Great; we finally get them to the point where they can be understood over the phone, and the moronic "Profit, and ONLY profit" motivated corporate exec's look to shave 2 cents and send the general public back into support Hell.
I wonder when those heavily educated buffoon's will realize their profit margin will be meaningless without someone able to purchase the products and services they offer... Or will they just up and move when the country is in economic ruin, and no one is able to survive off the "Living Wage" they offer?
Oh, true, each part is indeed certified. As stated, by law. The entire system, however isn't, and rarely is it. One company I worked for tried to get and keep Class b certs on their systems. The exorbitant cost alone precludes individual suppliers from certifying. The larger manufacturers only certify certain lines fully.
Check your computer; they are also supposed to be FCC certified. Few, if any, anymore, are. That doesn't stop anyone and everyone from modifying them. So, unfortunately, that truly doesn't hold water. The only time the FCC is going to act is if:
A) Congress mandates, and then appropriates
B) Public health and safety are at issue
The FCC will come down like a ton of bricks for illegal transmissions on frequencies designated for the Air transport; tromp a military circuit and nature screams "You, outta the gene pool"
As long as the transmissions do not interfere in broad spectrum and there are wide spread complaints, enformcement is unlikely.
Ahhhh, the joys of simple life. Modern commuting, if you will then, where those of us who are unable to afford the cost of living close to our employment are forced to take the long ride. And even those that must walk, there is a risk, albeit slim; to be accosted is never any fun, and that's just the panhandlers. Muggings aren't unheard of, and while that isn't precisely what the entire discussion is about, it IS something of concern. Not everyone lives in smallville. 8-)
WHOA! Hold on there. Ever looked at the security forces owned, operated and controlled by corporations? While most members may be simple incompotents, not all are. Some of those types are rather unstable. And by those types, I mean the security types, and the corporate execs.
As the reply points out... Conflict is natural between members of the species. It arises from simple differences of opinion. In some cases, true, it is carried out to the extreme end, but there is more daily conflict than you might think, or like to think about. I offer as evidence Exhibit A: the commute home Show me a single instance where that is considered enjoyable.
It is not legal to perform the trick as stated. However, the entire purpose of the Backup is to allow, in case of damage or destruction, a restoration. To whit, if the origianl is destroyed, you get to use your backup. Not once, but until it is no longer usuable. You cannot, however, legally make a copy of your backup.
That clears the legality; now let's consider one thing that hasn't been truly touched upon.
The purpose of laws. Not the legal system, but what the legal system is designed to do, and why.
The entire argument is based upon who owns the article in question. Unquestionably, that would be the inventor. How that person chooses to assign their invention is up to them.
This is the legality of the situation.
Rarely is that the actuality. I am reasonably intelligent, even dream of one day inventing "Something Big" and getting rich. The odds are aginst me for many different reasons.
One of those reason, oddly enough, has to do with certain contracts I was required to sign. How many of the fine readers of this august publication have thought about that ramification?
Technically, the NDA's most tech types are required to sign in order to get a job even as a tester only cover the business field of the contract/employment position. However, most of these NDA's and IP agreements can be interpreted rather broadly.
Many people are bound to these rules rather tightly; if you do not agree to sign, you agree not to work here. Pretty blunt. Some of these NDA's are so general and broad that if you invent a new form of shovel, the company can and WILL claim it was at their behest. This is not a dooms-day scenario. While a decent lawyer will attempt to protect one in this position, there are several positions I have taken that, in order to draw that check, I had to sign a rather open ended NDA and IP release.
Sure, I could have refused to sign. It's AWFULLY hard to feed three children and the wife principals, but I suppose one could try.
Face it, these terms are brought by the conglomorates to substantiate their claims. Pirate is as pirate does. If they are willing to steal our music, nothing is sacred; your daughters virginity is next. While there might be some dangerous types able and willing to do both... Most of the lawbreakers referenced as "pirates" are more dangerous to the screen and keyboard than my daughters virginity. They do not belong in the same class, they are not nefarious, nor dangerous. Prosecuting them as felons and putting them in prison is tantamount to a death sentance. The hardened types inhabiting those wonders of institutionalization will eat them for lunch.
