Forbes magazine is run by PHBs who have no conception of what "Linux" truly is. Ask Forbes what libre and gratis mean and you'll be shown to the door with a jar of Grey Poupon in hand.
That quote is not reliable. It is intended to spread FUD about Linux. Please do not believe it.
That's not an "opposing viewpoint." That's a stupid waste of time.
Trying to bring down Disney with a boycott is like trying to bring down a cement wall using your bare fists. No matter how many thousands of people you have on your side, you cannot win.
On the other hand, trying to bring down Michael Sims is a noteworthy and valuable endeavour. I highly recommend that you refocus your futile "Disney boycott" efforts on getting Michael Sims fired from his post as Slashdot's "editor."
As a fellow award-winning scientist, I would like to ask you: where do you see technology headed during the next 50 years? Do you feel that we will invest most of our efforts into improving our personal computing experiences, or are there more overarching goals for organizations operating collectively?
As a lawyer, I've represented thousands of clients who play games such as Ever-quest or Ultimate On-line. Some of these clients have invested thousands of man-hours building their intellectual property. The landmark case of Greenfeld v. Verant (2001) established that the owner of a game owns all intellectual property rights for in-game objects.
What is real? What is virtual? I posit that anything tangible in the real world that can be adequately virtualized shall be treated as tangible in the virtual world. Simply stated, virtual objects shall be limited to the same schemas as physical objects.
Take my gun. (Please. No, just kidding!) I often fire upon small woodland creatures in my palatial estate. Likewise, in a game such as E-verquest, I can procure a gun object and shoot bullet objects at woodland-creature objects in my palatial estate object. What's the difference? In the real world, I can sell, trade, dismantle, or reverse engineer my gun. In the E-verquest world, I would be slapped with DMCA-backed lawsuits just for discussing such matters.
I, for one, am proud to announce the Seth Finklestein seal of approval for Second Life.
I predict that within 48 hours, Apple will release iTunes 4.1.2. The only "feature" that 4.1.2 will add: you guessed it, the disablement of MyTunes.
Let's face it, folks. Apple is a strategic systems integration provider. They provide hardware and software that does specific tasks impeccably well. When a third-party comes in, as Dr. Michael Tractenberg did with MyTunes, Apple feels threatened. They will set out to ruin this man as Michael Sims ruined me.
As a lawyer, I'm well-versed in knowing when you, the consumer, have a right to download. I will stand up for your rights in court, just as I stood up against Michael Sims in a courtroom battle that makes the last fight scene in "The Matrix Revolutions" look like Finding Nemo.
As a certified cybersecurity consultant, I want to let you know something, way2trivial. Software can be "cracked." Hardware cannot. Simply stated, once you obtain ownership (under 19 USC 4434, subsection 1.5a) of a physical device, you may do anything you wish with it. Of course, you're liable if you break the law with that device, as I've done with my gun. However, I hardly think that taking pictures of my adorable daughter falls under the realm of taking the law.
If so, then I'd like Ritz Camera to sue my daughter. Go ahead, Ritz! Here's her phone number! Call her! Sue her! I dare you! I'll take the case on pro boner!!
Hey hey! Ho ho! This Michael Sims has got to go! What do we want? (You're supposed to say "For Michael Sims to be fired!") When do we want it? (You're supposed to say "Now!"
As most of you know, concerns about privacy on the Internet have been growing. More than 45% of users now run a personal firewall. Of those, more than 80% are "very concerned" when a seemingly non-Internet-related application such as a disk diagnosis tool starts sending packets across the firewall.
The fact of the matter is, people will steal Symantec's products if they want to. It's just like in the movie and music industries: people have the right to download whatever they want, and the right to choose whether the content creators deserve compensation. It's very sad that Symantec doesn't trust its users who have made the conscious decision to send them money.
For that reason, I will continue to liberate Symantec's products off of KaZaA Plus, and I urge all of my followers to do the same.
Google suggests it may be a television show. I don't own a television, so I wouldn't know what it was. If it is a television show, could you send me a few DivX rips of episodes (without commercials or product placements)?
Apple is, to put it bluntly, a beleaguered company. Unlike Microsoft, whose cash reserves were last estimated at $73 billion, Apple doesn't have the luxury to support its operating system for seven years. Even Red Hat's policy of three-year support has landed them in financial despair.
Frankly, I like to see my annual $129 upgrade fee going towards truly innovative software. It's much better than Microsoft's extortionate "licensing" program, in which unfortunate companies pay upwards of $800 per seat per annum to receive whatever upgrades are available for Windows and Office. This year, for example, they paid $800 for a new version of Microsoft Outlook, when Mozilla Mail is clearly superior anyway.
Apple is leading the way. Linux and Microsoft can't come close.
