I'm sure reading the article would put this post into context for me - but since I didn't...what exactly can't you record? When I had Dish Network back at my mom's house, we could record stuff onto the VCR. Now, both Dish & DirecTV offer PVRs.
"The Minuteman Library Network is composed of 41 public and academic libraries in the Eastern Massachusetts area that work collectively to bring excellent service to library users. Minuteman has grown tremendously since its founding twenty years ago and now has over 622,000 patrons and over 1,171,000 titles available to our borrowers. A single library card allows patrons to use any library in the Network or to request materials from other libraries. Sharing our materials allows books and other items to move from library to library to fulfill patrons' requests. Collectively, we loaned over 13,676,000 items in FY2003."
I'm confused by your statement, because it sounds like it is simply an interlibrary loan program like the colleges/uni's have in my area.
"That is until your largest customer is sending you files done in Office XP and you can't open them."
Office 97, 2000 and XP use the same formats. I'm the only Office 97 guy in an office running XP. Most of our clients are law firms that use WordPerfect...but no one judges our ability for what we do because we use a different file format. A simple call or email and something gets sent in Word/Excel format without any further thought.
The Cat's Meow...excellent flick! Anyone wondering about the dangers of media consolidation should watch this movie. It focuses on how dangerous the people that control the media can become.
Here is a cut and paste of what I said in the other Slashdot discussion about the UN trying to control the Internet:
The reason no one can control the Internet is because there is no "Internet," lest we forget the early 1990's when newbies would ask us about the "Internet Company" and you would explain that there is no one company, just a bunch of network providers that are interconnected.
The only reality is that there are lots of computer networks variously located in many sovereign nations that happen to be cooperating at this time (the networks, not necessarily the nations). Just like everything else in the world, it all comes down to where the wires and the servers sit. If I say "fark the UN" on my website hosted out of Texas, I am protected by the US Constitution...which is the law of my land.
If skipping commercials was a problem, then advertisers would have been bitching since the dawn of the VCR. Tivo doesn't make it any easier to fast forward through a commercial.
All advertisers need to do is make their commercials interesting and relevant. I hardly ever skip the commercials during Adult Swim because they're so fun to watch.
Ah, hell, I'll bite...I'm pretty sure Mystique shoved a bunch of BB's up the guard's bum, because that's what they looked like in the bathroom stall. Otherwise, why wouldn't he have used the iron from people's blood before to escape?
The reason no one can control the Internet is because there is no "Internet," lest we forget the early 1990's when newbies would ask us about the "Internet Company" and you would explain that there is no one company, just a bunch of network providers that are interconnected.
The only reality is that there are lots of computer networks variously located in many sovereign nations that happen to be cooperating at this time (the networks, not necessarily the nations). Just like everything else in the world, it all comes down to where the wires and the servers sit. If I say "fark the UN" on my website hosted out of Texas, I am protected by the US Constitution...which is the law of my land.
I think wiping over the OS install on the hard drive will attract too much bad attention and steps will be taken to physically lock-down the machines. In those situations, it is best to tread lightly.
This could be a plus for people that need to access the Internet in local libraries that utilize draconian filters to block out politically questionable material...unless the entire network is run through a proxy server...in which case you could use this to SSH tunnel into an unfiltered proxy server!
Mandrake has always been my favorite Linux company & I like throwing them a couple bucks for a boxed set now and then. Good work!
The Minis are there because they were in the original version of the film from the 60's. The Minis were used in the original film because they needed a small car to navigate in a tight space to steal some gold.
That's more of the case when using MSFT products. In researching Apple products for using in an office environment, I've found that they've embraced open standards (ie Samba, LDAP, Kerberos, BSD) for basic infrastructure and then added their own polish for the interface. Aside from MS Office for OS X and GUI differences, I'm pretty sure I could swing between OS X and Linux on X86 pretty easily, given the same environment.
Their hardware is no more proprietary than any other OEM, like Dell or Gateway...they just distinguish themselves by using PPC CPUs. Regardless, you can still run an open OS like Linux on a Mac or another PPC system like the Briq.
I don't get any forced commercials using my (evil MPAA member) *Sony* Playstation 2 either...and that's with mainstream movies, not indies. What am I doing wrong?
I've had my TI 85 since high school and I use it to this day (going 10 years now). It's been used for everything from chemistry to physics, calculus and finance and is full of custom equations I made to handle each situation.
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I'm sure reading the article would put this post into context for me - but since I didn't...what exactly can't you record? When I had Dish Network back at my mom's house, we could record stuff onto the VCR. Now, both Dish & DirecTV offer PVRs.
From the Minuteman Network's website:
"The Minuteman Library Network is composed of 41 public and academic libraries in the Eastern Massachusetts area that work collectively to bring excellent service to library users. Minuteman has grown tremendously since its founding twenty years ago and now has over 622,000 patrons and over 1,171,000 titles available to our borrowers. A single library card allows patrons to use any library in the Network or to request materials from other libraries. Sharing our materials allows books and other items to move from library to library to fulfill patrons' requests. Collectively, we loaned over 13,676,000 items in FY2003."
