Among other interesting things, the author points out that the focus is going to shift from 'becoming wealthy' to 'becoming good people' -- which is actually rather pleasant to contemplate.
Isn't this what people said the 1990s were going to be like during the bad economic times at the beginning of the decade?
"No more soulless pursuit of wealth like the 1980s, oh no.. We'll be kinder and gentler in the 1990s because we're all poor"
Then bring on a good stock market bubble and you get arrogant newly-minted millionaires, venture capital being thrown at kindergarden-grade ideas, champagne bubblebaths, etc. etc.
My grandfather (a business owner for 40+ years) often says that we need a recession ever few years to weed out the weak and poorly-managed companies. Can't say that I disagree.
Lots of times cracks and hacks are useful for reducing the inconvenience copy protection causes us.
For instance, when I buy a new game CD-ROM the first thing I do is go to the net to get a "No-CD" crack for it. After a decade or so of PC gaming, I have a hell of a lot of floppies and CDs to organize and I hate to have to search for a CD just to play a game.
Same with the old dongle-ware crap where you had to look through a special red lens at a password sheet then read it in a mirror in order to play a game. The cracks for those were a god send for legitimate gamers as well
If it weren't for No-CD cracks I would be out some money for a replacement Unreal Tournament CD because my original is scratched to hell. As it is, I have a backup with a fixed EXE and don't have to worry about it.
Although it amuses me to think of all the/. readers trying to figure out what RRSP stands for ("Must be some kind of UPS scheme" -- "Maybe it's got something to do with firewalling"), I'll let you Americans in on this thing - RRSP = 401k (sort of).
I do far more than what I ever thought I possibly could, being the only computer person working in the company, yet the only things I ever hear about from my 'superiors' are the things that I haven't accomplished.
I think that's got less to do with your age than you think. It's probably much more related to being the only "computer person" at your company.
If you think management is clueless at tech companies, try being a developer or sysadmin for, oh, say, a construction company. Might as well just stick your head in the toilet and flush repeatedly.
Actually, I think a few times a year they just collect a sampling of what is played and pay according to that.
I live in Canada, we have a similar system but our radio stations pay SOCAN fees (about 2% of annual budget, at least that's what it was in 1992)
Wonderful way to undercount obscure, small label bands but still make sure Britney Spears' record company gets a pile of cash.
When SOCAN reporting time came around our community radio station did the opposite of what you are suggesting; we made sure our air staff played 75% Canadian content during the reporting period (up from a normal 25%) and gave heavy focus to the indies who sent us cassettes over the bigger acts.
I personally can't stand these stupid little "value" cards, but my wife thinks they're great. I can't believe she's willing to provide Shopper's Drug Mart with information about her purchasing habits, tied directly to her via the card number, in return for what amounts to a 0.1% discount.
I don't disagree with the deal on principle, but rather I think she's selling our privacy too cheaply
I don't know about you, but I consider privacy to be an important liberty.
Agreed. But it's having the option of privacy, not guaranteed eternal anonymity in all cases. The right to privacy is important, but I should be free to choose when I exercise that right.
"Selling" your private information in a reasoned and limited manner is not an erosion of your liberty, it is the practice of it.
Why? Because VHS beat Beta, and history tends to repeat itself
Yeah, and MiniDisc is another recent example. Sony likes to hold their standards a little too close to the vest... As the not-so-proud owner of a "classic" Sony 2x CD burner, which doesn't support 80 minute CDs or overburning because "They're not in our Red Book so we aren't gonna support them, nyaah nyaah..." I can definitively state that this corporate attitude sucks.
Sony clearly makes a quality product but they are so interested in preserving their IP that they hurt their own business interests.
I know it's swimming against the current, and maybe it's because I'm so used to "traditional" interfaces, but the Palm always left me cold. I prefer WinCE to PalmOS as well, and Linux would be even better if there is a handheld-specific interface.
You know.. if you really need to mess with the guts of your handheld, you connect it to a pc and telnet to the handheld's CLI, but when you're trying to work with the thing it should have a handheld-specific interface.
it would be likely he might make all sorts of muscular "mistakes" nthrough adrenaline
So you have pilots flying "simulations" all day long, including simulated failures and breakdowns. One time in 50 they are flying a real plane. Over time, they'd get used to it...
... of course, this brilliant scheme would require 50 times the current number of trained pilots. Oh well, that's someone else's problem
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You would be able to even search offline, etc. Price tag included.
Offline? What's that?
Among other interesting things, the author points out that the focus is going to shift from 'becoming wealthy' to 'becoming good people' -- which is actually rather pleasant to contemplate.
Isn't this what people said the 1990s were going to be like during the bad economic times at the beginning of the decade?
"No more soulless pursuit of wealth like the 1980s, oh no.. We'll be kinder and gentler in the 1990s because we're all poor"
Then bring on a good stock market bubble and you get arrogant newly-minted millionaires, venture capital being thrown at kindergarden-grade ideas, champagne bubblebaths, etc. etc.
My grandfather (a business owner for 40+ years) often says that we need a recession ever few years to weed out the weak and poorly-managed companies. Can't say that I disagree.
