you know, for something like that, they really ought to provide proof it's a legitimate request. e.g. post a link to their course syllabus, "4.2 Destroy Motherboard BIOS"
I have to disagree? The DRM audio files don't require contact with the Napster servers every time they are played, do they? You're only hosed if you need to reauthenticate them and the server/company no longer exists. I think my analogy is closer:-)
Anyways, it really sucks. I've got degraded audio CDs (back from when CDs were "brand new") as well, that don't play properly. I wish I'd ripped them into MP3s (not that MP3 encoding was available back then... ).
how is this different from buying CDs? The way the RIAA et al seem to put it, I'm paying more for the "licence" than the media. But just try to go back to a record store with a cracked/smashed CD and ask for a replacement.
Maybe you're right. But I'd never trade in the current reality, which is something spectacular, for a parallel universe in which Bill Gates was never born.
But what makes you so sure that if Bill Gates didn't exist, someone else wouldn't have stepped up to the plate, or that things would have turned out significantly differently?
looks to me that would trigger off a "you bastard, you bought me a cheap ring!" fight, as opposed to a "wow! diamonds are brittle, this is an interesting scientific demonstration" kind of thing.
And since GNU/Hurd would have the same damn license as GNU/Linux whats the point of using Hurd at all?
Actually, IIRC, the Hurd would allow for several features not available in linux (or in fact any *nix). Such as a non-binary security model ("you are either root and all-powerful, or a user and not capable of very much"), with several gradations of permissions and specific rights etc. that is reminiscent of pre-UNIX OSes like VMS. (I hope I'm not confusing this iwth something else). There should be other features. Anyone with more info?
What the Mac introduced first was the notion that the user should not be in control of the computer
depends on what you mean by "control". the "physical eject" of x86 PCs in those days also meant that you'd regularly have users eject the disks while the drive light is on - after all, the command prompt had returned right?
the "user training" required is about the same ("don't take the disk out while the light is on" vs "drag disk to icon to eject")
anyways if you'd rebooted the disk would have been ejected.
it may be more interesting for the people who (a) aren't hardcore music buyers, and (b) for whom $50 does make a difference in the "buyability" of the product. Just that much cheaper, I guess?
Then again gut feeling for me is that they can lower the price if they want to, the management decision to price it like that is a "don't cannibalize existing sales" thing.
their 'fake evidence' around the video tape of the IE uninstall was shown to not be fake the next day in court.
This is interesting. Is there any corroboration for this? (Or is this something the news media is hiding, nobody is carrying, to prevent themselves from looking bad?)
the ONLY server OS I have seen not follow such a path is netware.
Actually this is interesting. Does this mean that Netware is much better security-wise (in which case why aren't more people using it?) or does it mean that nobody's looking for exploits on Netware?
If I had mod points I wouldn't know whether to mod this flamebait (for the "pathetic narrowminded asshole" bit) or funny ("kills this one by friendly fire").
But in any case, you've got to admit - there IS no doubt some feeling of rivalry (if not by the scientists themselves, then at least by their paymasters and governmental types) and I would be very surprised to find that the European project funders would be rather... well if not actually "dismayed by the success of the American mission as opposed to the failure of Beagle", and would have, at least on some level, preferred it if this probe had bombed as well.
That said, I've always had a fond image of the "British Boffin" building some really cool high-tech device and it's really sad Beagle didn't make it....
I have no doubt whatsoever that Microsoft doesn't want to have to do a complete rewrite of it's OS just so it will be certified
actually, what's to stop a company from hiring a licensed programmer and then have him "rewrite" the code that was done by unlicensed developers (page down... page down... page down... "ok everything looks fine!!", with a resulting world's-highest-lines-written-per-day award)?
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hrm, you sure it's not because of read errors (i.e. CDROM drive is dying) and not a speed issue per se?
somebody mod parent and grandparent up! genuinely useful!
damn, used up all my mod points already.
you know, for something like that, they really ought to provide proof it's a legitimate request. e.g. post a link to their course syllabus, "4.2 Destroy Motherboard BIOS"
I have to disagree? The DRM audio files don't require contact with the Napster servers every time they are played, do they? You're only hosed if you need to reauthenticate them and the server/company no longer exists. I think my analogy is closer :-)
Anyways, it really sucks. I've got degraded audio CDs (back from when CDs were "brand new") as well, that don't play properly. I wish I'd ripped them into MP3s (not that MP3 encoding was available back then... ).
how is this different from buying CDs? The way the RIAA et al seem to put it, I'm paying more for the "licence" than the media. But just try to go back to a record store with a cracked/smashed CD and ask for a replacement.
