There not expected to, they just can't return any results for the trademarked versions of the word.
Not quite, They just can't return ADVERTISING results with the trademark. For example, if I search for Linux, they can't return an advertised link that says something like "Linux Trounces Microsoft for TCO." This only applies to the paid advertising links that are returned at the top of the search or in the sidebar.
As long as it doesn't bleed through, a pen typically works fine.
I was just making a joke in referral to NY State standard examinations that were unintentionally humorous in their description of how to mark your answers. Instead of bubbles, the test had you fill in verticle boxes. The instructions specifically said "...make a heavy, shiny black mark...." Pretty much everybody found the phrasing used to describe the process very wierd.
And just for the record, the scanners actually use a certain threshold to determine where you have placed your mark. That way, you can supposedly change your mind and erase an incorrect choice with some degree of hope that it will be scored correctly, even though you can always still see part of the mark that was erased.
In the UK we use some very advanced technology to handle elections. The vote is recorded by a sophsticated device called a pencil on a sheet of a material called paper, in the form of a graphite mark in the shape of an X. These pieces of paper are then folded for privacy, and put through a slot into a ballot box, which is locked. These boxes are then taken away and opened and the votes are counted by humans.
Population, United Kingdom: 59,511,464 (July 2000 est)
Population, United States: 275,562,673 (July 2000 est)
The problem is with their programming more than it is with the OS. As much fun as it is to bash Microsoft, this sounds like it's mostly Diebold's fault.
Based on the article, I'd say it's both.
Williams does acknowledge, however, that a month and a half before the November election, he worked with Diebold to apply a patch to the Windows CE operating system. The voting machines run on version 3.0 of Windows CE, he said, and they patched it to correct problems they were having with the system.
Although I admit that you certainly can't toss out a number like 25% and assign all of the blame to Microsoft.
SCO's market cap is 283 million. these folks just bought about 18% of the company for 50 million, so basically they just paid the going rate for the stock--no cut rate deal here. Considering the stock is probably over valued this seems a bit odd at first glance.
I just did about five minutes googling, and it seems like Baystar has a habit of investing in struggling companies, so this may actually be part of their investment strategy. Strange though it may sound.... Sorry that I didn't bother to collect any links to back up my thoughts. I don't think a mere five minutes of searching can allow us to draw a solid conclusion anyway. Anybody else see anything interesting about Baystar?
Unless the company was bought out in which case I guess there might be some claim.
This is what I was getting at, although a quick attempt to reach their website seems to indicate that they really did just dry up and blow away. Any purchasing company would have at least placed in a redirect.
I think he'd be better off claiming the new company is really the old company just with a new name as a way to dodge creditors.
Yeah, probably -- unless it was clear that a previously unrelated company did the buying.
Did the representatives of the company admit to perjury regarding the crimes?
Not that I'm aware of, although I'd like to see the contents of the motion filed by Mr. Cheng to see if the detailed explanation of the error included references to not completely accurate statements made by Tornado Development. The original article about his prosecution leads me to believe that the procecution may have been "willingly" misled.
And while it might be right, I think he'd be nuts to go after a government who just locked him away for 16 months for "tattling" on his old company.
Well, he was pretty much already doing that by appealing even after his sentence was complete. The fact that the gov has admitted guilt pretty much begs him to go after them.
Agreed. Once is an accident, twice a thoughtless mistake... repeatedly?
Sounds to me like she was a little short on common sense. OK, maybe a LOT short. Could the original poster please provide her name? I want to see if she shows up in the "Darwin Awards" sometime in the future.
Heck, what opportunity would you be thinking about after being a$s raped for about a year?
I'm not sure why half the responders think that I was somehow in favor of him going to prison in the first place. Obviously, I'm not. What I'm in favor of is the position he is now in because the government has amitted they made a mistake. Prior to that admission, he was a convicted felon with no job, debts, lousy references and a horrible experience in the courts and prison. Put together, he's nearly guaranteed to be exempt from all but the most mundane of jobs. Now he has the opportunity to remove "convicted felon" and debts form the list against him. And there is a good possibility that he can rake in enough to prevent him from having to go job hunting, too.
It's not like I'd want to go through what he went through, but since what has happened can't be undone, at least this is a better situation than before.
I kind of figured this guy was just being sarcastic. I hope so anyway.
