It wouldn't surprise me one bit to discover these guys were just creating talk that would pump the stock up.
That's pretty much the job of company execs. As I understand it (IANAL, etc etc), they can only go to jail for this if they actually lie. I could be wrong...
Don't blame the SCO execs for this. Don't even blame the SEC.
This isn't a case of insider trading. There is nothing hidden here. SCO execs, and anyone closely following the case, knows that SCO doesn't have a chance at winning the lawsuits.
Blame the stock traders who think that SCO will win, and gain something financially out of all of this. They are the ones buying this stock the execs are selling.
When a bank loses money due to a fraudulent ATM transaction, they pay for it. Yes, the customer pays for it in an abstract sense, but you know what I mean.
If the bank thought they could save money by upgrading ATMs, they would do so, and pocket the extra money. Obviously they don't think so.
If you really think there's a possibility that a company making voting machines puts in a systematic change in votes, you better go put that tinfoil hat back on. Hackers, maybe. Poll workers, maybe. But the manufacturer? Just because a website claims it is so doesn't make it true.
Somehow I doubt Abraham Lincoln is spinning in his grave, since he imposed martial(sp?) law on Maryland and I believe some other places. I'm not saying what he did was wrong, but it was sure as hell more than GW did, and they both have good reasons.
Besides, American citizens are not having (significant) rights taken away. (I don't consider the right to hack the X-Box or something like that significant). I'm not saying taking non-American citizens rights away is OK, but it isn't nearly as bad as some people are making out of it.
Uh...he has security. And freedom. The President goes pretty much wherever the hell he wants, the Secret Service only curtails other people's freedom for his safety, which is understandable.
"Don't forget - 50% of all lawyers graduate in the bottom half of their class."
Actually I doubt that's true. I imagine the bottom 50% of the class has a significantly lower chance of passing the Bar. 50% of all lawyers score in the lower 50% of the Bar exam is pretty much all you could say on that, but I don't give much credibility to that as long as they pass...which isn't to say anyone who passes the bar is a good lawyer, I'm just saying it's not a good assessment to use.
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It was clear from the manner of the post that it was Bush taking away your civil rights that bothered you, not the civil rights themselves. Hence, off topic.
Everyone is getting in a big huff over this, but it isn't the wiretapping that's new. The phone company has ALWAYS been able to listen in on your conversation. The FBI has ALWAYS been able to listen in on your conversation, with a court order. This has not changed. The only difference is, the material that is recorded (which is done so only on a court order) is not secure. Incompetency? Yes. Congress trampling all over your civil liberties? Not really. A hacker can't listen to you unless the FBI already did, in which case you're probably screwed anyway:)
I'm not saying this shouldn't be fixed, I'm saying it's not a big deal.
I'm sorry, but that is a piss-poor excuse for not standing up to the current administration's land-grab on our civil liberties, and congress' spineless acquiescence to the same.
Uh, off topic.
From the article:
Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which was passed by Congress in 1994
If you cure disease, then pharmaceutical company no longer makes money.
Theres actually copywrights, and patent lawsuits protecting information about diseases because of capitalism.
Its because of capitalism that this info7rmation about diseases, and their cures, exists. Companies dump a lot of money into cures, of course they want to make some back. Kinda hard to do that if you get no benefit from being the one who discovered the cure.
If there was governmental funding, then information would be shared freely, and focus would be aimed at the cures.
Uh, no. If there were governmental funding, then it would cost 10x as much, and they wouldn't cure anything. There is no real 'motive' for government research areas to come up with cures, they get funding regardless. Its (almost always) in the private sector that innovation comes, particularly in the pharmiceutical industry.
Of course, countries are the same as people in a marketplace. If you cure AIDS, you can't sell drugs to foreign countries. The only thing curing AIDS would do is raise foreigner's opinions of your country... But that doesn't buy guns.
Yes, and the US goverment is currently focusing satellite rays on me forcing me to type this. Really.
And let's ignore the fact that the US spends a TON more on foreign aid than any other country, specifically in providing FREE* drugs to victims.
*By free I meant paid for by American taxpayers. Like me.
As the other guy said, gwernol is wrong. And the only reason there is right-wing knee-jerk reaction towards environmentalism is because its a big load of crap. Mt. St. Helen's did more environmental damage/pollution than the (rest of the) 20th century.
