Having access to any of Microsoft's source code is the poison/suicide pill for any programmer in today's sue, sue, sue litigation is business as usual environment.
They won't be in America, probabaly working for the local equivalent of the NSA. Or if they are seconded from the private sector, good luck for MS proving that any code they write was "tainted". Unless it's a cut-and-paste job, like the Chinese compnay that copied a bunch of Cisco's code, they won't get anywhere in court, or even get a court to hear them, in most countries.
Uh, read the law... it makes a big difference if it is for commercial gain or not.
Infringement for personal commercial gain is a criminal offense; infringement without personal commercial benefit (and under $1K) is not.
What about those "drinkordie" guys who were distributing warez for free? They got sent up for several years.
So it is their fault that YOU didn't register the product ?
Learn to take some personal responsibility for your actions, or lack thereof in this specific case.
Since I have a Kryptonite lock, it's self-evident that I purchased it. Do you keep receipts indefinitely for every simple mechanical device? For every tool in your tool box? We're not talking about laptops or something that will break when dropped, but something advertised as indestructible.
> If an app has poor design and bad code but doesn't affect anyting else, it isn't really a problem.
You feed that line to a computer science department, and see how far that gets you.
I was of course talking from the user's point of view.
Make the spammers pay out the bounty. There's absolutely no reason to make taxpayers (you know, citizens) suffer and go further in debt (via the nation) for the crimes to humanity that spammers have perpetrated.
RTFA. Not enough money is recovered from spammers, even the few that are prosecuted. There is a small number of big spammers, who are smart enough to keep their money safe from seizure, and a lot who live in trailer parks. The benefit to society as a whole is worth the cost if it deters.
Then perhaps what you meant is that rebooting fixes the _symptoms_ of the problems, where the problems are poor design and bad code, and the symptoms are memory leaks and crashes. Were the problems fixed by rebooting, why would the symptoms continue to occur?
If an app has poor design and bad code but doesn't affect anyting else, it isn't really a problem. The problem is the instability -- after one app crashes Windows often acts weird, and the only way to restore it to a useful state is to reboot. Sometimes twice, illogical as it seems. Yes, it's only a temporary solution; but it is a solution. It allows me to get some work done. The long-term solution is of course to migrate to a more robust system.
Many clueless users believe that rebooting fixes many problems
Funny, I believe that. It does fix many problems (such as resources disappearing due to memory leaks or application crashes). Not permanently, they recur, but short of spending a few days reinstallng everything, it's the best solution.
In any case, the French word you're looking for is "voila", or loosely translated, "there".
Well, to be really correct, it's voilà, with a grave accent on the a. And in the title "ala" should be two words, again with a grave accent on the first a: "Lawsuits à la Lindows".
Other industries (like a skydiving school) might make you sign a disclaimer. This has the appearance of protecting the company from a lawsuit. The reality is that these do not hold up court if said company is found to be negligent.
This is not true of EULAs. I think the legal reason is that you do not own software.
No, I think the reason is that EULAs have never been tested in court. Large companies don't sign the shrinkwrap EULA, they have a separate contract. Small companies and individuals who have been told they're subject to such EULAs can't afford to take MS to court.
Operating System Mapper. Dynamite supports operating system mapping between any two Unix/Linux-like operating systems, as well as mapping between mainframe and any Unix/Linux-like operating systems.
So nothing about Windows, and Mac only as OSX, I think. No mention in the Wired article of it being limited to *ix-like OSs. Which idiot calls this "universal"?
Because they actually prefer that you walk around listening to music with their player. Why? Because in this way, you advertise their player and their brand, and you will most propably tell all your friends how nice this 5G MP3 player is. But if you just pry it open, remove the microdrive, and then throw it in the trash, all this free advertising goes to, well, the trash.
If you pry it open, make a web page about how to do it, and post it to Slashdot, how much free advertising is that? Worth some thousands of times more than wearing the player as you walk around I think.
And why on earth do you think a company you have paid for a product has the right or even the expectation that you will be a walking billboard for them?
"secure messaging system which was instantaneous and able to transfer large files rapidly...a safe and secure platform which can not be penetrated by unwanted visitors or observers...exceptionally fast medium for accessing and exchanging large files such as music, images and film, with huge capacity. For starters, each dmail address will have one gigabyte of space... argeted at several niche sectors where its properties are particularly relevant. These include education, friends/family, teenage and corporate markets"
The *IAAs are going to love this if it takes off. But it has the same vulnerability as any "closed" system, it's brilliant at the beginning but if it grows beyond a certain number you get trolls and spammers.
Actually, yes... people did think it was great. Have you ever tried to slice a fresh loaf of bread?
Yes. And the bread stays fresh longer for not being pre-sliced. Plus you can choose if you want a thin or fat slice. If you were making a dozen sandwiches, sliced would be a better choice though.
they simulate a PDP11 on a game boy advance simulator running on a mac/pc
From TFA: "You can try gbaunix either using a Game Boy Advance emulator, or on a real Game Boy Advance. For the latter, you would need, say, a flash-based cartridge and a flash programmer."
But the worst limitation is "gbaunix does not have an input mechanism currently. You can only execute a canned sequence of UNIX shell commands. The sequence must be specified at compile-time as an array of strings in gba/gba_kbd.h in the source. While UNIX is running, pressing the START button feeds the next command line into the TTY's input buffer."
Do you really think France, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Canada, and Greece are hostile to us? China, maybe.
China has a big problem with Muslim separatists. Some who were rounded up in Afghanistan and are now being released from Guantanamo have had China trying to extradite them; almost certainly a death sentence. China would cheerfully condemn any Muslim for just about anything.
