In how many cases has the supreme court permitted a restriction in free speech that does not involve falsehoods or conspiracy to commit a crime (an how high is the bar for prosecution of those cases)?
It's not a stretch to consider her blog an attempt to interfere with police investigations. As far as I'm aware, that's illegal in most/all of the United States.
Does it matter? They're collecting information that they shouldn't be.
Would you be OK with a Mac sending Apple a list of all the files your user owns? How about Linux sending the kernel developers your MAC and IP addresses (or traceroute)? How about Windows sending Microsoft a list of all the search terms you've entered into Google? (via the TCP stack, not IE)
Since all 3 of these are OS-related, would you care if those got shuffled? (i.e. Windows sending Microsoft a list of all the files your user owns)
None of these hurt you in any way, yet I wouldn't want any of these situations happening.
In this case, (the shovel analogy) shoveling is legal, and ownership of a shovel is also legal. Even making a shovel is legal. What is illegal is the distribution of shovels, free or not, to other people. You are also not permitted to use your shovel to shovel someone else's pile of dirt. You may only shovel dirt that you own already.
Actually, if this is a DMCA analogy, it's illegal to make (manufacture) your own shovel, too.
So open source tools are against the title 17 Chapter 12 article 1201? That's not meant as a snide remark, that's really disturbing.
Assuming you're referring to "(1) (A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
Two points: 1. A license is not a technological measure. 2. It's illegal to circumvent a license, too. That's why the GPL is enforceable; if someone breaks it, you sue them for it.
No, no, no... lifetime warranty probably wouldn't be legal.
Instead, it should be under warranty for as long as the work it's a copy of is under copyright......which just happens to be longer than a lifetime these days.
Given that Mac Pro is Apple's top line (current models start at $2,499 USD), I would hope it would still be working six years later.
To reiterate, the current Mac Pro line all have single or dual quad-core processors in them, 3+ GB of RAM, 640GB+ Hard Drive, etc...
Of course, you can't upgrade to OSX 10.6, as Apple is dropping support for PowerPC Macs in Snow Leopard. Since Apple only announced Intel Macs four years ago...
Oh, and I will note that I got a computer with similar specs to the current $2,499 Mac Pro from HP for $939.
This is a dangerous stance as I cannot say I've seen much more of Chrome OS than hype but let's imagine it's got really good hardware support and really good software support (tangible)
If by software support, you mean command-line programs, then maybe. However, as far as we know, Google locks out the root account and doesn't let any users sudo any programs.
Also, since Google is forgoing X, none of your Linux GUI apps will work with it.
Microsoft doesn't make their own phones. They do, however, make their own phone OS. Two of them, actually: Windows Compact Edition (WinCE) and Windows Mobile.
The only catch is that Microsoft has yet to open an App Store, although the Windows Marketplace for Mobile is supposed to open before the end of 2009.
And as a student, I *hated* reading online -- I couldn't easily take a highlighter or pen to the article, which was the way I planned out arguments or points I needed to make in various papers I had to write. It could be done, yes, but it wasn't as easy as clicking "print" and then using my existing methods.
eBook readers (or at least Kindle) let you take notes, or the student's lawsuit against Amazon regarding 1984 wouldn't be happening.
How is anyone supposed to remember that "Debian " is MORE recent that "Debian " ????
Debian releases also have version numbers.
For example, the current stable is Debian 5.0 (codenamed "lenny")... well, actually it's 5.0.2, but the.2 only matters if you're downloading disc images, as the updates are handled through apt.
What gets me really frustrated is people in the left lane, going at or slightly below the speed limit, with a LONG line behind them. It's situations like these that cause problems, as people who wish to go faster try to get around the slowpokes.
One of the freeways I drive down (I-496) has this happen all the time.
The catch is that these cars are still passing the people in the right lane, who are going at least 10mph below the speed limit.
To clarify, the speed limit on I-496 went from 55mph to 70mph a few years ago, and some people still don't seem to have caught on that the speed limit has increased.
The ActiveX killbits weren't the only thing updated. Microsoft also updated Visual Studio 2003 SP1, 2005 SP1, 2008, and 2008 SP1; along with their respective runtimes.
I thought Vista was supposed to be built with.NET, only to have those plans scrapped. If MS isn't building their OS with C# and.NET, there must be a reason.
