The states sued separately from the U.S. Gov. Why should they have any effect on how much the US Gov gets to say? Am I missing something?
(My comments generally make more sense after consuming large quantities of 'shrooms. LSD and particularly bad weed has been known to produce similar results.)
Pointing to worse situations doesn't justify MS one bit. Yes, all large companies are wrong and abuse their power once in a while, BUT Microsoft does it blatently and show no intention of acknoledging it much less stopping. When someone with in their position with so much power acts that way, action must be taken swiftly. (fat chance)
If you go over to ZDNET and offer your opinion in a talkback, please be polite and don't flame. We want to make a good impression and not seem like a bunch of pimply teens looking for ways to rip off the RIAA durint pr0n breaks
I think you missed the point. He's voting for Bush not because he likes him but because he dislikes Gore. At least that's how I read it. I have a similar mentality.
Well I'm glad SOMEBODY around here still has a little sense. I agree 100%. Of course that's no excuse to trash the planet. We still need to be carefull and responsible, but if we think we can totally destroy this planet in only a few millenia then we have a serious ego problem.
Virtual Communities are no substitute for the real thing. Yes they exist. Yes they are helpful. Yes they are here to stay and will only grow, BUT they can never fully take the place of a real community. Trying to do so will only lead to an empty existance. We need to take advantage of virtual communities and use them to compliment reality. We also need to carefully keep the virtual world in check.
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But another thing to consider is audio quality. Most of the MP3s I download are obviously lower-than-cd quality and many are simply bad quality. I think the fault for that lies with the MP3 format partly, but that's beside the point. I don't know that I'd want to pay a subscription for sub-par music.
They claim they'd make $500m by charging $5/month, but that's assuming that everyone continues using their service. I really doubt I would. Not that $5 is too much really, I just don't want to subscribe. However, I would be much more likely to pay a few cents per download. Even though it would add up quickly and save me no money over the subscription-based service, at least I know what I'm paying for and can decide on a per-song basis. Maybe it's all in my head, but I'd find micropayments much more appealing. What does everyone else think?
What about an optional switch during the install? Include support for both memory management methods an allow the user to choose. Of course the default would be standard and optional would be BigHonkinMem.
How do you get the "rights" to report on something? I've heard about it plenty of times, but where did it start? Where's the legal basis? Who decides who owns and can sell the rights to start with? It all seems pretty rediculous to me, but that's no surprise.
Has there been any word from Atari yet? They're still out there aren't they? I remember something about a 64-bit system a while back. Anyway, are they going to throw the typical "you're not using my product exactly the way I said you could so I'm going to sue you for more than you'll ever have" tantrum? My memories of my Atari 2600 are too fond to easily believe they'd take that route, but these days who knows? Speaking of which, I have GOT to GET me one of those! I'd take a 2600 over a PS2 or X-Box any day.
Not ours. The IT department is understaffed already. None of the techs want another os to support. It'd be great in the long run, but we are just too busy to fool with it. It's already too hard to get any real work done with all the ridiculous support calls we get. Besides, we're under contract with Gateway for our PCs and they come with NT on them. If all of our PCs (400-500+) had Linux on them and that's what the techs were familiar with, I'm sure it'd all be great. It's the rollover that would kill us. All the installing, training the users, compatibility issues with other state organizations just make it impossible. There are some programs we HAVE to use in the offices. There's just no way it'll happen in this decade. Sad but true.
I work in the IT department of a community college that supports the adjoining library. We used to always have trouble with people downloading programs and messing with settings that screwed up the systems. We were forced to restrict so much of the computers that only IE can be opened and only HTTP can be used. We now have to spend much less time supporting these machines and they now have more uptime to let the legitamate users use it the way it was intended. They're still free to e-mail through web-based mail if they want but no outlook. It has really cut down on virii.
There are many reasons to restrict systems. People seem to forget that those computers are there for EVERYONE to use FREE of charge. We haven't done anything to block porn yet, and I sure hope we don't have to. If people would just use the systems the way they're intended and stop treating them like their own or worse, everyone could more freely use them. No, we don't like restrictions, but let's stop giving them any cause to restrict. It'll still happen but hopefully not as often or as severely.
That's assuming of course that the seal is strong enough to hold the air inside when put in a vacuum environment. I can't say I've ever tried it. Besides, this is the government we're talking about. I'm sure they can find a way to spend several hundred grand to get a better seal. I think this is a moot point anyway. There's no reason I can think of a hard drive would need to be in a vacuum environment. Of course if the cabin lost pressure you wouldn't want your systems to crash because of a weak seal. That could ruin your whole day. Oh well. Maybe they could just use solid state hard drives or something.
