When I worked at Waldenbooks many moons ago, we would commonly receive copies of one book, Dianetics, from the publisher, with our (And our competitors) sales stickers already on them.
What does this mean? Having never worked at a bookstore, I don't know what it means for a book to come with sales stickers on....
What you describe can be done with current Windows. You don't need any ability to switch renderer. If the user allows you to install any executable, you can inject a DLL into some other program's (say, IE) address space by using a hook function. Any access to the net from the DLL would then appear as from the target program.
In short, the modularization of Windows does not affect the situation a bit in this respect.
I think, is that Microsoft has made a promise almost impossible, or as you say, unrealistic to say the least, to fulfill. Thus, it is nothing more than another PR "flim-flam".
According to him, Windows is almost hopeless from the security viewpoint. That's what he wants to say.
While I agree that it might be fun, there is no reason the scientific community should prove or disprove it. The reason is that not everything has to come from science.
You see, if this is really true, it is so useful it doesn't need science's approval. Sure, the scientific community would be blamed if it turns out to be genuine, but that is a small damage compared to the wasted time and resource spent if every crazy claims were investigated by real scientists.
we have to like the situation. People here are objecting on a commonsense ground.
Come on! What does Sony lose by this "violation"? The software would only work on Sony hardware, meaning only Sony's customer can use it. Objecting to this does paint a nasty picture of Sony for itself, if you ask me.
Being legally within your rights doesn't necessarily mean you are nice and likeable and people should buy your products. Sony's act naturally evoked this reaction and no legal argument can change it.
regards animation as something only for kids, it can't be helped.
Well, it is seen as such in my country (guess which), too. But the producers don't pinpoint their focus as much as American ones. In other words, they are not as super-commercial, and directors like Miyazaki has more say in the work.
The parents are not as crazy as in the US either; e.g. they clearly tolerate the violence in Prince Mononoke.
This is a good opportunity for linux to be known better.
It should be relatively easy technically to make a distribution for schools, although you'd need a help from actual kids, parents, and schools to find out what kind of apps they want.
It has a cd-r drive for imac, CDR-I420/IM(SONY CRX510E), made by Melco.
It is very useful when I work aborad. It makes it easy to transfer large data to Windows-using clients.
POWER KEY
The power key is solid aluminium. The same for the reset key.
SPEAKER
The speaker consists of a mesh of aluminium and a ring made of solid aluminium.
TRACK PAD
The button is made of solid aluminium. It feels wonderful when you click. Also, it prevents miss-clicks.
SLEEP LAMP
I made the sleep lamp out of a solid acrylic. It flashes when the mac is sleeping. Together with the apple mark, this is important for the look.
APPLE MARK
I made this apple mark by casting graphite-colored epoxy-resin into a mould I made with silicone by taking the shape of the apple mark on a blueberry ibook.
It glows softly by the light of the LCD backlight. (put your mouse pointor on the picture --novastyli)
PORT
The USB connector, whose position is a shorcoming of an ibook, was moved to the back, beefed up to a four-port hub. Of course, all other connectors are also on the back.
AIR MAC (Mech Mushroom)
It contains an air-mac inside. It works great when I work at places near my home, such as a park or a cafe.
They have nothing to lose by doing this and everything to gain by delaying the trial.
Expect more to come, not all together, but one after another. (Of course, IANAL, so it might be just I don't know some procedural regulation prohibiting that).
Micropayment wouldn't work. For the decisions can be only so micro.
Non-flat micropayment implies a lot of micro-decisions by the user. Even if it was a penny, you would have to decide every time you see the content, and it is before you see it. People don't want to do this hundred times a day, naturally.
Slashdot Mirror
Some of the author's points are:
younger consumers live in a world where popular music is ubiquitous (and therefore less precious) than in the '60s and '70s
older music fans may hate hip-hop, nu-metal, or techno
the tastes of graying Beatles and Stones fans have fragmented, making them difficult to reach via mass-marketing
younger fans lose interest quickly and often don't develop strong loyalties
of a contest.
Eventually all judge should not only be far away from the actual performance but also be anaware who is playing.
The music community is too corrupt.
What does this mean? Having never worked at a bookstore, I don't know what it means for a book to come with sales stickers on....
