No, but they legislated AGAINST sex education to teach kids that if they have sex they'll become PARENTS eventually. Sex education in public schools today is a matter of saying 'Don't have sex' without telling the kids about condoms or the Pill.
I'm thinking the ban on medical marijuana is just a stunt to allow federal agents to make more arrests to justify their budgets instead of concentrating on the REAL criminals. After all, when you get down to it, it's all just a body count.
Any takers on whether or not the clinics will be FORCED to hand over their patient's lists for immediate arrest of possession??
They were captured while violating the laws of war???
Since when is defending your home and hearth a violation of the laws of war? What SPECIFIC laws of war have these people violated?
No, they don't publish the meetings of the Intelligence Oversight Committee for reasons of national security. All they have to do is claim national security and YOU won't see it.
Doesn't mean they can't use it against you, of course, if it's deemed in the interest of national security...
More like paying them off would say that it's too difficult and espensive for IBM to prove their case and it would be cheaper to make this go away with the standard sealed nondisclosure agreement, etc, etc, etc.
What IBM realises, and the beancounters haven't overruled them on this, is that continuing the fight will get all its IP declared clean and sanitary, forestalling any future attempts by SCO to pick their pockets clean.
True, but there IS such a thing as sponsoring a product. And there's always advertising revenue as well. These search tools WILL pull up paid advertisers as well as general pages.
They are certainly treating the symptoms. Not only are vulnerabilities patched as soon as they are found, but MS is taking a proactive approach to keeping their OS secure. Not only through things like SP2, but also many of the vulnerabilities found and disclosed are done so by Microsoft itself, which is something I appreciate (they don't *need* to be telling us about all the vulns they find during code sweeps).
This is all very well and good, as far as it goes. However one might beg the question as to whether or not Microsoft intentionally allows holes to go through, or if it's just a matter of Marketting pushing a not-ready-for-primetime product out the door in order to keep market position.
Admittedly, the codebase is huge, and would take a team of programmers just this side of forever to audit it. But consider this. Windows 'consultants' make a good living 'fixing' these problems, particularly once they get the coveted MSCE certificate. The code is bulky, kludgy (from codegrafting various things in from technology assimilated over the years), and downright cantankerous at times. This translates into job security for consultants. For instance, a friend of mine IM'ed me about problems she was having with her machine with adware/spyware slowing her browsing down to a crawl. I told her to back everything she could onto CD because when she takes it into the shop, they'll charge her 50 bucks an hour to have a benchrat getting paid 8 bucks an hour to wipe her harddrive and reinstall XP & SP2. The antispyware solutions she'd downloaded and had running (no brand names given) seemed to miss some things, and most benchrats I've run into lately don't have the time or knowledge to use them sufficiently to fix her problems.
My advice to her once they 'fix' her machine? Download and try out a live cd version of Linux, see if it will do everything she needs it to do. And if not, download open source equivilents of the software she uses on a daily basis, like Open Office, Firefox, and the like. This way, if she chooses to stay with Microsoft, at least she can limit her exposure...
Go read Chaisson's book _The Hubble Wars_. Many of the technical problems that the Hubble Space Telescope had (wiggling solar masts, various areas of electromagnetic interference) had already been encountered by some of the black satellite programs, only the people in those programs couldn't say anything because their projects were classified. Not even a hint of "you might want to beef up those struts." Took a shuttle mission to fix that.
HST science was delayed *years* and costs skyrocketed because of this bogosity. This attitude of the military "blank check" projects really pisses me off and makes me want to stop paying for their projects. (Thus, letters to my senators and representatives).
Bogosity or not, one reveals secret compartmentalised information at one's own risk to one's freedom. Yes, the people developing Hubble could have used the design tricks developed by the various 'skunkworks' satellite design teams. However, those 'in the know' were prohibited from sharing this knowledge. In the trade, it's called 'need to know', and there was no justifying Hubble's team's need to know.
