They don't care. Right up to the point where you try and get them to pick up the tab for fixing it after you do whatever you do with it.
What you are not getting is that, even if you use in some other way in which they didn't think about, a bad battery is a bad battery and they have to replace it/repair it.
I'm not talking about a failure related to me inserting the iPhone into my anus. Its a bad battery, and they should honor their warranty.
They can deny it, but I'm not sure they have the right (that it would stand on a trial). I mean, if after I buy it I can do whatever I want, even use it in an unforeseen way... they shouldn't care.
To all the apple fanboys in this thread:).
If I buy an iPhone, and proceed to insert it in my anus (say, I dont use the phone as directed) do they have the right to deny me my warranty if, say, the battery runs out too fast?
Actually, its not that other browsers refuse to work with it, its that Microsoft uses ActiveX to run Windows Update, and nobody wants to use that in alternative browsers (ActiveX is one of the problems with MSIE security model).
Btw, if you REALLY REALLY want to use an alternative browser to run Windows update, you can always use IETAB and run an instance of MSIE inside a tab in Firefox.
I'd rather buy a cheap Chinese knockoff of the Ipod (or just about any other Mp3 player) than being forced to use iTunes. I've been systematically avoiding to use any Mp3 player that needs a special software to write some kind of "database". Its much easier to just drop the files into the mp3 player, create your folders, etc, like you do with any pen drive.
This is obviously an attempt to force you to use THEIR software, THEIR store, etc. instead of giving you choices.
There used to be another service that worked like that, called Veoh. Im not even sure it still exists, I stopped using it when they changed their term of services and forbid the posting of p0rn.
I've found that ever since I changed my ISP, my connection to online games (Eve Online, WoW, etc) sucked. But...if I connected to my office VPN, somehow the route is better (note: I'm in Argentina). Same when I switched from one ISP to another in DSL (just using a different login name in PPPoE seems to change the outgoing ISP..any other ISP worked perfectly). So... after checking several things, there's no other alternative to a filter of some kind in the ISP (most if not all the ISPs use the same pipes going out of the country). Now...how can you verify is something is getting filtered or throttled? My guess is that the guys have some kind of traffic shaping that throttles my game packets...which it doesn't see when I use VPN as I'm encrypting traffic. If they allow unfiltered ICMP (ping), how can you verify that some other protocol is being filtered?. With so much crap like transparent proxies and stuff, are there any tools available for end users?
There happens to be a big group of masochistic players that enjoy griefing, corpse runs and time sinks:). Good for them, I woudn't touch this game with a 10 feet pole.
There's a saying in spanish: "Cree el ladrón que todos son de su condición", roughly "the thief thinks everyone is like him". The idea is the same as yours:).
Its pretty obvious by this time, that the objective of the content distributors is not as much to defend of piracy, but to insure that they are able to sell you the same stuff over and over again, removing any hint of fair use (media shifting? time shifting? format shifting? backup? DENIED, buy the stuff again).
Touche, many things can go wrong. But the bare minimum is knowing wtf you are running, by being able to check the sources and compile it. Even if you are not able to personally do it, the point is that someone who might know more than you do can.
Security wise, binary distributions don't make any sense, unless you trust the source 100%, like you said. You are right.
With close to 4 or 5 remote execution bugs in Ms software each month, how can anyone trust 100% that they wont screw up?
The biggest gay guild in Wow (Roughtrade, http://www.roughtrade.ws/ ) is not EXCLUSIVELY gay as you are implying. They are mostly gay, but they accept any kind of players in it.
Sorry if you feel insulted, but perhaps its time that you USians start to look into the mirror and ask yourself why does most of the world think that way about you.
About health and the drug industry, its been shown that most of the time (if not all) the drugs companies dont care much about anything BUT profits, and that's the reason why many 3rd word countries decided to give the finger to the patents and start manufacturing their own versions of the drugs.
I'm sure people in Iraq is really happy that you are occupping their country, torturing their citizens, killing their civillians, using chemical weapons on their cities, detaining people in secret jails without giving them close to human treatment, etc.
My objections are not about the people drinking or smoking whatever herbs they want to, that wont change.
They are about stealing knowledge from other cultures/sources and pretending to discover the wheel, and pretend to have some kind of special rights to exploit it over anyone else's.
So, that lab has exclusive rights to the use of the product of those plants, just because it wanted to do a business, instead of the people that discovered and has been using the plant?
Lets be fair, the lab didn't want to help anyone with their knowledge except themselves and their shareholders.
TFA was about the other side wanting equivalent protection as the one the US requires.Basically, a tit for tat.
Actually, all the US wants, as usual, is to force their interests on the rest of the world. They dont give a fuck about what the rest deserves, what's fair, or what they need.
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They don't care. Right up to the point where you try and get them to pick up the tab for fixing it after you do whatever you do with it.
What you are not getting is that, even if you use in some other way in which they didn't think about, a bad battery is a bad battery and they have to replace it/repair it.
I'm not talking about a failure related to me inserting the iPhone into my anus. Its a bad battery, and they should honor their warranty.
They can deny it, but I'm not sure they have the right (that it would stand on a trial).
I mean, if after I buy it I can do whatever I want, even use it in an unforeseen way... they shouldn't care.
To all the apple fanboys in this thread :).
