As some other poster has pointed out, The sort of person who is prepared to buy software at a supermarket, is probably not the sort of person who can deal with zip files downloaded from the internet.
Its not aimed at us, so i'm sure they wont be too upset if we dont buy it.
Besides, there are people who trust the Tesco brand, so the quality is probably a moot point anyway
No doubt you will modded down, However, having seen someone nearly killed by a speeding motorist, I agree with you wholeheartedly (The victim ended up with 2 months in hospital and her right leg has never been the same).
Oh i'm sure someone will pay in the end. However, There are so many different payee's to choose from, from the Mortgage company, the Notary, Various Laywers, the delay will be because they will be arguing among themselves for years.
Meanwhile, until the status of the house is sorted, the guy ripped off cant enter it, and neither can the buyers (Who will have to pay the mortgage until its sorted.)
Depends how essential you consider the right not to be arbitrerilly monitored.
The right not to live in a state where the police cannot be realistically questioned is also pretty high on the list of essential rights IMHO.
If this *hadnt* been the verdict, thats the message that would have been sent out. All you have to do is tag the "T" word to the end of any sentence, and you have the authority to what you damn well like.
Yes, your right, however, as IMHO this is not a non-essential right, its an interesting, but irrelevent argument in this case.
>I am sure that's not what our forefathers had in mind.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
I have heard nothing of this in the press despite it being so pro-war that some journalists managed to get away with some quite shoddy reporting because it supported the party line.
To be fair, the RIAA didnt have a case.
They must have known it.
If they didnt, their lawyers shouldnt really be practicing law.
However, i suspect this real reason this went as far as court was that they were trying to scare this woman into paying out, and it didnt work.
It seems that rather than allowing the judge to issue a summary judgement, with all the embarrasment that is likely to cause for both the RIAA and the individual Lawyers involved, they just withdrew the case.
It just shows the contempt that some lawyers have for the court system that they even braught this before a court. Unforurtunately, because they withdrew the case, the woman involved is unlikely to get the punitive awards given.
You can find info on Microsoft's Communication Protocols here ....which are licensed under terms that their main competitors in this space (SAMBA) cant subscribe to, and according to the person who looked at them for the EU (And was even recommended by MS) are incomplete, and not nearly enough to actually implement them.
here's also a program which gives access to source code specifically trying to appease the EU here
Which getting leaves anyone reading them open to accusations of copyright violations if they even look at them.
Personally, i think that the fact that the communication protocols that the majority of the world rely on, appear to not be properly documented, a rather scarry state of affairs.
The fact that he *does* stick to his principles despite people telling him just how out dated and un-capitalist he is, is the reason i *do* use open source.
The problem is that Manufacturers seem to have the idea that they can dictate terms to the people who produce software to run on their hardware. Unfortunately, In the majority of cases, that appears to actually be the case.
The insulting thing in the original email was that he should be expected to comprimise his principles to support other people's profit, and as he is *not* being paid by Hifn, I personally see that it is well within his rights to not support the hardware in question.
Perhaps if you went up to some Civil rights protestor in the 1960's and said that this entire equality thing was a bit silly, and they should just accept these limitations, because its convenient for the asker, you may get a similar response.
Yes, i know this is a bit contrived, however, its worth noting that there are people who consider this sort of thing a matter of Civil rights. The right to be able to do whatever you want with the electronics in your computer, as opposed to what someone you have never met tells you.
Some people do consider this sort of thing a huge insult, and if putting it in plain language offends you enough that you dont use open source software, then i feel sorry for you. Your missing out on a lot of great software written by people who love what they do, however thats your choice.
I'm sure Mr mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw is getting his door broken down by upset police officers as we speak.
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Yeah, so my english is awful. Thats not really unusual around here is it.
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I should probably tell you now that its more likely that the blogger is probably just helping with the investigation for the contents of the comments on his blog, some of which were Racist, Homophobic, included death threats and just plain nasty.
I suspect that the phrase "Co-operating with the police" probably in this case means exactly that rather than the usual "Were keeping him locked up because we think he did it, we just havent got enough to prosecute him yet."
Unless he really is lying through his teeth, and the laptop was up to spec and working when he got it, i dont think he is any danger of being called up for Libel.
That implies at least some degree of lying on his part.
IMHO, a fraudster got caught out. and got the heavy end of a hammer dropped on him
Shame.
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Two things about this post:
The Register contains lots of biased articles. While it does contain decent articles, its usually better to get them from the source, such as securityfocus. This, to me, doesnt make it a news source, it makes it a blog with news in it. (However i have to say i am an avid fan of the BOFH)
secondally, The police are now investigating. I suspect this is due to the content of the comments, some of which seem to bring out some very nasty sentiments - a lot of which were unrelated to the issue, rather than the content of the blog, itself, however.
While i think the owner should have kept more control over it, perhaps restricting posting, i dont think they have done anything wrong. They decided that a public humilliation was a good way of going about this.
If you believe the blog, and i have reason not to, the owner of the blog tried to sort this out amicably. Anyone who has been through EBAY's dispute procedure will tell you its a pile of cr*p, certainly in the uk. Other than cancelling accounts, there is very little they can do other than to refer the seller to the police. I dont know if this happened in this case.
