Which is exactly what they want you to think! As long as you're looking for aliens, you're not looking into who really committed 9/11 and so on! Unless they knew you'd know that they wanted you to think that! But since they know what books you check out at the library, they know that you've read The Princess Bride, and would therefore be in a position to know that you knew that they knew that you knew that that's what they wanted you to think!
I'm more concerned about an IT policy that allows people to just plug in whatever and run/install it... As for the "Stoopid lusers" mentality, grow up.
Going by my observations of other outsourced functions (call centers, IT, Etc.), they were probably overbooked and underpaid (and the usual lazy guy or two doesn't help). Someday, some company is going to realize there is a lot of truth to the old adage:
"If you want something done right, do it yourself."
(usually uttered by the villain after their hench-persons have been easily foiled yet again; read into that what you will...)
Of course that would require lower profits, and since most investors cant grasp the concept of "Make $50M this year, and none the next. Or Make $25M a year for the next 8-10 years..." I'm sure it'll never happen.
They'll just start to show numbers that indicate a large group of people are being duped into using "free" software (obviously something wrong with that, nothing is free) by evil computer hacker terrorists. And that these hackers by spreading this can't-possibly-be-legal "free" software are depriving the BSA members of possible sales. They'll get legislation pushed through making it illegal to run "non-authentic" (or some such crap) software that can't be verified to be 100% terrorist free. And yes, they will say this with a straight face knowing full well the source is available to any and all who wish to peruse. They'll argue that the source shown to the public is not the same as what's used for actual packages received from vendors. And out of the other side of their mouth they'll say since the code is out there for all to see; why, all the easier to plant evil in it...
Of course this will lead to "certification" programs for "respectable business partners"...
This will all start shortly when Steam for Linux is launched and suddenly you'll see pieces on Fox "News" about "Linux, a longtime hacker favorite is now a worry to some podunk sheriff somewhere in middle America, citing the newly released "Counter-Strike" game where players pretend to be terrorists."
Would you prefer "Remote Access Desktop Professional Ultimate - Browser Edition 9 (SP4)"
Of course there is a happy medium, descriptive plays on words and acronyms (Rhythmbox, Gnumeric, Gedit, etc.) But why not have totally off the wall names like Pidgin, Gimp, Bluefish, etc. It makes things distinctive. Open source is about having fun (usually) so why box it in?
Except some common viruses hide behind names like SCVHOST and SVCHOSTS and what not, could have just been a simple typo. But yeah, I wish my machine still let me disable or uninstall McAfee, I can't even do it in safe mode logged in as the LOCAL admin account... I love how it literally takes 10-15 minutes to become usable after a reboot...
It's going to look for DRM. If it doesn't find it, it will issue a warning and delete those files that were obviously pirated. Of course you'll be given the opportunity to purchase licenses for them at extremely reasonable prices. Why, what's five cents a track but a minor inconvenience. Besides, even if you did purchase them legally, it must have been at actually reasonable prices (eMusic) and we can't have that, now can we. Once you've settled up, you'll be directed to a special area of iTunes where you can re-download most of your tracks (Top 40 only, none of this independent nonsense). Apple will re-implement DRM with gusto as they will now be the only legally sanctioned digital music distributor.
And of course, running a subversive operating system which does not interact with DRMScanner2000 or iTunes will be considered an act of terrorism and you will be penalized accordingly.
The above vision of the near future brought to you by the Palin/Hatch 2012 campaign. Or the Democrats, it doesn't really matter, they're all suffering from "I want to believe" syndrome anyway.
And I've never had any issues with any of the updates, only restored the drive because I wanted to start fresh (used system) my original 60GB survived a goddamn fire (and still works), and my new slim is utterly silent.
So really, as with all hardware that's not defective by design (intentional or not), your mileage may (and probably will) vary.
Grade 2 - More complicated addition and subtraction, basic fractions.
Grade 3 - Basic mult. and div. More complicated fractions.
Grade 4 - Geometry, long division, some pseudo algebra work.
Grade 5 - Review the basics, basically do nothing.
Grade 6 - Memorization of the mult. tables and do more nothing.
The interesting thing is grades 1-4 were in a school district in the poor part of town, 5-6 were in an middle class suburb (tract homes and no trees as far as the eye could see). I think if I hadn't changed schools I probably would have been better prepared for algebra as in the 'burbs there was no "show your work" until 8th grade(Intermediate Algebra) or so (and that was only my teacher, he was right bastard about it).