I don't think a vacuum room would work. Wouldn't the hard drive crash? If I remember right, the read/write head rides on a small cusion of air extremely close to the disk. Remove the air and the head crashes into the disk tearing up the surface. I suspect they won't be using HDDs in a vacuum environment though. It's hard to say what effect the zero-g will have on them though. I don't think it'll make much difference.
...but I'll bite anyway. You completely missed the point. This isn't about the quality of the hardware, it's about how the courtroom has become the ideal place to beat competitors. Somehow I think you already knew that though.
I think computers and software should be developed and used to assist us and make our lives easier, however at no point should we become so reliant on software that we would not be able to function without it or have great difficulty doing so. I think we are at that point now. It's a very serious matter. Most of us consider redundant backups for electronic equipment in case it goes down, but what backs up the electronics? Sure, there are those who are very carefull, but we as a society are in bad shape.
If I write a threatening letter and drop it in my company's outbound mail box is it really the company's fault?
If it uses the company's letterhead and logo (company domain in e-mail address) then it IS the company's responsibility. The employee is then acting on behalf of the company. If a telemarketer calls your house and cusses you out, do you call the telemarketer at home or do you call the company manager? (assuming you know their names) You (should) call the manager because that telemarketer is representing the company. When you are at work, you ARE the company. Act accordingly.
First of all, I haven't read the article yet. It's time for me to get off work so I don't have the time at the moment.
Will this ruling affect links generated by search engines? Perhaps only search engines who review and categorize all their links rather than automating it?
On second thought though, this'll never happen. At least no this way. A minor injury exposing the chip or damaging it could become fatal if a self defense mechanism is in place. Tricky.
I wasn't refering to spying without being noticed. I'm just wondering if the message can be intercepted even if it prevents the intended recipient from getting it. It would be noticed, but it would be too late since the info is already stolen. Maybe I'm just blowing smoke.
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The camera isn't an IR camera. The IR lens is for data transfer between watch and PC.
The states sued separately from the U.S. Gov. Why should they have any effect on how much the US Gov gets to say? Am I missing something? (My comments generally make more sense after consuming large quantities of 'shrooms. LSD and particularly bad weed has been known to produce similar results.)
Pointing to worse situations doesn't justify MS one bit. Yes, all large companies are wrong and abuse their power once in a while, BUT Microsoft does it blatently and show no intention of acknoledging it much less stopping. When someone with in their position with so much power acts that way, action must be taken swiftly. (fat chance)
If you go over to ZDNET and offer your opinion in a talkback, please be polite and don't flame. We want to make a good impression and not seem like a bunch of pimply teens looking for ways to rip off the RIAA durint pr0n breaks
But why? What is your argument for going private with karma? I can't imagine any advantages. Did I blink and miss something?
I think you missed the point. He's voting for Bush not because he likes him but because he dislikes Gore. At least that's how I read it. I have a similar mentality.
Well I'm glad SOMEBODY around here still has a little sense. I agree 100%. Of course that's no excuse to trash the planet. We still need to be carefull and responsible, but if we think we can totally destroy this planet in only a few millenia then we have a serious ego problem.
Virtual Communities are no substitute for the real thing. Yes they exist. Yes they are helpful. Yes they are here to stay and will only grow, BUT they can never fully take the place of a real community. Trying to do so will only lead to an empty existance. We need to take advantage of virtual communities and use them to compliment reality. We also need to carefully keep the virtual world in check.
But another thing to consider is audio quality. Most of the MP3s I download are obviously lower-than-cd quality and many are simply bad quality. I think the fault for that lies with the MP3 format partly, but that's beside the point. I don't know that I'd want to pay a subscription for sub-par music.
Have you written any letters?
They claim they'd make $500m by charging $5/month, but that's assuming that everyone continues using their service. I really doubt I would. Not that $5 is too much really, I just don't want to subscribe. However, I would be much more likely to pay a few cents per download. Even though it would add up quickly and save me no money over the subscription-based service, at least I know what I'm paying for and can decide on a per-song basis. Maybe it's all in my head, but I'd find micropayments much more appealing. What does everyone else think?
What about an optional switch during the install? Include support for both memory management methods an allow the user to choose. Of course the default would be standard and optional would be BigHonkinMem.
