A). Apple must believe that there is a sizable market of people who are likey to spend $12,000 on music that want a single device to hold it all or B). Apple realized that a hefty amount of their iPod market steals music and doesn't care, so long as they get profit from the stolen-music business in addition to the profits made from the music that still gets purchased from the iTunes store.
How about C) Apple knows that the people who are likely to purchase an iPOD almost certainly own a few music CDs, perhaps dozens of them. Maybe Apple figures that those people might like to make take their music collection with them on the go?
Sure, the RIAA would argue that is "theft", but they never really liked fair use provisions anyways.
Saddam and Hitler are the only rulers ever, that gassed their own citizens.
Not only is your statement factually incorrect, it is an insult to the memory of the millions of people who died at the hand of the Nazis when you compare Hitler to a minor dictator like Saddam Hussein. If you understood, you would never make such a foolish statement.
Yes, a genocide did occur under Saddam's watch, with his full knowledge and consent. I do not wish to trivialize those crimes in any way, but compare that genocide with the ones committed by Hitler, Stalin and Mao. Each of those dictators is responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people.
In comparison, Saddam Hussein is the diet coke of evil.
kudos to President Bush and the US Military
For what? GWB has sent thousands of his own nation's youth to death or disfigurement, and killed tens of thosands more - for nothing other than the possibility of cheaper gas for your SUVs.
Watch out for the creep of DMCA laws in your own country
You got that right! In return for joining Bush's coalition of the willing, Australia's reward was a free trade agreement with the US. But before that takes effect, Australia has to harmonize their copyright and IP laws with those of the US - including an Australian version of the DMCA and software patents.
What was that crap with the maggot things in that Welsh mine?
Yuck, the one with the maggots. I think it was largely an excuse for the writer to have a script in which a bunch of Welsh extras spent a lot of time calling each other boyo, and things got out of hand after that... They can't all be gems.
On the other hand, stories like City of Death or The Talons Of Weng-Chiang were fantastic.
Time travel seems to be a fairly common occurance in the Trek universe (once or twice per season IIRC) and it pains me to see what a mess they make of it. Sure, it's just fiction and all, but have the writers ever heard about a little thing called continuity? Time travel is the sort of plot device that should be used sparingly and with great impact. Time travel should not be a cheesy excuse to give Denise Crosby the odd guest-starring role.
I'd better stop now, I am starting to sound like comic book store guy...
A time travel show is wholly different from a space travel show, and would turn into Doctor Who.
Doctor Who was a fantastic program! The special effects were low-budget, but the stories and acting more than made up for it.
On the other hand, the Berman era Trek has emphasized special effects and moralizing over acting and storylines, resulting in the train wreck that was Voyager, and is Enterprise.
I guess this just points out the Darwinism that comes with healthy competition.
And what healthy competition would that be exactly?
Instead of one monopoly, you have 4 regional monopolies for local service and a couple of companies competing for the long distance market.
I do not get the impression that any of the RBOCs are interested in healthy competition unless they alone get to define "healthy" in terms of their own best interests.
If anything, it shows that AT&T failed in not lobbying enough and throwing enough money around. The RBOCs spend vast amounts of time and money on lobbying the FCC and various politicians and they got exactly what they wanted - less competition.
I guess this points out the golden rule (he who has the gold makes the rules) still applies.
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I think the fundamental issue is one of game balance. How do you make a game which is interesting and fun in which it is advantageous to behave in a moral fashion without having blatant propaganda?
Ultima IV
In order to become the Avatar you had to master the virtues of Compassion, Valor, Justice,
Sacrifice, Honor, Spirituality, and Humility.
Certain behaviours are expected of the Avatar. Stealing is of course a bad thing. So is attacking non-evil characters who flee from combat. It was a great game!
You can't go to pricewatch to even get a vague idea?
I've gone to several such sites, but the business case will ask for a specific amount of money, so I need specific pricing information. It's like getting blood from a stone to get capital expenditure money in the first place, having to go back for more because the pricing in the approved business case were too low is virtually impossible
My manager is a decent guy and he is not yet willing to put price estimates + 15% in the business case, but I think that will be the only way to get anything done.
It's a real shame because we would save around $20K a year by not having to pay maintenance contracts for the old hardware I want to replace!
We still use some 8mm tapes to back up some RS/6000 systems. We use 4mm tapes for the Sun and HP servers.
I would like to migrate everything to one format, but red tape has thus far prevented me from doing anything about it. I have a proposal for converting to sDLT, but corporate policy forbids anyone except the purchasing department from speaking to vendors about pricing, and purchasing won't speak to vendors at all unless they have an authorized capital expense form. I can't build the business case to get a capital expense form until I get pricing information from the vendors. It's a bitter cycle
So, I sincerely hope my 4mm and 8mm jukeboxes stay alive and functional for the forseeable future, since I can't get approval to evergreen those systems with something cheaper and better!
