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Give SCO exactly what it's asking for! Fire up the old 132-column line printers, print it all out on old quadruple spaced green/white fanfold paper in all upper case, hire 50 semitrucks and an army of Teamsters, show up at SCO headquarters in Utah, have the Teamsters swagger in and demand "Hey Darl, where d'ya want this stuff?" then proceed to dump it all in the lobby... priceless! Of course, some environmentalists might complain about the wanton destruction of trees, but it would be worth it!
Why is the burden of proof on the Brenots to prove they didn't do it? Yeah, I know this is a civil case, but still the "guilty until proven innocent" presumption is a little frightening. My neighbor has his broadband connection plugged into an encryptionless wireless access point -- I could share all the files I wanted to through his IP address. Why should he then be forced to prove it wasn't him? At the point you put up an open relay, aren't you subject to the same common-carrier exemptions as the ISPs? And when is some enterprising individual going to start as ISP that doesn't track what IP addresses their users are using, and therefore can't provide the RIAA or anybody else with the info?
30 million people on p2p networks... they've sued 341. Do the math: chances of any given individual getting sued are about 100,000:1. Still, I wonder if the RIAA is selecting only those individuals LEAST able to defend themselves -- college students, single moms living in housing projects, and the elderly are the only type of people mentioned in the news reports... hmmm...
who's the sucker going to be?Obviously: a lawyer... somebody who can do their own legal work for free. I wonder if the RIAA checks first before serving papers?
Sue enough people, and eventually they'll sue a lawyer who is capable of defending himself... THEN things will get interesting! I've said it before, I'll say it again: buy a 802.11 router, set it up unencrypted, then when you get your summons, point out that anybody in the neighborhood could have connected through your IP address... and invite the RIAA to prove it was you in court!
I recall in the old Infocom game "Leather Godesses of Phobos", the first thing you did what decide which restroom to go pee in, which established your gender for the rest of the game. If you went into the ladies room, you got to rescue a hunky (but dimwitted) male later in the game...
If you are one day past your 18th birthday, and you have consensual sex with your girlfriend 1 day before her 18th birthday, you are considered a sex offender in most states... even if you later marry the woman. Publishing of vital data on the web should be reserved for those offenders that are actually at risk of re-offending, and even then disclosure should be limited to that person's neighbors. That being said, having a 3-year old daughter, if I find out there is a child molester living in my neighborhood, you can bet I will use all (legal) means available to encourage them to move elsewhere...
Like the 12mph maximum speed and half-hour maximum battery life is going to be real useful in real-life battlefield conditions? And I can see why they're only considering them for robots -- no self-respecting soldier would be caught dead on one!
This is great news for all those people out there being stalked by their ex's who happen to be in law enforcement! Now the bastard can always know where you are! Too bad about them tracing that cell phone to your safe house...
How does the fact that I left my phone at home while I was out committing prove that I didn't do it? This can be used to exonerate; it can only be used as part of circumstancial evidence leading to conviction if the criminal is stupid enough to carry his bugged phone with him. And anyway, how embarrassing is it when you're in the middle of breaking into a locked apartment, and you get a call from your mom? Oooh, I hate it when that happens!
This letter implies then, that SCO is indemnifying all it's customers if the gcc and Samba that adds most of the value to their OS contains somebody else's "intellectual property"? And that they've put this code through a rigorous screening process, which somehow the Linux kernel hasn't gone through? That seems somewhat doubtful, seeing as how they themselves were providing customers with the same Linux kernel they now claim is infringing. And what's with "intellectual property and other rights"??? Are they refering to patents? No, they have no Unix patents. Are they refering to trademarks? No, they don't own the Unix trademark. Here's an idea: if you mean "copyrights", why not just say "copyrights"? Also, they claim to have suspended all Linux activity back in March -- aren't they still distributing it?
According to my schedule, we've only got until that expiration date there on your credit card reads 6/66... or about 60 more years. So they'll have to be conditioned BEFORE then! But don't worry -- our marketing and advertising professionals are hard at work turning men into sheep..
Because religion as preached by many requires certain concepts to be accepted on faith, regardless of whether or not they are logically consistent or fit in with our personal experience. How do you tell if that little voice in your head is God giving you personal instructions, or your own delusions? God ordered Abraham to slay his own son; it was up to Abraham to reason out a compromise. All the great monotheistic religions are based on Abraham, and thus on the assertion that if God orders us to kill our own children, then we must comply! Personally, I subscribe to a religion that teaches that I should disregard any part of the religion that, after due reflection, appears wrong to me.
I've noticed another phenomenon in music. CDs can range from about 30 minutes to 80 minutes of music... and yet Tower Records et. al. still charge $18.99 for each CD! This poses an ethical dilemna for musicians: assuming they have 60 to 80 minutes worth of tracks in the can, should they release 1 80 minute CD or 2 40 minute CDs and make twice as much money? It's suprising how many artists are still releasing 30-40 minute CDs when they can fit 80 minutes...
The HiPEP thruster operates by ionizing xenon gas with microwaves.
Is there really a lot of xenon gas in outer space? Wouldn't ionizing hydrogent work a lot better? And, is it really a vacuum chamber if it's filled with xenon gas?
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Give SCO exactly what it's asking for! Fire up the old 132-column line printers, print it all out on old quadruple spaced green/white fanfold paper in all upper case, hire 50 semitrucks and an army of Teamsters, show up at SCO headquarters in Utah, have the Teamsters swagger in and demand "Hey Darl, where d'ya want this stuff?" then proceed to dump it all in the lobby... priceless! Of course, some environmentalists might complain about the wanton destruction of trees, but it would be worth it!
