The real problem is that ISPs don't want to be bothered. They don't want to get sued and have to pay a bunch of money to lawyers because of the actions of a couple of customers. So, when they receive a copyright infringement claim, there is very little chance they will actually investigate it, and even less chance they will fight the demand that the material be taken down. Instead, they will almost always automatically take down the "offending" material, no questions asked.
" "Some of their core customers are being scared off by the lawsuits," said Dion Cornett, an analyst at Decatur Jones Equity Partners. "SCO has sued some of its customers, and that is what's scaring people off."
The lack of innovation at Microsoft is because they still don't "get it".
All over the world, businesses, universities and government agencies are switching away from Windows, usually to Linux. But Microsoft continues to believe that the only problem is a lack of FUD.
So Microsoft invests millions of dollars in FUD machines (SCO, the Alexis de Toqueville Institute, etc...) and continues on, business as usual.
This is a great example of turning the tables on a scammer. If more people had the intelligence and creatvity to do this sort of thing, we could really put a dent in the activites of on-line crooks.
The way I see it, the scammer got what he deserved and you've really got to scrape the bottom of the barrel of technicalities to find something that the seller did that was "illegal".
IANAL, but the only thing "illegal" that was done by the seller was mis-stating the value of the item on the customs form. And even that could be debated. If I paint a picture and declare that it's worth $10,000, who is to say that it's not?
1, Ebay was not defrauded. The seller sold the real Powerbook to a legitimate buyer on Ebay. Ebay got paid.
2, Fedex was not defruaded. They got their $80 for shipping the package.
3, Paypal was not defrauded. Every day, thousands of people use Paypal to collect donations for various things. The seller said he needed money to cover the cost of shipping a package and that's exactly what he used the money for.
4, The government was not defrauded. They got paid their customs duties when the scammer picked up his package.
5, The P-P-Powerbook seller never received a penny from the buyer (the attempted scammer).
Actually, they chose the name "Lindows" because they originally claimed that it would run Windows programs. That was a lie of course, and they no longer make that claim.
It's unfortunate that our legal system is so corrupt that Microsoft can literally do anything and get away with it simply because they have $50 Billion in the bank. On the other hand, Lindows by any name, is crap.
The correct title should be: Men are iherently incapable of portraying women in video games the way that radical nazi lesbian feminists think they should be portrayed.
If Microsoft invested $50 million in SCO, that would make sense. $50 million can buy tham a lot of anti-Linux FUD. But what does Baystar gain? When SCO loses their absurd lawsuits and disappears, so does Baystar's 50 million.
Conventional wisdom says that we have so much spam because:
(1) E-mail is so cheap that it's essentially free
(2) The low cost of e-mail makes Spam very profitable, which is why there's so much spam.
I think this may be wrong.
With the all out war being waged against spam, I seriously doubt it's all that profitable. I believe that spam is the result of greedy wishful thinking.
Think about state lotteries. A lottery ticket only costs a dollar and promises a chance to win lots of money. So, every week, millions of people spend a few dollars (or more) on lottery tickets. And even though they never win anything (or nowhere near the amount they spend), they keep buying lottery tickets, week after week, month after month, year after year.
Why? Greedy wishful thinking: a few dollars a week is a small price to pay if it will make me rich someday.
And I think that same basic mentality is driving spam. Sending out millions of spam e-mails costs very little and takes very little effort, so why not try it. These are the same people who buy into all the various MLM and get-rich-quick schemes. They are convinced that they just need to keep sending out as much spam as possible and someday it will pay off.
No need for DRM
on
Linux and DRM?
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· Score: 4, Insightful
There is no legitimate need for Digital Restrictions Management.
Your content is already protected. By copyright law.
There is no legitimate need to introduce additional restrictions that prevent me from doing what I want with materials that I have legitimately purchased.
After using Mozilla for 18 months I started trying out Firebird a couple of months ago. Just as I was really starting to like it and make it my browser of choice they go and pull another boneheaded stunt.