One night, I was upgrading my PC, when all of a sudden it went berserk. The screen started flashing and it was like beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
And then, like half my motherboard was gone. And I was, like, Nnng?. It was a really good motherboard too. And then I had to do it again and I had to do it fast and so it wasn't as good. It was kind of a bummer..
Now our new CIO has elected to stop that benefit using the argument that we should be dedicated staff who desire to be responsive and should do what it takes to make that happen. The rumor now is that we should also pay for blackberries, cell phones and pagers
I work for a major telco, and our management currently pays for broadband for people who are required to provide 7x24 support, people who work from home, and senior management.
In a relentless drive to lower costs, this policy is under review, but we haven't heard the results yet.
Most of my co-workers have laptops (I don't) and they expense their broadband bills monthly. I could expense my broadband, but in order to do my job remotely, I would have to install additional software on my personal computer. Given that there is no place for personal software on corporate assets, I believe that there is also no place for corporate software on my personal assets, so I manage with a 56k dial connection when I do 24x7 support.
I see no need to try to expense my phone bill, because I would have that regardless and there is unlimited local calling anyways.
A previous manager once asked me for my personal cell phone number so that he could have it printed on my new business cards. I asked if I could expense the bill for my cell phone if I agreed, only to be told that the company does not pay for personal use items. That being the case, I decided that my personal cell phone would remain for personal use only.
I don't view this as not being a team player. I work a lot of unpaid overtime, and when there are fires to be put out, I stay for the duration until things are under control.
I do not see it as being part of my job description to subsidize a multi-billion dollar corporation. If they want me to be available outside of the office, they can provide me with a cell-phone and/or pager. I will not use my own assets to help them do their job
Wow! You have me beat. I started getting grey hair when I was 15. In a way, it was no surprise as the men on my Father's side of the family have white thinning hair by their early 50's. On my Mom's side, they have full heads of dark hair into their 90's.
I was under the impression that you tended to inherit your hairline and coloring from your mother, but that may have just been wishful thinking.
Of course, I got into computers when I was 13 and that might have been the catalyst that changed things...
It is probably the case that USB devices have been used to bring bad things into corporate networks, and/or sneak confidential things out.
It is certain that telephones, fax machines, photocopiers, portable recordable media and Internet access have been used to achieve similar ends in the past.
The best way to secure a computer is to power it off, encase it in a couple of cubic meters of concrete, and bury it 10 feet underground in an undisclosed location. The best way to secure a network is to power it down and destroy the routers. The best way to secure an office is to not permit anyone in or out.
Since those are not realistic options if we actually want to achieve anything, the best security practices are a series of compromises between theory and practice.
Security practics that are excessively annoying without any corresponding benefits will be subverted as soon as possible.
For example, in the corporation I work for, the people who create security policies do not have any operational experience. In their finite wisdom, they have decided that any telnet/ssh session must automatically expire after 300 seconds (5 minutes) of inactivity. We are the SysAdmins of 100+ UNIX servers, and within a couple of hours, we discovered a couple of ways to subvert this "vital" security measure without actually modifying the configuration files.
They knew about your watch, and made you leave it with security. What about all of the devices that they did not know about?
Some *hardware* that worked under 98 is not supported under XP!!
I purchased an microsoft sidewinder gamepad because it was well-priced and really solid compared to the alternatives out there.
(Cue appropriate m$ joke)
When I upgraded to XP, I expected that it would work fine - especially since it was an m$ product. As it turns out, m$ has not written XP/2K drivers for the gamepad, and according to their website, there are no intentions to do so.
I have a few games that also don't work under XP:
Black and white
Heavy Gear 2
Monkey Island 2
11th Hour
I have had mixed success with the compatibility modes. One one XP system, I was able to get System Shock 2 working, but could not on another XP system, no matter what we tried.
I think that it's sacrilege for heirs of creative folks to block the art because of the almighty buck. Therefore, I too will miss our mighty Dalek overlords.
I agree, and it seems to me that the attitude of the Nation estate is a bit short sighted. What is the point of the protecting the "integrity of the brand" if the things haven't been seen in new works for almost 20 years? Sure, you should always leave'em wanting more, but there will be no value in the brand if the Daleks are a relic of the past.
It looks like it is a spat about money, and nothing more. As another poster has already written, if the new series is successful, mutual greed will overcome this pettiness.
Figure it out yourself, and you get to see that all of Canada's major cities would rank in America's top 20 most Dangrous cities to live in.
Your statement makes no sense whatsoever.
It is absurd to suggest that any of Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver would have similar crime rates to the largest five US cities.
