Don't NDAs typically become invalid when the thing under non-disclosure stops being secret? It would make sense for NDA boilerplate to have words to that effect, or else have it codified in law at the Federal (US) level. Anyone got a copy of the NDA?
Actually, the first thing that came to mind was how an AK47 costs less than a SuperSoaker in S. Africa. Getting back offtopic, assault weapon is such a stupid term; if I was going to go kill a bunch of people, i'd want a semi-auto sniper rifle (powerful, accurate, long range).
Region codes are encoded as a byte on the DVD. each bit turns on one region, and not bits is region free. There's no technical reason why this would cost more.
Newer discs bork on region free players as follows:
Disc queries the region of the player (0), then selects a stream based on that region. A region 1 borked disc will have two streams - 0 and 1. 1 is the content, 0 is a blank screen.
Of course, if you can just switch the region around like me, then there's not much they can do.
This is where we disagree then. I view software as service when my work is billed hourly. Software as product is when the product is produced internally and then sold as a product.
If it isn't sold, then it's not a product. That would require packaging, advertising, and probably different documentation as well.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, historically every port from console to PC or vice versa has been a complete failure without exception. This is because of the different styles of play that consoles demand.
This makes no sense. I can play console style games on my PC just fine (DungeonKeeper 2, Earthworm Jim). There isn't much of anything that the X box has as far as game style goes that the PC doesn't. Places where games have failed have in ports have usually been control related; that isn't a problem anymore - i can buy a keyboard and plug it into an Xbox (if i had one) and i can grab a PSX style game pad and shove two into my PC. Savegames shouldn't be a problem - who's going to run out of space on an 8G disk?
Short term and long term are terms from Economic theory. They can vary considerably, but a month would probably make sense in this context. The advantage is that you get some price stability, so the person buying has a bit more confidence. He might otherwise wait for the price to drop or, if the procurement cycle is too long, he might go somewhere that still has the same price he got approval to buy at.
Somebody has to pay for the road. It's either in the gas tax (Europe) or general income tax (us). We here in the US like to subsidize our drivers, we do.
Fuel costs are not comparable - i'll bet if you add in all the US tax subsidies that go to road maintenance, you'd find that they'd be almost the same.
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Which government?
How do you tell if it's bulk?
What if they're Nigerians?
How do you impose a fine or jail time on somebody you can't find?
Of course the real solution is to make Spamming a social stigma, like horrible body odor.
Even better - the keys, each of which has an escrowed decrypt key, confirm their validity via a 16 bit checksum. Even without the algorithm, you can just pick a random 64 bit number and try all the possible checksums, ending up with a Clipper key that isn't archived anywhere.
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Don't NDAs typically become invalid when the thing under non-disclosure stops being secret? It would make sense for NDA boilerplate to have words to that effect, or else have it codified in law at the Federal (US) level.
Anyone got a copy of the NDA?
Actually, the first thing that came to mind was how an AK47 costs less than a SuperSoaker in S. Africa. Getting back offtopic, assault weapon is such a stupid term; if I was going to go kill a bunch of people, i'd want a semi-auto sniper rifle (powerful, accurate, long range).
What, better error messages? Perhaps you could name a couple places where VC++ is less portable than other C++ compilers.
I think firewire drives may be ok, but firewire isn't ubiquitous yet.
So, how about an enclosure that speaks both USB and firewire? People make those, you know.
Region codes are encoded as a byte on the DVD. each bit turns on one region, and not bits is region free. There's no technical reason why this would cost more.
Disc queries the region of the player (0), then selects a stream based on that region. A region 1 borked disc will have two streams - 0 and 1. 1 is the content, 0 is a blank screen.
Of course, if you can just switch the region around like me, then there's not much they can do.
In London, England there is a room with a glass floor cantilevered out from the 60th(?) storey of a building. Care to try that?
can i bring my bowling ball?
What rise in teen violence? it's been falling for years.
A fifteen year old can make these decisions, but is similarly unable to make intelligent decisions regarding sex.
The same thing could be said for about half of all adults
So, do you know if i can get an adapter for the cinema display and use it with a PC?
This is where we disagree then. I view software as service when my work is billed hourly. Software as product is when the product is produced internally and then sold as a product.
If it isn't sold, then it's not a product. That would require packaging, advertising, and probably different documentation as well.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, historically every port from console to PC or vice versa has been a complete failure without exception. This is because of the different styles of play that consoles demand.
This makes no sense. I can play console style games on my PC just fine (DungeonKeeper 2, Earthworm Jim). There isn't much of anything that the X box has as far as game style goes that the PC doesn't. Places where games have failed have in ports have usually been control related; that isn't a problem anymore - i can buy a keyboard and plug it into an Xbox (if i had one) and i can grab a PSX style game pad and shove two into my PC. Savegames shouldn't be a problem - who's going to run out of space on an 8G disk?
Sounds like a ripoff veritech cycle to me.
Short term and long term are terms from Economic theory. They can vary considerably, but a month would probably make sense in this context. The advantage is that you get some price stability, so the person buying has a bit more confidence. He might otherwise wait for the price to drop or, if the procurement cycle is too long, he might go somewhere that still has the same price he got approval to buy at.
Software is mostly a product
Bullshit
Most software is not commercial; it is written for the sole use of a company, by programmers. This is not a product I am describing, it is a service.
Let's just say that a virus is a bad metaphor for GPL behavior, alright?
Just a nit - why is Corley's swerver responding to a 1.0 request with a 1.1 reply?
no it wouldn't. Short term fixed prices vary in the long term.
I'm quite happy to beat them, thank you.
Um, how many people died last month at Scientology facilities?
Somebody has to pay for the road. It's either in the gas tax (Europe) or general income tax (us). We here in the US like to subsidize our drivers, we do.
Idjit.
Then you're too close. Learn how to drive.
Fuel costs are not comparable - i'll bet if you add in all the US tax subsidies that go to road maintenance, you'd find that they'd be almost the same.
- Which government?
- How do you tell if it's bulk?
- What if they're Nigerians?
- How do you impose a fine or jail time on somebody you can't find?
Of course the real solution is to make Spamming a social stigma, like horrible body odor.Even better - the keys, each of which has an escrowed decrypt key, confirm their validity via a 16 bit checksum. Even without the algorithm, you can just pick a random 64 bit number and try all the possible checksums, ending up with a Clipper key that isn't archived anywhere.