God, if you think it's bad in Firefox, try/. in Konqueror! The news and comments pages render fine, but the Users pages are an unmitigated disaster.
It's funny; one of the reasons I moved to GNU/Linux was because of what I learned about Free Software here, but then the/. overlords reward me by not writing a site that renders correctly on Free browsers...
Is there anything surprising about that? Capitalism *depends* on profiting off of other's work -- do you think any employer would stay in business long if s/he didn't pay the employees less weath than they generated for the business? Generating more wealth from an employee than what you pay them is pretty much the *definition* of profit. SCO is not the exception, it is a natural result of this mentality.
can the *AA sue every single music listener in the usa?
No, but they can pressure the government to change copyright laws, or try to collect money from every single person (or at least music consuming person) in the US through levies, like they have on blank CDs.
During goldrushes, it was very seldom the prospectors that actually made any money -- the people who really got rich were the shopowners who sold supplies to the people who actually looked for gold. I think that spam, at least, is like that -- the real business is probably selling the tools of the trade to idiots who will go out of business in half a year.
The problem is that, in America, no work is going to enter the public domain at all for another twenty or so years, thanks to the Mickey Mouse Protection Act. And when they do, they will be stuff that was copyrighted in the 30s.
I agree there's a need for projects such as you describe, but it is also crucial to ensure that they remain viable. Current American copyright law -- and we've seen how America influences countries to "harmonize" stuff with them -- poses a great danger to organizations trying to preserve our cultural heritage. It's ridiculous -- our technology should be allowing easier and easier access to it, but our laws are sealing it off more and more.
Also, how will it "detect" copyrighted works? I can just zip up my favorite illegal MP3s and give them a name like "good.zip" and it would have to be manually flagged as "bad".
I think you nailed it. For the record, I'm not an American, but doesn't the fact that glaring, fundamental security flaws such as these exist at all after spending billions of dollars on security make you wonder what their real priorities are?
There is really nothing that can be done in a free society. They're gonna' get us.
Well, the best solution is not act in such a way that half the world has serious grievances with you. It's not just a case of "they hate us because they hate freedom" -- there's more to it than that. Of course, one wouldn't know it from the media coverage...
The question is if he signed a non-compete clause. While I agree that the idea of them is somewhat reprehensible, if he *did* sign one...well, that's a contract! He should have known about it when he started the job, and understood the implications.
He had the freedom to not sign that contract. Greed of some form must have been involved in his thoughts too, if he took the job knowing the conditions that were attached.
Now, again, I do think non-compete's are slimey (I know someone who is currently waiting out *two years* -- got a great severence package, though) -- but they seem, on the most part, to be legitimate (and in Canada, are regarded as such -- they were tested recently when EA tried UbiSoft's non-competes).
If this guy *didn't* sign a non-compete, though, then Seagate is really just trying to screw him.
Over the last year or so there was a case in Quebec -- EA tried to pilfer some of UbiSoft's top guys, who had a non-compete clause in their contract. Lawsuit(s) ensued and the non-compete clause was found to be valid.
Players who sign up for the EA Sports Premium Pass receive a boost to their online Reputation Rating, which is a publicly visible indicator that rewards and penalizes players for following EA Sports Fair Play rules
...sound fishy to you? What value does that Reputation Rating really have as an indicator of someone's reputation if you can just buy an increase?
Just another way to try and lock you into the EA lifestyle, like the cruddy EA Bio.
Is this purely a case of children growing up faster now than in the 80s?
No, I think it is a case of many people misunderstanding the word "mature." Only dumb and immature 13 year old boys -- or people who think like them -- think that slapping some tits, guns, and strong language onto an otherwise mediocre and unimaginative game (or movie, book, comic, etc) makes it "mature." Likewise, the absence of those elements by no means makes it immature.
Then they decided to follow the campy television series.
My problem with the last two Batman movies isn't so much that they went campy -- I really, really like the 60s series a lot. It has a sense of the absurd that is just a pure joy to watch. The problem with the last two movies is that they didn't do it *well.* They didn't do anything well at all.
...but I think I prefer it over the one Adam West used to cruise around in.
