So, this means if a guy bootlegging movies were to record those movies onto Memorex blank DVD's, then Memorex would be liable for copyright infringement, right?
Not that I agree with this, but these companies that go under could argue that almost nothing you buy lasts forever, so your right to listen to (or watch) what you download should not last forever. If you buy tires, they wear out and you have to stop using them. Monitors eventually die, televisions eventually die, etc. So they could argue that you shouldn't expect your music or movies to be usable forever, either. Reminds me of the self-destructing DVDs they were going to market: You rent a movie, the disc itself becomes unreadable after a week or so of being opened, and you got to watch your movie but not keep it forever, yet you don't have to send it back.
Obviously they are talking physical number of servers, because why in the hell would they list number of virtual machines in a financial report? Who would care about that?
Do you really think the guys he works with are so stupid that somebody won't eventually say "hey, is that covering up a camera?" then peel it back and discover the camera there?
If you are clever and make it look like it belongs on the computer, then no, they aren't going to ask. A piece of scotch tape will be questioned. An official looking Apple sticker, a sticker with the name of the place you bought it, or a piece of plastic that is of similar material to the notebook housing would probably NOT be questioned, though.
As far as paint, I guess you would have to be pretty stupid to think that someone is going to sit there and remove paint from a camera lens in court, or wherever you are. And even if you tried that, you're going to end up ruining the lens getting the paint off, anyway. Anyway, a laptop has so many bumps, buttons, and ridges, that a good paint job would totally camouflage it.
I don't think so (personal opinion here). I bought a new computer 2 months ago that had Vista preinstalled after using XP since it came out. So far for me Vista is every bit as stable as XP.
People will download Windows 7 and they will either like it or they won't. If it sucks, it doesn't matter what people are using at the time, they won't switch. And if people are THAT desperate to get away from Vista, they can just go back to XP (something that I thought I would want to do when faced with buying a machine with Vista preinstalled).
Actually, to me it sounds more like confidence than desperation. They are expecting people to go out and pay for it AFTER using it for a year and deciding if they like it or not. Quite the opposite of going out and buying a new OS, then you're S.O.L. if you don't like it, and you've wasted $100+.
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So, this means if a guy bootlegging movies were to record those movies onto Memorex blank DVD's, then Memorex would be liable for copyright infringement, right?
12 year olds have no business being unsupervised on a computer with internet access.
Not that I agree with this, but these companies that go under could argue that almost nothing you buy lasts forever, so your right to listen to (or watch) what you download should not last forever. If you buy tires, they wear out and you have to stop using them. Monitors eventually die, televisions eventually die, etc. So they could argue that you shouldn't expect your music or movies to be usable forever, either. Reminds me of the self-destructing DVDs they were going to market: You rent a movie, the disc itself becomes unreadable after a week or so of being opened, and you got to watch your movie but not keep it forever, yet you don't have to send it back.
Actually, this is exactly what "Big Brother" is all about... just one of the many rungs in the ladder.
Obviously they are talking physical number of servers, because why in the hell would they list number of virtual machines in a financial report? Who would care about that?
Hasn't anyone seen Star Trek "First Contact"? The Vulcans have already done this. And they will bring the technology to us.
Is the old floppy-to-floppy style of virus nearing extinction, or will poisoned bittorrent files breathe new life into this kind of chicanery?
My newest PC doesn't even have a floppy (nor a hookup for one), so it must be bittorent files.
Or paint, or plastic, or whatever.
Do you really think the guys he works with are so stupid that somebody won't eventually say "hey, is that covering up a camera?" then peel it back and discover the camera there?
If you are clever and make it look like it belongs on the computer, then no, they aren't going to ask. A piece of scotch tape will be questioned. An official looking Apple sticker, a sticker with the name of the place you bought it, or a piece of plastic that is of similar material to the notebook housing would probably NOT be questioned, though. As far as paint, I guess you would have to be pretty stupid to think that someone is going to sit there and remove paint from a camera lens in court, or wherever you are. And even if you tried that, you're going to end up ruining the lens getting the paint off, anyway. Anyway, a laptop has so many bumps, buttons, and ridges, that a good paint job would totally camouflage it.
I don't think so (personal opinion here). I bought a new computer 2 months ago that had Vista preinstalled after using XP since it came out. So far for me Vista is every bit as stable as XP. People will download Windows 7 and they will either like it or they won't. If it sucks, it doesn't matter what people are using at the time, they won't switch. And if people are THAT desperate to get away from Vista, they can just go back to XP (something that I thought I would want to do when faced with buying a machine with Vista preinstalled).
Actually, to me it sounds more like confidence than desperation. They are expecting people to go out and pay for it AFTER using it for a year and deciding if they like it or not. Quite the opposite of going out and buying a new OS, then you're S.O.L. if you don't like it, and you've wasted $100+.
They say they really developed this to record how fast Time Warner will cap your internet downloads.
I live in an apartment complex, and I get 20Mbps from Time Warner, with a guarantee of only 7Mbps.
Yeah, or they think there's oceans of it somewhere.
Yup, and he managed to put it inside a mouse. Hope he took out a patent on what he did!
I don't need all that, I'll just come back and haunt everyone.