I have CS2 running just fine in Windows 8 64-bit. You just have to tweak things. For some reason, the installer doesn't accept spaces in the path so you must change C:\Program Files (x86) to C:\progra~2. There's a few other things required, but once installed it works great.
Even though they're indistinguishable from random data, they are "derivative works" of the copyrighted material and are in violation. Of course nobody can prosecute or even determine this, but under the law that's how it is.
Who would be responsible for this copyright infringement? YouTube for having encrypted video data? It could be argued that YouTube is only carrying gibberish video data. The forum?
The student who posted it. If you want to get technical, the QR code video on Youtube is not gibberish video data. It's a copy of the movie. It's just a different carrier. Unless you think turning on SSL in bittorrent means you're transmitting gibberish data.
And of course less than 5% of those speakers are in Portugal, and the parent post was in Portugual's dialect. So of course my assumption was still lucky. I know nothing of Romanian culture - had no idea it was even related to these other languages.
I don't know Portuguese. But if it looks like Spanish, but doesn't have many Spanish words, it's probably Portuguese. I'm honestly surprised that Slashdot can even handle that many accent marks.
Third, don't activate until all the devices are installed instead of marked as "unknown device
And why should this be the user's fault? The hardware doesn't change it's PCI/USB vendor or device ID's after drivers are installed. You can't seriously be telling me that Microsoft's fingerprint of your hardware is based on the drivers and not the hardware. And if you are telling me that, then it's not the author being a moron - it's Microsoft being stupid.
You blame the user for that and not Microsoft? The hardware has the same PCI/USB vendor and device ID's as before the drivers were installed. Those are detected just fine without drivers. If this really does cause problems, then the real problem is Microsoft basing their hardware configuration hash on anything relating to software and not hardware.
Requires a certain level of humbleness? I thought community support was cost-saving scheme that's started to be implemented by a number of companies. Sure, it also makes perfect sense for open source, but that's not going to be the only place you see community support in the future.
Wineskin makes running Windows apps pretty easy on OS X. I've accidentally double-clicked EXE files on my Mac and was shocked when I remembered that I had that installed, because the EXE just worked.
Hobbyist here. No, GIMP is not great for hobbyists. I own CS5.5 and will not be upgrading to Creative Cloud. I will run my current version as long as possible.
Photoshop Elements is a resource hog and has a terrible UI. It would be good for beginners, but it hides the advanced functionality. It still has the advanced functionality, but it hides too much of it.
Not a great deal for everyone. Creative Suite was affordable for hobbyists before the change. When you have the extra money, you can upgrade to the new version. Or when you lose OS support you can force an upgrade.
I have an old copy of CS2 (legally purchased), and when Adobe released the activation-free version, I put it on my wife's computer. She's running Windows 8 64-bit and CS2 has everything she could possibly want. I'm still getting use out of that license almost 7 years later. How does that compare with the new plan?
Just because professionals (who also don't have to upgrade every version) can still afford it doesn't mean they didn't just block themselves out of another market. I use CS5.5 myself at home, but it's probably my last. You could call me a professional, but I don't make my salary using Creative Suite. And I don't want to pay rent for software. That's just trying to get money you didn't earn.
Again, that's assuming you need to upgrade to every new release. Most of Adobe CS2 runs just fine on Windows 8 64-bit as long as you're careful when installing. And most of the features are in that one. I find myself using very little of any newer features than that.
You can choose when to upgrade, but you can't choose to pay.
I own an Adobe Creative Suite mostly for hobby/pleasure. Very rare business use. One-time purchase and upgrading only when my new OS no longer supports it.
It isn't even a question of whether it's too much money or not. It's a huge increase in price for many people. The only suites I've ever purchased were CS2, CS3, and CS5.5. I won't even bother going to CS6.
I only updated to CS5.5 because Adobe screwed up a coupon code and gave an extra large discount by mistake.
If you didn't want the ability to FF or Rewind. You can't even just skip ahead by B-Frame if the frame boundaries are unknown without decrypting. This could be solved by sending a piggyback unencrypted stream of frame sizes. But it would just be redundant data.
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I have CS2 running just fine in Windows 8 64-bit. You just have to tweak things. For some reason, the installer doesn't accept spaces in the path so you must change C:\Program Files (x86) to C:\progra~2. There's a few other things required, but once installed it works great.
Poor AC needs a mod-up. So true.
Even though they're indistinguishable from random data, they are "derivative works" of the copyrighted material and are in violation. Of course nobody can prosecute or even determine this, but under the law that's how it is.
I said that the student is responsible for the infringement. I never said it would be proven in court.
