Having worked at several startups with large environments where development routinely was leaned upon to jump into production I firmly believe that ideally developers should not install their software (or even touch it) once it is released. Allowing them to do so leads to band-aids, hacks, lack of documentation, short-cuts, and all other manners of badness.
Strictly maintaining that division between development and IT/end users helps ensure that development maintains a complete package. Incumbent in that is that the appropriate feedback loops into development must be established, implemented, and acted upon. Bug reporting, issue tracking, customer feedback, and the like are critical bits of information that cannot be ignored by development.
I'm sorry, but the lions share of the tax money (at least in CA) is not going to major corporations in the form of incentives. Most of it goes to state employees' salaries and benefits, the latter of which is grossly out of whack in this state.
I'm all for keeping a close eye on corporate/government activity, but saying that taxes are high because of it is just incorrect.
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Having owned (and legally bought) D1, D2, the D2LoD, Starcraft, and Starcraft 2 I can honestly say that Blizzard packs enough value into their games (and supports them long after they need) that they've built up a reservoir of trust with their fans that I doubt they'll want to jeopardize. The fact that you can still plan D2 online 12 years after it was released is pretty amazing. Given the near ubiquitous access to broadband by gamers I don't fear need to be required to be online.
"Sorry your honor, I used a very long password made up of computer-generated, random characters: one that I could not possibly remember. I had it written on a scrap of paper on my desk and would only need to type it in on the infrequent chance that I had to reboot my computer..... You should ask the detectives to re-search through the evidence they collected as the scrap of paper is likely in what they took."
Helicopters have limited range and can't carry that much weight. While I wouldn't want to fly a blimp in hostile airspace I can clearly see these being used over friendly airspace. The lack of a need for a super-long runway would mean than even small military bases could be supplied directly via the air.
"If it is a real painting (ie not a copy but a true hand painting) why does it matter who painted it? They obviously had talent."
Paintings aren't valuable simply because of their technical excellence. Their historical, cultural as well as technical signifigance all play into their value. There have been millions of talented artists, but only a relative handful stand out.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but IBM parts shouldn't be finding their way into third-party machines sold as new, right?
You are wrong. Resellers like CDW can install "new" IBM-branded memory into new non-IBM machines before the machine is delivered to a customer. Not saying that is what happened here, but it is totally possible.
As a consumer I'd be pissed if Microsoft did nothing about malware. I want them to either fix the core problem(s) or bundle a free desktop app as a workaround.
It seems like this is a total win for consumers. Sorry, screw anti-spyware vendors. Not all markets were meant to last.
I financially support open source projects that work on Windows because their projects make the most impact to the majority of my customers. Very few of my clients want to migrate away from Windows but ALL want to reduce their overall software costs. Open source on Windows is almost always a winning combination.
Seriously. I stopped playing Blizzard games 2 years ago because I was fed up with the mismanagement of their online games. I've since found other games that are amazingly fun. Check out S2 games. While Savage is somewhat old now it still has a loyal and active following. Their new game also looks promising.
We are sorry that you are having problems driving the car we sold you without a steering wheel but you were a complete sucker for purchasing such a vehicle in the first place.
We realize that you have a choice when purchasing automobiles and are happy that despite our products' defects you still choose to buy them. Your sheep-like loyalty is appreciated.
I might also bring a gun. Last week my brother's best friend Nate (who is in the National Guard) came under sniper fire from a looter and got shot. Luckily the looter couldn't aim and only took off a portion of Nate's finger.
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They do. Windows 7 and a bunch of other software products are offered via TechSoup.
Having worked at several startups with large environments where development routinely was leaned upon to jump into production I firmly believe that ideally developers should not install their software (or even touch it) once it is released. Allowing them to do so leads to band-aids, hacks, lack of documentation, short-cuts, and all other manners of badness.
Strictly maintaining that division between development and IT/end users helps ensure that development maintains a complete package. Incumbent in that is that the appropriate feedback loops into development must be established, implemented, and acted upon. Bug reporting, issue tracking, customer feedback, and the like are critical bits of information that cannot be ignored by development.
I'm sorry, but the lions share of the tax money (at least in CA) is not going to major corporations in the form of incentives. Most of it goes to state employees' salaries and benefits, the latter of which is grossly out of whack in this state.
I'm all for keeping a close eye on corporate/government activity, but saying that taxes are high because of it is just incorrect.
