Leaving a job in this economy is a fatal error. You won't get unemployment insurance (or food stamps) and you won't find another job. Nobody will care that the expectations were unfair or the working conditions intolerable. Put up with it somehow or become a bum. Your choice. I speak from experience.
the time lag between this orwellian nightmare being deployed and the existence of blackmarket 'blinding' modifications that sever the spybot's connections to its sensors in an undetectable (to the spybot) way will be what? a week? a month?
I felt uneasy for days after finishing Kagero: Tecmo's Deception 2 and obtaining the "evilest" ending for killing absolutely everyone in the game by tricking them into various lethal traps. I think "You are what you do" includes virtual actions.
Start looking for other work. The chances of a male successfully suing a female for harassment is about zero no matter how obvious it is, such as in your friend's case. Don't bother "documenting it", since no lawyer will take the case except for pay, and your friend cannot afford that.
. . . I'd advise you to cope with the lack of proper pay and be glad you have a job. Pay is politics and if you're unpopular pestering people for raises is a good way to get sacked no matter how objectively deserving you are of one -- nobody cares, but they'll be happy to fire you to shut you up.
Software patents are bullshit. "Process" patents are bullshit. Lawyers will take advantage of this bullshit to extort money. Unless you're richer than the suing party, you have no chance of winning. Either pay up, stop violating the patent(s), or move to a non-fatally-fucked-up country where such asinine patents remain illegal. The game is OVER here in the US (and soon the EU) for everyone but the big corporations, though most of the sheep haven't figured it out yet.
I frequently have been forced to pay $25 and more for CDs that contained only one or two tracks I have any interest in ever listening to. Artists don't like not being able to force me to buy 16 tracks of crap so I can get the one track I want? Too fucking bad. Somehow I suspect that the albums of some artists (Beatles, Pink Floyd, Yes, other groups that mostly don't suck) will continue to be sold as such anyway -- mainly because they're WORTH buying as albums. The one hit wonder bands should be demanding more of the 99 cents.
Our "justice" system fails again. The proof of Microsoft's illegal actions should not be allowed to be destroyed. Rather pathetic nobody with the money has cared enough since this sad story first appeared on Slashdot to buy up the documents. But I said as much before. Gates will probably buy the TP so he can express his concept for the law.
". . . that's why we have courts -- to allow both sides to present their positions . .."
Pardon me while I die laughing. As is obvious to anyone following the lack of connection between Just results and our "Justice" system, why we have courts is to legitimate the behavior of the rich and powerful and promote their interests. If you're poorer than your opponent, you're wasting your time even showing up -- assuming you can even afford to appear.
Yes, I have. Did you ever take a history class? The movie underplays the role of the French. See http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/time1.html#french for a more accurate accounting. Here's a representative sentence: "The French navy transported reinforcements to the southern American army under the Marquis de Lafayette, fought off a British fleet, and protected Generals Washington and Rochambeau's march to Virginia."
Or thinks it does. The "support" provided by commercial software vendors means one don't have to read the manual or explore the menu trees on their own. Even with "premium" support, the chances of having bugs one discover fixed (or even admitted to) is VERY slim, as are the chances of having any complex application usage question correctly answered without at least one or two more (very long) calls. The web community provides better support for most commercial software than vendors do. And of course the license terms of most commercial software expressly absolves the vendor for any loss as a result of their product. The more a PHB worships vendor support contracts, the sharper their hair.
Viva Le France. How quickly so many disrespect the country that helped us win our freedom. So sad how closely our country now resembles that which we revolted against. Perhaps they should watch The Patriot and Braveheart soon. Hope you won't mind if I quote your signature in conversation. In return, I offer this:
I felt uneasy for weeks after finishing Kagero: Deception 2. It is a very disturbing game because you have to kill innocents to "win" and unlike most games, these victims scream and cry with disturbing realism as you crush/poison/otherwise dispatch them and their friends/parents/etc. I felt I deserved the ending I got ("#1" in the linked FAQ). Haven't played it again since then. I'd run away if you meet anyone who likes this game.
