I know someone that has a small software company that's done contract work for the CIA. He is much, much more careful with his software than that, and would never make a mistake like that because he'd be afraid that he'd lose his security clearance and never be able to get his cushy government contracts.
He also said that he worked for a certain salad dressing company once, and they were much more careful about their trade secrets (recepies) than the CIA was about anything.
And then they'd need to show that the code was not in BSD before the AT&T settlement, and that SCO did not get the code from BSD after the settlement. These things have not been discussed by any of the analysts under NDA.
Bullshit. Shoplifting at clothing stores is very, very common. Similarly, most of the things behind the counter at drug stores are there because they were stolen constantly when they were not behind the counter.
This is the case in the inner city, the suburbs, and the boonies, all alike.
The recent ruling in the Aimster case discussed this exactly. The Judge pointed out that the Aimster argued that any noninfringing use was good enough to protect them, while the RIAA/DOJ/Whoever argued that any infringing use was bad enough to take them down.
Some of the articles on this move say that Final Cut Pro owns 80% of the market on the mac. I'm not sure whether it would stand to reason that it's still making a lot of money.
As many of your previous respondents have pointed out: since they were doing a major redesign, this move makes perfect sense.
Next time, Xerithane, when your flamewar drags on that long, stop using your karma bonus. I understand, the other dude was using his bonus, but... he's a moron.
Not a big deal, but it might make me rethink my current comments view (bonus to first 5% UIDs).
How is it the opposite of a Turing Test? The critical observer is www.hotmail.com, and the subjects are you, and some script from some spammer. www.hotmail.com is trying to guess who is a machine and who is not.
These little distorted text images are cheap automated Turing Tests that work quite well for our current level of AI. What's your problem?
The Turing Test is a method for distinguishing between humans and machines. These poor quality recordings and distorted images are good ways to prove that a human is involved, because they are hard problems for machines to solve.
They are cheap, automated Turing Tests. When we have better AI, these will no longer work to sort humans from scripts.
1. Folders in the dock all look alike unless I create custom folders.
No, because the only folders that you put in the dock are system-identified: your home directory and the system's applications directory. Maybe pictures, documents, music. They all look unique.
2. I have to click hold and drag which is very different than click, click.
As others have said, right-click, click. If you're working with a trackpad, you're used to tapping and holding anyway, so it's not jarring.
I'm a power user, and I love the dock. It has no shortcomings for me. The only things I keep in the dock are the apps that are basically always running anyway.
I do wish they would bring back the purse design laptop though, or make something new like it.
You are definitely the only one. The screen on that thing was so heavy that it necessarily wore out its hinges after a year or so. My dad has one, and he basically has to balance the screen upright if he wants to use it on a desk.
And you are right, it was durable, but it had to be, given that it was about as easy to carry around in your backpack as an anvil. That thing was horrible.
Another thing I wonder about is the FSF policy of only accepting patches when the author transfers copyright to the FSF (fun question: why is the GPL not good enough for them?).
Because they want to be able to sue for copyright infringement if someone else violates the GPL. If they own the whole copyright to the whole code, it makes the lawsuit simpler and more painful for the opposition.
Cuervo Nation should totally regulate frequencies commonly used by satelites, and then sue those satellite radio dudes. I mean sure, they'd be in the clear so long as they never went to Cuervo Nation, but then I ask you, dudes, how would they have a good time? Would they be barred from Cuervo Nation for the rest of their lives? They'd have to submit to Cuervo's every demand.
Given that we're talking about newspapers, not magazines (I'm an idiot), I'd say that most newspaper readers are probably above the average IQ. So, USA Today's average is probably lowest or all the newspapers.
And no, I don't read a newspaper every day. This isn't an ego based assumption. (Even though I'm really really smrat.)
G5 Powerbooks may be a long time in the making. The G5 produces a lot more heat than the 970 Powerbook fanatics expected. Apple's chief of hardware design said that the G5s wouldn't be seeing the inside of a portable for a long time. I can't imagine why he'd lie.
Plus, the G3 uses much less power and heat than the G4, it's a lot cheaper, and with Quartz Extreme, Apple's UI isn't dependent on altivec for reasonable performance. I've got the last model of iBook with a non Quartz Extreme compatible graphics card, and I don't lust after a G4. I lust after QuartzGL.
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Then don't buy it.
I know someone that has a small software company that's done contract work for the CIA. He is much, much more careful with his software than that, and would never make a mistake like that because he'd be afraid that he'd lose his security clearance and never be able to get his cushy government contracts.
He also said that he worked for a certain salad dressing company once, and they were much more careful about their trade secrets (recepies) than the CIA was about anything.
First of all, I have no moral opinions on these issues. I was discussing a legal judgment. That said:
So, what if every single file on a network is being traded illegally? Should the network be found guilty of contributory infringement?
What if the network was once, and only once, used in a legal manner, even though it was intended to be used to break the law?
All the judge was saying, and all I am saying, is that both parties were oversimplifying, and both parties were wrong.
