After the explanation of several highly modded comments gave a very clear cut breakdown of what was being said in the EULA, the only question is: "Are they really just saying; 'the network is the computer'"?
Stac Exlectronics comes up...then after a brief flurry of ethernet packets over User's cable modem..a series of ^H's is sent and now reads: Microsoft Corp. (A.D.) {A.D. = After DoJ).
Either they take away our blinkey lights and shiney objects
or
Electrical tape to cover up said blinkey lights will be labeled as a circumvention device under the DMCA, so we'll be forced to look at the lights (ooooohhh, blinkey). (Which is a bad thing because the electrical tap is the only thing holding my 1950's style fins on my tinfoil hat.)
One of the more fascinating anecdotes was when Dr. Albert Hofmann inadvertedly tried the stuff on himself (he absorbed 20x the normal dosis through the skin).
Ah, so that explains why Internet Cable Companies are 'Tripping'...must be part of DOCIS/DOSIS compliance...
1) Red hat AOL user (aka RHAOL...pronounced RAH-OOL) fires up the AOL security check and hears "you got owned".
2) Just when you think it can't get any worse, they place ads on TV with Scooby Doo as the spokes 'toon saying "Red Rat Ray-roh-rel rits rumber run!'
3) The Red hat on the Redhat symbol gets down to the "chin level" to hide its shame.
4) A vulnerability in sendmail allows a script kiddie to parse all the email from AOL thru the "borkinator" script (inserts Swedish Chef comments into text)...oddly enough, no one notices for 2 years even when calling tech support and "this is (insert name of tech) how may I BORK! BORK! BORK! Help you".
5) World-wide several BSD and Slackware users are hospitalized for asphixiation from laughing so hard they could not breath for several minutes.
once Compaq gave up the alpha to HP and HP in turn sold the IP/whatever else to *ntel.
Ironically enough I saw a blurb on the register (IIRC) and a few other sites that said if the "Q" merges with HP (rumor at the time) they would kill off the Alpha to the god of x86 (ok, I'm paraphrasing).
Guess what? Came true 2 or 3 months later.
Ok, I'm wierd for "missing" a processor architecture, but at least it gave us the EV6 bus for the Athlon before "Being Offered up".
I suppose a version of SLI would do the trick.
Or, a type of "4 panel convergence" where the panels are aligned individually.
The SLI idea worked ok (to my recollection) when every other line was rendered, but less so when the top/bottom rendering was done (1/2 screen).
I admit the idea has merit (possible jafar voice inserted) and could best be done like the true-flat monitors where the apeture grill is "broken" in two places.
(side note...I got a 20inch monitor at work by pointing those "lines" out to someone who could not 'un-see' them...hehe...I'm such a snot, sometimes)
Only difference with the 'cold' ones would be 4 panels of "mini" monitors, perhaps.
I wonder what the metrics are? 6 inches from gun to screen makes a 17 inch monitor perhaps?
Damn, that'd be nice.
Slashdot Mirror
After the explanation of several highly modded comments gave a very clear cut breakdown of what was being said in the EULA, the only question is:
"Are they really just saying; 'the network is the computer'"?
Moose
Thanks.
Proof my mind is a terrible thing at times.
(terribly funny other times).
/*shameless self promotion*/
Heh, if you have a mod point or two to spare, check this out (note what I said in the {} )
and note the moderators reply.
Check it out
/* end SSP */
This person was allowed to moderate?
What the hell was Penguin of flight smoking?
fight the power of stupidity, please!
Moose
Does this mean in the Lindows suit Microsoft is being a McBitch?
User right clicks on OFS.dll.
Selects properties.
Properties box comes up.
User clicks on Company Name.
Stac Exlectronics comes up...then after a brief flurry of ethernet packets over User's cable modem..a series of ^H's is sent and now reads:
Microsoft Corp. (A.D.) {A.D. = After DoJ).
Of course that would never happen.
There should be an idiot clause in the DMCA
Oh, but there is...the idiots that passed/created this PoS are the clause...and we are the ones to suffer its efflects.
Simple matter of clause and efflect.
(give yourself a +1 sense of humor if you laffed and realized I did not spell correctly on purpose)
.
I admitted I did not read the story because of the title...that was the whole point.
Sheesh...Loosen up or should I say losen up?
I suppose it is my fault for not including the sarcasm and grammar nazi tag.
WTH.
Am I the only one suffering from Slashdot Grammar Syndrome (SGS)?
/. reader in the process who automatically swap lose/loose internally".
.sigs...but HEY! I'm still on topic!}
Upon seeing "could be Loosed" I read could be "Lost" or could "Lose", not "could be released" as the headline intended.
Needless to say I was expecting a "tale of woe" only to be greeted with "cheery" comments.
Then I thought: "Heh, They got it right, confusing thousands of
{No, I didn't read the article, but I did read the headline...sorta like responding to
My mistake. Win some, Loose some....
{g}
.
Giving the customer what they want.
And if Apple gets pissed and sends in the lawyers, fine.
But know this: I think Gateway will not be cowed!
{mmph..snort..ahahahaa}
.
If they use the same 4pt font in the article that they use in their code, no wonder nothing gets fixed!!!
You can't re-code what you can't read.
.
...would you prefer EVERYTHING be rendered on the fly?
I'd prefer it be rendered on a monitor, video screen or tv.
