The difference here is that Tivo did not add any extra restrictions in the license, they just added technical restrictions in the hardware that prevented the user from exercising their rights under the GPL. Apple is adding extra restrictions in the license that the software is distributed under, as well as technical restrictions in iTunes to prevent you installing more than 5 copies. The technical restrictions might not fall foul of the GPL v2, provided they are implemented in iTunes software not in the GPL'ed software itself. But the license restrictions certainly do.
It seems their strategy is to target Windows customers that are starting to make the switch to a Linux based OS. Probably in an attempt to scare them back onto the Windows path, but I hope suing their customers backfires on them.
When we got to Seoul we disembarked the plane in a secure area, went to the transfer area (still secure) and had to go through screening all over again. This seems silly;
Maybe there are a handful of airports in the world that can't guarantee security of their "secured area," but the shiny modern airport in Seoul (Incheon) is not one of them
But if the flight is arriving into Incheon's secure area from one of those airports that cannot guarantee the security of their secure area, then Incheon's security has been breached. So the extra check to transit between the arrival lounge and departure lounge is not silly. The second extra check on the other hand is just there to appease the TSA, and that is silly/
An interesting extension would be to add service discovery at the WiFi beacon level, so you could see what services were on offer from surrounding devices without connecting to each ad-hoc network. That would be something new, rather than just a standardization of a combination of existing technologies.
I suspect part of the problem is that Sun introduced a way for a web page to request a specific version of Java in the OBJECT tag due to developers being uneasy about the possibility of their applet being run on a version of Java they hadn't tested with. Additionally, when you upgrade Java, it installs the new version alongside the older installs, so the old versions are still there to be exploited.
1. Disk encryption for personal data.
2. Disk encryption for company data (shared with one or two trusted others).
3. Online banking password.
4. Email password.
5. Password for everything else that isn't important.
6. Password for everything else that isn't important but has rules about including numbers and capital letters in the password.
7. Password for one unimportant forum login that requires a ridiculously long password with multiple numbers, capital letters and punctuation.
Checking the Market, I don't even see an upgrade for it.
The only way to upgrade bundled apps is through an firmware update. Market only shows updates for apps you downloaded from the Market in the first place.
The Skype webpage states that the app is not available in Japan and China, but that is obviously only part of the story as there are comments stating it cannot be seen in the Ukraine and Turkey markets, and I cannot see it in the Market from Malaysia.
... the moderation qualification (ie, Funny, Insightful, Troll, etc) is what makes a huge difference in avoiding the puritans downmodding sarcasm and/or unpopular but useful posts.
As long as the vague Underrated/Overrated mods are available (and AFAICT these mods never come up for Meta-moderation), the puritans and other agenda-pushers can moderate without proper cause.
That's some alternate universe you live in there. My local Mom and Pop's had loads of titles, popular and obscure, old and new. What they didn't have was a complete wall full of the latest 5 hit movies to come out on rental DVD. Blockbuster had that, another wall full of the last couple of months hits and a few all time favorites, and a section in the centre of older titles they were selling off.
Not quite true. Streaming music services have to make sure that they have secured the legal right to play the music they are playing. One way of doing this is to go to each rights holder individually. Another way is to pay SoundExchange, who are authorized to issue "compulsory licenses". The "compulsory" means that it is compulsory for the artist to recognize as a valid license, not for the user to pay.
Plus the freight trucks that move this crap across the country burn far less gas than if we all drove to the store.
Apparently goods are teleported into stores, so those large freight trucks are only involved when you buy things online.
Really, the only variable is you driving to the store for a single purchase, vs a delivery driver including your house in their rounds (a slight detour from what they would have done anyway).
I realize that at one time, MySpace had things all sewn up as well
Only amongst a small demographic (which many Slashdotters may be part of, hence it seems to you like everyone was on it). My mother never had a MySpace account, but she is on Facebook, and so are many of her friends, their children and their grandchildren, and maybe even some of their parents.
Canon SLR digital cameras shouldn't NEED any special driver support on Windows 7 64 bit. They can be switched in the menu between PTP and MSC modes, which are both standard USB profiles that any modern OS should handle out of the box.