Lots of times cracks and hacks are useful for reducing the inconvenience copy protection causes us.
For instance, when I buy a new game CD-ROM the first thing I do is go to the net to get a "No-CD" crack for it. After a decade or so of PC gaming, I have a hell of a lot of floppies and CDs to organize and I hate to have to search for a CD just to play a game.
Same with the old dongle-ware crap where you had to look through a special red lens at a password sheet then read it in a mirror in order to play a game. The cracks for those were a god send for legitimate gamers as well
If it weren't for No-CD cracks I would be out some money for a replacement Unreal Tournament CD because my original is scratched to hell. As it is, I have a backup with a fixed EXE and don't have to worry about it.
You have to admit, it was funny.
;)
Sounds like someone *cough*shiwala*cough* else might be bedding down in Mom and Dad's panelled basement..
Nit picking time...
Harry Harrison wrote the Stainless Steel Rat series.
Although it amuses me to think of all the /. readers trying to figure out what RRSP stands for ("Must be some kind of UPS scheme" -- "Maybe it's got something to do with firewalling"), I'll let you Americans in on this thing - RRSP = 401k (sort of).
I do far more than what I ever thought I possibly could, being the only computer person working in the company, yet the only things I ever hear about from my 'superiors' are the things that I haven't accomplished.
I think that's got less to do with your age than you think. It's probably much more related to being the only "computer person" at your company.
If you think management is clueless at tech companies, try being a developer or sysadmin for, oh, say, a construction company. Might as well just stick your head in the toilet and flush repeatedly.
Actually, I think a few times a year they just collect a sampling of what is played and pay according to that.
I live in Canada, we have a similar system but our radio stations pay SOCAN fees (about 2% of annual budget, at least that's what it was in 1992)
Wonderful way to undercount obscure, small label bands but still make sure Britney Spears' record company gets a pile of cash.
When SOCAN reporting time came around our community radio station did the opposite of what you are suggesting; we made sure our air staff played 75% Canadian content during the reporting period (up from a normal 25%) and gave heavy focus to the indies who sent us cassettes over the bigger acts.
At least according to some moderators around here.
(looks at subject line)Their disks are very durable.
I know, I know : Don't feed 'em. Regardless:
Wow. Are you proud of yourself you fucking karma whore.How can an AC be a karma whore?
Most of you have probably never even used Windows 2000, so you have no basis to argue about it's security, functionality, or stability.Many of us, sadly, have to use Windows 2000, and can therefore argue all too well about it's security, functionality and stability.
A full install of Redhat Linux Server takes up 1620 MBI'll bet that that full install of Red Hat contains lots of groovy software that'd cost you an extra few K to add to your Win2K system.
Not to pick nits, but it was not "We Hate You" on the back of his jersey
Rod Smart is the player's name and his jersey was labelled with the enigmatic line "He Hate Me".
God, I know too much XFL trivia already. Somebody pull the plug!
Did I hear you correctly?
The XFL actually stole some of audience from the Pro-Bowl.
The Pro Bowl has an audience?
I would need to see some data verifying that outrageous claim before I believe you.
But isn't the XFL a monopoly? I think McMahon owns all the teams ...
What if you've already reproduced?
I personally can't stand these stupid little "value" cards, but my wife thinks they're great. I can't believe she's willing to provide Shopper's Drug Mart with information about her purchasing habits, tied directly to her via the card number, in return for what amounts to a 0.1% discount.
I don't disagree with the deal on principle, but rather I think she's selling our privacy too cheaply
Agreed. But it's having the option of privacy, not guaranteed eternal anonymity in all cases. The right to privacy is important, but I should be free to choose when I exercise that right.
"Selling" your private information in a reasoned and limited manner is not an erosion of your liberty, it is the practice of it.
privacy != liberty
Why? Because VHS beat Beta, and history tends to repeat itself
Yeah, and MiniDisc is another recent example. Sony likes to hold their standards a little too close to the vest ... As the not-so-proud owner of a "classic" Sony 2x CD burner, which doesn't support 80 minute CDs or overburning because "They're not in our Red Book so we aren't gonna support them, nyaah nyaah..." I can definitively state that this corporate attitude sucks.
Sony clearly makes a quality product but they are so interested in preserving their IP that they hurt their own business interests.
I know it's swimming against the current, and maybe it's because I'm so used to "traditional" interfaces, but the Palm always left me cold. I prefer WinCE to PalmOS as well, and Linux would be even better if there is a handheld-specific interface.
You know .. if you really need to mess with the guts of your handheld, you connect it to a pc and telnet to the handheld's CLI, but when you're trying to work with the thing it should have a handheld-specific interface.
Isn't Red Hat doing something in this direction?
... or am I mistaken as usual?
(-1, Murderous)
Still.
I wish I had mod points. You'd get 'em all.
Isn't this one of thos Linuxgruven guys? :)
it would be likely he might make all sorts of muscular "mistakes" nthrough adrenaline
So you have pilots flying "simulations" all day long, including simulated failures and breakdowns. One time in 50 they are flying a real plane. Over time, they'd get used to it...
... of course, this brilliant scheme would require 50 times the current number of trained pilots. Oh well, that's someone else's problem