I've seen people take the old 6-foot TV dishes and mirrorize them, either with silver paint or glueing a zillion tiny glass mirors onto them. Mother Earth News did a project like that back in the 1970's IIRC. The heat near the focal point was in the thousands of degrees F and powered a small energy-efficient home.
Back when I was a kid, we had these things called "parents". *They* were the ones who established the rules regarding vulgarity, media, and such. And they didn't need nyone else's law to do it.
As a resident of NY, I'm actually in favor of this, even though I'm a linux die-hard. I *really* hope NY doesn't just toss this into the General Fund and lose it on some left-wing pork barrel project. That sort of thing is all too common here; the highway tolls were supposed to disappear years ago, and yet the tolls are still there. The power company in my part of the state is the single largest land-owner, and yet it pays no taxes.
So, I really hope these MS funds are used for cyber-crime law enforcement.
FWIW I think very highly of the police here; they usually require at least a 4-year degree and military/para-military background in my area. So, these guys tend to be big, strong, and smart.
That doesn't mean they know jack-all about computer crimes or even computers. So if this means they get some computer crime training, that's fine with me. There are some *big* dataenters and backbone here, so I imagine the field is ripe.
Last I saw, the Open Group owns both the TradeMark and the POSIX API. According to the judge in SCO v. Novell, the copyrights were never transferred from Novel/USL to old SCO.
And now they wanna cry about the fact that they screwed themselves?
Actually, I agree with you; asshats that make and use spyware should be found and held responsible for it. Same goes for SPAM. That said, I walked away from MS altogether about a decade ago, and I don't think I'm missing very much. They really need to get their design together, IMHO so that shit like this isn't even possible in the first place. Or at least, it should be *much* more difficult to create and use malware.
"I thought the whole reason it was requested they be put in a trust was so if SCO loses another case and has to pay damages, or decides to throw in the towel and declare bankruptcy, the money would be there for Caldera if they are in fact entitled to it."
Um, no. Caldera bought the Unix server business (but not the Unix copyrights) from SCO a few years ago. They then changed their name to The SCO Group, which is the one we are currently discussing. The remnants of the former SCO renamed themselves "Tarantella" which was recently purchased by Sun.
The monies in question are monies owed to Novell, not to SCO. That is the most basic short summary that I know of.
The Novell case shows that they don't own the technology either, just the rights to sub-license per the APA agreements. Two different things.
Read their SEC filings sometime.
And anyway, just because they *said* it does not make it a fact.
Word of advice regarding groklaw: RTFA *and* the comments. The stuff is not as simple as it looks. It's a lot like debugging somebody else's code.
Then come back when there is a new article, lather, rinse, repeat. I say this because there's a metric assload of wrong ideas and misinformation floating around about how this stuff works.
"Why does Novell get "first bite" at the assets for "maybe" at the expense of 100% for sure creditors/shareholders?"
Because of the terms and conditions of the APA (Asset Purchase Agreement). IOW because of the contract they (SCO) signed at the sale. There isn't any "maybe" about it.
I can see other possibilities for hacking these such as low-end server blades, really small clients, etc. PC-in-a keyboard stuff. Add micro-drives. Anyone else with ideas?
"What did you expect from a huge monopoly? Honor?"
Sure. After all, they'll want me to respect them enough to give them my dollar. It's perfectly cromulent, IMHO.
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Time to buy a joystick, does anyone know where to get a SideWinder?
For some reason TROFF markup comes to mind.
If that happens, Cali can continue to enjoy its brownouts and blackouts.
I've seen people take the old 6-foot TV dishes and mirrorize them, either with silver paint or glueing a zillion tiny glass mirors onto them. Mother Earth News did a project like that back in the 1970's IIRC. The heat near the focal point was in the thousands of degrees F and powered a small energy-efficient home.
Back when I was a kid, we had these things called "parents". *They* were the ones who established the rules regarding vulgarity, media, and such. And they didn't need nyone else's law to do it.
As a resident of NY, I'm actually in favor of this, even though I'm a linux die-hard. I *really* hope NY doesn't just toss this into the General Fund and lose it on some left-wing pork barrel project. That sort of thing is all too common here; the highway tolls were supposed to disappear years ago, and yet the tolls are still there. The power company in my part of the state is the single largest land-owner, and yet it pays no taxes. So, I really hope these MS funds are used for cyber-crime law enforcement. FWIW I think very highly of the police here; they usually require at least a 4-year degree and military/para-military background in my area. So, these guys tend to be big, strong, and smart. That doesn't mean they know jack-all about computer crimes or even computers. So if this means they get some computer crime training, that's fine with me. There are some *big* dataenters and backbone here, so I imagine the field is ripe.
They don't. You need to read the contracts.
And now they wanna cry about the fact that they screwed themselves?
Oh, you want freedom *for free*? Bummer.
An open letter deserves an open response. So I unzipped.
Actually, I agree with you; asshats that make and use spyware should be found and held responsible for it. Same goes for SPAM. That said, I walked away from MS altogether about a decade ago, and I don't think I'm missing very much. They really need to get their design together, IMHO so that shit like this isn't even possible in the first place. Or at least, it should be *much* more difficult to create and use malware.
If my info is worth that much then why aren't I selling it myself?
I guess its time to undock from my room, huh?
Um, they spent a few hundred lives besides their own.
Yep. I read it when it was new, and ya know what? That guy made a lot of bucks off of CRAP.
Go ahead and get all you want. Just don't expect me to pay for your STD's and social programs. Oh, wait...
Um, no. Caldera bought the Unix server business (but not the Unix copyrights) from SCO a few years ago. They then changed their name to The SCO Group, which is the one we are currently discussing. The remnants of the former SCO renamed themselves "Tarantella" which was recently purchased by Sun.
The monies in question are monies owed to Novell, not to SCO. That is the most basic short summary that I know of.
The Novell case shows that they don't own the technology either, just the rights to sub-license per the APA agreements. Two different things. Read their SEC filings sometime. And anyway, just because they *said* it does not make it a fact.
Word of advice regarding groklaw: RTFA *and* the comments. The stuff is not as simple as it looks. It's a lot like debugging somebody else's code. Then come back when there is a new article, lather, rinse, repeat. I say this because there's a metric assload of wrong ideas and misinformation floating around about how this stuff works.
"Why does Novell get "first bite" at the assets for "maybe" at the expense of 100% for sure creditors/shareholders?" Because of the terms and conditions of the APA (Asset Purchase Agreement). IOW because of the contract they (SCO) signed at the sale. There isn't any "maybe" about it.
I can see other possibilities for hacking these such as low-end server blades, really small clients, etc. PC-in-a keyboard stuff. Add micro-drives. Anyone else with ideas?
"What did you expect from a huge monopoly? Honor?" Sure. After all, they'll want me to respect them enough to give them my dollar. It's perfectly cromulent, IMHO.
I don't think it is the death of US space travel at all, but the russians may have a point with using capsules ala' Saturn V.
The practical upshot, maybe now they can try their new repair techniques, even if not strictly necessary.