I've heard it's being done by the same people who did the US version of the Office. The US version of the Office isn't much like the UK version, but it's a pretty decent show anyway.
I'm holding out hope it won't be as bad as the US Red Dwarf pilot anyway.
They do actually have that type of meter in that area of Montreal. I can't think of any places downtown that have older style ones.
The problem can't be the meter itself, which is located a few metres down from the store front area, it must either be the parking spots themselves, or the signs they use to indicate the code you enter in the meter for those spaces.
I think Apple won't be worried about the parking spots when they find out there's a guy in front of the Ogilvy a few steps away that plays the spoons to really loud folk music.
The Amiga 500 did have an RCA composite out built in but only in black and white. The box he's referring to is the A520 RF modulator, this included both RF and colour composite plugs. I can't remember if the A500+ needed a modulator, but the 600 and 1200 both had colour composite built in.
The 23pin RGB port carries all the right signals to happily drive a VGA monitor, but at ~15KHz, 50/60Hz.
"You have the right to install an unlimited number of times on an unlimited number of computers"
With regards to the right to continuously reinstall some products, you are correct, however that must be done on the SAME PC. You get 10 activations to use.
Vista Ultimate EULA: "USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system on the licensed device." Conclusion: This is an ADDITIONAL grant of a license. If you pay the price for Ultimate, Microsoft is granting to you an additional right to run ANOTHER copy in a virtualized environment. Note again that it allows you to use "the software installed on the licensed device" in a VM. ------- Actually, it only permits you to run it virtualised on the same licensed device you installed it on. It's not a carte blanche to run it virtualised anywhere you want. Maybe that's what you meant, but it's not clear to me that you did.
It's not fair to quote select parts of the EULA to make points. There may be other parts of the EULA you have not quoted which also amend or further clarify those items you did. For example, the act of "assigning" a license to a hardware device means that you may only use it on that device. If you consider this along with the whole Virtualised clauses, it means you cannot use the cheaper editions in a virtualised environment period.
Vista EULA 2.a. : Licensed Device. You may install one copy of the software on the licensed device. You may use the software on up to two processors on that device at one time. Except as provided in the Storage and Network Use (Ultimate edition) sections below, you may not use the software on any other device.
As for the MSDN Subscription, for a few hundred bucks, you don't receive _unlimited_ volume licensed editions of _desktop_ operating systems. You get a limited number of activations (about 10). I have such a subscription. Maybe if you spend more than a few hundred bucks, you do get them unlimited.
If I have to know or understand those things then you're not doing your job properly.
Most of the people are complaining about management not because they have to do documentation, but rather because they don't.
The number one complaint about management is that they simply fail at their job title. We WANT better managers who actually know how to manage IT. Not managers who just read the latest Gartner crud and decide to restructure based on it or want us to throw everything we've done away to jump on the latest buzzword.
I hope the acronyms you churned out make you feel better in any case. Fact is, knowing how to talk in the language of your higher ups or exchange in buzzwords is only one aspect of your job, and does not automatically qualify you to effectively manage IT, or make good decisions for IT.
You can still immigrate. It's mostly easier and quicker to immigrate to than say Canada.
You can still own a firearm. Certain types of firearms are illegal though. Think anything assault weapon/auto/semi-auto or pistol. Firearms are obviously useful for farmers for example, but no farmer needs to mow down a field of sickly cows with an AK-47.
I don't think most Australians feel the need to carry firearms for protection or otherwise. I don't think some Americans are able to understand that so they go nuts over it.
Sometimes I feel a little homesick and then Slashdot publishes a story like this.
The Aus/US FTA was a pile of crap to begin with and I can't wait for it to start affecting ordinary Australians who apparently didn't give a crap about it at the time.
There was nothing to be gained and everything to lose. At least John Howard will be remembered for having sold the nation for nothing.
I agree with you. I've not had any real problems with it, certainly nothing that anyone else here seems to be complaining about. I actually really like the way that it works, and I find it's probably the best IDE I've used to work with GCC - it clicks for me far more than other IDEs I've worked with.
Bear in mind though I'm not using most of the advanced features of it people here probably are, so I'm not necessarily the best qualified to find faults.
I could certainly rattle off a bunch of similar complaints about Visual Studio 6 or.Net too. I don't think a slightly buggy IDE is strictly an Apple problem.
