Yeah, in Florida you never know; if all else fails, Jeb may well shove a bill through the legislature outlawing games with the words "Theft" and "Grand" in them. Its happened before...
Heres one thing Linux could be better at for desktop (viz. mother) use:
How about installing something without knowing how compile something in the 9/10 cases when RPM doesn't work? (I'm ignoring the obvious alternatives to RPM that *do* work here...because my mother could never install any of them in the first place).
But yes, it works fine once everything is installed properly.
Aw:( Pete Appl's last name is tantalizingly close to being Apple's Ticker Symbol. Why oh why can't you be "Aapl," Pete?
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The point is that you have to duplicate a substantial portion of the "database." Thus, you only run into trouble if you decide to duplicate all of Webster's work and publish your own dictionary.
Or, to apply a more appropriate example, if someone scoured Google and duplicated their database for the purpose of setting up a competitor, Google would have redress under this bill.
The bill itself reads, in relevent part:
LIABILITY.--Any person who makes available in 15
commerce to others a quantitatively substantial part of the information in a database generated, gathered, or maintained by another person, knowing that such making available in commerce is without the authorization of that person (including a successor in interest) or that person's licensee, when acting within the scope of its license, shall be liable for the remedies set forth in section
In fact, I make proxy servers for d**kheads like me. The idea is that you can give the kids more freedom to use the internet in privacy without constant parental surveilance. I would think you'd see this as a preferable to "doors must always been open," etc. except, perhaps, for the fact that it is not so easily defeated:)
If you are concerned about parents digging back to see what their kids have been doing looking at when they have nothing better to do, meybe some sort of [shorter] timeout on the log's content is in order.
And yes, of course there is a way around it. In fact I could post links to a few right now. But the vast majority of kids.
a. Dont know what you know and, more importantly
b. Dont have so much to hide that they'd make the effort.
My ideal solution would be quite simple: dont impose any rules, but make it clear (and follow through) that you are logging the sites they visit. Tell them not to make you check it...:)
The best analogue I can think of is the Trust Commerce merchant account API. Their PHP API, for example, was written by one of their clients, and not by them themselves. When I, as a client, needed a feature, I just added it and sent my code back to them for incorporation. I get more features, and they dont have to do so much work!
Open Source can really work well in this sort of environment, because it enables players at every end to incorporate the features they would like to see, without leaving the burden on the owner of the software to implement every last thing.
Ironically, this is particularly true in Engineering school (and CS). At UVA I know they use MS Visual C++, and a host of other windows-only development tools for coding, cad, equations, etc. I know many a disgruntled CS student here that would *love* to be running Linux on their desktops, but cant because teir homework forbids it. Dual booting is the best you can do. The school is a Windows infested monoculture:(
(Although...fun if you enjoy messing with your hallmates;))
I cant help but wonder...
If the deal does, in fact, refer to the streaming service, why not just use iTunes' free equivalent? I am quite a fan of it, myself. Not only is this a free option, but it will also support Mac users (of which I know at least a few at Penn State).
Either Penn state is really out to lunch...or something is afoot, methinks.
It seems to me that the victims in this case would be much more likely to get their compensation in ths case if the State didn't insist on attaching huge fees onto it just because they can. If it were just a demand for theur money back (and maybe a little exra for their time), the average Joe would get his money back a lot faster.
My firm has an interesting policy in this regard:
We offer something like half of the profit in cash, but any money they put towards new office equipment for themselves (ie, computer upgrades, etc) we match. You get employes that are happier at work, and since we retain ownership of anything we buy under this program, it increases employee retention. In the unlikely event that someone does leave, you have an upgraded office for someone else!
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Well, reassuring to hear that OIDs will be at least "more useful than an oil slick on a puddle" :)
Quite an endorsement.
If it were an MS LandmineXP I would. :)
Why would Paypal want to do that ... if they wont collect any fees?
I did that once on purpose but forgot the "WHERE" clause. I literally passed out.