As someone else mentioned, "best" is a very subjective term. Some of the games (video and pinball) I remember fondly from the arcades and 7-11s in no particular order: Qix, Astro Blaster, Gorf, Frogger, Lunar Lander, Star Fire, Night Driver, I Robot, Road Blasters, Sinistar, Space Duel, Dig Dug, Domino Man, TRON, Discs of Tron, Pac Man, Super Pac Man, Rushin' Attack, Food Fight, Wizard of Wor, Scramble, Black Knight, Space Fury, Gyruss, Star Wars, Star Trek, Test Drive, Outrun, Klax, Congo Bongo, Journey, KickMan, High Speed, Cyclone, Gauntlet, Road Runner, Rally-X. I remember playing computer games such as Adventure, Zork, Jumpman, Dungeon, Trader, Wumpus, Choplifter, Frantic Freddie, and Impossible Mission. Mmm.
I doubt it'll darken too many days, since licensing the legal right to use the names, images, logos, etc. of professional sports teams and their players is the common practice, not the exception. What I wish is that they'd bring on the ability to import your own face, etc. into games. They were planning on providing such an ability back when Perfect Dark (N64) was new, but it was canceled due to political reasons. I suppose the political reasons still exist for games of that genre, but it would also be a neat feature for sports games, etc. Would seem pretty easy to arrange for online games (PS2, Xbox, etc.), yet they don't provide it.
You need to look more closely. Software patents apply to ALL coders, commercial and private. There are already several patents which if enforced would prevent anyone from legally writing any programs that communicate over the Internet and outlaw those that exist without paying one or more royalties. If any of the cases against the commercial Linux flavors is found in favor of SCO, the legality of Linux in general will become dubious. And note that the patents do not have to be valid or widely enforced to frighten off most businesses from risking being sued by Microsoft with its bottomless pockets. A few well chosen examples (Red Hat) will frighten the rest into submission. Microsoft will bankrupt any competitor with legal fees long before the invalidity of the patent is established. Other than Red Hat and SuSE and a very few others, Open Source consists largely of individuals, most of whom couldn't even afford the travel costs of a legal battle, much less the lawyers, and would probably yank their websites in response to a warning letter. Yes, Red Hat isn't the embodiment of Open Source, but it is an indicator species.
"1984. Just a little behind schedule." -- Seen on a t-shirt about a decade or so ago.
This is all very predictable stuff. Microsoft still owns SCO. Microsoft got off scott free from the DoJ suit and now they will use the bogus state of IP law to destroy Linux and all other Open Source competition. The threat of legal action will kill Linux's viability no matter how invalid the claims -- nobody can afford to fight Microsoft and their multi-billion cash slush fund in our richest lawyers win "justice" system. If you want to keep running and/or writing Open Source, better hang on to your install CDs and get ready to go underground or move to a freer country. It'll be illegal here in a few years or less. The game was over when Gate's buddy Bush got installed and neutered the DoJ. This is just tiresome and depressing endgame.
The wording was "availability" of the product being tied to the purchase of another product. Microsoft is tying the legal availability of FoxPro to the purchase of Windows. The point is that FoxPro ISN'T specific to one platform, technically speaking, and Microsoft's attempts to confine it are morally obnoxious and probably illegal. Microsoft has no right to tell the users of an application they've paid for what operating system they can use it with. Imagine if a company sold both cereal and bowls and tried to forbid you from using the cereal in anything but their bowls. Personally, I don't use FoxPro or care about it in particular. But the many people who do own it and want to use it on something other than Windows should not have to worry about being turned into the BSA (Microsoft's license police) for doing so.
A tying arrangement is one in which the availability of one item (the 'tying' item) is conditioned upon purchase or rental of another item (the 'tied' item) or agreeing to not purchase the tied item from the seller's competitors.
In this case, the use of FoxPro is being illegally tied to the purchase or rental of Windows. Of course it doesn't really matter since the DoJ couldn't care less now about Microsoft's continued law breaking. They're too busy helping the MPAA and RIAA bully college students.
You must be joking. The Internet is as free and unfucked up as it is because it was created before the assholes of society "discovered" it. Any replacement Internet would be even more hideous than what said assholes are turning the current Internet into -- a latest version Windows/MacOS only pay-per-the-byte form of interactive TV with patented protocols, digital restriction management, and any other profiteering garbage they could dream up. Any replacement would have these things embedded from the start at the lowest levels and legal language to ensure they never left. At least with the current Internet they have to fuck things up piecemeal which takes longer.
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No, I sold my car and used some of the money to pay for one more quarter of ISP service. Once that expires, I'll be going dark (offline).
Leaving a job in this economy is a fatal error. You won't get unemployment insurance (or food stamps) and you won't find another job. Nobody will care that the expectations were unfair or the working conditions intolerable. Put up with it somehow or become a bum. Your choice. I speak from experience.
the time lag between this orwellian nightmare being deployed and the existence of blackmarket 'blinding' modifications that sever the spybot's connections to its sensors in an undetectable (to the spybot) way will be what? a week? a month?
