Someone at SCO realized that they're actually going to be needing to sell some products at some point in the future.
And although being able to attach little "designed for MySQL" stickers to the box won't cut through SCO's pariah status in the Linux community, they can always flip open the "Copyright Protection Racket Subscribers List" folder if they need some chumps to direct market to.
>and will turn off outgoing mail if we get complaint on an IP address, though that info dosne't leave our building unless the customer them self calls in.
What? They stop customers' outgoing mail just based on a complaint?
And why wouldn't they notify the customer? Isn't that risky?
I mean, even if it's a complaint about real spam, _and_ the complainant gives you authentic message headers, _and_ you make sure that all the mail relays are legit, there's still a possibility that you make a mistake (say, one of the relays is compromised and the owner didn't know, or there's a mistake looking up the address records, etc), and you stop mail for an innocent customer.
And, if I remember correctly, some businesses have already won lawsuits against their ISPs to recover for lost business when their outgoing e-mail was stopped without cause or notice.
And viruses are a whole different ballgame, since they're almost always sending themselves without knowledge of the customer; It _really_ doesn't make sense not to notify them then.
And as a bare minimum, if they really want that policy, at least don't let the public know about it, for your customers' sake...
*looks around*
Ahem... I mean: What was your abuse e-mail address again?;)
The first thing I do when I install Acrobat on a system with Firefox is to fire it up and go to Tools->Options->Downloads->Plugins and shut the PDF plugin off so that PDFs open in the (bloated yet stable) standalone app, instead of in the unstable browser plugin.
I think that what the poster is trying to say is that the cost is fixed in the manufacturing sense (not variable with the number of units manufactured). If this is so, any additional copies they can sell are cake.
I think it's time for you to respond to this matter, making restitution and issuing an apology if necessary (if, as it appears, the service suspension was not performed in accordance with the service agreement), before your customers have a chance to arrange hosting elsewhere and jump ship. =)
Seriously, folks. If you want to compete, you have to compete. That's all there is to it.
As much as I like nationalism... Oh, wait. I don't like nationalism. Never mind.
And, I don't mean to lump everyone in with the nationalists; if you feel that more expensive domestic IT staff has more value than offshore staff, and just isn't being marketed well, then market yourself better. That's all you can do.
I bet a shiny new nickel (it's a Canadian one, currently up to a balmy 3.80 US cents) that the former Gator Co. is going to get their pants sued off by Clarica for trademark infringement.
I imagine that if and when a battery from insert-big-cellphone-manufacturer-here lights someone's phone on fire, they slap down a large NDA-required settlement offer so fast that people can hear the sonic boom for miles around.
I can see that argument making sense in the case of public health insurance.
But with private insurers, each insurer sets their premiums high enough to cover the costs and then some, but they don't want to set any individual's premiums much higher than their competitors would; this drives insurers to set them based on individuals' risk factors.
I'm not quite clear on what makes organ sales for transplant more like "subscription-only fire service" than every other service for sale in the US health care system. =)
But, maybe it's not just the user paying more for faster organ delivery that bothers people; maybe they're concerned about this combined with relatively fixed, inelastic, organ supply. (I'm sure there's a quality pun in there somewhere, but I'm to tired to figure it out right now.)
I'm not sure if the number of organs available is really fixed; Signing that organ donor card might be much easiers if there was a cash reward involved. Of course, it would probably need to be up front...
Is "architect" even a verb? I always see it being used in contexts where "design" would be much more appropriate, and it's starting to really piss me off.
If I'm feeding the troll, too bad; at least it's a philosophical one.
"which can make split-second decisions (good or bad) based on literally thousands of experiences and factors -- without requiring a "full data set" in order to arrive at the "best decision"."
That's an obvious contradiction in terms, isn't it?...
"How do you program or develop electronic logic like that? Into mobile, autonomous units capable of effective action?"
Well, see, we've got these things called stored-program computers... =) Do I have to finish that sentence, or do you see what I'm getting at?
You're awfully good at jumping up and down and telling us that you don't know the answer, but what's the point of that?
Anyway, is there some hidden meaning here I'm not getting?
