Nonsense. If Hollywood really can't protect it's works the film industry will die.... If the money cannot be recouped reasonably it's all over. No more Matrix, no more Fight Club, no Harry Potter, no Lord of the Rings
You say that like its a Bad Thing.
Personally, I want Hollywood (as it now stands) to die. Plainly, these folks can't deal with a changing world, and the changes are only going to come faster as time goes by. Let 'em close up shop and then others who can come up with a more reasonable business model can step in.
The music companies can generally avoid having to deal with us directly, but the stores have to. I really hate to do this, but I don't see a lot of other alternatives for actively getting the point across that I will not buy botched (err, protected) CDs.
1. Go to record store (sorry, but I'm old and to me, its a record store). 2. Pick up a few CDs known to be protected (we've really got to get these things labelled). 3. Initiate a purchase transaction. 4. During said transaction, inquire if the CDs are protected. 5. If they say No, call 'em on it and abort transaction. 6. If they say Yes, tell 'em I wont buy protected CDs and abort transaction. 7. If they say I dunno, tell 'em I don't want to take the chance and abort transaction. 8. Try to retain the ability to look at myself in the mirror after being such a dick to my local music store owner... (well, those guys are pretty much screwed anyway in the long run)
Everyone seems blinded by the fact that this time it's microsoft who happens to be the victim. Doesn't anyone see that next time it might be the good guys getting fucked by the government?
Actually, its not that "its Microsoft" its that its "a monopolist behaving poorly".
My boss gave me a set of criteria which needs to be filled:
intuitive and easy to use IDE
simplified GUI design and event handling
advanced error handling
advanced object oriented design including
multiple inheritance
abstract classes
and garbage collection
full support for operator and function overloading
and portable (at compile-time) across various platforms.
Looks like he read the latest development management magazine and picked out the buzzphrases with a 'Good' connotation attached.
There are other posts that have excellent suggestions, so I wont rehash 'em here. I just couldn't resist as I'm particularly pissed at managers with no technical background in software that think they have a clue how to design software or write code much less lay down criteria for language selection. Oh, Please! Deliver me from stoopit people.
He said many people wanted an overseer for the root servers and a technical co-ordination body that could drive the development of the net, not a global net policeman.
My memory may be a bit foggy, but did we not have these things -- an overseer for the root servers and a technical coordination body to drive net development -- with IANA, IETF & ISOC and all that?
t's interesting reading the responses so far - they seem to indicate that only the weak (unskilled) tech folks will be hurt by layoffs and well, since they aren't as smart as we all are, that's fine.
I suppose thats one way of looking at it. On the other hand, there is a bit of personal responsibility here. Starting with "Don't take a job for which you're unqualified." It was for a while very silly... Know what RDBMS stands for? Great, foo.com over here needs a DBA! You da man!
This little tumble wasn't just written on the wall, it was a huge, flashing neon sign in the sky.
Another good tip would be "Don't join a startup unless you've saved enough to cover your expenses for a while should things not be as rosy as the interview."
Does anyone else find it just a little odd that these guys would put all this effort into creating the Grand Queen Mother of all geek discussion forums and then never post?
Not odd at all. Its called voyeurism. And its just great.
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c'mon, danny aiello and bruce willis singing, it was awesome!
you just can't make this stuff up.
thank you.
Forget what society expects you to be. Ignore what your parents want you to be. Be what you want to be- for yourself and no-one else.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
We have a winner.
It was called the IBM PC. It was available in 1981. Dam things were way overengineered.
I'll finally be able to see what all the fuss is about. Geez...
-x
minor correction: everyone has a better reputation
well... except maybe... oh.... Oohh! Hitler! MS's rep isn't as bad as Hitler, right? (I'm not really sure to be honest, I don't get out much.)
-x
Nonsense. If Hollywood really can't protect it's works the film industry will die. ... If the money cannot be recouped reasonably it's all over. No more Matrix, no more Fight Club, no Harry Potter, no Lord of the Rings
You say that like its a Bad Thing.
