I was about to say "Latin American Coke" but that's a whole different topic:-)
Anyway, my sister brought back a bottle from DomRep - man it was good. Part of it was certainly nostalgia, but I'm pretty sure they are using more (if not all) natural sugars in Latin American bottling plants.
Now, if this picture (from the article - really, check the link or read the damn article yourself!) had been the one the system had captured, I wouldn't be so surprised:-)
This seems to be more a problem with the newspaper's policies rather than the system itself - I mean they are the ones that printed the damn picture and then sold it to U.S.News!
Neither NT nor 2K install IIS by default... but I'm with you on the way it's set up when you actually do install it - on 2K the default install of IIS includes not only a web server, but FTP and SMTP. Needless to say, not a nice thing to have popping up all over your intranet when developers need to test their web-based apps:-)
I personally can't construct a situation like this, but let's say that the microsoft patch (or whatever patch your virus applies) causes that person's version of IIS to crash? Maybe they've got some crazy-ass custom app that uses those index server extensions for something and patching it breaks their custom app and that's why they haven't patched their IIS server? Then you really would be liable for lost business, etc.
Or course, this seems highly unlikely. OTOH, strange things can happen with NT/IIS (asp-to-mail is my personal fave). Let's just use this as a purely hypothetical example. There might be a case where someone has a good reason not to patch their system. That doesn't excuse them from pursuing alternate methods of blocking or preventing this kind of thing, but you really can't assume that 100% of unpatched servers are unpatched due to stupidity or laziness (five nines, maybe:-)).
Well at least MS isn't bold enough to put "Own the Net" on their homepage (look at the top right corner)
Yikes! They really do mean it!
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Hey, that "concrete computer" comment was a joke, and was never intended to be taken seriously.
I am deeply and sincerely sorry that I could not find the appropriate "icon" or "smiley" to denote "light sarcasm" and am therefore ashamed to admit that I need to reply to a reply to my comment in order to explain.
Please note: that last sentence also has no "icon" but perhaps the "light sarcasm" or possibly a little "pretensiousness" is still slightly detectable.
Also Please note: I threw in a little "self-deprecation" there at the end, but still, no "icon"! Yikes!
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No question of that - but keep in mind what it says at the bottom of the article:
Times staff writer Thomas H. Maugh II covers medicine.
I guess my point is that at least the LATimes is not paying him to be a moron on technical issues. I would be much more annoyed if this guy was their technology writer.
It doesn't make me too confident about their medical coverage, though:-)
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When you think about it, why does one need a better TV definition ?
Um, you do realize this is/. right? That's like asking "Why does one need 120+fps in Q3A?" or "Why doe one need to make a computer out Concrete?"
If people didn't want(need) insanely ridiculous things, insanely ridiculous things would never get created! How many insanely ridiculous things do you use every day?
I think those are eyeblasters. Also known as the "ad format that drove people over the brink"
While I think they have some neat special effects, when they pop up on a site I'm trying to read they are extremely annoying. Many times you have to let the animation play out a bit before you have any obvious way of closing the damn things!
I think Adobe was annoyed that he was selling a product that could decrypt e-books. The bigger problem IMO is that from reading the complaint linked in the story, it seems as though just making that product would be considered a crime.
I was wondering what, exactly, he was arrested for (selling, distributing, or creating the product) but then I read this from the complaint:
2. Title 17, United States Code, Section 1201(b) states in relevant part:
(1) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that -
(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof;
Yikes! Am I reading this correctly - you can't even write such software just for testing purposes? Or as proof-of-concept? I thought Adobe was upset about him selling the product, but I guess he can be arrested just for making it.
I also found this interesting from the Reuters article:
U.S. copyright protection law conflicts with laws in Russia, Germany and Scandinavian countries which require software makers to provide a way for users to create a backup copy, Katalov said. ``So, in reality, Adobe software is illegal in Russia,'' he said.
Is that really correct? Anybody know anything about copyright law in those countries? It just sounds kind of strange.
Isn't it just far too late to expect people to switch to something other than mp3? I know MS would like us all to use WMA, and regardless of any size/quality/etc. comparisons, doesn't the format issue (at this point, anyway) come down what most people already have their music encoded in?
I'm just curious because I see all the initiatives by companies to push other formats and they all seem to just assume people will forget about the mp3 libraries (not to mention tools) they already have! (note - I realize that Napster will "helpfully" convert your files, but really, how many people will want that?)
I just find it annoying, particularly since major hardware manufacturers are starting to make some nice mp3 devices (2nd and 3rd generation mp3-on-cd head units are starting to look good) and now it looks like all that work will be wasted if there is a strong push to abandon mp3.
I just hope that these new formats will be considered "add-ons" and not "replacements" for mp3 in future hardware devices. It's not looking good, though. My only hope is that hardware manufacturers have a more realistic view of what format the consumer's music is in right now!
