i think the mini-ipod will be a complete flop, too price for too little.
If it was being manufactured by any company besides Apple, I'd agree wholeheartedly, but we all know it will do reasonable well, simply because it's an Apple product.
Good job jumping to a conclusion, but you put a few too many words in my mouth.
I made no argument as to whether kiddie porn should or should not be vehemently prosecuted, or whether or causes child abuse or whatnot - I merely pointed out that prosecuting it would be very difficult if ALL digital evidence was inadmissable in court. Don't mistake a specific point - hell a specific EXAMPLE - with a broad and general opinion.
I didn't miss any point he tried to raise - he specifically said ALL digital evidence should get thrown out. When you can explain to me how to prosecute most electronic crimes without digital evidence, I'll be very amazed.
I'll admit the potential is there for abuse on the part of law enforcement, but ignoring ALL digital evidence is just as stupid as blindly trusting law enforcement.
Uhhhhh...you just made it next to impossible to prosecute a lot of crimes. Take kiddie porn for example - you're saying that a hard drive full of kiddie porn images shouldn't be admissable?
Please clarify your point, because you either didn't think your comment through, or meant something entirely different than what you wrote.
While I definitely don't disagree with your point, what technology can't be abused? I'm sure if I thought hard enough there's probably something out there, but the fact is, just about anything can be abused in some way or another, and very likely will be.
It's one of the sicker aspects of our race - invent something and we'll find a way to abuse it.
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What can be done to make manufacturers get their heads into the real world?
And you're honestly going to tell me that SysAdmins always have final say over what software gets purchased? If that's your experience, I consider you very lucky, because most of us have PHBs that may take our advice, or may ignore us and buy whichever package has the nicest marketing materials.
Yes, that's basically the meaning of an open beta. In this case, "open beta" was just flat out the wrong term - there's an application and selection process, it has limited geographic scope (US, Canada, and Korea)...either the submitter didn't RTFA (ironic, eh?), or didn't realize they were misusing the term "open beta."
That aside, I'm curious to hear how the game plays once it's a bit more polished. I've never really gotten into MMORPGs because of the time issue, but WOW looks too good to not at least try for a month or two.
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That's probably because it is - the shadow is seperating the view from above (the top portion of the picture) from the side profile view (the bottom portion of the picture). I'd imagine the shadow is the only modified section of the picture.
But you're looking at critically acclaimed (which is the most appropriate aim of something like this), wheras as the article itself says "best albums of 2003."
If the guys that did the analysis had come straight out and said "we're trying to find the most popular albums amongst critics," then this would have been a success. However, they used the word "best" which screwed them on a number of levels. Excluding the fact that art can't really be scientifically measured for its merit, they would have needed a much bigger sampling then they actually took, considering a number of musical genres are excluded from the list.
Someone should ask them, and perhaps address their problems.
Someone should read the article, where they would find the following:
He also pointed out that not everyone can be converted just yet because of a single application (the City Council's Agenda Management System) requires MS Office to run.
He also pointed out that not everyone can be converted just yet because of a single application (the City Council's Agenda Management System) requires MS Office to run.
Certainly makes sense that they're going to need to solve that dependancy before they switch those people to OO.org...
That conclusion is a bit of a leap of faith - what's to say people will take to Linux just because it adapts better? I'd guess that more people will wait for Windows to provide solid support for new technology than switch OSes just because they can be more cutting edge.
This may start a whole new style of hacking; releasing BIOSes for flashing which have the DRM/Trust shite removed.
Which brings us to our four favorite letters - DMCA!
The idea of DRM being embedded into BIOS certainly is disturbing, and though I've never really cared whose BIOS is on the hardware I'm buying, this certainly changes things. You have to wonder though - will anyone stay 'rogue' and avoid DRM, or will everyone conform, thereby leaving consumers with no real choices?
My wife is the classic soccer mom, van and all, and has been modifying config files -- DOS then and Linux now -- when you were still wearing plastic pants.
And does the average soccer mom have the same abilities as your wife? Survey says...nope. There are always going to be exceptions to the genealization, but they very rarely make a point invalid. The average person, be it soccer mom or not, isn't going to want to screw with their computer to get it working.
Unlike you, she's smart enough to use the right tools for the job.
And unlike you, I understand the concept of an example.:-)
It's a catch-22 - the average Joe on the street doesn't want to touch Linux until it's friendly, but companies don't want to invest the time and money to get their goods working on Linux unless the user base is big enough to give them a good return on their investment.
Hell, I can see why the average person won't touch Linux - I bought a Radeon 9200 dual head video card 2 weeks ago, and after off-and-on screwing with it, I still haven't gotten both heads working at once, excluding cloned mode. Some soccer mom isn't going to want to be dicking with XF86Config while her kids are bitching about wanting to play Pokemon...she's going to want to boot into Windows, pop in the CD that came with the product, and have it work.
If they get enough of a wild hair up their asses (and it's looking like a pretty big one), I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them start trying 15 - 17 year olds as adults.
The most interesting aspect of this to me is how well people will be able to claim technical ignorance as a defense. Considering the judges and/or jury trying these cases likely won't have the technical expertise of those being tried, some very interesting situations could arise.
I'm quite content with CDs as well, but when new albums start being releases solely on the new format, with no CD pressing, it obviously becomes a problem.
Granted, I wouldn't see the underground metal genre (don't judge my musical tastes by my username, as I've been using it for 5+ years) as being the earliest to adopt the new technology, but I don't want to see a new format until it's a tangible gain in terms of both technological benefits and cost.
