That "hole" in iMovie was closed a long time ago, so that only works if you have an old copy of iMovie from before the fix.
However what you're talking about is no different from burning to a CD, just without producing the coaster. Its far from removing the DRM from a AAC file.
"but what he fails to take into account is that Linux is seldom sold pre-installed"
This is also the very reason why Apple will overtake Linux, although it may be at the expense of Windows rather than Linux. "Joe Public" doesn't want to buy a computer and have to install an OS on it. Right now there aren't any mainstream vendors of computers that preinstall Linux. However sales of Macs are on the rise, and Joe Public is a big buyer, so mainstream "UNIX" sales go up, even though the buyer probably has no idea what UNIX is.
deprecate |?d?pr?ke?t|
verb [ trans. ]
1 express disapproval of : [as adj. ] ( deprecating) he sniffed in a deprecating way.
2 another term for depreciate (sense 2): : he deprecates the value of children's television.
Read "2" and weep smart arse, I used the word correctly.
A 777 (a typical US->UK aircraft) carries 365 passengers. These days these flights are either full or about 90% full at worst (in my experience of flying transatlantic many times). I would imagine these terrorists aims would be destruction of the entire aircraft over the Atlantic, leading to total loss of life, so in reality to "beat" 9/11, you would need to down around 10 planes, not 21.
Where are those damn mod points where you need them?
Office 2007/8/whatever will support scripting, but it will be done using Applescript rather than VBA.
Also VBA is being depreciated by Microsoft in the Windows versions of Office in favor of.NET scripting. Its quite possible that the new Mac Office will support this scripting as well, making the "next gen" scripting compatible across both platforms.
The real reason behind this move, rather than MS being evil and "slapping" Apple, is that the VBA compiler doesn't work on Intel Macs, and as VBA is getting replaced anyway, MS made the decision to dump it completely rather than putting a huge effort into porting a part of the system that will go away in the next few years.
Its annoying to those who rely on VBA, sure. But if you want to support legacy apps, you can continue to use the legacy version of Office.
How very true, although it should be pointed out that the excellent Battlestar Galactic (2003) bucks this trend very nicely, proving that Sci-Fi doesn't always have to have that failing.
Err.... Exactly, that's why they used to the "Big Brother". Thanks for pointing out that comparison for those of us idiots who though Big Brother was just a TV show though.
Why exactly would Apple give any money to Adobe to use PDF? Your believe that Apple paid off Adobe is totally without merit or evidence. Apple are simply using an open format, as is allowed by the licensing.
Of course Microsoft want to to, and personally I don't think Adobe have a leg to stand on in complaining about it. The only worry with Microsoft as always is that "their" PDF won't be quite compatible with everyone elses.
The 3rd clause could basically be used to ban all sales of video games to minors, allowing only purchasing of educational software. After all "New Super Mario Bros" "...lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors...", but its still a fun and harmlessly innocent game that is perfect for all ages, which in no way should be banned.
A question is, can one make a law based on the nebulous idea of what people find moral, rather than defining a moral code in the bill. Personally I think not, and as such the law will either not pass or be swiftly struck down.
Last genuinely funny games I played were the Monkey Island series of games. So this guy is certainly speaking a lot of truth.
Leisure Suit Larry games were never funny, mildly titilating if you're a 13 year old maybe, but funny? No. So I'm not sure how qualified he is to talk about making funny games.
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I should point out also the extensive use of Python at sites like the Space Telescope Science Institute where they developed pyfits and numarray extensions for python, as well as PyRAF that you mentioned. Python is also used extensively in the data analysis pipeline for the project I work on (astrophysics based).
You're absolutely correct. I meant to mention Fortran and IDL in my original post. Although Fortran would have killed my "modern languages" argument!:)
Perhaps you should read what kind of software is there on that page. That stuff is mainly code for space hardware, which is not the realm of an astronomer, its for engineers.
I would not argue if you wrote that the telescope control software was written using Forth, which is somewhat likely, but what you said is that Forth is used for the data analysis software, and I call bullshit on that until you show me evidence otherwise.
Note: I work on a NASA project so I know something of what I'm talking about here, so please don't quote GSFC web pages at me unless you've actually worked there like I have.
