I've actually been working on a similar project - turning a notebook into a computer. I don't have any pictures at the moment, but in a nutshell, it pretty much involves tying a ball and chain onto my PowerBook G4. How do you like MY apples?
Don't let those teeny bugs get in the way of anything. What you need is a new logo! Something shiny and capable of distracting users. Just think:
I totally agree with your sarcastic remark. Because, you know, I bet when one guy redesigns the logo, the rest of the company would stop working and just stare.
Friday, October 17 8:00 AM Monday, October 20 8:00 AM Friday, November 14 4:00 PM
Who with a job could participate?
Qualification round requires you to complete the problem set between Friday, October 17 8:00 AM and Monday, October 20 8:00 AM. You can complete the problem anytime over the weekend if you prefer.
The last date you gave out is for the championship round, which is onsite anyways.
It'd also be a nice touch if they'd have put USB ports on the keyboard, that could "tunnel" through the bluetooth back to the computer.
Actually I think they should've had an inflatable kitchen sink pop up when I press ctrl-option-delete on the keyboard, but sure, throw in that USB thing too.
Steve Jobs - kitchen sink and USB. Are you listening?
The Google toolbar has never broken any existing functionality by being patched. Windows, Office, Xbox, just about every piece of software MS writes has had a patch break something that used to work. THAT is the difference, and why nobody has complained. Plus when Google updates, they ADD features, they don't take away features like MS has been known to do in the name of security.
Except that in this case, it's existing functionality not brought upon you from Microsoft - it's functionality from modchips meant to circumvent whatever security system was in place.
By the way, every time the shareware programs I use upgrade to a new version, and breaks the cracks I had for the nag screens, I write a letter to the author complaining, but I never hear back. Do you know why?
You might have enough opinions to write a book on why copyright infringement is wrong, why DMCA is evil and unconstitutional, why RIAA is literally extorting the filesharers. Copyright infringement won't exactly advance whatever cause you're trying to pursue.
Don't share copyrighted works that you do not have permission to share. And you won't have to pay.
How can they be shipping, the IBM tour guides say they ain't making the chips yet.
http://www.macnn.com/news/20383
I guess it's expected that the Low ID users are the true slashdot users.
Read the FRIGGING link you just posted:
Infoworld reports that the PowerPC "G5" 970 is not yet in production at IBM's new state-of-the-art $2.5 billion 140,000 square-foot chip-fabrication facility in Fishkill, N.Y: "Our tour guide confided that the PowerPC 970 chip (Apple's G5) is not yet in production in Fishkill, but it takes no time at all to get a new chip into the line."
Just because it's not in production at Fishkill THREE WEEKS AGO doesn't mean: 1) It's in production at Fishkill now. 2) It's not in production at other plants.
Is there really anything worthwhile to say about this article? Apple's doing the right thing, roughly. Sure you can nit-pick details, but what a waste.
But if they have the choice to disable comments for certain articles or not, won't we just see a lot more whiny postings along the lines of "Is there really anything worthwhile to say about this article? Apple's doing the right thing, roughly. Sure you can nit-pick details, but what a waste."?
Sure I'll buy the game...... but only if I get to catch Geraldo drawing battle plans in front of a cameraman. (and only if I get to run after him with a couple of Bradley's after he's fired.. heh)
Of course, back then we all thought it was The Second Coming when The One Who Struck Down Microsoft discovered a shrewd loophole that would save Napster. Hah! We all know what happened there...
I hope his cute loopholes fail him again this time around...
That's absurd. You've already licensed the software to them under the terms of the GPL. If you could just say "Oh, we changed our minds", then what's the point of the GPL?
SCO is not really obeying the terms of GPL. So either SCO can choose to obey the GPL, agree to a different license, or infringe the copyright of the kernel contributors and risk getting sued.
Which actually partially references the article you mentioned, even though you cited a link that doesn't even work. (http://www.sciam.com/1998/1198issue/1198techbus2. html (nope, doesn't work even without the spaces))
I find it cute that NT crashes to its knees because a userland app made a division-by-zero (or buffer overflow) error. Which makes it at fault.
A few years after that... Somebody will release a "Back to Basics" console system with simplistic controls, quality graphics and easy to follow storylines that will take the market by storm...
That might take ten years or more though...
You can cut down your wait time by ten years or more, since Nintendo has ALWAYS produced games with simplistic controls, quality graphics and easy to follow storylines.
But you did say the wait was for a "A console system with easy to follow storyline", which I have yet to see. Are you suggesting the current consoles' user manuals have too complex of a plot?
Of course it's wrong! Now they'll have to update all the chemistry textbooks, and of course all the old editions will be worthless now. Ah HA!
What they don't tell you is that they got a bunch of other "corrections" under their sleeve. You know, because in a year or so they're going to need another excuse to roll out a new edition.
Quite similar to Microsoft's "pay us to upgrade, so you can patch up the bugs we created in the first place!" biz model, actually.;-P
Yes, you can get a DRM boggled version for 99c a track.
