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721.
by gnu8 14y ago
This is a mafia-like tactic. "It would be a shame if anything happened to the rest of your games..." A state attorney general should weigh in on this.
722.
by gnu8 14y ago
1) The caveats of NFS can be crippling if you are a rubbish sysadmin. NFS requires a more thorough understanding than what you can get from a tip sheet. 2) Samba is single threaded, performance will suffer serving SMB from a Linux machine.
723.
by gnu8 14y ago
Zoidberg probably would not hold up if challenged, because the opportunity to decline the license and return the software does not materially exist. But I realize that until someone tries it in court, it's just a theory.
724.
by gnu8 14y ago
The words in the license don't matter, everyone had the right to transfer their software from one computer to another the whole time. See: http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html
725.
by gnu8 14y ago
How much have those $billion+ companies donated to the OpenBSD project? Even a fraction of what they didn't have to pay vendors for support contracts? OpenBSD WILL disappear if not supported, no matter how useful it is.
726.
by gnu8 14y ago
At some point users started closing the tab instantly as soon as it becomes clear something non-interactive like a flash movie is the central element of the page. The scrolling page is the optimal way of letting the user read the content at
727.
by gnu8 14y ago
1) WikiPEDIA 2) For a meteor so large that it needs to be broken into 1000 pieces to be safely dispersed, it might take a nuclear explosive. Detonating nukes over populated areas is at least as intolerable as letting objects like that impac
728.
by gnu8 14y ago
I don't believe any of what I suggested would be a violation of the license, unless there is language in the license forbidding virtualization, or giving a solution to the ship of Theseus problem.
729.
by gnu8 14y ago
The same questions apply to a real computer. When MS introduced activation on Windows XP, they spelled out what hardware changes would require a reactivation. Which was just an inconvenience, it didn't terminate your license to use Windows.
730.
by gnu8 14y ago
Just tell them it is the same computer, just with an upgraded CPU, RAM, mobo, case, screws, cables, ... Or install office in a VM you can shuffle around at will forever. Perhaps even a Thinapp. You could even keep your virtualized office on
731.
by gnu8 14y ago
Better than none, and you don't have to put any further unpaid time into pursuing payment, so your loss doesn't increase.
732.
by gnu8 14y ago
Agreed, this is not what I expected and this is not the Linux way. I guess I'll make a Ubuntu account so I can give Steam a once over, but if I wanted to be abused I'd just get a MAC.
733.
by gnu8 14y ago
If only there was some sort of a company that could try to collect on unpaid bills in exchange for a fee...
734.
by gnu8 14y ago
He's uniquely suited to the task, that's what he did to Be and Netscape.
735.
by gnu8 14y ago
On the other hand, anyone who has reason to believe there might be information critical to their investigation embedded in the full version of Two Girls One Cup, it is their civic duty to submit that video to the authorities.
736.
by gnu8 14y ago
This guy should widely distribute the SFTP creds being used by the backdoor agent on his computer. Then we could all be helpful by uploading useful data to the Canadian government's spy server.
737.
by gnu8 14y ago
Piracy illustrates the fact that it's not possible to regulate 3D printing, but even if it were possible, it would be 100% wrong. I don't know how it ever became generally accepted that every possible object and action must be regulated by
738.
by gnu8 14y ago
Why should bullets be banned?
739.
by gnu8 14y ago
That isn't a high-capacity magazine, it is a standard capacity magazine.
740.
by gnu8 14y ago
Plenty of irony on that site. I liked the ad for a $300 discount card disguised as another article. Promises to let you live like a "founder" by buying high priced crap from Bonobo at a discount. Very well targeted for the ycombinator crowd
741.
by gnu8 14y ago
I'm inclined to think that the company running the ads typed in a bunch of black sounding names as keywords for their ad campaign. Having run ads on google before I believe that would produce the result observed. I have no information that
742.
by gnu8 14y ago
To turn the plane 180 degrees, wouldn't it be easier to use the compass than try to find a reference point on the ground?
743.
by gnu8 14y ago
Probably because they feel they've succeeded at something really difficult (which is true) and want to show off to the newbies. Coders will do the same thing, but it's not as grating in that context because coding is not something that eve
744.
by gnu8 14y ago
Removing / blaming Aaron Swartz without reforming the corrupt system of copyright laws that caused his offense in the first place was exactly what Stalinist Carmen Oritz wanted. It is a fact that Carmen Oritz is a snake and is not fit to se
745.
by gnu8 14y ago
I wonder if this use of very advanced web technology is calculated to limit who can view their message. Perhaps they only want affluent, urban, technically savvy liberals to view their message, while excluding lower income rural people who
746.
by gnu8 14y ago
This is no more or less ethical than if the company terminated Bob so it could outsource the work to China. The only difference is that Bob pocketed the profit instead of the company.
747.
by gnu8 14y ago
I love how they captured the confetti in mid-air in each and every photograph. There's nothing scientology does that isn't choreographed and there's nothing scientology does that isn't bullshit.
748.
by gnu8 14y ago
You have to keep in mind this was a different time. There were no Free unixlike operating systems with full source code available, and no immensely powerful PCs to run them on. There was no world wide web with every bit of information avail
749.
by gnu8 14y ago
These prosecutors routinely single out individuals for harsh treatment to "send a message". Turnabout is fair play.
750.
by gnu8 14y ago
I feel like you wrote this post to the same standard. e.g. "people love lists".

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