A fly is too small to render images on, IMO.
Either they take away our blinkey lights and shiney objects
or
Electrical tape to cover up said blinkey lights will be labeled as a circumvention device under the DMCA, so we'll be forced to look at the lights (ooooohhh, blinkey).
(Which is a bad thing because the electrical tap is the only thing holding my 1950's style fins on my tinfoil hat.)
One of the more fascinating anecdotes was when Dr. Albert Hofmann inadvertedly tried the stuff on himself (he absorbed 20x the normal dosis through the skin).
Ah, so that explains why Internet Cable Companies are 'Tripping'...must be part of DOCIS/DOSIS compliance...
.
Thus spake Dwonis
Why did you buy PCs with Windows on them, if you didn't want it?
ROTFLMAO...
Damn, dude...if I hadn't piddled my mod points away just a few moments ago, I'd have modded you as "Funny and Insightful"...
(snicker)
You have a gift...use it for good and not evil.
Moose
.
Thanks, I had that mental image as soon as I read the headline. Of all those, that one was rather disturbing to me (cringe) and mildly funny too.
I was wierd, I suppose, but I could not stand Scooby Doo as a kid...now the toon is tolerable as an adult...annoying, but tolerable.
1) Red hat AOL user (aka RHAOL...pronounced RAH-OOL) fires up the AOL security check and hears "you got owned".
2) Just when you think it can't get any worse, they place ads on TV with Scooby Doo as the spokes 'toon saying "Red Rat Ray-roh-rel rits rumber run!'
3) The Red hat on the Redhat symbol gets down to the "chin level" to hide its shame.
4) A vulnerability in sendmail allows a script kiddie to parse all the email from AOL thru the "borkinator" script (inserts Swedish Chef comments into text)...oddly enough, no one notices for 2 years even when calling tech support and "this is (insert name of tech) how may I BORK! BORK! BORK! Help you".
5) World-wide several BSD and Slackware users are hospitalized for asphixiation from laughing so hard they could not breath for several minutes.
Just a few thoughts.
once Compaq gave up the alpha to HP and HP in turn sold the IP/whatever else to *ntel.
Ironically enough I saw a blurb on the register (IIRC) and a few other sites that said if the "Q" merges with HP (rumor at the time) they would kill off the Alpha to the god of x86 (ok, I'm paraphrasing).
Guess what? Came true 2 or 3 months later.
Ok, I'm wierd for "missing" a processor architecture, but at least it gave us the EV6 bus for the Athlon before "Being Offered up".
(sigh)
LOL...
Mod that up, it's sick and twisted...
I'd mod it up, but used my points yesterday.
Oh, and when the judge asks for remedies I'd pay good money to have someone yell out:
"Hanging's too good for him...Burning's too good for him... He should be torn into itsy bitsy pieces and buried ALIVE!!!"
(Heavy Metal ref, for those that did not know)
.
...or beavis and butthead get smarter:
Beavis:
'Uh-huh-huh, you said "repetative motion", your honour...uh-huh-huh-huh.'
Butthead:
'Is that why they wear those robes, Beavis?'
Beavis:
Well, eeeheeeheeheee, we submit to the court...
Butthead:
Huh-huh, you said submit.
(SMACK)
Beavis:
Quiet! That one man's "repetitave motion" is another man's life activity... Just look at my associate....
Butthead:
You said Ass...Hey, shut up Beavis, don't make me kick your ass again.
{and no, I did not read the article, seeing as +4 posts explained all I needed to know quite well, thank you}
.
{insert Gingerbread man voice}
"Not my gumdrop buttons!"
{end voice}
That's it.
I have to agree, even with my limited knowledge.
I suppose a version of SLI would do the trick.
Or, a type of "4 panel convergence" where the panels are aligned individually.
The SLI idea worked ok (to my recollection) when every other line was rendered, but less so when the top/bottom rendering was done (1/2 screen).
I admit the idea has merit (possible jafar voice inserted) and could best be done like the true-flat monitors where the apeture grill is "broken" in two places.
(side note...I got a 20inch monitor at work by pointing those "lines" out to someone who could not 'un-see' them...hehe...I'm such a snot, sometimes)
Only difference with the 'cold' ones would be 4 panels of "mini" monitors, perhaps.
I wonder what the metrics are? 6 inches from gun to screen makes a 17 inch monitor perhaps?
Damn, that'd be nice.
.
I loose my stuff.
Proof that information wants to be free.
Now, if you happened to lose your stuff, that's bad.
Sorry, pet peeve of mine.
Lose: as in to misplace, lost, not win.
Loose: to release, to untighten, relax.
{where is the Angryflower on this particular topic?}
.
now I can get an error 404 on my TV.
Just what I wanted.
True, but re-read this please:
accelerate popular functions in the HARDWARE, instead of relying on software to carry out the functions.
With that in mind...one word:
Winmodems
But I agree. I've said to many people: "Never replace hardware with software".
.
Boy, Steve Jobs is going to be pissed that someone patented the Reality Distortion Field.
{future sig in the making:
"I was talking to my self and said 'two words: seek help' "}
.
How about the "you got mail" dude do one that says "j00 g0t 0wN3D"!
One of Many Instant Messenger Exploits (MIME for short), I'm sure.
{if you are going to assinate a Mime, would you use a silencer?}