We all know that the MPAA and RIAA have more power and authority than even the US government, when it comes to mobilizing troops. No. Not flamebait. Just saying, US govt tried to do anything, and it will get caught up in the red tape that is politics, but these "associations" and others like them seem to be able to get their point across with out any problems. So, I guess we will definitely see these copyright laws passing soon, especially since we know now that terrorists use illegal software and download movies before they are release to public.
1) What about kids? We don't want sickos that can barely function, looking at young kids naked.
2) I don't know of any father that would ask their daughter to willing step thru those screeners.
3) Why is the govt. slowly eroding privacy bit by bit? Does this have anything to do with hiring the Gator CEO for privacy director or whatever of Homeland Security?
4) What are other alternatives? Especially for people wanting to go to other countries, since we can't exactly take a train or a bus to say Asia.
5) Can't they just blur the private parts up to say a certain area (unless they are afraid that people will duct tape weapons to their genitals. i know I wouldn't risk it, but hey)? I can't imagine it to be that difficult. I RTFA and it said fat people might conceal a weapon. It may be easy to grow a double or triple chin, but does a body grow a double clit or double anything in that area?
Bill, is that you? What are you doing, masquerading as an Anonymous Coward?
Besides, you had your chance at WinHEC to predict the death of iPod.
Now, play nice and give Steve a chance.
Why in the world is this Flamebait? I did not say US is better. That is a question for another day. But Cuba certainly needs a better government so that people can get out of poverty and just be able to live a decent life. I know a couple of people from Cuba and they tell me how terrible life was there. Sheesh.
What would you be saying if DoD went about quietly and pushed this through and already had a system in place? Nine out of ten times, in the name of national security, DoD and the military/navy and the like will not reveal plans about any system, until it is almost complete. Having said that, I am almost certain that Bush and his cronies will make sure this directive passes, because "You never know. It is possible for terrorists to have lasers, or sharks with lasers tied to their head"
The only way you can seriously argue that this is Microsoft's fault is by saying that they made it possible for people *this* clueless to get on the Internet.
I can argue that Microsoft is the reason behind this. Let's see...
Here in this article, it was mentioned that students do better without a computer than with one. Over time, you could argue that you might have been smarter if you didn't have a PC.
When did PCs become more popular?
A. Since Microsoft came out with their GUI and the point and click system (the problem has definitely gotten worse) though IBM had a hand in this as well.
Therefore, Microsoft should definitely be the one to blame.
Part sarcasm, part BS, part TRUTH.
I was fighting Anakin with a light saber, and I know it worked very well, which slicing and dicing. I can't understand why it wouldn't work in real life.
I have always been one to say that whatever a product does, I just wish it would do better, not a 100 things in one, because with today's tech, it just won't do any of the 100 things correctly. It is like have a cell phone with a camera. Yeah. I have a camera witha cell phone, but for the next 4 - 5 years, I don't see me replacing my digital camera for the one in my phone.
what about the other cars? I am extremely happy that we have a choice now a days (compared to not too far back in the past) of driving SUV's, but the other cars are just as bad, if not worse. For example, Ford makes a 15 passenger van (I vanpool in Atlanta) and the engine is a V8 with 13 miles per gallon, and Ford is now thinking of discontinuing this model and making a V10 for 9 MPH. Talk about irony.
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You can use Google software with any Internet browser to search the web
This is simply not true. Mozilla/Firefox/Opera do not have the google toolbar. Why you ask? Because even google knows that at the moment, IE is still the most popular browser and so, they have bothered making their software work for anything else.
Rest assured that the first service pack will consist almost entirely of draconian DRM "enhancements".
That simply isn't true....They will have viruses, and bugs among other things.
Yes, I have not seen any system admins playing Quark to back up my production data (yet). Ofcourse if they were using something like this, then it might be a whole other matter.
This is hard to believe, since HR dept companies (in US anyway) cannot disclose any other information other than what the person worked as and how long. As for your references, they can be tell the new company any BS they want. So, I wonder how they got away with telling about why they fired him.
