Interesting. This causes me to question the legal standing of those stickers on the Dell computers / Xbox 360s / etc. which claim "Breaking this sticker will void the warranty."
After all, fragile though the 360 is, surely it can't be held together by a sticker. Right? Right?..
Nevermind.
http://www.bsu.edu/web/jfillwalk/wireless/ - half-hidden on the news article.
A much more educational page as to how exactly they're doing it, which (call me crazy) -might- be of more interest to a "News for Nerds" site.
What? Your own link for a reference to the specific law has a forethought protection extremely relevant to the other two links. I can't possibly imagine how the IOC could have won any such cases.
(3) Use of the word "Olympic" to identify a business or goods or services is permitted by this section where--
(A) such use is not combined with any of the intellectual properties referenced in subsections [1] (a) or (c) of this section;
(B) it is evident from the circumstances that such use of the word "Olympic" refers to the naturally occurring mountains or geographical region of the same name that were named prior to February 6, 1998, and not to the corporation or any Olympic activity; and
(C) such business, goods, or services are operated, sold, and marketed in the State of Washington west of the Cascade Mountain range and operations, sales, and marketing outside of this area are not substantial./blockquote
The thing about UI mods is apparently a miscommunication between the legal team and the devs/designers. One of their community managers has stated that it would be a nightmare for them to authorize a certain list of UI mods, and they'll probably just prohibit (read: block) certain scripting methods. Supposedly the legal team was just issuing an unfounded blanket statement ("if blizzard should ever issue a list of authorized third-party..")
You *are* aware that these raid dungeons are specifically designed for a full raid of 40 players, level 60 of course, and that it's impossible to get more than 40 into a single instance of the dungeon? More players just means more instances.
This is purely a hunch, but wouldn't the bill to which you refer only apply in the US?
Which would mean that if the grandparent is one of the other 5.6 billion people in the world, no, he DOESN'T need osi's approval.
Wow. Downloaded and ran it, and checked the About box.
It points to http://www.dtecnet.com/. If you check the website, it says
We are an innovative business-to-business software company.
We specialize in customizing our software to meet the demands of intellectual property organizations around the world.
innovative? customizing? Searching for *.avi *.mp3 (and a few others) is INNOVATIVE?
God, I hate marketing-speak. (I laughed at the "You are now exiting the program completely" when you hit Close.)
It seems to me that this is just a company that completely ripped off the *AA, come to think of it. I mean, the software was thrown together, with half-decent P2P-app recognition and a basic file search, and how much must the *AA have paid them for this?
I fully support and/or endorse this company. Rip em off, boys!
The legacy control protocols are too tightly packed. This makes it very difficult for third parties (e.g., routers, firewalls, and
the US Department of Homeland Security) to analyze the traffic as it flows by.
Microsoft, when licensing Windows OS to personal computer manufacturers (hereinafter
"PC manufacturers"), has concluded agreements with PC manufacturers containing certain
provisions that a licensee covenants not to sue, bring, prosecute, assist or participate in any
judicial, administrative or other proceedings of any kind against Microsoft, its subsidiaries,
or other licensees for infringement of the licensee's patents. Such conduct by Microsoft
shall be construed as dealing with PC manufacturers on conditions which unjustly restrict
their business activities, which the JFTC concluded correspond to the Subsection 13 of the
Unfair Trade Practices, violating the section 19 of the Antimonopoly Act.
So Microsoft is forcing people it deals with to stay quiet if MS happens to infringe on their patents? I don't think there's any doubt whatsoever who is (*should be) in the right here. Of course, the frightening part is the US & Europe both found this perfectly normal.
Right, it seems this link (an actual news story on the issue rather than just the one guy's point of view) has already been posted here more than once.
It stuns me that despite ~50 +5 replies, no one has bothered to point out that the program this guy installed HAD A BACKDOOR.
Yes, that's right people. That's why they're calling this spyware. Because it is.
Read this:
Bobby Mitchell, an employee contracted to DOT to do computer network support and computer programming, told the hearing officer that DOT's computer firewall crashed in January 2003 and had to be rebuilt. ....
Mitchell said he found WinSpy on Dobbs' computer when transferring material and programs in his computer to a new one and at that time saw that the program had an "imbedded address" that allowed someone outside the department to have access to DOT's computer system. The imbedded address was traced to Australia.
So, who still actually believes he should get his job back? He was so focused on proving his boss was in the wrong that he compromised the security of the network he was a sysadmin for.
You -do- realize they've known for 5 years, right? We're only hearing now because it's apparently starting to be used in the wild, not to mention someone published research about using chrome spoofing.
