This won't kill -- or probably even hurt -- the MP3 format. It's too entrenched. What it will do is make it harder to release Free players that support MP3. And which players have the best support for OGG? That's right, the Free ones. So if this succeeds in making it harder to distribute Free players, it reduces the number of available OGG players.
Since no one will want a player that can't handle OGG, the only remaining players with significant market share will be those that have paid the fees. The organizations that can afford the fees mostly have a vested interest in restricting distribution.
... and she's deciding whether or not to accept the DoJ's capitulation in the case against Microsoft. And Microsoft has gone on the record several times claiming that judges have no power over them. (I hear this tends to piss off judges.) Why am I starting to smile?
I know you're trolling, but in case someone doesn't...
They just want us to exchange a private monopoly for a government monopoly... Almost all products produced by governments are inferior.
No one said anything about the government producing the software. They are talking about the government using the software.
Don't let the government take care of you--do it yourself.
I thought we were talking abou a private monopoly vs. a government? Now you're comparing the government to do-it-yourself. If Palladium plays out as many people have speculated, doing it yourself won't be an option.
"These community-based wireless networks are wonderful, but these will never take the place of
actual wireless systems deployed by carriers or companies such as T-Mobile," Ameri said. (Emphasis added)
Gee, I'll run right out and shut off this non-"actual" system I've actually been using, so that I can start paying for your new "actual" system. For future reference, the definition of "actual" now includes "costs money"?
That's it, mail order bride
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Working Abroad?
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But we've got the advantage of her not needing a visa to work (as it's her home country) and I'm able to enter on a spousal visa.
Get a bride catalog from your target Asian nation. Marry her. Board a plane for your "honeymoon" which happens to be in her home country. Find an apartment and start looking for work.
-- PS: Yes, it can be "Funny" and "Flamebait" at the same time. Though this may be neither.
Any type of publishing carries risks, including possible suits for libel, copyright infringement or invasion of privacy. Security research is no different. Before self-censoring, a researcher
should make a sober evaluation of which allegations are likely to stick and show courage by not bowing to spurious threats. (Emphasis added)
And Declan "should" cover my legal expenses when it happens, he and "should" pay the fine when I run out of money for lawyers and the court finds for the plaintiff.
So they built a robot, gave it sensors, then said, which works best, this? how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?how about this?
[Commercial] Are you flying now? Good. [/commercial]
China is not adopting Linux out of any altruistic sense of empowering the people. They are adopting it because it is not controlled by a corporation which is based in a potentially hostile foreign nation.
And one of the reasons I favor Linux is that it's not controlled by a corporation convicted of illegally leveraging its monopoly and based in a nation increasingly hostile to the will of its own people. (Ref: CBDTPA, UCITA, DMCA)
As for the question: how does he come up with these rather novel cooking methods? Is it trial and error (and, if so, what errors)?
One of his errors was where he placed the charcoal starter. You know, tube-with-a-handle things you use to get the coal going good before dumping it into the grill? He set one of these down on the driveway to heat up and left it alone for a while. When he came back, he discovered that the gravel driveway had conducted the heat all the way to the side and melted the sprinkler system. As he was standing there marvelling at this effect, the soles of his shoes melted.
(And I won't bother pointing out that it's not a "speach" either. Oops! Just did.)
It was an entertaining, thought-provoking rant. Did he offer an executive summary, or action items? Nope. He made some colorful comparisons.
What was his point? Other than to entertain -- which BTW seems to have been the first, second and fourth priorities -- it looks like he wanted people to question the assumptions that have taken root in the OSS community. Some people apparently don't want to question those assumptions.
This was pretty much just to see if we could, which as I think about it seems like the reasoning behind most of what I did in high school. Well, at least the things I did in high school that didn't involve girls.
Admit it. Most of what you did with girls was just to see if you could, too.
The law should say that simply doing this mod isn't illegal, but that it is sufficient grounds for a search warrant/wire tap/other investigative methods. After all, the IMEI was put in specifically to fight theft and cloning. It seems reasonable to assume that anyone changing it is probably going to do something illegal with it.
The question is whether or not you can copyright a legal document such as the EULA.
See here for the dry, legalistic explanation, or here for the analysis.
Essentially, Texas (and many other states) passed a building code "by reference." What this means is that they wrote a law saying, "Construction Company Consortium Foo has published a building code called Bar. It is now the law. Ask them for a copy." Builders are now requiored to follow a law they are not legally allowed to view, except by buying it from the industry association that wrote it.
UCITA is written for transactions...
where there are profits to support warranties. [Emphasis added] Many open source software transactions do not conform to this model in any respect.
...
UCITA attempts to force open source to conform to a model based on profits and warranties.
This would destroy open source
I think I just read the next Microsoft press release.
Am I the only one who thinks the ISO should stand up and fight the good fight?
The problem is the whole patent system. You don't fight that by overturning a single patent claim: You do it by rigorously applying the existing scheme. If that leads to unacceptable results, that will demonstrate the problem.
The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) has been invited and has agreed to serve as a member of a newly created public-private initiative, the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security.
...
An initial, formative meeting of the Partnership was held in December 1999 in New York City. The meeting was hosted by [list of names] and Howard Schmidt, Chief Security Officer, Microsoft.
This has been in the works for over two years. Schmidt was involved from the beginning in defining the scope and purpose of the position he now holds. Microsoft has been involved in the process throughout the time they were responsible for the most disruptive, expensive virus/worm attacks in history.
It's not about the purchase price, it's the total cost of ownership that's important. Right? Right?
