Take Two and Sony should not be sued -- they did their part by putting a MA rating on the game.
Wal*Mart on the other hand, should be sued because they allegedly sold the game to kids who are under the age of the MA rating. If their parents bought the game, then Wal*Mart should not be sued, but rather their parents should.
Pressing the shift key is not a violation of the DMCA. Telling someone to press the shift key
is a violation of the DMCA.
B.S. Telling someone to press the shift key is not a violation of the DMCA. Pressing the shift key merely disables Autorun. Autorun is a feature that is not required to be on, and in fact, you can turn it off completely.
I argue that they are bypassing Autorun, not the copy protection scheme.
All of the other vendors released similar bulletins... Most of them questioned the validity of this hole, but to be safe, they issued these notes to their customers to update OpenSSH. I know RedHat and Mandrake did.
Be careful though, if it's your fault, it's your fault.
A disclaimer does not legally remove the burdon off of your shoulders. If you are responsible for damages to a computer, you are responsible for those damages regardless of said disclaimer sheet.
Liability release forms also do not hold their water in court. Take a place that has a climbing wall that also rents out equipment for that wall. You sign a liability release form that states if something you do is reckless [and to your point above], you cannot sue them, but if they haven't kept up on checking their harnesses and one breaks and you fall two stories to the ground - breaking your neck - you can sue them for negligence.
Couldn't this hurt IBM's side in the suit of SCO vs IBM? Doesn't this invalidate the GNU Public License? SCO's position is that it's their work, and the California State Supreme Court ruled that trade works are to be protected over first amendment rights... Soo.... SCO simply claims that it's their work, and the whole world has been using it illegally.
SCO says the GPL is meaningless cruft because it is not Federal Law. Federal Law is created by the government, the GPL wasn't created by the government.
It will be federal law as soon as this is all over and the GPL is accepted by the courts...
Just my $.02 worth with a little wishful thinking.
...What happens when Earth decides that it's ready to head into another ice age? Considering that we are due for one any day now, I'm still skeptical that "global warming" is an issue. When the planet starts to cool as part of it's normal cycle, what will the scientists say then? Knowing them, they'll try to bring back "global warming" to combat the cooling of the planet...
You're a punk, AC. The parent poster said that screensavers weren't necessary because CRTs are not succeptible to burn in. I said they were necessary because I have burn in on my CRT.
Not true. My IBM monitor at work, model G78 built in April 2002, has a burned-in image of the CTRL-ALT-DELETE box from locking the terminal in Windows 2000.
Most CRTs are prone to burn in. Some might take longer than others, but I think they will all eventually burn in.
I'm sorry? "...to the people in the car that you hit." That *I* hit? Fsck that.
How about the quote that says this: "Yeah, they're safe for the people in the SUV, but deadly to the people in the car that hit you." Yeah, well, that's too bad, I guess. Maybe they shouldn't have run that stop sign or red light. Or maybe they should've been paying attention to the road. Or maybe...
It's all subjective isn't it? This is exactly what lobby groups do. They spout off their own side of the story as I've done. I still haven't seen any empirical evidence that states SUV's are less SAFE than a passenger car. I'd take a rollover in and SUV over a Honda Civic anyday.
Water does not flow uphill. It actually flows downhill. It's the bubbles the flow uphill that give the illusion that the water is going uphill. Read the story.
So, you're running a severely vulnerable kernel then? Uptime is a gimick. BTW, Linux (any OS for that matter) needs constant attention to be secure. Don't bash M$ on that point.
Well, then you fall into the mentioned 2% category of audience members that they don't care about. If you can't view the page, then too bad. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
But seriously, their take was that their site is offered for free, and if their users want to see the site then they need to be using a standards-compliant browser. Otherwise, they have no sympathy for those users who do not upgrade. They do however have sympathy for those users that cannot upgrade due to a tight IT staff who locks down user's machines.
And by the way, I've found Opera to be quite fast. Just keep an eye out for the memory leak!
Popular? I don't know about that... According to the preliminary results at the time*:
Bush won 2,434 counties, while Gore won 677.
