"Let me know when you've got it successfully removed?"
The guy is fucking around with the ROM of a game console... do you really think he'd fail if he were trying to remove static content from an HTML page?
I'm amazed at how this case has been handled in the courts, and in the media. Everybody has an opinion of how Microsoft should be handled, and everybody is making their own proposal. When Microsoft proposed donating software to schools, Apple fired back that this would give them an unfair inroad to educators and students, and that instead they should contribute money so that schools could buy more of what they want (which historically has been Apples/Macintoshes). Now, I'm not saying that Apple doesn't have the right to oppose Microsoft's obvious attempt to gain ground in the world of education, but what kind of credibility is Apple left with after proposing a solution that is so obviously geared to benefit their company rather than the students and teachers.
Companies, especially competing companies, should stay away from proposing a solution to this case. Their proposals can only be one-sided, and geared to benefit their own bottom line, and there is no room for that type of justice in a court case that revolves around anti-competitive practices.
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Personally, I'm waiting for the Binary Keyboard... so I can sit back, and type my emails using my feet.
Why do websites like this one spend the time to test these things so thoroughly. I mean, it's great... but how tedious it must be to test each configuration with each game with each processor. I think I'd go insane.
You're telling me that the agency that focuses on the nation's electronic security didn't already have a version of one of the most-widely used databases in their labs? Maybe we should be worried.
Video games are increasingly becoming a spectator sport. With graphics improving at the rate they have been, I'd much rather watch a video-game controller character than some self-important, overpaid, egotistical athlete.
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What these guys did is write a bridging app that makes many networks over the internet look like a single LAN to the XBox. In esence, Microsoft isn't loosing money on this one.
Yeah... and all Napster did was combine a search engine with an FTP client. I agree with you that what they did was use existing technology to connect users and left the XBOX untouched, but I wouldn't be surprised if future XBOX games have stricter requirements for online play to ensure that they utilize whatever service Microsoft eventually promotes.
Let's see... you're comparing a video game console to an operating system. I think you're right. There IS no contenst because you're comparing apples to oranges.
Tune in next week when we compare a discman to my pet frog.
My experience has been that those that configure firewalls are more likely to introduce security issues that more they are required to configure, so establishing port 80 as the common gateway through which this type of traffic flows reduces that opportunity for this type of mistake. It does put the burdon on the developer to ensure that the code is functionally secure, but I'd rather have that burdon be on myself than the firewall admins.
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I thought video games were responsible for all the world's injuries these days...
"Let me know when you've got it successfully removed?"
... do you really think he'd fail if he were trying to remove static content from an HTML page?
The guy is fucking around with the ROM of a game console
I'm amazed at how this case has been handled in the courts, and in the media. Everybody has an opinion of how Microsoft should be handled, and everybody is making their own proposal. When Microsoft proposed donating software to schools, Apple fired back that this would give them an unfair inroad to educators and students, and that instead they should contribute money so that schools could buy more of what they want (which historically has been Apples/Macintoshes). Now, I'm not saying that Apple doesn't have the right to oppose Microsoft's obvious attempt to gain ground in the world of education, but what kind of credibility is Apple left with after proposing a solution that is so obviously geared to benefit their company rather than the students and teachers.
Companies, especially competing companies, should stay away from proposing a solution to this case. Their proposals can only be one-sided, and geared to benefit their own bottom line, and there is no room for that type of justice in a court case that revolves around anti-competitive practices.
Personally, I'm waiting for the Binary Keyboard ... so I can sit back, and type my emails using my feet.
Why do websites like this one spend the time to test these things so thoroughly. I mean, it's great ... but how tedious it must be to test each configuration with each game with each processor. I think I'd go insane.
I get all of my faxes via email using efax.
You left off the part about the lack of the Apple logo which always seems to increase the price of hardware.
You're telling me that the agency that focuses on the nation's electronic security didn't already have a version of one of the most-widely used databases in their labs? Maybe we should be worried.
Nah, he's too busy downloading tunes to his iPod in between episodes of Baywatch.
That's the one where Tom Cruise looks EXACTLY like Chuck Norris.
Well, it's good to see you're keeping an open mind.
Video games are increasingly becoming a spectator sport. With graphics improving at the rate they have been, I'd much rather watch a video-game controller character than some self-important, overpaid, egotistical athlete.
What these guys did is write a bridging app that makes many networks over the internet look like a single LAN to the XBox. In esence, Microsoft isn't loosing money on this one.
... and all Napster did was combine a search engine with an FTP client. I agree with you that what they did was use existing technology to connect users and left the XBOX untouched, but I wouldn't be surprised if future XBOX games have stricter requirements for online play to ensure that they utilize whatever service Microsoft eventually promotes.
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Let's see ... you're comparing a video game console to an operating system. I think you're right. There IS no contenst because you're comparing apples to oranges.
Tune in next week when we compare a discman to my pet frog.
The first time I read the title, I thought it said: "Steven Schafer On The Future of Pornography".
When is Afghanistan's April Fools Day?
He's going from the Commodore to an iPod? ... "Slow Down".
... next week he'll be firing up his XBOX as a diversion for when he gets bored watching DVDs.
In the words of Chris Rock
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My experience has been that those that configure firewalls are more likely to introduce security issues that more they are required to configure, so establishing port 80 as the common gateway through which this type of traffic flows reduces that opportunity for this type of mistake. It does put the burdon on the developer to ensure that the code is functionally secure, but I'd rather have that burdon be on myself than the firewall admins.
BLAME CANADA! (Sung to the South Park theme)
I've been to hell and back with my bank. When I finally move, I plan on renting a lock-box, placing a 10-pound trout in the box, and walk away.
Not to mention that the Internet is hardly confined by the United States borders. You think somebody in Somalia has any clue what a penny is?
Quick ... Let's file a patent, and maybe we can pull a percentage of each penny! This idea will never see the light of day.
This is like handing a stale piece of bread to a corpse that died of starvation.
Be was promising at one point, but that promise waned. Palm was strong and powerful at one time, but that power has waned.
It's called marketing. Remember the 386 ... 486 ... oh wait ... PENTIUM. It's all in a name.
I haven't been working in Java for a while, but when I was, SlickEdit was the best.