And the possibility of retinal damage doesn't concern me all that much. Why? Because there's a whole lot worse out there. I'm not sure on the specifics, but I'm fairly sure a device like this must use a very very low powered laser to work, that and coupled with the fact that the feds would never let something like this out on the public market if it had a tendency to cause blindness assures me that it's fairly safe.
As for that one in a million chance that I go blind, have you read the side effects listed on some of your favorite pills? Flu? Diareah? Ulsers? Internal Bleeding? Some how a loss of vision (which most likely will be caught before I go completely blind) doesn't seem half as bad.
Even the above technical reasons (all very good reasons) why this won't be a problem miss one thing. The article said that the images produced can be seen clearly by the legaly blind (how blind that is, who knows) but in that case, just transmit real world images to the laser and it wouldn't matter if you'r blind
The difference being that in this instance, there is one complaint, filled only once in 3 years and I'm sure M$ has been there more than just this year.
Even if it was a rule (which obviously needs some rethinking) this most definately looks like just because M$ now has a gaming platform they have suddenly deciding that rules are important in order to ensure people have fair competition
Not because I spend my time surfing and downloading when I'm at work (though on slowdays, there isn't much else to do). It's because my job is to clean up after people who break their computer because they were downloading the latest and greatist virus. What would I do without unrestricted acess, I wouldn't have any viruses to purge.
Or they could just do what the large (but unnammed) company that I worked for did.
There was one employee that was spending his free time downloading and accessing muchos pornos from his company terminal. He was warned once, and when he did it again. He was fired.
Needless to say, we all purged our bookmarks after the incident.;)
Let me tell you, I worked EUC (End User Computing, a fancy name for troubleshooter) for a rather large and well known company (who shall remain nameless) and while it is true that we were working for the company and working on company time, it was a welcome breather durring lunch and inbetween the calls ("my computer doesn't work!") to be able to sit back and cruise slashdot, or spiffo (spiffo.co.uk) or other sites to get a good laugh or catch up on the days geek news. Some days there just wasn't enough work to justify us being there (shhh, don't tell them I said that) but we had to be there, and slashdot saved us many a dull hour
Even Ambrosia realizes that their high quality programs (which IMHO is worth the $30 they usualy charge), will get pirated by people that want it cheaper. That's why once or twice a year, Ambrosia has "Forgiveness Week" (or something to that effect) and for that week, any registration you buy is only $10. That way, they get a bunch of the cheapskates who otherwise wouldn't pay, to pay them for a code.
When will people learn that the internet did not come about as a method of making money. And the way it's designed it was never intended to be a money making medium.
The earliest forms of the internet were simply methods of distributing information from one area of a business (of the government) to another.
It's other aspects came out off BBS's which were *FREE* services designed to make communication and the transfer of information easier. The only cost was the cost of connecting to the board.
Why then should the information which gets placed on a medium designed for the free distribution of information then get charged for. If the NYT want's to make money off of their stories, they should go sell newspapers. (and yes I know they do)
As I understood it, the Sosumi came about when the person who original put in the sound was told by Apple's legal peoples that the name Xylophone might be offensive to certain cultures.
What?! Are you moronic? Having a user account is the first step in getting administrator accounts. Much information about people can be gleaned from a user account. Couple with some social engineering and a little bit of luck and you have access to an admin account.
Of course, if someone has accesss to your dest, you've got bigger problems thatn just access to your compter account.
The courts have already ruled on Apple. Back in the 80's Apple Computer Inc was taken to court by Apple Records for violating their trademark.
The courts ruled that since the two legal names were Apple Computer Inc and Apple Records, and since they were in two different industries, no one would be confuse the two.
As I understand it, trademarks simply protect another competitor from using your name or tag line. In this case, Microsoft technicaly can claim violation, but because Windows is such a generic term, it is unlikely they will win.
In light of all the people here telling me that cruelty to animals is bad, I've had a hange of heart. I am turning over a new leaf and joining the Society for the Protection of Anything Not Human....
Just as soon as I get the poodle out of the microwave, the fish out of the bubble bath and the gerbils out of the toilet.
Ya know, I'm a microsoft hater, but I didn't agree with the suit against M$ for bundling IE (though integrating it was evil) and I don't agree with this suit. As I read it, IBM was loosing money because software prices for their mainframes was too high. So they went to Compuware and said, do something to lower your prices here, we're loosing money.
Compuware said no way, so IBM got into the business of making their own software and budling the IBM software on the IBM machines. Sorry, but this suit is just dumb bull.
Slashdot Mirror
When does it start comming out in fruity colors?
DISCLAIMER: The above was sarcasm, if you don't get it, it's your own fault. Deal with it.
And the possibility of retinal damage doesn't concern me all that much. Why? Because there's a whole lot worse out there. I'm not sure on the specifics, but I'm fairly sure a device like this must use a very very low powered laser to work, that and coupled with the fact that the feds would never let something like this out on the public market if it had a tendency to cause blindness assures me that it's fairly safe.
