They might be able to get away with just publishing is at a work of fiction and stating that all references to real or actual people represented in the book are purely coincidental. But that might not work well for a phone book.
Who said they were using gmail? If you read the article, you will see they are to supply email service and other on-line tools (using their technology). Basically they outsource the service to Google. This can be done without compromising the privacy of the information provided they identify and mitigate the risks adequately. This is nothing new.
Fooled me once... you know how it goes. Funny how people learn quickly when negative reinforcement is added in. Those in tech support know this one: "Hi, my computer will no longer boot-up." Tech: "Do you have your restore DVD? It came with the computer." User: "Sure" Tech: "Insert it the DVD drive and follow the instruction for a complete restore." User: "Great, thanks! You saved all my family pictures!" Tech: "Uhhh, well..."
We should always compare IT costs vs doing the work manually. Otherwise, what's the point of IT? No matter which way you look at it, IT always saves money.
Now, switching vendor is simply a temporary inconvenience and requires a certain level of effort, leadership, accountability and responsibility. Unfortunately this is something government tends to avoid just like the Internet reroutes around censorship. In the 60s and 70s, you'd have to buy Blue (IBM) to be save - now it's another company. People go with the safe bets, not the smartest.
If a group is forced to change to from Lotus 123 to MS Excel and as a consequence, they can no longer exchange data with the mainframe, they can just blame the IT group. Switching from MS Office to OpenOffice can have a similar impact. Especially if pilot groups are not well managed and the effort not funded. Things will change it's only a question of time.
Apple seems to have unleashed a product without a specific market in mind - at least not entirely revealed - otherwise those questions would not apply. No more than asking if my dishwasher has Wi-Fi. Apple believes a new market will suddenly appear for this product and magically make its company more valuable. So far this is not proving to be the case but we should not better the extent of the failure/success once the launch occurs.
Sad indeed but they need to maintain products accessible as they are becoming regulated for government purchases and soon, if not already, will be required by large corporations for bidding on commercial tenders. Sun wants a nice, then fine but hopefully this is only a set-back and not a complete withdrawal.
Yeah exactly. ISPs should be like cab drivers and charge by the packet. Even if when its stopped in traffic. Be careful with your analogies, you might give people ideas.
The site, so called 4chan where people post without registering doesn't exist. There is no board called/b/. Over 100,000 posts per day, come on. People never post anything offensive on the Internet. Oh and btw: the game.
Apple app store is for consumers (i.e. mom and grand dad). RHX is selling enterprise solutions via an app store. I think that was the problem here. The business model failed.
I think the parents are the ones are should think of the children. Not the FBI. Give parents the tools they need to make sure their children are safe. You buy a webcam to your teenage daughter, she unknowingly (right), displays more than she should to her boyfriend on the net - who tapes it - and boom. Child porn! Webcam manufacturers must display their logo on the image. Then FBI could maybe go after Logitech and MS for selling webcams that encourage child porn.
Personally my decision was based on "is it made by Microsoft or not" and I already had a Wii. Jokes aside, the fact it had a BluRay player, wireless, and combined a very decent media player the ps/3 was for me a better choice. Free on-line network was interesting but I haven't used it much.
I would certainly be pissed if they started charging. Bait and switch comes to mind. That would make Sony a target for criticisms and they might lose all credibility for anything they, or possible other vendors, try "for free" in the future.
I am certain they can find better ways of monetizing their network than charging everyone for it, maybe a premium service giving you access to new games before actual release or additional services yet to be available.
Well I had this Apple ][ clone which when you'd hit the desk too hard, would reboot. Often, right in the middle of unsaved Pascal or Basic code. Ever since then I've been rather paranoid of banging on a desk with a computer on it for fear that a cold solder would get it to reboot.
Where does the solar energy come from? The Sun, sure, but where does the Sun get it from? Nuclear fusion. Well, we're not quite that good at this yet - at a non-explosive scale. So fusion is our best alternative and a little waste can easily be stored away and managed until we find a clearner way.
Well the Chinese never really approved the use of Melamine in formula nor did they agree to use dangerous chemicals in colour dies for toys. No more than Washington is forcing you to join the Scientology movement. This results in the unscrupulous businessmen who try to cheat the system. China being top exporter and anything manufactured, is bound to have the occasional glitch. That being said, when it comes to developing clear energy, the answer has always been nuclear power. It is probably much easier to find a way to deal with radioactive waste than change to a so called greener solution which if you look at the total life cycle, pollutes more and consumer more power. Energy efficiency is a respectable goal but lets not be blinded by apparent short-term gains.
