if it was priced lower than US$600 (last I heard). I really love the device and would scoop one up in a second if I couldn't go out and buy a computer to do all the same things for less than the cost of the PSX.
I think Microsoft learned this lesson the hard way; offering too many unused features at too high a price. They seem to be steering the Xbox successor to more profitable waters, and maintaining the core focus on performance.
On top of it all, I think is Sony is trying to milk the PS2 market for all it's worth with the price of a PS2 around $149.99, four years later.
It's not like wiretapping is new; has Bell/Telus/Alliant or the RCMP/local police agencies been picking up the cost for the last 30, 40 or 50 years?
What the article does not say is that the costs at issue really concern access to Internet email and services from an attempt to modernize wiretapping regulations (the Liberal governement originally proposed these changes two years ago). There must already exist an infrastructure for tapping wireline and wireless phone calls since police have been doing this for years. Nothing new here, but Internet companies are balking at the cost of tapping their own networks.
receives more protection and concern than the freedom itself?
Just as those who want to criminalize flag burning, to me, do not understand that what they hope to accomplish desecrates the flag far more than simply burning it.
pumps out thousands of "Copywrite Krusader" stuffed counterfeits. Look for them on a street corner near you.
Now THAT would be hilarious.
And on a more important note, a Ferret, what the hell? A friend of mine has two of these fuzzy things and one thing the BSA and Ferrets have in common is both want to get into your pants.
If the UBC engineers have any sense of history...
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...the end result would like a cross between a beer bong and Volkswagen Bug with rotors.
While a human powered helicopter is impressive, I have a feeling the UBC engineers won't feel accomplished until they hang the thing underneath some bridge.
The only fix that does work for the original DOS based Tie Fighter and Xwing, at least for my system, was to turn all sound off.
I also have the Windows versions of Xwing and Tie Fighter called the "Collector's CD-ROM" and while I love the graphics and sound updates of these versions, I detest the fact that mouse support was removed so I have never attempted to install either on my Win XP system.
If I recall correctly, there are three versions of Xwing and Tie Fighter released in this order: the original DOS based games and their separate add ons released on floppy disks, the DOS floppy games re-released on CD-ROM with CD-ROM music and the "Collector's CD-ROM" with revamped graphics and music (including all the later add ons) intended to run under Windows. I think I have that right. Someone correct me if I am wrong, please.
Anyway, the patch only works on the last version, the "Collector's CD-ROM". Try turning the sound off if you can't get the original DOS version that came on floppy disks to work (due to extended/expanded memory problems).
Since, what, OS 10.1 or so Apple software has been able to interopt with Microsoft Exchange servers, collect mail and browse windows networks. In other words, Macs can now compete with PCs in a workplace environment. Microsoft has not said a peep or threatened to invoke the DMCA (not that they could since interoptability is addressed by the DMCA, I suppose).
How is what Real did any different? They took a product, reverse engineered it and implemented their own technology to work with Ipods. If Real is guilty of violating the DMCA then so is Apple. Hello, Pot? Yeah, this is the Kettle Black...
If BTG waited a minimum of six years before attempting to enforce their patent, then Microsoft, et al can claim the doctrine of laches. IANAL, but if BTG originally applied for this patent in 1996 (with a continuence in 2000) then eight years have passed before they attempted to enforce this patent and the doctrine would apply as a defense. Meaning Microsoft and others will avoid having to pay damages to BTG for violating their patent prior to the suit, but not future violations. Microsoft would have to stop using Windows Update.
I can't see Microsoft or Apple just rolling over on this issue and I think the real reason for the suit is $$$$. BTG wants money as evidenced by their ridiculous claims and is hoping that MS and Apple will pay to make the problem go away.
As you pointed out, I hope everyone is happy with the state of software patents.
If we're too afraid to send a mission to fix Hubble because suddenly the SST is "unsafe", how will we ever make it to the Moon or Mars?
The seven Columbia astronauts understood the risks of spaceflight and took those risks willingly. If you asked for volunteers for another shuttle mission there is no doubt that you would find a sea of hands. I am sure that everyone from the designers and builders of the shuttle down to the flight engineers would like to see additional shuttle missions. I think the paralysis starts at the very top, for political reasons yet again.
Not the first time that politics has interfered with science from the Bush administration.
Friend of mine lived in Japan for two years teaching and brought back many fascinating and hilarious stories about the cultural differences between Japan and North America.
I recall that he mentioned that at any trade show or convention they will have an assortment of lovely ladies that when asked questions about the products will give ridiculous answers. It's part of the show, he said.
Some of the weirdest shit comes out of Japan, I swear.
