From what I have seen most chips are emulated in software before they ever make it to hardware. With chip speeds constantly improving, how can any hardware security system ever hold up when you can emulate it in software (and ultimately crack it) on a different system anyway?
Wordperfect is a good program. Have not used it lately. It had over 75% of the market at one time. It worked, and still works for the legal industry, especially for large documents, and does what it is supposed to do.
Anything over 20 pages in Word can be a nightmare. You lose a hidden formatting character, and you are screwed (start over). In WP it was never a problem. Reveal codes, and fix it!
Wordperfect died the way Lotus died. At M$, when writing dos, with every revision, the alleged unspoken motto was "it just ain't done, til Lotus won't run". With Windows "it just ain't done til Wordperfect don't run".
Having a monopoly on operating systems can make these things easy. Just rewrite the libraries a little, and patch all your own stuff first. Then release the next version, and watch the competition crash.
If you are a vendor or doing 3rd party support, do you really want to sell anything but Microsoft? You spend all your time working for free fixing software that should have worked when you "upgraded" your clients operating system.
Of course now they may do this to force obsolete their own software, but hey, according to the government, they don't abuse their monopoly. Oh wait, they don't have to, they can just do it with their licensing agreements.
>The only way to learn rocket science is to DO rocket science. >Um... it's conventionally learned by years of study in school and university, leading to a degree in Physics, before you even approach a real rocket.
Um... No... If you read your history Robert Goddard's rockets and your German WWII rockets were perfected on the basis of trial and error, not by theoretical physics.
The joke is that we got to the moon first because our german rocket scientists were better than the russian german rocket scientists. They were experimentalists, not theorists. US rockets didn't start working til the experimentalists got involved (go visit Werner Von Braun Stadium:) )
Even if Microsoft ultimately doesn't have a leg to stand on, its a classic MS move - casting FUD on a competing platform. Its Bill's favorite song.
I don't think he would pull the trigger, as it would result in yet more people screaming he was a monopoly. Sure he will survive the criticism, but it probably isn't worth the trouble, and the FUD does enough damage anyway.
Worst thing that could happen is that he can say "ain't I a great guy for not pulling the trigger" (to the gun I may or may not actually have). Its a win-win for him.
Americans are as averse to change as anybody else. I always wondered why the silly Brits don't drive on the right side of the road like most of the rest of the civilized world. Chalking it up to national IQ is a bit of a stretch though. Don't you think?
If use an ergonomic M$ keyboard, my hands, particularly my wrists, don't hurt.
If don't use one, and after a few hours, my hands hurt quite a bit and I can't type any longer.
Reason I went with M$, is 'cause it is relatively cheap and easy to replace with a similar unit if something happens (like I spill coffee into it).
Actually it turns out they are really easy to fix if you happen to fill them with coffee, but I didn't know that at the time (couple of layers of vinyl inside, cleans up easily).
Tried switching back recently when they upgraded my computer at work. Nice new dell keyboard. Same old problem. Went back to my old keyboard, even though it doesn't match the cool black Dell box and monitor.
Last time I checked (and it was a while ago) M$ was planning on using raw unix sockets on XP. My understanding is that this is a very bad thing security wise. Do they intend to blame others for this also? Or will they use it to develop a proprietary TCP/IP, and blame others for that necessity?
So if I set up a site where a user can choose what is *broadcast* to them (so they gotta listen to the song once to record it), and pay the annual fee, I'm basically good to go to set up my own broadcast site?
Well, you are all free to write an open source building code. If you can get it accepted by your local authorities more power to you. If you have the time and money to get this done, again, more power to you. Its good to get involved in government.
The fact that buildings are generally safe because these codes are in place has been largely ignored by these threads. Building codes are essentially general pre-engineered solutions designed to protect the public from things like fire and poor sanitary conditions that may kill them. I am personally happy that people are being paid to think about these things. I am also happy that they are so taken for granted in the west that people actually have the time to be morally outraged by the fact that people have been paid to think about them. It is a sign the system works.
Perhaps its a good thing. Neophytes may learn enough unix from OSX (for big bux) to install Linux on an old Intel box (for next to nothing). In the end everybody could win. The larger the unix base, the more likely linux will move into business.
M$ has lowered peoples' expectations of what an OS should be to the point it is silly. I think public exposure to unix in any form is good for linux. It will hopefully give people the confidence to realize they can live without windows.
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Upgrade the firmware dude. It'll go away.
:)
(thats what happens when I, I mean you, don't read the upgrade requirements carefully
Worked for me.
Good luck.
Guess I don't understand the technology.
From what I have seen most chips are emulated in software before they ever make it to hardware. With chip speeds constantly improving, how can any hardware security system ever hold up when you can emulate it in software (and ultimately crack it) on a different system anyway?
