I had copied the html, but 'tis long gone now. This was back in '95 so it was pretty much just text, it gave a simple overview of what was going on at the school, I've since gotten rid of everything that was even associated with the school, but I was amazed how vigorously they pursued the issue. College Campuses are supposed to be the bastion of free speech, but they are now simply machines, give us your money and we'll give you a piece of paper saying how smart you are so once you do something to possibly threaten the cash flow, I've sinced learned will draw the ire of the President and Dean *grin*
I went to a school called Wesley College located in Dover, Delaware (In my opinion, you should go there as I think it is a wretched excuse for a college). We in the student government found out the President was using our student activity money to pay off some private lands, we called them on it and the administration was out to get each on of us. I made a webpage detailing these facts and I was promptly kicked out of school and they threated to sue me for "disparagement of business" meaning I was badmouthing them and costing them money (it was a private school). No real moral to the story here, I contacted the ACLU about suing for freedom of speech, but again it was a private school, and appealing the suspension would have kept me out of school too long. Turns out it was the best mistake I ever made, I transferred to Arizona State and had a grand old time. But look for a lot of these business to claim "disparagement of business", or a similar applicable law in your state, to try and shut you up. Be steadfast and speak your mind, it is your God given right. I'm glad I spoke up about Bad Things.
I think they should invoke some Hall of Fame rule, something to the effect that a baseball player can't immediately be elected to the hall of fame, he has to wait something like five years or so then he can be considered. Should be the same with the IMDB top movies list.
vaporware a generic term as well? sorry had to say it. =)
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I'm running blackice defender (i know, i know, real men run firewalls at the network layer) however I'm up to about 8-9 scans or my port80 every hour and it seems to be increasing.
This decision was upheld unanimously by a very conservative lower court, there is no way the Supreme Court would overturn that. There are no higher judges, but even Supreme Court Justices will respect a lower court's decision if made that emphatically. I expect this to be denied cert, which essentailly means that the Supreme Court has voice their agreement with the lower court's decision without actually hearing the appeal.
mp3 was the standard long before win98 came out. Ppl would get mp3's from irc and play them with winplay3 (the only player that actually worked at the time) and then winamp came out and blew it off the map. Winamp didn't even have winamp.com back then (my friend did, *evil*) Only then did MS support mp3 playback.
do you have any more info on the absinthe/red bull combo? Actually, what is the details of the whole absinthe legality in the UK? I was able to order the different ingredients to make some absinthe in the US, but I don't know if it's entirely legal to make/sell it. This is a wee offtopic, so you can email me personally if you'd like. mattwarren75@yahoo.com
I've batted against this thing at the Vet in Philly where they have one set up, and I must say that is extremely realistic in that if you can see the pitches hand and you can watch for the seams instead of the old goofy BP balls. The only complaint is every pitcher and ever pitch has the same release. Like the article says there is no 3/4 release and there are no sidearm or submariners, but on the whole it's an amazing device and mixes up the pitches well. If you're near a ballpark in your hometown, I recommend trying it.
of winxp don't require the activation. they show up as already activated (thank god, for those of us that have to work with it). now if joe techie gets his 'trial-ware' from work as most joe techies do, then it's the same old story. but all it really does is stop a few home users from handing out his cd, that he most likely paid for to begin with, to his buddies. Bill's gonna have to build another silo for all that extra money he's savin.
comment made by Judge jackson. On pages 10+11 of the brief is this paragraph:
What is somewhat problematic,however,is that just over six years have passed since Microsoft engaged in the first conduct plaintiffs allege to be anticompetitive.As the record in this case indicates,six years seems like an eternity in thecomputer industry.By the time a court can assess liability,firms,products,and the marketplace are likely to have changed dramatically.This,in turn,threatens enormous practical difficulties for courts considering the appropriate measure of relief in equitable enforcement actions,both in crafting injunctive remedies in the first instance and reviewing those remedies in the second.Conduct remedies may be unavailing in such cases,because innovation to a large degree has already rendered the anticompetitive conduct obsolete (although by no means harmless).And broader structural remedies present their own set of problems,including how a court goes about restoring competition to a dramatically ch anged,and constantly changing,marketplace. That is just one reason why we find the District Court 's refusal in the present case to hold an evidentiary hearing on remedies to update and flesh out the available information before seriously entertaining the possibility of dramatic structural relief so problematic.
