Watching the shenanigans of SCO has turned into the geek equivalent of Dallas for geeks.
This week on SCO
Novel "oh my god!, Im sure I killed him"
SCO "Im baaaaack and I have 100 million dollars"
Red Hat "what crack monkey gave him money ?"
1. Make the Constitution mean nothing CHECK
2. Make it so big companies can ignore the law CHECK
3. Remove the right to due process CHECK
4. Spend billions on killing muslims with no end game accept losing CHECK
5. Illegally spy on your fellow Americans with phone taps and spy satellites. CHECK
6. Piss off every country on the surface of the planet and make the name USA a joke. CHECK
7. Print so much US currency that its worth next to nothing in reality. CHECK
Bin Ladin "George why didn't I hire you sooner"
Education isnt just about teaching people about the law but also showing them solutions that fit their lifestyle. What would you bet that the Microsoft rep never mentions to the students that rather than breaking the law and stealing proprietary software they could download a FOSS solution and avoid all legal entanglements.
corporate BS, If you don't support our distorted view of corporate law you are a terr'ist. Its gotten so bad many countries have implemented laws regarding copyright and IP so they don't have to put up with the stupidity thats damaging global trade being pushed by the US.
If you don't support our distorted view of corporate law you are a terr'ist. Its gotten so bad many countries have implemented laws regarding copyright and IP so they don't have to put up with the stupidity thats damaging global trade being pushed by the US.
mention the HDMI - DRM fluster fsk were you have to have a router with a internet connection to play media you have legally purchased if you dont have the right version of the DRM firmware on your player.
At a meeting of fellow anime fans someone turned up with a DVD full of real media ripped files, we all laughed when we saw the files on the big screen (no one asked for a copy either). These days everything is either xvid/AVI/mp3 or the much preferred H.264/mkv/OGG (or AAC) high res files.
Easy set a bounty price on bugs. A serious security flaw gets you $2k then regressing downwards in price depending on how important the bug is. Also make sure that that part of the bounty payment procedure is a contractual agreement regarding the IP. So if anyone decides (stupidly) to release any of the information it is a simple breach of contract. Lets be honest humans do not like doing things without some form of monetary or social gain and to pretend another alternate false reality exists is naive.
If you sell software under a restricted proprietary license you have set the rules for all dealings with with your code as being based purely on monetary gain. So if some programmers figure out a security flaw with your software they like you "don't have to give away their code or IP for nothing" because you also insist on not give away your IP either.
The last company I worked for had remote desktop setup for its traveling workers not only because it is easier to admin but because government border controls in most nations are now also covert espionage fronts for local officials (USA does this too). The question that comes to mind is if the remote server that the user logs into via the laptop is in another sovereign nation do you have the right to tell the US officials that they are exceeding their powers ? Also if you are forced to hand over the password and then 10 minutes later you alert company officials thus the account is frozen will the government arrest you ?
Many may think this is to do with national security or the encroachment of individual privacy but the reality is a bit more under handed. Right now the USA is facing a massive amount of international trade competition and "information" is big money. I will give you an example, the USA is looking at tendering for a multi billions dollar wheat contract with Kuwait but doesn't know what other countries are doing (kick backs, brown bags etc). So when a company official from a competing country comes in to the USA they may or may not have data on their phone or laptop regarding wheat contracts. You can bet your kids that customs are going to be instructed through shadowy channels to get a copy of that information one way or the other. The French and English are masters of this type of corporate espionage, but as we can see the USA are very ham fisted and obvious Company officials from large international resources companies are now well versed in security (if they are not they will soon go broke) and do take very extreme measures now to keep all dealing hidden.
is both OSX and Windows Vista are heading down this road of "we tell you how and when you use your hardware. Thank god I threw windows in the bin 7 years ago and swapped to Linux and FreeBSD.
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Watching the shenanigans of SCO has turned into the geek equivalent of Dallas for geeks.
This week on SCO
Novel "oh my god!, Im sure I killed him"
SCO "Im baaaaack and I have 100 million dollars"
Red Hat "what crack monkey gave him money ?"
I would show you my latest version of Linux but Im still compiling it.