As for that one in a million chance that I go blind, have you read the side effects listed on some of your favorite pills? Flu? Diareah? Ulsers? Internal Bleeding? Some how a loss of vision (which most likely will be caught before I go completely blind) doesn't seem half as bad.
Once they perfect these things, you won't need corrective lenses
Even the above technical reasons (all very good reasons) why this won't be a problem miss one thing. The article said that the images produced can be seen clearly by the legaly blind (how blind that is, who knows) but in that case, just transmit real world images to the laser and it wouldn't matter if you'r blind
The difference being that in this instance, there is one complaint, filled only once in 3 years and I'm sure M$ has been there more than just this year.
Even if it was a rule (which obviously needs some rethinking) this most definately looks like just because M$ now has a gaming platform they have suddenly deciding that rules are important in order to ensure people have fair competition
Not because I spend my time surfing and downloading when I'm at work (though on slowdays, there isn't much else to do). It's because my job is to clean up after people who break their computer because they were downloading the latest and greatist virus. What would I do without unrestricted acess, I wouldn't have any viruses to purge.
Or they could just do what the large (but unnammed) company that I worked for did.
;)
There was one employee that was spending his free time downloading and accessing muchos pornos from his company terminal. He was warned once, and when he did it again. He was fired.
Needless to say, we all purged our bookmarks after the incident.
remind me to get in touch with you if I ever go work for the same company you do.
Let me tell you, I worked EUC (End User Computing, a fancy name for troubleshooter) for a rather large and well known company (who shall remain nameless) and while it is true that we were working for the company and working on company time, it was a welcome breather durring lunch and inbetween the calls ("my computer doesn't work!") to be able to sit back and cruise slashdot, or spiffo (spiffo.co.uk) or other sites to get a good laugh or catch up on the days geek news. Some days there just wasn't enough work to justify us being there (shhh, don't tell them I said that) but we had to be there, and slashdot saved us many a dull hour
Even Ambrosia realizes that their high quality programs (which IMHO is worth the $30 they usualy charge), will get pirated by people that want it cheaper. That's why once or twice a year, Ambrosia has "Forgiveness Week" (or something to that effect) and for that week, any registration you buy is only $10. That way, they get a bunch of the cheapskates who otherwise wouldn't pay, to pay them for a code.
What happens when I want to run the program on my other computer? Or on my laptop and on my desktop?
Have you considered installing the X Window system on your OS X partition and running the programs from with-in that?
When will people learn that the internet did not come about as a method of making money. And the way it's designed it was never intended to be a money making medium.
The earliest forms of the internet were simply methods of distributing information from one area of a business (of the government) to another.
It's other aspects came out off BBS's which were *FREE* services designed to make communication and the transfer of information easier. The only cost was the cost of connecting to the board.
Why then should the information which gets placed on a medium designed for the free distribution of information then get charged for. If the NYT want's to make money off of their stories, they should go sell newspapers. (and yes I know they do)
As I understood it, the Sosumi came about when the person who original put in the sound was told by Apple's legal peoples that the name Xylophone might be offensive to certain cultures.
What?! Are you moronic? Having a user account is the first step in getting administrator accounts. Much information about people can be gleaned from a user account. Couple with some social engineering and a little bit of luck and you have access to an admin account.
Of course, if someone has accesss to your dest, you've got bigger problems thatn just access to your compter account.
I said no text
the link doesn't seem to work
It's a wonder the guy (or estate) which owns the song Old MacDonald hasn't sued McDonalds yet
See this link:
Apple Vs Apple
The courts have already ruled on Apple. Back in the 80's Apple Computer Inc was taken to court by Apple Records for violating their trademark.
The courts ruled that since the two legal names were Apple Computer Inc and Apple Records, and since they were in two different industries, no one would be confuse the two.
As I understand it, trademarks simply protect another competitor from using your name or tag line. In this case, Microsoft technicaly can claim violation, but because Windows is such a generic term, it is unlikely they will win.
52nd, don't forget puerto rico
In light of all the people here telling me that cruelty to animals is bad, I've had a hange of heart. I am turning over a new leaf and joining the Society for the Protection of Anything Not Human....
Just as soon as I get the poodle out of the microwave, the fish out of the bubble bath and the gerbils out of the toilet.
Right, cause humans don't have asmuch right to life as animals. Yeesh
Ya know, I'm a microsoft hater, but I didn't agree with the suit against M$ for bundling IE (though integrating it was evil) and I don't agree with this suit. As I read it, IBM was loosing money because software prices for their mainframes was too high. So they went to Compuware and said, do something to lower your prices here, we're loosing money.
Compuware said no way, so IBM got into the business of making their own software and budling the IBM software on the IBM machines. Sorry, but this suit is just dumb bull.
Consider it a PC version of the iMac