Most wireless APs won't relay connections
Which ones do, though? I know the Apple Airport Extreme ones do. Any others?
It's shameful for an American to be without money. Success is tied with being rich
It's not just America. It's pretty much the same here in Singapore.
If you start a software company can you really expect me to belive that you do not expect to make money?
In this economy? Hell yes.
Maybe you're right. But I'd never trade in the current reality, which is something spectacular, for a parallel universe in which Bill Gates was never born.
But what makes you so sure that if Bill Gates didn't exist, someone else wouldn't have stepped up to the plate, or that things would have turned out significantly differently?
looks to me that would trigger off a "you bastard, you bought me a cheap ring!" fight, as opposed to a "wow! diamonds are brittle, this is an interesting scientific demonstration" kind of thing.
wow man, that sucks
i feel for you...
And since GNU/Hurd would have the same damn license as GNU/Linux whats the point of using Hurd at all?
Actually, IIRC, the Hurd would allow for several features not available in linux (or in fact any *nix). Such as a non-binary security model ("you are either root and all-powerful, or a user and not capable of very much"), with several gradations of permissions and specific rights etc. that is reminiscent of pre-UNIX OSes like VMS. (I hope I'm not confusing this iwth something else). There should be other features. Anyone with more info?
And graffiti is much better than straight handwriting recognition
graffiti predated the Palm. It's original platform was Newton.
What the Mac introduced first was the notion that the user should not be in control of the computer
depends on what you mean by "control". the "physical eject" of x86 PCs in those days also meant that you'd regularly have users eject the disks while the drive light is on - after all, the command prompt had returned right?
the "user training" required is about the same ("don't take the disk out while the light is on" vs "drag disk to icon to eject")
anyways if you'd rebooted the disk would have been ejected.
I work on a computer most of the day; as luck would have it, I can sit on IRC at the same time
:-)
Does your boss know?
I'd worry about your productivity!
I'm not a kernel developer either, but if Linux costs me $799 per proc to run, Windows and Apple become the cheaper alternative.
:-)
Why else do you think MS told SCO to set it at that price point?
all forseeable security holes have been patched
... "forseeable". That is the point right?
Yes, but
it may be more interesting for the people who (a) aren't hardcore music buyers, and (b) for whom $50 does make a difference in the "buyability" of the product. Just that much cheaper, I guess?
Then again gut feeling for me is that they can lower the price if they want to, the management decision to price it like that is a "don't cannibalize existing sales" thing.
But the Nitrus is compatible with all of the leading P2P programs out there
So is the iPod, you realize
their 'fake evidence' around the video tape of the IE uninstall was shown to not be fake the next day in court.
This is interesting. Is there any corroboration for this? (Or is this something the news media is hiding, nobody is carrying, to prevent themselves from looking bad?)
the ONLY server OS I have seen not follow such a path is netware.
Actually this is interesting. Does this mean that Netware is much better security-wise (in which case why aren't more people using it?) or does it mean that nobody's looking for exploits on Netware?
If I had mod points I wouldn't know whether to mod this flamebait (for the "pathetic narrowminded asshole" bit) or funny ("kills this one by friendly fire").
.
But in any case, you've got to admit - there IS no doubt some feeling of rivalry (if not by the scientists themselves, then at least by their paymasters and governmental types) and I would be very surprised to find that the European project funders would be rather... well if not actually "dismayed by the success of the American mission as opposed to the failure of Beagle", and would have, at least on some level, preferred it if this probe had bombed as well.
That said, I've always had a fond image of the "British Boffin" building some really cool high-tech device and it's really sad Beagle didn't make it...
I have no doubt whatsoever that Microsoft doesn't want to have to do a complete rewrite of it's OS just so it will be certified
actually, what's to stop a company from hiring a licensed programmer and then have him "rewrite" the code that was done by unlicensed developers (page down... page down... page down... "ok everything looks fine!!", with a resulting world's-highest-lines-written-per-day award)?
Windows can read it out of box; so can Linux; OSX probably can too. That's all major OSes right there, with no drivers needed.
Yes, OSX can. In fact even OS9 can. I'm not sure how far back it goes but I do remember reading a FAT32 formatted HDD on an OS8.5 machine.
I laughed out loud when I read this... :-)
where are my mod points when I need 'em?