I know they don't have the right to search you if you decline to allow them. How much grief do they give you?
Well, I am not a lawyer, but I figure that they would have to accuse you of theft in order to detain you.
Practically, though, they never attempt to stop you walking out, even with a cart load of stuff. Only once, one of the people at the "final insult" stand commented to me that I kept walking past him! Usually, I hear a plaintive "can I help you?" from behind me.
Well, obviously; but can she get a lawyer and countersue SCO for their aggressive, deceptive tactics?
I think SCO's idea is that since she bought a license to Unixware , she has no recourse.
It will be interesting to see the actual license that they offer, since if it does not really allow you to run Unixware, then, it must really be a Linux license (on the basis that if it walks and quacks like a duck...). This presumes SCO actually offers a license, which I seriously doubt will ever happen.
"Spammers know they are going to be kicked off, so they won't pay their first few months' bill," said Craig Silliman, the legal director for MCI's network and facilities operation. "By the time you catch them, they turn into a net loss."
So, not only do they fail to act on SPAM reports, but they don't disconnect for failing to pay? What are they thinking? I mean, how long does it take to "catch" a SPAMMER on their own network?
How bout this, the MIT student is getting sued for DOWNLOADING MP3s. What if he/she already owns the CDs in question?
I think that is just sloppy writing. The RIAA would like people to think that they are suing the downloaders, but I think they are really only suing those who allow uploads.
If DNS were extended to:
1. Enable more service lookups (like the MX records)
2. return not only an IP address, but also a port number,
much more sharing of IP addresses could be achieved. Imagine this: you want to connect to an SSH server. Your lookup requests the IP/port for the SSH server with name . Then your ssh client connects accordingly.
Since we now have stateful firewalls, the difficulty of using random port numbers in firewalls can be accommodated.
Perhaps we might want to limit the port ranges for known services to make things a little easier on firewall configuration.
On the other hand, this would require changes to thousands of client programs to support the port lookup, so maybe it's a crazy idea.
That's expected.. the dyes used in CD-R's are invisible to the red laser used to read DVD's.
It's not universal. My DVD player will read CD-R but not CD-RW.
I have been selling Toshiba Laptops for the past two years and the number one reason I do so is because they not only give you a real copy of windows
Perhaps you would like to explain why the 2 Toshiba laptops that colleagues at work bought and the one I bought for my daughter all came WITHOUT a "real" windows disk?
Then you might remember how much success Joe Costello had in trying to persuade Japanese compnies to stop using Avanti's software when Cadence was alleging that Avanti's software used stolen code. In that case the evidence was much stronger, yet the only thing Joe achieved by trying to have Japanese companies stop using Avanti was to lose his job!
The Japanese culture puts politeness above honesty. Dale understands this and will use it to his advantage:
1. Dale asks Japanese compnies not to use Linux
2. Japanese make polite noises but do not throw him out
3. Dale returns and declares the trip a success
4. Japanese companies ignore Dale and continue Linux projects.
5. Lazy reporters don't notice that Japanese companies continue to promote Linux and continue to report Dale's "success"
Maybe, there is a large population of people who are STILL USING IMACS!!!!!!!!!
Not sure what your point is here. I was commenting that I still use a monitor that was built around 1991 and you refer to people using iMacs: first introduced 7 years later in 1998.
OK, my research 'techniques' were probably a little less thorough than Jayson Blair's, but the original question is still valid: why aren't environmentalists actively opposing laws and products that promote waste?
I've always wondered where the environmentalists are when it comes to computer disposal issues.
Consider this? Surely they should be against anything that:
1. Encourages users to throw away printers or
2. Makes it difficult for cartridges to be refilled instead of replaced.
But then, they are probably using Apple computers with integrated monitors -- requiring unnecessary disposal of monitors whenever they replace their computers instead of using a PC and keeping the monitor during several PC replacements. Heck, I have a monitor in daily use that I bought in 1991!
Dell Flirted with Linux desktop machines and promptly withdrew them
Desktops perhaps, but they still sell "workstations" loaded with RedHat Linux. What's more, on one system I tried configuring, the price dropped a massive $23 when I selected RedHat Linux instead of XP.
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I know they don't have the right to search you if you decline to allow them. How much grief do they give you?
Well, I am not a lawyer, but I figure that they would have to accuse you of theft in order to detain you.
Practically, though, they never attempt to stop you walking out, even with a cart load of stuff. Only once, one of the people at the "final insult" stand commented to me that I kept walking past him! Usually, I hear a plaintive "can I help you?" from behind me.
IBM Buys Novell, finds something in the SCO/Novell contracts that allows IBM to terminate SCO's license to Unix code.
Incidentally, would Ray Noorda benefit from this? Does he still have substantial holdings in Novell?
Can anyone show me a link?o rkstation/CSSA-2003-020.0/SRPMS/linux-2.4.13-21D.s rc.rpm
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/W
"Mathematics for the Million" by Hogben, Lancelot.
