From TFA: "The filing of the ITC complaint is the next step in our effort to fully prosecute the alleged infringement by Toyota and to protect our valuable intellectual property. We believe that the ITC's streamlined administrative process, as well as the technical depth of the ITC staff, will be helpful in expediting and supporting our claims." He continued, "While the ITC can not assess damages against an infringer, it can issue an exclusion order prohibiting the importation of infringing technology. We will continue our effort to protect our intellectual property to the fullest extent possible."
Just a couple of points came to mind...
1. Mr. DeVecchis says Solomon Technologies chose the ITC to file the complaint because of their technical depth. What about their depth in law? Could using the ITC be a way so as not to use the courts? And...
2. Doesn't this guy sound a lot like Darl McBride? Same sort of posturing...talking about protecting their "valuable intellectual property". Are they related? Cloned? Just wondering.
'There have been no changes in the commonwealth's published OpenDocument rules, and we are still on track for a January 2007 implementation.'
Well, that's good to hear. I was starting to wonder if the new interm CIO would be a friend of Redmond and would start to turn MA against ODF. Good for them to stick to their principles.
I think you're right. I remember that there was a maximum that SCO would pay for the lawyers' fees. I'm willing to bet that they've either reached the maximum or are getting close to it. I'll also bet that, as SCO reaches the maximum, the quality of lawyers involved starts to decrease, as the lawyers involved realize this court case isn't happening any time soon and they don't want to invest too much of their own money in it. As long as SCO was paying the bills, well they'd do whatever they wanted (not necessarily whatever is needed).
From TFA: "Considering the surveillance power the NSA has, cookies are not exactly a major concern," said Ari Schwartz, associate director at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a privacy advocacy group in Washington, D.C.
Considering the provisions of the Patriot Act, wire tapping, internet tapping, unauthorized surveylence, and the US government spying on it's citizens, leaving persistent cookies "by mistake" is a really small issue. What are they going to do? Track the fact I play EverQuest online? Anybody who's compitent enough to either block cookies or delete them should have no problems. IMHO, this article's intention is to provide more embarrasement on the current government. "Oooh, the government's spying on you...". Guess what? They already are. This is nothing new.
Of course, in a twisted sort of way, offering insurance for open source software gives the impession that there is something "wrong" with OSS, and that it contains infringing code. So, while large business may either take on the risk or buy the insurance, home users or small to medium-sized business may avoid OSS because of the perceived "risk" (especially uneducated users or PHBs). So, by offering this insurance, there's another perception that open source software is "risky". I've been using OSS for years and I have faith in it.
Of course, I believe it's stupid that an end-user should be sued because a software company uses infringing code. Really, it should be the company doing the infringing. Of course, we have SCO to thank for that business model.
By looking at the SourceForge project description it says, "This project aims at providing a plugin for Microsoft Word 2003 XML to open OpenOffice XML documents." It doesn't say that it converts Word XML format to OpenOffice XML format. So it's really not a true converter, because it won't allow you to save back into OpenOffice format.
I find it interesting that Microsoft will support other document formats (such as WordPerfect - is anybody using that anymore?) but not OpenDocument.
CoolTechZone.com has reviewed Nokia's N90 cell phones that comes with 2 megapixel camera and a host of other features, and it costs a solid $900 per unit. "The minute you set your eyes on the N90, the first thing that springs to your mind is 'it looks a lot slimmer in photos...' but as you take it out of the packaging, you realize the heaviness of it..."
However, at $900, the weight issue can be easily compensated by the lightness you now feel in your wallet.
Oh, I'm sure there will be some. The "protesters" will be the same people who write the Microsoft "Get the Facts" campaign or are trying to get Massachusettes to reconsider the OpenDocument project. I've leanred that, with any "war", there will always be protesters.
Very nice. Google's going right for Microsoft's bread and butter - their office suite. And we all know how people love "free" (as in beer) stuff.
