The extended warranty only applies to the RRoD issue. Class Action suits are pending in a few states (CA, FL, and one other iirc), over the disc scratching issue.
HOW does a bank operate with this mindset?!?!?!
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Okay, banks deal with money and businesses. Businesses being their main source of profit. How is it that a bank can see it as okay to not have an IT infrastructure that, at the very least, has a steady backup regimine?!?!? The answer is not finding some new gadget that'll let the branch manager wing it. The answer is to either have IT personnel available for such matters or to train existing personnel to do the job correctly. Backup is no insignificant endeavor and shouldn't be treated as such. What bank is this? I a) want their business and b) don't want to give them mine.
"We, as a society, allow corporations the LUXURY and PRIVILEGE of being able to operate as corporations in exchange for certain benefits to society, among them the creation of JOBS and CAREERS and the availability of products and services. Business, naturally, is trying to fuck society by keeping the quo and not exchanging the quid, precisely the same way they are unfairly refusing to honor the original deal in the copyright laws. The reason is because they want everything for free."
We also tax the baJEEZUS out of them and don't allow them a vote. Corporations, besides being a necessary "evil" are made up of people. They're not nameless, faceless entities. And they get screwed almost, if not more, than they end up screwing. Until you've run your own business, you don't have a frame of reference to make comment on the situation.
I can see where the Henckels basher might get the idea that they're of a lesser quality than Wusthof. Henckels does make a couple of lower tier knife lines. Some are downright atrocious, for example the "Laser Edge" (I think that's it) line of serrated (shudder) knives. Those are some crappy Henckels. The single star line isn't all that great, either. I don't recall ever seeing Wusthof knives at that tier or price point. However, Henckel's higher quality knives are on par with Wusthof knives (and at that point, I think it comes down to personal preference).
My latest acquisition was a Calphalon Katana series 7" Santoku. So far it's been a fantastic knife. Replaced my Henckel chef knife. Great edge, nice balance, and cuts through everything I've thrown at it like it's warm butter. I know, I know, "Calphalon?" "Calphalon KNIVES?!?!?!?" Trust me, though, it's a really, really nice knife. Next time you're in a Bed, Bath, & Beyond, ask to look at a couple of the Katana series knives. Good steel and beautifully finished.
Oh, and yeah, Americans often use words to mean the opposite of their intentions. It's called sarcasm. However, the original "couldn't care less" has sarcastic intentions in and of itself and there IS no sarcastic connotation to "irregardless." They're simply misuses of the phrase and word resectively.
That may very well be, however, the phrase "I could care less," is still incorrect when the speaker/writer's intention is to convey their inability to care less, so it doesn't apply to this particular example.
Context. "I could've (could have) gone to the store, but I could, of course, also have gone to the bar." Could've is never a contraction for "could of." There IS no contraction for "could of."
While your explaination of the "could of" is probably spot on, it doesn't excuse it. "Could of" demonstrates a lack of understanding of the meaning of the phrase in the written OR spoken form. One should resist using words or phrases they don't understand.
Nope, it's not sarcasm. It's just people getting something wrong on a regular basis. I'd bet that if you cornered 100 people that said, "Could care less," and pointed out the error, they'd all get that look of a light bulb going off over their heads. It's just that people don't think about what they're saying sometimes. This would be one of those times. And the phrase still isn't correct, even if it's intended to be sarcastic. I think the sarcastic equivalent would be, "I care," or something similar.
Ditto. It drives me nuts when people say, "Could care less." I also hate, "I'll have to take the good with the bad." As if it's such a chore to take the good things.:) But I'm glad I'm not the only one who was bothered by that.
Re:Backups shouldn't be fair use.
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I explicitly did not make that argument.
You don't get to make a backup of books, art, or other physical media that is non-electronic...
Say again?
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Actually, he gave a very good reasoned argument to the points that you made. The fact that you chose to ignore those arguments probably says something about you. I won't hazzard to guess what, though.
The very first (and, I'm assuming most important in your eyes) argument you made was that we don't have a right to make backup copies of other media (books, etc...). As the first resonse stated, this is patently false. We certainly DO have the right to copy any book we own as many times as we wish. The same restrictions and freedoms apply to digital media. I can legally make a thousand copies of the CIV 4 CD I bought*. What I'm legally prohibited from doing is distributing said copies. Same thing with books. I could make a thousand "backup" copies of War and Peace, I just can't distribute those copies. THAT is what is legally referred to as "Fair Use (among a few other things that also fall under Fair Use)."
On a related note, you have to also consider the fact that Intellectual Property is an artificial construct. It doesn't exist in the "real" world. The only reason that it is protected is that we, as a country, have decided that it is worth protecting. But there is no natural "intellectual property" like there is "real property." And the reason for protecting it is to server the public, NOT the creator. Read the law, it's laid out fairly plainly.
