Sure the lawyers may be competent to some degree. However, there's some issues with the abilities of the CEO, the software engineers, the managers, and the rest of the disillusioned employees of the poor company.
Good lawyers. Yup. That's about all there is to SCO.
(I forgot to log in last time so I'm reposting this under my account this time... D'oh!)
You forgot Spitzer (Link), which is up there today. There have already been more than a few collaborative projects between this space telescope and Hubble.
And on the subject of space telescopes that can see places Earth-based telescopes will never be able to see because of the blocking effects of the atmosphere: Chandra (Link), which can see X-ray sources. This one is my favorite Chandra picture.
> Didn't Tom Watson (founder of IBM) once claim that the world only needed 5 computers, and he was the man to build them?
Well, judging by the way things went in those days, he probably did build the next five computers ever manufactured. He probably got a little blindsided by the sixth one when the next guy took over, though.;^)
I think we would need to start playing country music in more liberalized areas and see if that might increase the rates of buzzkill before we can blame country music exclusively.
I'd like to counter-point: I think it is totally acceptable to blame country music exclusively. Discuss.:^)
(My mom listened to waaaaay too much of it as a kid and nowadays I squirm whenever I hear Garth Brooks, though I'm not entirely sure that was a learned response)
It is rather ironic that you make a case of being informed and properly prepared when you repeat the common misconception of that coffee case.;-)
Blah blah blah I read that story at least on three different occasions.:^)
The laywers may say it's a good case, but I always say "Don't hold hot coffee in your lap." I myself spilled scalding coffee on my lap. I did not sue, but I think I learned a valuable lesson in life that I carry with me to this very day.
Just because something's properly GPL'd doesn't mean it's sue-proof, and there's a lot more to litigation than just the substantive law at issue.
Well, it will help protect you by helping you become more sue-proof for licensing reasons than you would be by not reading the book. Of course it may not be as effective in a theoretical loss-of-life situation (in a country where someone can successfully sue for spilling hot coffee on their own lap, anything can happen). But in those types of situations, your choice of license is moot; the actual product is being held responsible for/*insert bad thing happening here*/, not the terms you released it under.
You're right, though, nothing is a substitute for a good lawyer for some things.
Erm, Venus has no magneto sphere either, you know.
Serves me for not looking up the specific facts.
Link for explaining Venus's lack of a magnetosphere (it's pretty self-explanatory): http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/p ersonnel/russell/pap ers/venus_mag/
The supposition by this article claims that Earth kept its magnetic bubble due to "stirring" of the core (most likely due to tidal forces from not having a tidal-locked rotation period, I would guess).
So, increasing the rotation would be just the key I would think to introducing a magetic field. Of course, someone here also said that a small planet colliding with that planet would be the trick to increasing its rotation. Since the entire planet would be converted to magma as a result of that collision, I think that would be the perfect solution to creating a good magnetoshpere (thanks to the trusty dynamo effect).
Long-term, I suppose this is correct. However, providing it is possible to create an atmosphere, it should also be possible to maintain one as well. Radiation would always be a problem, atmosphere or no atmosphere. It makes you realize how convenient magnetic fields are at shielding radiation.
But who knows? Maybe it's easier to terraform Venus, though there's that slow rotation period to worry about. Anyone have any guesses on how to speed up a planet?;^)
So I really have no problem with them sitting on it and suing other companies that try and leverage it as intellectual property against them.
I really do have mixed feelings on this. After all, IBM happens to be fighting on the side of good, so to speak, but on the other hand they are exercising the same intellectual property rights that SCO is attempting to assert. The reason IBM has a leg up is due to SCO's ineffectual legal prosecution rather than the merits of such property rights to begin with.
One may even argue that IBM has to exercise these rights because of the ridiculous nature of intellectual property rights to begin with.
It's a bizarre Catch-22 that folks don't want to see a door out of. It's almost like the folks in major corporations want bizarro rights like these in order to play the game on any rules they so determine at will.
Of course, the same goes for enemies on this playing field, and I think companies who support stricter enforcement of such rights don't realize they are in fact putting themselves into a comprimising position. It's an illusion of power, not power itself. I'd like to see a real business case supporting these rights, not just idealogue rhetoric and so-called studies that state dubious facts like "1/3 of all software is pirated, therefore we are losing gazillions of dollars based on questoinable mathematics".
Of course, the end-game has yet to be played out. I'd like to see greater freedom for the every-person. I believe that this will spur economic growth, not some arbitrary measurement of perceived power.
Good point. My take on the whole affair is that: cop or no cop, they're still human. And there are a lot of awful lot of rotten humans out there, in addition to the nice ones.