Seriously, I think this archatecture is the way of the future - being able to use a software suite that's stored on a central server and accessed through a web browser. I've already seen it with PeopleSoft V8+, but you need to host it on site (I'm sure there's hosted solutions, but most customers host it themselves). Yahoo! mail, MSN Hotmail et al. are also hosted, but it's the first time I've seen the promise of a hosted office suite. I'm expecting to see more and more software hosted on a central site that users can go and access using the browser. Of course, there will be the usual security concerns, and I have a thing of owning the software on my hard drive (maybe it's because I've been conditioned to loading software on my PC), but I do think we'll see more of this type of "hosted software" in the future.
Much like the MPAA ratings, the ERSB ratings were put into place to arm the parents with the tools they would need to protect their children from inadvertently partaking in games that should rightly be marketed and sold to adults. Until the Illinois law went into effect, the public appeared to manage rearing their children just fine on their own. Law makers such as Senator Alan Cropsey, given the amount of thought, time, and taxpayer money that has gone into enacting laws that allow for punitive repercussions, have gone to great lengths to insinuate that parents have indeed failed their children by allowing them to do as little as glimpse at the packaging in which violent video games are sold. Is it that those parents are not doing their part, or that the ERSB has failed to properly warn parents about products which are appropriate for their children?
In a word, Yes. I've always felt that parenting should be active instead of passive. Children don't learn right and wrong from TV, music, or video games, but from parents. It's too bad that good parenting has been lost on this generation.
A robot may not injure a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm, even if that human has jabbed him repeatedly in the arm with a practice needle
Ah, but in Soviet Russia, robots stab humans repeatedly with a practice needle!
'But I don't feel I should know more - that is their job. If we did it all ourselves they would be out of a job.'
Oh, it's users like this that drive me nuts! Because this user feels she 'should know more' is the reason we have so many computer viruses/worms running rampant. I'll bet any cash that she'll be the first person who's demanding the IT staff fix her PC when things go wrong - probably because she didn't know but felt she doesn't feel she 'should know more'.
When Steve Ballmer yelled at a departing Microsoft employee that he would "kill Google"...
Yeah, like they said they would kill Linux? Great, now I'll be seeing a new "Get the Facts" campaign about Microsoft's search engine. Then, there will be the different "Total Cost of Ownership" reports either way, and somebody, somewhere will claim that their code was illegally copied into Google and Microsoft will offer "search engine" indemnification.
If what these bloggers wrote was a comment or two taken out of context, then I could see this as a "Your Rights Online" article. However, if they wrote comments to insite hatred, then how is there arrest different from arresting people for hate crimes here? In Canada, we have laws that prevent hate related crimes, even if it's written. It's also been shown judicially (in Canada anyway) that any restrictions on hate speech is constitutional becuase "freedom of expression" has it's limits. I don't know if the U.S. has the same laws, but I would assume so.
If these bloggers were insiting hate against another group, how is this different from the Al-Qaeda's insiting hatred against Americans? Surely those who want to promote hatred should be stopped.
...I need a Paypal account to SkypeOut? I can see in the future that Skype will no longer be free but a "subscription service", brought to you by EBay.
'The worm only spreads to systems running on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003, and even then, the possibility of the worm affecting Windows XP and Server 2003 are minimal.'
Isn't that like saying, "Aids only infects those people having sex, and the possibility is minimal?" Sorry, in Risk Management, a risk is still a risk that needs to be mitigated. We've all seen examples (whether in our workplaces or in the news) of times when users have had this lackadaisical attitude about viruses that have brought an organization's network down and clogged the internet.
After basically ignoring the SCO UNIX market and worse -- attacking some of his best customers, Darl is doing a volte-face. The key question is: WHY?
My guess is that he's trying to remove focus away from his unsuccessful lawsuits and trying to re-promote the business, something he should have done while CEO of The SCO Group. Let's face it, SCO's financial situation is precarious at best, downright dangerous at worse. It looks like his "golden egg" of Linux lawsuits has turned up a rotten egg, so he's trying to change direction. I'm wondering if the shareholders and/or the board is putting pressure on him to promote the business instead of the lawsuits?
