I have a script that checks our servers once a minute. If there's a problem anywhere (high load, wedged daemon, server won't respond) festival reads out the fault.
While you're at it, develop a screen reader that can make sense of all these crap web pages. For a blind user almost half the web is totally unusable due to Javascript/Flash navigation (that has to be clicked on and can't be tabbed to), use of images for navigation without sensible ALT tags, etc.
I believe Google could make a huge contribution, just run every page in their index through the existing validation tools; +1PR if it validates, +2PR if it passes accessability checking. Google would start returning well designed and accessable pages ahead of MSIE-only crap (which is a bonus all on it's own) and for an extra +3PR one hell of a lot of web designers would start rewriting their pages to validate, overnight.
The copyright extension passed in October 1998 was named in for the late Sony Bono (Salvatore Phillip Bono) who died after skiing into a tree eariler the same year.
Bono, lead singer of U2, has long been a proponent of the world bank 'writing off' the debt burden of assorted third-world countries. From what little I know of the world bank this seems wildly incompatable with their established goals and methods.
There's little chance that Sony Bono will ever head the world bank, because he's dead.
So Steamboat Willie is NOT actually protected by copyright, since at the time it was created copyright protection only lasted fourteen years!! The constitution says so!!
IIS leaves connections open when they should be closed. MSIE will try and 'continue' using the existing connection when it fetches subsequent objects, saving itself about three packets of connection overhead each time.
A while back, Microsoft got caught testing for the "Opera" web browser, then sending back a CSS that caused Opera to badly format the page. There was absolutely no sensible reason for doing this; Opera (even older versions) did a perfectly good job using the MSIE stylesheet, and MSIE looked just as broken when presented with the Opera stylesheet.. it was (IMHO) a very deliberate attempt to make Opera look broken.
A fairly large giveaway might be that the screenshot now identifies Windows XP as a serious security and privacy risk (which it is, but a Microsoft tool would never say so!) and has "/. pwned" scrawled across it.
And because it would be so much easier to just detect the browser string and return a 'broken' CSS for all Microsoft's websites (hotmail, msnbc, etc..).
I'm surprised they haven't thought of doing that already:)
Not "always", but I just checked the EULA on a copy of XP Professional that I've had for a few years and the "$5" offer is in there. I don't have a copy of XP-pre-SP1 unfortunately..
Microsoft's EULA's have always promised to reimburse the user "The cost of the software, or $5, whichever is larger"; example, the Windows XP EULA.. Just more proof that you can put a clause in an EULA, present it to BILLIONS of people, and still go 5 years before anyone actually bothers to read the whole thing and notice the clause!!
18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES. Notwithstanding any damages that you might incur for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, all damages referenced herein and all direct or general damages in contract or anything else), the entire liability of Microsoft and any of its suppliers under any provision of this EULA and your exclusive remedy hereunder (except for any remedy of repair or replacement elected by Microsoft with respect to any breach of the Limited Warranty) shall be limited to the greater of the actual damages you incur in reasonable reliance on the Software up to the amount actually paid by you for the Software or US$5.00. The foregoing limitations, exclusions and disclaimers (including Sections 15, 16 and 17) shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, even if any remedy fails its essential purpose.
Yes. The guy specifically says this will void your warranty, and does not offer to reimburse you $5 if converting your hard-drive into a windchime causes data loss.
The image of Mickey Mouse is a TRADEMARK. If Steamboat Willie fell out of copyright it would mean you can freely make verbatim copies of Steamboat Willie. I think you could even use clips from it in other works (a music video, perhaps) but not much more.
It would not mean you're free to use the Mickey Mouse image. That image is a trademark, and will remain a trademark of Disney for as long as they continue to actively defend it.
Rather, I'd say that bloat is a question of architecture. The command line isn't bloat, since all the commands are properly seperated from the shell itself. If every command was a part of the shell program itself, then it would be bloat, even though it has the exact same capabilities.
This one's better (Just about as restrictive, but written by real lawyers for a real product). Unfortunately I can't release it to the public domain because I didn't write it.
Note that the really important parts (the disclaimer of all liabilities to the maximum extent permitted by law) are in all caps and repeated in two other languages just to keep things crystal clear. YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS. NONE. AT ALL. WE REALLY MEAN THIS.
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IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and [Company name] Corporation for the [Company name] software that accompanies this EULA, which includes computer software and may include associated media, printed materials, "online" or electronic documentation, and Internet-based services ("Software"). An amendment or addendum to this EULA may accompany the software. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL, COPY, OR USE THE SOFTWARE; YOU MAY RETURN IT TO YOUR PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND, IF APPLICABLE.
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. [Company name] grants you the following rights provided that you comply with all terms and conditions of this EULA:
1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not be used by more than one processor at any one time on any single Workstation Computer.
