No. If I run software on my phone I want it to be able to have access to any features of the phone.
Your logic of blocking is not unlike saying "Modern operating systems shouldn't allow an application to dial a 900 or long distance number with out the user giving permission"
This is a fine idea in theory, but creates an unnecessary burden for the software user. Of course... there is nothing to stop a software programmer from automatically clicking the yes button of the OS generated dialog box as some applications already do to circumvent built in security methods.
Like it or not, as the parent poster said, non-compete agreements have held up in court many times.
You speak of selling yourself into slavery... I agree it is a trade off, but it is an agreement that one willingly makes. If you do not like the prospect of one, then work where they aren't required... and yes, last I checked, McDonalds is always hiring!
An interesting aspect of non-competes is that an employer may require your signature on one as a condition of employment or continued employment.
So even you could receive the question, "Want the job? Then sign, if not, leave."
Once video cards get as good as reality then you are done, end of story. Then it only becomes a matter of who can make them the cheapest/smallest/most efficient.
I believe that you contradicted yourself there.
Cost, size and efficiency will play an important role in video card technology long after they get to the 'as good as reality' level. In technology, there is no such thing as 'done'.
P.S. It's funny, you complain about my previous post getting modded up for saying similar things to others... and yet you too said things that had been previously said... although the others did not contain your contradiction.
Of course he signed an NDA, most technology companies require them just before employee orientation and right after tax info.
Generally speaking an NDA is not the same thing as a non-compete agreement.
So long as the new job does not involve things covered by the NDA, then he's safe, however if he were brought in say to... improve the way WD drives reading and writing technology... then there is grounds to say that he could not do the job with out breaking the existing NDA.
So long as game companies turn out new games that make existing systems cry for mercy, (and we choose to buy them) we will always need to buy newer video cards in order to stave off choppy video for another generation of games.
Same goes for CPU... although much of the difference is that most of those people buying a Geforce 6 are gamers and will use most/all of the power at their disposal... I'd wager only a fraction of those using the latest and most powerful CPU's from AMD or Intel use them to their full potential.
It's kinda funny to me... Microsoft for a long time said they could not release a stripped down version of Windows that does not contain IE and WMP... and yet such a system can be built with XPE.
It should be noted though that XPE really isn't designed for desktop use, the reason for this as I see it is simple. Support. When you install 'Windows XP Professional', at it's core it is identical to almost every other XP Pro install out there... XPE on the other hand is only identical to those other devices/machines using the same install of it.
XP embedded is quite robust due to its scalability.
When creating an version of it for a machine, you can pick and choose what you want to use and contain. "Lets see... I do not want FAT/FAT32 support but I do want NTFS... no need for a GUI display here... yea... better leave out sol. and calc.exe."
The setup system for XPE is quite powerful and when you decide to add or remove one component, it'll tell you everything that it depends on and that depends on it to ensure that dependencies are satisfied.
Because of this scalability, you can strip down an XPE install to practically nothing, with no unnecessary processes/apps in the background and only what you want running you end up with a very stable system.
Those signals your property is being blasted with are harmless... or at least as is known today (think future suits!)
The "service" they charge you for is the privilege of their proprietary method of decoding said signals. Not unlike you buying a radio or renting a solar panel.
The parent poster was advocating one product over another and I was making clear that regardless of which product was superior, one has store level boxed presence which in the eyes of most consumers makes up for any difference in quality.
It's easy to say "People should use Y instead of Z", but if you do not make it easy for all users to obtain Y in a way that they find easy (no 5 step process (ie simple boxed copy), you do not win them over.
Under the same logic I am using... part of the reason Windows based PC's sell so much better than Linux based PC's is that Windows based PC's are far more common to be found at your local store. Regardless of which is a superior product by any measure, Windows wins because it has the presence, just as DVD-X did, just as Linux and dvdshrink lack.
No matter how superior dvdshrink maybe over DVD-X, I have never seen a boxed copy at a local retailer.
If you are a less than computer savvy user at your local Best Buy wandering around the software section, you are far more likely to stumble upon DVD-X and use it then you are to find dvdshrink on your own.
Might I suggest bring in a demo man to remove all of your walls and anything else that may, depending on your location in the house be anywhere near the line of sight of the signal that could conceivably interfere with it?
I have not RTFA, however if I remember last years competition right, the competing antennas were on the side of a large hill or mountain pointing down at a vehicle that was driving away. In such a case they have far fewer obstacles then you do in your home.
Carmack always starts on something new after a product ships.
I for one look forward to hear how is post game vacation goes.
If I remember my history well, traditionally he goes on a lil vacation after a game ships to explore new things.
It has already been said though that there are some very preliminary plans for their next game, and I have little doubt that when it comes to id, JC has been looking into what could be used in it for a little while now.
I wont just say RTFA, but did you even read the fully summary above? You know, the one that said it was conducted for Open Source Risk Management, the same people who will insure Linux vendors and developers against copyright infringement related to Linux and other OSS.
Microsoft does not come into play on this except for the fact that they just happen to own a few of the patents that are possibly infringed upon. If you want to bad mouth Microsoft feel free to... only wait until they do something worthy of it, alright?