So yeah, definitely the curriculum/teachers can be blamed. Looking back now, I see a real difference between the two, school in the suburbs was much, much easier than it should have been. A lot is due to the fact that in the burbs, all kids are winners and no ones a loser, so ratchet that bar down some more. I didn't really get anything out of high school until I went to an "alternative" school (conveniently located in the not so-well-off part of town) where the teachers weren't just checking boxes.
"Could this be evidence of ISP support for ACTA and a global three-strikes law?"
For some reason, I just got an image in my head. It's a mat with different conclusions on it that you can jump to.
More likely this would be more useful for them to justify jacking up the rates for those who use such a "bandwidth intensive" application. Besides, I assumed the **AA was already doing this, compiling vast amounts of evidence. Once they get their first "win" in a p2p trial, they'll upend the dumptruck and start up ye olde legal proceedings. Of course for a "win" they need the public to be on their side, and suing the pants off some single mother for doing "what everyone does" isn't a good start.
But you did get what you paid for. A shiny disc and a license to do only what ubisoft says you can with the 1's and 0's on said shiny disc. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if there's a clause specifically for this kind of thing. Retailers will say it's ubisoft's issue and that they can only exchange your shiny disc for another identical shiny disc.
So AMD, Intel, Microsoft and the whole open source community are just stealing from apple?
The '453 Patent, entitled "Conserving Power By Reducing Voltage Supplied To An Instruction-Processing Portion Of A Processor," was duly and legally issued on June 3, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the '453 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit H.
The '599 Patent, entitled "Object-Oriented Graphic System," was duly and legally issued on October 3, 1995 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the '599 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit I.
Both of those seem too vague to be valid (I'm sure there's reams of legal/technical details that totally validate them, but it's still bull to me). I would like to think that this would be an excellent opportunity to fix patent law. I know that won't happen, HTC will just pay license fees to apple. Once again, fat sacks of cash talk, common sense walks.
I think his question isn't so much "Should I risk bricking my car?", rather it's "Should I risk slamming into brick wall when the patch turns out to have an even bigger bug?"
Is how does any public school district have the cash to afford one macbook per child? That exceeds the total $ per student budget from when I was in school by a good amount...
Is weaker (cheaper) devices use older versions of the OS, which is understandable. Maybe a clear definition of class of devices would help.
Android basic. Version 1.5/6, limited app compatibility.
Android standard. Version 2.0 and up, full compatibility.
Android custom. Carrier/Manufacturer modified (motoblur, etc.) see your OEM for compatibility.
And no, no "Ultimate". Ever.
I am a little surprised by the incompatibilities between the version, but I really think more and more devices will standardize on >=2.0 now that the platform has stabilized and the hardware required to run it has gotten cheaper.
Way of the future. Seems like a trap, but probably isn't. Your actual prints are not stored anywhere. There's no image they send off to the CSI guys to zoom and enhance. When you register a finger, the software scans an image (a very bad one) and translates it into an alphanumeric string which is stored in a database and associated with your user account. That's why it doesn't work as good as it seems like it should. Roll your finger on the sensor a little to the left and the string generated by the sensor is off by a character. No paycheck for you. Of course if they hand you an inkpad and a 3x5 card, you might want to question it more...
Another excellent opportunity to wean someone from ITMS to emusic or the like. Otherwise appdb shows 8.2 as the latest version that works along with the store via wine. Unknown if the store requires a certain version or not though. Also a good opportunity to explain how proprietary lock-in can come back and bite you.
But I definitely agree with your overall statement, if they rely on win only apps, don't push it. I haven't even attempted to transition my parents off vista as they might actually die if they can't use the msn browser/email suite. Once MS kills it for good, I may setup a dual boot and have them try it out, but until then I'll maintain the pc as is.
Also pull the paper trail and fire and sue each and every person who had authority and signed off on it. I don't want a scapegoat, I want full accountability.
Suing the School/District only punishes taxpayers and students.
Out of the box it has all the features you describe. Flash, Java, A/V codecs all pre-installed along with the usual plethora of software. The only manual steps would be to install drivers (nvidia, some wifi; you'll be prompted by a notification balloon) and if you're in the US, edit/etc/apt/sources.list and change the ubuntu repos to a local mirror. They're set by default to the main servers which apparently are connected to the net via the AT&T EDGE network... The MintMenu is a very good replacement for the start menu found in XP/Vista/7.
But definitely hit up distrowatch and check out the screenshots and reviews. If the target machines are able to boot off USB stick, then grab unetbootin which will automate the process of downloading the iso and putting it on the stick.
