When will the multiple demonstrably false statements made by McBride, et al come home to roost? If stockholders bought SCO based on those statements, isn't it fraud?
"I'd agree with you if you weren't a) an idiot and b) wrong." Holy cow, I'm going to write that down and claim I thought it up. Beautiful work, Sir, I tip my hat.
"So which of the emumerated powers in the U.S. Constitution give Federal Government the power to redistribute individual wealth,"
Amendment 16, (1913), "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
Gee, if only this was the worst of their screw-ups. Sony lives in its own world, how they judge accomplishment apparently has nothing to do with concepts like "success" and "failure".
The best way to fight it is to adopt an amendment to your Constitution that says something like "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Not to mention that it's not an either/or choice. We could do both. Space really doesn't cost much money in the big picture; you'd get way more money for children/poor/etc. by getting people to spend less on cosmetics.
That, Sir or Madam, is one of the best analyses ever posted on Slashdot. The fact that it was done by someone named "fuzzyfuzzyfungus" is somewhat disturbing. However, I expect I'll use the "Nixon Number" frequently from now on.
"Whether you agree with the philosophy of the MIT license or not is out of scope and off-topic."
In other words: It's time to start a flame war! Right here! Right now!
Wait a minute -- most of my time is spent 'fixing up problems caused by other less-than-competent "IT Professionals"'. You trying to put me out of a job, buddy?
I've got a list of "worst URLS" around somewhere that's got expertsexchange.com on it. Other memorable entries included an artist's site, speedofart.com, and the Mole Station Nursery, a wildlife non-profit, at molestationnursery.com.
You're making a basic assumption that what Marx wrote about and what is actually practiced as "Communism" are related. Actually China is a totalitarian fascist state, which is what most of the Communist experiments morphed into. (And I'm pretty sure I'll never be welcome there:)
OSS, on the other hand, is more of the flavor of volunteerism. Or the "pro bono" work many lawyers do.
Personally I believe that life that evolved elsewhere will be have some significant chemical differences. Every lifeform on Earth uses the same bases for DNA and RNA, has certain processes in common, etc. Find something that uses different DNA with a different base pair, and you've got your alien.
WRONG^H^H^H^H^H Permit me to respectfully disagree. Walton did two things with Wal-Mart: He differentiated his product with superior selection and service at reduced prices, and he developed a more efficient enterprise. By the way, IT was critical to doing both at the same time.
Now that's classic economic theory. The reason an economist didn't do it? Translating theory into practice is a whole 'nother ball game.
So Linux is good enough for the servers, but no one can be bothered to make the client compatible with Linux. Wouldn't be hard thanks to Wine, but nope.
"It is a tool and it shouldn't matter how it works"
That's great in theory. Too bad it has nothing to do with the real world. Maybe if we stopped continuous upgrades of hardware and software, and spent a decade or two stabilizing and polishing the operating system and applications, we could get there. Won't happen.
Geez, man, nobody reads anymore!! Where have you been? When they make this H. L. Mencken guy's book into a movie, maybe people will have heard of him. Of course, it won't help the spelling of "buncombe" unless it's in the movie title.
Yeah, would you quit covering stuff YOU think is important? Check with Otter before you put something up on your own website, will you?
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And it was one reason Borland became wildly popular. The more software they sold, and the more they tried to be like Microsoft, the worse the license got. Eventually they were just another company to be crushed beneath the treads of Microsoft's tank. Sniff.
"I'll point out, most people think that limitations on liability that limit your damages to $0 as some of the most heinous parts of EULAs."
True, BUT. Most people think if they pay something for software, they have a legal right to expect that it does what it says. However, if they didn't pay for it, it would be grossly unreasonable to expect the same legal rights.
In my opinion, it's fine if they want to limit bandwidth. If I don't like it I'll go somewhere else. FiOS, anyone?
The reprehensible part is limiting bandwidth of _certain applications_. That's a whole different ball of wax (and I'm talking here about some real ugly/disgusting ear wax, like from a vagrant with ear mites).
