I've got to give a plug here for my buddy Adam, who is running for President. Great guy, great programmer, hard worker, good family man. Check out his web site for more information.
Anyone in the Freemont area should come check him out at a town hall forum at the Freemont main library today at 2pm, and at 6pm on local channel 26.
This is amazing! Someone was just knocking on their door to pay them money for a maintenance agreement, and they shut the door on him. Had the original owners just thrown out the old equipment, they would not have gotten anything, and they certainly weren't refunding any licensing fees to the previous owners, so... ARGH!!! And that's just the first story!!!
When companies get greedy like this, it's all I can do to keep my calm. I'm not sure I agree that all information wants to be free, but used sofware licenses that are bound to hardware that is changing hands sure do.
I guess it's a good thing that nobody has patented the concept of going after deep pockets with frivolous IP patent lawsuits as a business plan! Everyone would be getting sued!
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I was thinking that they could take over the intellectual property that SCO is claiming and re-release it under GPL.
And, it was a joke, however poorly planned and executed.
And trust me... there's been plenty of sillier stuff written here; you obviously have your threshold set too high! (note: that's another joke, believe it or not)
This poster has got to be joking. I don't think it's a troll; s/he's trying to be funny. Or at least I hope that's the case.
I mean, if this site were CarDot, and this thread were about the hot new Ford Mustang convertible, would anyone take it seriously if I complained that whenever I drive a '79 Pinto it blows up, whereas my old AMC Pacer X Rally Edition was still going strong?
It's actually kind of funny. Too bad s/he posted anonymously...
The cool thing is that you can use both together. Use iPhoto on your mac to manage things locally, and then drag and drop images you want published from iPhoto to the Gallery Remote application for publishing to the web.
I decided I wasn't going to renew my.Mac account, and immediately switched to Gallery for my picture publishing, and it's GREAT!
Apple is afraid of alienating third-party documentation publishers the same way they have alienated third-party software vendors by putting out applications which don't just compete but crush whatever is out there. If they wrote their own documentation, then that would kill an even larger industry!
No, it's just that, along with the rest of the industry, Slashdot has outsourced postings to third-world countries in order to save money and keep margins high.
From what I understand, the newest off-the-shelf rechargables (NiMH) are a real win-win product. Not only do they retain a usable charge for longer than non-rechargables (something like 80% longer), but also, when they finally give up the ghost and won't hold a charge any longer, they are supposedly better for the environment than non-rechargables.
I'll try to find some sources I can forward on for verification.
True, there's no expressly stated right to privacy, but I'm of the school of thought that it can be inferred. Regardless, though...
This isn't about the government killing off an industry. It's about protecting the people who are "bothered" enough to request not to be bothered. If I called you every night at dinner time, and if you did not welcome my call, you would ask me to stop. If I did not stop, then by definition, I would be harassing you, and you would have some right to protection by the law.
The DNC list does not prohibit phone solicitations; it merely requires that solicitors prune their lists based on people's requests not to be contacted that way.
Most people in that line of work are paid by commission anyway, so I feel that I'm doing them a favor by having them not call me because I *NEVER* buy anything sold by an anonymous phone (or door) solicitor. Rather than sue, these folks should embrace the change for the better of all mankind!
I'm sure that if their challenge to the authority of the list is successful, they'll probably also sue to be able to use it as a list of primary sales targets.
I have heard that, in the day of door-to-door salesmen, many such folk were actually thrilled to see "No Solicitors" signs, because they felt that such signs were indicators that the people there knew they couldn't stand up to a sales pitch. I'll bet the same logic might be applied here, so those of us who prefer not to be called might in fact have inadvertently invited twice as many.
What I don't understand is why the list officially does not apply to cell phones? I get sales calls on my cell phone, and it pisses me off. I pay for those minutes on incoming calls!
I know a company that still offers UUCP dial-up service if you want it badly enough...
I don't mean to be a troll here, but I have to agree with other posters that, beyond saying "I can do that", there are limited uses for this outside of a server environment. And in the server environment, Apple has the XServe, which, IIRC, has a serial console port built in.
