I feel the GPL is a good example of what an EULA should be. A standardized license agreement. If you understand the agreement, than you don't have to read every GPL agreement, because they are all the same. It is reasonable to expect the consumer to understand one/two documents about software usage, but to have them read/understand a different EULA for each and every piece of software (and then read them again when they change) is unreasonable.
It's hard to say. As gets brought up on/. quite frequently, EULAs have never really been tested in court. I personally feel that they should be unenforcable because no one reads them, and they are too complicated for the average person. If they are enforceable, it makes it too easy for entities to slip in one-sided terms.
As a consumer, I would expect that any rebill stuff should be clearly presented to the customer to prevent any confusion, at the time of checkout. It should be in bold, and might include a checkbox to check representing that you understand that this will be rebilled.
I feel that at best, it was underhanded and deceiving, and at worst downright fraudulant.
"It's a very simple process," she says. "Anyone can do it. We plan to start selling the spray - 'Genie Mist' - in a matter of weeks. One bottle will sell for five dollars and be capable of treating 6,000 seedlings."
Act now! And that's not all! Call within the next 5 minutes, and we'll DOUBLE your order for FREE! That's 12,000 seeds! It's fun for the whole family! Look at grandma! She loves tomatoes! MMM MMM! But wait, there's more! For a limited time only, we'll throw in three flavor sprays to make the tomato actually taste good! Groovy Grape! Outrageous Orange! And Crazy Cap'n Crunchberries! ACT NOW!!!!
Are you talking about a specific case, or in general. I find it hard to believe that Assault is not being enforced when an innocent person is assaulted.
If you had the ability to read, you would have seen the following line:
All I get is the command line login and my password/user combo does not work. Lame.
So I couldn't log in. Furthermore, how should I know that startx will get my back to the GUI? If I had made significant changes to the computer, then sure, I would have looked harder on how to fix the issue, but when you hose the system an hour after originally installing, reinstalling looks like a pretty good option.
Honestly, I havn't really run it yet. I ran it after the first install to see if it would start, and it did. I assume that this last install will run as well.
Because I have just started it, I cannot comment on stability or perfomance. I have used the XBMC Live CD to see how it worked, and my (brief) testing went well. It played HD content fine, and didn't throw any errors my way.
I have 2 issues currently:
1) Audio over HDMI. I can get it through the audio ports on the back of the box, but not VIA the HDMI cable.
2) Custom screen resolution. - My TV has a weird resolution of something like 1,300 X 760. The card outputs at standard resolutions, so the screen is a little too big for the monitor, so the edges get cut off. I was planning on using this with a new TV, so I will just make sure that the new one has a standard, supported resolution, and that should fix that issue.
My XBMC running on the xbox is top-notch. I have alot of respect for the xbmc developers, so I have faith that when I get all the kinks worked out, XMBC will work great!
So last weekend, I buy/build a new computer. My intentions are to use this as a Media PC for my basement. XBMC is awesome, and now runs on Linux. Great, let's get some practce using Linux.
Installation of Ubuntu is a breeze. So easy, very fast. (It's a good thing too). Ubuntu boots up fast, and even output it's video through the HDMI port on the back without any additional configuration. AWESOME!!
Cool, time to start installing apps. This is going to be running XBMC, so let's install. I go to xbmc.org click download, then choose Linux. Apperantly there is no download for linux, you use the package manager. Okay a little different than Windows, but sounds kinda fun. Sure.
So I learn about packages, and package managers, and adding third party software repositories, and signing keys. So far so good.
I follow the instructions, add some links to the third party source. I get key signing error messages (even though I followed the instructions 5[!] times trying to get it working). I give up on that, and just ignore the scary warning messages.
So I open the synaptic package manager and install the xbmc core. Everything goes great. A new entry is added to the "start menu" and all! It launches first try!
Cool, let's get some skins, from another thrird party source. I add it to the software sources again and reopen SPM to download. Download some skins but I guess I selected something wrong, because at next reboot, the computer will not boot to a windowed environment. All I get is the command line login and my password/user combo does not work. Lame.
Reinstall Ubuntu. Re add software sources. Can't find XBMC anymore! WTF?!?! It was worked last time. Reinstall ubuntu, still not working. GRR. Reinstall Ubuntu. No dice. anyways on the 5th time I got it working again. Still not sure where I went wrong.
Here are my thoughts on Ubuntu:
1) Installation is awesome.
2) Adding third party software is a MAJOR PAIN IN THE ASS!!! Following instrustions meant for a noob, I screwed it up 3/5 times. I swear I can follow instructions. I earn a living on fixing comptuer problems and following instructions.
