Why? If all those codemonkeys in Redmond had not been paid, then Windows might never have been written, and people might not have suffered from blue screens, Clippy and closed file formats. Something better than Windows might have been created instead. Maybe all those monkeys would have been hacking on Linux, NetBSD or Plan B [lsub.org] instead.
Ya, who knows... they might have been working crappy full-time jobs only able to spare the occasional evening or weekend for coding instead!
Financial incentive allows people to write software full-time.
I tried locking-down a machine at the office for one of our workers who didn't really do much.
The trouble is that McAfee, which likes to update itself sometimes twice a day, would demand to be updated in Admin mode *only*. (It wasn't an option to turn-off McAfee's auto-updates.)
Crack-berry people should be admired - they aren't tied to their computers all day, just to do email. They are out and about enjoying their time, getting more done outside the office with these things. Frankly anyone who can actually keep up to date, reply to messages, and who can take care of business with these things is a hero in my books.
Riiiight...
Meanwhile, this is how the REST of the world sees Crackberry users:
I'm sure you have a few CDs you still listen to, but are you telling me you don't have a single CD that you don't occasionally look at only to think "what the hell was I high on when I bought that one"?
Yes, but it's ludicrous to toss out the bushell for one or two bad apples.
You people who are buying music from iTunes hoping to keep it forever are for in a big surprise come the day when a virus wipes out your hard drive and you realize you had forgotten to back up all your data.
Well first of all, considering how long most people usually spend listening to their music after they purchase it, there really isn't too much of an advantage to being able to keep all the songs you buy forever.
Are you fucking kidding me? People I know listen to CDs from YEARS ago all the time!
I still listen to CDs (ripped, of course) I bought when I was a teenager.
Now, we're not talking about trendy pop hits, but music with staying power.
Do you really want to be paying $10/month (or more, if they change their TOS) for the rest of your life to maintain your "collection"?
Something like iTunes is fine for getting a few hit songs that you want (in which case its not that expensive at all, I mean thats less than a large fries at a fast food restaurant), but not for filling up your music collection.
Calling what you download from Yahoo! your "music collection" is like renting a bunch of videos from Blockbuster and calling it your "movie collection".
It may be in your house now, but it's going back to the store when the rental period has lapsed.
Anything I download from iTunes is playable until I delete it or lose it somehow.
Today several open source products are used in production for years before reaching 1.0. This basically moves the responsibility to the user. If his production system fails, it is his fault, because he used "unfinished" software.
Open Source software avoids this by staying below 1.0 for a decade.
HOW, exactly, does that FIX the problem?
Naming really is arbitrary and ceremonial. Whether it's called 1.0 or 0.5.4.6, if it's released at the same point in development it's released at the same point in development.
That's like saying "I'm not going to name my kid until he's toilet trained."
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Viacom, of course, retained the Green Slime division, which was crucial to their Nickelodeon operation.
Are you arguing that Bush knew that Iraq had no WMDs
That's where toadies come into play.
Screw up, get caught, place the blame on a disposable minion. ("They gave me Bad Information".)
Why? If all those codemonkeys in Redmond had not been paid, then Windows might never have been written, and people might not have suffered from blue screens, Clippy and closed file formats. Something better than Windows might have been created instead. Maybe all those monkeys would have been hacking on Linux, NetBSD or Plan B [lsub.org] instead.
Ya, who knows... they might have been working crappy full-time jobs only able to spare the occasional evening or weekend for coding instead!
Financial incentive allows people to write software full-time.
As opposed to a slimy speculator with a vague patent vs a company that independently came up with an idea and worked hard to make it successful?
As opposed to an employee-less US patent squatter trying to overwhelm a markedly successful Canadian business?
Just hope they don't install it in any fighter jets.
Penguins may have wings, but they CAN'T FLY.
http://despair.com/limitations.html
No, it requires WGA to INSTALL.
BTW, WTF is "wala"? Do you mean "voila"?
If it was only so easy.
McAfee starts several processes using registry entries. None using shortcuts.
I tried locking-down a machine at the office for one of our workers who didn't really do much.
The trouble is that McAfee, which likes to update itself sometimes twice a day, would demand to be updated in Admin mode *only*. (It wasn't an option to turn-off McAfee's auto-updates.)
Pain in the ass, it all is.
Whereas in the first one, Buzz was lost and Woody had to rescue him.
Well, it's Canadian (broadcast) television, if that means anything.
Ah, I forgot about that...
Pixelization works not so well when the entire resolution is reduced...
Laugh all you want. My 'CrackBerry' lets me operate out of the office better than any *insert device here* I've ever tried.
Well, if you're using it as an anal probe, then I suppose it's better than a laptop...
What part's NSFW? (Watched it on TV a few weeks ago, can't remember...)
Crack-berry people should be admired - they aren't tied to their computers all day, just to do email. They are out and about enjoying their time, getting more done outside the office with these things. Frankly anyone who can actually keep up to date, reply to messages, and who can take care of business with these things is a hero in my books.
b lackberry (WMP or QT)
Riiiight...
Meanwhile, this is how the REST of the world sees Crackberry users:
http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/video_player.html?
I'm sure you have a few CDs you still listen to, but are you telling me you don't have a single CD that you don't occasionally look at only to think "what the hell was I high on when I bought that one"?
Yes, but it's ludicrous to toss out the bushell for one or two bad apples.
You people who are buying music from iTunes hoping to keep it forever are for in a big surprise come the day when a virus wipes out your hard drive and you realize you had forgotten to back up all your data.
Duh?
That's why I keep an external backup drive.
You can lose hard copy CDs too, you know.
I dunno... keep an old version of iTunes or an iPod around just in case?
Well first of all, considering how long most people usually spend listening to their music after they purchase it, there really isn't too much of an advantage to being able to keep all the songs you buy forever.
Are you fucking kidding me? People I know listen to CDs from YEARS ago all the time!
I still listen to CDs (ripped, of course) I bought when I was a teenager.
Now, we're not talking about trendy pop hits, but music with staying power.
Do you really want to be paying $10/month (or more, if they change their TOS) for the rest of your life to maintain your "collection"?
Well, I DO shop at Urban Outfitters... BUT my beer is Rickard's, Starbucks is completely evil, and I don't drive a car.
Something like iTunes is fine for getting a few hit songs that you want (in which case its not that expensive at all, I mean thats less than a large fries at a fast food restaurant), but not for filling up your music collection.
Calling what you download from Yahoo! your "music collection" is like renting a bunch of videos from Blockbuster and calling it your "movie collection".
It may be in your house now, but it's going back to the store when the rental period has lapsed.
Anything I download from iTunes is playable until I delete it or lose it somehow.
Make it.
I dare you.
Today several open source products are used in production for years before reaching 1.0. This basically moves the responsibility to the user. If his production system fails, it is his fault, because he used "unfinished" software.
So essentially, it's a massive cop-out.
Open Source software avoids this by staying below 1.0 for a decade.
HOW, exactly, does that FIX the problem?
Naming really is arbitrary and ceremonial. Whether it's called 1.0 or 0.5.4.6, if it's released at the same point in development it's released at the same point in development.
That's like saying "I'm not going to name my kid until he's toilet trained."
But where's Steve Irwin?
He's cashing in (it's sponsored by the Guardian) and you can tell he has absolutely no enthusiasm for it.
Umm... if you'd actually LISTENED to it, you'd hear him mention he was doing it for FREE.
ie: Not getting paid. Not cashing-in.
He's doing it because he wants to.