You might want to remove that reefer from your mouth. Laws are put in place so that people who transgress against them can be jailed or fined. It's the courts' job to do that, not judge whether or not the laws are wrong.
You're not quite right. It's the courts job to test laws against higher laws, typically a country's constitution or international treaties such as international law on human rights. If a law is found to break with these higher laws the court may as far as I know declare a law illegal or something like that. I don't know if this law breaks anything like this but The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights includes protection against "Arbitrary arrest" and being arrested based uppon a secret law sounds like arbitrary arrest to me at least.
You should check out the Nokia E60. It doesn't have a camera, but it sports Wlan and 3G support and a nice big screen (352x416 pixels) for browsing the web.
What does this mean for Microsoft and its reputation as a company that can eventually ship software?
Nothing. This happens all the time, and nobody really cares.
What will this mean for office managers who have to plan upgrades and budgets?
It means they have to buy other software and/or hardware this year to keep the budgets high (you know, if you don't use it all this year, you'll get less next year). This is cool for the guys who get new toys, but of no real consequence.
Will this make anyone look at OpenOffice.org?
This will do nothing for openoffice.org, unfortunately. The only exception may be people who want to buy the new office, and doesn't want to buy an old office just to upgrade next year. They may try openoffice in the meantime, but don't count on it. They'll probably just pirate the old one instead.
Hey, combine them. There comes some outstanding quality error-messages from coding-sessions involving beer. (How about ascii-art of a gun shooting you when you fuck up?). Just don't overdo it...
I didn't agree to the copyright license of the book I'm ready, yet I am bound by its existance.
Bullshit. I'm sitting here with a book, and I need no license to use it. All it says is "Copyright Author 2004". And this is not a license, it's a statement of fact. All works, including books and software, is protected under copyright law. And under that law, as far as I understand it, I do not need a license to use a copyrighted work. I am allowed to take steps needed for me to use legaly obtained works, including, for software, copying to a single computer.
If I want to install it on several computers, distribute it, modify it, duplicate it or a host of other things I agree that I need a special license. But for normal use, nope.
Therefore I feel it is wrong to demand my acceptance of such agreement unless it grants me additional rights. For some software this is true, for example for some versions of Office you are allowed to install the software on more than one computer. But I allso think there should be a "Install with default rights under law"-button for me to use, bypassing any licence-requirement.
I think it's time to change the poll on the front-page:
Time before slashdot servers get seized in the name of "National security": - 1 hr - 3 hrs - 1 day - 3 days - Never - CowboyNeal fights of the FBI with guerilla tactics!
I just don't understand what keeps the British royal family not only supported financially, but popular as well.
That is a good question. Here in Norway our own Royal Family is quite popular as well, even though the Crown Prince (the heir to the crown) is married to a former cocain addict (who has a son with a former drug-dealer), the Queen has an affair with a Navy officer and the Princess gets people to bend laws for her so she can build an even bigger palace where noone else is allowed.
What do you expect to happen if you run imgoingtokillthepresident.com?
Well, actually the Norwegian rap-group "Gatas Parlament" (The parliament of the streets) recently put up this page. It's in norwegian, but I really don't think anyone needs a translation.
I doubt these guys will ever be going to the US...
(For the reccord: I don't think this is a good joke)
The big brands make what people like to drink, simply.
This is actually not true. The big corporations make what they can make the most profit on. The Busch-people has simply made something cheap that most people can drink, and then pours money into marketing, big commercials, sponsoring football-tournaments and bribing stores to place a lot of their beer in a prominent place. This makes buying Bud a simple, safe decision. People generally avoid complicated ones when they can, and this way they can let their subconsciousness decide for them.
I've don't care for teaching people "the error of their ways" and trying to force them into stop drinking Bud or whatever, but I try not to serve it in my home...
And to keep this slightly on topic: I think caffeinated beer is a horrible idea! What kind of moron would inflict this uppon the world???
A definition of "vice" gotten from the great, big Internet: A two-jawed clamp used to hold tools or work in place. Hand vices typically hold smaller tools . Bench vices are used to hold stakes for forming.
