They really should appeal. Sure it will cost a goodly sum in lawyers' fees, but the 9th Circuit (if you get the right judges) is quite liberal in terms of personal rights.
You seem to be forgetting that both the B-2 and the X-29 are computer-controlled. They're both inherently unstable to the point that a human could not react quickly or subtly enough to keep them in the air. The computer translates the pilot's human-speed and human-sized movements of the yoke/stick into more aerodynamically appropriate movements to produce the intended movement. In other words unless these designers are planning on installing the equvalent of a multi-million dollar fly-by-wire system, it isn't going to work as hoped.
But if they do that and you can show that they're doing so in order to unnecessarily prolong the proceedings or cause undue hardships (and we're not talking a high standard of proof here) they get their case thrown out and they will probably have to pay for your lawyer. See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11.
I agree with you on the memory addressing limitations, but you can't make the integer argument.
Floating point math is slow, really slow. Moreover, it's not accurate. You can't accurately express 2.5, for instance, in binary machine. With integers, you get back results as accurate as the data you provide.
I think that the combination of higher speed and accuracy of integers is a compelling argument for expanding usable range thereof.
How will it hold up in court? Not at all. I'm sure that most of the license agreement is indeed enforceable, although the given sums of money would in all probablity be held void as penalties. The problem with it is that it's not visible on the homepage (at the bottom in small print as a link doesn't count) and there's no "I agree" button per se. Since it's not at all necessary for the user to either look at or even know of the license, it would not be held binding. See Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com and Specht v. Netscape Communications. I think that they're both 7th Circuit decisions by Judge Easterbrook (although one of them might be by Posner). Note that there is a difference between enforceablilty and binding-ness (I'm a little drunk, sorry for that last word).
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You should keep in mind that even a visible laser is invisible unless a) you're looking right at it, or b) it's scattered off of something. I don't think that making it visible would really help much in terms of safety, although it would make it easier to aim.
I'm pretty sure that you can get the latest and greatest Perl distribution in the ports. As of 5.0, Perl was removed from the base installation, so it's not like you could mess anything up by installing it via ports.
7 Authority is the power of the agent to affect the legal relations of the principal by acts done in accordance with the principal's manifestations of consent to him.
26 Except for the execution of instruments under seal or for the performance of transactions required by statute to be authorized in a particular way, authority to do an act can be created by written or spoken words or other conduct of the principal which, reasonably interpreted, causes the agent to believe that the principal desires him so to act on the principal's account.
Where the agent is the employee and the principal is the employer.
As to whether or not a given jurisdiction follows the Restatement, that's not a question I can answer. What, incidentally, is your jurisdiction?
IANALBIAALS (but I am a law student) Well, if the programmer had the OK to release this from a higher-up, or if he did so with a reasonable understanding that it was OK, he was acting within the scope of authority. At that point, SCO knew because he *was* SCO in terms of that transaction.
You'll have to forgive any and all errors in this. I'm in Boston and the Sox just lost again. We're all drowning our sorrows in town, but I saw this and thought I should translate it.
MiniComm Will Promote Linux
Yesterday, the Communication and Informations Ministry of the Russian Federation and IBM signed an agreement for the creation of a Linux competency center in Moscow. Therein, the plan is not only the support of governmental organizations in using Linux, but testing and porting based on open-source code. Up to 60 people will work at the center starting in 2004, including foreign IBM specialists.
The agreement of intent signed in the company of journalists by the acting premier minister of communication and information, Andrej Korotkov, and the vice-president of corporate strategy for IBM, Mrs. Val Rahmani, makes provisions for the creation of the center and the joint work of IBM, MiniComm, and Moscow Technological University of Communication and Information. The center will be built on the territory of the university, and the work there will be undertook not only by MiniComm and IBM specialists, but by students as well. Apart from the education of working with Linux, adaptation and localization of different programs, the center will fulfill another important task: the promotion of "Electronic Russia." As stated Andrej Korotkov, in there are already examples of the use of IBM technology in the federal organs of government, for instance in Tatarstan. "Our task now becomes, using open-source programs, making already-existing and future systems in the government organs work together as one whole," said Mr. Korotkov.
The experiment will show that in other governments, open-source programs can take up to 30% from the total programming outlay in the government. Our country is still far from that, and it is hardly likely that it is possible to get away from the use of a standard program, for instance Microsoft, completely during such active politicking of its promotion from the side of the creators / authors. However, hope exists on the widening of the use of Linux as an program unto itself; just as in MiniComm the intention to do this has been set off, including the "Electronic Russia" initiative. Thus, considers Andrej Korotkov, "if in two years within the confines of the russian government the use of [Linux] will be up to 30%, that will be very good." The Linux Competency Center will be open for the stimulation of growth of applications and solutions, the provision of support, consultation, education of Linux technology, promotion of Linux products and a feasible localization of solutions on the platform. Therein, says IBM says it's ready to offer access to resources of the center and it's partners who can test on it's platform and solutions on a Linux platform or on another open-source program. Also, IBM is ready to work with independent russian developers of such programs.
