Yeh, as a former IEG guy, I remember that. Ah, those where the days! State-of-the-art equipment, an office in a glass tower just off Pike Place Market, gettin paid $$ to look at porn...
however, what i should have said was "blatantly doing illegal things . . . will get your ass sued." very frequently, people will turn a blind eye if you don't rub it in their faces.
Probibly this rubbing in the face had something to do with this, but also, the monsters at Odeon have a valid point about not letting just anyone "capture" Odeon customer info. Sure we "know" this guy is on the straight and level, but...
also, this is a very different situation. i don't suppose that by illegally downloading media you actually think you're making an effort to change somebody's stupid mind?
Actually, I think I have heard that argument here...
It doesn't apply to every site, though almost any site can be sued for no being compliant. Only government sites and school sites are really required to be compliant.
Yes! This is true! Mod parent up!
Take a look around, people, even our beloved SLASHDOT is not complient!
stupid people will be stupid. doing illegal things to try to change that situation is stupid. and illegal. thus you will make a futile (stupid) effort to make things better and get your ass sued by the people who are smarter than you but, nonetheless, stupid.
So, I take it, you will no longer use p2p software to obtain music / media that you have illegally downloaded? Hmm? Sure the laws that the Music Industry has been pushing are stupid, but they are laws, as we all know...
I agree that you can't just use someone elses work because you want to, but there is another issue I am concerned with, this Disability Discrimination Act and how it is a violation to have a web site that isn't accessible to everyone.
Lots of people are spouting lots of FUD here. Of course the site should be assessable. But the Disabilities Act does not require anyone except government agencies and a few other select public service entities to have assessable web sites.
And by the way, Slashdot and OSDN does not comply with the act either, so if there is going to be some mud slinging, by all means be fair about it!
Some copyright holders (RIAA) have tried to reduce my rights, preventing me from making copies for my personal use...
Regardless of what you and I and most people think your rights should be, in reality, your rights in terms of what you can do with a copyrighted work are exclusively spelled out by the seller, not you. By purchasing copyrighted music or whatever, you agree to the terms.
Well that makes it pretty worthless.. on a plus side if they sell it there's likely support and other features which would make php more of a option in business.
Not really. Most people interested in compiled PHP are working in the "enterprise" market. $400 for a commercial compiler is not that bad.
And if they can do it, why can't we... how long till GCC compiles php code?
I think most people who have the skills to write something like a compiler generally want to make a living from their work, hence the $$. But, I agree it would be nice...
Bullshit. You do what you are paid to do. In the end, it's the company's reputation and money at stake...
So this goes for the one or two developers left at SCO also? And the SCO lawyer whores? And the SCO engineers looking for "the Linux code"? Goes for them too?
More or less, don't know why not. I have a low tolerance for convoluted technical crap, and I drink cheap American piss-water. What I said was the RH8 graphical install was not much different than the Windows install, problem wise. So, what I'm saying is that if you don't have problems with Windows install, the RH8 graphical install should not bother you either...
While we might view optimization and total control as desirable attributes, the n00b Linux user who is testing the waters outside the Microsoft pool is likely to be overwhelmed by this requirement, and will probably not stay long enough to give Linux a good test drive.
I agree with this assessment, for the average non-techie home user, Lindows is probably fine, and once they get a grip on it, may feel more confident about moving on the a "real" Linux distro. But...
I never found my first Linux distro, RH8, difficult at all, technically. The graphical installer didn't seem any more challenging than Windows, and when it was done, everything was there: browser, OpenOffice, games... What's the big deal?
Exactly. Electronic voting as a "solution" in search of a problem. It just isn't needed. And, since thee is no audit trail with the top commercial systems, it is not appropriate for voting at this time.
Actually, I see a great opertunity for a company that wants to do it right. Learn from Dibold's STUPID mistakes, clean up!
What's the joke?
1. Build e-voting system with audit trail.
2....
3. PROFIT!
The concept is classic in the computer software industry... sales sells a vaporware product that hasn't been built yet, and then the R&D people have to take shortcuts in order to get a product shipped by the date it was promised.
The problem here is deeper than that. The simple truth is that voting software is a relativly simple project. EVEN with VB (which is what Dibold is using for their software), it would be simple to build a secure system. The fact is, they don't have the expertise to do so with any tool.
