Google does not make operating system, dictate standards, or make make office software that runs 99% of all businesses. No, Google only exerts immense influence on what sort of online applications people are exposed to, not that this could ever matter...
SAP is already a nightmare, I can't imagine Microsoft expending serious efforts to roll it into the Windows Server platform. It'd be like watching a thousand train wrecks, again and again...
Develop a defensive military strategy, which should work just fine, as you are on your own frigging continent? The best defense is a good offense. That said, purely defensive strategies work great against relatively sane nations, not so great against militant dictatorships and maniacal theocracies with access to nuclear weapons.
They must have some pretty stupid negotiators. Or some negotiators with a newly increased bank account balance. Or some negotiators with some bosses who have a newly increased bank account balance. Sooner or later it usually comes down to money.
There's some interesting equipment housed in the lower levels of 51 Peachtree Avenue, Atlanta, GA. I'll leave it up to the reader to deduce what building occupies that spot.
Offtopic my ass. It deals directly with Clinton's views of video game publishers, with specific reference to GTA. Anyone who bothered checking the link would've seen that. For the lazy, here's the article text straight from Senator Clinton's website:
Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) today announced that she will introduce legislation to help keep inappropriate video games out of the hands of children. She also called upon the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take immediate action to determine the source of graphic pornographic and violent content appearing on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game. Recent reports have revealed that this graphic content can be unlocked by following instructions widely available on the Internet.
"The disturbing material in Grand Theft Auto and other games like it is stealing the innocence of our children and it's making the difficult job of being a parent even harder," said Senator Clinton. "I am announcing these measures today because I believe that the ability of our children to access pornographic and outrageously violent material on video games rated for adults is spiraling out of control."
Senator Clinton announced that the legislation she will introduce will put some teeth into video game ratings by instituting a financial penalty for retailers who fail to enforce the rules. It will prohibit the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors and put in place a $5000 penalty for those who violate the law.
Recent research has confirmed links between exposure to violent video games and aggressive behavior in children and a groundbreaking new study by researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine show that playing violent video games triggers unusual brain activity among aggressive adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders. Senator Clinton noted that this is just the latest piece of evidence that confirms the potentially damaging impact of these games on children. Senator Clinton also noted that the current, industry enforced system is not yet working as it should and is not acting as a deterrent to kids accessing inappropriate video games, underscoring the need for today's action.
In calling for the FTC to launch an investigation, Senator Clinton urged the FTC to determine whether an Adults Only (AO) rating is more appropriate than the current Mature (M) rating for the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game given this new, alarming content. She also requested that the FTC examine the adequacy of retailers' rating enforcement policies.
According to research by the National Institute on Media and the Family, games rated M, which means they are appropriate only for people aged 17 or older, are relatively easy for teenagers and even children as young as age 7 to obtain. In the National Institute's recent study, 50 percent of boys between the ages of 7 and 14 successfully purchased M-rated video games, and an astonishing 87 percent of boys play M-rated games. Furthermore, nearly a quarter of retailers in the study don't even understand the ratings they are supposed to enforce, and only half of the stores train employees in the use of the ratings.
"No wonder these games are falling into the hands of our children and no wonder so many parents feel everyday like they are fighting this battle with their hands tied behind their backs," said Senator Clinton. "We need to do better. We need to do everything we can to make sure that parents have a line of defense against violent and graphic video games and other content that go against the values they are trying to instill in their children."
The following is the text of Senator Clinton's letter to the FTC:
Deborah Platt Majoras
Chairwoman
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC
Dear Chairwoman Majoras:
Recent reports have revealed that the video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, has graphic pornographic content which may be unlocked by following instructions widely availabl
Given Hillary Clinton's ongoing fight to convince America that she's better at parenting our kids than we are, these sorts of buyouts may wind up being poor judgment calls should she somehow get elected...
A whois lookup for hymn-project.org says the domain's REGISTRANT is in India. A Netcraft lookup shows the netblock owner as "NECTARTECH, LLC SAN JOSE CA US".
In my view you can't steal something unless you're depriving the original owner of it's use. Copying is copyright infringement, and whether that's right or wrong is left an an exercise to the individual.
Apple fanboys (and fangirls) don't have a marked tendency to try to argue their way around the DRM issue; in my experience they're more likely to just stay silent on the topic. Which has a net negative effect as well, of course. You may know more feisty Apple fans than I do, however.
It is speculated that this is due to a new tool being created (Requiem) that attacks Apple's FairPlay DRM through cryptographic means instead of by copying the unprotected music from memory while it is being played. And that's where they went wrong. The message being that apparently it's okay to copy something that's already available in the clear, but you just can't go around trafficking in naughty circumvention measures. Darn those pesky programmers and their fancy code...
