I doubt this could ever go through, since the definition of 'custom software' is too vague. Would this tax me if i installed a copy of ms office with custom options? What about 3rd party plugins (paid for by me, or free)? What about rolling my own linux kernel? Or even making my own distro.
And as for little programmer shops that would ultimately feel the heat, does this mean that when they package up their software and put it up on a shelf it's no longer "Custom software"? Bad idea, bad definition, bad enforceability, bad tax revenue idea.
I think Sony entertainment China should change their tagline to: "EverQuest, so good you'll maim and kill in order to maim & kill online!".
Seriously though, isn't it time the chinese people did something about their draconian government enforcing such strange laws? I can understand some laws they have enforced (such as the laws preventing overpopulation (whether these laws work i don't know) this is nothing more than trying to keep the population dumb and uninformed. What the chinese youth should do is rebel against the government, and NOT the innocent internetcafe owners who are even more fearful of the government than they are. If only they could get organised (if only they had internet, heh) better.
Will these guys be able to offer a valid alternative to the Linspire/ Lindows trainwreck? And will they not get crushed by the 800 pound gorilla that is the MS legal department? (I'm sure they're going after these guys, and 4 college students don't exactly sound like they have a lot of assets). Let's hope they survive, choice is good for us all.
why are we even discussing this again?
Yep, it's not like pirate copy users can't just download the update anyway. Generalizing people who run pirated copies as "They don't care anyway" is just DUMB.
Bottom line: This isn't even an issue, even the immoral pirates who treat the law like a sausage can get and install everything they want. Microsoft is NOT deliberately shutting off access to patches.
Take can to sandy Beach. Click, call win the SUV. Throw can into sea. Watch coke reps do a yellow submarine job out into the pacific. Call papers ahead of time watch the event.
While it looks nice on paper, i doubt many sports organisations will allow this kind of thing. Although technology has worked for years outside the sports stadiums (computer engineerd ice skates for example, tailored to suit the athletes), this is just crossing a line imo. So Adidas is left to cater to yuppies so they can boast about their new shoes/ their new mile record whatever.
Also, In Soviet Russia, Shoe monitors you!
Good, so it's not so open to abuse. But it still sits wrong with me that (from what i understand from the article) microsoft is letting people pay to let their spam through.
Bottom line: Even legal spam is bad for me, especially when it is whitelisted as a valid, commercial offering. (hell, it often doesn't even apply to me, if a foreigner without a credit card)
That's exactly what i was thinking! 1). Make marketers pay to be on a list 2).Turn that whitelist into a blacklist for your mailserver. 3). ??? 4). Spam free Utopia (well, almost).
I doubt many spammers would deal with this though. Also the problem of vindictive people accusing the whitelisted marketers of illegitimate spam, and the spoofing of such mailadresses. This leaves the whitelisted "good guys" to battle against the existing spambags who have no scrupules to fuck the legitimate "marketeers" over for a few bucks.
I think it would be a lot better for companies to persue options that would help prevent these kinds of things, not a short term asskicking to some scriptkiddy, when you know thousands more are willing to jump into his shoes for some "internet notoriety" or other BS.
Mine is 1-2-3-4-5, same as on my luggage. Now hand over the chocolate, my ship is about to crash into an as-yet undiscovered planet inhabited by ape-like creatures.
I just wanted to say: Nice Johnny cash quote in the main post. Too bad i've never heard a maglev train, or even seen one. Damn this rural country i live in.
This is really doomed to fail. Picture it: you're reading an article on a site that previously would embed links to related articles (valid links) in the article. Suddenly they start embedding invalid junk inbetween the valid links. Users are outraged, and a cartalk like reversal of policy happens.
Users are happy, status quo is maintained yet again. There really is no situation where i can see this not being a total annoying pain in the ass, and there is no way this will stand.
I can see it not: Jackie Chan dresses up as a woman (again)_and Chris tucker as Mother Brain screaming at Samus "Never fire missiles at a black Woman's Jar, Girl." Then they break out into synchronised Beach Boys lipsyncing.
Exactly. What i don't understand is that nobody at WestJet questioned this method of data collection, surely they could have smelled the flannel-wearing rat from several nautical miles away.
Or they just assumed he was a compulsive, obsessive control freak checking up on his flight every 5 seconds, and that was the reason they fired him in the first place.
I don't think so. Downloading roms not in the public domain is never legal, whether there is an entity selling those roms or not. Whether it could potentially get you in trouble does depend on someone taking notice who is selling roms, or found the copyrights to Defender in one of his old socks. But i hardly think StarRoms are about to do a 180 and become a bunch of litigious bastards.
I think this could do well to somewhat brush up the image of emulation as a whole that Nintendo have done their best to smear (ultrahle, that handheld emulator) be it commercial or purely as a technical proof (what ultrahle was).
Hell, i could even think of a somewhat commercial version of mame that has an itunes music store type thing in which you can buy the roms directly (call it Mame$ or something).
I'm willing to bet my close nigerian friends (who are not scammers at all, just the victims of an unfortunate clerical error at the local bank) are gonna be all over this wonderful new, innovative way to make money fast!