Either that, or he needs more cash for his lawsuits.
The most amazing thing about this is that Hillary can get so many people up-in-arms and pissed off about a stupid fucking video game and no one else can mobilize parents to "protect their children" from real harms that go virtually unnoticed in the political arena.
Not to mention that most of the people who will support such action from the government is the same parents who want the government to raise their kids. I guess the fact that "GTA:SA" comes with an "M" rating on it (well, now "AO") didn't deter mommy and daddy from buying the game. Then they're "shocked, SHOCKED!" (to quote "Casablanca") that there's sex and violence in video games. Too bad responsible parenting has gone out the window.
This has to be a joke. You can't be seriously telling me the US Government wants to collect personal data from various minsitries and sources and hold all of your sensitive data in one database? Aside from the privacy issues, that's a cyber-crime waiting to happen. Could you imagine hackers trying to get into that database? All of those students' identities would be stolen and destroyed by illegal activities. Surely the DoD knows this as much as the next guy.
Oh, and I love the line:
The system also gives the Pentagon the right, without notifying citizens, to share the data for numerous uses outside the military, including with law enforcement, state tax authorities and Congress.
And how much do you want to bet the government could be talked into selling that data to private businesses for marketing purposes?
Either it's a really bad idea, or this is a
really good joke.
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Just a couple of points came to mind...
1. Mr. DeVecchis says Solomon Technologies chose the ITC to file the complaint because of their technical depth. What about their depth in law? Could using the ITC be a way so as not to use the courts? And...
2. Doesn't this guy sound a lot like Darl McBride? Same sort of posturing...talking about protecting their "valuable intellectual property". Are they related? Cloned? Just wondering.
Well, that's good to hear. I was starting to wonder if the new interm CIO would be a friend of Redmond and would start to turn MA against ODF. Good for them to stick to their principles.
I think you're right. I remember that there was a maximum that SCO would pay for the lawyers' fees. I'm willing to bet that they've either reached the maximum or are getting close to it. I'll also bet that, as SCO reaches the maximum, the quality of lawyers involved starts to decrease, as the lawyers involved realize this court case isn't happening any time soon and they don't want to invest too much of their own money in it. As long as SCO was paying the bills, well they'd do whatever they wanted (not necessarily whatever is needed).
Considering the provisions of the Patriot Act, wire tapping, internet tapping, unauthorized surveylence, and the US government spying on it's citizens, leaving persistent cookies "by mistake" is a really small issue. What are they going to do? Track the fact I play EverQuest online? Anybody who's compitent enough to either block cookies or delete them should have no problems. IMHO, this article's intention is to provide more embarrasement on the current government. "Oooh, the government's spying on you...". Guess what? They already are. This is nothing new.
Of course, I believe it's stupid that an end-user should be sued because a software company uses infringing code. Really, it should be the company doing the infringing. Of course, we have SCO to thank for that business model.
I find it interesting that Microsoft will support other document formats (such as WordPerfect - is anybody using that anymore?) but not OpenDocument.
However, at $900, the weight issue can be easily compensated by the lightness you now feel in your wallet.
Oh, I'm sure there will be some. The "protesters" will be the same people who write the Microsoft "Get the Facts" campaign or are trying to get Massachusettes to reconsider the OpenDocument project. I've leanred that, with any "war", there will always be protesters.
Seriously, I think this archatecture is the way of the future - being able to use a software suite that's stored on a central server and accessed through a web browser. I've already seen it with PeopleSoft V8+, but you need to host it on site (I'm sure there's hosted solutions, but most customers host it themselves). Yahoo! mail, MSN Hotmail et al. are also hosted, but it's the first time I've seen the promise of a hosted office suite. I'm expecting to see more and more software hosted on a central site that users can go and access using the browser. Of course, there will be the usual security concerns, and I have a thing of owning the software on my hard drive (maybe it's because I've been conditioned to loading software on my PC), but I do think we'll see more of this type of "hosted software" in the future.
