OK, I see - as long as they are not holding the 'only' version of the old code (I guess even they were not evil enough to just distribute binaries before - now they do) it will be easy to check.
Mod grandparent down before it starts sounding like a conspiracy theory.
This may have come up before, and there may well be ways to check.
But what is preventing SCO from adding in code from Linux (which is openly available) into their (closed) UNIX code and then claiming is was there first and was 'stolen' by Linux? C'mon, we are not expecting SCO's management to play fair here - how hard would it be to backdate code additions?
Yes, but the question remains regarding just how readily they will cooperate with RIAA/MPAA subpoenas... That is important, and will make a difference (and is not as common sense).
The fact that your university is not going to support your defense is well, duh.
Now I see why usenet posts are split up into smaller parts. It must be a requirement by the isp's/others who host the usergroups to keep them below the radar.
Once again you've been fooled by causation. Take crime and war for example, life expectancy is reduced because of it, not that people engage in these activities because they have a low live expectancy. And either way, I doubt that potential life expectancy figures as the main driving force behind your decisions if you are living in one of the countries you mentioned (ok, maybe preserving your life does, but then again outside factors largely determine your success in that).
To address the change in risk attitudes if your life expectancy is longer - yes, if you are rational, you should be more risk averse since you have more to loose. But who says that people are rational?
That's got to be the first time I hear of a 160MB version of PacMan - does it include detailed 3D schematics of the arcade machine as well?
Seriously though, don't they have some filters on identifying infringing files? Like say the latest game is >100MB, an arcade ROM/old game quite a bit less. Otherwise I'd imagine they are getting far too many false positives (they seem to be searching for SEGMENTS of a name - how many files out there do you think include pac and man or sim and city?).
Actually, back in secondary school (UK yay!) rumors kept on going round that there were cameras/microphones in the toilets to catch people smoking. Then again the rumors seemed more/less likely depending on what you were smoking.
This is true, read: NOT a funny post (ok, maybe the second part is an attempt).
Not necessarily, and I don't think you can generalize in this case. It is true that SCO's eventual loss will set an important legal precedent, which will either deter or make it easier to win future lawsuits of a similar nature.
In another scenario, where SCO was still not a nearly-bankrupt shell of a firm and Linux was a few years younger, this may have resulted in Linux 'surviving' in a grey area of the law.
It's lucky that the lawsuit happened right now, when bigger companies than SCO are going to fight it.
What if the RFID's have some effect on the nation's food supply themselves? OK, ok, hear me out on this - it's hypothetical, not a tin foil hat thing (although, will tin foil have RFID's in it?).
Say the RFID's are manufactured with a fault which releases something into the food, a far shot I know. What if the RFID readers/etc cause some effect with the radio waves...
Far off theories maybe, but having immunity from something like this...
Yes, just imagine one of those foreign terrorist students gets a hold of this, changes their grades to stay in university, and then commits a terrorist act - you'll go down for life!
Think of thousands of people playing Russian roulette, there will be ones who will survive quite a few games just due to probability (not much skill involved is there?). Let's just hope the side effects are not just sterilization but in fact prove to be the final bullet:)
Just take the code, change it a bit, if anything ever happens later - just say you hired the 100 developers from the former Soviet Republic to write it, and that is what you got back - since they are not in the US, it's optimal to blame them.
Disclaimer: This can and should be considered as legal advice.
OK, my comment was intended to be funny, along with the typo, and the os suggestion. I have no idea why it got moded insightful, but c'mon people... Anyway, sorry that I struck a nerve.
I do realize how difficult it is to setup a system that will be flying millions of kilometers away and will not be easily debuggable. All while the development of the space program gets a fraction of the funding for the development of databases to track [insert security concern of the day here]. Anyway, best of luck with this and future missions.
As for the open source suggestion, I'll even contribute the first few lines of code:
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He also said that there was no grid overload, it was just being shut down for regular maintenance.
And BSD will finally die!!!
Dr. Evil not available for comment.
However, this will soon be appearing in an online marketplace near you: http://www.villainsupply.com/superweapons.html
OK, I see - as long as they are not holding the 'only' version of the old code (I guess even they were not evil enough to just distribute binaries before - now they do) it will be easy to check.
