Where does the term IP come from? Where in the legal code is the term "Intellectual Property" defined? After all copyright law, patent law, etc. are very different things.
--That would be JFK, not Reagan. We can thank JFK for the mess that was the Vietnam conflict, as well as the mess that is NASA. Neither of those endeavors were cheap. What a great leader he was...--
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Vietnam go back to Big Ike. Maybe NASA too. Deficit spending, well, goes way, way back.
--That 'discovery phase' that you incorrectly put into quotes isn't some made up thing that SCO is using to delay a court action. Discovery is a part of every litigation that happens. Unlike TV courtroom dramas where the defense introduces some amazing new evidence at the last minute, thus saving the day, in real court cases both sides know *everything* the other side knows *before* the trial even starts. There are no surprises and no 11th hour miracles.--
I think if there is new evidence that was not known before the trial but was discovered during the trial, I think it can be entered in, although both sides and the Judge would have to know about it before it could be presented.
--Anyone that thinks Exchange is just a POP/SMTP/IMAP server hasn't a clue. Anyone who would like to tell you that Exchange crashes is either lying or can't run a server. Period. With over 75 Exchange boxes in production and never a single chance to test our off-line disaster recovery plan -- we could not be more pleased.--
I would have to agree. We have NT4 w/Exchange and had one disaster when we first set it up. One day later we had totally recovered. Now, over three years later we get one crash per month, if that. Only 8 clients though.
--Perhaps I'm the kind of person who doesn't really have something like that to hide... it seems the only people concerned about privacy are trying to hide something.--
Do you think mistakes cannot be made with your database info? Or that it can be missused? Cops getting caught harrassing former girlfriends or trying to pick up new ones with DMV info comes to mind.
--No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most, but not all, telemarketing calls. Some businesses are exempt from the national registry and still can call you even if you place your number on it. Exempt businesses include:
* long-distance phone companies--
Damn! That's the worst one. MCI calls me every day trying to get me to switch. I thought MCI went under.
--I have no sympathy for those who are sued (assuming reasonable penalties). They break the law, they get caught, they get punished. I don't see anything wrong with that.--
Great!
Sue college kids. They (the RIAA) can't get blood from a turnip.
--Republics last longer than socialist governments. Prove me wrong...--
Socialism usually falls under it's own weight. Republics turn into dictatorships. The US hasn't turned into a dictatoship yet, but it is getting there. The executive branch is becoming more and more powerful with less and less oversight.
So, I don't know which one lasts the longest. Anarchy by definition can't be a form of government. RMS may be left wing, but I don't think he is entirely socialist. Maybe he's a Radical Libertarian?
--He also didn't say (per se) that socialism was bad, even though historically, there's never been a country that survived for very long in socialism.--
Republics don't last long either except of course the "Great Republic". How much longer will even this last at this rate.
--What's the moral difference between recording to analog cassette off the radio which is explicitly legal and recording to MP3 format? What's the moral differnce between tape swapping and file swapping?--
I think it would be the scale. KaZAA has how many users?
--Perhaps your RIAA propaganda has an answer for that. Hint: Don't try "perfect digital copy" bullshit here, you can't do that with 128K MP3 which is basically broadcast quality when ripped if everything goes right. Analog information gets lost when a 50 meg file is compressed to about 5 megs. If you were into music, maybe you'd know the difference. The difference is why people buy CDs instead of MP3s.--
Agreed, but most songs can be had at a higher bit rate than that. Eventually 50 megs/gigs will not be a barrier.
--What's the moral difference between recording to analog cassette off the radio which is explicitly legal and recording to MP3 format? What's the moral differnce between tape swapping and file swapping?--
Again the scale. To me the artist should get paid, but this in fact does not happen 99% of the time because they have signed over their rights to a middle man. I think the RIAA and maybe to a lesser extent the MPAA is concerned about loosing their distribution. It's just a matter of time and bandwidth really. Artist could make and sell their own CD's. Of course there is an RIAA tax on CDR's. So really, who is stealing from whom?
