I'd be tempted to encourage them both. I do my shopping with double foil lined carrier bags (keeps food at a low temperature). I may have to review this after careful experimentation.
I look after a fair number of "grey" computer owners that just want the simple services. Most know enough to do what is needed and often very little more though some are a bit adventurous and use digital cameras. Their equipment (including a P133with 32Mb) works fine for what they want to do.
In most cases a firewall and anti-virus system has been adequate to keep them safe. Sadly it looks as though the AV software will soon require a more powerful machine than the OS.
Whatever Mircosoft says they'll keep their 9X systems until they or their machine dies.
Thirty years ago I designed and built a display subsystem for a realtime air defence simulator. Written in an assembler language it, nevertheless, incorporated some features of an object-orientated design. It was only later that I found out about object orientation as it is now defined.
It served its purpose which was to hide the details of how to display simulation information, separating it from the simulation process, but also provided a realtime debugging system the rest of the system did not have to know about. Pace those who really know about modern O-O. This code was used and supplied with several systems, no papers (what's a paper) no patents (who would want to patent stuff like that, even if you could). It was only abandoned because later systems were of a completely different architecture and implemented by different people.
Remembering systems written in assembler languages in that era by teams of ingenious programmers makes me despair of the modern money grabbing view that often tries to make money out of half baked ideas (and mine may be one of them, but I still love it!).
To exploit an idea by putting it out of the financial reach of those who might have a better grasp of how to use it is very sad. Besides, until someone else sees it their way how will you see it another way? Developing software is like conversation and argument, imagine going into a pub with the results of a match that you played in and denying the opportunity for someone else to give them out.
If only it managed 32k it would make a wonderful replacement for MIDI cables. I could then walk round while playing without having to keep my eyes on the tangle of wires underfoot.
In the days of VAX/VMS 3.7 and later you could get a set of microfiche of the source of VMS. It was a marvellous resource, particularly when writing device drivers. The only problem was the quantity of the information.
The DECUS user group meetings were enlivened by discussions with DEC personnel about the way things were done or should be done. In general I believe the product was improved and certainly my interaction with it was.
Indeed they do, but they've promised 100db signal to noise ratio. They don't qualify the promise so it must apply to input as well as output!-)
They don't seem to be quoting distortion yet but getting the input amps away from the inside of the PC must help. Maybe they've also got some magic A/D converters as well.
The definition of Globalisation is inadequate if it is only defined in terms of money, business and goods. Many of the objections would vanish and new ones arise if included the other elemements of the equation: people and resources. I'm not sure how or if resources should be included but it would be entirely reasonable in matters of trade for a country to say "you refuse our economic migrants, we refuse your business migrants".
If big business from one country destroys businesses of another country then the population employed and dependants are currently expected to find another job locally, or starve. The people affected should be able to seek work in the country with the big business.
Perhaps all.COM should become.COM.US unless they can prove they are genuinely international? You could only be promoted to.COM if your site was both multi-currency and multilingual (maybe even with a choice between Yank and English).
Why is this proposed by hardware companies?
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I can understand music and software companies wanting CPRM. I can't understand why the hardware manufacturers want it and what good it will do them.
Who asked them to do it and why do the seem so keen on complying?
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I'd be tempted to encourage them both. I do my shopping with double foil lined carrier bags (keeps food at a low temperature). I may have to review this after careful experimentation.
I look after a fair number of "grey" computer owners that just want the simple services. Most know enough to do what is needed and often very little more though some are a bit adventurous and use digital cameras. Their equipment (including a P133with 32Mb) works fine for what they want to do.
In most cases a firewall and anti-virus system has been adequate to keep them safe. Sadly it looks as though the AV software will soon require a more powerful machine than the OS.
Whatever Mircosoft says they'll keep their 9X systems until they or their machine dies.
Thirty years ago I designed and built a display subsystem for a realtime air defence simulator. Written in an assembler language it, nevertheless, incorporated some features of an object-orientated design. It was only later that I found out about object orientation as it is now defined.
It served its purpose which was to hide the details of how to display simulation information, separating it from the simulation process, but also provided a realtime debugging system the rest of the system did not have to know about. Pace those who really know about modern O-O. This code was used and supplied with several systems, no papers (what's a paper) no patents (who would want to patent stuff like that, even if you could). It was only abandoned because later systems were of a completely different architecture and implemented by different people.
Remembering systems written in assembler languages in that era by teams of ingenious programmers makes me despair of the modern money grabbing view that often tries to make money out of half baked ideas (and mine may be one of them, but I still love it!).
To exploit an idea by putting it out of the financial reach of those who might have a better grasp of how to use it is very sad. Besides, until someone else sees it their way how will you see it another way? Developing software is like conversation and argument, imagine going into a pub with the results of a match that you played in and denying the opportunity for someone else to give them out.
If only it managed 32k it would make a wonderful replacement for MIDI cables. I could then walk round while playing without having to keep my eyes on the tangle of wires underfoot.
DMCA does not apply everywhere but software patents are spreading....
Might not a bit of archeology defeat some of the more stupid (or nasty) patents?
If your purchase is from an OEM your contract is with them isn't it? The OEM has contracts with software suppliers, not you surely?
How does the contract get transfered to you? There are no signature details attached to buttons or tick box.
In the days of VAX/VMS 3.7 and later you could get a set of microfiche of the source of VMS. It was a marvellous resource, particularly when writing device drivers. The only problem was the quantity of the information.
The DECUS user group meetings were enlivened by discussions with DEC personnel about the way things were done or should be done. In general I believe the product was improved and certainly my interaction with it was.
>they have terrible noise problems
Indeed they do, but they've promised 100db signal to noise ratio. They don't qualify the promise so it must apply to input as well as output!-)
They don't seem to be quoting distortion yet but getting the input amps away from the inside of the PC must help. Maybe they've also got some magic A/D converters as well.
Sam
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The definition of Globalisation is inadequate if it is only defined in terms of money, business and goods. Many of the objections would vanish and new ones arise if included the other elemements of the equation: people and resources. I'm not sure how or if resources should be included but it would be entirely reasonable in matters of trade for a country to say "you refuse our economic migrants, we refuse your business migrants".
If big business from one country destroys businesses of another country then the population employed and dependants are currently expected to find another job locally, or starve. The people affected should be able to seek work in the country with the big business.
It might make the more rapacious think again.
Perhaps all .COM should become .COM.US unless they can prove they are genuinely international? You could only be promoted to .COM if your site was both multi-currency and multilingual (maybe even with a choice between Yank and English).
I can understand music and software companies wanting CPRM. I can't understand why the hardware manufacturers want it and what good it will do them.
Who asked them to do it and why do the seem so keen on complying?