What? Did you ask for penalty for an asteroid crash which no man ever built? You can't even get penalty enforced, for poorly engineered software code...
SCO should take over Orbdev, and fight the case. If they win, the entire firm SCO, and all their employees, shareholders and lawyers will be provided a free trip to the asteroid, and can enforce their other IP rights over there. They can call IBM, Linus, RMS etc. after building a Court on the asteroid.
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I remember that Veritas was one of the few companies that licensed MS filesystem and protocols. In fact, after Seagate, I think Veritas took over Backup Exec and the XP backup s/w.
Now, what advantage does tying up with Veritas give a Linux distro firm? Backups? That should be a very minor market segment, even among Corporate users.
Methinks, there's something sly going on over here.
If MIT students can't find methods to get MP3 off the 'net, nimbly sidestepping the R*AA and other assorted vultures... well; do they really deserve to be at MIT?
For one who's on a hobby, a simple general-purpose PCB is more than enough. I've done 8255 based circuits with these.
With this technology, you can't even apply your soldering iron - the 'board' would simply melt. For anything approaching proffessional or production-grade stuff, this is useless. Good old PCBs are more than adequate for now.
All I'm saying is, this isn't some great big innovation worth getting excited about. A printout can only generate a single-layer PCB pattern. A half-decent s/w can generate etching patterns for 10-layer PCBs (ones that go into my computer's MB).
Unless transistors, capacitors and resistors can be 'printed' there is nothing great in what's being reported here.
I mean, what good is a circuit without components? It's be half interesting if I draw a diode and the 'conductive ink' actually soldered a diode on the 'paper'. This thing is just for the circuit board.
Many Linux enthusiats care more about bashing Microsoft rather than making better software, helping people, and making the world a better place.
Huh.. I thought Bashing Microsoft automatically makes the world a better place. And secondly, why should a Linux enthusiast have to 'make' better software? Merely using better software is itself a creditable act.
Just ask some of these people how to copy and paste using the right mouse button and you'll see how "helpful" they are
They don't help Windows users 'cos they couldn't care less about them. Do Good Samiritan Windows users help Linux zealots with their shell scripts?
I think we should take this a a compliment. If Linux can make as many people sit up and take notice as Terorism, it's the biggest compliment to us zealots.
The other way I see this, could it be that Microsoft is truly Terrified by the Success of us Zealots? Looks like it. Either way, a compliment.
Let's see: We're Linux zealots, say. There's two possibilities:
1. We're NOT terrorists: In which case, this article is Flamebait. Responding to this is a waste of our time. Time that can go to improving our ever evolving baby -- Linux. Conclusion: Don't respond.
2. We ARE Terrorists : (I know, I know,, just assume so, bite the bait for a sec.) Why should we waste our time giving up the game? We don't reveal our hand. Of course, we're a special band of Terrorists. Ones that try to kill IGNORANCE, ARROGANT CORPORATES, BIGOTRY, etc, etc. Anyway, Conclusion: Don't respond.
TO sum up: Don't respond to this Flamebait. Move on. Learn the lesson not to rely on Slashdot for Meaningful News That Matters To Nerds. Learn that these days, even articles can be Falmebait, let alone Replies.
The body is not a 'static problem', but a 'dynamic process'. (Okay, no kill -9 jokes, please).A microchip, despite all the possible intelligence, does not take into account that the body is (rather should be) capable of taking care of itself.
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and include the 'key' in plain text in the title of the message? Bots can't process the text, mail readers can be customised to decode the messages basd on the 'key' in the header.
Would be to ape SCO in the hardware business. Claim that all hardware innovation after 1980 belongs to Sun. Doesn't matter if it's silly, as long as they can take Intel to court and threaten AMD:^).
If all else fails, they could get Windows to run on their servers, can't they?
And I'd say obviously written by a man with tiny schlong/boobs... or maybe with kids like that. Anyways, my point is this:
Kids can get enuff and more (S)Exposure without the internet, and no amount of legislation / censorship can stop a determined kid. If you think your kids are mature enough to use the Internet, I'd think it's your responsibility to prepare them for what lies ahead.
