Why would you want to keep IE at all when Firefox, Chrome (as soon as they get around to porting it), Konquerer, all the Gecko browsers besides Firefox, etc. are readily available? Why would you force yourself to undergo the sheer agony of using IE?
Ebay and/or Craigslist? C'mon, this is the age of information for fuck's sake! You have all them internets right in front of you, routed through a massive series of tubes (which get(s(?)) clogged occasionally). </sarcasm>
If I type "wikipedia foo" into Ubiquity, it'll fetch the Wikipedia article on "foo" and display it inline (along with other search results). Auto-fill won't.
Actually, your old version of Word etc. will open your old Word documents just fine -- but your old version of Word won't open OOXML files created in newer versions of Word (that's the lock-in). Also, Apple is ending DRM on iTunes -- but who knows if libgpod (the open source answer to the iPod's "iTunes only" behavior) will be able to open your iPod tomorrow? iTunes will definitely be able to open your iPod, and again, that's lock-in.
I feel sorry for people living outside the USA. At least here nothing meaningful can happen without an amendment (but IANAL, and I COULD BE WRONG), and right now I think Congress has Better Things to do (yeah, like that'll stop them).
If the students print it, the toner/paper use/overuse gets evenly distributed across the whole campus/dorm building, whereas if the professor has to print it, he probably has to buy ~3 cartridges of toner and a ream of paper for every assignment.
And if you're really not strong enough, get a netbook. Surely they'll have Wifi (in a particular place|in every classroom|throughout the dorm|campus-wide|city-wide (Mountain View does, at least, because Google gives it away))
If we're going to make the implicit assumption that the past keeps repeating, then may I point out that no civilization has ever survived intact forever. At best they are replaced by something vaguely similar, but even then only after periods of chaos and suffering on a monumental scale. At worst we find a stone tablet somewhere praising king X for wiping out every man, woman, and child in neighboring city Y in only a day.
Why drop support of their previous major version? They could at least provide security updates.
For the same reason Microsoft dropped support of Windows 3.1 a long time ago, and in contrast with the reason Microsoft is now trying to drop support for XP.
Obsolete versions waste time and energy. Firefox 2 was supported for some time after Fx 3 came out, but they can't support it indefinitely.
Think of it another way: Mozilla doesn't have to make Fx (well|free as in beer|free as in speech|at all), so don't bitch about it if they decide to do something you don't like, unless you're paying for Fx, which you're not. Note that "Fx" is the correct abbreviation of "Firefox" ("FF" is wrong).
The whole point of Betas is that they have bugs etc. and haven't been tested. If you care about security, you shouldn't use a Beta. If you don't care, why are you asking?
If the song is a minute long, probably not. If it's seventeen minutes long, maybe, but IANAL. And no, that's not absolutely legal, although it might be short enough that the company doesn't bother suing. Again, IANAL, go ask NYCL if you care, but don't expect a lack of disclaimers. Or perhaps a lawyer whom you actually pay?
[snip] But that's not hard for the prosecution to prove: they don't need to know everyone who has ever been in the swarm; they just need to have the relevant rights holders and assignees testify under oath that they weren't participating in the swarm. Then it's left to the defense to discredit the testimony to the satisfaction of the court/jury.
If they sold DRM'd software to tens of thousands of people I bet it would be hard to prove. What if customer #69,105 moved to, say, China (dumb move in terms of Human Rights, but smart move in terms of Intellectual Property) (WARNING:Don't move to China)
IANAL, but if you use BitThief (which uses a 0:1 ratio; i.e. it doesn't upload) you might be okay. Of course, BitThief ruins the swarm health if used en masse
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Why would you want to keep IE at all when Firefox, Chrome (as soon as they get around to porting it), Konquerer, all the Gecko browsers besides Firefox, etc. are readily available? Why would you force yourself to undergo the sheer agony of using IE?
Ebay and/or Craigslist? C'mon, this is the age of information for fuck's sake! You have all them internets right in front of you, routed through a massive series of tubes (which get(s(?)) clogged occasionally). </sarcasm>
I use polar coordinates, you insensitive clod!
If I type "wikipedia foo" into Ubiquity, it'll fetch the Wikipedia article on "foo" and display it inline (along with other search results). Auto-fill won't.