I felt uneasy for days after finishing Kagero: Tecmo's Deception 2 and obtaining the "evilest" ending for killing absolutely everyone in the game by tricking them into various lethal traps. I think "You are what you do" includes virtual actions.
Start looking for other work. The chances of a male successfully suing a female for harassment is about zero no matter how obvious it is, such as in your friend's case. Don't bother "documenting it", since no lawyer will take the case except for pay, and your friend cannot afford that.
. . . I'd advise you to cope with the lack of proper pay and be glad you have a job. Pay is politics and if you're unpopular pestering people for raises is a good way to get sacked no matter how objectively deserving you are of one -- nobody cares, but they'll be happy to fire you to shut you up.
Software patents are bullshit. "Process" patents are bullshit. Lawyers will take advantage of this bullshit to extort money. Unless you're richer than the suing party, you have no chance of winning. Either pay up, stop violating the patent(s), or move to a non-fatally-fucked-up country where such asinine patents remain illegal. The game is OVER here in the US (and soon the EU) for everyone but the big corporations, though most of the sheep haven't figured it out yet.
I frequently have been forced to pay $25 and more for CDs that contained only one or two tracks I have any interest in ever listening to. Artists don't like not being able to force me to buy 16 tracks of crap so I can get the one track I want? Too fucking bad. Somehow I suspect that the albums of some artists (Beatles, Pink Floyd, Yes, other groups that mostly don't suck) will continue to be sold as such anyway -- mainly because they're WORTH buying as albums. The one hit wonder bands should be demanding more of the 99 cents.
Technology is there. When is someone both rich and smart going to fund it?
Our "justice" system fails again. The proof of Microsoft's illegal actions should not be allowed to be destroyed. Rather pathetic nobody with the money has cared enough since this sad story first appeared on Slashdot to buy up the documents. But I said as much before. Gates will probably buy the TP so he can express his concept for the law.
I have. They tell me there's nothing they can do -- unless you're rich, politicians don't give a flying fuck about you either, dumbass.
I'm speaking from personal experiences, not something I saw on TV. Take your patronizing attitude and shove it up your ass.
". . . that's why we have courts -- to allow both sides to present their positions . . ."
Pardon me while I die laughing. As is obvious to anyone following the lack of connection between Just results and our "Justice" system, why we have courts is to legitimate the behavior of the rich and powerful and promote their interests. If you're poorer than your opponent, you're wasting your time even showing up -- assuming you can even afford to appear.
I predicted this weeks ago.
Microsoft owns SCO, check with Google if you must.
Gift from MS to MS.
Yes, I have. Did you ever take a history class? The movie underplays the role of the French. See http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/time1 .html#french for a more accurate accounting. Here's a representative sentence: "The French navy transported reinforcements to the southern American army under the Marquis de Lafayette, fought off a British fleet, and protected Generals Washington and Rochambeau's march to Virginia."
Or thinks it does. The "support" provided by commercial software vendors means one don't have to read the manual or explore the menu trees on their own. Even with "premium" support, the chances of having bugs one discover fixed (or even admitted to) is VERY slim, as are the chances of having any complex application usage question correctly answered without at least one or two more (very long) calls. The web community provides better support for most commercial software than vendors do. And of course the license terms of most commercial software expressly absolves the vendor for any loss as a result of their product. The more a PHB worships vendor support contracts, the sharper their hair.
(which ironically isn't quoted by the reply code)
Viva Le France. How quickly so many disrespect the country that helped us win our freedom. So sad how closely our country now resembles that which we revolted against. Perhaps they should watch The Patriot and Braveheart soon. Hope you won't mind if I quote your signature in conversation. In return, I offer this:
Freedom Fries? More like Fascism Fries.
I felt uneasy for weeks after finishing Kagero: Deception 2. It is a very disturbing game because you have to kill innocents to "win" and unlike most games, these victims scream and cry with disturbing realism as you crush/poison/otherwise dispatch them and their friends/parents/etc. I felt I deserved the ending I got ("#1" in the linked FAQ). Haven't played it again since then. I'd run away if you meet anyone who likes this game.