1. Make the Constitution mean nothing CHECK 2. Make it so big companies can ignore the law CHECK 3. Remove the right to due process CHECK 4. Spend billions on killing muslims with no end game accept losing CHECK 5. Illegally spy on your fellow Americans with phone taps and spy satellites. CHECK 6. Piss off every country on the surface of the planet and make the name USA a joke. CHECK 7. Print so much US currency that its worth next to nothing in reality. CHECK Bin Ladin "George why didn't I hire you sooner"
GAH!!.. You are all "work units"
Your are all "work units"
Education isnt just about teaching people about the law but also showing them solutions that fit their lifestyle. What would you bet that the Microsoft rep never mentions to the students that rather than breaking the law and stealing proprietary software they could download a FOSS solution and avoid all legal entanglements.
corporate BS, If you don't support our distorted view of corporate law you are a terr'ist. Its gotten so bad many countries have implemented laws regarding copyright and IP so they don't have to put up with the stupidity thats damaging global trade being pushed by the US.
OOPs, sorry I put the comment in the wrong thread.
If you don't support our distorted view of corporate law you are a terr'ist. Its gotten so bad many countries have implemented laws regarding copyright and IP so they don't have to put up with the stupidity thats damaging global trade being pushed by the US.
Dude just look at my thesis, it has magnetism, DNA and nanoparticles and to show off I threw in 3D-particles, Im definitely going to pass this year.
Astrology is to Astronomy as is a someone with a dowling rod is to a civil engineer.
Recent research has shown a massive shortage of brown paper bags in Washington this week.
here in Sydney, I cant believe you guys call that crap coffee.
mention the HDMI - DRM fluster fsk were you have to have a router with a internet connection to play media you have legally purchased if you dont have the right version of the DRM firmware on your player.
At a meeting of fellow anime fans someone turned up with a DVD full of real media ripped files, we all laughed when we saw the files on the big screen (no one asked for a copy either). These days everything is either xvid/AVI/mp3 or the much preferred H.264/mkv/OGG (or AAC) high res files.
Yeah, I want to play a real media file so Im forced to download or use some software made by real, talk about blackmail heh.
Easy set a bounty price on bugs. A serious security flaw gets you $2k then regressing downwards in price depending on how important the bug is. Also make sure that that part of the bounty payment procedure is a contractual agreement regarding the IP. So if anyone decides (stupidly) to release any of the information it is a simple breach of contract. Lets be honest humans do not like doing things without some form of monetary or social gain and to pretend another alternate false reality exists is naive.
If you sell software under a restricted proprietary license you have set the rules for all dealings with with your code as being based purely on monetary gain. So if some programmers figure out a security flaw with your software they like you "don't have to give away their code or IP for nothing" because you also insist on not give away your IP either.
The last company I worked for had remote desktop setup for its traveling workers not only because it is easier to admin but because government border controls in most nations are now also covert espionage fronts for local officials (USA does this too). The question that comes to mind is if the remote server that the user logs into via the laptop is in another sovereign nation do you have the right to tell the US officials that they are exceeding their powers ? Also if you are forced to hand over the password and then 10 minutes later you alert company officials thus the account is frozen will the government arrest you ?
Many may think this is to do with national security or the encroachment of individual privacy but the reality is a bit more under handed. Right now the USA is facing a massive amount of international trade competition and "information" is big money. I will give you an example, the USA is looking at tendering for a multi billions dollar wheat contract with Kuwait but doesn't know what other countries are doing (kick backs, brown bags etc). So when a company official from a competing country comes in to the USA they may or may not have data on their phone or laptop regarding wheat contracts. You can bet your kids that customs are going to be instructed through shadowy channels to get a copy of that information one way or the other. The French and English are masters of this type of corporate espionage, but as we can see the USA are very ham fisted and obvious Company officials from large international resources companies are now well versed in security (if they are not they will soon go broke) and do take very extreme measures now to keep all dealing hidden.
is both OSX and Windows Vista are heading down this road of "we tell you how and when you use your hardware. Thank god I threw windows in the bin 7 years ago and swapped to Linux and FreeBSD.
You could be a real bastard and put OpenBSD on a top of the range $10k machine and watch as people spend hours pulling their hair out.
You could be real bastard and put OpenBSD on a top or the range $10k machine and watch as people spend hours pulling their hair out.
Im with the string theory people and what we are seeing is an "effect" of multidimensional space.
Dongle = Evil, read my post.