No, I wasn't. Sorry.:-) But I was thinking in relative terms. It would have been best if he'd never been penalized or gone to court at all. Since that obviously can't happen, he at least now has an opportunity to offset some of his misfortune.
He can't even go after the company, probably for several reasons, but primarily because they are gone.
Actually, that probably depends on whether any statements made by individuals of the company contributed to his wrongful imprisonment. If it can be shown that false statements (about damages, etc) were given to the prosecution by individuals at his former place of employment, not only could he sue whatever company bought the assets, but he could probably go after the individuals who made the statements. And finally, he can definitely go after the government for wrongful imprisonment.
None of this is going to make full restitution for what he has experienced, but at least he can take advantage of the government admitting their error and try to collect on the mistake.
then tell me what a "tremendous opportunity" it was.
I was speaking in relative terms. Of course it totally stinks that this happened to him. And without any admission of guilt from the government, it pretty much guaranteed that he would only get very low paying jobs for most of the rest of his career. But if he chooses to take advantage of the opportunity he now has, he can not only clear his name, but potentially "punish" the people who wrongfully imprisoned him in the first place while at the same time reducing the financial impact of not having a job.
Do you really think he feels better after 16 months in the federal pokey to hear the feds say "Oops... sorry about that. Friends?"
Would you have rather they not admitted the mistake at all? They could have chosen to do that given that his sentence was completed. Of course it would have been much better if they'd never made the mistake in the first place -- I stated that in my previous post. But I'm sure he feels better than he would have had they *not* admitted their mistake, given that he knew they were making a mistake all along.
Little consolation, after serving 16 months in prison, to be told that the prosecution was a mistake.
Actually, it could be tremendous opportunity. Let's examine the possible outcomes. Disclaimer: IANAL.
If the conviction is successfully appealed, he can then have his record expunged, so he no longer has to answer "yes" to the job application question "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" That's a real multipler for success when seeking jobs in the future.
Now that the federal government is "backing" his story of not intending to cause problems with the servers, he may be seen in a more amicable light by potential employers.
I believe he now has amunition for lawsuits against both his former employer and the federal government.
Having said all of that, I believe the feds should hang their heads in shame for being overzealous and making the mistake in the first place, but should be commended for admitting the mistake. That's a step up for our government.
I really don't see a problem with someone reciting the pledge, but if you don't want to, then don't.
According to all of the articles I've read on this, including statements of fact made to the Supreme Court prior to the hearing, this is exactly what the case is. The class is "led" in saying the pledge each day (just like when I was in school), and recitation is voluntary. There are no penalties for refusing to participate. Michael's little blurb was actually more misleading and blatantly propagandistic than what he accused CNN of:
The CNN article's emphasis on voluntariness -- "whether schoolchildren can be allowed to recite the Pledge voluntarily" -- is grossly misleading, almost propagandistic.
The facts in this case are that the girl in question comes from a separated family. Her father was actually barred from seeing her, and he was the one who, at the time, brought the case to court. Since then, some visitation rights have been restored. Interestingly enough, the girl's mother is OK with the pledge, as is the girl. Only the father, who rarely even sees her, is objecting. I think CNN is way more on board than Michael, don't you?
No, they forgot to mention that it removes any stain known to man, restores rough and damaged skin, makes an old corroded penny bright and shiny as new, reverses aging AND tones your abs...
What, it's not a dessert topping, too? Well then, I'm not interested.
I still break out my TI/99/4A every once in a while just to make sure it still works and maybe play a little Pirates Isle.
I still have mine (plus Extended Basic) too, but the power supply died. I've been planning on reviving it, but haven't had a chance to look for a compatible PS.
It goes to a part of the site that will make you wonder exactly what the Lindows folks are smoking.
Fortunately for the world, the marketing folks who dream up this kind of stuff aren't the same ones who actually handle development.
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Your supposed security holes arent being claimed by organizations such as SANS, so either they are in collusion with MS, or else you are talking out of your ass.
I voteforcollusion. Granted, two of the links I included discuss only flaws in IE 6.0 which aren't likely to be exploited on a server, but you never know what the customer may do. Finding critical flaws like this in just 5 months doesn't look too good. Try googling before you speak next time.
