Years ago there was a protest at Apple headquarters over the ending of the Newton. What did Apple do? They served the protesters drinks (and I think sandwichs). Apple realized that trying to degrade the protesters would only reflect poorly on them. From the start SCO has decided to take the lowest road they could find. Is their "antiprotest" really that surprising to anyone?
Is it just me or are SCO's actions truly surreal? I mean is someone smoking crack over there?
There's a local coffee house call Java Hut that has a drink called the "Psycho Blast". It's 32oz that's made with eight shots of espresso, sumatra [caffeinated] ice cream, torani chocolate, vanilla, krank20 and crushed choco covered espresso beans.
Rumor has it John Ashcroft is trying to get it declared as a controlled substance.
I own the first EV, but haven't had a Mac for a few years now to keep playing it.
EV is a giant vacuum of time. =) If I could only have five Mac games it would be on the list. For a game that was released seven years ago it still compares well to current fare. Every Mac owner needs to try it and only costs $20 to buy. I just reloaded EV on my eMac yesterday and played it for three hours straight.
For those that haven't played EV it has an unique "encouragement" to register: after a certain amount of time a pilot named "Capt. Hector" chases you down, bugs you to register and after a few warnings takes you out (no one beats him).
"Harry the Handsome Executive" wins for the funniest concept. Very, very funny and great game play to boot. Also a must try for Mac owners.
"No person shall be elected to the office of Senator or Representative more than twice, and no person who has held the office of Senator or Representative, or acted as a Senator or as a Representative, for more than one year of a term to which some other person was elected Senator or Representative shall be elected to the office of Senator or Representative more than once."
Mostly ripped from the 22nd amendment but you get the idea. Hatch is not the exception but the rule. Both the Democrats and GOP has been selling out this country for way too long. IMO it's time to add something like the above to the US Constitution.
The bills to exempt some occupations from the minimum wage and overtime protections of the
Fair Labor Standards Act, section 213 (FLSA) are S. 237 for certain construction engineers; S. 292 for funeral directors and licensed embalmers; and S. 495 for certain computer professionals.
Right now an employee needs to make $27.63 per hour (equal to $57,470.40 per year) to be exempt from overtime. If he makes less then they need to pay him time and a half for over 40 hours per week. These bills would allow an employer to require you to work as long as they want and pay you nothing more than minimum wage X 40 hours. That's $206 per week or about $10k per year. While getting someone to fill that position would be nearly impossible you get my point.
Another pair of bills, H.R. 1119 and S. 317, would allow employers to give employees one hour of comp time in exchange for one hour of overtime, thus avoiding overtime pay completely. When you take the comp time is up to the employer and he has up to a year to give it. You leave the company before taking it, you lose it.
The parent is correct (thanks for posting) with the addition that the employee needs to make $27.63 per hour (equal to $57,470.40 per year). If he makes less then they need to pay him overtime. See 29 USCA Â 213(17) D. His state may have other laws that offer further protection.
A former employer pulled a similar stunt on a friend in a different department (5+ hours per week unpaid overtime). He quietly logged his hours on a daily basis with a brief description of what he did. After two years of this he quit (better job) and filed a law suit againt them. IIRC he just had to go to the state labor board and they got him his back pay and fined the company.
IMO I'd do the same. Mention once that you don't agree with unpaid overtime and log your work activities. BTW, judges/lawyers love to see hand written logs. Also check with your state's labor relations board. I wouldn't do anything big until you start work for someone else.
On a side note: where does it stop? Is the next step to start working programers (et al) like MD residents (70 - 80 hours per week, sometimes 36 hours straight). How many hours over 40 per week is too much?
Include your full name, business name if you are filing on behalf of a business, your complete address, your telephone number with area code, your date of birth, including the year, and the last four digits of your Social Security Number.
There doesn't seem that be any mention about what happens to this data after the settlement. Is it legal for someone connected to this action to sell it?
That's ok, keep your money and I'll settle my claim via kazaa.
I completely agree with you. What I should have said was what if Walmart (or any retailer) tracked the RFIDs and sold back the agregate information back to the retailer you just shopped at? My point is once a RFID is embedded into an item like shoes or car tires (which is currently or soon going to be required by the US DOT to track recalls) you're stuck with it.
BTW, a system for reading/recording RFIDs in car tires is sooner than you think. There's an US patent out there that converts a traffic light's inductive loop sensor into a RFID reader.
I hope they do leave them on. I'd hate to miss out on the hours of fun!
Assuming that these RFIDs can be turned off. I suspect it's more likely that the RFID is marked as "sold" in their records. If RFID makers can get together and come up with a numbering scheme that would avoid duplicates (similar to MAC addresses) then it shouldn't be a problem.
The bigger problem is that Walmart tries something like this:
Joe Blow buys a pair of shoes.
He pays for them with something other than cash that has his name and address.
Walmart now sells access to their records to other stores.
