New ownership means new rules. Therefore: - each bug found in production code, means a month of hard labor for the responsible engineers and their entire family - no more internets for you! - each comment in your code should contain a reference to our glorious leader
We hope these new rules will everyone more happy and more productive!
Still waiting for a robot that can iron and fold my clothes, or even a complete workflow: collect clothes, wash, dry, fold and put it back in the drawer. That would be awesome.
> If you're spending the exact same amount of money, why not buy the real thing instead of an imitation?
well, I dunno.. besides being able to insert SD cards, running flash, having source code access to the OS, having a front and back camera, not needing something as awfal as iTunes, and tethering by default, I'd say: choice?
Judge: "You have no authority to issue fines if you think a certain broadcast is indecent." FTC: "But how will we then be able to issue a fine if we think a certain broadcast is indecent??!"
>the postal service is entitled to read your mail, >your ISP is entitled to monitor you internet usage (deep package inspection), >your telecompany are within their rights to record and listen in on your telephone calls. >Whenever you decide to enter a publicly owned area (such as roads), the government is allowed to monitor you as well.
How scary, this is all true. Telcos have a duty to record and store all phone and internet traffic. Cameras are everywhere on the roads.
How will the police be able to prove that he actually drove that fast? First, he may have been bragging about his speed. Second, it may be possible that he didn't write that forum post at all. And third, while he's an idiot for confessing, in my country a confession without factual evidence of an actual crime or offense cannot be prosecuted.
Nice attitude - so you'd rather put up with major BS and shut up in fear of losing your monthly paycheck, than standing up and directing your own life. That attitude is probably the reason you are trapped in mediocre working conditions to start with.
" Most of the time (ALAS!) the smart pants with the new ideas is the first to one to get the door slammed against his ass."
Nope. Most of the times the 'smart pants' decides to explore better opportunities, and angered management then tells you he was fired in the most humiliating way, to prevent others from getting the same idea.
Apple is acting worse than Microsoft has ever done. The have developers jumping through hoops.
"No we won't allow non-objective C so your investments in your app are worthless." "Oh we're getting bad press now? well we'll allow it then for a while." "Storm settled? let's forbid it again." "Antitrust investigation? Hmm let's allow some for a while again"
My business has decided against investing in the iPad/iPhone development platforms. The uncertainty and unreliability of Apple management are too great a risk.
No it isn't. Google is not allowed to sniff out this data (at least, in my country) and is not an investigative authority. Therefore this data is certainly not allowed in court. What if this wasn't Google but China Telecom?
"Sir, we convict you based on data a foreign company claims to have sniffed from your open wifi connection. Yes we know that we cannot verify its authenticity, and we cannot tell if it has been tampered with, but will convict you nevertheless."
Nice, you're excited to save $5 a month. Wait until you watch a DVD (4gb) and get a $2000 bill afterwards for exceeding the data plan.. or leave an IRC or VNC session open and get flooded.. still happy?
I have been waiting for affordable removable storage in the TB size range for many years now! There's a giant p0^H^H document library waiting on my NAS to be archived...
I really doubt if this is the truth. A three year old kid can barely pick up a heavy gun, let alone load it, hold it steady towards the face and then push the trigger. I think something else may have happened...
> As a programmer I own all the of the code I write until I sign away that right
That is like an accountant claiming ownership to the ledger. He wrote all the lines after all, didn't he? Or a builder claiming ownership of the form of your house. Even worse, what about McDonalds claiming ownershipo of your body?? They choose which ingredients to provide you with, after all.
> Many of the Firefox developers were born after 1990
Are you saying that one of the currently most popular (and relied on) pieces of software is being written and maintained by a bunch of high-school kids? I call shenanigans.
> Now, if I took a press shot of it, they might have a case, but an individual picture?
It's a stamp. A commercial product sold by the US postal services in order to pay them for performing a service for you, i.e. delivering a letter. In order to sell more of this product, they decide to include a copyrighted work.So technically, the court is correct. Still, it's pretty dumb to have a public-owned work of art under copyright.
> Sony is not stopping you from reselling the games; just not letting you transfer the subscription; something you knew when you bought the game.
Online play is a part of the game as advertised on the retail box. Therefore barring use from another machine is a crime on Sony's part. There is no "subscription' - I'm not paying Sony to play this game, I paid the store and online play was included.
What if my PS3 breaks down due to a technical failure and Sony's warranty replaces the unit. I would then have to pay $20 again for each game?
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MEMO --
New ownership means new rules. Therefore:
- each bug found in production code, means a month of hard labor for the responsible engineers and their entire family
- no more internets for you!
- each comment in your code should contain a reference to our glorious leader
We hope these new rules will everyone more happy and more productive!
-- K. Jong Il, VP
Still waiting for a robot that can iron and fold my clothes, or even a complete workflow: collect clothes, wash, dry, fold and put it back in the drawer. That would be awesome.
