IIRC, some blockheaded judge bought the argument that copying the software from disk to RAM constituded making an illegal copy according to copyright law.
I doubt that, can you provide a reference please?
it makes a bizarre sort of sense if you accept the premise that copying the software to RAM is "copying".
Even if this was true, making a copy of something you already own for your own use is legally allowed under copyright laws (for example, before AHRA, it was legal to copy a CD to tape to listen to it in your car.) Since copying from HD to RAM (or from CD to HD) would be for your own use, there is no way it could conflict with copyright law.
First: When you buy something (music CD, software, book, etc.) covered by copyright, you're actually buying it. This is very straightforward, and has been held up in court (book publishers attempting to sue used book stores.)
OK, so you've bought software, you go to install it - you open it and read the EULA - and are disgusted that you now have to give your firstborn child to Bill Gates, so you think "No, I don't agree to this."
So - you've not agreed - you click "I agree" (because it's the only way to install the software) and you continue to use it.
You're 100% legally entitled to do this.
First and foremost, the argument of the EULA as a contract is absurd. A contract is an agreement negotiated between two parties - since there was no negotiation, there is no contract.
Second, there's the argument of "you clicked 'ACCEPT', so therefore you agree to the EULA" - Wrong. I rejected the EULA - as in ALL of the EULA - so what's saying that I'm bound by clicking 'I accept'? That's right: the EULA that I rejected. Since I rejected the EULA, it has no bearing over what I can and can't do with the software. Clicking 'ACCEPT' doesn't mean that I accepted the EULA - it means that I rejected the EULA, and am not bound by it in any way.
Clicking 'I ACCEPT' doesn't mean anything. Besides the fact that the EULA is not a contract, clicking 'I ACCEPT' wouldn't bind you, because there is no way to prove that you're the one who clicked. That's why real contracts are signed - to prove that the person who accepted it is one of the parties to it.
Now, since the EULA has no hold over me, what's allowing me to use the software? Standard copyright law, that's what. I am bound by the limits of copyright law, which doesn't say anything about using the software (copyright only deals with distributing copies.)
Now, if the EULA was presented to me before I bought the software, and I signed it - then it would be a whole different story.. and I realize that with the advent of UCITA, this may change, but for the time being, EULA's aren't worth anything.
Considering you didn't specifically mention the proposed settlement, I'd guess that your comments would be part of the 7000 that were thrown out.
The only place you say anything about the settlement is this: no settlement that adds to Microsoft's monopoly should be considered.. but you fail to mention whether the one that's being considered adds to MS's monopoly or not.
Of course, you did better than me (I'm not an American, so I couldn't even write at all.)
The one that lists vulnerabilities for 2001 by OS. It breaks things down into smaller pieces, such as RedHat 7.1, etc. There are four different Linux distros that are higher than Windows 2000.
First: You neglect to mention that ALL of them pale in comparison to Windows NT, which is the reigning king, with 71.
Second, there are NOT "four higher than Windows2000", there are THREE, and they are all the same damn OS (Redhat 6.2)
Perhaps you need to look at those numbers again. Last time I checked, 54 > 42. I would assume that that includes all vulnerabilities reported for 7.0 & 7.1, while the MS numbers include NT & 2K.
Does anyone really believe that music consumers "backup" thier discs to mp3 for purely "personal" use?
YES.
My car CD player only holds 4 discs (with space in the armrest for 8 jewel cases). I have >300 discs at home. The average commercial CD holds about 45 minutes of music, which is about half of what it could.
I routinely burn mixes, taking the best tracks from the originals; that way I get both a greater variety and more music when I'm driving.
most other observers are downplaying Microsoft's "security initiative" as market-speak and vaporware
Only because that's what it is - and that's what it will continue to be until we see the results.
It's too early to tell if MS is really serious about security - but it IS a good thing that they're announcing it (Hmm - did I just cause you to blow a gasket? I just "praised" and "downplayed" at the same time!) But we can't just say "Oh, everything from MS is going to be secure now" - MS has a very, very bad history when it comes to securing their products, and they lie all the time - the jury on whether the new security initiative is successful won't be in for a very, very long time.
Bob is related to Satan... or was he a Microsoft program? No difference.
That's a different Bob.
Check the link.. "Jesus' Brother Bob" is a song by the Arrogant Worms.. the chorus goes:
Jesus' brother Bob, Jesus' brother Bob
A nobody relative of the Son of God,
If only I'd been born, just a little sooner
I'd be more than the brother of God Jr.
The male hosts were terrible and the American teams too, too, how do I say it --- too American!
I agree wholeheartedly.. in the British version, the goal for both teams seems to be "HAVE FUN" - you see some friendly banter, but the teams even co-operate (the mega-wars show epitomizes this - when the Russian team's vehicle couldn't finish the rock climb, the other teams offered to push!)
Contrast this with the American shows, and you see teams almost attacking each other (I remember one captain telling his teammate to "run them over!" because the opposing team was trying to dislodge a piece of equipment.)
