It's not really an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) that would have that kind of clause but is more of a non-competition agreement.
According to the linked article, they're in California, which is famous for its rather anti-NCA attitude. I'd be surprised if anything could be done about this.
An employee working for AOL releases code under the GPL (not talking about things done on his own time) it's under the gpl, he is a representative of the company.
That's obvious bullshit. If it were so, a rogue employee could release the whole of Windows XP under the GPL. The fact is that, to release a company's code under the GPL, you must first have that authority.
I live in NYC and only drive once in a while on weekends and holidays
You're hardly the kind of guy that he's bitching about - I think the main point of anger is over people who get a big SUV, drive it like it's a car (which is dangerous as hell), and do so every day with at most one passenger. As for the safety issue, if you didn't need the space, you could always get a Volvo...
If your ancestor married a native american, would the native american also be an ancestor, thus your ancestors would hae been here longer.
Betcha that this is just a manifestation of the perception of Indians as 'other' - he's identifying with his European ancestors and naming the first ancestor to show up in this country. It's understandable in light of the way we completely erased the bulk of the indians' heritage.
I was a history major and I think the curriculum is mostly fine the way it is. In order to intelligently discuss why things happened, you first needs to know what happened.
Well, my gripe is with highschool-level History, in that it largely fails to tell you about important things that happened, or distorts the facts (and debate) out of all sensibility.
Once you know the facts of the situation, you can begin examining those facts in the light of cultural development, economic considerations, perceived political consequences, attitudes of the day, etc. (upper-level highschool and college).
Not if you use one of the standard highschool history textbooks. They typically don't tell you all of what happened, nor do they give you any idea of the general mileu of any given time period. They just present a bunch of watered down facts with the barest of explanation.
This is why I hope Blu-Ray discs and players appear soon. While they may not add to much for movies (full HDTV or something maybe) but for collection like series, they would probably reduce the cost a ton.
Don't hold your breath - DVDs cost less than a dollar to press. The price of a DVD has nothing to do with the cost of production.
That's one argument. DirecTV's counterargument would be that it's licensed that portion of the radio spectrum from the government specifically for the broadcast of encrypted television signals, and therefore, if you intercept and decode those signals then you are violating their product and the law.
No, this is satellite. Directv has a number of channels (or their own satellite - I forget which) that they transmit on. You can't use it because you haven't paid for the privelege. The second part of your argument makes no sense - I can receive any signals I like. US law prohibits me from decoding signals I haven't paid for (probably), but this is Canada, where it's illegal (somehow) to pay for directv, but legal to intercept it and decode it.
No, Driving is a right. Driving on a public road is very nearly the same - the authorities need to show just cause in order to deny you the activity. This is as it should be, at least in the US, where you need a car to live most places. I'm not too familiar with England, but I expect that it's similar to the US (outside of London, of course).
most people playing chess in the park will kick the total shit out of you if you walk up and overturn their board
I dunno, Most chess tables I've seen in the park were made of stone and weighed upwards of 200 pounds. I wouldn't want to mess with someone who can flip that over.
,i>Hmm. So taking something that isn't yours, doesn't belong to you, belongs to someone else and the rightful owner didn't want you to have it isn't theft?
The operative word here is thing, as in tangible and physical. If you appropriate a salad fork from me, I no longer have it. If, on the other hand, you copy my blueprints for salad forks, I still have them. Of course, you may have damaged my ability to compete in the cutthroat salad fork industry, but that's a separate issue. Knowledge about salad fork manufacture is not the same as a physical object.
Microsoft is one of the worst offenders. All of their programmers are contracters. They define jobs by projects each no longer in duration then necisary to skirt the law.
Sorry, but you're misinformed. MS employs thousands of full-time developers in addition to their pile of contractors. The reason they do the limited engagement thing is because they got burned when a bunch of contractors were reclassified as employees, complete with retroactive stock purchase plans.
,i> they *do* provide compensation for the non-compete agreement. In the case of slave traders like these, the compensation is in the form of getting a job in the first place
Employment, or continued employment is not consideration; this has been determined by the courts time and time again. Therefore, a non-compete that offers this as the sole compensation is defacto invalid, it not being a contract. The problem is that you porbably need $10k to prove it. That said, don't sign it.
Did you see Bruce Almighty yet? You're Bruce. And you've got 3,157,019 user requests in your inbox.
Ah, big deal - I've got the power, so all I have to do is temper it with intelligence. First thing to do, of course, is automatic filtering: greedheads that want a holy ATM get a the $1 prize and a subscription to Forbes, kids blessing their parents and puppy and so on get a pat on the head, and by the time that's done, I only have 120,000 requests that need tailored attention. That's child's play when you're me.
The big thing about currency isn't the image so much as the ink and the feel of the cloth. That's not paper, it's linen, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a supply of convincing stock. The ink, while less of a factor, still contributes to the gestalt of cash - it affects the smell, and doesn't wash off when exposed to moisture.
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It's not really an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) that would have that kind of clause but is more of a non-competition agreement.
According to the linked article, they're in California, which is famous for its rather anti-NCA attitude. I'd be surprised if anything could be done about this.
An employee working for AOL releases code under the GPL (not talking about things done on his own time) it's under the gpl, he is a representative of the company.
That's obvious bullshit. If it were so, a rogue employee could release the whole of Windows XP under the GPL. The fact is that, to release a company's code under the GPL, you must first have that authority.
Yes. I can always download the CDs or copy from a friend or create a derivative distro.
Redhat is coming close to establishing monopoly status within the linux market.
Hardly. They can't raise the price of their distro with impunity, barriers to entry are low, and there's little vendor lock-in.
