In all seriousness, tho, (and I do run a business although I very rarely employ anyone else) having company employees join a protest, even in fun, against my business is not what I hired them for. If they're off the clock, it's not that big a deal, they are entitled to their opinions. On the clock, I don't pay them to do things like this.
"I used to work at SCO, until I saw the direction the company was being taken. I disagreed strongly with this position and left before the company went under. I would like to work for an honest company* where my work is taken seriously and which does not rely on frivilous lawsuits to increase their profits."
Not everyone lives close enough nor has time to show up to a protest in Utah, man. Some of us work. That said, I'D show up - if I could. That's how strong I feel about all this crap.
That was a ridiculous comment and should be modded as flamebait. Sorry, that's the way I see it.
I wonder. In a good sized school, if the SE is popular, he could easily be getting the ~150 requests that slashdotted it. I don't know much about stats on college search engine use tho, so you're probably right.:-)
Whoever modded me flamebait obviously didn't understand what I was trying to say, and thought I was trying to put this guy down (I contributed to his fund, damn you, idiot moderator). Said moderator can fuck off. THAT'S flamebait.
Then people start encoding illegal music in OV....soon the RIAA forces him to drop that too....
It's the principle of the thing, man. Let the RIAA and other corps dictate too much to campuses, and they will become tools rather than learning centers.
and they are much, much cheaper to fly, and wonderfully responsive besides (note, it's been ten years since I flew one, I'd bet the newer ones are even more fun:-)
It'd sound pretty realistic for a lot of small planes, then:-)
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Didn't I read on here that they are required to ask the offenders mend their ways (remove/change the offending code) before challenging them in court, or their claim is invalid?
SB (it's Friday, and my brain isn't working yet, otherwise I'd have a link or more coherent post. Time for a beer:-)
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My thinking is that MS is staying out of this as much as possible to try to keep their own hands clean.
I mean, think about it: if someone else can hurt linux, and MS can say "we're clean" wouldn't that just be the ultimate solution for them?
It *is* odd that there's been little or nothing in the way of a public position from them. Not that I've seen, anyway. After all, they just invested a decent chunk of $ in SCO (ok, pocket change for them, but still)..../me takes off tinfoil hat
I think by this time, most of/., probably including the editors, would like to see McBride and Sontag mauled by a rabid pack of wolverines on crack, on public TV.
Well, we can *dream*, can't we?:-)
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Heh. That's all true.
In all seriousness, tho, (and I do run a business although I very rarely employ anyone else) having company employees join a protest, even in fun, against my business is not what I hired them for. If they're off the clock, it's not that big a deal, they are entitled to their opinions. On the clock, I don't pay them to do things like this.
MHO
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That was rolling on the floor funny and you just made my friends list :-)
Encore! Encore!
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Your sig is sure appropriate here, ain't it?
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Welcome to the real world, man.
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How about:
"I used to work at SCO, until I saw the direction the company was being taken. I disagreed strongly with this position and left before the company went under. I would like to work for an honest company* where my work is taken seriously and which does not rely on frivilous lawsuits to increase their profits."
* I know, there aren't many.
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Not everyone lives close enough nor has time to show up to a protest in Utah, man. Some of us work. That said, I'D show up - if I could. That's how strong I feel about all this crap.
That was a ridiculous comment and should be modded as flamebait. Sorry, that's the way I see it.
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All of that, and I have a question:
Were those SCO employees on the clock?
IF it was in "good fun" and IF they were on the clock, and worked for me, I'd fire their asses.
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I wonder. In a good sized school, if the SE is popular, he could easily be getting the ~150 requests that slashdotted it. I don't know much about stats on college search engine use tho, so you're probably right.:-)
Whoever modded me flamebait obviously didn't understand what I was trying to say, and thought I was trying to put this guy down (I contributed to his fund, damn you, idiot moderator). Said moderator can fuck off. THAT'S flamebait.
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"So long as this doesn't become part of the War on Terror (TM), of course..."
Like the little matter of the RIAA trying to shove copyright infringement into the Patriot Act and get it labeled "terrorism"?
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Then people start encoding illegal music in OV....soon the RIAA forces him to drop that too....
It's the principle of the thing, man. Let the RIAA and other corps dictate too much to campuses, and they will become tools rather than learning centers.
Oh, wait...
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Strikes me that this must be pretty alpha; if 11 is his max load, it wouldn't even be an effective uni intranet search engine.
Hmm.
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So some professor puts a mp3 of his own lectures on the uni network; now it can't be searched for. Talk about F.U.
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9:34 MT, Chewplastic search engine
System load levels indicate a network update is in progress, try back in 30 minutes.
load levels, heheheh.
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Terrorist training at camp of your choice: Free if you're a fanatic
Pilot training: ~$5000
Simulator cost (monitors, PCs, etc) ~$15000
Getting to fly planes into buildings over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
PRICELESS
*ducks*
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Welcome to /. :))))))))
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and they are much, much cheaper to fly, and wonderfully responsive besides (note, it's been ten years since I flew one, I'd bet the newer ones are even more fun :-)
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Damnation, I wasn't sure about this, so I went googling for it, and found this.
You're right.
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That's why one pipes it thru a 100watt/channel stereo :-)
(Neighbors: WTF are you doing over there, running a lawnmower?)
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It'd sound pretty realistic for a lot of small planes, then :-)
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Didn't I read on here that they are required to ask the offenders mend their ways (remove/change the offending code) before challenging them in court, or their claim is invalid?
:-)
SB
(it's Friday, and my brain isn't working yet, otherwise I'd have a link or more coherent post. Time for a beer
My thinking is that MS is staying out of this as much as possible to try to keep their own hands clean.
/me takes off tinfoil hat
I mean, think about it: if someone else can hurt linux, and MS can say "we're clean" wouldn't that just be the ultimate solution for them?
It *is* odd that there's been little or nothing in the way of a public position from them. Not that I've seen, anyway. After all, they just invested a decent chunk of $ in SCO (ok, pocket change for them, but still)....
SB
DOH! meant to say "and anyone involved with them"
Darnit, I used to know what the preview button was for...
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I think by this time, most of /., probably including the editors, would like to see McBride and Sontag mauled by a rabid pack of wolverines on crack, on public TV.
:-)
Well, we can *dream*, can't we?
SB
Hmm.
From here;
"So is anybody clean? What about Apple and Microsoft?" I wondered. "Sun is clean," he saidâ"but he gave no answer in regards to Apple and Microsoft.
"But I thought that Microsoft had signed a license agreement?" "No," Sontag said. Microsoft merely licensed an "applications interface layer."
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He's not insane. He's just stupid and greedy.
:-)
Sorry, had to be said.
Burn, karma, burn
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