"Your choice to use Windows was an illusion. Microsoft is a monopoly. It's as simple as that. When you went to buy a computer, and you walked into the little store, did you see a lot Macs, or a crap load of Windows PCs?"
No. When I went into the store I saw a bunch of parts all over the place. I ran home with them and quickly put gentoo on the resulting Barton 3000+ system.
Yeah sure, at BestBuy or FS or whatever you see Wintel machines but that's FS they're meant for the average joe who wouldn't want GNU/Linux anyways [i.e. what the fuck is a shell?]
Actually this isn't totally true. IExplore.exe will only run when IE is open. It shares code with Explorer though which is often where the exploits come into play.
I suggest you play with taskman once in a while:-)
If you don't re-test your product before releasing [even with the smallest change] then you poorly understand the software engineering principles that would have been taught to you in a decent higher education school.
Most stable products have test scripts at the very least [like perl or even bzip2 for that matter!] that run as a natural part of the build process.
You can't just change a line, rebuild and send it out and then not expect to see many "oopses" in your future.
This is total BS. While the average OSS developer will patch huge holes in software quickly many known bugs and such can linger for a while. Look at GCC 3.x series? For the most part it works but there are tons of bugs in it and they're very slowly being fixed. I wouldn't call this "overnight".
Look at kernel 2.4.23. How long was it in development?
You got to read closer. For as long as I can remember monitors always advertised the viewable area and dot pitch. If you buy monitors from Kanka or something than that's your problem.
As for 20GB disks to be fair there is space "wasted" by sector encodings and other data [ecc]. So really you do have 20GB [or more] of data on disk, just not 20GB usable by the FS.
As for the modems, again same thing. Sure it's called 56K but they've put "the 53.3K cap" on the boxes forever now. Why they don't just call them 53K modems? Not as catchy.
In general I do agree that advertising is almost always misleading which leads to the "once burned twice shy" syndrome most people encounter...
You can't just square root both sides simultaneously. That's not a meaningful operation [hint: they're not the same base!]. You would have actually perform
Sorry to bitch about your sig but it is truly lame. First off any negative number squared is equal to it's absolute squared. It's called a root for a reason.
e.g.
(-A)^2 = A^2 therefore for all A in \bbbz A = 0.
Which is total and utter nonsense.
People like you dumb society down too much. Go play in traffic or something.
Yeah but multiple platers that store WAY more info. Make the enclosure like resistant to dust and shit, etc...... so exactly like a floppy but slightly bigger, more resilient to weathering, store more and cost a tad more.
Tom
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DVD/CD's are generally more resistant to being transported. Recall that hard disks have moving parts inside [hmm: make a harddrive system where you only carry the platters around and the motor/controller stay in the computer? Damn patent that idea!].
CD/DVD's are horribly weak [-8 defense!] against scratches [cost 18HP!, hehehe]. My laptop for instance has a hard time with most scratches where a desktop cdrom usually has no problem. It's a pain in the ass...
No, SCEA makes jack squat. The developers at SCEA make everything. Recall that when you sign on with the RIAA you work for the RIAA. How is that any different than working for SCEA?
Essentially you're argument is "I'll pirate audio because I don't like paying the RIAA for music". Sure CDs may cost way too much. There is a solution for that. Don't buy boy-band cds. I cam go into an HMV and pick up just about any well packed classical cd for half the price of a "TOP 50" CD.
Essentially you're nothing more than a hypocrite who uses lame ass excuses to justify copyright infringement.
" YOU CAN copy things for non-commercial purposes. Letting somebody else listen to your music collection is a non-commercial purpose."
I think there is a difference between playing a song on your home stereo while playing cards with friends then letting millions of your closest friends to listen with you.
Also private home use only. Ever notice that on videos? That's because that's the interpretation of the copyright act for the given media.
"A dude's gotta make some bread, but the RIAA certainly doesn't. They don't create anything. All they do is make sure that the artists pay through the nose for the privilege of getting their music heard."
This is totally BS. Should we then pirate video games because SCEA makes wicked more money than the average developer at SCEA?
An artist has to choose to work for the RIAA just like a developer has to with SCEA [in this example].
The rest of your rhetoric is nonsense.