Note that it is not ".. for the Million s "
An OEM copy of Windows XP Pro is not worth 199. It's 99 bucks everywhere online (with purchase of hardware)
Maybe, but it is up to the manufacturer to show that to the court.
Well, obviously; but can she get a lawyer and countersue SCO for their aggressive, deceptive tactics?
I think SCO's idea is that since she bought a license to Unixware , she has no recourse.
It will be interesting to see the actual license that they offer, since if it does not really allow you to run Unixware, then, it must really be a Linux license (on the basis that if it walks and quacks like a duck...). This presumes SCO actually offers a license, which I seriously doubt will ever happen.
"Spammers know they are going to be kicked off, so they won't pay their first few months' bill," said Craig Silliman, the legal director for MCI's network and facilities operation. "By the time you catch them, they turn into a net loss."
So, not only do they fail to act on SPAM reports, but they don't disconnect for failing to pay? What are they thinking? I mean, how long does it take to "catch" a SPAMMER on their own network?
Is it just me, or doe sthis website now work well with Galeon on Linux? I don't weem to be able to navigate to some of the pages
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I seriously hope that software patents take the biggest hit
..... don't you think IBM might have some patents that could squash SCO if all else fails?
Not immediately
How bout this, the MIT student is getting sued for DOWNLOADING MP3s. What if he/she already owns the CDs in question?
I think that is just sloppy writing. The RIAA would like people to think that they are suing the downloaders, but I think they are really only suing those who allow uploads.
If DNS were extended to:
1. Enable more service lookups (like the MX records)
2. return not only an IP address, but also a port number,
much more sharing of IP addresses could be achieved. Imagine this: you want to connect to an SSH server. Your lookup requests the IP/port for the SSH server with name . Then your ssh client connects accordingly.
Since we now have stateful firewalls, the difficulty of using random port numbers in firewalls can be accommodated.
Perhaps we might want to limit the port ranges for known services to make things a little easier on firewall configuration.
On the other hand, this would require changes to thousands of client programs to support the port lookup, so maybe it's a crazy idea.
I mean, how many people will buy and install Trumpet Winsock to get IPv6 on their Windows 98 machines versus just upgrading to XP?
You're free to choose whether or not you fly with them
Until every airline has a similar setup and your "choice" is now to fly or drive.
That's expected.. the dyes used in CD-R's are invisible to the red laser used to read DVD's.
It's not universal. My DVD player will read CD-R but not CD-RW.
I have been selling Toshiba Laptops for the past two years and the number one reason I do so is because they not only give you a real copy of windows
Perhaps you would like to explain why the 2 Toshiba laptops that colleagues at work bought and the one I bought for my daughter all came WITHOUT a "real" windows disk?
How is this news? Tosh and other vendors have been selling PCs with only a "recovery CD" that wipes everything for years.
The article does not say how much the lawyers got from this. Perhaps their cut explains the difference between the $5-$29 and the $40 overcharge?
I downloaded a source RPM from SCO's site only a month ago. Since that is GPL'd they can't sue me!
They also can't claim that they did not know their code was in there, since this was months after they initiated their lawsuit.
I work at a large japanese chip-maker,
Then you might remember how much success Joe Costello had in trying to persuade Japanese compnies to stop using Avanti's software when Cadence was alleging that Avanti's software used stolen code. In that case the evidence was much stronger, yet the only thing Joe achieved by trying to have Japanese companies stop using Avanti was to lose his job!
The Japanese culture puts politeness above honesty. Dale understands this and will use it to his advantage:
1. Dale asks Japanese compnies not to use Linux
2. Japanese make polite noises but do not throw him out
3. Dale returns and declares the trip a success
4. Japanese companies ignore Dale and continue Linux projects.
5. Lazy reporters don't notice that Japanese companies continue to promote Linux and continue to report Dale's "success"
Maybe, there is a large population of people who are STILL USING IMACS!!!!!!!!!
Not sure what your point is here. I was commenting that I still use a monitor that was built around 1991 and you refer to people using iMacs: first introduced 7 years later in 1998.
OK, my research 'techniques' were probably a little less thorough than Jayson Blair's, but the original question is still valid: why aren't environmentalists actively opposing laws and products that promote waste?
I've always wondered where the environmentalists are when it comes to computer disposal issues.
Consider this? Surely they should be against anything that:
1. Encourages users to throw away printers or
2. Makes it difficult for cartridges to be refilled instead of replaced.
But then, they are probably using Apple computers with integrated monitors -- requiring unnecessary disposal of monitors whenever they replace their computers instead of using a PC and keeping the monitor during several PC replacements. Heck, I have a monitor in daily use that I bought in 1991!
Then I noticed one other "slight" difference in the configuration. :-) Hell, I know which option I'd take!
Try changing the config -- as far as I could tell, if I make the 2 systems identical apart from the OS, the XP system is a massive $2 more expensive.
Dell Flirted with Linux desktop machines and promptly withdrew them
Desktops perhaps, but they still sell "workstations" loaded with RedHat Linux. What's more, on one system I tried configuring, the price dropped a massive $23 when I selected RedHat Linux instead of XP.