Seeing you're posting as an AC, looks like you shirk that bit of your role. I personally use the Internet with my kid near me, so he learns from my discernment, by way of example. I think I'm doing my best, and wish my kid would grow up to be responsible for his actions -- not blame the State, laws or the Intenational situation.
The US government, for economic reasons, will back up what it perceives to be MS's property rights. In this sense, MS is certainly state sponsored.
You've got the wrong angle on my point... why does the US stand idly by when it's darling MS is forced to strip it's cloak of secrecy and reveal it's Crown Jewels to a Communist country? It isn't standing up for MS, it is standing idly by.
Look at it this way.. how is it that revealing source code to the US is detrimental to US security whereas revealing it to China and India isn't? Got the doublespeak?
That's my point, and the reason why I conclude that no State would lift a finger against spam, the markets and users have to do it themselves.
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do you think the same may just apply to anti-virus software?
Absolutely. I've been hearing of viruses eer since 1989 (DOS days) and the standard argument was that Viruses were written by MS haters. It's the same argument even now, and the baffling thing is that, the argument seems to work - most people still buy the logic.
Public memory is too short to keep track of technology and come to the right conclusions. Are viruses, worms and spam written by terrorists? Most unlikely. The amount of money coughed up by US citizens for anti-virus s/w, anti-spam s/w, firewalls and security systems -- I'm sure would be far greater than that spent fighting terror. And this despite the likes of Ashcroft & Co.
By the same arguments, you could imagine most crime is caused by policemen, lawyers and judges...
How's that? The benefits accruing to policemen and judges are indirect and secondary. Anti-spam s/w firms collect money directly from the victims. Looks like you picked the wrong bone. -
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All new releases of Linux kernel must henceforth be released under this license. Guarantees protection, no matter how much SCO screws with the code!
must remember to uninstall the Service Pack! oops, would that be doing a favor?
What? Did you ask for penalty for an asteroid crash which no man ever built? You can't even get penalty enforced, for poorly engineered software code...
I think they have a better case than SCO with respect to Unix. Atleast these chaps seem to have discovered the asteroid.
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SCO should take over Orbdev, and fight the case. If they win, the entire firm SCO, and all their employees, shareholders and lawyers will be provided a free trip to the asteroid, and can enforce their other IP rights over there. They can call IBM, Linus, RMS etc. after building a Court on the asteroid. -
A news engine forever in beta. A search engine guaranteed to give useless results. A 'Page Rank' system as inexplicable and useless as Service Packs.
I think Google would be very smart NOT to merge with MS. That way they could escape a lot of antipathy.
I remember that Veritas was one of the few companies that licensed MS filesystem and protocols. In fact, after Seagate, I think Veritas took over Backup Exec and the XP backup s/w.
Now, what advantage does tying up with Veritas give a Linux distro firm? Backups? That should be a very minor market segment, even among Corporate users.
Methinks, there's something sly going on over here.
If MIT students can't find methods to get MP3 off the 'net, nimbly sidestepping the R*AA and other assorted vultures... well; do they really deserve to be at MIT?
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For one who's on a hobby, a simple general-purpose PCB is more than enough. I've done 8255 based circuits with these.
With this technology, you can't even apply your soldering iron - the 'board' would simply melt. For anything approaching proffessional or production-grade stuff, this is useless. Good old PCBs are more than adequate for now.
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All I'm saying is, this isn't some great big innovation worth getting excited about. A printout can only generate a single-layer PCB pattern. A half-decent s/w can generate etching patterns for 10-layer PCBs (ones that go into my computer's MB).
Unless transistors, capacitors and resistors can be 'printed' there is nothing great in what's being reported here.
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I mean, what good is a circuit without components? It's be half interesting if I draw a diode and the 'conductive ink' actually soldered a diode on the 'paper'. This thing is just for the circuit board.
Much ado about less than nothing, IMO.
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Why pay good money for a dialog box? Does this dialog box merit a change in ALL other apps - Excel, PPT etc? Okay, here's a dialog box:
Do you think Office 2003 will improve office productivity? (not Office productivity, just your real office)
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Will it improve productivity in my office? Not my Office, but my real office?
Simple answer: No, it would reduce it.
Thanks for another useless product.
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Many Linux enthusiats care more about bashing Microsoft rather than making better software, helping people, and making the world a better place.
