" the optional download list seen by US Windows users"
Try reading a bit further in the article:
Trend was aware of the Security Essentials offer in the U.K. that started last month, but Microsoft's decision to do the same in the U.S. caught it by surprise.
Your right, flying is a privilege, but your argument is straw man at best.
"your"/"you're" misuse notwithstanding, I don't believe flying should be considered a privilege. I know courts have implicitly decided this, but where does it end? The same security rules could be equally applied to trains. Already, one goes through an inspection station when driving from Nevada to California. What is the right to travel without interference? When walking? When walking naked?
The worst has to be the recent rules against liquids specifying the exact type of plastic bag and container they must be in and sending people back to buy an overpriced plastic bag if its slightly too big.
I never bother with plastic bags and the screeners have never stopped me taking things like toothpaste in my carry-on bag. What's the point of the bags?
Yeah that's what I meant when I said, "can't get back to the classic (plain text) index even though I've un-checked and checked it multiple times."
OK, so try "Preferences", "General" (under "Classic Index") and then select "Use Classic Index". I was able to switch back to the classic index using some combination of selections, so it is indeed possible. I did not have to logoff/logon or exit my browser.
Yeah it sucks. And it's slow (CPU intensive). And I can't get back to the classic (plain text) index even though I've un-checked and checked it multiple times.
Go to Preferences, then click on "Layout" under "Dynamic Index" and then select "Use Classic Index"
The last time I looked, computers did not program themselves. Someone had to develop these algorithms. Someone had to write the code to implement them. More importantly, someone had to make the decision to attempt to use such algorithms to make money (I use the word "make" loosely here -- I think that such algorithms really just effect a transfer of money without any added value).
These "objectionable sites" may consider adding some political commentary (perhaps a policy statement on the topic of drig regulation) and then if the governement tries to shut them down, sue using the 1st amendment .
The only solution for the government then perhaps becomes a much finer grained block list (specfiic pages) which the web sites can evade by moving stuff around, or, by having political speech on every page.
The question would then be how the US Supreme court would view a "voluntary" block list that was published (or caused to be published) by the government?
I got an email from them, claiming that someone I knew wanted me to join. It was a spammer - the "custom message" that was included was a single link to a spam site in China.
Are you sure that LinkedIn actually sent the emails and i the weren't just a spam emails? The spam emails that look to be from LinkedIn are quite good forgeries and I don't recall ever seeing real LinkedIn emails refer to a "custom message".
These agreements are standard fair when companies sign contracts to do business. Intel has a contract to design parts for Apple, Apple had a contract to share services with Google, Apple would have a contract with Adobe to share things like PDF support and such, etc. Not poaching employees from another company under contract is a standard business contract.
And perhaps it is reasonable if it is limited to only those employees working on the joint projects where contact is established through the contract. Otherwise, it's simply an anti-competitive move to keep wages down.
Yes, it sucks that the market for candles disappeared but you have to adapt and compete. If you can't make CFLs competitively, then you lose your job. It's that simple.
Part of the problem is that China has not historically allowed its currency to float. In other words, China has stacked the deck in its favor. Personally, I blame Clinton, who granted most favored nation status to China without meaningful free-market reforms.
The problem with this is that the opposite result would in this case seemingly prevent the sale of upgrades. This would also be problematic for society. What the plaintiff was selling (in some cases) was software that had been upgraded Autodesk's customer. The agreement on buying the upgrade was to not use the orginal software, but instead of destroying it, they re-sold it.
Unfortunately, the judges appear to have now made law that "it is a license, not a sale if we [the vendor] say so". That is clearly a bad outcome for consumers.
I have some software that includes (on a loose piece of paper inside the sealed package) an EULA. There was no indication on the outside of the package that an EULA was included.
The software CANNOT be installed on a PC -- it only runs from the CD (the CD seems to have to illegal files/format that prevent normal copying, the instructions clearly state that it cannot be installed and must be run from the CD).
Is this EULA valid? I never accepted it in any meaningful fashion (I did not have to click through an agreement and I could have discarded the EULA without reading it and it would not have affected my use of the program).
On the other other hand, Office enjoys ridiculous market share and makes a staggering amount of money.
