A lot of websites brag that they don't keep any logs. Can't Verizon do this too? Are they required to track who, what and where on your internet connection?
I can do internet browsing, e-mail, OpenOffice (MSOFFICE functionality), DB with MySQL, programming with Kylix/BCB but what about video games? BattleField 1942 etc. Games are the only thing holding me back from going 100% Linux.
Microsoft could do one of several things: 1. Simply redirect google.com to microsoft.com's search tool 2. IE could pop up a dialog saying google.com was insecure and do you want to continue 3. Add Microsoft search site to IE search icon 4. Replace 404 not found with Microsoft Search site
What is so bad about clones? I don't believe there is any money to be made from hardware sales. The profit margin is too small. Apple should follow in Microsoft's footsteps and make an OS only. They should allow the hardware manufacturers to worry about the chips and motherboards. Can you imagine if Apple released an version of their OS that could run on standard Intel/AMD chips? They would be competing head to head with Microsoft for market share. Apple's market share right now is so small there is no way it could shrink. I think if the cost of entry (expensive, slow proprietary Apple brand hardware) for switching to Apple's OS was cheap, many more people would be willing to give it a shot.
I think Apple has a lot of similarities to North Korea. Both are radical, extremist and are completely inflexible. Both like to issue unilateral proclamations to its citizens in the case of North Korea and its customers and resellers in the case of Apple. Colorful characters make up the leadership for both organizations. The leader of North Korea is Kim who runs around wearing sunglasses. The leader of Apple is Steve Jobs who sees himself as a diety preaching Apple like a religion. Geographically and politically, North Korea isolates itself from the rest of the world. Similarly Apple has isolated itself from the entire information technology industry.
M.U.L.E. was a great game. I remember spending many an afternoon at my friends house playing this game on the C64 about 10-15 years ago. I liked it so much I purchased it for the original Nintendo. The Nintendo version never recaptured the original glory.
I find myself always searching for remakes of these classics like M.U.L.E., Mail Order Monsters, Star Flight etc. Eletronic Arts should remake those games. I'm sick of all these MMORPG's. There is something to be said about the games you could play in an hour and be done with.
I'd have to put Palm OS devices in this category. I have had a Handspring Visor Deluxe for nearly 3 years now. It's black and white. The are no fancy graphics or sounds. However it keeps a mean phone list, address book and calendar. As a Physician, I like the third party software that is a handy quick reference for pharmaceutical dosing information. I have absolutely no reason to upgrade to anything better.
Normally I would wine paste a bunch of anti-patent stuff here. However, I really like Google and am willing to give them a pass on this one. They really do provide a good service and have to make money somehow!!!
Suppose several companies with bogus patents get together and cross-license the patients:
For example, AT&T license the use of the internet to Southwestern Bell and Amazon. Southwestern Bell turns around and licenses the use of frames to AT&T and Amazon. Finally, Amazon licenses the use of mouse clicking on web pages to the other companies.
Now all the companies can go to court and use these license agreements as evidence their patients are valid.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this happen before?
I've been a Westwood C&C fan for a long time. I think I've purchased every C&C game until now. I've owned C&C for Windows, C&C Gold, Red Alert, Tiberium Dawn, Red Alert 2, Sole Survivor and even Renegade. I've decided not to buy Generals. Over the years I've noticed a pattern where Westwood releases a game and then seems to abandon support it. Take Renegade for example, they released 1 or 2 updates for the game. Widespread cheating and exploitation of bugs have made the game unplayable. Customers provide detailed bug reports in their forums and WW seems to just ignore them. Compare this to something like Blizzard's Diablo II. Blizzard still actively supports Diablo II even though it is probably 3 years (?) old now and still makes new releases. There used to be a website www.westwoodexposed.com where a bunch of radicals with a similar opinion posted a whole bunch of anti-WW rhetoric.
It seems by concentrating your efforts on "greener pastures" you are avoiding dealing with some unresolved conflicts. We should be talking about why you aren't talking about these. What is really going on in your workspace?
Hmmm... Seems to me this guys has come up with a technique to circumvent a technologically advanced security device. Would the DMCA apply in this situation?:)
It is fun to criticize silly cases like this however we need more of them! Cases like these are much more likely to result in rulings against the DMCA. I suppose for most judges it is easier to visualize a garage door opener then a complex software proggie.
I have to read a lot for academic purposes. First I read for college, then grad school and now just to keep up with my profession. Waterproof books sounds great if you want to sell your books back at the end of the year to the school bookstore. I wonder how these books fare to those like me who do a lot of underlining, note taking and highlighting! This technology should be saved for the magazines you get on the plane in the seat pouch so the people who read them before you can't destroy them!
Hey you reported the resolution to the AbiWord / Paypal incident twice. That's an in story dupe:) I'm proudly the first/. reader in history to report this kind of editorial error!!!
I'm shocked and stunned at this announcement. Paying for Slashdot is like that company selling subscriptions/royalty for that online CD music DB!!!! It's time for a Boston Page View Party.
4. Forms written in the Linux flavor of CLX and the Windows flavor of CLX appear differently at runtime. This defeats the whole purpose of having a single cross-platform code base. The optimal solution is to have separate forms for each OS.
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I'm so pumped about this ruling. We should all head to the streets and celebrate!
A lot of websites brag that they don't keep any logs. Can't Verizon do this too? Are they required to track who, what and where on your internet connection?
Where is Paul when you need him?
I can do internet browsing, e-mail, OpenOffice (MSOFFICE functionality), DB with MySQL, programming with Kylix/BCB but what about video games? BattleField 1942 etc. Games are the only thing holding me back from going 100% Linux.
