFA around here, but at least RTF Post.
It's ok to use good ideas from others, sure, but if you put them together in a hodgepodge of ideas from others you can lose most of the benefit. The beauty of Apple's designs tends to come from their system-wide consistency and cohesion.
Well, as a fellow Canadian (based on your sig) surely you can acknowledge that while the US may not be all of "western civilization" (notwithstanding arguments about it being civilized at all), that they do have the power to influence it. If they get an even nuttier or more war-like president, or puppet to the military industrial complex, that could affect all of "western civilization".
Europe and others may not agree with them, but no-one has physically stood up to them, and they would be in deep if they did.
The problem is with their programming more than it is with the OS. As much fun as it is to bash Microsoft, this sounds like it's mostly Diebold's fault.
Let's hope that OCW doesn't end up in the list of banned sites for one of the CIPA mandated web filtering applications. Of course, we'd never know, since most of the companies don't publish the site or keyword lists that they block.
You obviously just assumed they were suing over the domain. Instead, what the article said was that they were suing because the web site was deceptive and encouraged people to make false/fraudulent/inaccurate submissions that don't qualify for the settlement.
Really, this would come down to the line from their letter about:
ESA has a good faith belief that the Internet site found at {IPAddress} continues to infringe the rights of one or more ESA members
The only real thing you could complain about is what constitutes "good faith". How much effort is required on their part? Does a reg-exp matching bot count as good faith? Doesn't seem like it to me, but unless there were a number of hits, I suppose the courts would consider it too trivial to penalize.
That argument (sorting by dates) leads one to the ISO date format -- YYYY-MM-DD -- which sorts files even better. None of this Jan 1, 2001 comes before Jan 2, 2002 stuff like your system.
And maybe when they've had some sleep, maybe they will update it. It has only landed in the last 6h or so. Give 'em a day or two to get to the press details.
Perhaps "trade secret" was the wrong term to use. I merely meant their proprietary code (which the court would assume until proved otherwise, I suspect).
Whether it's proprietary and their code remains to be seen, but I believe the courts err on the side of not giving out serious, private, competitive information unless necessary.
Perhaps they could, but that wouldn't necessarily mean it would become publicly available. If they are trade secrets (and they probably are) the court could keep them out of the public record. The company being sued could look at it, but would likely not be able to make that information public.
[Full Disclosure, I am an employee of Intuit, but in Canada, not the U.S., and I don't work on the Tax product of either country]
1. You can no longer get the friends and family pack, so what, it's $20.00 and is super easy way to do your taxes. How many accountants charge $20.00 for you, and your friends, and your parents. Give it up, the free ride is over.
I agree with this just on general principles. It's cheap and useful, so why not treat it like any other software? Surely it's worth $20 for a non-trivial return? You do pay for your other software, right? I too used to "share" Intuit Tax software with friends, but when they instituted Activation here (we did it first) most people whined and then bought it anyway, because it's worth it.
2. Audits from the IRS go back 7 years. If I have a new computer in 7 years I won't be able to reprint this years return
I don't know the details of how it works, but the PR rep in the article claims:
In most cases, customers who need to reinstall TurboTax on a new PC or hard drive simply have to enter the original activation number they received,
Surely that is sufficient, if it works as claimed.
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And, of course, I forgot that I once implemented XModem in interpretted Microsoft BASIC v5.2 (or so) on an Osborne 1. 4MHz Z80A processor and 64k of RAM. Yeesh, I would have rather gotten laid.
Of course, that was really faster than anyone needs. 300 baud Modem7 and CP/M should be good enough for anyone, right? You can't read or type faster than that anyway.
And that started me on a nostalgia trip that lead to this page. Notice that copyright issues on source were already a problem, although in a different way.
Jeez, I know it's common not to RTFA around here, but at least RTF Post.
My guess would be The Public(tm).
I know what Americans out there are thinking: democracy is scary. Well don't worry, it is at first, but you'll get used to it with practice.
Now, if only I could auto-mod myself as Flamebait.
At the risk of stating the obvious -- check local listings.
It's ok to use good ideas from others, sure, but if you put them together in a hodgepodge of ideas from others you can lose most of the benefit. The beauty of Apple's designs tends to come from their system-wide consistency and cohesion.
Adding parts from everywhere makes your interface look like that car Homer designed.
Europe and others may not agree with them, but no-one has physically stood up to them, and they would be in deep if they did.
The problem is with their programming more than it is with the OS. As much fun as it is to bash Microsoft, this sounds like it's mostly Diebold's fault.
You might want to review number theory. 10 in base 16 is 16 in base 10. That's 1*16^1 + 0*16^0.
BMG isn't the one doing the suing, SunComm is.
Let's hope that OCW doesn't end up in the list of banned sites for one of the CIPA mandated web filtering applications. Of course, we'd never know, since most of the companies don't publish the site or keyword lists that they block.
You obviously just assumed they were suing over the domain. Instead, what the article said was that they were suing because the web site was deceptive and encouraged people to make false/fraudulent/inaccurate submissions that don't qualify for the settlement.
As the article mentioned, ATI plans to release their top end cards in PCI x16 format once it's available. That'll draw them there in a hurry.
And they are bloodsuckers.
If you ask for it, it's not fraud.
Sure, free, no ads. Except for the "Buy QuickTime Pro now?" popup every time you launch it. But at least there aren't any ads.
That argument (sorting by dates) leads one to the ISO date format -- YYYY-MM-DD -- which sorts files even better. None of this Jan 1, 2001 comes before Jan 2, 2002 stuff like your system.
And maybe when they've had some sleep, maybe they will update it. It has only landed in the last 6h or so. Give 'em a day or two to get to the press details.
Perhaps "trade secret" was the wrong term to use. I merely meant their proprietary code (which the court would assume until proved otherwise, I suspect).
Whether it's proprietary and their code remains to be seen, but I believe the courts err on the side of not giving out serious, private, competitive information unless necessary.
Perhaps they could, but that wouldn't necessarily mean it would become publicly available. If they are trade secrets (and they probably are) the court could keep them out of the public record. The company being sued could look at it, but would likely not be able to make that information public.
But there is this happy outcome from that -- "Bush Admits Not Being Elected in '00, Claims Eligibility for '08"
1. You can no longer get the friends and family pack, so what, it's $20.00 and is super easy way to do your taxes. How many accountants charge $20.00 for you, and your friends, and your parents. Give it up, the free ride is over.
Surely that is sufficient, if it works as claimed.I agree with this just on general principles. It's cheap and useful, so why not treat it like any other software? Surely it's worth $20 for a non-trivial return? You do pay for your other software, right?
I too used to "share" Intuit Tax software with friends, but when they instituted Activation here (we did it first) most people whined and then bought it anyway, because it's worth it.
2. Audits from the IRS go back 7 years. If I have a new computer in 7 years I won't be able to reprint this years return
I don't know the details of how it works, but the PR rep in the article claims:
You ever have Canadian beer?
I see from your webpage that you're American. Thus, I say to you: "Pot calling kettle, come in kettle."
*stands there willing to take the shot*
That and the main host for OpenBSD. Sure, Theo lives in Calgary, but without Bob Beck and the UofA servers