Look, many users couldn't tell the difference between a phone line and an ethernet jack if both had neon signs.
I've helped new students get their spiffy new machines setup in the dorms at my university, and, belive me, people plugged phone cables into their modem and then wanted to know why the ethernet connection wasn't working.
Imagine your typical AOLer. Yeah. They know the difference.
The people who are willing to pay the extra money (the True Fans) will, and the marketroids know that.
The people who "just want to see it, you know, for the kids," aren't going to care. Heck, your average household doesn't even know what they're missing with pan and scan. And those people won't pay high prices.
This is why there are so many academic discounts (eg, software) -- its to sell more units at profit, not becuase the companies are compassionate.
I'm sure some of us can remember programs like Copy II Plus (and the PC version, but I didn't have a intel back then).
These were programs that had recipies to defeat copy protection. You pointed it at the disk, and told it which program it was, and it knew how to make a copy. They even gave out new definitions on their BBS.
Anyway, the gaming industry didn't vanish because of programs like those.
I think your version would test the abilities of the respective administrators much more than the software, and is nowhere near the real world. A sysadmin has available plenty of resources to find information and ask questions, not just a limited 24 hours. I think two *groups* should be given identical machines, have each set the box up as best they can in a week, and then run the test. Each group can get outside help, of course, but it must be limited to public information. To prevent "we applied patch xyzzy which makes the kernel faster when doing z but six times slower at y, but the test only tests z", the groups could instead generate a list of things to do to the box to tune it and have someone who can just get around do the monkey work...
Y'know, I wouldn't want a nuclear reactor to run Java, and neither does Sun:
4. High Risk Activities. Notwithstanding Section 2, with respect to high risk activities, the following language shall apply: the Software is not designed or intended for use in on-line control of aircraft, air traffic, aircraft navigation or aircraft communications; or in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility. Sun disclaims any express or implied warranty of fitness for such uses.
I'd check my VB license but I'd have to install Windows first, sorry.
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AppleCare, however, can be bought as long as the original warranty is still in effect, which is *fantastic*.
--Jim
Look, many users couldn't tell the difference between a phone line and an ethernet jack if both had neon signs.
I've helped new students get their spiffy new machines setup in the dorms at my university, and, belive me, people plugged phone cables into their modem and then wanted to know why the ethernet connection wasn't working.
Imagine your typical AOLer. Yeah. They know the difference.
It's called price discrimination.
The people who are willing to pay the extra money (the True Fans) will, and the marketroids know that.
The people who "just want to see it, you know, for the kids," aren't going to care. Heck, your average household doesn't even know what they're missing with pan and scan. And those people won't pay high prices.
This is why there are so many academic discounts (eg, software) -- its to sell more units at profit, not becuase the companies are compassionate.
--Jim
If you liked Ender's Game, then Ender's Shadow is excellent. --Jim
I'm sure some of us can remember programs like Copy II Plus (and the PC version, but I didn't have a intel back then).
These were programs that had recipies to defeat copy protection. You pointed it at the disk, and told it which program it was, and it knew how to make a copy. They even gave out new definitions on their BBS.
Anyway, the gaming industry didn't vanish because of programs like those.
Jim
RFC status means nothing.
A document becomes an RFC by:
a) being written
b) being sent to the IETF
c) waiting in a 100-deep queue for some time
d) getting assigned a number
RFC-ness doesn't guarantee that it is official doctrine, only that "hey, here's the spec, get it at your local site."
There are stronger levels of IETF document for official blessings.
What a waste of bits.
/. staff, who posts *hundreds* of messages a week, to remember something in APRIL?
I can't remember what I read a week ago, and you expect the
I imagine you don't ever lose your keys, either. The rest of us, however, aren't as perfect as you. So, please, go rant somewhere else.
Jim
Uhm, if they "blast us outta the sky", we will have much more pressing issues than suing bentspace!
I think your version would test the abilities of the respective administrators much more than the software, and is nowhere near the real world. A sysadmin has available plenty of resources to find information and ask questions, not just a limited 24 hours. I think two *groups* should be given identical machines, have each set the box up as best they can in a week, and then run the test. Each group can get outside help, of course, but it must be limited to public information. To prevent "we applied patch xyzzy which makes the kernel faster when doing z but six times slower at y, but the test only tests z", the groups could instead generate a list of things to do to the box to tune it and have someone who can just get around do the monkey work...
Y'know, I wouldn't want a nuclear reactor to run Java, and neither does Sun:
4. High Risk Activities. Notwithstanding Section 2, with respect to high risk activities, the following language shall apply: the Software is not designed or intended for use in on-line control of aircraft, air traffic, aircraft navigation or aircraft communications; or in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility. Sun disclaims any express or implied warranty of fitness for such uses.
I'd check my VB license but I'd have to install Windows first, sorry.