Since they weren't created by the government, but they are enforcing laws, I declare them to be vigilantes, which is illegal, iirc.
The obligation to pursue copyright violations falls on the owner of said copyright (the BSA in this case). The gubmint only enforces copyright law through the courts.
There is a difference in obtaining a product legally and utilizing it legally. It doesn't matter if I bought my copy of Office at Best Buy or from Lou's Just Fell Off The Truck Bargains, if it's installed in a way that violates the license then it's still not legal.
Sure it is. I don't have to agree to the license, since I already own the product.
First, you agreed to the EULA and the BSA can hold it to you.
No, I clicked on 'I agree'. Since it's my software, I can use it as I please. After all, I've paid for it, and the store won't take it back once it's been opened.
No it can't. I am still free to say whatever I want. It's just that there are certain consequences for saying specific things.
An arbitration clause can supersede your right to a jury trial.
Cite, please.
A contract to work in Celine Dion's recording studio can supersede your protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
Very funny. Now hand me back my ears.
All of these things are contracts that I have signed. A shrink wrap agreement has dubious legal standing, since it offers nothing (I paid for the software at the register) and I have signed nothing. Also, if I disagree, i'm out all of my money. On top of that, there is legal precedent for these types of licenses that require I be specifically warned of anything unusual in the terms. I don't think they'll be able to enforce them too much.
Wouldn't they employ LESS people if they had to pay for all their software? So isn't it really a case of different jobs and not lost jobs?
I think they're implying that the software publishers lose jobs. Of course, what really happens is that this would only happen if the amount of piracy were to push a piece of software into being a money loser, thus preventing it from being made. I expect that this doesn't happen in any verifiable way simply because of the time lag involved in building software.
'm so tired about hearing about "The Kommunity". Little secret... no such thing. It's complete horseshit made up by hypocritical, idealistic fucks who are only out for themselves. (ie: help ME for the sake of the community).
That is effectively the position of the large cable companies: ban state-funded agencies from offering service and give us a monopoly so we can continue to gouge the public. The state-funded agencies in question are offering low prices and good service, which is what you tend to expect from public utilities (like gas and electric).
for the record, there are a lot of people in the world of biology, radiology, and bioinformatics who would love to have a 128 or 256 or 1024 bit computer.
for the record, there are not 2^128 atoms of silicon on the planet. More than 64 bits may be useful, but it will require quite a bit more technology before that ever happens.
A 32-bit computer can address up to 4 gigs natively. Intel has some extensions to allow up to 64 gigs, but with a performance penalty.
36 bits, actually. Also, there's still a 4gig/process limit.
When you see video cards and dedicated gaming hardware that has a 128-bit (or higher) processer, it's done for different reasons.
It should be noted that when someone calls a video card 128 bit, it doesn't mean all that much, since you almost never program a video card directly, and the only registers you are likely to see are for vertex shaders. Typically, a video card does a lot of vector operations, like you say, but it only addresses 32 bits. The newer cards have memory busses 128 or 256 bits wide, bit that's mainly for high bandwidth, low latency memory access.
Man I can't wait until I have enough RAM to use a 1mbit pointer;-)
You can use it right now. Only thing is that everything past bit 32 will be 0. If you want to have so much ram as to require a 1mbit pointer, you'll be waiting awhile. There are something like 10^64 atoms in the universe.
In the 1970's there was a widely reported case, where a Ford Pinto was hit in the back, and the gas tank exploded
the Pinto should be designed to not explode, even if hit with criminal recklessness.
The Pinto exploded because the gas tank was outside the frame, thus unprotected. A county in Texas is suing Ford because they lost 20 officers in collisions with said officer's police cruisers. Some of these collisions were in excess of 50 mph.
If you hit a car hard enough, it will pop the gas tank. It doesn't matter what you do - you can still detonate the gas tank. Every major manufacturer has know since 1972 that the safest place for a fuel tank is inside the frame just forward of the rear axle. This won't save you every time, but it does constitute reasonable diligence.
Especially In this case as there WAS a fix.. just no one bothered to apply it.
It's been mentioned before, but it bears repeating: some subsequent security patches remove the fix.
Further, Microsoft has a track record of releasing security patches that break or touch unrelated stuff, roll back other fixes, give Bill admin rights on your computer, or just plain hose your box. Because of this (and the volume of patches), keeping up with security on MS boxes is not a task to be taken lightly. You test and test and schedule downtime, and it still bites you. This is the root of this particular thornbush.
Or rather, you can trade one for the other. I was shocked to find people selling 10k rpm 36GB for 80 or 90 bucks the other day. I imagine that IDE is even cheaper.
If SQL server ships with sever security flaws that enable a worm to lay waste to the interneet for a couple of days and, furthermore, fails to release reliable* patches that don't down the server, is Microsoft liable?
* for values of reliable including not breaking anything else nor removing fixes to previous vulnerabilities.
But it doesn't count the fact that many H1B applcations are for positions which most of americans cannot fit due to limited education and skills.