That's just crazy talk. I really don't like this new Batmobile at all -- I just don't get the whole "bigger = better" aesthetics that seem to dominate car design these days (American design, at least, though everyone is in on the SUV game now).
Oh well, at least Bruce Wayne won't mind if gas prices go up, unlike all the fools who complain after buying gas guzzlers.
I was immensely entertained by the fact that my face got grayer and more veiny as my evil intensified, but I was never able to sway anyone except at the very end.
This was one of my disappointments too. Juhani (the cat jedi) was a perfect example of this -- she starts off as Darkside, turns back to the light, and then during her side-quest you can encourage her to give in to her rage (in fact, most of the side-quests have a dark and light side solution). But does she turn to the dark side after that? No, she just whines about regretting what she did, or something like that. Would have been nice to be able to sway your buddies over to the darkside with you (or get Canderous to become light side).
The trick is that light vs. dark is not the same as black vs. white.You're totally right, but KOTOR did have one situation that was a little ambiguous: Sunry's (is that his name? Jolee Bindo's buddy on Manaan) murder trial. Getting him convicted, even though it will screw the Republic, is the light side solution.
All because AT&T did not think to guard their original IP by copyrighting it. Then allowed several groups to modify it without central control.
I'm curious -- how is that a bad thing? Would the overall state of computing really be better if Unix had been locked down and none of the variants were ever even started? I'm seeing this story as being about the benefits of *not* copyrighting and patenting everything.
I'm still not convinced that the legislation the the government intends to pass in BC can overrule the Patriot Act.
Neither am I. There's a big problem with Plant's logic -- he keeps on asserting that local BC laws will trump US laws when these companies are doing business in BC. But if he is wrong there is no way of knowing it, because if he is wrong then the gagging powers of the Act will also be in effect -- so that the companies that have given up our private information will never tell anyone that they ever have. Plant spoke about punishing companies that don't comply with BC laws -- but the BC government will never even know that the BC laws were violated!
The only way to ensure this doesn't happen is to NOT OUTSOURCE OUR PRIVATE INFORMATION TO US COMPANIES. Sorry to say, but they can't be trusted.
No, but it makes for a better soundbite on the evening news. Simplistic answers sell a lot better there and the rest of the media, where it is assumed the attention span is about, oh, 15 seconds. Just look at how poverty, crime, terrorism, and other issues are addressed.
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I suspect computer generated whiny melodrama would, in fact, be superior to George Lucas generated whiny melodrama.
God, if you think it's bad in Firefox, try /. in Konqueror! The news and comments pages render fine, but the Users pages are an unmitigated disaster.
It's funny; one of the reasons I moved to GNU/Linux was because of what I learned about Free Software here, but then the /. overlords reward me by not writing a site that renders correctly on Free browsers...
Is there anything surprising about that? Capitalism *depends* on profiting off of other's work -- do you think any employer would stay in business long if s/he didn't pay the employees less weath than they generated for the business? Generating more wealth from an employee than what you pay them is pretty much the *definition* of profit. SCO is not the exception, it is a natural result of this mentality.
'Nuff said!
No, but they can pressure the government to change copyright laws, or try to collect money from every single person (or at least music consuming person) in the US through levies, like they have on blank CDs.
During goldrushes, it was very seldom the prospectors that actually made any money -- the people who really got rich were the shopowners who sold supplies to the people who actually looked for gold. I think that spam, at least, is like that -- the real business is probably selling the tools of the trade to idiots who will go out of business in half a year.
The problem is that, in America, no work is going to enter the public domain at all for another twenty or so years, thanks to the Mickey Mouse Protection Act. And when they do, they will be stuff that was copyrighted in the 30s. I agree there's a need for projects such as you describe, but it is also crucial to ensure that they remain viable. Current American copyright law -- and we've seen how America influences countries to "harmonize" stuff with them -- poses a great danger to organizations trying to preserve our cultural heritage. It's ridiculous -- our technology should be allowing easier and easier access to it, but our laws are sealing it off more and more.
Hey, I think you just violated the DMCA!
