all im seeing on this forum is people bitching about tieing the windows kernel to the IE web browser. i dont see how they are doing that. the OS is not the kernel. an OS should have a dedicated browser, as HTML is such a simple way to store and provide information to the user, so there should be a single way to present that HTML in applications on the OS. besides, the main reason for this is to make people upgrade. "oh shit! thats evil! they can't make money!" you may say, but then you are dumb. they are in bussiness and they are very good at what they do.
file format to describe a bill to be paid. this file is transfered to your cell phone, pda, or whatever the hell we'll call them in 5 years. then a thumbprint reader will verify you are you and that you authorize the bill being paid, transfering the payment authorization, signed with your private key, to the bank.
It amazes me that a book such as this could be banned, yet car service manuals can be sold in most bookstores.
no wonder everyone loves cowboyneal! thats the best anology ive heard yet. im sure its from somewhere else. but ive been looking for a reason to look at CN as more than a stupid poll option.
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my old Compaq CDTV 520 had such a feature and it was windows 3.1 on 66mhz. even included a ten mailbox answering machine. what a great box. too bad the built in monitor went bad.
spent a week barely talking to my fiance because me and my friend were constantly playing that game and either i was too busy play to talk, or she wouldnt call because i kept playing that "stupid game", as she called it.
bet she cant for me to get SH 3!
DRM is built into *NIX systems
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if i log into a system i only have the rights to access data how the system allows me to. if someone else owns a file, they have the ability to stop my use of the file. all the DRM buzzword is is the ability for a file to be owned by users not on the system. or perhaps it could be done by just having automatic user accounts made for new artists.
"bizarre extension" is one way to word it! can't mod the x-box that i own, yet its perfectly legal for me to white out a word in a book i buy and fill it in with a new word.
you misunderstand me greatly. i think that should happen. i believe it should pass into law, officially. what i was saying is that the current number of americans breaking the current laws because they think its right is a sign that it should be legal and we should not be passing laws against something most americans agree with.
I believe these numbers are true and that most Americans do not think anything is wrong with downloading songs and music. The industries will have a fit about this, slap more lawsuits on our hands, encrypt all their content, and raise prices slowly over the next few years. but this is a democracy. we vote. and the vote has been taken. has anyone stopped to consider that if the majority of Americans dont believe its wrong, then it should not be against the law? when the majority of Americans decided that Prohibition was wrong, they stopped making that the law. live and learn. we cant keep a law against everyones wishes just to protect a dying bussiness. The world will not end, it will simple change.
I was just talking to my fiancee about this, trying to convince her of the evils of the RIAA. And, you are very right. It doesn't cost nearly as much as they say.
My uncle was in a band who self produced 500 CDs. Not much but all accounts, but even that was only 2 bucks a CD and that included studio time, equipement rental, editing, and album cover printing. And, of course, in more bulk the price goes down.
Does anyone else think we need to have laws past that limit the time someone can take to act on infringements on their IP? Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that SCO does have something here. They surely knew for quite some time, and could have acted sooner. Of course, they wouldn't have made as much money off of such a deal then... See my point?
The traditional certification models are not a good idea for the computer service and repair industry. This industry was built on kids-in-their-basement set ups for the past two decades. Many capable and trusted computer repairers might loose a lot of money before they complete enough certifications to perform all the tasks they had before. The current certifications available have already shown us that those holding them do not always have a clear view of the field. A new model of certification should be found for this industry.
Many of my older friends have repaired computers for a living for many years. Being very knowledgable and expirienced, these individuals can repair just about anything a computer user can break. This expirience can not be found in certifications as they are today. If certification is forced, then expirienced technicians will loose money until they can get their certifications and money-seekers will gain the certifications without nearly the ability, knowledge, or expirience of their counterparts and will take valuable customers away, who believe they are a better choice because of the certification and new face.
What I would propose is a certification model based on the current "trust certification" we see commonly. How many technicians advertise purely on word-of-mouth? I know many who get all their bussiness through customers talking to fellow users about who to take the system to in an emergency. This trust is based on completed, successful repairs and the years they have worked on computers. Additionally, are we forgetting what has long been the number one sign of a 'computer expert'; a love of computers, which cannot be put into paper and thus which would be destroyed by regulation.
Certifications should exist, but should not be mandatory. The agency which would give out these certifications, which would not be private corporations as many current certifications, would re-issue certifications every two or three months. The primary reason for this is the "customer satisfaction rating" which consists of customer's filling out special forms which the technician sends in. On top of the normal certification levels that would be given, their expirience could at least somewhat be rated on paper, giving a much better representation of ability than most current certifications which make all who hold the same certification equal, even tho many of them were enthusiastic computer lovers for many years and others never touched a computer before entering their training course a few months before.
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you can claim that you want to add any feature you care to.
they dont have to tell everyone the source is there. we all know that by law they have to give any modified source. has anyone tried to request it?
