No, Microsoft likes money; just like every other corporation in a capitolist sociesty should. In the end their products need to be useful to be sold and make money. Even unextended standards improve their products' usefulness. Once their products become so prevalent as to make breaking the Standards non-detrimental, they usually will, because [to them] it's more useful to the customer to have the features added by brokenness then have the interoperability that comes from adhering to the Standards.
Have things changed without me noticing them? I mean, I have pretty good vision; 20/20 corrected, and use 1024x768 on a 21" CRT [albeit around 3-feet away]. Anything less I find cumbersome and straining after about 3-4 hours.
Am I one of the only ones to notice? Do others take more breaks?
I'm not sure. Maybe I take more notice of it, and am more wary given the fact my father's eyesight has deteriorated steadily after 25+ years in front of a CRT.
And for the original poster: don't worry, CRTs still have their place and will be around for probably the rest of anyone's current lifetime.
How about because they allow you to do whatever you want? [in addition to above poster]
At least in this area, SBC does not allow "odd" protocols such as GRE [required for PPTP connections] and in certain locations they won't even let you connect to an smtp server that isn't theirs.
Furthermore, in my experience with PacBell [before the SBC buyout] and SpeakEasy at the same location and same service [1.5/384 adsl] I found that SpeakEasy provided a much better service. Much less downtime, none of which was unannounced. Much better average response time to the internet, especially to the west coast [PacBell routed everything through SF and then back down the peninsula again...] And much better bandwidth on average.
Reliability: better. Customer Service: WAY better. Speed: better. Bandwidth: better.
No, that means that whomever writes the copy control removing tool cannot sell/transfer the tool. They *CAN* use it, and then sell/transfer the work which is now beyond the scope of copyright.
Furthermore, if the copy protection mechanism only protects that work, or only works that are no longer under the protection of copyright, you can traffic in a tool to remove them, as the DMCA only applies to tools who's primary purpose is to remove copy protection on copyright protected works. [and debatably, even if the copy protection mechanism still exists on copyright protected works, the tool can be traded, as it can be argued that the tool's primary use is on the now public domain works which happen to have that copy protection mechanism]
I believe they do. It's their site, they can make the rules. Movie theatres throw people out that use cell phones, and they don't allow people with video cameras in. Their site, their rules. Hell, most ballparks won't even let you bring food or drink into them.
Let's see... a quick trip to the underdogs, and a quick browsing of my game directory shows 14 games released in 1993 that work wonderfully on my win2k machine. [1 that does not... Fantasy Empires]
Meanwhile, I have 2 dreamcast systems [1998 release] that are non-functional, and about a dozen NES and Intellivision carts that refuse to work anymore.
You might want to consider why you want the printer. It's probably cheaper these days to buy a whole computer for everyone you'd want to share them with and send them burnt cd's full of images...
If you are making pamphlets and the such, then shell out the cash for a swanky laser printer. In my experience HP networked printers are good while not being outrageously expensive.
And that's a good thing! How many copies of Half-Life 3 and Doom 3 would sell if the reference platform was a 4-CPU workstation with a professional-quality video card?
If your company is not public [and I assume it's not]:
Your company *will* have a projected budget for 2-4 years down the road [otherwise, don't take the job]. From that they can compute what the Stock share price should be around that time. Divide your position's mean salary by stock price, and that's likely the # of options over a 4 year period.
If your company is public:
Use the 1yr projected price instead.
[note: if you're a director or better, multiply by some constant, which is directly proportional to the amount of golf you play]
The japanese do that because the majority of people there enjoy having foreign languages interspersed throughout things, especially their music. Americans do too, but it's usually just french or spanish phrases. [the japanese do the same with english]
anyways... They did counteract the fact that the title was german and incomprehensible by putting a hot chick on the cover.
Freedom of speech is the freedom of any citizen and to a lesser degree any person or corperation to speak and express themselves however they desire.
Freenet is not that. At least not entirely. The side effect is that the network of people also chant [albeit without their knowledge] things that other people say.
Would you allow anyone else to decide what you say?
Freenet is freedom of information at the cost of personal freedom of speech, or as the case might be, silence.
Mainly because my needs and know how have changed.
Linux has gotten better, and alot of my problems in that regard have been fixed [better browser support, better apps, better install/packaging/hardware support]. Now that I've learned more [regexes mainly] many of the Linux apps are more appealing.
