I would mind if I spent 40/hrs+ a week creating something, expecting to use what I'm creating to pay a few bills, and then have someone steal what I created, yes. Is that so hard to understand? Have you ever created anything in your life? How do you make a living?
Okay, I'm seeing a lot of people railing (once again) against the government for enforcing the law. If this operation was targeted at the people downloading the pirated software and music, I'd be joining in - that's a huge waste.
But the government action is against those that are producing the cracked software and providing the music for download. These aren't your typical kids playing at sharing music. These are people who know exactly what they are doing, and, while they have a myriad of reasons for doing so (some even mildly admirable), they ARE breaking the law.
So I'm reading this, well, garbage that people are posting about honor among pirates. Well, whatever. I'm sure that's true for some segment of that population. But who gives a damn? Who are these people really benefiting? Is this REALLY a valid way to protest the pricing structures and horrible crap that these companies are producing? And even if it is, these people, again, are aware the the consequences of this type of protest, and I feel no need to get worked up about it.
I guess my point is - I'm GLAD that my government actually attempts to enforce the law. I wish they did a better job, which includes knowing how and when to enforce the law. At least this time they got it right, for once. 'Course, that's assuming that the press release is even reasonably accurate.
So, I'm thinking - those people who actually respond to spam? We should host an awards show for them - called "Too dumb to Live". We give them a chance to give their speeches and thank their whatevers, and then, when they leave the stage to go to the "press interviews", we can just dispatch them in some nice, efficient manner.
We should ALL do something to make the world a better place to live, ya know...
This is something that might be mentioned at a stockholder's meeting. At least in the form of "at this point, with the lawsuits against Microsoft, we are adopting a strategy to deal with the image problems by making deals with the people suing us. We've been very successful at this practice to this point, and it has cost the company minimal amounts against our bottom line. Refer to figure A on page 6 of your shareholder's report, and you'll see what I mean..."
I'm not saying it WOULD go down that way, or that I need it to do so to believe it. But it is reasonable, and companies have done so before.
That everything in here is pure speculation? There are no confirming quotes from Microsoft (contrary to the title and description of the article). There are guesses by people outside the company. I'm not saying this isn't true. EVERYONE is saying it. But this is hardly new or useful.
Okay, expensive, and no one needs this stuff anymore. Why do they bother? $60/disk? $400 for the unit? I don't understand where and why there was funding.
Fuck the moderators who try to silence comments with "overrated". My god, get a clue people - don't fear other people's opinions, answer them. Here's the original:
Interesting, but I'd like to point out at least one issue:
The one where the guy seems to think they are talking about palladium? WRONG. They are talking about the educational centers, and their course curriculim (sp).
As for the programmer thing, yeah, well, that sucks.
Interesting, but I'd like to point out at least one issue:
The one where the guy seems to think they are talking about palladium? WRONG. They are talking about the educational centers, and their course curriculim (sp).
As for the programmer thing, yeah, well, that sucks.
Did the poster read the summary? I mean, maybe the full report is scary, but this isn't. Unless you are scared due to the clear inability of these things to change anything in the short term. But why would that be scary? It's not going to be fixed in the short term by anyone but you and I.
Can someone who actually read at least the summary please tell me what's so scary. And leave the tinfoil hats off - it gets very tiring.
M-Theory & Supersymmetry attempt to unify the efforts of those scientists studying string theory by making a self-consistent, simple, and elegant explanation for the why of everything. It attempts to resolve the basic, fundamental issues that quantum theory and general/special relativity have failed to answer. If this experiment happens, we may be able to determine whether we need to look for another contender, or whether the strange world of M-Theory is the path to follow. Hurrah!
I've read many of these diatribes against manned exploration. And they are neat. They have a lot of good information, and everything they say needs to be taken into careful account. They show us why the majority of our space exploration efforts should be using relatively cheap, automated or remoted controlled devices.
