Ah, but in order to sell more units, they must order more parts to manufacture the extra units. A larger order for parts means a larger bulk discount, thus reducing the loss per unit. As component prices continue to fall over time, this can eventually become a profit per unit.
When I applied to be a TA for a CS course at GA Tech (thus making me a state employee), I had to sign an agreement saying that I had not been a member of, nor would I ever join, the Communist party. This regulation is not uncommon in most state government jobs.
Sorry, but "free" != "no ads". It doesn't really matter what you take it to mean.
Broadcast TV is "free", yet the stations still run ads. I visit slashdot every day and its "free", right? Oh wait, there's an ad at the top of the page... I suppose that makes slashdot un-free?
Down with the corporate powerhouse that is OSDN!
As for your comment on worms, virii, and spam originating from AOLers... that is completely unfounded. You can't blame AOL for their customers' idiocy. Besides, the worms and virii that are so quickly propagated through the net are mostly due to Microsoft exploits, not AOL exploits.
Actually, until this past semester, the cheating detector was simply an urban legend here at GA Tech. It didn't exist, or at least not to the extent that the professors described it. Sure, some students were caught cheating in the intro CS class in thr past, but the majority of those cheaters were turned in by a friend, roommate, or even themselves.
The professors have always described the cheat finder as a white-space-eliminating, pattern-matching, we-will-catch-you-every-time cheat detector. This went on for years, when in fact the real script was quite lame. It is my understanding that the previous script was a simple "catch em if they copy code exactly" script.
They finally deployed the legendary cheat finder once and for all at the end of last semester, and caught a significant number of students. Why did they catch so many students? An improved cheat finder can't be the only reason, and it isn't.
- Last semester was also the first time (that I know of) that the same CS course was required by all entering freshman (yes, even management majors and such). What do you expect when you put a bunch of people in a class who don't give a hoot about programming (let alone people who don't know you can actually catch cheaters automatically)?
- Last semester was the first time an actual executable language was used for intro cs. Prior to that, GT was using pseudo code. I'd think the temptation to cheat is higher when you can readily see if your program works or not before you turn it in.
Its not that fact that he was trying to "Aquafy" it through "emulation" that pissed off Apple, its the fact that this Aqua theme would be available to users on other platforms (Linux/Windows).
Apple's aim with Aqua is brand identiy. They want Aqua instantly associated with Apple. They don't want there to be any question about it.
This follows the same logic they used when they sued three companies over iMac knockoffs. They wanted the "look and feel" of an iMac to be instantly recognizeable and associated ONLY with Apple. Even if you thought the iMac was butt-ugly, it stood out from run-of-the-mill beige PCs. It cried out that the Mac was alive and well, and assured that people would remember the design.
Granted, there have been a number of iMac inspired computers, but Apple has choosen its battles well.
The same goes for Aqua. I've seen a number of "Aqua inspired" designs, but the ones where an author obviously went in and copied and pasted Apple's UI elements into a theme file have all been brought to a quick end.
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Ah, but in order to sell more units, they must order more parts to manufacture the extra units. A larger order for parts means a larger bulk discount, thus reducing the loss per unit. As component prices continue to fall over time, this can eventually become a profit per unit.
When I applied to be a TA for a CS course at GA Tech (thus making me a state employee), I had to sign an agreement saying that I had not been a member of, nor would I ever join, the Communist party. This regulation is not uncommon in most state government jobs.
Sorry, but "free" != "no ads". It doesn't really matter what you take it to mean.
Broadcast TV is "free", yet the stations still run ads. I visit slashdot every day and its "free", right? Oh wait, there's an ad at the top of the page... I suppose that makes slashdot un-free?
Down with the corporate powerhouse that is OSDN!
As for your comment on worms, virii, and spam originating from AOLers... that is completely unfounded. You can't blame AOL for their customers' idiocy. Besides, the worms and virii that are so quickly propagated through the net are mostly due to Microsoft exploits, not AOL exploits.
Actually, until this past semester, the cheating detector was simply an urban legend here at GA Tech. It didn't exist, or at least not to the extent that the professors described it. Sure, some students were caught cheating in the intro CS class in thr past, but the majority of those cheaters were turned in by a friend, roommate, or even themselves.
The professors have always described the cheat finder as a white-space-eliminating, pattern-matching, we-will-catch-you-every-time cheat detector. This went on for years, when in fact the real script was quite lame. It is my understanding that the previous script was a simple "catch em if they copy code exactly" script.
They finally deployed the legendary cheat finder once and for all at the end of last semester, and caught a significant number of students. Why did they catch so many students? An improved cheat finder can't be the only reason, and it isn't.
- Last semester was also the first time (that I know of) that the same CS course was required by all entering freshman (yes, even management majors and such). What do you expect when you put a bunch of people in a class who don't give a hoot about programming (let alone people who don't know you can actually catch cheaters automatically)?
- Last semester was the first time an actual executable language was used for intro cs. Prior to that, GT was using pseudo code. I'd think the temptation to cheat is higher when you can readily see if your program works or not before you turn it in.
Its not that fact that he was trying to "Aquafy" it through "emulation" that pissed off Apple, its the fact that this Aqua theme would be available to users on other platforms (Linux/Windows).
Apple's aim with Aqua is brand identiy. They want Aqua instantly associated with Apple. They don't want there to be any question about it.
This follows the same logic they used when they sued three companies over iMac knockoffs. They wanted the "look and feel" of an iMac to be instantly recognizeable and associated ONLY with Apple. Even if you thought the iMac was butt-ugly, it stood out from run-of-the-mill beige PCs. It cried out that the Mac was alive and well, and assured that people would remember the design.
Granted, there have been a number of iMac inspired computers, but Apple has choosen its battles well.
The same goes for Aqua. I've seen a number of "Aqua inspired" designs, but the ones where an author obviously went in and copied and pasted Apple's UI elements into a theme file have all been brought to a quick end.