Because Microsoft won't ship it with Office. That's the whole point: In order to obtain ODF compatibility, you'll have to do something extra in order to get it to work.
People are lazy, and Microsoft knows that; 90% of people will just request that documents be sent in.doc so they won't have to bother.
Copyright infringement is a crime in Sweden as well, AFAIK. What isn't a crime is distributing torrent files, which link to the material in question that is actually provided by other users, not the site from which you downloaded the torrent.
This is why sites like The Pirate Bay are able to stay alive; they aren't actually infringing copyright, they're simply indexing user-uploaded torrents.
In the US, this would count as contributory infringement I believe, and would be shut down.
No insurance company would do this in the US under current laws. It simply wouldn't be worth the risk.
First, the US has significantly different copyright protection laws than Sweden, including the so-called contributory infringement (IANAL, my memory may be off) which allows sites that distribute torrent-like material (files that link to infringing works) to be considered guilty of copyright infringement as well. By defending people who infringe copyright, it would seem to me that the insurance company themselves could be found guilty of contributory infringement, and I doubt many insurance companies would want to be practicing a legally questionable business.
Second, the government in the US is much more willing to listen to the RIAA et al when it comes to policy decisions. If a company tried to insure customers against RIAA lawsuits here, you can bet that the lobbyists would have the federal government laying the smack down on them quicker than you can say "The Pirate Bay".
I know that if I were running a company, I would refuse software audits on principal alone, especially if they were going to make me pay for it. I'd refuse even if they threatened to sue. I'd countersue for lawyer's fees and wasting my time.
I got a V5 and returned it within a few days, simply because it outright sucked. Slow connections to everything, unstable connections (IRC died several times randomly), running servers on it was simply out of the question due to insanely laggy incoming connections, and when I discovered I couldn't reflash it with a better firmware, there was no way I could live with it. Compared to my BEFW11S4 (may it rest in peace), Linksys has apparently gone waaaay downhill in my experience.
I'm now running on a D-Link DI-624, which has its own problems (yes, I've read that Slashdot article), but at least works.
Exactly what I was thinking as I read this debate; It's a filesystem, by definition (and to fit in with the modular nature of Linux), applications shouldn't have to make special calls to leverage its benefits. They all do the same thing (store files), the difference is in how they store them. Some are faster than others, some have better space efficiency, etc.
The argument that filesystems have to have additional functionality (other than performance / efficiency gains) to be worthwhile is like saying that FAT32 is no better than FAT16, or ext3 is no better than ext2.
See, this is another thing I was wondering; What use does SQL Server have with a filesystem? Wouldn't it use the filesystem the user already has on their HDD?
Of course, that's probably where the 'portions of' part comes in.
That is what sets America apart from the rest of the world.
Your argument was great until you started that patriotic crap of the untrue variety. Shhh... Don't look now, but there are hundreds of democratic countries out there, some with even MORE civil liberties than the USA! *gasp*
Amen, tagged this 'oldnews' as soon as I saw it. I remember seeing this browser at least a year ago. I'm pretty sure they just use the IE ActiveX control; from there, you can pretty much do anything. Tags would seem (on first glance, without doing any research) to be pretty trivial to implement.
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I have commonly heard it said that overwritten data can be recovered, so I went Googling for a rebuttal to this argument. Turns out, you appear to be right! Recovering of overwritten data is largely a myth./me continues to use good ole' shred.
No, no, you don't understand! That treaty only applies to everyone else! That way, only the US will have advanced weaponry, so they can defend everyone else from the REAL bad guys!
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Prejudice, then. I apologize if I used the wrong word. In the end, it's just as evil.
My thoughts exactly. This plan is infringing on the freedom of people who have not committed (or who have even been accused of) a crime.
Perhaps the people involved in this should actually do their job and investigate rather than simply assuming Arab == terrorist.
Because Microsoft won't ship it with Office. That's the whole point: In order to obtain ODF compatibility, you'll have to do something extra in order to get it to work.
