For a start, there are dedicated resources for investigating stolen goods, and even more dedicated resources for investigating crimes involving high tech companies (like Apple, Microsoft, or Google). Before you complain about that, bear in mind that California collects roughly 9.3% of your... let's say $40,000 per year in taxes (and consider yourself bloody lucky - New Zealand collects 50% of my $60,000 per year). California also collects 8.3% of Apple's... er, how many BILLION dollars per year? You could probably say that their taxes more than adequately pay for that one high tech investigations unit, as well as subsidising your roads, education, and yes, police.
Everyone (but mostly you) seems to forget that Apple is a taxpayer too.
But the initial sale of the phone was illegal. It became stolen property the instant the person who originally had it failed to either return it to the owner or turn it in to the police (incidentally, if they turn it in to the cops, it becomes theirs if not collected in 90 days).
According to the story on the website he tried the phone, got the engineer's name, and went to bed. In the morning the phone was wiped remotely. He tried calling Apple but got nowhere.
A rational person under this circumstance would not have called AppleCare (which is their story by the way), they would have called the main switchboard and asked for the specific person whose name they know. They didn't do this. Thus, they're criminal morons.
What state are you in? I bet I could find the law that says that not returning lost property or (in the case of expensive stuff) turning it into the police is considered theft.
we call the Police, children's services, and they blow us the fuck off.
Really? You called the Police? Did it occur to you that they might have been on tour at the time, or doing a gig at a local bar? They're not, you know, Wrapped Around Your Finger or anything.
Actually, his father let the cops into the house. And to be honest, I don't blame him.
Once the cops were in, Brian probably co-operated because he knew he had no hope of winning in the impending suit against him, and decided to appear co-operative to lessen the sentence (I do believe courts do that?)
True. Windows 2 goes before Windows 3.x. OS2 Warp and Mac OS 9 aren't part of the Microsoft product family for obvious reasons, and there's no such thing as Win32k (you mean Win32s, the Windows 3.11 32-bit addon). XP home, tablet, and media centre are all XP. Vista home premium and Vista ultimate are both Vista.
2000 and NT4 get split because there legitimately are two versions aimed at two different groups.
The successor to Windows 2000 Professional was Windows XP. Not Windows Server 2003.
Millenium was also a consolidation release, designed to make the consumer line look more like the business line so they could merge them. There are three tracks:
3.x -> 95 -> 98 -> Me -> (Line ends. Continue from XP below) NT 4 Workstation -> 2000 Professional -> XP -> Vista -> 7 NT 3.51 -> NT 4 Server -> 2000 Server -> 2003 -> 2008 -> 2008R2
Well, the New Zealand government believes it is one giant entity, so passing OSS software between departments does not amount to distribution - even if passing from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Transport. Of course, they also state that there may be obligations if an OIA request is received relating to the software.
1) the employer cannot deny the coder actually wrote that code (up-front attribution is not required, on-demand confirmation is required
The Employer can say "I have no comment to make on that matter." And refuse to provide a yes or no answer, as to whether the coder wrote that code, without recourse by the employee.
Incorrect. It's not employment law that comes in here, it's Copyright Law. Basically, it irrevocably grants something called "moral rights" on works to the original author, no matter who the copyright itself is vested in. One of those rights is the right to be identified as the author of the work. Refusing to recognise the creator as the author of the work is a violation of Copyright Law.
You can actually configure UAC so you don't have the token, you know. Require password every time you try to elevate.
Anyway, if you say that UAC is not a boundary (you'll note I didn't specify which user type you elevate from) then neither is sudo or Mac OS X elevation.
Not since Slashdot fucked up metamod. You don't moderate moderations with it any more, you just unaccountably assign +1 or -1 directly to posts. It's just like moderation now.
You mean the "creating Steam cache" step? Where it turns a perfectly fine install package into a giant pile of Steaming crap? Yeah, that sucks. If I buy a game like Warhammer 40K DoW II, it's because I wanted to play it, not watch it patch.
From all the DRM systems out there, Steam is the least intrusive one and it actually gives you more value to the game (community, in-game browser, archievements).
No, Stardock's Impulse::Reactor is. You don't even need the Impulse client installed to run the game (just download updates, and it doesn't run unless you tell it to), has community, browser, and achievements, and doesn't need some bullshit fickle "offline mode" (which doesn't work a lot of the time) to run the game when your crappy residential grade connection craps out.
In Windows 7, many of those operations no longer require UAC approval - regardless of the fact that they impact the system (i.e. changing the loaded driver for hardware without installing new hardware to do it) - just like Mac OS X.
UAC can also be configured to require the user's credentials to elevate, even when logged in as an admin.
Also, UAC is indeed a boundary at the lowest level, hence the requirement to bloody reboot when you change it (can you tell I hate rebooting).
But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your anti-Microsoft rant.
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For a start, there are dedicated resources for investigating stolen goods, and even more dedicated resources for investigating crimes involving high tech companies (like Apple, Microsoft, or Google). Before you complain about that, bear in mind that California collects roughly 9.3% of your... let's say $40,000 per year in taxes (and consider yourself bloody lucky - New Zealand collects 50% of my $60,000 per year). California also collects 8.3% of Apple's... er, how many BILLION dollars per year? You could probably say that their taxes more than adequately pay for that one high tech investigations unit, as well as subsidising your roads, education, and yes, police.
Everyone (but mostly you) seems to forget that Apple is a taxpayer too.
