why McBride isn't downloading the Linux kernel code from the Web and then pointing out exactly what are the offending lines?
Worst of this is, judges are probably not up to ruling on issues as complex as sowtware source code copyright. You'd have to understand the underlying principles.
Although, it's pretty funny that SCO is trying to cash in on code they've already distributed under GPL copyleft. Isn't it kind of late?
Here's my Score:0 musings - I'm too busy for karma whoring...
I understand they'll keep a record of a *card's* movements. There was not enough info to know exactly how and what they'll record, but the card number would be the one to go by. And to get that linked to you you'll have to hack some systems that have a very high resistance to that (say, banks' databases).
If you think that you'll probably make a bunch of credit card purchases on the way, that's much more easily tracked and profiled to you. Besides, 90 of your mass transport is to and from work, anyways and it's not such a big deal to find out where you work.
I'm pretty much a bigbrotheraphobic, but this didn't get me too excited.
sorry about flaming, but.
no, it's not a condition for parole, probation or what have you. one fall means marked for life in some people's mind, no matter what you think...
and a convicted felon was convicted of a crime in the past, right? not a possible crime in the future.
when you've served that sentence, you're just a guy who's starting over. have we stopped believing in starting over? didn't you ever do anything you later wish you hadn't done?
dead right! but i know what orwell's society was about. it's what the far right in the states and far left in france want to do, just to name two examples.
but i am sure that both examples would welcome with open arms the idea of web surf licences (graded according to "trustworthiness") plus pc's only usable by inserting an electronic id card - or better yet, scanning a cyborg chip under your skin.
these are reason enough to bring orwell up, at least when talking with people in general, because they have a general idea at least what "1984" was about.
in orwell's production, though, i like in "animal farm", where the pigs change the motto of "all animals are equal" by adding "but some more equal than others" (exact wording unverified here). that just so well describes the attitudes of most people.
and i know i'm not completely exempt from "most people", although i try to be.
while i am somewhat hearing-impaired (and i ain't pc;), i do hear the phone most of the time when it rings.
but i've learned to ignore calls from "unknowns" and such, even numbers i don't recognize - i let 'em go to my voice mail and if they care to identify themselves, then i can maybe call... or since practically all people i know have mobiles, they'll send me sms messages a lot of times to get over the hassle of not getting the guy when you call him.
a hacker would've circumvented whatever system the knuckleheads would put up to control who's surfing from the pc.
but what's really scary is an electronic id-card required to enable the keyboard and mouse. welcome home, mr orwell, was this what you had in mind when you wrote 1984? and yes, the idea is kicking around somewhere. i'll try to dig it up if anyone's interested.
the old logitech 3-button model that you didn't have to drag... went through 2 of them - their microswitches really do have a limited lifetime. too bad they don't make 'em the way they used to.
i really liked that you don't have to drag the damn thing, as my desk is always cluttered. find one place and it's there.
now i have a spanking new optical wheelmouse. too bad they don't have it three-buttoned - or my retailer didn't - but at least in linux i can emulate a 3-button mouse. i tried it at a friend's house, and i decided to take that to replace my last trackman marble from 1997.
i think logitech has been able to accommodate to changing market and technology very well. anybody know their market share in keyboards (i got one to replace my ms natural) and mouses (refuse to use "mice" for gadgets).
in addition to the thermal sensitivity of the paper, there at least one other dangerous sensitivity: plastic
if you put a thermal paper receipt in a plastic pocket (or laminate it!), it will degrade in weeks, not months. so to keep a thermal printout you should keep it clean, out of heat, and out of contact from plastic.
yuh... my point was that one man's "criminal" another's hero. last time i was out i didn't see people wearing tags w/ "criminal" embossed on them.
what i'm thinking about is the orwellian nightmare of having your every private moment monitored by greedy merchants or then an outright thinkpol finding out what i read, what i eat, who i associate with, etc...
one reason why i always send encrypted email if recipient allows it...
and then i come and write about stuff like this on the open web... how logical!;)
Whose reason? I'll give you one: a mandatory RFID device in every single weapon manufactured on the planet. Would that be good or bad? I can't answer that right now...
So you're perfectly willing to register into a hotel with a newish sexual interest or wife of 20 yrs and have them register your condom brand and her Pill, string lingerie (maroon, my favorite!)? Let alone having your mom find about that tube of K-Y Jelly...
BTW, I found it interesting how many times you referred to "anal" in your comment - a fixation, perhaps?...
it puts the food on the table. Now, Corporations exploit everyone and everything they possibly can. That's not so good, but it's part of how capitalism works (and we know what happened with the other guys). But OSS business concepts usually produce real added value, because the big money is in providing, say, db services and client interfaces to huge corporations that need them. And that's IMO pretty much a win-win situation. But greed never was pretty;)
Talk about a hair-raising story - this wasn't even a worse-case scenario. Some nonprofit civil rights movement should organize a worldwide protest and boycott.
The only positive scenario that comes to mind is reducing the amount of large denomination banknotes - mostly used in contraband transaxions. On the other hand, contraband is a matter of definition and subject to political climate changes, so... and think, you get that $1,000 bill just to keep it in your wallet for a while before paying a mortgage payment - and anyone with $5 worth of seminconductors can find out.
