The NFL forces us to use DirecTV to get out of market games rather than cable. They force us to install a RealPlayer and pay for service to listen to games that would otherwise be broadcast on internet radio. They force the players into substandard agreements for licensing their names for things like jerseys, video games, and all manners of sports memorabilia.
People complain about the players making too much, or demanding too big a slice of their salary cap, but nobody seems to realize that stadium seat revenues themselves pay for player salaries, let alone everything the teams make from television, advertising, and the licensing of everything under the sun.
I'm a huge NFL fan just like the rest of the men in my family line. The greed has grown to disgusting levels though, and I don't see why there is no antitrust litigation pending. Hopefully this will spark something. My patience and willingness to deal with the lack of choices that the NFL puts out there is rapidly shrinking. We're not dealing with baseball's Congressional Exemption. The NFL regularly flexes it's monopolistic muscles and its time they paid the piper.
In the States we've had single sign on for years. We call it our "Social Security Number". Yes, there is legislation that says nobody can ask for it, but it's used for student id's, tax returns, credit information, etc. It's not crackable because there is no password... unless you count the number of companies that ask you for the last four digits of your social security number before they will talk to you.
We also use "Mother's Maiden Name" as a security mechanism for super-high security things like bank accounts.
1) wardriving human RFID with your PDA 2) How to alter your RFID tag to:
a) get through customs
b) charge your groceries to someone else
c) prove you are of drinking age in the local night club
d) get cool drugs at the hospital 3) Removing your RFID tag with a razor and a cue-cat 4) The George W. Bush RFID conspiracy 5) Track your children using FDA approved RFID implants!
Because of what might happen? Because we've seen some crazy science fiction movies?
It's ridiculous that people who least understand the research hold the strongest opinions about it and try to stop it from happening.
Now why exactly is any research involving embryos controversial? People aren't lining up at abortion clinics to make an easy 50 bucks by donating their unborn babies to research. Is it better to put the embryos in a landfill than to make use out of them?
Politics should not dictate research. It certainly should never prevent research.
The flip side is that people use superman as a political tool on the opposite side. "Let us do research. We'll make superman walk again!" I guess that won't be happening. If only he could have held out 'till election day...
Absolutely Nothing will get me to give Real Networks money ever again. There isn't a single more annoying advertising platform than Real Networks and getting them to cancel your account is like asking them to donate a lung.
I don't know about the speeding, but there is a place in San Francisco that will track you with GPS. If you drive out of state, they levy fines. Too many people were renting cars and going to Vegas apparently. The company is...
PayLess
I actually used them extensively and they have great service aside from the whole GPS thing.
They would have to show that IBM is damaged. I don't think IBM is actually damaged, SCO is gaining while IBM stock is static.
Actually, after I wrote that I went to check, and IBM actually has gone down the exact amount that SCOX went up. Interesting. I think that it would be easy to prove damages in this case.
I see arguing about black and white lists and whether or not Mozilla should pass of requests for URI's it does not know about...
Why not implement a preferences option that says: Pass off URI handling to the OS for protocols unknown to Mozilla ?
Then you can implement a black list AND a white list and let the user decide.
Black List = Allow Everything BUT these to pass to the OS White List = Only allow these to pass to the OS
Spend a week and a half amongst developers what the Default option would be, and release the code. Maybe even set up a site with an FAQ and a listing of URI protocols.
The funny thing is that I'm sure most mozilla users clicked on the link and updated their machines. Whereas if this was an IE report, at least half the users would have just accepted the security hole and waited for windows update to fix it (if they even run windows update).
I was interested in playing with the Apollo workstations run in my buddies ME class, so when he went to take his final (designing some stuff in Autocad), I snuck in and played on one of the workstations. Apparently, the station I was on was logged in as an administrator (unbeknownst to me).
I clicked around and eventually saw an option that said "run system tests", so I figured why not, let's see what it does. Then a shell window opened and I read a few lines, one that said "shutting down systems".
