so if he was ever paid by the UC, in anyway then any "ideas" are University property
Dont try this in Europe - in Europe, the invention would have to be created as part of his work for his employers to own it, and the equivalent in an academic institution. If it was part of an unrelated, spare time activity, the employers have no claim to it. Even if they made him sign a "EULA" it isn't legally binding. (It would be immoral to take his idea without giving fair compensation, and immoral contracts are unenforceable in Europe.) There are precidents for this.
Looks like the "Land of the Free" is actually "Land of the suckers"
will start suing software producers around the world
Assuming other country's laws are as stupid as American law. In most countries, even if there are software patents, you cannot patent the obvious, and where several people have come up with the same idea, that is prima-facie evidence that the idea was obvious
If space is not an issue... you don't live in Europe.
If connectivity is the issue, you dont want your PCs laid out like cows in a field, you want them like battery chickens (clearly you are a farming type:-)
While that may be true, it has nothing to do with Linux - gnu tools worked fine on Solaris and BSD (and many other os's) before Linus was in secondary school.
Let me be the first to predict that spyware and the like will kill MS within 12 months (as in "12 months from some unspecified date in the future") because computers running window will die before they can serve any useful function, and the only viable solution will be insert penguin here) Un*x.
This sketch scene predates Monty Python by almost 10 years (and I should know, because I shared a flat with one of the Python production team, and went to the first ever recording session in 1969).
The sketch was originally performed by Peter Sellers, some time in the 1950s, and was on the "Best of Sellers" Album released in about 1961.
Since its pretty clear that the US law enforcement officers are unable to attack a doughnut, let alone anything to do with computers, I would not hold out much hope. Two spammers in 20 years is not a successful campaign.
And dont tell me its not Americans that are responsible... how comes all the adverts are for American companies?
Follow the money. If American banks had their licence removed if they passed money to spammers, there would be no spam.
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why don't banks and the like give a simple online tutorial
Remember 50% of people are of below average intelligence and that includes bank staff.
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making the victims 100 percent responsible
The banks are 100% responsible. They operate accounts for the scumbags, and they know who the scumbags are, in order to open accounts for them, and they hand the money to the scumbags.
Lets face it, this is a problem which the banks could solve without third partiy intervention if they only tried. (You can almost hear them singing: If I only had a brain"
they'll include the clause to allow companies to tahe GPL'd software, rip the copyrights out, and incorporate it into their own products and claim ownership
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Actually, he is called a tool setter, and that IS how its done.
If you can understand that if (A > 30) then !(A 30) you probably do not work in the HR department
Misleading headlines are generally considered good journalism if they make you read the article. (Yes I know it stinks, but I am not a journalist)
Dont try this in Europe - in Europe, the invention would have to be created as part of his work for his employers to own it, and the equivalent in an academic institution. If it was part of an unrelated, spare time activity, the employers have no claim to it. Even if they made him sign a "EULA" it isn't legally binding. (It would be immoral to take his idea without giving fair compensation, and immoral contracts are unenforceable in Europe.) There are precidents for this.
Looks like the "Land of the Free" is actually "Land of the suckers"
Assuming other country's laws are as stupid as American law. In most countries, even if there are software patents, you cannot patent the obvious, and where several people have come up with the same idea, that is prima-facie evidence that the idea was obvious
I cant see how most of these EULAs are any more binding that perverts offering sweets to kids to lure them into the bushes.
Don't worry, Slotch.com (istbar, bargainbuddy) will see to it that everyone abandons MS products within the next couple of months.
They put them there so you know who to hate.
Or you could buy AMD
I dobt it - how much can they serve when they are brought to their knees by spyware before you can type "SQLServer"
If connectivity is the issue, you dont want your PCs laid out like cows in a field, you want them like battery chickens (clearly you are a farming type :-)
While that may be true, it has nothing to do with Linux - gnu tools worked fine on Solaris and BSD (and many other os's) before Linus was in secondary school.
Let me be the first to predict that spyware and the like will kill MS within 12 months (as in "12 months from some unspecified date in the future") because computers running window will die before they can serve any useful function, and the only viable solution will be insert penguin here) Un*x.
The sketch was originally performed by Peter Sellers, some time in the 1950s, and was on the "Best of Sellers" Album released in about 1961.
Real users don't want applications dependent on downloading bucketloads of Audio crap when their hardware doesn't even have a sound card.
Many work environments do not allow sound, and why should we have all this aRts stuff unnecesarily?
... And expect your ISP will take the same action he did against the spammers.
And dont tell me its not Americans that are responsible ... how comes all the adverts are for American companies?
Follow the money. If American banks had their licence removed if they passed money to spammers, there would be no spam.
Remember 50% of people are of below average intelligence and that includes bank staff.
The banks are 100% responsible. They operate accounts for the scumbags, and they know who the scumbags are, in order to open accounts for them, and they hand the money to the scumbags.
Lets face it, this is a problem which the banks could solve without third partiy intervention if they only tried. (You can almost hear them singing: If I only had a brain"
If they spent just 10% of that on paying professional hit men to dispose of the problem, we would all go home happy!
If you are short of a couple, it was probably a genuine copy!
Buy an old printer from E-Bay
And if you dont They've already won
That is what the BSD licence is for.
If you chew them well before swallowing, there should be no significant risk