Much like the MPAA ratings, the ERSB ratings were put into place to arm the parents with the tools they would need to protect their children from inadvertently partaking in games that should rightly be marketed and sold to adults. Until the Illinois law went into effect, the public appeared to manage rearing their children just fine on their own. Law makers such as Senator Alan Cropsey, given the amount of thought, time, and taxpayer money that has gone into enacting laws that allow for punitive repercussions, have gone to great lengths to insinuate that parents have indeed failed their children by allowing them to do as little as glimpse at the packaging in which violent video games are sold. Is it that those parents are not doing their part, or that the ERSB has failed to properly warn parents about products which are appropriate for their children?
In a word, Yes. I've always felt that parenting should be active instead of passive. Children don't learn right and wrong from TV, music, or video games, but from parents. It's too bad that good parenting has been lost on this generation.
Ah, but in Soviet Russia, robots stab humans repeatedly with a practice needle!
Among office workers 26% aren't sure what a firewall does and therefore have been tempted to turn it off.
...and yet, on the second page, they didn't even explain what a firewall was, so I guess that 26% still won't know.
'But I don't feel I should know more - that is their job. If we did it all ourselves they would be out of a job.'
Oh, it's users like this that drive me nuts! Because this user feels she 'should know more' is the reason we have so many computer viruses/worms running rampant. I'll bet any cash that she'll be the first person who's demanding the IT staff fix her PC when things go wrong - probably because she didn't know but felt she doesn't feel she 'should know more'.
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Yeah, like they said they would kill Linux? Great, now I'll be seeing a new "Get the Facts" campaign about Microsoft's search engine. Then, there will be the different "Total Cost of Ownership" reports either way, and somebody, somewhere will claim that their code was illegally copied into Google and Microsoft will offer "search engine" indemnification.
If these bloggers were insiting hate against another group, how is this different from the Al-Qaeda's insiting hatred against Americans? Surely those who want to promote hatred should be stopped.
Then I'll be impressed.
...I need a Paypal account to SkypeOut? I can see in the future that Skype will no longer be free but a "subscription service", brought to you by EBay.
Now, where's my wallet?
Isn't that like saying, "Aids only infects those people having sex, and the possibility is minimal?" Sorry, in Risk Management, a risk is still a risk that needs to be mitigated. We've all seen examples (whether in our workplaces or in the news) of times when users have had this lackadaisical attitude about viruses that have brought an organization's network down and clogged the internet.
Bottom line: patch your Window's environment.
Personally, I would have gone with:
iThink iTuning Japanese, iThink iTuning Japanese, I really think so.
My guess is that he's trying to remove focus away from his unsuccessful lawsuits and trying to re-promote the business, something he should have done while CEO of The SCO Group. Let's face it, SCO's financial situation is precarious at best, downright dangerous at worse. It looks like his "golden egg" of Linux lawsuits has turned up a rotten egg, so he's trying to change direction. I'm wondering if the shareholders and/or the board is putting pressure on him to promote the business instead of the lawsuits?
Either that, or he needs more cash for his lawsuits.
Not to mention that most of the people who will support such action from the government is the same parents who want the government to raise their kids. I guess the fact that "GTA:SA" comes with an "M" rating on it (well, now "AO") didn't deter mommy and daddy from buying the game. Then they're "shocked, SHOCKED!" (to quote "Casablanca") that there's sex and violence in video games. Too bad responsible parenting has gone out the window.
Poor Taco. He must feel so overwhelmed by the technology of slash. Maybe that's why there are so many dups.
Poor Taco. He must feel so overwhelmed by the technology of slash. Maybe that's why there are so many dups.
I felt a disturbance in the Force, as if a million DSL connections cried out and then were silenced.
Oh, and I love the line:
The system also gives the Pentagon the right, without notifying citizens, to share the data for numerous uses outside the military, including with law enforcement, state tax authorities and Congress.
And how much do you want to bet the government could be talked into selling that data to private businesses for marketing purposes?
Either it's a really bad idea, or this is a really good joke.