I have found quite the opposite. Just eaplain things in metaphores. Basicily you have to pay fees once a year to use your nailclipper because it is a futuristic one with a microchip and stops working if you don't pay. There are lots of true life examples of coughgillettecough vendor-lockin that any person can apreciate.
I have found that the argument aginst piracy is actually the strongest one. When you lay out the situation from the point of view of the software mega-companies, pepole see how the real goal is to get the end user to learn their perticular interface. I always cite a rationale of mine for microbla giving free software to arficans. Why? Beacause they get you hooked! When you go out into the world with this fancy tool and start making a difference all of a sudden someone wants you to pay licence fees for that the fancy tools you are using. If you aren't making a difference then they never bother with you. I know I have been guilty of playing with really expensive CAD software for hours in my younger days, I just didn't have any motivation to publicise anything, or make a difference.
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i'm addictidted to herioin . My girlfriend keeps buying it and i hand aroound. I wonder if i will ever be free agia but if shee keep doing it i wont be able to quit I wa nt help but the cops dont aarrest you for ciggaareyts unless you are in utah but i will trre to fight it i eant to ciggaretts aare evil cciggaarertrs aare evil hhelp mee
The windozs ME OEM installation manual includes instructions on how to program the restoration CD to recongnize certian aspects of the motherboard ROM.
IANAL or a priest but take for a moment the the idea that everything illeagle is not moraly wrong. Add that to the idea that religon was set up as a set of guidelines to keep people in line and give the power and money of it's followers to the leader. Then divide that idea by the thought that as we come of age we realize that hurting people comes with the direct concequence of loosing allies and you look like the fool and not the person who says I've never done anything illegal with a child, mainly because I know the consequences for both the child and for myself if caught.
I haven't seen one intelegent and positive post on this entire article yet. Yes you may say that majority of the people are aginst what the [Romainian?] is doing because it is another hassel of your job that you do not like to deal with(security). You have to look at the other side, this person(or group of people) has declared war on undernet for what reasons have not been stated but you have to wonder. I guess in all of our(americas) minds Iraq was a threat to our oil therefore he should be shot down but you must hear the other side of the story first. Maybe, just maybe it is not our oil to kill for.
I may be 150% wrong about this person by even defending thier right to fight but when EVERYBODY that could help a cause like his is crying wolf to babylon it leaves big brother no choice but to 1)Put someone who may have a noble cause in prison forever then 2)Make sure nobody ever has another chance to act anonymously online EVER AGAIN!
I don't see what the big fuss would be. Anyone living in a metropolis already uses 10 digits. Personally I would like to see the phone companies offering free local and long distance like the cell phone providers.
Better yet why don't we just change everybody over to IPV6 while it's hot, that way we will all just have to get used to programming numbers into our phone.
Seven digits is hard enough to remember might as well get used to using an address book instead of remembering 100 16 digit hexadecimal numbers.
Hey baby whats your number? A6G4.534F.587B.CCF6, hold on let me get a pen
The first step, getting the printer drivers released, will probally be the tell tale for the entire effort.
IMHO if HP and Pern don't get a move on while the story is still somewhat hot off the press, they are out of luck as far as good PR in the open source community goes. However HP moving to an open linux would show some commitment.
As someone in California? said "while staring at a breakfast plate piled high with eggs and bacon, the chicken was involved, but the pig was committed"
This is the second recall on the page today, not that Intel is a suprise but the Transmeta news was kind of a let down
Maybe the OEM's are getting scared by articles like this saying things like
"This is why a committee of the Pennsylvania state legislature considered the nation's first PC lemon law this year. In February, a similar bill was introduced in Illinois."
or maybe the products are really that bad!
Well I haven't seen AMD today so I guess that makes them the winner(today).
But if I'm not mistaken a linux kernal comes with a lot of extra support for needless things like multimedia and graphics that you would never, ever need on a router or digital camera. I am sure that one of cisco's main concerns it that they do not have to release the source or modifided kernal for thier soon to be koo-n
-eccks routers.
I really think games drive cutting edge PC hardware in the consumer space.
I really have seen a lot less occurences of PC games that when you look at the minimum system requirements inspire you to get a new computer
The auto market seems to be a great example of where the PC sellers are heading
Just the other day reading that Transmeta article I began to see the auto market and remember the difference between a european, japanese and american car. Although the market is saturated there will still be growth in certian markets(like whatever manufacturer has the best ad campain on mtv this week).
What kind of business model could be implemented here?