Company provided, of course. I am on call from eight AM to 10 PM, except on weekends where the clock is 9 AM to 7 PM with alternate weekends off. My hours are very reasonable as I am at the office from 9 AM to 4 PM and simply have to be available for phone support during the mentioned hours. I can come and go as I please, take afternoons off, etc. As long as I have my mobile phone, take calls and fix the problems my boss really doesn't care where I am. There is the odd time when a server is down or a network change has to be made and then I pull an all nighter, but it's rare.
I can't imagine doing my job without a mobile phone, it would be impossible. There are too many problems that require immediate solutions and any company that takes IT support seriously realizes the cost of downtime is going to far exceed the minimal cost of a mobile phone. In short, they cannot foresee the the long term loss from the short term gain. Too bad.
Among the many reasons, these are the most common that I can conclude:
All the Canadian banks, there are five, and most credit unions have comprehensive on-line banking. On-line access usually includes telephone banking, so you can pay bills, transfer money and check you balance from either the phone or Internet. No need to use a computer program to find out what your balance is, just call or click to the Internet.
Cheques are not popular in Canada and usually not accepted for anything other than rent and bills, if at all, due to the advent of direct deposit/withdrawal and the Interac system (pay by bank card). My monthly bank plan includes unlimited Interac purchases along with telephone and Internet banking and I haven't paid a bill by cheque or balanced a cheque book in almost a decade thanks to electronic banking.
The last person to use Money that I can recall is my mother, and she gave up after the Royal Bank improved their on-line offering and everyone stopped taking cheques because of Interac. Without the need to balance a cheque book and instant access to her account balances, she really doesn't need a program to track her spending. I created an Excel spreadsheet for her recently and that's as much as she needs.
How will we ever reach the Moon and eventually Mars if we're too afraid to launch a Space Shuttle mission to fix the Hubble?
We have a viable space system gathering dust because of a paralyzing fear that something might go wrong on another shuttle mission. Do you think Russia, China, even India are holding their collective breaths waiting for us to make a decision on our space program?
The Apollo fire proved that from crippling failure success can be born. We picked ourselves up, analyzed what went wrong and forged ahead. The crew of Columbia were well aware of the risks of space flight and took those risks willingly.
We've mourned long enough, it's time to fix what's wrong and honor the memories of Columbia by renewing meaningful space science again without fear.
How do they know that the records will be destroyed by accessing them? Have they accessed the records already and destroyed them?
More importantly, if they can "fix" the records in time for December, by their logic, wouldn't this process endanger the records from destruction in the first place?
Only government would pull a paradox out of its ass as an excuse.
You mean like this?
C$69.99! Having worked for RS in the past, I have used this device and you can program it to block specific numbers, long distance numbers, etc.
Seriously, what teenage boy hasn't looked at naked women either on the Internet or in magazines? It's just nature, we need to stop stigmatizing sex and develop a healthy respect for sex that acknowledges our desires yet emphasize that there is a time and place for those desires. We can't do that in today's climate.
What happens when children look at themselves naked? Is that damaging?
I recall that I started having my first sexual urges around 13. My mom caught me reading a Playboy magazine and sent me to counselling. What a fucking waste of time. In the end, the psychiatrist explained to my mother it was normal for human beings to develop sexual urges starting in their early teens.
I'd like to go on, but a fellow inmate needs to use this computer...
I had the original unit in my hand for all of five minutes at a local game store and formed a list of complaints that closely matched the improvments made in the QD. I don't understand how a company could put out a product with such glaring faults, it's like Nokia never test marketed the product or asked the opinion of potential customers before finalizing the design.
Is it really that hard to get good information from focus groups? I have been in a two focus groups in the past. One involved laundry detergent, of all things, and the other concerned cell phone service. In both cases, I can recall that concerns or criticisms that were raised during our focus groups seemed to result in marketing or product changes (as compared to what was presented to us during the focus group). Most likely the companies involved heard the same issues raised in similar groups around the country and made changes.
Did Nokia not put their product into the hands of potential customers and ask, "What do you think?"
More frustrating to me is the incredble variation from one game to the next on the required save blocks. Some games use 30, some 11 some as few as 3 blocks. Viewtiful Joe only requires 4 blocks, yet games like Medal of Honor use 11. Medal of Honor cannot be that much save intensive than Viewtiful Joe, can it?
I used to work at an electronics store and we were constantly bombarded by junk faxes. My solution was to enable the access code feature that our fax machine/answering machine was equipped with and I recorded a message with instructions on how to fax and the correct access code. Not all fax machines have this feature, but our Panasonic model did.
It wasn't a perfect solution, but those that regularly wanted to fax us were aware of the code, those that did not obviously were rejected. Our junk fax percentage went from 80-90% to 0% instantly.
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Others may have mentioned it, but an anti-spyware toolbar is like an anti-violence machine gun.
if it was priced lower than US$600 (last I heard). I really love the device and would scoop one up in a second if I couldn't go out and buy a computer to do all the same things for less than the cost of the PSX.
