How about the fact that the BSA (I get the BS part, anyway) sends out these cards without discretion? OK, let's say you run Linux or BSD or whatever, and the police come to your house and say "Give us the $50,000 you owe us for software you're not even running." What about companies that legitimately purchase licenses for all their software? It ain't free to audit an organization with 20,000 users, no matter how much documentation you've saved. Who do you think foots the bill for that, even if they're compliant? It sure isn't the BSA, savior of the software industry.
You should provide them with an "anonymous" tip about all the software you're "stealing." Have you ever seen the online form they have for reporting piracy? There's a little section on it that you can check- "I believe that this company would attempt to eliminate the pirated software if they were informed beforehand," or something like that. Check that off, and then sue them when they bust in and steal all your Linux boxen, depriving you of work.
Yes, you will be arrested (or run that risk, anyway). However, under Canadian copyright law, you can borrow a friend's CD, make a copy of it for your own use, and give back their original.
is that the blank media tax (at least in Canada, and I think the States) goes exclusively to the music publishers. So everytime I download a new Slack version or whatever, I'm giving money to support N'Sync. That's the really criminal part. Why would you assume every blank CD is used to copy music that you didn't buy? If I'm making a backup copy of my legally purchased disc, why am I paying more money to give myself an extra?
It's not a tax, it's a "levy.":) But the RIAA doesn't really have anything to do with that in Canada. The money goes to Canadian artists, based on record sales, which is the part that bugs me. They could give all this cash (22c/disc, currently) to promote up-and-coming bands, but it's all going to Celine Dion and Bryan Adams. GenericGarageBand doesn't see a dime. Not to mention every time you download and burn *BSD (Linux/Solaris/whatever), you're giving money to the music industry.
Their site evidently uses much legacy ASP code (which, I must say, is extremely powerful and fast) which the British Government seems to utilize quite successfully. Why rewrite it in a slower language such as Perl, just to use an open source OS?
Huh? ASP code? What, PerlScript? ASP isn't a language, numbnuts, so you can't exactly compare it to Perl. And I'd hesitate to call Perl a slow language (esp. mod_) when compared to, say, *snicker* Visual Basic. Nice try though. Stop talking out of your ass, and maybe we'll let you come back.
Red Hat Linux Professional is a complete package featuring Red Hat Linux 7.2 plus 6 CDs of Linux server and workstation applications. In addition, you get 60 days each of Red Hat Web- based support, Telephone-based support including two incidents and 180 days Red Hat Network Software.(My bold)
Absolutely! Dissenting speech should be crushed wherever and whenever it appears. It leads to divisiveness, and divisiveness leads to reduced profits, and reduced profits leads to TERRORISM.
Basically the story was about a hacker Wizard(not lotr type) who could root your system whenever you went online, and you wouldn't be aware of it. This guy would then use info from your computer to kill you. Now I here XP can give up System control simply by having you go online!
If you know enough to disable automatic patch checking, I'd assume you have your reasons, and probably keep abreast of things on your own, in which case you already know about this patch.
The flaws were discovered by Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based security company eEye Digital Security and reported to Microsoft about six weeks ago, said Marc Maiffret, eEye's chief hacking officer.
It's in the first fucking link on Google. Or was that too difficult?
You remember right. Lack of *any* documentation, more like it. Licensing I don't think is a problem, as everything is done blind. MS changes NTFS every time they put out a new OS though, so that kind of complicates things.
I'm running three heads with DRI on my Linux box at home. I usually boot into Linux since I can't get any work done in Windows. Constant problems with many large apps open at once, even with half a gig of RAM (which I'm limited to, since Wind9X can't support more).
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How about the fact that the BSA (I get the BS part, anyway) sends out these cards without discretion? OK, let's say you run Linux or BSD or whatever, and the police come to your house and say "Give us the $50,000 you owe us for software you're not even running." What about companies that legitimately purchase licenses for all their software? It ain't free to audit an organization with 20,000 users, no matter how much documentation you've saved. Who do you think foots the bill for that, even if they're compliant? It sure isn't the BSA, savior of the software industry.
You should provide them with an "anonymous" tip about all the software you're "stealing." Have you ever seen the online form they have for reporting piracy? There's a little section on it that you can check- "I believe that this company would attempt to eliminate the pirated software if they were informed beforehand," or something like that. Check that off, and then sue them when they bust in and steal all your Linux boxen, depriving you of work.
