Make sure you deauthorize your computer before you upgrade your RAM, hard disk or other system components. If you do not deauthorize your computer before you upgrade these components, one computer may use multiple authorizations. If you find you have reached 5 authorizations due to system upgrades, you can reset your authorization count by clicking Deauthorize All in the Account Information screen. Note: You may only use this feature once per year. The Deauthorize All button will not appear if you have fewer than 5 authorized computers or if you have used this option within the last 12 months.
Holy christ, and I thought activation with XP was bad. I realize Apple is going for the "average joe" consumer here, but wow - I can't think of a year where I haven't done 4 or 5 upgrades to a box. Not only that, but every time you want to test a new RAM stick out you have to make sure to de-authorize your music, much with the hardware, authorize your music again? Or if you don't do it every time, keep a record of every hardware change so that when you get close to 5 in a year, make darn sure you do?
Seriously, for all of you out there who say "Apple's DRM is hardly noticable"...? You must not be tinkerers in the slightest. I think I replaced 3 hard drives in my main tower since June.
I couldn't imagine having to bugger with my music collection every time I wanted to futz with something. I just boot my machine, and music plays.
Actual live, breathing geeks put up with this sort of nonsense? Do you jump through the activation hoops with XP as well?
The "oh, just talk with them and have a good relationship with them, that's all you need to do" crew are either childless or naive.
Just out of curiousity, exactly how do you think parenting happened before the Internet?
25 years ago, my parents didn't have monitoring tools to record phone calls. Hell, they didn't even get a log of calls made at all. There was no way for them to know who I talked to, where I went, what I did, or anything, the minute I left their sight. What precisely do you think parents used to do in these "dark ages"? Follow their kids around? Hire a private detective to tail little Jimmy? Never let their kids do anything unescorted?
You may think that people who say that are childless or naive - I'd say, those of us that say it are over 20, and can still remember how parenting happened in the days before 24/7 monitoring of our lives was possible.
Most parents seem to turn off the part of their logic circuits that says "this is how I was actually raised". Well, that and the Internet is this generation's big scary boogeyman. Personally, I can't WAIT for some newer technology to come along, be indirectly involved in 3 or 4 child abductions, and have Nancy Grace hop all over that one.
I grew up with very strict parents. It was so bad, they would listen in on conversations I had with my friends - especially, girls.
Yeah, our society's obsession with freaking out over every new invention... freaks me out.
I had friends with parents like yours back when I was a kid. They would seriously listen to every phone conversation that took place in the house (had extra lines installed just for this purpose). One family, the dad was an electronics whiz, and even hooked up an automatic recording system for when the kids were home alone - not that they ever let that happen much! Parents get home from wherever, then spend the evening listening to their kids' phone calls. The kids were never allowed a closed door, nor to go out for more than a couple of hours without a chaperone.
The difference is, when I was a kid, parents like this were considered PARANOID KOOKS by other parents. For some reason when it comes to the Internet, these people are now just "cautions".
Coupla factoids for folks who aren't sure just where I'm going with this:
1. Actual cases of adult "predators" successfully soliciting minors through the Internet are exceedingly rare - there's a reason they make headline news when they happen.
2. Your child is 10-100x more likely to suffer abuse from you, or a close family member or trusted friend. All the Internet monitoring in the world isn't going to help the fact that Uncle Bob is the most likely abuser of your child.
3. Sick adults have been trying to pick up kids - and I know this will shock many here! - since before 1996. Back then, it was "hey Timmy, want to come into my white van and have some candy?". Did we follow our children around 24-7 with video cameras attached to their backs in the 1980s? No, we taught our children to NOT FUCKING TALK WITH STRANGE MEN AND WOMEN.
I dunno, maybe it's like phishing scams. If I went door-to-door and asked people to give me their credit card details, claiming I'm "from the bank", people would slap the door in my face. If I did it by email, I'd soon be rich. Maybe the average Joe thinks this extends to their children's behaviour online.
I mean, we don't start discussing whether Santa Claus exists every time a Christmas related story pops up, why do we talk about creationism?
Because there's no large group of people out there that actually believe Santa Claus exists, and are trying to force our children to be taught that "Clausology" is a scientific theory?
Things like this are why we still need GiJoe to defend us from reptilian-based terrorists. The regular armed forces simply don't have enough of a merchandising requirement to get brand new airplane designs every 3 years.
Considering that the vast (and by vast I mean over 90%) majority of abuse is domestic, caused by a family member, this idea isn't as crazy as it sounds. In fact, it's the endgame solution of what's being proposed here.
