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Is it that comics are growing in popularity for our "dumbed-down culture", or that Hollywood - having run out of new ideas long ago - has renewed interested in comics because they're remaking so many comics - both new and old - into movies?
Like it matters. This exploit is taking advantage of a hole in Windows, yes, but the BHO support is not the problem here. A cracker should just as easily install a Mozilla extension and do the same thing - parsing the DOM before navigation begins. The information is all there - it's how the warez gets installed that's the problem.
I agree. This is such a throw-away society and this only makes it worse. After a time, you know that people are going to "force" government to mandate recycling programs for these types of DVDs, thus adding to the cost that the tax-payer ultimately pays (unless they tack on a deposit like soda cans in some US states, and perhaps elsewhere).
Once recycling technology improves in such a case, movie studios could buy back the cheaper plastic and probably make more of a profit than from new throw-aways, thus adding to their revenue and bolstering their greed. All I keep think is, you can't take it with you!
I like to help others on a development community I haunt, but I really hate it when they request to add me to their lists / see my online presence. I use IM mostly for business, and I actively participate in the development forum because I like to help - not carry on dialog. Besides, in such a situation people stop thinking for themselves when it comes to development problems (typically simple things they can't figure out because they didn't read the API documentation).
I like not carrying on dialog with people, one of my attractions to the Internet before the web got commercialized.
Oh, you mean like VB.NET or the other 20-some languages that target the CLR? Oh wait, you wouldn't even know what that is since - if it comes from Microsoft - and must be crap and it must be evil, right?
Jump off the bandwagon and think for yourself once in a while.
Windows has had a screen reader as part of the OS since around Win98SE and Win2K, part of their accessibility suite of utilities. Anyone paying that kind of money is moron.
It's not just about "our" tyranny, though, but the very fact that we are a free, capitalist nation who also seem morally reprehensible to them. In some cases, I agree that we probably have some of the worst morals out of any country, but in most cases it is they that have the problems. Our women can hold any position in business or government they want. In some countries, showing their entire face would get them stoned or otherwise punished.
All in all, there is little to no more tyranny here than anywhere else. The EC doesn't much give a crap about the EU's people. They do what THEY think is right. Saddam was tyranical in the face of his (former) people, but terrorists loved him. These are just a couple examples.
So consumers without a clue shouldn't have a media player installed by default on their machines? These types of people just want things to "work" and don't care about anything else so long as it does. If they don't have a media player to play audio and video files, they'll be pretty ticked off.
Maybe giving OEMs a choice is the way to go, but I definitely don't think that forcing MS to include someone else's media player is fair, either. Does YOUR company (or anyone else's for that matter) distribute your competition's products? Doubtful.
Monti says: 'In the end, I had to decide what was best for competition and consumers in Europe.
So for all those consumers that don't know or care - and be honest, most people don't have clue about computers - they shouldn't be provided with a media player out-of-the-box? Yeah, that's in conumsers' best interests. If they do have a clue, then they know they can install something else and most likely will.
It was a Sci-Fi original. And Sci-Fi canceled it after the season finale' was in post-production so that they left loyal watchers with a cliff hanger and then had the audacity to say "thank you for watching, from sci-fi". So, while the thread's original poster mentioned that Fox starts with F and should be cancel (especially since they've canceled a lot of good Fs, Sci-Fi should by the same token; only the F stands for f...oh wait - can't say that.
We use Morphon in our company for DockBooks. The primary draft writers - industrial engineering interns (it's for an industrial engineering application) - had very little problem figuring it out.
Yes. Lucas is an asshole that doesn't care about the viewers. That's been discussed many times before on/. with a pile of evidence that shows he doesn't really care. He's all about the almighty dollar!
And as much as I dislike modern Disney, at least when they release movies on their 7-year schedule with "touch-ups", they have the original versions boxed as well. At least then we have a choice.
