I wish they had provided more than one format for watching the first episode from their website. It only has Real Player format and I no longer load that one after the many problems I've had in the past.
Of course, they know that everyone doesn't use Real, they just want to force us into the collective of monopolistic media players. There must be a cylon/borg/ms cheap shot in here somewhere.
I rarely play computer games anymore, and haven't for years. However, I have get one sometimes to see the "state of the art".
When I do this, I know I don't have time to get good at the game or see everything. So I do the scummy move of using cheats to let me play beyond my skill with the game.
I'd rather my kids not do it, and I'm not proud, but it makes sense. I can see far more of the game and enjoy the art etc better.
I wouldn't use cheats with a multi-player game since it really harms the others.
Except of course if it were playing against my kids and then it would be "play to win":-) Well, once they are old enough, and by then I'll be left in their dust...
This is mind-blowingly insane. Its bad enough when products come with a default name/password or open login like the old MS SQL 7.
However, this wasn't an uncommon practice once. We had this in a product from Data General, but that was mid 1980's and we changed it later when we woke up to how stupid it was.
Ok, almost as stupid, I know of hardware systems which have backdoors where if you know the key generating algorithm you can take the challenge string from the system's UI and generate the password from it. The math is simple and can be done in your head. The algorithm had to be changed once when it leaked out but it was still simple to do the new one in your head.
However, Cisco of all folks have seen security disasters in other's and their own products over the last few years. They should've fixed this and stopped doing it already.
I was just out of school at Data General (minicomputers) in 1985 and we were told to stop calling the paired CPU's for a fault tolerant system master-slave.
We started calling it Father-Son, but someone complained again so soon it was Mother-Daughter.
Fortunately, the FT portion of the project was cancelled and we were able to get on with things.
Frankly, I thought master-slave was obnoxious. However it just kept going, there were other names as well that kept getting squashed.
I wonder how many of these systems will end up with pirated Windows on them.
I recall reading that most Windows systems in China were copied onto systems that originally had no OS or a OSS variant on them.
I remember 10 years ago when the last textile jobs were going overseas. My tech friends (and I) all said it was inevitable, just simple cost competition.
The Mac version of IE is being discontinued because Apple has Safari now. Since Safari is good and comes with the Mac for free, very few people will download **any** other browser for the Mac (Sounds familiar?)
IE on the Mac doesn't make money but does cost MS via resources to develop/support it.
It would be very surprising if MS did keep developing IE on the Mac. Much like Adobe dropping their product since Apple has something in the same space now.
Not attempting a flame war over GPL, this is a general question about public funded software dev.
I wonder, if the work funded by NASA must be released to the public, can it be released under GPL (or any other license) which adds its own restrictions?
In other words, should it instead be released with no restrictive license at all instead of one that prevents some uses or business models?
You said that when you go home you plug in your keyboard, mouse, etc.
Actually with bluetooth or some equivalent, you **eventually** should just place it near your desk where your nice big screen and keyboard and mouse are and everything will recognize each other and then work.
I'm still skeptical about this device but as I haven't seen one I should hold off the many jokes that others are surely posting.
The only difference between these and a normal laptop is the handwriting recognition. Speech rec and other apps can all be done on a normal laptop. The handwriting rec needs to be exceptionally good.
I want these to succeed, I've wanted one myself for years. But everyone to come out so far has been an expensive, fragile Etch-A-Sketch.
The reason Europe supports Airbus and Eurofighter is also their wanting to create more domestic employment and help large labor unions and buy votes. The same crass political considerations that every country, incl the US, has.
Take a look at their farm policy. It makes even less economic sense but it buys lots of rural support
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Their address resolves to 208.100.17.100 so I block that as well. Of course, the scum will just get another domain address.
I wish they had provided more than one format for watching the first episode from their website. It only has Real Player format and I no longer load that one after the many problems I've had in the past.
Of course, they know that everyone doesn't use Real, they just want to force us into the collective of monopolistic media players. There must be a cylon/borg/ms cheap shot in here somewhere.
Sigh.
I rarely play computer games anymore, and haven't for years. However, I have get one sometimes to see the "state of the art".
:-) Well, once they are old enough, and by then I'll be left in their dust...
When I do this, I know I don't have time to get good at the game or see everything. So I do the scummy move of using cheats to let me play beyond my skill with the game.
I'd rather my kids not do it, and I'm not proud, but it makes sense. I can see far more of the game and enjoy the art etc better.
I wouldn't use cheats with a multi-player game since it really harms the others.
Except of course if it were playing against my kids and then it would be "play to win"
This is mind-blowingly insane. Its bad enough when products come with a default name/password or open login like the old MS SQL 7.