They could at least persue valid patents, like Google (a private company) does. If I were a shareholder of amazon.com, I would stand up at the annual meeting and say
I'm Seth Finklestein. I own your stock. Why are you persuing these meaningless patents with
my shareholder dollars? I think that this is a wasteful endeavour that should be resolved by your dismissal of legal counsel and the passage of a sizable dividend for shareholders. Thank you. Thank you. No, thank you.
I will quickly dominate amazon.com as I did to Michael Sims.
Amazon.com is violating a basic tenet of the Internet. Anything done by a store on the Internet is inherently obvious and had been conceived by geeks 10 years ago. It is wholly illogical to patent any business model on the Internet.
Innovative companies like Google apply business practices and computer science tenets to improve the Internet. Their patents are fine with me.
You know, one where you can install 30,000 unfinished alpha applications. One where you can recompile the kernel to break all your module dependencies. One where the operating system has five different kinds of widgets. One where armchair lawyers, not users, dictate what software gets to be used.
Even though Apple "killed off" the Newton years ago, I still use mine. It's far superior to any "PalmPilot" or "Smart phone" that imitators have turned out.
Hello? Good handwriting recognition? Industry standard PCMCIA slots? Usable form factor?
As a lawyer, I can tell you that civil suits require damages of some kind. Mr. McDanel caused no damages of any kind to the servers. He did not take down any machines. He did not post exploits to the Internet. Simply put, he is a perfectly harmless individual.
Frankly, I believe that the justice system fears individuals with computer knowledge. The judges presiding today are the same ignoramuses who have been on the bench since the 1970s. Now, I've been using computers since the 1980s (that's right, I said *80s*) and I can tell you a thing or two about judges.
They wouldn't know a computer from the back of their hand.
Anyone who "hacks" a computer can crack into national security, in their "opinions."
Putting a man like Cheng in charge of justice is like putting Michael Sims in charge of a web site. You just don't do it.
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Forbes magazine is run by PHBs who have no conception of what "Linux" truly is. Ask Forbes what libre and gratis mean and you'll be shown to the door with a jar of Grey Poupon in hand.
That quote is not reliable. It is intended to spread FUD about Linux. Please do not believe it.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Award-Winning Advocate
According to Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991) , you can copy the yellow/white pages for commercial purposes. You can't copy the advertisements, but the phone listings are perfectly okay.
Of course, I didn't expect you to know that.
That's not an "opposing viewpoint." That's a stupid waste of time.
Trying to bring down Disney with a boycott is like trying to bring down a cement wall using your bare fists. No matter how many thousands of people you have on your side, you cannot win.
On the other hand, trying to bring down Michael Sims is a noteworthy and valuable endeavour. I highly recommend that you refocus your futile "Disney boycott" efforts on getting Michael Sims fired from his post as Slashdot's "editor."
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Certified Cybersecurity Crusader
Nice post, "Bruce."
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
Dear Dr. Milner:
As a fellow award-winning scientist, I would like to ask you: where do you see technology headed during the next 50 years? Do you feel that we will invest most of our efforts into improving our personal computing experiences, or are there more overarching goals for organizations operating collectively?
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Seth Finklestein
As a lawyer, I've represented thousands of clients who play games such as Ever-quest or Ultimate On-line. Some of these clients have invested thousands of man-hours building their intellectual property. The landmark case of Greenfeld v. Verant (2001) established that the owner of a game owns all intellectual property rights for in-game objects.
What is real? What is virtual? I posit that anything tangible in the real world that can be adequately virtualized shall be treated as tangible in the virtual world. Simply stated, virtual objects shall be limited to the same schemas as physical objects.
Take my gun. (Please. No, just kidding!) I often fire upon small woodland creatures in my palatial estate. Likewise, in a game such as E-verquest, I can procure a gun object and shoot bullet objects at woodland-creature objects in my palatial estate object. What's the difference? In the real world, I can sell, trade, dismantle, or reverse engineer my gun. In the E-verquest world, I would be slapped with DMCA-backed lawsuits just for discussing such matters.
I, for one, am proud to announce the Seth Finklestein seal of approval for Second Life.
I predict that within 48 hours, Apple will release iTunes 4.1.2. The only "feature" that 4.1.2 will add: you guessed it, the disablement of MyTunes.
Let's face it, folks. Apple is a strategic systems integration provider. They provide hardware and software that does specific tasks impeccably well. When a third-party comes in, as Dr. Michael Tractenberg did with MyTunes, Apple feels threatened. They will set out to ruin this man as Michael Sims ruined me.
As a lawyer, I'm well-versed in knowing when you, the consumer, have a right to download. I will stand up for your rights in court, just as I stood up against Michael Sims in a courtroom battle that makes the last fight scene in "The Matrix Revolutions" look like Finding Nemo.
Thank you.
Pending the inevitable lawsuit with Ritz Camera, I have removed the pictures of my adorable daughter from sethf.com. I'm sorry it had to come to this.