Degrees in medicine or civil engineering are a little more delicate than degrees in CS, mathematics or theoretical physics. I don't want to be operated on by someone who received a mail-order degree. However, if he can fix my server's BIOS POST error and get it running again, I probably wont care. I believe the theory thought in university is very important and provides an employers a level of confidence but not a guarantee of on-the-job performance.
The "way to a better future for the world" is birth control and education. Don't want to sound cold, but the places with the most human suffering are also the areas with the worst overpopulation vs. the least natural resources. I would hope this component would be very high on the list of any type of aid when addressing suffering and helping to stop the perpetuation of suffering.
I see a reverse correlation between birth rates and quality of life. For example, I recently read Israel's Jewish population is declining but Muslim population is increasing. There was even a secret memorandum looking at the threat of non-Jewish population increase. This is mainly due to the higher birth rate in the Arab population.
This might also apply in other parts of the world.
In my opinion, increasing the quality of life, strangely, seems to have a direct effect of birth rates. Disease prevention and better health care is part of this increase in quality of life but also education, economic development, disposable income, etc. I don't see an incompatibility here. Birth rates will decrease with the higher quality of life.
Funny how copyright differs from country to country. In my remote country, if I already paid for the license a song by purchasing a CD, I can use it that song on any medium I chose, regardless of the source from which it originates. So I can renew my CD and LP records library for zero and download MP3s. Anything new, I must pay for of course and I do. Too bad this doesn't apply to video and movies but hey, at least we got something.
Why exactly should we support or admire this moron?
Because the RIAA uses extortion tactics generally seen with mobsters and in banana republics. $1.2 million is obviously a ridiculous amount of money for an individual to pay for any crime related to copyright. $25,000 is also a hell of a lot of money for 90% of us.
I believe the RIAA should not be involved in these lawsuits, no more than automaker be involved in fining speeding drivers. Let the police do the work.
I would say a 2-3 months jail time and a nice criminal record would be enough of a deterrent. I see a big conflict in having the RIAA profit from these lawsuits.
US Postal system shut due to the ease of transfer copyright material as anonymous.
Nice try but the postal services serves to deliver parcels from and to a person. A better example would be the illegal liquor runs during the US prohibition. They clearly delivered illegal goods but the vehicle used can also be used for the delivery of legal goods. Now if your roads are full of vehicles delivering illegal liquor because it is cheap and well invigorating, to the point that ambulances can't get to hospitals, you'll have to take action. Be it by the inspection of the vehicles, widening the roads, or simply by prohibiting all vehicles who transport anything that smell like liquor - yes, by installing a sniffer. Otherwise, you as the transportation secretary, will get complaints from people who are trying to get to the ball game on time. I'd say, widen the roads but there's a faily high price to pay for that especially since this may not resolve the problem but only provide temporary relief until even MORE vehicles begin to carry illegal liquor. I think everyone needs to be pragmatic and avoid dealing in absolutes.
This is because of the restrictions applied. Without these restrictions the PS3 could be a very powerful Linux box with excellent home theatre possibilities.
Probably but the PS/3 "as is" provides pretty much exceptional home theatre possibilities out of the box. Including licensed codecs and BD support. Not sure I would use Linux on the PS/3 for that. I'd probably build a HTPC with XBMC which is quite impressive.
The point is not if this is an anti-Microsoft story, there are too many to count, but that he is standing up to demand justice vs a large corp. Remember that a good portion of the profits for the sale of any product goes to their legal department. In other words, you are financing both your defence and theirs if you sue them. Those EULA are so protective that they often go against legislated consumer rights and against, state, province or even federal law. People don't know and believe the company is actually entitled to all these obscene conditions.
That being said, Microsoft seems insists on retaining their bully image and some of us don't respond well to that. If at least they would innovate, at least there would be some pros once in a while.
Unfortunately, there are many non-priests queueing up all kinds of boys. Kind of proves we are all sinners after all. I know priests are extremely well educated which is going to certainly make for some interesting blogging.
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They might be able to get away with just publishing is at a work of fiction and stating that all references to real or actual people represented in the book are purely coincidental. But that might not work well for a phone book.
