You mean 0.03 to 0.055 fluffy cumulous units or 65 to 120 little clouds? This is a gross underestimation I think. Has to be rather around 20 fluffies I feel. Can a NASA engineer appove these numbers?
The way I read this, it means only programs which enable the user to both serve and request files. So plain FTP or HTTP are okay because they are really only one way protocols, but Gnutella or Freenet aren't because they allow for two-way communication.
If this is true, then we could simply split the P2P software in independent client and server parts and circumvent the law.
So they aren't trying to blanket outlaw the internet.
I don't think that they try to outlaw the internet, but in fact they will have to do this to be successful.
How long did it take somebody to first have sex in a car once it was invented?
I think you're mixing something up. In 1864 Siegfried Marcus built the first automobile mating device to impress Mrs. Seelig, who was easily aroused by technical gadgetries, but also allergic to horses. The inventor of P2P is a direct descendant of this creative, but deeply perverted man.
-- Those who don't know history are bound to reinvent it, poorly.
The bill defines P2P as...software that enables the transmission of computer files or data over the Internet or any other public network of computers and that has as its primary function the capability to do all of the following--
(A) enable a computer on which such software is used to transmit files or data to another such computer;
(B) enable the user of one such computer to request the transmission of files or data from another such computer; and
(C) enable the user of one such computer to designate files or data available for transmission to another such computer, but which definition excludes, to the extent otherwise included, software products legitimately marketed and distributed primarily for the operation of business and home networks, the networks of Internet access providers, or the Internet itself
So...
1. It is illegal to transfer files between two FTP-servers or HTTP-servers.
2. But if you use it for business, you are allowed to operate software like gnutella or kazaa.
"In other cases, pornographic Web site operators have copied real-estate listings and lawyers' directories to lure unwitting visitors, he said. The law could help those who make information available for free online, said Kupferschmid."
Do we really need a law that allows porno-sites to sue house-owners and lawyers when they download their online resources?
"If database producers know they have some law to fall back on when someone steals their database, they'll be much more willing to get that information out there for free,"
I see. The classic SCO-ploy.
"Violators could be shut down and be forced to pay triple the damages they incurred."
...and this, your honour, is why I believe that this lawyer copied my client's porno-database! Judge: I'm disgusted. Shoot him down with quad damage! Lawyer: You are transgressing the law! Judge: I'm exaggerating. Frag this bastard.
-- On a second thought, let's not pass this - it's a silly law...
Alarm bells ringing at Redmond: now they are even copying our vaporware! Push back the release dates, hire some programmers, we have to actually implement this stuff!
Um, I read the article, and doesn't it say clouds are made of elephants?
Both are made of stardust, so I guess you'r right. There are, like, a LOT of elephants. There must be *hundreds* of 'em. Maybe even *thousands*. No... millions and millions!
The more a technology relies on bomb-like batteries or razor-like Flash memory cards, the more likely it becomes that a real terrorist could sneak a truly dangerous device onboard.
Do you realize how paranoid this sounds? At least to a non US human being?
The real and only aim of this judgement was to create a precedence.
Precedence does not have the importance in Europe than it has in the US. AFAIK US courts rely much on precedence (decisions of other courts), while european courts have to rely solely on written laws to find their decisions. (But IANAL)
Well, if our emotions are affected by what we cannot hear, maybe it's a blessing in disguise that my new car stereo got ripped off on Sunday (from the church parking lot during service, nonetheless, bastards.....)
Don't fool yourself. Your mood already IS affected by something you can't hear (anymore).
MS products for -500.000 dollar. How could free beat that? But I wonder what Joe S. will think when he learns that MS wastes tax-payer money in Peru and Africa. Funny stuff. Imagine him thinking and lerning. Steam comming out of his ears. Eyes rolling. Finally he doesn't get it.
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So that's where Darl McBride and the rest of SCO are from!
Philadelphia?
That's roughly 6,000 to 11,000 elephants.
You mean 0.03 to 0.055 fluffy cumulous units or 65 to 120 little clouds? This is a gross underestimation I think. Has to be rather around 20 fluffies I feel. Can a NASA engineer appove these numbers?
That's because Emacs is at heart an Operating System, not an application.
I'm patiently waiting for the Emacs distro that runs Linux in a VM.
When it runs vim I will give it a try...
The way I read this, it means only programs which enable the user to both serve and request files. So plain FTP or HTTP are okay because they are really only one way protocols, but Gnutella or Freenet aren't because they allow for two-way communication.
If this is true, then we could simply split the P2P software in independent client and server parts and circumvent the law.
So they aren't trying to blanket outlaw the internet.
I don't think that they try to outlaw the internet, but in fact they will have to do this to be successful.
How long did it take somebody to first have sex in a car once it was invented?
I think you're mixing something up. In 1864 Siegfried Marcus built the first automobile mating device to impress Mrs. Seelig, who was easily aroused by technical gadgetries, but also allergic to horses. The inventor of P2P is a direct descendant of this creative, but deeply perverted man.
