I received spam from the Dean campaign too, though I wasn't gonna vote for his butt anyway.....but since getting spammed, I went for neutral (no voting for him) to crusading against him and others who use spam to improve their situations (financially motivated or otherwise).
Arnold for Prez, 20xx! (it would be funny).
Though if you think about it, conspiracy nuts might say that it's not really Dean's campaign that's sending spam especially after public outcry against spam and that a third party (an opponent) is doing the spam to give a negative image of the "target."
o well....who cares, right?
- "In the year 2004, to avoid another ballot mess, Floridan voters decide not to vote for anything, allowing Gore, who's not running to win for some weird reason." (format: the "in the year 2000" skits on Conan O'Brien)
I bet that asswipe Berman who tried to introduce anti-P2P and vigilante laws targetting P2P along with his financial bedmate, the RIAA and MPAA feel stupid now.
GPL does not violate copyright law as SCO's backwards-logic lawyers say it is.
The GPL is a contract....a contract that gives ppl access to the source code under certain conditions and also requires them to use the same contract to give access to the source code, especially if they modify the original.
Hell, I think the GPL is better than copyright, at least if you consider the original intent of our founding fathers.
Anyways, copyright law says "WITHOUT permission" and well....the GPL IS the permission (not just the contract).
And this most recent action by SCO just further fortifies the look of how SCO's logic AND code (if any) is faulty, so much so, the exec's are jumping ship faster than ppl would if they suddenly find themselves on the ill-fated Titanic w/ Anna Nicole Smith (2 wrongs make it worse).
if that's the case, maybe these companies should donate 10% of their projected costs to comply with SCO's blackmailing to the Linux defense fund that Red Hat started. It'll also be tax deductible too.
You know....come to think of it...I would think there's like a statute of limitations for this kind of thing.
well....although this is appalling, thankfully, only those who use macs as macs (those who use macs as linux boxes aren't affected as long as they don't use MacOS).
Either way, biting the hand that feeds you isn't a good business practice.
I'm just waiting for a mob of penguins with pitch forks and flaming torches to knock on their door.
Either way, see the similarities with SCO, Rambus, and the Recording Industry Ass. of America/Motion Picture Ass. of America? Hell, where do you think all the mob/mafia guys go after their bosses are taken down? They regroup, duh!
Wait a second.....THIS IS the same Micro$oft, right? You know...the one that recently admitted to having a serious security flaw in their self-claimed "most secure" OS? And the same one who won the Homeland Defense contract?
Man....Micro$oft and security.....that's like Bill Clinton and a Intern Convention at a fancy hotel. Not the best when mixed. (Or what Bill calls "one-stop shopping")
Either way, ever since Micro$oft replaced their typing monkeys with cheaper college grads (a long time ago), their code has been getting buggier and buggier. The worst part of it is that they tend to reuse the dysfunctional code over the code that actually works.
So, if I write my own song and record it as ogg/mp3/etc and I didn't pay myself, I would be stealing from myself?
And another thing, so uploading any file constitutes violating copyright even if that file is a picture of yourself that you took with your own camera (in essence you own the copyright)? What if it was like a copy of MacBeth (public domain) or a text file that says "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"? (though the way the US Patent Office is operating lately, I wouldn't be surprised if that was patented already nor would I be surprised that there's a patent on patenting of things like that, etc.)
Either way, Berman is too persistent in trying to make it look like he's "earning his keep" with his "masters." Hell, I'd like to see a bill that makes proposing shitty and stupid bills a felony (The Common Sense Bill).
Another thing ppl seem to miss is that copyright is to have a balance between property rights and fair use. Besides, the courts deemed that P2P networks has legitimate uses. (Sony BETA vs Hollywood, anyone?)
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I received spam from the Dean campaign too, though I wasn't gonna vote for his butt anyway.....but since getting spammed, I went for neutral (no voting for him) to crusading against him and others who use spam to improve their situations (financially motivated or otherwise).
Arnold for Prez, 20xx! (it would be funny).
Though if you think about it, conspiracy nuts might say that it's not really Dean's campaign that's sending spam especially after public outcry against spam and that a third party (an opponent) is doing the spam to give a negative image of the "target."
o well....who cares, right?
- "In the year 2004, to avoid another ballot mess, Floridan voters decide not to vote for anything, allowing Gore, who's not running to win for some weird reason." (format: the "in the year 2000" skits on Conan O'Brien)
In addition to nominating this troll for the biggest douche of the universe, he should be nominated for being the biggest troll/dildo of the universe.
(I hate trolls, even more than gray davis)
Bs, Bullshitium since this year seems to be one full of it....with SCO and sh.....schtuff
I bet that asswipe Berman who tried to introduce anti-P2P and vigilante laws targetting P2P along with his financial bedmate, the RIAA and MPAA feel stupid now.