Show us some statistics to prove your point, if you have one.
Liberal propaganda is a wonderful thing
I hate to break it to you, but all political parties spew propaganda. Since you have provided no proof of your claims, I think we can consider your statements to be propaganda as well...
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Someone call the FTC!! Why can't I purchase a new Ford from a GM or Chrysler dealership?
Please turn your thinking cap to the "ON" position...
How about C) Apple knows that the people who are likely to purchase an iPOD almost certainly own a few music CDs, perhaps dozens of them. Maybe Apple figures that those people might like to make take their music collection with them on the go?
Sure, the RIAA would argue that is "theft", but they never really liked fair use provisions anyways.
Not only is your statement factually incorrect, it is an insult to the memory of the millions of people who died at the hand of the Nazis when you compare Hitler to a minor dictator like Saddam Hussein. If you understood, you would never make such a foolish statement.
Yes, a genocide did occur under Saddam's watch, with his full knowledge and consent. I do not wish to trivialize those crimes in any way, but compare that genocide with the ones committed by Hitler, Stalin and Mao. Each of those dictators is responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people.
In comparison, Saddam Hussein is the diet coke of evil.
kudos to President Bush and the US MilitaryFor what? GWB has sent thousands of his own nation's youth to death or disfigurement, and killed tens of thosands more - for nothing other than the possibility of cheaper gas for your SUVs.
There is nothing to be proud about here...
You got that right! In return for joining Bush's coalition of the willing, Australia's reward was a free trade agreement with the US. But before that takes effect, Australia has to harmonize their copyright and IP laws with those of the US - including an Australian version of the DMCA and software patents.
Don't take my word for it - read about it hereYuck, the one with the maggots. I think it was largely an excuse for the writer to have a script in which a bunch of Welsh extras spent a lot of time calling each other boyo, and things got out of hand after that... They can't all be gems.
On the other hand, stories like City of Death or The Talons Of Weng-Chiang were fantastic.
Time travel seems to be a fairly common occurance in the Trek universe (once or twice per season IIRC) and it pains me to see what a mess they make of it. Sure, it's just fiction and all, but have the writers ever heard about a little thing called continuity? Time travel is the sort of plot device that should be used sparingly and with great impact. Time travel should not be a cheesy excuse to give Denise Crosby the odd guest-starring role.
I'd better stop now, I am starting to sound like comic book store guy...
Doctor Who was a fantastic program! The special effects were low-budget, but the stories and acting more than made up for it.
On the other hand, the Berman era Trek has emphasized special effects and moralizing over acting and storylines, resulting in the train wreck that was Voyager, and is Enterprise.
As far as I know, it is totally irrelevant whether homosexuality is chosen.
People are no more or less human because of their sexual orientation.
Was the Free trade agreement payback for supporting the war against Iraq?
I hope the Aussies have learned something from other FTA's with the US and have a binding dispute resolution mechanism that WORKS.
And what healthy competition would that be exactly?
Instead of one monopoly, you have 4 regional monopolies for local service and a couple of companies competing for the long distance market.
I do not get the impression that any of the RBOCs are interested in healthy competition unless they alone get to define "healthy" in terms of their own best interests.
If anything, it shows that AT&T failed in not lobbying enough and throwing enough money around. The RBOCs spend vast amounts of time and money on lobbying the FCC and various politicians and they got exactly what they wanted - less competition.
I guess this points out the golden rule (he who has the gold makes the rules) still applies.
Ultima IV
In order to become the Avatar you had to master the virtues of Compassion, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, Spirituality, and Humility.
Certain behaviours are expected of the Avatar. Stealing is of course a bad thing. So is attacking non-evil characters who flee from combat. It was a great game!
Not until Netcraft confirms it!
I've gone to several such sites, but the business case will ask for a specific amount of money, so I need specific pricing information. It's like getting blood from a stone to get capital expenditure money in the first place, having to go back for more because the pricing in the approved business case were too low is virtually impossible
My manager is a decent guy and he is not yet willing to put price estimates + 15% in the business case, but I think that will be the only way to get anything done.
It's a real shame because we would save around $20K a year by not having to pay maintenance contracts for the old hardware I want to replace!
We still use some 8mm tapes to back up some RS/6000 systems. We use 4mm tapes for the Sun and HP servers.
I would like to migrate everything to one format, but red tape has thus far prevented me from doing anything about it. I have a proposal for converting to sDLT, but corporate policy forbids anyone except the purchasing department from speaking to vendors about pricing, and purchasing won't speak to vendors at all unless they have an authorized capital expense form. I can't build the business case to get a capital expense form until I get pricing information from the vendors. It's a bitter cycle
So, I sincerely hope my 4mm and 8mm jukeboxes stay alive and functional for the forseeable future, since I can't get approval to evergreen those systems with something cheaper and better!