However, its true to say some of the UK tabloid press, have a lot to answer for, and the BBC should make an apology for misreporting and post it publically on their website.
Must go away and read the original bluefrog article again.
Actually i wouldnt count on the days of spammers being numbered. The sneaky little bugg@rs have been getting round new antu-spam systems for years, and the more unscrupulous will start doing things like providing opt out locations that look different when you view then. (IE, providing two links, a link thats invisible for the anti spam engine to chew on, and one that isnt that may be obfuscated in some way)
Unfortunately just like pond scum, once its got a presence, its practically impossible to get rid of it without major work.
I dunno about the US, but the age after which you are considered fully responsible for your actions and can be go to jail (Although usually a young offenders institute) in the UK is 14, not 18.
That was Austraila, and they seem to be doing a damn sight better without us.
So from the evidence, I can only assume "Nutcase" and "criminals" depends on your point of view, and as for the number of "Sick people". it looks like they dealt with it pretty well.
Most of the people who emagrated to America were pretty healthy. Sick people would have had trouble surviving the journey.
Personally, i think this should be moderated insightful rather than funny like its going to be.
What other group had done more to scare the h*ll of out of the ordinary citizen than Lawyers? and usually in a personal way rather than in a general "we hate the US/UK/EU/UN/Bagels way"
Terrorism, while being a real threat, is statistically, not nearly as dangerous as a drunken moron in a SUV, How many of us spend our time worrying about that?
I doubt I would want to be an innovator in a field controlled by any large interests. You can be sued over nothing. Even if you win, you loose. Thats the power of Lawyers. They have the power to destroy your life, leave you penniless and witha mountain of debt, and if they get caught doing anything like that, the most they are likely to get is a slap on the wrist, and in most cases, they dont even seem to get that.
Anyway rant over. I know most Lawyers are decent people trying to make a living, I do after all work at a legal firm. However, there is a large minority who feel that Money is more important than Truth, and that to me is a general contempt of the court system than anything else i can think of.
No, but I did read somewere that the US is responsble for 50% of world IT spend, however, I cant put my finger on any references at the moment and could very easilly be wrong.
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Well apparently tesco.net turned out to be quite popular, and thats the same sort of idea, selling computer services at the checkout.
As some other poster has pointed out, The sort of person who is prepared to buy software at a supermarket, is probably not the sort of person who can deal with zip files downloaded from the internet.
Its not aimed at us, so i'm sure they wont be too upset if we dont buy it.
Besides, there are people who trust the Tesco brand, so the quality is probably a moot point anyway
No doubt you will modded down, However, having seen someone nearly killed by a speeding motorist, I agree with you wholeheartedly (The victim ended up with 2 months in hospital and her right leg has never been the same).
Oh i'm sure someone will pay in the end. However, There are so many different payee's to choose from, from the Mortgage company, the Notary, Various Laywers, the delay will be because they will be arguing among themselves for years.
Meanwhile, until the status of the house is sorted, the guy ripped off cant enter it, and neither can the buyers (Who will have to pay the mortgage until its sorted.)
Depends how essential you consider the right not to be arbitrerilly monitored.
The right not to live in a state where the police cannot be realistically questioned is also pretty high on the list of essential rights IMHO.
If this *hadnt* been the verdict, thats the message that would have been sent out. All you have to do is tag the "T" word to the end of any sentence, and you have the authority to what you damn well like.
Yes, your right, however, as IMHO this is not a non-essential right, its an interesting, but irrelevent argument in this case.
>I am sure that's not what our forefathers had in mind.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
Can you cite this?
I have heard nothing of this in the press despite it being so pro-war that some journalists managed to get away with some quite shoddy reporting because it supported the party line.
Hmm, it seems in Capitalist Redmond, even the adware can have adware. someone mod me down please. Its the only way i will learn.
Nah, there contact readable. You would be better with three of plastic film
Ignore me. I didnt read the article properly.
To be fair, the RIAA didnt have a case.
They must have known it.
If they didnt, their lawyers shouldnt really be practicing law.
However, i suspect this real reason this went as far as court was that they were trying to scare this woman into paying out, and it didnt work.
It seems that rather than allowing the judge to issue a summary judgement, with all the embarrasment that is likely to cause for both the RIAA and the individual Lawyers involved, they just withdrew the case.
It just shows the contempt that some lawyers have for the court system that they even braught this before a court. Unforurtunately, because they withdrew the case, the woman involved is unlikely to get the punitive awards given.
You can find info on Microsoft's Communication Protocols here
....which are licensed under terms that their main competitors in this space (SAMBA) cant subscribe to, and according to the person who looked at them for the EU (And was even recommended by MS) are incomplete, and not nearly enough to actually implement them.
here's also a program which gives access to source code specifically trying to appease the EU here
Which getting leaves anyone reading them open to accusations of copyright violations if they even look at them.
Personally, i think that the fact that the communication protocols that the majority of the world rely on, appear to not be properly documented, a rather scarry state of affairs.
The fact that he *does* stick to his principles despite people telling him just how out dated and un-capitalist he is, is the reason i *do* use open source.
