PDF is an awful ebook format (a big problem is that it specifies exact layout, meaning that users who choose to use a large font will have to deal with scrolling each page instead of flipping pages or scrolling a river, and so forth).
Part of it is that there is a rather wide demographic (meaning that it probably isn't the same people doing it).
Another part of it is that many sane people are not offended by hardware the supports DRM, even though they never purchase media encumbered by said DRM.
Do you have problems with stalled pipes in Google Reader?
It seems that Bloglines often forgets to check some of my pipes for long periods of time, and while I do think the problem is Bloglines, it might be pipes.
Post XP SP2, Windows has also largely been immune to the second-you-get-online worms, as the built in software firewall blocks inbound connections by default.
Parent is implying that casual users will have tens of terabytes of data; for most people, very high resolution video is the most likely path to such a silly situation.
We live in different circles. I'm not currently aware that anyone I know even owns a single Blu-ray disc (that doesn't mean that no one does, it just means we haven't happened to talk about it).
Have you not noticed that the Blu-ray revolution is passing most of us by? People don't care too much about video quality, as long as they happen to have enough of it.
If you can identify it as a stupid action, you can block it. That's what I meant by prediction (tongue in cheek like, I was implying that stupid users would be able to work around any such system by inventing new ways of being stupid...).
When have unions ever worked against the interests of their members?
I didn't say much, so there is lots of room to argue about what exactly I must have meant, but I'm pretty sure that working for the benefit of the members is a core goal of every union that has ever existed.
Everyone in my family has a laptop that is fast enough for everything they do on a computer. For us, the portability more than makes up for the higher cost (and we are all probably sliding down the cost curve as stuff gets bigger/faster/better).
I saw Jay Leno and Michael Moore discussing rich people in the third person on Jay Leno's show. They were not being ironic, they were talking about other people. It is the funniest thing I have seen on that show yet.
Do you really have such valuable personal data? I encrypt a bunch of stuff, but I'm not worried about a committed attacker, I want to mitigate the consequences of casual theft (I am presuming that such valuable business data would not face the budget constraint implied by 'laptop doesn't have chassis intrusion detection').
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PDF is an awful ebook format (a big problem is that it specifies exact layout, meaning that users who choose to use a large font will have to deal with scrolling each page instead of flipping pages or scrolling a river, and so forth).
Part of it is that there is a rather wide demographic (meaning that it probably isn't the same people doing it).
Another part of it is that many sane people are not offended by hardware the supports DRM, even though they never purchase media encumbered by said DRM.
You seriously consider true ownership a value?
I love renting stuff when I can get what I need for less that it would cost to own.
Given your office's penchant for the obvious, it's a good thing you guys don't work with anyone with a last name of 'Punchmyballs'.
Navels would go un-gazed.
Crap would go un-auctioned.
Twits would go un-twat.
Do you have problems with stalled pipes in Google Reader?
It seems that Bloglines often forgets to check some of my pipes for long periods of time, and while I do think the problem is Bloglines, it might be pipes.
Post XP SP2, Windows has also largely been immune to the second-you-get-online worms, as the built in software firewall blocks inbound connections by default.
Parent is implying that casual users will have tens of terabytes of data; for most people, very high resolution video is the most likely path to such a silly situation.
We live in different circles. I'm not currently aware that anyone I know even owns a single Blu-ray disc (that doesn't mean that no one does, it just means we haven't happened to talk about it).
Have you not noticed that the Blu-ray revolution is passing most of us by? People don't care too much about video quality, as long as they happen to have enough of it.
If you can identify it as a stupid action, you can block it. That's what I meant by prediction (tongue in cheek like, I was implying that stupid users would be able to work around any such system by inventing new ways of being stupid...).
Thousands of women will strip for the benefit of their wallets. Many of them are still attractive.
When have unions ever worked against the interests of their members?
I didn't say much, so there is lots of room to argue about what exactly I must have meant, but I'm pretty sure that working for the benefit of the members is a core goal of every union that has ever existed.
Isn't that sort of a defining aspect of a union?
So it just sort of happens all on its own?
If stupid user actions were that predictable, it would be a simple matter to just prevent them from doing anything.
You have poor taste in strippers.
Everyone in my family has a laptop that is fast enough for everything they do on a computer. For us, the portability more than makes up for the higher cost (and we are all probably sliding down the cost curve as stuff gets bigger/faster/better).
If they were overpriced, you shouldn't have bought them.
What you probably mean is that today's games are sold at prices that deliver tremendous value compared to games of yesteryear.
I suppose you might think you were a fool for buying the old games, but I sort of doubt it.
And above, you brag about how you work for a defense contractor, companies notorious for treating the government fairly and equitably.
Don't forget assholes.
Zing!
I saw Jay Leno and Michael Moore discussing rich people in the third person on Jay Leno's show. They were not being ironic, they were talking about other people. It is the funniest thing I have seen on that show yet.
Yeah, it is never nice to make light of child abuse.
Do you really have such valuable personal data? I encrypt a bunch of stuff, but I'm not worried about a committed attacker, I want to mitigate the consequences of casual theft (I am presuming that such valuable business data would not face the budget constraint implied by 'laptop doesn't have chassis intrusion detection').
Maybe there is some code in Excel 2003 that handles Vista better?