Well that's fairly easy. If you are a programmer start writing some open source for those that are disabeled. If you are not a coder, well find one and beat him on the head until he does start writing. I don't know if lobbying would help. The fact these programs do not have great disability support is the fault of the opensource community, not the gov't, and I doubt the gov't can force someone to write some code (well they probably can, but that would look bad "Yes programmer do my overlord bidding")
As for savings, well the software is free but is there savings, that has yet to be seen. I guess there are companies out there who will offer tech support (for a fee) for these open source programs so that should not be a problem.
'With text games, you can sit there at the prompt, go make a sandwich, then come back and play more
Until the 9 headed white-eye pyro-dragon walks in and eats your. Then you come back and find yourself in the halls of dead. With zero equipment, and 10% less exp.
Or, even in a game like WoW, I can sit in a safe room go make a sandwhich and come back.
The allure of text games, and I still have a soft spot in my heart for MajorMud, is that you 1) use your imagination and 2) the boards are so small it is easy to build a community (especially back in the day of dial-up modems and the boards were all local to you).
the effective cost of hybrids go down. Let's say a year ago, if you bought a 20k hybrid you would have to drive it for 10 years to get your money back...today, that 20k hybrid (at current prices) would take say 7 years to get your money back, etc. etc. As the price of gas goes up, the better a hybrid is for your wallet.
In the end, the hybrid is great for the environment which is great for our wallet and our health.
While some will jump and say that "stifling speech is evil" please note there is some speech which should be stifled. Just as the article discusses, shutting down blogs (or any kind of speech) that implores violent action is ok. There are many examples of this in our (US) law. For example, if you make a threat accident POTUS you have comitted a federal crime which could land you in jail. Even if the threat was only verbal.
While I am all for freedom of speech, it needs to be done in a non-abusive, constructive way...using blogs, forums, whatever to organize violent actions should not be allowed.
Well the ship is unammed. So they would probably launch it in small pieces, and once it is there it would get assemebeled. It will also probably remain in space forever, not worrying about bringing it back due to costs. Just do repairs on it. It sit's fairly dorment (hibernation mode) until it is needed to be activated. Expensive hell yea...but only because how the gov't is allowing our aerospace companies to price gouge us. But since it will save our planet - I think the cost is well worth it.
MS is not entitled to tell this guy why they sued for the TM infringement. And this guy really shouldn't be surprised...did he think they would tell him to stop using their name if it wasn't something that they planned to do with it (or his product was costing them money)?
He should just rename it to something more, hm, original and be done with it.
I understand what you want, and I sympathize. But the people who actually own the IP want something else. So who gets to win? It is either your way or their way. Well, it is their property and you are not forced to buy the music. If you buy their product, wouldn't it make sense you have to follow their rules?
A CD is still a CD even if it has extra software properties to it. The disk itself is a CD.
It is also unreasonable for these guys to list all sources the CD is not compatible with. It is pretty much impossible. What happens if the day after production a new player comes out that is not compatible...should they do a recall? I have never had any cd player (even the one in my car, which is a 1996 maxima) have any problem playing any cd's i put into it (except it won't play mp3s). So I don't know what problems people are really having.
VCD-only player? Do they even make these? And what DVD player is too slow to play a movie? I have been playing DVD movies on PC dvd players for the past six years.
OS-X can't play CD's? Linux has problems playing CD's? I think a lawyer will argue "We make our CD's very easy to play on the majority of systems out there. While there are systems out there that will not work, it is impossible to cater to every single person and protect our intellectual property. Good sir, we will offer you a refund on your most recent CD purchases, but continue to rip our content and circumvent our legally allowable copyright protection and we will p0wn your @$$. Thank you"
His contract might have allowed for this. At my company we utilize Dell Servers, and some Dell software - we are not allowed to modify this software. He might have had a contract that prevented other people from modifying the software - in essence making it so the company had to hire him for any and all edits. This is mere speculation on my part - but it would seem to fit this argument.
Read the statement again..it lists THREE criteria and fills it with the word "and" which means you have to meet all three criteria. Ripping a game, or music or movie, is not an essential step in utilization. Also, it could be argued the third step. Not to mention, copy protection is covered under different laws. So even if you were correct about your statement and it was legal to do so, it is not legal to do so if a program has a copyright protection system (even a poorly designed one).
Ergo not really. According to the article the changes constitute "an essential step in the utilization" of the program
You do not need to rip music to your computer hard drive as an essential step to utilize the music. You can play it from the CD player.
The article mentioned three criteria, and between the second and third there was the word and which means all three criteria must be met. The third criteria could also be argued against you.
My question is... will there ever be a program that can detect it all? Becuase so far, I haven't found one.>
While I cant say "ever" because well, that would be a pretty strong statement I have to defend, it seems feasible that one product will catch something another product doesnt. Maybe a patch/upgrade/definition came out for MS's before Adawares, or the spyware knows how to bypass SpyBot, but not hijackthis, etc.