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It's not a stretch to consider her blog an attempt to interfere with police investigations. As far as I'm aware, that's illegal in most/all of the United States.
And to quote a more credible source, saith the CIA World Factbook:
Really? What does this iDigress app do?!
Does it matter? They're collecting information that they shouldn't be.
Would you be OK with a Mac sending Apple a list of all the files your user owns?
How about Linux sending the kernel developers your MAC and IP addresses (or traceroute)?
How about Windows sending Microsoft a list of all the search terms you've entered into Google? (via the TCP stack, not IE)
Since all 3 of these are OS-related, would you care if those got shuffled? (i.e. Windows sending Microsoft a list of all the files your user owns)
None of these hurt you in any way, yet I wouldn't want any of these situations happening.
Actually, if this is a DMCA analogy, it's illegal to make (manufacture) your own shovel, too.
Assuming you're referring to "(1) (A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
Two points:
1. A license is not a technological measure.
2. It's illegal to circumvent a license, too. That's why the GPL is enforceable; if someone breaks it, you sue them for it.
No, no, no... lifetime warranty probably wouldn't be legal.
Instead, it should be under warranty for as long as the work it's a copy of is under copyright... ...which just happens to be longer than a lifetime these days.
Given that Mac Pro is Apple's top line (current models start at $2,499 USD), I would hope it would still be working six years later.
To reiterate, the current Mac Pro line all have single or dual quad-core processors in them, 3+ GB of RAM, 640GB+ Hard Drive, etc...
Of course, you can't upgrade to OSX 10.6, as Apple is dropping support for PowerPC Macs in Snow Leopard. Since Apple only announced Intel Macs four years ago...
Oh, and I will note that I got a computer with similar specs to the current $2,499 Mac Pro from HP for $939.
If by software support, you mean command-line programs, then maybe. However, as far as we know, Google locks out the root account and doesn't let any users sudo any programs.
Also, since Google is forgoing X, none of your Linux GUI apps will work with it.
Microsoft doesn't make their own phones. They do, however, make their own phone OS. Two of them, actually: Windows Compact Edition (WinCE) and Windows Mobile.
The only catch is that Microsoft has yet to open an App Store, although the Windows Marketplace for Mobile is supposed to open before the end of 2009.
The only reason he was referred as Dubya (or W) was because referring to "president George Bush" (or "former president George Bush") was/is ambiguous.
eBook readers (or at least Kindle) let you take notes, or the student's lawsuit against Amazon regarding 1984 wouldn't be happening.
Maybe he's hiking in the Stonetalons?
Debian releases also have version numbers.
For example, the current stable is Debian 5.0 (codenamed "lenny")... well, actually it's 5.0.2, but the .2 only matters if you're downloading disc images, as the updates are handled through apt.
One of the freeways I drive down (I-496) has this happen all the time.
The catch is that these cars are still passing the people in the right lane, who are going at least 10mph below the speed limit.
To clarify, the speed limit on I-496 went from 55mph to 70mph a few years ago, and some people still don't seem to have caught on that the speed limit has increased.
The ActiveX killbits weren't the only thing updated. Microsoft also updated Visual Studio 2003 SP1, 2005 SP1, 2008, and 2008 SP1; along with their respective runtimes.
I think you're confusing Vista with Singularity.
Dune 2 already got remade once. You want another?
If all you want is a shooter with funny one-liners that you can play over the Internet, I recommend getting Team Fortress 2.
I thought the Sierra name was gone now... as is Vivendi/Universal.
It's Activision Blizzard now.
There's probably a reason why the King's Quest Collector's Edition that Activision Blizzard put on Steam only has the first 7 games...
Unfortunately, when it gets cut off as part of the plot of Metroid Fusion, she doesn't wear a bikini. :(
Actually, it's the same Ganondorf.
There are also a few times where it's the same Link:
The first and second Zelda games have the same Link, but different Zeldas.
Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask have the same Link and Zelda.
Oracles of Ages and Oracle of Seasons have the same Link and Zelda. Well, Zelda doesn't really appear in it.
Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass, and Spirit Tracks all have the same Link and Zelda.
However, the actual timeline is screwed up beyond all compare.
Entertainment sales dropping during a continued recession isn't exactly a surprise. People have less money, so they buy less.
That's why I thought Time Magazine's conclusions last year were just ludicrous, as they predicted that entertainment sales would go up.