Yeah, in Florida you never know; if all else fails, Jeb may well shove a bill through the legislature outlawing games with the words "Theft" and "Grand" in them. Its happened before...
I hear non-geeks like something called "Clothes." Anyone out there know anything about this?
So, should we all be buying Polonium 207 futures?
Heres one thing Linux could be better at for desktop (viz. mother) use:
How about installing something without knowing how compile something in the 9/10 cases when RPM doesn't work? (I'm ignoring the obvious alternatives to RPM that *do* work here...because my mother could never install any of them in the first place).
But yes, it works fine once everything is installed properly.
Aw :( Pete Appl's last name is tantalizingly close to being Apple's Ticker Symbol. Why oh why can't you be "Aapl," Pete?
The point is that you have to duplicate a substantial portion of the "database." Thus, you only run into trouble if you decide to duplicate all of Webster's work and publish your own dictionary. Or, to apply a more appropriate example, if someone scoured Google and duplicated their database for the purpose of setting up a competitor, Google would have redress under this bill. The bill itself reads, in relevent part: LIABILITY.--Any person who makes available in 15 commerce to others a quantitatively substantial part of the information in a database generated, gathered, or maintained by another person, knowing that such making available in commerce is without the authorization of that person (including a successor in interest) or that person's licensee, when acting within the scope of its license, shall be liable for the remedies set forth in section
Is this the same ATT who is being fined for ignoring the Do-Not_Call list?
I'm not so trusting...
In fact, I make proxy servers for d**kheads like me. The idea is that you can give the kids more freedom to use the internet in privacy without constant parental surveilance. I would think you'd see this as a preferable to "doors must always been open," etc. except, perhaps, for the fact that it is not so easily defeated :)
If you are concerned about parents digging back to see what their kids have been doing looking at when they have nothing better to do, meybe some sort of [shorter] timeout on the log's content is in order.
And yes, of course there is a way around it. In fact I could post links to a few right now. But the vast majority of kids.
a. Dont know what you know and, more importantly
b. Dont have so much to hide that they'd make the effort.
My ideal solution would be quite simple: dont impose any rules, but make it clear (and follow through) that you are logging the sites they visit. Tell them not to make you check it...:)
The best analogue I can think of is the Trust Commerce merchant account API. Their PHP API, for example, was written by one of their clients, and not by them themselves. When I, as a client, needed a feature, I just added it and sent my code back to them for incorporation. I get more features, and they dont have to do so much work! Open Source can really work well in this sort of environment, because it enables players at every end to incorporate the features they would like to see, without leaving the burden on the owner of the software to implement every last thing.
Ironically, this is particularly true in Engineering school (and CS). At UVA I know they use MS Visual C++, and a host of other windows-only development tools for coding, cad, equations, etc. I know many a disgruntled CS student here that would *love* to be running Linux on their desktops, but cant because teir homework forbids it. Dual booting is the best you can do. The school is a Windows infested monoculture :(
(Although...fun if you enjoy messing with your hallmates ;))
Hehehe...wtf?
I cant help but wonder... If the deal does, in fact, refer to the streaming service, why not just use iTunes' free equivalent? I am quite a fan of it, myself. Not only is this a free option, but it will also support Mac users (of which I know at least a few at Penn State). Either Penn state is really out to lunch...or something is afoot, methinks.
It seems to me that the victims in this case would be much more likely to get their compensation in ths case if the State didn't insist on attaching huge fees onto it just because they can. If it were just a demand for theur money back (and maybe a little exra for their time), the average Joe would get his money back a lot faster.
My firm has an interesting policy in this regard: We offer something like half of the profit in cash, but any money they put towards new office equipment for themselves (ie, computer upgrades, etc) we match. You get employes that are happier at work, and since we retain ownership of anything we buy under this program, it increases employee retention. In the unlikely event that someone does leave, you have an upgraded office for someone else!