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Yes.
SAP is already a nightmare, I can't imagine Microsoft expending serious efforts to roll it into the Windows Server platform. It'd be like watching a thousand train wrecks, again and again...
Or, on the other hand, it's entirely possible that my comment was meant to be taken in a humorous context.
I count on their stock price, personally...
I'll concede the point.
There's some interesting equipment housed in the lower levels of 51 Peachtree Avenue, Atlanta, GA. I'll leave it up to the reader to deduce what building occupies that spot.
And your liver falling out of your butthole in protest.
Now there's really no such thing as a free lunch...
Offtopic my ass. It deals directly with Clinton's views of video game publishers, with specific reference to GTA. Anyone who bothered checking the link would've seen that. For the lazy, here's the article text straight from Senator Clinton's website:
Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) today announced that she will introduce legislation to help keep inappropriate video games out of the hands of children. She also called upon the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take immediate action to determine the source of graphic pornographic and violent content appearing on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game. Recent reports have revealed that this graphic content can be unlocked by following instructions widely available on the Internet.
"The disturbing material in Grand Theft Auto and other games like it is stealing the innocence of our children and it's making the difficult job of being a parent even harder," said Senator Clinton. "I am announcing these measures today because I believe that the ability of our children to access pornographic and outrageously violent material on video games rated for adults is spiraling out of control."
Senator Clinton announced that the legislation she will introduce will put some teeth into video game ratings by instituting a financial penalty for retailers who fail to enforce the rules. It will prohibit the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors and put in place a $5000 penalty for those who violate the law.
Recent research has confirmed links between exposure to violent video games and aggressive behavior in children and a groundbreaking new study by researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine show that playing violent video games triggers unusual brain activity among aggressive adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders. Senator Clinton noted that this is just the latest piece of evidence that confirms the potentially damaging impact of these games on children. Senator Clinton also noted that the current, industry enforced system is not yet working as it should and is not acting as a deterrent to kids accessing inappropriate video games, underscoring the need for today's action.
In calling for the FTC to launch an investigation, Senator Clinton urged the FTC to determine whether an Adults Only (AO) rating is more appropriate than the current Mature (M) rating for the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game given this new, alarming content. She also requested that the FTC examine the adequacy of retailers' rating enforcement policies.
According to research by the National Institute on Media and the Family, games rated M, which means they are appropriate only for people aged 17 or older, are relatively easy for teenagers and even children as young as age 7 to obtain. In the National Institute's recent study, 50 percent of boys between the ages of 7 and 14 successfully purchased M-rated video games, and an astonishing 87 percent of boys play M-rated games. Furthermore, nearly a quarter of retailers in the study don't even understand the ratings they are supposed to enforce, and only half of the stores train employees in the use of the ratings.
"No wonder these games are falling into the hands of our children and no wonder so many parents feel everyday like they are fighting this battle with their hands tied behind their backs," said Senator Clinton. "We need to do better. We need to do everything we can to make sure that parents have a line of defense against violent and graphic video games and other content that go against the values they are trying to instill in their children."
The following is the text of Senator Clinton's letter to the FTC:
Deborah Platt Majoras
Chairwoman
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC
Dear Chairwoman Majoras:
Recent reports have revealed that the video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, has graphic pornographic content which may be unlocked by following instructions widely availabl
Given Hillary Clinton's ongoing fight to convince America that she's better at parenting our kids than we are, these sorts of buyouts may wind up being poor judgment calls should she somehow get elected...
You forgot Tic-Tac-Toe.
As long as you return the car in exactly the same condition it was in to start with, sure, why not?
Remember Hiroshima; don't let anyone have nukes.
I'm going to wait until it's Super Saiyan.
They're not really trying to knock it out of space, they're just going to fire a cease and desist letter at it. Accidents do happen, though.
Super Latency!
You really need to get an iLife.
A whois lookup for hymn-project.org says the domain's REGISTRANT is in India. A Netcraft lookup shows the netblock owner as "NECTARTECH, LLC SAN JOSE CA US".
In my view you can't steal something unless you're depriving the original owner of it's use. Copying is copyright infringement, and whether that's right or wrong is left an an exercise to the individual.
Apple fanboys (and fangirls) don't have a marked tendency to try to argue their way around the DRM issue; in my experience they're more likely to just stay silent on the topic. Which has a net negative effect as well, of course. You may know more feisty Apple fans than I do, however.
It was supposed to be a joke. I think my humor coprocessor is broken :).