most newer laptops have side vents. the batteries still get warm though and if you put the laptop on a soft surface (like a bed or couch), the laptop usually sinks in far enough to restrict the airflow.
i use my HP laptop on my lap all the time, but i make sure that the vent is hanging off the side of my leg, keeping the warmest part of it off of me and allowing air to flow.
so how does this work in state or municipal airports? they are run by a corporation but owned by the state. i should have a right to wear a shirt that might have anti-government statements on it in state airport.
because you are paying the university does not give you full rights to everything you do, for example, exams. it's you work, but they keep them in most cases (usually because professors are too lazy to write new exams for each class).
your homework, while it might be for your own development and education, can be considered work for the teacher. of course none of this has ever been brought up in a court. i wonder if a student were to write a license for a paper, especially at one of these schools using turnitin.com, would he have the right to sue the school for submitting that paper to that site if the license specifically said it could not be? would that hold up in court?
who owns the copyright to a homework assignment? i think we'll find that the argument will show that the school owns that copyright, just as a company you work for owns the copyright to any code you produce for them (and in some situations, code you produce for yourself).
and let's not forget fair use for academic purposes... which i think this will fall under.
the only time this might not be legit is in the case of a college student research paper on something that could get published. in those cases, the copyright holder would be the journal that publishes it with some stake for the authors.
i'd have to go find the information, but i believe there is case law that allowed someone to make copies for personal use under the fair use provisions. is it the betamax thing?
also, in that series of questions, the lawyer basically says "i don't know what mp3's you are talking about" when the guy who wrote the question clearly stated that he ripped a CD and those are the mp3's.
sounds to me like this attorney who is supposedly devoted to copyright law, especially with the RIAA crap, didn't do all his homework and didn't really put any thought into his questions.
microsoft is a bigger name than iriver or iaudio or creative. they have more money for marketing. i'm sure it will be at least an ipod killer killer. it won't take over the ipod, that was here first, but it will take a chunk out of it, especially from people who have yet to buy something. if i were to buy an mp3 player (which i probably won't), i'd get a zune over an ipod.
that slashdot likes to post stories about the ipod because a lot of people just have to freaking submit stupid stories about it? i mean at least 50% of those results were just pointless stuff.
i know a lot of people who bought the ipod solely because it's apple and apple is cool and if you say otherwise, you're (as you said), an idiot.
the zune has more features than the ipod already built into it. it's not the same thing everyone else has. it supports more formats than the ipod. it (according to a review i read last week) has a more intuitive interface than the ipod. sounds to me like the apple fanboys are just whining that microsoft did something right.
i've never received a telemarketing call since putting my phone numbers on that list.
what i do get a ton of are the fraternal order of the police looking for money, surveys about politics, surveys about shopping habits, and a bunch of other charities looking for my money. i eventually had to tell a political survey to stop calling me because they would call, my fiancee answers and tells them i'm not available, and they call back a few hours later. i nearly screamed at one who called me at 9:10 PM. i think 9:00 is the cut off (which is too late in my opinion. i think they should be restricted to normal work hours 9-5. if you can't get in touch with someone, leave a message. if they don't call you back, they didn't want to talk to you anyways.
that question was probably the best question i read in that group of questions and you completely blew it on that one.
not trying to be a troll... but you didn't really help anyone with your answers to the questions. nothing was enlightening in your responses. it's all stuff that almost everyone here generally knows or could have assumed.
thanks for trying though. next time answer the questions.
most home users could use and many want the training. that's something you should market in addition to your fix-it stuff. also offer advice on what computers to buy, what kind of hardware specs they need (telling people they don't need the most expensive computer is usually helpful for most people and they appreciate that because real salesmen try to sell the most expensive, even though dell claims they don't). and explain that they should always buy a 3 year warranty. explain that the average life of most consumer line computers (the ones you get from compusa and best buy) is only about 3 years, so they should be covered for that whole time. it might seem expensive, but certain problems can be even more costly than the cost of the warranty.
there's also no reason to have them pay for anti-virus coverage with the free versions that are just as good as the home versions of norton and mcafee anyways. same goes for anti-spyware, although the paid-for version of adaware is pretty good i've heard.
and yes, at a certain point in time, their computer might have problems after the warranty expires. that's when you should charge for a recovery service that you just copy their hard drive contents to their new computer.
what about when their dell screws up because it's a dell? this might sound like i'm trying to be a troll, but i'm serious. i've seen too many dells come to me with hardware problems that i just haven't seen from other manufacturers, at least not in the numbers that i see dells come.
the interview sounds like the standard customs interview. i live in the US and we would get that when we crossed the border into canada.
you hear about the terrorists they catch, because the government wants you to hear about it so you think their random searches work. in reality, when you don't hear anything, nothing has happened. they don't know someone's a terrorist unless they find evidence of bombs or whatever. but most terrorists will fly frequently as a normal passenger simply to observe and determine the best way to carry out their plans.
