I've bought only one game after hooking onto WoW, and it was Civ4. Yes, a turn-based strategy game. Nice game, but problem is - it wasn't playable on my laptop with a 64M videocard. Worse than just unplayable - it starts OK, but in the middle of the game it runs out of resources. Bang! Game over. Can you imagine that? A real-time, 3d WoW runs smoothly but the turn-based strategy run out of graphical resources? Huh? Well, no more titles from Sid Meyer or Firaxis - never!, I promise you. For the Alliance!
...according to http://www.winternals.com/legal/ (see Motion for Restraining Order). BB employes were caught with unlicensed Winternals software in 50% of the cases, in Boston, Washignton, Pennsilvania and California. And with same "License No" too...
They charge $450 for a 20 minutes work (done with a software they have not paid $600 for). Nowhere near jugular for me... Come on, it's tax deductible for the company:)
It looks like it. According to docs on http://www.winternals.com/legal/ the "license" number on the cracked program was the same in Boston and Pennsilvania.
In short, this guy opinion is: "GPL3 is bad for business use". No single fact is given to support this opinion. No legal analysis of the proposed license text, nothing.
Why we are even looking at this "opinion" I wonder....
Intel approached Skype with its plan to optimize code on its chips for Skype's software so users would have a good experience while hosting a multiperson conference call, Crooke said. In recent years, Intel has increasingly touted its software development resources as a competitive advantage over AMD, which also trails Intel in the marketing budget category.
Other processors based on the x86 instruction set, such as AMD's chips or Via's, obviously will not come with the same optimized code found on Intel's chips. Intel and Skype announced a partnership at the Fall Intel Developer Forum last August to make sure Skype's products would run well on Intel's chips.
If this is true, I see nothing bad in the current announcement.
if I was a hacker, spy, terrorist, drug dealer, child porn producer, general contractor;-), or anyone else doing something shady, Skype would be my first choice for communications.
Good recommendation. Really. Using Skype gives you an additional peace of mind. We can discuss our business plans freely, without worrying that some "man in between" listens and sells our intentions to competitors...
Huh? They are not paying the poor little gmail name owner the millions he deserves. Is there any worse way of backstabbing?
(Also note that in trademark law, "Windows Vista" owner has some chances against MS only if his product is software, not window blinds. Products should overlap for trademark protection to be triggered.)
Having better access to a written work before purchasing? It benefits only good authors. If I am able to take a quick peek in a book, to say "what a moron" and to go searching further - I will not buy the moron's book. So, since most authors are indeed morons the lawsuit looks quite reasonable...
The first thing I've tried was "SCO". I like Google's results and layout better, but funny thing is Groklaw.com is missing from MSN search on SCO. There is sco.iwethey.org pretty early in the list that itself recommends Groklaw, but no Groklaw...
I can not beleive that any good apage ranking algorithm can make such an omission...
Corporations do not exist to make money. Corporations exist to do what their owners want them to do.
If I am the owner - I am free to require that my corporation does good. You, forbidding my (I underscore: MY) corporation to do anything but money is actually practicing non-economic coersion... just like some hard-core communist.
Few grands are probably enough to make the whole thing profitable. Civil lawsuit filing fees are a couple of hundred bucks plus a lawyer's salary. The latter tends to be big, but I do not see why it can't be outsourced... How about "pay up or go to an Indian jail"?
I am in St. Louis, MO and use Charter. I have been following this for a while and I am glad that this is over. I won't be getting caught!:D
The court decision just requires RIAA to use other process to find your identity. More expensive one, yes. But the losing side - i.e. you - pays all the expenses...
Here: "...organizations such as RIAA can also employ alternatives avenues to seek such information, such as 'John Doe' lawsuits. In such lawsuits many of which are now pending in district courts across the country, organizations such as RIAA can file a John Doe lawsuit, along with a motion for a third-party discovery of the identity of otherwise anonymous 'John Doe' defendant".
In addition, calls to the helpdesk by end users who had forgotten their passwords were costing the USPS millions of dollars per year in operating costs.
"An average end user had five to 10 different log-on IDs and passwords, and they wrote them down on little pieces of paper and stuck them under their mouse pads [or] under keyboards," Otto says. "They hid them everywhere because they couldn't remember them. That was a big security issue."
In addition, calls to the helpdesk by end users who had forgotten their passwords were costing the USPS millions of dollars per year in operating costs, according to Otto.
Looks like this time economics is on the people's side, not on a security paranoids' one...
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I liked this part:
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Basically this was the most strange thing about SCO case - not specifying what they were talking about exactly.
I've bought only one game after hooking onto WoW, and it was Civ4. Yes, a turn-based strategy game. Nice game, but problem is - it wasn't playable on my laptop with a 64M videocard. Worse than just unplayable - it starts OK, but in the middle of the game it runs out of resources. Bang! Game over. Can you imagine that? A real-time, 3d WoW runs smoothly but the turn-based strategy run out of graphical resources? Huh? Well, no more titles from Sid Meyer or Firaxis - never!, I promise you. For the Alliance!
They filed a motion in a lawsuit initiated by him. Technically that does not make them sue him.