I'm a little less concerned about listening to music on your computer - as every third or fourth poster here is proud to proclaim - "another format to crack! yipee!" It's a bit harder to do that to hardware device, though:-)
jeez - those lawyers take time out of their busy schedules to write a nice letter helpfully explaining a possible copyright problem that is none of their business but fully within the scope of German law and now nobody wants to pay them for their trouble!?!? What has this world come to?
Do you have any idea how much time and effort it must have taken for those lawyers to randmonly overhear someone mention the name "Killustrator" down at the Kaffeehaus and write a couple of letters? Wow...lawyerin' is a tough gig! No wonder people love them so much:-)
As to the complaint to the FTC - I think this is the relevant part:
Not all search engine companies have adopted deceptive advertising practices. For example, Google clearly notes that its paid placements are "Sponsored Links," and it will not put paid ads within its search results. "We have no plans for a paid inclusion program," Google spokesperson Cindy McCaffrey told SearchEngineWatch.com. "[O]ur search results represent our editorial integrity, and we have no plans to alter our automated process, which works very well in gathering information and delivering highly relevant results,"(4) she said.
Wow, I always thought everyone knew what caused it, but nobody bothered to actually prove it.
I'm only saying this 'cause my High School physics teacher (oh, around 1988 or so) told us it was due to lower air pressure inside the shower. Perhaps he didn't know exactly why there was lower air pressure in there?
I've been having similar thoughts ever since WWIIO and AO were released, and with the HD and network additions to upcoming consoles... but you have to keep in mind that console developers know exactly what type of hardware the game is going to be run on. If you release a buggy product, you can't really blame it on hardware issues!
Even if they could issue patches, the fact that you had to release a patch for a game you designed to work on one very specific hardware design is not a good sign!
Of course, I have a feeling (and common sense would seem to indicate!) that these problems are more marketing related than developer related, and I have little doubt in my mind that we can look forward to many buggy releases for consoles as they become more "updateable". Oh well.
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I was about to say "Latin American Coke" but that's a whole different topic :-)
Anyway, my sister brought back a bottle from DomRep - man it was good. Part of it was certainly nostalgia, but I'm pretty sure they are using more (if not all) natural sugars in Latin American bottling plants.
Now how did I know that was going to be the first reply?
Now, if this picture (from the article - really, check the link or read the damn article yourself!) had been the one the system had captured, I wouldn't be so surprised :-)
This seems to be more a problem with the newspaper's policies rather than the system itself - I mean they are the ones that printed the damn picture and then sold it to U.S.News!
Neither NT nor 2K install IIS by default ... but I'm with you on the way it's set up when you actually do install it - on 2K the default install of IIS includes not only a web server, but FTP and SMTP. Needless to say, not a nice thing to have popping up all over your intranet when developers need to test their web-based apps :-)
I personally can't construct a situation like this, but let's say that the microsoft patch (or whatever patch your virus applies) causes that person's version of IIS to crash? Maybe they've got some crazy-ass custom app that uses those index server extensions for something and patching it breaks their custom app and that's why they haven't patched their IIS server? Then you really would be liable for lost business, etc.
:-)).
Or course, this seems highly unlikely. OTOH, strange things can happen with NT/IIS (asp-to-mail is my personal fave). Let's just use this as a purely hypothetical example. There might be a case where someone has a good reason not to patch their system. That doesn't excuse them from pursuing alternate methods of blocking or preventing this kind of thing, but you really can't assume that 100% of unpatched servers are unpatched due to stupidity or laziness (five nines, maybe
please read and stop this nonsense: plural of virus
Why is it made for people under 6 feet tall only?
um, they do make 3 different sizes...A,B,C
Well at least MS isn't bold enough to put "Own the Net" on their homepage (look at the top right corner)
Yikes! They really do mean it!
Hey, that "concrete computer" comment was a joke, and was never intended to be taken seriously.
I am deeply and sincerely sorry that I could not find the appropriate "icon" or "smiley" to denote "light sarcasm" and am therefore ashamed to admit that I need to reply to a reply to my comment in order to explain.
Please note: that last sentence also has no "icon" but perhaps the "light sarcasm" or possibly a little "pretensiousness" is still slightly detectable.
Also Please note: I threw in a little "self-deprecation" there at the end, but still, no "icon"! Yikes!
No question of that - but keep in mind what it says at the bottom of the article:
Times staff writer Thomas H. Maugh II covers medicine.
I guess my point is that at least the LATimes is not paying him to be a moron on technical issues. I would be much more annoyed if this guy was their technology writer.
It doesn't make me too confident about their medical coverage, though
quote:
When you think about it, why does one need a better TV definition ?