Andrej Korotkov declined to offer even a rough number as to the amount MiniComm will put into the Center. "Open-Source Programs aren't free themselves, and I can't say how much we're going to have to spend on the Center," said Mr. Korotkov. A general count of the personnel of the center should number 50 to 60 people, however that number should possibly change in connection with the beginnings and ends of projects.
The use of technology provided by the russian office of IBM in the Competency Center. Although the list is concrete, the equipment is not yet guaranteed. It is already clear that the resources which will be found in the center will include various server systems, including the IBM family of Intel-based servers, eServer xSeries, high-performance Linux clusters, and data storage systems. It is planned that in the Center, the entire spectrum of IBM's Linux-based programs, including the WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and Rational families, providing for the creation of complete, integrated, safe solutions. IBM will also provide access between the Center's workers and those in
Well, actually this is a civil case, not a criminal prosecution. As such, you don't need to prove anything "beyond a reasonable doubt," just more likely to have happened than not.
I don't know about that. Why would Apple roll out a new chassis design without the chip that would need it? They don't tend to redesign things that aren't broken (or passe). I agree that it would behoove Apple to ditch Motorola and ally themselves with IBM and their POWER4, but I don't see why a new chassis would be built when the POWER4 is at least a year away. More likely, Apple wants the G4s to run cool, and perhaps they'll try some larger speed bumps that would take advantage of that.
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Those issues will largely be solved by the recent die shrink at IBM.
They really should appeal. Sure it will cost a goodly sum in lawyers' fees, but the 9th Circuit (if you get the right judges) is quite liberal in terms of personal rights.
You seem to be forgetting that both the B-2 and the X-29 are computer-controlled. They're both inherently unstable to the point that a human could not react quickly or subtly enough to keep them in the air. The computer translates the pilot's human-speed and human-sized movements of the yoke/stick into more aerodynamically appropriate movements to produce the intended movement. In other words unless these designers are planning on installing the equvalent of a multi-million dollar fly-by-wire system, it isn't going to work as hoped.
But if they do that and you can show that they're doing so in order to unnecessarily prolong the proceedings or cause undue hardships (and we're not talking a high standard of proof here) they get their case thrown out and they will probably have to pay for your lawyer. See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11.
And on point 2, I'm sure that they could join the plaintiffs into a class action.
I agree with you on the memory addressing limitations, but you can't make the integer argument.
Floating point math is slow, really slow. Moreover, it's not accurate. You can't accurately express 2.5, for instance, in binary machine. With integers, you get back results as accurate as the data you provide.
I think that the combination of higher speed and accuracy of integers is a compelling argument for expanding usable range thereof.
IANALBIALS (but I am a law student)
How will it hold up in court? Not at all. I'm sure that most of the license agreement is indeed enforceable, although the given sums of money would in all probablity be held void as penalties. The problem with it is that it's not visible on the homepage (at the bottom in small print as a link doesn't count) and there's no "I agree" button per se. Since it's not at all necessary for the user to either look at or even know of the license, it would not be held binding. See Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com and Specht v. Netscape Communications. I think that they're both 7th Circuit decisions by Judge Easterbrook (although one of them might be by Posner). Note that there is a difference between enforceablilty and binding-ness (I'm a little drunk, sorry for that last word).
You should keep in mind that even a visible laser is invisible unless a) you're looking right at it, or b) it's scattered off of something. I don't think that making it visible would really help much in terms of safety, although it would make it easier to aim.
I'm pretty sure that you can get the latest and greatest Perl distribution in the ports. As of 5.0, Perl was removed from the base installation, so it's not like you could mess anything up by installing it via ports.
Well geez, I wonder how GnuPG could ever be secure then.
If a given DRM scheme (essentially encryption) is based on a strong algorithm, it doesn't matter whether the code is open; it would still be secure.
the only problem is that he did. At least in a legislative, tax-dollar allocating sense.
there should be section symbols in front of the 7 and 26. sorry.
The Restatement 2d of Agency says the following:
7
Authority is the power of the agent to affect the legal relations of the principal by acts done in accordance with the principal's manifestations of consent to him.
26
Except for the execution of instruments under seal or for the performance of transactions required by statute to be authorized in a particular way, authority to do an act can be created by written or spoken words or other conduct of the principal which, reasonably interpreted, causes the agent to believe that the principal desires him so to act on the principal's account.
