First of all it's the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Secondly it's the hotly disputed UCITA that gives software companies the official legal right to screw their customers.
IT professionals don't have any say in the matter. CIOs buy things and they prefer believing a management consultant or a salesman than all the people that they employ for just this kind of expertise.
Sun will buy Microsoft after they file for bankruptcy and nothing will change except the name and the fact that having really white teeth will be touted in the media as the route to success.
I'm showing my age here, but I've been taking apart electronic gadgets since the days of the Sinclair Spectrum. The fact that it won't be as easy to screw around with post-PC electronics won't stop people - look at things like the hack-Tivo project and Linux on the iPaq. There will always be people that like to take things apart to see how they work - the DMCA won't stop that.
The Dark Ages were a factor in this. Had we not been held back by religious fundamentalism for several hundred years we might very well be well into the galactic empire stage by now. Another civilisation may not have had these problems, nor had a space race that depended more on nationalism and value for tax money than scientific advancement and exploration. Only time will tell. I doubt that the Star Trek future is very likely for us, since learning from history is not a human trait.
In the last 22 months, since I first got into Linux, it's gone from being a fringe cheapo Unix to being Microsoft's closest competitor on the server. Let's see what happens in the next 12 months.
HTML and HTTP were created at the expense of the European Union. Granted that the web doesn't need these as such, but it would be a damn sight less popular and useful without them.
However, Microsoft has a policy against adding new features in so-called service packs, intended as interim fixes between major annual releases of the operating system.
What major annual releases? XP isn't out until next year is it? And didn't Terminal Server - a fairly big deal - appear in SP6. Journos shouldn't believe everything the PR department says.
Exactly. Looks have nothing to do with getting babes. How often have you seen a gorgeous babe with a guy that looks like he just crawled out of the black lagoon.
I'm amazed that no-one has tried to ban 'Flow My Tears the Policeman Said', since it in one section the police break into an apartment and find a man and a boy in bed together.
Is it always the man's responsibility to make the first move? Women are missing out on a great deal of nice guys by standing in the corner and hoping that something will happen. How many single men would react like a lot of single women - with obnoxious scorn? At worst you'd get a smile and an apology for not being interested. The problem isn't just with men being shy, it's also knowing that 90-95% of the time the girl will be rude or offhand, which can get frustrating after a while.
The old sagging bodies of Jack Nicholson, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart and Rupert Murdoch have not stopped them getting partners that we would kill to have. Looks are an incredibly small part of getting there, self-confidence is the major and, therefore difficult, part of it. Assertiveness training and cognitive therapy of some kind are much better steps in the right direction than having a wardrobe full of Armani and a chest you could crack rocks on.
I'm sure you would have to compile Windows if you had a zip file full of the source and nothing else. That's why we have distros, so that those of us that don't care about being bleeding edge don't have to be.
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It was Scott McNealy, the consumer's champion.
First of all it's the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Secondly it's the hotly disputed UCITA that gives software companies the official legal right to screw their customers.
IT professionals don't have any say in the matter. CIOs buy things and they prefer believing a management consultant or a salesman than all the people that they employ for just this kind of expertise.
Sun will buy Microsoft after they file for bankruptcy and nothing will change except the name and the fact that having really white teeth will be touted in the media as the route to success.
Right-click and open in new window solves that little hiccup.
I'm showing my age here, but I've been taking apart electronic gadgets since the days of the Sinclair Spectrum. The fact that it won't be as easy to screw around with post-PC electronics won't stop people - look at things like the hack-Tivo project and Linux on the iPaq. There will always be people that like to take things apart to see how they work - the DMCA won't stop that.
The Dark Ages were a factor in this. Had we not been held back by religious fundamentalism for several hundred years we might very well be well into the galactic empire stage by now. Another civilisation may not have had these problems, nor had a space race that depended more on nationalism and value for tax money than scientific advancement and exploration. Only time will tell. I doubt that the Star Trek future is very likely for us, since learning from history is not a human trait.
Disgusting in what way?
Just to repeat myself - no the internet doesn't need those protocols, but it wouldn't be anything like as usable without it.
Yep right, although it's still European countries funding it, so I wasn't too far off.
In the last 22 months, since I first got into Linux, it's gone from being a fringe cheapo Unix to being Microsoft's closest competitor on the server. Let's see what happens in the next 12 months.
Switching from NT to 2000, of course, is as simple as putting the CD in the server's drive and clicking Update.
HTML and HTTP were created at the expense of the European Union. Granted that the web doesn't need these as such, but it would be a damn sight less popular and useful without them.
However, Microsoft has a policy against adding new features in so-called service packs, intended as interim fixes between major annual releases of the operating system.
What major annual releases? XP isn't out until next year is it? And didn't Terminal Server - a fairly big deal - appear in SP6. Journos shouldn't believe everything the PR department says.
Exactly. Looks have nothing to do with getting babes. How often have you seen a gorgeous babe with a guy that looks like he just crawled out of the black lagoon.
Is this post an April Fool's too?
I think IBM, HP and SGI might have a few words to say on the matter - and I wouldn't be surprised if Scott McNealy and Larry Ellison joined in too.
It's a hoax - not even worth discussing.
I'm amazed that no-one has tried to ban 'Flow My Tears the Policeman Said', since it in one section the police break into an apartment and find a man and a boy in bed together.
If the Democrats are the enemy of Hollywood, why did Clinton sign the DMCA?
Is it always the man's responsibility to make the first move? Women are missing out on a great deal of nice guys by standing in the corner and hoping that something will happen. How many single men would react like a lot of single women - with obnoxious scorn? At worst you'd get a smile and an apology for not being interested. The problem isn't just with men being shy, it's also knowing that 90-95% of the time the girl will be rude or offhand, which can get frustrating after a while.
The way Mick Jagger looks doesn't stop him getting laid either.
The old sagging bodies of Jack Nicholson, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart and Rupert Murdoch have not stopped them getting partners that we would kill to have. Looks are an incredibly small part of getting there, self-confidence is the major and, therefore difficult, part of it. Assertiveness training and cognitive therapy of some kind are much better steps in the right direction than having a wardrobe full of Armani and a chest you could crack rocks on.
It's OK, we've got plenty of Apple Macs.
I'm sure you would have to compile Windows if you had a zip file full of the source and nothing else. That's why we have distros, so that those of us that don't care about being bleeding edge don't have to be.