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When will the multiple demonstrably false statements made by McBride, et al come home to roost? If stockholders bought SCO based on those statements, isn't it fraud?
"I'd agree with you if you weren't a) an idiot and b) wrong."
Holy cow, I'm going to write that down and claim I thought it up. Beautiful work, Sir, I tip my hat.
"So which of the emumerated powers in the U.S. Constitution give Federal Government the power to redistribute individual wealth,"
Amendment 16, (1913), "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
Read it and weep.
Gee, if only this was the worst of their screw-ups. Sony lives in its own world, how they judge accomplishment apparently has nothing to do with concepts like "success" and "failure".
The best way to fight it is to adopt an amendment to your Constitution that says something like "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Not to mention that it's not an either/or choice. We could do both. Space really doesn't cost much money in the big picture; you'd get way more money for children/poor/etc. by getting people to spend less on cosmetics.
That, Sir or Madam, is one of the best analyses ever posted on Slashdot. The fact that it was done by someone named "fuzzyfuzzyfungus" is somewhat disturbing. However, I expect I'll use the "Nixon Number" frequently from now on.
"Whether you agree with the philosophy of the MIT license or not is out of scope and off-topic."
In other words: It's time to start a flame war! Right here! Right now!
Wait a minute -- most of my time is spent 'fixing up problems caused by other less-than-competent "IT Professionals"'. You trying to put me out of a job, buddy?
I'm just guessing here, but maybe it differs from Bluetooth by actually working.
I've got a list of "worst URLS" around somewhere that's got expertsexchange.com on it. Other memorable entries included an artist's site, speedofart.com, and the Mole Station Nursery, a wildlife non-profit, at molestationnursery.com.
Damn. I want to hire you for my company. First I'll have to get a company...
OSS, on the other hand, is more of the flavor of volunteerism. Or the "pro bono" work many lawyers do.
Personally I believe that life that evolved elsewhere will be have some significant chemical differences. Every lifeform on Earth uses the same bases for DNA and RNA, has certain processes in common, etc. Find something that uses different DNA with a different base pair, and you've got your alien.
Now that's classic economic theory. The reason an economist didn't do it? Translating theory into practice is a whole 'nother ball game.
So Linux is good enough for the servers, but no one can be bothered to make the client compatible with Linux. Wouldn't be hard thanks to Wine, but nope.
And I was all set to flame you. Nice post. In fact, the name "Tibet" is an invention of the capitalist imperialists.
That's great in theory. Too bad it has nothing to do with the real world. Maybe if we stopped continuous upgrades of hardware and software, and spent a decade or two stabilizing and polishing the operating system and applications, we could get there. Won't happen.
"That's a space station!"
Somebody had to say it.
Geez, man, nobody reads anymore!! Where have you been? When they make this H. L. Mencken guy's book into a movie, maybe people will have heard of him. Of course, it won't help the spelling of "buncombe" unless it's in the movie title.
Yeah, would you quit covering stuff YOU think is important? Check with Otter before you put something up on your own website, will you?
And it was one reason Borland became wildly popular. The more software they sold, and the more they tried to be like Microsoft, the worse the license got. Eventually they were just another company to be crushed beneath the treads of Microsoft's tank. Sniff.
"I'll point out, most people think that limitations on liability that limit your damages to $0 as some of the most heinous parts of EULAs." True, BUT. Most people think if they pay something for software, they have a legal right to expect that it does what it says. However, if they didn't pay for it, it would be grossly unreasonable to expect the same legal rights.
Will it generate enough power to recharge the Tasers in my super-suit? Somehow I doubt it. Hard to fight crime when you're trailing an extension cord!
In my opinion, it's fine if they want to limit bandwidth. If I don't like it I'll go somewhere else. FiOS, anyone?
The reprehensible part is limiting bandwidth of _certain applications_. That's a whole different ball of wax (and I'm talking here about some real ugly/disgusting ear wax, like from a vagrant with ear mites).