The trouble is that people don't understand what a "Cease and Desist" is. It's a piece of paper. It's a lawyer saying something. That's it. It has NO legal standing. None. Nada. There's also NO limits to what it can contain. None. Nada. All it is is a document that says "If you don't stop X, we will sue". You do not need to have a case to send a cease and desist! It isn't a fancy legal document. It is just a letter. Nothing more.
You want to join the fun? No problem! Just write one up! Send a "Cease and Desist being bozos!" to Fedex.
The way to fight these things is to know your rights. Consult a lawyer so that you can tell the difference between a complete bluff and a real warning. In many cases, the lawyers who write these things know they have no case and have no intention whatsoever of filing a claim. They are just hoping that for the cost of a letter they can scare some poor schmuck into doing what they want.
Because I remember a story similar to this on Slashdot many years ago. It was when the old brick-and-mortar store, "Barnes And Noble" decided to take on Amazon in the online world. Lots of the same arguments were there, especially the "they'll just lower prices and put Amazon out of business" one.
So, we'll see. Personally, I'd bet on the one that has the market already.
Free? Free? You think he donated it "for free"? Hardly. He donated something that "cost" $500 million or more, and thus saved him lots on Microsoft Corporate taxes.
They can't count multiple machine installs. I've probably installed firefox on ten machines (well, hard drives) overall. Probably half are no longer being used.
What they mean by this is that these movies tend to have no menus and no chapters. It's a bit of a pain, actually. If you remove the disk in the middle of watching, you have to fast forward though the whole damn thing.
Thing is, that part of AJAX is dead easy to do. The tricky part of it isn't talking to the server. It's writing code to manipulate the DOM that works in different browsers.
None of the rest of it is really rocket science. It's just Javascript and XML on the client, and whatever-the-hell-you-want and XML on the server.
It's part of the nature of the OS. Unix variants allow you to delete a running file. DOS variants never let you delete a running file. Windows uses this to optimize virtual memory. When you run a Windows EXE, the file itself because part of swap memory. The advantage of this over the Unix model is that you don't need set-aside swap space for the executable code itself. When a running executable is swapped out on Linux, you end up with two copies of the executable on the disk. (Or perhaps even more, if it's running more than once.)
The disadvantage is, of course, that if an executable is running, it cannot be deleted because the original on disk area the file is in is in direct use by the running program. This is not only a problem in getting rid of malware. It makes updating running software a nightmare. You can't just copy over the old version like you can on a Unix variant. Ever wonder why so many Windows apps require a reboot after install? This is one reason.
I'm sure it made sense to the Microsoft guys did it this way...it definitely reduces the amount of disk space you need. But I suspect they didn't realize how much of a pain in the ass it would make updating or maintaining Windows would be. And unfortunately, I don't see it changing as it's pretty much intrinsic to the OS.
So anyway, it's not a matter of how much they think the administrator should be trusted. They couldn't just change a "let admininistrator delete running apps" setting somewhere down there. Making that change would require a fundamental overhaul of the virtual memory system.
Yes. This is absolutely no different from the fact that when you use a telephone to buy pants from Eddie Bauer, you are charged sales tax in California because Eddie Bauer, based in Maine, has physical stores in California.
This is not a special ruling for the Internet.
Note that most other states do the exact same thing. It's what makes calculating sales tax in catalog retail a royal pain in the ass.
If you don't like it, move to a state like Oregan, which doesn't charge sales tax.
They won't, because they are making a shitload of money in the state.
There are many, many other retailers that have physical stores in the state and also do heavy catalog sales (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Bar, The Gap, Eddie Bauer, etc, etc, etc.) All those retailers pay CA sales tax because they have physical stores in California. Borders has stores in California. Why should Borders get an exemption?
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Er....to support the statement that teen crime has gone down every year since 1992?
Er...wait a minute...
I don't mean just changing the guy on top. I mean scrapping the organization and starting over.
Maybe it is time for new management.
You want to join the fun? No problem! Just write one up! Send a "Cease and Desist being bozos!" to Fedex.