1.2 Mandatory Activation. The license rights granted under this EULA are limited to the first thirty (30) days after you first install the Software unless you supply information required to activate your licensed copy in the manner described during the setup sequence of the Software. You can activate the Software through the use of the Internet or telephone; toll charges may apply. You may also need to reactivate the Software if you modify your computer hardware or alter the Software. There are technological measures in this Software that are designed to prevent unlicensed use of the Software. [Company name] will use those measures to confirm you have a legally licensed copy of the Software. If you are not using a licensed copy of the Software, you are not allowed to install the Software or future Software updates. [Company name] will not collect any personally identifiable information from your Workstation Computer during this process.
1.3 Device Connections. You may permit a maximum of five (5) computers or other electronic devices (each a "Device") to connect to the Workstation Computer to utilize one or more of the following services of the Software: File Services, Print Services, Internet Information Services, and remote access (including connection sharing and telephony services). The five connection maximum includes any indirect connections made through "multiplexing" or other software or hardware which pools or aggregates connections. This five connection maximum does not apply to any other uses of the Software.
1.4 [Backdoor]/NetMeeting. The Software contains [Backdoor] technologies that enable the Software or applications installed on the Workstation Computer (sometimes referred to as a host device) to be accessed remotely from other Devices. When you are using [Backdoor] (or other software which provides similar functionality for a similar purpose) you may share your session with other users without any limit on the number of Device connections and without acquiring additional licenses for the Software. For [Company name] and non-[Company name] applications, you should consult the license agreement accompanying the applicable software or contact the applicable licensor to determine whether use of the software with [Backdoor] is permitted without an additional license. As used above, a session means the experience delivered by the Software similar to when a user is using the i
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Prior art?
I have a script that checks our servers once a minute. If there's a problem anywhere (high load, wedged daemon, server won't respond) festival reads out the fault.
Well done. Mine (xhtml1.0 strict, correct mime type) looks like total crap in MSIE. It renders perfectly in Mozilla of course..
I know this probably violates some unwritten rule on slashdot, but I did actually read the link;
He said in his blog that he circumvented the DRM.
He provides a link to the tool he used to do it.
While you're at it, develop a screen reader that can make sense of all these crap web pages. For a blind user almost half the web is totally unusable due to Javascript/Flash navigation (that has to be clicked on and can't be tabbed to), use of images for navigation without sensible ALT tags, etc.
I believe Google could make a huge contribution, just run every page in their index through the existing validation tools; +1PR if it validates, +2PR if it passes accessability checking. Google would start returning well designed and accessable pages ahead of MSIE-only crap (which is a bonus all on it's own) and for an extra +3PR one hell of a lot of web designers would start rewriting their pages to validate, overnight.
Yeah, like XHTML that validates; For example I tried to redo my homepage in XML
It validates, of course, and it worked just fine in every browser I tried. You really HAVE to see it in MSIE.
Care to explain how that works to all the backbone operators, ISP's, nntp server operators, mailserver operators, hosting sites, etc.. ?
triple damages for wilful violation.
"..ctrl-c should never be used.. because it's blatant copying."
;-)
I just found my next sig.
knoppix;
for pass in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda; done
It's an overnight job at least, and the CPU will run quite hot..
You seem a little confused;
The copyright extension passed in October 1998 was named in for the late Sony Bono (Salvatore Phillip Bono) who died after skiing into a tree eariler the same year.
Bono, lead singer of U2, has long been a proponent of the world bank 'writing off' the debt burden of assorted third-world countries. From what little I know of the world bank this seems wildly incompatable with their established goals and methods.
There's little chance that Sony Bono will ever head the world bank, because he's dead.
So Steamboat Willie is NOT actually protected by copyright, since at the time it was created copyright protection only lasted fourteen years!! The constitution says so!!
Is it a dupe, or are they jacking up prices _again_ ?
My Uncle got a knighthood, FFS. The royals hand them out like after-dinner mints!!
I think you're thinking of LinuxInsider
Not what I was talking about, but yeah..
IIS leaves connections open when they should be closed. MSIE will try and 'continue' using the existing connection when it fetches subsequent objects, saving itself about three packets of connection overhead each time.
A while back, Microsoft got caught testing for the "Opera" web browser, then sending back a CSS that caused Opera to badly format the page. There was absolutely no sensible reason for doing this; Opera (even older versions) did a perfectly good job using the MSIE stylesheet, and MSIE looked just as broken when presented with the Opera stylesheet.. it was (IMHO) a very deliberate attempt to make Opera look broken.
A fairly large giveaway might be that the screenshot now identifies Windows XP as a serious security and privacy risk (which it is, but a Microsoft tool would never say so!) and has "/. pwned" scrawled across it.