You got me there, but I still see them for certain things. Repair shops come to mind. Still if something was priced $9.99, how hard would it be to give change $10.01 out of pocket? By that logic prices should be something like $9.91 so that the clerk would have to have more pennies on hand for the scam to work. $1999 for a computer seems based on psychological reasons to me. Even a $9.99 DVD from Wally World seems to be too. If it was priced $10.13 I would be more inclined to believe the scam argument. That figure would be harder to make change for. EOF.
--But if SCO sold them Linux, I don't see how they could sue anyway.--
This is the good ole USA where anyone can sue for anything. It doesn't mean that they can win but they can sue and take up lots of your time and money.
Then where does the receipt come from? Of course if this was a long time ago, maybe no receipts was the way things were done. I still would be suspect. No receipt. Nothing being rung up. If I were a customer, I would be suspisious.
I have an old 800XL that has been modded to 128mb of ram back in the day. The extra memory is soldered on and there is a toggle switch on the side. It still works as far as I know. I forget who made the kit. The 6502 can only directly address 64mb, however. I believe I used the other 63mb as a ram disk mainly. I think that all it needs is some working joysticks. I would like to play Star Raiders again.
that M$ is behind the current SCO/IBM situation. They can only copy things that others have done. Now they (M$) are trying to kill OSS just like Netscape and taking a page out of IBM's FUD from the 70's to do it with.
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Where does the term IP come from? Where in the legal code is the term "Intellectual Property" defined? After all copyright law, patent law, etc. are very different things.
--That would be JFK, not Reagan. We can thank JFK for the mess that was the Vietnam conflict, as well as the mess that is NASA. Neither of those endeavors were cheap. What a great leader he was...--
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Vietnam go back to Big Ike. Maybe NASA too. Deficit spending, well, goes way, way back.
--Not sure what the standard FBI procedure is on something like this..." --
They use something called the "Mushroom Treatment". The axiom states, "Keep the public in the dark and feed them full of BS".
Then if the sh*t hits the fan, so to speak, the FBI falls back on denial.
--In fact, as far as I can determine SCO is a firm of lawyers.--
Just like the RIAA?
Not all elderly peoples minds weaken that much with age. Many are very lonely though. I think cold calling ought to be illegal period.
--He got off easy.--
A fine, I'm OK with that. But 5 years in jail? Maybe 90 days with 5 years of probation would have fit better.
Yes, Saudi Arabia sure gave a lot of foreign aid to Al Quida. One man's foreign aid is another man's terrorism.
--That 'discovery phase' that you incorrectly put into quotes isn't some made up thing that SCO is using to delay a court action. Discovery is a part of every litigation that happens. Unlike TV courtroom dramas where the defense introduces some amazing new evidence at the last minute, thus saving the day, in real court cases both sides know *everything* the other side knows *before* the trial even starts. There are no surprises and no 11th hour miracles.--
I think if there is new evidence that was not known before the trial but was discovered during the trial, I think it can be entered in, although both sides and the Judge would have to know about it before it could be presented.
Disclaimer - I'm not a lawyer.
--Anyone that thinks Exchange is just a POP/SMTP/IMAP server hasn't a clue. Anyone who would like to tell you that Exchange crashes is either lying or can't run a server. Period. With over 75 Exchange boxes in production and never a single chance to test our off-line disaster recovery plan -- we could not be more pleased.--
I would have to agree. We have NT4 w/Exchange and had one disaster when we first set it up. One day later we had totally recovered. Now, over three years later we get one crash per month, if that. Only 8 clients though.
--Perhaps I'm the kind of person who doesn't really have something like that to hide... it seems the only people concerned about privacy are trying to hide something.--
Do you think mistakes cannot be made with your database info? Or that it can be missused? Cops getting caught harrassing former girlfriends or trying to pick up new ones with DMV info comes to mind.
--No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most, but not all, telemarketing calls. Some businesses are exempt from the national registry and still can call you even if you place your number on it. Exempt businesses include:
* long-distance phone companies--
Damn! That's the worst one. MCI calls me every day trying to get me to switch. I thought MCI went under.