Bush won 2,427,039 square miles of counties, while Gore won 580,134.
Population of counties won:
Bush - 143 million, Gore - 127 million
So, what exactly is popular? If you shade in a map as USA Today did in their November 9, 2000, issue, you'd see how popular Bush really was. But then this is why we have the electoral college.
...he still lost and is only in office because of the quirky electoral college system.
I take the view point that Bush barely lost because of the inability of the voters in a few counties in Florida, along with the incompetence of the recounters. This in turn gave Gore more votes than he deserved.
Maybe this is Cisco's way to number 1, gain instant market share, and #2 to pull the Linksys 802.11g devices from the market in order to wait until the spec is finalized.
Why would Linksys develop 802.11g products when the spec isn't final? That amazes me that they (Linksys) would open themselves up to potential compatibility issues once the spec is finalized... Wierd.
The hype around MySQL is that it is quite fast and more than adequate for most Web applications. Why would I want the bloat of PostgreSQL (or other "primetime" database) when MySQL does the job well?
Many people seem to misunderstand the goals (in my opinion) of the MySQL team. They aren't there to compete with Oracle, for instance. Their database was designed to have a small footprint, work extremely fast, etc... For most of my Web applications, I don't want a full-featured database - there is just too much stuff to get in my way.
Yes, but those numbers are what the artists receive through the RIAA's system. Sure they get other income, but the moral of this article is that of over $8 million in sales, each member of a 4 person group will get about $40,000. That's horse shit. Cut out the middle man, and try to cash in on more of that $8 million.
that you somehow glaringly missed... I didn't miss anything. There's nothing obfuscated about that code he posted as it is W3C HTML 4.01 Strict compatible - assuming you remove that XML crap. So, if (following the rules of the original post) you remove style sheets and the XML, you have HTML standards compliancy.
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Take Two and Sony should not be sued -- they did their part by putting a MA rating on the game.
Wal*Mart on the other hand, should be sued because they allegedly sold the game to kids who are under the age of the MA rating. If their parents bought the game, then Wal*Mart should not be sued, but rather their parents should.
This is an easy case to close IMO.
Phil
B.S. Telling someone to press the shift key is not a violation of the DMCA. Pressing the shift key merely disables Autorun. Autorun is a feature that is not required to be on, and in fact, you can turn it off completely.
I argue that they are bypassing Autorun, not the copy protection scheme.
And as I've stood in line at Best Buy, I've witnessed their POS machines crash twice. The OS? Windows NT. Lessons learned? Probably not.
Phil
All of the other vendors released similar bulletins... Most of them questioned the validity of this hole, but to be safe, they issued these notes to their customers to update OpenSSH. I know RedHat and Mandrake did.
Phil
Be careful though, if it's your fault, it's your fault.
A disclaimer does not legally remove the burdon off of your shoulders. If you are responsible for damages to a computer, you are responsible for those damages regardless of said disclaimer sheet.
Liability release forms also do not hold their water in court. Take a place that has a climbing wall that also rents out equipment for that wall. You sign a liability release form that states if something you do is reckless [and to your point above], you cannot sue them, but if they haven't kept up on checking their harnesses and one breaks and you fall two stories to the ground - breaking your neck - you can sue them for negligence.
Phil
Couldn't this hurt IBM's side in the suit of SCO vs IBM? Doesn't this invalidate the GNU Public License? SCO's position is that it's their work, and the California State Supreme Court ruled that trade works are to be protected over first amendment rights... Soo.... SCO simply claims that it's their work, and the whole world has been using it illegally.
Phil
It will be federal law as soon as this is all over and the GPL is accepted by the courts...
Just my $.02 worth with a little wishful thinking.
Phil
...What happens when Earth decides that it's ready to head into another ice age? Considering that we are due for one any day now, I'm still skeptical that "global warming" is an issue. When the planet starts to cool as part of it's normal cycle, what will the scientists say then? Knowing them, they'll try to bring back "global warming" to combat the cooling of the planet...
Phil
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You're a punk, AC. The parent poster said that screensavers weren't necessary because CRTs are not succeptible to burn in. I said they were necessary because I have burn in on my CRT.