so do you feel safer by their actions? i certainly don't. and you know what? i feel more intimidated, harrassed, and inconvenienced than anything else. i know i'm no safer because when there's a will, there's a way.
i'm not overly "PC" with that stuff. the place i work is 60+% female and they really don't care and don't care if their computers have problems and don't want to learn to fix it. they want it done for them. and this doesn't go for just the girls either.
so i still stand by what i said... most people don't give a shit about drm. it's not important to them so long as everything works. and by everything working, i mean their itunes purchased songs (with drm) playing on their ipod.
when i hear that term, it immediately makes me think "your average computer user that uses a computer for itunes, web browsing, and email", not "you not-so-average computer user who wants to know more about computers but isn't a 'computer guy'".
the definition i think of doesn't really care about drm so long as they can get play music on their ipod. i work with these people on a daily basis. they just don't care. it'd be nice to think that they do, but that's not the case and never will be.
the less experience pc user generally doesn't care about DRM. they care only that they can listen to their music (or watch movies or whatever) in the way it was meant to be, which to them is many times on the ipod (which is the reason i don't consider apple to be any better than microsoft). they can listen to their itunes downloaded songs on their ipod and they don't really care about using it in any other way.
i work in a college. i have student employees. they just don't care. but here's where they do care. we have ruckus, which is drm'd wma files. they don't like that they can't play them on their ipod and consider it to be a fault of ruckus (granted, they have to buy a subscription to play it on a supported playsforsure player, of which the ipod is not one of them, but that's apple's fault, not ruckus's). they think it's stupid. they also don't like that they technically (although we found this to be untrue) cannot even listen to the music without a valid subscription (which is free during hte school year and costs money during the summer). but they don't care about their apple itunes drm... go figure.
so there's almost no point in trying to explain it to them because they just don't care.
i was about 20 when i took that ride and i'm not a small guy. plus the guy who picked me up was a hippie, so i didn't mind. i wouldn't have if he seemed sketchy.
pay phones around where i've grown up and live now are quite common. i think cell phones are a luxury, not a necessity. i ask how people grew up just fine without them for so long with the same exact issues... so why do kids need them now?
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most newer laptops have side vents. the batteries still get warm though and if you put the laptop on a soft surface (like a bed or couch), the laptop usually sinks in far enough to restrict the airflow.
i use my HP laptop on my lap all the time, but i make sure that the vent is hanging off the side of my leg, keeping the warmest part of it off of me and allowing air to flow.
so how does this work in state or municipal airports? they are run by a corporation but owned by the state. i should have a right to wear a shirt that might have anti-government statements on it in state airport.
because you are paying the university does not give you full rights to everything you do, for example, exams. it's you work, but they keep them in most cases (usually because professors are too lazy to write new exams for each class).
your homework, while it might be for your own development and education, can be considered work for the teacher. of course none of this has ever been brought up in a court. i wonder if a student were to write a license for a paper, especially at one of these schools using turnitin.com, would he have the right to sue the school for submitting that paper to that site if the license specifically said it could not be? would that hold up in court?
who owns the copyright to a homework assignment? i think we'll find that the argument will show that the school owns that copyright, just as a company you work for owns the copyright to any code you produce for them (and in some situations, code you produce for yourself).
and let's not forget fair use for academic purposes... which i think this will fall under.
the only time this might not be legit is in the case of a college student research paper on something that could get published. in those cases, the copyright holder would be the journal that publishes it with some stake for the authors.
i'd have to go find the information, but i believe there is case law that allowed someone to make copies for personal use under the fair use provisions. is it the betamax thing?
also, in that series of questions, the lawyer basically says "i don't know what mp3's you are talking about" when the guy who wrote the question clearly stated that he ripped a CD and those are the mp3's.
sounds to me like this attorney who is supposedly devoted to copyright law, especially with the RIAA crap, didn't do all his homework and didn't really put any thought into his questions.
microsoft is a bigger name than iriver or iaudio or creative. they have more money for marketing. i'm sure it will be at least an ipod killer killer. it won't take over the ipod, that was here first, but it will take a chunk out of it, especially from people who have yet to buy something. if i were to buy an mp3 player (which i probably won't), i'd get a zune over an ipod.
they did something right considering their market share and what bill gates is worth.
for evidence of what?
that slashdot likes to post stories about the ipod because a lot of people just have to freaking submit stupid stories about it? i mean at least 50% of those results were just pointless stuff.
it doesn't support fairplay because apple won't let anyone but apple support fairplay.
who's saying product B (the zune) is inferior? from everything i've read, it sounds pretty superior to me.
just how old are you? i bet i'm not far behind.
i know a lot of people who bought the ipod solely because it's apple and apple is cool and if you say otherwise, you're (as you said), an idiot.
the zune has more features than the ipod already built into it. it's not the same thing everyone else has. it supports more formats than the ipod. it (according to a review i read last week) has a more intuitive interface than the ipod. sounds to me like the apple fanboys are just whining that microsoft did something right.
