The operative word here is HIS - that is he wouldn't do anything that HIS lawyers or advisors deem unconstitutional. Have you even listened to the tortured logic that the Attorney General uses when defending TORTURE?? Or Donald Rumsfelds musings about the issue? What about John Yoo or David Addington? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/docume nts/dojinterrogationmemo20020801.pdf http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5197853/site/newsweek (RANT) Yeah, and I know what you are going to say..they are terrorists and deserve it. First of all, torture is WRONG. We are the good guys, remember? Second, we have no way of knowing that they are guilty. They have no evidence presented, and no chance at a trial. What if someone just wants the reward, and turns you in as a Qaeda operative? There have been many allegations of this happening. (/RANT) The wiretaps are the same thing. The fact is that we have judicial oversight to prevent this kind of overreaching. The fact is that FISA gives you 72 hours to tap and then ask questions later, so judicial oversight wouldn'd hold up the tapping of a phone in an emergency. The fact is that they didn't want to bother with it! And BTW, this is not a liberal rant, this is a _libertarian_ rant. I remember when the GOP used to be the friend of the libertarians....
I am not knocking Open Office, but it is flaky compared to Star Office. Besides, many PHBs want products that are commercially supported. They simply must have someone to yell at if it breaks. Ya just can't do that with Open Office.
Two interesting tidbits: Sun was one of the few companies that bought a SCO license, and Scott McNealy darkly referred to Open Source as if they were pirates bent on destruction of Intellectual property here: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C3959%2C1209873%2 C00.asp
Second, one way to kill Linux as a viable desktop alternative would be to get rid of Star Office or at least make it seem like its support will be limited. Does Sun really care about desktops? Star Office on Linux is being used by many governments around the world as a bludgeon to beat up MS in contract negotiations (why would I pay $500/desktop and up for your software when I can use Star Office on Linux). Even when they don't intend to use Linux, it provides good leverage for getting massive discounts. If Sun can be convinced to get rid of Star Office, that very well could pay M$ back while seriously damaging Linux. I have used both Open Office and Star Office, and neither are MS killers, but Star Office is much more useful and polished.
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The big question is "how do you know the intent of the user?". Did I mean to type in: http://www.phishersite.com/BankOfAmerica/phishme.h tml instead of https://www.bankofamerica.com/login.cfm? You can't. And trying to keep track of ALL the good sites is a sisyphusian task.
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but then again, just think how the other 50% of marriages end!!
hint - pine box...
The operative word here is HIS - that is he wouldn't do anything that HIS lawyers or advisors deem unconstitutional. Have you even listened to the tortured logic that the Attorney General uses when defending TORTURE?? Or Donald Rumsfelds musings about the issue? What about John Yoo or David Addington?e nts/dojinterrogationmemo20020801.pdf
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/docum
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5197853/site/newsweek
(RANT)
Yeah, and I know what you are going to say..they are terrorists and deserve it. First of all, torture is WRONG. We are the good guys, remember? Second, we have no way of knowing that they are guilty. They have no evidence presented, and no chance at a trial. What if someone just wants the reward, and turns you in as a Qaeda operative? There have been many allegations of this happening.
(/RANT)
The wiretaps are the same thing. The fact is that we have judicial oversight to prevent this kind of overreaching. The fact is that FISA gives you 72 hours to tap and then ask questions later, so judicial oversight wouldn'd hold up the tapping of a phone in an emergency. The fact is that they didn't want to bother with it! And BTW, this is not a liberal rant, this is a _libertarian_ rant. I remember when the GOP used to be the friend of the libertarians....
I am not knocking Open Office, but it is flaky compared to Star Office. Besides, many PHBs want products that are commercially supported. They simply must have someone to yell at if it breaks. Ya just can't do that with Open Office.
Two interesting tidbits:2 C00.asp
Sun was one of the few companies that bought a SCO license, and Scott McNealy darkly referred to Open Source as if they were pirates bent on destruction of Intellectual property here: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C3959%2C1209873%
Second, one way to kill Linux as a viable desktop alternative would be to get rid of Star Office or at least make it seem like its support will be limited. Does Sun really care about desktops? Star Office on Linux is being used by many governments around the world as a bludgeon to beat up MS in contract negotiations (why would I pay $500/desktop and up for your software when I can use Star Office on Linux). Even when they don't intend to use Linux, it provides good leverage for getting massive discounts. If Sun can be convinced to get rid of Star Office, that very well could pay M$ back while seriously damaging Linux. I have used both Open Office and Star Office, and neither are MS killers, but Star Office is much more useful and polished.
>Surely it is.
>What next? Patenting the act of selling?
Yes it is, but don't call me "Shirley".