Even worse, all this is getting foisted onto to consumers who don't know their ass from their elbow. In a lot of cases, you've got kids downloading material onto their parents' computer and thereby mucking up the works. Often the parents know little about how all of this works, and they are then unwitting victims of the actions of both the industry and the kids.
And it's a boon for computer consultants & computer repair shops. SOMEBODY has to clean up that mess...
Kinda reminds me of watching Star Trek:First Contact, where Zephraim Cochrane used an old ICBM as the booster for the first warp drive ship.
I for one support using up old obsolete missiles for space exploration. After all, both the US and USSR space programs were developed using missiles, including captured V-2's.
Personally, I think the probs with the current Russian Federation space programs would lessen if they threw in with the ESA. The Ariane 5 is a nice looking booster on paper, but doesn't have the track record of a Proton or Elektron booster.
True, *BUT* sites that *DO* post illegal content *DO* break the law. Now, back in 'the day', I did my share of 'sharing'. It wasn't legal back then, it still isn't legal now. And we certainly didn't post them to where anybody could see them.
I took a glance at Loki, and yeah, there was nothing illegal in itself posted, just links to torrents that were illegal. IANAL, but I'm thinking MPAA is really reaching on this one. What Loki might have done to preempt the suit would be to post something on their index page saying 'No content is posted on this site, only links to gather content. The site is not responsible for links posted nor validates the legality or accuracy of said links', they might have been in the clear. As much as I hate to admit it, we are in a litiguous society. Maybe they were right when they said, "First thing we do is shoot all the lawyers'...
Shoot 'em both. I'll write-in Linus Torvalds.
Oh, wait, he's not an American citizen. But there's still hope, if they pass the proposed amendment to let the Governator be Prez...
I've heard that before, but I've also heard that as being just another urban legend. NFI what the truth is, I never could get any straight answers out of anybody who was clued in.
Problem is, nobody *really* wins a lawsuit but the l*wy*rs. Especially when it's a class action lawsuit. Consider:
The going rate for a suit is 33 1/3% of the winnings get raked off as legal fees. The balance is divvied up between the applying members of the 'class'. Any members who don't apply immediately have a limited time frame to apply for their check. When that timeframe is done, the l*wy*rs get the rest, IIRC...
So, our hypothetical suit gets awarded 1 million bucks American. The l*wy*rs get $333,333 in legal fees the instant the judge drops the hammer. The class gets 666,667 to divvy. Say there are 1000 members in the class. Each member gets a check for 666.67 when they sign off on the action.
See who wins?
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No, but they legislated AGAINST sex education to teach kids that if they have sex they'll become PARENTS eventually. Sex education in public schools today is a matter of saying 'Don't have sex' without telling the kids about condoms or the Pill.
SPOT ON!!!!!!!!! Seeya in Gitmo. Save me some MRE's...
I'm thinking the ban on medical marijuana is just a stunt to allow federal agents to make more arrests to justify their budgets instead of concentrating on the REAL criminals. After all, when you get down to it, it's all just a body count. Any takers on whether or not the clinics will be FORCED to hand over their patient's lists for immediate arrest of possession??
They were captured while violating the laws of war??? Since when is defending your home and hearth a violation of the laws of war? What SPECIFIC laws of war have these people violated?
Uh, nobody. It was decided by the bureaucracy. Nobody got a vote.
Try that, and you'll have the cell next to mine at Gitmo.
No, they don't publish the meetings of the Intelligence Oversight Committee for reasons of national security. All they have to do is claim national security and YOU won't see it. Doesn't mean they can't use it against you, of course, if it's deemed in the interest of national security...
I'm just wondering when the fire is gonna happen
Patents can be renewed. And what pray tell is the current lifespan of the proposed Europatents?
Lucky him.