--I have no sympathy for those who are sued (assuming reasonable penalties). They break the law, they get caught, they get punished. I don't see anything wrong with that.--
Great!
Sue college kids. They (the RIAA) can't get blood from a turnip.
--Republics last longer than socialist governments. Prove me wrong...--
Socialism usually falls under it's own weight. Republics turn into dictatorships. The US hasn't turned into a dictatoship yet, but it is getting there. The executive branch is becoming more and more powerful with less and less oversight.
So, I don't know which one lasts the longest. Anarchy by definition can't be a form of government. RMS may be left wing, but I don't think he is entirely socialist. Maybe he's a Radical Libertarian?
--He also didn't say (per se) that socialism was bad, even though historically, there's never been a country that survived for very long in socialism.--
Republics don't last long either except of course the "Great Republic". How much longer will even this last at this rate.
--What's the moral difference between recording to analog cassette off the radio which is explicitly legal and recording to MP3 format? What's the moral differnce between tape swapping and file swapping?--
I think it would be the scale. KaZAA has how many users?
--Perhaps your RIAA propaganda has an answer for that. Hint: Don't try "perfect digital copy" bullshit here, you can't do that with 128K MP3 which is basically broadcast quality when ripped if everything goes right. Analog information gets lost when a 50 meg file is compressed to about 5 megs. If you were into music, maybe you'd know the difference. The difference is why people buy CDs instead of MP3s.--
Agreed, but most songs can be had at a higher bit rate than that. Eventually 50 megs/gigs will not be a barrier.
--What's the moral difference between recording to analog cassette off the radio which is explicitly legal and recording to MP3 format? What's the moral differnce between tape swapping and file swapping?--
Again the scale. To me the artist should get paid, but this in fact does not happen 99% of the time because they have signed over their rights to a middle man. I think the RIAA and maybe to a lesser extent the MPAA is concerned about loosing their distribution. It's just a matter of time and bandwidth really. Artist could make and sell their own CD's. Of course there is an RIAA tax on CDR's. So really, who is stealing from whom?
You got me there, but I still see them for certain things. Repair shops come to mind. Still if something was priced $9.99, how hard would it be to give change $10.01 out of pocket? By that logic prices should be something like $9.91 so that the clerk would have to have more pennies on hand for the scam to work. $1999 for a computer seems based on psychological reasons to me. Even a $9.99 DVD from Wally World seems to be too. If it was priced $10.13 I would be more inclined to believe the scam argument. That figure would be harder to make change for. EOF.
--But if SCO sold them Linux, I don't see how they could sue anyway.--
This is the good ole USA where anyone can sue for anything. It doesn't mean that they can win but they can sue and take up lots of your time and money.
Then where does the receipt come from? Of course if this was a long time ago, maybe no receipts was the way things were done. I still would be suspect. No receipt. Nothing being rung up. If I were a customer, I would be suspisious.
--Of course cashiers would conveniently "forget" to stuff that $20 back into the drawer.--
What about when the register is counted down after hours. The stolen $10 would surely show up then. I still think there was some psychology involved.
Yes, I have used emulators, but I don't have a joystick for my PC either. It's funny seeing Atari basic working on a PC.
Do we have permission to Cut -n- Paste your letter?
That's 64K and 128K. Sorry it's been a long week and a long time ago.
I have an old 800XL that has been modded to 128mb of ram back in the day. The extra memory is soldered on and there is a toggle switch on the side. It still works as far as I know. I forget who made the kit. The 6502 can only directly address 64mb, however. I believe I used the other 63mb as a ram disk mainly. I think that all it needs is some working joysticks. I would like to play Star Raiders again.
that M$ is behind the current SCO/IBM situation. They can only copy things that others have done. Now they (M$) are trying to kill OSS just like Netscape and taking a page out of IBM's FUD from the 70's to do it with.
Maybe he means 20 miles.