Um, you do realize this is
If people didn't want(need) insanely ridiculous things, insanely ridiculous things would never get created! How many insanely ridiculous things do you use every day?
I think those are eyeblasters. Also known as the "ad format that drove people over the brink"
While I think they have some neat special effects, when they pop up on a site I'm trying to read they are extremely annoying. Many times you have to let the animation play out a bit before you have any obvious way of closing the damn things!
look a few posts up, in a reply to the original bablefish cut-n-paste
Doesn't the DMCA only apply to this millenium? Just wondering :-)
props to the both of you for the speedy translation!
:-)
I almost understood everything the fish was saying, but it's nice to read it without the headache
I think Adobe was annoyed that he was selling a product that could decrypt e-books. The bigger problem IMO is that from reading the complaint linked in the story, it seems as though just making that product would be considered a crime.
I was wondering what, exactly, he was arrested for (selling, distributing, or creating the product) but then I read this from the complaint:
2. Title 17, United States Code, Section 1201(b) states in relevant part:
(1) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that -
(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof;
Yikes! Am I reading this correctly - you can't even write such software just for testing purposes? Or as proof-of-concept? I thought Adobe was upset about him selling the product, but I guess he can be arrested just for making it.
I also found this interesting from the Reuters article:
U.S. copyright protection law conflicts with laws in Russia, Germany and Scandinavian countries which require software makers to provide a way for users to create a backup copy, Katalov said. ``So, in reality, Adobe software is illegal in Russia,'' he said.
Is that really correct? Anybody know anything about copyright law in those countries? It just sounds kind of strange.
Man I wish every person who loudly and proudly proclaims "I don't watch TV and am therefore a Mr. Smartypants" would read that article.
Isn't it just far too late to expect people to switch to something other than mp3? I know MS would like us all to use WMA, and regardless of any size/quality/etc. comparisons, doesn't the format issue (at this point, anyway) come down what most people already have their music encoded in?
I'm just curious because I see all the initiatives by companies to push other formats and they all seem to just assume people will forget about the mp3 libraries (not to mention tools) they already have! (note - I realize that Napster will "helpfully" convert your files, but really, how many people will want that?)
I just find it annoying, particularly since major hardware manufacturers are starting to make some nice mp3 devices (2nd and 3rd generation mp3-on-cd head units are starting to look good) and now it looks like all that work will be wasted if there is a strong push to abandon mp3.
I just hope that these new formats will be considered "add-ons" and not "replacements" for mp3 in future hardware devices. It's not looking good, though. My only hope is that hardware manufacturers have a more realistic view of what format the consumer's music is in right now!
I'm a little less concerned about listening to music on your computer - as every third or fourth poster here is proud to proclaim - "another format to crack! yipee!" It's a bit harder to do that to hardware device, though
jeez - those lawyers take time out of their busy schedules to write a nice letter helpfully explaining a possible copyright problem that is none of their business but fully within the scope of German law and now nobody wants to pay them for their trouble!?!? What has this world come to?
Do you have any idea how much time and effort it must have taken for those lawyers to randmonly overhear someone mention the name "Killustrator" down at the Kaffeehaus and write a couple of letters? Wow...lawyerin' is a tough gig! No wonder people love them so much
Well I thought your post was perfectly clear
As to the complaint to the FTC - I think this is the relevant part:
Not all search engine companies have adopted deceptive advertising practices. For example, Google clearly notes that its paid placements are "Sponsored Links," and it will not put paid ads within its search results. "We have no plans for a paid inclusion program," Google spokesperson Cindy McCaffrey told SearchEngineWatch.com. "[O]ur search results represent our editorial integrity, and we have no plans to alter our automated process, which works very well in gathering information and delivering highly relevant results,"(4) she said.
from here
Wow, I always thought everyone knew what caused it, but nobody bothered to actually prove it.
I'm only saying this 'cause my High School physics teacher (oh, around 1988 or so) told us it was due to lower air pressure inside the shower. Perhaps he didn't know exactly why there was lower air pressure in there?
I've been having similar thoughts ever since WWIIO and AO were released, and with the HD and network additions to upcoming consoles... but you have to keep in mind that console developers know exactly what type of hardware the game is going to be run on. If you release a buggy product, you can't really blame it on hardware issues!
Even if they could issue patches, the fact that you had to release a patch for a game you designed to work on one very specific hardware design is not a good sign!
Of course, I have a feeling (and common sense would seem to indicate!) that these problems are more marketing related than developer related, and I have little doubt in my mind that we can look forward to many buggy releases for consoles as they become more "updateable". Oh well.
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Other than that, nothing really bothered me so much that I groaned out loud (OK, maybe the cheesy painted backgrounds in certain desert scenes...)
well, they have certainly surpassed the Linux version of IE.
:-)
Though I hardly think that proves anything