More like paying them off would say that it's too difficult and espensive for IBM to prove their case and it would be cheaper to make this go away with the standard sealed nondisclosure agreement, etc, etc, etc. What IBM realises, and the beancounters haven't overruled them on this, is that continuing the fight will get all its IP declared clean and sanitary, forestalling any future attempts by SCO to pick their pockets clean.
True, but there IS such a thing as sponsoring a product. And there's always advertising revenue as well. These search tools WILL pull up paid advertisers as well as general pages.
This is all very well and good, as far as it goes. However one might beg the question as to whether or not Microsoft intentionally allows holes to go through, or if it's just a matter of Marketting pushing a not-ready-for-primetime product out the door in order to keep market position.
Admittedly, the codebase is huge, and would take a team of programmers just this side of forever to audit it. But consider this. Windows 'consultants' make a good living 'fixing' these problems, particularly once they get the coveted MSCE certificate. The code is bulky, kludgy (from codegrafting various things in from technology assimilated over the years), and downright cantankerous at times. This translates into job security for consultants. For instance, a friend of mine IM'ed me about problems she was having with her machine with adware/spyware slowing her browsing down to a crawl. I told her to back everything she could onto CD because when she takes it into the shop, they'll charge her 50 bucks an hour to have a benchrat getting paid 8 bucks an hour to wipe her harddrive and reinstall XP & SP2. The antispyware solutions she'd downloaded and had running (no brand names given) seemed to miss some things, and most benchrats I've run into lately don't have the time or knowledge to use them sufficiently to fix her problems.
My advice to her once they 'fix' her machine? Download and try out a live cd version of Linux, see if it will do everything she needs it to do. And if not, download open source equivilents of the software she uses on a daily basis, like Open Office, Firefox, and the like. This way, if she chooses to stay with Microsoft, at least she can limit her exposure...
Bogosity or not, one reveals secret compartmentalised information at one's own risk to one's freedom. Yes, the people developing Hubble could have used the design tricks developed by the various 'skunkworks' satellite design teams. However, those 'in the know' were prohibited from sharing this knowledge. In the trade, it's called 'need to know', and there was no justifying Hubble's team's need to know.
And it's a boon for computer consultants & computer repair shops. SOMEBODY has to clean up that mess...
I for one support using up old obsolete missiles for space exploration. After all, both the US and USSR space programs were developed using missiles, including captured V-2's.
Personally, I think the probs with the current Russian Federation space programs would lessen if they threw in with the ESA. The Ariane 5 is a nice looking booster on paper, but doesn't have the track record of a Proton or Elektron booster.
I took a glance at Loki, and yeah, there was nothing illegal in itself posted, just links to torrents that were illegal. IANAL, but I'm thinking MPAA is really reaching on this one. What Loki might have done to preempt the suit would be to post something on their index page saying 'No content is posted on this site, only links to gather content. The site is not responsible for links posted nor validates the legality or accuracy of said links', they might have been in the clear. As much as I hate to admit it, we are in a litiguous society. Maybe they were right when they said, "First thing we do is shoot all the lawyers'...
Shoot 'em both. I'll write-in Linus Torvalds. Oh, wait, he's not an American citizen. But there's still hope, if they pass the proposed amendment to let the Governator be Prez...
I've heard that before, but I've also heard that as being just another urban legend. NFI what the truth is, I never could get any straight answers out of anybody who was clued in.
Problem is, nobody *really* wins a lawsuit but the l*wy*rs. Especially when it's a class action lawsuit. Consider: The going rate for a suit is 33 1/3% of the winnings get raked off as legal fees. The balance is divvied up between the applying members of the 'class'. Any members who don't apply immediately have a limited time frame to apply for their check. When that timeframe is done, the l*wy*rs get the rest, IIRC... So, our hypothetical suit gets awarded 1 million bucks American. The l*wy*rs get $333,333 in legal fees the instant the judge drops the hammer. The class gets 666,667 to divvy. Say there are 1000 members in the class. Each member gets a check for 666.67 when they sign off on the action. See who wins?
Put me down for a set. And a tshirt.