As far as I can tell, the big change that Microsoft made for the Windows Server 2003 release is that it ships with more services closed. If users want them, they have to open them up. This, inherently, makes the OS more secure, and all it does is follow the advice that security experts have been giving for the last several years. I highly doubt that Windows Server 2003 is some monster rewrite of everything, and I would fully expect that most of the same exploits waiting to be discovered in Windows 2000 are also present in Server 2003, along with some new ones.
'We' is the vast majority of the Internet. I don't know figures (anyone?) but I know of no-one who uses anything but IE if they're on Windows. Tragic but true.
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I use Windows, but most of the time I browse with Mozilla. Personally, I *would* use IE for browsing on Windows, but I prefer only running Adaware or Spybot Search & Destroy only once a month or so. If I were to do my daily browsing with IE, I'd have to run them every day.
Yeah, I know... I'm not the average user. At least now you can say you know of somebody. Frankly, I'm surprised ANYONE that is aware of ad-ware and spy-ware continues to use IE.
I think before commenting on how weak the argument was, you should have read the entire posting. From the original...
True there is open source, but after a work day of programming I want pay some reasonable money for pre-debugged software rather than "contibuting".
You named two products that aren't Open Source: Opera and Borland C++. Opera is, relatively speaking, a newcomer to the browser arena. It remains to be seen whether its revenue model will continue working. Borland C++ has been around for a long time, but I seriously doubt this is the product that has been keeping Borland alive. They have pretty stiff competition from Microsoft. Also, since the original poster indicated they weren't interested in debugging or contributing to projects, I doubt there is much interest in a C++ compiler either.
I think the argument stands very well on its own. You should take just a moment to think about the list of companies that have been squashed by Microsoft's heavy-handed tactics. A good place to start is the story of the relationship between Citrix and Microsoft.
I'm in central Chester County (Exton, kinda right near Malvern; just a bit more up rt. 30 a bit).
I'm in the Southern Chester County area, and we've seen exactly the same problems. Verizon has a really strong signal, but up until recently nobody else did. I use to have an AT&T phone that allowed roaming, but it was programmed to locked onto the AT&T signal whenever possible, no matter how bad the reception was. I used to have to take it to the basement of my house so that it would roam over to the Verizon signal and become useable. My new AT&T mLife phone is GSM / GPRS, and gets an awesome AT&T signal now, so I don't know if they added new towers or what. If you're not interested in GSM, I'd definitely take the suggestion of others and go with Verizon. Best coverage in the area.
GSM is "an" (not "the") answer, at least the way it's implemented in most European countries.
And the really cool thing is that this is now becoming available in the US -- plus it seems that at least some companies have implemented in a fashion compatible with Europe. Just a couple weeks ago, I got my GSM / GPRS phone. It works just fine here with better reception at my home than any mobile phone I've owned. And it works just fine when I'm in Germany too, with people able to call me on the mobile by using my US phone number. This is something my colleagues from Germany have had for years, so it's great to be able to have the same thing.
I'm not sure that a lawsuit is your best option, although a lawyer could advise there. My advice would be to find the name of the company who pulled the application out of the trash. Couple that with the company that owns the credit card (maybe the same company). Then, place a few calls to the local TV stations, radio stations and newspapers to see if anybody is interested in the story. If anybody bites, you have free advertising against the perpetrators. Before doing this, however, you might still want to seek the advice of a lawyer so as to prevent being slapped with a slander suit.
You definitely make some good points. SunnComm most likely is looking forward to the DRM world created by Microsoft.
In a DRM-enhanced Windows OS, it's not hard to imagine that the presence of some hidden status word on a SunComm-type music CD would disable the feature that lets Shift bypass autorun.
It's more likely that something similar to the program currently being installed by the CD will become an integral part of the OS, and that hidden status word would just activate the garble features of the DRM program. Somebody should check to see what links SunnComm already has with Microsoft.
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Not quite, They just can't return ADVERTISING results with the trademark. For example, if I search for Linux, they can't return an advertised link that says something like "Linux Trounces Microsoft for TCO." This only applies to the paid advertising links that are returned at the top of the search or in the sidebar.
I was just making a joke in referral to NY State standard examinations that were unintentionally humorous in their description of how to mark your answers. Instead of bubbles, the test had you fill in verticle boxes. The instructions specifically said "...make a heavy, shiny black mark...." Pretty much everybody found the phrasing used to describe the process very wierd.