In answer to your question:
Being a greyman leaves you walking away minus your dignity and respect. How much is your dignity and self respect worth?
How much is a night in jail worth? Or the negative consequences of an unfortunate altercation you'll end up regretting? Better to walk away from a bad experience with a cop than to work at making that bad experience into a worse one by being beligerent and/or outright violent.
Actually, I think I made the same point you were trying to make, but it was hard to tell... your reply, while insightful, was awfully vague as a response to my comment.;^)
It's posts like this I had some handy moderation points to give right this second. As it is, I let my last 5 expire a couple of days ago.;^)
Direct confrontation is a natural human instinct, especially when one feels physically threatened or challenged in some other way. It seems like the best solution at the time, but the reason it seems like the best solution (though it ususally isn't) is because your brain isn't capable of making reasonable decisions in a high-adrenaline situation (they've actually done scientific studies on that).
I like your description: the Grey Man. Where did that reference come from, incidentally?
Starship Exeter: Done old-school style, and the actors are not that horrible to watch. I even feel nostolgic just watching it, pining for the good old days.
Hidden Frontier: Done with schnazzy new graphics, but the actors want to make you scream. I mean, apparently, Star Fleet's Weight-Loss Program just isn't as effective in TNG time or something. This show proves that very large people who can barely fit into obviously home-tailored uniforms still hs the ability to make me nauseous.
I'll have to check out the new episodes I haven't yet seen on Starship Exeter (last I checked before today they just had the first one completed and the next was still months away from production).
And for this new one, well, sheessh, it's just something else to kill yet more time with this evening.;^)
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Sure the lawyers may be competent to some degree. However, there's some issues with the abilities of the CEO, the software engineers, the managers, and the rest of the disillusioned employees of the poor company.
Good lawyers. Yup. That's about all there is to SCO.
*Ahem* maybe
(I forgot to log in last time so I'm reposting this under my account this time... D'oh!)
You forgot Spitzer (Link), which is up there today. There have already been more than a few collaborative projects between this space telescope and Hubble.
And on the subject of space telescopes that can see places Earth-based telescopes will never be able to see because of the blocking effects of the atmosphere: Chandra (Link), which can see X-ray sources. This one is my favorite Chandra picture.
> Didn't Tom Watson (founder of IBM) once claim that the world only needed 5 computers, and he was the man to build them?
;^)
Well, judging by the way things went in those days, he probably did build the next five computers ever manufactured. He probably got a little blindsided by the sixth one when the next guy took over, though.
I think we would need to start playing country music in more liberalized areas and see if that might increase the rates of buzzkill before we can blame country music exclusively.
:^)
I'd like to counter-point: I think it is totally acceptable to blame country music exclusively. Discuss.
(My mom listened to waaaaay too much of it as a kid and nowadays I squirm whenever I hear Garth Brooks, though I'm not entirely sure that was a learned response)
It is rather ironic that you make a case of being informed and properly prepared when you repeat the common misconception of that coffee case. ;-)
:^)
Blah blah blah I read that story at least on three different occasions.
The laywers may say it's a good case, but I always say "Don't hold hot coffee in your lap." I myself spilled scalding coffee on my lap. I did not sue, but I think I learned a valuable lesson in life that I carry with me to this very day.
This very day, I tell you!
Just because something's properly GPL'd doesn't mean it's sue-proof, and there's a lot more to litigation than just the substantive law at issue.
/*insert bad thing happening here*/, not the terms you released it under.
Well, it will help protect you by helping you become more sue-proof for licensing reasons than you would be by not reading the book. Of course it may not be as effective in a theoretical loss-of-life situation (in a country where someone can successfully sue for spilling hot coffee on their own lap, anything can happen). But in those types of situations, your choice of license is moot; the actual product is being held responsible for
You're right, though, nothing is a substitute for a good lawyer for some things.
> How many Linux users have this problem? (Please press the Start button to shut down (stop) the computer.)
Sure,
init 6
Personally, I use "reboot".
"shutdown -r now" also works (r stands for reboot). To shut down, use -h (for halt).
In this line of thinking the recording industry had better be careful about targetting the urologists... talk about the potential for backfiring!
Where's Charlton Heston when you need him?
Judging from some of the people I've met, bipedalism does not imply higher brain functions are present in the individual.
Erm, Venus has no magneto sphere either, you know.
p ersonnel/russell/pap ers/venus_mag/
Serves me for not looking up the specific facts.
Link for explaining Venus's lack of a magnetosphere (it's pretty self-explanatory):
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/
The supposition by this article claims that Earth kept its magnetic bubble due to "stirring" of the core (most likely due to tidal forces from not having a tidal-locked rotation period, I would guess).