Huh.. I thought Bashing Microsoft automatically makes the world a better place. And secondly, why should a Linux enthusiast have to 'make' better software? Merely using better software is itself a creditable act.
Just ask some of these people how to copy and paste using the right mouse button and you'll see how "helpful" they are
They don't help Windows users 'cos they couldn't care less about them. Do Good Samiritan Windows users help Linux zealots with their shell scripts?
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I think we should take this a a compliment. If Linux can make as many people sit up and take notice as Terorism, it's the biggest compliment to us zealots.
The other way I see this, could it be that Microsoft is truly Terrified by the Success of us Zealots? Looks like it. Either way, a compliment.
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Let's see: We're Linux zealots, say. There's two possibilities:
1. We're NOT terrorists: In which case, this article is Flamebait. Responding to this is a waste of our time. Time that can go to improving our ever evolving baby -- Linux. Conclusion: Don't respond.
2. We ARE Terrorists : (I know, I know,, just assume so, bite the bait for a sec.) Why should we waste our time giving up the game? We don't reveal our hand. Of course, we're a special band of Terrorists. Ones that try to kill IGNORANCE, ARROGANT CORPORATES, BIGOTRY, etc, etc. Anyway, Conclusion: Don't respond.
TO sum up: Don't respond to this Flamebait. Move on. Learn the lesson not to rely on Slashdot for Meaningful News That Matters To Nerds. Learn that these days, even articles can be Falmebait, let alone Replies.
Move on....
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The body is not a 'static problem', but a 'dynamic process'. (Okay, no kill -9 jokes, please).A microchip, despite all the possible intelligence, does not take into account that the body is (rather should be) capable of taking care of itself. -
and include the 'key' in plain text in the title of the message? Bots can't process the text, mail readers can be customised to decode the messages basd on the 'key' in the header.
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Should've been "Another Scam at Work"
Why should there be any more regulation when the very data can be captured easily?
and, on a related note, will Microsoft be compelled to register as a bank? People use their technology to do online banking you see...
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Would be to ape SCO in the hardware business. Claim that all hardware innovation after 1980 belongs to Sun. Doesn't matter if it's silly, as long as they can take Intel to court and threaten AMD :^).
If all else fails, they could get Windows to run on their servers, can't they?
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Obviously written by a man who has no kids
And I'd say obviously written by a man with tiny schlong/boobs... or maybe with kids like that. Anyways, my point is this:
Kids can get enuff and more (S)Exposure without the internet, and no amount of legislation / censorship can stop a determined kid. If you think your kids are mature enough to use the Internet, I'd think it's your responsibility to prepare them for what lies ahead.
Seeing you're posting as an AC, looks like you shirk that bit of your role. I personally use the Internet with my kid near me, so he learns from my discernment, by way of example. I think I'm doing my best, and wish my kid would grow up to be responsible for his actions -- not blame the State, laws or the Intenational situation.
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The US government, for economic reasons, will back up what it perceives to be MS's property rights. In this sense, MS is certainly state sponsored. You've got the wrong angle on my point... why does the US stand idly by when it's darling MS is forced to strip it's cloak of secrecy and reveal it's Crown Jewels to a Communist country? It isn't standing up for MS, it is standing idly by. Look at it this way.. how is it that revealing source code to the US is detrimental to US security whereas revealing it to China and India isn't? Got the doublespeak? That's my point, and the reason why I conclude that no State would lift a finger against spam, the markets and users have to do it themselves. -
do you think the same may just apply to anti-virus software?
Absolutely. I've been hearing of viruses eer since 1989 (DOS days) and the standard argument was that Viruses were written by MS haters. It's the same argument even now, and the baffling thing is that, the argument seems to work - most people still buy the logic.
Public memory is too short to keep track of technology and come to the right conclusions. Are viruses, worms and spam written by terrorists? Most unlikely. The amount of money coughed up by US citizens for anti-virus s/w, anti-spam s/w, firewalls and security systems -- I'm sure would be far greater than that spent fighting terror. And this despite the likes of Ashcroft & Co.
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By the same arguments, you could imagine most crime is caused by policemen, lawyers and judges...
How's that? The benefits accruing to policemen and judges are indirect and secondary. Anti-spam s/w firms collect money directly from the victims. Looks like you picked the wrong bone.
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