IANAL, but you don't need a © to mark something as copyrighted, at least in the U.S. Things are automatically copyrighted unless you explicitly release them into the public domain, or they are ineligible for copyright (e.g. a random string of numbers and letters like 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0) (IANAL, not sure about the 09 F9 thing, you might get sued if you assume I'm right).
Actually, your old version of Word etc. will open your old Word documents just fine -- but your old version of Word won't open OOXML files created in newer versions of Word (that's the lock-in). Also, Apple is ending DRM on iTunes -- but who knows if libgpod (the open source answer to the iPod's "iTunes only" behavior) will be able to open your iPod tomorrow? iTunes will definitely be able to open your iPod, and again, that's lock-in.
Atheism isn't a religion, since it:
I feel sorry for people living outside the USA. At least here nothing meaningful can happen without an amendment (but IANAL, and I COULD BE WRONG), and right now I think Congress has Better Things to do (yeah, like that'll stop them).
Scientology isn't a religion. Spain, the US and Australia may think otherwise, but most of the world agrees that it's not a religion.
CAPTCHA == dungeon (+Irony)
Slashdot != The Daily WTF
If the students print it, the toner/paper use/overuse gets evenly distributed across the whole campus/dorm building, whereas if the professor has to print it, he probably has to buy ~3 cartridges of toner and a ream of paper for every assignment.
"Library's" ?? Tsk tsk.
"??" ? Tsk tsk.
And if you're really not strong enough, get a netbook. Surely they'll have Wifi (in a particular place|in every classroom|throughout the dorm|campus-wide|city-wide (Mountain View does, at least, because Google gives it away))
If we're going to make the implicit assumption that the past keeps repeating, then may I point out that no civilization has ever survived intact forever. At best they are replaced by something vaguely similar, but even then only after periods of chaos and suffering on a monumental scale. At worst we find a stone tablet somewhere praising king X for wiping out every man, woman, and child in neighboring city Y in only a day.
May I point out China?
But Al Gore liked that plan! He got a nobel prize. Therefore, he can't be wrong! </sarcasm>
> The ozone "hole" was originally found over the poles because we suddenly had the ability to see it via satellites.
Bullshit! Ozone has been measured at least since 1928[!].
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With what, your bare hands?
Why drop support of their previous major version? They could at least provide security updates.
For the same reason Microsoft dropped support of Windows 3.1 a long time ago, and in contrast with the reason Microsoft is now trying to drop support for XP.
Obsolete versions waste time and energy. Firefox 2 was supported for some time after Fx 3 came out, but they can't support it indefinitely.
Think of it another way: Mozilla doesn't have to make Fx (well|free as in beer|free as in speech|at all), so don't bitch about it if they decide to do something you don't like, unless you're paying for Fx, which you're not. Note that "Fx" is the correct abbreviation of "Firefox" ("FF" is wrong).
The whole point of Betas is that they have bugs etc. and haven't been tested. If you care about security, you shouldn't use a Beta. If you don't care, why are you asking?
Thanks to the Bilski ruling, hopefully noone.
If the song is a minute long, probably not. If it's seventeen minutes long, maybe, but IANAL. And no, that's not absolutely legal, although it might be short enough that the company doesn't bother suing. Again, IANAL, go ask NYCL if you care, but don't expect a lack of disclaimers. Or perhaps a lawyer whom you actually pay?
[snip]
But that's not hard for the prosecution to prove: they don't need to know everyone who has ever been in the swarm; they just need to have the relevant rights holders and assignees testify under oath that they weren't participating in the swarm. Then it's left to the defense to discredit the testimony to the satisfaction of the court/jury.
If they sold DRM'd software to tens of thousands of people I bet it would be hard to prove. What if customer #69,105 moved to, say, China (dumb move in terms of Human Rights, but smart move in terms of Intellectual Property) (WARNING:Don't move to China)
IANAL, but if you use BitThief (which uses a 0:1 ratio; i.e. it doesn't upload) you might be okay. Of course, BitThief ruins the swarm health if used en masse
I'm not sure that theater-camming is illegal -- just against the theater's rule. IANAL and I could be WRONG, don't try this at your theater
Oh, and I'm too lazy to s/theater/cinema/g my post, so I'll just submit it this way.
Otherwise they're just deliberately(?) opening up the BitTorrent community to a general attack at the ISP level.
It's a trap!!!
Did it really take more than an hour to figure that out?