I dunno... Has Netcraft confirmed that tape jukeboxes are dying too?
One night, I was upgrading my PC, when all of a sudden it went berserk. The screen started flashing and it was like beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
And then, like half my motherboard was gone. And I was, like, Nnng?. It was a really good motherboard too. And then I had to do it again and I had to do it fast and so it wasn't as good. It was kind of a bummer..
I work for a major telco, and our management currently pays for broadband for people who are required to provide 7x24 support, people who work from home, and senior management.
In a relentless drive to lower costs, this policy is under review, but we haven't heard the results yet.
Most of my co-workers have laptops (I don't) and they expense their broadband bills monthly. I could expense my broadband, but in order to do my job remotely, I would have to install additional software on my personal computer. Given that there is no place for personal software on corporate assets, I believe that there is also no place for corporate software on my personal assets, so I manage with a 56k dial connection when I do 24x7 support.
I see no need to try to expense my phone bill, because I would have that regardless and there is unlimited local calling anyways.
A previous manager once asked me for my personal cell phone number so that he could have it printed on my new business cards. I asked if I could expense the bill for my cell phone if I agreed, only to be told that the company does not pay for personal use items. That being the case, I decided that my personal cell phone would remain for personal use only.
I don't view this as not being a team player. I work a lot of unpaid overtime, and when there are fires to be put out, I stay for the duration until things are under control.
I do not see it as being part of my job description to subsidize a multi-billion dollar corporation. If they want me to be available outside of the office, they can provide me with a cell-phone and/or pager. I will not use my own assets to help them do their job
Wow! You have me beat. I started getting grey hair when I was 15. In a way, it was no surprise as the men on my Father's side of the family have white thinning hair by their early 50's. On my Mom's side, they have full heads of dark hair into their 90's.
I was under the impression that you tended to inherit your hairline and coloring from your mother, but that may have just been wishful thinking.
Of course, I got into computers when I was 13 and that might have been the catalyst that changed things...
At what price security?
It is probably the case that USB devices have been used to bring bad things into corporate networks, and/or sneak confidential things out.
It is certain that telephones, fax machines, photocopiers, portable recordable media and Internet access have been used to achieve similar ends in the past.
The best way to secure a computer is to power it off, encase it in a couple of cubic meters of concrete, and bury it 10 feet underground in an undisclosed location. The best way to secure a network is to power it down and destroy the routers. The best way to secure an office is to not permit anyone in or out.
Since those are not realistic options if we actually want to achieve anything, the best security practices are a series of compromises between theory and practice.
Security practics that are excessively annoying without any corresponding benefits will be subverted as soon as possible.
For example, in the corporation I work for, the people who create security policies do not have any operational experience. In their finite wisdom, they have decided that any telnet/ssh session must automatically expire after 300 seconds (5 minutes) of inactivity. We are the SysAdmins of 100+ UNIX servers, and within a couple of hours, we discovered a couple of ways to subvert this "vital" security measure without actually modifying the configuration files.
They knew about your watch, and made you leave it with security. What about all of the devices that they did not know about?
Some *hardware* that worked under 98 is not supported under XP!!
I purchased an microsoft sidewinder gamepad because it was well-priced and really solid compared to the alternatives out there.
(Cue appropriate m$ joke)
When I upgraded to XP, I expected that it would work fine - especially since it was an m$ product. As it turns out, m$ has not written XP/2K drivers for the gamepad, and according to their website, there are no intentions to do so.
I have a few games that also don't work under XP:
I have had mixed success with the compatibility modes. One one XP system, I was able to get System Shock 2 working, but could not on another XP system, no matter what we tried.
I agree, and it seems to me that the attitude of the Nation estate is a bit short sighted. What is the point of the protecting the "integrity of the brand" if the things haven't been seen in new works for almost 20 years? Sure, you should always leave'em wanting more, but there will be no value in the brand if the Daleks are a relic of the past.
It looks like it is a spat about money, and nothing more. As another poster has already written, if the new series is successful, mutual greed will overcome this pettiness.
Your statement makes no sense whatsoever.
It is absurd to suggest that any of Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver would have similar crime rates to the largest five US cities.
Show us some statistics to prove your point, if you have one.
Liberal propaganda is a wonderful thingI hate to break it to you, but all political parties spew propaganda. Since you have provided no proof of your claims, I think we can consider your statements to be propaganda as well...
Compared to whom? Take a look at what people pay in Western Eupope, and tell me what you think then.
Feh!
You must be joking. Nobody uses BlackICE to protect large corporate networks.
I don't know what a firewall sounds like, but I think I hear a web server screaming...
You can get KDE for Solaris, but you have to be comfortable with compiling it from source, or trust someone else's packages.