They just tried to do that recently here, an amendment that would prevent same sex marriages.
Part of the reason our constitution only has 27 amendments is the original document was written to make it difficult to change it. Somehow I don't think an amendment to make it easier would succeed... but then many new amendments have been proposed over the years... and the vast, vast, vast majority of them have been shot down.
Should your 'ruling class' not have the work being done for them by the working class', the 'working class' would starve long before it's masters. The 'working class' is far more likely to live paycheck to paycheck than the 'ruling class'
Coincidently, while this was being typed my boss came by with my paycheck... now I can pay down my student loan debt by a small fraction!
I don't know about you, but I know that my corporate masters have much bigger savings accounts and investments then I or most in my department.
I can write all the code I want and it's mine... however if I do things with the code which violate existing patents I can get into trouble, even though the code it's self is mine.
That is often the problem with software patents, that a patent is granted in the loose steps of doing something, there are many ways code can be written to do the same thing, but many are covered by the patent, regardless of who writes the code or for what.
and is not platform dependant, except for the Carbon integration
That you know of...
then doing a native port to Linux shouldn't be that hard.
See previous statement.
Have you ever ported anything more complicated than HelloWorld.c from one platform to another? For that matter... are you a coder?
When it comes to porting, let me teach you 4 important words: "Porting is a Pain!", or maybe another 4 "It is NEVER easy!".
Yes... in theory it'd be easy to port say... Office X to Linux because both MacOS and Linux have similar *nix systems... however the differences between them will drive you nuts even if you plan for it from the start... something I doubt Office X was built with in mind.
Hell, I'm still working to backport a wxWidgets based application to work under Red Hat 6.2 (works fine under 7.3, 8, 9, Suse, Mandrake and Windows (95-XP)... just not RH6.2 (which is required)).
MS Office is probably one of the most OS dependant applications there is, porting it to ANY OS would be a nightmare I'd expect. Even with some compatibility layer below, the likelihood of something breaking and support headaches would keep such an endeavor from occurring as the potential market just isn't there.
Given the choice between loosing potential sales to piracy or investing large sums of money in a porting project with a low probability of commercial success... I'd pick the piracy and make my next version that much harder to pirate!
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No. If I run software on my phone I want it to be able to have access to any features of the phone.
Your logic of blocking is not unlike saying "Modern operating systems shouldn't allow an application to dial a 900 or long distance number with out the user giving permission"
This is a fine idea in theory, but creates an unnecessary burden for the software user. Of course... there is nothing to stop a software programmer from automatically clicking the yes button of the OS generated dialog box as some applications already do to circumvent built in security methods.
Like it or not, as the parent poster said, non-compete agreements have held up in court many times.
You speak of selling yourself into slavery... I agree it is a trade off, but it is an agreement that one willingly makes. If you do not like the prospect of one, then work where they aren't required... and yes, last I checked, McDonalds is always hiring!
An interesting aspect of non-competes is that an employer may require your signature on one as a condition of employment or continued employment.
So even you could receive the question, "Want the job? Then sign, if not, leave."
Once video cards get as good as reality then you are done, end of story. Then it only becomes a matter of who can make them the cheapest/smallest/most efficient.
I believe that you contradicted yourself there.
Cost, size and efficiency will play an important role in video card technology long after they get to the 'as good as reality' level. In technology, there is no such thing as 'done'.
P.S. It's funny, you complain about my previous post getting modded up for saying similar things to others... and yet you too said things that had been previously said... although the others did not contain your contradiction.
Of course he signed an NDA, most technology companies require them just before employee orientation and right after tax info.
Generally speaking an NDA is not the same thing as a non-compete agreement.
So long as the new job does not involve things covered by the NDA, then he's safe, however if he were brought in say to... improve the way WD drives reading and writing technology... then there is grounds to say that he could not do the job with out breaking the existing NDA.
Why would it?
So long as game companies turn out new games that make existing systems cry for mercy, (and we choose to buy them) we will always need to buy newer video cards in order to stave off choppy video for another generation of games.
Same goes for CPU... although much of the difference is that most of those people buying a Geforce 6 are gamers and will use most/all of the power at their disposal... I'd wager only a fraction of those using the latest and most powerful CPU's from AMD or Intel use them to their full potential.
And saying... Red Hat 7.3, kernel: 2.6.x.y, gcc: 3.4.1, etc... is less confusing?
I don't think Katie's husband... the guy who bought the name for her would like that too much.
Try Madison, SD.
IE, WMP and many more packages can be left out.
It's kinda funny to me... Microsoft for a long time said they could not release a stripped down version of Windows that does not contain IE and WMP... and yet such a system can be built with XPE.
It should be noted though that XPE really isn't designed for desktop use, the reason for this as I see it is simple. Support. When you install 'Windows XP Professional', at it's core it is identical to almost every other XP Pro install out there... XPE on the other hand is only identical to those other devices/machines using the same install of it.
XP embedded is quite robust due to its scalability.