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all im seeing on this forum is people bitching about tieing the windows kernel to the IE web browser. i dont see how they are doing that. the OS is not the kernel. an OS should have a dedicated browser, as HTML is such a simple way to store and provide information to the user, so there should be a single way to present that HTML in applications on the OS. besides, the main reason for this is to make people upgrade. "oh shit! thats evil! they can't make money!" you may say, but then you are dumb. they are in bussiness and they are very good at what they do.
file format to describe a bill to be paid. this file is transfered to your cell phone, pda, or whatever the hell we'll call them in 5 years. then a thumbprint reader will verify you are you and that you authorize the bill being paid, transfering the payment authorization, signed with your private key, to the bank.
It amazes me that a book such as this could be banned, yet car service manuals can be sold in most bookstores.
no wonder everyone loves cowboyneal! thats the best anology ive heard yet. im sure its from somewhere else. but ive been looking for a reason to look at CN as more than a stupid poll option.
my old Compaq CDTV 520 had such a feature and it was windows 3.1 on 66mhz. even included a ten mailbox answering machine. what a great box. too bad the built in monitor went bad.
spent a week barely talking to my fiance because me and my friend were constantly playing that game and either i was too busy play to talk, or she wouldnt call because i kept playing that "stupid game", as she called it.
bet she cant for me to get SH 3!
if i log into a system i only have the rights to access data how the system allows me to. if someone else owns a file, they have the ability to stop my use of the file. all the DRM buzzword is is the ability for a file to be owned by users not on the system. or perhaps it could be done by just having automatic user accounts made for new artists.
"bizarre extension" is one way to word it! can't mod the x-box that i own, yet its perfectly legal for me to white out a word in a book i buy and fill it in with a new word.
Our rights reguarding IP are very essential human rights. free speech is the most important thing we have.
i jest not.
i cant think of a linux distro that doesnt play more media files than windows out-of-the-box. mplayer beats out WMP on that like theres no tomorrow.
And illegal. Don't be stupid, taco. The whole point of the non-mod xbox linux is that any other way is illegal in many places.
you misunderstand me greatly. i think that should happen. i believe it should pass into law, officially. what i was saying is that the current number of americans breaking the current laws because they think its right is a sign that it should be legal and we should not be passing laws against something most americans agree with.
I believe these numbers are true and that most Americans do not think anything is wrong with downloading songs and music. The industries will have a fit about this, slap more lawsuits on our hands, encrypt all their content, and raise prices slowly over the next few years. but this is a democracy. we vote. and the vote has been taken. has anyone stopped to consider that if the majority of Americans dont believe its wrong, then it should not be against the law? when the majority of Americans decided that Prohibition was wrong, they stopped making that the law. live and learn. we cant keep a law against everyones wishes just to protect a dying bussiness. The world will not end, it will simple change.
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I wish I could find my papers from a few years back when i drew up a diagram for the universe as a four dimensional donut. this was my idea first.
Actually I believe Linux does support this. I remember reading about it when the first patch was released.
misplaced sensor on that mouse. I was hoping it would be on the buttons themselves.
Why do i have to pay it? What am I actually paying the government for in relation to how much money I spend on merchandise and services?
I think you're right. They do that to decrease the chances of pesky originallity.
I was just talking to my fiancee about this, trying to convince her of the evils of the RIAA. And, you are very right. It doesn't cost nearly as much as they say.
My uncle was in a band who self produced 500 CDs. Not much but all accounts, but even that was only 2 bucks a CD and that included studio time, equipement rental, editing, and album cover printing. And, of course, in more bulk the price goes down.
Does anyone else think we need to have laws past that limit the time someone can take to act on infringements on their IP? Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that SCO does have something here. They surely knew for quite some time, and could have acted sooner. Of course, they wouldn't have made as much money off of such a deal then... See my point?
Many of my older friends have repaired computers for a living for many years. Being very knowledgable and expirienced, these individuals can repair just about anything a computer user can break. This expirience can not be found in certifications as they are today. If certification is forced, then expirienced technicians will loose money until they can get their certifications and money-seekers will gain the certifications without nearly the ability, knowledge, or expirience of their counterparts and will take valuable customers away, who believe they are a better choice because of the certification and new face.
What I would propose is a certification model based on the current "trust certification" we see commonly. How many technicians advertise purely on word-of-mouth? I know many who get all their bussiness through customers talking to fellow users about who to take the system to in an emergency. This trust is based on completed, successful repairs and the years they have worked on computers. Additionally, are we forgetting what has long been the number one sign of a 'computer expert'; a love of computers, which cannot be put into paper and thus which would be destroyed by regulation.
Certifications should exist, but should not be mandatory. The agency which would give out these certifications, which would not be private corporations as many current certifications, would re-issue certifications every two or three months. The primary reason for this is the "customer satisfaction rating" which consists of customer's filling out special forms which the technician sends in. On top of the normal certification levels that would be given, their expirience could at least somewhat be rated on paper, giving a much better representation of ability than most current certifications which make all who hold the same certification equal, even tho many of them were enthusiastic computer lovers for many years and others never touched a computer before entering their training course a few months before.