I personally wish the US would update it's power infrastructure, and I'd be willing to pay for it. Retire old, inefficient nuclear plants and build new, more powerful, safer ones. Add in more redundancy into the network, more real-time failovers.
They are modernizing it, don't get me wrong, but they aren't going at near the pace I'd like to see.
Extorion is a good choice of words. After reading Professor Moglen's paper on SCO's claim, which was posted on Slashdot last week, a well at this article and this one, I think that SCO is using a combination Mafia-like protection tactics and FUD in an effort to force companies and users that don't a warehouse of lawyers to pony up the money rather than using sound business practices to try and save their company. And now with the recent targets of the U.S. Government and TiVo, they may have just bitten off more then they can chew. I would not be at all surprised if the courts find that SCO does not have a case and that charges of extorition are filed at SCO. I just wonder if SCO's actions could fall under the RICO act.
From now on I'm going to be popping red pills like they were Tic-Tacs, staying close to land lines, run from anyone dressed in a dark suit and sunglasses, and start learning Kung-Fu.
The Office of Homeland Security is warning all Microsoft users of a security hole. Excuse me, but aren't they the some ones who chose to adopt M$ in the first place?
Isn't it ironic, don't you think -- Alanis Morissette
Someone might be tempted to bet a lot if they had "insider information", and then the government would track them down to see what they know,
Of course then you would have the SEC on your doorstep with an arrest warrent for insider trading, along with Homeland Security, the FBI, CIA and the Nevada Gaming Commission.
I surely hope this is a hoax. I would hate to think that my safety is entrusted to the jokers that came up with this idea. Who's on the committee? Larry, Moe and Curly? If it is true, than it's a sure sign that it's time to leave this planet.
This maybe true, but considering that InformationWeek carried the headline, it won't be long before TechTV gets wind of it, then CNN, Fox, CBS, etc. Next thing you know, some software executive, who may either never heard of Linux (unlikely) or gave it little to no though, reads the article and starts to investigate further into Linux. This could possibly lead to feasibility into writing programs for Linux. Not that I expect the big software firms to become Linux converts, but there may be some who will.
For example, working for a small, university library, I have to deal with a small budget in a shrinking economy. I would love nothing better than to switch over to Linux. However, we still have a few programs that we rely on that requires Windows. Now, if our vendors were to write their programs for Linux, then the switch would be a real possibility. A pipedream? Maybe, but then again a lot of things started out the same way and are now not only a reality, we have come to depend upon them (e.g. computers, cell phones, etc.)
Oh, and I just can't leave this post without something funny, and considering the wording of the topic, it screams for this one.
Number One, I order you to take a Number Two. -- Beavis
This in only my opinion since I can't prove anything and there's less than a snowball's chance in hell in getting anyone to admit to it, but here it goes. The RIAA and the MPAA do not want people to share files and copy their CDs and DVDs (even for legitimate personal use such as creating an archival copy). They claim they want to stop piracy. Okay, fair enough. So does MS and the computer game industry. Why else would they put all that encryption in? The fact is, any encryption that the industry can come up with can be defeated. Pirated software, DVDs and CDs are still being made, sold and bought.
The real truth is, I'm afraid, far more nefarious then that. The DMCA is an attempt to cut-off the fair use clause in the copyright laws. Wny? Look at the backers of the DMCA: the RIAA, the MPAA, MS, and the computer game industry. They don't want you to make backup copies because it is not in their best interest to do so. So what if your copy of Shrek is so badly scratched that you can't watch it anymore? Who care is the kids used your Halo CD as a frisbee and wrecked it? Go out and pay another $20-$50 for a replacement. That's what they won't say, but it is clear to anyone with half a brain. At least Jesse James used a gun.
The Surgeon General's Office has that webmasters of humor sites, such as The Onion and Ebaynham to post the following warning on their websites:
Surgeon General's Warning Viewing the following site may possible serious health risks, including breathing irregularity, stomach cramps, watery eyes, and loss of bladder control.
From: Darl C. McBride, President and CEO
To: All SCO Employees
Re: Pills
All employees are reminded to take the BLUE pill every morning, not the RED pill. The BLUE pill is for good; the RED pill is evil. Employees will be given a BLUE pill every morning when they report in for work. All RED pills are to be turned into security for proper disposal. Any employee who reports an unauthorized RED pill to security will be given an extra SCO stock share as a bonus.
I just tell them that I charge $4.99US per minute and then ask for their credit call information to cover the cost of doing business with me. The next sound you hear will be a click as the telemarketer hangs up.
How's this for an idea? If the Direct Marketing Association is going to bombard me with more junk in my snail mail box, then I'm buying myself a paper shredder and make myself a bunch of free packing material. Waste not, want not. Besides the pragmatic uses, there is also the poetic justice and cathartic apects as well. Who knows, if the DMA sends me enough of their garbage, I could sell the shredded remains and make a tidy profit since the DMA will supply the raw materials and ship them to me at their cost. Could this plan be any more perfect?
Voice Over: This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenceless fit young men.
