"Unfortunately with computer technology the very act of playback requires duplication."
In the same way that listening to radio requires duplicating the copyrighted content from your aerial, and copying it via electronic technology, to your amplifier, then copying it again to the speakers while there's still a copyrighted copy of the content at your aerial?
That's not copying, that's normal use. As is transferring data from internet or CD to soundcard
4: The airline technique: "Security" background checks. "Antiterrorist" ID cards to verify that you didn't ask somebody with a preferred lifestyle to buy your ticket more cheaply, or that you didn't buy a ticket from somebody who changed their plans.
5: The airline technique, part 2: prices which change by the second, and aren't revealed until after you've expressed interest. Advertised prices which don't exist. Sorry, Mr Wealthy Employed Person, the price for this flight is now a little more expensive than your cleaner paid for her flight. It's all computerised, you understand.
6: The insurance technique: you're not told what you're buying until after you bought it. Your opportunity to complain is delayed until a point when complaining would leave you vulnerable. Didn't we mention that breakdown cover wasn't included? Oh well, you can always purchase from someone else, and drive without insurance for a few weeks.
7: The insurance technique, part 2: Tell us your name, your postcode, your SSN number and your last 3 partner's names before we'll answer your phone-call. Now, let's talk about prices for people with a $70,000 income.
8: The rebate technique offer a rebate ('retard-bait') which increases the price for poorer, better organised, more vocal, or more price-conscious customers, whilst imposing a surcharge on those who don't care enough about the money to sue in small-claims court for the 'forgotten' cheque.
9: The rebate technique, part 2: offer a rebate coupon, which takes so much personal information, or claims to be opt-in for spam, such as to impose a surcharge on those who value their privacy and don't supply the details. Just fill in the coupon with your address and mobile telephone number, and you can write to our customer services department if you'd like to opt-out of certain types of advertising.
10: The government technique: You must declare your earnings. Now give us 40%.
"Is a post 'informative' if the information is a lie? Shouldn't it be 'disinformative'?"
Interesting troll, but not really relevant, because the "show us your Windows-OS license" computer shops still exist. The example I gave was a laptop company (this being before Microsoft were declared criminal) who listed on their website that they wouldn't sell a computer without a copy of Windows unless you could supply them with your own licensed copy for them to install.
Supplying a short list of companies which don't engage in such practises is hardly "proof" that the reporting of such practises are a lie. There are more than 3 computer shops in the world, sir shannon, and if your reputable computer shop allows os-less computers to be sold, it doesn't make the whole world so.
There are no tanks in baghdad
There are no microsoft-insistant computer shops in england
As to your Dell computer, I think you'll find that you're paying the OEM cost of a full version of WindowsXP home, even if you are supplied with a Redhat or Os-less computer, or that Dell are paying the license on your behalf, knowing that they'll only ever sell a few tens of linux machines this decade.
For all the "there's several suppliers who will..." or " I've been buying OS-less PCs for 15 years." comments, well it's impossible for there to be any companies which are different to the ones you deal with, right?
Curiousity. I didn't buy the laptop from this company, but there are thousands of people who did, and they probably didn't even notice, let alone care.
Look on the dell site. See your choice of operating systems? It says "Windows XP Pro. Alternative: Windows XP Home (60 discount)"
Yes, things have changed since the court case. It's possible to buy OS-less computers now, but two years ago it would have been difficult if not impossible, certainly from any companies larger than one person. Calling a truth a lie is pretty optomistic guesswork when you haven't even seen any evidence.
"You're kidding right? Putting stuff in robots.txt is the best way to *guarantee* that robots will go specifically for the file/directories you choose to deny."
Oh, and always put/SpiderTrap/index.php in your robots.txt file, and start banning hosts which access such files.
"They should mention that disallowing a URI in robots.txt tells crackers which URIs on your site have sensitive information."
Just use <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"> -- that way, the robot has no central index of sensitive pages. It will stop programs like wget or the perl moduled which follow robot exclusion.
Of course, <limit get> require user admin</limit> is probably more like what you need (in.htaccess that is, not in your web-pages!)
