No, as a condition of the upgrade rebate, you are effectively nullifing your right to use anything from the original version. Most often you are instructed to destroy the original version.
However, something you can do is go buy version 1 of something at a swap meet for $10, and then get the $50-100 off the upgrade.
The article and ruling are worded such that the ruling only applies to unused software. IE you can't decide a week after using XP that you don't like it and sell it (If the EULA doesn't permit that) But if you never installed it you are fine.
What if the software is installed by default. Software that has a clickthrough or registration screen built in on first use will probably still be covered, but other stuff may not be.
Are you espousing the revolution in front of a computer? Who paid for the computer? Did you go to school? Who paid for the school?
All of the communists I know were kids at college, whos parents were paying for the tuition, which meant the kid could spend his time on the corner passing out the Daily Worker, instead of working a job like the rest of us.
Nobody guarantees you luxury. There are many people living in non-luxury in the US. There are not a huge ammount (compared to the total population) of poor people. All of the "poor" people I know have multiple cars, multiple tvs, video game machines, eat meat every week etc.
You are poor if you are on the street, or if you cant afford BASIC food (Nobody guarantees you steak every week)
Uh. Its not the same at all. Sure whites are the majority, but I see 10-20 asians a day, and probably a few hundred black people. Toss in some hispanics, native americans, indians etc. And this is in a small town.
In asia, quite often you are the only non asian in the city at all. Sometimes in the entire region.
Try walking around naked in the US. Thats the type of attention he means, not the "Im a minority" that we have in the US.
Um. The guy was pointing out the parallel. Just because Jerry Fallwell says something doesn't mean that is the opinion of all Christians. Simmilarly, bin Laden's opinions don't match those of all Muslims.
As long as they are using blackbox coding, what they are doing is entirely legal. They are not releasing any MS code to the public, nor are they using any MS code to develop what they do.
In fact, Microsoft was founded on a very simmilar situation. MS DOS competing with IBM DOS. (After they stopped playing nice of course)
MS would have crushed them long ago if they had any ammo in this situation
The DCMA only covers circumventing encryption which you are not licensed to decrypt. Since he provided the files on his website, and said "here download these" the effectively licensed everyone who could access the site to "decrypt" his zip file.
If he had in some way restricted access to the file to non sony employees only, and sony went around that, then he would have some DCMA action, but not otherwise.
If things worked the way you implied, whenever you pissed off someone at a big studio, they could retroactively say you weren't allowed to use your DVDs anymore, and you were in violation of DCMA. The fact that they sold you the DVD implies they wanted you to watch it.
Of course, this brings up the actual GOOD argument against the DCMA which is if they want you to watch it, why cant you watch it however you want (other formats etc)
Nobody has to take up guns to stop this shit. Just don't use it. Nobody forces you to get a passport. Nobody forces you to shop at places that use passport.
You dont need a gun, you already have your pocketbook.
If the drivers were optimized for quake3, why would changing a text string affect the speed? For that to make sense, the driver would have to be doing an intentional slowdown for all games other than Q3.
Quack3 is still making the same display calls and whatnot. No reason it that should run slower, if that is really the only thing they changed.
There are no other rights they have, however they are free to make whatever terms they want for you to be employed there (Always wear your badge, Dress Code, Drug Checks, and even bag searches and cavity searches).
You are free to not work there. They are free to make whatever demeands they want. You can say no (and not work there).
Incedentally, YOU are free to make whatever demands YOU want to. However they can say no. At which point you either cave in on your demand, or leave. The company is usually in a better position to say no than you are though, (especially in the current economy).
But a year ago, IT workers could demand just about whatever they wanted to. And quite often got it.
is that you can tell easily item one is just a s old as item two. But unless you have a way to date one of the items some other way, all you can tell is that the items are the same age, but not how old they are.
When you are talking about artifacts millions of years old, there is no "proof" of the age of any item.
Some scientists put together a theory of how carbon acts over millions of years (and obviously because of the timeframe involved have no empiracle evidence about the behavior of carbon over millions of years) Then they date things relative to the theory.
Note I am not saying carbon dating is wrong, but it certainly hasn't been proven.
There is always room for individualism and outright wierdness on a team, as long as the person can communicate and somewhat meet deadlines.
However, the best developers and engineers I have ever known are always out working on personal projects. Its a way to get your juices flowing when you have been stumped on a problem for a few days/weeks.
If it only lasts a day or so, and only happens every few weeks, it was encouraged in all the teams I've been in.
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Actually, what I got out of the article on Wired (print version) is that he works extensively with Linux (he worked at RedHat), and thinks it is technically superior. But he thinks that OS wars and flames, and (he specifically mentions)/. Rage are counter productive to the movement.