...according to http://www.winternals.com/legal/ (see Motion for Restraining Order). BB employes were caught with unlicensed Winternals software in 50% of the cases, in Boston, Washignton, Pennsilvania and California. And with same "License No" too...
our store stopped using Winternals products 6 months ago
First time BB had a license for Winternals was November 2005...
http://www.winternals.com/legal/ - see Motion for Expedited Discovery there. There is a question eh.. sorry "interrogatory" No. 6:
"Please provide a complete list of all licensed software provided by you to Geeks in the last 5 years..."
They charge $450 for a 20 minutes work (done with a software they have not paid $600 for). Nowhere near jugular for me... Come on, it's tax deductible for the company :)
It looks like it. According to docs on http://www.winternals.com/legal/ the "license" number on the cracked program was the same in Boston and Pennsilvania.
You may want to check http://www.winternals.com/legal/Plaintiff's%20App% 20for%20Temporary%20Restraining%20Order%20and%20In junction.pdf . It's a hilarious doc in itself, describing in details how exactly BB employers were caught using unlicensed software (on video included). And there are receipts for their service attached. Nowhere near $30/hour, nowhere near...
Gmail failed to load on a browser that worked from TV set in my Las Vegas hotel room... Beware!
In short, this guy opinion is: "GPL3 is bad for business use". No single fact is given to support this opinion. No legal analysis of the proposed license text, nothing.
Why we are even looking at this "opinion" I wonder....
Intel approached Skype with its plan to optimize code on its chips for Skype's software so users would have a good experience while hosting a multiperson conference call, Crooke said. In recent years, Intel has increasingly touted its software development resources as a competitive advantage over AMD, which also trails Intel in the marketing budget category.
Other processors based on the x86 instruction set, such as AMD's chips or Via's, obviously will not come with the same optimized code found on Intel's chips. Intel and Skype announced a partnership at the Fall Intel Developer Forum last August to make sure Skype's products would run well on Intel's chips.
If this is true, I see nothing bad in the current announcement.
if I was a hacker, spy, terrorist, drug dealer, child porn producer, general contractor ;-), or anyone else doing something shady, Skype would be my first choice for communications.
Good recommendation. Really. Using Skype gives you an additional peace of mind. We can discuss our business plans freely, without worrying that some "man in between" listens and sells our intentions to competitors...
Huh? They are not paying the poor little gmail name owner the millions he deserves. Is there any worse way of backstabbing?
(Also note that in trademark law, "Windows Vista" owner has some chances against MS only if his product is software, not window blinds. Products should overlap for trademark protection to be triggered.)
Having better access to a written work before purchasing? It benefits only good authors. If I am able to take a quick peek in a book, to say "what a moron" and to go searching further - I will not buy the moron's book. So, since most authors are indeed morons the lawsuit looks quite reasonable...
Is Google known for any other slogan?
Well, if you go to http://google.com/ you'll only one slogan there: "Make Google your home page". I do not see why Bill should agree with that...
This is the most informative article in the thread. Skype-hype notwithstanding...
The first thing I've tried was "SCO". I like Google's results and layout better, but funny thing is Groklaw.com is missing from MSN search on SCO. There is sco.iwethey.org pretty early in the list that itself recommends Groklaw, but no Groklaw...
I can not beleive that any good apage ranking algorithm can make such an omission...
Corporations do not exist to make money. Corporations exist to do what their owners want them to do.
If I am the owner - I am free to require that my corporation does good. You, forbidding my (I underscore: MY) corporation to do anything but money is actually practicing non-economic coersion... just like some hard-core communist.
Few grands are probably enough to make the whole thing profitable. Civil lawsuit filing fees are a couple of hundred bucks plus a lawyer's salary. The latter tends to be big, but I do not see why it can't be outsourced... How about "pay up or go to an Indian jail"?
Judicial Watch currently has an appeal pending for Jack Daly against the Far East Shipping Company, the owners of the Kapitan Man.
Something does not fit here. Russian spy ships are owned by the Russian Navy, not by a merchant cargo company.
I am in St. Louis, MO and use Charter. I have been following this for a while and I am glad that this is over. I won't be getting caught! :D
The court decision just requires RIAA to use other process to find your identity. More expensive one, yes. But the losing side - i.e. you - pays all the expenses...
Here: "...organizations such as RIAA can also employ alternatives avenues to seek such information, such as 'John Doe' lawsuits. In such lawsuits many of which are now pending in district courts across the country, organizations such as RIAA can file a John Doe lawsuit, along with a motion for a third-party discovery of the identity of otherwise anonymous 'John Doe' defendant".
Made forced update on my installation though - now it does not start. A lot of people had the same problem, according to alt.games.half-life
Forced updates are very evil!
You work with idiots. Seriously, they are the kind of people who get executed in Texas.
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http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/13684D9
In addition, calls to the helpdesk by end users who had forgotten their passwords were costing the USPS millions of dollars per year in operating costs.
http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/13684D9D 4D9F73ABCC256EA50068857E?OpenDocument
"An average end user had five to 10 different log-on IDs and passwords, and they wrote them down on little pieces of paper and stuck them under their mouse pads [or] under keyboards," Otto says. "They hid them everywhere because they couldn't remember them. That was a big security issue."
In addition, calls to the helpdesk by end users who had forgotten their passwords were costing the USPS millions of dollars per year in operating costs, according to Otto.
Looks like this time economics is on the people's side, not on a security paranoids' one...