Firefox - really stupid name. Really really stupid. Not only stupid, but breaks continuity with the naming of it's e-mail partner, Thunderbird. The new offical logo isn't so hot either.
The release of the latest version was delayed almost 2 months for "reasons unrelated to the code". That's all they would say. The "reasons unrelated to the code" turned out to be the name change. Instead of working on making a better browser, way too much time and effort was put into searching for a new name, designing a new sucky logo and applying for trademarks,.
And speaking of all the time and effort they supposedly put into the new name -- this is the second time they've changed the name because somebody complained. Want to bet how long it will be before there's another name change? Just go to Google and type in "Firefox".
Although Firefox is Open Source. the new official logo isn't: . ".... this new artwork is not licensed under the same licenses as the source code. You are not granted any rights or licenses to the trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation, including without limitation the Firefox name or logo".
What the heck is up with that? You can download the source and build your own Fire[bird][fox] -- many people do -- but you can't have the new logo. That's strictly top secret hands off.
All of a sudden, their sucky name and logo is really really really important and needs to be protected.
According to lead developer Ben Goodger, the official explantion for keeping the new logo under strict lock and key is: "we're just trying to prevent people from identify themselves AS us, or create builds that masquerade as official builds."
Yeah right.
99.9999999% of the people in the world use MSIE and you're worried that somebody will start turning out bootleg copies of Fire[bird][fox].
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The real problem is that ISPs don't want to be bothered. They don't want to get sued and have to pay a bunch of money to lawyers because of the actions of a couple of customers. So, when they receive a copyright infringement claim, there is very little chance they will actually investigate it, and even less chance they will fight the demand that the material be taken down. Instead, they will almost always automatically take down the "offending" material, no questions asked.
" "Some of their core customers are being scared off by the lawsuits," said Dion Cornett, an analyst at Decatur Jones Equity Partners. "SCO has sued some of its customers, and that is what's scaring people off."
When I enter "nigritude ultramarine" into Google, it says:
Did you mean: negritude
The lack of innovation at Microsoft is because they still don't "get it".
All over the world, businesses, universities and government agencies are switching away from Windows, usually to Linux. But Microsoft continues to believe that the only problem is a lack of FUD.
So Microsoft invests millions of dollars in FUD machines (SCO, the Alexis de Toqueville Institute, etc...) and continues on, business as usual.
Sorry guys.
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cd player output --> sound card input -->
Thanks for playing. Try Again.
This is a great example of turning the tables on a scammer. If more people had the intelligence and creatvity to do this sort of thing, we could really put a dent in the activites of on-line crooks.
The way I see it, the scammer got what he deserved and you've really got to scrape the bottom of the barrel of technicalities to find something that the seller did that was "illegal".
IANAL, but the only thing "illegal" that was done by the seller was mis-stating the value of the item on the customs form. And even that could be debated. If I paint a picture and declare that it's worth $10,000, who is to say that it's not?
1, Ebay was not defrauded. The seller sold the real Powerbook to a legitimate buyer on Ebay. Ebay got paid.
2, Fedex was not defruaded. They got their $80 for shipping the package.
3, Paypal was not defrauded. Every day, thousands of people use Paypal to collect donations for various things. The seller said he needed money to cover the cost of shipping a package and that's exactly what he used the money for.
4, The government was not defrauded. They got paid their customs duties when the scammer picked up his package.
5, The P-P-Powerbook seller never received a penny from the buyer (the attempted scammer).
The Latin version of "ALl Your Base Are Belong To Us"
should cost $10,000 per copy with an additional charge of $10 per word entered into each Blog.
The Internet would be a much better place.
"Did you mean to search for: negritude ultramarine"
Why did the the UK Coastguard allow this to happen? The Sasser worm is 100% preventable if your system is properly patched and firewalled.
Yet Another Worthless Linux Distibution
................ ?
supports my scanner? no.
supports the TV out function of my video card? no.
can tranfer pictures to my computer from my digital camera? no.
And so ther reason to use it is
We have aquired unobtanium!