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The difference here is that Tivo did not add any extra restrictions in the license, they just added technical restrictions in the hardware that prevented the user from exercising their rights under the GPL. Apple is adding extra restrictions in the license that the software is distributed under, as well as technical restrictions in iTunes to prevent you installing more than 5 copies. The technical restrictions might not fall foul of the GPL v2, provided they are implemented in iTunes software not in the GPL'ed software itself. But the license restrictions certainly do.
OK, so being liberal has roots in our evolutionary history, while conservatives were created out of thin air 6000 years ago (minus 5 days).
It seems their strategy is to target Windows customers that are starting to make the switch to a Linux based OS. Probably in an attempt to scare them back onto the Windows path, but I hope suing their customers backfires on them.
But if the flight is arriving into Incheon's secure area from one of those airports that cannot guarantee the security of their secure area, then Incheon's security has been breached. So the extra check to transit between the arrival lounge and departure lounge is not silly. The second extra check on the other hand is just there to appease the TSA, and that is silly/
An interesting extension would be to add service discovery at the WiFi beacon level, so you could see what services were on offer from surrounding devices without connecting to each ad-hoc network. That would be something new, rather than just a standardization of a combination of existing technologies.
I suspect part of the problem is that Sun introduced a way for a web page to request a specific version of Java in the OBJECT tag due to developers being uneasy about the possibility of their applet being run on a version of Java they hadn't tested with. Additionally, when you upgrade Java, it installs the new version alongside the older installs, so the old versions are still there to be exploited.
1. Disk encryption for personal data. 2. Disk encryption for company data (shared with one or two trusted others). 3. Online banking password. 4. Email password. 5. Password for everything else that isn't important. 6. Password for everything else that isn't important but has rules about including numbers and capital letters in the password. 7. Password for one unimportant forum login that requires a ridiculously long password with multiple numbers, capital letters and punctuation.
The video projections on the aerostat were pretty, but more remarkable is the size of Prince Charles's codpiece in photo number 4.
The only way to upgrade bundled apps is through an firmware update. Market only shows updates for apps you downloaded from the Market in the first place.
The Skype webpage states that the app is not available in Japan and China, but that is obviously only part of the story as there are comments stating it cannot be seen in the Ukraine and Turkey markets, and I cannot see it in the Market from Malaysia.
As long as the vague Underrated/Overrated mods are available (and AFAICT these mods never come up for Meta-moderation), the puritans and other agenda-pushers can moderate without proper cause.
I'm curious, which channels are you calling major? Is BBC4 or even BBC3 more or less major than BBC News, CBBC and CBeebies?
Sure there is, you just can't see it.
Look at where the most biodiverse regions are on Earth. They are in the equatorial zone, where the climate is stable.
The personal data is being requested for civil cases, not criminal ones.
And in Akihabara it is not even true. There is plenty of "export model" PAL and 240V equipment in the shops around there.
Someday, when feral cats learn to make boats stocked up with provisions and sail thousands of miles across the ocean.
That's some alternate universe you live in there. My local Mom and Pop's had loads of titles, popular and obscure, old and new. What they didn't have was a complete wall full of the latest 5 hit movies to come out on rental DVD. Blockbuster had that, another wall full of the last couple of months hits and a few all time favorites, and a section in the centre of older titles they were selling off.
Not quite true. Streaming music services have to make sure that they have secured the legal right to play the music they are playing. One way of doing this is to go to each rights holder individually. Another way is to pay SoundExchange, who are authorized to issue "compulsory licenses". The "compulsory" means that it is compulsory for the artist to recognize as a valid license, not for the user to pay.
I'm surprised they haven't invaded already over the shortchanging that goes on when you buy a pint of beer in the US.
Still, it must have had some effect on oil futures prices, as the forecast supply was reduced.
Apparently goods are teleported into stores, so those large freight trucks are only involved when you buy things online.
Really, the only variable is you driving to the store for a single purchase, vs a delivery driver including your house in their rounds (a slight detour from what they would have done anyway).
That's not the coalition of countries supporting the invasion of Iraq.
Only amongst a small demographic (which many Slashdotters may be part of, hence it seems to you like everyone was on it). My mother never had a MySpace account, but she is on Facebook, and so are many of her friends, their children and their grandchildren, and maybe even some of their parents.
Canon SLR digital cameras shouldn't NEED any special driver support on Windows 7 64 bit. They can be switched in the menu between PTP and MSC modes, which are both standard USB profiles that any modern OS should handle out of the box.