Stores with RFID readers embedded in the floor of the entrance can tell who you are when you walk in. Now they know who you are, your shopping habits, etc.
The above example could be a good thing if we could only trust companies to protect our privacy (which, IMO, we can't) by allowing companies to give us personalized shopping.
When Walmart does something everyone notices and reacts. Many have learned that you can't compete with them but you can make money by servicing areas that they have decided not to persue. I suspect that most companies will quitly embrace Wally Worlds actions concerning this.
However, the "famous" among us are entitled to a certain amount of privacy, mainly because there are so many crazy people out there.
During the summer the Kennedy "compound" has a regular Town of Barnstable LOE standing at the entrance of the street which IIRC Sen. Kennedy pays for himself. Year round they have a private security force roaming the neighborhood. If Babs is so worried about security she should hire protection not change the US Constitution to suit her needs.
A logical conclusion of your otherwise reasonable point is that it should be OK to publish somebody's credit card details, or their health records, or the government's defence plans.
There is an expectation of privacy when you visit the doctor or conduct most business transactions. There is no expectation of privacy reguarding the ownership of real estate or pictures of the same (when those pictures are taken from a public place).
Right now you can go down to your local town hall, city hall or courthouse and find out who owns what real property. This information has been public information for hundreds of years. Medical records, financial information, et al has been deemed mostly private. Govt information must be made public so long as it does not compromise the security of the nation. Babs might be popular but her home is not the blueprints to a cruise missle.
According to the suit, the quality of the photo is "staggering" as a result of "enhanced technology," which caused Streisand "anxiety" ever since it was published on the website in November 2002.
It's so simple: sue the camera manufacturer! It worked for Steve Dallas against Nikolta when Sean Penn punched his clock.
The problem (as I understand it) is that he published her name, and assiciated it with her house. That information is not published publicly, and she feels that this violated her rights.
But what right of her's is being violated? It's the truth.
"Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows." - Winston
To Barbara Streisand: Blow me. The guy really doesn't give a rat's ass about "just your house", it's a photographic survey. If you don't like it might I suggest you get your sorry butt down to Home Depot and buying a few acres worth of tarps and covering up that mansion (or collection of McMansions as the case may be). This is America. If it's in plain view from a public place then you are SOL.
To Miss Vermont: Blow me. Seriously, you sound like a party animal. Maybe next time you'll think twice about getting nasty with just any guy. I think you need your dates to sign NDAs or you need to stop being such a _________ (fill in the blank). This lawsuit will most likely sink any goodwill you expected to get from your "title". I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors (and don't put the eggs on the bottom of the bag).
Again, this is the US. The first amendment bigger than you low life, money grubbing trolls. Remember, it gives you the right to act like such jerks.
How is the parent comment a troll? What he's saying is all too true. Have the current news outlets given us anything difference from the same, current story? No. Start reading some papers from Canada or the UK. Also try some of the independant papers out there. Remember: "The media is the message".
AOL could go back a week and shred the WASTE source code. SCO could go back a month and stop smoking crack.=) Either way "what's done is done".
You let the source code out so: take the high road, mea copa for the legal threats and the OS community will hopefully help you out in the future. This is being said assuming that the source code was legally released.
If someone got the source code with a GPL copyright statement is Nullsoft/AOL bound by it? It seems from the parent's quote [from Nullsoft's website] that they are claiming WASTE was never meant to be posted and distributed. My guess is that they're trying to say they're not bound by the GPL.
Did someone get the code before it got pulled? Assuming it was released under the GPL can they now retract it?
Just curious, doesn't SCO pay [the company handling the conference call] for each call received? With their limited cash flow they could be out of business by the end of the day.
I use both GNU/Linux and Macs. This discussion got me thinking about my relationship with both entities. The best analogy I can think of is with dance:
Linux is like a tango with an inexperienced partner. Fast, exciting and, as happens many times, one slips and is injured. GNU/Linux is young and free (as in speech) but still needs a fair amount of work. Only minor complaints about the work ahead because most realize the importance.
Apple is like getting fucked up the ass by your cell mate. One mistake, one improper grab for the "good life", and your owned by a 300 pound psychopath chasing you around the cell with a stiffy. The Mac GUI is a thing of beauty. It's like it was handed down by the hand of God. But then the bill comes, and comes and comes. Yearly OS updates ($130), iLife ($50),.Mac ($100) and expensive third party applications. And don't forget about the premium you'll pay for replacement parts (like coughing up $200 for a $50 power supply). Macs are incredible computers but they may cost you more than you're willing to pay.
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Is it just me or are SCO's actions truly surreal? I mean is someone smoking crack over there?
Rumor has it John Ashcroft is trying to get it declared as a controlled substance.
For those that haven't played EV it has an unique "encouragement" to register: after a certain amount of time a pilot named "Capt. Hector" chases you down, bugs you to register and after a few warnings takes you out (no one beats him).