Stephen Davidson, an attorney and chairman of the intellectual property and information technology law department at Minneapolis-based Leonard Street and Deinard, cited one case in which a company temporarily used licensed software on a computer that was more powerful than noted in the contract. That put the customer at risk of triggering an expansion charge of nearly $1 million and a threat that the license agreement would be terminated if the fee was not paid.
That's the thing you'll never see with OSS. At worst, you'll lost the support contract, but the software will always be yours.
OT re: unrelated not about karma
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The Chronoliths
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On an unrelated note, anyone else notice the karma system has changed? Apparently, my karma is now "excellent." Man, I want a point system back!
So when I hit the cap, shouldn't my karma be "most excellent"?
Ideally it would also include a.tm domain for trademarked names, to which trademark disputes would be confined
You realize ".tm" would only be meaningful to people who use the English word "Trademark" don't you? If we're really trying for a valid, international solution, it won't depend on abbreviations of English legal terms.
(Yes, English is [currently] the defacto language of the internet. One argument at a time, please.)
The complainant argues that the domain name is indistinguishable from their trademark. Respondent asserts that the trademark has become diluted to a generic, and is therefore not enforcable. According to the ruling:
The United States registrations are prima facie evidence of the validity of the trademarks.... The UDRP Policy and Rules are not intended as a forum to decide on loss of the validity of a trademark registration for loss of distinctiveness. There is no opportunity for a Complainant to respond to such an allegation.... The above conclusion is of course of no precedential value should the Respondent wish to attack the validity of the trademark UNIX in another proceeding.
Basically WIPO is saying that you can not defend a domain name by asserting that a trademark has become a generic. If you wish to challenge a trademark, you must do it in the jurisdiction where the trademark originates. As long as the trademark is considered valid in its original jurisdiction, it is accepted as valid in WIPO proceedings.
Another way of saying this is to say that credit cards are
secure enough just as they are.
Really? Look back at what you're quoting:
...the massive lapses in security are
never properly publicised...
That's not "secure enough." That's the same kind of security you had investing in Enron or Worldcom before their problems became public knowledge. The public not knowing there is a problem is not the same as there not being a problem.
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This won't kill -- or probably even hurt -- the MP3 format. It's too entrenched. What it will do is make it harder to release Free players that support MP3. And which players have the best support for OGG? That's right, the Free ones. So if this succeeds in making it harder to distribute Free players, it reduces the number of available OGG players.
Since no one will want a player that can't handle OGG, the only remaining players with significant market share will be those that have paid the fees. The organizations that can afford the fees mostly have a vested interest in restricting distribution.
... and she's deciding whether or not to accept the DoJ's capitulation in the case against Microsoft. And Microsoft has gone on the record several times claiming that judges have no power over them. (I hear this tends to piss off judges.) Why am I starting to smile?
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PS: Yes, it can be "Funny" and "Flamebait" at the same time. Though this may be neither.
An engagement is a once-in-a-lifetime event; save your consumer ethics for more trivial occasions (anniversaries, Christmas, etc).
Absolutely. Be proud of those ethics so long as they don't really interfere with anything you care about.
(And I won't bother pointing out that it's not a "speach" either. Oops! Just did.)
It was an entertaining, thought-provoking rant. Did he offer an executive summary, or action items? Nope. He made some colorful comparisons.
What was his point? Other than to entertain -- which BTW seems to have been the first, second and fourth priorities -- it looks like he wanted people to question the assumptions that have taken root in the OSS community. Some people apparently don't want to question those assumptions.
This was pretty much just to see if we could, which as I think about it seems like the reasoning behind most of what I did in high school. Well, at least the things I did in high school that didn't involve girls.
Admit it. Most of what you did with girls was just to see if you could, too.
The law should say that simply doing this mod isn't illegal, but that it is sufficient grounds for a search warrant/wire tap/other investigative methods. After all, the IMEI was put in specifically to fight theft and cloning. It seems reasonable to assume that anyone changing it is probably going to do something illegal with it.
Essentially, Texas (and many other states) passed a building code "by reference." What this means is that they wrote a law saying, "Construction Company Consortium Foo has published a building code called Bar. It is now the law. Ask them for a copy." Builders are now requiored to follow a law they are not legally allowed to view, except by buying it from the industry association that wrote it.
Now that Traficant has finally been kicked out.
Am I the only one who thinks the ISO should stand up and fight the good fight?
The problem is the whole patent system. You don't fight that by overturning a single patent claim: You do it by rigorously applying the existing scheme. If that leads to unacceptable results, that will demonstrate the problem.
Dude, sign in. Someone might hear the great point you just made.
On an unrelated note, anyone else notice the karma system has changed? Apparently, my karma is now "excellent." Man, I want a point system back!
So when I hit the cap, shouldn't my karma be "most excellent"?
Ideally it would also include a .tm domain for trademarked names, to which trademark disputes would be confined
You realize ".tm" would only be meaningful to people who use the English word "Trademark" don't you? If we're really trying for a valid, international solution, it won't depend on abbreviations of English legal terms.
(Yes, English is [currently] the defacto language of the internet. One argument at a time, please.)
The complainant argues that the domain name is indistinguishable from their trademark. Respondent asserts that the trademark has become diluted to a generic, and is therefore not enforcable. According to the ruling:
Basically WIPO is saying that you can not defend a domain name by asserting that a trademark has become a generic. If you wish to challenge a trademark, you must do it in the jurisdiction where the trademark originates. As long as the trademark is considered valid in its original jurisdiction, it is accepted as valid in WIPO proceedings.