And in a few weeks it wont matter. All they have to do is point a finger in your general direction and you are 'disappeared'. Then you have to pay lots of money to fight your way back online.
The phone division i don't think anyone cares about at this point. I didn't even know there still was one:). But we would NOT want QT to fall into the wrong hands.
But if this is BS like it seems to be.. then who cares.
WHAT IF YOUR HOUSE BLOWS UP WHERE ARE YOUR BACKUPS NOW!!!
Umm, mine will be safely tucked away in a safety deposit box in another city. Or if that vanishes in the same explosion, then the copy of the backup that is stored in another state will be retrieved and used.
But more to my point is that the average guy will try to rely on this and be horribly lost when the inevitable happens. Relying on the very device that will have the problems is, well, stupid.
Not me. My first expirence was a home designed and built 8008 by a friends father. After being floored with it playing 'adventure', in about 6 months i had learned enough about electronics to build my own 8080 from scratch.
I found a large part of which 8bit machine you cut your teeth on was more about where you lived and what your friends had, than anything else. And of course what age you were when they came out.
When you boil it down, even tho we all fought like cats and dogs 'ours was better', most of the machines of the same generation were pretty similar and ultimately it didn't matter if you had a Commodore, or an Atari, Apple, TRS-80 or a host of others.
Some "free" brings people in for other services, much like a drug dealer. Or giving away 'free' programing tool kits that only run on your pay cloud. Or 'free' services that are covered in advertisements.
But if its just 'out there' and has no possible revenue source, then its nothing but an experiment and subject to vanish at any moment and should not be relied on.
he wants clarification of why it should be illegal.
Lets just say for a second that you are right and he isn't advocating making it legal. However, if he honestly doesn't understand why the abuse of children should be illegal then hes a sick individual.
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No one said that. We firmly feel that everyone has basic human rights. We even go to war to help protect those for other nations.
What we don't do is extend rights of citizenship to everyone, which are a super set of rights.
And in a few weeks it wont matter. All they have to do is point a finger in your general direction and you are 'disappeared'. Then you have to pay lots of money to fight your way back online.
I bet this ties in to SOPA ..
Let them keep their content, and their ad revenue. Screw them.
If this were to happen, what about QT?
The phone division i don't think anyone cares about at this point. I didn't even know there still was one :). But we would NOT want QT to fall into the wrong hands.
But if this is BS like it seems to be.. then who cares.
Ah, i misunderstood. :)
Personally i think it's irresponsible for Microsoft to do this to the uninformed..
Could have been within the company too.
WHAT IF YOUR HOUSE BLOWS UP WHERE ARE YOUR BACKUPS NOW!!!
Umm, mine will be safely tucked away in a safety deposit box in another city. Or if that vanishes in the same explosion, then the copy of the backup that is stored in another state will be retrieved and used.
But more to my point is that the average guy will try to rely on this and be horribly lost when the inevitable happens. Relying on the very device that will have the problems is, well, stupid.
Then its subject to corruption/infection. Also when your drive dies, you are still up the creek without recovery disks.
Not me. My first expirence was a home designed and built 8008 by a friends father. After being floored with it playing 'adventure', in about 6 months i had learned enough about electronics to build my own 8080 from scratch.
That isn't a modern commodore. its "yet another PC". its just in a 'unique' case.
*yawn*
Atari had a marketing problem. This is partiality what doomed them in the end. ( that and when the 'brothers' took over and ran it into the ground ).
For the most part if you weren't in the Atari 'community' you never heard of the machines. I heard "what they make computers?" far too often.
A lot like the people that started with an Atari 400 when the 800 came out.
I looked at their pages and cant seem to find out if it will stream from MY server, or just 'external' services.
I found a large part of which 8bit machine you cut your teeth on was more about where you lived and what your friends had, than anything else. And of course what age you were when they came out.
When you boil it down, even tho we all fought like cats and dogs 'ours was better', most of the machines of the same generation were pretty similar and ultimately it didn't matter if you had a Commodore, or an Atari, Apple, TRS-80 or a host of others.
That is the key. Will it also be 'government supported'? Will it be the first guy they can get that will 'work for free'?
While i'm all in support of more openness, i want to be sure what data we are the feeding children is quality, and accurate.
Would also be distracting as it fell in on your workers. An unprotected ( ie, glass ) roof isn't real practical.
That even more devices wont have default access to the market.
This is new? Why was client info EVER stored locally? These should have been nothing more than a ( secure ) dumb terminal.
Just makes it easier for the feds to strip everyone of their rights when they make piracy a criminal ( not civil ) offense.
Sure, ya, i destroyed the original.. Ya.. see here in this picture..
If it's a fake, there's no real value and hence not worth to return.
But if it was real, then they should be broken to bits too.
Reminds me of some movie plots.
And you don't know who is watching.. sounds a lot like nazi germany was .
Some "free" brings people in for other services, much like a drug dealer. Or giving away 'free' programing tool kits that only run on your pay cloud. Or 'free' services that are covered in advertisements.
But if its just 'out there' and has no possible revenue source, then its nothing but an experiment and subject to vanish at any moment and should not be relied on.
he wants clarification of why it should be illegal.
Lets just say for a second that you are right and he isn't advocating making it legal. However, if he honestly doesn't understand why the abuse of children should be illegal then hes a sick individual.