That is, if you think giving up any and all rights to privacy in order to stop a crime is a good thing.
if this Maxtor issue is a one in a million problem then it will fizzle
These one in a million problems often get reported way out of proportion.
I still see the stickers on every recent gas pump warning me not to use my cellphone, even though controlled laboratory tests are unable to reproduce an explosion from cellphone use. As I recall, the original "cases" were 2 or 3 incidents (out of BILLIONS of fillups per year), and have been attributed to things like static electricity from women's nylon stockings, etc.
Whether it was real or not, we've already seen a one in a billion occurance turn into a frenzy of panic and legislation. Never underestimate the power of scare tactics on a slow news day.
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What filesystem has a limit of 130 entries in a directory??
Fat32 sure as hell doesn't, and is readable by every major (and minor) desktop OS out there. Why suggest something like NTFS or ext3, which are virtually guaranteed to have support issues?
My grandmother has a vacumn cleaner that has worked for over 20 years.
That's very funny, because as someone who was actually alive over 20 years ago, I can tell you that people said the very same thing back then.
Notice the pattern:
In the 2000s, everything built in the 1980s lasted forever; things made in the 2000s break after a few years. In the 1980s, everything built in the 1960s lasted forever; things made in the 1980s break after a few years. In the 1960s, everything built in the 1940s lasted forever; things made in the 1960s break after a few years. In the 1940s, everything built in the 1920s lasted forever; things made in the 1940s break after a few years. In the 1920s, everything built in the 19th century lasted forever; things made in the 1920s break after a few years.
And yes, I've done research on this. My grandparents are over 90 and swear that everything made since the Great Depression is crap and never lasts. I've found early newspaper op-ed pieces from the 1910s that claim the very same thing, just pushing back the date a little.
(The secret, of course, is that the things made in year X that only last a few years are long since discarded, and we only remember the things that last any decent length of time)
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Yes, although you're missing one important factor here.
Think "bottled water". Yes, in many areas local tap water is horrible. However, in many cities where tap water is clean, tasty, and relatively soft, you still see the usual breakdown of people:
Cheapest - drink from the tap.
Less cheap - buy a Brita or Pur or some sort of home filtering system. Fairly cheap, but you're still paying money to "enhance" your drinking
experience.
Most expensive - bottled water.
Note that the most convenient and time-saving option by far is (1). Also note that many people with money will often go for (2) or even (3).
Sometimes, people don't go with free. Sometimes it's worth a bit of money to get something "extra", even if it's not tangible per se.
The disposable income comment was spot on, btw. I know many people making $50k and up who download like crazy - because they literally could afford 2 or 3 movies a year otherwise. I also know people making half that who own huge DVD collections.
Seriously, if people developing OSS were really THAT interested in marketshare, they'd go and get jobs with Microsoft.
There's a lot more to Linux, and OSS in general, than getting it to run your iPod. If that was my biggest concern, I'd run Windows.
What exactly is ESR's point here, anyway? If he cares so damn much about this, why doesn't he just fork Linux? Oh wait, that would be called Linspire, which hardly any OSS advocates use.
Oh, absolutely. Auto insurance is a whole different ballgame - however the discussion seemed to revolve around breaking into your average house lock. Anti-theft systems on your average car are more than good enough to stop "bumping" these days, but I guess if you still have your 1984 K car and are worried your insurance company might not reimburse you the $500 you're out...:)
Mostly I respond to posts like the GGP because it's a common insurance myth, based on what our grandparents faced. It's much like the ever-popular "Acts of God aren't covered!!!" Yes, 100 years ago proof of forced entry was required, and "Acts of God" was a legitimate exclusion clause. However, these days neither is really true. Hail, lightning, windstorm - these are all "Acts of God" that have been covered for decades. Catastrophic natural disasters aren't.
I used to be an insurance geek. So, much like 5,000 Slashdotters scream when CNN gets a tiny detail wrong about technology, I try to correct these decades-old insurance myths whenever I can. Especially when people start advocating insurance fraud:)
Firstly, most home insurance policies cover loss due to THEFT, not just burglary. The difference? Burglary requires proof of forced entry, whereas theft is simply someone taking your things. Theft claims are honoured even if you left your front door wide open.
Secondly, if you ever have a claim denied due to lack of proof of forced entry, talk to a lawyer. Next time, look around for some better insurance. A good insurance buzzword to look into is "All Risk". This sort of coverage even covers you if you do something stupid like drop your TV down the stairs "by accident". Available on most residential insurance policies.
