yes... or joining together to create something you couldn't create on your own. My 20 lines of code are useless on their own, but my 20 lines with 100 other people's twenty lines can be put together to make something useful. Think of it like a bunch of neighbours getting together to chip in for a snowblower. Pooling resources for the common good. The difference is, that once the software is made, it doesn't cost anything extra to give it to somebody else, and the recognition is nice.
Ooooh... and you didn't select to install Quicktime and iTunes before installing the updates... let me ask after the updates: Do you want to install the new software? Of course you do, right?
Do you drink out of a bottle? I had a thought the other day, that who knows what disgusting things have been put in that bottle - cigarettes, spit, pee, who knows what... and they simply get washed out and recycled.
I would rather the employees weren't instructed. If they don't know about it, they won't try and circumvent it. This way, they can perhaps weed out dishonest employees (now whether they do or not, who knows).
The other thing to mention, is that stock Ubuntu was used, and of course, stock OS/X. OS/X is presumably customized and optimized for that particular hardware, while Ubuntu was not. Now, what if you want to run OS/X on other hardware? Well, even if you get it installed and running, there is no chance of optimizing for that hardware. While Ubuntu, you can recompile everything if desired and you are ready to roll.
Apple has made it very difficult to do proper benchmarking, because there is no way to throw both on a few different random boxes and see how they compare.
How will the system deal with the fact that people change as they age?
Well, as long as the person travels enough, I would think you would be fine so long as you stored the updated photo every time. People don't age too quickly, so you would only have to account for gradual changes.
Rogers a while back had a $30/month 6gig plan that I got signed up for on my Blackberry. Not unlimited, but a good amount, especially for a blackberry.
I don't disagree... I just think it is something that deserves thought... 'I can run what ever software I want' is fine, except that when somebody writes crappy software that has security holes bigger than a mack truck, and other people use it, somebody gets blamed, and it isn't the hobby developer who wrote the app.
Though I also think arguing for multiculturalism as a means of protecting against viruses is akin to arguing for security through obscurity - it is foolishness.
out of curiosity... and to raise the point... what would happen if the phone OS contracts a virus and starts sending rampant text messages all over the network? or sends spews and spews of data?
That could potentially be very costly to the subscriber - whose responsibility is that?
And what portion of people will lose their music anyway due to buying a new computer or losing all their data somehow.
Besides, it can't cost THAT much to run a DRM server... if it is running properly and configured properly, it should require minimum maintenance. There are no new users to add, no files to add. The big expense has likely been paid for.
True, but you learn about your rights by reading the license. And, by knowing what the license is, you don't have to worry about the question of whether or not you got it legitimately or not.
Well... okay... say you have... I dunno... 25 houses in your local neighbourhood. Everybody keeps going over their caps while watching TV over IP. Now there is only so many programs on TV that people are watching. So, instead of everybody individually downloading each program and going way over their cap, you pool your 250GB per month of data and only download each show once. Then, you stick a server on that network that will stream those programs to local nodes on the neighbourhood wifi network.
I don't get why the author said that the HDD models were the higher end. SSD is more than HDD in most cases.
For the EEEPC, you can either get 12GB SSD and XP or 20GB SSD and Linux. From what I recall from math class, 20 > 12 and from what I understand of computers, more hard disk space is better than less hard disk space, and SSDs use less power than HDDs. More battery life is better than less battery life.
The statement about XP being for higher end machines is spin, IMO.
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If you had an ant-limb you might have been able to punch quicker.
yes... or joining together to create something you couldn't create on your own. My 20 lines of code are useless on their own, but my 20 lines with 100 other people's twenty lines can be put together to make something useful. Think of it like a bunch of neighbours getting together to chip in for a snowblower. Pooling resources for the common good. The difference is, that once the software is made, it doesn't cost anything extra to give it to somebody else, and the recognition is nice.
When we had our baby, it was against hospital policy to have visitors stay the night.
Ooooh... and you didn't select to install Quicktime and iTunes before installing the updates... let me ask after the updates: Do you want to install the new software? Of course you do, right?
Do you drink out of a bottle? I had a thought the other day, that who knows what disgusting things have been put in that bottle - cigarettes, spit, pee, who knows what... and they simply get washed out and recycled.
Mmm... tasty.
I would rather the employees weren't instructed. If they don't know about it, they won't try and circumvent it. This way, they can perhaps weed out dishonest employees (now whether they do or not, who knows).
Would seem silly to use the phone to make a call from the basement to upstairs.
The other thing to mention, is that stock Ubuntu was used, and of course, stock OS/X. OS/X is presumably customized and optimized for that particular hardware, while Ubuntu was not. Now, what if you want to run OS/X on other hardware? Well, even if you get it installed and running, there is no chance of optimizing for that hardware. While Ubuntu, you can recompile everything if desired and you are ready to roll.
Apple has made it very difficult to do proper benchmarking, because there is no way to throw both on a few different random boxes and see how they compare.
I was going to try to refute this, but my the colour of my eyebrows is slightly different than that of my hair, so there is no way I would succeed.
How did they grab your password? If openid is done right, they don't need it.
How many times have you been mauled by a bear in the past 10 years?
How will the system deal with the fact that people change as they age?
Well, as long as the person travels enough, I would think you would be fine so long as you stored the updated photo every time. People don't age too quickly, so you would only have to account for gradual changes.
Oh... I did not know that. Which ones?
Rogers a while back had a $30/month 6gig plan that I got signed up for on my Blackberry. Not unlimited, but a good amount, especially for a blackberry.
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huh? Who does blackberry have an exclusive contract with?
I don't disagree... I just think it is something that deserves thought... 'I can run what ever software I want' is fine, except that when somebody writes crappy software that has security holes bigger than a mack truck, and other people use it, somebody gets blamed, and it isn't the hobby developer who wrote the app.
Though I also think arguing for multiculturalism as a means of protecting against viruses is akin to arguing for security through obscurity - it is foolishness.
Except that if you have enough unhappy customers, it DOES make a difference to the provider.
out of curiosity... and to raise the point... what would happen if the phone OS contracts a virus and starts sending rampant text messages all over the network? or sends spews and spews of data?
That could potentially be very costly to the subscriber - whose responsibility is that?
How are they contravening DMCA? While the server is still running, burn the track onto a CD. I thought the software allowed that.
And what portion of people will lose their music anyway due to buying a new computer or losing all their data somehow.
Besides, it can't cost THAT much to run a DRM server... if it is running properly and configured properly, it should require minimum maintenance. There are no new users to add, no files to add. The big expense has likely been paid for.
True, but you learn about your rights by reading the license. And, by knowing what the license is, you don't have to worry about the question of whether or not you got it legitimately or not.
And paranoid for a good reason, IMO... there are a lot of people with a lot of hate on for China. Really, any government should have this attitude.
Well... okay... say you have... I dunno... 25 houses in your local neighbourhood. Everybody keeps going over their caps while watching TV over IP. Now there is only so many programs on TV that people are watching. So, instead of everybody individually downloading each program and going way over their cap, you pool your 250GB per month of data and only download each show once. Then, you stick a server on that network that will stream those programs to local nodes on the neighbourhood wifi network.
What is unethical about using software that you purchased?
I don't get why the author said that the HDD models were the higher end. SSD is more than HDD in most cases.
For the EEEPC, you can either get 12GB SSD and XP or 20GB SSD and Linux. From what I recall from math class, 20 > 12 and from what I understand of computers, more hard disk space is better than less hard disk space, and SSDs use less power than HDDs. More battery life is better than less battery life.
The statement about XP being for higher end machines is spin, IMO.