Well, this may be regarded as flaimbait (or redundant, as it's all been said before), but hey, I've got some karma to burn...
If America is the greatest country in the world, with it's freedoms and the right to vote, why can't they decide on a consistent form of voting? It seems to be, watching from the outside, there were so many different ways to vote, depending on where you were, whether it was electronic voting machines (and each of those were from different vendors)or paper ballots. In addition, the whole confusion and legal challenges to "provisional" and "absentee" ballots just muddied the waters even further. I also find it scary that something so important as voting can be done using hap-hazard machinery which is unauditable and unreliable. Hearing some of the stories coming from the different news agencies (CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc.), it almost sounds like the voting system is a 3rd world style system.
What's needed is a voting system that's consistent across the country with checks and balances to ensure audit trails. I know that Americans take pride in the fact they vote for their government. Their system needs to be first class to ensure their vote doesn't become a circus. The American government need to ensure validity of the vote by ensuring voting is done in a consistent manner across the country, and if that is electronic voting, then they need to ensure the voting results are NOT subject to fraud or manipulation.
Please note this is not a "bashing America" rant, but the zaniness about electronic voting has to stop!
WhenU President and co-founder Avi Naider said the industry is falling on previous prejudices and lumping legitimate adware in with malicious spyware, failing to see the changes WhenU has made. (my bold)
How about NO ADWARE? The reason I got a spy/mal/adware remover was to be free from ALL adware. I don't want anybody pushing products on me when I'm on-line.
It seems Aluria has forgotten why they built an adware application in the first place.
Well, I for one am looking forward to a pro-SCO site. No offence to/. and Groklaw (and I'm not trolling here), but it seems that we have many groups that have anti-SCO discussion. I would love to hear somebody from the "SCO Community" (anybody out there...anyone...anyone...Bueller...) give their side of the story. I'd love to know why they feel that Linux is an illegal derivative of Unix and why they feel that they will win their lawsuits. Even if it's pure bunk (and I'd bet $5 it is), I just like to hear their side of the story. I've always believed in open debate and discussion, and only see this as an addition to the debate.
Of course, it doesn't mean I'd agree with them. I still think SCO is full of shit and hope it gets what it deserves.
Jim Marsh's webpage, http://www.equalccw.com/deandemo.html"The Howard Dean Demo" shows in pictures how easy it is to manipulate the votes. It makes you wonder why the government pushes ahead with electronic voting when they know there are problems.
...but as somebody who works with both Oracle and PeopleSoft Financials, I always thought that, while Oracle's application is very flexible, it was cumbersome to use. PeopleSoft's application is very easy to use, but is a little more rigid, and customization takes a bit of work. If I were to choose between the two, I would choose PeopleSoft's application over Oracle's.
My hope is the combination of the two applications into a single application that takes the strength of both worlds. However, I still belive Oracle's statements they intend to "kill" the application. This does nothing for efficiency or customer support.
Furthermore, this will affect IBM and Microsoft as well. Since Oracle's application runs on an Oracle database, my guess is those who use PeopleSoft on a non-Oracle RDBMS (whether it's DB2, SQL Server, or whatever) will be forced into switching to Oracle's RDBMS. The costs and effort for migration to a new RDBMS will be big, and IBM and MS will lose out on RDBMS sales.
SAP may have a new market to tap into - PeopleSoft customers who do not want Oracle's application.
You know, at first I was surprised at this, but now I wonder why. SCO can't even keep their legal stories straight, how can we expect them to keep their public statements straight? I wonder how much impact this will have on the Baystar funding. If Baystar feels they're being taken for a ride, I'm willing to bet they'll pull their funding. If that happens, bye bye SCO.
The down side, of course, is more tax. And the CBC.
And don't forget Don Cherry.
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Even if this did make it into law, it would still have to be proven in court. I would think that most "defendants" under this law would try to prove the legislation in it's current form is too broad in scope, as virtually anything can be used to infringe at least something that's "copyright protected". I'd be willing to bet that some judge looks at this and dismiss the case.
If I remember correctly, American law is unenforceable outside of it's borders, but it'll be interesting to see if other countries (e.g. Canada) follows suit.
