Well, I don't see anything wrong with the police trying to prevent crime. I take it if you were the victim of a crime, you'd feel you deserved it too since just about any crime can be prevented with sufficient measures.
But anyone with a wifi card will have all the local access points advertised anyway. They show up on the view wireless networks display. Anyone with the savvy to relate the flyers to free wifi will already have looked.
But I see a slight difference between invading someone's home, and using their wirless network. But I wouldn't object too much is a policeman was checking my door, as long as he did stop short of actual trespass.
No. This is a law that justifies penalising the people responsible, and compensating the victim for harm done. Who does it actually hurt if the police department loses money? You end up with a smaller less effective police force.
Well, okay. It's possible that a support monkey just said that because he wanted to spew some corporate propaganda. Some of these people really do seem to believe in the corporate philosophy. And it's possible that the spokesperson for MS didn't have the authority to explicitely rules out that they would do this, so he replied with a generic non-answer.
First step for any new windows box should always be disabling Automatic Updates, though I wonder if there isn't already a backdoor to counter that step.
Good advice. Done. Should I discover WGA shuts down my PC, I think that would conceivably be violation of compute trespass laws. I'm sure it's not an argument MS want to get into.
Annoying though. It means I'll have to actually keep track of essential updates.
The article is misleading as well. Even if they have fact checked everything, they're still summarizing a complete legal document in a couple of hundred words.
On one hand I agree with you. However, High Moon have been using this methodology for some time, and on thethey report a good deal of success. I suspect that this is actually because of certain aspects of their process, rather than the complete methodology being the best way to do things. I do agree with the idea that too much design is just as bad as too little.
Basically it means split the project into non-dependant chunks. Each team works on a chunk. Can do the same in operating systems. e.g. The network system has little interaction with the gui. Once the interface is written, the drivers have little to do with each other.
They cause a huge mess in communication and a lot of grief for the developers. It also allows the designers to change their minds on a whim - which means that the project keeps stalling.
You're doing it wrong. If desingers don't like something, it gets left to a future sprint. Remove things from a sprint by all means. You can always use the freed up time for something, but don't change things. You do have to be a little pigheaded about the rules, whilst not being totally inflexible where the system is wrong which is a tricky balance but quite possible.
And when you've got a lot of people who need to keep working together, agile methods are useless. It's great for small groups (3-4 people), but don't bother if you've got 150 people, all with complex interdependencies.
You need to simplify the interdependencies, and split into teams of less than 10 people. If team A needs something from team B, then Team A's will have to do something else this sprint.
i hope microsoft tell the EU to shove their "easy money" sceme, thats all the EU want, microsoft's money.
So, what you're suggesting is that the judge in this case has looked at the EU's budget, decided, say that the French tourist industry could do with a subsidy, and fined Microsoft so he could pay for it. Or do you think the council of ministers ordered the court to make this ruling? Government organisations don't work like that. The EU does not think with one mind. We're not the borg!
i dont see why windows cant bundle WMP or IE, yet its ok for every linux dist to bundle a media player, and a browser.
Because Microsoft have effective control of the market.
microsoft have already opened up documents for everything the EU wanted, the EU are just getting greedy and forcing microsoft to give up more.
Good. About time too. Everything should have been documented a long time ago.
If MS pulls out, then this means all existing computers will continue working as before. All applications from other companies will be adapted to work under Linspire or MacOS, and corporations will gradually shift over to those. All businesses in the US that do a substantial portion of their business with the EU will be forced to switch over to whatever becomes standard in Europe, because it is impossible for Europe to adapt to US needs. MS loses its monopoly. Another company gains a monopoly. Microsoft is relegated to several chapters in business studies textbooks about not destroying a company in order to piss off a government.
hy should a Porche be able to use McLarren doors? More so, why is it wrong for the car to come with the seats included and without an unins^H^H^H^H^H eject button?
Because neither company has effective control over the car industry.
And of course it's expensive. According to new EU rules, all Government pizza has to be made in Italy. Getting it to Brussles in 30 minutes isn't easy.
But, in most cases, that's not the rational reason. It's just a rationalisation. The real reason is that winning for a short time and then being outbid has increased their perceived value of winning the auction. Not of the actual item.
I wouldn't say that. I'm sure a lot of the early computer millionairres can claim all of those. And even Microsoft's nasty tactics are hardly as bad as people here like to make out.
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Well, I don't see anything wrong with the police trying to prevent crime. I take it if you were the victim of a crime, you'd feel you deserved it too since just about any crime can be prevented with sufficient measures.
But anyone with a wifi card will have all the local access points advertised anyway. They show up on the view wireless networks display. Anyone with the savvy to relate the flyers to free wifi will already have looked.
But I see a slight difference between invading someone's home, and using their wirless network. But I wouldn't object too much is a policeman was checking my door, as long as he did stop short of actual trespass.
No. This is a law that justifies penalising the people responsible, and compensating the victim for harm done. Who does it actually hurt if the police department loses money? You end up with a smaller less effective police force.
or at all for that matter.