I live in NYC and only drive once in a while on weekends and holidays
You're hardly the kind of guy that he's bitching about - I think the main point of anger is over people who get a big SUV, drive it like it's a car (which is dangerous as hell), and do so every day with at most one passenger. As for the safety issue, if you didn't need the space, you could always get a Volvo...
If your ancestor married a native american, would the native american also be an ancestor, thus your ancestors would hae been here longer.
Betcha that this is just a manifestation of the perception of Indians as 'other' - he's identifying with his European ancestors and naming the first ancestor to show up in this country. It's understandable in light of the way we completely erased the bulk of the indians' heritage.
I was a history major and I think the curriculum is mostly fine the way it is. In order to intelligently discuss why things happened, you first needs to know what happened.
Well, my gripe is with highschool-level History, in that it largely fails to tell you about important things that happened, or distorts the facts (and debate) out of all sensibility.
Once you know the facts of the situation, you can begin examining those facts in the light of cultural development, economic considerations, perceived political consequences, attitudes of the day, etc. (upper-level highschool and college).
Not if you use one of the standard highschool history textbooks. They typically don't tell you all of what happened, nor do they give you any idea of the general mileu of any given time period. They just present a bunch of watered down facts with the barest of explanation.
Well, Palpatine is a bit more expressive than a little green sockpuppet.
Those who don't learn by history are doomed to repeat it. Why oh why don't they freakin' learn?
Because History class in high-school is largely a pack of feel-good lies and, besides, they rarely get much past the civil war anyways.
Arithmetic according to C: float x = 3.14159; float y = 1/2 * x; Value of y? zero.
New to integer-based arithmetic, are we? You show know better than to expect user-friendliness from assembly.
Well no, 'î (otaku) means either 'you' or 'house', but context distinguishes them. You wouldn't say 'Does your house want more tea', would you?
This is why I hope Blu-Ray discs and players appear soon. While they may not add to much for movies (full HDTV or something maybe) but for collection like series, they would probably reduce the cost a ton.
Don't hold your breath - DVDs cost less than a dollar to press. The price of a DVD has nothing to do with the cost of production.
That's one argument. DirecTV's counterargument would be that it's licensed that portion of the radio spectrum from the government specifically for the broadcast of encrypted television signals, and therefore, if you intercept and decode those signals then you are violating their product and the law.
No, this is satellite. Directv has a number of channels (or their own satellite - I forget which) that they transmit on. You can't use it because you haven't paid for the privelege. The second part of your argument makes no sense - I can receive any signals I like. US law prohibits me from decoding signals I haven't paid for (probably), but this is Canada, where it's illegal (somehow) to pay for directv, but legal to intercept it and decode it.
That's all well and good until Bell convinces your state government to forbid cooperative or city-funded high-speed networks.
,i>Driving IS a privilege.
No, Driving is a right. Driving on a public road is very nearly the same - the authorities need to show just cause in order to deny you the activity. This is as it should be, at least in the US, where you need a car to live most places. I'm not too familiar with England, but I expect that it's similar to the US (outside of London, of course).
*Boom*
most people playing chess in the park will kick the total shit out of you if you walk up and overturn their board
I dunno, Most chess tables I've seen in the park were made of stone and weighed upwards of 200 pounds. I wouldn't want to mess with someone who can flip that over.
Since when does a properly managed IT infrastructure qualify as "real life"?
Most places with competent management and senior IT staff have a properly managed IT infrastructure.
Since when does a knowledgeable system admin manage an MS-Windows system?
Don't be a bigot. There are competent windows admins. It's just that there are a lot of MCSE kiddies too.
Gates learned this tactic from his coke dealer.
Gates doesn't have acoke dealer: there's no way he'd allow someone that degree of control over him.
,i>Hmm. So taking something that isn't yours, doesn't belong to you, belongs to someone else and the rightful owner didn't want you to have it isn't theft?
The operative word here is thing, as in tangible and physical. If you appropriate a salad fork from me, I no longer have it. If, on the other hand, you copy my blueprints for salad forks, I still have them. Of course, you may have damaged my ability to compete in the cutthroat salad fork industry, but that's a separate issue. Knowledge about salad fork manufacture is not the same as a physical object.
Microsoft is one of the worst offenders. All of their programmers are contracters. They define jobs by projects each no longer in duration then necisary to skirt the law.
Sorry, but you're misinformed. MS employs thousands of full-time developers in addition to their pile of contractors. The reason they do the limited engagement thing is because they got burned when a bunch of contractors were reclassified as employees, complete with retroactive stock purchase plans.
,i> they *do* provide compensation for the non-compete agreement. In the case of slave traders like these, the compensation is in the form of getting a job in the first place
Employment, or continued employment is not consideration; this has been determined by the courts time and time again. Therefore, a non-compete that offers this as the sole compensation is defacto invalid, it not being a contract. The problem is that you porbably need $10k to prove it. That said, don't sign it.
"You've gotta stop punching holes in the defintion of death or you'll be dissected for real one day!" -- Excel to Hyatt
Aah! Hyatt san ga mata shinjatta!
Did you see Bruce Almighty yet? You're Bruce. And you've got 3,157,019 user requests in your inbox.
Ah, big deal - I've got the power, so all I have to do is temper it with intelligence. First thing to do, of course, is automatic filtering: greedheads that want a holy ATM get a the $1 prize and a subscription to Forbes, kids blessing their parents and puppy and so on get a pat on the head, and by the time that's done, I only have 120,000 requests that need tailored attention. That's child's play when you're me.
Oh, and the H is for Harold.
The big thing about currency isn't the image so much as the ink and the feel of the cloth. That's not paper, it's linen, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a supply of convincing stock. The ink, while less of a factor, still contributes to the gestalt of cash - it affects the smell, and doesn't wash off when exposed to moisture.