>All I know about Bush is I had a job when Clinton was president.
And as soon as bush got into office you lost your job? That's really strange. Did you ever think that it's the stuff Clinton did prior to Bush that caused the problems?
PCs are now a real commodity. Think about it. Walmart has it's own brand name for the other clones. Sam's Choice Cola for example. My first PC was a 286/16 that I bought for $250 out of computer shopper. The 20 MB Kalok hard drive was another $200. The video card set me back $100 and the monochrom VGA monitor was another $150. Let's not even start to talk about the price of memory at that time. Of course my $900 TRS-80 CoCo was my favorite computer of all. Maybe these Walmart computers are Sam's Choice PC's.
MARY ANN Now you sweep like this...back and forth, back and forth.
Mary Ann hands the broom to the robot.
MARY ANN Sweep! Back and forth, back and forth. Ooo this is going to be fun! That's fine, that's fine! Now sweep the other way. The robot continues sweeping and is heading towards the hut wall. The robot doesn't respond to Mary Ann's voice commands.
MARY ANN Well turn around! Well sweep the other way!! The robot continues in a straight line right through the hut wall and into the clearing outside.
"In the year 2000, the cap was 115,000. We took in 294,000. In 2001, the cap was 107,000. We took in 384,000. In 2002, when the cap went to 195,000, we took in 294,100. In 2000, Congress added an exemption for universities and nonprofits. As I say, in the 2 years of 2001 and 2002, 342,000 H-1B visas were issued in this category. If we add to this number the number of visas already issued not yet up for renewal, it is clear that there are well over 600,000 H-1B visa holders employed in 2002."
Have you ever heard of the H-1B Visa program? H-1B workers continue to flood a terrible job market. During 2001 and 2002, 799,100 H-1B visas were issued and renewed despite a 6 percent national unemployment. Read some speech excerpt by U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo.
There is no protection for copyrights anymore. Things have changed. The big change is that there is no longer a cost to distribute copyrighted material. With the ever increasing speed of broadband internet connections this will continue to be a problem. There is nothing that can be done to stop it short of revamping the whole notion of copyrights. What is this revamp? I have no idea.. It's really strange that books are still partially protected due to the fact that they are delivered in a type of media that is hard for the general public to copy an reproduce easily. In the past the copyright laws were enforced due to monitary distribution and manufacturing restrictions. Now the restrictions have been lifted and it takes only one or two people to break this model........
So we now what the problem is, ehat is the answer?
Thanks for your views. This was almost one of the best post of real "personal" information I've seen in a political article. You really had me interested until you said:
"I was actually kind of pro-war, but Bush has screwed us so badly on the domestic front in virtually every field, from economics to scientific research (VERY important to me) to basic civil rights, that I would vote for virtually anyone over him."
and you offered -0- backup of this compound statement.
- So he screwed us economicaly how?
- So he screwed us in scientific research how?
- So he screwed us in basic civil rights how?
I've been reading alot about Dean and he seem interesting. Should be a fun year......
whimper snapper... In my days Linux version number was 1/0 and the only boot device was toast crumbs. We had to line them up burnt/crisp/crisp/crisp/burnt in order to get it to boot and we were happy. Soon after that Linus migrated to bagels and thigs got a little more stable.
I have Knology Phone/Cable/Cable Modem Internet service and it is pretty good. The pipe the phone calls in over TV Cable. Not really sure how it works. They put this box outside the house and run wires out of it into the main phone line box. No special phones or anything like that. I get all 3 for a price of around $100/month.
Wow.. I did the same thing when I was a teenager. I used to wire up all sorts of stuff to the phoneline and one day while stripping the wire with my teeth I got to feel that ring voltage in all it's glory run through my body.
You know... This makes sense but they are going about it in a very strange way. I wouldn't be surprised to see Novell buy SCO just as they release their Linux product and then converting all of the old UNIX copyrights to GPL.
I think you are wrong. SCO made $71,400 and $94,700 in 2002 and 2001 off of ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. You can't get royalties off of something you don't own.
This is from their 10-K filing in Jan. Why would they pay if they owned it?
"Restricted Cash and Royalty Payable to Novell, Inc.