The Australian Democrats are traditionally a left of centre party and probably have more in common with the Libertarians than the US Democrats, who are far more right wing.
I used to be a Labor supporter, but after regularly seeing stuff like this from them, it's obvious why the Liberals keep winning. This is just another lame attempt to pull in voters with a policy that won't be implemented because it's too idiotic. It's not fiscal, it's not social, it's a do nothing, impress no one policy from a party that's been dead for ideas for the last 10 years.
I'm glad I moved because I sure as hell wouldn't vote for the Liberals and I'm not voting for Labor with their new "socially conservative" movement.
You seem to have confused Paternalism with Socialism. That is essentially what you call the Nanny State, the Government telling you that you need to wear seatbelts or drive carefully or whatever and many people actually believe these are good things. Social welfare to some extent is Paternalist, but like you said you have no problem with disabled people getting social benefits - why shouldn't their families, or they themselves bear the burden of their condition rather than the whole of society? (Note that I do not believe this myself but I am simply raising it for the sake of example.)
Most people, even so called libertarians like yourself seem OK with socialism for a lot of things (defence, roads, police, etc.), so don't expect it to go away anytime soon.
As for the Nanny State, this will always be evaluated in terms of things like safety over personal freedom. Baby walkers as in your example have been proven to be not-safe, and the American Pediatric Association has been regularly calling for them to be banned. Does not being able to use a Baby walker really impact the lifestyle of a baby so much in exchange for the improvement in their safety? Not half as bad as some of the crap being passed in the USA lately at any rate.
From the article: "the actual lawsuit claimed he committed suicide after playing the real time strategy game Warcraft III"
So if the article is correct the lawsuit was always about Warcraft III and not WoW. It doesn't really have anything to do with release dates or being able to access US Servers.
I am an Australian, but I moved before this happened. One of the many reasons I left is because of what I would describe as the political climate of the country.
Frankly I don't like where the country is going and politically I seemed to be in a minority. There are other places in the world that seem to better fit what I feel is right. Like I said though, there are many other reasons I left.
People have brought up the whole Adult game rating issue several times in Australia, but the Government has clearly indicated that they believe no adult in Australia actually plays video games, and therefore there is no need for adult games.
There are worse things happening legally in Australia than this - I was certainly more pissed off about the so called free trade agreement than the potential to not play a few video games.
Fosters outside Australia is usually a license to use the name sold to another brewery, hence not always the horrible uriney crap you get under that name in Australia. Rumour has it it may also be relabled Crown Lager in some markets.
But I do get where you're coming from, everyone overseas seems to think we drink it (thanks to the advertising) but reality is people only drink Fosters here when there's no other choice, like at the Grand Prix.
"Why do you think over 90% of the NBA are blacks?"
Social conditioning or circumstances? Maybe predominately black communities play more basketball? How many black professional golfers are there? Do you think this is because of a physical difference, or a social one?
"Racist or sexist is when u apply that generalization to an INDIVIDUAL and treat the individual unfairly based on that generalization."
OK, so if I was to say that white people can't dance, or mexicans are lazy, that's not racist?
I won't argue about Sony being crap, but those lines on the trinitron screens are an unfortunate side effect of the aperture grille they use.
The aperture grille used in the tube needs to be stabilized with a couple of horizontal wires. These are the lines you see on the screen and they are common to every aperture grille CRT.
It does help that my missus is Canadian, but the stupid FTA and Liberal majority are certainly encouraging the move.
I'm also concerned that apart from the IP issues the more open business ownership laws coming in with the FTA may affect my ability to get work, what with the US companies buying up here and then likely shedding the workforce.
I've always considered college/university a waste of time.
You learn to read and write in High School (unless US schools are really as pathetic as I've been told.)
Studying for four years doesn't add any real appeal to you, as by the time you leave, new technology has generally passed what you've learnt in college. Most of the colleges I've seen are already far behind technology-wise (this may however be limited to Australian/NZ Universities.)
What most employers are interested in is your experience, and then certifications. The only places I've ever seen jobs requiring Degrees are Colleges themselves, and sometimes Government.
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I've heard it's being done by the same people who did the US version of the Office. The US version of the Office isn't much like the UK version, but it's a pretty decent show anyway.
I'm holding out hope it won't be as bad as the US Red Dwarf pilot anyway.