Never quote statistics. They can be molded into anything you want. Where do you take into account population inflation? Where do you take into account what types of jobs people have and if they're now on government subsidy programs? Sorry, but statistics mean squat unless you look at the big picture and take as many factors into account as possible.
I think one of the issues is that white collar jobs are just beginning to feel the pinch...
With blue and white collar jobs fleeting, what's left? Pin-stripe lapels? The money gained from exportation primarily helps out those at the top, and most people can't be at the top. So while that's great for people with far too much money anyway, where does that leave the majority of people who need money to survive?
My CEO doesn't have the ability to say "no" to potential clients (we don't make custom software, but it sure seems like it), so I'm left architecting solutions and don't have time to always do things right or to make them easily integrated with our other products that suffer from this as well.
I can't say no because we're a start-up and aren't doing so hot, yet it's not easy finding a job these days despite my experience and credentials because 1) trade-school graduates are cheaper (and managers eventually learn why, but not soon enough for my benefit), or 2) everything's being out-sourced.
So, go for you that you enjoy things. Really. But not everyone is so lucky. This is a competitive market and it doesn't get easier when cheaper labor exists that can get (barely) get the job done (notice I didn't say "right").
Don't forget the tin foil hat to gaurd against the aliens that will likely take advantage of the situation, and an accurate firearm to shoot the ensuing radioactive zombies in the head.
(ooh er, perhaps there aren't any in the US since there's precious little public transport).
Jackass, we have tons of those things around for other things besides public transportation, of which he have a considerable share. Most people here have their own cars.
Touchscreens are used for numerous things. Recently, I was at a restaurant where even the waitresses had a touch-screen at their station. Many restaurants have them. General merchants like Wal-Mart and Target use them at every check-out counter for credit and debit card users. Most larger banks use them in their ATMs. They're everywhere.
So quit your antagonistic and mindless drivel and don't forget who invented touchscreens - and where.
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Is it that comics are growing in popularity for our "dumbed-down culture", or that Hollywood - having run out of new ideas long ago - has renewed interested in comics because they're remaking so many comics - both new and old - into movies?
Like it matters. This exploit is taking advantage of a hole in Windows, yes, but the BHO support is not the problem here. A cracker should just as easily install a Mozilla extension and do the same thing - parsing the DOM before navigation begins. The information is all there - it's how the warez gets installed that's the problem.
...which is why I said it may be cheaper when recycling technology improves! :)
I agree. This is such a throw-away society and this only makes it worse. After a time, you know that people are going to "force" government to mandate recycling programs for these types of DVDs, thus adding to the cost that the tax-payer ultimately pays (unless they tack on a deposit like soda cans in some US states, and perhaps elsewhere).
Once recycling technology improves in such a case, movie studios could buy back the cheaper plastic and probably make more of a profit than from new throw-aways, thus adding to their revenue and bolstering their greed. All I keep think is, you can't take it with you!
I like to help others on a development community I haunt, but I really hate it when they request to add me to their lists / see my online presence. I use IM mostly for business, and I actively participate in the development forum because I like to help - not carry on dialog. Besides, in such a situation people stop thinking for themselves when it comes to development problems (typically simple things they can't figure out because they didn't read the API documentation).
I like not carrying on dialog with people, one of my attractions to the Internet before the web got commercialized.
Oh, you mean like VB.NET or the other 20-some languages that target the CLR? Oh wait, you wouldn't even know what that is since - if it comes from Microsoft - and must be crap and it must be evil, right?
Jump off the bandwagon and think for yourself once in a while.
Yes, because making money from products and services is bad! Damn anyone who tries.
Here's a thought: try selling software and those royalties wouldn't be so bad.
Windows has had a screen reader as part of the OS since around Win98SE and Win2K, part of their accessibility suite of utilities. Anyone paying that kind of money is moron.
It's not just about "our" tyranny, though, but the very fact that we are a free, capitalist nation who also seem morally reprehensible to them. In some cases, I agree that we probably have some of the worst morals out of any country, but in most cases it is they that have the problems. Our women can hold any position in business or government they want. In some countries, showing their entire face would get them stoned or otherwise punished.
