You can never make DRM invisible, since people are illegally sharing video and music files all the time today. If the point of DRM is to protect the content from being pirated, making it invisible to users will completely nullify its' original intent.
I've had a number of friends say this to me also, and I have been meaning to replace Norton with AVG (after my subscription runs out), but I haven't been able to get off my lazy ass and do it!
I've had a good experience with Norton over the years, but recently the quality of their product (read: quality sucks now!) has gone way down. For me, I first noticed it when they removed parental control from their antivirus product, and made it a free "add-on" that you had to install separately. WTF??? Why did you remove functionality that was previously included, just so I have to install it separately?!?!? In addition, they made it so goddamn hard to find the install file that it was equivalent to spending a couple hours with a help desk technician in India!
I'm sure I won't replace Norton until I get my full use of the subscription that I paid for. Or, when a virus kills my PC (knock on wood).
than I can trust the hackers that write these damn viruses that keep infecting my PC! Yeah, standards in this industry would be a start in the right direction, but right now ANY virus protection software is better than none!
I use Norton Internet Security, and while it is passable, I find that it's a resource hog. I know there are other products out there that are less "intrusive", but I just don't want to take the chance (or time) with another product.
I wonder what the breakdown is of the almost 4 million lines that were omitted in the count, for blank lines, comments, etc.? I've always said that commenting your code is a very good thing to do, so it would be interesting to see what the percentage of this is comments, as opposed to blank lines (which isn't a bad thing for readability).
Just like we saw all those failures from the Y2K problem, right?
Open Source has its' place in the industry today, and I don't think that the current state of the economy will cause that to go away. There may be a downturn, but the industry as a WHOLE will experience that, until the economy rebounds.
Well then, you've obviously never managed a software project. If they are to wait until 100% of all the defects/vulnerabilities are fixed before they release, then THE SOFTWARE WOULD NEVER BE RELEASED!! It's like waiting to buy a computer: you could wait a month or two more, so that they drop the prices a little bit more, but when that month comes, you just say the same thing. Lather, rinse, repeat.
It doesn't really matter what the project is about. It can be tax information, HIPAA info, or credit card info. Software project managers have to decide if the defects they have are important enough to delay the release of the software. In this case, they felt it was an acceptable risk. But to say that they should have fixed 100% of the defects beforehand is pure ignorance.
Just another inflammatory article. What are they supposed to do? Hold off upgrading their systems until the new system is 100% rock-solid? Sorry, but every new software system has SOME bugs in it. TFA states that the project managers felt the vulnerabilites were acceptable at the time. Managing software projects involve iterations of identifying critical (or not so critical) defects (as many as you can before release), and then going back and updating the software to fix any defects that you didn't have time for the first go-around.
I am so sick of reading these tech articles with an anti-MS bias to them.
As a developer, isn't the point to write better/more robust code?? Silverlight is a tool that Microsoft is designing so that developers can take better advantage of the rich Internet experience. It steams me that the author of that article seems bent on pointing out that MS has this "ultimate plan" to kill Adobe.
Why can't people get past the whole pro vs. anti-Microsoft thing? I may be ranting here (apologies in advance), but railing on MS for their past business practices (which I don't condone, BTW) is pointless. I tend to use the best tools available for the technologies that I code for, and Microsoft has some good ones! Sure, they are proprietary, but it could be any large corporation in MS's place, and people would rail on them for being the "big, bad corporation"! Open source has its' place in the industry, as does proprietary software!
Let's get past the hate, and just stick to what we (developers) do best: write awesome code!! I get stoked when I hear of new technologies coming out (from MS or Sun, or whomever), since that means the online experience users want is getting better, and WE are the ones who give it to the masses!!
I may not be your "typical" MMORPG gamer, but I actually "like" PvE-style play. I find it tedious and frustrating to play in a PvP realm, where every snot-nosed 12 year old is hiding behind a tree, waiting to gank my level 2 warrior.
Therefore, no need to move off of WoW for WHOnline. There's enough for me there today.
Slashdot Mirror
after I read "Laura Holson writes in the NY Times..."
I don't value any opinion from someone who writes for that rag.
But HAB has been destroyed!!! What?? Who??? How??? When???
Hey, I'll go if I can spend 6 months alone on a spaceship with Carrie-Ann Moss!!
If you don't use computers, how did you post on /.?
You can never make DRM invisible, since people are illegally sharing video and music files all the time today. If the point of DRM is to protect the content from being pirated, making it invisible to users will completely nullify its' original intent.
I've had a number of friends say this to me also, and I have been meaning to replace Norton with AVG (after my subscription runs out), but I haven't been able to get off my lazy ass and do it!
