What if I put in the memo section of the check that I wrote to buy the software; "Accepting this check has terms and conditions, see www.mywebsite.com/eula before depositing. And on that site detailed my terms of the license. Would that work? P.S. Sorry if I'm annoying you with legal questions.
As for the second clause, it i so vague I don't even know how it could be enforced.
I think it's just saying don't try to pass a modified version as Microsoft's. If you take Microsoft Open Source Foo and add, say, a virus to it, they don't want you to be able to say that it's Microsoft Open Source Foo, they want you to make sure it's labeled as Bod Dole's Foo based on Microsoft Open Source Foo (i.e. make it obvious that since you made changes to it, that you aren't saying everything in it is Microsoft).
If you used the Security Center and set it to receive Automatic Updates automatically it would work, even with a counterfeit version of Windows.
Reference or proof, please?
I submit that Microsoft always tries their best to make things better, but overlooks some Monday detail that ends up shooting them in the foot. Yes, I'm aware that's just hearsay and conjecture, but those are kinds of evidence, your Majesty.
That is exactly the kind of game I've been waiting for. You seem to have the coding ability (and from your past experieinces connections) and the idea, you should try to get a team together and see if you can take that idea somewhere. I know I'd be willing to play $20 a month (more if you can get enough unique content and make it fun) to be a "hero" who actually made a difference in the "world". I don't think I'm the only one - Warcraft is great and all, but I'm one of thousands that slayed the Onxyia, one of thousands that gave X NPC the Y that they were looking for.
From TFA (emphasis mine): 1) Compatible control keys. Switching between Mac and Windows this drives me nuts. I have to consciously think "command-C or control-C?" It shouldn't have to be that way. And if you're running RDC or VPC and copying and pasting between OS X and Windows!! Sheesh!
The problem isn't the labeling, it's the location of the keys used. I had to use a Windows PC today and I kept pressing Alt-C to copy. This is why it's a problem. If it was simply a matter of labeling, no worries, mate. Apple - and the zealotry - need to concede that this battle is lost.
Implementing this would rock many people's boats, so if Apple did make this change it'd have some serious domino affect on other keystrokes and applications that use them, but maybe it could be done with the switch to Intel, just to ease the pain slightly.
Umm, how exactly did Apple lose? Was there a national convention that decided that the main command issuing modifier key should be hit by the pinky? I much prefer to move my thumb from the space bar and hit command than move my pinky from the a to hit control. Why exactly do we need to conceed here? Because you think you you're right Mr. Author?
Ok, so they stopped mom, pop, and grandma from doing the downloading...Now they just go, hey geek who lives down the street, get this for me and here's a six pack, enjoy! Most people know one person who is good with computers, this just moves the problem from being people people who are easy to trace doing the downloading, to people who are smarter doing the download.
I'd wager IBM has a site licensing deal of some sort and doesn't license each individual computer. I'd also imagine they get a pretty decent volume discount to where if they spent one million dollars a year for windows licenses I would be surprised. 75 years of running Windows is a long time. Longer than I think Windows/computers in their current form will be around.
IBM agrees to install $75 million dollars worth of Windows products
If IBM was smart they'd take that credit in the form of hardware. Microsoft makes decent mice and keyboards (new mouse and keyboard for every employee?) and the xbox and soon to be released xbox360 (maybe give them to employees as a bonus, or sell them cheaply), and taking the credit in hardware would hurt MS's bottom line a lot more than 75 million dollars worth of software.
Well, you'd have to purchaase the device and transport it somewhere, so just have the GPS be on a battery and periodically check if it has a signal when it's not plugged in, if it does, then lock it to that region code. Have the device come pre-loaded with the code that the device is shipped to, and allow only one or two changes before locking the drive - if you travel it must be because you're a pirate.
I'd just like to ask, why DON'T we do this? Is it because it makes too much sense and would be a little bit of extra work for the IRS? The IRS is pretty big, I think they could handle keeping track of every senator/rep.
Article is already slashdotted, here's the google cache:
I'm gonna preface this by saying that I love Apple and their products and I hate the RIAA and their shortsightedness. My only complaint with Apple is the restrictive DRM built into iTunes Music Store songs (also, those new G5s could be a little cheaper).
In protest, I've committed a real crime and documented the entire process. But it shouldn't be that way and that's why I've done it. Come and get me, Apple! Come and get me, RIAA!
It all started with a free song code from the Pepsi iTunes promotion. I tilted several Pepsi bottles at the local Ralphs (just look for random letters under the cap), found me a winner and scored a free song.
You may not know this, but there are several tracks that you can buy from that iTunes Music Store that consist of nothing more than total silence.
Here's one from Ciccone Youth (a Sonic Youth side project):
So I bought it.
Then, I wanted to play this song on another device other than my iPod (I own a Creative MuVo TX MP3 Player). No go. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) makes it impossible to transfer the song to my other MP3 player unless I go through some ridiculous steps which involve burning the purchased song to a CD and then ripping it. This causes a noticeable loss of sound quality due to the song being recompressed. Totally unacceptable. I want pure silence.