Just then, I hear a girl behind me say "Oh shit, I didn't save!", and then a guy say "Oh my god, what's happening!?" I told my buddy to hurry up and save his work. He looked at me and realized I was the cause of the pandemonium striking the room and saved immediately, luckily his system hadn't started shutting down yet.
Soon enough, all systems in the room had been shut down, restarted, and then began running a series of self-tests.
I backed away from my system, pretended to be just as upset as everyone else, and casually got out of there. My buddy was one of four people in the class who had saved his work, while 21 others were out of luck an hour into their final. Lucky for him, my problem put his grade at the top of his class since most of the other students weren't able to finish in the time remaining.
If you were there... sorry, I didn't know what I was doing:) (I was a freshman with zero *nix experience). And it never would have happened if someone else didn't leave root logged into my machine.
Perhaps not, but MSJ's are generally not filed until the end of discovery. If discovery is extended, then the MSJ will have virtually no chance. I'm not sure from your post if the motion to extend was approved or not.
The reason it will have no chance is that there is still time to discover new evidence, and the plaintiff should have a chance to discover it.
An MSJ (Motion for Summary Judgement) is filed by one party in civil suits more often than not. The idea that IBM would not have filed it unless they were confident has no merit.
From here, SCO will file an argument against MSJ, and the judge will rule according to a timeline specified by local rules. (Some districts do monthly motion hearings, some deal with them as they come).
At this point, since discovery is over, SCO will not be allowed to submit further evidence, only to argue what they have shown is enough to continue.
Typically, the plaintiff in a case like this will hold back evidence until just before trial. It's of course unethical to do so, but they will argue that it was not discovered until then. In civil court, unlike criminal court, last minute evidence is more often than not allowed. Judges are allowed to allow any evidence they see fit that will help bring the truth to light.
Expect this motion to be denied, and expect IBM to file for an extension to review the mass amounts of last minute evidence that SCO brought to the table. Also expect that there will be such a large amount of last minute evidence brought to the table, that a small amount of patently false information will get through. Frequently, you'll see things like e-mails without full header information, and other technically unsound evidence that will be contested at trial, but will allude to guilt.
When you pile a bunch of allusions together in civil court, you have a shot at winning. You don't have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, you only have to prove a likelyhood that the crime or tort has occured.
If you sign up for a pacer account, you can get access to the court documents for 4 cents a page. I don't know if this filing is online yet or not.
I really don't see why the US needs to force their sexual discomfort on the rest of the world. US regulations on the web (or any countries for that matter) are not welcome as far as I'm concerned.
The internet for the first 10 years I used it represented a truly free society. It seems now that it is a society being pillaged by governments around the world.
I don't think any of us are under the impression that corporate america and the extremely wealthy don't get special priveleges with government higher ups.
When it's staring you in the face like this, it is deeply disturbing.
Since I live in one of the areas affected, here's a rundown:
You go into the voting area, and tell the volunteers your address. They create your card, and send you to one of your voting booths - the voting booths are separated by precinct. They create your card by entering some data on an orange box (literally an orange box, not the phreaking kind) and running the card through. You go to your machine, then slip your card in and vote on the touch screen.
The problem is that the voting machines are grouped by precinct - the data for what precinct you are in is not on the card.
When I went to vote, I got my card, then asked for a voter registration form for my wife. The fifteen seconds that it took was enough for the volunteers to forget what precinct I was in. Then it became obvious to me that they were also confused as to the layout of the voting machines.
The only reason this didn't turn into a very large fiasco was that the victory margins in Orange and Riverside counties were exceptional this go round.
It's crazy to me how poorly thought out these systems are.
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The NFL forces us to use DirecTV to get out of market games rather than cable. They force us to install a RealPlayer and pay for service to listen to games that would otherwise be broadcast on internet radio. They force the players into substandard agreements for licensing their names for things like jerseys, video games, and all manners of sports memorabilia.
People complain about the players making too much, or demanding too big a slice of their salary cap, but nobody seems to realize that stadium seat revenues themselves pay for player salaries, let alone everything the teams make from television, advertising, and the licensing of everything under the sun.