But there is a tiny grain of truth to this article as things stand right now. I mean, I had stopped using my laptop which had Linux installed because I was tired of rebooting to Windows to play games. So, instead I just kept it on Windows. This on top of the fact that, I had a few problems with the installation ofcourse. The problems were fixed, but I didn't see why I had to face those problems in the first place (like mouse problems, network card, and other minor things). So, having said this, as of right now, Windows is going to front and center because it looks pretty and works. Most users don't know much about the security issues plauging the Windows platform and hence don't care to switch, which means it will not become mainstream soon.
As usual, Microsoft is about 20-30 years behind the state of the art, and about 5 years behind Apple.
What is sad is that most people will think that Microsoft INVENTED this new fangled fancy security feature and they will run in droves to buy the software, because it will be a must-have.
This will be a big reason, Linux/Unix will lag behind on taking the market share.
So sad. Truly.
On OS/2, each program include shared libraries were installed in seperate program directories. This way, one program could overwrite a common directory and break the said program. I also recall how much this "Program Files" where all files are installed in one location was touted and OS/2 was clumsy and so on and so forth. Oh how they are having to eat their own words.
I love bashing Micro$oft as much as the next person on/., but you have to admit it, this will be transistional piece of the software. Ofcourse, they are not going to just say, let's do this now and we don't care how it affects the end users. Otherwise no one would want to buy Longhorn. That would be extremely stupid and almost suicidal and let's face it, MS may be suicidal, but not stupid,
Just because you set your clock forward or backwards does not mean that the sun will set any slower or faster? Is the whole point of changing time in the US all about the sunrise and sunset? If that is the case, how does this help?
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We all know that the MPAA and RIAA have more power and authority than even the US government, when it comes to mobilizing troops. No. Not flamebait. Just saying, US govt tried to do anything, and it will get caught up in the red tape that is politics, but these "associations" and others like them seem to be able to get their point across with out any problems. So, I guess we will definitely see these copyright laws passing soon, especially since we know now that terrorists use illegal software and download movies before they are release to public.
1) What about kids? We don't want sickos that can barely function, looking at young kids naked.
2) I don't know of any father that would ask their daughter to willing step thru those screeners.
3) Why is the govt. slowly eroding privacy bit by bit? Does this have anything to do with hiring the Gator CEO for privacy director or whatever of Homeland Security?
4) What are other alternatives? Especially for people wanting to go to other countries, since we can't exactly take a train or a bus to say Asia.
5) Can't they just blur the private parts up to say a certain area (unless they are afraid that people will duct tape weapons to their genitals. i know I wouldn't risk it, but hey)? I can't imagine it to be that difficult. I RTFA and it said fat people might conceal a weapon. It may be easy to grow a double or triple chin, but does a body grow a double clit or double anything in that area?
As you can clearly see, it did improve your memory. You have not yet forgotten that experience yet, have you? :-)
This is truly a great achievement (as many have noted). What I give to be in that spacecraft. I wonder if it was possible for a person to be in it.
Bill, is that you? What are you doing, masquerading as an Anonymous Coward?
Besides, you had your chance at WinHEC to predict the death of iPod.
Now, play nice and give Steve a chance.
Why in the world is this Flamebait? I did not say US is better. That is a question for another day. But Cuba certainly needs a better government so that people can get out of poverty and just be able to live a decent life. I know a couple of people from Cuba and they tell me how terrible life was there.
Sheesh.
Cuba switch to a real democracy and they will be all set.
What would you be saying if DoD went about quietly and pushed this through and already had a system in place? Nine out of ten times, in the name of national security, DoD and the military/navy and the like will not reveal plans about any system, until it is almost complete. Having said that, I am almost certain that Bush and his cronies will make sure this directive passes, because "You never know. It is possible for terrorists to have lasers, or sharks with lasers tied to their head"
Here in this article, it was mentioned that students do better without a computer than with one. Over time, you could argue that you might have been smarter if you didn't have a PC.