The concept of charging $4.95/month to use Napster has been mentioned before. I don't recall a specific method of reimbursment to the artists but IMHO if an artist wants a cut, say $2 out of every $4.95 that is bieng made by Napster, still making Napster a profitable busniess. The artist should have to sign an agreement that they will not press charges aginst Napster or it's users. The $2 out of evey $4.95 would be split between every artist that participates. At half of Napsters current amount of users(granted not even half will pay for napster)Napster would gross $79,200,000/month. That is still $47,200,000 after designating $2 per user to the artists that have signed an agreement. With the current amount of artists supporting Napster let's say 10,000 assuming that most artists will prefer to join rather than pay lawyers and private investegators to sue users and Napster, each artist would get $3200/month. Take into account that Napster would gain the moral audience that would now be willing to use it since the artists have agreed. Napster could be paying out as much as $10,000/month per artist. Sounds like a very stable busniess model to me and would get a lot less shit from everybody if the artists options were either to get $10k a month for doing nothing or paying $10k/month supporting the money grubbing leeches in society we call lawyers(no offence to lawyers that aren't money grubbing leeches). Sound practical?
If i upgrade my motherboard and CPU, can i still install that same OEM copy on my computer?
Leagaly, no. Actually, yes. Unless you bought an OEM copy of windozeME which must have the same bios chip. The new windozeME actually has copyright protection that is hardware specific and in the OEM installation instructions say that BIOS upgrades probally will not effect the copy protection. So now you cannot upgrade your bios chip and reinstall an OEM copy. Which means no replacing the motherboard.
the original machine pretty much legally ceases to exist after substituting in a motherboard
as far as i can understand this is correct. I was reading a copy of the OEM instalation guide for windoze me today and saw that OEM's can now protect thier copy of the software from getting ported by placing code in the flash rom bios chip that windoze will not load without. In fact it is not an option but a requirement, thank you M$.
There are some problems with implementing this in cars
1. They are unsure of running the system at high RPM's(above7200)that cars usually go
2. The RISC operating system and 24mghz processors need more than 12 volts like cars use now.
This basicly just means that car manufactures will have to redesign the car as we know it. This just means you will probally be walking or driving a semi for the next ten years
VW already releases a diesel every year that gets 50-60mpg(golf). This technique would invaluable to them, if patent laws don't prevent them from saving the planet//sarcasim The other new fad this will probally effect heily is the diesel-electric hybrids that every one making for California is forced to produce. This could raise the proformance of the already amazing 80mpg diesel-electric hybrids. --Save the planet--
The whole chaneing states dosn't sit with me right either. That would be like atom smashing on an an extremely frequent basis. Unless the were able to detect the changing in charges in the atom in which case they would be using volts but on a microscopic level.
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I have found quite the opposite. Just eaplain things in metaphores. Basicily you have to pay fees once a year to use your nailclipper because it is a futuristic one with a microchip and stops working if you don't pay. There are lots of true life examples of coughgillettecough vendor-lockin that any person can apreciate.
I have found that the argument aginst piracy is actually the strongest one. When you lay out the situation from the point of view of the software mega-companies, pepole see how the real goal is to get the end user to learn their perticular interface.
I always cite a rationale of mine for microbla giving free software to arficans. Why? Beacause they get you hooked! When you go out into the world with this fancy tool and start making a difference all of a sudden someone wants you to pay licence fees for that the fancy tools you are using.
If you aren't making a difference then they never bother with you. I know I have been guilty of playing with really expensive CAD software for hours in my younger days, I just didn't have any motivation to publicise anything, or make a difference.
i'm addictidted to herioin . My girlfriend keeps buying it and i hand aroound. I wonder if i will ever be free agia but if shee keep doing it i wont be able to quit I wa nt help but the cops dont aarrest you for ciggaareyts unless you are in utah but i will trre to fight it i eant to ciggaretts aare evil cciggaarertrs aare evil hhelp mee
I haven't seen one intelegent and positive post on this entire article yet. Yes you may say that majority of the people are aginst what the [Romainian?] is doing because it is another hassel of your job that you do not like to deal with(security). You have to look at the other side, this person(or group of people) has declared war on undernet for what reasons have not been stated but you have to wonder. I guess in all of our(americas) minds Iraq was a threat to our oil therefore he should be shot down but you must hear the other side of the story first. Maybe, just maybe it is not our oil to kill for.
