Now I don't have all the facts, and it does
appear that the dude was in serious breech of
"The Being Bloody Stupid Act of 1581"
[Pratchett]. But to use criminal arrest
powers in what is essentially a contract dispute
is clearly official oppression.
Did the
sheriff get complaints from anyone else? Does
she routinely persue other complaints as
vigorously?
Irrespective of the merits of the
webhostaging, it would appear the arrestee has
grounds to sue for false arrest and/or offical
oppression.
BG might be able to get away with that argument
for StarBucks.
Yes, the "unwise investment"
defense could be given a workout. But do not
forget that MS is an adjudged monopolist (upheld
on appeal) and thus it's and BG's behaviour is
held to a different standard.
Since SCO is in
the "computer field", any transactions between it
and MS/large shareholders is subject to
anti-trust scrutiny.
I've been using spreadsheets for over 20 years, since
Lotus-1-2-3 ver1A on a 128 KB (sic) 8088. I think MS-Excel
is unsuitable for any serious use. Aside from ease-of-use
issues (regression and other stats not easily accessible)
there seems to be serious defects in the core calculation
engine.
I've seen spreadsheets where MS-Excel would
miscalculate results by 20%. MS-Excel also has enormous
problems handling circular spreadsheets. Both are
probably related to defects in the order-of-calculation
algorithm.
This is a bit of a religious war, but I'll bite at the flamebait. I cannot abide Sys-V mess'o'symlinks, one reason I stay with Slackware, one of the only BSD-style distros.
I like staying close to the metal on my machine./etc/rc.local has my customization, other stuff is run manually from ~root/.bash_history. I don't like layers, and hence `linuxconf` is beneath contempt.
You will get conflicting answers because the expectations and
understanding in this area is still evolving.
Traditional
UNIX sysadmin ethics prohibit snooping in email for any
reason. Snooping files and traffic is similarly verboten,
except debateably (ulimit) in the case of excessive resource
usage. This was done to increase user confidence and frank
discussions in electronic media.
Current capitalist thinking
is whoever pays, owns. This is pushed because email has proven
to be very popular, frank and valuable. A victim of it's
own success.
Personally, I did snoop in my wife's email.
That's why she's now my ex. Neither qualms nor regrets.
Well of course the police want more powers. Their job is to "fight crime" and they believe that power to search will help.
On individual cases, it might. Unfortunately, the cost to greater society in terms of intimidation and abuse are higher than the benefits of solving the crime.
Freedom isn't just philosophically attractive, it is also extremely pragmatic. It increases human happiness and productivity. Unfortunately. police are seldom happy people and cannot recognize this value.
I cannot think of any major criminal activity that can be done on the Internet, still less in the restricted environment of a cybercafe. Sure, threats and extortion can be communicated, but these are accessory to the crime contemplated/committed.
It is a sad commentary on the state of the 'net, but anti-spam efforts are also reducing freedom.
Many smaller sites or even users who prefer to send their own mail are finding their port 25 connects bounced, refused or blackholed.
Eventually, only whitelisted big ISP mailservers will accept mail and everyone will be forced to use them if they want their mail to get through. Shades of the Post Office! IMHO,
this cure is worse than the disease. Self-inflicted wounds.
A number of ISPs mailservers (AOL) automatically
bounce (sometimes blackhole) port 25 connects
from IPs on some dial-up/DSL/cable user IP
lists.
I understand why they think this is
effective -- there are many broadband users with
trojaned machines that do relaying. 30% of spam
according to AOL.
However, there is collateral
damage to users like me who run their own
outgoing `sendmail`. Perhaps acceptable,
but do we want all email to get centralized
through "approved servers". Eventually, it will
become the Post Office.
Unless I've misread something, B[e]agle is a trojan, not a worm.
Trojans require user interaction to propagate, worms propagate without. Both could be called virii in the sloppy PC terminology, although I believe all traditional PC viruses are actually trojans. The user has to run something. Blaster is one of the few PC worms.
If men are MIA, then TV writers and producers have to
go after women to keep their eyeball score (ratings,
share) in the profitable range.
I've noticed a
shift towards programming to attract female audiences
over the past ~10 years. There always has been
some, just as there is some directed programming
for males. But the shift is not just in female
oriented networks (Lifetime), but also in mainstream
broadcast programming. Some of this gets
extreme. - pardon the commercial reference.
mono, and highly compressed something like 3 MB for 60 minutes. Sound was OK. It was authorized.
