The BOX said 3 yrs free service included in the price of the box, a FLYER inside of the box said 3 yrs free service, the replay REPS said 3 yrs free service... etc etc, just please, RTFA before asshatting out your piehole!
From the article:Only unencrypted MP3 files are easily captured and copied using the MyTunes software, however. Songs purchased from Apple's iTunes store, which are protected by the company's proprietary digital rights management technology, do not work with Zeller's software.
Sounds like a bit of overhype in the headline to this article.
From the article: "Meanwhile, Linux enthusiast Web sites and blogs are buzzing with theories. One is that SCO knows its case is groundless and has been using the lawsuit to perpetrate a massive "pump and dump" securities fraud, and now IBM is talking to Baystar and Renaissance to find out what they were told. (SCO says the "pump and dump" theories are nonsense and that Sontag, along with Darl McBride, CEO, have not sold a single share. Some executives have sold shares but only small amounts and mostly "to cover tax consequences on restricted stock," Sontag says.)"
But records at http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=SCOX show that all 25 insider transactions for the past 6 months have been sales of stock --- get this, not a single buy!
People do pick and choose governments with ease, every four years. Try firing Microsoft.
me: "Microsoft, I've had it with your starting up slow in the morning, dragging ass all day at work, and yet being so quick to bitch about everyone else's shortcomings. You're fired!"
Excellent! So by the time we Americans get there, our lunar Walmarts will be fully stocked with cheap Chinese goods, and there will be a 7-Eleven in every major crater.
United States citizens don't have a right to responsibly vote, they have a right to vote. If you open a door for literacy, why not require that people have certain moral standards? Why not require that they not be communists? Why not require that they be conservative or liberal or white or black?
YEAH! But why stop there??? Why not 12 or 6 years old? Why not a fetus? Why not alive or dead? Why not real or make believe? Why not invisible? Why not human or animal? Why not space aliens? GODZILLA FOR IMPERIAL RULER OF THE UNIVERSE, down with Ming the Merciless, mu-ahahahaha!
The most disturbing issue about the RIAA's work to shut people down, is that they're going after those who do little economic harm in order to frighten their uninvolved or only marginally involved (in the file trading scene) supporters into compliance somehow. Why do you want to threaten your customers?
I've used Opera for a year, after reading about it here on Slashdot - it's the cheapest defense against pop-up ads, takes up fewer resources, loads quickly, & is all-around more fun to use than NN or IE.
In the mundane world of brick-and-mortar business, it's been my experience that sales activities sometimes go into a legal no-no land known as "tortious interference" -- specifically, interference with an existing client/vendor relationship that is based on a written contract.
My attorney told me that if a contract exists, and I become aware that a competitor is trying to win my customer's business *prior* to the expiration of the contract between me & my customer, then the competitor can be sued for damages due to "tortious interference"...
Most of the time, the competitor would back off until the contract was within 3 months or so of expiring. There were a couple of times, though, that we went to court - & got money both times for damages (customer for breach of contract, competitor for "TI").
So how is this situation different from VeriSign, et al, slamming domain registrations? Why aren't the lawyers having a field day with this? Or are they, & I just missed the cloobus?
Violating the law in front of a crowd won't get the law changed. It'll only get Bruce in trouble.
Burning your Viet Nam era draft card won't get the law changed, it'll only get you in trouble.
Standing in front of a tank in Tianneman Square won't get the law changed, it'll only get you in trouble.
Disguising yourself as an Indian & throwing tea in Boston Harbor won't get the law changed, it'll only get you in trouble.
To many, the real idiots are those who don't stand up for what they believe in, consequences be damned. A few brave *someones* have always stood in the breach, to the benefit of the many.
Now lets look at the desktop example. Monitor. Mouse. Keyboard. Speakers. Computer Box (which are ALL wayyyyy too big
Please don't be offended, but you sound like a midget.
On second thought, if you are offended, then I'm truly sorry that you're a midget.
Seriously, laptops don't work for many of us. Too many kids, dogs, cats, etc., at home. An easily transportable laptop would be left out, then damaged. A "big" pc doesn't move, & thus easier to geographically protect (ie, "don't go near that, junior/sparky/whatever!"). My kids would certainly take offense if I sat down with the laptop on my lap's top, instead of one of them! And if it was after the kids' bedtime, my cats would be offended... mustn't offended the kitties, else they'll leave nasty little presents hither & thither, usually thither being right outside the bedroom door.
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The BOX said 3 yrs free service included in the price of the box, a FLYER inside of the box said 3 yrs free service, the replay REPS said 3 yrs free service... etc etc, just please, RTFA before asshatting out your piehole!
