I see your point. That was a poor analogy. I still maintain however, that if the typewriter was was not the favorable unit and it was being creiticized the author would probably not be using said type writer.
OK... the more I think about this the more I want to change my opinion. Hypothetically, if the typewriter was the typewriter of choice for a particuallar author and the author decided to do a review of the type writer there may be some aspects that are less than desireable. In this situation though, I would expect it to be an opjective review. If I wanted to verbally defame the manufacture of the typewriter I would porbably use someone else's product to produce my content.
You have just wintnessed the reambling of my mind. Digest at your own risk;)
While I think the clause in this product license is quite silly, I really don't think they are taking away your right to free speech. You are still able to make all the web sites disparaging Microsoft you want. You are allowed to created sites that promote and contain pornography and the like. Microsoft is just telling you that you cannot do it with FrontPage.
I would think that someone that has that much of a problem with MS that the want to defame them would not support them by purchasing their product. Additionally, they would probably be of the opinion that the products are garbage and again not use it. FrontPage is not the only method of creating Web pages nor is it anywhere near being the best.
I don't think that the editor of the New York Times would allow a reporter to publish a story in the New York Times that defames it and may contain pornography. That is not an abridgment of the First Amendment right of said reporter. He would still have the opportunity to have it published independently or in USA Today. You just won't see the article in the Times.
So... If the government imposes a fine big enough for Bill to feel, say $25 Billion, there would then be a huge surplus of money at the fed. Our 'friend' Dub-ya will give a tax refund to the American people which would effectivly give Americans a free "copy" of Windows.
At this point wouldn't the American government be a violation of the DMCA?
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Today the executives for Microsoft announced they were filing for bankruptcy. After the final release of IE6 with "Smart Tags" the MPAA and RIAA filed suit against Microsoft claiming they "...encourage piracy!"
The attorneys for the MPAA and the RIAA used the DCMA as fuel for this entanglement stating "The Smart Tags in IE6 found every instance of DeCSS, MP3, Napster, MusicCity, Gnutella, Pr0n, DivX, Warez, 1337 $+uFf, and many other buzz words and directed unsuspecting netizens to contraband."
"This has completely undermined the entire media industry and taken profits out of the pockets of artists." said one representative of the RIAA.
Lars of Metallica was reported as saying "How many times do we have to fight this battle. Just when we think we know what's going on some one kicks us in the nuts and shows us we really don't understand the technology at all! This is a Greek tragedy!"
Yesterday the RIINS (Record Industry of Intergalactic Normal Space, a descendant of the RIAA of Earth's 20th Century) filed suit in Galactic court against GOD. While it is a well-known fact that GOD was a fictional char of the past thanks to Oolong Caloophid the RIINS believes that the very creation of the universe has been damaging its profits for near a millennia.
A spokes person for the RIINS is sums up the chain of events that leads to the damages generated by GOD.
GOD created life, that life then created the Internet, a primitive method of connecting devices that they called computers together in small networks. over the past 900 years 'hackers' have been developing methods to transfer data in files called mp9 files. This directly violates the BOIA (Bend Over Information Act) of 2901 from the RIINS offices tied to the Intergalactic Government which simply states 'All your information are belong to us!" So you see, GOD is the reason that piracy exists in the universe and we need relief for our damages!
Well, the Millennia old battle of profits driven by corporate greed continues, Full story at 11:00.
Alpha Centauri is where the documents are on display that Earth will be demolishied because it is in the way. They better get that antimater propulsion engine done pretty wuick so we can lodge a complaint...
I too use a non-MS operating system at times. I remeber when it used to be that I would get turned away from sites because I used IE and would have to reboot and use Netscape. (I wouldn't use NS under Windows 'cause it was worse than the Linux versions.)
Anyway, MS has produced IE for other *nix versions, just not the ones that averave Joe would use: HP-UX and Solaris (other non-free OSs) Microsoft has reversed the playing field... Instead of providing an OS and set of applications that people can choose to use as an option, they are making it so that if you want to use or access data you HAVE to use thier operating sysem. Next, if you emulate or create an application to access the same data the can unleash the DCMA on you...