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If you don't know exactly what transparency looks the best, I can imagine using a scroll wheel to dial it up or down. Much easier and precise than sliders (especially when making changes to a huge raw file on an underpowered machine) Think of it as a dimmer switch for your lens flares.
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Which is exactly what they want you to think! As long as you're looking for aliens, you're not looking into who really committed 9/11 and so on! Unless they knew you'd know that they wanted you to think that! But since they know what books you check out at the library, they know that you've read The Princess Bride, and would therefore be in a position to know that you knew that they knew that you knew that that's what they wanted you to think!
I'm more concerned about an IT policy that allows people to just plug in whatever and run/install it... As for the "Stoopid lusers" mentality, grow up.
Going by my observations of other outsourced functions (call centers, IT, Etc.), they were probably overbooked and underpaid (and the usual lazy guy or two doesn't help). Someday, some company is going to realize there is a lot of truth to the old adage:
"If you want something done right, do it yourself."
(usually uttered by the villain after their hench-persons have been easily foiled yet again; read into that what you will...)
Of course that would require lower profits, and since most investors cant grasp the concept of "Make $50M this year, and none the next. Or Make $25M a year for the next 8-10 years..." I'm sure it'll never happen.
They'll just start to show numbers that indicate a large group of people are being duped into using "free" software (obviously something wrong with that, nothing is free) by evil computer hacker terrorists. And that these hackers by spreading this can't-possibly-be-legal "free" software are depriving the BSA members of possible sales. They'll get legislation pushed through making it illegal to run "non-authentic" (or some such crap) software that can't be verified to be 100% terrorist free. And yes, they will say this with a straight face knowing full well the source is available to any and all who wish to peruse. They'll argue that the source shown to the public is not the same as what's used for actual packages received from vendors. And out of the other side of their mouth they'll say since the code is out there for all to see; why, all the easier to plant evil in it...
Of course this will lead to "certification" programs for "respectable business partners"...
This will all start shortly when Steam for Linux is launched and suddenly you'll see pieces on Fox "News" about "Linux, a longtime hacker favorite is now a worry to some podunk sheriff somewhere in middle America, citing the newly released "Counter-Strike" game where players pretend to be terrorists."
Would you prefer "Remote Access Desktop Professional Ultimate - Browser Edition 9 (SP4)"
Of course there is a happy medium, descriptive plays on words and acronyms (Rhythmbox, Gnumeric, Gedit, etc.) But why not have totally off the wall names like Pidgin, Gimp, Bluefish, etc. It makes things distinctive. Open source is about having fun (usually) so why box it in?
And the important part from the wiki:
This does not affect cards using proprietary drivers or not using DRI2.
And a quick check of top shows xorg is "only" using 140MB currently on my machine (up 3 days, using fglrx)
Except some common viruses hide behind names like SCVHOST and SVCHOSTS and what not, could have just been a simple typo. But yeah, I wish my machine still let me disable or uninstall McAfee, I can't even do it in safe mode logged in as the LOCAL admin account... I love how it literally takes 10-15 minutes to become usable after a reboot...
It's going to look for DRM. If it doesn't find it, it will issue a warning and delete those files that were obviously pirated. Of course you'll be given the opportunity to purchase licenses for them at extremely reasonable prices. Why, what's five cents a track but a minor inconvenience. Besides, even if you did purchase them legally, it must have been at actually reasonable prices (eMusic) and we can't have that, now can we. Once you've settled up, you'll be directed to a special area of iTunes where you can re-download most of your tracks (Top 40 only, none of this independent nonsense). Apple will re-implement DRM with gusto as they will now be the only legally sanctioned digital music distributor.
And of course, running a subversive operating system which does not interact with DRMScanner2000 or iTunes will be considered an act of terrorism and you will be penalized accordingly.
The above vision of the near future brought to you by the Palin/Hatch 2012 campaign. Or the Democrats, it doesn't really matter, they're all suffering from "I want to believe" syndrome anyway.
And I've never had any issues with any of the updates, only restored the drive because I wanted to start fresh (used system) my original 60GB survived a goddamn fire (and still works), and my new slim is utterly silent.
So really, as with all hardware that's not defective by design (intentional or not), your mileage may (and probably will) vary.
I'm sure proper verbiage was included in the eula that is agreed to upon the initial start up. So legal, yes. But still a dick-move by Sony.
More obnoxious was the implication that 35 is now "middle age"...
