Some tidbits... my personal opinions, not necessarily those of my employer.
When evaluating software, if all things are equal between software products being evaluated, the one with the least or no copy protection always wins out.
If a product requires a dongle, either on a client or server, unless my back is up against the wall from users and there's no other product to meet the need, it always gets rejected.
A product requiring a license server is tolerable in some cases, but see #1 and #2. There's also the issue of disconnected laptop users to address.
A product requiring a unique product key is a royal PITA for multiple automated deployments. This means while we might buy n number of copies and install n number of copies, each copy is going to end up with the same product key via ghost image or scripted install. Would you shut us down even though we have purchase enough copies?
Activation during install is OK if it can be automated during an install or first run (and if the latter, doesn't require admin or power user rights). However, be advised that machines are regularly reinstalled and software can move around as users move around. (If they move their office, their desktop probably won't go with them, they'll just get a new install at the new office and their old office will get re-installed for the new person there)
I can be held legally liable if I know about copyright abuses where I work. Think I'm going to put myself at personal risk if my employer is too cheap to be legit? Think again.
IT shops *want* to do the right thing. Don't fight us, help us. That means give us tools to help us remain compliant that are non-intrusive. Like something I can go to to see what copies are installed where and deal with non-compliance on my own. Yes, a lot of shops have tools like this already but many don't, so also make it optional. Just don't treat us as an enemy. Also remember rule #1
What they were claiming was that Clinton's talk of a "landslide" and having a "mandate" from the people was complete BS, as he didn't even have a majority. They never claimed that his presidency was somehow illegitimate because of it, or that he wasn't duly elected, like I've heard some nutcases claim about Bush.
Well he did have a landslide if you want to use the same electoral college yardstick (370-168 and 379-159). While the popular vote was not so decisive, he still won by ~5 million and ~7 million votes, while Bush, even in 2004, only had ~3 million vote margin and THAT was enough for many to claim HE had a mandate.
I'll grant you the point on the nutcases claims about illegitimate presidency though!:)
I remember the whining of the conservative talk show guys in the 90s about Clinton not getting more than 50% of the popular vote and claiming he doesn't represent the wishes of the people because of that.
Always convenient how both sides twist something to suit their own needs, then flip to the opposite once the game changes.
Not quite like the N800. Lacks bluetooth and hence ability to connect to the Internet via bluetooth through a phone. That's a deal killer for me since I have a 770 and use that feature all the time. I'd love to replace that with this unit. But wifi is not everywhere.
I can't believe you're actually saying people should use kludges just to use a phone. Amazing.
Kind of like how I had to install XP inside a Parallels VM to use my Nokia smartphone on my Mac?
Mac users have to live with that kind of crap all the time, and we hear it's because Mac OS is not mainstream enough. Well guess what, 64 bit Windows is not mainstream either.
I'll just remit my copper to the IRS via in-game mail. They can use the gold they collect to buy more Fel Iron shells my engineer makes for shipment to the troops in Iraq. That will drive the cost sky high. I'll be rich and can get that elite flying mount soon!
I have a Nokia N95 and I love the thing. It really is a computer in my pocket. Old people, however, usually can't deal with input on a 10-key pad. Too bad. Adapt or die (I'm 47 and I can type pretty quickly on it so it's possible!)
I have an N95. I'm really impressed with it. It's not going to take the best pics, but it's pretty damn good for a camera phone and, as someone else posted here, it's always with me so I can grab a shot when I see one easily.
The thing also has a great web browser, email, wifi, GPS with mapping and navigation and takes some decent videos.
I'm not a professional photographer. I'm not the best at picking out the best shots, composition, etc. I'm just some Joe taking pics of my life and stashing them somewhere.
I started out with a T610, then a Nokia 6600, N90, and now N95. The rapid advancement in quality these little phones put out is incredible. It's pretty neat stuff and lots of fun and that's all I really care about.
I've had that happen as well with a domain I own. I've nailed toshiba and dell for leaking my email. When confronted they deny it as well. I have a feeling that internal employee theft of email lists is far more prevalent than people think.
Not just Microsoft, and not just networks as a transport mechanism. I remember well the fun back in the late 80s with the WDEF virus on Macs because Apple was stupid enough to allow window controls to contain code in them to determine how they were drawn. So end result was a simple act of inserting an infected floppy into a computer would spread the virus. That was quite a turn of events because before that the conventional wisdom was you were safe unless you ran a program from an unknown source. That little virus spread like mad through computer labs in colleges.
