Any $7 cashier who wants to make a bunch of work for himself, spending unpaid time working with the police on a crime that doesn't directly affect him at all, doesn't sound to me like the epitome of rational self interest either.
The judge could easily seal the documents, I think.
And even if he couldn't, the RIAA and MPAA would just pay Congress to change the laws regarding the issue.
The idea would, at best, work briefly.
Here's my prediction: "somewhere on earth, before the end of time, the earth will have at least a 0.1-magnitude earthquake!"
The point is, that only claimed that that had no false negatives. But they didn't discuss another critical aspect: how many false positives they had, and how tight their specificity is.
Yeah. I was worried about the size because I specifically wanted an Ogg player to wear while jogging.
I asked on their message boards, and people said that it was still light enough to not be a problem. The 128 MB (non-HDD) version comes with a belt-clip.
The Rio sports-versions come with an arm strap, which I like best for running, but only the Rio Karma supports Ogg.
I liked the idea of not booting into Windows, so I chose the Neuros. And like you said, the price is quite good.
Also, there's an aftermarket guy who will install any HDD (notebook size, I presume) into the HDD-based Neuros. So you can actually get a pretty huge (80 GB?) collection if you care to.
They're kind of a funny company. They're very open source / Linux friendly, and seem to be very into their user community. It's basically like the kind of coolness I'd want to exhibit if I started a tech company.
That being said, I'm a little concerned about their solvency, and their technology is getting old.
BUT, the good news is they're having a clearance sale right now. I just ordered a 128 MB Neuros for $99, and I'm really looking forward to getting it.
From what I can tell, their Ogg support is perfectly usable, and there are two open source programs on Sourceforge for managing its songs. You can even flash its BIOS using a Linux host - you don't need to boot up into Windows to do it.
So my basic take: For $99, it was worth taking a slightly less polished product, so that I could support an OSS / Linux-friendly company.
Forgive my ignorance of the relevant RFCs, but if a service provider doesn't let all valid (according to the RFCs) packets get to your box, are they actually providing "Internet" access?
I.e., isn't it a different protocol at that point?
In the book by the hosts of Cartalk (cartalk.cars.com), the guys describe a real-life incident.
There were a bunch of MIT EE grads in an apartment, agaonizing over whether or not it was safe to connect a ceiling light socket with a screwdriver in a certain situation.
On of their neighbors, who shovels dirt for a living, visited them, saw their delema, and screwed in the light socket for them.
Moral of the story? Some MIT folks are really smart (I work with some of them), but they're not all brilliant in all areas.
I'm not quite sure this is accurate, although IANAL.
I think that such an agreement, the one that you don't have access to, is the only thing that permits you to use the software.
So while a judge might agree that the agreement is void because you couldn't see it, you'd then be in hot water for illegal copying of a copyrighted work (from the CD or HDD into your computer's RAM).
When playing the Marine, the missions were so spooly that I'd actually have nightmares after playing.
It was about as spooky as some parts of the actual movies. The level designers did a great job.
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Only SCO has the technical know-how to develop DOS software, and to carry it out.
The open source community just isn't capable of developing such techniques, despite published papers being available for years on the topic of DOS attacks.
It's very much like capital punishment, or the "eye for an eye" rule in the Old Testament.
The normal way out of this connundrum is a follows:
What makes a certain act wrong, normally, is that a party without the proper authority does it. I.e., it's more OK for a judge to send someone to jail than for you to.
Same thing in the Old Testament. You can't just go around killing other people, unless it's doing so to uphold a law established by God.
So in this spamming scenario? If it's not breaking the law, then retribution at *least* seems just.
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So doesn't this mean that whoever comingled GPL'ed source code with non-GPL'ed source code broke someone's copyright?
Because either he/they broke the GPL terms, OR they performed in unauthorized GPL'ing of the other, non-GPL-using contributors' source code.
Any $7 cashier who wants to make a bunch of work for himself, spending unpaid time working with the police on a crime that doesn't directly affect him at all, doesn't sound to me like the epitome of rational self interest either.
The judge could easily seal the documents, I think. And even if he couldn't, the RIAA and MPAA would just pay Congress to change the laws regarding the issue. The idea would, at best, work briefly.
Here's my prediction: "somewhere on earth, before the end of time, the earth will have at least a 0.1-magnitude earthquake!"
The point is, that only claimed that that had no false negatives. But they didn't discuss another critical aspect: how many false positives they had, and how tight their specificity is.
Without those details, you miss a lot.
Yeah. I was worried about the size because I specifically wanted an Ogg player to wear while jogging.
