And you missed his point....if it's so hard because there's lots of bots (this is assuming bots are hard to beat) then people won't play. If people aren't playing then there's less tables for the house to rake.
"When you decide you're going to take revenge on anyone who pirates, all you are going to do is drive away people who might otherwise pay for the software."
What kind of head-up-your-ass thinking is this? No one who pirates is someone who "might otherwise pay" if you don't retaliate.
While I submit that this isn't a group you would ever want to put into your prediction model for sales....it does exist. I've purchased a number of apps after pirating them. I won't explain my reasons....it'd get into moral relativism...but the fact remains, a few apps I pirated first and bought (same version) later.
That's the thing though...."extra sales" ? There will be none. No one is going to say "well, it deleted my home dir...maybe I'll buy it!" This is pure retribution...plain and simple. Very short sighted, IMHO.
It may not be a problem for you. It's not a problem for me either. To normal users though, consistency does matter....you understand that don't you? I mean, it makes the computer easier to use (more familar) when App A does things the same way that App B does. Is it really so hard to understand?
Actually I've found Terminal Services to be about the same to Remote Desktop (infact I'm pretty sure they're identical...terminal services client will connect to a remote desktop).
I've used Remote Desktop across dsl to a 1.5ghz P4/256megs ram.
I've used Terminal Services across cable to a dual 1 or 2ghz server with probably a gig of ram....can't remember specific machine specs. Both worked great.
I tell you what works even better though, Gotomypc. That is a really nice app there. Reverse connections too.
VNC really isn't that bad either if you've got the mirage driver installed (otherwise the server eats up CPU like crazy). You can even set that up to reverse connect too. I've written an app to help automate that actually....if you're interested in that app let me know...I believe I have the (C#/.NET and some perl) source online at rootedbox.com somewhere.
I can't attest to RDP over a dialup as I've never used it, but I have used it over a DSL connection(IOW 10mbit lan) and it was just perfectly fine. No problems whatsoever. Something was wrong with your setup.
Yea...couple that with the fact that at LEAST one person had to get laid off at ONE of the targeted companies due to budget cutbacks resulting from the loss of income.
No...I was trying to offer a possible logical explanation as to why independent film producers would sell their films at a loss, and that's it. The grandparent (or great grandparent?)'s conclusion didn't make much sense to me.
Well, with the way the grand parent was talking, it sounded like he meant digitally signed communications between RFID tag and the writer/reader...in that case the tag itself would need to be able to do encryption.
If, as you're saying, encrypted data is put on the tag and simply read back at purchase, you could just read the encrypted data from a similar+cheaper item and write that to the more expensive item's tag...
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And you missed his point....if it's so hard because there's lots of bots (this is assuming bots are hard to beat) then people won't play. If people aren't playing then there's less tables for the house to rake.
Could you ever even do those with AOL?
Since when does pure conjecture require calculations?
Someone forgot to send me the memo.
While I submit that this isn't a group you would ever want to put into your prediction model for sales....it does exist. I've purchased a number of apps after pirating them. I won't explain my reasons....it'd get into moral relativism...but the fact remains, a few apps I pirated first and bought (same version) later.
That's the thing though...."extra sales" ? There will be none. No one is going to say "well, it deleted my home dir...maybe I'll buy it!" This is pure retribution...plain and simple. Very short sighted, IMHO.
Hehe.....
Matching socks...good one.
It may not be a problem for you. It's not a problem for me either. To normal users though, consistency does matter....you understand that don't you? I mean, it makes the computer easier to use (more familar) when App A does things the same way that App B does. Is it really so hard to understand?
Or is it just cool to not "get it" in this case ?
Yes...look and feel consistency between apps is pretty nice. You don't comprehend that?
Sorry, but I have one on the way.
MD5 hashes.
Oh wait...
The sad thing is that *IS* a feature! not a bug!
Actually I've found Terminal Services to be about the same to Remote Desktop (infact I'm pretty sure they're identical...terminal services client will connect to a remote desktop).
I've used Remote Desktop across dsl to a 1.5ghz P4/256megs ram.
I've used Terminal Services across cable to a dual 1 or 2ghz server with probably a gig of ram....can't remember specific machine specs. Both worked great.
I tell you what works even better though, Gotomypc. That is a really nice app there. Reverse connections too.
VNC really isn't that bad either if you've got the mirage driver installed (otherwise the server eats up CPU like crazy). You can even set that up to reverse connect too. I've written an app to help automate that actually....if you're interested in that app let me know...I believe I have the (C#/.NET and some perl) source online at rootedbox.com somewhere.
I can't attest to RDP over a dialup as I've never used it, but I have used it over a DSL connection(IOW 10mbit lan) and it was just perfectly fine. No problems whatsoever. Something was wrong with your setup.
Are you sure this can't be implemented at the toolkit level? That would certainly make adoption easier.
No, but it runs Linux. They say it's fast enough for Ogg but it's not quite working yet.
Yea...couple that with the fact that at LEAST one person had to get laid off at ONE of the targeted companies due to budget cutbacks resulting from the loss of income.
Yes. What's wrong with that logic?
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No...I was trying to offer a possible logical explanation as to why independent film producers would sell their films at a loss, and that's it. The grandparent (or great grandparent?)'s conclusion didn't make much sense to me.
Well, he did say independent films. Perhaps they just want to make a name for themselves?
"trusted traveler program" ....does that scare anyone else?
That's a good idea since Many SUVs are already large enough to take down tall buildings.
AT&T WS literally gives these things away.....with a 2 year contract (or renewal) but still.
While we're dreaming...
wouldn't it be great if fried shrimp was good for you?
My inspiron 8200 has a 1600x1200 native resolution. Probably the laptop's best feature.
I don't think I got the "UltraSharp" screen, but rather the one just under that (I forget what they called it...)
Well, with the way the grand parent was talking, it sounded like he meant digitally signed communications between RFID tag and the writer/reader...in that case the tag itself would need to be able to do encryption.
If, as you're saying, encrypted data is put on the tag and simply read back at purchase, you could just read the encrypted data from a similar+cheaper item and write that to the more expensive item's tag...