What's really interesting is how hard they're making it to get fired instead of quit. Go to HR and say you don't accept the pay cut, they say "Oh, then you're quiting?". Say No, they say "either quit or take the paycut,... Not the sort of place i'd like to work.
What surprises me is that they aren't already using prison labor. Its dirt cheap, the prisoners can speak better English than someone from a foreign country, and what are they going to do if they get fed up with their job, quit?
To contrast, the people in prisons aren't terribly bright and, if anybody found out, there'd be a backlash, as the company would be percieved as handing jobs to convicts that free citizens could perform.
Indians are another matter. There are a lot of educated, english speaking Indians, and paying them engineer's wages (for India) is cheap. You get better support and a lot of loyalty. There is still the problem that you're exporting jobs, but I suppose you could paint people who oppose that as anti-globalist wack-jobs and racists.
Long term, this sort of thing will raise the standard of living in India and southeast asia, lowering the advantage for companies doing this. The problem then becomes how to deal with a world where there are no places to get cheap labor. We may see a return to colonialism in Africa or more aggressive automation in the next half century.
Besides the fact that there is no to know that the book should have been sent back or what ever.
when a book is damaged or remains unsold for a certain period, the bookstore can return the books to the publisher. In order to save on shipping, the bookstore ships the cover and destroys the book. Hence, a book without a cover has most likely been reported as destroyed. Since the publisher wasn't paid for the book, I refer to it as stolen.
I have heard that the US phone companies store the telephone switching computers in carefully unmarked basements of various public buildings in the areas where they are performing switching.
This is someimes true; at&t leases space from buildings that doesn't show up on the directory and puts switching equipment there. Outside of the cities, they usually have there own buildings, called COs. Around here, they're typically 2 story brick buildings with no windows, but i have heard of them converting a townhouse.
I have also heard that these are typically UNIX systems, and- get this- your phone number represents a series of cd ("cd", as in "change directory") operations into a file tree.
Nope. It's a custom system written in a C variant.
Certainly non-fiction is information, but are works of fiction? We have library systems; reading is not only a way to gain knowledge - but a fruitful way to entertain yourself. I can "check out" Ellison's work almost indefinitely.
Do we now have precedent to shut down the library system? If he wins does that mean that we don't have a right to read his work without paying a fee?
Libraries don't lend out information, they lend out physical copies of items that contain information. When your public library lends out a HE novel, it lends out a copy that it bought. When someone posts a HE book to usenet, they send out several copies of a book that they didn't buy and have bought no rights to.
The main difference between physical books and usenet distribution of books is that each and every physical book (with a cover on it) can be traced back to a sale.
What you do with your property (copies of my alleged book) is your own affair. However, you have no legal right to distribute copies of the book that you have not bought, nor have a contract for. Buzz or no buzz, this is a clear case of copyright violation and I find it ridiculous to boycott someone for demanding that people not copy their work illegaly.
From looking at the original story, somebody went and posted copies of his books on usenet, so HE went after them legally. How is this a problem? If I were an author and found somebody passing out copies of my book, I'd sic a lawyer on them too.
Colleges shouldn't teach software packages - that's for technical schools. It's a difference between theory and techniques and a specific instance of those techniques.
This looks more like a troll. From the BSAs behavior, they look more like racketeers than an industry watchdog. Your arguments about having or not having illegal software (you meant unlicensed software, right?) ignore the fact that software audits thorough enough to satisfy the BSA (original receipts for software you bought 5 years ago that is currently on a PC in a closet that hasn't been turned on in over a year) are expensive and disruptive, and in an organization of any reasonable size, there are sure to be some bits of paperwork that get lost.
doesn't have to. He's so elite nowadays that he just to channel his Geek Powers and a root shell pops out of the air in about a minute. Or so I've heard.
As it turns out, the X-Box contains a couple layers of hardware based encryption. For instance, I'm pretty sure that you can't run any code from CD unless it's been signed with a key that MS possesses - development is done on the disk. None of the software that supports this is accessible from the game, and the hardware is likely prtected too, so you'll have a bitch of a time loading linux on it.
It's a markup meta-language used to structure data into a tree.
No, the point of XML is that it's a text based (machine neutral) standardized way to transmit tree structured info. This allows two separate entities to exchange data easily.
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What's really interesting is how hard they're making it to get fired instead of quit. Go to HR and say you don't accept the pay cut, they say "Oh, then you're quiting?". Say No, they say "either quit or take the paycut, ... Not the sort of place i'd like to work.
Chief comes before Programmer, Executive comes before Technical...
So, what do you do when you're left with just a zookeeper?
>What is the name of the bank that has the closest affiliation with Microsoft employees?
Still working on that, but I'll hedge a guess: "Bank of America"?
First Tech Credit Union. They serve Boeing as well.
the real solution is to disallow all clothing on the premises of the business
I hope to god that you're planning on making attendance at the gym mandatory.
What surprises me is that they aren't already using prison labor. Its dirt cheap, the prisoners can speak better English than someone from a foreign country, and what are they going to do if they get fed up with their job, quit?