Isn't psychoacoustic trickery what Norman Bates used when he wore a dress and faked his mother's screechy voice?
From the article:Only unencrypted MP3 files are easily captured and copied using the MyTunes software, however. Songs purchased from Apple's iTunes store, which are protected by the company's proprietary digital rights management technology, do not work with Zeller's software.
Sounds like a bit of overhype in the headline to this article.
From the article: "Meanwhile, Linux enthusiast Web sites and blogs are buzzing with theories. One is that SCO knows its case is groundless and has been using the lawsuit to perpetrate a massive "pump and dump" securities fraud, and now IBM is talking to Baystar and Renaissance to find out what they were told. (SCO says the "pump and dump" theories are nonsense and that Sontag, along with Darl McBride, CEO, have not sold a single share. Some executives have sold shares but only small amounts and mostly "to cover tax consequences on restricted stock," Sontag says.)"
But records at http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=SCOX show that all 25 insider transactions for the past 6 months have been sales of stock --- get this, not a single buy!
People do pick and choose governments with ease, every four years. Try firing Microsoft.
me: "Microsoft, I've had it with your starting up slow in the morning, dragging ass all day at work, and yet being so quick to bitch about everyone else's shortcomings. You're fired!"
Yeah, but IIRC, doesn't SCO claim to have a full set of patents on the number series "911"?
YEAH! But why stop there??? Why not 12 or 6 years old? Why not a fetus? Why not alive or dead? Why not real or make believe? Why not invisible? Why not human or animal? Why not space aliens? GODZILLA FOR IMPERIAL RULER OF THE UNIVERSE, down with Ming the Merciless, mu-ahahahaha!
It wouldn't make much of a difference - it's already covered with craters
I read the subject as "Brazil Manatees Shift to Free Software"... and thought, Wow, I need to pay more attention to the bio-engineering sector!
Management at WalMart wears red vests; plebes wear blue, but they aren't part of the PLA Inner Circle.
All of which are sent to WalMarts throughout the US each year, right before Christmastime.
(why do you think those WalMart managers wear those little RED vests, eh? REAL patriots shop at K-Mart!)
... just when I was looking sooooo forward to getting the blue screen of death while on the road!
Sounds like the IRS!
As opposed to when it on something else, in which case it is sucked into a black hole?
Jacques Chirac: We surrender!
Iraqi MoI: There are no aliens at Saddam International Airport!
George Bush II: I don't care, if they don't have a green card, then they have no business on this side of the border!
We've been microsofted out of legitimate use of a common word! What an enronish act of worldcomism...
I've used Opera for a year, after reading about it here on Slashdot - it's the cheapest defense against pop-up ads, takes up fewer resources, loads quickly, & is all-around more fun to use than NN or IE.
Let's beowulf cluster the main thrusters so that we can Cowboy Neal the Borg?
My attorney told me that if a contract exists, and I become aware that a competitor is trying to win my customer's business *prior* to the expiration of the contract between me & my customer, then the competitor can be sued for damages due to "tortious interference"...
Most of the time, the competitor would back off until the contract was within 3 months or so of expiring. There were a couple of times, though, that we went to court - & got money both times for damages (customer for breach of contract, competitor for "TI").
So how is this situation different from VeriSign, et al, slamming domain registrations? Why aren't the lawyers having a field day with this? Or are they, & I just missed the cloobus?
Burning your Viet Nam era draft card won't get the law changed, it'll only get you in trouble.
Standing in front of a tank in Tianneman Square won't get the law changed, it'll only get you in trouble.
Disguising yourself as an Indian & throwing tea in Boston Harbor won't get the law changed, it'll only get you in trouble.
To many, the real idiots are those who don't stand up for what they believe in, consequences be damned. A few brave *someones* have always stood in the breach, to the benefit of the many.
Please don't be offended, but you sound like a midget.
On second thought, if you are offended, then I'm truly sorry that you're a midget.
Seriously, laptops don't work for many of us. Too many kids, dogs, cats, etc., at home. An easily transportable laptop would be left out, then damaged. A "big" pc doesn't move, & thus easier to geographically protect (ie, "don't go near that, junior/sparky/whatever!"). My kids would certainly take offense if I sat down with the laptop on my lap's top, instead of one of them! And if it was after the kids' bedtime, my cats would be offended... mustn't offended the kitties, else they'll leave nasty little presents hither & thither, usually thither being right outside the bedroom door.
The BSA doesn't mess around in those developing countries, does it?! Betcha the 200 shops that re-open will have their documents in order...