The EULA may or may not apply to your use of the game (personally, I don't like them, but whatever) but it CERTAINLY applies to online play on someone elses servers, where it's really more of an AUP than an EULA.
Then it's not really crossing the line, is it? It's entertainment. People are entertained by seeing what he'll do. If he's truly offensive, then he's not being entertaining, and people don't watch. Compare with, say, Faces of Death. Thats flat out offensive (to me, anyway), and very few people watch it more than once. Even people who hate him listen because they get a thrill out of hating him. Personally, I think that public opinion and the force of the free market (remember that?) should be in charge of regulating public performance. It's 100% true that this will cause plenty of lowest common denominator bullshit to be on the airwaves - but it's got every right to be there, and it's only what we as a public deserve.
There's no mention of this being a secured environment (and I doubt he'd be complaining if it was), so why exactly should someone NOT be allowed to carry a personal cell phone at work? The only reason it'd make any sense at all is if the company wants to treat you like a cog. If there is actually an issue with people spending all thier time on the phone instead of working, thats easily dealt with WITHOUT stupid passive agressive blanket policies. Treat your employees like people and not like machines.
It depends on the interpertation of "normal environment", which can reasonably mean "the community of R programmers", in which case it's no big deal. On the other hand, some people take it to an extreme, even pointing out that open-source projects that rely on non-oss tools (like Windows apps that rely on Visual C++) are a violation.
You actually CAN opt out of direct mail. Companies are required to remove you, and theres forms (get them from your local post office) you can file to prevent most unsolicited stuff (like the kind addressed to occupant). This works much better than email opt-out because theres a single, controlled source of delivery. Also, direct mail marketing is generally much more legitimate than spam - theres a direct paper trail back to the sender, and it's neccesarily domestic rather than international, so it's alot harder to pull off the same sort of scams that spammers can.
Disclaimer: I hate spam with a passion, and can be rather annoying when I'm ranting about it
That said, this guy LIKES random stuff coming to him, because he doesn't have to seek it out. I've had a few extra cups of coffee today, so I can almost get my head around this concept.
They should get a better model that reduces the production risk of creating a CD. Most of the "cost of creating a CD" is promotional and expense padding. It's an inefficent way of working and doesn't deserve any special consideration.
With physical goods, C has to return the goods to the police and get his restitution from A. C, unless he knew or should have known that his source was not legitimate, is NOT liable for any damages. I'm not sure how this translates into IP law, but I suspect that it does possibly open up C to some liability, unless he ceases use (and distribution, obviously) when B's ownership is proved. How much is questionable, but theres probably enough for a suit (IANAL, etc).
The question here is whether or not his initial aquistion was unlawful, and I'm just not sure about that. I don't see anything in copyright law about aquiring unlawful copies, and to my knowledge nobody tracks down people who purchase bootlegs, only people who sell them. But that may just be a question of manpower and not the technicality of law.
It's probably a bug in the way styles are generated to be passed to the typography engine. It's caused when you apply a margin to a p:first-letter pseudo-element, with a styled run of text after the margin. If you use a seperate span instead of the pseudo element, it works. Anyway, this wouldn't be a big deal if only MS accepted bug reports and fixed them:P
In general I agree (and I don't normally use operator overloading), but when people abuse it, they do some amazing things. Take a look at Boost.Spirit, which abuses C++ operator overloading to implement a BNF-style grammar language directly in C++.
Employees own roughly 60% of the Trolltech stock (I don't recall the exact numbers). Canopy's investment is in the single didgits. They've got no signifigant influence over Trolltech. And SCO doesn't own any of Trolltech, no theres no way IBM could get any of those shares. Enough with the conspiracy theories and speculation over Trolltech, they're a non-issue here.
Some rich guy (I want to say it was Ballmer, but I'm not sure) was quoted in an interview as saying "You can make a million dollars and still stay a moral. But you can't make a billion".
While this is true (and cool), the most commonly used codecs (Quicktime, Divx, Xvid) will not be auto-installed. The codec download is actually best for obscure formats that're rarely used, and for the newer versions of WMP.
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I discovered this by accident because I always do a custom install and look at all the options, and because I'm paranoid about RealPlayer. This almost made me spit - normally, you'd put the default checked items at the TOP. There's no reason whatsoever to do that except to trick people.
In thier defense, I just installed the new version and it's much cleaner than RealOne.
I rather wish I didn't need it, but I've got some old video in real format and no way to convert them.
What SCO needs to do is work up a deal with McDonalds to give away a free Linux license (for individual, non-buisness use only, of course!) with every Happy Meal. They'll "sell" millions of them in a couple months and have all the PR weight they'll ever needs.
Bet you wish you'd filed for a patent, eh? You could even have keep extending it every few years. Don't worry, your invention doesn't have to actually work or be practical for you to sue someone who finally invents one that is.