Which Apple allows me to burns back on a CD if I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to. But since it plays great on my computer(s), my iPod, I have yet to even use the "Burn CD" option.
I do not consider it a good deal, since you can get the CD elswhere for 10 a pop too, without and DRM.
When there's only one song I like on an album (which usually costs a lot more than $10), I do NOT consider it a good deal to get the CD instead. 99 cent sounds just about right.
BTW, have you heard about the crap Apple got itself in, when people found out that as soon as you move to Canada, your iTMS songs will not play anymore? As a matter of fact they only play while you comp is in the USA locale and timezone...
I have. And since I actually READ the article, so I know that the original poster's description were pretty close to half lies. Unfortunately you didn't, and yet you still find the need to spread these half-truths around as if they were true.
There is no "USA locale" check performed. Once you have them on your computer, you are free to play them -- regardless of where you live. You just have to live in the US to be able to download the songs.
A poster from Sweden mentioned too that you don't even have to live in the US. All you need is a US billing address.
Don't get too worked up with what that parent post said though. The people that complain about Apple's DRM clearly 1) has not tried it themselves and 2) worried that any DRM will hamper their ability to download music without the copyright holder's permission.
ROFL! You've all been trolled! LOL! Yes, my wife is in law school, but the opinions above are my own. Of course I'm not going to get the intracicies of the law, I've not gone to law school!
Sorry, but I just couldn't resist going off about copyright stuff yesterday, and since I got a bunch of people to discuss, despite my trolling, I guess I accomplished my goal of creating a war. LOL!
LOL! I fell flat on my face yesterday on the streets, everyone laughed, but... I did that on purpose! those suckers thought I really tripped on accident! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
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How does using a scarce resource (bandwidth) to create an abundant resource (disk space) make any economic sense?
Headline: How to turn gold into copper! News at 11.
I'm serious, that guy is a genius.
I've actually been working on a similar project - turning a notebook into a computer. I don't have any pictures at the moment, but in a nutshell, it pretty much involves tying a ball and chain onto my PowerBook G4. How do you like MY apples?
Don't let those teeny bugs get in the way of anything. What you need is a new logo! Something shiny and capable of distracting users. Just think:
I totally agree with your sarcastic remark. Because, you know, I bet when one guy redesigns the logo, the rest of the company would stop working and just stare.
Friday, October 17 8:00 AM
Monday, October 20 8:00 AM
Friday, November 14 4:00 PM
Who with a job could participate?
Qualification round requires you to complete the problem set between Friday, October 17 8:00 AM and Monday, October 20 8:00 AM. You can complete the problem anytime over the weekend if you prefer.
The last date you gave out is for the championship round, which is onsite anyways.
It'd also be a nice touch if they'd have put USB ports on the keyboard, that could "tunnel" through the bluetooth back to the computer.
Actually I think they should've had an inflatable kitchen sink pop up when I press ctrl-option-delete on the keyboard, but sure, throw in that USB thing too.
Steve Jobs - kitchen sink and USB. Are you listening?
It does tell me that I'm way over budget and will be bankrupt within 3 months of the start of the fiscal year.
Why? Did you tell MS Money you're planning to buy one copy of MS Windows XP and MS Office XP?
The Google toolbar has never broken any existing functionality by being patched. Windows, Office, Xbox, just about every piece of software MS writes has had a patch break something that used to work. THAT is the difference, and why nobody has complained. Plus when Google updates, they ADD features, they don't take away features like MS has been known to do in the name of security.
Except that in this case, it's existing functionality not brought upon you from Microsoft - it's functionality from modchips meant to circumvent whatever security system was in place.
By the way, every time the shareware programs I use upgrade to a new version, and breaks the cracks I had for the nag screens, I write a letter to the author complaining, but I never hear back. Do you know why?
Q: How to Not Get Sued By the RIAA?
A: Don't break the law.
You might have enough opinions to write a book on why copyright infringement is wrong, why DMCA is evil and unconstitutional, why RIAA is literally extorting the filesharers. Copyright infringement won't exactly advance whatever cause you're trying to pursue.
Don't share copyrighted works that you do not have permission to share. And you won't have to pay.
That game was lots of fun..
http://www.lgm.com/bolo/intro/
Nice troll.
Although you forgot to use the word "beleaguered".
How can they be shipping, the IBM tour guides say they ain't making the chips yet.
http://www.macnn.com/news/20383
I guess it's expected that the Low ID users are the true slashdot users.
Read the FRIGGING link you just posted:
Infoworld reports that the PowerPC "G5" 970 is not yet in production at IBM's new state-of-the-art $2.5 billion 140,000 square-foot chip-fabrication facility in Fishkill, N.Y: "Our tour guide confided that the PowerPC 970 chip (Apple's G5) is not yet in production in Fishkill, but it takes no time at all to get a new chip into the line."
Just because it's not in production at Fishkill THREE WEEKS AGO doesn't mean:
1) It's in production at Fishkill now.
2) It's not in production at other plants.