Now what that says to me is that simply put, the punishment no longer fits the crime. I believe this isn't as big a victory for Microsoft as it originally seemed after seeing the headlines. Look for a more fitting punishment to follow seeing how an Operating Systems company and an Applications company could still control the marketplace in much the same way as it is now. (It could also mean they get off scot free, but I thought I'd look for that silver lining.)
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...the airwaves belong to american public, not to the corporations.
Jabber is an ok client, but like people have posted already - it does have a problem with frequent disconnections. The good thing about aim is that aol has to answer to paying costumers and we aim users get to tag along just for the price of looking couple ads on the buddy list window (you can hack that out?!?!?! shhhhh!!!!) The worst thing about aim is that it's not the best client out there that uses the oscar/toc protocol. I personally prefer that 'penguin pimpin IM clone' that the cool people call Gaim mostly because of the tabbed conversation windows It's their servers, so I can't blame them if they're disconnected clients that use their clock cycles but don't display their ads, but AOL could actually (put on rose colored glasses....now!) win a few hearts if they would allow 3rd parties to create clients that would could connect using oscar (toc works in gaim I believe) if they displayed the small ads. (hey eurdora and opera are adware, but they rock) - I'll step away from the soapbox now, but AOL really needs to do something along the lines of opening up their servers/protocol before the gov't has something to say about a supposed Instant Messaging monopoly. The only other solution would be someone like Jabber, but with such frequent d/c as it stands now, what would it be like if they had 30 million users like aol has?
maybe if they spent more time on getting the xbox ready for release and less time doctoring photos it'd be ready to ship! But seriously, MS really needs to beat Metal Gear Solid 2 and Gran Turismo 3 out of the gate. Like a lot of people I bought stinky ZOE just to play the MGS2 demo and boy does it wail. GT3 looks equally as killer. Once sony gets a few titles like this out on the market, there'll be a point where MS won't be able to catch up. Sony's release games weren't great, they've been a couple alright titles since, but the time is ripe for MS (or nintendo for that matter) to really come in and clean house, but like they say time is money...and market share.
Since this is still a couple years off, I would imagine there would be a larger proliferation of smarthouses. I'd like to be able to plug the thermostat into my existing ethernet network and be able put a firewall in front of all the appliances. I mean the posts about the script kiddies and 'all your appliances are belong to us' are hilarious, but it is a serious issue. And there are privacy issues at stake here as well. I wouldn't mind if I call washing machine tech support and they connect to my dryer or whatever with VNC for appliances or whatever, but I don't like that a company could harvest all this usage information from all these smart appliances and use it for whatever.
sorry to do this to everybody, it's kinda related though. Check out the billboard's in this screenshot of Acclaim's All-Star Baseball 2002. Oy Vey! This is truly a sign of the coming apocalypse!
You know, being the bitter sarcastic unbelieving SOB that I am, I'm gonna say that being that if this actually did happen - it'd be a terrifically historical occasion. That said, I would think there'd be some videtape or some documentation other than a cursory article in a Dallas rag the next day. I refuse to take this at face value. Sounds kinda fishy to me. A Governor appears holographically in front of other people just for a meeting. I mean, obviously being that I2 isn't fully implemented yet, not to mention holographic telephony (if that's even a correct term) and they used it just for a run of the mill meeting. This is the type of thing you'd see featured at Comdex. This is truly groundbreaking, and it was just used for a business meeting in Texas? All apologies if I'm wrong, but I'd like to see more evidence to this fact. If it actually took place, evidence and documentation must surely exist. I simply find it hard to believe that this went through as stated like a 'scene from star wars'. No hiccups or bugs to speak of??? Just some perfect futuristic technology? I mean, I can't even find an audio driver for my friggen sound card under linux and these guys are having holographic meetings with each other. I'll believe it when I see it - sounds like a company pushing vaporware/bugware/promisware/etc..ware to me.
to my mind you cannot ever break the laws of physics...only your ideas of what the laws of physics are can be wrong.