Win2k hasn't really gotten better. Like you said, the licensing is unacceptable to me, even if XP added anything worthwhile. Windows software [other than games] haven't really increased at a pace to distance them from Linux [in fact, the opposite in my perception].
Realistically, I have a windows machine and a linux machine at work. I have a windows machine and a bsd machine at home. Given how inexpensive computers are, I can do this easily, and then use whichever tool is best for the problem.
Personally, I know I was going to migrate over right before win2k came out. Then win2k came out and fixed many of the problems I had with previous versions [making the reasons for migration moot]. Now Linux [and OS-X too] is back to a point where they are looking desirable again.
Umm... every other person has been an artist for millenia. Now though the ability to entertain MANY others is available at a very low entry cost. It doesn't mean that the artists are any better, or even that there will be more artists. Hopefully the new distribution medium will allow people to find artists more easily, and artists will gain a larger mean fanbase, though the cynical side of me doubts that for most cases. The majority of people are sheep, and will continue the same trends that keep Carson Daly from working at the local McDonalds.
Not all intellectual property cases are copyright issues. I'd wager that trade secret issues and/or industrial espionage actually account for more of the casework than simple cd copying.
I was working as phone tech support for an isp. Obviously, this was less than thrilling, so I applied for more challenging, and better paying work when I felt I was qualified. After successfully interviewing for an admin job, I informed my boss [during my 1yr review] that I was giving my 2 week notice.
He asked if there was anything the company could do to keep me, and offered a 25% raise.
Just a little tidbit of experience to help you decide.
[and for those interested, I declined and took the admin job which was paying a little under 4 times the phone monkey job. 5 times after a year]
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No, Microsoft likes money; just like every other corporation in a capitolist sociesty should. In the end their products need to be useful to be sold and make money. Even unextended standards improve their products' usefulness. Once their products become so prevalent as to make breaking the Standards non-detrimental, they usually will, because [to them] it's more useful to the customer to have the features added by brokenness then have the interoperability that comes from adhering to the Standards.
Have things changed without me noticing them? I mean, I have pretty good vision; 20/20 corrected, and use 1024x768 on a 21" CRT [albeit around 3-feet away]. Anything less I find cumbersome and straining after about 3-4 hours.
Am I one of the only ones to notice?
Do others take more breaks?
I'm not sure. Maybe I take more notice of it, and am more wary given the fact my father's eyesight has deteriorated steadily after 25+ years in front of a CRT.
And for the original poster: don't worry, CRTs still have their place and will be around for probably the rest of anyone's current lifetime.
No they didn't.
RPGs were around for at least 10 years before PCs. Should they include the first time chess or solitaire was created on computers too?
Bump #3, except for me it's about PacBell, not cable :P
Of course, in all fairness, PacBell did at least try to solve my problem in a fairly intelligent manner when I *did* eventually get to a tech.
How about because they allow you to do whatever you want? [in addition to above poster]
At least in this area, SBC does not allow "odd" protocols such as GRE [required for PPTP connections] and in certain locations they won't even let you connect to an smtp server that isn't theirs.
Furthermore, in my experience with PacBell [before the SBC buyout] and SpeakEasy at the same location and same service [1.5/384 adsl] I found that SpeakEasy provided a much better service. Much less downtime, none of which was unannounced. Much better average response time to the internet, especially to the west coast [PacBell routed everything through SF and then back down the peninsula again...] And much better bandwidth on average.
Reliability: better.
Customer Service: WAY better.
Speed: better.
Bandwidth: better.
I mean what other metrics do you want?
or better yet, the microwave!
No, that means that whomever writes the copy control removing tool cannot sell/transfer the tool. They *CAN* use it, and then sell/transfer the work which is now beyond the scope of copyright.
Furthermore, if the copy protection mechanism only protects that work, or only works that are no longer under the protection of copyright, you can traffic in a tool to remove them, as the DMCA only applies to tools who's primary purpose is to remove copy protection on copyright protected works. [and debatably, even if the copy protection mechanism still exists on copyright protected works, the tool can be traded, as it can be argued that the tool's primary use is on the now public domain works which happen to have that copy protection mechanism]
I believe they do. It's their site, they can make the rules. Movie theatres throw people out that use cell phones, and they don't allow people with video cameras in. Their site, their rules. Hell, most ballparks won't even let you bring food or drink into them.