When did PCs become more popular?
A. Since Microsoft came out with their GUI and the point and click system (the problem has definitely gotten worse) though IBM had a hand in this as well.
Therefore, Microsoft should definitely be the one to blame. Part sarcasm, part BS, part TRUTH.
I was fighting Anakin with a light saber, and I know it worked very well, which slicing and dicing. I can't understand why it wouldn't work in real life.
I have always been one to say that whatever a product does, I just wish it would do better, not a 100 things in one, because with today's tech, it just won't do any of the 100 things correctly. It is like have a cell phone with a camera. Yeah. I have a camera witha cell phone, but for the next 4 - 5 years, I don't see me replacing my digital camera for the one in my phone.
what about the other cars? I am extremely happy that we have a choice now a days (compared to not too far back in the past) of driving SUV's, but the other cars are just as bad, if not worse. For example, Ford makes a 15 passenger van (I vanpool in Atlanta) and the engine is a V8 with 13 miles per gallon, and Ford is now thinking of discontinuing this model and making a V10 for 9 MPH. Talk about irony.
You can use Google software with any Internet browser to search the web
This is simply not true. Mozilla/Firefox/Opera do not have the google toolbar. Why you ask? Because even google knows that at the moment, IE is still the most popular browser and so, they have bothered making their software work for anything else.
Rest assured that the first service pack will consist almost entirely of draconian DRM "enhancements". That simply isn't true....They will have viruses, and bugs among other things.
Yes. As recently as 1995. Let me introduce you to Bob here and here
Also, they are now making
Tiger killer, aka 'WinTiger'
Linu^H^H^H^H^Cancer killer aka ' Herceptin '
...and for only 99$ too. I wonder if this is retail price. The wholesale price is in the hundred millions. Interesting, isn't it? :-)
Yes, I have not seen any system admins playing Quark to back up my production data (yet). Ofcourse if they were using something like this, then it might be a whole other matter.
This is hard to believe, since HR dept companies (in US anyway) cannot disclose any other information other than what the person worked as and how long. As for your references, they can be tell the new company any BS they want. So, I wonder how they got away with telling about why they fired him.
Imagine that...less down time. Who would have ever thunk it.
But there is a tiny grain of truth to this article as things stand right now. I mean, I had stopped using my laptop which had Linux installed because I was tired of rebooting to Windows to play games. So, instead I just kept it on Windows. This on top of the fact that, I had a few problems with the installation ofcourse. The problems were fixed, but I didn't see why I had to face those problems in the first place (like mouse problems, network card, and other minor things). So, having said this, as of right now, Windows is going to front and center because it looks pretty and works. Most users don't know much about the security issues plauging the Windows platform and hence don't care to switch, which means it will not become mainstream soon.
Pinky and the Brain The Simpsons? Attempted by Professor Chaos (of South Park fame) among others?
What is sad is that most people will think that Microsoft INVENTED this new fangled fancy security feature and they will run in droves to buy the software, because it will be a must-have. This will be a big reason, Linux/Unix will lag behind on taking the market share. So sad. Truly.
On OS/2, each program include shared libraries were installed in seperate program directories. This way, one program could overwrite a common directory and break the said program. I also recall how much this "Program Files" where all files are installed in one location was touted and OS/2 was clumsy and so on and so forth. Oh how they are having to eat their own words.
I love bashing Micro$oft as much as the next person on /., but you have to admit it, this will be transistional piece of the software. Ofcourse, they are not going to just say, let's do this now and we don't care how it affects the end users. Otherwise no one would want to buy Longhorn. That would be extremely stupid and almost suicidal and let's face it, MS may be suicidal, but not stupid,
Just because you set your clock forward or backwards does not mean that the sun will set any slower or faster? Is the whole point of changing time in the US all about the sunrise and sunset? If that is the case, how does this help?