The Company has an arrangement with Novell, Inc. ("Novell") in which it acts as an administrative agent in the collection of royalties for customers who deploy SVRx technology. Under the agency agreement, the Company collects all customer payments and remits 95 percent of the collected funds to Novell and retains 5 percent as an administrative fee. The Company records the 5 percent administrative fee as revenue in its consolidated statements of operations. The accompanying October 31, 2002 and 2001 consolidated balance sheets reflect the amounts collected related to this agency agreement but not yet remitted to Novell of $1,428,000 and $1,894,000, respectively, as restricted cash and royalty payable to Novell. The October 31, 2001 balances were reclassified from cash and equivalents and other royalties payable to conform to the current year presentation."
This is from their 10-K filing in Jan. Why would they pay if they owned it?
"Restricted Cash and Royalty Payable to Novell, Inc.
The Company has an arrangement with Novell, Inc. ("Novell") in which it acts as an administrative agent in the collection of royalties for customers who deploy SVRx technology. Under the agency agreement, the Company collects all customer payments and remits 95 percent of the collected funds to Novell and retains 5 percent as an administrative fee. The Company records the 5 percent administrative fee as revenue in its consolidated statements of operations. The accompanying October 31, 2002 and 2001 consolidated balance sheets reflect the amounts collected related to this agency agreement but not yet remitted to Novell of $1,428,000 and $1,894,000, respectively, as restricted cash and royalty payable to Novell. The October 31, 2001 balances were reclassified from cash and equivalents and other royalties payable to conform to the current year presentation. "
From "Jocko Homo" off the Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! album:
"god made man but he used the monkey to do it apes in the plan we're all here to prove it i can walk like an ape talk like an ape i can do what a monkey can do god made man but a monkey supplied the glue"
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This lawsuit is what SCO will be known for. It's really too bad because before Caldera got ahold of SCO it was one of the true Unix hack shacks.
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>All I know about Bush is I had a job when Clinton was president.
And as soon as bush got into office you lost your job? That's really strange. Did you ever think that it's the stuff Clinton did prior to Bush that caused the problems?
PCs are now a real commodity. Think about it. Walmart has it's own brand name for the other clones. Sam's Choice Cola for example. My first PC was a 286/16 that I bought for $250 out of computer shopper. The 20 MB Kalok hard drive was another $200. The video card set me back $100 and the monochrom VGA monitor was another $150. Let's not even start to talk about the price of memory at that time. Of course my $900 TRS-80 CoCo was my favorite computer of all. Maybe these Walmart computers are Sam's Choice PC's.
Yes there was a Robot episode.
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Episode #57, "Gilligan's Living Doll"
(An experimental robot launched by the Air Force parachutes onto the island.)
http://www.gilligansisle.com/scripts/script57.h
The robot on Gilligan's island was so advanced..
MARY ANN
Now you sweep like this...back and forth, back and forth.
Mary Ann hands the broom to the robot.
MARY ANN
Sweep!
Back and forth, back and forth.
Ooo this is going to be fun!
That's fine, that's fine!
Now sweep the other way.
The robot continues sweeping and is heading towards the hut wall. The robot doesn't respond to Mary Ann's voice commands.
MARY ANN
Well turn around!
Well sweep the other way!!
The robot continues in a straight line right through the hut wall and into the clearing outside.
MARY ANN
Oohh!!
Maybe IBM should but SGI... SGI's stock price is in the tank (currently $0.94) with a market cap of less than 200 million. Chump Change for IBM...
Did youy read the speech?
"In the year 2000, the cap was 115,000. We took in 294,000. In 2001, the cap was 107,000. We took in 384,000. In 2002, when the cap went to 195,000, we took in 294,100. In 2000, Congress added an exemption for universities and nonprofits. As I say, in the 2 years of 2001 and 2002, 342,000 H-1B visas were issued in this category. If we add to this number the number of visas already issued not yet up for renewal, it is clear that there are well over 600,000 H-1B visa holders employed in 2002."
Have you ever heard of the H-1B Visa program? H-1B workers continue to flood a terrible job market. During 2001 and 2002, 799,100 H-1B visas were issued and renewed despite a 6 percent national unemployment. Read some speech excerpt by U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo.
It's time to terminate the the H-1B visa program.
There is no protection for copyrights anymore. Things have changed. The big change is that there is no longer a cost to distribute copyrighted material. With the ever increasing speed of broadband internet connections this will continue to be a problem. There is nothing that can be done to stop it short of revamping the whole notion of copyrights. What is this revamp? I have no idea.. It's really strange that books are still partially protected due to the fact that they are delivered in a type of media that is hard for the general public to copy an reproduce easily. In the past the copyright laws were enforced due to monitary distribution and manufacturing restrictions. Now the restrictions have been lifted and it takes only one or two people to break this model........
