I agree with you 100%. Many others have opined that Mono had a lot to do with the MS/Novell deal. I think De Icaza had a lot to do with it the deal as well. What with many of their higher-ups retiring / whatever, MS needs some new blood. De Icaza would fit in pretty well as soon as he learns how to throw chairs properly.
DST is the winning result of a bet between two congressmen to see which of them could get people to do the stupidest thing.
Fortunately for us, the legislation requiring each of us to hop on one foot while singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" like Ethel Merman never made it out committee.
I think the the results will show that Harris has considerable backing in one demographic - the dead. I predict that dead people will vote for her in great numbers.
IANAL either but I think the ACLU v. NSA decision mapped the path around the State Secrets defense.
A.) You wait for the Administration to brag about how it is chasing down the "terrists" and let them adequately describe how they are breaking the law.
B.) Find a few people with standing that probably have been damaged by those illegal actions while avoiding the need to produce specific individual records from the illegal activities.
As long as you don't ask the Gov't to produce specific info regarding their illegal activities, they cannot claim State Secrets.
But this week I've been so perturbed by the progress of the torture-enabling bill [blogspot.com] that I didn't even notice a surveillance-enabling bill slipping through the pipeline.
So what is the average apathetic voter thinking right now? CNN's current headline for the former bill is "GOP, White House snap terror bill deadlock" (see, because we would only torture terrorists [washingtonpost.com]) and I didn't see any mention of the latter bill at all.
This administrations favorite play in the whole book is this method of silencing opposition to something by creating something even more evil that shifts attention away from the last evil thing. It makes me wonder: Just what is next?
It may off-topic but it seems to me that allowing people to mod a Tivo would be a good thing for everyone. I don't understand why they locked the code down in the first place.
Actually, what you are witnessing is the construction of the first Toll Booth to be set up on the Information Super highway.
Before long MS will be scanning your entire system for "assets" that you may not have paid for. Want to play a dvd on your machine? The system will phone home first to check your account balance before starting the movie.
The WGA is a demo to show **IAs how well the toll booth works. And oh by the way, MS will of course, retain a modest fee for staffing the toll booth.
I thank all those who have written to tell us about their experiences whilst employed by Microsoft. While this is fascinating reading, it seems that all the people who wrote were involved in development, an activity that makes up very little of what Microsoft actually produces on a day to day basis.
It would be nice to hear someone in legal explain how they create their defense strategies or someone from acquisitions describe how they decide to buy a company or simply co-opt the needed technology. The most interesting tales would probably come from someone that works in the building where the fud machine is kept. I imagine that a machine of that size would create a lot of noise and probably runs 24/7 and so those employees are too busy or too tired to write about what they do.
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I agree with you 100%. Many others have opined that Mono had a lot to do with the MS/Novell deal. I think De Icaza had a lot to do with it the deal as well. What with many of their higher-ups retiring / whatever, MS needs some new blood. De Icaza would fit in pretty well as soon as he learns how to throw chairs properly.
DST is the winning result of a bet between two congressmen to see which of them could get people to do the stupidest thing. Fortunately for us, the legislation requiring each of us to hop on one foot while singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" like Ethel Merman never made it out committee.
... in Novell's back.
I think the the results will show that Harris has considerable backing in one demographic - the dead. I predict that dead people will vote for her in great numbers.
That's a terrible thing to say about Max.
... so the Bush Administration says.
They never bothered with it before, why bother with it now? I mean evidence just detracts from the issues they are pushing.
... and not the spot on Uranus.
IANAL either but I think the ACLU v. NSA decision mapped the path around the State Secrets defense.
A.) You wait for the Administration to brag about how it is chasing down the "terrists" and let them adequately describe how they are breaking the law.
B.) Find a few people with standing that probably have been damaged by those illegal actions while avoiding the need to produce specific individual records from the illegal activities.
As long as you don't ask the Gov't to produce specific info regarding their illegal activities, they cannot claim State Secrets.
Funny, TFA didn't even mention Nigeria or a dead Uncle.
They'd just go buy one.
It may off-topic but it seems to me that allowing people to mod a Tivo would be a good thing for everyone. I don't understand why they locked the code down in the first place.
Finally, a real reason to hate the French.
I use a bumper sticker. It's not much but it's a start.
Get The Sticker
I was thinking the author awoke this morning to find the head of a dead horse in his bed.
Italy maybe somewhere close to that. But Germany? Never! And they bought the whole frigin' EU for the price of France?
Before long MS will be scanning your entire system for "assets" that you may not have paid for. Want to play a dvd on your machine? The system will phone home first to check your account balance before starting the movie.
The WGA is a demo to show **IAs how well the toll booth works. And oh by the way, MS will of course, retain a modest fee for staffing the toll booth.
"Now I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic and a rodeo and that't the stupiest thing I've ever heard..."
Will someone please tell me one original innovation Microsoft has deveolped themselves? No buying or stealing involved. Just one.
I thank all those who have written to tell us about their experiences whilst employed by Microsoft. While this is fascinating reading, it seems that all the people who wrote were involved in development, an activity that makes up very little of what Microsoft actually produces on a day to day basis. It would be nice to hear someone in legal explain how they create their defense strategies or someone from acquisitions describe how they decide to buy a company or simply co-opt the needed technology. The most interesting tales would probably come from someone that works in the building where the fud machine is kept. I imagine that a machine of that size would create a lot of noise and probably runs 24/7 and so those employees are too busy or too tired to write about what they do. --
Just send Balmer to Brussels with a six-pack of chairs?
I can't wait.
Balmer throws chair.