They do actually have that type of meter in that area of Montreal. I can't think of any places downtown that have older style ones.
The problem can't be the meter itself, which is located a few metres down from the store front area, it must either be the parking spots themselves, or the signs they use to indicate the code you enter in the meter for those spaces.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/08/16/apple_to_begin_work_on_montreal_flagship_this_winter_photos.html
I think Apple won't be worried about the parking spots when they find out there's a guy in front of the Ogilvy a few steps away that plays the spoons to really loud folk music.
The Amiga 500 did have an RCA composite out built in but only in black and white. The box he's referring to is the A520 RF modulator, this included both RF and colour composite plugs. I can't remember if the A500+ needed a modulator, but the 600 and 1200 both had colour composite built in.
The 23pin RGB port carries all the right signals to happily drive a VGA monitor, but at ~15KHz, 50/60Hz.
"You have the right to install an unlimited number of times on an unlimited number of computers"
With regards to the right to continuously reinstall some products, you are correct, however that must be done on the SAME PC. You get 10 activations to use.
Please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/
"MSDN Subscription product keys can be used to activate up to 10 PCs."
Microsoft may choose to issue you with a new product key (especially if your subscription is ongoing) but this is not a rule.
Maybe you should start a technology blog of your own.
Vista Ultimate EULA: "USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system on the licensed device."
Conclusion: This is an ADDITIONAL grant of a license. If you pay the price for Ultimate, Microsoft is granting to you an additional right to run ANOTHER copy in a virtualized environment. Note again that it allows you to use "the software installed on the licensed device" in a VM.
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Actually, it only permits you to run it virtualised on the same licensed device you installed it on. It's not a carte blanche to run it virtualised anywhere you want. Maybe that's what you meant, but it's not clear to me that you did.
It's not fair to quote select parts of the EULA to make points. There may be other parts of the EULA you have not quoted which also amend or further clarify those items you did. For example, the act of "assigning" a license to a hardware device means that you may only use it on that device. If you consider this along with the whole Virtualised clauses, it means you cannot use the cheaper editions in a virtualised environment period.
Vista EULA 2.a. : Licensed Device. You may install one copy of the software on the licensed device. You may use the software on up to two processors on that device at one time. Except as provided in the Storage and Network Use (Ultimate edition) sections below, you may not use the software on any other device.
As for the MSDN Subscription, for a few hundred bucks, you don't receive _unlimited_ volume licensed editions of _desktop_ operating systems. You get a limited number of activations (about 10). I have such a subscription. Maybe if you spend more than a few hundred bucks, you do get them unlimited.
If I have to know or understand those things then you're not doing your job properly.
Most of the people are complaining about management not because they have to do documentation, but rather because they don't.
The number one complaint about management is that they simply fail at their job title. We WANT better managers who actually know how to manage IT. Not managers who just read the latest Gartner crud and decide to restructure based on it or want us to throw everything we've done away to jump on the latest buzzword.
I hope the acronyms you churned out make you feel better in any case.
Fact is, knowing how to talk in the language of your higher ups or exchange in buzzwords is only one aspect of your job, and does not automatically qualify you to effectively manage IT, or make good decisions for IT.
You can still immigrate. It's mostly easier and quicker to immigrate to than say Canada.
You can still own a firearm. Certain types of firearms are illegal though. Think anything assault weapon/auto/semi-auto or pistol. Firearms are obviously useful for farmers for example, but no farmer needs to mow down a field of sickly cows with an AK-47.
I don't think most Australians feel the need to carry firearms for protection or otherwise. I don't think some Americans are able to understand that so they go nuts over it.
Sometimes I feel a little homesick and then Slashdot publishes a story like this.
The Aus/US FTA was a pile of crap to begin with and I can't wait for it to start affecting ordinary Australians who apparently didn't give a crap about it at the time.
There was nothing to be gained and everything to lose. At least John Howard will be remembered for having sold the nation for nothing.
I agree with you. I've not had any real problems with it, certainly nothing that anyone else here seems to be complaining about. I actually really like the way that it works, and I find it's probably the best IDE I've used to work with GCC - it clicks for me far more than other IDEs I've worked with.
.Net too. I don't think a slightly buggy IDE is strictly an Apple problem.
Bear in mind though I'm not using most of the advanced features of it people here probably are, so I'm not necessarily the best qualified to find faults.