-- Those who don't know history are bound to reinvent it, poorly.
The bill defines P2P as ...software that enables the transmission of computer files or data over the Internet or any other public network of computers and that has as its primary function the capability to do all of the following--
(A) enable a computer on which such software is used to transmit files or data to another such computer;
(B) enable the user of one such computer to request the transmission of files or data from another such computer; and
(C) enable the user of one such computer to designate files or data available for transmission to another such computer, but which definition excludes, to the extent otherwise included, software products legitimately marketed and distributed primarily for the operation of business and home networks, the networks of Internet access providers, or the Internet itself
So...
1. It is illegal to transfer files between two FTP-servers or HTTP-servers.
2. But if you use it for business, you are allowed to operate software like gnutella or kazaa.
"In other cases, pornographic Web site operators have copied real-estate listings and lawyers' directories to lure unwitting visitors, he said. The law could help those who make information available for free online, said Kupferschmid."
...and this, your honour, is why I believe that this lawyer copied my client's porno-database!
Do we really need a law that allows porno-sites to sue house-owners and lawyers when they download their online resources?
"If database producers know they have some law to fall back on when someone steals their database, they'll be much more willing to get that information out there for free,"
I see. The classic SCO-ploy.
"Violators could be shut down and be forced to pay triple the damages they incurred."
Judge: I'm disgusted. Shoot him down with quad damage!
Lawyer: You are transgressing the law!
Judge: I'm exaggerating. Frag this bastard.
-- On a second thought, let's not pass this - it's a silly law...
In other news, the GNU project and numerous other FS and OSS projects donated software worth some billion dollars to schools and 3rd world countries.
McBride commented this as "dissapointing", while Gates found it "anti-competitive".
The world is generally not very interested in the affair and was not available for comments.
Alarm bells ringing at Redmond: now they are even copying our vaporware! Push back the release dates, hire some programmers, we have to actually implement this stuff!
Side note: does anyone else get the impression of Nazi era propaganda in this?
For Godwin's sake, no.
Maybe Microsoft has started offering their developers $20 for each security fix...
On the other hand, these are the same people who are developing the security holes in the first place.
$$$ They get rich fast $$$
Um, I read the article, and doesn't it say clouds are made of elephants?
Both are made of stardust, so I guess you'r right. There are, like, a LOT of elephants. There must be *hundreds* of 'em. Maybe even *thousands*. No... millions and millions!
The more a technology relies on bomb-like batteries or razor-like Flash memory cards, the more likely it becomes that a real terrorist could sneak a truly dangerous device onboard.
Do you realize how paranoid this sounds? At least to a non US human being?
The real and only aim of this judgement was to create a precedence.
Precedence does not have the importance in Europe than it has in the US. AFAIK US courts rely much on precedence (decisions of other courts), while european courts have to rely solely on written laws to find their decisions. (But IANAL)
$10,800 - That's 16 license fees, no sweat.
But on the other hand they have only one undisclosed customer who bought an undisclosed number of licences for their undisclosed code.
So maybe the game is 16 to 1 for us!
return) ((ulong_t NULL);
^
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Original SCO Code (licence required)
Not fair! You're using the FUD-master's phrases!
And *source* RPMs at that! The day I see source RPMs of Microsoft Office is the day I eat my right shoe!
*G* China was quicker than I thought...
I can't think of a sadder commentary on the effects of universal piracy. Let's hope we don't end up in the same state here in the West.
Indeed. It will be a sad silent spring, the year we go back to the dark ages before the recording industry invented music.
Well, if our emotions are affected by what we cannot hear, maybe it's a blessing in disguise that my new car stereo got ripped off on Sunday (from the church parking lot during service, nonetheless, bastards.....)
Don't fool yourself. Your mood already IS affected by something you can't hear (anymore).
struct conspiracy theory {
;-)
;-) /* drunk, fix later */
real : MS;
int : palladium;
int * : hammer;
hmmm is it for integrating palladuim support!
};//end of struct
Sorry... couldnt help it
didn't compile. try this patch and fix later:
9c9
> Sorry... couldnt help it
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I wonder what image format GNU.ORG [gnu.org] will use on it's website, now...
PNG, I guess. Of course, this is a lossless format and not suitable for every type of image...
Chindows!
Which stands for "CHIndow's Not winDOWS"...
No matter how bad a crash you have in this car, all you have to do is press "RESET" and a couple of minutes later you're back on the road.
It's not MS's fault. Most likely this was an issue with a non-MS-certified car-driver.
MS products for -500.000 dollar. How could free beat that? But I wonder what Joe S. will think when he learns that MS wastes tax-payer money in Peru and Africa. Funny stuff. Imagine him thinking and lerning. Steam comming out of his ears. Eyes rolling. Finally he doesn't get it.