I'm a huge NFL fan just like the rest of the men in my family line. The greed has grown to disgusting levels though, and I don't see why there is no antitrust litigation pending. Hopefully this will spark something. My patience and willingness to deal with the lack of choices that the NFL puts out there is rapidly shrinking. We're not dealing with baseball's Congressional Exemption. The NFL regularly flexes it's monopolistic muscles and its time they paid the piper.
I like gmail, but I really don't like this interface for google groups. Maybe I'll get used to it over time, but all I see now is a lot of clutter.
In the States we've had single sign on for years. We call it our "Social Security Number". Yes, there is legislation that says nobody can ask for it, but it's used for student id's, tax returns, credit information, etc. It's not crackable because there is no password... unless you count the number of companies that ask you for the last four digits of your social security number before they will talk to you.
We also use "Mother's Maiden Name" as a security mechanism for super-high security things like bank accounts.
"Science is never at fault. It is the people who handle it."
Too true my friend. Too true.
Coming soon to a website near you...
1) wardriving human RFID with your PDA
2) How to alter your RFID tag to:
a) get through customs
b) charge your groceries to someone else
c) prove you are of drinking age in the local night club
d) get cool drugs at the hospital
3) Removing your RFID tag with a razor and a cue-cat
4) The George W. Bush RFID conspiracy
5) Track your children using FDA approved RFID implants!
Why is it that cloning so controversial?
Because of what might happen? Because we've seen some crazy science fiction movies?
It's ridiculous that people who least understand the research hold the strongest opinions about it and try to stop it from happening.
Now why exactly is any research involving embryos controversial? People aren't lining up at abortion clinics to make an easy 50 bucks by donating their unborn babies to research. Is it better to put the embryos in a landfill than to make use out of them?
Politics should not dictate research. It certainly should never prevent research.
The flip side is that people use superman as a political tool on the opposite side. "Let us do research. We'll make superman walk again!" I guess that won't be happening. If only he could have held out 'till election day...
I have an account from ~'95 that is still at 2mb. Maybe they are doing the pre-Microsoft ones last.
Absolutely Nothing will get me to give Real Networks money ever again. There isn't a single more annoying advertising platform than Real Networks and getting them to cancel your account is like asking them to donate a lung.
... about those high school girls. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
Someone had to say it. This is just a thinly vailed attempt at computer nerds trying to take a look at some of those 3 Dimensional girls.
I don't know about the speeding, but there is a place in San Francisco that will track you with GPS. If you drive out of state, they levy fines. Too many people were renting cars and going to Vegas apparently. The company is...
n ews/main604461.shtml
PayLess
I actually used them extensively and they have great service aside from the whole GPS thing.
here's an article about it:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/06/evening
Porsche stock went down 22%
They would have to show that IBM is damaged. I don't think IBM is actually damaged, SCO is gaining while IBM stock is static.
Actually, after I wrote that I went to check, and IBM actually has gone down the exact amount that SCOX went up. Interesting. I think that it would be easy to prove damages in this case.
Does this mean that Mickey Mouse is public domain in england?
I see arguing about black and white lists and whether or not Mozilla should pass of requests for URI's it does not know about...
Why not implement a preferences option that says:
Pass off URI handling to the OS for protocols unknown to Mozilla ?
Then you can implement a black list AND a white list and let the user decide.
Black List = Allow Everything BUT these to pass to the OS
White List = Only allow these to pass to the OS
Spend a week and a half amongst developers what the Default option would be, and release the code. Maybe even set up a site with an FAQ and a listing of URI protocols.
The funny thing is that I'm sure most mozilla users clicked on the link and updated their machines. Whereas if this was an IE report, at least half the users would have just accepted the security hole and waited for windows update to fix it (if they even run windows update).
I was interested in playing with the Apollo workstations run in my buddies ME class, so when he went to take his final (designing some stuff in Autocad), I snuck in and played on one of the workstations. Apparently, the station I was on was logged in as an administrator (unbeknownst to me).