IBM should name it Kernal 2.8, skipping 2.7, and screw with SCO that way. Hell, twenty years down the road someone will read it in a computer science history text book.
Some of the bugs they listed are not truly bugs.
Soviet Gas Pipeline...This was a desired feature working just as intended (unless they CIA didn't want to blow up the pipeline)
Buffer Overflow in Berkley - a worm is not a bug. it is a program designed to infiltrate a system and do something. While the people utilizing the program may not have intended this to happen (duh) the makers of the worm did.
A bug is an unwanted aspect of the code as implemented by the people who wrote (or edited the code) but this does not include something affected by a virus/worm. A program that crashes every six minutes for no apparant, or intended reason has a bug...a program that gets infected by a virus which causes it to crash every six minutes is not a bug. Also, a piece of code that is intentially inserted in the hopes of crashing a system is not a bug...it is a feature. It may be undesirable, but it is a feature.
a club that began in 1947 when engineers found a moth in Panel F, Relay #70 of the Harvard Mark 1 system. The computer was running a test of its multiplier and adder when the engineers noticed something was wrong. The moth was trapped, removed and taped into the computer's logbook with the words: "first actual
The phrase about buggy software was coined by Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. She discovered the moth that crawled into the computer and causing the error. There's a small exhibit showing her picture and holding a moth at the Pentagon.
Payment before service is NOT the same as payment before ORDERING. I walk into McRonalds, order a big mac, and pay. Thats not the same as walking in, paying $10 and deciding I don't want anything on the menu and walking out again.
Asking for my payment information in order to get a free trial makes it non-free. and that is the point. Persisting my payment information when I'm not a customer is despicable and I choose not to put up with it.
Does blizzard charge you before the trial period is over? No. When you order a product online (say on Amazon) you pay before you get the product. When you order a big mac...you pay before you get the big mac. When you hire a contractor to fix your house, you generally pay before service is rendered. This is not new...and again, if you don't like it don't use it.
The payment information is a good method to verify who you are. It is unique to you.
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Well that's fairly easy. If you are a programmer start writing some open source for those that are disabeled. If you are not a coder, well find one and beat him on the head until he does start writing. I don't know if lobbying would help. The fact these programs do not have great disability support is the fault of the opensource community, not the gov't, and I doubt the gov't can force someone to write some code (well they probably can, but that would look bad "Yes programmer do my overlord bidding")
As for savings, well the software is free but is there savings, that has yet to be seen. I guess there are companies out there who will offer tech support (for a fee) for these open source programs so that should not be a problem.
So basically have Galstaf with you?
"I am Galstaf, Sorcerer of Light!"
"I cast Magic Missile at the darkness!"
'With text games, you can sit there at the prompt, go make a sandwich, then come back and play more
Until the 9 headed white-eye pyro-dragon walks in and eats your. Then you come back and find yourself in the halls of dead. With zero equipment, and 10% less exp.
Or, even in a game like WoW, I can sit in a safe room go make a sandwhich and come back.
The allure of text games, and I still have a soft spot in my heart for MajorMud, is that you 1) use your imagination and 2) the boards are so small it is easy to build a community (especially back in the day of dial-up modems and the boards were all local to you).
the effective cost of hybrids go down. Let's say a year ago, if you bought a 20k hybrid you would have to drive it for 10 years to get your money back...today, that 20k hybrid (at current prices) would take say 7 years to get your money back, etc. etc. As the price of gas goes up, the better a hybrid is for your wallet.
In the end, the hybrid is great for the environment which is great for our wallet and our health.
While some will jump and say that "stifling speech is evil" please note there is some speech which should be stifled. Just as the article discusses, shutting down blogs (or any kind of speech) that implores violent action is ok. There are many examples of this in our (US) law. For example, if you make a threat accident POTUS you have comitted a federal crime which could land you in jail. Even if the threat was only verbal.
While I am all for freedom of speech, it needs to be done in a non-abusive, constructive way...using blogs, forums, whatever to organize violent actions should not be allowed.
I've been working on it for 15 years! Now that's amazing.
Well the ship is unammed. So they would probably launch it in small pieces, and once it is there it would get assemebeled. It will also probably remain in space forever, not worrying about bringing it back due to costs. Just do repairs on it. It sit's fairly dorment (hibernation mode) until it is needed to be activated. Expensive hell yea...but only because how the gov't is allowing our aerospace companies to price gouge us. But since it will save our planet - I think the cost is well worth it.
Yeah; like "Crappy Operating System Defender."
Yea but 90% of the world will confuse that with Mac, and that won't help his sales any. (budum bum chss)
MS is not entitled to tell this guy why they sued for the TM infringement. And this guy really shouldn't be surprised...did he think they would tell him to stop using their name if it wasn't something that they planned to do with it (or his product was costing them money)?