In the long run, A and B do _not_ end up happier. The would end up happier only if a) B is capable of finding other living work and b) if the gain from the lowest-cost provider actually benefits B. In most cases, it doesn't.
I find it especially interesting that you claim that welfare makes up the difference, because most people who push the hardcode capitalist angle detest welfare with a passion. In addition, the money that powers welfare doesn't come from increased efficency in the economic process - the food and the money and the living space are there. The problem is a logistical distribution problem, not an economic one.
In any case, I'm not talking about the large scale economic view - both because I'm not convinced it's valid, and because I, as a person, don't really care if the standard of living is higher in India. I'm talking about the HUMAN cost of offshoring, which is very high. Not just on a personal basis, either. Entire regions become economically devestated and take years to recover - and the benefits do NOT trickle down!
As someone who grew up in an area that was, and had been, economically depressed due to offshoring and the generally poor (for the workers) management of larger, international corporations, I'll reserve judgement on whether or not offshoring is actually good for everyone or not.
As for communism vrs capitalism, you aren't even comparing apples and oranges, and you're doing it in such a way that makes me think you don't even know the difference. It's not an all or nothing issue, communism is a social structure, not an economic one, capitalism is economic, not social, socialism (which is probably what you mean) has nothing to do with shooting people who speak up, and the countries with the highest standards of health and education are largely socialist (although, again, it's not a cut and dried difference).
I'm not going to argue with the economic principles, because it's not really something that anyone can resolve any way except by doing it (and note that economocists tend to think of "the good of the majority" as "the good of people like me who're upper middle class at least and play the stockmarket"), but the idea that we should applaud the loss to an individual, and especially to a very large set of individuals, because we're all better off is so morally bankrupt it makes my ears bleed. If we just killed 30% of the population, then the rest of us would all be better off, but we don't because it's morally repugnant. Offshoring may be good economically (or it may not), but it's NOT good for the morale of the country, especially in the sectors being offshored (everything except management, basically).
I'm just guessing, but maybe it's "file online"? USPTO has an electronic filing process. I read over the filing process real quick and didn't see a reference to anything else FO might be.
Well, you almost had a point there for a while until your reply. XFree86 is obviously not a porn term in and of itself. If XFree86 hits a porn trigger (the mere existence of an "x" or a "free" does not trigger a porn block - "xx sex" does not hit a block, nor does "x sex".
Whats far more likely, and in fact what my testing seems to indicate is that Nightsurf has bought certain, specific keywords and and for some reason xfree86 is one of those keywords. Since it's obviously not porn, it's probably an error or typo or a debugging keyword.
"x sex" does not block. "xx sex" does not block. "xxx sex" blocks. "xxxx sex" blocks. "xxxxx sex" does not. "sex xxx lesbian" does not block. All of those searches do returns tons of porn, however.
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The EULA may or may not apply to your use of the game (personally, I don't like them, but whatever) but it CERTAINLY applies to online play on someone elses servers, where it's really more of an AUP than an EULA.
Then it's not really crossing the line, is it? It's entertainment. People are entertained by seeing what he'll do. If he's truly offensive, then he's not being entertaining, and people don't watch. Compare with, say, Faces of Death. Thats flat out offensive (to me, anyway), and very few people watch it more than once. Even people who hate him listen because they get a thrill out of hating him. Personally, I think that public opinion and the force of the free market (remember that?) should be in charge of regulating public performance. It's 100% true that this will cause plenty of lowest common denominator bullshit to be on the airwaves - but it's got every right to be there, and it's only what we as a public deserve.
There's no mention of this being a secured environment (and I doubt he'd be complaining if it was), so why exactly should someone NOT be allowed to carry a personal cell phone at work? The only reason it'd make any sense at all is if the company wants to treat you like a cog. If there is actually an issue with people spending all thier time on the phone instead of working, thats easily dealt with WITHOUT stupid passive agressive blanket policies. Treat your employees like people and not like machines.
It depends on the interpertation of "normal environment", which can reasonably mean "the community of R programmers", in which case it's no big deal. On the other hand, some people take it to an extreme, even pointing out that open-source projects that rely on non-oss tools (like Windows apps that rely on Visual C++) are a violation.
You actually CAN opt out of direct mail. Companies are required to remove you, and theres forms (get them from your local post office) you can file to prevent most unsolicited stuff (like the kind addressed to occupant). This works much better than email opt-out because theres a single, controlled source of delivery. Also, direct mail marketing is generally much more legitimate than spam - theres a direct paper trail back to the sender, and it's neccesarily domestic rather than international, so it's alot harder to pull off the same sort of scams that spammers can.
That said, this guy LIKES random stuff coming to him, because he doesn't have to seek it out. I've had a few extra cups of coffee today, so I can almost get my head around this concept.
