What development tools? What language? What IDE? There are so many to choose from. If the CD doesn't have the right one, then it doesn't do any good anyway. As soon as two (2) of those tools on that CD are out of date, then the CD is perceived to be out of date.
Probably the standard dev-tools for the OS - ObjC compilers, linkers, debuggers. Anything else necessarily builds on top of these tools.
why not just make them available for download. This is much cheaper than including a CD with every computer.
An extra CD costs 15-20 cents and gives bragging rights. Is it really worth $0.15 on a $1500 system?
Please, oh please, don't pretend that Marc Andreesen didn't want to corner and control the market in Web Browsers. Hell, Netscape was really really big on introducing special features and proprietary tags. They wanted to tie the whole web to their Browser and Server technology.
Yeah, Marc and the whole crew wanted to control the market, but the difference here is that they didnt have that sort of power and Microsoft does. This is what separates MS from nearly every other software vendor in the country, possibly the world.
It's illegal to germninate the seeds and grow or tend the plants though.
Is possession interpreted as intent to germinate? That would seem to keep with the current legal fad of making something illegal without making it explicitly illegal.
So, by your definition, Germany never conquered France in WW2? Because the irregulars didn't give up.
In France, the Nazis did a pretty good job of pacifying the country - they were able to use France's industrial base to supplement their own. We can't seem to keep cities under our control, much less rebuild the place.
The rules were made specifically for MS. For example, every other OS on the planet can ship with a web browser and media player without any govt. scrutiny.
I dont want some shmuck who got through to blow up my airplane.
How is this going to change that? Mohammed Atta was on an FBI watchlist when he boarded a plane on 9/11 under his own name. Seems that what we really need is for our intelligence agencies to share their data with the airlines.
t copyright holders have the right to dictate how their IP is used
Sort of. They can control distribution for a limited time. Part of the bargain that allows this is that I can excerpt portions for my own use. In Canada, I can give a CD to a friend and let him copy it, and it's legal.
Now, the Java Hotspot compiler will start and notice the fact that you're running on a Pentium Pro. So when it converts the bytecode to machine code, it creates the following instructions:
pop EAX STOD 0x0005
Why can't I run that on a 386? It's not like they don't handle 32 bit words or anything.
Good idea. I don't really go for the custom ringtones (I can tell where a ringing phone is, so no need), but if I did - I have a cockatiel. When you leave the room, he shrieks, about every 5 seconds. All I would have to do is record this and BAM! instant evil ringtone.
IMHO this is the big problem with the system. Moving violations are no longer deterrents because people are willing to hire a lawyer and piss away court time to fight it, and it seems that most of the time they get off.
Break the law? No problem, just take it to court. Personal responsibility? No thanks, this is America where we have the right to break the law and not be punished, apparently.
The law was written with the understanding that the has a minimum amount of time that it stays yellow, allowing somebody to stop or go through. When you break that bargain, then the law becomes unreasonable.
Part of the price is the agreeing to the agreement.
Just to short circuit your argument, how is a stream of bits different from a physical CD? If you can't prohibit someone from copying a CD (you can't), why can you do so with a stream of bits?
No, it's not "your music." You have certain limitations on what you can do with it, like it or not, because you bought it from Apple with those limitations.
It's mine. I paid for it. Just because it's bits doesn't invalidate the doctrine of first use.
And by your logic people would like a house, car, movie, tv show, painting, musical, opera, porno, spouse, whatever so long as they see/hear it enough and it doesnt offend them. That explains suburbia...
I would go so far as to say that people will want that thing especially if it offends them. The more you tell someone they need product X, the less they actually do, the more they will want it. It's just the Big Lie paraphrased.
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We call people from The Netherlands Dutch, not neanderthals.
We also call them Nederlanders, as their country is called Nederland.
What development tools? What language? What IDE? There are so many to choose from. If the CD doesn't have the right one, then it doesn't do any good anyway. As soon as two (2) of those tools on that CD are out of date, then the CD is perceived to be out of date.
Probably the standard dev-tools for the OS - ObjC compilers, linkers, debuggers. Anything else necessarily builds on top of these tools.
why not just make them available for download. This is much cheaper than including a CD with every computer.
An extra CD costs 15-20 cents and gives bragging rights. Is it really worth $0.15 on a $1500 system?
Please, oh please, don't pretend that Marc Andreesen didn't want to corner and control the market in Web Browsers. Hell, Netscape was really really big on introducing special features and proprietary tags. They wanted to tie the whole web to their Browser and Server technology.