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I'd have to agree with the others in that you should gradually jump off the microsoft plank with Caldera 2.3 or another linux distro. I'd also highly recommend a book called "Learning the Unix Operating System" by O'Reilly It's a great book if you've been stuck in that crazy wintel world for too long.
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I loved LOTR but best movie of all time? No effin way - and neither is Black Hawk Down, thank God The Godfather is back in it's rightful place at #1
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I played football in college and I was also in the chess club. So eat that McFly. I guess I should have kicked my own ass?
I had copied the html, but 'tis long gone now. This was back in '95 so it was pretty much just text, it gave a simple overview of what was going on at the school, I've since gotten rid of everything that was even associated with the school, but I was amazed how vigorously they pursued the issue. College Campuses are supposed to be the bastion of free speech, but they are now simply machines, give us your money and we'll give you a piece of paper saying how smart you are so once you do something to possibly threaten the cash flow, I've sinced learned will draw the ire of the President and Dean *grin*
sorry bout that, got a little worked up.
I went to a school called Wesley College located in Dover, Delaware (In my opinion, you should go there as I think it is a wretched excuse for a college). We in the student government found out the President was using our student activity money to pay off some private lands, we called them on it and the administration was out to get each on of us. I made a webpage detailing these facts and I was promptly kicked out of school and they threated to sue me for "disparagement of business" meaning I was badmouthing them and costing them money (it was a private school). No real moral to the story here, I contacted the ACLU about suing for freedom of speech, but again it was a private school, and appealing the suspension would have kept me out of school too long. Turns out it was the best mistake I ever made, I transferred to Arizona State and had a grand old time. But look for a lot of these business to claim "disparagement of business", or a similar applicable law in your state, to try and shut you up. Be steadfast and speak your mind, it is your God given right. I'm glad I spoke up about Bad Things.
I think they should invoke some Hall of Fame rule, something to the effect that a baseball player can't immediately be elected to the hall of fame, he has to wait something like five years or so then he can be considered. Should be the same with the IMDB top movies list.
vaporware a generic term as well? sorry had to say it. =)
I'm running blackice defender (i know, i know, real men run firewalls at the network layer) however I'm up to about 8-9 scans or my port80 every hour and it seems to be increasing.
This decision was upheld unanimously by a very conservative lower court, there is no way the Supreme Court would overturn that. There are no higher judges, but even Supreme Court Justices will respect a lower court's decision if made that emphatically. I expect this to be denied cert, which essentailly means that the Supreme Court has voice their agreement with the lower court's decision without actually hearing the appeal.
mp3 was the standard long before win98 came out. Ppl would get mp3's from irc and play them with winplay3 (the only player that actually worked at the time) and then winamp came out and blew it off the map. Winamp didn't even have winamp.com back then (my friend did, *evil*) Only then did MS support mp3 playback.
do you have any more info on the absinthe/red bull combo? Actually, what is the details of the whole absinthe legality in the UK? I was able to order the different ingredients to make some absinthe in the US, but I don't know if it's entirely legal to make/sell it. This is a wee offtopic, so you can email me personally if you'd like. mattwarren75@yahoo.com
I've batted against this thing at the Vet in Philly where they have one set up, and I must say that is extremely realistic in that if you can see the pitches hand and you can watch for the seams instead of the old goofy BP balls. The only complaint is every pitcher and ever pitch has the same release. Like the article says there is no 3/4 release and there are no sidearm or submariners, but on the whole it's an amazing device and mixes up the pitches well. If you're near a ballpark in your hometown, I recommend trying it.
of winxp don't require the activation. they show up as already activated (thank god, for those of us that have to work with it). now if joe techie gets his 'trial-ware' from work as most joe techies do, then it's the same old story. but all it really does is stop a few home users from handing out his cd, that he most likely paid for to begin with, to his buddies. Bill's gonna have to build another silo for all that extra money he's savin.
Now what that says to me is that simply put, the punishment no longer fits the crime. I believe this isn't as big a victory for Microsoft as it originally seemed after seeing the headlines. Look for a more fitting punishment to follow seeing how an Operating Systems company and an Applications company could still control the marketplace in much the same way as it is now. (It could also mean they get off scot free, but I thought I'd look for that silver lining.)