Whether or not legitimate uses of H1B exist (they probably do at some level), the vast majority of H1B tech workers are here because they're willing to work cheaper. I know that the corps are required by law to pay equal wages, but with 40 people assigned to police this and given that any H1B that complains will likely be deported, abuse is rampant.
One of the ways to cheat the system is to post a job req. with lots of skill requirements and an absurdly low salary (wanted: 10+ year C++ programmer for $40k/yr) and use the lack of response by qualified applicants to import an H1B. Never mind that people who play this game usually get someone who doesn't actually have the skills they claim. The company doesn't actually care - they just want cheap labor.
I thought that doom 3 was supposed to be more of a suspense game than a gorefest - i.e. there won't be hordes of demons after your butt. Instead, maybe you have to sneak around and avoid most creatures.
So, bascially half the net traffic is wasted effort. This means that decimating SPAM would add roughly 90% to our available bandwidth - pretty nice. The reason nobody does this with porn is that people actually like porn.
I can simply use aliasthatpointstome@dhcp125-24-32-12.myisp.net.
No you can't. Your ISP hasn't set up an MX for any of its dialup IPs, so that mail addy is invalid. may as well use a@b.com
I already had to deal with the idiot IT people at Compaq dropping my emails because I *happened* to be actually running a *gasp* box with my *own* mail server to send my emails from *gasp* a dynamic IP!
As well they should. dialup space is a great source of questionable email and blocking it saves everybody a big headache. Use the ISPs mail server. It's not like this is some sort of technical DSW.
As someone who does first line review and interviewing of candidates, I can say with certainty[...]
Well, that's why I use a cover letter. It's fairly straightforward to address each point in a job req. there, and I don't have to rework the resume and still have it look nice. Besides, do you really want me to list just the things you specify in the job req. on my resume? That might leave some ugly gaps.
If I sign a contract, then you change the pages in the middle, it may not be illegal. But it will definitely be unenforceable - you can't change contracts after the fact without the consent of all parties.
If you add pages to a contract after the fact and represent that I agreed to them, then that is fraud, and it certainly is illegal. This is why I 1. retain a copy of the contract and 2. require that the pages be numbered 1/4, 2/4, and so on. Of course, the best way around sleazy contracts is to avoid sleaze, but sometimes you run into it anyway.
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Since they weren't created by the government, but they are enforcing laws, I declare them to be vigilantes, which is illegal, iirc.
The obligation to pursue copyright violations falls on the owner of said copyright (the BSA in this case). The gubmint only enforces copyright law through the courts.
There is a difference in obtaining a product legally and utilizing it legally. It doesn't matter if I bought my copy of Office at Best Buy or from Lou's Just Fell Off The Truck Bargains, if it's installed in a way that violates the license then it's still not legal.
Sure it is. I don't have to agree to the license, since I already own the product.
Yes, they do.
So how do they collect? It's not like they have any governmental powers.
First, you agreed to the EULA and the BSA can hold it to you.
No, I clicked on 'I agree'. Since it's my software, I can use it as I please. After all, I've paid for it, and the store won't take it back once it's been opened.
An NDA can supersede your right to free speech.
No it can't. I am still free to say whatever I want. It's just that there are certain consequences for saying specific things.
An arbitration clause can supersede your right to a jury trial.
Cite, please.
A contract to work in Celine Dion's recording studio can supersede your protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
Very funny. Now hand me back my ears.
All of these things are contracts that I have signed. A shrink wrap agreement has dubious legal standing, since it offers nothing (I paid for the software at the register) and I have signed nothing. Also, if I disagree, i'm out all of my money. On top of that, there is legal precedent for these types of licenses that require I be specifically warned of anything unusual in the terms. I don't think they'll be able to enforce them too much.
Wouldn't they employ LESS people if they had to pay for all their software? So isn't it really a case of different jobs and not lost jobs?
I think they're implying that the software publishers lose jobs. Of course, what really happens is that this would only happen if the amount of piracy were to push a piece of software into being a money loser, thus preventing it from being made. I expect that this doesn't happen in any verifiable way simply because of the time lag involved in building software.
Rich is a $0 salary with $12M in investment income. Rich is deciding that you'd like to spend 3 months in Maui and doing it that day.
'm so tired about hearing about "The Kommunity". Little secret... no such thing. It's complete horseshit made up by hypocritical, idealistic fucks who are only out for themselves. (ie: help ME for the sake of the community).
That is effectively the position of the large cable companies: ban state-funded agencies from offering service and give us a monopoly so we can continue to gouge the public. The state-funded agencies in question are offering low prices and good service, which is what you tend to expect from public utilities (like gas and electric).
for the record, there are a lot of people in the world of biology, radiology, and bioinformatics who would love to have a 128 or 256 or 1024 bit computer.
for the record, there are not 2^128 atoms of silicon on the planet. More than 64 bits may be useful, but it will require quite a bit more technology before that ever happens.
A 32-bit computer can address up to 4 gigs natively. Intel has some extensions to allow up to 64 gigs, but with a performance penalty.
36 bits, actually. Also, there's still a 4gig/process limit.
When you see video cards and dedicated gaming hardware that has a 128-bit (or higher) processer, it's done for different reasons.