To contrast, the people in prisons aren't terribly bright and, if anybody found out, there'd be a backlash, as the company would be percieved as handing jobs to convicts that free citizens could perform.
Indians are another matter. There are a lot of educated, english speaking Indians, and paying them engineer's wages (for India) is cheap. You get better support and a lot of loyalty. There is still the problem that you're exporting jobs, but I suppose you could paint people who oppose that as anti-globalist wack-jobs and racists.
Long term, this sort of thing will raise the standard of living in India and southeast asia, lowering the advantage for companies doing this. The problem then becomes how to deal with a world where there are no places to get cheap labor. We may see a return to colonialism in Africa or more aggressive automation in the next half century.
Besides the fact that there is no to know that the book should have been sent back or what ever.
when a book is damaged or remains unsold for a certain period, the bookstore can return the books to the publisher. In order to save on shipping, the bookstore ships the cover and destroys the book. Hence, a book without a cover has most likely been reported as destroyed. Since the publisher wasn't paid for the book, I refer to it as stolen.
I have heard that the US phone companies store the telephone switching computers in carefully unmarked basements of various public buildings in the areas where they are performing switching.
This is someimes true; at&t leases space from buildings that doesn't show up on the directory and puts switching equipment there. Outside of the cities, they usually have there own buildings, called COs. Around here, they're typically 2 story brick buildings with no windows, but i have heard of them converting a townhouse.
I have also heard that these are typically UNIX systems, and- get this- your phone number represents a series of cd ("cd", as in "change directory") operations into a file tree.
Nope. It's a custom system written in a C variant.
But how does that relate to the topic?
Well, we were talking about a public institution.
What if these used books had the cover torn off?
Then the book has been reported to the publisher as destroyed and you shouldn't buy it, as trafficing in stolen goods is ethically untenable.
Certainly non-fiction is information, but are works of fiction? We have library systems; reading is not only a way to gain knowledge - but a fruitful way to entertain yourself. I can "check out" Ellison's work almost indefinitely.
Do we now have precedent to shut down the library system? If he wins does that mean that we don't have a right to read his work without paying a fee?
Libraries don't lend out information, they lend out physical copies of items that contain information. When your public library lends out a HE novel, it lends out a copy that it bought. When someone posts a HE book to usenet, they send out several copies of a book that they didn't buy and have bought no rights to.
The main difference between physical books and usenet distribution of books is that each and every physical book (with a cover on it) can be traced back to a sale.
What you do with your property (copies of my alleged book) is your own affair. However, you have no legal right to distribute copies of the book that you have not bought, nor have a contract for. Buzz or no buzz, this is a clear case of copyright violation and I find it ridiculous to boycott someone for demanding that people not copy their work illegaly.
From looking at the original story, somebody went and posted copies of his books on usenet, so HE went after them legally. How is this a problem? If I were an author and found somebody passing out copies of my book, I'd sic a lawyer on them too.
Colleges shouldn't teach software packages - that's for technical schools. It's a difference between theory and techniques and a specific instance of those techniques.
I want to go to a school that will teach me AutoCAD.
Good for you. I prefer schools that educate me in engineering instead of showing me how to be a CAD monkey.
my credit rating took a hit for it and I have no legal recourse that I am aware of.
Call Transunion, Equifax, and, um, that other one..., and dispute the item. They have 30 days to document it or else they must remove it.
This looks more like a troll. From the BSAs behavior, they look more like racketeers than an industry watchdog. Your arguments about having or not having illegal software (you meant unlicensed software, right?) ignore the fact that software audits thorough enough to satisfy the BSA (original receipts for software you bought 5 years ago that is currently on a PC in a closet that hasn't been turned on in over a year) are expensive and disruptive, and in an organization of any reasonable size, there are sure to be some bits of paperwork that get lost.
It's in the EULA, unfortunately
EULAs are a post-facto contract and it is usually not possible to return software after refusing the EULA. How is this a valid and signed contract?
What about Mitnick...
Oh but he can't access computers...
doesn't have to. He's so elite nowadays that he just to channel his Geek Powers and a root shell pops out of the air in about a minute. Or so I've heard.
why did the founding fathers fail to put what you're sure they had in mind down on paper?
Perhaps it was just accepted that being a senator was a part time occupation.
As it turns out, the X-Box contains a couple layers of hardware based encryption. For instance, I'm pretty sure that you can't run any code from CD unless it's been signed with a key that MS possesses - development is done on the disk. None of the software that supports this is accessible from the game, and the hardware is likely prtected too, so you'll have a bitch of a time loading linux on it.
I'd say installation of the OS and installation of new software are the two places where Windows still has Linux beat.
I'd say that that wasn't relevant because most users don't install either. They use what comes with their computer.
It's Congress that creates the insanely complex tax code.
And most congresscritters are lawyers. Your point?
It's a markup meta-language used to structure data into a tree.
No, the point of XML is that it's a text based (machine neutral) standardized way to transmit tree structured info. This allows two separate entities to exchange data easily.
I'm currently installing an energy efficient hydronic radiant floor heating system
Links, please! This sounds like fun.
I understand that he wrote a loader for basic back in the days of cassette tape drives.