Yeah, Marc and the whole crew wanted to control the market, but the difference here is that they didnt have that sort of power and Microsoft does. This is what separates MS from nearly every other software vendor in the country, possibly the world.
It's illegal to germninate the seeds and grow or tend the plants though.
Is possession interpreted as intent to germinate? That would seem to keep with the current legal fad of making something illegal without making it explicitly illegal.
In most movie theatres in New York, you are not permitted to bring your backpack in anyway.
So, do they provide lockers? Otherwise, it seems like a good reason not to go to the movies in NYC
So, by your definition, Germany never conquered France in WW2? Because the irregulars didn't give up.
In France, the Nazis did a pretty good job of pacifying the country - they were able to use France's industrial base to supplement their own. We can't seem to keep cities under our control, much less rebuild the place.
"The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"
I'd like to see you prove you don't have any dual-use technology. Bold assertion is not sufficient reason to go to war.
The rules were made specifically for MS. For example, every other OS on the planet can ship with a web browser and media player without any govt. scrutiny.
Um, other companies aren't Microsoft.
I'm just waiting for someone to say "if you're innocent, you have nothing to fear"..!
I dont want some shmuck who got through to blow up my airplane.
How is this going to change that? Mohammed Atta was on an FBI watchlist when he boarded a plane on 9/11 under his own name. Seems that what we really need is for our intelligence agencies to share their data with the airlines.
t copyright holders have the right to dictate how their IP is used
Sort of. They can control distribution for a limited time. Part of the bargain that allows this is that I can excerpt portions for my own use. In Canada, I can give a CD to a friend and let him copy it, and it's legal.
Now, the Java Hotspot compiler will start and notice the fact that you're running on a Pentium Pro. So when it converts the bytecode to machine code, it creates the following instructions:
Why can't I run that on a 386? It's not like they don't handle 32 bit words or anything.
Good idea. I don't really go for the custom ringtones (I can tell where a ringing phone is, so no need), but if I did - I have a cockatiel. When you leave the room, he shrieks, about every 5 seconds. All I would have to do is record this and BAM! instant evil ringtone.
And, please, refactor a method once its cyclomatic complexity number gets over 10 or so.
That's a pretty odd sounding name for a pretty simple concept.
When you say "better ways to express themselves", what ways are you referring to?
The first thing that came to mind was profanity.
Nobody is going to run their business on obsolete stuff, no matter how good it is now.
Just like nobody uses 30 year old software that they don't even have the source to anymore, right?
the funny part is that speeding does NOT get you there any faster than the guy driving the speed limit.
Do tell. I did a 180 mile ski trip in november - the estimated travel time was about 3.5 hours. I did it in 2.5.
It's called "thinning the herd." If you cause enough accidents, the number of people that speed in these areas WILL go down.
Killing voters makes it really hard to get reelected.
or you could speed up and go fast enough that the light looks green to you in your frame of reference :)
You could, but it's hell on brakes.
IMHO this is the big problem with the system. Moving violations are no longer deterrents because people are willing to hire a lawyer and piss away court time to fight it, and it seems that most of the time they get off.
Break the law? No problem, just take it to court. Personal responsibility? No thanks, this is America where we have the right to break the law and not be punished, apparently.
The law was written with the understanding that the has a minimum amount of time that it stays yellow, allowing somebody to stop or go through. When you break that bargain, then the law becomes unreasonable.
Part of the price is the agreeing to the agreement.
Just to short circuit your argument, how is a stream of bits different from a physical CD? If you can't prohibit someone from copying a CD (you can't), why can you do so with a stream of bits?
No, it's not "your music." You have certain limitations on what you can do with it, like it or not, because you bought it from Apple with those limitations.
It's mine. I paid for it. Just because it's bits doesn't invalidate the doctrine of first use.
And by your logic people would like a house, car, movie, tv show, painting, musical, opera, porno, spouse, whatever so long as they see/hear it enough and it doesnt offend them. That explains suburbia ...
I would go so far as to say that people will want that thing especially if it offends them. The more you tell someone they need product X, the less they actually do, the more they will want it. It's just the Big Lie paraphrased.
I'd like to see you prove otherwise.
Proof by absurdity: McDonalds is highly popular, therfore it must be a high quality restaurant.
I know it's all the rage on slashdot to rattle your sabots
You know that a sabot is that little metal band that goes around a subcaibre bullet, right? Why would I rattle that?