So, did you edit those pages appropriately or mark them for deletion? Even a minor alteration bumps it onto the 'recently changed' page, where many others are likely to notice it and finish up whatever needs doing.
If everybody who noticed these small problems put a similarly small amount of effort into fixing them, Wikipedia would be many times better than it already is.
Flash-based stuff would work too, although I have a feeling that SD card would be too small. You could easily lose them in the gap under your desktop machine or under your keyboard.
Really, something floppy-disk sized is perfect. I'm solidly behind minidiscs as the replacement, since they're big enough to be labelled, small enough to be carried easily, come in pretty colours... basically, they're just like floppy disks but minus everything that makes those legacy and shit.
What more portable, more efficient data storage? There is no mass-market replacement for the floppy, and it drives me mad almost daily. CD-RWs are not truly rewriteable in the same way as a floppy, and DVD-RAM is too expensive, too bulky and not nearly pervasive enough to be a viable alternative.
USB Keys are not a proper alternative as they come as a single device that people carry around with them, and not as disposable media. And Zip / Jaz drives were too slow and never really caught on. Damnit, where are my MO minidisc drives - small sexy, rewriteable and reliable.
Working in a school, it really becomes an issue when kids want to take work home to a machine without internet access. I'm sure hundreds of other people have similar problems, and I'm absolutely baffled as to why this gaping hole in the market hasn't been filled.
You know what, add me to this list. I'm usually pretty skeptical of self-produced music (for absolutely no good reason, I will be the first to admit), but I had a weird feeling I would like this before I even clicked the link.
So there you go, even whiny self-promotion can work;) Added that Knobtweakers site to my bookmarks as well... maybe I'll start sampling more self-made music in future.
People aren't necessarily stupid. Most of the time (*especially* with computers), people are scared. They don't dare click buttons they haven't clicked before, they won't experiment to find out how things work and they won't try anything new on their own.
Whether this is due to the inherent complexity of computers (relative to other appliances such as a microwave or fridge) or due to people's now-ingrained expectation that anything out of the ordinary they do may break Windows is debatable, but it certainly fits with what I've seen in my job.
Novel problem involving something physical or something that the person has experience with, and they're probably quite capable of figuring out a solution on their own. But in a virtual environment, with overwhelming options, no experience, no understanding and a vague awareness of its fragility? Most people will go quite far out of their way to avoid the risk of breaking things or making them worse in this situation.
Under section 3B, we have "You may permanently transfer ownership of the Game... by physically transferring the CD-ROM..." etcetera etcetera, as stated in the story.
Then in section 5 we have "You may terminate the License Agreement at any time by (i) destroying the Game; (ii) removing the Game Client from your hard drive; and (iii) notifying Licensor of your intention to terminate this License Agreement." I bolded the 'and' myself, since it kind of implies that all three of those actions must be carried out. If only one of those three is required, then the seller would not have to notify anybody since he would have carried out Part 2. And of course, most of us would find it tricky to destroy something before physically transferring it.
This is a great idea, but I can see issues arising when this is used in an environment which stipulates 'no photography' or in any circumstance where photography would be discouraged. People trust dogs to be unable to reproduce images or sounds they've experienced after the fact, I doubt that a machine would ever be granted this same trust.
From the article: "SunnComm is taking a stand here because we believe that those who own property, whether physical or digital, have the ultimate authority over how their property is used."
I don't see any mention of the Shift key / autorun 'exploit' in this article. Instead, it talks about "SunnComm believes that Halderman has violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by disclosing unpublished MediaMax management files placed on a user's computer after user approval is granted. Once the file is found and deleted according to the instructions given in the Princeton grad student's report, the MediaMax copy management system can be bypassed resulting in the copyright protected music being converted or misappropriated for potentially unauthorized and/or illegal use."
Are they really suing over what the title proclaims, or is this just Slashdot issuing misleading headlines again?
I heard that optical-out ports exist and can be used, is this true?
Christ. If you can listen to it, you can copy it. Why is it so hard for them to understand this?
If too many ISPs start blocking ports and too many people start clamouring, then it'll be a great excuse for the ISPs to start charging more again. For an extra $10 you can have a few hundred more ports opened up, hooray!
Yes, the discs have timers on them. They build little electronic devices actually into the second layer that pull shutters over the disk at the 48-hour mark. The adventage to this method is that it allows the manufacturer to set the expiry period at the time of production to allow for different situations, to extend the period for dumbfuck Americans like yourself that have to watch a movie at 1/4 speed with subtitles to be able to understand it.
The amazing tradition of the Spudskateer has its home not in Germany at all, but England. If only more people would find out the proper way to go spudgunning from then the world would be a better place.
Why, thanks to America and TIA, they will hunt me down and delete this message if I use it to say:
Group ALPHA, activate operation 'Foxholes', date Jan 15.
Lucky for all of us that the government can stop terrorist messages like those, eh? Whew!
Excuse me? I was (am) a Linux newbie, and within about ten minutes of using it the CLI was by far my favourite aspect. The power so lacking in Windows to be able to press a few keys and zip straight out of X to a CLI to find out exactly what's what is great.
I think demonstrating the CLI, and devoting a part of any Linux introduction to showing how powerful and non-scary it is is pretty important.
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A quick Google discovers that they are terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, and child pornographers.
So, did you edit those pages appropriately or mark them for deletion? Even a minor alteration bumps it onto the 'recently changed' page, where many others are likely to notice it and finish up whatever needs doing.
If everybody who noticed these small problems put a similarly small amount of effort into fixing them, Wikipedia would be many times better than it already is.