It should be noted that when someone calls a video card 128 bit, it doesn't mean all that much, since you almost never program a video card directly, and the only registers you are likely to see are for vertex shaders. Typically, a video card does a lot of vector operations, like you say, but it only addresses 32 bits. The newer cards have memory busses 128 or 256 bits wide, bit that's mainly for high bandwidth, low latency memory access.
Man I can't wait until I have enough RAM to use a 1mbit pointer ;-)
You can use it right now. Only thing is that everything past bit 32 will be 0. If you want to have so much ram as to require a 1mbit pointer, you'll be waiting awhile. There are something like 10^64 atoms in the universe.
In the 1970's there was a widely reported case, where a Ford Pinto was hit in the back, and the gas tank exploded
the Pinto should be designed to not explode, even if hit with criminal recklessness.
The Pinto exploded because the gas tank was outside the frame, thus unprotected. A county in Texas is suing Ford because they lost 20 officers in collisions with said officer's police cruisers. Some of these collisions were in excess of 50 mph.
If you hit a car hard enough, it will pop the gas tank. It doesn't matter what you do - you can still detonate the gas tank. Every major manufacturer has know since 1972 that the safest place for a fuel tank is inside the frame just forward of the rear axle. This won't save you every time, but it does constitute reasonable diligence.
Especially In this case as there WAS a fix.. just no one bothered to apply it.
It's been mentioned before, but it bears repeating: some subsequent security patches remove the fix.
Further, Microsoft has a track record of releasing security patches that break or touch unrelated stuff, roll back other fixes, give Bill admin rights on your computer, or just plain hose your box. Because of this (and the volume of patches), keeping up with security on MS boxes is not a task to be taken lightly. You test and test and schedule downtime, and it still bites you. This is the root of this particular thornbush.
Or rather, you can trade one for the other. I was shocked to find people selling 10k rpm 36GB for 80 or 90 bucks the other day. I imagine that IDE is even cheaper.
If SQL server ships with sever security flaws that enable a worm to lay waste to the interneet for a couple of days and, furthermore, fails to release reliable* patches that don't down the server, is Microsoft liable?
* for values of reliable including not breaking anything else nor removing fixes to previous vulnerabilities.
But it doesn't count the fact that many H1B applcations are for positions which most of americans cannot fit due to limited education and skills.
Whether or not legitimate uses of H1B exist (they probably do at some level), the vast majority of H1B tech workers are here because they're willing to work cheaper. I know that the corps are required by law to pay equal wages, but with 40 people assigned to police this and given that any H1B that complains will likely be deported, abuse is rampant.
One of the ways to cheat the system is to post a job req. with lots of skill requirements and an absurdly low salary (wanted: 10+ year C++ programmer for $40k/yr) and use the lack of response by qualified applicants to import an H1B. Never mind that people who play this game usually get someone who doesn't actually have the skills they claim. The company doesn't actually care - they just want cheap labor.
Go buy a Disney DVD. Look at the ads that come up before the menu. Note that they can't be skipped. They can do this for the whole DVD if they choose.
Hollywood is not stopping anybody from fast-forwarding through their DVD
Actually, they are.
3 rooms and 4 mobs does not a stress test make
I thought that doom 3 was supposed to be more of a suspense game than a gorefest - i.e. there won't be hordes of demons after your butt. Instead, maybe you have to sneak around and avoid most creatures.
Yes you do need evidence. You only have fear to support your position.
Damn right. 250 lbs going 12mph on a sidewalk scares the hell out of me. How about you?
So, bascially half the net traffic is wasted effort. This means that decimating SPAM would add roughly 90% to our available bandwidth - pretty nice. The reason nobody does this with porn is that people actually like porn.
I can simply use aliasthatpointstome@dhcp125-24-32-12.myisp.net.
No you can't. Your ISP hasn't set up an MX for any of its dialup IPs, so that mail addy is invalid. may as well use a@b.com
I already had to deal with the idiot IT people at Compaq dropping my emails because I *happened* to be actually running a *gasp* box with my *own* mail server to send my emails from *gasp* a dynamic IP!
As well they should. dialup space is a great source of questionable email and blocking it saves everybody a big headache. Use the ISPs mail server. It's not like this is some sort of technical DSW.
As someone who does first line review and interviewing of candidates, I can say with certainty[...]
Well, that's why I use a cover letter. It's fairly straightforward to address each point in a job req. there, and I don't have to rework the resume and still have it look nice. Besides, do you really want me to list just the things you specify in the job req. on my resume? That might leave some ugly gaps.
If I sign a contract, then you change the pages in the middle, it may not be illegal. But it will definitely be unenforceable - you can't change contracts after the fact without the consent of all parties.
If you add pages to a contract after the fact and represent that I agreed to them, then that is fraud, and it certainly is illegal. This is why I 1. retain a copy of the contract and 2. require that the pages be numbered 1/4, 2/4, and so on. Of course, the best way around sleazy contracts is to avoid sleaze, but sometimes you run into it anyway.
It does when it's your job that's sent to India.