Is there really anything worthwhile to say about this article? Apple's doing the right thing, roughly. Sure you can nit-pick details, but what a waste.
But if they have the choice to disable comments for certain articles or not, won't we just see a lot more whiny postings along the lines of "Is there really anything worthwhile to say about this article? Apple's doing the right thing, roughly. Sure you can nit-pick details, but what a waste."?
Sure I'll buy the game... ... but only if I get to catch Geraldo drawing battle plans in front of a cameraman. (and only if I get to run after him with a couple of Bradley's after he's fired.. heh)
I still remember when Boies represented Napster, he had an argument that supposedly would cause RIAA to lose ability to enforce their copyright:
Slashdot article from back then: Boies: Music Industry Could Lose Copyright
The CNET article linked from the above Slashdot article: Napster: Downloading music for free is legal
Of course, back then we all thought it was The Second Coming when The One Who Struck Down Microsoft discovered a shrewd loophole that would save Napster. Hah! We all know what happened there...
I hope his cute loopholes fail him again this time around...
That's absurd. You've already licensed the software to them under the terms of the GPL. If you could just say "Oh, we changed our minds", then what's the point of the GPL?
SCO is not really obeying the terms of GPL. So either SCO can choose to obey the GPL, agree to a different license, or infringe the copyright of the kernel contributors and risk getting sued.
I remember, you don't, NT not at fault
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Your topic doesn't make sense, since I can't "not remember" an article that I might not have read.
Besides, maybe you didn't read this thread:
http://lists.insecure.org/lists/politech/2000/Aug
Which actually partially references the article you mentioned, even though you cited a link that doesn't even work. (http://www.sciam.com/1998/1198issue/1198techbus2
I find it cute that NT crashes to its knees because a userland app made a division-by-zero (or buffer overflow) error. Which makes it at fault.
A few years after that... Somebody will release a "Back to Basics" console system with simplistic controls, quality graphics and easy to follow storylines that will take the market by storm...
That might take ten years or more though...
You can cut down your wait time by ten years or more, since Nintendo has ALWAYS produced games with simplistic controls, quality graphics and easy to follow storylines.
But you did say the wait was for a "A console system with easy to follow storyline", which I have yet to see. Are you suggesting the current consoles' user manuals have too complex of a plot?
"I didn't even know the USN was running Linux on front-line ships."
They probably looked at alternatives after Windows NT crashed from a division-by-zero error and left a navy ship dead on the water for several hours.
Of course it's wrong! Now they'll have to update all the chemistry textbooks, and of course all the old editions will be worthless now. Ah HA!
;-P
What they don't tell you is that they got a bunch of other "corrections" under their sleeve. You know, because in a year or so they're going to need another excuse to roll out a new edition.
Quite similar to Microsoft's "pay us to upgrade, so you can patch up the bugs we created in the first place!" biz model, actually.
Yes, you can get a DRM boggled version for 99c a track.
Which Apple allows me to burns back on a CD if I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to. But since it plays great on my computer(s), my iPod, I have yet to even use the "Burn CD" option.
I do not consider it a good deal, since you can get the CD elswhere for 10 a pop too, without and DRM.
When there's only one song I like on an album (which usually costs a lot more than $10), I do NOT consider it a good deal to get the CD instead. 99 cent sounds just about right.
BTW, have you heard about the crap Apple got itself in, when people found out that as soon as you move to Canada, your iTMS songs will not play anymore? As a matter of fact they only play while you comp is in the USA locale and timezone...
I have. And since I actually READ the article, so I know that the original poster's description were pretty close to half lies. Unfortunately you didn't, and yet you still find the need to spread these half-truths around as if they were true.
There is no "USA locale" check performed. Once you have them on your computer, you are free to play them -- regardless of where you live. You just have to live in the US to be able to download the songs.
A poster from Sweden mentioned too that you don't even have to live in the US. All you need is a US billing address.
Don't get too worked up with what that parent post said though. The people that complain about Apple's DRM clearly 1) has not tried it themselves and 2) worried that any DRM will hamper their ability to download music without the copyright holder's permission.
There are few things more irritating than people who reply to things with "Bzzzzt! Wrong!" It makes you look like a total incompetent ass.
I'm not trolling; I only point it out because I keep seeing people do it on Slashdot, and it never becomes any less blatantly jerky.
I agree. Although I included that phrase to mock him (since he used it first), and not because I'm full of myself.
ROFL! You've all been trolled! LOL! Yes, my wife is in law school, but the opinions above are my own. Of course I'm not going to get the intracicies of the law, I've not gone to law school!
Sorry, but I just couldn't resist going off about copyright stuff yesterday, and since I got a bunch of people to discuss, despite my trolling, I guess I accomplished my goal of creating a war. LOL!
LOL! I fell flat on my face yesterday on the streets, everyone laughed, but... I did that on purpose! those suckers thought I really tripped on accident! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
business venture or not has nothing to do with my post or the parent post.
he judged the quality of the game based on the quality of the website. not too different from judging a book from its cover.
Perl? But I only use Visual Basic, you insensitive clod!