He says that if Linux slowly eroded the MS base, it would win. But instead you have guerilla IT departments go through and trash peoples computers, and make linux-ites look like a bunch of freaks.
He specifically mentions an incident at RedHat where a biz. person had some Excel documents. The documents had some heavy duty macros and whatnot which would not work under any of the linux competitors. She installed Excel. She had an issue with her drivers or whatnot, and when she got the computer back from IT, excel was gone, along with her documents. The IT guy said it was her fault for being a traitor to linux.
Summary of article : Linux is great, but the long haired freaks are gonna make it lose.
I highly reccommend all people go out and use sneakemail link.
This is a great utility for stopping spam while not interfereing with your normal email.
It gives you unlimited disposable email addresses to give out whenever you need an email for a website.
If you dont want email from that address anymore, you can turn it off.
On the other hand : Spam is meant to market a good or service. Therefore there must be some way to get in contact with the spammer, otherwise their spam would be ineffective. a task force needs to be created which smacks spammers upside the head with fines, or just plain shuts them down.
Spam should be legal, as long as they include a valid return addy, and have a way to remove people (for real)
This deal doesnt give Sony any control over Tivo, they just get to use the technology. So if Sony puts in restrictions on how you can use the built-in-tivo, just dont use it.
You can always plug in an external unit.
And since all the networks and whatnot are already tivo's main financial backing, any content control incentives are already in place.
This is why Tivo doesnt have skip commercials. Because networks make their money on commercials, and therefore won't let tivo skip em.
Ultimate TV and ReplayTV dont have that restriction.
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No, as a condition of the upgrade rebate, you are effectively nullifing your right to use anything from the original version. Most often you are instructed to destroy the original version.
However, something you can do is go buy version 1 of something at a swap meet for $10, and then get the $50-100 off the upgrade.
They wouldnt be able to sue for past infractions, ex post facto. But if mfgrs tried to stop future instances, there may be a case there.
The article and ruling are worded such that the ruling only applies to unused software. IE you can't decide a week after using XP that you don't like it and sell it (If the EULA doesn't permit that) But if you never installed it you are fine.
What if the software is installed by default. Software that has a clickthrough or registration screen built in on first use will probably still be covered, but other stuff may not be.
There is no such thing as moral feasability. Moral justifiability perhaps.
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But this guy is a scientist, not a philosipher or priest
Are you espousing the revolution in front of a computer? Who paid for the computer? Did you go to school? Who paid for the school?
All of the communists I know were kids at college, whos parents were paying for the tuition, which meant the kid could spend his time on the corner passing out the Daily Worker, instead of working a job like the rest of us.
Nobody guarantees you luxury. There are many people living in non-luxury in the US. There are not a huge ammount (compared to the total population) of poor people. All of the "poor" people I know have multiple cars, multiple tvs, video game machines, eat meat every week etc.
You are poor if you are on the street, or if you cant afford BASIC food (Nobody guarantees you steak every week)
Uh. Its not the same at all. Sure whites are the majority, but I see 10-20 asians a day, and probably a few hundred black people. Toss in some hispanics, native americans, indians etc. And this is in a small town.
In asia, quite often you are the only non asian in the city at all. Sometimes in the entire region.
Try walking around naked in the US. Thats the type of attention he means, not the "Im a minority" that we have in the US.
Um. The guy was pointing out the parallel. Just because Jerry Fallwell says something doesn't mean that is the opinion of all Christians. Simmilarly, bin Laden's opinions don't match those of all Muslims.
I dont even see how some of tat damage could be accidental. It looks like they took a sledgehammer to the boxes!
Insurance covers things like "damn, we accidentally dropped it and it cracked"
This type of damage is someone got fired and took it out on the nearest package!
Ironically, the author of this email/screenshot used Windows XP to create the screenshot, while they are telling everyone to use Linux.
There is of course the biblical flood of Noah, and as has been mentioned, Soddom and Gemmorah.
But paper wouldnt survive this long, and many of the writings in stone and whatnot from this period are undecipherable.
I object, I was not trolling.
As long as they are using blackbox coding, what they are doing is entirely legal. They are not releasing any MS code to the public, nor are they using any MS code to develop what they do.
In fact, Microsoft was founded on a very simmilar situation. MS DOS competing with IBM DOS. (After they stopped playing nice of course)
MS would have crushed them long ago if they had any ammo in this situation
The DCMA only covers circumventing encryption which you are not licensed to decrypt. Since he provided the files on his website, and said "here download these" the effectively licensed everyone who could access the site to "decrypt" his zip file.