Not true. My IBM monitor at work, model G78 built in April 2002, has a burned-in image of the CTRL-ALT-DELETE box from locking the terminal in Windows 2000.
Most CRTs are prone to burn in. Some might take longer than others, but I think they will all eventually burn in.
I'm sorry? "...to the people in the car that you hit." That *I* hit? Fsck that.
How about the quote that says this: "Yeah, they're safe for the people in the SUV, but deadly to the people in the car that hit you." Yeah, well, that's too bad, I guess. Maybe they shouldn't have run that stop sign or red light. Or maybe they should've been paying attention to the road. Or maybe...
It's all subjective isn't it? This is exactly what lobby groups do. They spout off their own side of the story as I've done. I still haven't seen any empirical evidence that states SUV's are less SAFE than a passenger car. I'd take a rollover in and SUV over a Honda Civic anyday.
Water does not flow uphill. It actually flows downhill. It's the bubbles the flow uphill that give the illusion that the water is going uphill. Read the story.
Whammy666 says:
So, you're running a severely vulnerable kernel then? Uptime is a gimick. BTW, Linux (any OS for that matter) needs constant attention to be secure. Don't bash M$ on that point.
Well, then you fall into the mentioned 2% category of audience members that they don't care about. If you can't view the page, then too bad. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
But seriously, their take was that their site is offered for free, and if their users want to see the site then they need to be using a standards-compliant browser. Otherwise, they have no sympathy for those users who do not upgrade. They do however have sympathy for those users that cannot upgrade due to a tight IT staff who locks down user's machines.
And by the way, I've found Opera to be quite fast. Just keep an eye out for the memory leak!
Phil
Bush won 2,434 counties, while Gore won 677.
Bush won 2,427,039 square miles of counties, while Gore won 580,134.
Population of counties won:
Bush - 143 million, Gore - 127 million
So, what exactly is popular? If you shade in a map as USA Today did in their November 9, 2000, issue, you'd see how popular Bush really was. But then this is why we have the electoral college.
I take the view point that Bush barely lost because of the inability of the voters in a few counties in Florida, along with the incompetence of the recounters. This in turn gave Gore more votes than he deserved.
*USA Today, November 9th, 2000, pg 19A
Maybe this is Cisco's way to number 1, gain instant market share, and #2 to pull the Linksys 802.11g devices from the market in order to wait until the spec is finalized.
Why would Linksys develop 802.11g products when the spec isn't final? That amazes me that they (Linksys) would open themselves up to potential compatibility issues once the spec is finalized... Wierd.
The hype around MySQL is that it is quite fast and more than adequate for most Web applications. Why would I want the bloat of PostgreSQL (or other "primetime" database) when MySQL does the job well?
Many people seem to misunderstand the goals (in my opinion) of the MySQL team. They aren't there to compete with Oracle, for instance. Their database was designed to have a small footprint, work extremely fast, etc... For most of my Web applications, I don't want a full-featured database - there is just too much stuff to get in my way.
A simple search on Google would result your answer, but in the spirit of helping, you could look at Minix.
Yes, but those numbers are what the artists receive through the RIAA's system. Sure they get other income, but the moral of this article is that of over $8 million in sales, each member of a 4 person group will get about $40,000. That's horse shit. Cut out the middle man, and try to cash in on more of that $8 million.
What are you talking about? He said his state. The FCC one isn't even approved yet. Now who's the j.a.?
Because Linux is a kernel, how can they go after the distributions like Red Hat? Wouldn't they HAVE to go after Linus and team?
Just another reason why my vote is for the 'this is a hoax' option.
that you somehow glaringly missed...
I didn't miss anything. There's nothing obfuscated about that code he posted as it is W3C HTML 4.01 Strict compatible - assuming you remove that XML crap. So, if (following the rules of the original post) you remove style sheets and the XML, you have HTML standards compliancy.
IBM and Rational have already reached an agreement.
This article is either late in getting out or pure rumor.
Break what rules? Style Sheets is the standard for HTML formatting according to W3C.