So, increasing the rotation would be just the key I would think to introducing a magetic field. Of course, someone here also said that a small planet colliding with that planet would be the trick to increasing its rotation. Since the entire planet would be converted to magma as a result of that collision, I think that would be the perfect solution to creating a good magnetoshpere (thanks to the trusty dynamo effect).
Long-term, I suppose this is correct. However, providing it is possible to create an atmosphere, it should also be possible to maintain one as well. Radiation would always be a problem, atmosphere or no atmosphere. It makes you realize how convenient magnetic fields are at shielding radiation.
;^)
But who knows? Maybe it's easier to terraform Venus, though there's that slow rotation period to worry about. Anyone have any guesses on how to speed up a planet?
So I really have no problem with them sitting on it and suing other companies that try and leverage it as intellectual property against them.
I really do have mixed feelings on this. After all, IBM happens to be fighting on the side of good, so to speak, but on the other hand they are exercising the same intellectual property rights that SCO is attempting to assert. The reason IBM has a leg up is due to SCO's ineffectual legal prosecution rather than the merits of such property rights to begin with.
One may even argue that IBM has to exercise these rights because of the ridiculous nature of intellectual property rights to begin with.
It's a bizarre Catch-22 that folks don't want to see a door out of. It's almost like the folks in major corporations want bizarro rights like these in order to play the game on any rules they so determine at will.
Of course, the same goes for enemies on this playing field, and I think companies who support stricter enforcement of such rights don't realize they are in fact putting themselves into a comprimising position. It's an illusion of power, not power itself. I'd like to see a real business case supporting these rights, not just idealogue rhetoric and so-called studies that state dubious facts like "1/3 of all software is pirated, therefore we are losing gazillions of dollars based on questoinable mathematics".
Of course, the end-game has yet to be played out. I'd like to see greater freedom for the every-person. I believe that this will spur economic growth, not some arbitrary measurement of perceived power.
There's a big difference between AOL use causing erectile dysfunction and AOL users causing erectile dysfuncion.
For example, you might consider a message from a Nigerian bank manager spam, but I may consider it a way to pay of the house :)
Nope. Once you fall for that, it will be the Nigerian scammer who will pay off your house. Under his name.
Nice description there. Thanks!
I'm sure this varies greatly from state to state.
Correction: It varied from state to state. Apparently that is not the case anymore.
Good point. My take on the whole affair is that: cop or no cop, they're still human. And there are a lot of awful lot of rotten humans out there, in addition to the nice ones.
;^)
In answer to your question:
Being a greyman leaves you walking away minus your dignity and respect. How much is your dignity and self respect worth?
How much is a night in jail worth? Or the negative consequences of an unfortunate altercation you'll end up regretting? Better to walk away from a bad experience with a cop than to work at making that bad experience into a worse one by being beligerent and/or outright violent.
Actually, I think I made the same point you were trying to make, but it was hard to tell... your reply, while insightful, was awfully vague as a response to my comment.
er, that first sentence was meant to have said "It's posts like this that make me wish I had some handy moderation points..." :^)
It's posts like this I had some handy moderation points to give right this second. As it is, I let my last 5 expire a couple of days ago. ;^)
Direct confrontation is a natural human instinct, especially when one feels physically threatened or challenged in some other way. It seems like the best solution at the time, but the reason it seems like the best solution (though it ususally isn't) is because your brain isn't capable of making reasonable decisions in a high-adrenaline situation (they've actually done scientific studies on that).
I like your description: the Grey Man. Where did that reference come from, incidentally?
I think the interesting thing about this is that it is a brand new offensive from SCO.
I think they ran out of offensives quite a while ago and are focusing on trying to cull the damage as much as they can.
But, of course, it's far, far too late. MWAH HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Which one were you talking about? Exeter? Frontier? You were complaining about it; I need ifnot, darnit! :^)
Starship Exeter is not as bad as Hidden Frontier.
;^)
Starship Exeter: Done old-school style, and the actors are not that horrible to watch. I even feel nostolgic just watching it, pining for the good old days.
Hidden Frontier: Done with schnazzy new graphics, but the actors want to make you scream. I mean, apparently, Star Fleet's Weight-Loss Program just isn't as effective in TNG time or something. This show proves that very large people who can barely fit into obviously home-tailored uniforms still hs the ability to make me nauseous.
I'll have to check out the new episodes I haven't yet seen on Starship Exeter (last I checked before today they just had the first one completed and the next was still months away from production).
And for this new one, well, sheessh, it's just something else to kill yet more time with this evening.