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I agree. A lot of KDE upgrades I avoid simply because I'm afraid of the incompatibilities it can cause with my current distro (in this case, RedHat 7.1). I normally wait for a Linux company to place the new interface into their distro, then download that instead.
- Square has tie-ins to Sony (exclusivity clause of Final Fantasies on the PS1, rights to publish the movie). - Microsoft has tie-ins to nVidia (nVidia makes some of the chips for the XBox). -Square now has tie-ins to nVidia with this demonstration.
Does this mean that more Square games will get ported to the nVidia chipsets, most notably Final Fantasy for the XBox? If I had a choice between the relative hardwares (rather than my PC, which would come first) I'd love to see what Square could do with an nVidia chipset.
"And if the technical measures don't really work, well that's OK because you can still have people locked up for discussing the fact that they don't work!"
Name one. Keep in mind, there is a difference between "discussing the fact" and physically releasing a tool to aid and abet, like the Adobe hacker did.
One could easily argue that the DCMA does NOT extend beyond the boundaries of the "shiny distracting gadget which is the ability to copy music" but instead is the prevention by crackers/hackers in the community of any kind of rational argument on the subject. The problem lies in the definition of "freedom".
I for one, by example, believe I should have the "freedom" to not allow others to copy my creative works, including my writing. That's a personal preference that falls in line with other arguments that have been made over the past 200 years (You have the "freedom" to beat someone up on the street, but they have the "freedom" to not be beaten up. Who has the more personable and greater rights in this instance?)
The problem, quite simply, is that the DCMA does *not* tread on the freedoms of the populace as a whole, but the *perceived freedoms* of a scant percentage of the population. This is the same hacker/cracker group that will fight so diligently to keep their information away from prying eyes, but will then turn around and argue that all information "should be free". Security and personal freedom *don't* coexist, my friend, so a reasonable median compromise must be found. And I for one do not believe the DCMA treads on my freedom.
Ah, yes. Being able to copy music is paramount to my freedom. To say nothing of the thousands of people living under dictatorships, repressive conditions, and near-slavery. But having the rich upper-middle class, like myself, be able to copy music -- that's something that deserves to be in the constitution.
Slashdot just has this love/hate relationship with all things CNet, including GameSpot. On one hand, they're the "man" with more money than Slashdot could ever have, so they can't possibly be good. On the other, ZDNet and CNet have provided countless articles for Slashdot's front page.
I for one actually like ZDNet, even with their "mainstream" bent. And I also like extremetech.com on occasion. Their review of the XP kernel (in painstaking detail) was superb.
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Linux Turns 10
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I actually live in Joisey.:) You have to have a sense of humor to live here.
Re:East-Coast Event was Re:DC area?
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Linux Turns 10
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"Hey honey, want to go to a Linux party? Right off I-95 in Philadelphia. Yeah, near New Jersey. Honey? Honey?..."
I know this will be targetted as "flamebait", but I feel it should be said: why would the average game player bother with these games, when they can just as easily purchase a used copy of Final Fantasy IX (for example) for around $20? And get a professionally-crafted title?
This is clearly not DirectX, and it will never receive the recognition in the gaming industry that DirectX has simply because it's been adopted by the fringe. Do you honestly believe that most Playstation owners will honestly care?
"Make the world free for information. Napster rules! Information should be passed freely from person to person! Except on my computer, where I watch my information my hawk and noone, not even you, is allowed to see it."
Double standard, anyone?:) Steven Levy's "Hackers": the original hacker system had no passwords. I invite everyone to read it.
I personally don't bother with encryption on my wireless 802.11b home network. The reason is the following: there's no way to physically secure the transmissions, so why bother? There's too much of a chance that anyone from within a 300 feet radius can not only listen in, but constantly monitor my connections without my ever knowing it.
In our IT department, for example, all connections from the internet go through one firewall box. But that's the only port between the inside and outside world. One box. We even put the mail server outside of the firewall, get it to filter the email, then push the email through to an exchange server.
And once again, I've got to argue, what can you possibly have on a home network that needs to be encrypted? I have no secrets to hide, and would seriously consider never using any kind of protection (except for a software firewall, so my machine isn't "borrowed" for a DoS attack).
Out of curiousity, is there a real definition of "fair use" out there? Something on the legal books? It seems a majority of Slashdotters yell "fair use" whenever it comes to copyright issues, but when asked to explain it the definitions are all different.