Also done in "Tomorrow Never Dies". He used a scanner on his phone to get the fingerprint, then placed the face of the phone to the scanner to open the safe.
Hmmm...I wonder if they've thought of that, too? (If it's even technically feasible.)
Looks like the site is Sub000.com right now. My guess is that everybody's trying to deal with the server overload and nobody's watching the lineup of cars are waiting to be washed. So hey: we've/.ed both of their operations!
The Induce Act stands for "Inducement Devolves into Unlawful Child Exploitation Act," a reference to Capitol Hill's frequently stated concern that file-trading networks are a source of unlawful pornography.
Well then, next we should be banning:
1. Cameras - they can be used to take pictures of infringing or unlawful material.
2. Tape Recorders - they can be used to produce an audio copy of infringing or unlawful material.
3. Cell Phones - they can transmit infringing or unlawful material.
4. Magazines - in case anybody prints infringing or unlawful material.
5. Books - see point 4.
6. The internet as a whole - transmission of infringing or unlawful material.
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I know I'm exagerating a bit, but it seems to me this law is like trying to kill a fly with a nuclear bomb - you'll get the desired effect, but totaly blow away things you did not intend to do. I feel innovation will be stifled because companies will be afraid of "possible infringement" and don't want to be liable.
I only hope that Congress wakes up and sees the impact of this law... but I'm not holding my breath.
...as long as the phone does what it's supposed to do - allow me to take and make phone calls. I have one of the newer phones out there, and I still have signal trouble in downtown Toronto. If I can't get a clear cell signal, it's just a fancy paper weight.
Burst has no other business outside its suit and evidently is the model BayStar wants SCO to emulate.
So let me get this straight...BayStar has bought up RBC's investment in SCO and wants SCO to get out of every other business it's in and focus on it's pending lawsuits? Doesn't that strike anybody as odd? Basically, BayStar has told SCO to put all of it's eggs in one basket, hoping that the bottom doesn't fall out. If SCO loses against IBM, then there would be nothing left, the stock would take a pounding (probably become "Penny Stock"), and BayStar loses on it's investment. Strange.
Either BayStar is betting a huge wad of cash on this "horserace" hoping for the big payoff, knows something we don't (which I doubt), or is really stupid. Whatever the management at BayStar is smoking, I'd like some of that.
The National Retail Federation has just put out a press release in which their CIO concludes that SCO's IP claims are "meritless," and that Novell is the last company which can show a clear title to the code in question. That SCO's claims are meritless is hardly news to anyone who has been following this...
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If America is the greatest country in the world, with it's freedoms and the right to vote, why can't they decide on a consistent form of voting? It seems to be, watching from the outside, there were so many different ways to vote, depending on where you were, whether it was electronic voting machines (and each of those were from different vendors)or paper ballots. In addition, the whole confusion and legal challenges to "provisional" and "absentee" ballots just muddied the waters even further. I also find it scary that something so important as voting can be done using hap-hazard machinery which is unauditable and unreliable. Hearing some of the stories coming from the different news agencies (CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc.), it almost sounds like the voting system is a 3rd world style system.
What's needed is a voting system that's consistent across the country with checks and balances to ensure audit trails. I know that Americans take pride in the fact they vote for their government. Their system needs to be first class to ensure their vote doesn't become a circus. The American government need to ensure validity of the vote by ensuring voting is done in a consistent manner across the country, and if that is electronic voting, then they need to ensure the voting results are NOT subject to fraud or manipulation.
Please note this is not a "bashing America" rant, but the zaniness about electronic voting has to stop!
WhenU President and co-founder Avi Naider said the industry is falling on previous prejudices and lumping legitimate adware in with malicious spyware, failing to see the changes WhenU has made. (my bold)
How about NO ADWARE? The reason I got a spy/mal/adware remover was to be free from ALL adware. I don't want anybody pushing products on me when I'm on-line.
It seems Aluria has forgotten why they built an adware application in the first place.
And who said the secret service was devoid of a sense of humour?
Happy Halloween, Daryl.
Of course, it doesn't mean I'd agree with them. I still think SCO is full of shit and hope it gets what it deserves.
Could you imagine taking all the consoles and creating a beowulf cluster? THAT would make things more interesting.