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I doubt this could ever go through, since the definition of 'custom software' is too vague. Would this tax me if i installed a copy of ms office with custom options? What about 3rd party plugins (paid for by me, or free)? What about rolling my own linux kernel? Or even making my own distro. And as for little programmer shops that would ultimately feel the heat, does this mean that when they package up their software and put it up on a shelf it's no longer "Custom software"? Bad idea, bad definition, bad enforceability, bad tax revenue idea.
I think Sony entertainment China should change their tagline to: "EverQuest, so good you'll maim and kill in order to maim & kill online!". Seriously though, isn't it time the chinese people did something about their draconian government enforcing such strange laws? I can understand some laws they have enforced (such as the laws preventing overpopulation (whether these laws work i don't know) this is nothing more than trying to keep the population dumb and uninformed. What the chinese youth should do is rebel against the government, and NOT the innocent internetcafe owners who are even more fearful of the government than they are. If only they could get organised (if only they had internet, heh) better.
Will these guys be able to offer a valid alternative to the Linspire/ Lindows trainwreck? And will they not get crushed by the 800 pound gorilla that is the MS legal department? (I'm sure they're going after these guys, and 4 college students don't exactly sound like they have a lot of assets). Let's hope they survive, choice is good for us all.
why are we even discussing this again? Yep, it's not like pirate copy users can't just download the update anyway. Generalizing people who run pirated copies as "They don't care anyway" is just DUMB. Bottom line: This isn't even an issue, even the immoral pirates who treat the law like a sausage can get and install everything they want. Microsoft is NOT deliberately shutting off access to patches.
Take can to sandy Beach. Click, call win the SUV. Throw can into sea. Watch coke reps do a yellow submarine job out into the pacific. Call papers ahead of time watch the event.
We should just make those all inclusive so they don't take up too much space. So, In Soviet Russia, Beowulf cluster of these babies imagines you!
While it looks nice on paper, i doubt many sports organisations will allow this kind of thing. Although technology has worked for years outside the sports stadiums (computer engineerd ice skates for example, tailored to suit the athletes), this is just crossing a line imo. So Adidas is left to cater to yuppies so they can boast about their new shoes/ their new mile record whatever. Also, In Soviet Russia, Shoe monitors you!
Good, so it's not so open to abuse. But it still sits wrong with me that (from what i understand from the article) microsoft is letting people pay to let their spam through. Bottom line: Even legal spam is bad for me, especially when it is whitelisted as a valid, commercial offering. (hell, it often doesn't even apply to me, if a foreigner without a credit card)
That's exactly what i was thinking! 1). Make marketers pay to be on a list 2).Turn that whitelist into a blacklist for your mailserver. 3). ??? 4). Spam free Utopia (well, almost). I doubt many spammers would deal with this though. Also the problem of vindictive people accusing the whitelisted marketers of illegitimate spam, and the spoofing of such mailadresses. This leaves the whitelisted "good guys" to battle against the existing spambags who have no scrupules to fuck the legitimate "marketeers" over for a few bucks.
I think it would be a lot better for companies to persue options that would help prevent these kinds of things, not a short term asskicking to some scriptkiddy, when you know thousands more are willing to jump into his shoes for some "internet notoriety" or other BS.
Mine is 1-2-3-4-5, same as on my luggage. Now hand over the chocolate, my ship is about to crash into an as-yet undiscovered planet inhabited by ape-like creatures.
I just wanted to say: Nice Johnny cash quote in the main post. Too bad i've never heard a maglev train, or even seen one. Damn this rural country i live in.
Users are happy, status quo is maintained yet again. There really is no situation where i can see this not being a total annoying pain in the ass, and there is no way this will stand.
I stand corrected, my bad. I have no clue where that idea from now that ive given it some more thought.
I can see it not: Jackie Chan dresses up as a woman (again)_and Chris tucker as Mother Brain screaming at Samus "Never fire missiles at a black Woman's Jar, Girl." Then they break out into synchronised Beach Boys lipsyncing.
You are 100% right. {Firing| downsizing | letting go | kicking out | giving the boot} shall henceforth be known as "Rightsizing".
Exactly. What i don't understand is that nobody at WestJet questioned this method of data collection, surely they could have smelled the flannel-wearing rat from several nautical miles away.
Or they just assumed he was a compulsive, obsessive control freak checking up on his flight every 5 seconds, and that was the reason they fired him in the first place.
I don't think so. Downloading roms not in the public domain is never legal, whether there is an entity selling those roms or not. Whether it could potentially get you in trouble does depend on someone taking notice who is selling roms, or found the copyrights to Defender in one of his old socks. But i hardly think StarRoms are about to do a 180 and become a bunch of litigious bastards.
I think this could do well to somewhat brush up the image of emulation as a whole that Nintendo have done their best to smear (ultrahle, that handheld emulator) be it commercial or purely as a technical proof (what ultrahle was). Hell, i could even think of a somewhat commercial version of mame that has an itunes music store type thing in which you can buy the roms directly (call it Mame$ or something).
That's probably because the navy shelves cost 10x as much as regular shelves, not to mention the products on them.
Actually, on the net, it's everywhere! I think this is directly proportional to it's popularity.
I'm willing to bet my close nigerian friends (who are not scammers at all, just the victims of an unfortunate clerical error at the local bank) are gonna be all over this wonderful new, innovative way to make money fast!