While the Canadian is funny... the new method for forming teams sucks. I liked the old days of the entire team being engineers not just people who knew how to weld.
Sorry, which team is this?
The FIRST season (which is as "old" as you can get) didn't even have "people who know how to weld" (I think there was only Bowser and Kali - one on each team..)
Bowser was a cop, Kali was a car mechanic.. Dick was a soldier.. the closest thing to an engineer was Shen..
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Ever watch a cat mindlessly chase a laser beam?
:o)
No, I couldn't afford the patent fee
I'll let you all in on a little secret - the REAL reason Michael Shanks left was so he could spend more time spanking Lexa Doig!
:o)
:o)
(It's pretty well known that the shooting schedules for Stargate SG1 and Andromeda conflict on a regular basis.)
Of course, any (straight) guy here would be an idiot to fault him for this
I mean - if you had a choice between work and this, which would you choose?
I thought so
Traditionally companies pay out dividends once they have grown into profitibility.
The reason that MS doesn't pay dividends is because Bill Gates is a major shareholder.
If they payed dividends, then Bill will have to pay a HUGE tax bill.
How can it get bad ratings when they never show it?
Thanks - you just provided insight into why it's been cancelled - so it can never get bad ratings!
By cancelling it, they not only make sure that it never gets bad ratings, but they don't have to pay for it either!
(I'm laughing as I write this, but it scares me that it just might be what's going through some Fox executive's head.)
Family Guy was already cancelled back in January.
v let/showid-348/epid-110012/
Huh? How come it's still being aired? I saw Episode 48 (European Road Show) last tuesday.
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageSer
So is this why there's only been three episodes this season?
*sigh* At least they still have Family Guy.
access-list 161 permit tcp 192.168.148.0 0.255.255.255 any eq 161 access-list 161 deny tcp any any eq 161
/etc/services
SNMP uses UDP, not TCP:
$ grep snmp
snmp 161/udp
snmp-trap 162/udp
IIRC, some blockheaded judge bought the argument that copying the software from disk to RAM constituded making an illegal copy according to copyright law.
I doubt that, can you provide a reference please?
it makes a bizarre sort of sense if you accept the premise that copying the software to RAM is "copying".
Even if this was true, making a copy of something you already own for your own use is legally allowed under copyright laws (for example, before AHRA, it was legal to copy a CD to tape to listen to it in your car.) Since copying from HD to RAM (or from CD to HD) would be for your own use, there is no way it could conflict with copyright law.
OK, here's my take on the whole "EULA" mess.
First: When you buy something (music CD, software, book, etc.) covered by copyright, you're actually buying it. This is very straightforward, and has been held up in court (book publishers attempting to sue used book stores.)
OK, so you've bought software, you go to install it - you open it and read the EULA - and are disgusted that you now have to give your firstborn child to Bill Gates, so you think "No, I don't agree to this."
So - you've not agreed - you click "I agree" (because it's the only way to install the software) and you continue to use it.
You're 100% legally entitled to do this.
First and foremost, the argument of the EULA as a contract is absurd. A contract is an agreement negotiated between two parties - since there was no negotiation, there is no contract.
Second, there's the argument of "you clicked 'ACCEPT', so therefore you agree to the EULA" - Wrong. I rejected the EULA - as in ALL of the EULA - so what's saying that I'm bound by clicking 'I accept'? That's right: the EULA that I rejected. Since I rejected the EULA, it has no bearing over what I can and can't do with the software. Clicking 'ACCEPT' doesn't mean that I accepted the EULA - it means that I rejected the EULA, and am not bound by it in any way.
Clicking 'I ACCEPT' doesn't mean anything. Besides the fact that the EULA is not a contract, clicking 'I ACCEPT' wouldn't bind you, because there is no way to prove that you're the one who clicked. That's why real contracts are signed - to prove that the person who accepted it is one of the parties to it.
Now, since the EULA has no hold over me, what's allowing me to use the software? Standard copyright law, that's what. I am bound by the limits of copyright law, which doesn't say anything about using the software (copyright only deals with distributing copies.)
Now, if the EULA was presented to me before I bought the software, and I signed it - then it would be a whole different story.. and I realize that with the advent of UCITA, this may change, but for the time being, EULA's aren't worth anything.
not sure how mine was counted. You tell me.
.. but you fail to mention whether the one that's being considered adds to MS's monopoly or not.
Considering you didn't specifically mention the proposed settlement, I'd guess that your comments would be part of the 7000 that were thrown out.
The only place you say anything about the settlement is this: no settlement that adds to Microsoft's monopoly should be considered
Of course, you did better than me (I'm not an American, so I couldn't even write at all.)
You mean likethis User Friendly?
Maxtor drives are such shit!! They die ALL the time.
:o)
Well maybe if you didn't keep opening them up to make the cases transparent, that wouldn't happen!