Most Appalling Project was awarded to Britain's National Health Service electronic medical records program, which aims to computerize patient records in a way that some have protested is insecure and will compromise patient privacy.
How is this most appalling project? Sounds to me like a perfectly legitimate move from paper filing to electronic filing. I understand that people are paranoid about hackers, but there are several ways to do this right that would be at least as secure as paper trails. It doesn't help that the site gives no link where we can learn specifics.
Okay, I enjoy linux (gentoo, actually) as much as the next/. geek, but given that i use windows regularly as well for various reasons, I'm going to show windows alternatives for much of what you mentioned. Yes, most of them are third-party apps. So what? I wouldn't think anything about doing 'emerge x' in gentoo if that app had the functionality i wanted; downloading an msi in windows is akin to this.
Desktop switchers - Lots of third-party ones for this, google can do a better job than I in this case.
Highlight pasting - again, google.
Middle-mouse button - again, google - not to mention that all the apps i use have their own settings on how to use the middle-mouse button, and i really don't miss it for the few times i can see/am dealing with my desktop.
window shading, always on top - google for powermenu. right-click transparency and always on top possibilities. Also, find Hoekey (arsware.org) - comes default with global shortcuts to do this.
notepad vs grep/sed - I don't know any windows powerusers who use notepad. Wordpad at the least, and i for one use textpad, which allows for multi-file regexp find/replace.
CSS2 - You answered your own argument. A lot of distros (especially major players) come with KDE.
I won't argue about the API. That's a load of crock. But the windows uninstaller does generally work well, unless you use some tiny asstastic app from people who don't know how to code - the kind of app you just would ignore (in the rare cases it happened) in the *nix world. The point is that THAT was well done; you can blame the separate application coders, but not windows.
As for the floppy, for example.. telling people (especially a bit back, before auto-mounting usb drives) that they'd have to right-click their floppy drive and select 'mount' and only THEN could they use it.. This is more computer-literate already than many users I've seen (honestly, the right-mouse button isn't used all that commonly by a lot of people).
Face it: one of the main arguments for linux is its customizability. What people always refuse to admit is that windows can ALSO be customized to do this kind of thing. "Oh, but it doesn't count if you can't see the source!" Then code it yourself, and shut up.
I simply have to say this - that inquirer article is packed with FUD.
Search Google for Linux Windows That gets you about 14 million pages, even with the English preference or filter turned on. Now, got to msn.com and search the Microsoft way for the same two words. You get exactly 18 pages.
BULLSHIT.
For those too lazy to click the link, here:
Results 1-15 of about 10382975 containing "linux windows"
Enough said, methinks? At least try to verify articles prior to quoting them, people.
I'm sorry, but gmail's spam filter is still in beta. If you are right and it won't be open to the public for 6 months, then that's 6 months during which to finetune their filters. How long has yahoo had already?
However, my money is on it being released by july, simply based on the massive amounts of invites going out recently. Time will tell.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh?
http://news.google.ca/news?q=amazon+international+rollout+music&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title
Interesting. This causes me to question the legal standing of those stickers on the Dell computers / Xbox 360s / etc. which claim "Breaking this sticker will void the warranty." After all, fragile though the 360 is, surely it can't be held together by a sticker. Right? Right? ..
Nevermind.
http://www.bsu.edu/web/jfillwalk/wireless/ - half-hidden on the news article. A much more educational page as to how exactly they're doing it, which (call me crazy) -might- be of more interest to a "News for Nerds" site.
The thing about UI mods is apparently a miscommunication between the legal team and the devs/designers. One of their community managers has stated that it would be a nightmare for them to authorize a certain list of UI mods, and they'll probably just prohibit (read: block) certain scripting methods. Supposedly the legal team was just issuing an unfounded blanket statement ("if blizzard should ever issue a list of authorized third-party ..")
...
What?
You *are* aware that these raid dungeons are specifically designed for a full raid of 40 players, level 60 of course, and that it's impossible to get more than 40 into a single instance of the dungeon? More players just means more instances.
Grandparent is twice the fool, since they allow you to send them the money via Paypal.
This is purely a hunch, but wouldn't the bill to which you refer only apply in the US? Which would mean that if the grandparent is one of the other 5.6 billion people in the world, no, he DOESN'T need osi's approval.
Do you even bother with dupe checks anymore?
It seems to me that this is just a company that completely ripped off the *AA, come to think of it. I mean, the software was thrown together, with half-decent P2P-app recognition and a basic file search, and how much must the *AA have paid them for this?
I fully support and/or endorse this company. Rip em off, boys!
Am I the only one who thinks that a 4-month old game doesn't warrant a front page review? Maybe in the Games subsection, but honestly now.
