Do you even know what WGA is? It is a technology that Microsoft uses to make sure that you actually own the license for the copy of windows you are using. Linux will never get WGA, because you don't need to buy it, and because its license gives you privileges instead of taking them away. Individual distros may incorporate WGA-like solutions, but linux as a whole will always be Free and Open Source.
I have similar symptoms with my Dell Inspiron 9100: Hibernate from Windows XP usually works fine, but it stops working if I have my USB wireless optical mouse plugged in when I hibernate, and unplugged when I restore from hibernation.
The biggest problem with EULAs as they are generally implemented is the fact that they cannot be legally binding since the user doesn't actually sign anything either on paper or in the electronic signature sense. Also, the user cannot read them before opening the shrinkwrap, which, if I remember correctly, invalidates the agreement.
Actually, this is not strictly true, as software has 'performance rights' that govern whether you are allowed to 'perform' the program to an audience. What we are talking about here is more of a stretched definition of 'derivative works'.
IANAL, but I believe that copyright law prohibits you from claiming copyright on works produced by your work as part of its normal functioning, since they are not considered 'derivative works'.
This is why the founding father made it possible to recall and impeach government officials. If you don't like this tax, and you live in one of the cities in question, you can show up to a meeting of the city governmment, and express your disagreement with the tax.
This is correct. The constitution itself reserves to the federal government the power to mak agreements of any kind with or against foreign governments
[snip] With a write-in ballot, like the country used to use [/snip]
In my state (Oregon) we still have write-in space for the president, though we do use paper mail-in ballots as opposed to electronic machines. My friend who lives in Florida said that they had write-in space on the electronic machines there, so I really don't understand where this is coming from.
I disagree. Given what spyware aims to do, it is clearly an invasion of privacy (privacy is a right according to the Supreme Court of the United States of America), and is therefore illegal, especially because spyware is designed to be nearly impossible to uninstall, and is often delivered by deceptive means.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon what side you are on), the whole idea of a corporation is that they are treated as a single individual under the law, except in certain circumstances, when you 'pierce the corporate veil'. This is also why the assets of the individual owners are protected from bankruptcy -- since the corporation is an individual, only its money and assets are available.
Actually, it is an acknowledged fact by communists that a period of tolitarianism is required to usher in the 'Golden Age of Communism.' Unfortunately, totalitarians usually do not wish to give up their power easily, and the whole deck of cards collapses.
I guess that it really depends upon your carrier, because we have had cable here in Oregon through AT&T, and then Comcast that has been down only once that I can remember. The service was quick and it worked. We are much happier with our cable connection than with the earthlink dial-up that we had earlier.
Slightly off topic but... Check out The SWIPE Toolkit The toolkit contains a data calculator to tell you how much your personal information is worth, as well as an application to read the 2d barcode on state drivers licenses. Pretty interesting stuff.
I was just reading Unix Unleashed and they claimed that when a vulneranbility in some sort of TCP/IP stack code that everyone used was discovered a while ago, the Linux community took less than 3 hrs. to release a working patch.
...rather it's a problem I have with giving all of my personal information to a single organization to put into a central respository...
Exactly! I admit that I use passport for my hotmail account, but I would never use anything even remotely like it period.
IANAL, but what if instead of Kahle's proposal, we changed the system so that copyright is the same as it is right now while the author is alive, but requires the author's estate to register (and keep re registering) when he dies?
My grandparents use something like that called Q&A. They had such a hard time using under Win2k that they had to hire a DB consultant for around $120/hr. to convert it to MS Access!
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Do you even know what WGA is? It is a technology that Microsoft uses to make sure that you actually own the license for the copy of windows you are using. Linux will never get WGA, because you don't need to buy it, and because its license gives you privileges instead of taking them away. Individual distros may incorporate WGA-like solutions, but linux as a whole will always be Free and Open Source.
