Just one problem -SCO and its law firm entered an agreement about a year ago. SCO paid them a lump sum to cover the entire trial (minus expenses). SCO got a good deal, and the law firm got its money while SCO still has some.
So at this point, there's no more monetary motive for the law firm to drag the case out.
....And in the mean time all your computer gear is being impounded as evidence since it was used in the commision of a crime. After we catch this "mysterious OTHER GUY", and the trial is over (in 5 or 6 years maybe) we'll return your stuff.
But for now, why don't you come downtown with us and answer some questions about this "OTHER GUY" and how you set up your network so he could use it...
Just for the fact that analogies must be stretched and abused, I'll say,
Its not like he's sticking his head in the door, he's only driving by to see if the door is already open. If yes, he leaves behind a safety tip on how to close and lock your door.
one, abuse of official power deserves harsh penalties because it's an offense not only against the one who is abused, but the entire public who has given the official the power in the first place.
I agree. But are the damages coming from the individuals, or the taxpayers? If the latter, unlimited damages does very little to reign in the behavior.
I strongly encourage any automated tools to make this easier.
But these tools do not make life any easier for the end user.
But bottom line -- if you're not doing anything illegal you have nothing to fear from these microsoft programs,
Did you read TFA? Have you been keeping up on the deluge of articles and weblogs detailing the problems legitimate users are having? The fact that people who already own a legitimate copy of the software for their computer are being advised to simply buy another copy is unacceptable IMO.
If it was only pirates having trouble, they might not.
OTOH, if you've been paying attention, you know a lot of legitimate users run into trouble too. When you're sitting there with a legitimate copy and the best MS support can tell you is buy another copy, that's a problem.
OTOH, without the government doing it, much of the 'infrastructure" of today's world would not exist. Simply stated, when has building roads ever been a money-making proposition taken on by private enterprise?
Just set up a line of stations like those, and put them under control of gamers "defending the planet" using their Xboxes. Its a game both hunters and environmentalists will relish.
That's why I'd like to see a breakdown of the pricing. For example, IIRC Apple gets ~30 cents for every 99 cent song sold. And that hardly does more than cover their costs. So any decrease in price for "oldies" would have to come out of the music industy's share.
So if a movie is $10, how much of that goes to just cover the costs to Apple? That would at least give some indication of how low the prices could get.
I'm guessing it would be similar to the television shows. You can burn it as a data file to CD or DVD for backup or transfer. But not as a normal video DVD that can be played in a stand-alone player.
Were those "Special" effects trying to be funny (they weren't), or was he going for the "Let's impress the 8 year olds" look? Not that any sane person would let an 8 year old watch this (or anyone for that matter).
And, is there something about a vampire's fangs that prevents them from drinking out of a cup without dribbling/spilling large quantities of their "drink"? Seems to be a common theme in every vampire movie I've seen in the last few years.
You can't go to Walmart and get new releases for that price.
I'm seeing the start of a new movie selling scheme -start selling the (lower quality) online version, but not the DVD, the day the movie is released to theatres. That adds another level of purchase to those who have to see it in the theatre, buy the DVD as soon as it comes out, buy the Director's Version, then the "Special Edition" followed by the specially packaged "Ultimate Edition". Then cry about having to buy it in HD...
Personally, its too high for me, I'll wait and pay more for a DVD. This isn't like music where I may only want a single track from an album instead of the whole album or a TV series where I missed that one episode.
I got to that point at 3:00 a.m. when I had to get up at 6:00 to go to work. That's when I needed a "Save Game". As it was, I paused the game and left the console on while I slept and went to work.
Even worse was they made it sound like if I had just played on the hard level to begin with, I wouldn't have to go back through on the hard level to get the special weapon you had to have. I was again a little perterbed to find that even then you still had to go through a second time.
Not saving typically meant either A) you spent alot of quarters in the arcade or B) you learned to make the most of your lives/continues/whatever.
C) You left the game console on while you slept, went to work, etc... and hoped nobody messed with it because you just spent several hrs a day for the last week getting where you are.
Unfortunately C) only works if there's only a single gamer/console. Once you have a kid who also wants to play, or two kids...
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Just one problem -SCO and its law firm entered an agreement about a year ago. SCO paid them a lump sum to cover the entire trial (minus expenses). SCO got a good deal, and the law firm got its money while SCO still has some.
So at this point, there's no more monetary motive for the law firm to drag the case out.
....And in the mean time all your computer gear is being impounded as evidence since it was used in the commision of a crime. After we catch this "mysterious OTHER GUY", and the trial is over (in 5 or 6 years maybe) we'll return your stuff.
But for now, why don't you come downtown with us and answer some questions about this "OTHER GUY" and how you set up your network so he could use it...
My bigger issue with the wireless scanning would be paying these public servants with my tax dollars for what I see as entire waste of their time.
That would be my biggest concern too.
