Nice choice of dates!
Too bad it wasn't a Friday, the worse the Karma the better.
Surely this is a cruel plot orchestrated by Microsoft to prevent anyone from winning that million dollars by bringing the bad ju-ju of the 13th into the contest! I'm sure of it!
As proof, I offer the Christmas Y letter.. Shit, where'd I put that.
*digs around desk*
*knocks down tower of beer cans*
Did it ever occur to you that this person is quite well aware of what makes him different. He knows people laugh at his hair and make fun of him for various reasons.
I've been an EB customer for years. I probably spend upwards of $5,000 annually at their stores.
I just thought I would post here, in case an EB rep reads this article, to say that I will no longer be a customer of EB or any related company.
This is very disturbing. What's even worse is after the excuses start flying they still refuse to refund the woman. Had that poor woman had the police handle it, they would have simply TAKEN the merchandise from EB.
I most certainly hope she takes them to court, they have already publicly admitted to illegal actions. They've KNOWINGLY accepted money for stolen goods, and failed to comply with a state law requiring them to wait 15 days to sell the goods.
What was this fool thinking. And then the save pat website tries to make it appear as though all he asked for was them to pay for the bandwith.
There are definetally two extremely different sides to this story. Somehow, I sincerely doubt that the police are going to lie on a case they intentionally drew public attention to.
Regardless, I'm most certainly not going to donate money to help this persons legal fund - I find the statements made there to be very misleading and untrue.
The Sheriff's side seems to have quite a bit of supporting evidence. Most of which you can read on quotes in previous comments.
Tried typing education in google?
You get like a billion lame online-colleges. Most of which aren't even colleges - but rather referers or advertising programs FOR online colleges that are there merely to collect personal information.
IMO there's nothing wrong with Yahoo! making a buck off search listings. There a business, they're here to make money. They're offering a service that costs nothing to use - they gotta make a buck somewhere.
I haven't seen anyone complain about the Microsoft ads here on Slashdot - hell, some of them are funny as hell! (namely the ad for FP 2003 - OMG that's so funny!)
So what's the ruckus about? Good for you, yahoo! - make some money.
In the end, if you don't like it - don't use it!
Personally, I'll be sticking to google. I suppose I'm just loyal.
If I DID use Yahoo!, though, I would certainly understand paid listings/indexing.
Okay, IBM backs Linux big time. Could happen... IBM says their going to port Office to Linux... Could happen.... Novell jumps in and says SCO can suck it.. Could happen....
Now, Sun is entertaining IBM's recent request to open source Java?!
I doubt seriously that they will, so what will come of their non-compliance?
Probably nothing, really, but this may well be another part of the GPL put to the test. They've stepped up to the plate with Nmap - I hope they're ready to play ball.
Okay, now lets all get ready from some good FUD from Darl!
*GASP* "Ohh my, it appears we own code in Nmap too!"
It's about time.
I'm sure this is redundant by the time I make this post - but my God, Amazon deserves this.
They've been patenting (as you all know) EVERYTHING they could POSSIBLY come up with.
Sure sucks when you get kicked in the arse with your own boot, eh!
Seriously, though - Amazon gets a patent for 1-click purchases - that's a dumb as the Aussie who re-patented the wheel.
BTW, if this post is modded troll - I blame it on the beer. Which BTW is Bud Light - gotta support BudNet!
"Today VERISIGN announced it will be suing ICANN for doing their job and preventing VERISIGN from illegally controlling and redirecting internet traffic, it has no legal right to, to their own product."
Methinks this would be somewhat similar to the US Government making all roads not privately owned lead to a government business.
I know, that sounds REALLY stupid - the government would NEVER do that. It's moronic to even think of something like that - but, essentially, is that not exactly what Verisign tried to do?
This also stinks of anti-competative monopolistic activity - as there are other 'site-finding' services out there. Such as Google, AltaVista, etc al... Yet Verisign would be the _only_ company able to perform a service utilizing this method - as they would be illegally tapping into property they do not own - unregistered domain names.
Stupid ICANN, what were they thinking! They act like they have "responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system management functions."
Technology certainly increases stress in most workers.
Any time I'm considering making any changes to a network - the first concern is getting the employees who use the changing resources to learn and understand the changes.
And my God, you would think you asked them to cut off their right arm when you ask them to spend thirty minutes learning and understanding something new.
I've actually had people flip out and quit, on the spot, when they learned of a system change.
IT people, as well, are going to be stressed by their work. But _everyone_ is a little stressed with things at their work. So asking someone who works primarily in technology if technology has increased the stress in their life is a moot point. Of course it does, it _is_ their job.
That's like asking a cop if crime has increased stress on their life.
How about we get all the illegal aliens out of the country and lock down the borders.
Then, make some less restrictive immigration requirements so people can come over here LEGALLY. (I know of many who wish to, but can't... a problem I attribute to all the illegal immigrants)
Then, and only then, should we be worrying about allowing unconstitutional wire taps, searches, seizures, imprisonment, etc... Those things should only be thought of as a last resort.
And it's not the last resort. It's just what the government wants - not what's best for the people.
