The "war on drugs" and "war on terror" are against targets that are too technologially inferior to generate significant research. Compare to the developements during the cold ware and WW-II
Nor have any of the hardware vendors made representations that their hardware would work on anything other than the platforms they support, nor that they would release technical specs.
If you don't want to read them, don't visit them. Not everything on the web has to be "useful" or "news", or even intended for consumption by the general public.
Government: We'd like you to do XYZ Microsoft: What if we don't comply? Government: You'll be banned from doing business in China (a 1.2bn strong market). We'll also seize all your assets in China and possibly jail your top execs here. Microsoft: Would you also like us to censor "liberty"?
Congratulations, you cobbled together a bunch of words into a nonsensical post, got your first post and even got modded "interesting" by a clueless mod. Kudos Slashdot.
Microsoft Windows has had product activation since at least Win 3.11... possibly before that. It didn't get product activation till WinXP. Even now, as a student at Stony Brook I get a copy of WinXP through the University... it has no product activation, but it does require a CD key.
Except that CD Keys predate product activation by at least 10 years, and all kinds of software that doesn't use product activation still use CD keys, so you can stop being so smug now.
Every time I tryed to use firefox (about every major release), I had the feeling it was a fragile application. What's that supposed to mean?
The interface does not look nice at all. It might just be because of my config, but firefox's default configuration simply looks horrible when it comes up. I used to have the same reaction initially... but having used firefox for a while now, I find Mozilla's "Modern" theme incredibly ugly now.
1. What does CD-Key have to do with the whole money-for-software framework? Maybe it would with software that checks in with a central server, but otherwise, why would anyone that copies a 650MB CD not also copy a 20 byte key?
2. The point remains. It takes up a godawful amount of hard disk space, costs more, and you get inferior software. So what exactly are you paying for?
Pictures taken in the privacy of your own home is one thing and posting them on the Internet is another thing. My and my ex- messed around too on ocassion, but when we broke up I deleted them along with everything else related to her. This is despite the fact that we broke up because she cheated on me, so I had every reason to be mad at her (which I am... that slut!)
But violating her privacy is not a line I'm going to cross.
Interesting piece of evidence supporting your theory... I live on Long Island, which if you're not familiar with the area is a 100 mile island of suburbia just east of NYC. It isn't even remotely rural it's mostly got small towns. I've been on an online dating website for a while and when I searched for people in my area, I notices an overwhelming majority of people specify that they only are interested in Caucassians and Christians.. often specifically catholic. After a while I decided to search NYC (which is about an hour's drive away) and the situation is just the reverse. Very few people are picky about race or religion.
It's just a matter of being exposed to people of other races/cultures/religions/orientations... some people react by saying "damn... look at all those ragheads taking over our white land, but a vast majority realize that there really isn't that much of a difference.
Only if Motorola tells you that your phone will be able to call 911 without batteries. The VoIP providers do promise 911 access but instead forward calls to a non-emergency number.
Nothing's absolute... but whom would you trust more to come up with a secure solution? 1. A half-assed slashdotter making the tired old ooooh RFID-bad argument 2. A bank with billions of dollars at stake
I think the real problem is not with dumb people but smart people who fail to recognize that a doctor with a 100 IQ and a decade spent in med school, residency etc. is still better than a person with a 140 IQ and a couple of hours on the Internet.
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And that gets you microgravity how?
Yes, that's why the ancestor was half-wishing for a real war.
The "war on drugs" and "war on terror" are against targets that are too technologially inferior to generate significant research. Compare to the developements during the cold ware and WW-II
Grandparent is just plain wrong.
Nor have any of the hardware vendors made representations that their hardware would work on anything other than the platforms they support, nor that they would release technical specs.
If you don't want to read them, don't visit them. Not everything on the web has to be "useful" or "news", or even intended for consumption by the general public.
The conversation goes something like this:
Government: We'd like you to do XYZ
Microsoft: What if we don't comply?
Government: You'll be banned from doing business in China (a 1.2bn strong market). We'll also seize all your assets in China and possibly jail your top execs here.
Microsoft: Would you also like us to censor "liberty"?
The editor who published this should be shot. Bias is an understatement.
You're right. After all Slashdot is the the epitome of balance, accuracy and good journalism.
Congratulations, you cobbled together a bunch of words into a nonsensical post, got your first post and even got modded "interesting" by a clueless mod. Kudos Slashdot.
I recommend a former National Guard pilot from Crawford, Texas
Congratulations, you've just crossed the line into the bizzaire
Microsoft Windows has had product activation since at least Win 3.11... possibly before that. It didn't get product activation till WinXP. Even now, as a student at Stony Brook I get a copy of WinXP through the University... it has no product activation, but it does require a CD key.
Except that CD Keys predate product activation by at least 10 years, and all kinds of software that doesn't use product activation still use CD keys, so you can stop being so smug now.
Every time I tryed to use firefox (about every major release), I had the feeling it was a fragile application.
What's that supposed to mean?
The interface does not look nice at all. It might just be because of my config, but firefox's default configuration simply looks horrible when it comes up.
I used to have the same reaction initially... but having used firefox for a while now, I find Mozilla's "Modern" theme incredibly ugly now.
1. What does CD-Key have to do with the whole money-for-software framework? Maybe it would with software that checks in with a central server, but otherwise, why would anyone that copies a 650MB CD not also copy a 20 byte key?
2. The point remains. It takes up a godawful amount of hard disk space, costs more, and you get inferior software. So what exactly are you paying for?
Out of curiosity, why do you prefer Mozilla over firefox?
Pictures taken in the privacy of your own home is one thing and posting them on the Internet is another thing. My and my ex- messed around too on ocassion, but when we broke up I deleted them along with everything else related to her. This is despite the fact that we broke up because she cheated on me, so I had every reason to be mad at her (which I am... that slut!)
But violating her privacy is not a line I'm going to cross.
With very good reason
Solution 1: Implement system that requires a system to generate codes, have some kind of login mechanism and so on
Solution 2: Flip the switch on the wireless router on weekends.
You have some strange ideas about "easier"
So why don't you explain what the fuss is all about?
Interesting piece of evidence supporting your theory... I live on Long Island, which if you're not familiar with the area is a 100 mile island of suburbia just east of NYC. It isn't even remotely rural it's mostly got small towns. I've been on an online dating website for a while and when I searched for people in my area, I notices an overwhelming majority of people specify that they only are interested in Caucassians and Christians.. often specifically catholic. After a while I decided to search NYC (which is about an hour's drive away) and the situation is just the reverse. Very few people are picky about race or religion.
It's just a matter of being exposed to people of other races/cultures/religions/orientations... some people react by saying "damn... look at all those ragheads taking over our white land, but a vast majority realize that there really isn't that much of a difference.
Only if Motorola tells you that your phone will be able to call 911 without batteries. The VoIP providers do promise 911 access but instead forward calls to a non-emergency number.
Nothing's absolute... but whom would you trust more to come up with a secure solution?
1. A half-assed slashdotter making the tired old ooooh RFID-bad argument
2. A bank with billions of dollars at stake
feel the compulsion to put every damn link in a new window
You exclusively surf porn sites, don't you?
I think the real problem is not with dumb people but smart people who fail to recognize that a doctor with a 100 IQ and a decade spent in med school, residency etc. is still better than a person with a 140 IQ and a couple of hours on the Internet.