What about when a mouthful goes down the wrong way and you spray all over the screen? What about knocking the bottle over, spilling onto your keyboard? These are the important things I need to know!
Sen's "To" versus X-Men's "2"
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Tut, tut, any self-respecting anime geek would know they don't sound alike, as this headline seems to be trying to imply.
Anyway, mixing the two is sacrilige, as the first is 500 times what the second will ever be. (self-respecting anime geek subtle joke inserted in the hope of karma whoring a few points off them...)
"We ask respondents to choose from a very long list of specific software titles, reporting which ones they regularly use. This means we identify Microsoft Word versus, say, WordPerfect," says Metafacts principal analyst Dan Ness.
Open-source competitors are not included as alternatives, he says.
So, do they assume that because x% of users say they don't have a licenced copy of one of Word/WordPerfect/etc, then some percent of this percentage MUST have an unlicenced copy of one of the above? What about people who just don't use Word Processors, or Spreadsheets, or whatever? Seems to be some fishy maths going on here! The article doesn't clarify what's going on.
IIRC, I read a few weeks ago that Tokyo's had twice as many 30+ degC days per summer, attributable mainly to aircon outlets on the roofs of buildings. They have some plan to pipe water from the bay and do underground heat exchange, in the hope of reducing the temperature by a bit. I can't find a copy of the story on the web, though...
Sigh, not even the submitter is reading the story these days:
His bill would allow copyright holders to set up decoy files and use other techno-tricks like file-blocking and redirection to throw P2P pirates off the trail, but it would forbid those holders from employing tactics that would damage or destroy pirates' own computer systems.
It seems like a futile attempt, however, as people can always route around trouble, and if such tactics become commonplace, software will soon adapt so even the most clueless newbie can be autoupdated with the latest and greatest roadblocks to avoid.
I've read through the comments here, and it seems most people have missed key sentences:
Among those who own recordable CD drives and subscribe to high-speed Internet access--but don't swap files- -the report found that about the same number of people reported increasing and decreasing spending on music.
Suprising that non-swappers are also buying more! However, we then get to the critical part:
The Jupiter study did note that the average drop in an individual's music spending was larger than the average increase in spending. That effect could explain the overall drop in record sales, the authors noted.
So there you have it, the survey shows that the wallets of people cutting down their spending outweigh those buying more.
And of course, as others have pointed out, there's no information on how the data was collected, and no attempt to verify if people's responses were truthful or not, so any arguments either way should be taken with a pinch of salt.
(well, at least until the next LotR film/anime DVD/Sony toy)
...but the Buffalo University study seems like spotting a correlation and leaping to a causation conclusion, The New Republic story is still speculation (I hope we see a story on it next month, whether good or bad), and the chart of price fixing verus sales ignores other factors such as in the early '90s people were maybe still buying or replacing their LPs, or if you compared 1994-6 with 1997-9, you see a larger increase in the second range.
The **IA may be guilty of inventing scapegoats, but that doesn't mean the antis should too.
nah, the "mu" in question is the classic negation Kanjji. Mu meaning "no" or "non". Mu as in "muteki" (invincible) or "Muryo" (no fee) or even the classic zen fable about a dog's buddha-nature.
I would think the "classic" negation kanji would be "fu". "Mu" has more the meaning of "none" or "without". "Muteki" is literally "without rival", and "Muryou" "without fee".
Given that the Japanese are forever borrowing English words and giving them wonky meanings, I can excuse Musenki this reverse abuse of the Japanese language!
And they were always very careful to point out that their software is merely tamper *resistant*, not tamper *proof*. This is not just the sales guys, but the engineers too, and even in meetings if I accidentally said, for example, "*blah* will prevent copying", they were quick to correct my mistake.
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Oh come on. You don't think the Japanese make fun of Americans when they come over and try to say "Sayonara"?:)
In fact, they do so on prime-time TV! Sunday evenings, 7pm, there's a variety show (Sanma's Super-Mechanical Television, as it gets translated in the English press) with a segment where they interview random foreigners and get them to tell a funny story in Japanese - they used to do the segment with Japanese trying to speak English, but the laughing at foreigners part seems to have replaced it completely.
I seem to remember the Ali and Foreman actually did fight in 1974 (but I suppose ell-974 is mythical...)
Anyway, where did you get your stats that M$'s stock price grew 60% last year from? Looking at a chart on news.com I see that M$ is about level for the year. Yes, they dipped to $40 around December but before the anti-trust suit they were up around $90, IIRC.
So if you're going to spit bile about M$, please make sure it's accurate, thanks!
The original name for DVD when Panasonic was driving the development it was also SD, but when all the other manufacturers joined in, one compromise made was changing the name to Digital Video Disk, which then became DVersatileD, and now just DVD. However, the SD (DVD) logo had been designed, so it was recycled for the SD (Secure Digital) project.