When creating an version of it for a machine, you can pick and choose what you want to use and contain. "Lets see... I do not want FAT/FAT32 support but I do want NTFS... no need for a GUI display here... yea... better leave out sol. and calc.exe."
The setup system for XPE is quite powerful and when you decide to add or remove one component, it'll tell you everything that it depends on and that depends on it to ensure that dependencies are satisfied.
Because of this scalability, you can strip down an XPE install to practically nothing, with no unnecessary processes/apps in the background and only what you want running you end up with a very stable system.
You say that as if there are no viruses on the Mac platform. A simple google search will reveal that is not the case.
Those signals your property is being blasted with are harmless... or at least as is known today (think future suits!)
The "service" they charge you for is the privilege of their proprietary method of decoding said signals. Not unlike you buying a radio or renting a solar panel.
I thought this news was coming from Linux allies?
It's far from FUD but a serious concern that needs to be addressed one way or another.
The parent poster was advocating one product over another and I was making clear that regardless of which product was superior, one has store level boxed presence which in the eyes of most consumers makes up for any difference in quality.
It's easy to say "People should use Y instead of Z", but if you do not make it easy for all users to obtain Y in a way that they find easy (no 5 step process (ie simple boxed copy), you do not win them over.
Under the same logic I am using... part of the reason Windows based PC's sell so much better than Linux based PC's is that Windows based PC's are far more common to be found at your local store. Regardless of which is a superior product by any measure, Windows wins because it has the presence, just as DVD-X did, just as Linux and dvdshrink lack.
No matter how superior dvdshrink maybe over DVD-X, I have never seen a boxed copy at a local retailer.
If you are a less than computer savvy user at your local Best Buy wandering around the software section, you are far more likely to stumble upon DVD-X and use it then you are to find dvdshrink on your own.
Might I suggest bring in a demo man to remove all of your walls and anything else that may, depending on your location in the house be anywhere near the line of sight of the signal that could conceivably interfere with it?
I have not RTFA, however if I remember last years competition right, the competing antennas were on the side of a large hill or mountain pointing down at a vehicle that was driving away. In such a case they have far fewer obstacles then you do in your home.
Carmack always starts on something new after a product ships.
I for one look forward to hear how is post game vacation goes.
If I remember my history well, traditionally he goes on a lil vacation after a game ships to explore new things.
It has already been said though that there are some very preliminary plans for their next game, and I have little doubt that when it comes to id, JC has been looking into what could be used in it for a little while now.
I wont just say RTFA, but did you even read the fully summary above? You know, the one that said it was conducted for Open Source Risk Management, the same people who will insure Linux vendors and developers against copyright infringement related to Linux and other OSS.
Microsoft does not come into play on this except for the fact that they just happen to own a few of the patents that are possibly infringed upon. If you want to bad mouth Microsoft feel free to... only wait until they do something worthy of it, alright?
play catch up unfairly
And that means?
They just tried to do that recently here, an amendment that would prevent same sex marriages.
Part of the reason our constitution only has 27 amendments is the original document was written to make it difficult to change it. Somehow I don't think an amendment to make it easier would succeed... but then many new amendments have been proposed over the years... and the vast, vast, vast majority of them have been shot down.
I beg to differ.
Should your 'ruling class' not have the work being done for them by the working class', the 'working class' would starve long before it's masters. The 'working class' is far more likely to live paycheck to paycheck than the 'ruling class'
Coincidently, while this was being typed my boss came by with my paycheck... now I can pay down my student loan debt by a small fraction!
I don't know about you, but I know that my corporate masters have much bigger savings accounts and investments then I or most in my department.
Using someone else's code?
I can write all the code I want and it's mine... however if I do things with the code which violate existing patents I can get into trouble, even though the code it's self is mine.
That is often the problem with software patents, that a patent is granted in the loose steps of doing something, there are many ways code can be written to do the same thing, but many are covered by the patent, regardless of who writes the code or for what.
I always knew I should have gone into law.
and is not platform dependant, except for the Carbon integration
That you know of...
then doing a native port to Linux shouldn't be that hard.
See previous statement.
Have you ever ported anything more complicated than HelloWorld.c from one platform to another? For that matter... are you a coder?
When it comes to porting, let me teach you 4 important words: "Porting is a Pain!", or maybe another 4 "It is NEVER easy!".
Yes... in theory it'd be easy to port say... Office X to Linux because both MacOS and Linux have similar *nix systems... however the differences between them will drive you nuts even if you plan for it from the start... something I doubt Office X was built with in mind.
Hell, I'm still working to backport a wxWidgets based application to work under Red Hat 6.2 (works fine under 7.3, 8, 9, Suse, Mandrake and Windows (95-XP)... just not RH6.2 (which is required)).
You just hit the nail on the head with that one!
MS Office is probably one of the most OS dependant applications there is, porting it to ANY OS would be a nightmare I'd expect. Even with some compatibility layer below, the likelihood of something breaking and support headaches would keep such an endeavor from occurring as the potential market just isn't there.
Given the choice between loosing potential sales to piracy or investing large sums of money in a porting project with a low probability of commercial success... I'd pick the piracy and make my next version that much harder to pirate!