Mod grandparent down before it starts sounding like a conspiracy theory.
Indeed, if we were not meant to eat animals - why are they made out of meat?
The calls will be "recorded for training purposes" of their voice pattern analysis software :)
Seriously though, chances are this is already covered by the 'recorded' disclaimer. But then I'm not a lawyer...
This may have come up before, and there may well be ways to check.
But what is preventing SCO from adding in code from Linux (which is openly available) into their (closed) UNIX code and then claiming is was there first and was 'stolen' by Linux? C'mon, we are not expecting SCO's management to play fair here - how hard would it be to backdate code additions?
Yes, but the question remains regarding just how readily they will cooperate with RIAA/MPAA subpoenas... That is important, and will make a difference (and is not as common sense).
The fact that your university is not going to support your defense is well, duh.
Now I see why usenet posts are split up into smaller parts. It must be a requirement by the isp's/others who host the usergroups to keep them below the radar.
Once again you've been fooled by causation. Take crime and war for example, life expectancy is reduced because of it, not that people engage in these activities because they have a low live expectancy. And either way, I doubt that potential life expectancy figures as the main driving force behind your decisions if you are living in one of the countries you mentioned (ok, maybe preserving your life does, but then again outside factors largely determine your success in that).
To address the change in risk attitudes if your life expectancy is longer - yes, if you are rational, you should be more risk averse since you have more to loose. But who says that people are rational?
>Filesize: 161,212k
That's got to be the first time I hear of a 160MB version of PacMan - does it include detailed 3D schematics of the arcade machine as well?
Seriously though, don't they have some filters on identifying infringing files? Like say the latest game is >100MB, an arcade ROM/old game quite a bit less. Otherwise I'd imagine they are getting far too many false positives (they seem to be searching for SEGMENTS of a name - how many files out there do you think include pac and man or sim and city?).
Actually, back in secondary school (UK yay!) rumors kept on going round that there were cameras/microphones in the toilets to catch people smoking. Then again the rumors seemed more/less likely depending on what you were smoking.
This is true, read: NOT a funny post (ok, maybe the second part is an attempt).
Mod the parent up!!!
And download those MPEGs...
Would you fly in a plane whose autopilot runs on Windows?
Not necessarily, and I don't think you can generalize in this case. It is true that SCO's eventual loss will set an important legal precedent, which will either deter or make it easier to win future lawsuits of a similar nature.
In another scenario, where SCO was still not a nearly-bankrupt shell of a firm and Linux was a few years younger, this may have resulted in Linux 'surviving' in a grey area of the law.
It's lucky that the lawsuit happened right now, when bigger companies than SCO are going to fight it.
What about a robot that can sniff out RFID tags?
Oh, actually I think that was discussed already...
First 'read the article'.
Now 'read what you wrote'...
What next?
Yes, and set the evil bit in the RFID tags...
Once again, will rolls of tin foil have RFID's in them?
What if the RFID's have some effect on the nation's food supply themselves? OK, ok, hear me out on this - it's hypothetical, not a tin foil hat thing (although, will tin foil have RFID's in it?).
Say the RFID's are manufactured with a fault which releases something into the food, a far shot I know. What if the RFID readers/etc cause some effect with the radio waves...
Far off theories maybe, but having immunity from something like this...
Yes, just imagine one of those foreign terrorist students gets a hold of this, changes their grades to stay in university, and then commits a terrorist act - you'll go down for life!
Never underestimate randomness.
:)
Think of thousands of people playing Russian roulette, there will be ones who will survive quite a few games just due to probability (not much skill involved is there?). Let's just hope the side effects are not just sterilization but in fact prove to be the final bullet
Just take the code, change it a bit, if anything ever happens later - just say you hired the 100 developers from the former Soviet Republic to write it, and that is what you got back - since they are not in the US, it's optimal to blame them.
Disclaimer: This can and should be considered as legal advice.
I do realize how difficult it is to setup a system that will be flying millions of kilometers away and will not be easily debuggable. All while the development of the space program gets a fraction of the funding for the development of databases to track [insert security concern of the day here]. Anyway, best of luck with this and future missions.
As for the open source suggestion, I'll even contribute the first few lines of code:
By the way, those Ariane 5 overflow errors have been recycled and successfully implemented in my code, so there
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