Just for the fact that analogies must be stretched and abused, I'll say,
Its not like he's sticking his head in the door, he's only driving by to see if the door is already open. If yes, he leaves behind a safety tip on how to close and lock your door.
one, abuse of official power deserves harsh penalties because it's an offense not only against the one who is abused, but the entire public who has given the official the power in the first place.
I agree. But are the damages coming from the individuals, or the taxpayers? If the latter, unlimited damages does very little to reign in the behavior.
Don't forget, an internet connection suddenly becomes a requirement for using the OS.
And the flip-side --every computer connected to the net will have to "talk" to MS on occasion or get shut down.
How does that sound for individual/company/military/government computers that need to be secure?
The US government is worried about the security risk of Lenovo computers. Wonder what they, and other governments, think about this?
Back up your data, 'cause your computer might be "put to sleep".
Obviously you meant to say their OS. We're just licensing it.
No, you're not.
But all you have to do is go buy the full retail version and install that... !@#$%^&
I strongly encourage any automated tools to make this easier.
But these tools do not make life any easier for the end user.
But bottom line -- if you're not doing anything illegal you have nothing to fear from these microsoft programs,
Did you read TFA? Have you been keeping up on the deluge of articles and weblogs detailing the problems legitimate users are having? The fact that people who already own a legitimate copy of the software for their computer are being advised to simply buy another copy is unacceptable IMO.
But I liked the last sentence of that link,
The metaphor lies in the frog's ability to escape from the container: if there's no way out, then the frog's fate is a foregone conclusion.
The question being, can users escape even if they want?
That's what amazed me. Along with that goes the knowledge the "kill switch" is already there, even if you haven't installed WGA!
All of a sudden its not something you can opt-out on.
If it was only pirates having trouble, they might not.
OTOH, if you've been paying attention, you know a lot of legitimate users run into trouble too. When you're sitting there with a legitimate copy and the best MS support can tell you is buy another copy, that's a problem.
OTOH, without the government doing it, much of the 'infrastructure" of today's world would not exist. Simply stated, when has building roads ever been a money-making proposition taken on by private enterprise?
We need to harness the power of the internet to defeat this nemesis!
I propose a modified version of Internet Hunting.
Just set up a line of stations like those, and put them under control of gamers "defending the planet" using their Xboxes. Its a game both hunters and environmentalists will relish.
Problem solved.
That's why I'd like to see a breakdown of the pricing. For example, IIRC Apple gets ~30 cents for every 99 cent song sold. And that hardly does more than cover their costs. So any decrease in price for "oldies" would have to come out of the music industy's share.
So if a movie is $10, how much of that goes to just cover the costs to Apple? That would at least give some indication of how low the prices could get.
But then we're speculating on rumors anyway...
I'm guessing it would be similar to the television shows. You can burn it as a data file to CD or DVD for backup or transfer. But not as a normal video DVD that can be played in a stand-alone player.
Uhgg! Just got around to renting Bloodrayne.
Were those "Special" effects trying to be funny (they weren't), or was he going for the "Let's impress the 8 year olds" look? Not that any sane person would let an 8 year old watch this (or anyone for that matter).
And, is there something about a vampire's fangs that prevents them from drinking out of a cup without dribbling/spilling large quantities of their "drink"? Seems to be a common theme in every vampire movie I've seen in the last few years.
You can't go to Walmart and get new releases for that price.
I'm seeing the start of a new movie selling scheme -start selling the (lower quality) online version, but not the DVD, the day the movie is released to theatres. That adds another level of purchase to those who have to see it in the theatre, buy the DVD as soon as it comes out, buy the Director's Version, then the "Special Edition" followed by the specially packaged "Ultimate Edition". Then cry about having to buy it in HD...
Personally, its too high for me, I'll wait and pay more for a DVD. This isn't like music where I may only want a single track from an album instead of the whole album or a TV series where I missed that one episode.
I got to that point at 3:00 a.m. when I had to get up at 6:00 to go to work. That's when I needed a "Save Game". As it was, I paused the game and left the console on while I slept and went to work.
Even worse was they made it sound like if I had just played on the hard level to begin with, I wouldn't have to go back through on the hard level to get the special weapon you had to have. I was again a little perterbed to find that even then you still had to go through a second time.
But I kept playing it anyway...
Not saving typically meant either A) you spent alot of quarters in the arcade or B) you learned to make the most of your lives/continues/whatever.
...
C) You left the game console on while you slept, went to work, etc... and hoped nobody messed with it because you just spent several hrs a day for the last week getting where you are.
Unfortunately C) only works if there's only a single gamer/console. Once you have a kid who also wants to play, or two kids
So for me "Saves" are essential.
I mean, can anyone define exactly what fundamentalism is and isn't ?
My high school baseball coach was a true fundamentalist.
He always said, "Knowing the fundamentals wins games!"
Cool! Didn' t know about that.
Thanks/1
Thanks. I didn't get to it until after it had been pulled.
What bugs me is that it is off by an order of magnitude. "An order of magnitude" is not fixed to being x10, it can be x2.
It all depends on how flexible you are with number systems and logorithms.