Who said they were using gmail? If you read the article, you will see they are to supply email service and other on-line tools (using their technology). Basically they outsource the service to Google. This can be done without compromising the privacy of the information provided they identify and mitigate the risks adequately. This is nothing new.
Fooled me once... you know how it goes. Funny how people learn quickly when negative reinforcement is added in.
Those in tech support know this one: "Hi, my computer will no longer boot-up."
Tech: "Do you have your restore DVD? It came with the computer."
User: "Sure"
Tech: "Insert it the DVD drive and follow the instruction for a complete restore."
User: "Great, thanks! You saved all my family pictures!"
Tech: "Uhhh, well..."
We should always compare IT costs vs doing the work manually. Otherwise, what's the point of IT? No matter which way you look at it, IT always saves money.
Now, switching vendor is simply a temporary inconvenience and requires a certain level of effort, leadership, accountability and responsibility. Unfortunately this is something government tends to avoid just like the Internet reroutes around censorship. In the 60s and 70s, you'd have to buy Blue (IBM) to be save - now it's another company. People go with the safe bets, not the smartest.
If a group is forced to change to from Lotus 123 to MS Excel and as a consequence, they can no longer exchange data with the mainframe, they can just blame the IT group. Switching from MS Office to OpenOffice can have a similar impact. Especially if pilot groups are not well managed and the effort not funded. Things will change it's only a question of time.
Apple seems to have unleashed a product without a specific market in mind - at least not entirely revealed - otherwise those questions would not apply. No more than asking if my dishwasher has Wi-Fi. Apple believes a new market will suddenly appear for this product and magically make its company more valuable. So far this is not proving to be the case but we should not better the extent of the failure/success once the launch occurs.
See on 4chan trolling is actually a good thing.
Sad indeed but they need to maintain products accessible as they are becoming regulated for government purchases and soon, if not already, will be required by large corporations for bidding on commercial tenders. Sun wants a nice, then fine but hopefully this is only a set-back and not a complete withdrawal.
Yeah exactly. ISPs should be like cab drivers and charge by the packet. Even if when its stopped in traffic. Be careful with your analogies, you might give people ideas.
The site, so called 4chan where people post without registering doesn't exist. There is no board called /b/. Over 100,000 posts per day, come on. People never post anything offensive on the Internet. Oh and btw: the game.
Apple app store is for consumers (i.e. mom and grand dad). RHX is selling enterprise solutions via an app store. I think that was the problem here. The business model failed.
Let straighten things up here.
I think the parents are the ones are should think of the children. Not the FBI. Give parents the tools they need to make sure their children are safe. You buy a webcam to your teenage daughter, she unknowingly (right), displays more than she should to her boyfriend on the net - who tapes it - and boom. Child porn! Webcam manufacturers must display their logo on the image. Then FBI could maybe go after Logitech and MS for selling webcams that encourage child porn.
Mom and dad, watch your kids!
Personally my decision was based on "is it made by Microsoft or not" and I already had a Wii. Jokes aside, the fact it had a BluRay player, wireless, and combined a very decent media player the ps/3 was for me a better choice. Free on-line network was interesting but I haven't used it much.
I would certainly be pissed if they started charging. Bait and switch comes to mind. That would make Sony a target for criticisms and they might lose all credibility for anything they, or possible other vendors, try "for free" in the future.
I am certain they can find better ways of monetizing their network than charging everyone for it, maybe a premium service giving you access to new games before actual release or additional services yet to be available.
Well I had this Apple ][ clone which when you'd hit the desk too hard, would reboot. Often, right in the middle of unsaved Pascal or Basic code. Ever since then I've been rather paranoid of banging on a desk with a computer on it for fear that a cold solder would get it to reboot.
Where does the solar energy come from? The Sun, sure, but where does the Sun get it from? Nuclear fusion. Well, we're not quite that good at this yet - at a non-explosive scale. So fusion is our best alternative and a little waste can easily be stored away and managed until we find a clearner way.
Well the Chinese never really approved the use of Melamine in formula nor did they agree to use dangerous chemicals in colour dies for toys. No more than Washington is forcing you to join the Scientology movement. This results in the unscrupulous businessmen who try to cheat the system. China being top exporter and anything manufactured, is bound to have the occasional glitch.