But they all ignore several things, or at least trivialize them. People don't give a crap about whether the surface of Io is 5 bajillion degrees or 6. There are two things that the average joe cares about - their own dreams, and making it through tommorow. We cannot turn space into a profitable venture without the involvement of people being out there. That may change, but it is currently a fact. We also cannot feed people's dreams (in general) by telling them that "You, yes YOU can be the next great scientist to write the little snippet of code that causes the right front wheel of our next space explorer to rotate in a clockward fashion!" That doesn't do it for most (for me, yes, but not for most). And if you don't give people a reason that they can hold in their hearts to fund this stuff, then it won't be funded. And that would be a great shame - something our descendants would rightly curse us for.
There is more to this space stuff then the expense and danger.
Interesting. Are you a citizen of the United States? If so, you might want to be aware that you ARE the government, as am I. And I personally don't like having someone tell me I am associated with a criminal organization. Care to back that up, bub?
Course, if you can, then the next step is to change the government so it isn't a criminal organization. But honestly, I doubt you have a coherent arguement that actually makes sense to the majority of humans living on this planet.
In my current job, I noticed similar provisions. I crossed them out, walked into my boss's office, and told him EXACTLY why I could not sign an agreement with these items in it. I also went over the other issues I had with the agreement. He went back to HR and HIS boss, and they figured out what they could remove or modify (which was pretty much everything). They gave me a new agreement, which I signed, and that was that. I currently own two companies, and am working full time (which is really stupid, but there you are). Anyway, outside of the lack of time, things are working well.
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I would mind if I spent 40/hrs+ a week creating something, expecting to use what I'm creating to pay a few bills, and then have someone steal what I created, yes. Is that so hard to understand? Have you ever created anything in your life? How do you make a living?
Yep, I do, Mr. Anonymous Coward. Did you really have to ask?
Are you joking? I mean, where do you live? Have you used electricity today? Do I need to continue? Did you take a shower this morning? Are you crazy?
Thank god! A reason for stealing software! I can't afford it, I want it - so I'll steal it. That's okay then. Phew!
Interesting that differing ideas and opinions are so much more important than whether those ideas and opinions are right or wrong, aye?
Oh shit! I just offended everyone by using those evil "right and wrong" words, didn't I? Oh no!
Okay, I'm seeing a lot of people railing (once again) against the government for enforcing the law. If this operation was targeted at the people downloading the pirated software and music, I'd be joining in - that's a huge waste.
But the government action is against those that are producing the cracked software and providing the music for download. These aren't your typical kids playing at sharing music. These are people who know exactly what they are doing, and, while they have a myriad of reasons for doing so (some even mildly admirable), they ARE breaking the law.
So I'm reading this, well, garbage that people are posting about honor among pirates. Well, whatever. I'm sure that's true for some segment of that population. But who gives a damn? Who are these people really benefiting? Is this REALLY a valid way to protest the pricing structures and horrible crap that these companies are producing? And even if it is, these people, again, are aware the the consequences of this type of protest, and I feel no need to get worked up about it.
I guess my point is - I'm GLAD that my government actually attempts to enforce the law. I wish they did a better job, which includes knowing how and when to enforce the law. At least this time they got it right, for once. 'Course, that's assuming that the press release is even reasonably accurate.
I have about 50 CDs that are 10 or more years old? What are these people doing, storing their CDs in Coca Cola?
So, I'm thinking - those people who actually respond to spam? We should host an awards show for them - called "Too dumb to Live". We give them a chance to give their speeches and thank their whatevers, and then, when they leave the stage to go to the "press interviews", we can just dispatch them in some nice, efficient manner.
We should ALL do something to make the world a better place to live, ya know...
Not to be all defensive (I don't work for the jerks), but it isn't that Windows can't handle imbedded punctuation.
This is something that might be mentioned at a stockholder's meeting. At least in the form of "at this point, with the lawsuits against Microsoft, we are adopting a strategy to deal with the image problems by making deals with the people suing us. We've been very successful at this practice to this point, and it has cost the company minimal amounts against our bottom line. Refer to figure A on page 6 of your shareholder's report, and you'll see what I mean..."
I'm not saying it WOULD go down that way, or that I need it to do so to believe it. But it is reasonable, and companies have done so before.
