This will certainly solve your liability problem. You won't have any customers holding you responsible for things because you won't have any customers period. Like anyone would sign something like that which would give you the right to do whatever you wanted to or didn't want to and they would have no recourse. If you want something like this in your agreements, your best bet is to bury it at the bottom of the page in small print and hurry the victim into signing without reading. But seriously, it's a bad idea.
Are you going to actually refute my earlier post or just spew drivel? It may not be the most sensitive comment to make, but I dare you to prove me wrong. All the politically correct bullshit in the world will not make all religiously motivated people equally dangerous.
Sure, Microsoft may WANT this to happen, but it won't. I for one would not run out to get a new MS approved DVD player just to play the newest movies, and keep the old one so I could still play my older movies. Then I guess I would have to have 2 CD players in my car for older CDs and newer 'secure CDs'. Nope, I don't see this happening, now or ever. As controlling as the MPAA and RIAA are of their products, they're not about to support a system that would allow Microsoft to grab ahold of them by the short and curlies.
Sounds like the perfect opportunity for some blackmail. But I recommend asking for "restitution" instead. Their greatest fear would be having the IRS find out they screwed with employee withholdings, which is a felony.
I'm sure some spyware vendor has or will try this, but I think they would have an extremely uphill battle. For example, there are products that remove spray paint from surfaces, and I've never heard of them being sued by paint manufacturers. OK, maybe that wasn't the best example, but nobody is under any obligation to allow spyware to be installed on a machine. That would be like trying to sue Microsoft for having access control built into the OS to keep software from doing things it is not authorized to do.
In any case, the anti-virus companies shouldn't have anything to worry about. All of the anti-virus vendors have a lot more money than any scummy spyware company. If they get sued, they can use the standard delaying tactics to bleed the spyware vendors / litigious bastards of all of their spare cash before the case even gets to trial. If it did go to trial, I wouldn't bet on getting a sympathetic jury to vote for the spyware company. Eventually, spyware will go away once the profit element has been removed.
Isn't that guy in a mexican jail right now? I heard about some obnoxious jerkoff getting arrested after illegally persuing someone in Mexico, and it sounds like him. Could his ego get any biggger? I counted at least 6 "muscle poses" on his website and at least one "mullet pose".
I learned a long time ago, don't waste your time with Slashdot story submissions. They won't even get posted unless you're a paying $ubmitter. Or unless you're submitting something completely retarded like that Shaggy Steed of Physics pile of crap story.
This book is too nerdy even for nerds. I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't want to work post-graduate-level mathematics just to read a folk tale.
If Sun pulls a SCO, maybe I can finally sell my Sun stock at a profit. Yes, I must admit I bought Sun stock in 1999 when the price just kept shooting up.
Yes, there's the possibility of SCO's attorneys talking some naive jury into issuing a verdict in their favor, however that would not guarantee anything for them. First, the case has to make it through the trial and to the jury deliberation stage. I'd be very surprised if SCO doesn't run out of money before this point. Then, the jury's verdict would have to stand up to appeals, which you can be sure IBM would file if they were to somehow lose. Even then, all the jury's verdict would likely mean is SCO winning a contract dispute. The SCO pipe dream of Linux users being ordered to pay them a license fee would still not materialize since at this point, the offending code would have to be identified and could be stripped out of Linux.
In summary, SCO has a long, uphill battle even if they could convince a jury to award a verdict in their favor. I'd bet on the earth being destroyed by a giant meteor before I'd bet on SCO getting billions of dollars from their lawsuits.
In all seriousness, who the hell needs floppys anymore? I know Apple was a bit premature in removing the floppy from the IMac, but now that external storage devices are so cheap and easy to use, the 1.44 MB (won't even hold a powerpoint file) floppy drive belongs in a museum. Use a writable CD for data/software transfers and system recovery. Use a USB keychain drive for small file transfers. Please people, let the dinosaur die already!
If China ever stopped shipping to the U.S, there would be plenty of other countries lined up to take their place. Chinese firms have managed to provide products that are cheap and of adequate quality, depending on what your standards are. Other countries have cheap labor too, and as soon as there is demand they will be able to crank out manufactured products in almost the same way.
I think Dean's only chance would be to run as an independent or a socialist. I've never understood why some people have said Dean's philosophy was libertarian. He's about as nonconservative as they come and is clearly far left of the democrats or republicans. I do agree that the Bush ticket is far far from republican ideals. It's too bad there's no way for someone to get elected that doesn't adhere to corporatist beliefs, regardless of which party they affiliate with. As for Bush vs. Kerry, I could care less. One's as bad as the other.
If it's any consolation, at least you're a contractor instead of salaried. So the time you spend reading or twiddling your thumbs while the thing takes 2 minutes to open a web browser is being paid for by the company. I wonder if the beancounter who is so proud of himself for saving on desktop computer costs ever factored in what it's costing the company NOT to upgrade?
Can I add a line that says I get your first born child if you pirate the software? You know, to provide a good court test of the power of EULAs.
Common contract law would not allow you to just include any terms you want to in the agreement, even if someone accepts. And contracts cannot be used to justify illegal activity.