3) Why do Linux programs close themselves? I dont' think they are crashing. Like I add a software source then hit close, it updates, gives me an error about my key not working, then terminates! So I have to reopen it.
4) Step 3 gave me an error, so naturally, I copied it to the clipboard. I click on okay and the error dissapears, terminating the program. My error, that WAS in the clipboard is now gone... Awesome.
5) Key signing for software packages is a pain in the ass & comlpicated. Surely there can be an easier way to get this working. How about downloading a file that contains the software source, and the key togeather and then import the file? I still can't get this thing working...
6) Synaptic Software manager's sorting is crappy. I open it up search for xbmc and see packages availalbe for installation. I can click the column headers and sort, but for some reason, when I select a package, the list unsorts! This makes it hard to select packages of similar type (skins in this case).
Overall, I think that Ubuntu is pretty cool, and I can't wait to learn more. However, given the issues that I came across, this is still not ready for the masses. Software installation is too convoluted and hard. I want to click to download, then click to install. Clipboard should not kill your data if the host program has been terminated. Programs should not terminate with no warning. Sorted lists should not unsort for no reason. Installs that will make your computer unusable should come with a warning.
I don't want to sound like Ubuntu is a POS, because that is not the case. I am impressed with a number of aspects, but there are sill a number of usability issues, IMO.
What is your point here? If MJ were legal and taxed, do you think that you would still be buying from "Jose" or "Joe". Unlikely. You (the hypothetical you, of course) would be purchasing from a store, just like you buy your cigarettes from.
How many "wonderful lefties" currently do not pay tax on cigarettes? Very few.
As for your snide comment about "None would ever break the law"... I'll ignore that ignorant, blanket statement.
While traveling through the Yukon, I did not see another human being all day
Wasn't it great! I took a trip up there last summer. You have never experienced the open road until you go north. I remember seeing beautiful views and just stopping in the middle of the road. Being away from EVERYTHING feels so great... I hope it stays that way.
The evil thing about HFCS is that it makes it damn near impossible to get sugar-sweetened soda. If you have ever been to a tripical country, where they use cane sugar to sweeten drinks, they taste quite a bit better.
$.75!?!?!?! WOW! To ride the LRT/bus here (Calgary, AB) it costs a bend-me-over $2.50 each way. Plus, if you want to drive to the 'park 'n ride' then add another $3.00 (I could be a little off here, I've never used this) in parking charges.
Now if you compare that to the even more criminal rates of parking downtown ($20+/day) it doesn't sound that bad... I am **VERY** lucky to work in an office building that is not downtown, and can pay $15/month for parking. I figure it takes about $6 in gas to get me to and from work, making the total cost about 6.75/day. Add maintainance on car @ 1k/year, I'm looking at about $10.00/day. Oh, I forgot insurance, registration, so maybe $13/day.
The bus would cost $5.00, but would take around an hour; driving takes 25 min, and I ALWAYS get a seat. I guess it boils down to: is the $8.00 worth 1 hour saved on commuting? Yes it is.
You know who else dosen't make a lot of money? Potters. Not too long ago everyone had many pots. Pots were used to store water, oil, seeds and lots of other household items. Pots were routinely carried from place to place, and as a result of use, they would break occationally. This kept a constant supply of customers to the potters.
When was the last time you bought a pot? I bought one 3 years ago for a plant (that is now nearly dead). I suspect that that pot was made in a factory as well.
You don't hear people crying about the dying pottery business. Business models change. Society evolves. There will always be a need for news. Maybe news will be reported by those that were there. Maybe news will be paid for by TV networks using revenue from advertisements. Maybe even news services could be covered by your property tax. The current news model is evolving, newspapers appear like they are on thier way out. Maybe the town crier is posed for a comeback.
Did you buy a hot-dog cart? I hear sales of carts are through the roof. I saw a thing on TV the other day, and a hot-dog vender can make 6 figures a year!
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I hope so too. Once they get to Canada they shack up on our golf courses and shit on the greens. We hate the geese as much as you.
I feel the GPL is a good example of what an EULA should be. A standardized license agreement. If you understand the agreement, than you don't have to read every GPL agreement, because they are all the same. It is reasonable to expect the consumer to understand one/two documents about software usage, but to have them read/understand a different EULA for each and every piece of software (and then read them again when they change) is unreasonable.
