The solution is obvious: US Government Certified Porn. We must protect our troops. The San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce will go along with it...
They should also develop a holographic seal of approval.
One would think that after all these years, Windows source would have leaked, Microsoft being what they are. Everyone knows that your most secret secrets are the first things to leak... And yes, I've seen the "secret MS code" joke.
Richard Gabriel, will be leaving his law practice, after getting a job as a state court judge for a 2-year term in Colorado. What this will mean to the RIAA's litigation machine is anyone's guess.
That the RAII will file a lot of cases in Colorado?
Actually, these two items could have come off the same line - look at the differences - very minor really.
Take a closer look. Just eye-balling it quickly...
* The metal flange is different.
* The flange screws are different.
* The silkscreened writing placement is different.
* Most of the major components are in the same places, but not all of them.
Sure, if a few cans had been soldered crooked, maybe. But really, take a close look. Not the same board at all.
From what I understand, the counterfeit routers are made in the same factories by the same people who make the real routers; they just keep the assembly line running past the hours that Cisco is paying them for.
I keep hearing this. But look at the images of the hardware side by side... Is it the same? No it's not. Clearly these two boards are not from the same manufacturing line.
Developing ideas? Give me a break, they buy patents and sell licenses. It's your basic patent troll outfit.
But they're really smart people and they are brainstorming and they are nurturing ideas and they are from Bellevue Washington where all the real Microsofties live, so they must be innovating...
Though we've discussed Myhrvold and his company in the past, the New Yorker focuses more on how incredible it is to have a group of very intelligent people sitting around a table developing ideas.
Filing about 500 patents a year...
Oh, I see, these are good patents not evil patents. Yes...
I've heard of this Zune, but never actually seen one out in the wild. Do they actually exist?
In other words, the Zune can have as much DRM as it likes. No one who cares about that sort of thing will buy one anyway. In fact who does buy them?
It hardly matters if they are calling from Canada (where most of my phone spam comes from) or INDIA... Phone numbers are like IP addresses, you can always find a new one to spam from when the old one has been blacklisted, and only very rarely do the numbers lead back to the actual spammer.
Telemarketers are easier to track down and punish, so the law does.
Please cite a source for this nugget of wisdom.
I'm sorry, but that's simply NOT TRUE. Phone boiler-rooms are just the same as spam servers - finding the actual source is not that easy. And, many are now "out-sourced" off-shore.
So, no, telemarketers are NOT easier to track down.
I'm sorry [whips out pimp gloves and slaps you] these people had no issues with violating the law before, what makes you think that this makes any difference at all? Robbing banks is illegal, and more often than not results in significant time, but does that stop bank robbers? The truth it that casteration is the only real solution. Most of the "people" are typical "I got mine" males. Put the real threat of ball removal in the equasion, and you'll see all these guys go back to selling cars.
Peter Gabriel isn't the first musician to be a victim of equipment theft. Earlier in the millennium BT and Hybrid suffered major setbacks in the making of long-awaited new albums when their computers were stolen.
But since no one has ever heard of these "bands" (except the Obscure Music Illuminati), these thefts didn't really have any effect on "sales" of the "albums"...
But, I guess when some people are coding they like to inject a little bit of silliness or vent their anger.
Apparently, one time during a customer-required code walkthrough, the developer had littered their code with all sorts of insulting things about the customers and their requirements out of frustration with tight timelines and bad specs.
I've always said to myself that when I start thinking of my customers this way, I'll stop coding for them. It's not worth the neurosis.
The "article" (if you can call it that) shows neither neither charts of actual numbers, nore places the uses in context (with or without examples). Good grief.
No one really cares abount Jack Thompson anymore. No one that counts. The only reason Jack Thompson does what he does is because he likes to watch the stink that get's made at sites like Slashdot. The lesson here is to not allow Jack Thompson to get his glory here. This is done by IGNORING Jack Thompson.
Well, you said it right there. It's HOLLYWOOD. Tom Cruise it is. He's looking for a blockbuster action role to follow up his international acclaim with Lions for Lambs and Valkyrie. What better than MacGyver? He was born for it.
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They should also develop a holographic seal of approval.
One would think that after all these years, Windows source would have leaked, Microsoft being what they are. Everyone knows that your most secret secrets are the first things to leak... And yes, I've seen the "secret MS code" joke.
This is the power of Open Source!
With all those eyes looking at the code, stuff like this gets ID'd and fixed LICKITY SPLIT!
(runs and hides)
* The metal flange is different.
* The flange screws are different.
* The silkscreened writing placement is different.
* Most of the major components are in the same places, but not all of them.
Sure, if a few cans had been soldered crooked, maybe. But really, take a close look. Not the same board at all.
Oh, I see, these are good patents not evil patents. Yes...
I've heard of this Zune, but never actually seen one out in the wild. Do they actually exist? In other words, the Zune can have as much DRM as it likes. No one who cares about that sort of thing will buy one anyway. In fact who does buy them?
I'm sorry, but that's simply NOT TRUE. Phone boiler-rooms are just the same as spam servers - finding the actual source is not that easy. And, many are now "out-sourced" off-shore.
So, no, telemarketers are NOT easier to track down.
News flash, oh SlashDrones, Slashdot is like Google, a commercial money-making business . WORD...
Why don't you go back to chugging Google's COCK, you're just another sheep who knows how to give blow jobs.
The "article" (if you can call it that) shows neither neither charts of actual numbers, nore places the uses in context (with or without examples). Good grief.
Google's legal team works for Google. Google is in business to make money, not get wrapped up in lawsuits about idealism rather than profit.
Yes, I know! It's hard to believe.
And if I had the private number to Larry's and Sergey's yacht, I'd call them and give them a piece of my mind.
Oh, Jonathan Lee Riches cares about Jack Thompson; they think a lot alike.
No one really cares abount Jack Thompson anymore. No one that counts. The only reason Jack Thompson does what he does is because he likes to watch the stink that get's made at sites like Slashdot. The lesson here is to not allow Jack Thompson to get his glory here. This is done by IGNORING Jack Thompson.
Well, you said it right there. It's HOLLYWOOD. Tom Cruise it is. He's looking for a blockbuster action role to follow up his international acclaim with Lions for Lambs and Valkyrie. What better than MacGyver? He was born for it.
If Ubuntu uses "Frosty Piss", I'll sue.