Ok, trying (hard) to give them the benifit of the doubt. (yeah, yeah)
I believe that they could be flagging these as spy-ware enablers. For example, it would be easier to write spyware with WinPCap installed on the system. The VNC programs _may_ have been installed by a malicious piece of software so someone could connect remotely and spy on you, without your knowledge.
Having said that, I don't mind them pointing out that these are on the system, as long as it is fairly clear that these are only a problem if you didn't intentionally install them. Haven't tried the software, don't think I will, but from the description, it appears that this is where they fail/are lacking.
The official name is:
Family Entertainment and Copyright Act
How about if we add the fact that this is legislation:
Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Legislation
(FECAL). Guess that is fairly self-descriptive.
I think we should have a website, based on cams that show the "idiot maneuver of the day". It would be even better if it could make it to the news. Law, tickets, fines, screwing someone else's day doesn't motivate most of the idiots, perhaps deep shame and embarrasment would.
Unfortunately, I think it would have to be "idiot maneuvers of the day".
There are more, you just have to go look, and look beyond the distortion of facts that gets in the media and in the ads. (Neither party seems to care about real facts this election).
It is a crappy idea. Social Security has a huge funding gap that will only be fixed by reducing benefits and raising taxes.
It is a crappy idea, but there are alternatives, and both the Dems & Reps suck in this area. There is some middle ground, but because they will never get together and compromise, we are all screwed. That could be said for just about any part of politics. But, just to illustrate some alternatives, and compare them, check out the following article: Add on Accounts (centrists.org)
And when you're sick of Dems & Reps, check out the third parties. 3rd party votes aren't wasted, you just need enough of them. Think of Jesse Ventura, for example, whether or not you agree with him.
American Centrist Party
The boxed version comes with both DVDs and CDs.
5 CD's and 2 DVDs.
Also, it's an image, can't you just loop it in & mount it, similar to what you can do with CD images.
Granted you still need the disk space though. And a system already set up.
This (and the next post) were one of my thoughts exactly. What happens over time, when todays level 5 becomes tomorrows level 4. Hell, if you buy a level 5, by the time you get it home and set up, it's most likely a 4 anyway, especially if it's being shipped.
One idea would be to have the Level determined by Software, not manufacturer. If there was software that ran benchmarks, and connected to a managed internet server to determine how the computer rates in modern levels of computing. Might make it harder for vendors to dupe those who don't pay attention to detail. i.e. "Really fast Celeron processor with 128MB of memory" wouldn't really fly as a "fast multimedia computer" anymore.
If someone, somewhere uses a lock to protect some copyrighted materials, wouldn't anything to do with lock picking violate the DMCA, since it's so broadly worded.
So, wouldn't it be illegal in all states?
Shouldn't this become easier in the Future with new Versions of Office (2003+)
Looks like MS is going forward with XML, which should make plugins and filters much easier. Simple filters should be as easy as a XML transform. They also seem to be offering
Royalty free licenses and documentation to the reference Schemas.
info: http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/default.mspx
If Kerry wins the Presidential election, I'm thinking that Spitzer has a good chance at being AG for the US.
Now that would give me a little more confidence in where the country is headed.
This is why the binary is called "kava" and not java.
I used Kaffe for a project, and found it to be quite stable.
My only gripe was that the project wasn't keeping up with the latest versions of Java. Some of the work in later versions of Java made a LOT of coding easier (SSL, Encryption, Networking, etc). For a while I was able to get around it by developing & compiling on one system, moving over the jar file & executing under kava, which worked fine until late in 1.3.x.
It was for FreeBSD and not Linux, and perhaps the linux version was more up-to-date.
Something this deliberate would have to violate anti-trust, or monopoly laws. At least until the recent bout of lawsuits died down, I would think they'd be cautious of doing something like this.
The fine they recently received, while some may view as a slap on the wrist, had to have given them some pause.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, trying (hard) to give them the benifit of the doubt. (yeah, yeah) I believe that they could be flagging these as spy-ware enablers. For example, it would be easier to write spyware with WinPCap installed on the system. The VNC programs _may_ have been installed by a malicious piece of software so someone could connect remotely and spy on you, without your knowledge.
Having said that, I don't mind them pointing out that these are on the system, as long as it is fairly clear that these are only a problem if you didn't intentionally install them. Haven't tried the software, don't think I will, but from the description, it appears that this is where they fail/are lacking.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65796,00 .html?tw=wn_tophead_7/: "A Kinder, Gentler Copyright Bill?"