Thirdly, advising people to commit insurance fraud is just about the stupidest thing you can do. Believe me, it's fairly easy to tell the difference between a legitimate break-in, and some stupid homeowner trying to make his claim look "worse". Insurance adjusters can spot this sort of thing a mile away, and you can go to jail for this sort of thing.
If you do actually find yourself in a situation where you only have coverage for buglary, it's better to suck it up and lose a bit of money, rather than risk very large fines, possible jail time - oh, and never being able to get insurance coverage again.
(Note: the above may not apply to non-western countries)
Insurance companies (at least on the west side of the pond) haven't required proof of forced entry in decades. Burglary coverage was changed to theft eons ago.
Plus, any half-decent residential insurance policy will insure you for straight loss of contents, anyway. No need to even file a police report.
Anyone who's had a claim denied because they forgot to lock their doors really needs to shop around for better coverage, and possibly talk with a lawyer.
Note: this doesn't apply to commercial entities. If you're running a business and all you've got is an easily defeated lock to protect your interests, well...
You must not read Slashdot much, or if you do, it must seem very confusing and strange.
I've been seeing Snakes on a Plane jokes here for months now. It was as bad as any other meme here for a while.
Do you not notice the "In Soviet Russia", or "I, for one welcome..." jokes, either?
And that's just Slashdot. Screw blogs, I hardly read any and I've been sick of SOAP jokes since spring. It's been all over IRC, message boards/forums, photoshop joke sites, you name it.
I personally got dozens of the stupid things as email - and I've filtered most of my friends in the past few years due to this sort of nonsense. Hell, most late-night TV comedy type shows have had bits about it.
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I believe, in time, the advertising will become less annoying.
A HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA
A HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
... seriously ....
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
*pause for breath*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
*choke* *breathe*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. oh man... wait... *cough* *snort* HAHA *giggle*
*chortle*
Have you actually SEEN how advertising has changed over the years?
Less annoying? LESS?
*snicker*
I can't imagine having so much free time and money that I could replace my hard drive once a month.
:)
Hmm, a couple of spare hours, imaging tools, and $100. You can't imagine having that?
Hate to be the one to tell you this, but you not only need to cut back on your work hours, they need to pay you just a tiny bit more
Make sure you deauthorize your computer before you upgrade your RAM, hard disk or other system components. If you do not deauthorize your computer before you upgrade these components, one computer may use multiple authorizations. If you find you have reached 5 authorizations due to system upgrades, you can reset your authorization count by clicking Deauthorize All in the Account Information screen. Note: You may only use this feature once per year. The Deauthorize All button will not appear if you have fewer than 5 authorized computers or if you have used this option within the last 12 months.
Holy christ, and I thought activation with XP was bad. I realize Apple is going for the "average joe" consumer here, but wow - I can't think of a year where I haven't done 4 or 5 upgrades to a box. Not only that, but every time you want to test a new RAM stick out you have to make sure to de-authorize your music, much with the hardware, authorize your music again? Or if you don't do it every time, keep a record of every hardware change so that when you get close to 5 in a year, make darn sure you do?
Seriously, for all of you out there who say "Apple's DRM is hardly noticable"...? You must not be tinkerers in the slightest. I think I replaced 3 hard drives in my main tower since June.
I couldn't imagine having to bugger with my music collection every time I wanted to futz with something. I just boot my machine, and music plays.
Actual live, breathing geeks put up with this sort of nonsense? Do you jump through the activation hoops with XP as well?
This joke will never get old.
Charlie Brown? Is that you?
The "oh, just talk with them and have a good relationship with them, that's all you need to do" crew are either childless or naive.
Just out of curiousity, exactly how do you think parenting happened before the Internet?
25 years ago, my parents didn't have monitoring tools to record phone calls. Hell, they didn't even get a log of calls made at all. There was no way for them to know who I talked to, where I went, what I did, or anything, the minute I left their sight. What precisely do you think parents used to do in these "dark ages"? Follow their kids around? Hire a private detective to tail little Jimmy? Never let their kids do anything unescorted?
You may think that people who say that are childless or naive - I'd say, those of us that say it are over 20, and can still remember how parenting happened in the days before 24/7 monitoring of our lives was possible.
Most parents seem to turn off the part of their logic circuits that says "this is how I was actually raised". Well, that and the Internet is this generation's big scary boogeyman. Personally, I can't WAIT for some newer technology to come along, be indirectly involved in 3 or 4 child abductions, and have Nancy Grace hop all over that one.
I grew up with very strict parents. It was so bad, they would listen in on conversations I had with my friends - especially, girls.
... freaks me out.
