Except he doesn't, he just assumed he did (his second post), since he didn't know the files created by Drive aren't actually the docs. Which was, in my opinion, the most probable situation, and which was why I posted my first message.
If a man is struck down by a heart attack in the street, Americans will care for him whether or not he has insurance. If we find that he has spent his money on other things rather than insurance, we may be angry but we will not deny him services â" even if that means more prudent citizens end up paying the tab. Many states nowâ¦require anybody driving a car to have liability insurance. But neither the federal government nor any state requires all households to protect themselves from the potentially catastrophic costs of a serious accident or illness. Under [our] plan, there would be such a requirementâ¦Mandate all households to obtain adequate insurance.
Is this Marx? Oh, wait, no: it's the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy research institute, in '89. 23 years later and the same plan is suddenly "Marxist".
Windows+Office (possibly +browser) are the only "big" software people need, but then they install dozens or hundreds of small applications from the web; it's how they get viruses and fill IE with toolbars. It's true that now "webapps" are making those less relevant, but there's still plenty of them.
For the majority of users, they already have that through Windows Update/Microsoft Update which takes care of their PC, antivirus and Office quite happily.
See above; there's plenty those don't update.
Apt is great when you're offline isn't it - I assume you have 73 CDs or 11 DVDs on you all the time.
I have no idea what's your point. Why would I expect Apt to update my software when I'm offline?
I don't care if my disk dies. I have backups and a spare laptop (Lenovo T61's are cheap as chips). Windows 7 whinges at you persistently if you don't set up a regular backup routine so there is no excuse! You plug a USB stick in and it deals with it for you. Laziness or ignorance is not an excuse.
Sigh. What is and isn't an "excuse" is completely irrelevant to whether people will do it and, more importantly, to whether Steam can be successful by allowing people not to worry themselves with it.
Also, USB sticks are not really that great for backups.
No, pure espresso like we drink here in Portugal (and Spain, Italy, etc). After all, the Americano was invented because the US soldiers in France couldn't handle the coffee drank by the locals; they had to dilute it to make it closer to drip they were used to.
For many people, it is hard to find and install stuff; more importantly, it's very hard to know what software you can trust not to copy your banking password and spam your friends. Steam is setting itself up as another "garden" just like the App Stores of mobile.
As for automatic updating, that's a bonus for the developer, not so much the user, 'though I do get annoyed that every single Windows application has its own updater. A centralized system like Apt (or in this case, Steam) is so much nicer.
As for the traveling files: good for you. Hope your disk doesn't die, ever. Oh, you got backups? Guess what, most people - even plenty of IT people who should know better - don't.
I hate to break it to you, but Google Drive doesn't actually copy the docs down to your machine; the files you see are just metadata that references the file in Google Docs.
When it comes to syncing Google Docs office files, the Google Drive software only downloads a link to your documents and spreadsheets. Click on one to open it and you're taken to the browser to edit the online version. If you're offline, you're out of luck. The actual file isn't downloaded to your computer, so it's useless as an offline backup option.
Files created in Google Docs get their own file type â".gdoc and.gsheet, though these aren't true local copies of the files. Instead they're links that open files in Google Docs, making them useless when you're offline.
Yeah, but the average in the US is terrible. There's a reason why Starbucks isn't all that successful here in the Mediterranean countries, where good coffee is well established and cheap.
How do you figure they want to take over the world? I think they're much better served by a perpetual war that gives a purpose to the people - a common enemy to fight. See also the "War on Terror" - it shall never end.
Not according to Runyon v. McCrary. Not to mention that "freedom of association" is not an explicit right in the US constitution, just derived from Freedom of Speech.
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It wasn't removing your copyright. In fact, it was acknowledging your copyright, because otherwise you couldn't give them a license to it.
Except he doesn't, he just assumed he did (his second post), since he didn't know the files created by Drive aren't actually the docs. Which was, in my opinion, the most probable situation, and which was why I posted my first message.
If a man is struck down by a heart attack in the street, Americans will care for him whether or not he has insurance. If we find that he has spent his money on other things rather than insurance, we may be angry but we will not deny him services â" even if that means more prudent citizens end up paying the tab.