And just for the record, the scanners actually use a certain threshold to determine where you have placed your mark. That way, you can supposedly change your mind and erase an incorrect choice with some degree of hope that it will be scored correctly, even though you can always still see part of the mark that was erased.
Population, United Kingdom: 59,511,464 (July 2000 est)
Population, United States: 275,562,673 (July 2000 est)
A pen is not very good for making a "shiny black mark." Anybody remember that phrase? Maybe somebody who took NY State Regents Exams in high school?
Based on the article, I'd say it's both.
Although I admit that you certainly can't toss out a number like 25% and assign all of the blame to Microsoft.I just did about five minutes googling, and it seems like Baystar has a habit of investing in struggling companies, so this may actually be part of their investment strategy. Strange though it may sound.... Sorry that I didn't bother to collect any links to back up my thoughts. I don't think a mere five minutes of searching can allow us to draw a solid conclusion anyway. Anybody else see anything interesting about Baystar?
This is what I was getting at, although a quick attempt to reach their website seems to indicate that they really did just dry up and blow away. Any purchasing company would have at least placed in a redirect.
I think he'd be better off claiming the new company is really the old company just with a new name as a way to dodge creditors.
Yeah, probably -- unless it was clear that a previously unrelated company did the buying.
Did the representatives of the company admit to perjury regarding the crimes?
Not that I'm aware of, although I'd like to see the contents of the motion filed by Mr. Cheng to see if the detailed explanation of the error included references to not completely accurate statements made by Tornado Development. The original article about his prosecution leads me to believe that the procecution may have been "willingly" misled.
And while it might be right, I think he'd be nuts to go after a government who just locked him away for 16 months for "tattling" on his old company.
Well, he was pretty much already doing that by appealing even after his sentence was complete. The fact that the gov has admitted guilt pretty much begs him to go after them.
Sounds to me like she was a little short on common sense. OK, maybe a LOT short. Could the original poster please provide her name? I want to see if she shows up in the "Darwin Awards" sometime in the future.
I'm not sure why half the responders think that I was somehow in favor of him going to prison in the first place. Obviously, I'm not. What I'm in favor of is the position he is now in because the government has amitted they made a mistake. Prior to that admission, he was a convicted felon with no job, debts, lousy references and a horrible experience in the courts and prison. Put together, he's nearly guaranteed to be exempt from all but the most mundane of jobs. Now he has the opportunity to remove "convicted felon" and debts form the list against him. And there is a good possibility that he can rake in enough to prevent him from having to go job hunting, too.
It's not like I'd want to go through what he went through, but since what has happened can't be undone, at least this is a better situation than before.
No, I wasn't. Sorry. :-) But I was thinking in relative terms. It would have been best if he'd never been penalized or gone to court at all. Since that obviously can't happen, he at least now has an opportunity to offset some of his misfortune.
He can't even go after the company, probably for several reasons, but primarily because they are gone.
Actually, that probably depends on whether any statements made by individuals of the company contributed to his wrongful imprisonment. If it can be shown that false statements (about damages, etc) were given to the prosecution by individuals at his former place of employment, not only could he sue whatever company bought the assets, but he could probably go after the individuals who made the statements. And finally, he can definitely go after the government for wrongful imprisonment.
None of this is going to make full restitution for what he has experienced, but at least he can take advantage of the government admitting their error and try to collect on the mistake.
I was speaking in relative terms. Of course it totally stinks that this happened to him. And without any admission of guilt from the government, it pretty much guaranteed that he would only get very low paying jobs for most of the rest of his career. But if he chooses to take advantage of the opportunity he now has, he can not only clear his name, but potentially "punish" the people who wrongfully imprisoned him in the first place while at the same time reducing the financial impact of not having a job.
Would you have rather they not admitted the mistake at all? They could have chosen to do that given that his sentence was completed. Of course it would have been much better if they'd never made the mistake in the first place -- I stated that in my previous post. But I'm sure he feels better than he would have had they *not* admitted their mistake, given that he knew they were making a mistake all along.
Do you think maybe it should be each of the members of the jury instead?
Actually, it could be tremendous opportunity. Let's examine the possible outcomes. Disclaimer: IANAL.
- If the conviction is successfully appealed, he can then have his record expunged, so he no longer has to answer "yes" to the job application question "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" That's a real multipler for success when seeking jobs in the future.
- Now that the federal government is "backing" his story of not intending to cause problems with the servers, he may be seen in a more amicable light by potential employers.