Mods, please don't mod this up. Its bullshit. True that Forth was in *1976* was made the official language of the IAU, but no astronomer uses Forth these days, and there's no hint anywhere that the guys who run this telescope are going to be using it either. These days Astronomers are more likely to use Python, Perl, C, C++, Java and other modern languages to write their data analysis tools in.
Take that $797.83 and divide it by 1.175, and you get $679. So in essence the UK PS3 is $80 more than the US one. A hefty difference for sure, but nothing as bad as the sensationist title this thread has, suggesting to Americans who are used to have the tax added on at the cash register, that theres a $200 difference in price.
"Time for intarweb nerds to grow up and realise that there really are consequences for actions."
I don't think anyone questions that what the guy did was wrong. The question is, should he face extradition to the US and a possible 70 year jail sentance, rather than being tried in his own country under more sane laws, with more sane sentances.
What's with the "More flash than substance" comment? At least Nintendo actually showed gameplay, in fact it was all about the gameplay. If by substance you mean "had a 1.2Ghz CPU, 10 squillion polygon fill rate" then you need to recalibrate you brain to what really matters: fun, and Nintendo's presentation showed that Wii has that in spades.
Seriously, after Sony's lackluster presentation and collection of FMVs yesterday, Nintendo's presentation was like a breath of fresh air, and was all substance where Sony's was all flash.
Given that "breakage" is a bullshit accounting scam of the record companies to extort more money from people, I'm wondering why its taken "online" sales for artists to get pissy about it.
For those who don't know, "breakage" derives from the old days where music came on records, which were prone to break during shipping. I assume that the rate of breakage was around 15% of those shipped.
Of course for CDs its highly unlikely that any of them break in shipping, barring a container full falling off the ship, so this "breakage" value is a completely false piece of accounting these days.
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That "hole" in iMovie was closed a long time ago, so that only works if you have an old copy of iMovie from before the fix.
However what you're talking about is no different from burning to a CD, just without producing the coaster. Its far from removing the DRM from a AAC file.
"but what he fails to take into account is that Linux is seldom sold pre-installed"
This is also the very reason why Apple will overtake Linux, although it may be at the expense of Windows rather than Linux. "Joe Public" doesn't want to buy a computer and have to install an OS on it. Right now there aren't any mainstream vendors of computers that preinstall Linux. However sales of Macs are on the rise, and Joe Public is a big buyer, so mainstream "UNIX" sales go up, even though the buyer probably has no idea what UNIX is.
deprecate |?d?pr?ke?t| verb [ trans. ] 1 express disapproval of : [as adj. ] ( deprecating) he sniffed in a deprecating way. 2 another term for depreciate (sense 2): : he deprecates the value of children's television. Read "2" and weep smart arse, I used the word correctly.
Fuck you.
A 777 (a typical US->UK aircraft) carries 365 passengers. These days these flights are either full or about 90% full at worst (in my experience of flying transatlantic many times). I would imagine these terrorists aims would be destruction of the entire aircraft over the Atlantic, leading to total loss of life, so in reality to "beat" 9/11, you would need to down around 10 planes, not 21.
Where are those damn mod points where you need them?
.NET scripting. Its quite possible that the new Mac Office will support this scripting as well, making the "next gen" scripting compatible across both platforms.
Office 2007/8/whatever will support scripting, but it will be done using Applescript rather than VBA.
Also VBA is being depreciated by Microsoft in the Windows versions of Office in favor of
The real reason behind this move, rather than MS being evil and "slapping" Apple, is that the VBA compiler doesn't work on Intel Macs, and as VBA is getting replaced anyway, MS made the decision to dump it completely rather than putting a huge effort into porting a part of the system that will go away in the next few years.
Its annoying to those who rely on VBA, sure. But if you want to support legacy apps, you can continue to use the legacy version of Office.
How very true, although it should be pointed out that the excellent Battlestar Galactic (2003) bucks this trend very nicely, proving that Sci-Fi doesn't always have to have that failing.
This gives me a great idea for a new business opportunity! Sell RFID tags to American tourists that broadcast to the world "I AM A CANADIAN".
Err.... Exactly, that's why they used to the "Big Brother". Thanks for pointing out that comparison for those of us idiots who though Big Brother was just a TV show though.