I looked at your link. You're wrong. Do a quick search on "Freon" in that page. Better yet, I'll show you what you get:
Four possible causes were put forth as to what caused the foam to separate from the External Tank:
1. The primer that bonds the tank foam to the External Tank itself was defective and did not set properly.
2. The aerodynamics of the roll to "heads up." The STS-87 mission was the first time this maneuver had ever been completed.
3. The change in the production methods of the foam to exclude the use of Freon and/or any ozone-damaging fluorocarbons.
4. An unforeseen shrinking of the External Tank due to cryogenic loading, leading to separation of the foam from the Tank and compromising its integrity and resistance to atmospheric drag at high velocities.
(emphasis mine)
So. The conspiracy theory that politically correct environmentalists caused the disaster is (possibly) right.
"Despite that the Freon-based foam worked well and that an exemption from the CFC phase-out could have been obtained, NASA succumbed to political correctness. The agency substituted an allegedly more eco-friendly foam for the Freon-based foam.
PC-foam was an immediate problem.
The first mission with PC-foam resulted in 11 times more damaged thermal tiles on Columbia than the previous mission with the Freon-based foam."
From all the King's quest, Police quest, and Space quest games I learned how to type quickly. I can still type "unlock door" "open door" incredibly fast
There really was no such thing as a Japanes civilian. If we hadn't done that, they most likely would have fought till every last man (or woman or child). Only by showing our ability to completely and utterly annihilate them would they surrender.
Of course it would have been nice if we could use modern weapons to do tactical strikes on all of their ships and factories of war, but it just wasn't feasible with the technology we had.
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Most Americans think at least half the world that matters speaks English.
American attitude is if you don't speak English, you don't matter :)
I feel bad for the server...slowly frying all of its circuits...
Well, maybe not slowly.
That's pretty much the job of company execs. As I understand it (IANAL, etc etc), they can only go to jail for this if they actually lie. I could be wrong...
If you throw your CDs into the harbor, you're throwing away something you paid the RIAA for.
Try throwing their shipments of CDs into the harbor. Dumping your own tea into a harbor wouldn't've done crap.
Don't blame the SCO execs for this. Don't even blame the SEC.
This isn't a case of insider trading. There is nothing hidden here. SCO execs, and anyone closely following the case, knows that SCO doesn't have a chance at winning the lawsuits.
Blame the stock traders who think that SCO will win, and gain something financially out of all of this. They are the ones buying this stock the execs are selling.
When a bank loses money due to a fraudulent ATM transaction, they pay for it. Yes, the customer pays for it in an abstract sense, but you know what I mean.
If the bank thought they could save money by upgrading ATMs, they would do so, and pocket the extra money. Obviously they don't think so.
Oh come on.
If you really think there's a possibility that a company making voting machines puts in a systematic change in votes, you better go put that tinfoil hat back on. Hackers, maybe. Poll workers, maybe. But the manufacturer? Just because a website claims it is so doesn't make it true.
So...Hawaii is perfectly flat, then? Same elevation on all sides...
Somehow I doubt Abraham Lincoln is spinning in his grave, since he imposed martial(sp?) law on Maryland and I believe some other places. I'm not saying what he did was wrong, but it was sure as hell more than GW did, and they both have good reasons.
Besides, American citizens are not having (significant) rights taken away. (I don't consider the right to hack the X-Box or something like that significant). I'm not saying taking non-American citizens rights away is OK, but it isn't nearly as bad as some people are making out of it.
Uh...he has security. And freedom. The President goes pretty much wherever the hell he wants, the Secret Service only curtails other people's freedom for his safety, which is understandable.
"Don't forget - 50% of all lawyers graduate in the bottom half of their class."
Actually I doubt that's true. I imagine the bottom 50% of the class has a significantly lower chance of passing the Bar. 50% of all lawyers score in the lower 50% of the Bar exam is pretty much all you could say on that, but I don't give much credibility to that as long as they pass...which isn't to say anyone who passes the bar is a good lawyer, I'm just saying it's not a good assessment to use.
Dear rootofevil,
It has come to our attention that you are in possession of a 52x cd copier. This is obviously a device used to pirate our intellectual property. You can burn a full sized CD in approximately 10 minutes with this. In order to be sure that we lose no money from your piracy, we must assume that you have been using this 24/7 for one year. Therefore, you may make a check out to us for $17.99 for every CD you pirated. Please send us a check for $945,554.40 within one week, along with your illegal piracy tool, or we will be forced to sue for the $945,554.40, plus an extra $945,554.40 for every cd you stole, assuming you then distributed these cds to other pirates, who then copied them also, totalling a sum of $49,699,284,818.40.