As a certified cybersecurity consultant, I want to let you know something, way2trivial. Software can be "cracked." Hardware cannot. Simply stated, once you obtain ownership (under 19 USC 4434, subsection 1.5a) of a physical device, you may do anything you wish with it. Of course, you're liable if you break the law with that device, as I've done with my gun. However, I hardly think that taking pictures of my adorable daughter falls under the realm of taking the law.
If so, then I'd like Ritz Camera to sue my daughter. Go ahead, Ritz! Here's her phone number! Call her! Sue her! I dare you! I'll take the case on pro boner!!
Sure, fellow freedom fighter.
As I am boycotting Adobe due to their DMCA terrorism, I feel that PDF files should be liberated into HTML. Here's a copy in HTML format.
You know, not all of us who like P2P applications are "3l33t H4x0rz." Some of us, particularly me, prefer to be known as "cybersecurity experts."
It's crap like this, even from a so-called "editor" like "Hemos," that makes me boycott Slashdot more and more every day.
If I wanted intelligent commentary, I'd read Infothought blog. If I wanted crap, I'd read Slashdot.
If you care about freedom, then please recite.
Hey hey! Ho ho! This Michael Sims has got to go!
What do we want?
(You're supposed to say "For Michael Sims to be fired!")
When do we want it?
(You're supposed to say "Now!"
Please repeat until Michael Sims is fired.
Nothing is provable without a URL.
Link, please.
Hi, folks. I'm Seth Finklestein.
As most of you know, concerns about privacy on the Internet have been growing. More than 45% of users now run a personal firewall. Of those, more than 80% are "very concerned" when a seemingly non-Internet-related application such as a disk diagnosis tool starts sending packets across the firewall.
The fact of the matter is, people will steal Symantec's products if they want to. It's just like in the movie and music industries: people have the right to download whatever they want, and the right to choose whether the content creators deserve compensation. It's very sad that Symantec doesn't trust its users who have made the conscious decision to send them money.
For that reason, I will continue to liberate Symantec's products off of KaZaA Plus, and I urge all of my followers to do the same.
What's "SNL"?
Google suggests it may be a television show. I don't own a television, so I wouldn't know what it was. If it is a television show, could you send me a few DivX rips of episodes (without commercials or product placements)?
Thanks.
Apple is, to put it bluntly, a beleaguered company. Unlike Microsoft, whose cash reserves were last estimated at $73 billion, Apple doesn't have the luxury to support its operating system for seven years. Even Red Hat's policy of three-year support has landed them in financial despair.
Frankly, I like to see my annual $129 upgrade fee going towards truly innovative software. It's much better than Microsoft's extortionate "licensing" program, in which unfortunate companies pay upwards of $800 per seat per annum to receive whatever upgrades are available for Windows and Office. This year, for example, they paid $800 for a new version of Microsoft Outlook, when Mozilla Mail is clearly superior anyway.
Apple is leading the way. Linux and Microsoft can't come close.
They could at least persue valid patents, like Google (a private company) does. If I were a shareholder of amazon.com, I would stand up at the annual meeting and say
I will quickly dominate amazon.com as I did to Michael Sims.
Amazon.com is violating a basic tenet of the Internet. Anything done by a store on the Internet is inherently obvious and had been conceived by geeks 10 years ago. It is wholly illogical to patent any business model on the Internet.
Innovative companies like Google apply business practices and computer science tenets to improve the Internet. Their patents are fine with me.
I hope this helps.
Two words: Governor Bush.
(shudder)
Sorry. Michael already stole my web site. He doesn't deserve to have another one.
I agree. Gator is spyware. If they disagree with me, I dare them to sue me. I'll take them down like I took down Michael Sims.
We need a smartphone that is "more linuxy."
You know, one where you can install 30,000 unfinished alpha applications. One where you can recompile the kernel to break all your module dependencies. One where the operating system has five different kinds of widgets. One where armchair lawyers, not users, dictate what software gets to be used.
Linuxy cell phones. How quaint.
Even though Apple "killed off" the Newton years ago, I still use mine. It's far superior to any "PalmPilot" or "Smart phone" that imitators have turned out.
Hello? Good handwriting recognition? Industry standard PCMCIA slots? Usable form factor?
Every PDA other than the Newton is crap.
The biggest weasel on the planet? I've got two words for you.
Michael Fucking Sims.
Thank you.
As a lawyer, I can tell you that civil suits require damages of some kind. Mr. McDanel caused no damages of any kind to the servers. He did not take down any machines. He did not post exploits to the Internet. Simply put, he is a perfectly harmless individual.
Frankly, I believe that the justice system fears individuals with computer knowledge. The judges presiding today are the same ignoramuses who have been on the bench since the 1970s. Now, I've been using computers since the 1980s (that's right, I said *80s*) and I can tell you a thing or two about judges.
Putting a man like Cheng in charge of justice is like putting Michael Sims in charge of a web site. You just don't do it.