Uh, yeah. I bet if we put up a /. poll, we'd get 10-1 the other way, and it's be just as scientific.
The other way? You mean, Cowboy Neal?
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=enq uire
enquire
v.
Variant of inquire.
[Middle English enquiren, from Old French enquerre, from Vulgar Latin *inquaerere]
Sorry grammar nazi. Keep readin' those textbooks. You'll get it one of these days.
It's over here (Question 9, search for 'WEB, Gilbert').
Yeah, they're around.
Yes, you will be arrested (or run that risk, anyway). However, under Canadian copyright law, you can borrow a friend's CD, make a copy of it for your own use, and give back their original.
is that the blank media tax (at least in Canada, and I think the States) goes exclusively to the music publishers. So everytime I download a new Slack version or whatever, I'm giving money to support N'Sync. That's the really criminal part. Why would you assume every blank CD is used to copy music that you didn't buy? If I'm making a backup copy of my legally purchased disc, why am I paying more money to give myself an extra?
It's not a tax, it's a "levy." :) But the RIAA doesn't really have anything to do with that in Canada. The money goes to Canadian artists, based on record sales, which is the part that bugs me. They could give all this cash (22c/disc, currently) to promote up-and-coming bands, but it's all going to Celine Dion and Bryan Adams. GenericGarageBand doesn't see a dime. Not to mention every time you download and burn *BSD (Linux/Solaris/whatever), you're giving money to the music industry.
Their site evidently uses much legacy ASP code (which, I must say, is extremely powerful and fast) which the British Government seems to utilize quite successfully. Why rewrite it in a slower language such as Perl, just to use an open source OS?
Huh? ASP code? What, PerlScript? ASP isn't a language, numbnuts, so you can't exactly compare it to Perl. And I'd hesitate to call Perl a slow language (esp. mod_) when compared to, say, *snicker* Visual Basic. Nice try though. Stop talking out of your ass, and maybe we'll let you come back.
Red Hat Linux Professional is a complete package featuring Red Hat Linux 7.2 plus 6 CDs of Linux server and workstation applications. In addition, you get 60 days each of Red Hat Web- based support, Telephone-based support including two incidents and 180 days Red Hat Network Software.(My bold)
That's why.
Because you don't usually walk to the bank with your register deposits and a giant sign overhead pointing at you and saying "MONEY MONEY MONEY."
A few lessons? What Canada are you living in? I took a mandatory 6 years of French. I appreciate it more now that I'm done though.
Absolutely! Dissenting speech should be crushed wherever and whenever it appears. It leads to divisiveness, and divisiveness leads to reduced profits, and reduced profits leads to TERRORISM.
Basically the story was about a hacker Wizard(not lotr type) who could root your system whenever you went online, and you wouldn't be aware of it. This guy would then use info from your computer to kill you.
Now I here XP can give up System control simply by having you go online!
Isn't that what The Road Ahead is all about?
If you know enough to disable automatic patch checking, I'd assume you have your reasons, and probably keep abreast of things on your own, in which case you already know about this patch.
http://www.google.com/search?q=xp+hole
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1) Microsoft issues patch for "serious" XP hole - Tech News
The flaws were discovered by Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based security company eEye Digital Security and reported to Microsoft about six weeks ago, said Marc Maiffret, eEye's chief hacking officer.
It's in the first fucking link on Google. Or was that too difficult?
You can say "damn" here, we're all mature enough.
Not if a build of your project sold 20 gazillion copies, you wouldn't. ;-)
You remember right. Lack of *any* documentation, more like it. Licensing I don't think is a problem, as everything is done blind. MS changes NTFS every time they put out a new OS though, so that kind of complicates things.
How about those who call it Lye-nucks? Then they'd pronounce this Line-does. No confusion there. MS doesn't have a case.
I'm running three heads with DRI on my Linux box at home. I usually boot into Linux since I can't get any work done in Windows. Constant problems with many large apps open at once, even with half a gig of RAM (which I'm limited to, since Wind9X can't support more).
That's hilarious. Opera's smaller than that. :)
How do you clap your hands when they're filled with grocery bags? I don't think that product will ever take off. Sorry.
Actually, yes, it is a big thing to do in Cuba, where they have both CDs and cars. Nice try though.