Yes, we have. And we should.
One of the processes that protects us from police bullying is the media, and ordinary people getting up in arms about this sort of thing.
Well, okay. It's possible that a support monkey just said that because he wanted to spew some corporate propaganda. Some of these people really do seem to believe in the corporate philosophy. And it's possible that the spokesperson for MS didn't have the authority to explicitely rules out that they would do this, so he replied with a generic non-answer.
But we like to bash Microsoft.
At least every place I've ever worked, the PC or laptop has been provided by the employer.
Some people are self-employed.
First step for any new windows box should always be disabling Automatic Updates, though I wonder if there isn't already a backdoor to counter that step.
Good advice. Done. Should I discover WGA shuts down my PC, I think that would conceivably be violation of compute trespass laws. I'm sure it's not an argument MS want to get into.
Annoying though. It means I'll have to actually keep track of essential updates.
Why wouldn't you want to?
Because I don't think Microsoft have any right to know whether I'm still running their software.
Anyway it's now considered a part of windows.
No by me.
Hey, what if you don't want to install IE?
If I don't want to install IE 7 then I don't have to. Not sure I see your point at all.
Perhaps, but none of ID's games have been so much fun since he left. Perhaps someone else was responsible or perhaps it was just a good team.
The article is misleading as well. Even if they have fact checked everything, they're still summarizing a complete legal document in a couple of hundred words.
It's either fine, or illegal. It's a gray area. By design. If you're using very small portions then you're probably okay.
On one hand I agree with you. However, High Moon have been using this methodology for some time, and on thethey report a good deal of success. I suspect that this is actually because of certain aspects of their process, rather than the complete methodology being the best way to do things. I do agree with the idea that too much design is just as bad as too little.
Basically it means split the project into non-dependant chunks. Each team works on a chunk. Can do the same in operating systems. e.g. The network system has little interaction with the gui. Once the interface is written, the drivers have little to do with each other.
They cause a huge mess in communication and a lot of grief for the developers. It also allows the designers to change their minds on a whim - which means that the project keeps stalling.
You're doing it wrong. If desingers don't like something, it gets left to a future sprint. Remove things from a sprint by all means. You can always use the freed up time for something, but don't change things. You do have to be a little pigheaded about the rules, whilst not being totally inflexible where the system is wrong which is a tricky balance but quite possible.
And when you've got a lot of people who need to keep working together, agile methods are useless. It's great for small groups (3-4 people), but don't bother if you've got 150 people, all with complex interdependencies.
You need to simplify the interdependencies, and split into teams of less than 10 people. If team A needs something from team B, then Team A's will have to do something else this sprint.
Not really. API specific graphics and sound are a small portion of the total game. It doesn't take that long to port to OpenGL or Sony's API.
i hope microsoft tell the EU to shove their "easy money" sceme, thats all the EU want, microsoft's money.
So, what you're suggesting is that the judge in this case has looked at the EU's budget, decided, say that the French tourist industry could do with a subsidy, and fined Microsoft so he could pay for it. Or do you think the council of ministers ordered the court to make this ruling? Government organisations don't work like that. The EU does not think with one mind. We're not the borg!
i dont see why windows cant bundle WMP or IE, yet its ok for every linux dist to bundle a media player, and a browser.
Because Microsoft have effective control of the market.
microsoft have already opened up documents for everything the EU wanted, the EU are just getting greedy and forcing microsoft to give up more.
Good. About time too. Everything should have been documented a long time ago.
If MS pulls out, then this means all existing computers will continue working as before. All applications from other companies will be adapted to work under Linspire or MacOS, and corporations will gradually shift over to those. All businesses in the US that do a substantial portion of their business with the EU will be forced to switch over to whatever becomes standard in Europe, because it is impossible for Europe to adapt to US needs. MS loses its monopoly. Another company gains a monopoly. Microsoft is relegated to several chapters in business studies textbooks about not destroying a company in order to piss off a government.
hy should a Porche be able to use McLarren doors? More so, why is it wrong for the car to come with the seats included and without an unins^H^H^H^H^H eject button?
Because neither company has effective control over the car industry.
Highly highly unlikely.
Have you any idea how ludicrous this idea is? It's absulutely ridiculous.
This would mean that one branch of government would have to cooperate with another.
In the EU!!!
Tips? I think you got the wrong continent there.
And of course it's expensive. According to new EU rules, all Government pizza has to be made in Italy. Getting it to Brussles in 30 minutes isn't easy.
But, in most cases, that's not the rational reason. It's just a rationalisation. The real reason is that winning for a short time and then being outbid has increased their perceived value of winning the auction. Not of the actual item.
I'm not sure. which part of the DMCA would clean room reverse engineering the PC BIOS violate? It's not part of a copy protection system after all.
I wouldn't say that. I'm sure a lot of the early computer millionairres can claim all of those. And even Microsoft's nasty tactics are hardly as bad as people here like to make out.