"What percentage of people who intend to install Linux are going to jump through these hoops?"
As opposed to buying a computer without WindowsXP, and never spending the $199 in the first place?
Oops, forgot, you can't do that. Even reputable computer shops now insist that you show them your Windows license before they'll allow you to buy an OS-less computer. Pity that such practises were outlawed with the microsoft settlement, but doesn't seem to have stopped anyone.
As for Dell, near-enough the only corporate supplier, good luck getting anything without WindowsXP pro. Even if you can find redhat, they'll still charge you for the windows license.
"Morseall is a morse code input server for Linux using the mouse buttons."#
Combined with tinfoil hat linux which 'displays' your decrypted text by blinking it on the numlock light, you have a system invulnerable to key-logging.
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"Unfortunately with computer technology the very act of playback requires duplication."
In the same way that listening to radio requires duplicating the copyrighted content from your aerial, and copying it via electronic technology, to your amplifier, then copying it again to the speakers while there's still a copyrighted copy of the content at your aerial?
That's not copying, that's normal use. As is transferring data from internet or CD to soundcard
"pirating anything, be it software, music, or movies, is stealing"
Wrong! Ban this man from jury service.
"would every geek please walk over to their nearest 4 non-geek's MS boxes and flick 'autoupdate' on?"
"Do you accept the updated EULA for...?"
"Patch your stuff and for goodness sake put up a firewall!"
Yeah, patch it with a friggin' OpenBSD installation.
And no, "BSD" doesn't stand for the microsoft icon.
"I filled out my saver card with false info"
Was it EPIC who had a loyalty-card-swapping party at one of their conferences?
Fun ways to screw up antiprivacy software...
4: The airline technique: "Security" background checks. "Antiterrorist" ID cards to verify that you didn't ask somebody with a preferred lifestyle to buy your ticket more cheaply, or that you didn't buy a ticket from somebody who changed their plans.
5: The airline technique, part 2: prices which change by the second, and aren't revealed until after you've expressed interest. Advertised prices which don't exist. Sorry, Mr Wealthy Employed Person, the price for this flight is now a little more expensive than your cleaner paid for her flight. It's all computerised, you understand.
6: The insurance technique: you're not told what you're buying until after you bought it. Your opportunity to complain is delayed until a point when complaining would leave you vulnerable. Didn't we mention that breakdown cover wasn't included? Oh well, you can always purchase from someone else, and drive without insurance for a few weeks.
7: The insurance technique, part 2: Tell us your name, your postcode, your SSN number and your last 3 partner's names before we'll answer your phone-call. Now, let's talk about prices for people with a $70,000 income.
8: The rebate technique offer a rebate ('retard-bait') which increases the price for poorer, better organised, more vocal, or more price-conscious customers, whilst imposing a surcharge on those who don't care enough about the money to sue in small-claims court for the 'forgotten' cheque.
9: The rebate technique, part 2: offer a rebate coupon, which takes so much personal information, or claims to be opt-in for spam, such as to impose a surcharge on those who value their privacy and don't supply the details. Just fill in the coupon with your address and mobile telephone number, and you can write to our customer services department if you'd like to opt-out of certain types of advertising.
10: The government technique: You must declare your earnings. Now give us 40%.
"you cheer on a country with such a horrid human rights record simply because its software ideals appear to align with your own."
Yeah, why not?
"Is a post 'informative' if the information is a lie? Shouldn't it be 'disinformative'?"
Interesting troll, but not really relevant, because the "show us your Windows-OS license" computer shops still exist. The example I gave was a laptop company (this being before Microsoft were declared criminal) who listed on their website that they wouldn't sell a computer without a copy of Windows unless you could supply them with your own licensed copy for them to install.
Supplying a short list of companies which don't engage in such practises is hardly "proof" that the reporting of such practises are a lie. There are more than 3 computer shops in the world, sir shannon, and if your reputable computer shop allows os-less computers to be sold, it doesn't make the whole world so.