I think we all need to get our barcode tattooed in our armpits. No problems, we already have Social Security Numbers that follow us eveywhere. Why not.
The funny thing is they only simulated the AMD on a P4 because the evaluation team smoked the AMD chip by overclocking it and playing Halflife. Multen pool of silicon.
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Yeh, as a former IEG guy, I remember that. Ah, those where the days! State-of-the-art equipment, an office in a glass tower just off Pike Place Market, gettin paid $$ to look at porn...
Probibly this rubbing in the face had something to do with this, but also, the monsters at Odeon have a valid point about not letting just anyone "capture" Odeon customer info. Sure we "know" this guy is on the straight and level, but...
also, this is a very different situation. i don't suppose that by illegally downloading media you actually think you're making an effort to change somebody's stupid mind?
Actually, I think I have heard that argument here...
Er, sorry, I agree with you.
Yes! This is true! Mod parent up!
Take a look around, people, even our beloved SLASHDOT is not complient!
So, I take it, you will no longer use p2p software to obtain music / media that you have illegally downloaded? Hmm? Sure the laws that the Music Industry has been pushing are stupid, but they are laws, as we all know...
Lots of people are spouting lots of FUD here. Of course the site should be assessable. But the Disabilities Act does not require anyone except government agencies and a few other select public service entities to have assessable web sites.
And by the way, Slashdot and OSDN does not comply with the act either, so if there is going to be some mud slinging, by all means be fair about it!
Regardless of what you and I and most people think your rights should be, in reality, your rights in terms of what you can do with a copyrighted work are exclusively spelled out by the seller, not you. By purchasing copyrighted music or whatever, you agree to the terms.
See the post above that this interesting tid bit came from...
Scratched CDs are almost a non-issue. I've had perfict data transfer from horenously scratched CDs.
Not really. Most people interested in compiled PHP are working in the "enterprise" market. $400 for a commercial compiler is not that bad.
And if they can do it, why can't we... how long till GCC compiles php code?
I think most people who have the skills to write something like a compiler generally want to make a living from their work, hence the $$. But, I agree it would be nice...
While I use PHP quite a bit, I think I'll wait a few months / versions befor deploying this...
The Homeland Security folks are already on this...
So this goes for the one or two developers left at SCO also? And the SCO lawyer whores? And the SCO engineers looking for "the Linux code"? Goes for them too?
Have YOU??? Well have you? Huh, huh, huh? HAVE YOU? Naaa, naa, naa....
Built one of these, have you? Do tell, do tell.
More or less, don't know why not. I have a low tolerance for convoluted technical crap, and I drink cheap American piss-water. What I said was the RH8 graphical install was not much different than the Windows install, problem wise. So, what I'm saying is that if you don't have problems with Windows install, the RH8 graphical install should not bother you either...
I agree with this assessment, for the average non-techie home user, Lindows is probably fine, and once they get a grip on it, may feel more confident about moving on the a "real" Linux distro. But...
I never found my first Linux distro, RH8, difficult at all, technically. The graphical installer didn't seem any more challenging than Windows, and when it was done, everything was there: browser, OpenOffice, games... What's the big deal?
Exactly. Electronic voting as a "solution" in search of a problem. It just isn't needed. And, since thee is no audit trail with the top commercial systems, it is not appropriate for voting at this time.
Actually, I see a great opertunity for a company that wants to do it right. Learn from Dibold's STUPID mistakes, clean up!
What's the joke?
1. Build e-voting system with audit trail. 2. ...
3. PROFIT!
The problem here is deeper than that. The simple truth is that voting software is a relativly simple project. EVEN with VB (which is what Dibold is using for their software), it would be simple to build a secure system. The fact is, they don't have the expertise to do so with any tool.
Perhaps the "is no law" but you know as well as I do what the reality is.
If you must have your profanity, here ya go: Shit, fuck, blow job.
Sounds like my kind of day!
...If you live in a cave and don't care to own a hous or otherwise participate in normal society...
I think we all need to get our barcode tattooed in our armpits. No problems, we already have Social Security Numbers that follow us eveywhere. Why not.
The funny thing is they only simulated the AMD on a P4 because the evaluation team smoked the AMD chip by overclocking it and playing Halflife. Multen pool of silicon.
Well now. I'll not be recomending StorageTek for our backup systems...