It's hard to say. As gets brought up on /. quite frequently, EULAs have never really been tested in court. I personally feel that they should be unenforcable because no one reads them, and they are too complicated for the average person. If they are enforceable, it makes it too easy for entities to slip in one-sided terms.
As a consumer, I would expect that any rebill stuff should be clearly presented to the customer to prevent any confusion, at the time of checkout. It should be in bold, and might include a checkbox to check representing that you understand that this will be rebilled.
I feel that at best, it was underhanded and deceiving, and at worst downright fraudulant.
Pathetic? definitely. On Slashdot? Unfortunately.
"It's a very simple process," she says. "Anyone can do it. We plan to start selling the spray - 'Genie Mist' - in a matter of weeks. One bottle will sell for five dollars and be capable of treating 6,000 seedlings."
Act now! And that's not all! Call within the next 5 minutes, and we'll DOUBLE your order for FREE! That's 12,000 seeds! It's fun for the whole family! Look at grandma! She loves tomatoes! MMM MMM! But wait, there's more! For a limited time only, we'll throw in three flavor sprays to make the tomato actually taste good! Groovy Grape! Outrageous Orange! And Crazy Cap'n Crunchberries! ACT NOW!!!!
0*2=0
Really, I thought it was that Science is so watered down now, that it no longer really interests anyone...
Science should be exciting, and excitement attracts young men.
Where does this guy go to the bathroom? AFAIK, none of my closets have a toilet in them.
Are you talking about a specific case, or in general. I find it hard to believe that Assault is not being enforced when an innocent person is assaulted.
You can count Canada in the HFCS wagon! YEEE HAWW!
If you had the ability to read, you would have seen the following line:
All I get is the command line login and my password/user combo does not work. Lame.
So I couldn't log in. Furthermore, how should I know that startx will get my back to the GUI? If I had made significant changes to the computer, then sure, I would have looked harder on how to fix the issue, but when you hose the system an hour after originally installing, reinstalling looks like a pretty good option.
If you are asking, you don't qualify.
Honestly, I havn't really run it yet. I ran it after the first install to see if it would start, and it did. I assume that this last install will run as well.
Because I have just started it, I cannot comment on stability or perfomance. I have used the XBMC Live CD to see how it worked, and my (brief) testing went well. It played HD content fine, and didn't throw any errors my way.
I have 2 issues currently:
1) Audio over HDMI. I can get it through the audio ports on the back of the box, but not VIA the HDMI cable. 2) Custom screen resolution. - My TV has a weird resolution of something like 1,300 X 760. The card outputs at standard resolutions, so the screen is a little too big for the monitor, so the edges get cut off. I was planning on using this with a new TV, so I will just make sure that the new one has a standard, supported resolution, and that should fix that issue.
My XBMC running on the xbox is top-notch. I have alot of respect for the xbmc developers, so I have faith that when I get all the kinks worked out, XMBC will work great!
So last weekend, I buy/build a new computer. My intentions are to use this as a Media PC for my basement. XBMC is awesome, and now runs on Linux. Great, let's get some practce using Linux.
Installation of Ubuntu is a breeze. So easy, very fast. (It's a good thing too). Ubuntu boots up fast, and even output it's video through the HDMI port on the back without any additional configuration. AWESOME!!
Cool, time to start installing apps. This is going to be running XBMC, so let's install. I go to xbmc.org click download, then choose Linux. Apperantly there is no download for linux, you use the package manager. Okay a little different than Windows, but sounds kinda fun. Sure.
So I learn about packages, and package managers, and adding third party software repositories, and signing keys. So far so good.
I follow the instructions, add some links to the third party source. I get key signing error messages (even though I followed the instructions 5[!] times trying to get it working). I give up on that, and just ignore the scary warning messages.
So I open the synaptic package manager and install the xbmc core. Everything goes great. A new entry is added to the "start menu" and all! It launches first try!
Cool, let's get some skins, from another thrird party source. I add it to the software sources again and reopen SPM to download. Download some skins but I guess I selected something wrong, because at next reboot, the computer will not boot to a windowed environment. All I get is the command line login and my password/user combo does not work. Lame.
Reinstall Ubuntu. Re add software sources. Can't find XBMC anymore! WTF?!?! It was worked last time. Reinstall ubuntu, still not working. GRR. Reinstall Ubuntu. No dice. anyways on the 5th time I got it working again. Still not sure where I went wrong.
Here are my thoughts on Ubuntu:
1) Installation is awesome.
2) Adding third party software is a MAJOR PAIN IN THE ASS!!! Following instrustions meant for a noob, I screwed it up 3/5 times. I swear I can follow instructions. I earn a living on fixing comptuer problems and following instructions.