If I buy an iPhone, and proceed to insert it in my anus (say, I dont use the phone as directed) do they have the right to deny me my warranty if, say, the battery runs out too fast?
Touche. Nothing except MSIE is EVER going to be able to run ActiveX. (Thank God)
...why I got last night another proposal to install MSIE7.
I was like "WTF, I already said NO. And dont remind me again AGAIN".
Hope it finally listens =)
Actually, its not that other browsers refuse to work with it, its that Microsoft uses ActiveX to run Windows Update, and nobody wants to use that in alternative browsers (ActiveX is one of the problems with MSIE security model).
Btw, if you REALLY REALLY want to use an alternative browser to run Windows update, you can always use IETAB and run an instance of MSIE inside a tab in Firefox.
> 1) Sony's love of proprietary standards and only supporting them
You mean, like Apple with I-pod and their propietary/nonlicensable DRM?
All companies in this space work the same way. Apple just got away with it.
I'd rather buy a cheap Chinese knockoff of the Ipod (or just about any other Mp3 player) than being forced to use iTunes. I've been systematically avoiding to use any Mp3 player that needs a special software to write some kind of "database". Its much easier to just drop the files into the mp3 player, create your folders, etc, like you do with any pen drive. This is obviously an attempt to force you to use THEIR software, THEIR store, etc. instead of giving you choices.
Its still a mystery for my how would anyone even TRY to read that webpage...the adds were absolutely disgusting.
If the supported limits are enough for your app:
e /xe/pdf/dbxe_faq.pdf
Max 4 gb of user data
Using at most a single processor
Using max 1 gb RAM
Oracle its a pretty decent option, and this version its free (as in beer, not as in speech).
Faq here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/databas
There used to be another service that worked like that, called Veoh. Im not even sure it still exists, I stopped using it when they changed their term of services and forbid the posting of p0rn.
1. Start a security consulting firm
2. Request 0 day vulnerabilities from everyone for an event
3. Cancel Event
4. Profit!
But they can still give their "Partners" preferential QOS. From the article: "or favoring some content providers over others."
I've found that ever since I changed my ISP, my connection to online games (Eve Online, WoW, etc) sucked. But...if I connected to my office VPN, somehow the route is better (note: I'm in Argentina). Same when I switched from one ISP to another in DSL (just using a different login name in PPPoE seems to change the outgoing ISP..any other ISP worked perfectly). So... after checking several things, there's no other alternative to a filter of some kind in the ISP (most if not all the ISPs use the same pipes going out of the country).
Now...how can you verify is something is getting filtered or throttled? My guess is that the guys have some kind of traffic shaping that throttles my game packets...which it doesn't see when I use VPN as I'm encrypting traffic. If they allow unfiltered ICMP (ping), how can you verify that some other protocol is being filtered?. With so much crap like transparent proxies and stuff, are there any tools available for end users?
Actually, that's worst
There happens to be a big group of masochistic players that enjoy griefing, corpse runs and time sinks :). Good for them, I woudn't touch this game with a 10 feet pole.
There's a saying in spanish: "Cree el ladrón que todos son de su condición", roughly "the thief thinks everyone is like him". The idea is the same as yours :).
Its pretty obvious by this time, that the objective of the content distributors is not as much to defend of piracy, but to insure that they are able to sell you the same stuff over and over again, removing any hint of fair use (media shifting? time shifting? format shifting? backup? DENIED, buy the stuff again).
Touche, many things can go wrong. But the bare minimum is knowing wtf you are running, by being able to check the sources and compile it. Even if you are not able to personally do it, the point is that someone who might know more than you do can. Security wise, binary distributions don't make any sense, unless you trust the source 100%, like you said. You are right. With close to 4 or 5 remote execution bugs in Ms software each month, how can anyone trust 100% that they wont screw up?
Of course, like this: copy con windows.exe And then hand-code everything. (What, is there another way?)
Why would anyone consider 'trusted computing' some binary program which you haven't compiled yourself is beyond my understanding.
The biggest gay guild in Wow (Roughtrade, http://www.roughtrade.ws/ ) is not EXCLUSIVELY gay as you are implying. They are mostly gay, but they accept any kind of players in it.
Sorry if you feel insulted, but perhaps its time that you USians start to look into the mirror and ask yourself why does most of the world think that way about you. About health and the drug industry, its been shown that most of the time (if not all) the drugs companies dont care much about anything BUT profits, and that's the reason why many 3rd word countries decided to give the finger to the patents and start manufacturing their own versions of the drugs.
I'm sure people in Iraq is really happy that you are occupping their country, torturing their citizens, killing their civillians, using chemical weapons on their cities, detaining people in secret jails without giving them close to human treatment, etc.
My objections are not about the people drinking or smoking whatever herbs they want to, that wont change. They are about stealing knowledge from other cultures/sources and pretending to discover the wheel, and pretend to have some kind of special rights to exploit it over anyone else's.
So, that lab has exclusive rights to the use of the product of those plants, just because it wanted to do a business, instead of the people that discovered and has been using the plant? Lets be fair, the lab didn't want to help anyone with their knowledge except themselves and their shareholders. TFA was about the other side wanting equivalent protection as the one the US requires.Basically, a tit for tat. Actually, all the US wants, as usual, is to force their interests on the rest of the world. They dont give a fuck about what the rest deserves, what's fair, or what they need.