The process, quite frankly, was driven by one individual in a very powerful position (Kriss) issuing a memo to an individual in a less powerful position (Quinn).
Seems to me that Senator Pacheco wanted to make the decision himself -- just in the opposite direction!
And this whole more powerful/less powerful discussion sounds like an overdose of Politically Correct thinking, which makes him a danger as anybody's senator.
Attention Senator Pacheco. Your check from Microsoft is waiting. Please pick it up in the parking lot from the man in the low hat, dark trenchcoat, and sunglasses.
If they have illegal information on there and they "delete" it before the cops see it, they data retention would be the only way for the police to get evidence.
If it's illegal content, nothing happens until somebody sees it and reports it. That person should have saved a copy as part of the report.
I'd be happier if, for evidence reasons only, MySpace saved hashes of pages, which could then be used to prove that a saved page by someone else was actually on their site at a given time, without saving the actual page.
And what about the Google cache of MySpace? Is that redundant?
to hold onto content access records for an unspecified length of time.
This goes back to MySpace and the other sites having ownership of what's posted there. If I post something, and it's mine, and I want it removed later, they shouldn't be allowed to keep it. Is this hard to understand Mr. Congressman? You don't own it either. I do, and nobody else when it's original content.
This won't work because I only have a fixed amount to spend on games. If games are more expensive I'll be buying less of them. You'll only get the same amount of money from me, and I'll be less happy with you if more expensive games don't deliver something more in the game play or length to justify the higher costs.
Why now, you ask. Only one reason that I can think of. Expect this to be standard equipment in Vista. And rather get Vista-shock when it happens, and people resisting the upgrade because of this new feature, you'll have no where to go now that XP has it too, 98/SE/Me supports ends now (latest 6.5 ZoneAlarm update won't even run on 98SE, and don't expect them to be the only ones not supporting the older OS's), and Win 2K is also not long for this world.
Then what's next you ask? My guess is a yearly OS rental fee, enforced by threat of imminent shut down otherwise, instead of the current single purchase arrangement now. Expect to pay a lot more to Microsoft in the coming years if you can't find a way out from under them entirely first. Linux should be making the biggest push of their life right now to replace Microsoft wherever possible.
Monopolies should not be allowed to impose terms like this as part of being allowed to be a monopoly in the first place. Seems that customer's only recourse here is to get it legally overturned, since you can hardly move to a choice of other providers.
On the other side of the coin, I wonder how much software is paid for but never used?
Windows licenses on computers running Linux.
Software purchased, but never installed.
Software lost or stolen and identical replacements bought.
Software purchased and installed on computers that are no longer in use because either the computer was replaced with a newer one, or the company has gone out of business.
Volume purchases that over-buy the actual amount needed or used.
Other causes.
I never hear figures given on excess and redundant software purchases.
the SCOTUS tend not to overrule previous rulings but rather distinguish a current case from a previous case.
Could this be that they don't attack previous rulings simply to set the precedent of not having future courts attack the current court's rulings as stupid, over-broad, legislating from the bench, and politically motivated? After all, who wants that on their legacy?
In the decade or so, the researchers hope to be able to predict CME collisions with the Earth and determine their impact.
So we see them coming sooner than if just waiting for visual confirmation that it happened. It's not like we can do much about it with this extra warning time, is there?
Amazed, am I, at Linksys's continuing to miss the opportunity to sell a fully featured WRT54G themselves. They could have a knockout product out of the box in that price range that would leave the competition scrambling, but persist in sticking to a basic, no frills configuration.
Adults can also choose to enter into contracts. Since these are students recieving athletic scholarships, my guess is that it's legal to say "if you want this free money, you can't use facebook".
I doubt that using Facebook is covered in the original "contract" governing the receiving of a scholarship. So since when can one party to a "contract" unilaterally change its terms on the other person? I see here a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Tried to download the Google Toolbar for FireFox yesterday and was presented with a message that they don't support Windows 9X. Funny thing is that the GTB for IE runs just fine on 9X. Leads me to wonder just how much Google really is trying to move into all available markets.
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Seems to me that Senator Pacheco wanted to make the decision himself -- just in the opposite direction!