That everything in here is pure speculation? There are no confirming quotes from Microsoft (contrary to the title and description of the article). There are guesses by people outside the company. I'm not saying this isn't true. EVERYONE is saying it. But this is hardly new or useful.
Okay, quick look on the net - http://www.pricewatch.com/, and I see USB hard drives with 40GB of space for under $60. Why buy it from Iomega for more?
Okay, expensive, and no one needs this stuff anymore. Why do they bother? $60/disk? $400 for the unit? I don't understand where and why there was funding.
Fuck the moderators who try to silence comments with "overrated". My god, get a clue people - don't fear other people's opinions, answer them. Here's the original:
Interesting, but I'd like to point out at least one issue:
The one where the guy seems to think they are talking about palladium? WRONG. They are talking about the educational centers, and their course curriculim (sp).
As for the programmer thing, yeah, well, that sucks.
Wow, I've been SILENCED (overrated no less!):
"And FLOSS developers wear white hats, while Microsoft developers only wear black hats.
Color (and reality), anyone?"
Interesting, but I'd like to point out at least one issue:
The one where the guy seems to think they are talking about palladium? WRONG. They are talking about the educational centers, and their course curriculim (sp).
As for the programmer thing, yeah, well, that sucks.
And FLOSS developers wear white hats, while Microsoft developers only wear black hats.
Color (and reality), anyone?
Did the poster read the summary? I mean, maybe the full report is scary, but this isn't. Unless you are scared due to the clear inability of these things to change anything in the short term. But why would that be scary? It's not going to be fixed in the short term by anyone but you and I.
Can someone who actually read at least the summary please tell me what's so scary. And leave the tinfoil hats off - it gets very tiring.
M-Theory & Supersymmetry attempt to unify the efforts of those scientists studying string theory by making a self-consistent, simple, and elegant explanation for the why of everything. It attempts to resolve the basic, fundamental issues that quantum theory and general/special relativity have failed to answer. If this experiment happens, we may be able to determine whether we need to look for another contender, or whether the strange world of M-Theory is the path to follow. Hurrah!
I've read many of these diatribes against manned exploration. And they are neat. They have a lot of good information, and everything they say needs to be taken into careful account. They show us why the majority of our space exploration efforts should be using relatively cheap, automated or remoted controlled devices.
But they all ignore several things, or at least trivialize them. People don't give a crap about whether the surface of Io is 5 bajillion degrees or 6. There are two things that the average joe cares about - their own dreams, and making it through tommorow. We cannot turn space into a profitable venture without the involvement of people being out there. That may change, but it is currently a fact. We also cannot feed people's dreams (in general) by telling them that "You, yes YOU can be the next great scientist to write the little snippet of code that causes the right front wheel of our next space explorer to rotate in a clockward fashion!" That doesn't do it for most (for me, yes, but not for most). And if you don't give people a reason that they can hold in their hearts to fund this stuff, then it won't be funded. And that would be a great shame - something our descendants would rightly curse us for.
There is more to this space stuff then the expense and danger.
What is scariest is that there are people who actually need stuff like that.
Interesting. Are you a citizen of the United States? If so, you might want to be aware that you ARE the government, as am I. And I personally don't like having someone tell me I am associated with a criminal organization. Care to back that up, bub?
Course, if you can, then the next step is to change the government so it isn't a criminal organization. But honestly, I doubt you have a coherent arguement that actually makes sense to the majority of humans living on this planet.
Have fun!
Oh, I see. Quote something that no one follows and no government really recognizes. THAT's an authority that guarantees my right to privacy, sure! :)
This isn't what JPL said. They said they were using a full color, basic digital camera. Damn, where's that link?
In my current job, I noticed similar provisions. I crossed them out, walked into my boss's office, and told him EXACTLY why I could not sign an agreement with these items in it. I also went over the other issues I had with the agreement. He went back to HR and HIS boss, and they figured out what they could remove or modify (which was pretty much everything). They gave me a new agreement, which I signed, and that was that. I currently own two companies, and am working full time (which is really stupid, but there you are). Anyway, outside of the lack of time, things are working well.