Personally, I want Hollywood (as it now stands) to die. Plainly, these folks can't deal with a changing world, and the changes are only going to come faster as time goes by. Let 'em close up shop and then others who can come up with a more reasonable business model can step in.
-xski
Now me & the Mrs. can go to LV for our anniversary! Woo hoo! Can't wait for it to shut down!
-x
The music companies can generally avoid having to deal with us directly, but the stores have to. I really hate to do this, but I don't see a lot of other alternatives for actively getting the point across that I will not buy botched (err, protected) CDs.
1. Go to record store (sorry, but I'm old and to me, its a record store).
2. Pick up a few CDs known to be protected (we've really got to get these things labelled).
3. Initiate a purchase transaction.
4. During said transaction, inquire if the CDs are protected.
5. If they say No, call 'em on it and abort transaction.
6. If they say Yes, tell 'em I wont buy protected CDs and abort transaction.
7. If they say I dunno, tell 'em I don't want to take the chance and abort transaction.
8. Try to retain the ability to look at myself in the mirror after being such a dick to my local music store owner... (well, those guys are pretty much screwed anyway in the long run)
-x
What, no underpants?
Sorry if I'm being pedantic.
Not at all. There is far too little pedantry in the world today. Keep up the good work.
-x
We must get Underpants!
Then ??
THEN profit!
Yes, I've learned this. Could they please just... stop? Its really irritating.
In this team, the focus is on getting the job done, not on keeping score.
;)
Got any openings for C/C++/Java developers?
Yes, well, we all have hands now don't we?
LOL!!! I Love it! Quick send it to SNL, it'd be the best parady ad they've done in years.
Quick, someone mod that one up.
Actually, its not that "its Microsoft" its that its "a monopolist behaving poorly".
-jmr
Looks like he read the latest development management magazine and picked out the buzzphrases with a 'Good' connotation attached.
There are other posts that have excellent suggestions, so I wont rehash 'em here. I just couldn't resist as I'm particularly pissed at managers with no technical background in software that think they have a clue how to design software or write code much less lay down criteria for language selection. Oh, Please! Deliver me from stoopit people.
Bah
He said many people wanted an overseer for the root servers and a technical co-ordination body that could drive the development of the net, not a global net policeman.
My memory may be a bit foggy, but did we not have these things -- an overseer for the root servers and a technical coordination body to drive net development -- with IANA, IETF & ISOC and all that?
ROFL!!!!
I don't know whats funnier... the post or the followups.
Here are some compatibility charts:
DVD-R compatibility in DVD standalone players (apple.com)
http://www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility/
DVD-RW compatibility in DVD standalone players (ricoh.com)
http://www.ricoh.co.jp/dvd/cope/video.html
Personal test of DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW compatibility (labdv.com)
http://www.labdv.com/en/hardware/dvd_player.php
RMS has been pretty insistent that he's *not* an Open Source person, rather he's a Free Software person.
Or something like that.
t's interesting reading the responses so far - they seem to indicate that only the weak (unskilled) tech folks will be hurt by layoffs and well, since they aren't as smart as we all are, that's fine.
I suppose thats one way of looking at it. On the other hand, there is a bit of personal responsibility here. Starting with "Don't take a job for which you're unqualified." It was for a while very silly... Know what RDBMS stands for? Great, foo.com over here needs a DBA! You da man!
This little tumble wasn't just written on the wall, it was a huge, flashing neon sign in the sky.
Another good tip would be "Don't join a startup unless you've saved enough to cover your expenses for a while should things not be as rosy as the interview."
-xski
Does anyone else find it just a little odd that these guys would put all this effort into creating the Grand Queen Mother of all geek discussion forums and then never post?
Not odd at all. Its called voyeurism. And its just great.
Thanks for clearing that up. For a minute I thought my networking knowledge must be terribly out of date 'coz that stuff just didn't sound right.