Also, a quick scan of SanDisk's web site gives this page which reassures me that the secure features have:
Cryptographic security for copyrighted data based on proven security concepts from DVD audio
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What about when a mouthful goes down the wrong way and you spray all over the screen? What about knocking the bottle over, spilling onto your keyboard? These are the important things I need to know!
Anyway, mixing the two is sacrilige, as the first is 500 times what the second will ever be. (self-respecting anime geek subtle joke inserted in the hope of karma whoring a few points off them...)
By spending money on free software
A quick web search turns up this original version:
http://www.howtotell.com/ww/bsa.asp
For the link-paranoid, replace "free software" with "pirate software" to get the original text.
"We ask respondents to choose from a very long list of specific software titles, reporting which ones they regularly use. This means we identify Microsoft Word versus, say, WordPerfect," says Metafacts principal analyst Dan Ness.
Open-source competitors are not included as alternatives, he says.
So, do they assume that because x% of users say they don't have a licenced copy of one of Word/WordPerfect/etc, then some percent of this percentage MUST have an unlicenced copy of one of the above? What about people who just don't use Word Processors, or Spreadsheets, or whatever? Seems to be some fishy maths going on here! The article doesn't clarify what's going on.
IIRC, I read a few weeks ago that Tokyo's had twice as many 30+ degC days per summer, attributable mainly to aircon outlets on the roofs of buildings. They have some plan to pipe water from the bay and do underground heat exchange, in the hope of reducing the temperature by a bit. I can't find a copy of the story on the web, though...
His bill would allow copyright holders to set up decoy files and use other techno-tricks like file-blocking and redirection to throw P2P pirates off the trail, but it would forbid those holders from employing tactics that would damage or destroy pirates' own computer systems.
It seems like a futile attempt, however, as people can always route around trouble, and if such tactics become commonplace, software will soon adapt so even the most clueless newbie can be autoupdated with the latest and greatest roadblocks to avoid.
Among those who own recordable CD drives and subscribe to high-speed Internet access--but don't swap files- -the report found that about the same number of people reported increasing and decreasing spending on music.
Suprising that non-swappers are also buying more! However, we then get to the critical part:
The Jupiter study did note that the average drop in an individual's music spending was larger than the average increase in spending. That effect could explain the overall drop in record sales, the authors noted.
So there you have it, the survey shows that the wallets of people cutting down their spending outweigh those buying more.
And of course, as others have pointed out, there's no information on how the data was collected, and no attempt to verify if people's responses were truthful or not, so any arguments either way should be taken with a pinch of salt.
The **IA may be guilty of inventing scapegoats, but that doesn't mean the antis should too.
I would think the "classic" negation kanji would be "fu". "Mu" has more the meaning of "none" or "without". "Muteki" is literally "without rival", and "Muryou" "without fee".
Given that the Japanese are forever borrowing English words and giving them wonky meanings, I can excuse Musenki this reverse abuse of the Japanese language!
Together in Electric Dreams
That damn sand gets everywhere! Ouch!
Oooh, it shows up as "Test ad" browsing with images off in Opera.
Test post to see if my updated WebWasher filters knock it out.
And they were always very careful to point out that their software is merely tamper *resistant*, not tamper *proof*. This is not just the sales guys, but the engineers too, and even in meetings if I accidentally said, for example, "*blah* will prevent copying", they were quick to correct my mistake.
Or something... I'm confused...
And in other news, bears object to urban toilet facilities.
Say, if you're needing some help holding that big joint, you know who to call...
...to point out there's no such person as the Queen of England? You wouldn't describe George W Bush as "The President of Texas" would you?
I was worried I might end up here instead...
In fact, they do so on prime-time TV! Sunday evenings, 7pm, there's a variety show (Sanma's Super-Mechanical Television, as it gets translated in the English press) with a segment where they interview random foreigners and get them to tell a funny story in Japanese - they used to do the segment with Japanese trying to speak English, but the laughing at foreigners part seems to have replaced it completely.
Anyway, where did you get your stats that M$'s stock price grew 60% last year from? Looking at a chart on news.com I see that M$ is about level for the year. Yes, they dipped to $40 around December but before the anti-trust suit they were up around $90, IIRC.
So if you're going to spit bile about M$, please make sure it's accurate, thanks!
See, much more understandable!
Also, a quick scan of SanDisk's web site gives this page which reassures me that the secure features have:
Cryptographic security for copyrighted data based on proven security concepts from DVD audio
Whew, I'm reassured!
The USA is just as adept at murdering English...
Unless the document's got handy advice for factoring in the effect of alcohol on shot selection, then sadly it will be wasted on me!