All in all, there is little to no more tyranny here than anywhere else. The EC doesn't much give a crap about the EU's people. They do what THEY think is right. Saddam was tyranical in the face of his (former) people, but terrorists loved him. These are just a couple examples.
...because we sure as hell know it's not from the quality of music these days!
So consumers without a clue shouldn't have a media player installed by default on their machines? These types of people just want things to "work" and don't care about anything else so long as it does. If they don't have a media player to play audio and video files, they'll be pretty ticked off.
Maybe giving OEMs a choice is the way to go, but I definitely don't think that forcing MS to include someone else's media player is fair, either. Does YOUR company (or anyone else's for that matter) distribute your competition's products? Doubtful.
So for all those consumers that don't know or care - and be honest, most people don't have clue about computers - they shouldn't be provided with a media player out-of-the-box? Yeah, that's in conumsers' best interests. If they do have a clue, then they know they can install something else and most likely will.
It was a Sci-Fi original. And Sci-Fi canceled it after the season finale' was in post-production so that they left loyal watchers with a cliff hanger and then had the audacity to say "thank you for watching, from sci-fi". So, while the thread's original poster mentioned that Fox starts with F and should be cancel (especially since they've canceled a lot of good Fs, Sci-Fi should by the same token; only the F stands for f...oh wait - can't say that.
We use Morphon in our company for DockBooks. The primary draft writers - industrial engineering interns (it's for an industrial engineering application) - had very little problem figuring it out.
Yes. Lucas is an asshole that doesn't care about the viewers. That's been discussed many times before on /. with a pile of evidence that shows he doesn't really care. He's all about the almighty dollar!
And as much as I dislike modern Disney, at least when they release movies on their 7-year schedule with "touch-ups", they have the original versions boxed as well. At least then we have a choice.
Never quote statistics. They can be molded into anything you want. Where do you take into account population inflation? Where do you take into account what types of jobs people have and if they're now on government subsidy programs? Sorry, but statistics mean squat unless you look at the big picture and take as many factors into account as possible.
With blue and white collar jobs fleeting, what's left? Pin-stripe lapels? The money gained from exportation primarily helps out those at the top, and most people can't be at the top. So while that's great for people with far too much money anyway, where does that leave the majority of people who need money to survive?
This I know, but my boss doesn't. We don't have multiple code bases, but the current version is pretty much a hack all around.
My CEO doesn't have the ability to say "no" to potential clients (we don't make custom software, but it sure seems like it), so I'm left architecting solutions and don't have time to always do things right or to make them easily integrated with our other products that suffer from this as well.
I can't say no because we're a start-up and aren't doing so hot, yet it's not easy finding a job these days despite my experience and credentials because 1) trade-school graduates are cheaper (and managers eventually learn why, but not soon enough for my benefit), or 2) everything's being out-sourced.
So, go for you that you enjoy things. Really. But not everyone is so lucky. This is a competitive market and it doesn't get easier when cheaper labor exists that can get (barely) get the job done (notice I didn't say "right").
And this lack of money feeds the family and pays the bills? Hmm, another interesting point from the anti-Microsoft bandwagon....
And giving away software you've worked on long and hard for free isn't moronic? Hmm...
Don't forget the tin foil hat to gaurd against the aliens that will likely take advantage of the situation, and an accurate firearm to shoot the ensuing radioactive zombies in the head.
Jackass, we have tons of those things around for other things besides public transportation, of which he have a considerable share. Most people here have their own cars.
Touchscreens are used for numerous things. Recently, I was at a restaurant where even the waitresses had a touch-screen at their station. Many restaurants have them. General merchants like Wal-Mart and Target use them at every check-out counter for credit and debit card users. Most larger banks use them in their ATMs. They're everywhere.
So quit your antagonistic and mindless drivel and don't forget who invented touchscreens - and where.