How many US schools teach the full history of the US army genocide of native american indians? Do they talk about how the cavilry would ride in to an indian village and shoot anyone they saw, women and children preferably? Mine did, hell I can even spell cavalry. Nice try though. Actually no, pretty limp really.
Well, I would think that that is an order of magnitude simpler because they probably have quite a few very broad patents on GUI design and doubly linked lists, junk like that that the USPO rubber stamps. Linux/gnome/kde/firefox et cetera projects are open source so they just have to pick a patent, pick a feature that vaguely matches a patent that they hold from an OSS project, and copy and paste the source code into their allegations.
I think the whole thing is very different legally than the SCO case, although IANAL. I admit they probably won't see any more success with it if they pursue it than SCO did.
I do agree MS would be up a creek if they pursued this, but I doubt they would have to 'show the code' as you put it.
The whole SCO deal was about copyright infringement, they claimed basically that their copyrighted code had been appropriated and GNU-ed by the linux hippies and IBM. To demonstrate that it took place they were asked to show the original code, which turned out to be comment lines or stuff that was open source years before Caldera made any contributions to linux. Im probably butchering this, but the important part is that it was a question of copyright.
Microsoft is claiming patent infringement though, so all they have to do is show their patent. They don't have to have any code that implements the patent at all in order to sue somebody over it.
DRM restricts what you can do with something you have paid for. How is that not a relevant freedom-related issue? Because nobody makes you pay for it. If I want to pay somebody to chain me up and spank me that isn't a freedom related issue either.
With the exception of 1) you just described Earth.
Seriously, there are much harsher environments on earth where life exists. A little extra gravity is nothing compared to the Gobi desert or the water beneath the polar ice cap or Paris Hilton's crotch.
I believe this means that all install scripts are running as root--I don't know if this is a security hole, but it sure sounds like one. Normal users being able to write to directories like/usr/bin and/boot/grub/ and so forth would be a security hole.
A normal user can always install and run software into his own home directory, that's where I have google-earth and a few games installed. Allowing anyone who isn't admin install software globally would be a huge security problem (actually, it is a huge security problem in some OSes I can think of).
And let's face it, the kind of people who install new programs every single day are the computer addicts like us who can type in our passwords at 1000 words per minute without even thinking about it. I doubt many linux users have their passwords on post-it notes on their monitors.
Well, not totally wrong.
While I see no reason why water is 100% required for plate activity, I am pretty sure water and other fluids play a big role in the heat transfer and melting at subduction zones.
So, while the plates don't float around on water like styrofoam boxes in a swimming pool, there is water involved in the mechanics of our plate tectonics.
the idea is to gradually make all cars and trucks smaller and lighter so they use less energy and are less dangerous in accidents to other cars.
So the idea is to count on the other guy to be safer? Has this ever worked in the history of humanity?
Safety will always be a concern. Don't expect people to start wrapping delivery trucks in styrofoam and condemning 1970's era land-frigates.
Actually their prices are about normal for an asus chassis.
Not all laptops are created equal. There is a decided quality difference between a Dell (Quanta) and a system76 (ASUS).
Just because they cost more doesn't mean their prices are ridiculous. A porsche costs more than a camaro, but that doesn't necessarily make the price ridiculous.
Here is a chart of brands and the actual manufacturers. http://tuxmobil.org/laptop_oem.html
I think if you do a little research you'll find that ASUS are worth the money. A flimsy laptop is a sad thing.
You know you can buy laptops from system76.com which are basically asus chassis with linux-friendly hardware and ubuntu pre-installed?
Maybe you're getting the laptop through work or something, in which case maybe you really have no choice, but there are vendors out there that sell quality PCs without a windows tax and linux-friendly hardware.
Someone one said "A fool and his money are soon parted".
I've heard this before, but I still don't understand how you can repartition money. Aren't notes and coins atomic?
It would be more likely the opposite. We would have 24 hour coverage of Britney Spears' breakdowns and freak potatoes shaped like Elvis' head because nobody would want to air anything influential and possibly get in legal trouble.
The media is inane enough, it doesn't need more help from people who 'know what is good for us'.
They wouldn't want to win a lawsuit like that, because it would only be setting a precedent for people who can do online content delivery better than they can. Google for example, but basically anybody but Microsoft is going to beat Microsoft at this.
I think their actions here are probably trying to set a precedent in the other direction, "Look, this is wrong and we are trying to stop it but Google isn't; Ban them from the internets!"
I'm afraid that if Microsoft has it's way open documents will go the way of web standards, with the code being open but the implementation being so confused and confusing that to view documents "the way they are meant to be" you will need to buy Microsoft products. I hope that the ODF takes hold, I already use it for all my own documents.
I've run into at least one registration form lately that would reject any email address with a + in it.
This only works until it becomes widespread, and then the email addresses will not be considered valid or spammers will just truncate the +whatever. Until then, though, you better believe I'm gonna use it.
Who needs stories when you have obvious defects and intentional crippling of the operating system, taking control out of the administrator's hands for the sake of microsoft's business partners. None of the customers wanted their audio and video quality to be degraded unless the met certain requirements and the system was working perfectly, so who was that added for?
On the off chance that you're not trolling for the sake of trolling and are legitimately ignorant, read this and try to point out just what is "made up".
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_c ost.html
Many reports now indicate that any made up sensationalist drivel at all can be modded Interesting on slashdot.
I'm as big a fan of linux and detractor from Vista as the next linux greybeard, but let's not stoop to making stuff up when theres such a plethora of real problems with Vista.
Those PICO PSUs you refer to seem to all be DC-DC power supplies for use in automotive applications. For any kind of home use you would need an AC-DC power supply, and that's much more difficult.
