Unfortunately, given the business models of both SCO and MS; either one of them doing that would be so uncharacteristic for them that it would have to be a joke.
....Slashdot editors were forced to flee for their lives after posting the Nth April Fool's article of the day. Whilst beating a hasty retreat, Slashdot editors Zonk and a visibly shaken CmdrTaco were overheard by onlookers as stating "Today's CowboyNeal option is 'RUN!!!'"
That was *probably* a poor word choice. I would imagine that the $500K "fine" actually was damages awarded to MS. MS does have the option to recommend that the court replace the awarded damages (of which they would only see a fraction) with community service. IANAL, however and this is mere speculation on my part.
"I mean, the guys in jail would laugh at him for going to jail for sharing files."
Sven: "Hey, I'm Sven the Swine. I dismembered 12 people using nothing but a rusty spoon."
Bjorn: "I abused 20 nuns and stole 50 million Euro from orphanages at gunpoint. What are you in for?"
You: "I allowed others to download "Hipp Hipp Hora" off my computer."
Bjorn: "What the hell is that? It sounds like it involves hippos."
Sven: "You SICKO!"
Why mod someone as flamebait merely because his or her opinion differed from that of the moderator? I see nothing in the parent's post that could be considered inflammatory. It's someone's honest opinion about a TV Show. It's not real. Personally, I watched the show in the '80s, felt it was too campy and hadn't watched since. I did watch "Rose" and for whatever reason saw some charm in the campiness and am looking forward to seeing future episodes.
"Unlike traditional phone technology, VoIP converts the sound of a voice into small packets of data -- about 50 packets for every second of conversation -- scatters them across the Internet, and then reassembles them into sound on the other end of a call."
No thanks. I'm just a country doctor. I'm not having my phone call molecules scattered across the galaxy, er, internet.
Microsoft's IE7 developers allow themselves a chuckle and think, "Ha! We've been on acid for decades."
Sucks to be an early adopter
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When you consider that DL DVD drives have been out for some time (reasonably priced), yet the media still costs about 10 bucks a pop, can you imagine what the Blu-Ray (or HD) discs will go for? At the risk of dating myself (not like anyone else would, HA), I was an early adopter for the *new* high-density 3.5" floppies at about $80 for a box of 10.
Realistically, once the next-generation drives and discs are out, it will lower the price of DL media into something more affordable.
there's a cold front approaching hell and lows are expected to reach 32 degrees Fahrenheit. When asked about this, the dark one said, "It's gotten to the point where 'A snowball's chance' is actually pretty good.
I believe it was Voltaire who said, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
Actually, that's "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" and it was attributed to Voltaire's state of mind in "The Friends of Voltaire" by Evelyn Beatrice Hall writing under a pseudonym as Stephen G. Tallentyre.
...would have been along the lines of: "Your concern over the possible defamation of your 'valuable' brand name has been forwarded to the Microsoft and Symantec legal departments, as their anti-spyware software products definition of iDownload's product as "spyware" was used by the author of the *offending* article under fair use. Thank you for your attention in this matter."
"Because," he argued in vain, "he hasn't seen his son since killing his mother that it would be awkward for Vader to address his son informally.".....or it could be that that's how Babelfish translated it.
Was this guy dropped as a baby? I mean, how stupid do you have to be to blackmail a company, then agree to meet with "company execs" and NOT suspect that you're about to get arrested.
Did he honestly think he could get away with this? Uhmm, never mind. TFA explains that he did.
"Can you install a linux rootkit by viewing a web page in Mozilla / Konqueror?"
Bill Gates responded: "Linux rootkits are impossible to execute on Windows platforms; which just goes to show the obvious open source interoperability problems. Microsoft in its ongoing commitment to innovation should have a Linux-executable Windows rootkit available by the end of the week."
When informed that Linux-users generally don't run everything as root, Mr. Gates reponded with "Well, could you ask them to?"
Has a nice ring to it. Anybody who was disappointed that it wasn't until the 3rd season of Enterprise when Archer finally won a fight, won't be surprised if Crusher never wins a fight at all.
Good point. How long will it be before MPAA/Macrovision alliance decides that to prevent the 4% piracy, they are willing to break compatibility with, say, 8% of existing DVD players? After all, money lost by the consumers is not the MPAA's and the sheep will buy new DVD players to continue to watch the big releases. Just my $0.02.
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"Is being behind the a cathode ray tube that bad for you?"
Absolutely. Personally, I try to stay in front of it.
Unfortunately, given the business models of both SCO and MS; either one of them doing that would be so uncharacteristic for them that it would have to be a joke.
....Slashdot editors were forced to flee for their lives after posting the Nth April Fool's article of the day. Whilst beating a hasty retreat, Slashdot editors Zonk and a visibly shaken CmdrTaco were overheard by onlookers as stating "Today's CowboyNeal option is 'RUN!!!'"
