Buddy, you're not at the top of the intelligence heap for running without AV and you're definitely downright stupid for admitting you run pirated software on a public forum. People from Microsoft browse here too you know. Jesus man, if you don't want to buy your software then show some integrity and completely switch to free alternatives.
Starting with the definition of Life as a process, I wonder if on Titan are the chemicals that exist there capable of encoding information such as the chemicals in DNA here on Earth? Life as we know it works with water and carbon as it's base substrates but these are not the only substrates a process that encodes structures that reproduce is limited to.
Try to search for a driver - any driver! I've run into many pages that require 'registration to download' them. And of course registering costs bucks so its a scam.
I completely agree with your sentiment but without the wholesale slaughter. What you really want is transparency so you can ridicule or sue those in power into compliance with your wishes. Things like pervasive decentralized video recording (as in everyone has a mini-camcorder that they don't even think about woven into their clothes until they - and their camera - witness something like police brutality) with the emphasis on decentralized meaning you don't share your footage unless you want to. Also the World Wide Web is truly one of the most disruptive technologies to emerge in all of history. Use it. Organize around sites like Open Secrets and pursue all the Information you can through Freedom of Information Acts to root out corruption. Expose those who are bought off by special interest groups. Basically, exercise the freedoms you currently enjoy and truly participate in democracy now to prevent those freedoms from becoming a relic of history. And if you are unfairly curtailed then shoot the bastards.
Not only is it obvious that the submitter didn't read the article but by posting it its obvious that the 'editor' didn't either! Jebus! It's about a library template that Intel provides to developers! Linux gets a passing mention on the second page but other than that coincidence the writeup has nothing to do with the real article! And then there are people tagging the article as 'clueless' - I hope they meant the submitter because if they meant the article then ironically they would have been showing their own 'cluelessness'.
This is the first time I've felt a need to complain about/.'s integrity btw even though I've seen more articles fly-by that shouldn't have over the years.
The issues are the same - an unfair balance between parties. Once we (here in Canada) get up to ridiculous levels of copyright terms as you already are in the US then it's either reform time or - forbid - killing time. Culture is being locked up, fourteen years is enough for copyright. If it was still set at this reasonable time imagine what you could be downloading right now legally: all music, books, and movies from 1993 and before. This is fair not a defacto perpetual license to rip people off.
Your parroting dodges the central point of my post: as Vista matures it will become more viable and the juggernaut that is Microsoft guarantees this eventuality.
It boils down to the fact that Vista is simply not mature enough yet. I run XP Pro and am happy with it and I have no intentions of switching to Vista anytime soon. Now in a year or two when it's up to service pack 2 AND you can run DOSBox inside of XPBox AND software compatibilities are a thing of the past because Vista is the target not XP then I'll upgrade.
And this old XP machine will probably become an Ubuntu box then.
In the great Slashdot tradition you're right I didn't read any of the links - I went with a recollection of the legality fact and a quick google allowed me to make my post quickly. I believe the important thing about the exemption however is that although you must do it yourself, the instructions can be hosted overseas where they do not contravene the DMCA and people in the US can follow the instructions there while remaining within their legal rights in the US.
Please reply?
Orwell foresaw a future where global information systems would be used for the express purpose of oppressing a populace. Luckily for us the Internet turned out to be decentralized and therefore curtailed many of the possible abuses he feared. The application of databases is one of the challenges of our time. The best solution probably won't be one of the binary choices of allow or forbid but rather the best position will probably be between these two poles. There is no denying that biometric and DNA data in specific is a major advance for the ability of law-enforcement to solve crimes. However, in the rush to develop systems to handle the information, checks and balances are often not being considered or implemented. I believe ordering agencies should have modern tools to solve otherwise insolvable crimes but at the same time the wider social balances must be observed. Retention limits of and proper procedures to allow access to police databases I believe will be the primary issues in the immediate future. The process of defining the policies that will govern future databases should also receive widespread public scrutiny and feedback as well. Nobody has a golden-arrow to solve these issues at this time and as usual when the answer is not obvious as a society we will probably have to develop our policies in a reactive manner as situations educate us along the way.
When he's free of the shackles of his label I think I'll buy even more of his music. He knows music enriches lives not just the wallets of corporations.
