Doesn't seem to affect car manufacturers. Your warranty will be invalid if you use non-genuine spare parts, but you can use any suitable tyre if you need to. Also, the car manufacturers do not actively prevent importers selling their products to people with older vehicles.
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On the subject of setup files, I was going to mention the existence of c:/WINNT/system32/drivers/etc in Win2k.
I checked the directory in question, to make sure I had the location right, and found a file called 'quotes'. This file contains 12 quotes, by A.A.Milne, Dickens and G.B.Shaw. Does anyone know of an associated program to show these quotes? Would an XP user care to take a look to see if the file is still present?
...central palmar blister on the inside of the hand.
Does anyone else remember how the old Atari joystick's base would cause a blister in the left hand? In my case caused by too many hours playing their crappy Pacman clone.
Not all Brits think it is a good idea to stay out. Unfortunately, many people are persuaded by the anti-Euro arguments of a newspaper owned by someone who doesn't even live here.
Microsoft is getting what is coming to it, not for "distributing superior software for 0% the price of a competitor", but for coercing OEMs into offering no other choice.
It says "so computer manufacturers could choose which Internet browser to offer." They seem to envision the OEM installing whichever browser they wish, ditto email and any other software a manufacturer wishes to bundle.
Look at some of the home package deals available, the software comes in a box as big as the monitor does.
So you are saying that the responsibility for downloading/displaying content would be with the viewer.
Surely this is how things work regarding physical media. If I import content which is illegal in my country, but not in the originating country, the publisher bears no responsibility. I take the decision to bring the material in, and I pay the price if I get caught with illegal material.
Does anyone know what the law says regarding international mail order items? The exisiting precedent should determine any laws drafted for new media, IMHO.
And allowing passengers to carry guns onto planes would not cause more disasters in the long run? How many loons do you think travel each day in the US? How often do you read of air rage stories? What if the hijackers were also carrying guns? I think arming air passengers is a Bad Idea, perhaps we should try it for six months and see what happens.
Somalia does NOT have a "right" to a damn thing outside what they are capable of generating for themselves (which, aside from kat and drive by shootings from "technicals", isn't much of anything).
This statement is pretty shocking. Apart from the racist overtones in parentheses, you would condemn the people living in this country to even more hardship than they are enduring now. Describing a country as a single political unit is the same mindset which people use to justify attacks on each other, both terrorists and, throughout history, rulers, tribes and governments. It seems that you believe ones right to life lasts as long as the money in one's pocket.
The fact that they were given access to the international communications infrastructure by the United States is a privilege.
Lumping people together again, idiot.
This goes a little further than content control and even eavesdropping. I don't know, but it seems that a great many people could suffer because of this.
Give me greedy ambition, evil intentions, and a good result any day over the gift you guys have given the world during the 20th century, and continuing on today.
Are you a Nazi by any chance? One of the gifts of the 20th century was the defeat of these principles when they seemed ready to sweep the world. I wonder what the generation who fought in WW2 would think about your last statement.
Oh and who the hell moderated this to Insightful? Flamebait would have been nearer the mark.
Thank you! I get the feeling a lot of the adults who rave about the book don't really read that much themselves. I have plenty of reading material to get through, I'm not going to waste time reading kids books.
There's nothing wrong with a bit of variety though. I just came back from a week on holiday where I read the first HP book and 3 Joseph Conrad short stories (HP took 1 day, JC took 3). One touched me profoundly, the other kept me amused for a hot, sunny afternoon.
Just because I watch a serious film one night, doesn't mean I won't watch cartoons the next.
If some legislation like this becomes law, what happens to hardware manufactured outside the US, for use outside the US? Are you guys gonna be making trips to Europe to buy non-crippled hardware or will economies of scale ensure that everyone gets copy-protecting hardware?
If you really care about the safety of others, don't use encryption unless you really need to (say, to safeguard personal or busines secrets). And when you do, use an encryption standard that the government can recognize and break.
That's all very well, but how can I, in a commercial evironment, trust someone else's government not to pass on any of my trade secrets? I understand that you are writing in the context of a US national speaking about your own government, but don't forget that companies from other countries might be less than happy for their communications to be intercepted by another government.
I agree with you in principle though, the only use of cryptography I use is ssh (I don't have a credit card). If I wanted to conduct some shady dealings, I certainly wouldn't want to use the internet for communication, too many records for that sort of thing.
Maybe even now the spinners can't help themselves. At the press conference where this was announced, the reporters seemed very interested in the nature of the threat to Air Force One, which I presume was in Florida at the time of the attacks.
I seem to remember that prions naturally occur in the brain. I think the CJD causing ones are malformed in some way, and interact with those in the 'host', changing their shape.
I think you are being a little unfair here. Not with respect to the effects of USA pollution and overconsumption on both Americans and Everyone Else, but in tarring all US citizens with the same brush. One thing I learned from lurking on Slashdot, not all Americans are overfed non-thinkers.