If you mean that this has anything to do with sex, then I don't know...
At my university it seems they think about this. More and more computer labs use small terminals and just connects to a (probably huge) terminal server.
There are many terminal servers, some run by central IT-support, some run by individual departments. This has the added feature of beeing able to use your home-departments software while not in their building.
It allso means that I can use a windows terminal-client (or rdesktop) to access these servers from my own machine if I need it.
Additionally it enables cool setups like this:
SSH->VNC->rdesktop->Windows2000 server, which helped me while I was abroad. Not a workable solution for a long time, but it helped me greatly there and then.
All in all, I like terminal clients!
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I have an old Sony Trinitron manufactured in 95. I got it used from a company in 99 and It's still used every day. The picture is crystal clear and I've had zero problems with it. Trinitrons are great!
This seems to be a normal thing... Three large Norwegian universities (the universities of Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen) signed up for a brand new personell management and whatnot system from IBM 5 years ago. It's still not working and has caused a lot of trouble for the universities.They were actually at one point unable to pay their employees.
Eventually they found out that IBM had stopped development and sold the product to another company, without telling any customers. I understand that they're mad.
The whole project ended up in one large lawsuit where the universities sued Big Blue for NOK 50 million (approx. $7 million). IBM ansvered with a counter-suit for NOK 5 million in damages. The case ended with a NOK 20 million settlement.
Ironicaly it seems they have gone for an Oracle-system after this...
Link to an article about the case, and one about the
settlement (both in Norwegian) for those who are interested.
When a company goes bankrupt, all it's property (including the intelectual kind) is sold to pay off outstanding debt (or given directly to the debtors). Investors are at the bottom when a company goes bankrupt, and rarely gets anything.
He didn't say that. He just said that at least one company got some more cash to continue. Saying that one party innovates is not the same as saying that another doesn't. Mozilla is great, but there must be allowed to like other things too. Even on Slashdot...
Slashdot Mirror
You might want to remove that reefer from your mouth. Laws are put in place so that people who transgress against them can be jailed or fined. It's the courts' job to do that, not judge whether or not the laws are wrong.
You're not quite right. It's the courts job to test laws against higher laws, typically a country's constitution or international treaties such as international law on human rights. If a law is found to break with these higher laws the court may as far as I know declare a law illegal or something like that. I don't know if this law breaks anything like this but The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights includes protection against "Arbitrary arrest" and being arrested based uppon a secret law sounds like arbitrary arrest to me at least.
Hey. Pay attention! It's Joe The Plumber.
I just hate people who don't pay attention to politics...
You should check out the Nokia E60. It doesn't have a camera, but it sports Wlan and 3G support and a nice big screen (352x416 pixels) for browsing the web.
-C
The drive probably ejects on reboot.
What does this mean for Microsoft and its reputation as a company that can eventually ship software?
Nothing. This happens all the time, and nobody really cares.
What will this mean for office managers who have to plan upgrades and budgets?
It means they have to buy other software and/or hardware this year to keep the budgets high (you know, if you don't use it all this year, you'll get less next year). This is cool for the guys who get new toys, but of no real consequence.
Will this make anyone look at OpenOffice.org?
This will do nothing for openoffice.org, unfortunately. The only exception may be people who want to buy the new office, and doesn't want to buy an old office just to upgrade next year. They may try openoffice in the meantime, but don't count on it. They'll probably just pirate the old one instead.
-C
Hey, combine them. There comes some outstanding quality error-messages from coding-sessions involving beer. (How about ascii-art of a gun shooting you when you fuck up?). Just don't overdo it...
-C
I didn't agree to the copyright license of the book I'm ready, yet I am bound by its existance.
Bullshit. I'm sitting here with a book, and I need no license to use it. All it says is "Copyright Author 2004". And this is not a license, it's a statement of fact. All works, including books and software, is protected under copyright law. And under that law, as far as I understand it, I do not need a license to use a copyrighted work. I am allowed to take steps needed for me to use legaly obtained works, including, for software, copying to a single computer.
If I want to install it on several computers, distribute it, modify it, duplicate it or a host of other things I agree that I need a special license. But for normal use, nope.