If these "cheesey" moves are so terrible then why are they in the games in the first place?
Unless someone is actually cheating, you should STFU.
>>"Electronic paper is to paper, what paper is to clay tablets."
Wrong.
Electronic paper is to paper, what a bicycle is to a fish.
Actually, they chose the name "Lindows" because they originally claimed that it would run Windows programs. That was a lie of course, and they no longer make that claim.
It's unfortunate that our legal system is so corrupt that Microsoft can literally do anything and get away with it simply because they have $50 Billion in the bank.
On the other hand, Lindows by any name, is crap.
So I guess it all evens out.
The correct title should be: Men are iherently incapable of portraying women in video games the way that radical nazi lesbian feminists think they should be portrayed.
alt.binaries.*
end of story.
>> IE is the suck.
This should be displayed whenever IE starts up.
I lowered my cholesterol.
If Microsoft invested $50 million in SCO, that would make sense. $50 million can buy tham a lot of anti-Linux FUD. But what does Baystar gain? When SCO loses their absurd lawsuits and disappears, so does Baystar's 50 million.
When a Windows vulnerability is patched, it is proof that closed source software is evil.
Wne a Linux vulnerability is patched, it is proof that open source software is wonderful.
Conventional wisdom says that we have so much spam because:
(1) E-mail is so cheap that it's essentially free
(2) The low cost of e-mail makes Spam very profitable, which is why there's so much spam.
I think this may be wrong.
With the all out war being waged against spam, I seriously doubt it's all that profitable. I believe that spam is the result of greedy wishful thinking.
Think about state lotteries. A lottery ticket only costs a dollar and promises a chance to win lots of money. So, every week, millions of people spend a few dollars (or more) on lottery tickets. And even though they never win anything (or nowhere near the amount they spend), they keep buying lottery tickets, week after week, month after month, year after year.
Why? Greedy wishful thinking: a few dollars a week is a small price to pay if it will make me rich someday.
And I think that same basic mentality is driving spam. Sending out millions of spam e-mails costs very little and takes very little effort, so why not try it.
These are the same people who buy into all the various MLM and get-rich-quick schemes. They are convinced that they just need to keep sending out as much spam as possible and someday it will pay off.
There is no legitimate need for Digital Restrictions Management.
Your content is already protected. By copyright law.
There is no legitimate need to introduce additional restrictions that prevent me from doing what I want with materials that I have legitimately purchased.
After using Mozilla for 18 months I started trying out
Firebird a couple of months ago. Just as I was really
starting to like it and make it my browser of choice they
go and pull another boneheaded stunt.
Firefox - really stupid name. Really really stupid.
Not only stupid, but breaks continuity with the naming of
it's e-mail partner, Thunderbird. The new offical logo
isn't so hot either.
The release of the latest version was delayed almost 2 months
for "reasons unrelated to the code". That's all they would
say. The "reasons unrelated to the code" turned out to be the
name change. Instead of working on making a better browser,
way too much time and effort was put into searching for a new
name, designing a new sucky logo and applying for trademarks,.
And speaking of all the time and effort they supposedly put into
the new name -- this is the second time they've changed the name
because somebody complained. Want to bet how long it will be
before there's another name change? Just go to Google and type
in "Firefox".
Although Firefox is Open Source. the new official logo isn't:
.
".... this new artwork is not licensed under the same licenses
as the source code. You are not granted any rights or licenses
to the trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation, including without
limitation the Firefox name or logo".
What the heck is up with that? You can download the source and
build your own Fire[bird][fox] -- many people do -- but you can't
have the new logo. That's strictly top secret hands off.
All of a sudden, their sucky name and logo is really really really
important and needs to be protected.
According to lead developer Ben Goodger, the official explantion
for keeping the new logo under strict lock and key is: "we're
just trying to prevent people from identify themselves AS us, or
create builds that masquerade as official builds."
Yeah right.
99.9999999% of the people in the world use MSIE and you're worried
that somebody will start turning out bootleg copies of Fire[bird][fox].
You can't spell fiasco without SCO