As for a CD player "bundled" with a car, CD's follow an ISO standard so with all manufacturers following a standard the consumer is completely free to replace the player with another from a different supplier. This means that competition is unhindered so the market can work as intended - the case of providing a CD player with a car is a matter of convenience for the customer not an anticompetitive act.
The problem with bundling is that the vast majority of Windows users are non-technical mom-and-pop types. They use what comes with the machine and rarely install something new - they are usually even unaware that they have options. This leads to network effects where Microsoft software becomes the defacto standard simply through being first on the computer.
Actually, it's a great measurement. So you assume from their "clarification" the numbers in the grand-parent post and when they cut you off for "exceeding" their numbers, they are the ones on the wrong side of contract law which would force them to post real non-ambiguous numbers.
You're ignoring the installed base of the OS. When Linux is as popular as Windows then the people writing malicious software will target it as well. They're doing it to make-money/steal-information off of you, Windows is the target now because it offers the highest return on investment. Once the Linux platform is widely popular then security tools will become relatively more necessary for it too.
You're absolutely right. But while it is against the law right now, millions of people do not have a moral qualm against it proven by the fact that they are downloading. With all the lobbying the copyright driven industries have done to increase their exclusive rights to ridiculous terms the phenomenon of P2P is likened more as a popular revolt against an unjust arrangement than what is "right" right now.
Yup, once the Chinese legal system settles in this guys favor, the Chinese government will no doubt use a ruse such as this to ban WGA checks within their borders. For Privacy... Yeah. Not to get free access to all those patches on Windows Update without the check... Oh no, they would never do that...:)
Now when your slinging mud if you have facts to back you up, you can democratically exercise your right to participate in the process. If your mud makes it to Wikileaks then you can be rest assured that the scumballs will eventually be weeded out by the voices of citizens. I'm trying to hit all those words that seem to have lost their meanings in recent years - suggestions on any I missed?
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...and I'm running a pirated...
Buddy, you're not at the top of the intelligence heap for running without AV and you're definitely downright stupid for admitting you run pirated software on a public forum. People from Microsoft browse here too you know. Jesus man, if you don't want to buy your software then show some integrity and completely switch to free alternatives.
Jack Valenti! Oh? He's already dead? Damn, you're good .
Starting with the definition of Life as a process, I wonder if on Titan are the chemicals that exist there capable of encoding information such as the chemicals in DNA here on Earth? Life as we know it works with water and carbon as it's base substrates but these are not the only substrates a process that encodes structures that reproduce is limited to.
Try to search for a driver - any driver! I've run into many pages that require 'registration to download' them. And of course registering costs bucks so its a scam.
I agree.
I completely agree with your sentiment but without the wholesale slaughter. What you really want is transparency so you can ridicule or sue those in power into compliance with your wishes. Things like pervasive decentralized video recording (as in everyone has a mini-camcorder that they don't even think about woven into their clothes until they - and their camera - witness something like police brutality) with the emphasis on decentralized meaning you don't share your footage unless you want to. Also the World Wide Web is truly one of the most disruptive technologies to emerge in all of history. Use it. Organize around sites like Open Secrets and pursue all the Information you can through Freedom of Information Acts to root out corruption. Expose those who are bought off by special interest groups. Basically, exercise the freedoms you currently enjoy and truly participate in democracy now to prevent those freedoms from becoming a relic of history. And if you are unfairly curtailed then shoot the bastards.
Not only is it obvious that the submitter didn't read the article but by posting it its obvious that the 'editor' didn't either! Jebus! It's about a library template that Intel provides to developers! Linux gets a passing mention on the second page but other than that coincidence the writeup has nothing to do with the real article! And then there are people tagging the article as 'clueless' - I hope they meant the submitter because if they meant the article then ironically they would have been showing their own 'cluelessness'. /.'s integrity btw even though I've seen more articles fly-by that shouldn't have over the years.
This is the first time I've felt a need to complain about
The issues are the same - an unfair balance between parties. Once we (here in Canada) get up to ridiculous levels of copyright terms as you already are in the US then it's either reform time or - forbid - killing time. Culture is being locked up, fourteen years is enough for copyright. If it was still set at this reasonable time imagine what you could be downloading right now legally: all music, books, and movies from 1993 and before. This is fair not a defacto perpetual license to rip people off.
