Nope. Here, our screens lock in 10 minutes (GPO) and people are responsible for ALL activity attached to their account. Regardless of what it is. If you dont lock your screen before you leave, you re STILL liable legally. If you choose a bad password and let citizens walk in the door unescorted, you are liable yet again.
We have had several cases of 'i didnt do that', but they lose the 'case' ( sometimes its a real case, in court during a grevience hearing ) because they signed the agreement that anythung done on their account they are liable for.
We have also sued, and won, against a person that installed a admin password on a laptop the day before she quit.( yes, we should have done that before it was given out, but thats beside the point ). User claimed she never did it. It was in her custody, so it was her responsibility. We got a new laptop and damages.( more to prove a point that we would followup on this stuff, it wasnt the 1500 bucks that was at stake really )
And yes, if the user does commit fraud by locking data, you can sue them after termination. Now, can you collect the potential millions lost? Most likely not. But you can sue, and win.
When you get to President/CEO level, they do whatever they want anyway, 'agreements' dont apply to those people... The 'regular user' is what i was talking about in this case..
When the CEO's PC catches on fire from surfing porn, its still your job to get the data off.
Just tell users 'if you use this and lose data you are on your own' and ' if you use this and hide anything you are violiting our AUP and subject to termination'.
Actually we do allow PGP, under the premise 'if you hose it, your data is gone'.
Havent we seen this a few times in the past? " Oh, bad industry.. you are fixing prices.. *slap on wrist*.. now be good.. " then we go thru it again in a few years as nothing ever changes. Governmental 'fines' are considered a cost of doing business anymore, and have long since stopped being a deterrent.
The last time i read the Microsoft MOLP agreement, after a product is released you have a time period before you upgrade or are considered out of compliance. Sort of blows the 'decision process' for large companies at least.
Not only that, but legally they can also pull the 'license to use' for any older product at any time. Remember what you agreed to when you accepted the EULA?
Today's PCs are more powerful then most people need, and upgrading doesnt really get you much. ( yes, i know, vista is coming down the pike to obsolete your current pc.. ) except something new and shiny.
Except for a tiny few, the PC sits and waits for you 90% of the time now.. So having a few % speed increase only means it waits for you even more..
What does this mean to me? Can i reprogram my portable GPS to this new code? And what does it give me if i can? I already get free access to GPS now ( well i paid my purchase fee on the device ) and didnt the US government lift restrictions on accuracy recently ?
On a serious note, its rather insulting. Most witches are really peace loving people that just operate on the fringe of society, mainly due to misunderstanding.
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Damn them, the compet*err* opensource is evil and must be banned.
No, I meant the admin password in the system bios. Sorry for not being more specific on that. Long hot day around here.. I knew what i meant :)
Our only recourse to get it fixed was a *new* motherboard ( was a IBM thinkpad ).
Nope. Here, our screens lock in 10 minutes (GPO) and people are responsible for ALL activity attached to their account. Regardless of what it is. If you dont lock your screen before you leave, you re STILL liable legally. If you choose a bad password and let citizens walk in the door unescorted, you are liable yet again.
We have had several cases of 'i didnt do that', but they lose the 'case' ( sometimes its a real case, in court during a grevience hearing ) because they signed the agreement that anythung done on their account they are liable for.
We have also sued, and won, against a person that installed a admin password on a laptop the day before she quit.( yes, we should have done that before it was given out, but thats beside the point ). User claimed she never did it. It was in her custody, so it was her responsibility. We got a new laptop and damages.( more to prove a point that we would followup on this stuff, it wasnt the 1500 bucks that was at stake really )
And yes, if the user does commit fraud by locking data, you can sue them after termination. Now, can you collect the potential millions lost? Most likely not. But you can sue, and win.
When you get to President/CEO level, they do whatever they want anyway, 'agreements' dont apply to those people... The 'regular user' is what i was talking about in this case..
When the CEO's PC catches on fire from surfing porn, its still your job to get the data off.
Just tell users 'if you use this and lose data you are on your own' and ' if you use this and hide anything you are violiting our AUP and subject to termination'.
Actually we do allow PGP, under the premise 'if you hose it, your data is gone'.
Havent we seen this a few times in the past? " Oh, bad industry.. you are fixing prices.. *slap on wrist* .. now be good.. " then we go thru it again in a few years as nothing ever changes. Governmental 'fines' are considered a cost of doing business anymore, and have long since stopped being a deterrent.
The last time i read the Microsoft MOLP agreement, after a product is released you have a time period before you upgrade or are considered out of compliance. Sort of blows the 'decision process' for large companies at least.
Not only that, but legally they can also pull the 'license to use' for any older product at any time. Remember what you agreed to when you accepted the EULA?
The G8 summit should be about *REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS* , not about attacking some company down the road beacuse you dont like them.
There are much bigger issues in the world then this... Or did all our world problems get fixed last weekend and missed the press release?
Today's PCs are more powerful then most people need, and upgrading doesnt really get you much. ( yes, i know, vista is coming down the pike to obsolete your current pc.. ) except something new and shiny.
Except for a tiny few, the PC sits and waits for you 90% of the time now.. So having a few % speed increase only means it waits for you even more..
Darn.
Just means some re-coding to support the new stuff.. Like has been done many times.
I use jabber, with both transports. All it means for us is we use one transport intead of 2 ( for these networks anyway ) once its developed.
From a quick glance it wasnt apparent how this is licensed.
Tuna is also food.
Dolphin isnt.
"completely opening up the VM end of their business."
No, they still sell the high end ESX and a few other products. Using this as a 'gateway product'.
Apparently there was just not enough money to continue the low end product line as a commercial product. Hopefully they dont drop the low end totally.
I never saw any restrictions in the final EULA.
Never read the betas, didnt really care since it was 'testing' anyway.
The stated upgrade path for GSX is the free 'vmware server' so it would be really hard to restrict its use and get away with it.
What does this mean to me? Can i reprogram my portable GPS to this new code? And what does it give me if i can? I already get free access to GPS now ( well i paid my purchase fee on the device ) and didnt the US government lift restrictions on accuracy recently ?
No i couldnt get to TFA to read it.
Always go under the impression you are being watched 24/7 and anything you say or do *will* be seen/read/heard and used against you at some point.
Even if you are doing nothing wrong, still assume the above.
But not all of them. This might be getting close to stepping over the bouundries unless there is probable cause.
The parents rights are also not superseeded just beacuse the child goes to school.
No, it would be better to just pay the $75 and be finished with the entire transaction. ( that was the point of my post )
Ever hear of the 'bone radio' thing back in the 80's? Was some sort of radio thing you could get at DAK that draped over your shoulders.
Never tried one myself.
Wouldnt having a phone to trace be more effective in catching them then a 'blind' and easily hidden behind webpage??
Sometimes coopreating just means you dont become a target.. indirect gain.
Even if you get the money 'back' its still a marketing scam. Just sell the product for the real price and be done with it.
On a serious note, its rather insulting. Most witches are really peace loving people that just operate on the fringe of society, mainly due to misunderstanding.
"millions of people named Mohammed or Ahmed who aren't terrorists" are you sure? are you REALLY sure?