I realize that doing something like this may make the developer feel better, but it accomplishes absolutely nothing other than petty revenge.
The purpose of anti-piracy measures is, presumably, to reduce piracy. When you decide you're going to take revenge on anyone who pirates, all you are going to do is drive away people who might otherwise pay for the software. Nobody says "gee that guy wiped out my hard drive. I should pay for the software I stole from him." Would you do it if you were in that position?
The pirates will continue to pirate, while finding a way to make the program work without permissions to do anything harmful. The innocent user who enters the activation key incorrectly will likely be harmed by this. And the developer will lose future business, and rightly so. And if serious damage were caused, they will face a lawsuit.
If there are any developers out there thinking about doing something stupid like this, please reconsider. It will not help you in any way; it will only hurt you. I for one will never install software that has provisions to wipe out my home directory. What if it does so by mistake?
Standards boards are wising up to this type of manipulation. After the Rambus memory fiasco, companies are grilled about any patents they may have or be planning to obtain on anything they are submitting for inclusion in standards. Companies that submit material to be openly available and then announce they have a patent on it will often find it difficult to collect any damages (unclean hands).
I see you've watched "Bowling for Columbine". So tell us, what do they do in your country when someone is posing an imminent threat to another person? And yes, I do consider someone who forcibly entered my house while I'm home to be posing an imminent threat.
Just ask the people who accidentally shot their son/daughter sneaking home after a late date if it was all worthwhile.
Now that is something that rarely happens. About every 3 years or so, in a country with over 200 million people, someone accidentally shoots a person that they mistake for an intruder. I don't know if international media makes this sound like a daily phenomenon in the U.S, but it is extremely rare. The high murder rate that you have heard so much about is absolutely NOT caused by well intentioned homeowners who have weapons for defense. It is primarily a result of drug and other gang related crime. Armed robberies probably account for a good portion of it too. Contrary to your belief, Americans are not a bunch of vigilates. Most of us would not choose to attack someone just because they stole something. Defense of the family is different. And if someone comes in your home, knowing that you are home, they are almost certainly not interested in a non violent burglary. Funny how you attacked Americans for making broad assumptions based on occaisional occurrences and then proceeded to do the exact same thing yourself.
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This will certainly solve your liability problem. You won't have any customers holding you responsible for things because you won't have any customers period. Like anyone would sign something like that which would give you the right to do whatever you wanted to or didn't want to and they would have no recourse. If you want something like this in your agreements, your best bet is to bury it at the bottom of the page in small print and hurry the victim into signing without reading. But seriously, it's a bad idea.
Are you going to actually refute my earlier post or just spew drivel? It may not be the most sensitive comment to make, but I dare you to prove me wrong. All the politically correct bullshit in the world will not make all religiously motivated people equally dangerous.
Right on. Let's keep pretending that radical christians or jews are just as likely to carry out a suicide bombing as radical islamic fundamentalists.
Sure, Microsoft may WANT this to happen, but it won't. I for one would not run out to get a new MS approved DVD player just to play the newest movies, and keep the old one so I could still play my older movies. Then I guess I would have to have 2 CD players in my car for older CDs and newer 'secure CDs'. Nope, I don't see this happening, now or ever. As controlling as the MPAA and RIAA are of their products, they're not about to support a system that would allow Microsoft to grab ahold of them by the short and curlies.
Sounds like the perfect opportunity for some blackmail. But I recommend asking for "restitution" instead. Their greatest fear would be having the IRS find out they screwed with employee withholdings, which is a felony.
I'm sure some spyware vendor has or will try this, but I think they would have an extremely uphill battle. For example, there are products that remove spray paint from surfaces, and I've never heard of them being sued by paint manufacturers. OK, maybe that wasn't the best example, but nobody is under any obligation to allow spyware to be installed on a machine. That would be like trying to sue Microsoft for having access control built into the OS to keep software from doing things it is not authorized to do.
In any case, the anti-virus companies shouldn't have anything to worry about. All of the anti-virus vendors have a lot more money than any scummy spyware company. If they get sued, they can use the standard delaying tactics to bleed the spyware vendors / litigious bastards of all of their spare cash before the case even gets to trial. If it did go to trial, I wouldn't bet on getting a sympathetic jury to vote for the spyware company. Eventually, spyware will go away once the profit element has been removed.
What exactly does Alexa do? I'm not saying it's a good thing, but I haven't seen a lot of reasons as to why it's bad either.
It's far more insightful than any of the crap you've ever posted, ya douche! People like you are the reason for the Foes list.
Isn't that guy in a mexican jail right now? I heard about some obnoxious jerkoff getting arrested after illegally persuing someone in Mexico, and it sounds like him. Could his ego get any biggger? I counted at least 6 "muscle poses" on his website and at least one "mullet pose".
What is this, some sort of automated troll bot? What the hell is GNAA/Linux?
It will be ugly all right, if it looks anything like this Bill Gates computer science building.
I learned a long time ago, don't waste your time with Slashdot story submissions. They won't even get posted unless you're a paying $ubmitter. Or unless you're submitting something completely retarded like that Shaggy Steed of Physics pile of crap story.