The day I can use Mickey Mouse in my own work is the day I give a damn about the RIAA's "losses".
Your parroting dodges the central point of my post: as Vista matures it will become more viable and the juggernaut that is Microsoft guarantees this eventuality.
It boils down to the fact that Vista is simply not mature enough yet. I run XP Pro and am happy with it and I have no intentions of switching to Vista anytime soon. Now in a year or two when it's up to service pack 2 AND you can run DOSBox inside of XPBox AND software compatibilities are a thing of the past because Vista is the target not XP then I'll upgrade.
And this old XP machine will probably become an Ubuntu box then.
Here's a good article about the iPhone in specific over at ArsTechnica too.
In the great Slashdot tradition you're right I didn't read any of the links - I went with a recollection of the legality fact and a quick google allowed me to make my post quickly. I believe the important thing about the exemption however is that although you must do it yourself, the instructions can be hosted overseas where they do not contravene the DMCA and people in the US can follow the instructions there while remaining within their legal rights in the US.
Please reply?
Too bad for Jobs that it is legal to unlock your iPhone to use it with a different carrier.
Orwell foresaw a future where global information systems would be used for the express purpose of oppressing a populace. Luckily for us the Internet turned out to be decentralized and therefore curtailed many of the possible abuses he feared. The application of databases is one of the challenges of our time. The best solution probably won't be one of the binary choices of allow or forbid but rather the best position will probably be between these two poles. There is no denying that biometric and DNA data in specific is a major advance for the ability of law-enforcement to solve crimes. However, in the rush to develop systems to handle the information, checks and balances are often not being considered or implemented. I believe ordering agencies should have modern tools to solve otherwise insolvable crimes but at the same time the wider social balances must be observed. Retention limits of and proper procedures to allow access to police databases I believe will be the primary issues in the immediate future. The process of defining the policies that will govern future databases should also receive widespread public scrutiny and feedback as well. Nobody has a golden-arrow to solve these issues at this time and as usual when the answer is not obvious as a society we will probably have to develop our policies in a reactive manner as situations educate us along the way.
When he's free of the shackles of his label I think I'll buy even more of his music. He knows music enriches lives not just the wallets of corporations.
See: here.
As for a CD player "bundled" with a car, CD's follow an ISO standard so with all manufacturers following a standard the consumer is completely free to replace the player with another from a different supplier. This means that competition is unhindered so the market can work as intended - the case of providing a CD player with a car is a matter of convenience for the customer not an anticompetitive act.
The problem with bundling is that the vast majority of Windows users are non-technical mom-and-pop types. They use what comes with the machine and rarely install something new - they are usually even unaware that they have options. This leads to network effects where Microsoft software becomes the defacto standard simply through being first on the computer.
Actually, it's a great measurement. So you assume from their "clarification" the numbers in the grand-parent post and when they cut you off for "exceeding" their numbers, they are the ones on the wrong side of contract law which would force them to post real non-ambiguous numbers.
You're ignoring the installed base of the OS. When Linux is as popular as Windows then the people writing malicious software will target it as well. They're doing it to make-money/steal-information off of you, Windows is the target now because it offers the highest return on investment. Once the Linux platform is widely popular then security tools will become relatively more necessary for it too.
I'll take your word for it and I had the US in mind when I was writing my GP comment...
Thanks for the clarification.
You're absolutely right. But while it is against the law right now, millions of people do not have a moral qualm against it proven by the fact that they are downloading. With all the lobbying the copyright driven industries have done to increase their exclusive rights to ridiculous terms the phenomenon of P2P is likened more as a popular revolt against an unjust arrangement than what is "right" right now.
Yup, once the Chinese legal system settles in this guys favor, the Chinese government will no doubt use a ruse such as this to ban WGA checks within their borders. For Privacy... Yeah. Not to get free access to all those patches on Windows Update without the check... Oh no, they would never do that... :)
Now when your slinging mud if you have facts to back you up, you can democratically exercise your right to participate in the process. If your mud makes it to Wikileaks then you can be rest assured that the scumballs will eventually be weeded out by the voices of citizens. I'm trying to hit all those words that seem to have lost their meanings in recent years - suggestions on any I missed?