Pagan? what the FUCK does being Pagan have to do with anything about his statement? Get a fucking clue and quit being a typical fucking right-wing christian facist asshole....
yeah, I'm in a bad mood and a bit touchy about it. >=(
What do we have to do to convince Slashdot that this _is_ a good idea and it is what the readers want?
Maybe it's time to treat/. like we do every other "company" and put your $$$ where your mouth is.
I hate to say it, but between a few crackhead moderators, and this "subscription" system,/. is starting to become more and more like the corporate entities that we all despise.
Justice Department and Microsoft Agree on Most of Settlement Pact
By STEPHEN LABATON with STEVE LOHR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Facing a Friday deadline, federal prosecutors and Microsoft (news/quote) lawyers have reached agreement on most of a settlement pact in the long- running antitrust suit against the company, people involved in the talks said today.
Some important points remain unresolved, they said, including the details of how Microsoft would be forced to share technical information with industry partners and rivals. In addition, the agreement in principle is only between the Justice Department and Microsoft. A crucial issue is whether the 18 states who joined the Microsoft suit can be persuaded to join any settlement or will oppose it. The states have taken the hardest line against Microsoft, especially after the Bush administration inherited the case.
In the settlement talks, according to people involved in the negotiations, Microsoft has shown a willingness to eliminate restrictive contract terms and pricing deals with personal computer makers that in the past have effectively left the manufacturers little choice but to favor Microsoft products over rival software offerings.
In theory, such a settlement would restrain Microsoft's use of its monopoly power and foster increased competition in the software business, thus benefiting consumers and the economy.
The tentative settlement calls for a five- year consent decree between the government and Microsoft governing the company's conduct, according to people involved in the talks, with the possibility of a two- year extension if the company violates the terms of the agreement. To try to ensure enforcement, a three-member advisory committee of independent experts would be established.
A Justice Department spokeswoman, Gina Talamona, declined to comment on the settlement talks.
Some of the states in the antitrust case, according to people involved in the talks, and Microsoft's competitors are concerned that the Justice Department is moving toward too narrow a settlement. The opponents say it would have only limited effect on Microsoft's monopoly power and its ability to use its market power to gain an unfair advantage in the new markets of Internet services and commerce, from online shopping to music.
In pursuing a settlement, the Bush administration has apparently rejected proposals made recently by some Microsoft rivals and industry groups for other sanctions against Microsoft. The recommendations, presented in papers and in meetings with Justice Department officials, included requiring Microsoft to "unbundle" software products like its Internet browser and media player from the Windows operating system; forcing Microsoft to place its browsing software in the public domain; and the mandatory licensing of Microsoft's monopoly product, Windows, to other companies that want to combine it with their own products.
The intent of each of these industry proposals would be to make it more difficult for Microsoft to use its market power from Windows as a lever to gain advantage over rivals in new markets. Microsoft has strenuously resisted such steps, saying they would constitute an unwarranted confiscation of its intellectual property and inhibit the company's right to design its products as it sees fit.
The states are a party to this latest round of settlement talks, begun three weeks ago and overseen by a court-appointed mediator, Eric D. Green, a Boston University law professor.
The states can try to block a settlement that they regard as ineffective during the final stage of the negotiations. Or if the Justice Department and Microsoft agree to a settlement on their own, the states and industry rivals can challenge the settlement when public hearings are held, as is required under the Tunney Act.
The State of California announced last week that it was retaining Brendan Sullivan, a prominent trial lawyer, on behalf of the 18 states in the Microsoft case.
The most significant element in the current settlement proposal, according to industry executives, is the requirement that Microsoft share the technical information needed for other software or hardware products to work smoothly with Windows. Microsoft's Windows runs on 400 million desktops today and that operating system interacts with all kinds of other software and devices. That list includes big data-serving computers and software made by I.B.M. (news/quote), Sun Microsystems (news/quote) and Hewlett-Packard (news/quote), hand-held devices made by Palm and Handspring, and all kinds of software that runs on top of Windows, from AOL's online service to Real Networks' media player.
In the antitrust case, Microsoft was found to have used technical information or the threat of withholding such information to protect its monopoly and disadvantage competitors. The mandatory sharing of that technical information, industry executives say, could protect competition -- if effectively carried out and enforced.