I may be 150% wrong about this person by even defending thier right to fight but when EVERYBODY that could help a cause like his is crying wolf to babylon it leaves big brother no choice but to 1)Put someone who may have a noble cause in prison forever then 2)Make sure nobody ever has another chance to act anonymously online EVER AGAIN!
Better yet why don't we just change everybody over to IPV6 while it's hot, that way we will all just have to get used to programming numbers into our phone.
Seven digits is hard enough to remember might as well get used to using an address book instead of remembering 100 16 digit hexadecimal numbers.
Hey baby whats your number? A6G4.534F.587B.CCF6, hold on let me get a pen
IMHO if HP and Pern don't get a move on while the story is still somewhat hot off the press, they are out of luck as far as good PR in the open source community goes. However HP moving to an open linux would show some commitment.
As someone in California? said "while staring at a breakfast plate piled high with eggs and bacon, the chicken was involved, but the pig was committed"
This is the second recall on the page today, not that Intel is a suprise but the Transmeta news was kind of a let down
Maybe the OEM's are getting scared by articles like this saying things like
or maybe the products are really that bad!Well I haven't seen AMD today so I guess that makes them the winner(today).
Thank you for not smoking and aren't you glad you use Open Source?
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But if I'm not mistaken a linux kernal comes with a lot of extra support for needless things like multimedia and graphics that you would never, ever need on a router or digital camera. I am sure that one of cisco's main concerns it that they do not have to release the source or modifided kernal for thier soon to be koo-n -eccks routers.
I really have seen a lot less occurences of PC games that when you look at the minimum system requirements inspire you to get a new computer
The auto market seems to be a great example of where the PC sellers are heading
Just the other day reading that Transmeta article I began to see the auto market and remember the difference between a european, japanese and american car. Although the market is saturated there will still be growth in certian markets(like whatever manufacturer has the best ad campain on mtv this week).
The concept of charging $4.95/month to use Napster has been mentioned before. I don't recall a specific method of reimbursment to the artists but IMHO if an artist wants a cut, say $2 out of every $4.95 that is bieng made by Napster, still making Napster a profitable busniess. The artist should have to sign an agreement that they will not press charges aginst Napster or it's users. The $2 out of evey $4.95 would be split between every artist that participates. At half of Napsters current amount of users(granted not even half will pay for napster)Napster would gross $79,200,000/month. That is still $47,200,000 after designating $2 per user to the artists that have signed an agreement. With the current amount of artists supporting Napster let's say 10,000 assuming that most artists will prefer to join rather than pay lawyers and private investegators to sue users and Napster, each artist would get $3200/month. Take into account that Napster would gain the moral audience that would now be willing to use it since the artists have agreed. Napster could be paying out as much as $10,000/month per artist. Sounds like a very stable busniess model to me and would get a lot less shit from everybody if the artists options were either to get $10k a month for doing nothing or paying $10k/month supporting the money grubbing leeches in society we call lawyers(no offence to lawyers that aren't money grubbing leeches). Sound practical?
Leagaly, no. Actually, yes. Unless you bought an OEM copy of windozeME which must have the same bios chip. The new windozeME actually has copyright protection that is hardware specific and in the OEM installation instructions say that BIOS upgrades probally will not effect the copy protection. So now you cannot upgrade your bios chip and reinstall an OEM copy. Which means no replacing the motherboard.
as far as i can understand this is correct. I was reading a copy of the OEM instalation guide for windoze me today and saw that OEM's can now protect thier copy of the software from getting ported by placing code in the flash rom bios chip that windoze will not load without. In fact it is not an option but a requirement, thank you M$.
Hey this thing is running RISC
1. They are unsure of running the system at high RPM's(above7200)that cars usually go
2. The RISC operating system and 24mghz processors need more than 12 volts like cars use now.
This basicly just means that car manufactures will have to redesign the car as we know it. This just means you will probally be walking or driving a semi for the next ten years
VW already releases a diesel every year that gets 50-60mpg(golf). This technique would invaluable to them, if patent laws don't prevent them from saving the planet//sarcasim The other new fad this will probally effect heily is the diesel-electric hybrids that every one making for California is forced to produce. This could raise the proformance of the already amazing 80mpg diesel-electric hybrids. --Save the planet--
The whole chaneing states dosn't sit with me right either. That would be like atom smashing on an an extremely frequent basis. Unless the were able to detect the changing in charges in the atom in which case they would be using volts but on a microscopic level.
IBM has come up with something that has the same functionality of an eliptical swimming pool