I asked on their message boards, and people said that it was still light enough to not be a problem. The 128 MB (non-HDD) version comes with a belt-clip.
The Rio sports-versions come with an arm strap, which I like best for running, but only the Rio Karma supports Ogg.
I liked the idea of not booting into Windows, so I chose the Neuros. And like you said, the price is quite good.
Also, there's an aftermarket guy who will install any HDD (notebook size, I presume) into the HDD-based Neuros. So you can actually get a pretty huge (80 GB?) collection if you care to.
Oh, btw:
Their website is neurosaudio.com, not neuros.com.
AND, the Neuros can be used as a USB storage device, in case you're so inclined.
They're kind of a funny company. They're very open source / Linux friendly, and seem to be very into their user community. It's basically like the kind of coolness I'd want to exhibit if I started a tech company.
That being said, I'm a little concerned about their solvency, and their technology is getting old.
BUT, the good news is they're having a clearance sale right now. I just ordered a 128 MB Neuros for $99, and I'm really looking forward to getting it.
From what I can tell, their Ogg support is perfectly usable, and there are two open source programs on Sourceforge for managing its songs. You can even flash its BIOS using a Linux host - you don't need to boot up into Windows to do it.
So my basic take: For $99, it was worth taking a slightly less polished product, so that I could support an OSS / Linux-friendly company.
In what way did RH piss off developers?
Forgive my ignorance of the relevant RFCs, but if a service provider doesn't let all valid (according to the RFCs) packets get to your box, are they actually providing "Internet" access?
I.e., isn't it a different protocol at that point?
FWIW, Ashcroft is Morman. While Mormons try to bill themselves as Christian, most other Christians believe that claim is inaccurate.
Mormons believe some stuff that's way, way, way different than what most other's believe.
So it's probably a pretty big stretch to call Ashcroft a Christian.
That argument would be similar to this one:
I'm going to pin you down and put cocaine in your nose. I know it sounds like a bad idea to you now, but I know you'll like it later.
Then perhaps we need a powerful union to represent out interests?
In the book by the hosts of Cartalk (cartalk.cars.com), the guys describe a real-life incident.
There were a bunch of MIT EE grads in an apartment, agaonizing over whether or not it was safe to connect a ceiling light socket with a screwdriver in a certain situation.
On of their neighbors, who shovels dirt for a living, visited them, saw their delema, and screwed in the light socket for them.
Moral of the story? Some MIT folks are really smart (I work with some of them), but they're not all brilliant in all areas.
Of course, when Nazi German separated religion and politics, people died in the gas chamber.
I think this is a good reason to push for as broad deployment as possible for Linux, ASAP.
If they want to eventually implement BIOS'es that eventually lock out "insecure" operating systems, there's a way we can head that off (perhaps):
Make an "insecure" operating system so popular that their plan is infeasable.
Not that Linus has anything against signed kernels, of course.
I'm not quite sure this is accurate, although IANAL. I think that such an agreement, the one that you don't have access to, is the only thing that permits you to use the software. So while a judge might agree that the agreement is void because you couldn't see it, you'd then be in hot water for illegal copying of a copyrighted work (from the CD or HDD into your computer's RAM).
for your impotence.
:)
Especially when you've have PLENTY of chances to buy cheap Viagra!
I think you want the Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org), not the FSF.
:)
AFAIK, EFF is like the political arm of the FSF. Kindof like Shin Fein (spelling?) to the IRA
The review interested me. I'm glad it appeared.
Ethics and morality are based on a foundation of what is "good". If ethics and morality are just normative, than so is the definition of "good".
And since your argument is that this approach isn't "good", my response is...
That's just based on your culture's concept of "good", not mine, and thus your point is absolutely irrelevant to me.
CNBC will initiate a reverse class action suit against all of its viewers, for viewing its valuable television programs without paying.
When playing the Marine, the missions were so spooly that I'd actually have nightmares after playing.
It was about as spooky as some parts of the actual movies. The level designers did a great job.
Only SCO has the technical know-how to develop DOS software, and to carry it out.
The open source community just isn't capable of developing such techniques, despite published papers being available for years on the topic of DOS attacks.
IBM must have helped them.
I'm curious how you justify that the law "should" be for such-and-such a purpose.
It's very much like capital punishment, or the "eye for an eye" rule in the Old Testament. The normal way out of this connundrum is a follows: What makes a certain act wrong, normally, is that a party without the proper authority does it. I.e., it's more OK for a judge to send someone to jail than for you to. Same thing in the Old Testament. You can't just go around killing other people, unless it's doing so to uphold a law established by God. So in this spamming scenario? If it's not breaking the law, then retribution at *least* seems just.