The way to fight these things is to know your rights. Consult a lawyer so that you can tell the difference between a complete bluff and a real warning. In many cases, the lawyers who write these things know they have no case and have no intention whatsoever of filing a claim. They are just hoping that for the cost of a letter they can scare some poor schmuck into doing what they want.
In any case, "sequel" doesn't mean "no originality". The first First Person Shooter was "Wolfenstein 3D", a sequel to an old Apple game.
Because I remember a story similar to this on Slashdot many years ago. It was when the old brick-and-mortar store, "Barnes And Noble" decided to take on Amazon in the online world. Lots of the same arguments were there, especially the "they'll just lower prices and put Amazon out of business" one.
So, we'll see. Personally, I'd bet on the one that has the market already.
I'm sure Steve Jobs is quaking in his boots that it's only a year off.
Free? Free? You think he donated it "for free"? Hardly. He donated something that "cost" $500 million or more, and thus saved him lots on Microsoft Corporate taxes.
They can't count multiple machine installs. I've probably installed firefox on ten machines (well, hard drives) overall. Probably half are no longer being used.
Apparently, you have reading issues as Microsoft executives have, to my knowledge, only complained about the GPL.
Your assignment: take a five ton rock. Put it in a skating rink. Put on skates. Push against the rock. Notice how you move much faster than the rock.
browsing on a TV
is the future.
There is little or
no advantage to an
expensive PC, so
soon "WEB TV"
browsers will be
in the majority.
What they mean by this is that these movies tend to have no menus and no chapters. It's a bit of a pain, actually. If you remove the disk in the middle of watching, you have to fast forward though the whole damn thing.
Thing is, that part of AJAX is dead easy to do. The tricky part of it isn't talking to the server. It's writing code to manipulate the DOM that works in different browsers.
None of the rest of it is really rocket science. It's just Javascript and XML on the client, and whatever-the-hell-you-want and XML on the server.
Bladerunner.
Arthur C Clarke was not "the recognized inventor of the satelite". He was the first person to propose the geostationary communications satelite.
Probably because cygwin takes ten minutes to install and is a snap to use while SFU is a royal pain in the ass to install and maintain.
I stand corrected...I'm a Windows programmer rather than a Unix one. (Not by choice, alas, not by choice.)
It's part of the nature of the OS. Unix variants allow you to delete a running file. DOS variants never let you delete a running file. Windows uses this to optimize virtual memory. When you run a Windows EXE, the file itself because part of swap memory. The advantage of this over the Unix model is that you don't need set-aside swap space for the executable code itself. When a running executable is swapped out on Linux, you end up with two copies of the executable on the disk. (Or perhaps even more, if it's running more than once.)
The disadvantage is, of course, that if an executable is running, it cannot be deleted because the original on disk area the file is in is in direct use by the running program. This is not only a problem in getting rid of malware. It makes updating running software a nightmare. You can't just copy over the old version like you can on a Unix variant. Ever wonder why so many Windows apps require a reboot after install? This is one reason.
I'm sure it made sense to the Microsoft guys did it this way...it definitely reduces the amount of disk space you need. But I suspect they didn't realize how much of a pain in the ass it would make updating or maintaining Windows would be. And unfortunately, I don't see it changing as it's pretty much intrinsic to the OS.
So anyway, it's not a matter of how much they think the administrator should be trusted. They couldn't just change a "let admininistrator delete running apps" setting somewhere down there. Making that change would require a fundamental overhaul of the virtual memory system.
Yes. This is absolutely no different from the fact that when you use a telephone to buy pants from Eddie Bauer, you are charged sales tax in California because Eddie Bauer, based in Maine, has physical stores in California.
This is not a special ruling for the Internet.
Note that most other states do the exact same thing. It's what makes calculating sales tax in catalog retail a royal pain in the ass.
If you don't like it, move to a state like Oregan, which doesn't charge sales tax.
They won't, because they are making a shitload of money in the state.
There are many, many other retailers that have physical stores in the state and also do heavy catalog sales (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Bar, The Gap, Eddie Bauer, etc, etc, etc.) All those retailers pay CA sales tax because they have physical stores in California. Borders has stores in California. Why should Borders get an exemption?
Heh. But Pixar's the company making bags of money, not Disney.
That explains all those Linux based Vaios.