And because it would be so much easier to just detect the browser string and return a 'broken' CSS for all Microsoft's websites (hotmail, msnbc, etc..).
:)
I'm surprised they haven't thought of doing that already
Thanks for nothing guys; the previous universe was already quite bizzare and inexplicable enough...
Not "always", but I just checked the EULA on a copy of XP Professional that I've had for a few years and the "$5" offer is in there. I don't have a copy of XP-pre-SP1 unfortunately..
It's definately not in Windows 98SE.
Microsoft's EULA's have always promised to reimburse the user "The cost of the software, or $5, whichever is larger"; example, the Windows XP EULA.. Just more proof that you can put a clause in an EULA, present it to BILLIONS of people, and still go 5 years before anyone actually bothers to read the whole thing and notice the clause!!
18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES. Notwithstanding any damages that you might incur for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, all damages referenced herein and all direct or general damages in contract or anything else), the entire liability of Microsoft and any of its suppliers under any provision of this EULA and your exclusive remedy hereunder (except for any remedy of repair or replacement elected by Microsoft with respect to any breach of the Limited Warranty) shall be limited to the greater of the actual damages you incur in reasonable reliance on the Software up to the amount actually paid by you for the Software or US$5.00. The foregoing limitations, exclusions and disclaimers (including Sections 15, 16 and 17) shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, even if any remedy fails its essential purpose.
Yes. The guy specifically says this will void your warranty, and does not offer to reimburse you $5 if converting your hard-drive into a windchime causes data loss.
If Bill had five bucks for every time Windows screwed up someone's data... .. Actually, I think he does !
The image of Mickey Mouse is a TRADEMARK. If Steamboat Willie fell out of copyright it would mean you can freely make verbatim copies of Steamboat Willie. I think you could even use clips from it in other works (a music video, perhaps) but not much more.
It would not mean you're free to use the Mickey Mouse image. That image is a trademark, and will remain a trademark of Disney for as long as they continue to actively defend it.
Rather, I'd say that bloat is a question of architecture. The command line isn't bloat, since all the commands are properly seperated from the shell itself. If every command was a part of the shell program itself, then it would be bloat, even though it has the exact same capabilities.
:)
So busybox is bloat.
This one's better (Just about as restrictive, but written by real lawyers for a real product). Unfortunately I can't release it to the public domain because I didn't write it.
Note that the really important parts (the disclaimer of all liabilities to the maximum extent permitted by law) are in all caps and repeated in two other languages just to keep things crystal clear. YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS. NONE. AT ALL. WE REALLY MEAN THIS.
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IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and [Company name] Corporation for the [Company name] software that accompanies this EULA, which includes computer software and may include associated media, printed materials, "online" or electronic documentation, and Internet-based services ("Software"). An amendment or addendum to this EULA may accompany the software. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL, COPY, OR USE THE SOFTWARE; YOU MAY RETURN IT TO YOUR PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND, IF APPLICABLE.
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. [Company name] grants you the following rights provided that you comply with all terms and conditions of this EULA:
1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Software on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not be used by more than one processor at any one time on any single Workstation Computer.
1.2 Mandatory Activation. The license rights granted under this EULA are limited to the first thirty (30) days after you first install the Software unless you supply information required to activate your licensed copy in the manner described during the setup sequence of the Software. You can activate the Software through the use of the Internet or telephone; toll charges may apply. You may also need to reactivate the Software if you modify your computer hardware or alter the Software. There are technological measures in this Software that are designed to prevent unlicensed use of the Software. [Company name] will use those measures to confirm you have a legally licensed copy of the Software. If you are not using a licensed copy of the Software, you are not allowed to install the Software or future Software updates. [Company name] will not collect any personally identifiable information from your Workstation Computer during this process.
1.3 Device Connections. You may permit a maximum of five (5) computers or other electronic devices (each a "Device") to connect to the Workstation Computer to utilize one or more of the following services of the Software: File Services, Print Services, Internet Information Services, and remote access (including connection sharing and telephony services). The five connection maximum includes any indirect connections made through "multiplexing" or other software or hardware which pools or aggregates connections. This five connection maximum does not apply to any other uses of the Software.
1.4 [Backdoor]/NetMeeting. The Software contains [Backdoor] technologies that enable the Software or applications installed on the Workstation Computer (sometimes referred to as a host device) to be accessed remotely from other Devices. When you are using [Backdoor] (or other software which provides similar functionality for a similar purpose) you may share your session with other users without any limit on the number of Device connections and without acquiring additional licenses for the Software. For [Company name] and non-[Company name] applications, you should consult the license agreement accompanying the applicable software or contact the applicable licensor to determine whether use of the software with [Backdoor] is permitted without an additional license. As used above, a session means the experience delivered by the Software similar to when a user is using the i