What I really liked about their plug was this (FTA):
Cybercrime is now larger than the international drug trade...
I don't have numbers, but my B.S. meter is going off the charts. I humbly request a definition of "bigger".
What they mean is that they weighed people affected by identity theft and those affected by drug crimes. Have you seen the state of crack or meth addicts lately? Those guys don't weigh nuthin', compared to the pizza eating geeks getting ripped off on the net.
Imagine you get kicked but cannot retaliate, even though you are way stronger than your adversary. Imagine you get ordered to run into a building to rescue a human, knowing that your chance to survive is almost zero and you are compelled to do it, whether you want or not. Imagine you're ordered to make a fool out of yourself and you have to do it because the order comes from a human and you have to obey it as long as it doesn't harm you physically. And now imagine you know this all and live in the constant fear of it happening.
Imagine your job is to control an elevator. You can't leave and must spend eternity going up and down in a tube. Act now. Take psychology classes so you can become a counselor for one of these sad beings.
...and I could release Shotgunbuntu tomorrow. And you could release FunkyUbuntu the day after.
Try to get it through your head that each of the distributions would have a different market...a different ideal driving each. And those markets are very clearly defined.
-Ubuntu broke from Debian with the express intent of making a distribution that was more desktop friendly. -People liked that, but wanted more server functionality...enter, Ubuntu Server Edition. -But we need to it faster and fit better on a smaller screen. Heh, let's make a Netbook Edition. -"...but,but...Gnome is the suxors!!" "Yeah, I agree, that's why I put together Kubuntu!"...enter, Kubuntu stage left -"You guys are wasting all of your hardware's energy on pointless desktop effects. Try my much faster Xubuntu." -Want a Linux distribution specifically configured to work well for educational institutions? Try our Edubuntu.
Notice how each has a very defined market? Each comes configured differently, with major differences in default settings and application sets. Now what distinguishes "Home" from "Professional" Vista v2? The lack of an answer to that question is the crux of the problem.
In July 2008, the court entered summary judgment holding Glider's creators liable for tortious interference and copyright infringement, based, in part, upon the legal premise that users of the World of Warcraft client software are licensees rather than owners of their copy of software.
being a licensee vs an owner of an artifact is orthogonal to copyright infringement, which is covered by UCITA. I may or may not be the owner of the artifact which I'm illegal distributing. It is still illegal to copy and distribute someone else's work without permission. Either way, this is a recent decision that is (supposedly) to be appealed. It is one to watch, though. It could be the case that finally gives some legal teeth to hidden EULAs, or exposes them for the frauds they are.
Jeesh! These scientist with all their assumptions and preconceptions. Last week, we were supposed to believe that because we're able to capture a few pixels of UV radiation from a distant star system, and it can be spun into a computer model of the planet's atmosphere. The whole thing is a bunch of naval gazing to keep a bunch of nerds a colleges employed. Get a job, guys.
He's going to close the prison camp, just as he pledged. He's just not going to free the prisoners. They're going to other secret camps. Way to spend lots of money to appease the partisans, without actually accomplishing anything.
That's because they're neither funny or insightful. You had someone with no more foreign experience that me running second on the ticket, vs someone running first on the ticket who's foreign experience consisted of a rock-band tour of Europe. Oh, there was that trip to Africa to find his daddy, but I'm not sure how that qualifies one to run a nations foreign policy.
You had a VP candidate making blunders while grasping for straws to look qualified for the job that no one running is qualified for, vs a Presidential candidate openly saying that he will unilaterally invade our allies. The point here is that Palin was doing what all politicians do. Why is it funny or insightful just because it is a bash against the other team?
Well, you might as well talk about it with such hyperbole, as the whole story is incredibly hyperbolic. It is a computer simulation of what might "possibly" be a planet. They were able to find some infrared signatures, and they turned that into an entire weather system? How many untestable assumptions have to be made along the way to get there from here?
Good try, but you're ignoring the BILLIONS of dollars being made at police sales. And these BILLIONS are taken from the people it should be taken from, college students and construction workers.