I'm not sure if DVI outputs are that rare anymore
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Hasn't ATI now gone to DVI on the majority of their cards? My Radeon 7500 All-in-Wonder has a DVI connector (much to my annoyance at having to not lose yet another dongle), unsurprisingly, but a friend of mine's VE has one also.
We recieve a list of copyright materials that were sucessfully downloaded from the individual.
That's kind of surprising, because that could be illegal, for whoever's doing the downloading. But I wouldn't put it past anyone...
As the law currently stands, we have to uphold the request of the copyright holder, and if we don't do this then we can have legal action brought against us.
ROFL. You don't have to uphold the request in this case. (And you can have legal action brought against you either way; the DMCA can't prevent that.) I think you're confused about the infringement liability exemptions. You might want to take a look at this.
But to summarize:
Yes, an ISP only has DMCA immunity from liability for infringement of copyright involving content stored on their servers if they designate an agent, comply with notice & counter-notice time limits, etc. That's probably what you're thinking of. See USC 17 Ch. 5 S 512(c).
But that's irrelevant, because we're not talking about content stored on the ISP's servers.
The ISP has blanket immunity for content that passes through their network but isn't stored there more than transiently. This is covered a couple of paragraphs up in S 512(a). (Notices could be involved, but only if a proxy is maintaining content that has been removed at the source; and we're not likely to find an inward transparent proxy on a network with an AUP that prohibits servers. =)
If you don't like the law, I would suggest contacting your senator.
Heh. And if my ISP constantly tries to cover their ass at my expense (but can't even get that right, since they don't seem to know where their ass it), then who do I contact? Their shareholders? =)
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Someone at SCO realized that they're actually going to be needing to sell some products at some point in the future.
And although being able to attach little "designed for MySQL" stickers to the box won't cut through SCO's pariah status in the Linux community, they can always flip open the "Copyright Protection Racket Subscribers List" folder if they need some chumps to direct market to.
>and will turn off outgoing mail if we get complaint on an IP address, though that info dosne't leave our building unless the customer them self calls in.
;)
What? They stop customers' outgoing mail just based on a complaint?
And why wouldn't they notify the customer? Isn't that risky?
I mean, even if it's a complaint about real spam, _and_ the complainant gives you authentic message headers, _and_ you make sure that all the mail relays are legit, there's still a possibility that you make a mistake (say, one of the relays is compromised and the owner didn't know, or there's a mistake looking up the address records, etc), and you stop mail for an innocent customer.
And, if I remember correctly, some businesses have already won lawsuits against their ISPs to recover for lost business when their outgoing e-mail was stopped without cause or notice.
And viruses are a whole different ballgame, since they're almost always sending themselves without knowledge of the customer; It _really_ doesn't make sense not to notify them then.
And as a bare minimum, if they really want that policy, at least don't let the public know about it, for your customers' sake...
*looks around*
Ahem... I mean: What was your abuse e-mail address again?
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The first thing I do when I install Acrobat on a system with Firefox is to fire it up and go
to Tools->Options->Downloads->Plugins and shut the PDF plugin off so that PDFs open in the (bloated yet stable) standalone app, instead of in the unstable browser plugin.
This just in: 100% of people who don't understand the difference between correlation and causation eventually die!
I don't know why, but for some reason vehicular kleptomania seems less plausible than regular kleptomania...
I think that what the poster is trying to say is that the cost is fixed in the manufacturing sense (not variable with the number of units manufactured). If this is so, any additional copies they can sell are cake.
Hey, Mr. Weston:
I think it's time for you to respond to this matter, making restitution and issuing an apology if necessary (if, as it appears, the service suspension was not performed in accordance with the service agreement), before your customers have a chance to arrange hosting elsewhere and jump ship. =)
Well, at any rate their children are more likely to have redeeming features other than visual beauty, if you know what I mean.
I have a sudden urge to watch Love at First Sight again...
> B.C. hardly gets any.
And if you believe that, I've got some land I can sell you in Florida, reeeal cheap! =)
Domestic IT worker, increase thy own value.
Seriously, folks. If you want to compete, you have to compete. That's all there is to it.