But the initial sale of the phone was illegal. It became stolen property the instant the person who originally had it failed to either return it to the owner or turn it in to the police (incidentally, if they turn it in to the cops, it becomes theirs if not collected in 90 days).
According to the story on the website he tried the phone, got the engineer's name, and went to bed. In the morning the phone was wiped remotely. He tried calling Apple but got nowhere.
A rational person under this circumstance would not have called AppleCare (which is their story by the way), they would have called the main switchboard and asked for the specific person whose name they know. They didn't do this. Thus, they're criminal morons.
What state are you in? I bet I could find the law that says that not returning lost property or (in the case of expensive stuff) turning it into the police is considered theft.
Because everywhere has it.
we call the Police, children's services, and they blow us the fuck off.
Really? You called the Police? Did it occur to you that they might have been on tour at the time, or doing a gig at a local bar? They're not, you know, Wrapped Around Your Finger or anything.
I think he was being pedantic, and implying that thinboy00 should have said "discreet". Two different meanings.
Ergo, Spelling Nazi!
The law says "disclosed". Apple didn't disclose the trade secret in this event. It was misappropriated. Therefore, it remains protected.
Regardless, the value of the device triggers Grand Theft laws anyway. Sucks to be Hogan. He stole the phone. Shouldn't have stolen the phone.
Actually, his father let the cops into the house. And to be honest, I don't blame him.
Once the cops were in, Brian probably co-operated because he knew he had no hope of winning in the impending suit against him, and decided to appear co-operative to lessen the sentence (I do believe courts do that?)
True. Windows 2 goes before Windows 3.x. OS2 Warp and Mac OS 9 aren't part of the Microsoft product family for obvious reasons, and there's no such thing as Win32k (you mean Win32s, the Windows 3.11 32-bit addon). XP home, tablet, and media centre are all XP. Vista home premium and Vista ultimate are both Vista.
2000 and NT4 get split because there legitimately are two versions aimed at two different groups.
The successor to Windows 2000 Professional was Windows XP. Not Windows Server 2003.
Millenium was also a consolidation release, designed to make the consumer line look more like the business line so they could merge them. There are three tracks:
3.x -> 95 -> 98 -> Me -> (Line ends. Continue from XP below)
NT 4 Workstation -> 2000 Professional -> XP -> Vista -> 7
NT 3.51 -> NT 4 Server -> 2000 Server -> 2003 -> 2008 -> 2008R2
leaving you careening down the freeway at 100. Piracy kills! :P
I think Toyota has a patent on that.
It's allowed because internal distribution of the program is not distribution - it's within a single legal entity.
The GP's claim is at first glance correct, however a lawyer would need to confirm it. Such as the GP's employer's lawyers.
What about software that provides a web interface ? Is that distribution ? In today's fad of SAAS and SAP, the lines are very blurry.
No. That's why the AGPL exists.
Well, the New Zealand government believes it is one giant entity, so passing OSS software between departments does not amount to distribution - even if passing from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Transport. Of course, they also state that there may be obligations if an OIA request is received relating to the software.
1) the employer cannot deny the coder actually wrote that code (up-front attribution is not required, on-demand confirmation is required
The Employer can say "I have no comment to make on that matter." And refuse to provide a yes or no answer, as to whether the coder wrote that code, without recourse by the employee.
Incorrect. It's not employment law that comes in here, it's Copyright Law. Basically, it irrevocably grants something called "moral rights" on works to the original author, no matter who the copyright itself is vested in. One of those rights is the right to be identified as the author of the work. Refusing to recognise the creator as the author of the work is a violation of Copyright Law.
The ironic part is that Microsoft owns Red vs Blue. MICROSOFT.
Ah. So IGN is illegitimate.
I'll be sure to pass that on.
A multi-million dollar company is hardly an individual.
O wait...
Curse has more than $12 million available to them. They don't need a $0 license.
You can actually configure UAC so you don't have the token, you know. Require password every time you try to elevate.
Anyway, if you say that UAC is not a boundary (you'll note I didn't specify which user type you elevate from) then neither is sudo or Mac OS X elevation.
Not since Slashdot fucked up metamod. You don't moderate moderations with it any more, you just unaccountably assign +1 or -1 directly to posts. It's just like moderation now.
You mean the "creating Steam cache" step? Where it turns a perfectly fine install package into a giant pile of Steaming crap? Yeah, that sucks. If I buy a game like Warhammer 40K DoW II, it's because I wanted to play it, not watch it patch.
From all the DRM systems out there, Steam is the least intrusive one and it actually gives you more value to the game (community, in-game browser, archievements).
No, Stardock's Impulse::Reactor is. You don't even need the Impulse client installed to run the game (just download updates, and it doesn't run unless you tell it to), has community, browser, and achievements, and doesn't need some bullshit fickle "offline mode" (which doesn't work a lot of the time) to run the game when your crappy residential grade connection craps out.
In Windows 7, many of those operations no longer require UAC approval - regardless of the fact that they impact the system (i.e. changing the loaded driver for hardware without installing new hardware to do it) - just like Mac OS X.
UAC can also be configured to require the user's credentials to elevate, even when logged in as an admin.
Also, UAC is indeed a boundary at the lowest level, hence the requirement to bloody reboot when you change it (can you tell I hate rebooting).
But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your anti-Microsoft rant.
I thought the special case on ICQ was "legitimate messages"?