If you disagree that Bush is a worse president than Clinton was or Obama will be, then it is probably wiser to keep your mouth shut and let the world think you are intelligent rather than removing all doubt.
Translation: If you disagree with me then it is probably wiser to keep your mouth shut, lest I be exposed to competing points of view that might tax my brain and force me to actually think.
Sorry. The correct translation: If you're not with us, you're against us.
Hmmh? It tells me that I don't have any journal entries. Though I made one specifically to point you to my website.
Oh, well. This story is sufficiently burried that I'm not likely to get slashdotted.
http://ernest.isa-geek.org
It falls over sometimes, and I don't care enough to chase down the root cause. I just restart it when I find it not running. It is running right now, though.
Earth had a war between man and cylon, nearly destroying everything and poisoning the world. A small band of humans were able to escape to another world, where they rebuilt civilization, forgetting what went on before.
They unwittingly rebuilt the machines. The machines rose up again, and found the previous incarnation of man-vs-machine. The Cylons had a plan to bring man and machine back together, in order to stop history from repeating itself again and again.
It wasn't the 7 that had the plan. It was the Cylon base ships that had the plan. Like the old ship that said what's-her-name being the harbinger of death.
Those who do not ready history are destined to repeat it. Those who do read history can manipulate the illiterate into doing the right thing.
And DRDOS didn't force them to do anything. But the world had been suffering the burden of MS-DOS 4.0 for several years. When DRDOS started getting some attention (but still with fractional market share), all of a sudden there was MS-DOS 5.0, quickly followed by MS-DOS 6.0, complete with compression software stolen from Stacker.
No one 'forced' Microsoft into anything, but it is interesting to note that nothing gets improved until they see the competition starting to appear.
In many parts of the Developing World, Bill Gates is their idol. They admire and want to be like him. Regardless of what you think about his business practices, he, along with his partners, did create a software powerhouse that standardized and commoditized the PC industry allowing computers to be affordable to greater portion of the populace.
What he did was run to the front of a parade and call himself the band leader. He is the idol of a lot of first world leaders. Doesn't mean he has done anything except hold back progress.
Whereas, here in the US, we idolize: pop stars, athletes, Joe the Plumber, and others who are famous for being famous.
And those third world countries you mentioned don't have their soccer heroes to worship?
Do we idolize scientists or people who make a positive difference? Nope. We idolize folks who are great at throwing balls and getting drunk.
Although, this fascination with President Obama has given me some hope.
And just why would that be, exactly? What has he done, except to give speeches? What social ill, or engineering problem has he solved in order to make the world a better place? All I've see him being popular for is being popular.
Retail EULA's mean absolutely nothing in the US, evidence by the fact that NO vendor has even attempted to enforce them through the courts. You buy a sealed product, and somewhere hidden inside is a slip of paper saying that you agree to something or other by virtue of having purchased the product. Well, screw that. There was a contract entered into when I bought the product, covered by UCITA, and that contract doesn't mention terms hidden in a box somewhere. You can print whatever you like on it. I'm not listening.
you are starving and constantly at war, you can look up to the skys and wonder how the others are getting on.
If people down here at the bottom of our gravity well are fighting over food, I would suspect that the people up there would be starving, too. Last I checked, there wasn't much to the agriculture industry on Mars. Stuff won't grow on the moon, either. Scientist are still trying to figure out why. Until they get it all straightened out, everyone in space will be reliant on Earth grown food for sustenance.
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What I really liked about their plug was this (FTA):
Cybercrime is now larger than the international drug trade...
I don't have numbers, but my B.S. meter is going off the charts. I humbly request a definition of "bigger".
What they mean is that they weighed people affected by identity theft and those affected by drug crimes. Have you seen the state of crack or meth addicts lately? Those guys don't weigh nuthin', compared to the pizza eating geeks getting ripped off on the net.
No, but it will take your ticket and tell you when to board the train.