I'm confused by your statement, because it sounds like it is simply an interlibrary loan program like the colleges/uni's have in my area.
"That is until your largest customer is sending you files done in Office XP and you can't open them."
Office 97, 2000 and XP use the same formats. I'm the only Office 97 guy in an office running XP. Most of our clients are law firms that use WordPerfect...but no one judges our ability for what we do because we use a different file format. A simple call or email and something gets sent in Word/Excel format without any further thought.
The Cat's Meow...excellent flick! Anyone wondering about the dangers of media consolidation should watch this movie. It focuses on how dangerous the people that control the media can become.
Don't worry...Days of Our Lives is still on, but they're going to kill off Marlena.
Here is a cut and paste of what I said in the other Slashdot discussion about the UN trying to control the Internet:
The reason no one can control the Internet is because there is no "Internet," lest we forget the early 1990's when newbies would ask us about the "Internet Company" and you would explain that there is no one company, just a bunch of network providers that are interconnected.
The only reality is that there are lots of computer networks variously located in many sovereign nations that happen to be cooperating at this time (the networks, not necessarily the nations). Just like everything else in the world, it all comes down to where the wires and the servers sit. If I say "fark the UN" on my website hosted out of Texas, I am protected by the US Constitution...which is the law of my land.
If skipping commercials was a problem, then advertisers would have been bitching since the dawn of the VCR. Tivo doesn't make it any easier to fast forward through a commercial.
All advertisers need to do is make their commercials interesting and relevant. I hardly ever skip the commercials during Adult Swim because they're so fun to watch.
Ah, hell, I'll bite...I'm pretty sure Mystique shoved a bunch of BB's up the guard's bum, because that's what they looked like in the bathroom stall. Otherwise, why wouldn't he have used the iron from people's blood before to escape?
The reason no one can control the Internet is because there is no "Internet," lest we forget the early 1990's when newbies would ask us about the "Internet Company" and you would explain that there is no one company, just a bunch of network providers that are interconnected.
The only reality is that there are lots of computer networks variously located in many sovereign nations that happen to be cooperating at this time (the networks, not necessarily the nations). Just like everything else in the world, it all comes down to where the wires and the servers sit. If I say "fark the UN" on my website hosted out of Texas, I am protected by the US Constitution...which is the law of my land.
I don't know...e-commerce and *e*-books?
FYI, that's OSNews editor Eugenia Loli-Queru.
I think wiping over the OS install on the hard drive will attract too much bad attention and steps will be taken to physically lock-down the machines. In those situations, it is best to tread lightly.
This could be a plus for people that need to access the Internet in local libraries that utilize draconian filters to block out politically questionable material...unless the entire network is run through a proxy server...in which case you could use this to SSH tunnel into an unfiltered proxy server!
Mandrake has always been my favorite Linux company & I like throwing them a couple bucks for a boxed set now and then. Good work!
The Minis are there because they were in the original version of the film from the 60's. The Minis were used in the original film because they needed a small car to navigate in a tight space to steal some gold.
Word & the rest of Office is available for the Mac...same file formats. For everything else, there is Virtual PC.
You mean you crap out the window?
;)
(Sorry, this was begging for a "Blackadder The Second" reference
Get them cash instead "...it's the gift that keeps on going!" - quote from The Red Green Show
That's more of the case when using MSFT products. In researching Apple products for using in an office environment, I've found that they've embraced open standards (ie Samba, LDAP, Kerberos, BSD) for basic infrastructure and then added their own polish for the interface. Aside from MS Office for OS X and GUI differences, I'm pretty sure I could swing between OS X and Linux on X86 pretty easily, given the same environment.
Their hardware is no more proprietary than any other OEM, like Dell or Gateway...they just distinguish themselves by using PPC CPUs. Regardless, you can still run an open OS like Linux on a Mac or another PPC system like the Briq.
I don't get any forced commercials using my (evil MPAA member) *Sony* Playstation 2 either...and that's with mainstream movies, not indies. What am I doing wrong?
Right, except you would have to invoke the DMCA upon yourself since you would be the copyright holder trying to access your own IP.
I barely think of Michael Jackson as someone who evolved from life on Earth, let alone any particular ethnic group.
Just watch something on TiVo...you'll still be using Linux!
"flirt with women [and get turned down. :-/]"
But, how do you do that if you can't access AIM?
I've had my TI 85 since high school and I use it to this day (going 10 years now). It's been used for everything from chemistry to physics, calculus and finance and is full of custom equations I made to handle each situation.
I'm no lawyer, but I doubt such claims are legitimate. What if Jim Davis wanted to play a Garfield character he created in some MMOG?