And then they'd need to show that the code was not in BSD before the AT&T settlement, and that SCO did not get the code from BSD after the settlement. These things have not been discussed by any of the analysts under NDA.
I'm sorry. Put that way, you've said nothing that I'd disagree with.
Bullshit. Shoplifting at clothing stores is very, very common. Similarly, most of the things behind the counter at drug stores are there because they were stolen constantly when they were not behind the counter.
This is the case in the inner city, the suburbs, and the boonies, all alike.
The recent ruling in the Aimster case discussed this exactly. The Judge pointed out that the Aimster argued that any noninfringing use was good enough to protect them, while the RIAA/DOJ/Whoever argued that any infringing use was bad enough to take them down.
Both are wrong, obviously.
Some of the articles on this move say that Final Cut Pro owns 80% of the market on the mac. I'm not sure whether it would stand to reason that it's still making a lot of money.
As many of your previous respondents have pointed out: since they were doing a major redesign, this move makes perfect sense.
Next time, Xerithane, when your flamewar drags on that long, stop using your karma bonus. I understand, the other dude was using his bonus, but... he's a moron.
Not a big deal, but it might make me rethink my current comments view (bonus to first 5% UIDs).
That's much much more expensive than this software.
How is it the opposite of a Turing Test? The critical observer is www.hotmail.com, and the subjects are you, and some script from some spammer. www.hotmail.com is trying to guess who is a machine and who is not.
These little distorted text images are cheap automated Turing Tests that work quite well for our current level of AI. What's your problem?
No one seems to be answering your question.
The Turing Test is a method for distinguishing between humans and machines. These poor quality recordings and distorted images are good ways to prove that a human is involved, because they are hard problems for machines to solve.
They are cheap, automated Turing Tests. When we have better AI, these will no longer work to sort humans from scripts.
...the ideal armor is ziploc bags of ooblick, duct-taped...
That's spelled "oobleck."
Duh.
1. Folders in the dock all look alike unless I create custom folders.
No, because the only folders that you put in the dock are system-identified: your home directory and the system's applications directory. Maybe pictures, documents, music. They all look unique.
2. I have to click hold and drag which is very different than click, click.
As others have said, right-click, click. If you're working with a trackpad, you're used to tapping and holding anyway, so it's not jarring.
I'm a power user, and I love the dock. It has no shortcomings for me. The only things I keep in the dock are the apps that are basically always running anyway.
I do wish they would bring back the purse design laptop though, or make something new like it.
You are definitely the only one. The screen on that thing was so heavy that it necessarily wore out its hinges after a year or so. My dad has one, and he basically has to balance the screen upright if he wants to use it on a desk.
And you are right, it was durable, but it had to be, given that it was about as easy to carry around in your backpack as an anvil. That thing was horrible.
In Jaguar's Mail.app, pageup/pagedown/end/home all get borked about 50% of the time for me. I have no idea why, but it's fricken annoying.
Dunno what he's talking about with the too slow comment, though. Even with the nav keys busted, it's my favorite mail client ever.
Another thing I wonder about is the FSF policy of only accepting patches when the author transfers copyright to the FSF (fun question: why is the GPL not good enough for them?).
Because they want to be able to sue for copyright infringement if someone else violates the GPL. If they own the whole copyright to the whole code, it makes the lawsuit simpler and more painful for the opposition.
Obviously flight sim folks are the most hurt by this announcement. However, Mechwarrior without a joystick is like... is like... it sucks.
Your users would all be in violation of the law.
Thus if anyone goes to war with France, crippling their military communications will be even easier than previously expected.
Cuervo Nation should totally regulate frequencies commonly used by satelites, and then sue those satellite radio dudes. I mean sure, they'd be in the clear so long as they never went to Cuervo Nation, but then I ask you, dudes, how would they have a good time? Would they be barred from Cuervo Nation for the rest of their lives? They'd have to submit to Cuervo's every demand.
Ah, mod parent up. Good point. I didn't realize that was some marketing type.
Given that we're talking about newspapers, not magazines (I'm an idiot), I'd say that most newspaper readers are probably above the average IQ. So, USA Today's average is probably lowest or all the newspapers.
And no, I don't read a newspaper every day. This isn't an ego based assumption. (Even though I'm really really smrat.)
Still, we'll want this functionality for things like Expose^' long before we have stereoscopic output devices.
G5 Powerbooks may be a long time in the making. The G5 produces a lot more heat than the 970 Powerbook fanatics expected. Apple's chief of hardware design said that the G5s wouldn't be seeing the inside of a portable for a long time. I can't imagine why he'd lie.
Plus, the G3 uses much less power and heat than the G4, it's a lot cheaper, and with Quartz Extreme, Apple's UI isn't dependent on altivec for reasonable performance. I've got the last model of iBook with a non Quartz Extreme compatible graphics card, and I don't lust after a G4. I lust after QuartzGL.
Gobi is family. Never disrespect him again in my presence.