Many states nowâ¦require anybody driving a car to have liability insurance. But neither the federal government nor any state requires all households to protect themselves from the potentially catastrophic costs of a serious accident or illness. Under [our] plan, there would be such a requirementâ¦Mandate all households to obtain adequate insurance.
Is this Marx? Oh, wait, no: it's the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy research institute, in '89. 23 years later and the same plan is suddenly "Marxist".
You want a liar running your life and stealing your money huh?
No, but I'm afraid we only get to choose humans for the position.
Windows+Office (possibly +browser) are the only "big" software people need, but then they install dozens or hundreds of small applications from the web; it's how they get viruses and fill IE with toolbars. It's true that now "webapps" are making those less relevant, but there's still plenty of them.
For the majority of users, they already have that through Windows Update/Microsoft Update which takes care of their PC, antivirus and Office quite happily.
See above; there's plenty those don't update.
Apt is great when you're offline isn't it - I assume you have 73 CDs or 11 DVDs on you all the time.
I have no idea what's your point. Why would I expect Apt to update my software when I'm offline?
I don't care if my disk dies. I have backups and a spare laptop (Lenovo T61's are cheap as chips). Windows 7 whinges at you persistently if you don't set up a regular backup routine so there is no excuse! You plug a USB stick in and it deals with it for you. Laziness or ignorance is not an excuse.
Sigh. What is and isn't an "excuse" is completely irrelevant to whether people will do it and, more importantly, to whether Steam can be successful by allowing people not to worry themselves with it.
Also, USB sticks are not really that great for backups.
You're right, I misread. But then I don't really get the point of that post, since that was essentially what GGP had already said.
Related: https://thepiratebay.se/legal
Not all of them, and only if he uses Chrome, which we don't know if he does, and only if he enables Offline, which he probably hadn't.
The authors had to sign contracts? Who exactly forced them?
No, of course not, that ruins the best part of the flavor.
Offline access stores the files in Chrome (probably in Local Storage), not in the Drive directory.
No, pure espresso like we drink here in Portugal (and Spain, Italy, etc). After all, the Americano was invented because the US soldiers in France couldn't handle the coffee drank by the locals; they had to dilute it to make it closer to drip they were used to.
For many people, it is hard to find and install stuff; more importantly, it's very hard to know what software you can trust not to copy your banking password and spam your friends. Steam is setting itself up as another "garden" just like the App Stores of mobile.
As for automatic updating, that's a bonus for the developer, not so much the user, 'though I do get annoyed that every single Windows application has its own updater. A centralized system like Apt (or in this case, Steam) is so much nicer.
As for the traveling files: good for you. Hope your disk doesn't die, ever. Oh, you got backups? Guess what, most people - even plenty of IT people who should know better - don't.
I hate to break it to you, but Google Drive doesn't actually copy the docs down to your machine; the files you see are just metadata that references the file in Google Docs.
When it comes to syncing Google Docs office files, the Google Drive software only downloads a link to your documents and spreadsheets. Click on one to open it and you're taken to the browser to edit the online version. If you're offline, you're out of luck. The actual file isn't downloaded to your computer, so it's useless as an offline backup option.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-on-the-go/hands-on-google-drive-20120429-1xsun.html
Files created in Google Docs get their own file type â" .gdoc and .gsheet, though these aren't true local copies of the files. Instead they're links that open files in Google Docs, making them useless when you're offline.
http://www.zdnet.com/google-drive-4010026028/
No.
Ugh, Americano. Diluted crap for pansies ;)
Yeah, but the average in the US is terrible. There's a reason why Starbucks isn't all that successful here in the Mediterranean countries, where good coffee is well established and cheap.
How do you figure they want to take over the world? I think they're much better served by a perpetual war that gives a purpose to the people - a common enemy to fight. See also the "War on Terror" - it shall never end.
Since when does being illegal make it unethical?
Of course, the cost for alcohol during prohibition wasn't exactly lower.
There's no such thing as EU law. There are EU directives, which have no power of law.
The term FLOSS was coined more than ten years ago. Not that it's a great term, I give you that.
Not according to Runyon v. McCrary. Not to mention that "freedom of association" is not an explicit right in the US constitution, just derived from Freedom of Speech.
If you like Lua, I'd try Love: https://love2d.org/
Why? I do prefer to program something useful, but it's also enjoyable in and of itself.