I think Microsoft learned this lesson the hard way; offering too many unused features at too high a price. They seem to be steering the Xbox successor to more profitable waters, and maintaining the core focus on performance.
On top of it all, I think is Sony is trying to milk the PS2 market for all it's worth with the price of a PS2 around $149.99, four years later.
Just my 2 cents.
It's not like wiretapping is new; has Bell/Telus/Alliant or the RCMP/local police agencies been picking up the cost for the last 30, 40 or 50 years?
What the article does not say is that the costs at issue really concern access to Internet email and services from an attempt to modernize wiretapping regulations (the Liberal governement originally proposed these changes two years ago). There must already exist an infrastructure for tapping wireline and wireless phone calls since police have been doing this for years. Nothing new here, but Internet companies are balking at the cost of tapping their own networks.
receives more protection and concern than the freedom itself?
Just as those who want to criminalize flag burning, to me, do not understand that what they hope to accomplish desecrates the flag far more than simply burning it.
and you've graduated from AC to Troll, but I digress.
pumps out thousands of "Copywrite Krusader" stuffed counterfeits. Look for them on a street corner near you.
Now THAT would be hilarious.
And on a more important note, a Ferret, what the hell? A friend of mine has two of these fuzzy things and one thing the BSA and Ferrets have in common is both want to get into your pants.
...the end result would like a cross between a beer bong and Volkswagen Bug with rotors.
While a human powered helicopter is impressive, I have a feeling the UBC engineers won't feel accomplished until they hang the thing underneath some bridge.
The only fix that does work for the original DOS based Tie Fighter and Xwing, at least for my system, was to turn all sound off.
I also have the Windows versions of Xwing and Tie Fighter called the "Collector's CD-ROM" and while I love the graphics and sound updates of these versions, I detest the fact that mouse support was removed so I have never attempted to install either on my Win XP system.
If I recall correctly, there are three versions of Xwing and Tie Fighter released in this order: the original DOS based games and their separate add ons released on floppy disks, the DOS floppy games re-released on CD-ROM with CD-ROM music and the "Collector's CD-ROM" with revamped graphics and music (including all the later add ons) intended to run under Windows. I think I have that right. Someone correct me if I am wrong, please.
Anyway, the patch only works on the last version, the "Collector's CD-ROM". Try turning the sound off if you can't get the original DOS version that came on floppy disks to work (due to extended/expanded memory problems).
FYI
Since, what, OS 10.1 or so Apple software has been able to interopt with Microsoft Exchange servers, collect mail and browse windows networks. In other words, Macs can now compete with PCs in a workplace environment. Microsoft has not said a peep or threatened to invoke the DMCA (not that they could since interoptability is addressed by the DMCA, I suppose).
How is what Real did any different? They took a product, reverse engineered it and implemented their own technology to work with Ipods. If Real is guilty of violating the DMCA then so is Apple. Hello, Pot? Yeah, this is the Kettle Black...
Labels the side of the Moon that faces Earth, "Near Side", and the side of the Moon that always faces away from the Earth, "Far Side".
One of my most treasured National Geographic Maps.
FYI
If BTG waited a minimum of six years before attempting to enforce their patent, then Microsoft, et al can claim the doctrine of laches. IANAL, but if BTG originally applied for this patent in 1996 (with a continuence in 2000) then eight years have passed before they attempted to enforce this patent and the doctrine would apply as a defense. Meaning Microsoft and others will avoid having to pay damages to BTG for violating their patent prior to the suit, but not future violations. Microsoft would have to stop using Windows Update.
I can't see Microsoft or Apple just rolling over on this issue and I think the real reason for the suit is $$$$. BTG wants money as evidenced by their ridiculous claims and is hoping that MS and Apple will pay to make the problem go away.
As you pointed out, I hope everyone is happy with the state of software patents.
Tobey Maguire was okay with the, ahem, large package they provided him with in the game.
"Change? Yep, big change!", looking at his crotch.
If we're too afraid to send a mission to fix Hubble because suddenly the SST is "unsafe", how will we ever make it to the Moon or Mars?
The seven Columbia astronauts understood the risks of spaceflight and took those risks willingly. If you asked for volunteers for another shuttle mission there is no doubt that you would find a sea of hands. I am sure that everyone from the designers and builders of the shuttle down to the flight engineers would like to see additional shuttle missions. I think the paralysis starts at the very top, for political reasons yet again.
Not the first time that politics has interfered with science from the Bush administration.
Friend of mine lived in Japan for two years teaching and brought back many fascinating and hilarious stories about the cultural differences between Japan and North America.
I recall that he mentioned that at any trade show or convention they will have an assortment of lovely ladies that when asked questions about the products will give ridiculous answers. It's part of the show, he said.
Some of the weirdest shit comes out of Japan, I swear.