So I stripped the DRM using JHymn, a cross-platform application that unlocks your DRM'ed songs and keeps the original's sound quality. This is absolutely, positively illegal according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
One law broken, one to go.
One file is legal, the other one is definitely not. Can you spot the one that'll get me in trouble? I'll give you a hint: it's the one without the little lock over its icon.
There's just one law left to break. I'm offering this very file for download here on my website. So go ahead, download it (1.1 MB) and break the law with me. Right click, save as, and crank it up on your favorite portable electronic music player.
If this little stunt gets me in trouble, you'll be the first to know.
You can help stop the RIAA and their nonsense at Downhill Battle.
Find out more about protecting your digital rights online at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's website.
It'd be nice if they'd put in a low-cost replacement program for damaged DVDs, though.
Umm, no that should be the MINIMUM they should do if we are just licensing the pleasure of watching the movie from them. Then the media it is on is inconsequential. Otherwise if we're paying for the disc, then we get to do whatever we want with it. They need to choose which method they want to offer, not just take the best of both worlds.
Oddly if you type in lesb, it doesn't give lesbian, but does give lesbien, which doesn't appear to be an English word. It does suggest over 4 million results for gay boys, though, [cheapshot] or so my priest told me.[/cheapshot]
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I didn't think ikea was THAT big
The only book that has more copies published than the bible is the IKEA catalog. I'd say that's bigger than Jesus, so they're pretty big.
... I searched for myself once and turned up all sorts of erroneous information...One seemingly reputable and authoritative page even had my name wrong!"
Just a guess, but maybe they were talking about someone else?
Apple values its relationship with Microsoft too much
I dunno, it is a nice relationship, but maybe it's time apple tried to go without them. Invest in OO.o and make it work seamlessly on the Mac and include it in default installs (similar to (my understanding of) what they did with KHTML/Safari) - now when people buy a mac, they also get an office suite. Maybe also think about investing in wine and allow people to run windows apps, possibly some games. I think apple needs to realize that they seem to know what they are doing far better than Microsoft does an when they believe in themselves more, so will everyone else who's hesitant about them.
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So, who do we nuke to make Windows secure?
Everyone. Not having any attackers is very secure.
Their IP will live on forever and be accumulated... in rural Wisconsin.
As someone who has lived in rural Wisconsin, I assure you there is nothing remotely close to "Intellectual" there.
What if I put in the memo section of the check that I wrote to buy the software; "Accepting this check has terms and conditions, see www.mywebsite.com/eula before depositing. And on that site detailed my terms of the license. Would that work? P.S. Sorry if I'm annoying you with legal questions.
As for the second clause, it i so vague I don't even know how it could be enforced.
I think it's just saying don't try to pass a modified version as Microsoft's. If you take Microsoft Open Source Foo and add, say, a virus to it, they don't want you to be able to say that it's Microsoft Open Source Foo, they want you to make sure it's labeled as Bod Dole's Foo based on Microsoft Open Source Foo (i.e. make it obvious that since you made changes to it, that you aren't saying everything in it is Microsoft).
Having the automatic updater not do the pirate checking would be shooting themselves in the foot, which is what I meant if you follow the full thread.
If you used the Security Center and set it to receive Automatic Updates automatically it would work, even with a counterfeit version of Windows.
Reference or proof, please?
I submit that Microsoft always tries their best to make things better, but overlooks some Monday detail that ends up shooting them in the foot. Yes, I'm aware that's just hearsay and conjecture, but those are kinds of evidence, your Majesty.
That is exactly the kind of game I've been waiting for. You seem to have the coding ability (and from your past experieinces connections) and the idea, you should try to get a team together and see if you can take that idea somewhere. I know I'd be willing to play $20 a month (more if you can get enough unique content and make it fun) to be a "hero" who actually made a difference in the "world". I don't think I'm the only one - Warcraft is great and all, but I'm one of thousands that slayed the Onxyia, one of thousands that gave X NPC the Y that they were looking for.
From TFA (emphasis mine):
1) Compatible control keys. Switching between Mac and Windows this drives me nuts. I have to consciously think "command-C or control-C?" It shouldn't have to be that way. And if you're running RDC or VPC and copying and pasting between OS X and Windows!! Sheesh!
The problem isn't the labeling, it's the location of the keys used. I had to use a Windows PC today and I kept pressing Alt-C to copy. This is why it's a problem. If it was simply a matter of labeling, no worries, mate. Apple - and the zealotry - need to concede that this battle is lost.
Implementing this would rock many people's boats, so if Apple did make this change it'd have some serious domino affect on other keystrokes and applications that use them, but maybe it could be done with the switch to Intel, just to ease the pain slightly.
Umm, how exactly did Apple lose? Was there a national convention that decided that the main command issuing modifier key should be hit by the pinky? I much prefer to move my thumb from the space bar and hit command than move my pinky from the a to hit control. Why exactly do we need to conceed here? Because you think you you're right Mr. Author?
But will she use it to make the repairs, or spend it on vodka, lottery tickets and incense?
That's not smoke from incense...