What you describe can be done with current Windows. You don't need any ability to switch renderer. If the user allows you to install any executable, you can inject a DLL into some other program's (say, IE) address space by using a hook function. Any access to the net from the DLL would then appear as from the target program.
In short, the modularization of Windows does not affect the situation a bit in this respect.
I think, is that Microsoft has made a promise almost impossible, or as you say, unrealistic to say the least, to fulfill. Thus, it is nothing more than another PR "flim-flam".
According to him, Windows is almost hopeless from the security viewpoint. That's what he wants to say.
no one knows if it would interfere with these services? Everyone is so vague talking like "It could disrupt..." or "It may interfere...".
Or are they just FUD?
While I agree that it might be fun, there is no reason the scientific community should prove or disprove it. The reason is that not everything has to come from science.
You see, if this is really true, it is so useful it doesn't need science's approval. Sure, the scientific community would be blamed if it turns out to be genuine, but that is a small damage compared to the wasted time and resource spent if every crazy claims were investigated by real scientists.
They're aluminum-coated plastic discs. Notice the hyphen.
"SELFNESS" by Gregory Benford
Well, I didn't think it was a matter of size...
we have to like the situation. People here are objecting on a commonsense ground.
Come on! What does Sony lose by this "violation"? The software would only work on Sony hardware, meaning only Sony's customer can use it. Objecting to this does paint a nasty picture of Sony for itself, if you ask me.
Being legally within your rights doesn't necessarily mean you are nice and likeable and people should buy your products. Sony's act naturally evoked this reaction and no legal argument can change it.
They would say anything.
I don't think it wise to trust them.
My hypotheses are:
'Mr Christensen said there was no "apparent danger" that it could ever collide with our planet.'
.... this guy must be british.
regards animation as something only for kids, it can't be helped.
Well, it is seen as such in my country (guess which), too. But the producers don't pinpoint their focus as much as American ones. In other words, they are not as super-commercial, and directors like Miyazaki has more say in the work.
The parents are not as crazy as in the US either; e.g. they clearly tolerate the violence in Prince Mononoke.
Yet they want to tax every cd-r I buy?
They are so self-centered they think everything is about music. I wish they stop making any music so that their "rights" could not be violated.
Outlaw music!
that those MS programs will be as dominant as they are now 10 years from now.
That's what we should change. It can be a good decision in the long run, both for the kids and the society.
This is a good opportunity for linux to be known better.
It should be relatively easy technically to make a distribution for schools, although you'd need a help from actual kids, parents, and schools to find out what kind of apps they want.
On the details ("detail") page,
CD-RECORDER DRIVE
It has a cd-r drive for imac, CDR-I420/IM(SONY CRX510E), made by Melco.
It is very useful when I work aborad. It makes it easy to transfer large data to Windows-using clients.
POWER KEY
The power key is solid aluminium. The same for the reset key.
SPEAKER
The speaker consists of a mesh of aluminium and a ring made of solid aluminium.
TRACK PAD
The button is made of solid aluminium. It feels wonderful when you click. Also, it prevents miss-clicks.
SLEEP LAMP
I made the sleep lamp out of a solid acrylic. It flashes when the mac is sleeping. Together with the apple mark, this is important for the look.
APPLE MARK
I made this apple mark by casting graphite-colored epoxy-resin into a mould I made with silicone by taking the shape of the apple mark on a blueberry ibook.
It glows softly by the light of the LCD backlight. (put your mouse pointor on the picture --novastyli)
PORT
The USB connector, whose position is a shorcoming of an ibook, was moved to the back, beefed up to a four-port hub. Of course, all other connectors are also on the back.
AIR MAC (Mech Mushroom)
It contains an air-mac inside. It works great when I work at places near my home, such as a park or a cafe.
I do!
Yes. But lawers always win.
Expect more to come, not all together, but one after another. (Of course, IANAL, so it might be just I don't know some procedural regulation prohibiting that).
Afterall, the size gets less and less important, not withstanding the coming doomsday when the harddisk capacity ceases to grow exponentially.
Non-flat micropayment implies a lot of micro-decisions by the user. Even if it was a penny, you would have to decide every time you see the content, and it is before you see it. People don't want to do this hundred times a day, naturally.
They even changed the name of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance tomography. They now call it MRI. Nuclear is BAD!