As you are aware, we "loaned" additional spectrum to your affiliates to aid in their transition from analog to HDTV. You may be unaware that the spectrum that you have been given has appreciated significantly since that time.
Since you have no intention of broadcasting HDTV signals, please inform your affiliates that we require the return of the HDTV spectrum.
Financially we are currently facing difficult times. The funds raised by the this spectrum to those who will put it to use will be of significant help.
Thank your for help in finding additional revenue sources in these difficult times.
In the event that IBM loses, it would have to pay damages to SCO and... that's it. SCO would be barred from suing Linux vendors or users because that would be "double dipping".
I think you may have this confused with "double jeopardy" in a criminal case.
If you [contractually] rip me off, and so does the guy down the street, I can sue you both. That's what class action lawsuits are all about.
I'm afraid it wouldn't cut down on stupid ideas like the one I'm replying to. So it would really serve no purpose except to let the man take our money and tell us he's keeping us safe from dangourous ideas.
I thought it would be democracy in the middle east that would lead to $5/gal. gas that would send us back to the urban centers.
Looks like it will be our refusual to drive that will lead us to mass transit, that will lead to tracking public transit, that will lead us to walking.
In the U.S, it will be a John Ashcroft, not a Spencer Abrahams that will cut down on global warming.
Yet another lawsuit waiting to happen. All of the other UnitedLinux partners have cause to sue SCO. They invested with a partner who may have made their property worthless.
SCO is actually a subsidiary of the Trial Lawyers Association of America.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Oh, I'm sorry. I was just trying to publish some information. Now I've commited a felony and lost my right to vote. These clowns are why we were given ammendment number 2.
I'm not a file sharer, I'm an information sharer. I'm scared as hell.
Licensing lawsuits (or lawsuits in general) are rarely about right and wrong and are more about which side can afford better lawyers.
I disagree. If SCO can stay afloat, this will go to the supremes. In a decade (or 2), we'll all be citing SCO v IBM as justification for some corner of IP law.
Opportunities to fight oppression don't come up like this everyday. If this doesn't get picked up by the popular press, the word needs to be spread. Email the URL to anyone you think it might influnce. Print the story and show it to you mom or grandma.
This reminds me of all the adulterous legislators who impeached Clinton.
He faced a felony conviction. If convicted of a felony, he would never be able to vote again, or own a firearem.
This is one of the most egregious terms of the DMCA: it takes what should be a civil matter and makes if criminal.
Without knowing the facts of a case, as a juror, I would never confict anyone under DMCA. Jury nullification remains a strong tool in the citizens toolbox. As citizens we must fight rather than do the "Let's make a deal" so common in the criminal justice system today. As jurors we must use jury nullification to weaken bad laws.
We should only use criminal law against criminals!
Since we already know why the outcome, why not just pronounce the findings and move along. I'm sure Michael Powell won't be wasting his time at these meaningless meetings.
This is exactly the inverse of what it should be. Those who have the money to spend on TV don't have to do anything. Those who don't have the money, or TV isn't a priority for, are the ones who will be forced to fork over $$$ to continue to be able to watch TV.
First they have a multi-billion $$$ spectrum giveaway. Then they tell us to go buy new HDTVs because LDTVs will be obsolete in 2006 (mandated broadcast HDTV). Now they're positioning that all TV's will be inoperable in the future.
This feels like a conspiracy that is going to cause joe consumer to get screwed.
It's very difficult to get the people to march in the streets in the USA. It should be interesting when joe six-pack turns on his TV in 2006 and nothing happens.
This is a benchmark problem, because they weren't wily enough to prevent nVidia from cheating tremendously and repeatedly?
Repeatedly.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
I'm not saying what nVidia did was right. My point is that with the millions of $$$ are at stake, why isn't a benchmark smart enough to detect this used. If it were my benchmark, I'd give them a 0 with an asterisk stating that they had cheated. A few 0's and they'd either mend their ways or go out of business.
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Dear CBS
As you are aware, we "loaned" additional spectrum to your affiliates to aid in their transition from analog to HDTV. You may be unaware that the spectrum that you have been given has appreciated significantly since that time.
Since you have no intention of broadcasting HDTV signals, please inform your affiliates that we require the return of the HDTV spectrum.
Financially we are currently facing difficult times. The funds raised by the this spectrum to those who will put it to use will be of significant help.