He should just rename it to something more, hm, original and be done with it.
Gimmie 50 cents and I won't tell you
I understand what you want, and I sympathize. But the people who actually own the IP want something else. So who gets to win? It is either your way or their way. Well, it is their property and you are not forced to buy the music. If you buy their product, wouldn't it make sense you have to follow their rules?
A CD is still a CD even if it has extra software properties to it. The disk itself is a CD.
It is also unreasonable for these guys to list all sources the CD is not compatible with. It is pretty much impossible. What happens if the day after production a new player comes out that is not compatible...should they do a recall? I have never had any cd player (even the one in my car, which is a 1996 maxima) have any problem playing any cd's i put into it (except it won't play mp3s). So I don't know what problems people are really having.
VCD-only player? Do they even make these? And what DVD player is too slow to play a movie? I have been playing DVD movies on PC dvd players for the past six years.
OS-X can't play CD's? Linux has problems playing CD's? I think a lawyer will argue "We make our CD's very easy to play on the majority of systems out there. While there are systems out there that will not work, it is impossible to cater to every single person and protect our intellectual property. Good sir, we will offer you a refund on your most recent CD purchases, but continue to rip our content and circumvent our legally allowable copyright protection and we will p0wn your @$$. Thank you"
His contract might have allowed for this. At my company we utilize Dell Servers, and some Dell software - we are not allowed to modify this software. He might have had a contract that prevented other people from modifying the software - in essence making it so the company had to hire him for any and all edits. This is mere speculation on my part - but it would seem to fit this argument.
Read the statement again..it lists THREE criteria and fills it with the word "and" which means you have to meet all three criteria. Ripping a game, or music or movie, is not an essential step in utilization. Also, it could be argued the third step. Not to mention, copy protection is covered under different laws. So even if you were correct about your statement and it was legal to do so, it is not legal to do so if a program has a copyright protection system (even a poorly designed one).
Ergo not really. According to the article the changes constitute "an essential step in the utilization" of the program
You do not need to rip music to your computer hard drive as an essential step to utilize the music. You can play it from the CD player.
The article mentioned three criteria, and between the second and third there was the word and which means all three criteria must be met. The third criteria could also be argued against you.
My question is... will there ever be a program that can detect it all? Becuase so far, I haven't found one.>
While I cant say "ever" because well, that would be a pretty strong statement I have to defend, it seems feasible that one product will catch something another product doesnt. Maybe a patch/upgrade/definition came out for MS's before Adawares, or the spyware knows how to bypass SpyBot, but not hijackthis, etc.
So in the near forseable future...no.
IBM should name it Kernal 2.8, skipping 2.7, and screw with SCO that way. Hell, twenty years down the road someone will read it in a computer science history text book.
for the release notes like everyone else.
That or speak to marketing and check out their hype-promotions
Some of the bugs they listed are not truly bugs.
Soviet Gas Pipeline...This was a desired feature working just as intended (unless they CIA didn't want to blow up the pipeline)
Buffer Overflow in Berkley - a worm is not a bug. it is a program designed to infiltrate a system and do something. While the people utilizing the program may not have intended this to happen (duh) the makers of the worm did.
A bug is an unwanted aspect of the code as implemented by the people who wrote (or edited the code) but this does not include something affected by a virus/worm. A program that crashes every six minutes for no apparant, or intended reason has a bug...a program that gets infected by a virus which causes it to crash every six minutes is not a bug. Also, a piece of code that is intentially inserted in the hopes of crashing a system is not a bug...it is a feature. It may be undesirable, but it is a feature.
Oh and I forgot, it was the Mark II system, not the Mark I system.
a club that began in 1947 when engineers found a moth in Panel F, Relay #70 of the Harvard Mark 1 system. The computer was running a test of its multiplier and adder when the engineers noticed something was wrong. The moth was trapped, removed and taped into the computer's logbook with the words: "first actual
The phrase about buggy software was coined by Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. She discovered the moth that crawled into the computer and causing the error. There's a small exhibit showing her picture and holding a moth at the Pentagon.
You can find a sample article Here
Remember when the LA air traffic control tower crashed
A control tower crashed? How does a control tower crash?
Yea but can I get this with one of the BOSE Lifestyle systems?
Payment before service is NOT the same as payment before ORDERING. I walk into McRonalds, order a big mac, and pay. Thats not the same as walking in, paying $10 and deciding I don't want anything on the menu and walking out again. Asking for my payment information in order to get a free trial makes it non-free. and that is the point. Persisting my payment information when I'm not a customer is despicable and I choose not to put up with it.
Does blizzard charge you before the trial period is over? No. When you order a product online (say on Amazon) you pay before you get the product. When you order a big mac...you pay before you get the big mac. When you hire a contractor to fix your house, you generally pay before service is rendered. This is not new...and again, if you don't like it don't use it.
The payment information is a good method to verify who you are. It is unique to you.