And this whole more powerful/less powerful discussion sounds like an overdose of Politically Correct thinking, which makes him a danger as anybody's senator.
Attention Senator Pacheco. Your check from Microsoft is waiting. Please pick it up in the parking lot from the man in the low hat, dark trenchcoat, and sunglasses.
If it's illegal content, nothing happens until somebody sees it and reports it. That person should have saved a copy as part of the report.
I'd be happier if, for evidence reasons only, MySpace saved hashes of pages, which could then be used to prove that a saved page by someone else was actually on their site at a given time, without saving the actual page.
And what about the Google cache of MySpace? Is that redundant?
This goes back to MySpace and the other sites having ownership of what's posted there. If I post something, and it's mine, and I want it removed later, they shouldn't be allowed to keep it. Is this hard to understand Mr. Congressman? You don't own it either. I do, and nobody else when it's original content.
I'd hardly call it a side-effect to have a process that minimizes defects. I'd rather call that an essential-effect.
This won't work because I only have a fixed amount to spend on games. If games are more expensive I'll be buying less of them. You'll only get the same amount of money from me, and I'll be less happy with you if more expensive games don't deliver something more in the game play or length to justify the higher costs.
Boy, that's going to help me sleep so much better at night now.
Does this include the required Intel Northbridge chip (22W), or are we only looking at the CPU itself? And does the NB need a fan?
Or is this the entire system motherboard, in which cases this is hardly an apples-to-apples comparison.
Then what's next you ask? My guess is a yearly OS rental fee, enforced by threat of imminent shut down otherwise, instead of the current single purchase arrangement now. Expect to pay a lot more to Microsoft in the coming years if you can't find a way out from under them entirely first. Linux should be making the biggest push of their life right now to replace Microsoft wherever possible.
This topic is relevant on Slashdot why...?
Didn't Robert Heinlein once write about dental regrowth technology? Can time travel now be far behind (or ahead)?
Nothing good, in my experience, comes out of the ACLU. I suspect they're just looking for trouble here, as usual.
Hey, EVERYTHING I hear about nanotubes is promoted as paving the way for high-speed nanoscale electronics. When are they going to actually get here?
Monopolies should not be allowed to impose terms like this as part of being allowed to be a monopoly in the first place. Seems that customer's only recourse here is to get it legally overturned, since you can hardly move to a choice of other providers.
I see Slashdot now has a new mechnism for rehashing posts in essentially dupe articles. Will there be another Backslash about these comments tomorrow?
Can't wait to do this wirelessly on my 802.11b notebook.
1 gigabyte per second, while it will certainly present you with a sizable bandwidth bill, doesn't sound all that fast to me to stream videos.
Windows licenses on computers running Linux.
Software purchased, but never installed.
Software lost or stolen and identical replacements bought.
Software purchased and installed on computers that are no longer in use because either the computer was replaced with a newer one, or the company has gone out of business.
Volume purchases that over-buy the actual amount needed or used.
Other causes.
I never hear figures given on excess and redundant software purchases.
Could this be that they don't attack previous rulings simply to set the precedent of not having future courts attack the current court's rulings as stupid, over-broad, legislating from the bench, and politically motivated? After all, who wants that on their legacy?
Does taking out VxWorks mean you can now root a virtual machine?
So we see them coming sooner than if just waiting for visual confirmation that it happened. It's not like we can do much about it with this extra warning time, is there?
Amazed, am I, at Linksys's continuing to miss the opportunity to sell a fully featured WRT54G themselves. They could have a knockout product out of the box in that price range that would leave the competition scrambling, but persist in sticking to a basic, no frills configuration.
So when can I turn my WRT54G into a PSP? Now that would be a hack!
I doubt that using Facebook is covered in the original "contract" governing the receiving of a scholarship. So since when can one party to a "contract" unilaterally change its terms on the other person? I see here a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Tried to download the Google Toolbar for FireFox yesterday and was presented with a message that they don't support Windows 9X. Funny thing is that the GTB for IE runs just fine on 9X. Leads me to wonder just how much Google really is trying to move into all available markets.