Is it legal to publish press releases announcing "Any day now, we're going to start sending out letters threatening to break people's legs unless they pay us money," as long as you don't actually send out the letters? How can SCO get away with publicly announcing its intention to perform what many would regard as illegal actions?
Right, 'cause state officials always make purchases based on what is best for the state, and are never influenced by those all-expense paid vacations to the bahamas that some of their suppliers buy them... here's a lollipop, stop botherin' me, kid!
nobody's mentioned the most stupid thing about this "feature" -- it adds a performance penalty to millions of legitimate users, just to try to inconvenience a handful of people that might use it to scan bills. Anybody have any numbers on how much slower it reads in images because it has to scan for currency markings? How can Adobe justify making their product work worse?
So unless MPC = 1 (which it never does) the multiplier effect will not run the monetary supply to infinity. That's what I was refering too... if I set up a purely electronic monetary system, and everybody spends or invests 100% of the money they receive immediatley upon receiving it, then MPC approaches 1, and "money supply" approaches infinity. If you give me $100 and I spend $70 and loan $30 to somebody else, isn't MPC effectively 1? If I "save" the $30 by depositing it in a bank which then loans it to somebody else, isn't that the same thing? Or has it been way too long since I've taken an economics class? (Over 20 years, actually.)
You can request proprietary information as evidence, but then you have to guarantee it's security. For example, Intel has a huge room full of AMD's files as a result of it's lawsuit against AMD, but must guarantee that Intel's chip designers won't look at the files, only Intel's legal department can have access. Securing this evidence costs big money.
I'm looking for a situation where I have a lot of freedom around the development of our products and the way those products come to market. I've had some of that to date, but not as much as I would like."
Translation: "My stock options are vested, and I'm getting the hell out before they go down the toilet."
Since most CDs are less than half full, does this mean every artist now owes the copyright holder for John Cage's 4'33" for multiple copies of the song on almost every CD released?
Why do they have to put copies of the tracks in both formats on the disk? Why not just include a program on the disk capable of converting CD audio to MP3/WMA/AAC/ogg/FLAC etc?
The good news is that the "Blue Screen of Death" has been completely eliminated in the XBox!...no, they didn't re-write the OS to guarantee it would never crash -- they just changed the screen color to green!
It's called "spin-off benefits". You know, like microprocessors (you're using one right now) and Tang. Arguably our heavy investment in NASA in the past contributed to our winning the Cold War and to our current dominance in most technology related fields. We flat out give money to other countries anyway; as long as they reinvest the money in the U.S., it's still a win for our economy, so I wouldn't worry about investment "leaking" into other countries. Perhaps if the countries in the Middle East got some NASA contracts, there would be fewer unemployed people with nothing to lose by becoming suicide bombers? Yes, the downside is that you're borrowing against your childrens' futures by running up a deficit...
Yes, but Mecca is constantly moving in 3 dimensions relative to where you are on the moon, as opposed to earth, where it is fixed and you only have to worry about 2 dimensions. So unless you can see the Earth (not likely they'll have a lot of picture windows), you're never quite sure where it is. On earth, all you need is a decent GPS with a compass and you should be accurate to within a few degrees.
It's called "the multiplyer effect". As near as I can tell, it implies that in a truely frictionless economy, where money is loaned or spent instantaneously as soon as it is available, there is an INFINITE money supply! Something about the multiplyer effect always smelled like bullshit to me...
Uh, 99% of Dell's business is selling Windows boxes, and they're making good money at it. ~15% of HP's business is selling Windows boxes, and they're losing money hand over fist at it. I'm sure HP would just LOVE an excuse to get out of the PC and Laptop business, and focus on other areas where they can make a profit. Now, which one of the two can AFFORD to piss off Microsoft?
Since SCO is essentially a sublicensee of Unix from Novell, then if SCO wins, Novell pays itself, minus a small cut to SCO. Sounds pretty much win-win for Novell to me...
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Is it legal to publish press releases announcing "Any day now, we're going to start sending out letters threatening to break people's legs unless they pay us money," as long as you don't actually send out the letters? How can SCO get away with publicly announcing its intention to perform what many would regard as illegal actions?
They can't... the SPCA and PETA would object!
Right, 'cause state officials always make purchases based on what is best for the state, and are never influenced by those all-expense paid vacations to the bahamas that some of their suppliers buy them... here's a lollipop, stop botherin' me, kid!
