Starting with the "Longhorn" release, Microsoft will unveil a new naming scheme to enhance the "Windows" brand name. No longer will versions numbers or years be tacked onto the Windows name, instead, Microsoft is shifting towards a more descriptive naming convention.
When Longhorn finally hits the shelves, it will come in 3 flavors, a 'personal' edition for home users, a 'corporate' edition for businesses and a government release.
"Orwell Personal" for home use
"Big Brother" for corporate use
"The Ministry of Truth" for government use
Pricing has not been set but early speculation would indicate that licensing fees will be rolled into federal taxes to ensure everyone is paying for their license and not using a pirated copy.
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Dude, you get the SAME dance for a buck as a five or ten spot.....
We outsourced the translation of a product to a company. They then created a marketing ad using us to drum up more business. They misspelled our name in the ad.
The problem is, Big Corporation has nearly limitless funds for legal services and almost as much patience, whether they are going after someone for "illegally skipping commericals" or to defend themselves. Joe Public generally doesn't have that kind of money. Even if the lawyer(s) waives all fees, there could still be substantial costs for other legal services.
If I had a couple 10's of thousands of dollars, I wouldn't mind putting it towards a case like this.
[begin sarcasm] Thank goodness! Now all piracy of copyrighted music will stop and starving artists like Celine Dion and Metallica can sleep comfortably. The RIAA has forced both Napster and KaZaa to (effectively) cease operations as both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
I tell you what...these Peer-2-Peer sharing networks are absolutely horrible! I mean, once you install the client software, you are branded a criminal no matter what you do because you may be maliciously and illegally copying all your music, violating copyright left and right. What artist in their right mind would want to give away their own music for free?!?! Good for the RIAA for shutting down those bad bad P2P networks. But I don't think the RIAA should stop there. They need to do more to ensure Celine Dion can drink Don Perignon for breakfast every day. They need to shut down all public FTP sites. They need to shut down all public IRC servers. They need to shut down all public web sites. As we all know, these protocols allow peer-2-peer sharing of files. And since those files *may* be copyrighted music, they should all be shut down without delay because their is a *possibility* that someone will send someone else a music file that was not purchased. In addition to public web sites, the RIAA needs to go after anyone who has Microsoft Windows (all versions), *nix/*BSD (any distribution of unix, Linux or a BSD derivative) and Apple Mac OS (any version) since all those operating systems have the technology to allow 2 or more machines to network together (again, there is the *possibility* of one person sending another a file containing copyrighted music.) Additionally, the RIAA needs to shut down all Instant Messaging services, like AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, Bantu and Jabber because they allow people to share files.
Once the RIAA has those services shut down, they need to shut down all email servers because email allows the sharing of files. Once all email stops flowing, the RIAA must stop the Internet itself because there may be an as-yet undiscovered means for sharing files. And since those files *may* be copyrighted music files, the Internet must be shut down!
After the Internet is shut down, the RIAA needs to shut down all radio stations because they're transferring copyrighted music over air waves, which can be recorded to cassette tapes and shared with others illegally! This madness must stop! The RIAA must shut down all electrical appliances because any electrical device with moving parts can generate an RF signal that can act as a carrier signal that can be used to transmit copyrighted music to others illegally. To that end, the RIAA must shut down all power stations to prevent this possibility!
Once the RIAA has succeeded, we can go out and purchase albums legally and without fear of doing something criminal. Even though there would be no way to actually *listen* to the music, we can all rest assure that the copyright won't be violated. [end sarcasm]
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Starting with the "Longhorn" release, Microsoft will unveil a new naming scheme to enhance the "Windows" brand name. No longer will versions numbers or years be tacked onto the Windows name, instead, Microsoft is shifting towards a more descriptive naming convention.
When Longhorn finally hits the shelves, it will come in 3 flavors, a 'personal' edition for home users, a 'corporate' edition for businesses and a government release.
Pricing has not been set but early speculation would indicate that licensing fees will be rolled into federal taxes to ensure everyone is paying for their license and not using a pirated copy.
Dude, you get the SAME dance for a buck as a five or ten spot.....
We outsourced the translation of a product to a company. They then created a marketing ad using us to drum up more business. They misspelled our name in the ad.
[sigh]
The problem is, Big Corporation has nearly limitless funds for legal services and almost as much patience, whether they are going after someone for "illegally skipping commericals" or to defend themselves. Joe Public generally doesn't have that kind of money. Even if the lawyer(s) waives all fees, there could still be substantial costs for other legal services.
If I had a couple 10's of thousands of dollars, I wouldn't mind putting it towards a case like this.
Do you not drive as well?
Actually, I drive....once a week...late at night. I commute to/from work via metrorail (subway).
I'm STILL glad I don't "fly the friendly skies"....
Eliminate the concept of "waste" entirely.
This post stored using recycled bits and rendered using recycled pixels.
[begin sarcasm]
Thank goodness! Now all piracy of copyrighted music will stop and starving artists like Celine Dion and Metallica can sleep comfortably. The RIAA has forced both Napster and KaZaa to (effectively) cease operations as both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
I tell you what...these Peer-2-Peer sharing networks are absolutely horrible! I mean, once you install the client software, you are branded a criminal no matter what you do because you may be maliciously and illegally copying all your music, violating copyright left and right. What artist in their right mind would want to give away their own music for free?!?! Good for the RIAA for shutting down those bad bad P2P networks. But I don't think the RIAA should stop there. They need to do more to ensure Celine Dion can drink Don Perignon for breakfast every day. They need to shut down all public FTP sites. They need to shut down all public IRC servers. They need to shut down all public web sites. As we all know, these protocols allow peer-2-peer sharing of files. And since those files *may* be copyrighted music, they should all be shut down without delay because their is a *possibility* that someone will send someone else a music file that was not purchased. In addition to public web sites, the RIAA needs to go after anyone who has Microsoft Windows (all versions), *nix/*BSD (any distribution of unix, Linux or a BSD derivative) and Apple Mac OS (any version) since all those operating systems have the technology to allow 2 or more machines to network together (again, there is the *possibility* of one person sending another a file containing copyrighted music.) Additionally, the RIAA needs to shut down all Instant Messaging services, like AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, Bantu and Jabber because they allow people to share files.
Once the RIAA has those services shut down, they need to shut down all email servers because email allows the sharing of files. Once all email stops flowing, the RIAA must stop the Internet itself because there may be an as-yet undiscovered means for sharing files. And since those files *may* be copyrighted music files, the Internet must be shut down!
After the Internet is shut down, the RIAA needs to shut down all radio stations because they're transferring copyrighted music over air waves, which can be recorded to cassette tapes and shared with others illegally! This madness must stop! The RIAA must shut down all electrical appliances because any electrical device with moving parts can generate an RF signal that can act as a carrier signal that can be used to transmit copyrighted music to others illegally. To that end, the RIAA must shut down all power stations to prevent this possibility!
Once the RIAA has succeeded, we can go out and purchase albums legally and without fear of doing something criminal. Even though there would be no way to actually *listen* to the music, we can all rest assure that the copyright won't be violated.
[end sarcasm]
Gee, I can't wait to get my National ID card!
[sigh]
People still live in Pittsburgh??? There were tumbleweeds blowing down Forbes Ave. when I moved away.