Yeah, our society's obsession with freaking out over every new invention
I had friends with parents like yours back when I was a kid. They would seriously listen to every phone conversation that took place in the house (had extra lines installed just for this purpose). One family, the dad was an electronics whiz, and even hooked up an automatic recording system for when the kids were home alone - not that they ever let that happen much! Parents get home from wherever, then spend the evening listening to their kids' phone calls. The kids were never allowed a closed door, nor to go out for more than a couple of hours without a chaperone.
The difference is, when I was a kid, parents like this were considered PARANOID KOOKS by other parents. For some reason when it comes to the Internet, these people are now just "cautions".
Coupla factoids for folks who aren't sure just where I'm going with this:
1. Actual cases of adult "predators" successfully soliciting minors through the Internet are exceedingly rare - there's a reason they make headline news when they happen.
2. Your child is 10-100x more likely to suffer abuse from you, or a close family member or trusted friend. All the Internet monitoring in the world isn't going to help the fact that Uncle Bob is the most likely abuser of your child.
3. Sick adults have been trying to pick up kids - and I know this will shock many here! - since before 1996. Back then, it was "hey Timmy, want to come into my white van and have some candy?". Did we follow our children around 24-7 with video cameras attached to their backs in the 1980s? No, we taught our children to NOT FUCKING TALK WITH STRANGE MEN AND WOMEN.
I dunno, maybe it's like phishing scams. If I went door-to-door and asked people to give me their credit card details, claiming I'm "from the bank", people would slap the door in my face. If I did it by email, I'd soon be rich. Maybe the average Joe thinks this extends to their children's behaviour online.
they're going to be saying the same thing and voting against President X thinking that the other side wouldn't do the same thing
Don't blame me, I voted for Y!
I mean, we don't start discussing whether Santa Claus exists every time a Christmas related story pops up, why do we talk about creationism?
Because there's no large group of people out there that actually believe Santa Claus exists, and are trying to force our children to be taught that "Clausology" is a scientific theory?
The second season didn't give any answers, either.
:)
We ever start beaming out Lost, and the Earth is truly fucked. That show will be cancelled long before they actually reveal anything
Pfft. And you call yourselves nerds.
Our elite, anti-terrorist organization retired these babies 20 years ago already:
it was replaced by the Conquest X-30 in 1986
Things like this are why we still need GiJoe to defend us from reptilian-based terrorists. The regular armed forces simply don't have enough of a merchandising requirement to get brand new airplane designs every 3 years.
Considering that the vast (and by vast I mean over 90%) majority of abuse is domestic, caused by a family member, this idea isn't as crazy as it sounds. In fact, it's the endgame solution of what's being proposed here.
That is, if you think giving up any and all rights to privacy in order to stop a crime is a good thing.
Yeah, I was gonna vote for Kirk...
I was holding the drive in my hand by it's(sic) sides when it burst into flames
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.
Doctor: Then don't do that.
if this Maxtor issue is a one in a million problem then it will fizzle
These one in a million problems often get reported way out of proportion.
I still see the stickers on every recent gas pump warning me not to use my cellphone, even though controlled laboratory tests are unable to reproduce an explosion from cellphone use. As I recall, the original "cases" were 2 or 3 incidents (out of BILLIONS of fillups per year), and have been attributed to things like static electricity from women's nylon stockings, etc.
Whether it was real or not, we've already seen a one in a billion occurance turn into a frenzy of panic and legislation. Never underestimate the power of scare tactics on a slow news day.
What filesystem has a limit of 130 entries in a directory??
Fat32 sure as hell doesn't, and is readable by every major (and minor) desktop OS out there. Why suggest something like NTFS or ext3, which are virtually guaranteed to have support issues?
My grandmother has a vacumn cleaner that has worked for over 20 years.
That's very funny, because as someone who was actually alive over 20 years ago, I can tell you that people said the very same thing back then.
Notice the pattern:
In the 2000s, everything built in the 1980s lasted forever; things made in the 2000s break after a few years.
In the 1980s, everything built in the 1960s lasted forever; things made in the 1980s break after a few years.
In the 1960s, everything built in the 1940s lasted forever; things made in the 1960s break after a few years.
In the 1940s, everything built in the 1920s lasted forever; things made in the 1940s break after a few years.
In the 1920s, everything built in the 19th century lasted forever; things made in the 1920s break after a few years.
And yes, I've done research on this. My grandparents are over 90 and swear that everything made since the Great Depression is crap and never lasts. I've found early newspaper op-ed pieces from the 1910s that claim the very same thing, just pushing back the date a little.