A really simple logical problem in your argument: the store purchases a majority of the CDs at a fixed cost, regardless if they end up in the bargain bin or not. The CDs that end up not being sold get placed into the bargain bin, but the record labels (and artists) still get the price the CDs were sold at. The stores eat up the lost money -- not the artists.
I don't know. I've been working with computers for years (just the boards, not individual semiconductors) and only once have I had a part shorted out. I don't wear a metal strip, and the floor in the IT office is carpeted. Whether the parts are new or not (and if that makes a difference) I simply have never broken any computers in the past 10 years due to shorts.
My TI-99/4A, on the otherhand, did not survive a cup of milk when I was 6 years old.:)
Anytime you have an externally-powered peripheral connected to your computer there is a chance, however rare, that it will damage the internal components. I've heard a few rumors involving powered USB hubs, and even powered speakers. The "static electricity" issue with the Palm V adds even more to the story.
But come on. The real issue here is that the majority of Palm users, particularly the V and above, are relatively financially successful, and can afford bringing forth lawsuits. I owned a Palm iiie for a while, and while I loved it, I found the system itself and its assorted peripherals to be far too expensive. I'd love to grab a Compaq PocketPC model at this point, but I have the same issue. Maybe I'll grab a Handspring instead.
I also have an original iMac, and I found that even with a memory and hard drive upgrade, I still can't run OS X sufficiently (which is the goal here -- I upgrade my other machines to run Windows/Linux faster).
Also, Apple is pretty surruptious about its upgrade paths, as the original iMac barely had any documentation on upgrades past memory, including the hard drive, which clearly Apple did to enforce future whole-system sales. When I called Apple they actually said "it's physically impossible to upgrade the hard drive", which I knew was BS.
I like some of the prinicipals behind Apple machines, but not all, because at times they act like just another big name brand in the industry. Their legal confrontations haven't helped. And when you do argue against them, you get the diehards screaming you down (or, in this case, modding you down). I never actually determined which was worse: Linux zealotness or Mac zealotness.:)
Ah, the sub 100,000 user ID's open their mouths and shit comes out.:)
Empire was a kid movie too, my friend. Just because a guy gets his hands cut off doesn't mean the movie is not for children. Many "child movies" do attempt to explore great themes. Look at recent Disney films: Beauty and the Beast (tired cliche that beauty is only skin deep, but still questioned by adults) and The Lion King (the struggles in trying to pass down your values).
In contrast, Star Wars had a lot of stuff blowing up. Lucas goes into how they're "myth-based" and feature deeper stories, but the truth is the more vague he and his writers were about the "force", the better. When they started going into detail (midi-chlorians (sp) anyone?) it became even more laughable.
Face it, people always love what they grew up with as kids. That's why marketers love the 12-18 market: these people will not only buy they're goods then, but continue to buy their goods for years beyond to "reminisce". Meanwhile, Lucas is sitting quietly, as always, laughing all the way to the bank.
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I agree. A lot of KDE upgrades I avoid simply because I'm afraid of the incompatibilities it can cause with my current distro (in this case, RedHat 7.1). I normally wait for a Linux company to place the new interface into their distro, then download that instead.
- Square has tie-ins to Sony (exclusivity clause of Final Fantasies on the PS1, rights to publish the movie).
- Microsoft has tie-ins to nVidia (nVidia makes some of the chips for the XBox).
-Square now has tie-ins to nVidia with this demonstration.
Does this mean that more Square games will get ported to the nVidia chipsets, most notably Final Fantasy for the XBox? If I had a choice between the relative hardwares (rather than my PC, which would come first) I'd love to see what Square could do with an nVidia chipset.
Name one. Keep in mind, there is a difference between "discussing the fact" and physically releasing a tool to aid and abet, like the Adobe hacker did.
I for one, by example, believe I should have the "freedom" to not allow others to copy my creative works, including my writing. That's a personal preference that falls in line with other arguments that have been made over the past 200 years (You have the "freedom" to beat someone up on the street, but they have the "freedom" to not be beaten up. Who has the more personable and greater rights in this instance?)
The problem, quite simply, is that the DCMA does *not* tread on the freedoms of the populace as a whole, but the *perceived freedoms* of a scant percentage of the population. This is the same hacker/cracker group that will fight so diligently to keep their information away from prying eyes, but will then turn around and argue that all information "should be free". Security and personal freedom *don't* coexist, my friend, so a reasonable median compromise must be found. And I for one do not believe the DCMA treads on my freedom.