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Nice try though. Actually no, pretty limp really.
Well, I would think that that is an order of magnitude simpler because they probably have quite a few very broad patents on GUI design and doubly linked lists, junk like that that the USPO rubber stamps. Linux/gnome/kde/firefox et cetera projects are open source so they just have to pick a patent, pick a feature that vaguely matches a patent that they hold from an OSS project, and copy and paste the source code into their allegations.
I think the whole thing is very different legally than the SCO case, although IANAL. I admit they probably won't see any more success with it if they pursue it than SCO did.
I do agree MS would be up a creek if they pursued this, but I doubt they would have to 'show the code' as you put it.
The whole SCO deal was about copyright infringement, they claimed basically that their copyrighted code had been appropriated and GNU-ed by the linux hippies and IBM. To demonstrate that it took place they were asked to show the original code, which turned out to be comment lines or stuff that was open source years before Caldera made any contributions to linux. Im probably butchering this, but the important part is that it was a question of copyright.
Microsoft is claiming patent infringement though, so all they have to do is show their patent. They don't have to have any code that implements the patent at all in order to sue somebody over it.
Think of this particular battle as Normandy, and not the Battle of Britain.
The entrenched ones are definitely the bad guys.
Bruce Schneier proved the infinitude of primes...by enumeration.
If I want to pay somebody to chain me up and spank me that isn't a freedom related issue either.
With the exception of 1) you just described Earth.
Seriously, there are much harsher environments on earth where life exists.
A little extra gravity is nothing compared to the Gobi desert or the water beneath the polar ice cap or Paris Hilton's crotch.
A normal user can always install and run software into his own home directory, that's where I have google-earth and a few games installed.
Allowing anyone who isn't admin install software globally would be a huge security problem (actually, it is a huge security problem in some OSes I can think of).
And let's face it, the kind of people who install new programs every single day are the computer addicts like us who can type in our passwords at 1000 words per minute without even thinking about it. I doubt many linux users have their passwords on post-it notes on their monitors.
Well, not totally wrong.
While I see no reason why water is 100% required for plate activity, I am pretty sure water and other fluids play a big role in the heat transfer and melting at subduction zones.
So, while the plates don't float around on water like styrofoam boxes in a swimming pool, there is water involved in the mechanics of our plate tectonics.
So the idea is to count on the other guy to be safer? Has this ever worked in the history of humanity?
Safety will always be a concern. Don't expect people to start wrapping delivery trucks in styrofoam and condemning 1970's era land-frigates.
Actually their prices are about normal for an asus chassis.
Not all laptops are created equal. There is a decided quality difference between a Dell (Quanta) and a system76 (ASUS).
Just because they cost more doesn't mean their prices are ridiculous. A porsche costs more than a camaro, but that doesn't necessarily make the price ridiculous.
Here is a chart of brands and the actual manufacturers. http://tuxmobil.org/laptop_oem.html
I think if you do a little research you'll find that ASUS are worth the money. A flimsy laptop is a sad thing.
You know you can buy laptops from system76.com which are basically asus chassis with linux-friendly hardware and ubuntu pre-installed?
Maybe you're getting the laptop through work or something, in which case maybe you really have no choice, but there are vendors out there that sell quality PCs without a windows tax and linux-friendly hardware.
I've heard this before, but I still don't understand how you can repartition money. Aren't notes and coins atomic?
It would be more likely the opposite. We would have 24 hour coverage of Britney Spears' breakdowns and freak potatoes shaped like Elvis' head because nobody would want to air anything influential and possibly get in legal trouble.
The media is inane enough, it doesn't need more help from people who 'know what is good for us'.
They wouldn't want to win a lawsuit like that, because it would only be setting a precedent for people who can do online content delivery better than they can.
Google for example, but basically anybody but Microsoft is going to beat Microsoft at this.
I think their actions here are probably trying to set a precedent in the other direction, "Look, this is wrong and we are trying to stop it but Google isn't; Ban them from the internets!"
If you can manipulate open web standards to favor your browser, then you can manipulate open document standards to favor your office suite.
I'm afraid that if Microsoft has it's way open documents will go the way of web standards, with the code being open but the implementation being so confused and confusing that to view documents "the way they are meant to be" you will need to buy Microsoft products.
I hope that the ODF takes hold, I already use it for all my own documents.
Sure, let's cripple our entire economy to simplify the tax code and make you feel better.
Let's fast track this.
I've run into at least one registration form lately that would reject any email address with a + in it.
This only works until it becomes widespread, and then the email addresses will not be considered valid or spammers will just truncate the +whatever. Until then, though, you better believe I'm gonna use it.
Oh please, your post as AC just proves that not even you believe that.
Who needs stories when you have obvious defects and intentional crippling of the operating system, taking control out of the administrator's hands for the sake of microsoft's business partners. None of the customers wanted their audio and video quality to be degraded unless the met certain requirements and the system was working perfectly, so who was that added for?c ost.html
On the off chance that you're not trolling for the sake of trolling and are legitimately ignorant, read this and try to point out just what is "made up". http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_
This sounds a lot like buying a 128kbps audio track, burning it to CD, and then ripping it at 192 for higher quality.
Many reports now indicate that any made up sensationalist drivel at all can be modded Interesting on slashdot.
I'm as big a fan of linux and detractor from Vista as the next linux greybeard, but let's not stoop to making stuff up when theres such a plethora of real problems with Vista.
Those PICO PSUs you refer to seem to all be DC-DC power supplies for use in automotive applications. For any kind of home use you would need an AC-DC power supply, and that's much more difficult.