Why exactly would Apple give any money to Adobe to use PDF? Your believe that Apple paid off Adobe is totally without merit or evidence. Apple are simply using an open format, as is allowed by the licensing.
Of course Microsoft want to to, and personally I don't think Adobe have a leg to stand on in complaining about it. The only worry with Microsoft as always is that "their" PDF won't be quite compatible with everyone elses.
The 3rd clause could basically be used to ban all sales of video games to minors, allowing only purchasing of educational software. After all "New Super Mario Bros" "...lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors...", but its still a fun and harmlessly innocent game that is perfect for all ages, which in no way should be banned.
A question is, can one make a law based on the nebulous idea of what people find moral, rather than defining a moral code in the bill. Personally I think not, and as such the law will either not pass or be swiftly struck down.
Wait a second. You're fucking with me aren't you.
Bah.
No, I genuinely am not that dr_lha. I have played the original Worms (back on an Amiga) but I have not played any of the sequels.
:)
Hmmm... someone stole my moniker!
It didn't make me laugh, and I played 2 of the games. I guess the first one was better, I never played it.
Monkey Island on the other hand had me laughing out loud.
WTF? I've never played Worms3D in my life.
Last genuinely funny games I played were the Monkey Island series of games. So this guy is certainly speaking a lot of truth.
Leisure Suit Larry games were never funny, mildly titilating if you're a 13 year old maybe, but funny? No. So I'm not sure how qualified he is to talk about making funny games.
DS Lite isn't out until June in the US.
I should point out also the extensive use of Python at sites like the Space Telescope Science Institute where they developed pyfits and numarray extensions for python, as well as PyRAF that you mentioned. Python is also used extensively in the data analysis pipeline for the project I work on (astrophysics based).
You're absolutely correct. I meant to mention Fortran and IDL in my original post. Although Fortran would have killed my "modern languages" argument! :)
Perhaps you should read what kind of software is there on that page. That stuff is mainly code for space hardware, which is not the realm of an astronomer, its for engineers.
I would not argue if you wrote that the telescope control software was written using Forth, which is somewhat likely, but what you said is that Forth is used for the data analysis software, and I call bullshit on that until you show me evidence otherwise.
Note: I work on a NASA project so I know something of what I'm talking about here, so please don't quote GSFC web pages at me unless you've actually worked there like I have.
Mods, please don't mod this up. Its bullshit. True that Forth was in *1976* was made the official language of the IAU, but no astronomer uses Forth these days, and there's no hint anywhere that the guys who run this telescope are going to be using it either. These days Astronomers are more likely to use Python, Perl, C, C++, Java and other modern languages to write their data analysis tools in.
Take that $797.83 and divide it by 1.175, and you get $679. So in essence the UK PS3 is $80 more than the US one. A hefty difference for sure, but nothing as bad as the sensationist title this thread has, suggesting to Americans who are used to have the tax added on at the cash register, that theres a $200 difference in price.
"Time for intarweb nerds to grow up and realise that there really are consequences for actions."
I don't think anyone questions that what the guy did was wrong. The question is, should he face extradition to the US and a possible 70 year jail sentance, rather than being tried in his own country under more sane laws, with more sane sentances.
What's with the "More flash than substance" comment? At least Nintendo actually showed gameplay, in fact it was all about the gameplay. If by substance you mean "had a 1.2Ghz CPU, 10 squillion polygon fill rate" then you need to recalibrate you brain to what really matters: fun, and Nintendo's presentation showed that Wii has that in spades.
Seriously, after Sony's lackluster presentation and collection of FMVs yesterday, Nintendo's presentation was like a breath of fresh air, and was all substance where Sony's was all flash.
Given that "breakage" is a bullshit accounting scam of the record companies to extort more money from people, I'm wondering why its taken "online" sales for artists to get pissy about it.
For those who don't know, "breakage" derives from the old days where music came on records, which were prone to break during shipping. I assume that the rate of breakage was around 15% of those shipped.
Of course for CDs its highly unlikely that any of them break in shipping, barring a container full falling off the ship, so this "breakage" value is a completely false piece of accounting these days.
Aren't there laws against these things?