Another good source for interface design is Eric S. Raymond's "The Luxury of Ignorance", parts 1 and 2
I have similar symptoms with my Dell Inspiron 9100: Hibernate from Windows XP usually works fine, but it stops working if I have my USB wireless optical mouse plugged in when I hibernate, and unplugged when I restore from hibernation.
So companies are effectively prohibited from making changes to code and releasing it "in house."
D istribution)
Actually, the GPL allows this, (see the faq question http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#Internal
The biggest problem with EULAs as they are generally implemented is the fact that they cannot be legally binding since the user doesn't actually sign anything either on paper or in the electronic signature sense. Also, the user cannot read them before opening the shrinkwrap, which, if I remember correctly, invalidates the agreement.
Disclaimer: IANAL
Actually, this is not strictly true, as software has 'performance rights' that govern whether you are allowed to 'perform' the program to an audience. What we are talking about here is more of a stretched definition of 'derivative works'.
IANAL, but I believe that copyright law prohibits you from claiming copyright on works produced by your work as part of its normal functioning, since they are not considered 'derivative works'.
This is why the founding father made it possible to recall and impeach government officials. If you don't like this tax, and you live in one of the cities in question, you can show up to a meeting of the city governmment, and express your disagreement with the tax.
This is correct. The constitution itself reserves to the federal government the power to mak agreements of any kind with or against foreign governments
[snip] With a write-in ballot, like the country used to use [/snip]
In my state (Oregon) we still have write-in space for the president, though we do use paper mail-in ballots as opposed to electronic machines. My friend who lives in Florida said that they had write-in space on the electronic machines there, so I really don't understand where this is coming from.
This would solve the problem, but it would invalidate the principle of a secret ballot, which, IMHO, is extremely important.
In the case Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court declared the the pregnant women had a constituionally guranteed 'right to privacy'.
I disagree. Given what spyware aims to do, it is clearly an invasion of privacy (privacy is a right according to the Supreme Court of the United States of America), and is therefore illegal, especially because spyware is designed to be nearly impossible to uninstall, and is often delivered by deceptive means.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon what side you are on), the whole idea of a corporation is that they are treated as a single individual under the law, except in certain circumstances, when you 'pierce the corporate veil'. This is also why the assets of the individual owners are protected from bankruptcy -- since the corporation is an individual, only its money and assets are available.
Disclaimer: IANAL
I don't believe that any OO language actually lets you do this, though my knowledge of C++ is rather lacking.
The Luxury of Ignorance is a good resource for 'granny-proofing' programs.
Actually, it is an acknowledged fact by communists that a period of tolitarianism is required to usher in the 'Golden Age of Communism.' Unfortunately, totalitarians usually do not wish to give up their power easily, and the whole deck of cards collapses.
I guess that it really depends upon your carrier, because we have had cable here in Oregon through AT&T, and then Comcast that has been down only once that I can remember. The service was quick and it worked. We are much happier with our cable connection than with the earthlink dial-up that we had earlier.
Slightly off topic but... Check out The SWIPE Toolkit The toolkit contains a data calculator to tell you how much your personal information is worth, as well as an application to read the 2d barcode on state drivers licenses. Pretty interesting stuff.
I was just reading Unix Unleashed and they claimed that when a vulneranbility in some sort of TCP/IP stack code that everyone used was discovered a while ago, the Linux community took less than 3 hrs. to release a working patch.
...rather it's a problem I have with giving all of my personal information to a single organization to put into a central respository...
Exactly! I admit that I use passport for my hotmail account, but I would never use anything even remotely like it period.
IANAL, but what if instead of Kahle's proposal, we changed the system so that copyright is the same as it is right now while the author is alive, but requires the author's estate to register (and keep re registering) when he dies?
My current laptop has a 17' lcd... 17 Foot LCD monitor? Wow!
Try looking at the Developer's Guide which is what you are most probably looking for.
My grandparents use something like that called Q&A. They had such a hard time using under Win2k that they had to hire a DB consultant for around $120/hr. to convert it to MS Access!