GPL does not violate copyright law as SCO's backwards-logic lawyers say it is.
The GPL is a contract....a contract that gives ppl access to the source code under certain conditions and also requires them to use the same contract to give access to the source code, especially if they modify the original.
Hell, I think the GPL is better than copyright, at least if you consider the original intent of our founding fathers.
Anyways, copyright law says "WITHOUT permission" and well....the GPL IS the permission (not just the contract).
And this most recent action by SCO just further fortifies the look of how SCO's logic AND code (if any) is faulty, so much so, the exec's are jumping ship faster than ppl would if they suddenly find themselves on the ill-fated Titanic w/ Anna Nicole Smith (2 wrongs make it worse).
SCO = titanic?
The heads seem to be prepared to jump ship anyway....
talk about "unsubstantiated allegations."
SCO knows this very well.
you know....that sounds about right. (a history review on /., who'd would've thunk it?)
Either way, I thought Churchill said something similar to that effect, grinning.
when I sue them for $500 bucks per infraction in accordance to Federal anti-junk fax laws (for the first time, I'm glad I'm on dialup)
I believe it was Churchill who said that "they awakened the sleeping giant" and I know the Axis powers felt it in the rear too.
It's also the same reason why most if not all ppl don't dare mess with the IRS.
Let's hope the "giant" will react and lead SCO to their own demise.
if that's the case, maybe these companies should donate 10% of their projected costs to comply with SCO's blackmailing to the Linux defense fund that Red Hat started. It'll also be tax deductible too.
You know....come to think of it...I would think there's like a statute of limitations for this kind of thing.
they should stop sniffing stuff they think is just "salt"
anyways....Here's my payment. (warning for those under 18...don't click it....though if someone says "don't", they'll most likely will do it).
"Suing Companies Obsessively"
You mean to say there are ppl who are ACTUALLY using Linksys stuff WITH Linksys firmware?
Hell, I modded mine so it would actually work for once.
Hell, Linksys can't write good, working code even if the code wrote itself.
more like the borg queen/king.
Resistance seems to be futile.
well....although this is appalling, thankfully, only those who use macs as macs (those who use macs as linux boxes aren't affected as long as they don't use MacOS).
Either way, biting the hand that feeds you isn't a good business practice.
They should also use the fact that Rambus used a similar deceptive method and got burned.
I'm just waiting for a mob of penguins with pitch forks and flaming torches to knock on their door.
Either way, see the similarities with SCO, Rambus, and the Recording Industry Ass. of America/Motion Picture Ass. of America? Hell, where do you think all the mob/mafia guys go after their bosses are taken down? They regroup, duh!
With starving artists, they are spending lots of money for the commercials?
Oxymoronic no?
Kinda reminds me of that fat lady who'd talk about the poor starving children.
I think the underlying problem isn't piracy....it's the extortion by those execs.
SCO = "Anna Nicole Sm!th"
Of course, SCO gives "Gold-digging" a bad name.
take a syringe/needle and eject an iron mixture into eggs and boom....egg gauss guns....perfect for long-range egging.
Usually, it's from some "guy" in nigeria.
Wait a second.....THIS IS the same Micro$oft, right? You know...the one that recently admitted to having a serious security flaw in their self-claimed "most secure" OS? And the same one who won the Homeland Defense contract?
Man....Micro$oft and security.....that's like Bill Clinton and a Intern Convention at a fancy hotel. Not the best when mixed. (Or what Bill calls "one-stop shopping")
Either way, ever since Micro$oft replaced their typing monkeys with cheaper college grads (a long time ago), their code has been getting buggier and buggier. The worst part of it is that they tend to reuse the dysfunctional code over the code that actually works.
So, if I write my own song and record it as ogg/mp3/etc and I didn't pay myself, I would be stealing from myself?
And another thing, so uploading any file constitutes violating copyright even if that file is a picture of yourself that you took with your own camera (in essence you own the copyright)? What if it was like a copy of MacBeth (public domain) or a text file that says "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"? (though the way the US Patent Office is operating lately, I wouldn't be surprised if that was patented already nor would I be surprised that there's a patent on patenting of things like that, etc.)
Either way, Berman is too persistent in trying to make it look like he's "earning his keep" with his "masters." Hell, I'd like to see a bill that makes proposing shitty and stupid bills a felony (The Common Sense Bill).
Another thing ppl seem to miss is that copyright is to have a balance between property rights and fair use. Besides, the courts deemed that P2P networks has legitimate uses. (Sony BETA vs Hollywood, anyone?)
And remember.....it takes two to tango.
Yup....we're definately screwed. Hell, just hearding the words "Microsoft" and "security" in the same phrase without a negation is disturbing.
M$'s track record with security is worse than Exxon Valdez's record doubled.
Plus, this adds to the $600 Hammer and $300 toilet seat issue.