Wow, so tacking into the wind, technology we have used for thousands of years, actually doesn't work? 8-) Solar sailing will work equivalantly; in order to approach a star, you would tack into the "Solar Breeze".
>Whoever the hell this Madisen character he is, he's just aiding the terrorists by saying things like that. We should ship him >off to Guantanamo.
So you would ship a former President of the Nation off to Guantanamo? Let's not consider for a moment the sheer asininity of actually digging up a corpse nearly two hundred years dead; Instead, lets talk about the obvious lack of education, or lack of ability to manipulate the data as taught, the author has shown.
As one of the FOUNDING FATHERS, let's consider for a moment that his quote might actually be RIGHT, ok?
Of course, the really big question no-one has clearly addressed... What happens when the jobs are outsourced, all your happy techs are now unemployed, and the business is making it's bubbly little profit at the expense of HR; What next? They will keep moving the outsource to cheaper and cheaper, but who BUYS their crap? I mean, especially here, where the outsourced road is well traveled, what the business cares about is profit... But there can be NO profit when no one can buy the product. Great, you outsourced your IT... Now who buys the hightech gadgets? Certainly not the UNEMPLOYED tech...
Oh, and the otherside... Right now it's unethical (Mostly) to hack the former employer... but I think when the job is outsourced ethics have already flown out the door, don't you?
Just some food for thought... never know when MY boss is reading. 8-)
But I think some people missed the whole point. Have you ever worked with Foxpro, or it's B@STARD CLONE, Visual? Now don't get me wrong, I don't build DB's for a living, but I do support PC's, and VFP sucks!
So the real question here is Why would you??
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Great; we finally get them to the point where they can be understood over the phone, and the moronic "Profit, and ONLY profit" motivated corporate exec's look to shave 2 cents and send the general public back into support Hell.
I wonder when those heavily educated buffoon's will realize their profit margin will be meaningless without someone able to purchase the products and services they offer... Or will they just up and move when the country is in economic ruin, and no one is able to survive off the "Living Wage" they offer?
Without any insult intended, it's not just the christians that are in need of more tolerance.
Oh, true, each part is indeed certified. As stated, by law. The entire system, however isn't, and rarely is it. One company I worked for tried to get and keep Class b certs on their systems. The exorbitant cost alone precludes individual suppliers from certifying. The larger manufacturers only certify certain lines fully.
Check your computer; they are also supposed to be FCC certified. Few, if any, anymore, are. That doesn't stop anyone and everyone from modifying them. So, unfortunately, that truly doesn't hold water. The only time the FCC is going to act is if:
A) Congress mandates, and then appropriates
B) Public health and safety are at issue
The FCC will come down like a ton of bricks for illegal transmissions on frequencies designated for the Air transport; tromp a military circuit and nature screams "You, outta the gene pool" As long as the transmissions do not interfere in broad spectrum and there are wide spread complaints, enformcement is unlikely.
Ahhhh, the joys of simple life.
Modern commuting, if you will then, where those of us who are unable to afford the cost of living close to our employment are forced to take the long ride.
And even those that must walk, there is a risk, albeit slim; to be accosted is never any fun, and that's just the panhandlers. Muggings aren't unheard of, and while that isn't precisely what the entire discussion is about, it IS something of concern.
Not everyone lives in smallville. 8-)
WHOA! Hold on there. Ever looked at the security forces owned, operated and controlled by corporations? While most members may be simple incompotents, not all are.
Some of those types are rather unstable.
And by those types, I mean the security types, and the corporate execs.
As the reply points out... Conflict is natural between members of the species.
It arises from simple differences of opinion. In some cases, true, it is carried out to the extreme end, but there is more daily conflict than you might think, or like to think about.