Half the biological methane emissions come from termites. Fewer trees == fewer termite farts. Any questions?
"micro" and "soft".
Why is the burden of proof on the Brenots to prove they didn't do it? Yeah, I know this is a civil case, but still the "guilty until proven innocent" presumption is a little frightening. My neighbor has his broadband connection plugged into an encryptionless wireless access point -- I could share all the files I wanted to through his IP address. Why should he then be forced to prove it wasn't him? At the point you put up an open relay, aren't you subject to the same common-carrier exemptions as the ISPs? And when is some enterprising individual going to start as ISP that doesn't track what IP addresses their users are using, and therefore can't provide the RIAA or anybody else with the info?
30 million people on p2p networks... they've sued 341. Do the math: chances of any given individual getting sued are about 100,000:1. Still, I wonder if the RIAA is selecting only those individuals LEAST able to defend themselves -- college students, single moms living in housing projects, and the elderly are the only type of people mentioned in the news reports... hmmm...
who's the sucker going to be?Obviously: a lawyer... somebody who can do their own legal work for free. I wonder if the RIAA checks first before serving papers?
Sue enough people, and eventually they'll sue a lawyer who is capable of defending himself... THEN things will get interesting! I've said it before, I'll say it again: buy a 802.11 router, set it up unencrypted, then when you get your summons, point out that anybody in the neighborhood could have connected through your IP address... and invite the RIAA to prove it was you in court!
when Indian developers are even cheaper than grad students!
I recall in the old Infocom game "Leather Godesses of Phobos", the first thing you did what decide which restroom to go pee in, which established your gender for the rest of the game. If you went into the ladies room, you got to rescue a hunky (but dimwitted) male later in the game...
Perhaps they were taught by their first conviction how to not get caught?
True sexual predators are much more likely to reoffend than murderers.
If you are one day past your 18th birthday, and you have consensual sex with your girlfriend 1 day before her 18th birthday, you are considered a sex offender in most states... even if you later marry the woman. Publishing of vital data on the web should be reserved for those offenders that are actually at risk of re-offending, and even then disclosure should be limited to that person's neighbors. That being said, having a 3-year old daughter, if I find out there is a child molester living in my neighborhood, you can bet I will use all (legal) means available to encourage them to move elsewhere...
Do you think she would still let me live in her basement if I didn't?
I thought PS2 game discs used a proprietary encoding format, making them impossible to copy on regular CD/DVD writers... am I mistaken?
Like human minds can't be corrupted? Can you say "John Lee Malvo"? Hundreds of thousands of child soldiers in Africa? Patty Hearst?
Like the 12mph maximum speed and half-hour maximum battery life is going to be real useful in real-life battlefield conditions? And I can see why they're only considering them for robots -- no self-respecting soldier would be caught dead on one!
What do the cops do when they pull one of these over for speeding?
This is great news for all those people out there being stalked by their ex's who happen to be in law enforcement! Now the bastard can always know where you are! Too bad about them tracing that cell phone to your safe house...
How does the fact that I left my phone at home while I was out committing prove that I didn't do it? This can be used to exonerate; it can only be used as part of circumstancial evidence leading to conviction if the criminal is stupid enough to carry his bugged phone with him. And anyway, how embarrassing is it when you're in the middle of breaking into a locked apartment, and you get a call from your mom? Oooh, I hate it when that happens!
This letter implies then, that SCO is indemnifying all it's customers if the gcc and Samba that adds most of the value to their OS contains somebody else's "intellectual property"? And that they've put this code through a rigorous screening process, which somehow the Linux kernel hasn't gone through? That seems somewhat doubtful, seeing as how they themselves were providing customers with the same Linux kernel they now claim is infringing. And what's with "intellectual property and other rights"??? Are they refering to patents? No, they have no Unix patents. Are they refering to trademarks? No, they don't own the Unix trademark. Here's an idea: if you mean "copyrights", why not just say "copyrights"? Also, they claim to have suspended all Linux activity back in March -- aren't they still distributing it?
Lies, damn lies, statistics, ISP bandwidth claims, and SCO legal arguments.
According to my schedule, we've only got until that expiration date there on your credit card reads 6/66... or about 60 more years. So they'll have to be conditioned BEFORE then! But don't worry -- our marketing and advertising professionals are hard at work turning men into sheep..
Because religion as preached by many requires certain concepts to be accepted on faith, regardless of whether or not they are logically consistent or fit in with our personal experience. How do you tell if that little voice in your head is God giving you personal instructions, or your own delusions? God ordered Abraham to slay his own son; it was up to Abraham to reason out a compromise. All the great monotheistic religions are based on Abraham, and thus on the assertion that if God orders us to kill our own children, then we must comply! Personally, I subscribe to a religion that teaches that I should disregard any part of the religion that, after due reflection, appears wrong to me.
I've noticed another phenomenon in music. CDs can range from about 30 minutes to 80 minutes of music... and yet Tower Records et. al. still charge $18.99 for each CD! This poses an ethical dilemna for musicians: assuming they have 60 to 80 minutes worth of tracks in the can, should they release 1 80 minute CD or 2 40 minute CDs and make twice as much money? It's suprising how many artists are still releasing 30-40 minute CDs when they can fit 80 minutes...
Is there really a lot of xenon gas in outer space? Wouldn't ionizing hydrogent work a lot better? And, is it really a vacuum chamber if it's filled with xenon gas?