But you gotta love that someone has done it, I guess.
I hope this isn't too off-topic, but wasn't there once something that let a Mac monitor the subtitles (i.e. for hearing impaired) channel of a TV broadcast looking for certain words. So for example, you could set it to watch for "Iraq" or "President" or "international oil-mongering conspiracy", and when it caught those words, it would pop up a video feed on-screen...
Is there anything like that around today that compatible (both hardware and software required for this one) with current Macs?
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Anyone in the Freemont area should come check him out at a town hall forum at the Freemont main library today at 2pm, and at 6pm on local channel 26.
When companies get greedy like this, it's all I can do to keep my calm. I'm not sure I agree that all information wants to be free, but used sofware licenses that are bound to hardware that is changing hands sure do.
The pilots of the reed boats they use to taxi between the floating Uros islands seem to use a similar technique.
Couldn't resist, even if it meant losing karma... *Sigh* Another example of my superego losing out to my id.
Can you imagine a beowolf cluster of those puppies?
It's magic!
I guess it's a good thing that nobody has patented the concept of going after deep pockets with frivolous IP patent lawsuits as a business plan! Everyone would be getting sued!
Real programmers use punch cards!
And, it was a joke, however poorly planned and executed.
And trust me... there's been plenty of sillier stuff written here; you obviously have your threshold set too high! (note: that's another joke, believe it or not)
What if the gov't nationalizes Linux for national security reasons?
for that new Spy Kids movie!
I mean, if this site were CarDot, and this thread were about the hot new Ford Mustang convertible, would anyone take it seriously if I complained that whenever I drive a '79 Pinto it blows up, whereas my old AMC Pacer X Rally Edition was still going strong?
It's actually kind of funny. Too bad s/he posted anonymously...
I decided I wasn't going to renew my .Mac account, and immediately switched to Gallery for my picture publishing, and it's GREAT!
Apple is afraid of alienating third-party documentation publishers the same way they have alienated third-party software vendors by putting out applications which don't just compete but crush whatever is out there. If they wrote their own documentation, then that would kill an even larger industry!
No, it's just that, along with the rest of the industry, Slashdot has outsourced postings to third-world countries in order to save money and keep margins high.
What about Armor Alley? Now that was a great game!
1.) Write Article
2.) Get Feedback
3.) Write Article
4.) PROFIT!!
I'll try to find some sources I can forward on for verification.
Frobnozzles from Frobarrific, Inc.? Is this a spin-off from the venerable Frobozzco from the realm of Zork?
This isn't about the government killing off an industry. It's about protecting the people who are "bothered" enough to request not to be bothered. If I called you every night at dinner time, and if you did not welcome my call, you would ask me to stop. If I did not stop, then by definition, I would be harassing you, and you would have some right to protection by the law.
The DNC list does not prohibit phone solicitations; it merely requires that solicitors prune their lists based on people's requests not to be contacted that way.
Most people in that line of work are paid by commission anyway, so I feel that I'm doing them a favor by having them not call me because I *NEVER* buy anything sold by an anonymous phone (or door) solicitor. Rather than sue, these folks should embrace the change for the better of all mankind!
I have heard that, in the day of door-to-door salesmen, many such folk were actually thrilled to see "No Solicitors" signs, because they felt that such signs were indicators that the people there knew they couldn't stand up to a sales pitch. I'll bet the same logic might be applied here, so those of us who prefer not to be called might in fact have inadvertently invited twice as many.
What I don't understand is why the list officially does not apply to cell phones? I get sales calls on my cell phone, and it pisses me off. I pay for those minutes on incoming calls!
I don't mean to be a troll here, but I have to agree with other posters that, beyond saying "I can do that", there are limited uses for this outside of a server environment. And in the server environment, Apple has the XServe, which, IIRC, has a serial console port built in.
But you gotta love that someone has done it, I guess.
That I took my iPod to London.
I know of 65,000+ addresses which might be made available for the right price.
Is there anything like that around today that compatible (both hardware and software required for this one) with current Macs?