Due in no small part, to Microsoft's illegal anti-competitive activities. It's one thing to make vast amounts of money from a monopoly, but making money in a competitive situation (where Nokia is no longer the leader) make take a different skill set.
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Try reading a bit further in the article:
"your"/"you're" misuse notwithstanding, I don't believe flying should be considered a privilege. I know courts have implicitly decided this, but where does it end? The same security rules could be equally applied to trains. Already, one goes through an inspection station when driving from Nevada to California. What is the right to travel without interference? When walking? When walking naked?
Not CMOS transistors, which are the dominant type used today.
Many skiers would think that the above statement is an oxymoron.
MS created a deliberately non-standard browser and now suffers the consequences.
FTFY
I never bother with plastic bags and the screeners have never stopped me taking things like toothpaste in my carry-on bag. What's the point of the bags?
There are exceptions -- older people, minor children, etc..
OK, so try "Preferences", "General" (under "Classic Index") and then select "Use Classic Index". I was able to switch back to the classic index using some combination of selections, so it is indeed possible. I did not have to logoff/logon or exit my browser.
Go to Preferences, then click on "Layout" under "Dynamic Index" and then select "Use Classic Index"
Just because Sculley didn't know about computers at the time, he assumes that nobody did?
The last time I looked, computers did not program themselves. Someone had to develop these algorithms. Someone had to write the code to implement them. More importantly, someone had to make the decision to attempt to use such algorithms to make money (I use the word "make" loosely here -- I think that such algorithms really just effect a transfer of money without any added value).
These "objectionable sites" may consider adding some political commentary (perhaps a policy statement on the topic of drig regulation) and then if the governement tries to shut them down, sue using the 1st amendment .
The only solution for the government then perhaps becomes a much finer grained block list (specfiic pages) which the web sites can evade by moving stuff around, or, by having political speech on every page.
The question would then be how the US Supreme court would view a "voluntary" block list that was published (or caused to be published) by the government?
You missed the part about: "we need more control of the Internet, cellphones, computers, etc."
Are you sure that LinkedIn actually sent the emails and i the weren't just a spam emails? The spam emails that look to be from LinkedIn are quite good forgeries and I don't recall ever seeing real LinkedIn emails refer to a "custom message".
I got a spam email which looked like a LinkedIn request last week.
It was immediately obvious that it was fake because it was sent to sales@
Let me suggest that you look up the word "forensic" I don't think it means what you think it means.
Didn't Intel processors have a unique ID at one time?
And perhaps it is reasonable if it is limited to only those employees working on the joint projects where contact is established through the contract. Otherwise, it's simply an anti-competitive move to keep wages down.
If you believe that, then I have some prime real estate and a bridge to sell to you.
TFA (yes, I actually read it) says: "Firefox 4.0 Beta 6 came in behind all other browsers except for IE8". That's quite different from "dead last".
Part of the problem is that China has not historically allowed its currency to float. In other words, China has stacked the deck in its favor. Personally, I blame Clinton, who granted most favored nation status to China without meaningful free-market reforms.
The problem with this is that the opposite result would in this case seemingly prevent the sale of upgrades. This would also be problematic for society. What the plaintiff was selling (in some cases) was software that had been upgraded Autodesk's customer. The agreement on buying the upgrade was to not use the orginal software, but instead of destroying it, they re-sold it.
Unfortunately, the judges appear to have now made law that "it is a license, not a sale if we [the vendor] say so". That is clearly a bad outcome for consumers.
I have some software that includes (on a loose piece of paper inside the sealed package) an EULA. There was no indication on the outside of the package that an EULA was included.
The software CANNOT be installed on a PC -- it only runs from the CD (the CD seems to have to illegal files/format that prevent normal copying, the instructions clearly state that it cannot be installed and must be run from the CD).
Is this EULA valid? I never accepted it in any meaningful fashion (I did not have to click through an agreement and I could have discarded the EULA without reading it and it would not have affected my use of the program).
Due in no small part, to Microsoft's illegal anti-competitive activities. It's one thing to make vast amounts of money from a monopoly, but making money in a competitive situation (where Nokia is no longer the leader) make take a different skill set.