:) (I was a freshman with zero *nix experience). And it never would have happened if someone else didn't leave root logged into my machine.
I clicked around and eventually saw an option that said "run system tests", so I figured why not, let's see what it does. Then a shell window opened and I read a few lines, one that said "shutting down systems".
Just then, I hear a girl behind me say "Oh shit, I didn't save!", and then a guy say "Oh my god, what's happening!?" I told my buddy to hurry up and save his work. He looked at me and realized I was the cause of the pandemonium striking the room and saved immediately, luckily his system hadn't started shutting down yet.
Soon enough, all systems in the room had been shut down, restarted, and then began running a series of self-tests.
I backed away from my system, pretended to be just as upset as everyone else, and casually got out of there. My buddy was one of four people in the class who had saved his work, while 21 others were out of luck an hour into their final. Lucky for him, my problem put his grade at the top of his class since most of the other students weren't able to finish in the time remaining.
If you were there... sorry, I didn't know what I was doing
41 comments and desktopos.com is no longer existent. Not even a 404 page... domain not found.
did anyone even check the links?
They already did. Like 10 years ago. They called it the Newton.
Perhaps not, but MSJ's are generally not filed until the end of discovery. If discovery is extended, then the MSJ will have virtually no chance. I'm not sure from your post if the motion to extend was approved or not. The reason it will have no chance is that there is still time to discover new evidence, and the plaintiff should have a chance to discover it.
An MSJ (Motion for Summary Judgement) is filed by one party in civil suits more often than not. The idea that IBM would not have filed it unless they were confident has no merit.
From here, SCO will file an argument against MSJ, and the judge will rule according to a timeline specified by local rules. (Some districts do monthly motion hearings, some deal with them as they come).
At this point, since discovery is over, SCO will not be allowed to submit further evidence, only to argue what they have shown is enough to continue.
Typically, the plaintiff in a case like this will hold back evidence until just before trial. It's of course unethical to do so, but they will argue that it was not discovered until then. In civil court, unlike criminal court, last minute evidence is more often than not allowed. Judges are allowed to allow any evidence they see fit that will help bring the truth to light.
Expect this motion to be denied, and expect IBM to file for an extension to review the mass amounts of last minute evidence that SCO brought to the table. Also expect that there will be such a large amount of last minute evidence brought to the table, that a small amount of patently false information will get through. Frequently, you'll see things like e-mails without full header information, and other technically unsound evidence that will be contested at trial, but will allude to guilt.
When you pile a bunch of allusions together in civil court, you have a shot at winning. You don't have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, you only have to prove a likelyhood that the crime or tort has occured.
If you sign up for a pacer account, you can get access to the court documents for 4 cents a page. I don't know if this filing is online yet or not.
I really don't see why the US needs to force their sexual discomfort on the rest of the world. US regulations on the web (or any countries for that matter) are not welcome as far as I'm concerned. The internet for the first 10 years I used it represented a truly free society. It seems now that it is a society being pillaged by governments around the world.
they said that about the metric system too.
I took a look at the page and that was my first comment...
Cameltoe on both sides too! Come on man. Blur those pictures.
I don't think any of us are under the impression that corporate america and the extremely wealthy don't get special priveleges with government higher ups.
When it's staring you in the face like this, it is deeply disturbing.
Since I live in one of the areas affected, here's a rundown: You go into the voting area, and tell the volunteers your address. They create your card, and send you to one of your voting booths - the voting booths are separated by precinct. They create your card by entering some data on an orange box (literally an orange box, not the phreaking kind) and running the card through. You go to your machine, then slip your card in and vote on the touch screen. The problem is that the voting machines are grouped by precinct - the data for what precinct you are in is not on the card. When I went to vote, I got my card, then asked for a voter registration form for my wife. The fifteen seconds that it took was enough for the volunteers to forget what precinct I was in. Then it became obvious to me that they were also confused as to the layout of the voting machines. The only reason this didn't turn into a very large fiasco was that the victory margins in Orange and Riverside counties were exceptional this go round. It's crazy to me how poorly thought out these systems are.