.doc so they won't have to bother.
People are lazy, and Microsoft knows that; 90% of people will just request that documents be sent in
Remember, folks, racism is A-OK if it's trying to prevent terrorism or 419 scams.
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I think he did it for fun, really.
I don't believe you. Source?
Ah, but that's the government's trump card: If you tell the government to go fuck itself, you are a terrorist.
Copyright infringement is a crime in Sweden as well, AFAIK. What isn't a crime is distributing torrent files, which link to the material in question that is actually provided by other users, not the site from which you downloaded the torrent.
This is why sites like The Pirate Bay are able to stay alive; they aren't actually infringing copyright, they're simply indexing user-uploaded torrents.
In the US, this would count as contributory infringement I believe, and would be shut down.
No insurance company would do this in the US under current laws. It simply wouldn't be worth the risk.
First, the US has significantly different copyright protection laws than Sweden, including the so-called contributory infringement (IANAL, my memory may be off) which allows sites that distribute torrent-like material (files that link to infringing works) to be considered guilty of copyright infringement as well. By defending people who infringe copyright, it would seem to me that the insurance company themselves could be found guilty of contributory infringement, and I doubt many insurance companies would want to be practicing a legally questionable business.
Second, the government in the US is much more willing to listen to the RIAA et al when it comes to policy decisions. If a company tried to insure customers against RIAA lawsuits here, you can bet that the lobbyists would have the federal government laying the smack down on them quicker than you can say "The Pirate Bay".
I know that if I were running a company, I would refuse software audits on principal alone, especially if they were going to make me pay for it. I'd refuse even if they threatened to sue. I'd countersue for lawyer's fees and wasting my time.
I got a V5 and returned it within a few days, simply because it outright sucked. Slow connections to everything, unstable connections (IRC died several times randomly), running servers on it was simply out of the question due to insanely laggy incoming connections, and when I discovered I couldn't reflash it with a better firmware, there was no way I could live with it. Compared to my BEFW11S4 (may it rest in peace), Linksys has apparently gone waaaay downhill in my experience.
I'm now running on a D-Link DI-624, which has its own problems (yes, I've read that Slashdot article), but at least works.
Exactly what I was thinking as I read this debate; It's a filesystem, by definition (and to fit in with the modular nature of Linux), applications shouldn't have to make special calls to leverage its benefits. They all do the same thing (store files), the difference is in how they store them. Some are faster than others, some have better space efficiency, etc.
The argument that filesystems have to have additional functionality (other than performance / efficiency gains) to be worthwhile is like saying that FAT32 is no better than FAT16, or ext3 is no better than ext2.
See, this is another thing I was wondering; What use does SQL Server have with a filesystem? Wouldn't it use the filesystem the user already has on their HDD?
Of course, that's probably where the 'portions of' part comes in.
Their structured, indexed filesystem that operates much like a database, will be released with their database software!
Is it just me, or does that sound slightly redundant?
Amen, tagged this 'oldnews' as soon as I saw it. I remember seeing this browser at least a year ago. I'm pretty sure they just use the IE ActiveX control; from there, you can pretty much do anything. Tags would seem (on first glance, without doing any research) to be pretty trivial to implement.
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I have commonly heard it said that overwritten data can be recovered, so I went Googling for a rebuttal to this argument. Turns out, you appear to be right! Recovering of overwritten data is largely a myth. /me continues to use good ole' shred.
I think, ultimately, the problem is that people can't see that equal does not necessarily mean 50 / 50.
You would get some mod points if I had them, alas, they expired yesterday. Very insightful post.
I was so worried that they'd release it too soon.
No, no, you don't understand! That treaty only applies to everyone else! That way, only the US will have advanced weaponry, so they can defend everyone else from the REAL bad guys!
I think I just choked up a lung.
'Proponents of the project say the U.S. would lose its so-called "military superiority"...'
Fixed.
That's why I said "quite regularly", not "always".