The problem is that Manufacturers seem to have the idea that they can dictate terms to the people who produce software to run on their hardware. Unfortunately, In the majority of cases, that appears to actually be the case.
The insulting thing in the original email was that he should be expected to comprimise his principles to support other people's profit, and as he is *not* being paid by Hifn, I personally see that it is well within his rights to not support the hardware in question.
Perhaps if you went up to some Civil rights protestor in the 1960's and said that this entire equality thing was a bit silly, and they should just accept these limitations, because its convenient for the asker, you may get a similar response.
Yes, i know this is a bit contrived, however, its worth noting that there are people who consider this sort of thing a matter of Civil rights. The right to be able to do whatever you want with the electronics in your computer, as opposed to what someone you have never met tells you.
Some people do consider this sort of thing a huge insult, and if putting it in plain language offends you enough that you dont use open source software, then i feel sorry for you. Your missing out on a lot of great software written by people who love what they do, however thats your choice.
I'm sure Mr mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw is getting his door broken down by upset police officers as we speak.
Yeah, so my english is awful. Thats not really unusual around here is it.
I should probably tell you now that its more likely that the blogger is probably just helping with the investigation for the contents of the comments on his blog, some of which were Racist, Homophobic, included death threats and just plain nasty.
I suspect that the phrase "Co-operating with the police" probably in this case means exactly that rather than the usual "Were keeping him locked up because we think he did it, we just havent got enough to prosecute him yet."
Unless he really is lying through his teeth, and the laptop was up to spec and working when he got it, i dont think he is any danger of being called up for Libel.
That implies at least some degree of lying on his part.
IMHO, a fraudster got caught out. and got the heavy end of a hammer dropped on him
Shame.
Two things about this post:
The Register contains lots of biased articles. While it does contain decent articles, its usually better to get them from the source, such as securityfocus. This, to me, doesnt make it a news source, it makes it a blog with news in it. (However i have to say i am an avid fan of the BOFH)
secondally, The police are now investigating. I suspect this is due to the content of the comments, some of which seem to bring out some very nasty sentiments - a lot of which were unrelated to the issue, rather than the content of the blog, itself, however.
While i think the owner should have kept more control over it, perhaps restricting posting, i dont think they have done anything wrong. They decided that a public humilliation was a good way of going about this.
If you believe the blog, and i have reason not to, the owner of the blog tried to sort this out amicably. Anyone who has been through EBAY's dispute procedure will tell you its a pile of cr*p, certainly in the uk. Other than cancelling accounts, there is very little they can do other than to refer the seller to the police. I dont know if this happened in this case.
However, its true to say some of the UK tabloid press, have a lot to answer for, and the BBC should make an apology for misreporting and post it publically on their website.
Ah this makes more sense now.
Must go away and read the original bluefrog article again.
Actually i wouldnt count on the days of spammers being numbered.
The sneaky little bugg@rs have been getting round new antu-spam systems for years, and the more unscrupulous will start doing things like providing opt out locations that look different when you view then. (IE, providing two links, a link thats invisible for the anti spam engine to chew on, and one that isnt that may be obfuscated in some way)
Unfortunately just like pond scum, once its got a presence, its practically impossible to get rid of it without major work.
Hmm, wont it be amusing for user's PCs to be spamming as part of an hidden botnet and running this at the same time. Hope their not on dialup.
I dunno about the US, but the age after which you are considered fully responsible for your actions and can be go to jail (Although usually a young offenders institute) in the UK is 14, not 18.
Yes I only realised what i was doing after i hit the post button.
I think more early nights with less beer are called for.
That was Austraila, and they seem to be doing a damn sight better without us.
So from the evidence, I can only assume "Nutcase" and "criminals" depends on your point of view, and as for the number of "Sick people". it looks like they dealt with it pretty well.
Most of the people who emagrated to America were pretty healthy. Sick people would have had trouble surviving the journey.
Personally, i think this should be moderated insightful rather than funny like its going to be.
What other group had done more to scare the h*ll of out of the ordinary citizen than Lawyers? and usually in a personal way rather than in a general "we hate the US/UK/EU/UN/Bagels way"
Terrorism, while being a real threat, is statistically, not nearly as dangerous as a drunken moron in a SUV, How many of us spend our time worrying about that?
I doubt I would want to be an innovator in a field controlled by any large interests. You can be sued over nothing. Even if you win, you loose. Thats the power of Lawyers. They have the power to destroy your life, leave you penniless and witha mountain of debt, and if they get caught doing anything like that, the most they are likely to get is a slap on the wrist, and in most cases, they dont even seem to get that.
Anyway rant over. I know most Lawyers are decent people trying to make a living, I do after all work at a legal firm. However, there is a large minority who feel that Money is more important than Truth, and that to me is a general contempt of the court system than anything else i can think of.
Unfortunately what goes around comes around.
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I'm sure the employees of Handspring know exactly what you feel.
http://www.pdastreet.com/articles/2002/9/2002-9-1
No, but I did read somewere that the US is responsble for 50% of world IT spend, however, I cant put my finger on any references at the moment and could very easilly be wrong.