Damn the anti-American universe. I bet it has to do with the United Nations somehow, those hippie-commie bastards.
It's the French. I have it on reliable authority that Venus has Letters of Transit signed by General deGaulle himself. They cannot be rescinded. Not even questioned.
It would seem to me (IANAL) that it would be quite unenforceable, but may send the right message to spyware outfits.
If an unenforceable law sends any message, it is that laws can safely be disregarded. We all remember how Prohibition and draconian anti-drug laws helped to foster our current universal respect for law in the United States.
When Big Oil spends money researching renewable energy, I start imagining that their intent is to scuttle development. I could be wrong, though. Maybe they do want to develop new energy sources. I mean, they can still get a good firm strangle hold on supplies by patenting the new techniques.
AT&T said it wanted "to assure licensees that AT&T will claim no ownership in the software that they developed -- only the portion of the software developed by AT&T."
In other words, AT&T never intended for Unix licensees to give up ownership of code they added to their versions of Unix. That was never part of the deal.
And then Darl Vader sez: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it further.
I've noticed the nervous laughter from other participants when I raise my hand in a big meeting. I've been complimented (well, I took it as a compliment) for having the nerve to ask certain important questions that everyone else was to timid to raise. But not until today did I know I was a wack job.
Huh? Even SCO wasn't surprised by what happened last friday in court.
A judge in a U.S. courtroom ruled that SCO had to produce some sort of evidence in support of their allegations. Now, honestly... how could anyone have foreseen that happening?
it reminds me of the simpsons episode when homer starts and ISP and microsoft just buys them out.
If I remember correctly, Microsoft doesn't actually buy out Homer's company. Bill Gates arrives with a couple thugs and says, "Acquire his company, boys." Homer expresses shock at Gates' violent methods, and Gates replies "I didn't get this rich by writing a lot of checks."
This means that 16% of Linux implementations HAVE been affected by SCO's threats.
My guess is that at least some of that 16% had already decided, for whatever reason, that they didn't want to implement Linux. SCO's threats can be used to help rationalize a decision made for other reasons, so they say (falsely) that it has affected their plans.
The decision frequently comes first, and carefully tailored fact-finding afterwards.
Verisign has announced that it will give a 30- to 60-day notice before resuming the SiteFinder 'feature' that it voluntarily shut-down a couple of weeks ago.
Is 30 to 60 days long enough to de-authorize Verisign as a DNS registrar and find someone else to run those top-level domains?
I've seen the backwards.sigs, and the "ROT26-encoded".sigs here, claiming that reading the.sig is a violation of the DMCA. I always thought those were jokes!
But seriously, the greatest threat to the DMCA is friends like this. Every time the public sees the DMCA in action like this, the tide of popular support for repeal or reform will grow. Don't you think we owe SunnComm a debt of thanks for shedding light on the true nature of this abysmal law?
The BBC series was my introduction to Douglas Adams. The sometimes cheesy special effects were part of the fun, I thought.
I hope they can borrow Weta Digital's render farm to perfect some of the characters, though anything will be an improvement on the BBC series' special effects.
I have to wonder: can someone who frets about the special effects ever really appreciate the Hitchhiker's Guide? Let your imagination out for a little air!
With it's digital certificate business, Verisign started as a company that dealt in trust. That was the heart of their business. Now it's hard to think of a company I trust less than Verisign.
For this stunt, they should lose their authority to register domain names. This company should never be allowed to touch internet infrastructure.
I've been tempted to order a dual G5. I've resisted the temptation by realizing that my only real reason for wanting it would be to awe friends and co-workers. Pretty shallow. I was ashamed.
What a surprise to find that the folks who buy multi-million dollar supercomputers seek some of the same shallow satisfaction that moves me--bragging rights.
Still, if a single order for 1100 units causes significant delays filling orders for other customers, Apple must not have been expecting to sell many of these things. Maybe I should place an order just to help out.
The Chinese seem determined to avoid patent issues by developing their own chips, and now their own video formats.
The intellectual property laws that were supposed to guarantee our technology a dominant position may, in practice, be shutting U.S. companies out of future marketplaces, as tech customers seek a way around excessive royalties and restrictions.
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But is the internet really the quickest way to access facts - and get them right?
It's not a fair test. The "get them right" requirement skews results against the internet.
I plan on buying a 12" Celestron and doing my observations *with my naked eye*, like a MAN!
I see it! I see--huh... I didn't expect Venus to block out the whole solar disk like that. How odd.
Damn the anti-American universe. I bet it has to do with the United Nations somehow, those hippie-commie bastards.
It's the French. I have it on reliable authority that Venus has Letters of Transit signed by General deGaulle himself. They cannot be rescinded. Not even questioned.
It would seem to me (IANAL) that it would be quite unenforceable, but may send the right message to spyware outfits.