I don't download MP3s because the sound isn't all that great. My kids have, and I've listened. It's isn't better than FM, and for some complicated music (including hard rock), this isn't enough.
This seems fairly clear that IBM rejected the customary "improvements flowback to licensor" clause. Good for them. It doesn't seem that IBM even has to notify SCO, give them copies of the improvements, or royalty free rights to use the improvements.
The title is a misnomer. I very much doubt the planet is heating it's star or it would be losing energy and be very unstable.
Most likely, either tidal or mag.field effects are changing the convection patterns inside the star. All stars are _much_ hotter in the core than on the surface, it wouldn't take much to influence these boundary-condition dependant internal convective flows.
This is yet another manifestation of how adversarial relations backfire. As Nietzsche said "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger".
Unless you can force a total a total paradigm shift (Bush invading Iraq), lesser measures will be counterproductive (Iraq sanctions).
Do not start a fight you cannot win.
The RIAA has blunders at least twice. First it shutdown Napster 'way late (because it wasn't easy), now it is harassing KaZaa users with even less success. The next incarnation will be even tougher.
They ought to be putting their energies into a paradigm shift like iPod. Or maybe even running their business competantly, with decent A&R budgets and better terms for musicians and customers since their distribution monopoly has faded.
So the permission the SCO PR dude mentioned has not come from the Court.
Could it have come from IBM? Doubtful. It would not be permission then, it would be an agreement.
It must have come from some third party. Perhaps a party with a copyright/trade.secret interest in the code. Perhaps permission from someone less connected but pulling the strings?
The agreed protective order might cover SCO code. But can it cover Linux code which is already very public? Certainly not. How could the mention of allegedly infringing files and line-numbers be considered a trade secret?
Oh, I agree. I won't be buying it, but I agree that censorship is profoundly immoral.
Censors impose their free-will to reduce their subjects free-will. I met and listened to a censor once. I had a strong urge to wash my hands afterwards.
My point is that irrespective of morality, censorship may be counter-productive by enoucraging more "forbidden fruit" sales than it reduces by depriving retail channels.
Oh, about the speciesism -- I don't know that humans supress their instincts more than others. Many animals can be taught to delay gratification. Chimps and dolphins have recently been
shown to be aware and capable of judging their own thinking processes.
Sure sounds like "ManHunt" is a nasty and revolting game. I'm not against vidgame violence, but I'd rather not see this one succeed.
But does censorship decreases sales? Yes, NZ retail won't carry it. Will that stop online shippers, travellers or purchasers in other countries? "Banned in NZ" might well be a powerful reason for some to buy it.
His plane likely requires AvGas 80/87 or 100/130. Leaded high-octane gasoline, not
interchangeable with MoGas used in cars, snowmobiles, gensets, etc, that they probably have.
They almost certainly have AvTur (JP4) turbine fuel, aka jet fuel for aircraft (fixed and rotary wing). But this is kerosene
totally unusable in spark-ignition engines but usable in diesel engines.
Why do you believe RBC hedging a short position
is in any way a violation of securities law?
They are not trying to manipulate stock price
(which most of sec.law is against) but just trying
to reduce their risk exposure. They cannot buy options of suitable time/price/amount,
so they've gone with convertible debentures.
On behalf of a client [most likely] RBC is hedging a short position.
What happens [$DEITY forfend] if SCO wins and it's stock price goes thru the moon? Note these are _convertible_ debentures. RBC/client converts, and pays back stock shorted.
These results are hardly surprising. Love favors the bold.
Discounting increases accordingly. Not even unrelated, since sex gifts are the norm for human males in Hamilton, ON.ca and many of those students will be cash-limited.
More important to know ourselves and the manipulation we are subject to.
Intersting that sex is used to sell beer very successfully, but not to sell geek toys (mobos, HDs,...). Why?
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Did the sheriff get complaints from anyone else? Does she routinely persue other complaints as vigorously?
Irrespective of the merits of the webhostaging, it would appear the arrestee has grounds to sue for false arrest and/or offical oppression.
Yes, the "unwise investment" defense could be given a workout. But do not forget that MS is an adjudged monopolist (upheld on appeal) and thus it's and BG's behaviour is held to a different standard.
Since SCO is in the "computer field", any transactions between it and MS/large shareholders is subject to anti-trust scrutiny.
I've seen spreadsheets where MS-Excel would miscalculate results by 20%. MS-Excel also has enormous problems handling circular spreadsheets. Both are probably related to defects in the order-of-calculation algorithm.