Has apple filed a patent for "shake to proceed to next picture in web gallery"? If they haven't, someone should...
The interesting thing is grades 1-4 were in a school district in the poor part of town, 5-6 were in an middle class suburb (tract homes and no trees as far as the eye could see). I think if I hadn't changed schools I probably would have been better prepared for algebra as in the 'burbs there was no "show your work" until 8th grade(Intermediate Algebra) or so (and that was only my teacher, he was right bastard about it).
So yeah, definitely the curriculum/teachers can be blamed. Looking back now, I see a real difference between the two, school in the suburbs was much, much easier than it should have been. A lot is due to the fact that in the burbs, all kids are winners and no ones a loser, so ratchet that bar down some more. I didn't really get anything out of high school until I went to an "alternative" school (conveniently located in the not so-well-off part of town) where the teachers weren't just checking boxes.
"Could this be evidence of ISP support for ACTA and a global three-strikes law?"
For some reason, I just got an image in my head. It's a mat with different conclusions on it that you can jump to.
More likely this would be more useful for them to justify jacking up the rates for those who use such a "bandwidth intensive" application. Besides, I assumed the **AA was already doing this, compiling vast amounts of evidence. Once they get their first "win" in a p2p trial, they'll upend the dumptruck and start up ye olde legal proceedings. Of course for a "win" they need the public to be on their side, and suing the pants off some single mother for doing "what everyone does" isn't a good start.
But you did get what you paid for. A shiny disc and a license to do only what ubisoft says you can with the 1's and 0's on said shiny disc. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if there's a clause specifically for this kind of thing. Retailers will say it's ubisoft's issue and that they can only exchange your shiny disc for another identical shiny disc.
Both of those seem too vague to be valid (I'm sure there's reams of legal/technical details that totally validate them, but it's still bull to me). I would like to think that this would be an excellent opportunity to fix patent law. I know that won't happen, HTC will just pay license fees to apple. Once again, fat sacks of cash talk, common sense walks.
I think his question isn't so much "Should I risk bricking my car?", rather it's "Should I risk slamming into brick wall when the patch turns out to have an even bigger bug?"
And here's the whole list.
Is how does any public school district have the cash to afford one macbook per child? That exceeds the total $ per student budget from when I was in school by a good amount...
And no, no "Ultimate". Ever.
I am a little surprised by the incompatibilities between the version, but I really think more and more devices will standardize on >=2.0 now that the platform has stabilized and the hardware required to run it has gotten cheaper.
Way of the future. Seems like a trap, but probably isn't. Your actual prints are not stored anywhere. There's no image they send off to the CSI guys to zoom and enhance. When you register a finger, the software scans an image (a very bad one) and translates it into an alphanumeric string which is stored in a database and associated with your user account. That's why it doesn't work as good as it seems like it should. Roll your finger on the sensor a little to the left and the string generated by the sensor is off by a character. No paycheck for you. Of course if they hand you an inkpad and a 3x5 card, you might want to question it more...
Another excellent opportunity to wean someone from ITMS to emusic or the like. Otherwise appdb shows 8.2 as the latest version that works along with the store via wine. Unknown if the store requires a certain version or not though. Also a good opportunity to explain how proprietary lock-in can come back and bite you.
But I definitely agree with your overall statement, if they rely on win only apps, don't push it. I haven't even attempted to transition my parents off vista as they might actually die if they can't use the msn browser/email suite. Once MS kills it for good, I may setup a dual boot and have them try it out, but until then I'll maintain the pc as is.
Also pull the paper trail and fire and sue each and every person who had authority and signed off on it. I don't want a scapegoat, I want full accountability.
Suing the School/District only punishes taxpayers and students.
Out of the box it has all the features you describe. Flash, Java, A/V codecs all pre-installed along with the usual plethora of software. The only manual steps would be to install drivers (nvidia, some wifi; you'll be prompted by a notification balloon) and if you're in the US, edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change the ubuntu repos to a local mirror. They're set by default to the main servers which apparently are connected to the net via the AT&T EDGE network... The MintMenu is a very good replacement for the start menu found in XP/Vista/7.
But definitely hit up distrowatch and check out the screenshots and reviews. If the target machines are able to boot off USB stick, then grab unetbootin which will automate the process of downloading the iso and putting it on the stick.
If you don't know exactly what transparency looks the best, I can imagine using a scroll wheel to dial it up or down. Much easier and precise than sliders (especially when making changes to a huge raw file on an underpowered machine) Think of it as a dimmer switch for your lens flares.