3) Why do Linux programs close themselves? I dont' think they are crashing. Like I add a software source then hit close, it updates, gives me an error about my key not working, then terminates! So I have to reopen it.
4) Step 3 gave me an error, so naturally, I copied it to the clipboard. I click on okay and the error dissapears, terminating the program. My error, that WAS in the clipboard is now gone... Awesome.
5) Key signing for software packages is a pain in the ass & comlpicated. Surely there can be an easier way to get this working. How about downloading a file that contains the software source, and the key togeather and then import the file? I still can't get this thing working...
6) Synaptic Software manager's sorting is crappy. I open it up search for xbmc and see packages availalbe for installation. I can click the column headers and sort, but for some reason, when I select a package, the list unsorts! This makes it hard to select packages of similar type (skins in this case).
Overall, I think that Ubuntu is pretty cool, and I can't wait to learn more. However, given the issues that I came across, this is still not ready for the masses. Software installation is too convoluted and hard. I want to click to download, then click to install. Clipboard should not kill your data if the host program has been terminated. Programs should not terminate with no warning. Sorted lists should not unsort for no reason. Installs that will make your computer unusable should come with a warning.
I don't want to sound like Ubuntu is a POS, because that is not the case. I am impressed with a number of aspects, but there are sill a number of usability issues, IMO.
Man, it sucks when an R/C car is more advanced than my real life car.
What is your point here? If MJ were legal and taxed, do you think that you would still be buying from "Jose" or "Joe". Unlikely. You (the hypothetical you, of course) would be purchasing from a store, just like you buy your cigarettes from.
How many "wonderful lefties" currently do not pay tax on cigarettes? Very few.
As for your snide comment about "None would ever break the law"... I'll ignore that ignorant, blanket statement.
While traveling through the Yukon, I did not see another human being all day
Wasn't it great! I took a trip up there last summer. You have never experienced the open road until you go north. I remember seeing beautiful views and just stopping in the middle of the road. Being away from EVERYTHING feels so great... I hope it stays that way.
The evil thing about HFCS is that it makes it damn near impossible to get sugar-sweetened soda. If you have ever been to a tripical country, where they use cane sugar to sweeten drinks, they taste quite a bit better.
$.75!?!?!?! WOW! To ride the LRT/bus here (Calgary, AB) it costs a bend-me-over $2.50 each way. Plus, if you want to drive to the 'park 'n ride' then add another $3.00 (I could be a little off here, I've never used this) in parking charges.
Now if you compare that to the even more criminal rates of parking downtown ($20+/day) it doesn't sound that bad... I am **VERY** lucky to work in an office building that is not downtown, and can pay $15/month for parking. I figure it takes about $6 in gas to get me to and from work, making the total cost about 6.75/day. Add maintainance on car @ 1k/year, I'm looking at about $10.00/day. Oh, I forgot insurance, registration, so maybe $13/day.
The bus would cost $5.00, but would take around an hour; driving takes 25 min, and I ALWAYS get a seat. I guess it boils down to: is the $8.00 worth 1 hour saved on commuting? Yes it is.
BTW I would save about $1,600/year.
Does no one still get into the tree structure to create their own folders to organize things?
Or...do most people just put everything in My Documents?
You forgot option 3: Whereever the default save path is.or option 4: I save my important files in (recycle bin|temp folder|ram drive)
If you look at another of his profiles, it has a picture of his company's logo.
I think I know what the problem is.... The mouse, is connected to the monitor.
Haha, he even helped the police by providing a mugshot.
You know who else dosen't make a lot of money? Potters. Not too long ago everyone had many pots. Pots were used to store water, oil, seeds and lots of other household items. Pots were routinely carried from place to place, and as a result of use, they would break occationally. This kept a constant supply of customers to the potters.
When was the last time you bought a pot? I bought one 3 years ago for a plant (that is now nearly dead). I suspect that that pot was made in a factory as well.
You don't hear people crying about the dying pottery business. Business models change. Society evolves. There will always be a need for news. Maybe news will be reported by those that were there. Maybe news will be paid for by TV networks using revenue from advertisements. Maybe even news services could be covered by your property tax. The current news model is evolving, newspapers appear like they are on thier way out. Maybe the town crier is posed for a comeback.
Just throw them all onto a website, the the google-bot crawl them, then just search for "Best entry". First result wins!
Did you buy a hot-dog cart? I hear sales of carts are through the roof. I saw a thing on TV the other day, and a hot-dog vender can make 6 figures a year!