Exactly. What most PC/Unix folks fail to realize is that the mainframe has 24 STI (Self Timed Interconnect) Busses that each can transfer 1 Gig / second into memory simultaneously. Attached to the busses are dozens of RISC dedicated IO chips (channels) that do IO to devices. The CPU, although slow by PC/Unix standards, never bothers with IO. It only executes real work.
Add in the fact that you can have up to 16 CPUs per box and tie 32 boxes together in a sysplex - this blows away anything in the Unix world.
Now you do. Hey, maybe this law isn't so bad. You don't even have to prove they stole anything, just you *SUSPECT* they stole something.
"Judge, I burned his house down because I thought he stole my homework (automatically copywrighted as an original work and thus protected by DMCA). Turns out I left it in my car..."
This already occurs even without the Patriot Act.
Go to Steve Jackson Games website and read all about his companys run-in with the FBI while developing the game HACKERS a few years ago.
Paul
A company I do work at, does require that the legal dept review all EULA's prior to anyone accepting them. One project I worked on was delayed 6 weeks for a legal opinion on some vendor software we were installing.
Paul
>If the rules are not properly disclosed, the
>contract is not valid and should not be
>enforceable. These companies in each case
>failed to disclose exactly what the rules
>were. Entrapment, pure and simple.
They clicked OK on the EULA so tough, they have to pay. The fact it is in legalize-greek is
irrelevant.
Paul
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Exactly. What most PC/Unix folks fail to realize is that the mainframe has 24 STI (Self Timed Interconnect) Busses that each can transfer 1 Gig / second into memory simultaneously. Attached to the busses are dozens of RISC dedicated IO chips (channels) that do IO to devices. The CPU, although slow by PC/Unix standards, never bothers with IO. It only executes real work. Add in the fact that you can have up to 16 CPUs per box and tie 32 boxes together in a sysplex - this blows away anything in the Unix world.
All they need is a recording that plays everytime you pick up your phone...
"Press the * key to acknowledge acceptance of the EULA in operating this phone..."
Now you do. Hey, maybe this law isn't so bad. You don't even have to prove they stole anything, just you *SUSPECT* they stole something.
"Judge, I burned his house down because I thought he stole my homework (automatically copywrighted as an original work and thus protected by DMCA).
Turns out I left it in my car..."
I believe the law absolves them of all liability so there is jack-squat you could do against them. Paul
This already occurs even without the Patriot Act. Go to Steve Jackson Games website and read all about his companys run-in with the FBI while developing the game HACKERS a few years ago. Paul
Later, Porthos's brain is transplanted into a human. He's called Westley...
A company I do work at, does require that the legal dept review all EULA's prior to anyone accepting them. One project I worked on was delayed 6 weeks for a legal opinion on some vendor software we were installing. Paul
Hmm, I thought he gave them a C#...
>If the rules are not properly disclosed, the >contract is not valid and should not be >enforceable. These companies in each case >failed to disclose exactly what the rules >were. Entrapment, pure and simple. They clicked OK on the EULA so tough, they have to pay. The fact it is in legalize-greek is irrelevant. Paul