Well, in my opinion anyway.
As for the threat of Al-Queida... Well, one simply wonders why Osama Bin-Laden was 'allowed' to escape anyway. US Occupation of Afghanistan should have swallowed the middle-east until we captured him. Instead, we went to Iraq for an easier - more exposed target.
If Osama was cought/dead - we wouldn't even be hearing about this wonderfull work of constitution-warping legislation.
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If you didn't fix it, it ain't fixed: Check that it's really fixed, check that it's really your fix that fixed it, know that it never just goes away by itself, fix the cause, and fix the process."
I can think of a WHOLE lot of tech's and admin's who really need to follow number 9 a lot closer.
Especially those Windows admins/techs who think 'restart' is the ultimate fix-all. Though, sadly, I suppose in many cases that's about all you can do with proprietary software. Well, that and beg vendors to fix the problem. (We all know how productive that is....)
Now my little server can do advanced reverse lookups on the over 90,000 spam messages it handles per month.
I'm thinking not...
How about making all spam a crime and holding the companies who finance it liable. Then giving consumers the power to sue for damages.
I'm not an ISP, under CAN-SPAM I can't do ANYTHING about the over NINETY THOUSAND spam messages sent to my server per month.
Needless to say, my poor little PII-400 linux box gags and chokes during spuratic 'floods' of spam through each day.
I must say, though, any efforts to thwart spam are good in my opinion. However, the problem will _never_ be solved until the companies PAYING for spam are held financially and/or criminally liable for their actions.
After all, if you PAY someone to commit murder for you -- does that make you any less guilty?
Hey, while we're at it - let's make our advance nuclear research programs open source too!
Interesting, though, this will be another damaging blow to Boeing.
This makes you wonder if they were really even working on such a project, or if this was just a way to funnel monies to other 'secret' project they don't want the public at large to know of.
Interesting though. I wonder what the next 'wonder helicopter' will be.
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Just tell us when Darl is going to jail -- that's what we all really want to know.
Ohh yeah, we also want to know when M$ gets a slap on the wrist. (If that even...)
Nice choice of dates! Too bad it wasn't a Friday, the worse the Karma the better. Surely this is a cruel plot orchestrated by Microsoft to prevent anyone from winning that million dollars by bringing the bad ju-ju of the 13th into the contest! I'm sure of it! As proof, I offer the Christmas Y letter.. Shit, where'd I put that. *digs around desk* *knocks down tower of beer cans*
Did it ever occur to you that this person is quite well aware of what makes him different. He knows people laugh at his hair and make fun of him for various reasons.
He just doesn't care.
In fact, he may well prefer it that way.
By the way, what's a comb?
I've been an EB customer for years. I probably spend upwards of $5,000 annually at their stores.
I just thought I would post here, in case an EB rep reads this article, to say that I will no longer be a customer of EB or any related company.
This is very disturbing. What's even worse is after the excuses start flying they still refuse to refund the woman. Had that poor woman had the police handle it, they would have simply TAKEN the merchandise from EB.
I most certainly hope she takes them to court, they have already publicly admitted to illegal actions. They've KNOWINGLY accepted money for stolen goods, and failed to comply with a state law requiring them to wait 15 days to sell the goods.
No a theif can cut any card they want - the initial investment will only be $200!
Well, it looks neat. But it also looks like a really good tool for theives.
Kewl as hell though, for $200 bucks I'd probably buy one... or two... or three... ahh hell gimme the lot of 'em!
Don't try to rip off cops, MORON!
*laughs*
What was this fool thinking. And then the save pat website tries to make it appear as though all he asked for was them to pay for the bandwith.
There are definetally two extremely different sides to this story. Somehow, I sincerely doubt that the police are going to lie on a case they intentionally drew public attention to.
Regardless, I'm most certainly not going to donate money to help this persons legal fund - I find the statements made there to be very misleading and untrue.
The Sheriff's side seems to have quite a bit of supporting evidence. Most of which you can read on quotes in previous comments.
"Put up or shut up, bitch! *slap!*"
Tried typing education in google? You get like a billion lame online-colleges. Most of which aren't even colleges - but rather referers or advertising programs FOR online colleges that are there merely to collect personal information. IMO there's nothing wrong with Yahoo! making a buck off search listings. There a business, they're here to make money. They're offering a service that costs nothing to use - they gotta make a buck somewhere. I haven't seen anyone complain about the Microsoft ads here on Slashdot - hell, some of them are funny as hell! (namely the ad for FP 2003 - OMG that's so funny!) So what's the ruckus about? Good for you, yahoo! - make some money. In the end, if you don't like it - don't use it! Personally, I'll be sticking to google. I suppose I'm just loyal. If I DID use Yahoo!, though, I would certainly understand paid listings/indexing.
I smell a cease and desist letter on it's way, $5 bucks says the term DMCA will be used ATLEAST once!
Okay, IBM backs Linux big time. Could happen...
IBM says their going to port Office to Linux... Could happen....
Novell jumps in and says SCO can suck it.. Could happen....
Now, Sun is entertaining IBM's recent request to open source Java?!
Okay, which one of you has Fair God Parents!