That being said, when it comes to developing clear energy, the answer has always been nuclear power. It is probably much easier to find a way to deal with radioactive waste than change to a so called greener solution which if you look at the total life cycle, pollutes more and consumer more power. Energy efficiency is a respectable goal but lets not be blinded by apparent short-term gains.
Degrees in medicine or civil engineering are a little more delicate than degrees in CS, mathematics or theoretical physics. I don't want to be operated on by someone who received a mail-order degree. However, if he can fix my server's BIOS POST error and get it running again, I probably wont care. I believe the theory thought in university is very important and provides an employers a level of confidence but not a guarantee of on-the-job performance.
Is it still subject to a patent or copyright?
The "way to a better future for the world" is birth control and education. Don't want to sound cold, but the places with the most human suffering are also the areas with the worst overpopulation vs. the least natural resources. I would hope this component would be very high on the list of any type of aid when addressing suffering and helping to stop the perpetuation of suffering.
I see a reverse correlation between birth rates and quality of life. For example, I recently read Israel's Jewish population is declining but Muslim population is increasing. There was even a secret memorandum looking at the threat of non-Jewish population increase. This is mainly due to the higher birth rate in the Arab population.
This might also apply in other parts of the world.
In my opinion, increasing the quality of life, strangely, seems to have a direct effect of birth rates. Disease prevention and better health care is part of this increase in quality of life but also education, economic development, disposable income, etc. I don't see an incompatibility here. Birth rates will decrease with the higher quality of life.
Funny how copyright differs from country to country. In my remote country, if I already paid for the license a song by purchasing a CD, I can use it that song on any medium I chose, regardless of the source from which it originates. So I can renew my CD and LP records library for zero and download MP3s. Anything new, I must pay for of course and I do.
Too bad this doesn't apply to video and movies but hey, at least we got something.
Why exactly should we support or admire this moron?
Because the RIAA uses extortion tactics generally seen with mobsters and in banana republics. $1.2 million is obviously a ridiculous amount of money for an individual to pay for any crime related to copyright. $25,000 is also a hell of a lot of money for 90% of us.
I believe the RIAA should not be involved in these lawsuits, no more than automaker be involved in fining speeding drivers. Let the police do the work.
I would say a 2-3 months jail time and a nice criminal record would be enough of a deterrent. I see a big conflict in having the RIAA profit from these lawsuits.
US Postal system shut due to the ease of transfer copyright material as anonymous.
Nice try but the postal services serves to deliver parcels from and to a person. A better example would be the illegal liquor runs during the US prohibition. They clearly delivered illegal goods but the vehicle used can also be used for the delivery of legal goods. Now if your roads are full of vehicles delivering illegal liquor because it is cheap and well invigorating, to the point that ambulances can't get to hospitals, you'll have to take action. Be it by the inspection of the vehicles, widening the roads, or simply by prohibiting all vehicles who transport anything that smell like liquor - yes, by installing a sniffer. Otherwise, you as the transportation secretary, will get complaints from people who are trying to get to the ball game on time.
I'd say, widen the roads but there's a faily high price to pay for that especially since this may not resolve the problem but only provide temporary relief until even MORE vehicles begin to carry illegal liquor.
I think everyone needs to be pragmatic and avoid dealing in absolutes.
Birds Are Dinosaurs. Period. And colorful!
So it's going to be dinosaur Tuesday from now on?
This is because of the restrictions applied. Without these restrictions the PS3 could be a very powerful Linux box with excellent home theatre possibilities.
Probably but the PS/3 "as is" provides pretty much exceptional home theatre possibilities out of the box. Including licensed codecs and BD support. Not sure I would use Linux on the PS/3 for that. I'd probably build a HTPC with XBMC which is quite impressive.
The point is not if this is an anti-Microsoft story, there are too many to count, but that he is standing up to demand justice vs a large corp. Remember that a good portion of the profits for the sale of any product goes to their legal department. In other words, you are financing both your defence and theirs if you sue them. Those EULA are so protective that they often go against legislated consumer rights and against, state, province or even federal law. People don't know and believe the company is actually entitled to all these obscene conditions.
That being said, Microsoft seems insists on retaining their bully image and some of us don't respond well to that. If at least they would innovate, at least there would be some pros once in a while.
Unfortunately, there are many non-priests queueing up all kinds of boys. Kind of proves we are all sinners after all.
I know priests are extremely well educated which is going to certainly make for some interesting blogging.