I've had a good experience with Norton over the years, but recently the quality of their product (read: quality sucks now!) has gone way down. For me, I first noticed it when they removed parental control from their antivirus product, and made it a free "add-on" that you had to install separately. WTF??? Why did you remove functionality that was previously included, just so I have to install it separately?!?!? In addition, they made it so goddamn hard to find the install file that it was equivalent to spending a couple hours with a help desk technician in India!
I'm sure I won't replace Norton until I get my full use of the subscription that I paid for. Or, when a virus kills my PC (knock on wood).
than I can trust the hackers that write these damn viruses that keep infecting my PC! Yeah, standards in this industry would be a start in the right direction, but right now ANY virus protection software is better than none!
I use Norton Internet Security, and while it is passable, I find that it's a resource hog. I know there are other products out there that are less "intrusive", but I just don't want to take the chance (or time) with another product.
I can see the headlines now:
"Postback problems cause some voters to vote hundreds of times for Obama"
or
"Postback problems cause some voters to vote hundreds of times for McCain"
(whatever your political leanings are)
Truckers ran a scamming operation unnoticed for 3 years...
There goes my plans for building the biggest ball of Scotch Tape!!!
I wonder what the breakdown is of the almost 4 million lines that were omitted in the count, for blank lines, comments, etc.? I've always said that commenting your code is a very good thing to do, so it would be interesting to see what the percentage of this is comments, as opposed to blank lines (which isn't a bad thing for readability).
Just like we saw all those failures from the Y2K problem, right?
Open Source has its' place in the industry today, and I don't think that the current state of the economy will cause that to go away. There may be a downturn, but the industry as a WHOLE will experience that, until the economy rebounds.
Some of my best friends are sharks with friggin' laser beams attached to their friggin' heads, you insensitive clod!
Arrr, we know you're 'ere, poppet!!
Well then, you've obviously never managed a software project. If they are to wait until 100% of all the defects/vulnerabilities are fixed before they release, then THE SOFTWARE WOULD NEVER BE RELEASED!! It's like waiting to buy a computer: you could wait a month or two more, so that they drop the prices a little bit more, but when that month comes, you just say the same thing. Lather, rinse, repeat.
It doesn't really matter what the project is about. It can be tax information, HIPAA info, or credit card info. Software project managers have to decide if the defects they have are important enough to delay the release of the software. In this case, they felt it was an acceptable risk. But to say that they should have fixed 100% of the defects beforehand is pure ignorance.
Just another inflammatory article. What are they supposed to do? Hold off upgrading their systems until the new system is 100% rock-solid? Sorry, but every new software system has SOME bugs in it. TFA states that the project managers felt the vulnerabilites were acceptable at the time. Managing software projects involve iterations of identifying critical (or not so critical) defects (as many as you can before release), and then going back and updating the software to fix any defects that you didn't have time for the first go-around.
Yeah, but does it have FireWire support?
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/17/1331229
My pvp guild in WoW says that EVERY DAY!!!!
MS finally got around to complementing their Instant Off feature!
Kudos to them!
They're going to get some use out of that old Atari joystick that's been sitting in the office!
I am so sick of reading these tech articles with an anti-MS bias to them.
As a developer, isn't the point to write better/more robust code?? Silverlight is a tool that Microsoft is designing so that developers can take better advantage of the rich Internet experience. It steams me that the author of that article seems bent on pointing out that MS has this "ultimate plan" to kill Adobe.
Why can't people get past the whole pro vs. anti-Microsoft thing? I may be ranting here (apologies in advance), but railing on MS for their past business practices (which I don't condone, BTW) is pointless. I tend to use the best tools available for the technologies that I code for, and Microsoft has some good ones! Sure, they are proprietary, but it could be any large corporation in MS's place, and people would rail on them for being the "big, bad corporation"! Open source has its' place in the industry, as does proprietary software!
Let's get past the hate, and just stick to what we (developers) do best: write awesome code!! I get stoked when I hear of new technologies coming out (from MS or Sun, or whomever), since that means the online experience users want is getting better, and WE are the ones who give it to the masses!!
W00t to new technologies!!
I sure hope Best Buy still sells that 2-mile long ethernet cable...
No, I thought it was TinaFey=bitch
How do you know they are "boys"? Japanese names are hard (for non-Japanese) to determine the gender just by reading them.
Sexist!
1. this seems to be line of sight only, so no broadcasting HDTV from a closet to the TV
How about keeping your HDTV in the closet, then? I'm sure Tom Cruise would love that!!
I may not be your "typical" MMORPG gamer, but I actually "like" PvE-style play. I find it tedious and frustrating to play in a PvP realm, where every snot-nosed 12 year old is hiding behind a tree, waiting to gank my level 2 warrior.
Therefore, no need to move off of WoW for WHOnline. There's enough for me there today.