*The exception and the reason there's such a problem with IP and digital media is the DMCA. The DMCA basically revoked our constitutionally granted fair use rights. Not in so many words, though. Under the DMCA, it's technically still legal to make backup copies of any content/media you buy. However, if that content/media is protected in any way, it's a violation of the DMCA to circumvent that protection. So, on the one hand, it's perfectly legal to make a backup of that Perfect Dark Zero disc you just bought for your 360, but since it's protected, it's actually illegal to make the backup, not because the backup itself is illegal, but because there's a mechanism in place to keep you from backing it up. It's a legal paradox that needs to be addressed soon, because only one of those laws can stand.
I don't see why it would break those online games. It's a little different than Live in that it'll be an entirely new service, not one that is being upgraded. When you pull up FFXI, it >should just check to see if there's a network connection and then go about its business.
Windows 95 was the first consumer OS to successfully combine multitasking with a decent GUI.
Bzzzt. Thanks for playing. NEXT!
What about, oh, the Mac? Or, say, the Amiga? Or, to a lesser extent, the Atari XT? Microsoft's strengths have always been in the marketing of not-so-innovative products as SUPER innovative.
Long story short... There shouldn't be one single file on the system that every application has to write to and read from on a regular basis that, if one bit is misplaced, can completely hose the entire OS. But that's exactly what we've got with the registry.
Couldn't agree more. As a matter of fact, if you do a rudimentary amount of Googling, you'll find many sites that are devoted to people bitching about HP scanners and trying to help each other out because HP has gotten abso-fricking-loutly TERRIBLE about supporting the crap they're selling. Unless it's a server and you're a corporate client.
I used to recommend McAfee. And then they started writing crap software. So I started recommending Norton. And then THEY started writing crap software. I use AVG at home and I'd recommend it without hesitation to home users. But the best Anti-virus on the planet at the moment is humble NOD32. It consistently scores above all the others, catches more viruses and returns fewer false positives. It's not too expensive, either. About $35-$40 a seat (US).
On the Linux side, I'd recommend AntiVir. It works. You might be asking why you'd need anti-virus on a Linux box. If it's serving files to Windows clients, it can still CARRY the viruses even if it can't be infected. It's best to have the server side covered if at all possible in case a workstation misses something.
I'm no fan of Microsoft, but to be fair, the complaint about the 360 having better graphics but being more difficult to develop for is going to apply to ALL of the next-gen consoles.
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The extended warranty only applies to the RRoD issue. Class Action suits are pending in a few states (CA, FL, and one other iirc), over the disc scratching issue.
Okay, banks deal with money and businesses. Businesses being their main source of profit. How is it that a bank can see it as okay to not have an IT infrastructure that, at the very least, has a steady backup regimine?!?!? The answer is not finding some new gadget that'll let the branch manager wing it. The answer is to either have IT personnel available for such matters or to train existing personnel to do the job correctly. Backup is no insignificant endeavor and shouldn't be treated as such. What bank is this? I a) want their business and b) don't want to give them mine.
"We, as a society, allow corporations the LUXURY and PRIVILEGE of being able to operate as corporations in exchange for certain benefits to society, among them the creation of JOBS and CAREERS and the availability of products and services. Business, naturally, is trying to fuck society by keeping the quo and not exchanging the quid, precisely the same way they are unfairly refusing to honor the original deal in the copyright laws. The reason is because they want everything for free."
We also tax the baJEEZUS out of them and don't allow them a vote. Corporations, besides being a necessary "evil" are made up of people. They're not nameless, faceless entities. And they get screwed almost, if not more, than they end up screwing. Until you've run your own business, you don't have a frame of reference to make comment on the situation.
It's not my goddamned planet. Understand, monkeyboy?!?!
Ditto on Dr. Banzai, I'm a Blue Blaze Irregular at heart. :)
I can see where the Henckels basher might get the idea that they're of a lesser quality than Wusthof. Henckels does make a couple of lower tier knife lines. Some are downright atrocious, for example the "Laser Edge" (I think that's it) line of serrated (shudder) knives. Those are some crappy Henckels. The single star line isn't all that great, either. I don't recall ever seeing Wusthof knives at that tier or price point. However, Henckel's higher quality knives are on par with Wusthof knives (and at that point, I think it comes down to personal preference).
My latest acquisition was a Calphalon Katana series 7" Santoku. So far it's been a fantastic knife. Replaced my Henckel chef knife. Great edge, nice balance, and cuts through everything I've thrown at it like it's warm butter. I know, I know, "Calphalon?" "Calphalon KNIVES?!?!?!?" Trust me, though, it's a really, really nice knife. Next time you're in a Bed, Bath, & Beyond, ask to look at a couple of the Katana series knives. Good steel and beautifully finished.
Oh, and yeah, Americans often use words to mean the opposite of their intentions. It's called sarcasm. However, the original "couldn't care less" has sarcastic intentions in and of itself and there IS no sarcastic connotation to "irregardless." They're simply misuses of the phrase and word resectively.
"Irregardless" is still just as incorrect as "could care less." Just because it's in common usage doesn't make it correct.