Everyone keeps talking about getting a dual proc machine. I tend to leave those for the server types. I know linux has SMP support but most consumers use Win95/98/Me Those opperating systems will only use one processor. Sure, once you put Win2K on your bok you get to use that second proc, but the ral advantagees come when your software is designed to use multiple procs. At home the typical things that need horse power are games, and you probably won't be doing something in the background then. I would save he money and spend it on the 3d card in that situation.
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OK... the more I think about this the more I want to change my opinion. Hypothetically, if the typewriter was the typewriter of choice for a particuallar author and the author decided to do a review of the type writer there may be some aspects that are less than desireable. In this situation though, I would expect it to be an opjective review. If I wanted to verbally defame the manufacture of the typewriter I would porbably use someone else's product to produce my content.
You have just wintnessed the reambling of my mind. Digest at your own risk
I would think that someone that has that much of a problem with MS that the want to defame them would not support them by purchasing their product. Additionally, they would probably be of the opinion that the products are garbage and again not use it. FrontPage is not the only method of creating Web pages nor is it anywhere near being the best.
I don't think that the editor of the New York Times would allow a reporter to publish a story in the New York Times that defames it and may contain pornography. That is not an abridgment of the First Amendment right of said reporter. He would still have the opportunity to have it published independently or in USA Today. You just won't see the article in the Times.
At this point wouldn't the American government be a violation of the DMCA?
Anyone else buy DIVX?
I hope you didn't design it though... Anyone who specs out two servers for every desktop in thier company has a few issues.
I wondered where all that venture capital went.
The attorneys for the MPAA and the RIAA used the DCMA as fuel for this entanglement stating "The Smart Tags in IE6 found every instance of DeCSS, MP3, Napster, MusicCity, Gnutella, Pr0n, DivX, Warez, 1337 $+uFf, and many other buzz words and directed unsuspecting netizens to contraband."
"This has completely undermined the entire media industry and taken profits out of the pockets of artists." said one representative of the RIAA.
Lars of Metallica was reported as saying "How many times do we have to fight this battle. Just when we think we know what's going on some one kicks us in the nuts and shows us we really don't understand the technology at all! This is a Greek tragedy!"
Yesterday the RIINS (Record Industry of Intergalactic Normal Space, a descendant of the RIAA of Earth's 20th Century) filed suit in Galactic court against GOD. While it is a well-known fact that GOD was a fictional char of the past thanks to Oolong Caloophid the RIINS believes that the very creation of the universe has been damaging its profits for near a millennia.
A spokes person for the RIINS is sums up the chain of events that leads to the damages generated by GOD.
Well, the Millennia old battle of profits driven by corporate greed continues, Full story at 11:00.
Alpha Centauri is where the documents are on display that Earth will be demolishied because it is in the way. They better get that antimater propulsion engine done pretty wuick so we can lodge a complaint...
I too use a non-MS operating system at times. I remeber when it used to be that I would get turned away from sites because I used IE and would have to reboot and use Netscape. (I wouldn't use NS under Windows 'cause it was worse than the Linux versions.)
Anyway, MS has produced IE for other *nix versions, just not the ones that averave Joe would use: HP-UX and Solaris (other non-free OSs) Microsoft has reversed the playing field... Instead of providing an OS and set of applications that people can choose to use as an option, they are making it so that if you want to use or access data you HAVE to use thier operating sysem. Next, if you emulate or create an application to access the same data the can unleash the DCMA on you...
Everyone keeps talking about getting a dual proc machine. I tend to leave those for the server types. I know linux has SMP support but most consumers use Win95/98/Me Those opperating systems will only use one processor. Sure, once you put Win2K on your bok you get to use that second proc, but the ral advantagees come when your software is designed to use multiple procs. At home the typical things that need horse power are games, and you probably won't be doing something in the background then. I would save he money and spend it on the 3d card in that situation.
Forgive the typos, I have two broken wrists.