There are no tanks in baghdad
There are no microsoft-insistant computer shops in england
As to your Dell computer, I think you'll find that you're paying the OEM cost of a full version of WindowsXP home, even if you are supplied with a Redhat or Os-less computer, or that Dell are paying the license on your behalf, knowing that they'll only ever sell a few tens of linux machines this decade.
For all the "there's several suppliers who will..." or " I've been buying OS-less PCs for 15 years." comments, well it's impossible for there to be any companies which are different to the ones you deal with, right?
Curiousity. I didn't buy the laptop from this company, but there are thousands of people who did, and they probably didn't even notice, let alone care.
Look on the dell site. See your choice of operating systems? It says "Windows XP Pro. Alternative: Windows XP Home (60 discount)"
Yes, things have changed since the court case. It's possible to buy OS-less computers now, but two years ago it would have been difficult if not impossible, certainly from any companies larger than one person. Calling a truth a lie is pretty optomistic guesswork when you haven't even seen any evidence.
"You're kidding right? Putting stuff in robots.txt is the best way to *guarantee* that robots will go specifically for the file/directories you choose to deny."
/SpiderTrap/index.php in your robots.txt file, and start banning hosts which access such files.
Oh, and always put
"They should mention that disallowing a URI in robots.txt tells crackers which URIs on your site have sensitive information."
.htaccess that is, not in your web-pages!)
Just use <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"> -- that way, the robot has no central index of sensitive pages. It will stop programs like wget or the perl moduled which follow robot exclusion.
Of course, <limit get> require user admin</limit> is probably more like what you need (in
"A program called Fabric would allow a user to drag windows to the side of the computer screen, where they would turn into small icons."
They finally discovered WindowMaker?
Time to replace all those MS_Windows desktops then
"What if your bank thought that you were going to die in 15 years and wouldn't give you a home loan?"
As if the banks will give Yasser Arafat a loan...
"According to our records, you're scheduled to be assasinated in... 24 days"
"What percentage of people who intend to install Linux are going to jump through these hoops?"
As opposed to buying a computer without WindowsXP, and never spending the $199 in the first place?
Oops, forgot, you can't do that. Even reputable computer shops now insist that you show them your Windows license before they'll allow you to buy an OS-less computer. Pity that such practises were outlawed with the microsoft settlement, but doesn't seem to have stopped anyone.
As for Dell, near-enough the only corporate supplier, good luck getting anything without WindowsXP pro. Even if you can find redhat, they'll still charge you for the windows license.
"Our government is incapible of becoming like Orwell's 1984"
Nope, too many diaries
too many non-state newspapers
"Looks like there'll be an alternative when all Intel and AMD are producing are Palladium chipsets"
Possibly not from IBM
Does Tibet have any oil?
Did Tibet make a mockery of the president's father? [gulf://1991]
"Morseall is a morse code input server for Linux using the mouse buttons."#
Combined with tinfoil hat linux which 'displays' your decrypted text by blinking it on the numlock light, you have a system invulnerable to key-logging.
" Windows XP
Pros:
You can actually play games(when they come out).
Cons:
Costs money, you have to activate it, which is a pain in the ass"
Go get a PlayStation: it costs less, and plays more games. There's no reason to cripple a perfectly good PC by installing WinXP.
"Actually a better comparison would be evaluating a car and saying it doesn't fit on the existing roads."
Ah yes, Windows: the exploding lada on the information superhighway.
Best start modifying the internet then, to make it more compatible with GNU machines.
"Response from Hyperion: Cannot execute command, busy navigating 4000km to east to avoid total solar eclipse in 2004"
Trying to calculate why the human wants tea...
Yeah, like that's gonna survive a front-page link...
magic smoke and keep a copy of quicktime ready
"In every single instance that I've seen SCO installed..."
SCO sell software?
Humorix
"Well, linux is not unix."
A statement so profound that you could almost use it as the name for some software...
"Japan holds the top at the moment, and the US is home to the second most powerful"
Japan has the world's most powerful computer, and they're using it to model climate change and to do scientific research into how the earth works.
America has the world's second most powerful computer. They use it to help build things to make big explosions.
"Double standard?"
Simple test: are the managers being outsourced?