Oh, that is a mental image I didn't need before lunch...
Jim Marsh's webpage, http://www.equalccw.com/deandemo.html"The Howard Dean Demo" shows in pictures how easy it is to manipulate the votes. It makes you wonder why the government pushes ahead with electronic voting when they know there are problems.
My hope is the combination of the two applications into a single application that takes the strength of both worlds. However, I still belive Oracle's statements they intend to "kill" the application. This does nothing for efficiency or customer support.
Furthermore, this will affect IBM and Microsoft as well. Since Oracle's application runs on an Oracle database, my guess is those who use PeopleSoft on a non-Oracle RDBMS (whether it's DB2, SQL Server, or whatever) will be forced into switching to Oracle's RDBMS. The costs and effort for migration to a new RDBMS will be big, and IBM and MS will lose out on RDBMS sales.
SAP may have a new market to tap into - PeopleSoft customers who do not want Oracle's application.
That's why I only chat with my new friends who want to give me $10,000,000, as long as I give them my banking information.
You know, at first I was surprised at this, but now I wonder why. SCO can't even keep their legal stories straight, how can we expect them to keep their public statements straight? I wonder how much impact this will have on the Baystar funding. If Baystar feels they're being taken for a ride, I'm willing to bet they'll pull their funding. If that happens, bye bye SCO.
In Soviet Russia, WiFi taxes you.
And don't forget Don Cherry.
Even if this did make it into law, it would still have to be proven in court. I would think that most "defendants" under this law would try to prove the legislation in it's current form is too broad in scope, as virtually anything can be used to infringe at least something that's "copyright protected". I'd be willing to bet that some judge looks at this and dismiss the case.
If I remember correctly, American law is unenforceable outside of it's borders, but it'll be interesting to see if other countries (e.g. Canada) follows suit.
I guess that's proof that M$ programmers actually go on dates!
Hmmm...I wonder if they've thought of that, too? (If it's even technically feasible.)
Crap! You stole my line before I could hit "Submit". Damn that first post! (Are we sure Darl isn't on the board of directors?)
Looks like the site is Sub000.com right now. My guess is that everybody's trying to deal with the server overload and nobody's watching the lineup of cars are waiting to be washed. So hey: we've /.ed both of their operations!
Now, if somebody can create a mod-chip for the PS2 to play XBox games... that would be the best of both worlds!
Well then, next we should be banning:
1. Cameras - they can be used to take pictures of infringing or unlawful material.
2. Tape Recorders - they can be used to produce an audio copy of infringing or unlawful material.
3. Cell Phones - they can transmit infringing or unlawful material.
4. Magazines - in case anybody prints infringing or unlawful material.
5. Books - see point 4.
6. The internet as a whole - transmission of infringing or unlawful material.
...
I know I'm exagerating a bit, but it seems to me this law is like trying to kill a fly with a nuclear bomb - you'll get the desired effect, but totaly blow away things you did not intend to do. I feel innovation will be stifled because companies will be afraid of "possible infringement" and don't want to be liable.
I only hope that Congress wakes up and sees the impact of this law ... but I'm not holding my breath.
...as long as the phone does what it's supposed to do - allow me to take and make phone calls. I have one of the newer phones out there, and I still have signal trouble in downtown Toronto. If I can't get a clear cell signal, it's just a fancy paper weight.
So let me get this straight...BayStar has bought up RBC's investment in SCO and wants SCO to get out of every other business it's in and focus on it's pending lawsuits? Doesn't that strike anybody as odd? Basically, BayStar has told SCO to put all of it's eggs in one basket, hoping that the bottom doesn't fall out. If SCO loses against IBM, then there would be nothing left, the stock would take a pounding (probably become "Penny Stock"), and BayStar loses on it's investment. Strange.
Either BayStar is betting a huge wad of cash on this "horserace" hoping for the big payoff, knows something we don't (which I doubt), or is really stupid. Whatever the management at BayStar is smoking, I'd like some of that.
Are you sure Rambus and SCo don't have the same lawyers?
I'll take "No Shit Shirlock" for $2,000, Alex...
(Had to be said ... Burn, Karma, Burn...)
...Grand Theft Auto: Vice City doesn't qualify as a good story? Awww....