The copy protection scheme on commercial DVD's works quite nicely, at least from a commercial standpoint. It makes copying moderately difficult, but doesn't get in the way of "normal" viewing of the movie.
Sure, it's been cracked, but the crack is more trouble than most people are willing to deal with. In countries where incomes are lower, there's still a piracy problem, because there are commercial ventures that do the copying. In the "1st world", however, copied DVD's aren't exactly on every street corner.
Another apparently viable system is the DRM embedded in Apples iTunes. Too soon to tell for sure, but it seems to have struck a reasonable balance between price, security, and usability.
from a business perspective, this is about hedging one's bets--
for the users, it's "purchase a license in case SCO wins". For SCO, it's "sell licenses now, in case we lose"
Nothing wrong with either one of them--it's just a case of each side acting to reduce the risk from a potential adverse outcome. In any case, nothing to get real angry about here--if you're sure SCO's case is a crock, then get on with your life and don't buy the license.
agreed--it will be interesting, and could make for a good marketing argument.
I suspect tho, that the industry trend will be to port to Linux, rather than Mac, if they do any porting at all
you're being excessively literal, but what the heck--I'll play along.
At least in the metaphorical sense, yes, murder is included. Were you to consult Bartlett's, you'd find numerous instances of the phrase "to steal his life away"
(or, if paper is beneath your digital coolness, there's always google...)
"it's stilly to have each person do every step of the process. It's better to have people focus on what they are good at - some at editing, some at researching, etc."
a big part of going to school is learning to do new things--getting better at the things you're not already good at. Focussing on the stuff you already do well kind of makes the whole exercise moot.
your income isn't on there, but reasonable clues as to your out-go are----monthly credit card spending; mortgage and/or monthly rent; student loans; car payment; etc...
If your credit report indicates you have a pattern of spending $N,000 per month, one could make a reasonable inference that your income would be something on the order of 3*N.
Not definitive, but good enough for most marketing decisions....
There's a case before the Supremes right now that may have some bearing on this--there are a variety of companies that sell "editted" versions of movies; chopping out the objectionable bits. They purchase individual copies and then edit them and distribute...This is significant in that they are paying for the intellectual property at the market rate.
There's considerable debate if this is permissable practice; we'll have to wait for a verdict to see what the state of the law really is.
Point being--if the Supremes rule that the purchase/edit/distribute loop is permissable, why could you not extend the concept to an editted BIOS--aka mod-chip?
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not that it really matters--how do you propose that J. Consumer find out what the design of software package X might be?
Nobody needs to have a clue what the design parameters of their toilet or their lightbulbs were; why should they have to care about the software?
you might also want to avoid mentioning that you think that "Star Trek is Literature"
hint: it's a play on words, and a pretty old one at that.
while you're at it, imagine whirled peas
The copy protection scheme on commercial DVD's works quite nicely, at least from a commercial standpoint. It makes copying moderately difficult, but doesn't get in the way of "normal" viewing of the movie. Sure, it's been cracked, but the crack is more trouble than most people are willing to deal with. In countries where incomes are lower, there's still a piracy problem, because there are commercial ventures that do the copying. In the "1st world", however, copied DVD's aren't exactly on every street corner. Another apparently viable system is the DRM embedded in Apples iTunes. Too soon to tell for sure, but it seems to have struck a reasonable balance between price, security, and usability.
The end isn't here yet, but the days of "sharing" are numbered....
from a business perspective, this is about hedging one's bets--
for the users, it's "purchase a license in case SCO wins". For SCO, it's "sell licenses now, in case we lose"
Nothing wrong with either one of them--it's just a case of each side acting to reduce the risk from a potential adverse outcome. In any case, nothing to get real angry about here--if you're sure SCO's case is a crock, then get on with your life and don't buy the license.
ahh... but then Taco'd have to do some actual work
and why should they? NYT spent real $$$ to develop that content, and are under no obligation to give it away.
Don't like it? Go someplace else.
agreed--it will be interesting, and could make for a good marketing argument. I suspect tho, that the industry trend will be to port to Linux, rather than Mac, if they do any porting at all
Hate to break it to you, but for real engineers, those don't count...
n igraphics
Try finding any of the following that will run on the Mac:
ProE
Solidworks
SolidEdge
Ideas
Inventor
U
Catia
Mechanical Desktop
Alibre
3D engineering design and Mac's don't mix--which is why I don't have one
you're being excessively literal, but what the heck--I'll play along. At least in the metaphorical sense, yes, murder is included. Were you to consult Bartlett's, you'd find numerous instances of the phrase "to steal his life away" (or, if paper is beneath your digital coolness, there's always google...)
ponder the concept of subset.....
Meat>>>>beef, pork, tenderloin, T-bone, hotdog
just because a hotdog isn't filet mignon doesn't mean it's not meat
stock fraud
hooking up cable TV without paying
phone phreaking
identity theft
software piracy
etc., etc., etc.
It's unlikely that you're going to get caught or punished for "sharing", but don't kid yourself about what you're doing...
a big part of going to school is learning to do new things--getting better at the things you're not already good at. Focussing on the stuff you already do well kind of makes the whole exercise moot.
your income isn't on there, but reasonable clues as to your out-go are----monthly credit card spending; mortgage and/or monthly rent; student loans; car payment; etc...
If your credit report indicates you have a pattern of spending $N,000 per month, one could make a reasonable inference that your income would be something on the order of 3*N.
Not definitive, but good enough for most marketing decisions....
There's a case before the Supremes right now that may have some bearing on this--there are a variety of companies that sell "editted" versions of movies; chopping out the objectionable bits. They purchase individual copies and then edit them and distribute...This is significant in that they are paying for the intellectual property at the market rate.
There's considerable debate if this is permissable practice; we'll have to wait for a verdict to see what the state of the law really is.
Point being--if the Supremes rule that the purchase/edit/distribute loop is permissable, why could you not extend the concept to an editted BIOS--aka mod-chip?
why's that a surprise?
it wasn't funny in the first place.
Ok, so it's april fool's day... but 2 spelling mistakes in a 2 sentence joke?
the first and earliest ???
but it's better tasting spam...
well, perhaps there might be a few small differences (dead people, for instance), but why split hairs....
substitute for Photoshop: CAD applications (AutoCad, SolidWorks, ProE, SolidEdge, etc.)
earthquakes, temperature swings, snow, etc... There are as many ways to build for the long term as there are climates