And before anyone says anything obvious, yes, I think other OS vendors should too. If they were expected to fix the flaws in their own product, then they'd have a higher incentive to stop the problem, or greatly reduce it and hence their expense in managing it all.
From the article: "When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is that virtualization is something that should be built into the operating system.""
What really belongs in the OS is a self-defense mechanism against malware and viruses, but for whatever reason Microsoft has chosen to let bottom feeders like Symantec live.
Anti-virus should be an included part of the OS along with updates. It's addressing flaws in the product.
They may not actually, depending on the brand. Some phones come set with bluetooth discoverable mode turned off, others default to on. And when on, it will prompt before letting someone send stuff to it. That mode is supposed to be for just the one-off transfer between people of a contact card or file. The RAZR you have defaults to off and you can't even pair unless you set it to discoverable, and then it times out like after 30 seconds and goes back to being invisible. Anyway, Verizon's motive is greed, not safety.
Thank God Verizon cares so much about their customers that they have so crippled bluetooth on their phones that the only thing possible with them is headsets and dial-up networking -- maybe.
Yeah, actually, I have used EDGE. My first mobile net was through GPRS so EDGE was a nice change. I also have EV-DO but I kind of have that effectively throttled due to hitting it using bluetooth from an old G4 powerbook. Anyway, I already recanted my supposition due to someone's real life experience with Cingular 3G so now I think Apple sucks for not putting 3G into the thing to start with.
Unless this phone will allow tethering to another device, like a laptop, 3G probably doesn't matter. The internal processor will have a hard enough time drawing the pages at EDGE speeds as it is. Watch the keynote when Jobs is loading the New York Times website OVER WIFI and see how long it took to get it all rendered.
I have ev-do through Verizon now. I won't switch unless the phone does 3G and allows tethering, so looks like I'm not getting one.:(
Democrats tend to try to push us to metric and Republicans squash it. There are two events I remember.
In the late 70s, Democrat Congress and Carter passed something to encourage metrification. Some gas stations around here started switching to liters and soft drink makers switched from two quart bottles to two liter bottles (which still exist). When Reagan got elected, he basically put an end to it. Didn't legislate against it, left it up to businesses. The public whined so businesses stopped converting.
Around the early 90s Democratic Congress again tried and there was a brief law that all new roads built would have to be in metric. I'm not sure it was ever passed, but anticipated to do so, so Delaware made it's new north-south limited-access toll road metric. That law didn't pass or was repealed by Republican congress in 95 so Delaware switched the road back to English, however the exit numbers are still spaced apart in kilometers.
I visited UK this past Summer and had two different incidences where the (admittedly) very young waitresses didn't know how to handle my old fashioned American credit card. They kept sticking it into the chip and pin terminal and telling me it wouldn't work.
Amazing it's only three years old and already so integrated into society there.
Can someone with a chip and pin card from UK use it like a regular credit card in the US (where there are no chip and pin terminals)? Seems a bit ridiculous to me to be migrating to schemes where the former ubiquitous use of credit cards worldwide is changing to be incompatible, at least as far as usage goes.
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Well he did have a landslide if you want to use the same electoral college yardstick (370-168 and 379-159). While the popular vote was not so decisive, he still won by ~5 million and ~7 million votes, while Bush, even in 2004, only had ~3 million vote margin and THAT was enough for many to claim HE had a mandate.
I'll grant you the point on the nutcases claims about illegitimate presidency though! :)
Always convenient how both sides twist something to suit their own needs, then flip to the opposite once the game changes.
Not quite like the N800. Lacks bluetooth and hence ability to connect to the Internet via bluetooth through a phone. That's a deal killer for me since I have a 770 and use that feature all the time. I'd love to replace that with this unit. But wifi is not everywhere.
I have a Nokia N95 -- I was wondering why they avoided any phones running the latest S60 series browser too.
Kind of like how I had to install XP inside a Parallels VM to use my Nokia smartphone on my Mac?
Mac users have to live with that kind of crap all the time, and we hear it's because Mac OS is not mainstream enough. Well guess what, 64 bit Windows is not mainstream either.
I'll just remit my copper to the IRS via in-game mail. They can use the gold they collect to buy more Fel Iron shells my engineer makes for shipment to the troops in Iraq. That will drive the cost sky high. I'll be rich and can get that elite flying mount soon!