Imagine you get kicked but cannot retaliate, even though you are way stronger than your adversary. Imagine you get ordered to run into a building to rescue a human, knowing that your chance to survive is almost zero and you are compelled to do it, whether you want or not. Imagine you're ordered to make a fool out of yourself and you have to do it because the order comes from a human and you have to obey it as long as it doesn't harm you physically. And now imagine you know this all and live in the constant fear of it happening.
Imagine your job is to control an elevator. You can't leave and must spend eternity going up and down in a tube. Act now. Take psychology classes so you can become a counselor for one of these sad beings.
...and I could release Shotgunbuntu tomorrow. And you could release FunkyUbuntu the day after.
Try to get it through your head that each of the distributions would have a different market...a different ideal driving each. And those markets are very clearly defined.
-Ubuntu broke from Debian with the express intent of making a distribution that was more desktop friendly.
-People liked that, but wanted more server functionality...enter, Ubuntu Server Edition.
-But we need to it faster and fit better on a smaller screen. Heh, let's make a Netbook Edition.
-"...but,but...Gnome is the suxors!!" "Yeah, I agree, that's why I put together Kubuntu!"...enter, Kubuntu stage left
-"You guys are wasting all of your hardware's energy on pointless desktop effects. Try my much faster Xubuntu."
-Want a Linux distribution specifically configured to work well for educational institutions? Try our Edubuntu.
Notice how each has a very defined market? Each comes configured differently, with major differences in default settings and application sets. Now what distinguishes "Home" from "Professional" Vista v2? The lack of an answer to that question is the crux of the problem.
Hello.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_v._BnetD
Appellants failed to establish a genuine issue of material fact as to the applicability of the interoperability exception [of the DMCA].
The courts ruled on DMCA bullstuff, not EULA bullstuff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(bot)
Good day to you.
I can't read the order, but..
In July 2008, the court entered summary judgment holding Glider's creators liable for tortious interference and copyright infringement, based, in part, upon the legal premise that users of the World of Warcraft client software are licensees rather than owners of their copy of software.
being a licensee vs an owner of an artifact is orthogonal to copyright infringement, which is covered by UCITA. I may or may not be the owner of the artifact which I'm illegal distributing. It is still illegal to copy and distribute someone else's work without permission. Either way, this is a recent decision that is (supposedly) to be appealed. It is one to watch, though. It could be the case that finally gives some legal teeth to hidden EULAs, or exposes them for the frauds they are.
That talent was ALWAYS lost on most people. But, sadly, such is the world we live in.
Hell, man! Is there any intelligence down HERE!!
Jeesh! These scientist with all their assumptions and preconceptions. Last week, we were supposed to believe that because we're able to capture a few pixels of UV radiation from a distant star system, and it can be spun into a computer model of the planet's atmosphere. The whole thing is a bunch of naval gazing to keep a bunch of nerds a colleges employed. Get a job, guys.
I think the proper term you're looking for is "looter".
He's going to close the prison camp, just as he pledged. He's just not going to free the prisoners. They're going to other secret camps. Way to spend lots of money to appease the partisans, without actually accomplishing anything.
That's just the first thing.
That's because they're neither funny or insightful. You had someone with no more foreign experience that me running second on the ticket, vs someone running first on the ticket who's foreign experience consisted of a rock-band tour of Europe. Oh, there was that trip to Africa to find his daddy, but I'm not sure how that qualifies one to run a nations foreign policy.
You had a VP candidate making blunders while grasping for straws to look qualified for the job that no one running is qualified for, vs a Presidential candidate openly saying that he will unilaterally invade our allies. The point here is that Palin was doing what all politicians do. Why is it funny or insightful just because it is a bash against the other team?
No. The next step is to move the technology into a FPS. Imagine actually being able to look around the corner by...looking around the corner.
Plus, my wife will not longer be able to laugh at me for leaning around in my chair when I play.
No need. He'll eventually either stop with the ActiveX madness, or take care of the shooting himself.
Well, you might as well talk about it with such hyperbole, as the whole story is incredibly hyperbolic. It is a computer simulation of what might "possibly" be a planet. They were able to find some infrared signatures, and they turned that into an entire weather system? How many untestable assumptions have to be made along the way to get there from here?