That may very well be, however, the phrase "I could care less," is still incorrect when the speaker/writer's intention is to convey their inability to care less, so it doesn't apply to this particular example.
Interesting reading on the subject.
Context. "I could've (could have) gone to the store, but I could, of course, also have gone to the bar." Could've is never a contraction for "could of." There IS no contraction for "could of."
While your explaination of the "could of" is probably spot on, it doesn't excuse it. "Could of" demonstrates a lack of understanding of the meaning of the phrase in the written OR spoken form. One should resist using words or phrases they don't understand.
Nope, it's not sarcasm. It's just people getting something wrong on a regular basis. I'd bet that if you cornered 100 people that said, "Could care less," and pointed out the error, they'd all get that look of a light bulb going off over their heads. It's just that people don't think about what they're saying sometimes. This would be one of those times. And the phrase still isn't correct, even if it's intended to be sarcastic. I think the sarcastic equivalent would be, "I care," or something similar.
Ditto. It drives me nuts when people say, "Could care less." I also hate, "I'll have to take the good with the bad." As if it's such a chore to take the good things. :) But I'm glad I'm not the only one who was bothered by that.
I explicitly did not make that argument.
You don't get to make a backup of books, art, or other physical media that is non-electronic...
Say again?
Actually, he gave a very good reasoned argument to the points that you made. The fact that you chose to ignore those arguments probably says something about you. I won't hazzard to guess what, though.
The very first (and, I'm assuming most important in your eyes) argument you made was that we don't have a right to make backup copies of other media (books, etc...). As the first resonse stated, this is patently false. We certainly DO have the right to copy any book we own as many times as we wish. The same restrictions and freedoms apply to digital media. I can legally make a thousand copies of the CIV 4 CD I bought*. What I'm legally prohibited from doing is distributing said copies. Same thing with books. I could make a thousand "backup" copies of War and Peace, I just can't distribute those copies. THAT is what is legally referred to as "Fair Use (among a few other things that also fall under Fair Use)."
On a related note, you have to also consider the fact that Intellectual Property is an artificial construct. It doesn't exist in the "real" world. The only reason that it is protected is that we, as a country, have decided that it is worth protecting. But there is no natural "intellectual property" like there is "real property." And the reason for protecting it is to server the public, NOT the creator. Read the law, it's laid out fairly plainly.
*The exception and the reason there's such a problem with IP and digital media is the DMCA. The DMCA basically revoked our constitutionally granted fair use rights. Not in so many words, though. Under the DMCA, it's technically still legal to make backup copies of any content/media you buy. However, if that content/media is protected in any way, it's a violation of the DMCA to circumvent that protection. So, on the one hand, it's perfectly legal to make a backup of that Perfect Dark Zero disc you just bought for your 360, but since it's protected, it's actually illegal to make the backup, not because the backup itself is illegal, but because there's a mechanism in place to keep you from backing it up. It's a legal paradox that needs to be addressed soon, because only one of those laws can stand.
...and... well, you know... And see what they get.
I don't see why it would break those online games. It's a little different than Live in that it'll be an entirely new service, not one that is being upgraded. When you pull up FFXI, it >should just check to see if there's a network connection and then go about its business.
Windows 95 was the first consumer OS to successfully combine multitasking with a decent GUI.
Bzzzt. Thanks for playing. NEXT!
What about, oh, the Mac? Or, say, the Amiga? Or, to a lesser extent, the Atari XT? Microsoft's strengths have always been in the marketing of not-so-innovative products as SUPER innovative.
Long story short... There shouldn't be one single file on the system that every application has to write to and read from on a regular basis that, if one bit is misplaced, can completely hose the entire OS. But that's exactly what we've got with the registry.
Couldn't agree more. As a matter of fact, if you do a rudimentary amount of Googling, you'll find many sites that are devoted to people bitching about HP scanners and trying to help each other out because HP has gotten abso-fricking-loutly TERRIBLE about supporting the crap they're selling. Unless it's a server and you're a corporate client.
I used to recommend McAfee. And then they started writing crap software. So I started recommending Norton. And then THEY started writing crap software. I use AVG at home and I'd recommend it without hesitation to home users. But the best Anti-virus on the planet at the moment is humble NOD32. It consistently scores above all the others, catches more viruses and returns fewer false positives. It's not too expensive, either. About $35-$40 a seat (US).
On the Linux side, I'd recommend AntiVir. It works. You might be asking why you'd need anti-virus on a Linux box. If it's serving files to Windows clients, it can still CARRY the viruses even if it can't be infected. It's best to have the server side covered if at all possible in case a workstation misses something.
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Hulk is barefoot.
I'm no fan of Microsoft, but to be fair, the complaint about the 360 having better graphics but being more difficult to develop for is going to apply to ALL of the next-gen consoles.
From all accounts, it wasn't easy to find ANY carrier to carry the iPhone. Cingular apparently was the first to give in and give it a shot.