If he had in some way restricted access to the file to non sony employees only, and sony went around that, then he would have some DCMA action, but not otherwise.
If things worked the way you implied, whenever you pissed off someone at a big studio, they could retroactively say you weren't allowed to use your DVDs anymore, and you were in violation of DCMA. The fact that they sold you the DVD implies they wanted you to watch it.
Of course, this brings up the actual GOOD argument against the DCMA which is if they want you to watch it, why cant you watch it however you want (other formats etc)
But that is a story for a different bedtime.
Nobody has to take up guns to stop this shit. Just don't use it. Nobody forces you to get a passport. Nobody forces you to shop at places that use passport.
You dont need a gun, you already have your pocketbook.
If the drivers were optimized for quake3, why would changing a text string affect the speed? For that to make sense, the driver would have to be doing an intentional slowdown for all games other than Q3.
Quack3 is still making the same display calls and whatnot. No reason it that should run slower, if that is really the only thing they changed.
There are no other rights they have, however they are free to make whatever terms they want for you to be employed there (Always wear your badge, Dress Code, Drug Checks, and even bag searches and cavity searches).
You are free to not work there. They are free to make whatever demeands they want. You can say no (and not work there).
Incedentally, YOU are free to make whatever demands YOU want to. However they can say no. At which point you either cave in on your demand, or leave. The company is usually in a better position to say no than you are though, (especially in the current economy).
But a year ago, IT workers could demand just about whatever they wanted to. And quite often got it.
ZioSoft is coming out with UltimaUnderworld The Stygian Abyss for WinCE.
And they are doing full marketing and whatnot for it, so It must have gotten approval from the EA gods.
Its supposed to come out this month! I can't wait!
The phallic castles are real. The alladin line is wrong, check out the article on snopes link
Remember, clinton was elected by a plurality, not a majority.
I would so mod you up if I had any points left.
This is an excellent post. Well written, easy to understand. and it makes a good point. Keep on!
is that you can tell easily item one is just a s old as item two. But unless you have a way to date one of the items some other way, all you can tell is that the items are the same age, but not how old they are.
When you are talking about artifacts millions of years old, there is no "proof" of the age of any item.
Some scientists put together a theory of how carbon acts over millions of years (and obviously because of the timeframe involved have no empiracle evidence about the behavior of carbon over millions of years) Then they date things relative to the theory.
Note I am not saying carbon dating is wrong, but it certainly hasn't been proven.
He just didnt want to work.
There is always room for individualism and outright wierdness on a team, as long as the person can communicate and somewhat meet deadlines.
However, the best developers and engineers I have ever known are always out working on personal projects. Its a way to get your juices flowing when you have been stumped on a problem for a few days/weeks.
If it only lasts a day or so, and only happens every few weeks, it was encouraged in all the teams I've been in.
Actually, what I got out of the article on Wired (print version) is that he works extensively with Linux (he worked at RedHat), and thinks it is technically superior. But he thinks that OS wars and flames, and (he specifically mentions) /. Rage are counter productive to the movement.
He says that if Linux slowly eroded the MS base, it would win. But instead you have guerilla IT departments go through and trash peoples computers, and make linux-ites look like a bunch of freaks.
He specifically mentions an incident at RedHat where a biz. person had some Excel documents. The documents had some heavy duty macros and whatnot which would not work under any of the linux competitors. She installed Excel. She had an issue with her drivers or whatnot, and when she got the computer back from IT, excel was gone, along with her documents. The IT guy said it was her fault for being a traitor to linux.
Summary of article : Linux is great, but the long haired freaks are gonna make it lose.
I highly reccommend all people go out and use sneakemail link.
This is a great utility for stopping spam while not interfereing with your normal email.
It gives you unlimited disposable email addresses to give out whenever you need an email for a website.
If you dont want email from that address anymore, you can turn it off.
On the other hand : Spam is meant to market a good or service. Therefore there must be some way to get in contact with the spammer, otherwise their spam would be ineffective. a task force needs to be created which smacks spammers upside the head with fines, or just plain shuts them down.
Spam should be legal, as long as they include a valid return addy, and have a way to remove people (for real)
This deal doesnt give Sony any control over Tivo, they just get to use the technology. So if Sony puts in restrictions on how you can use the built-in-tivo, just dont use it.
You can always plug in an external unit.
And since all the networks and whatnot are already tivo's main financial backing, any content control incentives are already in place.
This is why Tivo doesnt have skip commercials. Because networks make their money on commercials, and therefore won't let tivo skip em.
Ultimate TV and ReplayTV dont have that restriction.