I could certainly rattle off a bunch of similar complaints about Visual Studio 6 or
The Australian Democrats are traditionally a left of centre party and probably have more in common with the Libertarians than the US Democrats, who are far more right wing.
I used to be a Labor supporter, but after regularly seeing stuff like this from them, it's obvious why the Liberals keep winning. This is just another lame attempt to pull in voters with a policy that won't be implemented because it's too idiotic. It's not fiscal, it's not social, it's a do nothing, impress no one policy from a party that's been dead for ideas for the last 10 years.
I'm glad I moved because I sure as hell wouldn't vote for the Liberals and I'm not voting for Labor with their new "socially conservative" movement.
You seem to have confused Paternalism with Socialism. That is essentially what you call the Nanny State, the Government telling you that you need to wear seatbelts or drive carefully or whatever and many people actually believe these are good things. Social welfare to some extent is Paternalist, but like you said you have no problem with disabled people getting social benefits - why shouldn't their families, or they themselves bear the burden of their condition rather than the whole of society? (Note that I do not believe this myself but I am simply raising it for the sake of example.)
Most people, even so called libertarians like yourself seem OK with socialism for a lot of things (defence, roads, police, etc.), so don't expect it to go away anytime soon.
As for the Nanny State, this will always be evaluated in terms of things like safety over personal freedom. Baby walkers as in your example have been proven to be not-safe, and the American Pediatric Association has been regularly calling for them to be banned. Does not being able to use a Baby walker really impact the lifestyle of a baby so much in exchange for the improvement in their safety? Not half as bad as some of the crap being passed in the USA lately at any rate.
From the article: "the actual lawsuit claimed he committed suicide after playing the real time strategy game Warcraft III"
So if the article is correct the lawsuit was always about Warcraft III and not WoW. It doesn't really have anything to do with release dates or being able to access US Servers.
I am an Australian, but I moved before this happened. One of the many reasons I left is because of what I would describe as the political climate of the country.
Frankly I don't like where the country is going and politically I seemed to be in a minority. There are other places in the world that seem to better fit what I feel is right. Like I said though, there are many other reasons I left.
People have brought up the whole Adult game rating issue several times in Australia, but the Government has clearly indicated that they believe no adult in Australia actually plays video games, and therefore there is no need for adult games.
There are worse things happening legally in Australia than this - I was certainly more pissed off about the so called free trade agreement than the potential to not play a few video games.
Fosters outside Australia is usually a license to use the name sold to another brewery, hence not always the horrible uriney crap you get under that name in Australia. Rumour has it it may also be relabled Crown Lager in some markets.
But I do get where you're coming from, everyone overseas seems to think we drink it (thanks to the advertising) but reality is people only drink Fosters here when there's no other choice, like at the Grand Prix.
"Why do you think over 90% of the NBA are blacks?"
Social conditioning or circumstances? Maybe predominately black communities play more basketball? How many black professional golfers are there? Do you think this is because of a physical difference, or a social one?
"Racist or sexist is when u apply that generalization to an INDIVIDUAL and treat the individual unfairly based on that generalization."
OK, so if I was to say that white people can't dance, or mexicans are lazy, that's not racist?
Except she didn't start out as a woman.
But her parents are Australian.
I won't argue about Sony being crap, but those lines on the trinitron screens are an unfortunate side effect of the aperture grille they use.
The aperture grille used in the tube needs to be stabilized with a couple of horizontal wires. These are the lines you see on the screen and they are common to every aperture grille CRT.
I actually am moving to Canada from Australia.
It does help that my missus is Canadian, but the stupid FTA and Liberal majority are certainly encouraging the move.
I'm also concerned that apart from the IP issues the more open business ownership laws coming in with the FTA may affect my ability to get work, what with the US companies buying up here and then likely shedding the workforce.
I've always considered college/university a waste of time.
You learn to read and write in High School (unless US schools are really as pathetic as I've been told.)
Studying for four years doesn't add any real appeal to you, as by the time you leave, new technology has generally passed what you've learnt in college. Most of the colleges I've seen are already far behind technology-wise (this may however be limited to Australian/NZ Universities.)
What most employers are interested in is your experience, and then certifications. The only places I've ever seen jobs requiring Degrees are Colleges themselves, and sometimes Government.