Flash-based stuff would work too, although I have a feeling that SD card would be too small. You could easily lose them in the gap under your desktop machine or under your keyboard.
Really, something floppy-disk sized is perfect. I'm solidly behind minidiscs as the replacement, since they're big enough to be labelled, small enough to be carried easily, come in pretty colours... basically, they're just like floppy disks but minus everything that makes those legacy and shit.
What more portable, more efficient data storage? There is no mass-market replacement for the floppy, and it drives me mad almost daily. CD-RWs are not truly rewriteable in the same way as a floppy, and DVD-RAM is too expensive, too bulky and not nearly pervasive enough to be a viable alternative.
USB Keys are not a proper alternative as they come as a single device that people carry around with them, and not as disposable media. And Zip / Jaz drives were too slow and never really caught on. Damnit, where are my MO minidisc drives - small sexy, rewriteable and reliable.
Working in a school, it really becomes an issue when kids want to take work home to a machine without internet access. I'm sure hundreds of other people have similar problems, and I'm absolutely baffled as to why this gaping hole in the market hasn't been filled.
You know what, add me to this list. I'm usually pretty skeptical of self-produced music (for absolutely no good reason, I will be the first to admit), but I had a weird feeling I would like this before I even clicked the link.
So there you go, even whiny self-promotion can work ;) Added that Knobtweakers site to my bookmarks as well... maybe I'll start sampling more self-made music in future.
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People aren't necessarily stupid. Most of the time (*especially* with computers), people are scared. They don't dare click buttons they haven't clicked before, they won't experiment to find out how things work and they won't try anything new on their own.
Whether this is due to the inherent complexity of computers (relative to other appliances such as a microwave or fridge) or due to people's now-ingrained expectation that anything out of the ordinary they do may break Windows is debatable, but it certainly fits with what I've seen in my job.
Novel problem involving something physical or something that the person has experience with, and they're probably quite capable of figuring out a solution on their own. But in a virtual environment, with overwhelming options, no experience, no understanding and a vague awareness of its fragility? Most people will go quite far out of their way to avoid the risk of breaking things or making them worse in this situation.Ok, so run me through this one:
Under section 3B, we have "You may permanently transfer ownership of the Game... by physically transferring the CD-ROM..." etcetera etcetera, as stated in the story.
Then in section 5 we have "You may terminate the License Agreement at any time by (i) destroying the Game; (ii) removing the Game Client from your hard drive; and (iii) notifying Licensor of your intention to terminate this License Agreement." I bolded the 'and' myself, since it kind of implies that all three of those actions must be carried out. If only one of those three is required, then the seller would not have to notify anybody since he would have carried out Part 2. And of course, most of us would find it tricky to destroy something before physically transferring it.
Why would a proprietary OS need a virus scanner?
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This is a great idea, but I can see issues arising when this is used in an environment which stipulates 'no photography' or in any circumstance where photography would be discouraged. People trust dogs to be unable to reproduce images or sounds they've experienced after the fact, I doubt that a machine would ever be granted this same trust.
This is the correct answer. http://www.myway.com/
You sure about that, SunnComm?
I don't see any mention of the Shift key / autorun 'exploit' in this article. Instead, it talks about "SunnComm believes that Halderman has violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by disclosing unpublished MediaMax management files placed on a user's computer after user approval is granted. Once the file is found and deleted according to the instructions given in the Princeton grad student's report, the MediaMax copy management system can be bypassed resulting in the copyright protected music being converted or misappropriated for potentially unauthorized and/or illegal use." Are they really suing over what the title proclaims, or is this just Slashdot issuing misleading headlines again?
I can't help but notice that it lacks training wheels. Guess GWB will have to wait a bit longer before he can join this 'revolution'...
I heard that optical-out ports exist and can be used, is this true? Christ. If you can listen to it, you can copy it. Why is it so hard for them to understand this?
If too many ISPs start blocking ports and too many people start clamouring, then it'll be a great excuse for the ISPs to start charging more again. For an extra $10 you can have a few hundred more ports opened up, hooray!
Hey, if they're not going to redesign cities around the Segway, maybe now they'll redesign mountains around them...
Yes, the discs have timers on them. They build little electronic devices actually into the second layer that pull shutters over the disk at the 48-hour mark. The adventage to this method is that it allows the manufacturer to set the expiry period at the time of production to allow for different situations, to extend the period for dumbfuck Americans like yourself that have to watch a movie at 1/4 speed with subtitles to be able to understand it.
Jesus, could it be because you manage to think that putting an apostrophe in the word 'gets' is a good idea?
Can somebody expand on this, or link to a detailed explanation for us Ethnians who lack your fruity laws?
The amazing tradition of the Spudskateer has its home not in Germany at all, but England. If only more people would find out the proper way to go spudgunning from then the world would be a better place.
I'm not troubled, I have Team B keeping tabs on my house 24/7. Also I don't live in America (because it makes a difference!)
Why, thanks to America and TIA, they will hunt me down and delete this message if I use it to say: Group ALPHA, activate operation 'Foxholes', date Jan 15. Lucky for all of us that the government can stop terrorist messages like those, eh? Whew!
Excuse me? I was (am) a Linux newbie, and within about ten minutes of using it the CLI was by far my favourite aspect. The power so lacking in Windows to be able to press a few keys and zip straight out of X to a CLI to find out exactly what's what is great. I think demonstrating the CLI, and devoting a part of any Linux introduction to showing how powerful and non-scary it is is pretty important.