Microsoft could do one of several things:
1. Simply redirect google.com to microsoft.com's search tool
2. IE could pop up a dialog saying google.com was insecure and do you want to continue
3. Add Microsoft search site to IE search icon
4. Replace 404 not found with Microsoft Search site
What is so bad about clones? I don't believe there is any money to be made from hardware sales. The profit margin is too small. Apple should follow in Microsoft's footsteps and make an OS only. They should allow the hardware manufacturers to worry about the chips and motherboards. Can you imagine if Apple released an version of their OS that could run on standard Intel/AMD chips? They would be competing head to head with Microsoft for market share. Apple's market share right now is so small there is no way it could shrink. I think if the cost of entry (expensive, slow proprietary Apple brand hardware) for switching to Apple's OS was cheap, many more people would be willing to give it a shot.
Just for a minute there I thought this was one of those "(name) dead at (age)" trolls you always see when you browse at -1!
I think Apple has a lot of similarities to North Korea. Both are radical, extremist and are completely inflexible. Both like to issue unilateral proclamations to its citizens in the case of North Korea and its customers and resellers in the case of Apple. Colorful characters make up the leadership for both organizations. The leader of North Korea is Kim who runs around wearing sunglasses. The leader of Apple is Steve Jobs who sees himself as a diety preaching Apple like a religion. Geographically and politically, North Korea isolates itself from the rest of the world. Similarly Apple has isolated itself from the entire information technology industry.
Signed,
Disgruntled Apple II user
M.U.L.E. was a great game. I remember spending many an afternoon at my friends house playing this game on the C64 about 10-15 years ago. I liked it so much I purchased it for the original Nintendo. The Nintendo version never recaptured the original glory.
I find myself always searching for remakes of these classics like M.U.L.E., Mail Order Monsters, Star Flight etc. Eletronic Arts should remake those games. I'm sick of all these MMORPG's. There is something to be said about the games you could play in an hour and be done with.
BTW, IRATA spelled backwards is ATARI!
I'd have to put Palm OS devices in this category. I have had a Handspring Visor Deluxe for nearly 3 years now. It's black and white. The are no fancy graphics or sounds. However it keeps a mean phone list, address book and calendar. As a Physician, I like the third party software that is a handy quick reference for pharmaceutical dosing information. I have absolutely no reason to upgrade to anything better.
Normally I would wine paste a bunch of anti-patent stuff here. However, I really like Google and am willing to give them a pass on this one. They really do provide a good service and have to make money somehow!!!
In other words, it doesn't matter if you are a script kiddie or a hacker just as long as you get the job done
What ever happened to the Double Ought X00 (sp)? fossil driver. Did Windows XP incorporate this feature? What about BinkleyTerm and TradeWars?
Suppose several companies with bogus patents get together and cross-license the patients:
For example, AT&T license the use of the internet to Southwestern Bell and Amazon. Southwestern Bell turns around and licenses the use of frames to AT&T and Amazon. Finally, Amazon licenses the use of mouse clicking on web pages to the other companies.
Now all the companies can go to court and use these license agreements as evidence their patients are valid.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this happen before?
I've been a Westwood C&C fan for a long time. I think I've purchased every C&C game until now. I've owned C&C for Windows, C&C Gold, Red Alert, Tiberium Dawn, Red Alert 2, Sole Survivor and even Renegade. I've decided not to buy Generals. Over the years I've noticed a pattern where Westwood releases a game and then seems to abandon support it. Take Renegade for example, they released 1 or 2 updates for the game. Widespread cheating and exploitation of bugs have made the game unplayable. Customers provide detailed bug reports in their forums and WW seems to just ignore them. Compare this to something like Blizzard's Diablo II. Blizzard still actively supports Diablo II even though it is probably 3 years (?) old now and still makes new releases. There used to be a website www.westwoodexposed.com where a bunch of radicals with a similar opinion posted a whole bunch of anti-WW rhetoric.
It seems by concentrating your efforts on "greener pastures" you are avoiding dealing with some unresolved conflicts. We should be talking about why you aren't talking about these. What is really going on in your workspace?
Does anyone have contact information? Where can I sign up!!!
Hmmm... Seems to me this guys has come up with a technique to circumvent a technologically advanced security device. Would the DMCA apply in this situation? :)
It is fun to criticize silly cases like this however we need more of them! Cases like these are much more likely to result in rulings against the DMCA. I suppose for most judges it is easier to visualize a garage door opener then a complex software proggie.
Does the RIAA read this? Someone should check out Pudge's PC to see if he really paid for all those MP3's :)
S)tandard O)perating P)rocedure for Microsoft
They probably have a manual outlining their Borg like business plans:)
I have to read a lot for academic purposes. First I read for college, then grad school and now just to keep up with my profession. Waterproof books sounds great if you want to sell your books back at the end of the year to the school bookstore. I wonder how these books fare to those like me who do a lot of underlining, note taking and highlighting! This technology should be saved for the magazines you get on the plane in the seat pouch so the people who read them before you can't destroy them!
Hey you reported the resolution to the AbiWord / Paypal incident twice. That's an in story dupe:) I'm proudly the first /. reader in history to report this kind of editorial error!!!
I'm shocked and stunned at this announcement. Paying for Slashdot is like that company selling subscriptions/royalty for that online CD music DB!!!! It's time for a Boston Page View Party.
Almost forgot one of the most important points...
4. Forms written in the Linux flavor of CLX and the Windows flavor of CLX appear differently at runtime. This defeats the whole purpose of having a single cross-platform code base. The optimal solution is to have separate forms for each OS.