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why McBride isn't downloading the Linux kernel code from the Web and then pointing out exactly what are the offending lines? Worst of this is, judges are probably not up to ruling on issues as complex as sowtware source code copyright. You'd have to understand the underlying principles. Although, it's pretty funny that SCO is trying to cash in on code they've already distributed under GPL copyleft. Isn't it kind of late? Here's my Score:0 musings - I'm too busy for karma whoring...
*If* it's AT&T's idea to sue spammers who use the idea, it's good. The more spammers get sued the better...
I understand they'll keep a record of a *card's* movements. There was not enough info to know exactly how and what they'll record, but the card number would be the one to go by. And to get that linked to you you'll have to hack some systems that have a very high resistance to that (say, banks' databases). If you think that you'll probably make a bunch of credit card purchases on the way, that's much more easily tracked and profiled to you. Besides, 90 of your mass transport is to and from work, anyways and it's not such a big deal to find out where you work. I'm pretty much a bigbrotheraphobic, but this didn't get me too excited.
sorry about flaming, but. no, it's not a condition for parole, probation or what have you. one fall means marked for life in some people's mind, no matter what you think... and a convicted felon was convicted of a crime in the past, right? not a possible crime in the future. when you've served that sentence, you're just a guy who's starting over. have we stopped believing in starting over? didn't you ever do anything you later wish you hadn't done?
dead right! but i know what orwell's society was about. it's what the far right in the states and far left in france want to do, just to name two examples.
but i am sure that both examples would welcome with open arms the idea of web surf licences (graded according to "trustworthiness") plus pc's only usable by inserting an electronic id card - or better yet, scanning a cyborg chip under your skin.
these are reason enough to bring orwell up, at least when talking with people in general, because they have a general idea at least what "1984" was about.
in orwell's production, though, i like in "animal farm", where the pigs change the motto of "all animals are equal" by adding "but some more equal than others" (exact wording unverified here). that just so well describes the attitudes of most people.
and i know i'm not completely exempt from "most people", although i try to be.
while i am somewhat hearing-impaired (and i ain't pc ;), i do hear the phone most of the time when it rings.
but i've learned to ignore calls from "unknowns" and such, even numbers i don't recognize - i let 'em go to my voice mail and if they care to identify themselves, then i can maybe call... or since practically all people i know have mobiles, they'll send me sms messages a lot of times to get over the hassle of not getting the guy when you call him.
why is that so hard?
a hacker would've circumvented whatever system the knuckleheads would put up to control who's surfing from the pc.
but what's really scary is an electronic id-card required to enable the keyboard and mouse. welcome home, mr orwell, was this what you had in mind when you wrote 1984? and yes, the idea is kicking around somewhere. i'll try to dig it up if anyone's interested.
the old logitech 3-button model that you didn't have to drag... went through 2 of them - their microswitches really do have a limited lifetime. too bad they don't make 'em the way they used to.
i really liked that you don't have to drag the damn thing, as my desk is always cluttered. find one place and it's there.
now i have a spanking new optical wheelmouse. too bad they don't have it three-buttoned - or my retailer didn't - but at least in linux i can emulate a 3-button mouse. i tried it at a friend's house, and i decided to take that to replace my last trackman marble from 1997.
i think logitech has been able to accommodate to changing market and technology very well. anybody know their market share in keyboards (i got one to replace my ms natural) and mouses (refuse to use "mice" for gadgets).
microsoft sql server [BWEG]??? :o
this mischievous comment prompted by the redmond folks' ad i was horrified to encounter on this page.
*free* trial w/ the 'softies? that's about the most you'll end up paying for "free".
in addition to the thermal sensitivity of the paper, there at least one other dangerous sensitivity: plastic if you put a thermal paper receipt in a plastic pocket (or laminate it!), it will degrade in weeks, not months. so to keep a thermal printout you should keep it clean, out of heat, and out of contact from plastic.
yuh... my point was that one man's "criminal" another's hero. last time i was out i didn't see people wearing tags w/ "criminal" embossed on them.
;)
what i'm thinking about is the orwellian nightmare of having your every private moment monitored by greedy merchants or then an outright thinkpol finding out what i read, what i eat, who i associate with, etc...
one reason why i always send encrypted email if recipient allows it...
and then i come and write about stuff like this on the open web... how logical!
Whose reason? I'll give you one: a mandatory RFID device in every single weapon manufactured on the planet. Would that be good or bad? I can't answer that right now...
So you're perfectly willing to register into a hotel with a newish sexual interest or wife of 20 yrs and have them register your condom brand and her Pill, string lingerie (maroon, my favorite!)? Let alone having your mom find about that tube of K-Y Jelly...
BTW, I found it interesting how many times you referred to "anal" in your comment - a fixation, perhaps?...
it puts the food on the table. Now, Corporations exploit everyone and everything they possibly can. That's not so good, but it's part of how capitalism works (and we know what happened with the other guys). But OSS business concepts usually produce real added value, because the big money is in providing, say, db services and client interfaces to huge corporations that need them. And that's IMO pretty much a win-win situation. But greed never was pretty ;)
Talk about a hair-raising story - this wasn't even a worse-case scenario. Some nonprofit civil rights movement should organize a worldwide protest and boycott. The only positive scenario that comes to mind is reducing the amount of large denomination banknotes - mostly used in contraband transaxions. On the other hand, contraband is a matter of definition and subject to political climate changes, so... and think, you get that $1,000 bill just to keep it in your wallet for a while before paying a mortgage payment - and anyone with $5 worth of seminconductors can find out.