i've never received a telemarketing call since putting my phone numbers on that list.
what i do get a ton of are the fraternal order of the police looking for money, surveys about politics, surveys about shopping habits, and a bunch of other charities looking for my money. i eventually had to tell a political survey to stop calling me because they would call, my fiancee answers and tells them i'm not available, and they call back a few hours later. i nearly screamed at one who called me at 9:10 PM. i think 9:00 is the cut off (which is too late in my opinion. i think they should be restricted to normal work hours 9-5. if you can't get in touch with someone, leave a message. if they don't call you back, they didn't want to talk to you anyways.
this is exactly why i'd buy a zune over an ipod. people think buying an ipod makes them different because "apple thinks different". HA!
sheep.
the zune supports more file types than the ipod. 'nuff said.
that question was probably the best question i read in that group of questions and you completely blew it on that one.
not trying to be a troll... but you didn't really help anyone with your answers to the questions. nothing was enlightening in your responses. it's all stuff that almost everyone here generally knows or could have assumed.
thanks for trying though. next time answer the questions.
most home users could use and many want the training. that's something you should market in addition to your fix-it stuff. also offer advice on what computers to buy, what kind of hardware specs they need (telling people they don't need the most expensive computer is usually helpful for most people and they appreciate that because real salesmen try to sell the most expensive, even though dell claims they don't). and explain that they should always buy a 3 year warranty. explain that the average life of most consumer line computers (the ones you get from compusa and best buy) is only about 3 years, so they should be covered for that whole time. it might seem expensive, but certain problems can be even more costly than the cost of the warranty.
there's also no reason to have them pay for anti-virus coverage with the free versions that are just as good as the home versions of norton and mcafee anyways. same goes for anti-spyware, although the paid-for version of adaware is pretty good i've heard.
and yes, at a certain point in time, their computer might have problems after the warranty expires. that's when you should charge for a recovery service that you just copy their hard drive contents to their new computer.
what about when their dell screws up because it's a dell? this might sound like i'm trying to be a troll, but i'm serious. i've seen too many dells come to me with hardware problems that i just haven't seen from other manufacturers, at least not in the numbers that i see dells come.
you can put your cell number on the do not call list. i get those spanish calls on my work cell, but not my personal one.
the interview sounds like the standard customs interview. i live in the US and we would get that when we crossed the border into canada.
you hear about the terrorists they catch, because the government wants you to hear about it so you think their random searches work. in reality, when you don't hear anything, nothing has happened. they don't know someone's a terrorist unless they find evidence of bombs or whatever. but most terrorists will fly frequently as a normal passenger simply to observe and determine the best way to carry out their plans.
so do you feel safer by their actions? i certainly don't. and you know what? i feel more intimidated, harrassed, and inconvenienced than anything else. i know i'm no safer because when there's a will, there's a way.
i'm not overly "PC" with that stuff. the place i work is 60+% female and they really don't care and don't care if their computers have problems and don't want to learn to fix it. they want it done for them. and this doesn't go for just the girls either.
so i still stand by what i said... most people don't give a shit about drm. it's not important to them so long as everything works. and by everything working, i mean their itunes purchased songs (with drm) playing on their ipod.
funny... most dvd's i've watched in the past 2 years i've been able to skip the previews and that stupid stealing ad.
but i can't skip the fbi warning...
define "less experienced pc user".
when i hear that term, it immediately makes me think "your average computer user that uses a computer for itunes, web browsing, and email", not "you not-so-average computer user who wants to know more about computers but isn't a 'computer guy'".
the definition i think of doesn't really care about drm so long as they can get play music on their ipod. i work with these people on a daily basis. they just don't care. it'd be nice to think that they do, but that's not the case and never will be.
the less experience pc user generally doesn't care about DRM. they care only that they can listen to their music (or watch movies or whatever) in the way it was meant to be, which to them is many times on the ipod (which is the reason i don't consider apple to be any better than microsoft). they can listen to their itunes downloaded songs on their ipod and they don't really care about using it in any other way.
i work in a college. i have student employees. they just don't care. but here's where they do care. we have ruckus, which is drm'd wma files. they don't like that they can't play them on their ipod and consider it to be a fault of ruckus (granted, they have to buy a subscription to play it on a supported playsforsure player, of which the ipod is not one of them, but that's apple's fault, not ruckus's). they think it's stupid. they also don't like that they technically (although we found this to be untrue) cannot even listen to the music without a valid subscription (which is free during hte school year and costs money during the summer). but they don't care about their apple itunes drm... go figure.
so there's almost no point in trying to explain it to them because they just don't care.
i was about 20 when i took that ride and i'm not a small guy. plus the guy who picked me up was a hippie, so i didn't mind. i wouldn't have if he seemed sketchy.
pay phones around where i've grown up and live now are quite common. i think cell phones are a luxury, not a necessity. i ask how people grew up just fine without them for so long with the same exact issues... so why do kids need them now?