That was *probably* a poor word choice. I would imagine that the $500K "fine" actually was damages awarded to MS. MS does have the option to recommend that the court replace the awarded damages (of which they would only see a fraction) with community service. IANAL, however and this is mere speculation on my part.
"I mean, the guys in jail would laugh at him for going to jail for sharing files."
Sven: "Hey, I'm Sven the Swine. I dismembered 12 people using nothing but a rusty spoon."
Bjorn: "I abused 20 nuns and stole 50 million Euro from orphanages at gunpoint. What are you in for?"
You: "I allowed others to download "Hipp Hipp Hora" off my computer."
Bjorn: "What the hell is that? It sounds like it involves hippos."
Sven: "You SICKO!"
Why mod someone as flamebait merely because his or her opinion differed from that of the moderator? I see nothing in the parent's post that could be considered inflammatory. It's someone's honest opinion about a TV Show. It's not real. Personally, I watched the show in the '80s, felt it was too campy and hadn't watched since. I did watch "Rose" and for whatever reason saw some charm in the campiness and am looking forward to seeing future episodes.
"Unlike traditional phone technology, VoIP converts the sound of a voice into small packets of data -- about 50 packets for every second of conversation -- scatters them across the Internet, and then reassembles them into sound on the other end of a call."
No thanks. I'm just a country doctor. I'm not having my phone call molecules scattered across the galaxy, er, internet.
Microsoft's IE7 developers allow themselves a chuckle and think, "Ha! We've been on acid for decades."
When you consider that DL DVD drives have been out for some time (reasonably priced), yet the media still costs about 10 bucks a pop, can you imagine what the Blu-Ray (or HD) discs will go for? At the risk of dating myself (not like anyone else would, HA), I was an early adopter for the *new* high-density 3.5" floppies at about $80 for a box of 10.
Realistically, once the next-generation drives and discs are out, it will lower the price of DL media into something more affordable.
there's a cold front approaching hell and lows are expected to reach 32 degrees Fahrenheit. When asked about this, the dark one said, "It's gotten to the point where 'A snowball's chance' is actually pretty good.
...unless you're on Google, in which case it becomes a Google Hack .
I believe it was Voltaire who said, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
Actually, that's "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" and it was attributed to Voltaire's state of mind in "The Friends of Voltaire" by Evelyn Beatrice Hall writing under a pseudonym as Stephen G. Tallentyre.
Yup, my User Info page indicates appropriately enough that my comment to the missing story was 0, Redundant.
Sorry pal. Our generous offer expired after 13 Oct 2003. You owe us $1399. PWNED!!!
...would have been along the lines of: "Your concern over the possible defamation of your 'valuable' brand name has been forwarded to the Microsoft and Symantec legal departments, as their anti-spyware software products definition of iDownload's product as "spyware" was used by the author of the *offending* article under fair use. Thank you for your attention in this matter."
"Because," he argued in vain, "he hasn't seen his son since killing his mother that it would be awkward for Vader to address his son informally.".....or it could be that that's how Babelfish translated it.
"Je suis votre père, Luke."
Pardonnez-moi, celui n'est pas jusqu'à l'épisode 5.
Was this guy dropped as a baby? I mean, how stupid do you have to be to blackmail a company, then agree to meet with "company execs" and NOT suspect that you're about to get arrested.
Did he honestly think he could get away with this? Uhmm, never mind. TFA explains that he did.
"Can you install a linux rootkit by viewing a web page in Mozilla / Konqueror?"
Bill Gates responded: "Linux rootkits are impossible to execute on Windows platforms; which just goes to show the obvious open source interoperability problems. Microsoft in its ongoing commitment to innovation should have a Linux-executable Windows rootkit available by the end of the week."
When informed that Linux-users generally don't run everything as root, Mr. Gates reponded with "Well, could you ask them to?"
"These are generic robotics problems that NEED to be solved if robotics are to evolve into what is today the realm of science fiction."
Of the handful of real-world applications I can think of for robotics, validating Sci-Fi stories isn't really one of them.
From TFA: "Today, scientists introduce three humanoid striders"
Might I add that these striders are no mere rangers?
Has a nice ring to it. Anybody who was disappointed that it wasn't until the 3rd season of Enterprise when Archer finally won a fight, won't be surprised if Crusher never wins a fight at all.
Good point. How long will it be before MPAA/Macrovision alliance decides that to prevent the 4% piracy, they are willing to break compatibility with, say, 8% of existing DVD players? After all, money lost by the consumers is not the MPAA's and the sheep will buy new DVD players to continue to watch the big releases. Just my $0.02.
$1399 after 13 October 2003.
Better yet, try running Windows Update on Tuesday (8 Feb), not on Monday (7 Feb). That is when the patch is supposed to be released.