They should get a better model that reduces the production risk of creating a CD. Most of the "cost of creating a CD" is promotional and expense padding. It's an inefficent way of working and doesn't deserve any special consideration.
The question here is whether or not his initial aquistion was unlawful, and I'm just not sure about that. I don't see anything in copyright law about aquiring unlawful copies, and to my knowledge nobody tracks down people who purchase bootlegs, only people who sell them. But that may just be a question of manpower and not the technicality of law.
It's probably a bug in the way styles are generated to be passed to the typography engine. It's caused when you apply a margin to a p:first-letter pseudo-element, with a styled run of text after the margin. If you use a seperate span instead of the pseudo element, it works. Anyway, this wouldn't be a big deal if only MS accepted bug reports and fixed them :P
In general I agree (and I don't normally use operator overloading), but when people abuse it, they do some amazing things. Take a look at Boost.Spirit, which abuses C++ operator overloading to implement a BNF-style grammar language directly in C++.
Employees own roughly 60% of the Trolltech stock (I don't recall the exact numbers). Canopy's investment is in the single didgits. They've got no signifigant influence over Trolltech. And SCO doesn't own any of Trolltech, no theres no way IBM could get any of those shares. Enough with the conspiracy theories and speculation over Trolltech, they're a non-issue here.
Some rich guy (I want to say it was Ballmer, but I'm not sure) was quoted in an interview as saying "You can make a million dollars and still stay a moral. But you can't make a billion".
AH! But if they DIDN'T pay the seven figures, then it wouldn't be discussing the settlement to say that they did!
While this is true (and cool), the most commonly used codecs (Quicktime, Divx, Xvid) will not be auto-installed. The codec download is actually best for obscure formats that're rarely used, and for the newer versions of WMP.
In thier defense, I just installed the new version and it's much cleaner than RealOne.
I rather wish I didn't need it, but I've got some old video in real format and no way to convert them.
What SCO needs to do is work up a deal with McDonalds to give away a free Linux license (for individual, non-buisness use only, of course!) with every Happy Meal. They'll "sell" millions of them in a couple months and have all the PR weight they'll ever needs.
They aren't more important, just more important for American companies.
Bet you wish you'd filed for a patent, eh? You could even have keep extending it every few years. Don't worry, your invention doesn't have to actually work or be practical for you to sue someone who finally invents one that is.
I find it especially interesting that you claim that welfare makes up the difference, because most people who push the hardcode capitalist angle detest welfare with a passion. In addition, the money that powers welfare doesn't come from increased efficency in the economic process - the food and the money and the living space are there. The problem is a logistical distribution problem, not an economic one.
In any case, I'm not talking about the large scale economic view - both because I'm not convinced it's valid, and because I, as a person, don't really care if the standard of living is higher in India. I'm talking about the HUMAN cost of offshoring, which is very high. Not just on a personal basis, either. Entire regions become economically devestated and take years to recover - and the benefits do NOT trickle down!
As for communism vrs capitalism, you aren't even comparing apples and oranges, and you're doing it in such a way that makes me think you don't even know the difference. It's not an all or nothing issue, communism is a social structure, not an economic one, capitalism is economic, not social, socialism (which is probably what you mean) has nothing to do with shooting people who speak up, and the countries with the highest standards of health and education are largely socialist (although, again, it's not a cut and dried difference).
I'm not going to argue with the economic principles, because it's not really something that anyone can resolve any way except by doing it (and note that economocists tend to think of "the good of the majority" as "the good of people like me who're upper middle class at least and play the stockmarket"), but the idea that we should applaud the loss to an individual, and especially to a very large set of individuals, because we're all better off is so morally bankrupt it makes my ears bleed. If we just killed 30% of the population, then the rest of us would all be better off, but we don't because it's morally repugnant. Offshoring may be good economically (or it may not), but it's NOT good for the morale of the country, especially in the sectors being offshored (everything except management, basically).
I'm just guessing, but maybe it's "file online"? USPTO has an electronic filing process. I read over the filing process real quick and didn't see a reference to anything else FO might be.
No, because they're two different things. Thanks for playing, though.
Whats far more likely, and in fact what my testing seems to indicate is that Nightsurf has bought certain, specific keywords and and for some reason xfree86 is one of those keywords. Since it's obviously not porn, it's probably an error or typo or a debugging keyword.
"x sex" does not block. "xx sex" does not block. "xxx sex" blocks. "xxxx sex" blocks. "xxxxx sex" does not. "sex xxx lesbian" does not block. All of those searches do returns tons of porn, however.
Any suggestions why "XFree86 fuck", "XFree86 sex", "Xfree86 whore", "XFree86 lesbian", "Xfree86 celeb" and "Xfree86 britney" return normal results?