We have, effectively, the same thing happening in Saskatchewan. Sasktel is the one and only true telephone provider in the province and it's mandated that every lot must have a connection with them (you don't have to pay for their service, but their wires must run to your house). They've recently introduced their fibre-to-the-premises service that will supersede existing connections. All new houses in our two largest cities are now getting fibre connections; old neighbourhoods are being converted one-by-one and smaller cities will start following suit once the big city rush slows down. So it's not just oppressive governments that can get this done, like other comments here suggest.
You can get paid for your labor if you can find someone willing to pay for it, that is, you can get paid for the act of creating the software.
That's the thing; who is ever going to pay for that? Software companies work by selling licenses to the people who end up using the software. How much money do you think goes into making the next version of Windows / Photoshop? How many developers / engineers / managers salaries do you need to pay over that time period? How much is spent on equipment to develop and test it on? And you're honestly suggesting that someone will come along, pay for all of that, then happily give it for free to the next bloke who wants to use it?
That's crazy. Software development, for large products that require a small army of people to make, cannot work that way.
It's a little more simple than that; I'd imagine that the actual clock tick needs to propagate the entire chip as well. Otherwise you'd have all sorts of skew between chip components.
Yes, this is a lot like universal healthcare: it's a government unreasonably telling private people what transactions they CANNOT engage in (private insurance in Canada is illegal).
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It's reasonable that a person would remember a key combination to their favorite function for their favorite program. It's not reasonable to expect someone who sees a "please restart your computer for the updates to take effect" prompt to know 1.) what the update was for and 2.) that if it was for the video driver (and only the video driver) that they just have to kill X and let it restart.
Um, from the review you linked to: Once again, we had no luck when trying to play our Blu-ray ISO rips over the network as that format continues to be one of the most elusive.
We studied something like this in my social computing university class, only it was about slime mold "solving" a maze. I never understood why that (or this) was at all interesting; the growth of the slime mold is just a brute force search for food. What you end up with is a minimum spanning tree between the food "nodes." Meh.
You assume that accepting blame and fixing the problem aren't mutually exclusive. Just because Microsoft said "that's not our fault" doesn't mean they won't fix it.
No. The Mythbusters took a look at this; "starting" a CFL only takes as much energy as running one for 2 seconds. So, unless you'll be out and in the room again within 2 seconds, it's always better to turn them off.
Yes, but, how many people that bought a PS3 only for games would rush out and buy an HD DVD player once they are looking for hi-def movies? While PS3 purchases don't account for current Blu Ray purchases, they certainly count for future ones.
There is a "Documents and Settings" virtual folder that points right to "Users"... it shouldn't break anything.
I don't know what software you're using, but on my default XP install I have "Documents and Settings" named "Users", "Program Files" renamed to "Apps", and "Windows" renamed to "OS". None have caused me any trouble.
I think the biggest reason why SDHC support is not added by default was to try and prevent ways for people to stick Wii ROMs (which are >2GB) onto SD cards and access them from that way somehow.
Of course, since the HBC and any other application can now do so natively, I guess this isn't a risk anymore.
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We have, effectively, the same thing happening in Saskatchewan. Sasktel is the one and only true telephone provider in the province and it's mandated that every lot must have a connection with them (you don't have to pay for their service, but their wires must run to your house). They've recently introduced their fibre-to-the-premises service that will supersede existing connections. All new houses in our two largest cities are now getting fibre connections; old neighbourhoods are being converted one-by-one and smaller cities will start following suit once the big city rush slows down. So it's not just oppressive governments that can get this done, like other comments here suggest.
You can get paid for your labor if you can find someone willing to pay for it, that is, you can get paid for the act of creating the software.
That's the thing; who is ever going to pay for that? Software companies work by selling licenses to the people who end up using the software. How much money do you think goes into making the next version of Windows / Photoshop? How many developers / engineers / managers salaries do you need to pay over that time period? How much is spent on equipment to develop and test it on? And you're honestly suggesting that someone will come along, pay for all of that, then happily give it for free to the next bloke who wants to use it?
That's crazy. Software development, for large products that require a small army of people to make, cannot work that way.
It's a little more simple than that; I'd imagine that the actual clock tick needs to propagate the entire chip as well. Otherwise you'd have all sorts of skew between chip components.
Agreed!
They'd need the support of the Bloc as well. Liberals + NDP = 114 seats to the Conservatives 144.
Yes, this is a lot like universal healthcare: it's a government unreasonably telling private people what transactions they CANNOT engage in (private insurance in Canada is illegal).
Um, no? (One of many.)
Don't forget Clinton introducing the DMCA....
It's reasonable that a person would remember a key combination to their favorite function for their favorite program. It's not reasonable to expect someone who sees a "please restart your computer for the updates to take effect" prompt to know 1.) what the update was for and 2.) that if it was for the video driver (and only the video driver) that they just have to kill X and let it restart.
By disabling their ability to reply to the email... duh.
If you install any Windows Updates on Windows, 99% of the time it'll want a reboot and nag you until you do so.
Wow. Wrong. I have a Windows 7 machine I leave running 24/7 and it only asks to be restarted every few months. It does Windows Updates daily.
Yeah, grandma has known that trick for ages! Especially when the updates through the gui suggest needing to restart.
They skipped 13 for superstitious reasons. Just like floor numbers in a building.
Um, from the review you linked to:
Once again, we had no luck when trying to play our Blu-ray ISO rips over the network as that format continues to be one of the most elusive.
But if _I_ modified it, then the checksum would be different.
We studied something like this in my social computing university class, only it was about slime mold "solving" a maze. I never understood why that (or this) was at all interesting; the growth of the slime mold is just a brute force search for food. What you end up with is a minimum spanning tree between the food "nodes." Meh.
You assume that accepting blame and fixing the problem aren't mutually exclusive. Just because Microsoft said "that's not our fault" doesn't mean they won't fix it.
No. The Mythbusters took a look at this; "starting" a CFL only takes as much energy as running one for 2 seconds. So, unless you'll be out and in the room again within 2 seconds, it's always better to turn them off.
I guess he's rejecting our reality and substituting his own.
I can imagine a lot of typical average users wanting a way to watch porn without messing up Windows.
Buyer beware. When two formats are competing it's best to let the dust settle first.
Yes, but, how many people that bought a PS3 only for games would rush out and buy an HD DVD player once they are looking for hi-def movies? While PS3 purchases don't account for current Blu Ray purchases, they certainly count for future ones.
There is a "Documents and Settings" virtual folder that points right to "Users" ... it shouldn't break anything.
I don't know what software you're using, but on my default XP install I have "Documents and Settings" named "Users", "Program Files" renamed to "Apps", and "Windows" renamed to "OS". None have caused me any trouble.
I think the biggest reason why SDHC support is not added by default was to try and prevent ways for people to stick Wii ROMs (which are >2GB) onto SD cards and access them from that way somehow. Of course, since the HBC and any other application can now do so natively, I guess this isn't a risk anymore.