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Does this mean that since we can never prevent some contries from having nuclear weapons, all countries should be allowed to purchase them?
Doesn't seem to affect car manufacturers. Your warranty will be invalid if you use non-genuine spare parts, but you can use any suitable tyre if you need to. Also, the car manufacturers do not actively prevent importers selling their products to people with older vehicles.
On the subject of setup files, I was going to mention the existence of c:/WINNT/system32/drivers/etc in Win2k.
I checked the directory in question, to make sure I had the location right, and found a file called 'quotes'. This file contains 12 quotes, by A.A.Milne, Dickens and G.B.Shaw. Does anyone know of an associated program to show these quotes? Would an XP user care to take a look to see if the file is still present?
Does anyone else remember how the old Atari joystick's base would cause a blister in the left hand? In my case caused by too many hours playing their crappy Pacman clone.
Not all Brits think it is a good idea to stay out. Unfortunately, many people are persuaded by the anti-Euro arguments of a newspaper owned by someone who doesn't even live here.
Well, it's happened before.
Sorry, couldn't resist it.
Microsoft is getting what is coming to it, not for "distributing superior software for 0% the price of a competitor", but for coercing OEMs into offering no other choice.
It says "so computer manufacturers could choose which Internet browser to offer." They seem to envision the OEM installing whichever browser they wish, ditto email and any other software a manufacturer wishes to bundle.
Look at some of the home package deals available, the software comes in a box as big as the monitor does.
Surely this is how things work regarding physical media. If I import content which is illegal in my country, but not in the originating country, the publisher bears no responsibility. I take the decision to bring the material in, and I pay the price if I get caught with illegal material.
Does anyone know what the law says regarding international mail order items? The exisiting precedent should determine any laws drafted for new media, IMHO.
And allowing passengers to carry guns onto planes would not cause more disasters in the long run? How many loons do you think travel each day in the US? How often do you read of air rage stories? What if the hijackers were also carrying guns? I think arming air passengers is a Bad Idea, perhaps we should try it for six months and see what happens.
Informative? Check the picture.
This statement is pretty shocking. Apart from the racist overtones in parentheses, you would condemn the people living in this country to even more hardship than they are enduring now. Describing a country as a single political unit is the same mindset which people use to justify attacks on each other, both terrorists and, throughout history, rulers, tribes and governments. It seems that you believe ones right to life lasts as long as the money in one's pocket.
The fact that they were given access to the international communications infrastructure by the United States is a privilege.
Lumping people together again, idiot.
This goes a little further than content control and even eavesdropping. I don't know, but it seems that a great many people could suffer because of this.
Give me greedy ambition, evil intentions, and a good result any day over the gift you guys have given the world during the 20th century, and continuing on today.
Are you a Nazi by any chance? One of the gifts of the 20th century was the defeat of these principles when they seemed ready to sweep the world. I wonder what the generation who fought in WW2 would think about your last statement.
Oh and who the hell moderated this to Insightful? Flamebait would have been nearer the mark.
Deeply touched by Harry Potter? I may be shallow, but that was uncalled for ;-)
There's nothing wrong with a bit of variety though. I just came back from a week on holiday where I read the first HP book and 3 Joseph Conrad short stories (HP took 1 day, JC took 3). One touched me profoundly, the other kept me amused for a hot, sunny afternoon.
Just because I watch a serious film one night, doesn't mean I won't watch cartoons the next.
So, between the two of you, the conclusion is 'pity anyone who thinks they know what is *really* going on' ?
Er, yes you can, with varying degrees of success depending on which organism you want to vaccinate against.
If some legislation like this becomes law, what happens to hardware manufactured outside the US, for use outside the US? Are you guys gonna be making trips to Europe to buy non-crippled hardware or will economies of scale ensure that everyone gets copy-protecting hardware?
That's all very well, but how can I, in a commercial evironment, trust someone else's government not to pass on any of my trade secrets? I understand that you are writing in the context of a US national speaking about your own government, but don't forget that companies from other countries might be less than happy for their communications to be intercepted by another government.
I agree with you in principle though, the only use of cryptography I use is ssh (I don't have a credit card). If I wanted to conduct some shady dealings, I certainly wouldn't want to use the internet for communication, too many records for that sort of thing.
Just my tuppence worth.
Maybe even now the spinners can't help themselves. At the press conference where this was announced, the reporters seemed very interested in the nature of the threat to Air Force One, which I presume was in Florida at the time of the attacks.
The British and the Soviets both failed in the attempt to conquer Afghanistan. Even the Taliban don't control the whole country.
I seem to remember that prions naturally occur in the brain. I think the CJD causing ones are malformed in some way, and interact with those in the 'host', changing their shape.
'World dominating position' - well, here's a market which MS look increasingly unlikely to dominate, next-gen mobile devices. Check this if you are interested: Ballmer calls for Nokia partnership, Nokia coughs politely