They're fighting tooth and nail PROBABLY because their code is statically bind to some pieces of GPL code somewhere, and they can't extricate their code without POSSIBLY requiring a full rewrite, an expense they're unwilling to endure. That and it's always bad for business to admit having willfully violated licensing terms.
Not to mention that I'm sure there are lots of critters down there that love to eat dead bodies.
According to wikipedia, soft tissue of whale fall is consumed at 40-60 kg PER DAY. the guy has been "down there" for just over three months. I doubt there's much of anything left of him.
as long as the laws in the book remain the way they are, many more will spring up to replace them. you want this stopped? write your congress critter (hand written letter usually gets better result.)
Citibank will be fined hundreds of millions of dollars if they follow the law ($100,000 per incident).
... for which they'll immediately pass the cost to their customers. Do you REALLY think it costs them two bucks to let you use other institutions' ATM? Do you really think it costs them fifty bucks to stop payment on a check? Until we're talking about serious jail time in the pound-me-in-the-ass prison for officers of the corporation, nothing will change. But knowing how congress critters in Washington are all already bought and paid for, I think we have a better chance getting a snow storm in hell.
Whatever makes you think any laws would undergo scrutiny? As long as lobbyists and MAFIAA keeps the money coming, laws however bad or poorly written will be rubber stamped. It's called "intellectual property based economy." Get used to it. (Ironically, any one with an ounce of intellect would know this "economy" has nothing to do with intellect whatsoever.)
the one that's holding all the cards isn't going to ask for a new hand. the broken patent system serves the interests of large corporations, and they'll fight tooth and nail against any changes that is against their interest. in summary - dream on.
They want their cake, and they want to sell you the cake and then they want to eat *both* cakes!
I think you're giving them too much credit; they only have ONE cake. But I agree with you that they want to keep the cake, sell us the cake and eat it too. And to top it off, they want you to renew the LICENSE for that cake, for a "modest" fee each and every month... Did I just described the federal government?
... developers spend more time on textures of naked women than on anything else.
And I am sure the expense reports submitted to the accounting against the development budget thoroughly demonstrated that R&D staffs spared no expense in researching this particular subject in great detail.
Certainly Sony has some major responsibility here...
People are just gullible. Just because there's a perceived responsibility does not equate to acting responsible.
Sony company culture of indifference won't change
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Sony company culture of indifference won't change over a few hacks. It may have made them look stupid (and that's got to hurt their ego) but ultimately the data being lost doesn't contain those of their officers, and frankly I don't think Sony gives a flying f_ck what happens to their customers (as demonstrated by rootkit) or their rights (demonstrated by repeatedly removing features from products and lied about it despite being caught lying.)
The real question is does the "offender" has the financial resource to defend it. Large corporations have very deep pocket and army of lawyers. Does (s)he?
The king of Thailand is a dirty bastard who fucked a chicken. On multiple occasions. In the ass.
So his majesty is like... going steady with this... chicken? I confess I have a hard time believing the old man would do this. Now if we're talking about the crown prince...
Inkjets went out with the Turbo switch on the IBM PC-RT.
I am missing the joke here; IBM PC-RT never had a turbo button. But six quadzillion x86 PC clones (and their 286/386/486 children) all had it, and I loved it (if only for the silliness that it was.)
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A series of "standards" designed to keep groups of people employed while producing more "standards" that contributes nothing to human civilization.
and coming from M$, this is a surprise because...?
They're fighting tooth and nail PROBABLY because their code is statically bind to some pieces of GPL code somewhere, and they can't extricate their code without POSSIBLY requiring a full rewrite, an expense they're unwilling to endure. That and it's always bad for business to admit having willfully violated licensing terms.
I settle for head shots of the patent trolls and their attorneys. But that would be illegal, so I guess we all just have to suck it down...
They have geek squatter. They squat on the geek name, but are not even qualified to plug in power cables.
According to wikipedia,
soft tissue of whale fall is consumed at 40-60 kg PER DAY. the guy has been "down there" for just over three months. I doubt there's much of anything left of him.
Because GM has vested interest to see that it fails, again.
as long as the laws in the book remain the way they are, many more will spring up to replace them. you want this stopped? write your congress critter (hand written letter usually gets better result.)
... for which they'll immediately pass the cost to their customers. Do you REALLY think it costs them two bucks to let you use other institutions' ATM? Do you really think it costs them fifty bucks to stop payment on a check? Until we're talking about serious jail time in the pound-me-in-the-ass prison for officers of the corporation, nothing will change. But knowing how congress critters in Washington are all already bought and paid for, I think we have a better chance getting a snow storm in hell.
Whatever makes you think any laws would undergo scrutiny? As long as lobbyists and MAFIAA keeps the money coming, laws however bad or poorly written will be rubber stamped. It's called "intellectual property based economy." Get used to it. (Ironically, any one with an ounce of intellect would know this "economy" has nothing to do with intellect whatsoever.)
In other news, the sky is still blue.
the one that's holding all the cards isn't going to ask for a new hand. the broken patent system serves the interests of large corporations, and they'll fight tooth and nail against any changes that is against their interest. in summary - dream on.
I think you're giving them too much credit; they only have ONE cake. But I agree with you that they want to keep the cake, sell us the cake and eat it too. And to top it off, they want you to renew the LICENSE for that cake, for a "modest" fee each and every month... Did I just described the federal government?
"We want our cake and eat it too."
Quoting a line from a Cameron flick that seems to accurately describes MAFIAA and their lawyers --
Now only if we can crush them with a hydraulic press... (Yes, I inserted the bit about moral.)
but alas no Linux support (at all.)
And I am sure the expense reports submitted to the accounting against the development budget thoroughly demonstrated that R&D staffs spared no expense in researching this particular subject in great detail.
People are just gullible. Just because there's a perceived responsibility does not equate to acting responsible.
Sony company culture of indifference won't change over a few hacks. It may have made them look stupid (and that's got to hurt their ego) but ultimately the data being lost doesn't contain those of their officers, and frankly I don't think Sony gives a flying f_ck what happens to their customers (as demonstrated by rootkit) or their rights (demonstrated by repeatedly removing features from products and lied about it despite being caught lying.)
The real question is does the "offender" has the financial resource to defend it. Large corporations have very deep pocket and army of lawyers. Does (s)he?
How many different spins of the Waynes murder do we need, truly? Seems that DC's imagination is all but dried out.
So his majesty is like... going steady with this... chicken? I confess I have a hard time believing the old man would do this. Now if we're talking about the crown prince...
not profitable.
That's no speed indicator. That's a POST code display, so if power up self test chokes somewhere, you can tell which test choked.
I am missing the joke here; IBM PC-RT never had a turbo button. But six quadzillion x86 PC clones (and their 286/386/486 children) all had it, and I loved it (if only for the silliness that it was.)