Having owned (and legally bought) D1, D2, the D2LoD, Starcraft, and Starcraft 2 I can honestly say that Blizzard packs enough value into their games (and supports them long after they need) that they've built up a reservoir of trust with their fans that I doubt they'll want to jeopardize. The fact that you can still plan D2 online 12 years after it was released is pretty amazing. Given the near ubiquitous access to broadband by gamers I don't fear need to be required to be online.
"Sorry your honor, I used a very long password made up of computer-generated, random characters: one that I could not possibly remember. I had it written on a scrap of paper on my desk and would only need to type it in on the infrequent chance that I had to reboot my computer. .... You should ask the detectives to re-search through the evidence they collected as the scrap of paper is likely in what they took."
You are correct.
Perhaps I'm just making things up but didn't Apple demand that the iPhone come with unlimited data?
Still, in this case $10 million is a 1/3 of one year's revenues.
Actually...
For the three months ending Dec. 31, ChoicePoint said it earned $27.68 million
So that is a little more than 1/3 of one QUARTER'S revenue.
Aibo -- we'll miss you...
We will?
Helicopters have limited range and can't carry that much weight. While I wouldn't want to fly a blimp in hostile airspace I can clearly see these being used over friendly airspace. The lack of a need for a super-long runway would mean than even small military bases could be supplied directly via the air.
"If it is a real painting (ie not a copy but a true hand painting) why does it matter who painted it? They obviously had talent."
Paintings aren't valuable simply because of their technical excellence. Their historical, cultural as well as technical signifigance all play into their value. There have been millions of talented artists, but only a relative handful stand out.
Yes, I did actually. iBook anyone?
But each obscure indie rock or klezmer song that gets sold for a quarter is almost pure profit...
How is that true? Seems like the profit margin would be much lower for these tracks
Presumably because the cost of generating the original content would be so low.
Could you imagine listing the names of anyone who has contributed to Linux, FreeBSD or any other large open source project?
This law seems to be overly narrow.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but IBM parts shouldn't be finding their way into third-party machines sold as new, right?
You are wrong. Resellers like CDW can install "new" IBM-branded memory into new non-IBM machines before the machine is delivered to a customer. Not saying that is what happened here, but it is totally possible.
Even better, buy used CDs. Same music, 3/4 to 1/2 of the price AND you can almost always sell it back (although at a lower price).
"If I were a anti-spyware vendor, I'd be pissed."
As a consumer I'd be pissed if Microsoft did nothing about malware. I want them to either fix the core problem(s) or bundle a free desktop app as a workaround.
It seems like this is a total win for consumers. Sorry, screw anti-spyware vendors. Not all markets were meant to last.
I financially support open source projects that work on Windows because their projects make the most impact to the majority of my customers. Very few of my clients want to migrate away from Windows but ALL want to reduce their overall software costs. Open source on Windows is almost always a winning combination.
Seriously. I stopped playing Blizzard games 2 years ago because I was fed up with the mismanagement of their online games. I've since found other games that are amazingly fun. Check out S2 games. While Savage is somewhat old now it still has a loyal and active following. Their new game also looks promising.
Dear Consumer,
We are sorry that you are having problems driving the car we sold you without a steering wheel but you were a complete sucker for purchasing such a vehicle in the first place.
We realize that you have a choice when purchasing automobiles and are happy that despite our products' defects you still choose to buy them. Your sheep-like loyalty is appreciated.
The Sony BMG Automotive Support Team
I might also bring a gun. Last week my brother's best friend Nate (who is in the National Guard) came under sniper fire from a looter and got shot. Luckily the looter couldn't aim and only took off a portion of Nate's finger.
Personally I'd bring...
Food
Water
Shelter (canvas tents, large)
Tools (Tarps, gloves, hand saws, hammers, crowbars)
Large Commercial-grade trash bags
Cheap duffle bags / backpacks
Bicycle(s)
You perform what is in the "scope of the work". Nothing more, nothing less.
You can OFFER to widen the scope once you are onsite if you suspect that there are other things wrong, but you should never go poking around.
"the software she wishes to use it with .... claims that it doesn't work too well with HP scanners"
So what does the software vendor recommend? Seems simple enough to ask them?
Mod parent down, this is bad advice!
While AVG is free for personal use it is NOT free for organizations, even a church.