How do you get the "rights" to report on something? I've heard about it plenty of times, but where did it start? Where's the legal basis? Who decides who owns and can sell the rights to start with? It all seems pretty rediculous to me, but that's no surprise.
Has there been any word from Atari yet? They're still out there aren't they? I remember something about a 64-bit system a while back. Anyway, are they going to throw the typical "you're not using my product exactly the way I said you could so I'm going to sue you for more than you'll ever have" tantrum? My memories of my Atari 2600 are too fond to easily believe they'd take that route, but these days who knows? Speaking of which, I have GOT to GET me one of those! I'd take a 2600 over a PS2 or X-Box any day.
Not ours. The IT department is understaffed already. None of the techs want another os to support. It'd be great in the long run, but we are just too busy to fool with it. It's already too hard to get any real work done with all the ridiculous support calls we get. Besides, we're under contract with Gateway for our PCs and they come with NT on them. If all of our PCs (400-500+) had Linux on them and that's what the techs were familiar with, I'm sure it'd all be great. It's the rollover that would kill us. All the installing, training the users, compatibility issues with other state organizations just make it impossible. There are some programs we HAVE to use in the offices. There's just no way it'll happen in this decade. Sad but true.
I work in the IT department of a community college that supports the adjoining library. We used to always have trouble with people downloading programs and messing with settings that screwed up the systems. We were forced to restrict so much of the computers that only IE can be opened and only HTTP can be used. We now have to spend much less time supporting these machines and they now have more uptime to let the legitamate users use it the way it was intended. They're still free to e-mail through web-based mail if they want but no outlook. It has really cut down on virii.
There are many reasons to restrict systems. People seem to forget that those computers are there for EVERYONE to use FREE of charge. We haven't done anything to block porn yet, and I sure hope we don't have to. If people would just use the systems the way they're intended and stop treating them like their own or worse, everyone could more freely use them. No, we don't like restrictions, but let's stop giving them any cause to restrict. It'll still happen but hopefully not as often or as severely.
That's assuming of course that the seal is strong enough to hold the air inside when put in a vacuum environment. I can't say I've ever tried it. Besides, this is the government we're talking about. I'm sure they can find a way to spend several hundred grand to get a better seal. I think this is a moot point anyway. There's no reason I can think of a hard drive would need to be in a vacuum environment. Of course if the cabin lost pressure you wouldn't want your systems to crash because of a weak seal. That could ruin your whole day. Oh well. Maybe they could just use solid state hard drives or something.
I don't think a vacuum room would work. Wouldn't the hard drive crash? If I remember right, the read/write head rides on a small cusion of air extremely close to the disk. Remove the air and the head crashes into the disk tearing up the surface. I suspect they won't be using HDDs in a vacuum environment though. It's hard to say what effect the zero-g will have on them though. I don't think it'll make much difference.
...but I'll bite anyway. You completely missed the point. This isn't about the quality of the hardware, it's about how the courtroom has become the ideal place to beat competitors. Somehow I think you already knew that though.
You make a good point. A certain level of reliance is inevitable. We just have to be carefull.
I think computers and software should be developed and used to assist us and make our lives easier, however at no point should we become so reliant on software that we would not be able to function without it or have great difficulty doing so. I think we are at that point now. It's a very serious matter. Most of us consider redundant backups for electronic equipment in case it goes down, but what backs up the electronics? Sure, there are those who are very carefull, but we as a society are in bad shape.
If I write a threatening letter and drop it in my company's outbound mail box is it really the company's fault?
If it uses the company's letterhead and logo (company domain in e-mail address) then it IS the company's responsibility. The employee is then acting on behalf of the company. If a telemarketer calls your house and cusses you out, do you call the telemarketer at home or do you call the company manager? (assuming you know their names) You (should) call the manager because that telemarketer is representing the company. When you are at work, you ARE the company. Act accordingly.
First of all, I haven't read the article yet. It's time for me to get off work so I don't have the time at the moment.
Will this ruling affect links generated by search engines? Perhaps only search engines who review and categorize all their links rather than automating it?
On second thought though, this'll never happen. At least no this way. A minor injury exposing the chip or damaging it could become fatal if a self defense mechanism is in place. Tricky.
I wasn't refering to spying without being noticed. I'm just wondering if the message can be intercepted even if it prevents the intended recipient from getting it. It would be noticed, but it would be too late since the info is already stolen. Maybe I'm just blowing smoke.