There is a fine line between chutzpah and criminal insanity. Methinks the SCO Group has crossed it.
In other words, "You don't have to be an accomplished liar to work here, but it helps!"
Translation: "We have them our ultimatum, and they gave us the finger!"
nobody's mentioned the most stupid thing about this "feature" -- it adds a performance penalty to millions of legitimate users, just to try to inconvenience a handful of people that might use it to scan bills. Anybody have any numbers on how much slower it reads in images because it has to scan for currency markings? How can Adobe justify making their product work worse?
How can you walk, when you don't have a clue how your brain controls your legs?
It was bad enough when they outsourced my job to India... now you want them to outsource it to the primate exhibit at the zoo!
So unless MPC = 1 (which it never does) the multiplier effect will not run the monetary supply to infinity. That's what I was refering too... if I set up a purely electronic monetary system, and everybody spends or invests 100% of the money they receive immediatley upon receiving it, then MPC approaches 1, and "money supply" approaches infinity. If you give me $100 and I spend $70 and loan $30 to somebody else, isn't MPC effectively 1? If I "save" the $30 by depositing it in a bank which then loans it to somebody else, isn't that the same thing? Or has it been way too long since I've taken an economics class? (Over 20 years, actually.)
Wouldn't those same checks determine that 95% of /. postings are spam?
... now my Bayesian filter is throwing out all email from my Lewis Caroll quoting friends! Thanks a lot, spammers!
You can request proprietary information as evidence, but then you have to guarantee it's security. For example, Intel has a huge room full of AMD's files as a result of it's lawsuit against AMD, but must guarantee that Intel's chip designers won't look at the files, only Intel's legal department can have access. Securing this evidence costs big money.
Translation: "My stock options are vested, and I'm getting the hell out before they go down the toilet."
Since most CDs are less than half full, does this mean every artist now owes the copyright holder for John Cage's 4'33" for multiple copies of the song on almost every CD released?
Didn't we try this in the 50's, when people considered dangerous to US (because of communist party affiliation) were color-coded as "red"?
Why do they have to put copies of the tracks in both formats on the disk? Why not just include a program on the disk capable of converting CD audio to MP3/WMA/AAC/ogg/FLAC etc?
The good news is that the "Blue Screen of Death" has been completely eliminated in the XBox! ...no, they didn't re-write the OS to guarantee it would never crash -- they just changed the screen color to green!
Right on! Imagine how much more effective computers would be if they represented all data in terms of reds and greens instead of ones and zeros!
It's called "spin-off benefits". You know, like microprocessors (you're using one right now) and Tang. Arguably our heavy investment in NASA in the past contributed to our winning the Cold War and to our current dominance in most technology related fields. We flat out give money to other countries anyway; as long as they reinvest the money in the U.S., it's still a win for our economy, so I wouldn't worry about investment "leaking" into other countries. Perhaps if the countries in the Middle East got some NASA contracts, there would be fewer unemployed people with nothing to lose by becoming suicide bombers? Yes, the downside is that you're borrowing against your childrens' futures by running up a deficit...
Yes, but Mecca is constantly moving in 3 dimensions relative to where you are on the moon, as opposed to earth, where it is fixed and you only have to worry about 2 dimensions. So unless you can see the Earth (not likely they'll have a lot of picture windows), you're never quite sure where it is. On earth, all you need is a decent GPS with a compass and you should be accurate to within a few degrees.
It's called "the multiplyer effect". As near as I can tell, it implies that in a truely frictionless economy, where money is loaned or spent instantaneously as soon as it is available, there is an INFINITE money supply! Something about the multiplyer effect always smelled like bullshit to me...
Uh, 99% of Dell's business is selling Windows boxes, and they're making good money at it. ~15% of HP's business is selling Windows boxes, and they're losing money hand over fist at it. I'm sure HP would just LOVE an excuse to get out of the PC and Laptop business, and focus on other areas where they can make a profit. Now, which one of the two can AFFORD to piss off Microsoft?
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." The third sentance seems more appropriate for Micro$oft...
Since SCO is essentially a sublicensee of Unix from Novell, then if SCO wins, Novell pays itself, minus a small cut to SCO. Sounds pretty much win-win for Novell to me...