Is the RIAA stupid? Yes. Does that give people the rights to rip cds and send copies to whomever they want... NO!
People like you give a bad name to common sense liberterianism.
I mean if you can just copy things you didn't buy why even bother having copyright. in that case why even bother have art or any form of media. I mean it's not like we're going anti-capitalist any time soon and a dude's gotta make bread.
The point is that while she has is free to purchase a computer the privilege to own/use one can be lawfully revoked [ala Kevin Mitnick].
Same thing with a driver license. You can't just drive like a lunatic because you're "free". Just like you can't unleash hell on the internet because it felt right.
for a reason you know. Quite frankly, if little Megan didn't know what the application was doing [or it's purpose] than little Megan shouldn't have used it. Last I checked in most nations computers are a privilege not a right. So if you can't be bothered to use it correctly piss off and make room for the next customer.
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It's the desktop, the file manager, the kview application [which last I checked rendered pdf's, images, dvi's], the internet browser and more.
A critical bug in Konqueror and all of KDE becomes useless.
Same could be said for the Kate class [which runs kwrite, kate and kedit I think...] for programmers... no Kate working no editors...
Tom
"Your choice to use Windows was an illusion. Microsoft is a monopoly. It's as simple as that. When you went to buy a computer, and you walked into the little store, did you see a lot Macs, or a crap load of Windows PCs?"
No. When I went into the store I saw a bunch of parts all over the place. I ran home with them and quickly put gentoo on the resulting Barton 3000+ system.
Yeah sure, at BestBuy or FS or whatever you see Wintel machines but that's FS they're meant for the average joe who wouldn't want GNU/Linux anyways [i.e. what the fuck is a shell?]
Tom
Actually this isn't totally true. IExplore.exe will only run when IE is open. It shares code with Explorer though which is often where the exploits come into play.
:-)
I suggest you play with taskman once in a while
Let me guess. You're not a "real programmer"?
If you don't re-test your product before releasing [even with the smallest change] then you poorly understand the software engineering principles that would have been taught to you in a decent higher education school.
Most stable products have test scripts at the very least [like perl or even bzip2 for that matter!] that run as a natural part of the build process.
You can't just change a line, rebuild and send it out and then not expect to see many "oopses" in your future.
Tom
This is total BS. While the average OSS developer will patch huge holes in software quickly many known bugs and such can linger for a while. Look at GCC 3.x series? For the most part it works but there are tons of bugs in it and they're very slowly being fixed. I wouldn't call this "overnight".
Look at kernel 2.4.23. How long was it in development?
Tom
Last time I checked KDE was powered by Konqueror......
Tom
This is totally stupid. First off the js runs *locally*. The real risk is making sure the js you download is legit.
There is no risk of data going outwards though unless the js has been modified.
You got to read closer. For as long as I can remember monitors always advertised the viewable area and dot pitch. If you buy monitors from Kanka or something than that's your problem.
As for 20GB disks to be fair there is space "wasted" by sector encodings and other data [ecc]. So really you do have 20GB [or more] of data on disk, just not 20GB usable by the FS.
As for the modems, again same thing. Sure it's called 56K but they've put "the 53.3K cap" on the boxes forever now. Why they don't just call them 53K modems? Not as catchy.
In general I do agree that advertising is almost always misleading which leads to the "once burned twice shy" syndrome most people encounter...
Tom
You can't just square root both sides simultaneously. That's not a meaningful operation [hint: they're not the same base!]. You would have actually perform
(1)^2 = (-1)^2
(1)(1) - (-1)(-1) = 0
sqrt((1)(1) - (-1)(-1)) = sqrt(0)
which gives you
sqrt(1 - 1) = sqrt(0)
sqrt(0) = sqrt(0)
Which seems to be true. So what's your fucking point? Learn how to actually work with equations.
Mathass!
Tom
Yes, but until they actually dial up you don't need the stack.
Also as phil pointed out you can "dialup" without going to the "net".
Point being you don't need an IP stack to use a computer. MS-DOS had no IP stack and it seemed to work just fine for many users.
Tom
Sorry to bitch about your sig but it is truly lame. First off any negative number squared is equal to it's absolute squared. It's called a root for a reason.
e.g.
