You're assuming one company, in which case it hurts. If you're talking about an entire industry (ie taxes) you've just universally jacked up the cost of doing business. They can all charge $60/mo instead of $40, remain competitive in their market, maintain their profit margins and in the end the "little guy" eats it.
Cohen is a lot more careful to stay within the law, but the intent and "morality" of it is the same. One just happens to be more extreme.
I have to say, I think that part about one being far more extreme has an effect on the morality discussion. Cohen might embarrass a public figure. These people cause serious damage to personal property and threaten the health and safety of their fellow man.
I suspect that if the second half were the case they'd have done this a couple years ago. The military doesn't actually NEED what we'd consider a good excuse to put a gag order on those in their service.
Customer-centric aura? Apple is among the more notorious customer-hating companies of all time.
Hermetically sealed machines, chasing down their own fanbois for posting information, regularly silencing critics by force... the list goes on and on. Apple has a SHIT track record, and worst of all, doesn't care.
At the time getting any sip solution working was a bonafide pain in the ass. Most solutions AT LEAST involved getting a client working, getting around your local firewalling, finding a service provider to hook it up to, and dealing with addressing.
Skype managed to hammer down all of the problems associated with PC VoIP in one solid hit.
To date I still don't know of a solution that challenges it's blend of simplicity and features, though I haven't actively looked for one in a long time. But lets face it, a SIP client is not a challenger to Skpye.
Really? CentOS is robbing Redhat of their hard work and giving it to selfish, cheap people? Really? You've clearly misunderstood the very basic concepts of OSS.
And who cries for the people that made the software that Redhat freely uses in their distros? Lest you forget, while they've contributed a great deal, Redhat has contributed less than they distribute. Same for SuSE, Ubuntu, et al.
Regardless... I think we can all trust that the actuaries will get the specifics hammered out.
These are insurance companies we're talking about. They're not working on guesswork and wild theories... what with millions of dollars hanging in the balance. Undoubtedly they have all of this worked out to the fractions of a penny.
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You're assuming one company, in which case it hurts. If you're talking about an entire industry (ie taxes) you've just universally jacked up the cost of doing business. They can all charge $60/mo instead of $40, remain competitive in their market, maintain their profit margins and in the end the "little guy" eats it.
Taxes suck.
Cohen is a lot more careful to stay within the law, but the intent and "morality" of it is the same. One just happens to be more extreme.
I have to say, I think that part about one being far more extreme has an effect on the morality discussion. Cohen might embarrass a public figure. These people cause serious damage to personal property and threaten the health and safety of their fellow man.
I think the original contract usually allows them to amend it without it being a breach.
You lost me.
I'm pretty sure it's the giggle fit while driving 35 mph on the expressway that gets you killed.
I suspect that if the second half were the case they'd have done this a couple years ago. The military doesn't actually NEED what we'd consider a good excuse to put a gag order on those in their service.
noob.
Or email lists??
Customer-centric aura? Apple is among the more notorious customer-hating companies of all time.
Hermetically sealed machines, chasing down their own fanbois for posting information, regularly silencing critics by force... the list goes on and on. Apple has a SHIT track record, and worst of all, doesn't care.
That will never happen. SIP is great for desktop phone to server comm on a LAN. It's terrible as a replacement for Skpye.
Typical horseshit.
At the time getting any sip solution working was a bonafide pain in the ass. Most solutions AT LEAST involved getting a client working, getting around your local firewalling, finding a service provider to hook it up to, and dealing with addressing.
Skype managed to hammer down all of the problems associated with PC VoIP in one solid hit.
To date I still don't know of a solution that challenges it's blend of simplicity and features, though I haven't actively looked for one in a long time. But lets face it, a SIP client is not a challenger to Skpye.
2 billion dollars worth?
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see it but...
That's silly... we all know nuking them from orbit is the only way to be sure.
Really? CentOS is robbing Redhat of their hard work and giving it to selfish, cheap people? Really? You've clearly misunderstood the very basic concepts of OSS.
And who cries for the people that made the software that Redhat freely uses in their distros? Lest you forget, while they've contributed a great deal, Redhat has contributed less than they distribute. Same for SuSE, Ubuntu, et al.
you are comparing coffee and fish
- gag reflex -
My understanding was that the GPL only really required you to provide the source if asked to provide it, at a minimum.
Isn't this saying that they did exactly that?
But then you wouldn't be required to pay someone.
Of course there's nothing wrong with it.
Besides, have you SEEN what it costs to advertise on /.? It ain't cheap... and without ads this site wouldn't exist. It's not free.
"This is like Duke Nukem Forever all over again."
Hopefully Hubble. Plagued up front, hugely successful later on.
Is there any particular reason you had to be an ass here?
Regardless... I think we can all trust that the actuaries will get the specifics hammered out.
These are insurance companies we're talking about. They're not working on guesswork and wild theories... what with millions of dollars hanging in the balance. Undoubtedly they have all of this worked out to the fractions of a penny.
Or pay-for-download and/or pay-for-lookup service, and keep the site online.
Chrome (despite what it says up there) does not show the Liza font, or any other on that page, from what I can see.
You're right, it needs to be done by humans to be sure.
Amazon's Mechanical Turk should do the trick.
https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome
That's a fantastic idea.