Ah, yes. Being able to copy music is paramount to my freedom. To say nothing of the thousands of people living under dictatorships, repressive conditions, and near-slavery. But having the rich upper-middle class, like myself, be able to copy music -- that's something that deserves to be in the constitution.
I for one actually like ZDNet, even with their "mainstream" bent. And I also like extremetech.com on occasion. Their review of the XP kernel (in painstaking detail) was superb.
I actually live in Joisey. :) You have to have a sense of humor to live here.
"Hey honey, want to go to a Linux party? Right off I-95 in Philadelphia. Yeah, near New Jersey. Honey? Honey?..."
Have you played NBA Street? :)
Actually, it was the mess the hackers created.
This is clearly not DirectX, and it will never receive the recognition in the gaming industry that DirectX has simply because it's been adopted by the fringe. Do you honestly believe that most Playstation owners will honestly care?
One only wonders if this would be posted on Slashdot if the OS was Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter. :) Just a thought...
"Make the world free for information. Napster rules! Information should be passed freely from person to person! Except on my computer, where I watch my information my hawk and noone, not even you, is allowed to see it."
Double standard, anyone? :) Steven Levy's "Hackers": the original hacker system had no passwords. I invite everyone to read it.
Besides, who uses GnuCash? :)
Well, when everyone's been fired... :)
In our IT department, for example, all connections from the internet go through one firewall box. But that's the only port between the inside and outside world. One box. We even put the mail server outside of the firewall, get it to filter the email, then push the email through to an exchange server.
And once again, I've got to argue, what can you possibly have on a home network that needs to be encrypted? I have no secrets to hide, and would seriously consider never using any kind of protection (except for a software firewall, so my machine isn't "borrowed" for a DoS attack).
Out of curiousity, is there a real definition of "fair use" out there? Something on the legal books? It seems a majority of Slashdotters yell "fair use" whenever it comes to copyright issues, but when asked to explain it the definitions are all different.
A really simple logical problem in your argument: the store purchases a majority of the CDs at a fixed cost, regardless if they end up in the bargain bin or not. The CDs that end up not being sold get placed into the bargain bin, but the record labels (and artists) still get the price the CDs were sold at. The stores eat up the lost money -- not the artists.
My TI-99/4A, on the otherhand, did not survive a cup of milk when I was 6 years old. :)
But come on. The real issue here is that the majority of Palm users, particularly the V and above, are relatively financially successful, and can afford bringing forth lawsuits. I owned a Palm iiie for a while, and while I loved it, I found the system itself and its assorted peripherals to be far too expensive. I'd love to grab a Compaq PocketPC model at this point, but I have the same issue. Maybe I'll grab a Handspring instead.
Regardless of hitting preview or not, I still can't understand a word you're saying.
I own an Inspiron 4000 and the machine is absolutely incredible. It runs Linux and Windows XP perfectly.
Also, Apple is pretty surruptious about its upgrade paths, as the original iMac barely had any documentation on upgrades past memory, including the hard drive, which clearly Apple did to enforce future whole-system sales. When I called Apple they actually said "it's physically impossible to upgrade the hard drive", which I knew was BS.
I like some of the prinicipals behind Apple machines, but not all, because at times they act like just another big name brand in the industry. Their legal confrontations haven't helped. And when you do argue against them, you get the diehards screaming you down (or, in this case, modding you down). I never actually determined which was worse: Linux zealotness or Mac zealotness. :)
Sorry, can't afford it. Really. Has anyone seen the prices of Macs lately? I swear, I think at least $100 goes toward the candy coating.
Empire was a kid movie too, my friend. Just because a guy gets his hands cut off doesn't mean the movie is not for children. Many "child movies" do attempt to explore great themes. Look at recent Disney films: Beauty and the Beast (tired cliche that beauty is only skin deep, but still questioned by adults) and The Lion King (the struggles in trying to pass down your values).
In contrast, Star Wars had a lot of stuff blowing up. Lucas goes into how they're "myth-based" and feature deeper stories, but the truth is the more vague he and his writers were about the "force", the better. When they started going into detail (midi-chlorians (sp) anyone?) it became even more laughable.
Face it, people always love what they grew up with as kids. That's why marketers love the 12-18 market: these people will not only buy they're goods then, but continue to buy their goods for years beyond to "reminisce". Meanwhile, Lucas is sitting quietly, as always, laughing all the way to the bank.