(-A)^2 = A^2 therefore for all A in \bbbz A = 0.
Which is total and utter nonsense.
People like you dumb society down too much. Go play in traffic or something.
Tom
No it is not.
You can use a computer without an IP stack [working] just fine. Dialup users do it all the time.
Tom
Yeah but multiple platers that store WAY more info. Make the enclosure like resistant to dust and shit, etc... ... so exactly like a floppy but slightly bigger, more resilient to weathering, store more and cost a tad more.
Tom
DVD/CD's are generally more resistant to being transported. Recall that hard disks have moving parts inside [hmm: make a harddrive system where you only carry the platters around and the motor/controller stay in the computer? Damn patent that idea!].
...
CD/DVD's are horribly weak [-8 defense!] against scratches [cost 18HP!, hehehe]. My laptop for instance has a hard time with most scratches where a desktop cdrom usually has no problem. It's a pain in the ass
Tom
reply twice! reply twice!
Way to repost
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Asshat.
"SCEA makes video games"
No, SCEA makes jack squat. The developers at SCEA make everything. Recall that when you sign on with the RIAA you work for the RIAA. How is that any different than working for SCEA?
Essentially you're argument is "I'll pirate audio because I don't like paying the RIAA for music". Sure CDs may cost way too much. There is a solution for that. Don't buy boy-band cds. I cam go into an HMV and pick up just about any well packed classical cd for half the price of a "TOP 50" CD.
Essentially you're nothing more than a hypocrite who uses lame ass excuses to justify copyright infringement.
Tom
" YOU CAN copy things for non-commercial purposes. Letting somebody else listen to your music collection is a non-commercial purpose."
I think there is a difference between playing a song on your home stereo while playing cards with friends then letting millions of your closest friends to listen with you.
Also private home use only. Ever notice that on videos? That's because that's the interpretation of the copyright act for the given media.
"A dude's gotta make some bread, but the RIAA certainly doesn't. They don't create anything. All they do is make sure that the artists pay through the nose for the privilege of getting their music heard."
This is totally BS. Should we then pirate video games because SCEA makes wicked more money than the average developer at SCEA?
An artist has to choose to work for the RIAA just like a developer has to with SCEA [in this example].
The rest of your rhetoric is nonsense.
Is the RIAA stupid? Yes. Does that give people the rights to rip cds and send copies to whomever they want... NO!
People like you give a bad name to common sense liberterianism.
Tom
How so?
Legitimate question.
I mean if you can just copy things you didn't buy why even bother having copyright. in that case why even bother have art or any form of media. I mean it's not like we're going anti-capitalist any time soon and a dude's gotta make bread.
Tom
The question here is whether the kid had the right to distribute the material. It wasn't her's to distribute. End of case.
She doesn't have the "right" to violate other peoples copyrights.
Simple as that end of story sentence finished.
Ok, find the specific passage of your charter of rights, constitution, etc... that states you are specifically permitted todo any of the following
1. smoke
2. drive
3. drink pepsi on a cloudy tuesday afternoon
4. own a computer.
Sure those actions seem inherently permissible but they are not rights.
Rights are things like
- free speech
- free assembly
- to be safe from bodily harm
etc...
Rights are not things like
- sticking it to the man by violating civil law
- being an ignorant little brat sucking up bandwidth pirating the latest boyband concoction.
Free Mitnick!
Tom
Quick patent this idea! Put the words "over the internet" in it somewhere and you're set.
Tom
Oh shut the fuck up. You are allowed to make personal backups. And moreover this isn't the point of this article. She wasn't backing up the music.
I seriously doubt Megan had 1100 shared songs for "backup purposes".
Tom
The point is that while she has is free to purchase a computer the privilege to own/use one can be lawfully revoked [ala Kevin Mitnick].
Same thing with a driver license. You can't just drive like a lunatic because you're "free". Just like you can't unleash hell on the internet because it felt right.
Tom
The software is called
PEER to PEER
for a reason you know. Quite frankly, if little Megan didn't know what the application was doing [or it's purpose] than little Megan shouldn't have used it. Last I checked in most nations computers are a privilege not a right. So if you can't be bothered to use it correctly piss off and make room for the next customer.
Tom