Right. That the riddle isn't it.
I think it needs to be tried weather or not we agree with it.
Simply because the idea is so profoundly flawed and resource hungry that there's really no way it could sustain itself on any practical level.
I guess it's all a ways off. I'm still waiting for the vending machine I can call with my cell phone.:)
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I think you're probably right about that. But in all honesty, the idea doesn't really go far enough. The other day I was reading an article about completely tracking everything a person does. The wired man thing.
If your money can record each transaction, don't you think that the same or similar technology could track say, how many cans of diet coke you drink in a day? Think of the targeted marketing possibilities.
Speaking of muggers,
does this mean that that my money can be recovered if I got robbed?
Kind of a cool idea. I wonder how far they've come with digital transaction tracking for muggers.
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Nope, that was me. I did it.
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Yeah, but that only applies if you buy a microsoft product. If you apply it inversly, then you could hold microsoft liable for what SCO is trying to pull.
QUICK! Someone call the FTC!
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Be that as it may, the community is facing a major problem with this.
The more FUD they can muster up, the less likely people are to buy any nix system. Truth is, we're probably going to see Windows 2003 sales explode regardless as to the validity of SCO's claim.
The way we've been handling intellectual property in this country over the last several years is really bothering me.
The recent string of cases with the RIAA for example seem to put due process and burden of proof completely aside in favor of severe and swift punishment. There are many of the same kind of elements in this case as well.
SCO is threatening to hurt or otherwise damage our livelihood. This is of critical importance. It would seem to me that if these claims they are making do not have merit, and they are consciously dissuading the public and their consumer base with false and costly information information, then they should be held accountable. Or is that something else we don't do in this country?
a thousand boxes of paper.
a thousand boxes of paper are being shredded.
Then they will be made into toilet paper.
a thousand boxes of paper.
they're being shredded
a thousand boxes of paper
over three million pages
a thousand boxes of paper.
Man, could the Sun logo on the top of it be any bigger? They might be hiring talented engineers to build these things, but someone should teach them the meaning of the word overkill.
How about: Method of granting exclusive intelectual rights to new idea or invention to indaviduals or companies responsible for bringing it to my attention?
I filed it yesterday... heh heh
I propose that we all chip in a couple (between $2 and $5) dollars and buy sco. We as a community can afford it. And then, we would be done with this. Who knows how long this will continue if we don't?
Guys. I think this it the time for the open source community to get organized. If SCO wants to be bought so bad, why don't we buy them? Seriously. If each of us chip $20 we would have more than enough to aquire SCO. Then we make unix public domain, and donate the company's assets to the free software foundation.
What do you think?
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Brand recognition I would guess. SAP database has had very little success in the open source community.
How useful. Now I will have a more convenient way to electrocute myself on the weekends.
Right. That the riddle isn't it. I think it needs to be tried weather or not we agree with it. Simply because the idea is so profoundly flawed and resource hungry that there's really no way it could sustain itself on any practical level. I guess it's all a ways off. I'm still waiting for the vending machine I can call with my cell phone. :)
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I think you're probably right about that.
But in all honesty, the idea doesn't really go far enough. The other day I was reading an article about completely tracking everything a person does. The wired man thing.
If your money can record each transaction, don't you think that the same or similar technology could track say, how many cans of diet coke you drink in a day? Think of the targeted marketing possibilities.
A frank zappa song comes to mind...
Speaking of muggers, does this mean that that my money can be recovered if I got robbed? Kind of a cool idea. I wonder how far they've come with digital transaction tracking for muggers.
Nope, that was me. I did it.
Yeah, but that only applies if you buy a microsoft product. If you apply it inversly, then you could hold microsoft liable for what SCO is trying to pull.
QUICK! Someone call the FTC!
Be that as it may, the community is facing a major problem with this. The more FUD they can muster up, the less likely people are to buy any nix system. Truth is, we're probably going to see Windows 2003 sales explode regardless as to the validity of SCO's claim. The way we've been handling intellectual property in this country over the last several years is really bothering me. The recent string of cases with the RIAA for example seem to put due process and burden of proof completely aside in favor of severe and swift punishment. There are many of the same kind of elements in this case as well. SCO is threatening to hurt or otherwise damage our livelihood. This is of critical importance. It would seem to me that if these claims they are making do not have merit, and they are consciously dissuading the public and their consumer base with false and costly information information, then they should be held accountable. Or is that something else we don't do in this country?
a thousand boxes of paper. a thousand boxes of paper are being shredded. Then they will be made into toilet paper. a thousand boxes of paper. they're being shredded a thousand boxes of paper over three million pages a thousand boxes of paper.
Type writers? Who uses those anymore?
I see they've added pretty diagrams since last I checked. Nice. This is top quality material.
Kind of like having someone watch and catalog every time you pee. How is this kind of data gathering even remotely useful?
Oh come on. Anyone who reads /. could tell you we're all just a bunch of monkeys. This confirms it.
Sun licensed sco unix but used bsd. That's why their system clock is so primitive.
Man, could the Sun logo on the top of it be any bigger? They might be hiring talented engineers to build these things, but someone should teach them the meaning of the word overkill.
Woo hah hah hah! Yes, let them slip into the saturated X86 market like the lemmings they are! Then, and only then will I pounce. :)
It's over hyped speculitive tripe. The percieved problems with nano technology could be easily overcome by programmers who knew what they were doing.
nope, long as you could live with carrying a rat brain around.
How about: Method of granting exclusive intelectual rights to new idea or invention to indaviduals or companies responsible for bringing it to my attention? I filed it yesterday... heh heh
So lynx is in violation of this patent? I say bomb the patent office :)
I propose that we all chip in a couple (between $2 and $5) dollars and buy sco. We as a community can afford it. And then, we would be done with this. Who knows how long this will continue if we don't?
I seriously think the GPL needs a provision that says somethign like: "and if you sue an open source developer, you lose the right to use this code"
Guys. I think this it the time for the open source community to get organized. If SCO wants to be bought so bad, why don't we buy them? Seriously. If each of us chip $20 we would have more than enough to aquire SCO. Then we make unix public domain, and donate the company's assets to the free software foundation. What do you think?