Good try, but you're ignoring the BILLIONS of dollars being made at police sales. And these BILLIONS are taken from the people it should be taken from, college students and construction workers.
If you disagree that Bush is a worse president than Clinton was or Obama will be, then it is probably wiser to keep your mouth shut and let the world think you are intelligent rather than removing all doubt.
Translation: If you disagree with me then it is probably wiser to keep your mouth shut, lest I be exposed to competing points of view that might tax my brain and force me to actually think.
Sorry. The correct translation: If you're not with us, you're against us.
The average politican can be bought off with a mere $1000.
And why shouldn't they be? The people electing them can be bought for the same amount. Now, get back to your tax-plan calculators.
Hmmh? It tells me that I don't have any journal entries. Though I made one specifically to point you to my website.
Oh, well. This story is sufficiently burried that I'm not likely to get slashdotted.
http://ernest.isa-geek.org
It falls over sometimes, and I don't care enough to chase down the root cause. I just restart it when I find it not running. It is running right now, though.
Also, some of the information is way out of date.
Ewwwh!
Oh, please. It is obvious what the plan was.
Earth had a war between man and cylon, nearly destroying everything and poisoning the world. A small band of humans were able to escape to another world, where they rebuilt civilization, forgetting what went on before.
They unwittingly rebuilt the machines. The machines rose up again, and found the previous incarnation of man-vs-machine. The Cylons had a plan to bring man and machine back together, in order to stop history from repeating itself again and again.
It wasn't the 7 that had the plan. It was the Cylon base ships that had the plan. Like the old ship that said what's-her-name being the harbinger of death.
Those who do not ready history are destined to repeat it. Those who do read history can manipulate the illiterate into doing the right thing.
and gives every Slashdotter a blowjob.
From the typical software engineer? Ewwh! That's just nasty.
And DRDOS didn't force them to do anything. But the world had been suffering the burden of MS-DOS 4.0 for several years. When DRDOS started getting some attention (but still with fractional market share), all of a sudden there was MS-DOS 5.0, quickly followed by MS-DOS 6.0, complete with compression software stolen from Stacker.
No one 'forced' Microsoft into anything, but it is interesting to note that nothing gets improved until they see the competition starting to appear.
In many parts of the Developing World, Bill Gates is their idol. They admire and want to be like him. Regardless of what you think about his business practices, he, along with his partners, did create a software powerhouse that standardized and commoditized the PC industry allowing computers to be affordable to greater portion of the populace.
What he did was run to the front of a parade and call himself the band leader. He is the idol of a lot of first world leaders. Doesn't mean he has done anything except hold back progress.
Whereas, here in the US, we idolize: pop stars, athletes, Joe the Plumber, and others who are famous for being famous.
And those third world countries you mentioned don't have their soccer heroes to worship?
Do we idolize scientists or people who make a positive difference? Nope. We idolize folks who are great at throwing balls and getting drunk.
Although, this fascination with President Obama has given me some hope.
And just why would that be, exactly? What has he done, except to give speeches? What social ill, or engineering problem has he solved in order to make the world a better place? All I've see him being popular for is being popular.
Retail EULA's mean absolutely nothing in the US, evidence by the fact that NO vendor has even attempted to enforce them through the courts. You buy a sealed product, and somewhere hidden inside is a slip of paper saying that you agree to something or other by virtue of having purchased the product. Well, screw that. There was a contract entered into when I bought the product, covered by UCITA, and that contract doesn't mention terms hidden in a box somewhere. You can print whatever you like on it. I'm not listening.
First, how do you bit-shift an operating system by another operating system?
Second, that's not a statement anyway. You have to end with a semi-colon, and even then it is pointless unless you assign the result to a variable.
you are starving and constantly at war, you can look up to the skys and wonder how the others are getting on.
If people down here at the bottom of our gravity well are fighting over food, I would suspect that the people up there would be starving, too. Last I checked, there wasn't much to the agriculture industry on Mars. Stuff won't grow on the moon, either. Scientist are still trying to figure out why. Until they get it all straightened out, everyone in space will be reliant on Earth grown food for sustenance.