However, this wasn't an uncommon practice once. We had this in a product from Data General, but that was mid 1980's and we changed it later when we woke up to how stupid it was.
Ok, almost as stupid, I know of hardware systems which have backdoors where if you know the key generating algorithm you can take the challenge string from the system's UI and generate the password from it. The math is simple and can be done in your head. The algorithm had to be changed once when it leaked out but it was still simple to do the new one in your head.
However, Cisco of all folks have seen security disasters in other's and their own products over the last few years. They should've fixed this and stopped doing it already.
**sigh**
Remember that Sun Micro also gave them a big wad of cash that SCO will use to drag this out.
I was just out of school at Data General (minicomputers) in 1985 and we were told to stop calling the paired CPU's for a fault tolerant system master-slave.
We started calling it Father-Son, but someone complained again so soon it was Mother-Daughter.
Fortunately, the FT portion of the project was cancelled and we were able to get on with things.
Frankly, I thought master-slave was obnoxious. However it just kept going, there were other names as well that kept getting squashed.
Why did it take so long to realize they were compromised? Does FSP really run Windows under the hood?
Ok, this will get me modded as a troll for life...
/.'ers all kept up on patches. :-)
but I'm surprised by all the posters so far who have this problem.
First, I thought we used Linux and BSD (or BSD and Linux).
Second, I thought
I wonder how many of these systems will end up with pirated Windows on them. I recall reading that most Windows systems in China were copied onto systems that originally had no OS or a OSS variant on them.
I remember 10 years ago when the last textile jobs were going overseas. My tech friends (and I) all said it was inevitable, just simple cost competition.
It somehow seems different when it is our turn.
The Mac version of IE is being discontinued because Apple has Safari now. Since Safari is good and comes with the Mac for free, very few people will download **any** other browser for the Mac (Sounds familiar?)
IE on the Mac doesn't make money but does cost MS via resources to develop/support it.
It would be very surprising if MS did keep developing IE on the Mac. Much like Adobe dropping their product since Apple has something in the same space now.
Not attempting a flame war over GPL, this is a general question about public funded software dev.
I wonder, if the work funded by NASA must be released to the public, can it be released under GPL (or any other license) which adds its own restrictions?
In other words, should it instead be released with no restrictive license at all instead of one that prevents some uses or business models?
Ok, mod me as offtopic but...
Why bother to reinvent on Linux what exists elsewhere commercially.
Yeah, we all want free, but why waste personal time on reinventing, shameless copying even.
How about people do something different, innovative even instead of trying to make Linux do what XP (or fill in your favorite blank) already does?
Ok, I don't watch TV much either, but hey, I have a life.
So what?
Its also easy to do on Windows XP and 2000, also without kernel patches.
Yes they should have used encryption (hopefully they actually did, but I doubt it). They also should have had physical security.
If it isn't physically secured, its not secure.
Good, with a large school system using Linux, we'll soon have a pool of virus writers that can beat the MS ones.
Seriously.
It's good that I have linux since it **never** has buffer overflows. Nor does any other open source software.
Even easier, run VMWare and use a virtual machine to handle your CD playback and the such.
Only problem with this is VMWare is expensive. Getting off topic, is there a free open VMWare equivalent?
If you research this a bit, you'll find it is Orange, not MS, that is restricting access to the device.
You said that when you go home you plug in your keyboard, mouse, etc.
Actually with bluetooth or some equivalent, you **eventually** should just place it near your desk where your nice big screen and keyboard and mouse are and everything will recognize each other and then work.
I'm still skeptical about this device but as I haven't seen one I should hold off the many jokes that others are surely posting.
The only difference between these and a normal laptop is the handwriting recognition. Speech rec and other apps can all be done on a normal laptop. The handwriting rec needs to be exceptionally good. I want these to succeed, I've wanted one myself for years. But everyone to come out so far has been an expensive, fragile Etch-A-Sketch.
and this is different from people in what way?
My understanding of AD is imperfect, but I think its a superset of LDAP.
I've run LDAP clients against AD without trouble, but they only did a small amount of LDAP work.
The reason Europe supports Airbus and Eurofighter is also their wanting to create more domestic employment and help large labor unions and buy votes. The same crass political considerations that every country, incl the US, has. Take a look at their farm policy. It makes even less economic sense but it buys lots of rural support
If Microsoft gave Windows away (no cost, but maybe not open source), wouldn't that destroy competition and thus lead to another antitrust suit.
Of course, this would depend on who is in office and who paid for their campaign. (not trying to be cynical, but succeeding anyways)
Actually its closer to 50,000 employees. They also are hiring, unlike most high-techs these days.
Beats me on the taxes though. I thought they did pay some. Does anyone have a figure for it, for those of us too lazy to look it up?