First Young Man: Well they come up to you, like, and push you - shove you off the pavement, like. There's usually four or five of them.
Second Young Man: Yeah, this used to be a nice neighbourhood before the old ladies started moving in. Nowadays some of us daren't even go down to the shops. '
Third Young Man: Well Mr Johnson's son Kevin, he don't go out any more. He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
I just wished they had a program like this when I was in high school. To think of all the hours wasted studying, taking the SAT and ACT, all the years of college gone to waste when I could have learned to hack corporate servers as part of an after school vo-tech course.
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This whole thing reminds me of the movie The Mouse That Roured. Maybe SCO is trying to boost their stock price; if so, they're failing. Or perhaps they're hoping that IBM will buy them out; likely, even if that's not SCO's intention. Or perhaps a group of open-source radicals are waiting in the wings for SCO's stock to plummet, buy out the company, and turn the source code for UNIX over to the OSS community. (Hey, if you're going to to dream, dream BIG!)
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Interestingly enough, Bush says that the nation's power grid needs to be updated, but doesn't know how or how much it will cost. Hmmm, I wonder if these means replacing the hampsters with ferrets?
And so it begins. -- Ambassador Kosh, Babylon 5
Isn't it ironic, don't you think -- Alanis Morissette
Like going into porn.
Of course then you would have the SEC on your doorstep with an arrest warrent for insider trading, along with Homeland Security, the FBI, CIA and the Nevada Gaming Commission.
I surely hope this is a hoax. I would hate to think that my safety is entrusted to the jokers that came up with this idea. Who's on the committee? Larry, Moe and Curly? If it is true, than it's a sure sign that it's time to leave this planet.
Mmmmmmm, WiFi beer. -- Homer
SCO wants me to pay them for something that I can get for free? Sounds like SCO has just joined the online panhandling bandwagon.
For example, working for a small, university library, I have to deal with a small budget in a shrinking economy. I would love nothing better than to switch over to Linux. However, we still have a few programs that we rely on that requires Windows. Now, if our vendors were to write their programs for Linux, then the switch would be a real possibility. A pipedream? Maybe, but then again a lot of things started out the same way and are now not only a reality, we have come to depend upon them (e.g. computers, cell phones, etc.)
Oh, and I just can't leave this post without something funny, and considering the wording of the topic, it screams for this one.
Number One, I order you to take a Number Two. -- Beavis
The real truth is, I'm afraid, far more nefarious then that. The DMCA is an attempt to cut-off the fair use clause in the copyright laws. Wny? Look at the backers of the DMCA: the RIAA, the MPAA, MS, and the computer game industry. They don't want you to make backup copies because it is not in their best interest to do so. So what if your copy of Shrek is so badly scratched that you can't watch it anymore? Who care is the kids used your Halo CD as a frisbee and wrecked it? Go out and pay another $20-$50 for a replacement. That's what they won't say, but it is clear to anyone with half a brain. At least Jesse James used a gun.
Surgeon General's Warning Viewing the following site may possible serious health risks, including breathing irregularity, stomach cramps, watery eyes, and loss of bladder control.
More like "We're fucked"
To: All SCO Employees
Re: Pills
All employees are reminded to take the BLUE pill every morning, not the RED pill. The BLUE pill is for good; the RED pill is evil. Employees will be given a BLUE pill every morning when they report in for work. All RED pills are to be turned into security for proper disposal. Any employee who reports an unauthorized RED pill to security will be given an extra SCO stock share as a bonus.
Signed,
Darl C. McBride
I just tell them that I charge $4.99US per minute and then ask for their credit call information to cover the cost of doing business with me. The next sound you hear will be a click as the telemarketer hangs up.
How's this for an idea? If the Direct Marketing Association is going to bombard me with more junk in my snail mail box, then I'm buying myself a paper shredder and make myself a bunch of free packing material. Waste not, want not. Besides the pragmatic uses, there is also the poetic justice and cathartic apects as well. Who knows, if the DMA sends me enough of their garbage, I could sell the shredded remains and make a tidy profit since the DMA will supply the raw materials and ship them to me at their cost. Could this plan be any more perfect?
First Young Man: Well they come up to you, like, and push you - shove you off the pavement, like. There's usually four or five of them.
Second Young Man: Yeah, this used to be a nice neighbourhood before the old ladies started moving in. Nowadays some of us daren't even go down to the shops. '
Third Young Man: Well Mr Johnson's son Kevin, he don't go out any more. He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
mopping up the sarcasism
This whole thing reminds me of the movie The Mouse That Roured. Maybe SCO is trying to boost their stock price; if so, they're failing. Or perhaps they're hoping that IBM will buy them out; likely, even if that's not SCO's intention. Or perhaps a group of open-source radicals are waiting in the wings for SCO's stock to plummet, buy out the company, and turn the source code for UNIX over to the OSS community. (Hey, if you're going to to dream, dream BIG!)
I wonder how many of those IP addresses are to spam servers.
SCO proves that black is white and get hit by a bus at the next zebra crossing.