They'll probably still need the same number of security people. But reduced crime is a benefit in itself. More people willing to ride the subway means more revenue. More tourism maybe, fewer people in jail soaking up tax dollars, etc.
Yes, this is what I have a problem with. The purpose of a patent, I believe, is to protect your finished product, so that someone else can't copy you and sell the same thing that you're selling. But a feature is not a finished product. By patenting features, you're preventing others from using the same features in non-competing products.
I remember when Alta Vista came out with natural language searches. You could ask it What's the name of President Clinton's cat? And it would give you links for where to buy socks.
Yes, I really don't see it as the death of brick and mortar stores, but a consolidation. We need good tech stores. We don't need office supply stores trying to be tech stores.
The argument that the data is yours may or may not stand up. If you bought a briefcase and it turned out to have a check in it, made out for a million dollars to someone with your same name, you'd be in trouble if you deposited the check. I'm not saying you couldn't win, but it would take a fight.
But yes, if the drive was that sensitive it should have been shredded instead of sold. In order to answer the original question, though, it doesn't matter what the data is. Any kind of refurb process should have wiped the drive (i.e., a destructive test), or at least departioned it.
Technically, yes, you are buying the contents. That's implied in the sale of the drive itself. But when someone loses their classified data, they're going to do whatever it takes to get it back. They'll claim that there's no way you could have rightfully acquired the data, and therefore your mere possession of it is illegal.
That would require duplicate hardware at the new site. It's hard to convince people to shell out, even when their pockets are deep.
The real question is why you need DRM on a game (or anything else) that's been purchased outright. And a related question, why do you need an Internet connection to play a single player game?
They hit me today (or someone did) by authenticating to my mail server using a password stolen from one of my remote users. If I didn't have any remote users, it wouldn't have been possible. But at least I caught it quickly when the user reported getting lots of bounce messages.
We don't need new taxes - we have plenty already. Instead of a 1% tax on video games, just raise all sales taxes by 0.1%. Less paperwork, more revenue.
RedHat's paid support model is a decent idea, but most people don't want to pay, because if you have an IT person who can support the thing a little bit, then s/he can support it completely. Even so, I think certain features might be worth paying for:
1) Phone support for all aspects of operation, including Sendmail and Apache config, SSL certs, etc.
2) Priority updates and custom fixes
3) Ability to perform reliable in-place upgrades forever, even across major revisions.
4) Hardware sales and support maybe?
Yes. I'm not really into mobile, but I'm sure there are a lot of opportunities there. But you'll need knowledge not only of the language, but the specific kinds of apps that are needed in the world.
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They'll probably still need the same number of security people. But reduced crime is a benefit in itself. More people willing to ride the subway means more revenue. More tourism maybe, fewer people in jail soaking up tax dollars, etc.
Can we start a petition to evict Canada from North America? They're giving us a bad name. Mexico is welcome to stay.
If you don't like Santorum (I personally don't) then talk to his issues
Nobody's going to change Santorum. I don't think he's even capable of discussing gay rights.
don' t resort to immature nonsense
You're right, and normally I'd agree. But this guy is different. On the chance that it would disrupt his campaign a little bit, it was worth it.
Yes, this is what I have a problem with. The purpose of a patent, I believe, is to protect your finished product, so that someone else can't copy you and sell the same thing that you're selling. But a feature is not a finished product. By patenting features, you're preventing others from using the same features in non-competing products.
I never saw that, but I believe you.
Should we even be thinking of educating our children as an industry?
K-12 education isn't free - it's taxpayer funded. So yes, it's an industry, but healthcare is probably an even bigger industry.
I remember when Alta Vista came out with natural language searches. You could ask it What's the name of President Clinton's cat? And it would give you links for where to buy socks.
Yes, I really don't see it as the death of brick and mortar stores, but a consolidation. We need good tech stores. We don't need office supply stores trying to be tech stores.
I like your sister already.
The argument that the data is yours may or may not stand up. If you bought a briefcase and it turned out to have a check in it, made out for a million dollars to someone with your same name, you'd be in trouble if you deposited the check. I'm not saying you couldn't win, but it would take a fight.
But yes, if the drive was that sensitive it should have been shredded instead of sold. In order to answer the original question, though, it doesn't matter what the data is. Any kind of refurb process should have wiped the drive (i.e., a destructive test), or at least departioned it.
Technically, yes, you are buying the contents. That's implied in the sale of the drive itself. But when someone loses their classified data, they're going to do whatever it takes to get it back. They'll claim that there's no way you could have rightfully acquired the data, and therefore your mere possession of it is illegal.
The government doesn't do anything small. They'll be state of the art, but still overpriced.
But who pays for the insurance - the vehicle owner, or the driver? If you're a family of three with one car, do you get one insurance bill, or three?
The KGB just called. They'd like an apology.
What laws are being proposed to save us all from this?
Obviously none. That would tend to defeat the whole purpose.
That would require duplicate hardware at the new site. It's hard to convince people to shell out, even when their pockets are deep.
The real question is why you need DRM on a game (or anything else) that's been purchased outright. And a related question, why do you need an Internet connection to play a single player game?
They hit me today (or someone did) by authenticating to my mail server using a password stolen from one of my remote users. If I didn't have any remote users, it wouldn't have been possible. But at least I caught it quickly when the user reported getting lots of bounce messages.
We don't need new taxes - we have plenty already. Instead of a 1% tax on video games, just raise all sales taxes by 0.1%. Less paperwork, more revenue.
I guess I have other problems, because my first thought was "hmm, that seems possible".
RedHat's paid support model is a decent idea, but most people don't want to pay, because if you have an IT person who can support the thing a little bit, then s/he can support it completely. Even so, I think certain features might be worth paying for:
1) Phone support for all aspects of operation, including Sendmail and Apache config, SSL certs, etc.
2) Priority updates and custom fixes
3) Ability to perform reliable in-place upgrades forever, even across major revisions.
4) Hardware sales and support maybe?
I had the Sinclair first, but yeah, they weren't too far apart.
Facebook isn't entirely frivolous. Mostly, but not entirely. But they will be saying "why did they need so many damn servers?"
Why in the world would anyone over the age of 6 care about this?
Nostalgia. I live primarily in the past. The Sinclair is a little old even for me, but I'd go for a Lego C64.
While you're at it, go ahead and put a power button on the Lego version.
Yes. I'm not really into mobile, but I'm sure there are a lot of opportunities there. But you'll need knowledge not only of the language, but the specific kinds of apps that are needed in the world.