An example of yet another "has been" ( tho obscenely wealthy "has been" i admit, but only due his friend Bill ) trying to cling desperately to old ways of doing business, instead of adapting.
Him stepping down would do Microsoft a world of good.
Phreakers were back then too since what they were doing was illegal. Just not as many resources were spent, until they decided they wanted Kevin out of the picture for a while and tossed his butt in prison..
Driving and understanding how it works for maintaining are 2 different things. Most take it somewhere to do the maintenance. By taking it to the 'service guy' you assume the car is mechanically safe to drive. The same should go for the computer.
You can safely drive a car and not even know how to put gas in it, let alone something more esoteric like a head gasket replacement.
The simple fact is most people don't care how most things work, and in reality they shouldn't have to care. Computers are now a commodity appliance, not much different in concept than a toaster or TV, and should 'just work' until they die and then get replaced.
Geez, I hope the poor guy doesn't get kidnapped by the Iranians! (Or the Palestinians).
These days id be more worried about my own government coming to collect him. Then squelching his works, and tracking down everyone that has ever looked at it.
Even if you could accomplish it, I really doubt you can put something into orbit, as you will then breach other countries 'airspace' and create a 'space h hazard'. Of course once its up, all they can do is shoot it back down.
Ok, even tho i disagree on the 'main cause' for a restore, would you trust restoring a infected drive from another partition on that same PC? I wouldn't.
Slashdot Mirror
An example of yet another "has been" ( tho obscenely wealthy "has been" i admit, but only due his friend Bill ) trying to cling desperately to old ways of doing business, instead of adapting.
Him stepping down would do Microsoft a world of good.
Birth records are public record anyway, and there are tons of dead tree books that list 'famous people' and their short bio, including date of birth.
IMDb just makes it easier to find the info. It doesn't produce the original. I say they counter sue her for 2x.
Since when does ones quality of writing play into if you are 'the press' or not? Scary precedent here.
And you are already making demands? Be happy if you get something more than a milk crate to sit on.
Since when do their needs or opinions matter? Your opinion only counts if you can pay.
Not only reduced longevity but now you have all this messy DRM and changing technology to deal with.
So are those of us that appreciate analog.
But the NSA does it for our own good.. while amazon does it for their own good ( at least until they pay off congress to get on their good side. )
Does this too for the most part when you are attached to a BES server, and it's already 'government approved'.
We really should ban non technical people from making laws that effect the technical world.
Ethics are relative.
If you find a vulnerability, don't tell the people at risk, sell it or use it.
Either that or move to a less stupid country.
I hear The Centre is always looking for young talent.
"Security widget X is working fine so no one is buying new ones".. "How about we say they are a security risk so everyone will upgrade"
Screw you Amazon, for supporting another tax for the feds.
Look, I know no one likes to speak ill of the dead and all, but geez, last week's lovefest got WAY WAY WAY out of hand.
And there isn't one for RMS? And he deserves it as much, or less than Steve.
Oh, and it is long past time for RMS to step down.
Bought? I thought it was being given away for free. At least that is how i remember it being back then.
Phreakers were back then too since what they were doing was illegal. Just not as many resources were spent, until they decided they wanted Kevin out of the picture for a while and tossed his butt in prison..
At least in my situation, it would NOT be easier to search for things if it was all in one big blob.
Driving and understanding how it works for maintaining are 2 different things. Most take it somewhere to do the maintenance. By taking it to the 'service guy' you assume the car is mechanically safe to drive. The same should go for the computer.
You can safely drive a car and not even know how to put gas in it, let alone something more esoteric like a head gasket replacement.
So have i, and i honestly have seen a sharp decline in the last year or so.
You could say the same about most any technology.
The simple fact is most people don't care how most things work, and in reality they shouldn't have to care. Computers are now a commodity appliance, not much different in concept than a toaster or TV, and should 'just work' until they die and then get replaced.
I don't care if you like apple or not, is it too much to ask to keep it from becoming a personal slug-fest wit a bunch of derogatory remarks?
How about we stick to technology, or is that too difficult for you people now?
What the hell has happened to Slashdot?
The Fire is not direct competition to the iPad. Nor did Amazon intend it to be.
Geez, I hope the poor guy doesn't get kidnapped by the Iranians! (Or the Palestinians).
These days id be more worried about my own government coming to collect him. Then squelching his works, and tracking down everyone that has ever looked at it.
Even if you could accomplish it, I really doubt you can put something into orbit, as you will then breach other countries 'airspace' and create a 'space h hazard'. Of course once its up, all they can do is shoot it back down.
Ok, even tho i disagree on the 'main cause' for a restore, would you trust restoring a infected drive from another partition on that same PC? I wouldn't.