I offer as evidence Exhibit A: the commute home
Show me a single instance where that is considered enjoyable.
It is not legal to perform the trick as stated. However, the entire purpose of the Backup is to allow, in case of damage or destruction, a restoration. To whit, if the origianl is destroyed, you get to use your backup. Not once, but until it is no longer usuable. You cannot, however, legally make a copy of your backup.
That clears the legality; now let's consider one thing that hasn't been truly touched upon.
The purpose of laws. Not the legal system, but what the legal system is designed to do, and why.
The entire argument is based upon who owns the article in question. Unquestionably, that would be the inventor. How that person chooses to assign their invention is up to them.
This is the legality of the situation. Rarely is that the actuality. I am reasonably intelligent, even dream of one day inventing "Something Big" and getting rich. The odds are aginst me for many different reasons. One of those reason, oddly enough, has to do with certain contracts I was required to sign. How many of the fine readers of this august publication have thought about that ramification? Technically, the NDA's most tech types are required to sign in order to get a job even as a tester only cover the business field of the contract/employment position. However, most of these NDA's and IP agreements can be interpreted rather broadly. Many people are bound to these rules rather tightly; if you do not agree to sign, you agree not to work here. Pretty blunt. Some of these NDA's are so general and broad that if you invent a new form of shovel, the company can and WILL claim it was at their behest. This is not a dooms-day scenario. While a decent lawyer will attempt to protect one in this position, there are several positions I have taken that, in order to draw that check, I had to sign a rather open ended NDA and IP release. Sure, I could have refused to sign. It's AWFULLY hard to feed three children and the wife principals, but I suppose one could try.
Face it, these terms are brought by the conglomorates to substantiate their claims. Pirate is as pirate does. If they are willing to steal our music, nothing is sacred; your daughters virginity is next. While there might be some dangerous types able and willing to do both... Most of the lawbreakers referenced as "pirates" are more dangerous to the screen and keyboard than my daughters virginity. They do not belong in the same class, they are not nefarious, nor dangerous. Prosecuting them as felons and putting them in prison is tantamount to a death sentance. The hardened types inhabiting those wonders of institutionalization will eat them for lunch.
Wow, so tacking into the wind, technology we have used for thousands of years, actually doesn't work? 8-)
Solar sailing will work equivalantly; in order to approach a star, you would tack into the "Solar Breeze".
>Whoever the hell this Madisen character he is, he's just aiding the terrorists by saying things like that. We should ship him >off to Guantanamo.
So you would ship a former President of the Nation off to Guantanamo? Let's not consider for a moment the sheer asininity of actually digging up a corpse nearly two hundred years dead; Instead, lets talk about the obvious lack of education, or lack of ability to manipulate the data as taught, the author has shown. As one of the FOUNDING FATHERS, let's consider for a moment that his quote might actually be RIGHT, ok?
Ummm, I think you have that wrong. It's more like asking the Sheep to guard the sheep...
Oh, and the otherside... Right now it's unethical (Mostly) to hack the former employer... but I think when the job is outsourced ethics have already flown out the door, don't you? Just some food for thought... never know when MY boss is reading. 8-)
Sure... You hack it, they get tired of feilding the calls, fix it, and wait for it to happen again... 8-)
I have one word for you...
AHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
*Plink*
But I think some people missed the whole point. Have you ever worked with Foxpro, or it's B@STARD CLONE, Visual? Now don't get me wrong, I don't build DB's for a living, but I do support PC's, and VFP sucks! So the real question here is Why would you??
All so Bill can say "MS Owns your *BSD"
Anonymous Coward my shiny new asterick! Hell, I agree with that, and will stcik my alias to it... 8-)
Or even worse, further back, and the HDD will effectively place you back in Win3.x
Amen Brother... I think anyone with a mildly functioning brain should be able to get that, but they never do seem to...
Hey, I like that idea... When you're tired of the lesser of two evils, go for Broke!