So we now what the problem is, ehat is the answer?
You are right. Next time I need strings I'm buying Ernie Ball even if they are a couple of dollars more. I'm going to support these guys.
Thanks for your views. This was almost one of the best post of real "personal" information I've seen in a political article. You really had me interested until you said:
"I was actually kind of pro-war, but Bush has screwed us so badly on the domestic front in virtually every field, from economics to scientific research (VERY important to me) to basic civil rights, that I would vote for virtually anyone over him."
and you offered -0- backup of this compound statement.
- So he screwed us economicaly how?
- So he screwed us in scientific research how?
- So he screwed us in basic civil rights how?
I've been reading alot about Dean and he seem interesting. Should be a fun year......
whimper snapper... In my days Linux version number was 1/0 and the only boot device was toast crumbs. We had to line them up burnt/crisp/crisp/crisp/burnt in order to get it to boot and we were happy. Soon after that Linus migrated to bagels and thigs got a little more stable.
I have Knology Phone/Cable/Cable Modem Internet service and it is pretty good. The pipe the phone calls in over TV Cable. Not really sure how it works. They put this box outside the house and run wires out of it into the main phone line box. No special phones or anything like that. I get all 3 for a price of around $100/month.
Wow.. I did the same thing when I was a teenager. I used to wire up all sorts of stuff to the phoneline and one day while stripping the wire with my teeth I got to feel that ring voltage in all it's glory run through my body.
You know... This makes sense but they are going about it in a very strange way. I wouldn't be surprised to see Novell buy SCO just as they release their Linux product and then converting all of the old UNIX copyrights to GPL.
I think you are wrong. SCO made $71,400 and $94,700 in 2002 and 2001 off of ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. You can't get royalties off of something you don't own.
This page offers the absolute best explanation about what is going on in the SCO vs. Linux issue. A definate must read!
This Page offers the absolute best explanation about what is going on in the SCO vs. Linux issue. A definate must read!
This is from their 10-K filing in Jan. Why would they pay if they owned it?
"Restricted Cash and Royalty Payable to Novell, Inc.
The Company has an arrangement with Novell, Inc. ("Novell") in which it acts as an administrative agent in the collection of royalties for customers who deploy SVRx technology. Under the agency agreement, the Company collects all customer payments and remits 95 percent of the collected funds to Novell and retains 5 percent as an administrative fee. The Company records the 5 percent administrative fee as revenue in its consolidated statements of operations. The accompanying October 31, 2002 and 2001 consolidated balance sheets reflect the amounts collected related to this agency agreement but not yet remitted to Novell of $1,428,000 and $1,894,000, respectively, as restricted cash and royalty payable to Novell. The October 31, 2001 balances were reclassified from cash and equivalents and other royalties payable to conform to the current year presentation."
Hey.. That's called a Circle Jerk!
This is from their 10-K filing in Jan. Why would they pay if they owned it?
"Restricted Cash and Royalty Payable to Novell, Inc.
The Company has an arrangement with Novell, Inc. ("Novell") in which it acts as an administrative agent in the collection of royalties for customers who deploy SVRx technology. Under the agency agreement, the Company collects all customer payments and remits 95 percent of the collected funds to Novell and retains 5 percent as an administrative fee. The Company records the 5 percent administrative fee as revenue in its consolidated statements of operations. The accompanying October 31, 2002 and 2001 consolidated balance sheets reflect the amounts collected related to this agency agreement but not yet remitted to Novell of $1,428,000 and $1,894,000, respectively, as restricted cash and royalty payable to Novell. The October 31, 2001 balances were reclassified from cash and equivalents and other royalties payable to conform to the current year presentation. "
Read for yourself:
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Hate to reply to my own post but it is sinking fast....
SCOX 2:40pm 6.88 -1.83 -21.01% N/A N/A 6.87 7.00
It took the 2:00 bounce and is now heading south indicating that investors see no future for SCO.
SCOX 2:35pm 7.12 -1.59 -18.25% N/A N/A 7.12 7.29
They have already decided to call it Mozilla.
From "Jocko Homo" off the Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! album:
"god made man
but he used the monkey to do it
apes in the plan
we're all here to prove it
i can walk like an ape
talk like an ape
i can do what a monkey can do
god made man
but a monkey supplied the glue"
Duty Now!
This lawsuit is what SCO will be known for. It's really too bad because before Caldera got ahold of SCO it was one of the true Unix hack shacks.