...the airwaves belong to american public, not to the corporations.
Jabber is an ok client, but like people have posted already - it does have a problem with frequent disconnections. The good thing about aim is that aol has to answer to paying costumers and we aim users get to tag along just for the price of looking couple ads on the buddy list window (you can hack that out?!?!?! shhhhh!!!!) The worst thing about aim is that it's not the best client out there that uses the oscar/toc protocol. I personally prefer that 'penguin pimpin IM clone' that the cool people call Gaim mostly because of the tabbed conversation windows It's their servers, so I can't blame them if they're disconnected clients that use their clock cycles but don't display their ads, but AOL could actually (put on rose colored glasses....now!) win a few hearts if they would allow 3rd parties to create clients that would could connect using oscar (toc works in gaim I believe) if they displayed the small ads. (hey eurdora and opera are adware, but they rock) - I'll step away from the soapbox now, but AOL really needs to do something along the lines of opening up their servers/protocol before the gov't has something to say about a supposed Instant Messaging monopoly. The only other solution would be someone like Jabber, but with such frequent d/c as it stands now, what would it be like if they had 30 million users like aol has?
maybe if they spent more time on getting the xbox ready for release and less time doctoring photos it'd be ready to ship! But seriously, MS really needs to beat Metal Gear Solid 2 and Gran Turismo 3 out of the gate. Like a lot of people I bought stinky ZOE just to play the MGS2 demo and boy does it wail. GT3 looks equally as killer. Once sony gets a few titles like this out on the market, there'll be a point where MS won't be able to catch up. Sony's release games weren't great, they've been a couple alright titles since, but the time is ripe for MS (or nintendo for that matter) to really come in and clean house, but like they say time is money...and market share.
Microsoft will also be dropping for Bluetooth and the TCP/IP protocol. Microsoft is throwing it's support behind LanMan and carrier pidgeons.
Microsoft Windows NT © - not yet compatible with being sealed behind walls.
Since this is still a couple years off, I would imagine there would be a larger proliferation of smarthouses. I'd like to be able to plug the thermostat into my existing ethernet network and be able put a firewall in front of all the appliances. I mean the posts about the script kiddies and 'all your appliances are belong to us' are hilarious, but it is a serious issue. And there are privacy issues at stake here as well. I wouldn't mind if I call washing machine tech support and they connect to my dryer or whatever with VNC for appliances or whatever, but I don't like that a company could harvest all this usage information from all these smart appliances and use it for whatever.
sorry to do this to everybody, it's kinda related though. Check out the billboard's in
this screenshot of Acclaim's All-Star Baseball 2002. Oy Vey! This is truly a sign of the coming apocalypse!
You know, being the bitter sarcastic unbelieving SOB that I am, I'm gonna say that being that if this actually did happen - it'd be a terrifically historical occasion. That said, I would think there'd be some videtape or some documentation other than a cursory article in a Dallas rag the next day. I refuse to take this at face value. Sounds kinda fishy to me. A Governor appears holographically in front of other people just for a meeting. I mean, obviously being that I2 isn't fully implemented yet, not to mention holographic telephony (if that's even a correct term) and they used it just for a run of the mill meeting. This is the type of thing you'd see featured at Comdex. This is truly groundbreaking, and it was just used for a business meeting in Texas? All apologies if I'm wrong, but I'd like to see more evidence to this fact. If it actually took place, evidence and documentation must surely exist. I simply find it hard to believe that this went through as stated like a 'scene from star wars'. No hiccups or bugs to speak of??? Just some perfect futuristic technology? I mean, I can't even find an audio driver for my friggen sound card under linux and these guys are having holographic meetings with each other. I'll believe it when I see it - sounds like a company pushing vaporware/bugware/promisware/etc..ware to me.
to my mind you cannot ever break the laws of physics...only your ideas of what the laws of physics are can be wrong.
I'd have to agree with the others in that you should gradually jump off the microsoft plank with Caldera 2.3 or another linux distro. I'd also highly recommend a book called "Learning the Unix Operating System" by O'Reilly It's a great book if you've been stuck in that crazy wintel world for too long.