Under the settlement proposal, Microsoft would be required to make that information available in a "secure facility," where representatives of software makers, computer manufacturers and others deemed qualified could study the Windows programming code and ask questions.
The implementation of the technology-sharing provision remains one of the sticking points in the settlement talks. The government wants to make sure it is effective, while Microsoft wants to make sure it can protect its intellectual property.
If a settlement is reached, the states and industry rivals will be studying the details carefully. They regard the consent decree that Microsoft signed with the Justice Department in 1994 as being ineffective and easily sidestepped by the company.
"The issue is that Microsoft should not be allowed to use its Windows monopoly as a vehicle for dominating other markets," said Ken Wasch, president of the Software and Information Industry Association, a trade group with many Microsoft rivals as members.
Mr. Wasch, who has met with Justice Department officials four times in the last two months, said: "The one thing that is clear is that they want remedies that are going to work. But a settlement has to be comprehensive because there is no single silver bullet that is going to solve this problem."
you can use EIGRP for the protocol, and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), and unless you have *several* people concentrated in one area, it should be fine.... also, load balancing would always be an option.
GPS and Cell phones?
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GPS Meets PCS
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ok... so how long until the "E-911" system requires GPS implants?
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damn.... that is ghetto as hell!
I like it =)
erm.... maybe this page?
well shit.... even screwed my own smartass comment up =)
I only pay $35 a month for my 1 Megabit Up/640Kbps down ADSL
eh?
1 meg down and 640 up?
I've never heard of such a thing!
sign me up!! I only get 512 up....
(see sig)
well... here's a news flash for you..... pay attention....
Just because you read something doesn't mean it's true
it's ignorant people like you that have made our lives hell for the last 2000 years.
Oh, and btw.... any TRUE Pagan values life above all else.
Also, take a look at this if you don't want to have to don your asbestos suit the next time you make a statement like that.
Blessed Be
Pagan? what the FUCK does being Pagan have to do with anything about his statement?
Get a fucking clue and quit being a typical fucking right-wing christian facist asshole....
yeah, I'm in a bad mood and a bit touchy about it. >=(
dude... that has to be one of the most helpful things I've seen on this site yet.
if you had a magic Captain Crunch whistle, you could dial an 800#, blow the whistle (2600mhz!)
;-)
wow! that's a damn high pitched whistle! where'd you get that sucker?
here
what would be the point in prefixing them with anything? We don't get them anyways =D
well... time to get modded down.
/. like we do every other "company" and put your $$$ where your mouth is.
/. is starting to become more and more like the corporate entities that we all despise.
What do we have to do to convince Slashdot that this _is_ a good idea and it is what the readers want?
Maybe it's time to treat
I hate to say it, but between a few crackhead moderators, and this "subscription" system,
erm.... just to play Mr. Obvious here...
How about we just blacklist all of asia like some people are doing? When they send you a message that says "remove block",
how, pray tell, would you get that message?
heh... the sad thing is... I posted that *while* I was at work =)
hey all.... how about the right link
here ya go --> http://www.pornster.com
we need more of these! let's just build MAN's and link 'em with OC-48's =)
hey... gotta be better than the current setup.
actually, I'm pretty sure it does exactly that (at least with .exe's)
the main problem is that people in general are too "busy" to read the shit, they just keep clicking until it opens.
take a look here for the info on the case --> http://www.freesklyarov.org/
erm... didn't Daddy Bush pass a law outlawing scanners that could receive the cellular band?
Have you ever actually read one of their EULA's?
take a look sometime... it basically says that you can't sue them for anything.
yay! I got modded down yet again... GIMME MORE!
here it is.....
Justice Department and Microsoft Agree on Most of Settlement Pact
By STEPHEN LABATON with STEVE LOHR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Facing a Friday deadline, federal prosecutors and Microsoft (news/quote) lawyers have reached agreement on most of a settlement pact in the long- running antitrust suit against the company, people involved in the talks said today.
Some important points remain unresolved, they said, including the details of how Microsoft would be forced to share technical information with industry partners and rivals. In addition, the agreement in principle is only between the Justice Department and Microsoft. A crucial issue is whether the 18 states who joined the Microsoft suit can be persuaded to join any settlement or will oppose it. The states have taken the hardest line against Microsoft, especially after the Bush administration inherited the case.
