I have done the same (fortunately I searched by the manufacturers name, not the product name) and got some real deals. Worth making multiple searches on different criteria - basically don't be lazy!
and evidently you haven't actually read the article - the plants are infertile (don't themselves produce seeds) to prevent the genetically modified weed from spreading in areas where it isn't wanted.
It is sown from the air or from conventionally cleared strips of land.
RTA -the plant is infertile, so it won't spread into unwanted areas. They'll probably spread the seed from aircraft hoppers - it'll have a fairly light seed casing.
IIRC the possible problems with the BSD settlement were that if USL had pushed ahead, they may have eventually lost far more than the settlement actually cost them.
I had to work admining not one but every single version that has ever existed of MS Windows, Windows Server, Exchange, Office, Outlook, and a few other MS bits and pieces.
If you buy SCOX and short it you can then sue Darl McBride for driving the price of your shares down. There was acase about a month ago where the investors shorted their shares, made loads of cash and then sued the board for causing the stock price to drop. Only in America.
Rather than paying for "the software" what you are paying for is connection rights to the server. If a game was written to allow free-as-in-beer downloading and the servers required payment for connection time, then a competetive market would be there, which is, IMO, a good thing.
This works particually for MMOs and multiplayer FPSs. It might even be possible to open source the client software and have the server side code remain closed - although that would require rigourous security procedures it would allow for greater community enjoyment of community written features.
You just need to look at this from a different angle. Think of it like paying for petrol for your car.
Part of the consumer protection act specifys that the seller must specify the exact good purchased in Trade.
From
2000 No. 2334
CONSUMER PROTECTION
The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
Information required prior to the conclusion of the contract
7. - (1) Subject to paragraph (4), in good time prior to the conclusion of the contract the supplier shall -
(a) provide to the consumer the following information -
(i) the identity of the supplier and, where the contract requires payment in advance, the supplier's address;
(ii) a description of the main characteristics of the goods or services;
As you can see, if SCO want to sell a license or contract within the UK, the seller (SCO) must specify the characteristics of the purchase. I.E. Specify what rights to what code is for sale/licensed under the contract. That can't be NDA'd either, as terms of sale are not allowed to be confidential.
having worked (at my lowest) in Vendor support, i can say this is true.
OTOH, anyone who considers this a bad thing should try to work for a month in a call centre doing it. If you really think it is still worth telling people how to us MSconfig or Regedit after that long, then fine. but having to do that and coach ppl along the CLI (such as it is) in Windows is absolute torture 20 times a day.
For me, after that long, the mantra "fdisk, format, reinstall" got to be the only way to survive until clocking off.
The main problem with coal (and Oil, for that matter) is that they both involve releasing large quantities of Carbon from geo-lock. Because Fossil fuels have been sealed away from the environment for so long the chemical balance of the atmosphere and the ecosystems in general have evolved to deal with less carbon abundance. The rate of release of the fosil fuel carbon is astounding in terms of evolutionary and environmental studies, and could have a number of long term bad effects (lower atmospheric oxygen levels on a global scale) too soon in the near future for a solution to have been devised. It is better (cleaner, cheaper, more affordable) to burn trees: modern oxidation methods can reduce carbon particulate polution to almost nil, and trees get their carbon from the air - making growing a tree and burning it again a zero delta for carbon levels.
Surely you aren't suggesting that someone might *gasp* post on/. without having read the article first, are you. I am deeply shocked, surely such a thing could never happen!
The crater is about 1Km across. Beagle2 is the size of a dinner plate. The crater Beagle2 would have caused at terminal martial velocity would be much smaller than 1Km - and that is before you consider mass loss due to air friction on the heat shield.
by 'blew up' do you mean 'inflated' or 'exploded'? Your sentence changes meaning depending on which it is read as...
That said, We don't really have any option but to do high risk probes. If we were only willing to accept a 95% success probability we would never send a probe in the first place.
With our current level of technology, it is the hard way or not at all.
I'd also point out that a large proportion of the cost of installment will be paid to Israeli nationals rather than to MS. Thus, the Israeli government can tax it, and the extra training that becomes more valuable in their country because of their decision further narrows the technology gap, giving a 2 for 1 deal on the rate of change they are trying to acomplish here.
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I have done the same (fortunately I searched by the manufacturers name, not the product name) and got some real deals. Worth making multiple searches on different criteria - basically don't be lazy!
and evidently you haven't actually read the article - the plants are infertile (don't themselves produce seeds) to prevent the genetically modified weed from spreading in areas where it isn't wanted.
It is sown from the air or from conventionally cleared strips of land.
It grows in roughly 3 - 6 weeks.