As someone else mentioned, "best" is a very subjective term. Some of the games (video and pinball) I remember fondly from the arcades and 7-11s in no particular order: Qix, Astro Blaster, Gorf, Frogger, Lunar Lander, Star Fire, Night Driver, I Robot, Road Blasters, Sinistar, Space Duel, Dig Dug, Domino Man, TRON, Discs of Tron, Pac Man, Super Pac Man, Rushin' Attack, Food Fight, Wizard of Wor, Scramble, Black Knight, Space Fury, Gyruss, Star Wars, Star Trek, Test Drive, Outrun, Klax, Congo Bongo, Journey, KickMan, High Speed, Cyclone, Gauntlet, Road Runner, Rally-X. I remember playing computer games such as Adventure, Zork, Jumpman, Dungeon, Trader, Wumpus, Choplifter, Frantic Freddie, and Impossible Mission. Mmm.
If Benjamin Franklin was alive today, he'd be leading the fight against the DMCA.
I doubt it'll darken too many days, since licensing the legal right to use the names, images, logos, etc. of professional sports teams and their players is the common practice, not the exception. What I wish is that they'd bring on the ability to import your own face, etc. into games. They were planning on providing such an ability back when Perfect Dark (N64) was new, but it was canceled due to political reasons. I suppose the political reasons still exist for games of that genre, but it would also be a neat feature for sports games, etc. Would seem pretty easy to arrange for online games (PS2, Xbox, etc.), yet they don't provide it.
You need to look more closely. Software patents apply to ALL coders, commercial and private. There are already several patents which if enforced would prevent anyone from legally writing any programs that communicate over the Internet and outlaw those that exist without paying one or more royalties. If any of the cases against the commercial Linux flavors is found in favor of SCO, the legality of Linux in general will become dubious. And note that the patents do not have to be valid or widely enforced to frighten off most businesses from risking being sued by Microsoft with its bottomless pockets. A few well chosen examples (Red Hat) will frighten the rest into submission. Microsoft will bankrupt any competitor with legal fees long before the invalidity of the patent is established. Other than Red Hat and SuSE and a very few others, Open Source consists largely of individuals, most of whom couldn't even afford the travel costs of a legal battle, much less the lawyers, and would probably yank their websites in response to a warning letter. Yes, Red Hat isn't the embodiment of Open Source, but it is an indicator species.
"1984. Just a little behind schedule." -- Seen on a t-shirt about a decade or so ago.
This is all very predictable stuff. Microsoft still owns SCO. Microsoft got off scott free from the DoJ suit and now they will use the bogus state of IP law to destroy Linux and all other Open Source competition. The threat of legal action will kill Linux's viability no matter how invalid the claims -- nobody can afford to fight Microsoft and their multi-billion cash slush fund in our richest lawyers win "justice" system. If you want to keep running and/or writing Open Source, better hang on to your install CDs and get ready to go underground or move to a freer country. It'll be illegal here in a few years or less. The game was over when Gate's buddy Bush got installed and neutered the DoJ. This is just tiresome and depressing endgame.
The wording was "availability" of the product being tied to the purchase of another product. Microsoft is tying the legal availability of FoxPro to the purchase of Windows. The point is that FoxPro ISN'T specific to one platform, technically speaking, and Microsoft's attempts to confine it are morally obnoxious and probably illegal. Microsoft has no right to tell the users of an application they've paid for what operating system they can use it with. Imagine if a company sold both cereal and bowls and tried to forbid you from using the cereal in anything but their bowls. Personally, I don't use FoxPro or care about it in particular. But the many people who do own it and want to use it on something other than Windows should not have to worry about being turned into the BSA (Microsoft's license police) for doing so.
Um, yes it is. To quote from here:
A tying arrangement is one in which the availability of one item (the 'tying' item) is conditioned upon purchase or rental of another item (the 'tied' item) or agreeing to not purchase the tied item from the seller's competitors.
In this case, the use of FoxPro is being illegally tied to the purchase or rental of Windows. Of course it doesn't really matter since the DoJ couldn't care less now about Microsoft's continued law breaking. They're too busy helping the MPAA and RIAA bully college students.
You must be joking. The Internet is as free and unfucked up as it is because it was created before the assholes of society "discovered" it. Any replacement Internet would be even more hideous than what said assholes are turning the current Internet into -- a latest version Windows/MacOS only pay-per-the-byte form of interactive TV with patented protocols, digital restriction management, and any other profiteering garbage they could dream up. Any replacement would have these things embedded from the start at the lowest levels and legal language to ensure they never left. At least with the current Internet they have to fuck things up piecemeal which takes longer.