If the merchant attempts 3D Secure authentication, they are immediately insulated against chargeback for "unauthorised use" or "stolen card". Even if the card is not enrolled. Most awesome liability shift ever.
Wow, that's crap. In NZ, if you know the account number of the receiver, you can just log into your bank's online banking system, punch in that number and the amount, and pay someone for FREE. If the money isn't there instantly, it's there at the next processing window (typically midnight to 3AM next working day).
And for you americans, who'll call that a security flaw, in NZ you can't withdraw money with just an account number - you need positive (usually photo) identification as well and must do it in person.
You just tell Paypal to delete them. If they don't, you report them to the authorities and Visa/Mastercard. Even Paypal isn't big enough to ignore the terms of their merchant agreement.
And besides, it would be ultra satisfying to see Paypal's merchant services revoked.
But seamonkey is no longer part of Mozilla. They are a separate company called SeaMonkey Council, and should be allowed to submit their own product to the EU. ----- And if the argument is: "FF and SM use the same mozilla base," that is not valid either. There are two Webkit browsers on the EU ballot.
Because there's already too many browser options on that screen. Microsoft doesn't want to make it any bigger than it is (and Microsoft controls that ballot, not the EC)
No, no it really doesn't. Information doesn't want anything. You want information to be free. And I want you to give me your car. I don't see that happening.
I read articles for and against Microsoft, in and out of Groklaw. As far as I can tell, the evidence is against Microsoft and that body of evidence identifying Microsoft as a bad player in the market is rather overwhelming.
Bollocks. Their evidence is "uses the same law firm", and they even go so far as "uses the same lawyer". Wow, that's irrefutable. Using that bullshit logic, Walmart is actually behind it, because they used the same auditing firm once. Shit, better go protest outside Walmart!
Try actually reading Groklaw. They never have anything good, or even neutral to say about Microsoft. Even if Microsoft does something positive (rare though that may be) Groklaw's response is always "what's their angle?"
If the word "Microsoft" is involved, Groklaw should always be disregarded as a credible source. Groklaw is on a bigger smear campaign against Microsoft than any Microsoft have ever been accused of.
And even on Groklaw, they're grasping at straws to somehow make "uses the same law firm" into "funding the evil smear campaign against Google". Gimme a break.
C) No phone lock-in, Android is by far the most open of the popular Smartphone OSes beating both Windows Mobile and iOS.
That's rich. It's well known that despite being closed source, Windows Mobile is actually the most open of the smart phone OS variants. Unlike 90% of Android offerings, no Windows Mobile device ever employs DRM to prevent you installing a homebrew OS. Unlike Android, no Windows Mobile device allows installing impossible to remove applications. Unlike Android, there is no requirement for any application installed on a Windows Mobile device to be signed. Unlike Android, Windows Mobile devices let you build apps in any language that can compile for it.
Windows Phone though. Now that's a closed abomination.
in this case Microsoft is backing lawsuits with their own resources
[citation needed]
In one of those cases is there a direct link - the first organisation is apparently backed by Microsoft funds. It doesn't mean Microsoft was responsible, but there's a possibility. For the other two, all the post says is that the law firm representing two of those companies also represents Microsoft. Tentative connection at best. In fact, if you consider the statements in the blog proof of Microsoft involvement, then by golly ExxonMobil is involved too, because they used the same auditors once (the fact that there are only really three auditing companies in the world is completely irrelevant).
No, the best there is (for Vista and 7) is the Resource Monitor, a tool which ships with the operating system (simply launch it from the start menu or task manager).
You can see the per-process CPU, memory, bandwidth, etc utilisation. You can also suspend and resume the process. If you want to drill in more into a given process, just use Process Monitor from MS/Sysinternals.
Actually, it's not because the banks marginalise it, it's because adult processing has a chargeback rate significantly higher than most other business types, so of course they'll be paranoid about it. Also, the reason that client of your couldn't find a new bank is because when they were terminated for lying on the application, they would have been added to the TMF and therefore every other potential provider can see that they have been blacklisted once, and why.
I'm not sure I'd call the GPL "plain english". In fact, it's just as guilty as the proprietary licenses at redefining english terms and attempting to extend outside of it's legal definition (conveyancing? What's that bullshit?)
How is it not taking their customers seriously to not develop for a platform? No wonder no one is willing to listen to the average Linux user if that's their attitude - "You don't make a Linux version, so you aren't taking customers seriously!"
I know you've decided to believe that Steam is DRM protected, but, um, it's not. (It is, in fact, free.) Steam is a frontend to an online server, and you can install it on as many computers as you want, and login from them all.
The implication was not that Steam was DRM protected, the implication was that Steam is DRM. Which it is.
Did you seriously just equate closed source with torture?
Congratulations, you are exactly the person that the GP was talking about - and I was despairing of reading something from one of you zealots too, it seemed all I was going to get is people saying he's wrong and noone really thinks like that.
Not quite true. Visa and MasterCard are a force to be reckoned with everywhere. Even if the country isn't on buddy terms with the western world, they still won't want to piss off the credit card associations (of which their own banks may be members). The difference is usually in countries where the government is as corrupt as the dodgy sellers (Russia, China).
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Are you forgetting that Visa International and MasterCard International are... wait for it... associations of banks?
If the merchant attempts 3D Secure authentication, they are immediately insulated against chargeback for "unauthorised use" or "stolen card". Even if the card is not enrolled. Most awesome liability shift ever.