By this logic, arguably the US wouldn't be able to try Osama Bin Laden if he was captured, despite the fact that he allegedly facilitated and conspired in the murder of 3000 people in the US. And the country whose laws he was under at the time wasn't particularly interested in trying him either.
However, the current Afghan government would. That was actually the point of the invasion, to replace a al-Qaeda friendly government with one that would help arrest/kill them.
Where did the crime occur though? He was moving bits around and some of these bits were moved within the US, not just within Austrailia.
So though I've never been to the US, because I send an email with a Metallica MP3 attached that passes through the US on its way to my friend in a third country, I've committed a crime in the US and I'll be sent to Guantanamo, or whatever kangaroo court the US decides? Will we ever see an American extradited to another country for a similar "crime"; say for relaying via an open server in China and faces 20 years in jail for hacking.
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They won't be in America, probabaly working for the local equivalent of the NSA. Or if they are seconded from the private sector, good luck for MS proving that any code they write was "tainted". Unless it's a cut-and-paste job, like the Chinese compnay that copied a bunch of Cisco's code, they won't get anywhere in court, or even get a court to hear them, in most countries.
Yeah, whatever the fuck a "governement" is.
Slashdot "editors"; what an oxymoron.
What about those "drinkordie" guys who were distributing warez for free? They got sent up for several years.
Since I have a Kryptonite lock, it's self-evident that I purchased it. Do you keep receipts indefinitely for every simple mechanical device? For every tool in your tool box? We're not talking about laptops or something that will break when dropped, but something advertised as indestructible.
Can someone translate this? WTF is a "stack" in this sense?
I was of course talking from the user's point of view.
RTFA. Not enough money is recovered from spammers, even the few that are prosecuted. There is a small number of big spammers, who are smart enough to keep their money safe from seizure, and a lot who live in trailer parks. The benefit to society as a whole is worth the cost if it deters.
Osama doesn't give an address for people to send money to. Spammers ultimately have to give a route to find them, or at least their bank account.
If an app has poor design and bad code but doesn't affect anyting else, it isn't really a problem. The problem is the instability -- after one app crashes Windows often acts weird, and the only way to restore it to a useful state is to reboot. Sometimes twice, illogical as it seems. Yes, it's only a temporary solution; but it is a solution. It allows me to get some work done. The long-term solution is of course to migrate to a more robust system.
Funny, I believe that. It does fix many problems (such as resources disappearing due to memory leaks or application crashes). Not permanently, they recur, but short of spending a few days reinstallng everything, it's the best solution.
It's "Meerkat".
Well, to be really correct, it's voilà, with a grave accent on the a. And in the title "ala" should be two words, again with a grave accent on the first a: "Lawsuits à la Lindows".
Try reading the f* post you're replying to. No one specified "PC" laptops.
Perhaps you've heard of "Apple", a small Californian company with their own BSD distro. They make non-XP laptops.
No, I think the reason is that EULAs have never been tested in court. Large companies don't sign the shrinkwrap EULA, they have a separate contract. Small companies and individuals who have been told they're subject to such EULAs can't afford to take MS to court.
Like this, I think:
So nothing about Windows, and Mac only as OSX, I think. No mention in the Wired article of it being limited to *ix-like OSs. Which idiot calls this "universal"?If you pry it open, make a web page about how to do it, and post it to Slashdot, how much free advertising is that? Worth some thousands of times more than wearing the player as you walk around I think.
And why on earth do you think a company you have paid for a product has the right or even the expectation that you will be a walking billboard for them?
The power supply? But these are cheap enough to replace anyway.
From dmails's "background information", page:
"secure messaging system which was instantaneous and able to transfer large files rapidly...a safe and secure platform which can not be penetrated by unwanted visitors or observers...exceptionally fast medium for accessing and exchanging large files such as music, images and film, with huge capacity. For starters, each dmail address will have one gigabyte of space... argeted at several niche sectors where its properties are particularly relevant. These include education, friends/family, teenage and corporate markets"
The *IAAs are going to love this if it takes off. But it has the same vulnerability as any "closed" system, it's brilliant at the beginning but if it grows beyond a certain number you get trolls and spammers.
Yes. And the bread stays fresh longer for not being pre-sliced. Plus you can choose if you want a thin or fat slice. If you were making a dozen sandwiches, sliced would be a better choice though.
From TFA: "You can try gbaunix either using a Game Boy Advance emulator, or on a real Game Boy Advance. For the latter, you would need, say, a flash-based cartridge and a flash programmer."
But the worst limitation is "gbaunix does not have an input mechanism currently. You can only execute a canned sequence of UNIX shell commands. The sequence must be specified at compile-time as an array of strings in gba/gba_kbd.h in the source. While UNIX is running, pressing the START button feeds the next command line into the TTY's input buffer."
Yes, becasue the US strong-armed Australia into "harmonising" its copyright laws with the US.
China has a big problem with Muslim separatists. Some who were rounded up in Afghanistan and are now being released from Guantanamo have had China trying to extradite them; almost certainly a death sentence. China would cheerfully condemn any Muslim for just about anything.
However, the current Afghan government would. That was actually the point of the invasion, to replace a al-Qaeda friendly government with one that would help arrest/kill them.
So though I've never been to the US, because I send an email with a Metallica MP3 attached that passes through the US on its way to my friend in a third country, I've committed a crime in the US and I'll be sent to Guantanamo, or whatever kangaroo court the US decides? Will we ever see an American extradited to another country for a similar "crime"; say for relaying via an open server in China and faces 20 years in jail for hacking.