Where the agent is the employee and the principal is the employer.
As to whether or not a given jurisdiction follows the Restatement, that's not a question I can answer. What, incidentally, is your jurisdiction?
IANALBIAALS (but I am a law student)
Well, if the programmer had the OK to release this from a higher-up, or if he did so with a reasonable understanding that it was OK, he was acting within the scope of authority. At that point, SCO knew because he *was* SCO in terms of that transaction.
There are options other than Halon. I'd look into Inergen. It takes more room than does Halon for tank storage, but it works well.
You'll have to forgive any and all errors in this. I'm in Boston and the Sox just lost again. We're all drowning our sorrows in town, but I saw this and thought I should translate it.
MiniComm Will Promote Linux
Yesterday, the Communication and Informations Ministry of the Russian Federation and IBM signed an agreement for the creation of a Linux competency center in Moscow. Therein, the plan is not only the support of governmental organizations in using Linux, but testing and porting based on open-source code. Up to 60 people will work at the center starting in 2004, including foreign IBM specialists.
The agreement of intent signed in the company of journalists by the acting premier minister of communication and information, Andrej Korotkov, and the vice-president of corporate strategy for IBM, Mrs. Val Rahmani, makes provisions for the creation of the center and the joint work of IBM, MiniComm, and Moscow Technological University of Communication and Information. The center will be built on the territory of the university, and the work there will be undertook not only by MiniComm and IBM specialists, but by students as well. Apart from the education of working with Linux, adaptation and localization of different programs, the center will fulfill another important task: the promotion of "Electronic Russia." As stated Andrej Korotkov, in there are already examples of the use of IBM technology in the federal organs of government, for instance in Tatarstan. "Our task now becomes, using open-source programs, making already-existing and future systems in the government organs work together as one whole," said Mr. Korotkov.
The experiment will show that in other governments, open-source programs can take up to 30% from the total programming outlay in the government. Our country is still far from that, and it is hardly likely that it is possible to get away from the use of a standard program, for instance Microsoft, completely during such active politicking of its promotion from the side of the creators / authors. However, hope exists on the widening of the use of Linux as an program unto itself; just as in MiniComm the intention to do this has been set off, including the "Electronic Russia" initiative. Thus, considers Andrej Korotkov, "if in two years within the confines of the russian government the use of [Linux] will be up to 30%, that will be very good." The Linux Competency Center will be open for the stimulation of growth of applications and solutions, the provision of support, consultation, education of Linux technology, promotion of Linux products and a feasible localization of solutions on the platform. Therein, says IBM says it's ready to offer access to resources of the center and it's partners who can test on it's platform and solutions on a Linux platform or on another open-source program. Also, IBM is ready to work with independent russian developers of such programs.
Andrej Korotkov declined to offer even a rough number as to the amount MiniComm will put into the Center. "Open-Source Programs aren't free themselves, and I can't say how much we're going to have to spend on the Center," said Mr. Korotkov. A general count of the personnel of the center should number 50 to 60 people, however that number should possibly change in connection with the beginnings and ends of projects.
The use of technology provided by the russian office of IBM in the Competency Center. Although the list is concrete, the equipment is not yet guaranteed. It is already clear that the resources which will be found in the center will include various server systems, including the IBM family of Intel-based servers, eServer xSeries, high-performance Linux clusters, and data storage systems. It is planned that in the Center, the entire spectrum of IBM's Linux-based programs, including the WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and Rational families, providing for the creation of complete, integrated, safe solutions. IBM will also provide access between the Center's workers and those in
Because .net isn't a TLD or anything... C'mon, you gotta try something that's obviously not going to be used in other contexts.
Well, actually this is a civil case, not a criminal prosecution. As such, you don't need to prove anything "beyond a reasonable doubt," just more likely to have happened than not.
...you can call either number and reach a result of the generosity of Bill Gates.
That is, if you believe that Apple couldn't have made it without the IE/Office deal of several years back.
Yes, yes you can. I'm running 4.8 right now, although I'd recommend using the RELENG_4_8 tag so that you get any patches made.
Isn't a currier someone who grooms horses?
Come now, which command line do you prefer, UNIX bash, tcsh, etc. or MS-DOS style command.com?
Unfortunately, they're still using H.323 instead of SIP and anything involving Avaya costs way too much for what you get.
I don't know about that. Why would Apple roll out a new chassis design without the chip that would need it? They don't tend to redesign things that aren't broken (or passe). I agree that it would behoove Apple to ditch Motorola and ally themselves with IBM and their POWER4, but I don't see why a new chassis would be built when the POWER4 is at least a year away. More likely, Apple wants the G4s to run cool, and perhaps they'll try some larger speed bumps that would take advantage of that.