Ok, so they stopped mom, pop, and grandma from doing the downloading...Now they just go, hey geek who lives down the street, get this for me and here's a six pack, enjoy! Most people know one person who is good with computers, this just moves the problem from being people people who are easy to trace doing the downloading, to people who are smarter doing the download.
I'd wager IBM has a site licensing deal of some sort and doesn't license each individual computer. I'd also imagine they get a pretty decent volume discount to where if they spent one million dollars a year for windows licenses I would be surprised. 75 years of running Windows is a long time. Longer than I think Windows/computers in their current form will be around.
IBM agrees to install $75 million dollars worth of Windows products
If IBM was smart they'd take that credit in the form of hardware. Microsoft makes decent mice and keyboards (new mouse and keyboard for every employee?) and the xbox and soon to be released xbox360 (maybe give them to employees as a bonus, or sell them cheaply), and taking the credit in hardware would hurt MS's bottom line a lot more than 75 million dollars worth of software.
GPS units don't work so well inside buildings
Well, you'd have to purchaase the device and transport it somewhere, so just have the GPS be on a battery and periodically check if it has a signal when it's not plugged in, if it does, then lock it to that region code. Have the device come pre-loaded with the code that the device is shipped to, and allow only one or two changes before locking the drive - if you travel it must be because you're a pirate.
I'd just like to ask, why DON'T we do this? Is it because it makes too much sense and would be a little bit of extra work for the IRS? The IRS is pretty big, I think they could handle keeping track of every senator/rep.
Anyone else notice that (currently) the above post is at +4 Troll?
News for Trolls, Stuff from under Bridges...
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Article is already slashdotted, here's the google cache:
I'm gonna preface this by saying that I love Apple and their products and I hate the RIAA and their shortsightedness. My only complaint with Apple is the restrictive DRM built into iTunes Music Store songs (also, those new G5s could be a little cheaper).
In protest, I've committed a real crime and documented the entire process. But it shouldn't be that way and that's why I've done it. Come and get me, Apple! Come and get me, RIAA!
It all started with a free song code from the Pepsi iTunes promotion. I tilted several Pepsi bottles at the local Ralphs (just look for random letters under the cap), found me a winner and scored a free song.
You may not know this, but there are several tracks that you can buy from that iTunes Music Store that consist of nothing more than total silence.
Here's one from Ciccone Youth (a Sonic Youth side project):
So I bought it.
Then, I wanted to play this song on another device other than my iPod (I own a Creative MuVo TX MP3 Player). No go. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) makes it impossible to transfer the song to my other MP3 player unless I go through some ridiculous steps which involve burning the purchased song to a CD and then ripping it. This causes a noticeable loss of sound quality due to the song being recompressed. Totally unacceptable. I want pure silence.
So I stripped the DRM using JHymn, a cross-platform application that unlocks your DRM'ed songs and keeps the original's sound quality. This is absolutely, positively illegal according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
One law broken, one to go.
One file is legal, the other one is definitely not. Can you spot the one that'll get me in trouble? I'll give you a hint: it's the one without the little lock over its icon.
There's just one law left to break. I'm offering this very file for download here on my website. So go ahead, download it (1.1 MB) and break the law with me. Right click, save as, and crank it up on your favorite portable electronic music player.
If this little stunt gets me in trouble, you'll be the first to know.
You can help stop the RIAA and their nonsense at Downhill Battle.
Find out more about protecting your digital rights online at the Electronic Frontier Foundation's website.
Silence is golden. Get involved.
Ultimately taxes will have to go up, and benefits will have to go down, and people won't be re-elected
Ultimately Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction, taxes will go up, and people won't be re-elected...wait a minute...
It'd be nice if they'd put in a low-cost replacement program for damaged DVDs, though.
Umm, no that should be the MINIMUM they should do if we are just licensing the pleasure of watching the movie from them. Then the media it is on is inconsequential. Otherwise if we're paying for the disc, then we get to do whatever we want with it. They need to choose which method they want to offer, not just take the best of both worlds.
Ha! Did this back with my HP-25 in 1974...
Pfft. I was oc'ing abaci before you were born, son.
Oddly if you type in lesb, it doesn't give lesbian, but does give lesbien, which doesn't appear to be an English word. It does suggest over 4 million results for gay boys, though, [cheapshot] or so my priest told me.[/cheapshot]
I didn't think ikea was THAT big
The only book that has more copies published than the bible is the IKEA catalog. I'd say that's bigger than Jesus, so they're pretty big.
Just a guess, but maybe they were talking about someone else?
Apple values its relationship with Microsoft too much
I dunno, it is a nice relationship, but maybe it's time apple tried to go without them. Invest in OO.o and make it work seamlessly on the Mac and include it in default installs (similar to (my understanding of) what they did with KHTML/Safari) - now when people buy a mac, they also get an office suite. Maybe also think about investing in wine and allow people to run windows apps, possibly some games. I think apple needs to realize that they seem to know what they are doing far better than Microsoft does an when they believe in themselves more, so will everyone else who's hesitant about them.
Also in recent news: jumping into a pit of lava is safer than swimming in your friends swimming pool.
So you're friends with Syphilis Larry, too?