Let's see... a quick trip to the underdogs, and a quick browsing of my game directory shows 14 games released in 1993 that work wonderfully on my win2k machine. [1 that does not... Fantasy Empires]
Meanwhile, I have 2 dreamcast systems [1998 release] that are non-functional, and about a dozen NES and Intellivision carts that refuse to work anymore.
If you're worried about staying in shape while drinking all that beer, you haven't had enough beer.
You might want to consider why you want the printer. It's probably cheaper these days to buy a whole computer for everyone you'd want to share them with and send them burnt cd's full of images...
If you are making pamphlets and the such, then shell out the cash for a swanky laser printer. In my experience HP networked printers are good while not being outrageously expensive.
Probably just as many.
hell, I got one for $100 that would play dvd's, audio CDs and just mp3's burnt onto cd [no shuffle though.... GRR]
that was 3 years ago though!
If your company is not public [and I assume it's not]:
Your company *will* have a projected budget for 2-4 years down the road [otherwise, don't take the job]. From that they can compute what the Stock share price should be around that time. Divide your position's mean salary by stock price, and that's likely the # of options over a 4 year period.
If your company is public:
Use the 1yr projected price instead.
[note: if you're a director or better, multiply by some constant, which is directly proportional to the amount of golf you play]
The japanese do that because the majority of people there enjoy having foreign languages interspersed throughout things, especially their music. Americans do too, but it's usually just french or spanish phrases. [the japanese do the same with english]
anyways... They did counteract the fact that the title was german and incomprehensible by putting a hot chick on the cover.
Ahem.
Kiddie [18] porn illegality irregardless:
Freedom of speech is the freedom of any citizen and to a lesser degree any person or corperation to speak and express themselves however they desire.
Freenet is not that. At least not entirely. The side effect is that the network of people also chant [albeit without their knowledge] things that other people say.
Would you allow anyone else to decide what you say?
Freenet is freedom of information at the cost of personal freedom of speech, or as the case might be, silence.
Most of my freshman year od college was spent looking up copyright statistics...
via irc and winamp.
The US government is pretty much *everyones'* biggest customer.
Or maybe you were bright enough to get all the mp3s you ever wanted back in '96...
Mainly because my needs and know how have changed.
Linux has gotten better, and alot of my problems in that regard have been fixed [better browser support, better apps, better install/packaging/hardware support]. Now that I've learned more [regexes mainly] many of the Linux apps are more appealing.
Win2k hasn't really gotten better. Like you said, the licensing is unacceptable to me, even if XP added anything worthwhile. Windows software [other than games] haven't really increased at a pace to distance them from Linux [in fact, the opposite in my perception].
Realistically, I have a windows machine and a linux machine at work. I have a windows machine and a bsd machine at home. Given how inexpensive computers are, I can do this easily, and then use whichever tool is best for the problem.
As many as microsoft keeps making?
Personally, I know I was going to migrate over right before win2k came out. Then win2k came out and fixed many of the problems I had with previous versions [making the reasons for migration moot]. Now Linux [and OS-X too] is back to a point where they are looking desirable again.
Umm... every other person has been an artist for millenia. Now though the ability to entertain MANY others is available at a very low entry cost. It doesn't mean that the artists are any better, or even that there will be more artists. Hopefully the new distribution medium will allow people to find artists more easily, and artists will gain a larger mean fanbase, though the cynical side of me doubts that for most cases. The majority of people are sheep, and will continue the same trends that keep Carson Daly from working at the local McDonalds.
Not all intellectual property cases are copyright issues. I'd wager that trade secret issues and/or industrial espionage actually account for more of the casework than simple cd copying.
No, I am merely pointing out that arguing deterrance as reasoning behind having a large mobile air force is not the best argument in this case.
I was working as phone tech support for an isp. Obviously, this was less than thrilling, so I applied for more challenging, and better paying work when I felt I was qualified. After successfully interviewing for an admin job, I informed my boss [during my 1yr review] that I was giving my 2 week notice.
He asked if there was anything the company could do to keep me, and offered a 25% raise.
Just a little tidbit of experience to help you decide.
[and for those interested, I declined and took the admin job which was paying a little under 4 times the phone monkey job. 5 times after a year]