This is one of those cases, where the name says it all. What were they thinking?
The official name is: Family Entertainment and Copyright Act
How about if we add the fact that this is legislation:
Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Legislation
(FECAL). Guess that is fairly self-descriptive.
I think we should have a website, based on cams that show the "idiot maneuver of the day". It would be even better if it could make it to the news. Law, tickets, fines, screwing someone else's day doesn't motivate most of the idiots, perhaps deep shame and embarrasment would.
Unfortunately, I think it would have to be "idiot maneuvers of the day".
It's documented in many places that this administration & his Gang-o-thugs have wanted to go into Iraq for quite some time.
For example, just recently:
Info from Bush Ghost Writer (misleader.org)
Other articles to look at:
in 2000, Bush wanted to invade Iraq if elected
Neoconservative plan for global dominance
US Dollar vs the Euro: Another reason for the invasion of Iraq
US Rejected Peace offerings from Iraq and Afghanistan
Report Proves Bush Knew He Was Lying About Iraq
There are more, you just have to go look, and look beyond the distortion of facts that gets in the media and in the ads. (Neither party seems to care about real facts this election).
It is a crappy idea. Social Security has a huge funding gap that will only be fixed by reducing benefits and raising taxes.
It is a crappy idea, but there are alternatives, and both the Dems & Reps suck in this area. There is some middle ground, but because they will never get together and compromise, we are all screwed. That could be said for just about any part of politics. But, just to illustrate some alternatives, and compare them, check out the following article:
Add on Accounts (centrists.org)
And when you're sick of Dems & Reps, check out the third parties. 3rd party votes aren't wasted, you just need enough of them. Think of Jesse Ventura, for example, whether or not you agree with him.
American Centrist Party
Friend at work had a new Sony Vaio, and the SUSE distro was the only one of the 4 tried that would support the (fairly) new hardware out of the box.
The boxed version comes with both DVDs and CDs. 5 CD's and 2 DVDs. Also, it's an image, can't you just loop it in & mount it, similar to what you can do with CD images. Granted you still need the disk space though. And a system already set up.
This (and the next post) were one of my thoughts exactly. What happens over time, when todays level 5 becomes tomorrows level 4. Hell, if you buy a level 5, by the time you get it home and set up, it's most likely a 4 anyway, especially if it's being shipped. One idea would be to have the Level determined by Software, not manufacturer. If there was software that ran benchmarks, and connected to a managed internet server to determine how the computer rates in modern levels of computing. Might make it harder for vendors to dupe those who don't pay attention to detail. i.e. "Really fast Celeron processor with 128MB of memory" wouldn't really fly as a "fast multimedia computer" anymore.
If someone, somewhere uses a lock to protect some copyrighted materials, wouldn't anything to do with lock picking violate the DMCA, since it's so broadly worded. So, wouldn't it be illegal in all states?
Shouldn't this become easier in the Future with new Versions of Office (2003+) Looks like MS is going forward with XML, which should make plugins and filters much easier. Simple filters should be as easy as a XML transform. They also seem to be offering Royalty free licenses and documentation to the reference Schemas. info: http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/default.mspx
Maybe they knew this was coming, and so they started suing downloaders to cover the costs.
Can't let simple things like rules, laws, and doing what is right get in the way of lining thier pockets now, can they?
If Kerry wins the Presidential election, I'm thinking that Spitzer has a good chance at being AG for the US.
Now that would give me a little more confidence in where the country is headed.
This is why the binary is called "kava" and not java.
I used Kaffe for a project, and found it to be quite stable.
My only gripe was that the project wasn't keeping up with the latest versions of Java. Some of the work in later versions of Java made a LOT of coding easier (SSL, Encryption, Networking, etc). For a while I was able to get around it by developing & compiling on one system, moving over the jar file & executing under kava, which worked fine until late in 1.3.x.
It was for FreeBSD and not Linux, and perhaps the linux version was more up-to-date.
OT: Happy Cinco de Mayo. (Cinco de Mayo)
Something this deliberate would have to violate anti-trust, or monopoly laws. At least until the recent bout of lawsuits died down, I would think they'd be cautious of doing something like this. The fine they recently received, while some may view as a slap on the wrist, had to have given them some pause.