As much as I like nationalism... Oh, wait. I don't like nationalism. Never mind.
And, I don't mean to lump everyone in with the nationalists; if you feel that more expensive domestic IT staff has more value than offshore staff, and just isn't being marketed well, then market yourself better. That's all you can do.
I bet a shiny new nickel (it's a Canadian one, currently up to a balmy 3.80 US cents) that the former Gator Co. is going to get their pants sued off by Clarica for trademark infringement.
tetrapthong?
I imagine that if and when a battery from insert-big-cellphone-manufacturer-here lights someone's phone on fire, they slap down a large NDA-required settlement offer so fast that people can hear the sonic boom for miles around.
I can see that argument making sense in the case of public health insurance.
But with private insurers, each insurer sets their premiums high enough to cover the costs and then some, but they don't want to set any individual's premiums much higher than their competitors would; this drives insurers to set them based on individuals' risk factors.
I'm not quite clear on what makes organ sales for transplant more like "subscription-only fire service" than every other service for sale in the US health care system. =)
But, maybe it's not just the user paying more for faster organ delivery that bothers people; maybe they're concerned about this combined with relatively fixed, inelastic, organ supply. (I'm sure there's a quality pun in there somewhere, but I'm to tired to figure it out right now.)
I'm not sure if the number of organs available is really fixed; Signing that organ donor card might be much easiers if there was a cash reward involved. Of course, it would probably need to be up front...
A protection racket. =)
Should I be buying into guitar case futures?
That would be somewhat ironic, considering the RMS and/or FSF (can't remember which) boycott of Apple...
Erm... So?
Woah! Chill, Mr. On-topic Nazi!
Plus that lengthy stretch of ocean floor... =)
Is "architect" even a verb? I always see it being used in contexts where "design" would be much more appropriate, and it's starting to really piss me off.
If I'm feeding the troll, too bad; at least it's a philosophical one.
...
"which can make split-second decisions (good or bad) based on literally thousands of experiences and factors -- without requiring a "full data set" in order to arrive at the "best decision"."
That's an obvious contradiction in terms, isn't it?
"How do you program or develop electronic logic like that? Into mobile, autonomous units capable of effective action?"
Well, see, we've got these things called stored-program computers... =)
Do I have to finish that sentence, or do you see what I'm getting at?
You're awfully good at jumping up and down and telling us that you don't know the answer, but what's the point of that?
Anyway, is there some hidden meaning here I'm not getting?
Hasn't ATI now gone to DVI on the majority of their cards? My Radeon 7500 All-in-Wonder has a DVI connector (much to my annoyance at having to not lose yet another dongle), unsurprisingly, but a friend of mine's VE has one also.
Did you notice that QSA is ECMAScript (Javascript)?
We recieve a list of copyright materials that were sucessfully downloaded from the individual.
That's kind of surprising, because that could be illegal, for whoever's doing the downloading. But I wouldn't put it past anyone...
As the law currently stands, we have to uphold the request of the copyright holder, and if we don't do this then we can have legal action brought against us.
ROFL. You don't have to uphold the request in this case. (And you can have legal action brought against you either way; the DMCA can't prevent that.) I think you're confused about the infringement liability exemptions. You might want to take a look at this.
But to summarize:
Yes, an ISP only has DMCA immunity from liability for infringement of copyright involving content stored on their servers if they designate an agent, comply with notice & counter-notice time limits, etc. That's probably what you're thinking of. See USC 17 Ch. 5 S 512(c).
But that's irrelevant, because we're not talking about content stored on the ISP's servers.
The ISP has blanket immunity for content that passes through their network but isn't stored there more than transiently. This is covered a couple of paragraphs up in S 512(a). (Notices could be involved, but only if a proxy is maintaining content that has been removed at the source; and we're not likely to find an inward transparent proxy on a network with an AUP that prohibits servers. =)
If you don't like the law, I would suggest contacting your senator.
Heh. And if my ISP constantly tries to cover their ass at my expense (but can't even get that right, since they don't seem to know where their ass it), then who do I contact? Their shareholders? =)