Therefore I feel it is wrong to demand my acceptance of such agreement unless it grants me additional rights. For some software this is true, for example for some versions of Office you are allowed to install the software on more than one computer. But I allso think there should be a "Install with default rights under law"-button for me to use, bypassing any licence-requirement.
-C
This is true. The exact formula is:
Total_IQ = (IQ of group-member with lowest IQ)/(# of people in the group)
Or so it seems...
-C
I think it's time to change the poll on the front-page:
Time before slashdot servers get seized in the name of "National security":
- 1 hr
- 3 hrs
- 1 day
- 3 days
- Never
- CowboyNeal fights of the FBI with guerilla tactics!
That is a good question. Here in Norway our own Royal Family is quite popular as well, even though the Crown Prince (the heir to the crown) is married to a former cocain addict (who has a son with a former drug-dealer), the Queen has an affair with a Navy officer and the Princess gets people to bend laws for her so she can build an even bigger palace where noone else is allowed.
I just don't get it either... -C
I use this box from Sipura. Does exactly what you wants: Ethernet into one end and one ore two standard analog phones into the other. It's quite good.
I use mine with a service from Telio, a Norwegian company. Customer service not so good, but the prices make up for it I think.
What do you expect to happen if you run imgoingtokillthepresident.com?
Well, actually the Norwegian rap-group "Gatas Parlament" (The parliament of the streets) recently put up this page. It's in norwegian, but I really don't think anyone needs a translation.
I doubt these guys will ever be going to the US...
(For the reccord: I don't think this is a good joke)
You can get a roll-up keyboard from here
I've don't care for teaching people "the error of their ways" and trying to force them into stop drinking Bud or whatever, but I try not to serve it in my home...
And to keep this slightly on topic: I think caffeinated beer is a horrible idea! What kind of moron would inflict this uppon the world???
A definition of "vice" gotten from the great, big Internet:
A two-jawed clamp used to hold tools or work in place. Hand vices typically hold smaller tools . Bench vices are used to hold stakes for forming.
If you mean that this has anything to do with sex, then I don't know...
At my university it seems they think about this. More and more computer labs use small terminals and just connects to a (probably huge) terminal server.
There are many terminal servers, some run by central IT-support, some run by individual departments. This has the added feature of beeing able to use your home-departments software while not in their building.
It allso means that I can use a windows terminal-client (or rdesktop) to access these servers from my own machine if I need it.
Additionally it enables cool setups like this: SSH->VNC->rdesktop->Windows2000 server, which helped me while I was abroad. Not a workable solution for a long time, but it helped me greatly there and then.
All in all, I like terminal clients!
I have an old Sony Trinitron manufactured in 95. I got it used from a company in 99 and It's still used every day. The picture is crystal clear and I've had zero problems with it. Trinitrons are great!
And so has Steve Balmer...
something like this?
Doesn't have the keyboard-plug, but it does have bluetooth and that should suffice.
Check out this book: The New Lords of the Rings - Olympic Corruption and How to Buy Gold Medals
This seems to be a normal thing... Three large Norwegian universities (the universities of Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen) signed up for a brand new personell management and whatnot system from IBM 5 years ago. It's still not working and has caused a lot of trouble for the universities.They were actually at one point unable to pay their employees.
Eventually they found out that IBM had stopped development and sold the product to another company, without telling any customers. I understand that they're mad.
The whole project ended up in one large lawsuit where the universities sued Big Blue for NOK 50 million (approx. $7 million). IBM ansvered with a counter-suit for NOK 5 million in damages. The case ended with a NOK 20 million settlement.
Ironicaly it seems they have gone for an Oracle-system after this...
Link to an article about the case, and one about the settlement (both in Norwegian) for those who are interested.
When a company goes bankrupt, all it's property (including the intelectual kind) is sold to pay off outstanding debt (or given directly to the debtors). Investors are at the bottom when a company goes bankrupt, and rarely gets anything.
I've seen them (I live in Aberdeen). The "Federation Against Copyright Theft"... I just find it booring.
Or, when they get really desperate:
"When you share your internet connection, you're promoting communism!"