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i think the mini-ipod will be a complete flop, too price for too little.
If it was being manufactured by any company besides Apple, I'd agree wholeheartedly, but we all know it will do reasonable well, simply because it's an Apple product.
Considering CNN is now covering the story, I really doubt it's going to be kept that quiet.
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Good job jumping to a conclusion, but you put a few too many words in my mouth.
I made no argument as to whether kiddie porn should or should not be vehemently prosecuted, or whether or causes child abuse or whatnot - I merely pointed out that prosecuting it would be very difficult if ALL digital evidence was inadmissable in court. Don't mistake a specific point - hell a specific EXAMPLE - with a broad and general opinion.
I didn't miss any point he tried to raise - he specifically said ALL digital evidence should get thrown out. When you can explain to me how to prosecute most electronic crimes without digital evidence, I'll be very amazed.
I'll admit the potential is there for abuse on the part of law enforcement, but ignoring ALL digital evidence is just as stupid as blindly trusting law enforcement.
Uhhhhh...you just made it next to impossible to prosecute a lot of crimes. Take kiddie porn for example - you're saying that a hard drive full of kiddie porn images shouldn't be admissable?
Please clarify your point, because you either didn't think your comment through, or meant something entirely different than what you wrote.
While I definitely don't disagree with your point, what technology can't be abused? I'm sure if I thought hard enough there's probably something out there, but the fact is, just about anything can be abused in some way or another, and very likely will be.
It's one of the sicker aspects of our race - invent something and we'll find a way to abuse it.
What can be done to make manufacturers get their heads into the real world?
Have they visited their proctologists lately?
And you're honestly going to tell me that SysAdmins always have final say over what software gets purchased? If that's your experience, I consider you very lucky, because most of us have PHBs that may take our advice, or may ignore us and buy whichever package has the nicest marketing materials.
Yes, that's basically the meaning of an open beta. In this case, "open beta" was just flat out the wrong term - there's an application and selection process, it has limited geographic scope (US, Canada, and Korea)...either the submitter didn't RTFA (ironic, eh?), or didn't realize they were misusing the term "open beta."
That aside, I'm curious to hear how the game plays once it's a bit more polished. I've never really gotten into MMORPGs because of the time issue, but WOW looks too good to not at least try for a month or two.
That's probably because it is - the shadow is seperating the view from above (the top portion of the picture) from the side profile view (the bottom portion of the picture). I'd imagine the shadow is the only modified section of the picture.
Now is it just me, or did they use the word "best" in the first sentence? I even enclosed it in bold so you'll have no trouble finding it...
But you're looking at critically acclaimed (which is the most appropriate aim of something like this), wheras as the article itself says "best albums of 2003."
If the guys that did the analysis had come straight out and said "we're trying to find the most popular albums amongst critics," then this would have been a success. However, they used the word "best" which screwed them on a number of levels. Excluding the fact that art can't really be scientifically measured for its merit, they would have needed a much bigger sampling then they actually took, considering a number of musical genres are excluded from the list.
I'm impressed at the price...considering its stats set it at the top of the niche, I honestly would have expected more than an "under $50" price tag.
Server errors are _much_ cooler in Chinese...
Charmin wipes up what SCO spews.
Someone should read the article, where they would find the following:
Certainly makes sense that they're going to need to solve that dependancy before they switch those people to OO.org...
That conclusion is a bit of a leap of faith - what's to say people will take to Linux just because it adapts better? I'd guess that more people will wait for Windows to provide solid support for new technology than switch OSes just because they can be more cutting edge.
Which brings us to our four favorite letters - DMCA!
The idea of DRM being embedded into BIOS certainly is disturbing, and though I've never really cared whose BIOS is on the hardware I'm buying, this certainly changes things. You have to wonder though - will anyone stay 'rogue' and avoid DRM, or will everyone conform, thereby leaving consumers with no real choices?
And does the average soccer mom have the same abilities as your wife? Survey says...nope. There are always going to be exceptions to the genealization, but they very rarely make a point invalid. The average person, be it soccer mom or not, isn't going to want to screw with their computer to get it working.
And unlike you, I understand the concept of an example.
It's a catch-22 - the average Joe on the street doesn't want to touch Linux until it's friendly, but companies don't want to invest the time and money to get their goods working on Linux unless the user base is big enough to give them a good return on their investment.
Hell, I can see why the average person won't touch Linux - I bought a Radeon 9200 dual head video card 2 weeks ago, and after off-and-on screwing with it, I still haven't gotten both heads working at once, excluding cloned mode. Some soccer mom isn't going to want to be dicking with XF86Config while her kids are bitching about wanting to play Pokemon...she's going to want to boot into Windows, pop in the CD that came with the product, and have it work.
Of course not...now if Jello Biafra mysteriously is elected president next year, that'll be a different story.
If they get enough of a wild hair up their asses (and it's looking like a pretty big one), I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them start trying 15 - 17 year olds as adults.
The most interesting aspect of this to me is how well people will be able to claim technical ignorance as a defense. Considering the judges and/or jury trying these cases likely won't have the technical expertise of those being tried, some very interesting situations could arise.
I'm quite content with CDs as well, but when new albums start being releases solely on the new format, with no CD pressing, it obviously becomes a problem.
Granted, I wouldn't see the underground metal genre (don't judge my musical tastes by my username, as I've been using it for 5+ years) as being the earliest to adopt the new technology, but I don't want to see a new format until it's a tangible gain in terms of both technological benefits and cost.