Sorry, couldn't resist - mod me down appropriately
It wouldn't be hard to hack the VFS to allow a funky kind of mount, I don't think.
a mount hack would be pretty heavy-handed..
the assign command is user-level, not admin-level.. it must be something that the average user can do at will.. mount isn't the same thing
Oops, I forgot to add:
The one that lists vulnerabilities for 2001 by OS. It breaks things down into smaller pieces, such as RedHat 7.1, etc. There are four different Linux distros that are higher than Windows 2000.
First: You neglect to mention that ALL of them pale in comparison to Windows NT, which is the reigning king, with 71.
Second, there are NOT "four higher than Windows2000", there are THREE, and they are all the same damn OS (Redhat 6.2)
Perhaps you need to look at those numbers again. Last time I checked, 54 > 42. I would assume that that includes all vulnerabilities reported for 7.0 & 7.1, while the MS numbers include NT & 2K.
Perhaps YOU need to look at ALL of the numbers:
1997 : RedHat 6, Win2K/NT 10
1998 : RedHat 10, Win2K/NT 8
1999 : RedHat 47, Win2K/NT 78
2000 : RedHat 95, Win2K/NT 97
2001 : RedHat 54, Win2K/NT 42
Total: RedHat 212, Win2K/NT 235
In all but two of the years, Win2K/NT has more than RedHat. And in total, Win2K has more.
They made this same claim 1 or 2 years ago and did their math the exact same way
That was the infamous Mr. Moody.
I can't read the most recent article (/.ed), but from what I can gather, the old article was much worse..
This one takes the aggregate, the Moody article took the aggregate and added it to the total of the individual linux numbers to arrive at his number..
So this article is wrong because it says "if you add all of the holes of all of the Linux distributions, Linux is worse than NT"
Moody's article is worse because it said "if you add all of the holes in all of the Linux distributions, THEN DOUBLE IT, Linux is worse than NT"
Yes, it's true, the *aggregate* linux number is huge, but some of the individual distros are higher than WinNT/Win2K
Really? Which ones in particular?
I looked at the page, and I see REDHAT as the highest number for all of the linux distros.
This number is LOWER than the NT ones.
So can you explain this sentence for the rest of us please?
Does anyone really believe that music consumers "backup" thier discs to mp3 for purely "personal" use?
YES.
My car CD player only holds 4 discs (with space in the armrest for 8 jewel cases). I have >300 discs at home. The average commercial CD holds about 45 minutes of music, which is about half of what it could.
I routinely burn mixes, taking the best tracks from the originals; that way I get both a greater variety and more music when I'm driving.
I know others who do the same.
Egad, I think I've been trolled!
most other observers are downplaying Microsoft's "security initiative" as market-speak and vaporware
Only because that's what it is - and that's what it will continue to be until we see the results.
It's too early to tell if MS is really serious about security - but it IS a good thing that they're announcing it (Hmm - did I just cause you to blow a gasket? I just "praised" and "downplayed" at the same time!) But we can't just say "Oh, everything from MS is going to be secure now" - MS has a very, very bad history when it comes to securing their products, and they lie all the time - the jury on whether the new security initiative is successful won't be in for a very, very long time.
Bob is related to Satan ... or was he a Microsoft program? No difference.
That's a different Bob.
Check the link.. "Jesus' Brother Bob" is a song by the Arrogant Worms.. the chorus goes:
Jesus' brother Bob, Jesus' brother Bob
A nobody relative of the Son of God,
If only I'd been born, just a little sooner
I'd be more than the brother of God Jr.
The male hosts were terrible and the American teams too, too, how do I say it --- too American!
I agree wholeheartedly.. in the British version, the goal for both teams seems to be "HAVE FUN" - you see some friendly banter, but the teams even co-operate (the mega-wars show epitomizes this - when the Russian team's vehicle couldn't finish the rock climb, the other teams offered to push!)
Contrast this with the American shows, and you see teams almost attacking each other (I remember one captain telling his teammate to "run them over!" because the opposing team was trying to dislodge a piece of equipment.)
While the Canadian is funny ... the new method for forming teams sucks. I liked the old days of the entire team being engineers not just people who knew how to weld.
Sorry, which team is this?
The FIRST season (which is as "old" as you can get) didn't even have "people who know how to weld" (I think there was only Bowser and Kali - one on each team..)
Bowser was a cop, Kali was a car mechanic.. Dick was a soldier.. the closest thing to an engineer was Shen..
Perhaps you were thinking of a different program?
junkyard wars had at least one damn *fine* host. i only wish i knew her name
That would be Cathy Rogers.
Talk about sexy.. she has a PhD, and plays keyboards in a Rock band (Marine Research)..
Hmm.. she sounds like a female version of Buckaroo Banzai!
I saw one that had a directional antenna, was able to fit on an A/V cart, and was able to stall a car from 20 feet.
Sounds more like HERF (High Energy Radio Frequency) than EMP.
Not the Christ. Just His pesky little brother.
That would be Bob, right?