Sincerely,
RIAA
It was clear from the manner of the post that it was Bush taking away your civil rights that bothered you, not the civil rights themselves. Hence, off topic.
Anyone else see a confounding variable here? If you 'marry well,' I'd say there's a better chance of you already turning away from crime...
Everyone is getting in a big huff over this, but it isn't the wiretapping that's new. The phone company has ALWAYS been able to listen in on your conversation. The FBI has ALWAYS been able to listen in on your conversation, with a court order. This has not changed. The only difference is, the material that is recorded (which is done so only on a court order) is not secure. Incompetency? Yes. Congress trampling all over your civil liberties? Not really. A hacker can't listen to you unless the FBI already did, in which case you're probably screwed anyway :)
I'm not saying this shouldn't be fixed, I'm saying it's not a big deal.
Uh, off topic.
From the article: Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which was passed by Congress in 1994
94. Under Clinton. Not current administration.
If you cure disease, then pharmaceutical company no longer makes money.
Theres actually copywrights, and patent lawsuits protecting information about diseases because of capitalism.
Its because of capitalism that this info7rmation about diseases, and their cures, exists. Companies dump a lot of money into cures, of course they want to make some back. Kinda hard to do that if you get no benefit from being the one who discovered the cure.
If there was governmental funding, then information would be shared freely, and focus would be aimed at the cures.
Uh, no. If there were governmental funding, then it would cost 10x as much, and they wouldn't cure anything. There is no real 'motive' for government research areas to come up with cures, they get funding regardless. Its (almost always) in the private sector that innovation comes, particularly in the pharmiceutical industry.
Of course, countries are the same as people in a marketplace. If you cure AIDS, you can't sell drugs to foreign countries. The only thing curing AIDS would do is raise foreigner's opinions of your country... But that doesn't buy guns.
Yes, and the US goverment is currently focusing satellite rays on me forcing me to type this. Really.
And let's ignore the fact that the US spends a TON more on foreign aid than any other country, specifically in providing FREE* drugs to victims.
*By free I meant paid for by American taxpayers. Like me.
As the other guy said, gwernol is wrong. And the only reason there is right-wing knee-jerk reaction towards environmentalism is because its a big load of crap. Mt. St. Helen's did more environmental damage/pollution than the (rest of the) 20th century.
I looked at your link. You're wrong. Do a quick search on "Freon" in that page. Better yet, I'll show you what you get:
Four possible causes were put forth as to what caused the foam to separate from the External Tank:
1. The primer that bonds the tank foam to the External Tank itself was defective and did not set properly.
2. The aerodynamics of the roll to "heads up." The STS-87 mission was the first time this maneuver had ever been completed.
3. The change in the production methods of the foam to exclude the use of Freon and/or any ozone-damaging fluorocarbons.
4. An unforeseen shrinking of the External Tank due to cryogenic loading, leading to separation of the foam from the Tank and compromising its integrity and resistance to atmospheric drag at high velocities.
(emphasis mine)
So. The conspiracy theory that politically correct environmentalists caused the disaster is (possibly) right.
Look for yourself. (Its the first one)
Or, if you're lazy:
"Despite that the Freon-based foam worked well and that an exemption from the CFC phase-out could have been obtained, NASA succumbed to political correctness. The agency substituted an allegedly more eco-friendly foam for the Freon-based foam.
PC-foam was an immediate problem.
The first mission with PC-foam resulted in 11 times more damaged thermal tiles on Columbia than the previous mission with the Freon-based foam."
From all the King's quest, Police quest, and Space quest games I learned how to type quickly. I can still type "unlock door" "open door" incredibly fast
It's HIPAA not HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
How does a NASA astronaut who's been in the Navy for 10+ years and has been in serious training for most of it represent the underprivileged?
Besides, the point of NASA tax money is not to give the underprivileged 'some degree of personal fulfillment.' That's what welfare is for.
...and That Microsoft are the ones that keep pushing new technologies. This is obviously some use of the word 'new' with which I am not familiar.
There really was no such thing as a Japanes civilian. If we hadn't done that, they most likely would have fought till every last man (or woman or child). Only by showing our ability to completely and utterly annihilate them would they surrender.
Of course it would have been nice if we could use modern weapons to do tactical strikes on all of their ships and factories of war, but it just wasn't feasible with the technology we had.