Wow, that's crap. In NZ, if you know the account number of the receiver, you can just log into your bank's online banking system, punch in that number and the amount, and pay someone for FREE. If the money isn't there instantly, it's there at the next processing window (typically midnight to 3AM next working day).
And for you americans, who'll call that a security flaw, in NZ you can't withdraw money with just an account number - you need positive (usually photo) identification as well and must do it in person.
You just tell Paypal to delete them. If they don't, you report them to the authorities and Visa/Mastercard. Even Paypal isn't big enough to ignore the terms of their merchant agreement.
And besides, it would be ultra satisfying to see Paypal's merchant services revoked.
But seamonkey is no longer part of Mozilla. They are a separate company called SeaMonkey Council, and should be allowed to submit their own product to the EU. ----- And if the argument is: "FF and SM use the same mozilla base," that is not valid either. There are two Webkit browsers on the EU ballot.
Because there's already too many browser options on that screen. Microsoft doesn't want to make it any bigger than it is (and Microsoft controls that ballot, not the EC)
Because the iPad already has an operating system, it doesn't need another...
Information wants to be free.
No, no it really doesn't. Information doesn't want anything. You want information to be free. And I want you to give me your car. I don't see that happening.
I read articles for and against Microsoft, in and out of Groklaw. As far as I can tell, the evidence is against Microsoft and that body of evidence identifying Microsoft as a bad player in the market is rather overwhelming.
Bollocks. Their evidence is "uses the same law firm", and they even go so far as "uses the same lawyer". Wow, that's irrefutable. Using that bullshit logic, Walmart is actually behind it, because they used the same auditing firm once. Shit, better go protest outside Walmart!
Try actually reading Groklaw. They never have anything good, or even neutral to say about Microsoft. Even if Microsoft does something positive (rare though that may be) Groklaw's response is always "what's their angle?"
If the word "Microsoft" is involved, Groklaw should always be disregarded as a credible source. Groklaw is on a bigger smear campaign against Microsoft than any Microsoft have ever been accused of.
And even on Groklaw, they're grasping at straws to somehow make "uses the same law firm" into "funding the evil smear campaign against Google". Gimme a break.
C) No phone lock-in, Android is by far the most open of the popular Smartphone OSes beating both Windows Mobile and iOS.
That's rich. It's well known that despite being closed source, Windows Mobile is actually the most open of the smart phone OS variants. Unlike 90% of Android offerings, no Windows Mobile device ever employs DRM to prevent you installing a homebrew OS. Unlike Android, no Windows Mobile device allows installing impossible to remove applications. Unlike Android, there is no requirement for any application installed on a Windows Mobile device to be signed. Unlike Android, Windows Mobile devices let you build apps in any language that can compile for it.
Windows Phone though. Now that's a closed abomination.
in this case Microsoft is backing lawsuits with their own resources
[citation needed]
In one of those cases is there a direct link - the first organisation is apparently backed by Microsoft funds. It doesn't mean Microsoft was responsible, but there's a possibility. For the other two, all the post says is that the law firm representing two of those companies also represents Microsoft. Tentative connection at best. In fact, if you consider the statements in the blog proof of Microsoft involvement, then by golly ExxonMobil is involved too, because they used the same auditors once (the fact that there are only really three auditing companies in the world is completely irrelevant).
No, the best there is (for Vista and 7) is the Resource Monitor, a tool which ships with the operating system (simply launch it from the start menu or task manager).
You can see the per-process CPU, memory, bandwidth, etc utilisation. You can also suspend and resume the process. If you want to drill in more into a given process, just use Process Monitor from MS/Sysinternals.
Actually, it's not because the banks marginalise it, it's because adult processing has a chargeback rate significantly higher than most other business types, so of course they'll be paranoid about it. Also, the reason that client of your couldn't find a new bank is because when they were terminated for lying on the application, they would have been added to the TMF and therefore every other potential provider can see that they have been blacklisted once, and why.
Huh. In my experience, Fallout 3 freezes constantly on the PS3, not the PC.
I'm not sure I'd call the GPL "plain english". In fact, it's just as guilty as the proprietary licenses at redefining english terms and attempting to extend outside of it's legal definition (conveyancing? What's that bullshit?)
And don't forget that developers can also request that further dumps include (pseudo-)arbitrary files from the file system as well.
How is it not taking their customers seriously to not develop for a platform? No wonder no one is willing to listen to the average Linux user if that's their attitude - "You don't make a Linux version, so you aren't taking customers seriously!"
No, you need to take companies seriously.
I know you've decided to believe that Steam is DRM protected, but, um, it's not. (It is, in fact, free.) Steam is a frontend to an online server, and you can install it on as many computers as you want, and login from them all.
The implication was not that Steam was DRM protected, the implication was that Steam is DRM. Which it is.
Did you seriously just equate closed source with torture?
Congratulations, you are exactly the person that the GP was talking about - and I was despairing of reading something from one of you zealots too, it seemed all I was going to get is people saying he's wrong and noone really thinks like that.
It'd be the only thing.
Not quite true. Visa and MasterCard are a force to be reckoned with everywhere. Even if the country isn't on buddy terms with the western world, they still won't want to piss off the credit card associations (of which their own banks may be members). The difference is usually in countries where the government is as corrupt as the dodgy sellers (Russia, China).
It applies to every country that signed the Berne Convention.
At least they got a license for the name iOS. I don't think Cisco would take Apple stealing two of their trademarks lying down.
Since Google is in the business of "Domain Parking", I don't see them being interested in your idea.