(The secret, of course, is that the things made in year X that only last a few years are long since discarded, and we only remember the things that last any decent length of time)
- Cheapest - drink from the tap.
- Less cheap - buy a Brita or Pur or some sort of home filtering system. Fairly cheap, but you're still paying money to "enhance" your drinking
experience.
- Most expensive - bottled water.
Note that the most convenient and time-saving option by far is (1). Also note that many people with money will often go for (2) or even (3). Sometimes, people don't go with free. Sometimes it's worth a bit of money to get something "extra", even if it's not tangible per se. The disposable income comment was spot on, btw. I know many people making $50k and up who download like crazy - because they literally could afford 2 or 3 movies a year otherwise. I also know people making half that who own huge DVD collections.Wifi. More space than a Nomad.
:)
Sorry, still lame
Mod this up to +1000.
Seriously, if people developing OSS were really THAT interested in marketshare, they'd go and get jobs with Microsoft.
There's a lot more to Linux, and OSS in general, than getting it to run your iPod. If that was my biggest concern, I'd run Windows.
What exactly is ESR's point here, anyway? If he cares so damn much about this, why doesn't he just fork Linux? Oh wait, that would be called Linspire, which hardly any OSS advocates use.
Oh, absolutely. Auto insurance is a whole different ballgame - however the discussion seemed to revolve around breaking into your average house lock. Anti-theft systems on your average car are more than good enough to stop "bumping" these days, but I guess if you still have your 1984 K car and are worried your insurance company might not reimburse you the $500 you're out... :)
:)
Mostly I respond to posts like the GGP because it's a common insurance myth, based on what our grandparents faced. It's much like the ever-popular "Acts of God aren't covered!!!" Yes, 100 years ago proof of forced entry was required, and "Acts of God" was a legitimate exclusion clause. However, these days neither is really true. Hail, lightning, windstorm - these are all "Acts of God" that have been covered for decades. Catastrophic natural disasters aren't.
I used to be an insurance geek. So, much like 5,000 Slashdotters scream when CNN gets a tiny detail wrong about technology, I try to correct these decades-old insurance myths whenever I can. Especially when people start advocating insurance fraud
Firstly, most home insurance policies cover loss due to THEFT, not just burglary. The difference? Burglary requires proof of forced entry, whereas theft is simply someone taking your things. Theft claims are honoured even if you left your front door wide open.
Secondly, if you ever have a claim denied due to lack of proof of forced entry, talk to a lawyer. Next time, look around for some better insurance. A good insurance buzzword to look into is "All Risk". This sort of coverage even covers you if you do something stupid like drop your TV down the stairs "by accident". Available on most residential insurance policies.
Thirdly, advising people to commit insurance fraud is just about the stupidest thing you can do. Believe me, it's fairly easy to tell the difference between a legitimate break-in, and some stupid homeowner trying to make his claim look "worse". Insurance adjusters can spot this sort of thing a mile away, and you can go to jail for this sort of thing.
If you do actually find yourself in a situation where you only have coverage for buglary, it's better to suck it up and lose a bit of money, rather than risk very large fines, possible jail time - oh, and never being able to get insurance coverage again.
(Note: the above may not apply to non-western countries)
Insurance companies (at least on the west side of the pond) haven't required proof of forced entry in decades. Burglary coverage was changed to theft eons ago.
Plus, any half-decent residential insurance policy will insure you for straight loss of contents, anyway. No need to even file a police report.
Anyone who's had a claim denied because they forgot to lock their doors really needs to shop around for better coverage, and possibly talk with a lawyer.
Note: this doesn't apply to commercial entities. If you're running a business and all you've got is an easily defeated lock to protect your interests, well...
if I was to say how I really feel about evolution (micro and macro)and what should be taught that I would be modded -5 troll
Seeing as the distinction between "micro" and "macro" evolution is nothing but a troll in the first place, I can understand why.
Hint: define "species", or "kind", in a way that satisfies both a scientific definition, and those folks in the micro/macro evolution camp.
You must not read Slashdot much, or if you do, it must seem very confusing and strange.
I've been seeing Snakes on a Plane jokes here for months now. It was as bad as any other meme here for a while.
Do you not notice the "In Soviet Russia", or "I, for one welcome..." jokes, either?
And that's just Slashdot. Screw blogs, I hardly read any and I've been sick of SOAP jokes since spring. It's been all over IRC, message boards/forums, photoshop joke sites, you name it.
I personally got dozens of the stupid things as email - and I've filtered most of my friends in the past few years due to this sort of nonsense. Hell, most late-night TV comedy type shows have had bits about it.