In the settlement talks, according to people involved in the negotiations, Microsoft has shown a willingness to eliminate restrictive contract terms and pricing deals with personal computer makers that in the past have effectively left the manufacturers little choice but to favor Microsoft products over rival software offerings.
In theory, such a settlement would restrain Microsoft's use of its monopoly power and foster increased competition in the software business, thus benefiting consumers and the economy.
The tentative settlement calls for a five- year consent decree between the government and Microsoft governing the company's conduct, according to people involved in the talks, with the possibility of a two- year extension if the company violates the terms of the agreement. To try to ensure enforcement, a three-member advisory committee of independent experts would be established.
A Justice Department spokeswoman, Gina Talamona, declined to comment on the settlement talks.
Some of the states in the antitrust case, according to people involved in the talks, and Microsoft's competitors are concerned that the Justice Department is moving toward too narrow a settlement. The opponents say it would have only limited effect on Microsoft's monopoly power and its ability to use its market power to gain an unfair advantage in the new markets of Internet services and commerce, from online shopping to music.
In pursuing a settlement, the Bush administration has apparently rejected proposals made recently by some Microsoft rivals and industry groups for other sanctions against Microsoft. The recommendations, presented in papers and in meetings with Justice Department officials, included requiring Microsoft to "unbundle" software products like its Internet browser and media player from the Windows operating system; forcing Microsoft to place its browsing software in the public domain; and the mandatory licensing of Microsoft's monopoly product, Windows, to other companies that want to combine it with their own products.
The intent of each of these industry proposals would be to make it more difficult for Microsoft to use its market power from Windows as a lever to gain advantage over rivals in new markets. Microsoft has strenuously resisted such steps, saying they would constitute an unwarranted confiscation of its intellectual property and inhibit the company's right to design its products as it sees fit.
The states are a party to this latest round of settlement talks, begun three weeks ago and overseen by a court-appointed mediator, Eric D. Green, a Boston University law professor.
The states can try to block a settlement that they regard as ineffective during the final stage of the negotiations. Or if the Justice Department and Microsoft agree to a settlement on their own, the states and industry rivals can challenge the settlement when public hearings are held, as is required under the Tunney Act.
The State of California announced last week that it was retaining Brendan Sullivan, a prominent trial lawyer, on behalf of the 18 states in the Microsoft case.
The most significant element in the current settlement proposal, according to industry executives, is the requirement that Microsoft share the technical information needed for other software or hardware products to work smoothly with Windows. Microsoft's Windows runs on 400 million desktops today and that operating system interacts with all kinds of other software and devices. That list includes big data-serving computers and software made by I.B.M. (news/quote), Sun Microsystems (news/quote) and Hewlett-Packard (news/quote), hand-held devices made by Palm and Handspring, and all kinds of software that runs on top of Windows, from AOL's online service to Real Networks' media player.
In the antitrust case, Microsoft was found to have used technical information or the threat of withholding such information to protect its monopoly and disadvantage competitors. The mandatory sharing of that technical information, industry executives say, could protect competition -- if effectively carried out and enforced.
Under the settlement proposal, Microsoft would be required to make that information available in a "secure facility," where representatives of software makers, computer manufacturers and others deemed qualified could study the Windows programming code and ask questions.
The implementation of the technology-sharing provision remains one of the sticking points in the settlement talks. The government wants to make sure it is effective, while Microsoft wants to make sure it can protect its intellectual property.
If a settlement is reached, the states and industry rivals will be studying the details carefully. They regard the consent decree that Microsoft signed with the Justice Department in 1994 as being ineffective and easily sidestepped by the company.
"The issue is that Microsoft should not be allowed to use its Windows monopoly as a vehicle for dominating other markets," said Ken Wasch, president of the Software and Information Industry Association, a trade group with many Microsoft rivals as members.
Mr. Wasch, who has met with Justice Department officials four times in the last two months, said: "The one thing that is clear is that they want remedies that are going to work. But a settlement has to be comprehensive because there is no single silver bullet that is going to solve this problem."
you can use EIGRP for the protocol, and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), and unless you have *several* people concentrated in one area, it should be fine.... also, load balancing would always be an option.
ok... so how long until the "E-911" system requires GPS implants?
it's just a matter of time, methinks.
uh oh.... you made a negative comment about Linux... prepare to be modded down with extreme prejudice.