- I believe he now has amunition for lawsuits against both his former employer and the federal government.
Having said all of that, I believe the feds should hang their heads in shame for being overzealous and making the mistake in the first place, but should be commended for admitting the mistake. That's a step up for our government.According to all of the articles I've read on this, including statements of fact made to the Supreme Court prior to the hearing, this is exactly what the case is. The class is "led" in saying the pledge each day (just like when I was in school), and recitation is voluntary. There are no penalties for refusing to participate. Michael's little blurb was actually more misleading and blatantly propagandistic than what he accused CNN of:
The facts in this case are that the girl in question comes from a separated family. Her father was actually barred from seeing her, and he was the one who, at the time, brought the case to court. Since then, some visitation rights have been restored. Interestingly enough, the girl's mother is OK with the pledge, as is the girl. Only the father, who rarely even sees her, is objecting. I think CNN is way more on board than Michael, don't you?What, it's not a dessert topping, too? Well then, I'm not interested.
I still have mine (plus Extended Basic) too, but the power supply died. I've been planning on reviving it, but haven't had a chance to look for a compatible PS.
Fortunately for the world, the marketing folks who dream up this kind of stuff aren't the same ones who actually handle development.
I vote for collusion. Granted, two of the links I included discuss only flaws in IE 6.0 which aren't likely to be exploited on a server, but you never know what the customer may do. Finding critical flaws like this in just 5 months doesn't look too good. Try googling before you speak next time.
As far as I can tell, the big change that Microsoft made for the Windows Server 2003 release is that it ships with more services closed. If users want them, they have to open them up. This, inherently, makes the OS more secure, and all it does is follow the advice that security experts have been giving for the last several years. I highly doubt that Windows Server 2003 is some monster rewrite of everything, and I would fully expect that most of the same exploits waiting to be discovered in Windows 2000 are also present in Server 2003, along with some new ones.
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I use Windows, but most of the time I browse with Mozilla. Personally, I *would* use IE for browsing on Windows, but I prefer only running Adaware or Spybot Search & Destroy only once a month or so. If I were to do my daily browsing with IE, I'd have to run them every day.
Yeah, I know... I'm not the average user. At least now you can say you know of somebody. Frankly, I'm surprised ANYONE that is aware of ad-ware and spy-ware continues to use IE.
I think the argument stands very well on its own. You should take just a moment to think about the list of companies that have been squashed by Microsoft's heavy-handed tactics. A good place to start is the story of the relationship between Citrix and Microsoft.
I'm in the Southern Chester County area, and we've seen exactly the same problems. Verizon has a really strong signal, but up until recently nobody else did. I use to have an AT&T phone that allowed roaming, but it was programmed to locked onto the AT&T signal whenever possible, no matter how bad the reception was. I used to have to take it to the basement of my house so that it would roam over to the Verizon signal and become useable. My new AT&T mLife phone is GSM / GPRS, and gets an awesome AT&T signal now, so I don't know if they added new towers or what. If you're not interested in GSM, I'd definitely take the suggestion of others and go with Verizon. Best coverage in the area.
And the really cool thing is that this is now becoming available in the US -- plus it seems that at least some companies have implemented in a fashion compatible with Europe. Just a couple weeks ago, I got my GSM / GPRS phone. It works just fine here with better reception at my home than any mobile phone I've owned. And it works just fine when I'm in Germany too, with people able to call me on the mobile by using my US phone number. This is something my colleagues from Germany have had for years, so it's great to be able to have the same thing.
I'm not sure that a lawsuit is your best option, although a lawyer could advise there. My advice would be to find the name of the company who pulled the application out of the trash. Couple that with the company that owns the credit card (maybe the same company). Then, place a few calls to the local TV stations, radio stations and newspapers to see if anybody is interested in the story. If anybody bites, you have free advertising against the perpetrators. Before doing this, however, you might still want to seek the advice of a lawyer so as to prevent being slapped with a slander suit.
In a DRM-enhanced Windows OS, it's not hard to imagine that the presence of some hidden status word on a SunComm-type music CD would disable the feature that lets Shift bypass autorun.
It's more likely that something similar to the program currently being installed by the CD will become an integral part of the OS, and that hidden status word would just activate the garble features of the DRM program. Somebody should check to see what links SunnComm already has with Microsoft.