I wish I had modpoints ...
> If you're spending the exact same amount of money, why not buy the real thing instead of an imitation?
well, I dunno.. besides being able to insert SD cards, running flash, having source code access to the OS, having a front and back camera, not needing something as awfal as iTunes, and tethering by default, I'd say: choice?
I think you just found the answer to why all mankind is evil ... wait, you should patent it!
Judge: "You have no authority to issue fines if you think a certain broadcast is indecent."
FTC: "But how will we then be able to issue a fine if we think a certain broadcast is indecent??!"
>the postal service is entitled to read your mail,
>your ISP is entitled to monitor you internet usage (deep package inspection),
>your telecompany are within their rights to record and listen in on your telephone calls.
>Whenever you decide to enter a publicly owned area (such as roads), the government is allowed to monitor you as well.
How scary, this is all true. Telcos have a duty to record and store all phone and internet traffic. Cameras are everywhere on the roads.
> I think the pictures and videos are the important elements, because they constitute actual evidence.
How are they sure the evidence isn't tampered with? Did the camera correctly register the vehicle's speed? Have the pictures been edited?
How will the police be able to prove that he actually drove that fast? First, he may have been bragging about his speed. Second, it may be possible that he didn't write that forum post at all. And third, while he's an idiot for confessing, in my country a confession without factual evidence of an actual crime or offense cannot be prosecuted.
Can the police prove that the 19 year old was actually the one who wrote the post? Did they have cameras installed facing his keyboard?
Steve??? Is that you????
Nice attitude - so you'd rather put up with major BS and shut up in fear of losing your monthly paycheck, than standing up and directing your own life. That attitude is probably the reason you are trapped in mediocre working conditions to start with.
" Most of the time (ALAS!) the smart pants with the new ideas is the first to one to get the door slammed against his ass."
Nope. Most of the times the 'smart pants' decides to explore better opportunities, and angered management then tells you he was fired in the most humiliating way, to prevent others from getting the same idea.
So how long until that copyright will expire?
Apple is acting worse than Microsoft has ever done. The have developers jumping through hoops.
"No we won't allow non-objective C so your investments in your app are worthless."
"Oh we're getting bad press now? well we'll allow it then for a while."
"Storm settled? let's forbid it again."
"Antitrust investigation? Hmm let's allow some for a while again"
My business has decided against investing in the iPad/iPhone development platforms. The uncertainty and unreliability of Apple management are too great a risk.
No it isn't. Google is not allowed to sniff out this data (at least, in my country) and is not an investigative authority. Therefore this data is certainly not allowed in court. What if this wasn't Google but China Telecom?
"Sir, we convict you based on data a foreign company claims to have sniffed from your open wifi connection. Yes we know that we cannot verify its authenticity, and we cannot tell if it has been tampered with, but will convict you nevertheless."
Nice, you're excited to save $5 a month. Wait until you watch a DVD (4gb) and get a $2000 bill afterwards for exceeding the data plan .. or leave an IRC or VNC session open and get flooded.. still happy?
Steve - is that you??
I wish there was a 'bring to the attention of the slashmods' button.. but yeah, it looks like Apple is acting a lot worse than Microsoft ever did.
I have been waiting for affordable removable storage in the TB size range for many years now! There's a giant p0^H^H document library waiting on my NAS to be archived ...
I really doubt if this is the truth. A three year old kid can barely pick up a heavy gun, let alone load it, hold it steady towards the face and then push the trigger. I think something else may have happened ...
> As a programmer I own all the of the code I write until I sign away that right
That is like an accountant claiming ownership to the ledger. He wrote all the lines after all, didn't he? Or a builder claiming ownership of the form of your house. Even worse, what about McDonalds claiming ownershipo of your body?? They choose which ingredients to provide you with, after all.
> Many of the Firefox developers were born after 1990
Are you saying that one of the currently most popular (and relied on) pieces of software
is being written and maintained by a bunch of high-school kids? I call shenanigans.
> Now, if I took a press shot of it, they might have a case, but an individual picture?
It's a stamp. A commercial product sold by the US postal services in order to pay them for performing a service for you, i.e. delivering a letter. In order to sell more of this product, they decide to include a copyrighted work.So technically, the court is correct. Still, it's pretty dumb to have a public-owned work of art under copyright.
Igor? Is that you??? please let me know when the new command server is active.
> Sony is not stopping you from reselling the games; just not letting you transfer the subscription; something you knew when you bought the game.
Online play is a part of the game as advertised on the retail box. Therefore barring use from another machine is a crime on Sony's part. There is no "subscription' - I'm not paying Sony to play this game, I paid the store and online play was included.
What if my PS3 breaks down due to a technical failure and Sony's warranty replaces the unit. I would then have to pay $20 again for each game?
I stopped having fun in writing software a looooog time ago ....