You know, people made the same argument about basic math when calculators were becoming popular.
Specifically:
So Microsoft is forcing people it deals with to stay quiet if MS happens to infringe on their patents? I don't think there's any doubt whatsoever who is (*should be) in the right here. Of course, the frightening part is the US & Europe both found this perfectly normal.
Right, it seems this link (an actual news story on the issue rather than just the one guy's point of view) has already been posted here more than once.
It stuns me that despite ~50 +5 replies, no one has bothered to point out that the program this guy installed HAD A BACKDOOR.
Yes, that's right people. That's why they're calling this spyware. Because it is.
Read this:
Bobby Mitchell, an employee contracted to DOT to do computer network support and computer programming, told the hearing officer that DOT's computer firewall crashed in January 2003 and had to be rebuilt.
Mitchell said he found WinSpy on Dobbs' computer when transferring material and programs in his computer to a new one and at that time saw that the program had an "imbedded address" that allowed someone outside the department to have access to DOT's computer system. The imbedded address was traced to Australia.
So, who still actually believes he should get his job back? He was so focused on proving his boss was in the wrong that he compromised the security of the network he was a sysadmin for.
You -do- realize they've known for 5 years, right? We're only hearing now because it's apparently starting to be used in the wild, not to mention someone published research about using chrome spoofing.
Most Appalling Project was awarded to Britain's National Health Service electronic medical records program, which aims to computerize patient records in a way that some have protested is insecure and will compromise patient privacy.
How is this most appalling project? Sounds to me like a perfectly legitimate move from paper filing to electronic filing. I understand that people are paranoid about hackers, but there are several ways to do this right that would be at least as secure as paper trails. It doesn't help that the site gives no link where we can learn specifics.
You DO realize you're just agreeing with the original article, right? Those barriers are exactly why it's easier to outsource to Canada than overseas.
Okay, I enjoy linux (gentoo, actually) as much as the next /. geek, but given that i use windows regularly as well for various reasons, I'm going to show windows alternatives for much of what you mentioned.
Yes, most of them are third-party apps. So what? I wouldn't think anything about doing 'emerge x' in gentoo if that app had the functionality i wanted; downloading an msi in windows is akin to this.
Desktop switchers - Lots of third-party ones for this, google can do a better job than I in this case.
Highlight pasting - again, google.
Middle-mouse button - again, google - not to mention that all the apps i use have their own settings on how to use the middle-mouse button, and i really don't miss it for the few times i can see/am dealing with my desktop.
window shading, always on top - google for powermenu. right-click transparency and always on top possibilities. Also, find Hoekey (arsware.org) - comes default with global shortcuts to do this.
notepad vs grep/sed - I don't know any windows powerusers who use notepad. Wordpad at the least, and i for one use textpad, which allows for multi-file regexp find/replace.
CSS2 - You answered your own argument. A lot of distros (especially major players) come with KDE.
I won't argue about the API. That's a load of crock. But the windows uninstaller does generally work well, unless you use some tiny asstastic app from people who don't know how to code - the kind of app you just would ignore (in the rare cases it happened) in the *nix world. The point is that THAT was well done; you can blame the separate application coders, but not windows.
As for the floppy, for example.. telling people (especially a bit back, before auto-mounting usb drives) that they'd have to right-click their floppy drive and select 'mount' and only THEN could they use it.. This is more computer-literate already than many users I've seen (honestly, the right-mouse button isn't used all that commonly by a lot of people).
Face it: one of the main arguments for linux is its customizability. What people always refuse to admit is that windows can ALSO be customized to do this kind of thing. "Oh, but it doesn't count if you can't see the source!"
Then code it yourself, and shut up.
I wanted to karma whore the google link. Sheesh, since when are story submitters smart?
*cries*
Search Google for Linux Windows That gets you about 14 million pages, even with the English preference or filter turned on. Now, got to msn.com and search the Microsoft way for the same two words. You get exactly 18 pages.
BULLSHIT. For those too lazy to click the link, here:
Results 1-15 of about 10382975 containing "linux windows"
Enough said, methinks? At least try to verify articles prior to quoting them, people.
here - don't know why this link wasn't in the story itself, but if anyone has any questions about those figures, go there.
Crikey. Even hotmail's offered whitelists for years. It only allows mail from contacts + safe list addresses.
I'm sorry, but gmail's spam filter is still in beta. If you are right and it won't be open to the public for 6 months, then that's 6 months during which to finetune their filters. How long has yahoo had already?
However, my money is on it being released by july, simply based on the massive amounts of invites going out recently. Time will tell.