We're talking Bush administration here. Talk about painting a target on your back! They'd WANT to get rid of anyone who can point a finger. Disposing of the body is no big deal
"Hello Niels.... this is Dick Cheney.... you fancy a weekend in the country - a few drinks, and maybe some shooting?"
So who's to make a fuss if Firefox has a couple of measly problems for a while?
The problem with this kind of approach is that while we MAY have the moral high ground with regards to product quality, a certain large corporation has a truckload of money to give to all the shills who will scream "...and if Firefox's development team are letting it slip badly.... FOSS sucks.... blah blah....." as the headline on a thousand articles.
Maintaining the moral high ground goes hand in hand with NOT letting this sort of approach take hold in any of the 'flagship' products.
He graduated from Brigham Young University after serving as a missionary with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan.
I'm guessing Darl is going to need a little more in his repertoire than just Missionary, when he's in the cell with Bubba, and without the magic underwear.......
There is something about a fresh, fragrant cup of Earl Gray that really does make the world seem like a decent place - even if you've worked in technical support.
If you aren't able to stretch the budget to the Harrods blend, I'd strongly recommend the foil-packed Dilmah (100% ceylon) variety, which is about the freshest, and most fragrant I've been able to fine in Australia.
I think he still missed the point though. I think people are unhappy that a handfull of companies control music, movies, video games, television and news. And these companies are determined to provide the least usefull solutions and the least value to their customers.
I don't know that he missed the point. His views on whether the companies themselves are right-or-wrong don't really matter - his role is to help with enforcement of the relevant laws, and to do that regardless of who is raising the complaint.
Privately, I think most people would have concerns about the collection and abuse of power going on in most countries today. The average citizen has been made, basically, irrelevant, in the bigger picture. In the end though, they're still going to go to the office and do their job, because you're even more irrelevant if you can't even survive in the society that is served up to you.
I'd go with Immoral more than illegal - since they ARE the registered owners of a domain that was voluntarily dropped, they are technically the "owners" of that mail at this point in time.
Mind you, there's probably a few hundred lawyers out there who were spammed previously who'll defend them if it becomes an issue;)
What about for making things compatible with it, or for research? What if someone slaps a EULA on a virus, and then sues anti-virus researchers?
One wonders (and I'm not a DMCA know-it-all - my apologies) whether the scenario will arise where a virus writer slaps on sufficient "protections" to make circumventing the virus a breach of the act...... I can't wait to see the day that some of these half-baked laws come back to bite someone important on the behind.
Does anyone know if there's a provision for this sort of "circumvention"?
You obviously haven't listened to the lastest Madonna or Jewel albums. There isn't a single good song on them. It's all filler.
You'd be dead right..... I value my ears, and don't waste their limited lifespan on listening to the audio representations of a cow undergoing a rectal prolapse......:)
I want one of these hooked up to my car alarm to rip the carjacker's nuts off.
I was actually thinking one robot hand to grip the skull, and apply appropriate movements of the skull to allow a second hand (Johnny Scissorhands variety) to perform a random action from a shortlist - eg :
a) Slash throat
b) Remove eyes
c) Pierce windpipe
d) Tear nuts off and feed to criminal
I'm just wondering how it'd look when the entire Linux development community rocked up at SCO(rned)'s front door, and proceed to beat the living hell out of the management team....... that'd be one HELL of a pissed-off penguin.
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"Hello Niels.... this is Dick Cheney.... you fancy a weekend in the country - a few drinks, and maybe some shooting?"
Sorry.... so very very sorry....
Ian
So who's to make a fuss if Firefox has a couple of measly problems for a while?
The problem with this kind of approach is that while we MAY have the moral high ground with regards to product quality, a certain large corporation has a truckload of money to give to all the shills who will scream "...and if Firefox's development team are letting it slip badly.... FOSS sucks.... blah blah....." as the headline on a thousand articles.
Maintaining the moral high ground goes hand in hand with NOT letting this sort of approach take hold in any of the 'flagship' products.
Ian
My bet is that the bulk of it is now going through worm-riddled zombie mail-relays.
Ian
I'm guessing Darl is going to need a little more in his repertoire than just Missionary, when he's in the cell with Bubba, and without the magic underwear.......
Ian
They don't "do" anything. You make sense up to here..... They invest money .....but now you imply that they DO something.
Ian
Post-trial Justice
Ian
Dilmah Online Shop
Ian
If you aren't able to stretch the budget to the Harrods blend, I'd strongly recommend the foil-packed Dilmah (100% ceylon) variety, which is about the freshest, and most fragrant I've been able to fine in Australia.
Ian
I don't know that he missed the point. His views on whether the companies themselves are right-or-wrong don't really matter - his role is to help with enforcement of the relevant laws, and to do that regardless of who is raising the complaint.
Privately, I think most people would have concerns about the collection and abuse of power going on in most countries today. The average citizen has been made, basically, irrelevant, in the bigger picture. In the end though, they're still going to go to the office and do their job, because you're even more irrelevant if you can't even survive in the society that is served up to you.
Ian
I'd go with Immoral more than illegal - since they ARE the registered owners of a domain that was voluntarily dropped, they are technically the "owners" of that mail at this point in time.
Mind you, there's probably a few hundred lawyers out there who were spammed previously who'll defend them if it becomes an issue ;)
Ian
One wonders (and I'm not a DMCA know-it-all - my apologies) whether the scenario will arise where a virus writer slaps on sufficient "protections" to make circumventing the virus a breach of the act...... I can't wait to see the day that some of these half-baked laws come back to bite someone important on the behind.
Does anyone know if there's a provision for this sort of "circumvention"?
Ian
Ian
You'd be dead right..... I value my ears, and don't waste their limited lifespan on listening to the audio representations of a cow undergoing a rectal prolapse...... :)
Ian
These people make me want to PUKE.
Ian
Anyone else notice that just as there is an interesting "similarity" between HAL & IBM, there's also a striking similarity between :
"I can't let you do that, Dave"
and
"I can't let you do that, Darl"
Looks like there was something prophetic about 2001.........
Ian
Would it be uncouth of me to be eagerly awaiting the I.P. lawsuit saga over the "f*ck me gently with a chainsaw" comment?
I'm SURE that the originator of that one will be eager to demonstrate the principle on SCO management if they have stolen it :)
Ian
I was actually thinking one robot hand to grip the skull, and apply appropriate movements of the skull to allow a second hand (Johnny Scissorhands variety) to perform a random action from a shortlist - eg :
a) Slash throat
b) Remove eyes
c) Pierce windpipe
d) Tear nuts off and feed to criminal
The possibilities are endless!
Ian
I'm just wondering how it'd look when the entire Linux development community rocked up at SCO(rned)'s front door, and proceed to beat the living hell out of the management team....... that'd be one HELL of a pissed-off penguin.
Ian