Ah, the classic "don't buy from X and they'll stop" approach. That doesn't work very well if you're in the minority.
And considering that many, many viewers are teens who probably use the product placement as a form of guidance, I think those in the dissent will be in the minority.
I'd love to be able to excel in one job after another, but I have a neurological disorder that requires me to take a couple of medications, one of which isn't available as a generic brand yet.
Is it possible to go from job to job with uninterrupted insurance benefits?
Yeah, I've used it. I like their C++ interface, but as someone who's used VB since 1.0 for DOS, VB.Net rearranges everything. And I haven't even begun to tackle C# yet.
Ransome Love has been a long time supporter of Linux, and dumped his SCO stock the instant SCO started acting like assholes. He's a good guy who's no longer affiliated with SCO/Caldera.
When you return a product to Best Buy or Radio Shack, do they give you a cash refund? No, they give you credit for use in the store.
Lindows is accepting Microsoft returns, and is providing credit for use in their store. (albeit, you can only spend it on one product, and that's taken care of for you.)
Here's a question. At what point does fine print stop being "to be expected" and start becoming "sly underhanded tactics"?
Rights and products are traded all the time. I trade my right to sue Sun Microsystems if I choose to use their product. The same goes for suing an OSS developer and using his software.
I see the agreement as more of an unintentional misstatement than as intentional double-dealing. But then, only future scrutiny of their behavior will be able to say whether that's correct or not.
Yes, it's free software. But they normally charge for it, right? The fact that they "traded away" a copy of their software instead of selling it qualifies as a cost.
An accountant would probably concur that a failed claim would result in a net loss for that transaction, but I've never claimed to understand accounting beyond personal finances.
I agree, but in recent times, cease and decist letters seem to be used more for threats and big-business bumping than as polite offers to stay out of court.
The big guy sends one to the little guy, and the little guy can't afford to fight it.
As someone who doesn't have or want cable for television, I find it constantly frustrating that internet access is being bundled with it, and can't be had without at least "basic cable"
For the record, our TV hooks up to our DVD player and VCR. Just starting on season 6 of STTNG this week. Hope to get DS9 soon.
How can you expect them to be challanged if a) the accused can't afford to, or b) the unaccused don't want to be made an example? Not to mention the threatening phone calls from people pissed you challenged their legislation.
That's a major problem with the legal system today.
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By strict interperetation, wouldn't that mean all use of products had to be realistic?
Bye-bye McGuyver.
You're assuming the consumer is smart and is acting on his own accord.
One of the things marketing majors study is a little thing called "mob behavior."
James Bond with an Ericsson cell phone?
Ah, the classic "don't buy from X and they'll stop" approach. That doesn't work very well if you're in the minority.
And considering that many, many viewers are teens who probably use the product placement as a form of guidance, I think those in the dissent will be in the minority.
I'd love to be able to excel in one job after another, but I have a neurological disorder that requires me to take a couple of medications, one of which isn't available as a generic brand yet.
Is it possible to go from job to job with uninterrupted insurance benefits?
I've got obese family members who code in little to no clothing. I'm sure they wouldn't mind...
Sure, but who would have adopted it over what we'd already be using? That's one of the downsides of patent frenzy.
Mono runs .NET apps just fine. :)
That campaign manager happens to be my grandfather. Since Iraq, he's gone hard-core Democrat.
Yeah, I've used it. I like their C++ interface, but as someone who's used VB since 1.0 for DOS, VB.Net rearranges everything. And I haven't even begun to tackle C# yet.
Ransome Love has been a long time supporter of Linux, and dumped his SCO stock the instant SCO started acting like assholes. He's a good guy who's no longer affiliated with SCO/Caldera.
Probably a keggar before and after they're defeated.
Are we going to see a cream pie in Darl's face?
It seems like the traditional response...
I can't even begin to imagine how long it would take to load Windows as a Visual Studio.NET project.
*shudder*
Would I trust Chinese binaries? No. Chinese source code w/o an NDA? Maybe.
When you return a product to Best Buy or Radio Shack, do they give you a cash refund? No, they give you credit for use in the store.
Lindows is accepting Microsoft returns, and is providing credit for use in their store. (albeit, you can only spend it on one product, and that's taken care of for you.)
Here's a question. At what point does fine print stop being "to be expected" and start becoming "sly underhanded tactics"?
Rights and products are traded all the time. I trade my right to sue Sun Microsystems if I choose to use their product. The same goes for suing an OSS developer and using his software.
I see the agreement as more of an unintentional misstatement than as intentional double-dealing. But then, only future scrutiny of their behavior will be able to say whether that's correct or not.
Yes, it's free software. But they normally charge for it, right? The fact that they "traded away" a copy of their software instead of selling it qualifies as a cost.
An accountant would probably concur that a failed claim would result in a net loss for that transaction, but I've never claimed to understand accounting beyond personal finances.
I agree, but in recent times, cease and decist letters seem to be used more for threats and big-business bumping than as polite offers to stay out of court.
The big guy sends one to the little guy, and the little guy can't afford to fight it.
As someone who doesn't have or want cable for television, I find it constantly frustrating that internet access is being bundled with it, and can't be had without at least "basic cable"
For the record, our TV hooks up to our DVD player and VCR. Just starting on season 6 of STTNG this week. Hope to get DS9 soon.
A ramdisk would make for a great swap partition. :)
How can you expect them to be challanged if a) the accused can't afford to, or b) the unaccused don't want to be made an example? Not to mention the threatening phone calls from people pissed you challenged their legislation.
That's a major problem with the legal system today.
Surely not, after all, everyone knows about their behaviour at Waco, Ruby Ridge, the Olympic Park bombing/anthrax letters scapegoats.
Could I mail them a floppy with my digital signature on it? Could it be ext2-formatted?
Except Clinton signed a bill making digital signatures just as legally acceptable as physical ones.
(That bill was probably pushed through by MS themselves, to give credit to their EULAs.)