Wordperfect is a good program. Have not used it lately. It had over 75% of the market at one time. It worked, and still works for the legal industry, especially for large documents, and does what it is supposed to do.
Anything over 20 pages in Word can be a nightmare. You lose a hidden formatting character, and you are screwed (start over). In WP it was never a problem. Reveal codes, and fix it!
Wordperfect died the way Lotus died. At M$, when writing dos, with every revision, the alleged unspoken motto was "it just ain't done, til Lotus won't run". With Windows "it just ain't done til Wordperfect don't run".
Having a monopoly on operating systems can make these things easy. Just rewrite the libraries a little, and patch all your own stuff first. Then release the next version, and watch the competition crash.
If you are a vendor or doing 3rd party support, do you really want to sell anything but Microsoft? You spend all your time working for free fixing software that should have worked when you "upgraded" your clients operating system.
Of course now they may do this to force obsolete their own software, but hey, according to the government, they don't abuse their monopoly. Oh wait, they don't have to, they can just do it with their licensing agreements.
It will be once M$ invokes its copyright on the name "clippy".
>The only way to learn rocket science is to DO rocket science.
:) )
>Um... it's conventionally learned by years of study in school and university, leading to a degree in Physics, before you even approach a real rocket.
Um... No... If you read your history Robert Goddard's rockets and your German WWII rockets were perfected on the basis of trial and error, not by theoretical physics.
The joke is that we got to the moon first because our german rocket scientists were better than the russian german rocket scientists. They were experimentalists, not theorists. US rockets didn't start working til the experimentalists got involved (go visit Werner Von Braun Stadium
Just my 2 cents...
Even if Microsoft ultimately doesn't have a leg to stand on, its a classic MS move - casting FUD on a competing platform. Its Bill's favorite song.
I don't think he would pull the trigger, as it would result in yet more people screaming he was a monopoly. Sure he will survive the criticism, but it probably isn't worth the trouble, and the FUD does enough damage anyway.
Worst thing that could happen is that he can say "ain't I a great guy for not pulling the trigger" (to the gun I may or may not actually have). Its a win-win for him.
Americans are as averse to change as anybody else. I always wondered why the silly Brits don't drive on the right side of the road like most of the rest of the civilized world. Chalking it up to national IQ is a bit of a stretch though. Don't you think?
Not to mention they is LOUD (own two of 'em - do like the access though).
...And here I thought the reference was to the patent on the word "Freon".
(Dow Chemical and all...)
I'd laugh my ass off if Dow sued...
If use an ergonomic M$ keyboard, my hands, particularly my wrists, don't hurt.
If don't use one, and after a few hours, my hands hurt quite a bit and I can't type any longer.
Reason I went with M$, is 'cause it is relatively cheap and easy to replace with a similar unit if something happens (like I spill coffee into it).
Actually it turns out they are really easy to fix if you happen to fill them with coffee, but I didn't know that at the time (couple of layers of vinyl inside, cleans up easily).
Tried switching back recently when they upgraded my computer at work. Nice new dell keyboard. Same old problem. Went back to my old keyboard, even though it doesn't match the cool black Dell box and monitor.
Can only speak for myself.
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Just want to add that in 5 years the macs would probably still be useful...
*@$#, beat me by 5 minutes...
Still. It would be cool to make Microsoft buy macs. They could even supply new copies of Office XP for OSX. Most of the other arguments would be moot.
Can you record with a microphone?
Last time I checked (and it was a while ago) M$ was planning on using raw unix sockets on XP. My understanding is that this is a very bad thing security wise. Do they intend to blame others for this also? Or will they use it to develop a proprietary TCP/IP, and blame others for that necessity?
Okay,
So if I set up a site where a user can choose what is *broadcast* to them (so they gotta listen to the song once to record it), and pay the annual fee, I'm basically good to go to set up my own broadcast site?
Certainly solve the bandwidth problem.
Well, you are all free to write an open source building code. If you can get it accepted by your local authorities more power to you. If you have the time and money to get this done, again, more power to you. Its good to get involved in government. The fact that buildings are generally safe because these codes are in place has been largely ignored by these threads. Building codes are essentially general pre-engineered solutions designed to protect the public from things like fire and poor sanitary conditions that may kill them. I am personally happy that people are being paid to think about these things. I am also happy that they are so taken for granted in the west that people actually have the time to be morally outraged by the fact that people have been paid to think about them. It is a sign the system works.
Perhaps its a good thing. Neophytes may learn enough unix from OSX (for big bux) to install Linux on an old Intel box (for next to nothing). In the end everybody could win. The larger the unix base, the more likely linux will move into business. M$ has lowered peoples' expectations of what an OS should be to the point it is silly. I think public exposure to unix in any form is good for linux. It will hopefully give people the confidence to realize they can live without windows.