Thank your for help in finding additional revenue sources in these difficult times.
An american taxpayer.
In the event that IBM loses, it would have to pay damages to SCO and... that's it. SCO would be barred from suing Linux vendors or users because that would be "double dipping".
I think you may have this confused with "double jeopardy" in a criminal case.
If you [contractually] rip me off, and so does the guy down the street, I can sue you both. That's what class action lawsuits are all about.
I'm afraid it wouldn't cut down on stupid ideas like the one I'm replying to. So it would really serve no purpose except to let the man take our money and tell us he's keeping us safe from dangourous ideas.
How do we stop urban sprawl?
I thought it would be democracy in the middle east that would lead to $5/gal. gas that would send us back to the urban centers.
Looks like it will be our refusual to drive that will lead us to mass transit, that will lead to tracking public transit, that will lead us to walking.
In the U.S, it will be a John Ashcroft, not a Spencer Abrahams that will cut down on global warming.
Yet another lawsuit waiting to happen. All of the other UnitedLinux partners have cause to sue SCO. They invested with a partner who may have made their property worthless.
SCO is actually a subsidiary of the Trial Lawyers Association of America.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Oh, I'm sorry. I was just trying to publish some information. Now I've commited a felony and lost my right to vote. These clowns are why we were given ammendment number 2.
I'm not a file sharer, I'm an information sharer. I'm scared as hell.
...but I was the other guy, and I uh...well let's just say you've got a virial... uh licencing problem.
Licensing lawsuits (or lawsuits in general) are rarely about right and wrong and are more about which side can afford better lawyers.
I disagree. If SCO can stay afloat, this will go to the supremes. In a decade (or 2), we'll all be citing SCO v IBM as justification for some corner of IP law.
Opportunities to fight oppression don't come up like this everyday. If this doesn't get picked up by the popular press, the word needs to be spread. Email the URL to anyone you think it might influnce. Print the story and show it to you mom or grandma.
This reminds me of all the adulterous legislators who impeached Clinton.
There was more at stake there than the $12,000.
He faced a felony conviction. If convicted of a felony, he would never be able to vote again, or own a firearem.
This is one of the most egregious terms of the DMCA: it takes what should be a civil matter and makes if criminal.
Without knowing the facts of a case, as a juror, I would never confict anyone under DMCA. Jury nullification remains a strong tool in the citizens toolbox. As citizens we must fight rather than do the "Let's make a deal" so common in the criminal justice system today. As jurors we must use jury nullification to weaken bad laws.
We should only use criminal law against criminals!
A year of public meetings?
Since we already know why the outcome, why not just pronounce the findings and move along. I'm sure Michael Powell won't be wasting his time at these meaningless meetings.
Not that I'm cynical.
This is exactly the inverse of what it should be. Those who have the money to spend on TV don't have to do anything. Those who don't have the money, or TV isn't a priority for, are the ones who will be forced to fork over $$$ to continue to be able to watch TV.
First they have a multi-billion $$$ spectrum giveaway. Then they tell us to go buy new HDTVs because LDTVs will be obsolete in 2006 (mandated broadcast HDTV). Now they're positioning that all TV's will be inoperable in the future.
This feels like a conspiracy that is going to cause joe consumer to get screwed.
It's very difficult to get the people to march in the streets in the USA. It should be interesting when joe six-pack turns on his TV in 2006 and nothing happens.
Their role is to tell us which is the good stuff. Anderson's auditing firm couldn't tell us which was the good stuff and they went out of business.
The 1st time it happened, they should have been shocked. The 2nd time it happened, they should have been prepared.
This is a benchmark problem, because they weren't wily enough to prevent nVidia from cheating tremendously and repeatedly?
Repeatedly.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
I'm not saying what nVidia did was right. My point is that with the millions of $$$ are at stake, why isn't a benchmark smart enough to detect this used. If it were my benchmark, I'd give them a 0 with an asterisk stating that they had cheated. A few 0's and they'd either mend their ways or go out of business.
Rather than an Nvidia problem, this is a benchmark problem. I don't know why people keep crying about this rather than fixing the benchmark.
Why isn't the benchmark a supervisor that renames the real benchmark to some random name, then runs it.
Seems to me the trick is to stay one step ahead of the marketers.