I have a Nokia N95 and I love the thing. It really is a computer in my pocket. Old people, however, usually can't deal with input on a 10-key pad. Too bad. Adapt or die (I'm 47 and I can type pretty quickly on it so it's possible!)
I have an N95. I'm really impressed with it. It's not going to take the best pics, but it's pretty damn good for a camera phone and, as someone else posted here, it's always with me so I can grab a shot when I see one easily.
The thing also has a great web browser, email, wifi, GPS with mapping and navigation and takes some decent videos.
I'm not a professional photographer. I'm not the best at picking out the best shots, composition, etc. I'm just some Joe taking pics of my life and stashing them somewhere.
I started out with a T610, then a Nokia 6600, N90, and now N95. The rapid advancement in quality these little phones put out is incredible. It's pretty neat stuff and lots of fun and that's all I really care about.
I've had that happen as well with a domain I own. I've nailed toshiba and dell for leaking my email. When confronted they deny it as well. I have a feeling that internal employee theft of email lists is far more prevalent than people think.
Not just Microsoft, and not just networks as a transport mechanism. I remember well the fun back in the late 80s with the WDEF virus on Macs because Apple was stupid enough to allow window controls to contain code in them to determine how they were drawn. So end result was a simple act of inserting an infected floppy into a computer would spread the virus. That was quite a turn of events because before that the conventional wisdom was you were safe unless you ran a program from an unknown source. That little virus spread like mad through computer labs in colleges.
And before anyone says anything obvious, yes, I think other OS vendors should too. If they were expected to fix the flaws in their own product, then they'd have a higher incentive to stop the problem, or greatly reduce it and hence their expense in managing it all.
From the article: "When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is that virtualization is something that should be built into the operating system.""
What really belongs in the OS is a self-defense mechanism against malware and viruses, but for whatever reason Microsoft has chosen to let bottom feeders like Symantec live.
Anti-virus should be an included part of the OS along with updates. It's addressing flaws in the product.
A mac user got nailed with this too.
They may not actually, depending on the brand. Some phones come set with bluetooth discoverable mode turned off, others default to on. And when on, it will prompt before letting someone send stuff to it. That mode is supposed to be for just the one-off transfer between people of a contact card or file. The RAZR you have defaults to off and you can't even pair unless you set it to discoverable, and then it times out like after 30 seconds and goes back to being invisible. Anyway, Verizon's motive is greed, not safety.
Thank God Verizon cares so much about their customers that they have so crippled bluetooth on their phones that the only thing possible with them is headsets and dial-up networking -- maybe.
In October 2001 the ipod was only compatible with Macs too. If you were a PC user, you couldn't use one.
Yeah, actually, I have used EDGE. My first mobile net was through GPRS so EDGE was a nice change. I also have EV-DO but I kind of have that effectively throttled due to hitting it using bluetooth from an old G4 powerbook. Anyway, I already recanted my supposition due to someone's real life experience with Cingular 3G so now I think Apple sucks for not putting 3G into the thing to start with.
Happy?! :)
Thanks. You just disproved my theory. :)
EDGE is a lot faster than 1X.
Unless this phone will allow tethering to another device, like a laptop, 3G probably doesn't matter. The internal processor will have a hard enough time drawing the pages at EDGE speeds as it is. Watch the keynote when Jobs is loading the New York Times website OVER WIFI and see how long it took to get it all rendered.
I have ev-do through Verizon now. I won't switch unless the phone does 3G and allows tethering, so looks like I'm not getting one. :(
Democrats tend to try to push us to metric and Republicans squash it. There are two events I remember.
One reference I found to support last point
I didn't have any problems using my old fashioned card in B&Bs, or Petrol stations. Not sure why restaurants seemed to be a problem.
So this happened due to national legislation? Amazing...
I visited UK this past Summer and had two different incidences where the (admittedly) very young waitresses didn't know how to handle my old fashioned American credit card. They kept sticking it into the chip and pin terminal and telling me it wouldn't work.
Amazing it's only three years old and already so integrated into society there.
Can someone with a chip and pin card from UK use it like a regular credit card in the US (where there are no chip and pin terminals)? Seems a bit ridiculous to me to be migrating to schemes where the former ubiquitous use of credit cards worldwide is changing to be incompatible, at least as far as usage goes.