I like staying close to the metal on my machine. /etc/rc.local has my customization, other stuff is run manually from ~root/.bash_history. I don't like layers, and hence `linuxconf` is beneath contempt.
Traditional UNIX sysadmin ethics prohibit snooping in email for any reason. Snooping files and traffic is similarly verboten, except debateably (ulimit) in the case of excessive resource usage. This was done to increase user confidence and frank discussions in electronic media.
Current capitalist thinking is whoever pays, owns. This is pushed because email has proven to be very popular, frank and valuable. A victim of it's own success.
Personally, I did snoop in my wife's email. That's why she's now my ex. Neither qualms nor regrets.
On individual cases, it might. Unfortunately, the cost to greater society in terms of intimidation and abuse are higher than the benefits of solving the crime.
Freedom isn't just philosophically attractive, it is also extremely pragmatic. It increases human happiness and productivity. Unfortunately. police are seldom happy people and cannot recognize this value.
I cannot think of any major criminal activity that can be done on the Internet, still less in the restricted environment of a cybercafe. Sure, threats and extortion can be communicated, but these are accessory to the crime contemplated/committed.
Many smaller sites or even users who prefer to send their own mail are finding their port 25 connects bounced, refused or blackholed.
Eventually, only whitelisted big ISP mailservers will accept mail and everyone will be forced to use them if they want their mail to get through. Shades of the Post Office! IMHO, this cure is worse than the disease. Self-inflicted wounds.
I understand why they think this is effective -- there are many broadband users with trojaned machines that do relaying. 30% of spam according to AOL.
However, there is collateral damage to users like me who run their own outgoing `sendmail`. Perhaps acceptable, but do we want all email to get centralized through "approved servers". Eventually, it will become the Post Office.
Trojans require user interaction to propagate, worms propagate without. Both could be called virii in the sloppy PC terminology, although I believe all traditional PC viruses are actually trojans. The user has to run something. Blaster is one of the few PC worms.
I've noticed a shift towards programming to attract female audiences over the past ~10 years. There always has been some, just as there is some directed programming for males. But the shift is not just in female oriented networks (Lifetime), but also in mainstream broadcast programming. Some of this gets extreme. - pardon the commercial reference.
I don't download MP3s because the sound isn't all that great. My kids have, and I've listened. It's isn't better than FM, and for some complicated music (including hard rock), this isn't enough.
Most likely, either tidal or mag.field effects are changing the convection patterns inside the star. All stars are _much_ hotter in the core than on the surface, it wouldn't take much to influence these boundary-condition dependant internal convective flows.
Is taping considered disorderly conduct, likely to endanger other patrons?
If I can send outgoing and download incoming mail in about 2 mins, then that's easily worth 33 cents. Ditto for wget'ing some webpages.
The RIAA has blunders at least twice. First it shutdown Napster 'way late (because it wasn't easy), now it is harassing KaZaa users with even less success. The next incarnation will be even tougher. They ought to be putting their energies into a paradigm shift like iPod. Or maybe even running their business competantly, with decent A&R budgets and better terms for musicians and customers since their distribution monopoly has faded.
Could it have come from IBM? Doubtful. It would not be permission then, it would be an agreement.
It must have come from some third party. Perhaps a party with a copyright/trade.secret interest in the code. Perhaps permission from someone less connected but pulling the strings?
The agreed protective order might cover SCO code. But can it cover Linux code which is already very public? Certainly not. How could the mention of allegedly infringing files and line-numbers be considered a trade secret?
Censors impose their free-will to reduce their subjects free-will. I met and listened to a censor once. I had a strong urge to wash my hands afterwards.
My point is that irrespective of morality, censorship may be counter-productive by enoucraging more "forbidden fruit" sales than it reduces by depriving retail channels.
Oh, about the speciesism -- I don't know that humans supress their instincts more than others. Many animals can be taught to delay gratification. Chimps and dolphins have recently been shown to be aware and capable of judging their own thinking processes.
But does censorship decreases sales? Yes, NZ retail won't carry it. Will that stop online shippers, travellers or purchasers in other countries? "Banned in NZ" might well be a powerful reason for some to buy it.
They almost certainly have AvTur (JP4) turbine fuel, aka jet fuel for aircraft (fixed and rotary wing). But this is kerosene totally unusable in spark-ignition engines but usable in diesel engines.
If they don't have the fuel, what can they do?
More important to know ourselves and the manipulation we are subject to. Intersting that sex is used to sell beer very successfully, but not to sell geek toys (mobos, HDs, ...). Why?