This book is too nerdy even for nerds. I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't want to work post-graduate-level mathematics just to read a folk tale.
If Sun pulls a SCO, maybe I can finally sell my Sun stock at a profit. Yes, I must admit I bought Sun stock in 1999 when the price just kept shooting up.
Yes, there's the possibility of SCO's attorneys talking some naive jury into issuing a verdict in their favor, however that would not guarantee anything for them. First, the case has to make it through the trial and to the jury deliberation stage. I'd be very surprised if SCO doesn't run out of money before this point. Then, the jury's verdict would have to stand up to appeals, which you can be sure IBM would file if they were to somehow lose. Even then, all the jury's verdict would likely mean is SCO winning a contract dispute. The SCO pipe dream of Linux users being ordered to pay them a license fee would still not materialize since at this point, the offending code would have to be identified and could be stripped out of Linux.
In summary, SCO has a long, uphill battle even if they could convince a jury to award a verdict in their favor. I'd bet on the earth being destroyed by a giant meteor before I'd bet on SCO getting billions of dollars from their lawsuits.
In all seriousness, who the hell needs floppys anymore? I know Apple was a bit premature in removing the floppy from the IMac, but now that external storage devices are so cheap and easy to use, the 1.44 MB (won't even hold a powerpoint file) floppy drive belongs in a museum. Use a writable CD for data/software transfers and system recovery. Use a USB keychain drive for small file transfers. Please people, let the dinosaur die already!
If China ever stopped shipping to the U.S, there would be plenty of other countries lined up to take their place. Chinese firms have managed to provide products that are cheap and of adequate quality, depending on what your standards are. Other countries have cheap labor too, and as soon as there is demand they will be able to crank out manufactured products in almost the same way.
I think Dean's only chance would be to run as an independent or a socialist. I've never understood why some people have said Dean's philosophy was libertarian. He's about as nonconservative as they come and is clearly far left of the democrats or republicans. I do agree that the Bush ticket is far far from republican ideals. It's too bad there's no way for someone to get elected that doesn't adhere to corporatist beliefs, regardless of which party they affiliate with. As for Bush vs. Kerry, I could care less. One's as bad as the other.
If it's any consolation, at least you're a contractor instead of salaried. So the time you spend reading or twiddling your thumbs while the thing takes 2 minutes to open a web browser is being paid for by the company. I wonder if the beancounter who is so proud of himself for saving on desktop computer costs ever factored in what it's costing the company NOT to upgrade?
Can I add a line that says I get your first born child if you pirate the software? You know, to provide a good court test of the power of EULAs.
Common contract law would not allow you to just include any terms you want to in the agreement, even if someone accepts. And contracts cannot be used to justify illegal activity.
I realize that doing something like this may make the developer feel better, but it accomplishes absolutely nothing other than petty revenge.
The purpose of anti-piracy measures is, presumably, to reduce piracy. When you decide you're going to take revenge on anyone who pirates, all you are going to do is drive away people who might otherwise pay for the software. Nobody says "gee that guy wiped out my hard drive. I should pay for the software I stole from him." Would you do it if you were in that position?
The pirates will continue to pirate, while finding a way to make the program work without permissions to do anything harmful. The innocent user who enters the activation key incorrectly will likely be harmed by this. And the developer will lose future business, and rightly so. And if serious damage were caused, they will face a lawsuit.
If there are any developers out there thinking about doing something stupid like this, please reconsider. It will not help you in any way; it will only hurt you. I for one will never install software that has provisions to wipe out my home directory. What if it does so by mistake?
Standards boards are wising up to this type of manipulation. After the Rambus memory fiasco, companies are grilled about any patents they may have or be planning to obtain on anything they are submitting for inclusion in standards. Companies that submit material to be openly available and then announce they have a patent on it will often find it difficult to collect any damages (unclean hands).
Considering Intel has been a slashdot advertiser for a long time, me thinks Intel purchased a Slashvertisement.
I see you've watched "Bowling for Columbine". So tell us, what do they do in your country when someone is posing an imminent threat to another person? And yes, I do consider someone who forcibly entered my house while I'm home to be posing an imminent threat.
Just ask the people who accidentally shot their son/daughter sneaking home after a late date if it was all worthwhile.
Now that is something that rarely happens. About every 3 years or so, in a country with over 200 million people, someone accidentally shoots a person that they mistake for an intruder. I don't know if international media makes this sound like a daily phenomenon in the U.S, but it is extremely rare. The high murder rate that you have heard so much about is absolutely NOT caused by well intentioned homeowners who have weapons for defense. It is primarily a result of drug and other gang related crime. Armed robberies probably account for a good portion of it too. Contrary to your belief, Americans are not a bunch of vigilates. Most of us would not choose to attack someone just because they stole something. Defense of the family is different. And if someone comes in your home, knowing that you are home, they are almost certainly not interested in a non violent burglary. Funny how you attacked Americans for making broad assumptions based on occaisional occurrences and then proceeded to do the exact same thing yourself.