What if SCO doesn't comply?
I doubt seriously that they will, so what will come of their non-compliance?
Probably nothing, really, but this may well be another part of the GPL put to the test. They've stepped up to the plate with Nmap - I hope they're ready to play ball.
Okay, now lets all get ready from some good FUD from Darl!
*GASP* "Ohh my, it appears we own code in Nmap too!"
That's exactly why I referenced it.
Ummm, doesn't Al Gore already own that patent?
It's about time. I'm sure this is redundant by the time I make this post - but my God, Amazon deserves this. They've been patenting (as you all know) EVERYTHING they could POSSIBLY come up with. Sure sucks when you get kicked in the arse with your own boot, eh! Seriously, though - Amazon gets a patent for 1-click purchases - that's a dumb as the Aussie who re-patented the wheel. BTW, if this post is modded troll - I blame it on the beer. Which BTW is Bud Light - gotta support BudNet!
"Today VERISIGN announced it will be suing ICANN for doing their job and preventing VERISIGN from illegally controlling and redirecting internet traffic, it has no legal right to, to their own product."
Methinks this would be somewhat similar to the US Government making all roads not privately owned lead to a government business.
I know, that sounds REALLY stupid - the government would NEVER do that. It's moronic to even think of something like that - but, essentially, is that not exactly what Verisign tried to do?
This also stinks of anti-competative monopolistic activity - as there are other 'site-finding' services out there. Such as Google, AltaVista, etc al... Yet Verisign would be the _only_ company able to perform a service utilizing this method - as they would be illegally tapping into property they do not own - unregistered domain names.
Stupid ICANN, what were they thinking! They act like they have "responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system management functions."
Technology certainly increases stress in most workers.
Any time I'm considering making any changes to a network - the first concern is getting the employees who use the changing resources to learn and understand the changes.
And my God, you would think you asked them to cut off their right arm when you ask them to spend thirty minutes learning and understanding something new.
I've actually had people flip out and quit, on the spot, when they learned of a system change.
IT people, as well, are going to be stressed by their work. But _everyone_ is a little stressed with things at their work. So asking someone who works primarily in technology if technology has increased the stress in their life is a moot point. Of course it does, it _is_ their job.
That's like asking a cop if crime has increased stress on their life.
I had NO idea that Darl McBride was MS's security cheif!
How about we get all the illegal aliens out of the country and lock down the borders.
Then, make some less restrictive immigration requirements so people can come over here LEGALLY. (I know of many who wish to, but can't... a problem I attribute to all the illegal immigrants)
Then, and only then, should we be worrying about allowing unconstitutional wire taps, searches, seizures, imprisonment, etc... Those things should only be thought of as a last resort.
And it's not the last resort. It's just what the government wants - not what's best for the people.
Well, in my opinion anyway.
As for the threat of Al-Queida... Well, one simply wonders why Osama Bin-Laden was 'allowed' to escape anyway. US Occupation of Afghanistan should have swallowed the middle-east until we captured him. Instead, we went to Iraq for an easier - more exposed target.
If Osama was cought/dead - we wouldn't even be hearing about this wonderfull work of constitution-warping legislation.
Having just read this Groklaw article, I must admit - I fear poor SnowMold Industries (See toy#2) could be in for a lawsuit!
I can think of a WHOLE lot of tech's and admin's who really need to follow number 9 a lot closer.
Especially those Windows admins/techs who think 'restart' is the ultimate fix-all. Though, sadly, I suppose in many cases that's about all you can do with proprietary software. Well, that and beg vendors to fix the problem. (We all know how productive that is....)
I can't wait to see Wal-Mart employees lash back and block Wal-Mart's RFID tracking...
Ehh, then again - I'd bet half of them have no clue just what it is that's in their name badge.
I'd love to hear SCO's opinion on whether the AL2.0 is GPL compatable.
Ohh, c'mon - admit it - you know it would be funny!
It's coming...
It's not...........
It's coming..............
It's not...............
It's coming........we think.........
No wait, nevermind - it's not...
Hey, when it's here - gimme a call!
Now my little server can do advanced reverse lookups on the over 90,000 spam messages it handles per month.
I'm thinking not...
How about making all spam a crime and holding the companies who finance it liable. Then giving consumers the power to sue for damages.
I'm not an ISP, under CAN-SPAM I can't do ANYTHING about the over NINETY THOUSAND spam messages sent to my server per month.
Needless to say, my poor little PII-400 linux box gags and chokes during spuratic 'floods' of spam through each day.
I must say, though, any efforts to thwart spam are good in my opinion. However, the problem will _never_ be solved until the companies PAYING for spam are held financially and/or criminally liable for their actions.
After all, if you PAY someone to commit murder for you -- does that make you any less guilty?
No.
"Open-source helicopter, anyone?"
Hey, while we're at it - let's make our advance nuclear research programs open source too!
Interesting, though, this will be another damaging blow to Boeing.
This makes you wonder if they were really even working on such a project, or if this was just a way to funnel monies to other 'secret' project they don't want the public at large to know of.
Interesting though. I wonder what the next 'wonder helicopter' will be.