My biggest problem is that I can't get any robots to obey my robot.txt file. I don't know if I'm coding them wrong or what, but I'll logon sometimes and see 20+ googlebots or inktomi spiders indexing my site, which affects my performance. If MS wants to steal Google's links, let Google deal with it. I want my site to appear on search engines, but the bandwidth I lose to Google and Inktomi spiders is not worthwhile to me.
But at the same time, to me, EULA's are typically not understood by your average user. I know I don't understand half of what they say, and I'm a third year college student.
Is it really fair for Microsoft to be able to put one line in their EULA that gives them full rights to take YOUR computer over and view your files, passwords, personal documents, etc? What makes this any different from the people who do it illegally? Is it really any different from the telemarketers and other salesmen and the like who prey on people's stupidity?
In all seriousness though, what will happen to Microsoft now? Doesn't their EULA give them permission to access your computer and gain administrative rights? Won't this bill make that provision null and void?
I've used Napster and MusicMatch, and they're both great. My only thing with them is that from the music company's perspective, when they encode them in WMA format, all you have to do is burn them to a CD and rip them back into MP3 to get around all of the copyright protection stuff. Personally, I wish they would just encode them in mp3, as it would make it far easier on everyone.
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My biggest problem is that I can't get any robots to obey my robot.txt file. I don't know if I'm coding them wrong or what, but I'll logon sometimes and see 20+ googlebots or inktomi spiders indexing my site, which affects my performance. If MS wants to steal Google's links, let Google deal with it. I want my site to appear on search engines, but the bandwidth I lose to Google and Inktomi spiders is not worthwhile to me.
I had been wondering why all the AT&T Wireless employees in my mall were looking scared. This probably means a lot of AT&T stores will be closing.
Is there anything online about the PayPal class action lawsuit? My roommate got scammed by a bed merchant, and I'm curious about this now.
But at the same time, to me, EULA's are typically not understood by your average user. I know I don't understand half of what they say, and I'm a third year college student. Is it really fair for Microsoft to be able to put one line in their EULA that gives them full rights to take YOUR computer over and view your files, passwords, personal documents, etc? What makes this any different from the people who do it illegally? Is it really any different from the telemarketers and other salesmen and the like who prey on people's stupidity?
In all seriousness though, what will happen to Microsoft now? Doesn't their EULA give them permission to access your computer and gain administrative rights? Won't this bill make that provision null and void?
I've used Napster and MusicMatch, and they're both great. My only thing with them is that from the music company's perspective, when they encode them in WMA format, all you have to do is burn them to a CD and rip them back into MP3 to get around all of the copyright protection stuff. Personally, I wish they would just encode them in mp3, as it would make it far easier on everyone.