Who would be responsible for this copyright infringement? YouTube for having encrypted video data? It could be argued that YouTube is only carrying gibberish video data. The forum?
The student who posted it. If you want to get technical, the QR code video on Youtube is not gibberish video data. It's a copy of the movie. It's just a different carrier. Unless you think turning on SSL in bittorrent means you're transmitting gibberish data.
And of course less than 5% of those speakers are in Portugal, and the parent post was in Portugual's dialect. So of course my assumption was still lucky. I know nothing of Romanian culture - had no idea it was even related to these other languages.
One assumes it's a more widely spoken language unless they have reason to believe otherwise.
How could you tell it was Portuguese?
I don't know Portuguese. But if it looks like Spanish, but doesn't have many Spanish words, it's probably Portuguese. I'm honestly surprised that Slashdot can even handle that many accent marks.
Third, don't activate until all the devices are installed instead of marked as "unknown device
And why should this be the user's fault? The hardware doesn't change it's PCI/USB vendor or device ID's after drivers are installed. You can't seriously be telling me that Microsoft's fingerprint of your hardware is based on the drivers and not the hardware. And if you are telling me that, then it's not the author being a moron - it's Microsoft being stupid.
Don't activate THEN install 10 device drivers.
You blame the user for that and not Microsoft? The hardware has the same PCI/USB vendor and device ID's as before the drivers were installed. Those are detected just fine without drivers. If this really does cause problems, then the real problem is Microsoft basing their hardware configuration hash on anything relating to software and not hardware.
I understand not being able to use Linux, but a Mac with an older version of FCP would work just great. No need for Windows.
Requires a certain level of humbleness? I thought community support was cost-saving scheme that's started to be implemented by a number of companies. Sure, it also makes perfect sense for open source, but that's not going to be the only place you see community support in the future.
Wineskin makes running Windows apps pretty easy on OS X. I've accidentally double-clicked EXE files on my Mac and was shocked when I remembered that I had that installed, because the EXE just worked.
No. The OEM version is $100. It just happens to be roughly the same price as the retail upgrade version. This is why I never buy the upgrade version.
Example:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416550
Hobbyist here. No, GIMP is not great for hobbyists. I own CS5.5 and will not be upgrading to Creative Cloud. I will run my current version as long as possible.
Photoshop Elements is a resource hog and has a terrible UI. It would be good for beginners, but it hides the advanced functionality. It still has the advanced functionality, but it hides too much of it.
Not a great deal for everyone. Creative Suite was affordable for hobbyists before the change. When you have the extra money, you can upgrade to the new version. Or when you lose OS support you can force an upgrade.
I have an old copy of CS2 (legally purchased), and when Adobe released the activation-free version, I put it on my wife's computer. She's running Windows 8 64-bit and CS2 has everything she could possibly want. I'm still getting use out of that license almost 7 years later. How does that compare with the new plan?
Just because professionals (who also don't have to upgrade every version) can still afford it doesn't mean they didn't just block themselves out of another market. I use CS5.5 myself at home, but it's probably my last. You could call me a professional, but I don't make my salary using Creative Suite. And I don't want to pay rent for software. That's just trying to get money you didn't earn.
Again, that's assuming you need to upgrade to every new release. Most of Adobe CS2 runs just fine on Windows 8 64-bit as long as you're careful when installing. And most of the features are in that one. I find myself using very little of any newer features than that.
You can choose when to upgrade, but you can't choose to pay.
I own an Adobe Creative Suite mostly for hobby/pleasure. Very rare business use. One-time purchase and upgrading only when my new OS no longer supports it.
It isn't even a question of whether it's too much money or not. It's a huge increase in price for many people. The only suites I've ever purchased were CS2, CS3, and CS5.5. I won't even bother going to CS6.
I only updated to CS5.5 because Adobe screwed up a coupon code and gave an extra large discount by mistake.
CS2 runs fine on Windows 7 64-bit with a few tweaks to the install process. I wouldn't worry about future OSes breaking it any time too soon.
Apple, on the other hand, doesn't value backward compatibility quite as much.
No, they is a commonly-use gender neutral singular pronoun. It's not a great choice, but it's better than dumb-sounding invented words.
Playing games? Yes. Have the Wii and media center computer both connected to a TV about 15 feet from the couch. But I don't play FPS games.
This is Microsoft research. They do come up with cool things,
Sure they do (Microsoft Songsmith)
RMS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail_Ship
If you didn't want the ability to FF or Rewind. You can't even just skip ahead by B-Frame if the frame boundaries are unknown without decrypting. This could be solved by sending a piggyback unencrypted stream of frame sizes. But it would just be redundant data.