If an unenforceable law sends any message, it is that laws can safely be disregarded. We all remember how Prohibition and draconian anti-drug laws helped to foster our current universal respect for law in the United States.
Rats... I think I'm paranoid.
When Big Oil spends money researching renewable energy, I start imagining that their intent is to scuttle development. I could be wrong, though. Maybe they do want to develop new energy sources. I mean, they can still get a good firm strangle hold on supplies by patenting the new techniques.
Knowledge is power, after all.
I'm glad to see that gravity is a field that attracts all the finest scientific minds.
From the same Computerworld article:
And then Darl Vader sez: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it further.
I've noticed the nervous laughter from other participants when I raise my hand in a big meeting. I've been complimented (well, I took it as a compliment) for having the nerve to ask certain important questions that everyone else was to timid to raise. But not until today did I know I was a wack job.
Actually, this explains a lot...
Typing leads to typos. I think Microsoft is simply trying to send some business Verisign's way.
So now MS is promoting a return to command line interfaces?
Ever since MacOS X brought a command-line interface to the Macintosh world, Microsoft has been desperately playing catch-up. Force of habit.
That would be more of an emotional scene between Anakin and Padme.
With current casting, I don't believe an emotional scene between Anakin and Padme is possible.
Huh? Even SCO wasn't surprised by what happened last friday in court.
A judge in a U.S. courtroom ruled that SCO had to produce some sort of evidence in support of their allegations. Now, honestly... how could anyone have foreseen that happening?
it reminds me of the simpsons episode when homer starts and ISP and microsoft just buys them out.
If I remember correctly, Microsoft doesn't actually buy out Homer's company. Bill Gates arrives with a couple thugs and says, "Acquire his company, boys." Homer expresses shock at Gates' violent methods, and Gates replies "I didn't get this rich by writing a lot of checks."
Of course, The Simpsons is a work of fiction.
This means that 16% of Linux implementations HAVE been affected by SCO's threats.
My guess is that at least some of that 16% had already decided, for whatever reason, that they didn't want to implement Linux. SCO's threats can be used to help rationalize a decision made for other reasons, so they say (falsely) that it has affected their plans.
The decision frequently comes first, and carefully tailored fact-finding afterwards.
Verisign has announced that it will give a 30- to 60-day notice before resuming the SiteFinder 'feature' that it voluntarily shut-down a couple of weeks ago.
Is 30 to 60 days long enough to de-authorize Verisign as a DNS registrar and find someone else to run those top-level domains?
Lets hope it's another Munich!
For some reason, that line really creeps me out.
I know, I know... off-topic.
I've seen the backwards .sigs, and the "ROT26-encoded" .sigs here, claiming that reading the .sig is a violation of the DMCA. I always thought those were jokes!
But seriously, the greatest threat to the DMCA is friends like this. Every time the public sees the DMCA in action like this, the tide of popular support for repeal or reform will grow. Don't you think we owe SunnComm a debt of thanks for shedding light on the true nature of this abysmal law?
The BBC series was my introduction to Douglas Adams. The sometimes cheesy special effects were part of the fun, I thought.
I hope they can borrow Weta Digital's render farm to perfect some of the characters, though anything will be an improvement on the BBC series' special effects.
I have to wonder: can someone who frets about the special effects ever really appreciate the Hitchhiker's Guide? Let your imagination out for a little air!
How good is it? When it was shown to the public, some viewers experienced nausea
Hey, I get that all the time! Especially on Fox News.
With it's digital certificate business, Verisign started as a company that dealt in trust. That was the heart of their business. Now it's hard to think of a company I trust less than Verisign.
For this stunt, they should lose their authority to register domain names. This company should never be allowed to touch internet infrastructure.
I've been tempted to order a dual G5. I've resisted the temptation by realizing that my only real reason for wanting it would be to awe friends and co-workers. Pretty shallow. I was ashamed.
What a surprise to find that the folks who buy multi-million dollar supercomputers seek some of the same shallow satisfaction that moves me--bragging rights.
Still, if a single order for 1100 units causes significant delays filling orders for other customers, Apple must not have been expecting to sell many of these things. Maybe I should place an order just to help out.
4.47 megabytes? Some guy told me I'd never need more than 640K!
The Chinese seem determined to avoid patent issues by developing their own chips, and now their own video formats.
The intellectual property laws that were supposed to guarantee our technology a dominant position may, in practice, be shutting U.S. companies out of future marketplaces, as tech customers seek a way around excessive royalties and restrictions.
How would you like to own Twiki from Buck Rogers, or even better one of Erin Gray's hot spandex pantsuits from the show?
I'm thinking Erin Gray's pantsuits would be fairly disappointing without Erin Gray in them.
Scientific support for my choice of the bachelor lifestyle.
Total bunk!
I've chosen the bachelor lifestyle (or, rather, it was chosen for me) and I'm a total idiot!!
So don't believe everything you read.