I think you nailed it. For the record, I'm not an American, but doesn't the fact that glaring, fundamental security flaws such as these exist at all after spending billions of dollars on security make you wonder what their real priorities are?
Well, the best solution is not act in such a way that half the world has serious grievances with you. It's not just a case of "they hate us because they hate freedom" -- there's more to it than that. Of course, one wouldn't know it from the media coverage...
Now, again, I do think non-compete's are slimey (I know someone who is currently waiting out *two years* -- got a great severence package, though) -- but they seem, on the most part, to be legitimate (and in Canada, are regarded as such -- they were tested recently when EA tried UbiSoft's non-competes).
If this guy *didn't* sign a non-compete, though, then Seagate is really just trying to screw him.
Over the last year or so there was a case in Quebec -- EA tried to pilfer some of UbiSoft's top guys, who had a non-compete clause in their contract. Lawsuit(s) ensued and the non-compete clause was found to be valid.
Players who sign up for the EA Sports Premium Pass receive a boost to their online Reputation Rating, which is a publicly visible indicator that rewards and penalizes players for following EA Sports Fair Play rules
...sound fishy to you? What value does that Reputation Rating really have as an indicator of someone's reputation if you can just buy an increase?
Just another way to try and lock you into the EA lifestyle, like the cruddy EA Bio.
Sorry, I'm actually not an American -- I just like making fun of lawyers. ;) I agree with what you wrote, FWIW.
I'm sure he'll listen; after all, lawyers have such a stellar track record for considering the greater good of their actions.
No, I think it is a case of many people misunderstanding the word "mature." Only dumb and immature 13 year old boys -- or people who think like them -- think that slapping some tits, guns, and strong language onto an otherwise mediocre and unimaginative game (or movie, book, comic, etc) makes it "mature." Likewise, the absence of those elements by no means makes it immature.
My problem with the last two Batman movies isn't so much that they went campy -- I really, really like the 60s series a lot. It has a sense of the absurd that is just a pure joy to watch. The problem with the last two movies is that they didn't do it *well.* They didn't do anything well at all.
That's just crazy talk. I really don't like this new Batmobile at all -- I just don't get the whole "bigger = better" aesthetics that seem to dominate car design these days (American design, at least, though everyone is in on the SUV game now).
Oh well, at least Bruce Wayne won't mind if gas prices go up, unlike all the fools who complain after buying gas guzzlers.
This was one of my disappointments too. Juhani (the cat jedi) was a perfect example of this -- she starts off as Darkside, turns back to the light, and then during her side-quest you can encourage her to give in to her rage (in fact, most of the side-quests have a dark and light side solution). But does she turn to the dark side after that? No, she just whines about regretting what she did, or something like that. Would have been nice to be able to sway your buddies over to the darkside with you (or get Canderous to become light side).
The trick is that light vs. dark is not the same as black vs. white.You're totally right, but KOTOR did have one situation that was a little ambiguous: Sunry's (is that his name? Jolee Bindo's buddy on Manaan) murder trial. Getting him convicted, even though it will screw the Republic, is the light side solution.
EA will *start* to pump out crappy games...?
The maturity of man--that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play. -- Nietzsche
I'm curious -- how is that a bad thing? Would the overall state of computing really be better if Unix had been locked down and none of the variants were ever even started? I'm seeing this story as being about the benefits of *not* copyrighting and patenting everything.
Neither am I. There's a big problem with Plant's logic -- he keeps on asserting that local BC laws will trump US laws when these companies are doing business in BC. But if he is wrong there is no way of knowing it, because if he is wrong then the gagging powers of the Act will also be in effect -- so that the companies that have given up our private information will never tell anyone that they ever have. Plant spoke about punishing companies that don't comply with BC laws -- but the BC government will never even know that the BC laws were violated!
The only way to ensure this doesn't happen is to NOT OUTSOURCE OUR PRIVATE INFORMATION TO US COMPANIES. Sorry to say, but they can't be trusted.
No, but it makes for a better soundbite on the evening news. Simplistic answers sell a lot better there and the rest of the media, where it is assumed the attention span is about, oh, 15 seconds. Just look at how poverty, crime, terrorism, and other issues are addressed.