"Harry the Handsome Executive" wins for the funniest concept. Very, very funny and great game play to boot. Also a must try for Mac owners.
I have yet a see a bad game come from Ambrosia.
I meant MD as in "medical doctor" and not as in the State of Maryland. Sorry for the confusion.
Another pair of bills, H.R. 1119 and S. 317, would allow employers to give employees one hour of comp time in exchange for one hour of overtime, thus avoiding overtime pay completely. When you take the comp time is up to the employer and he has up to a year to give it. You leave the company before taking it, you lose it.
Also see: "Bush Proposal Could End Overtime Pay for Millions of Workers."
A former employer pulled a similar stunt on a friend in a different department (5+ hours per week unpaid overtime). He quietly logged his hours on a daily basis with a brief description of what he did. After two years of this he quit (better job) and filed a law suit againt them. IIRC he just had to go to the state labor board and they got him his back pay and fined the company.
IMO I'd do the same. Mention once that you don't agree with unpaid overtime and log your work activities. BTW, judges/lawyers love to see hand written logs. Also check with your state's labor relations board. I wouldn't do anything big until you start work for someone else.
On a side note: where does it stop? Is the next step to start working programers (et al) like MD residents (70 - 80 hours per week, sometimes 36 hours straight). How many hours over 40 per week is too much?
Good Luck.
That's ok, keep your money and I'll settle my claim via kazaa.
Yup, that works until they start putting RFIDs in currency. So much for using cash.
BTW, a system for reading/recording RFIDs in car tires is sooner than you think. There's an US patent out there that converts a traffic light's inductive loop sensor into a RFID reader.
The bigger problem is that Walmart tries something like this:
Joe Blow buys a pair of shoes.
He pays for them with something other than cash that has his name and address.
Walmart now sells access to their records to other stores.
Stores with RFID readers embedded in the floor of the entrance can tell who you are when you walk in. Now they know who you are, your shopping habits, etc.
The above example could be a good thing if we could only trust companies to protect our privacy (which, IMO, we can't) by allowing companies to give us personalized shopping.
When Walmart does something everyone notices and reacts. Many have learned that you can't compete with them but you can make money by servicing areas that they have decided not to persue. I suspect that most companies will quitly embrace Wally Worlds actions concerning this.
I heard he was kicked out of Harvard for stealing $30k of computer time from a NSA project he was working on. BTW, is this true or just an urban myth?
Right now you can go down to your local town hall, city hall or courthouse and find out who owns what real property. This information has been public information for hundreds of years. Medical records, financial information, et al has been deemed mostly private. Govt information must be made public so long as it does not compromise the security of the nation. Babs might be popular but her home is not the blueprints to a cruise missle.
I thought it was the goatcx site at first. Please warn people about these things. Nasty ...
Sorry, I forgot to end it with "screw Flanders, screw Flanders, screw Flanders".
To Barbara Streisand: Blow me. The guy really doesn't give a rat's ass about "just your house", it's a photographic survey. If you don't like it might I suggest you get your sorry butt down to Home Depot and buying a few acres worth of tarps and covering up that mansion (or collection of McMansions as the case may be). This is America. If it's in plain view from a public place then you are SOL.
To Miss Vermont: Blow me. Seriously, you sound like a party animal. Maybe next time you'll think twice about getting nasty with just any guy. I think you need your dates to sign NDAs or you need to stop being such a _________ (fill in the blank). This lawsuit will most likely sink any goodwill you expected to get from your "title". I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors (and don't put the eggs on the bottom of the bag).
Again, this is the US. The first amendment bigger than you low life, money grubbing trolls. Remember, it gives you the right to act like such jerks.
The parent comment is not a troll.
You let the source code out so: take the high road, mea copa for the legal threats and the OS community will hopefully help you out in the future. This is being said assuming that the source code was legally released.
Did someone get the code before it got pulled? Assuming it was released under the GPL can they now retract it?
One question will get through while the crowd is yelling "-1, Troll".
Just curious, doesn't SCO pay [the company handling the conference call] for each call received? With their limited cash flow they could be out of business by the end of the day.
Can't say I'll shed any tears over that one.
Linux is like a tango with an inexperienced partner. Fast, exciting and, as happens many times, one slips and is injured. GNU/Linux is young and free (as in speech) but still needs a fair amount of work. Only minor complaints about the work ahead because most realize the importance.
Apple is like getting fucked up the ass by your cell mate. One mistake, one improper grab for the "good life", and your owned by a 300 pound psychopath chasing you around the cell with a stiffy. The Mac GUI is a thing of beauty. It's like it was handed down by the hand of God. But then the bill comes, and comes and comes. Yearly OS updates ($130), iLife ($50), .Mac ($100) and expensive third party applications. And don't forget about the premium you'll pay for replacement parts (like coughing up $200 for a $50 power supply). Macs are incredible computers but they may cost you more than you're willing to pay.
Freedom or comfort, it's your choice.