Company provided, of course. I am on call from eight AM to 10 PM, except on weekends where the clock is 9 AM to 7 PM with alternate weekends off. My hours are very reasonable as I am at the office from 9 AM to 4 PM and simply have to be available for phone support during the mentioned hours. I can come and go as I please, take afternoons off, etc. As long as I have my mobile phone, take calls and fix the problems my boss really doesn't care where I am. There is the odd time when a server is down or a network change has to be made and then I pull an all nighter, but it's rare.
I can't imagine doing my job without a mobile phone, it would be impossible. There are too many problems that require immediate solutions and any company that takes IT support seriously realizes the cost of downtime is going to far exceed the minimal cost of a mobile phone. In short, they cannot foresee the the long term loss from the short term gain. Too bad.
Among the many reasons, these are the most common that I can conclude:
All the Canadian banks, there are five, and most credit unions have comprehensive on-line banking. On-line access usually includes telephone banking, so you can pay bills, transfer money and check you balance from either the phone or Internet. No need to use a computer program to find out what your balance is, just call or click to the Internet.
Cheques are not popular in Canada and usually not accepted for anything other than rent and bills, if at all, due to the advent of direct deposit/withdrawal and the Interac system (pay by bank card). My monthly bank plan includes unlimited Interac purchases along with telephone and Internet banking and I haven't paid a bill by cheque or balanced a cheque book in almost a decade thanks to electronic banking.
The last person to use Money that I can recall is my mother, and she gave up after the Royal Bank improved their on-line offering and everyone stopped taking cheques because of Interac. Without the need to balance a cheque book and instant access to her account balances, she really doesn't need a program to track her spending. I created an Excel spreadsheet for her recently and that's as much as she needs.
How will we ever reach the Moon and eventually Mars if we're too afraid to launch a Space Shuttle mission to fix the Hubble?
We have a viable space system gathering dust because of a paralyzing fear that something might go wrong on another shuttle mission. Do you think Russia, China, even India are holding their collective breaths waiting for us to make a decision on our space program?
The Apollo fire proved that from crippling failure success can be born. We picked ourselves up, analyzed what went wrong and forged ahead. The crew of Columbia were well aware of the risks of space flight and took those risks willingly.
We've mourned long enough, it's time to fix what's wrong and honor the memories of Columbia by renewing meaningful space science again without fear.
I was going to add SCO, but I was worried that by referencing SCO I might destroy records critical to the effort against SCO.
How do they know that the records will be destroyed by accessing them? Have they accessed the records already and destroyed them?
More importantly, if they can "fix" the records in time for December, by their logic, wouldn't this process endanger the records from destruction in the first place?
Only government would pull a paradox out of its ass as an excuse.
You mean like this? C$69.99! Having worked for RS in the past, I have used this device and you can program it to block specific numbers, long distance numbers, etc.
Just kidding.
Seriously, what teenage boy hasn't looked at naked women either on the Internet or in magazines? It's just nature, we need to stop stigmatizing sex and develop a healthy respect for sex that acknowledges our desires yet emphasize that there is a time and place for those desires. We can't do that in today's climate.
Just my 2 cents.
What happens when children look at themselves naked? Is that damaging?
I recall that I started having my first sexual urges around 13. My mom caught me reading a Playboy magazine and sent me to counselling. What a fucking waste of time. In the end, the psychiatrist explained to my mother it was normal for human beings to develop sexual urges starting in their early teens.
I'd like to go on, but a fellow inmate needs to use this computer...
I had the original unit in my hand for all of five minutes at a local game store and formed a list of complaints that closely matched the improvments made in the QD. I don't understand how a company could put out a product with such glaring faults, it's like Nokia never test marketed the product or asked the opinion of potential customers before finalizing the design.
Is it really that hard to get good information from focus groups? I have been in a two focus groups in the past. One involved laundry detergent, of all things, and the other concerned cell phone service. In both cases, I can recall that concerns or criticisms that were raised during our focus groups seemed to result in marketing or product changes (as compared to what was presented to us during the focus group). Most likely the companies involved heard the same issues raised in similar groups around the country and made changes.
Did Nokia not put their product into the hands of potential customers and ask, "What do you think?"
More frustrating to me is the incredble variation from one game to the next on the required save blocks. Some games use 30, some 11 some as few as 3 blocks. Viewtiful Joe only requires 4 blocks, yet games like Medal of Honor use 11. Medal of Honor cannot be that much save intensive than Viewtiful Joe, can it?
I used to work at an electronics store and we were constantly bombarded by junk faxes. My solution was to enable the access code feature that our fax machine/answering machine was equipped with and I recorded a message with instructions on how to fax and the correct access code. Not all fax machines have this feature, but our Panasonic model did.
It wasn't a perfect solution, but those that regularly wanted to fax us were aware of the code, those that did not obviously were rejected. Our junk fax percentage went from 80-90% to 0% instantly.