RTA -the plant is infertile, so it won't spread into unwanted areas. They'll probably spread the seed from aircraft hoppers - it'll have a fairly light seed casing.
fatwah?
scourging?
head crash?
format?
fdisk?
*shudders*Windows Install...
IIRC the possible problems with the BSD settlement were that if USL had pushed ahead, they may have eventually lost far more than the settlement actually cost them.
If it was a really sick commentary on Politics, they'd be selling them on eBay
I had to work admining not one but every single version that has ever existed of MS Windows, Windows Server, Exchange, Office, Outlook, and a few other MS bits and pieces.
Is Hydrochloric Acid an optional extra? How much?
If you buy SCOX and short it you can then sue Darl McBride for driving the price of your shares down. There was acase about a month ago where the investors shorted their shares, made loads of cash and then sued the board for causing the stock price to drop. Only in America.
The Nasdaq is shut. Besides, Litigation is SCOs primary business model, like this;
1) Threaten Your Customers
2) Fight Lawsuit
3) ????
4) Profit!!!!
obvious, see?
There are small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri who know what the term means.
Rather than paying for "the software" what you are paying for is connection rights to the server. If a game was written to allow free-as-in-beer downloading and the servers required payment for connection time, then a competetive market would be there, which is, IMO, a good thing.
This works particually for MMOs and multiplayer FPSs. It might even be possible to open source the client software and have the server side code remain closed - although that would require rigourous security procedures it would allow for greater community enjoyment of community written features.
You just need to look at this from a different angle. Think of it like paying for petrol for your car.
I mean, whose bright idea was middle-endian date format?
And as for the usual line about
Thats bullshit too. I'm not going to say "It's my birthday the 26th a week tomorrow" am I?
In the same way as it is my 26th Birthday, it will be the 23rd day of January.
By the way, did I mention its my Birthday on the 23rd day of January?
From
As you can see, if SCO want to sell a license or contract within the UK, the seller (SCO) must specify the characteristics of the purchase. I.E. Specify what rights to what code is for sale/licensed under the contract. That can't be NDA'd either, as terms of sale are not allowed to be confidential.
IANAL etc.
The idea is obviously to encourage migration from Unix to Windows, but it can just as easily be used to encourage migration in the other direction.
It is to be hoped that such opportunities are taken up by people wishing to get the out of MS lock in in a gradual manner.
oh, and in time honoured fashion, here it is in Slashdot mode
1) Write Website Code & Burn to CD 2) Value Website at $$$$$ 3) ????? 4) Profit!!!111one
You should have produced the source code for them on a CD and given them over. That would count as actual items, you see.
Listed for release on April Fools Day... anyone want to bet this is another false alarm?
I'll wait to HL2 anyway
having worked (at my lowest) in Vendor support, i can say this is true.
OTOH, anyone who considers this a bad thing should try to work for a month in a call centre doing it. If you really think it is still worth telling people how to us MSconfig or Regedit after that long, then fine. but having to do that and coach ppl along the CLI (such as it is) in Windows is absolute torture 20 times a day.
For me, after that long, the mantra "fdisk, format, reinstall" got to be the only way to survive until clocking off.
You just want to be netrunners don't you?
Only teh geeks...
The main problem with coal (and Oil, for that matter) is that they both involve releasing large quantities of Carbon from geo-lock. Because Fossil fuels have been sealed away from the environment for so long the chemical balance of the atmosphere and the ecosystems in general have evolved to deal with less carbon abundance. The rate of release of the fosil fuel carbon is astounding in terms of evolutionary and environmental studies, and could have a number of long term bad effects (lower atmospheric oxygen levels on a global scale) too soon in the near future for a solution to have been devised. It is better (cleaner, cheaper, more affordable) to burn trees: modern oxidation methods can reduce carbon particulate polution to almost nil, and trees get their carbon from the air - making growing a tree and burning it again a zero delta for carbon levels.
Surely you aren't suggesting that someone might *gasp* post on /. without having read the article first, are you. I am deeply shocked, surely such a thing could never happen!
The crater is about 1Km across. Beagle2 is the size of a dinner plate. The crater Beagle2 would have caused at terminal martial velocity would be much smaller than 1Km - and that is before you consider mass loss due to air friction on the heat shield.
by 'blew up' do you mean 'inflated' or 'exploded'? Your sentence changes meaning depending on which it is read as...
That said, We don't really have any option but to do high risk probes. If we were only willing to accept a 95% success probability we would never send a probe in the first place.
With our current level of technology, it is the hard way or not at all.
I'd also point out that a large proportion of the cost of installment will be paid to Israeli nationals rather than to MS. Thus, the Israeli government can tax it, and the extra training that becomes more valuable in their country because of their decision further narrows the technology gap, giving a 2 for 1 deal on the rate of change they are trying to acomplish here.