...so, let's say in MS Kerberos 6, Microsoft slips in some neato secret implementation of that vague implementation detail, and some open-source implementation of it, to work with MS Kerberos 6 clients, simply evaluates to "true", can then MS sue the creators of the open source reimplementation for violating a "copy protection scheme"?
This is a bad precedent to be set here.
Some of those buying cheapo RCA cables are laughing at the fools buying MonsterCable RCA cables... You do the math.
Is the $80 that you paid for your MonsterCable PS2-component connector really that significantly better than the $15 I paid for my generic one?
You think that "paying" to watch TV will reduce the number of commercials? Buahahaha!
If Cable & Sat revenue streams were so great for non-broadcast groups like Discovery Networks (the Discovery channels, TLC, etc.), then how come they are running more and more infomercials at the odd hours (with a slowly increasing size of the "odd hours" window)? It used to be that if you were awake at 3 or 4am you could still catch something interesting on Cable or Sat. Now, it's mostly just The Weather Channel, ESPNews, CNN Headline News, and infomercials.
The Superbowl broadcast this year is an indication of what and who is "winning". It isn't be the consumers (was it ever destined to be that way?). It won't be 720p or 1080i HDTV. It will be 480p (DVD, prog scan quality, only one step above NTSC) at best, "DTV". Yet Fox, et al. were still trying to pin this as a "win" for consumers... HDTV isn't dying because we aren't buying the equipment. It's dying because no broadcaster wants to broadcast 1080i when they can broadcast 6 480i channels in the same bandwidth.
The market for media really is this: content makers, broadcasters and advertisers. The audience is not a significant part of the market equation, and the audience is only expected to "consume".
When I was at college, the big fun was NetTrek. Similar things. We would "convene" at the ACS of the Univ. of Washington, which had a "public" X terminal area. Tons of fun.
because hammers can be used to smash car windows, heads, and commit other illegal deeds besides smash thumbs, hammers should be outlawed, despite the fact that it makes carpentry more difficult (although it benefits the powered hammer companies, who coincidentally lobby for the bill).
What about getting a hacked DirecTV or DishNetwork card for your box? Then you get ALL of the channels (until the next zap comes down from On High).
Yes, this rule is absurd. I like "Almost Live", a Seattle comedy show. If I'm planning on going to visit my family in Seattle, why should I not be able to watch the Seattle channels (perhaps for a small extra fee)?
Screw the local advertisers. I don't buy from them, by way of their television advertising, anyways.
Yes, it is MS's OS to do with what they want. But "I don't want your thing to work on mine, so I'll make it look like yours will work, but secretly mine will be faster" eventually catches up to you.
Imagine if you had snobbish friends and the way they outed you (i.e., kicked you out of the click) because you licked your fingers after eating Cheetos was by only conversing in French with you after that, and refusing to parlez Anglais with you.
Or the one kid everyone starts to depend on for bringing the soccerball to school decides it's not a soccerball anymore, and won't let y'all play soccer with it (but he and a couple of his toadies play...futbol (yes, the spanish spelling of it)...off in the corner of the schoolyard), and somehow manages to get everyone else to want to play futbol instead of soccer, but he only lets certain people play, and has some sort of power over the kids who've stopped playing with you, even though they don't play futbol much.
...should always be prefaced with "as we know it". No one would have predicted thermophilic bacteria dependent on hydrogen sulfide-based metabolism, bacteria that live off of oil and other toxic chemicals, etc., algae that live in icepacks
We tend to think in too-narrow of terms. Granted, it is all we know, but it's just another form of "flat earth" thinking.
When AMD can make an announcement on a vaporware chip the way Intel can, and hold up or slow down development by OEMs or procurement of equipment by bulk buyers (corporations coming into a new vendor-preferred contract) the way that Intel does, then Intel is no longer a monopoly.
Jet is the database engine that Access uses. It may not store its data in an MDB file, because the file extension is not MDB, but you can open it with Access if you change that file's extension to MDB...
...especially since the Industry (MPAA, RIAA) seems to, in at least a couple of cases, also have corporate relatives that produce the means to sidestep the laws that they wish to be enforced, and that WANT people to buy these technical means, perhaps for other non-illegal means.
Do the MPAA and RIAA have specific antitrust protection in the US?
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...so, let's say in MS Kerberos 6, Microsoft slips in some neato secret implementation of that vague implementation detail, and some open-source implementation of it, to work with MS Kerberos 6 clients, simply evaluates to "true", can then MS sue the creators of the open source reimplementation for violating a "copy protection scheme"? This is a bad precedent to be set here.
Isn't bnetd simply a server that implements the battlenet protocol? Could MS use the same rationale to argue against Samba? Yes?
...and Unisys was trying to sue anyone that made software that made GIFs to pay them a royalty.
..when my NT server is running Linux instead, it's using SAMBA for all my other Windows machines to connect to.
But what if you have a Win95 machine (that can't do encrypted passwords)?
Most companies will still buy a Windows machine and software to do what SAMBA can do for them.
Doesn't this sound like the "video wall" from "Fahrenheit 451"? What do you think Janet? JANET?
Some of those buying cheapo RCA cables are laughing at the fools buying MonsterCable RCA cables... You do the math. Is the $80 that you paid for your MonsterCable PS2-component connector really that significantly better than the $15 I paid for my generic one?
You think that "paying" to watch TV will reduce the number of commercials? Buahahaha!
If Cable & Sat revenue streams were so great for non-broadcast groups like Discovery Networks (the Discovery channels, TLC, etc.), then how come they are running more and more infomercials at the odd hours (with a slowly increasing size of the "odd hours" window)? It used to be that if you were awake at 3 or 4am you could still catch something interesting on Cable or Sat. Now, it's mostly just The Weather Channel, ESPNews, CNN Headline News, and infomercials.
The Superbowl broadcast this year is an indication of what and who is "winning". It isn't be the consumers (was it ever destined to be that way?). It won't be 720p or 1080i HDTV. It will be 480p (DVD, prog scan quality, only one step above NTSC) at best, "DTV". Yet Fox, et al. were still trying to pin this as a "win" for consumers...
HDTV isn't dying because we aren't buying the equipment. It's dying because no broadcaster wants to broadcast 1080i when they can broadcast 6 480i channels in the same bandwidth.
The market for media really is this: content makers, broadcasters and advertisers. The audience is not a significant part of the market equation, and the audience is only expected to "consume".
Oh well.
Welcome to the Machine.
When I was at college, the big fun was NetTrek. Similar things. We would "convene" at the ACS of the Univ. of Washington, which had a "public" X terminal area. Tons of fun.
because hammers can be used to smash car windows, heads, and commit other illegal deeds besides smash thumbs, hammers should be outlawed, despite the fact that it makes carpentry more difficult (although it benefits the powered hammer companies, who coincidentally lobby for the bill).
What about getting a hacked DirecTV or DishNetwork card for your box? Then you get ALL of the channels (until the next zap comes down from On High). Yes, this rule is absurd. I like "Almost Live", a Seattle comedy show. If I'm planning on going to visit my family in Seattle, why should I not be able to watch the Seattle channels (perhaps for a small extra fee)? Screw the local advertisers. I don't buy from them, by way of their television advertising, anyways.
You use opensource on validated systems? You are a brave one...
No, they triangulate roughly the coords of your house, and "brute force" it from there.
Yes, it is MS's OS to do with what they want. But "I don't want your thing to work on mine, so I'll make it look like yours will work, but secretly mine will be faster" eventually catches up to you. Imagine if you had snobbish friends and the way they outed you (i.e., kicked you out of the click) because you licked your fingers after eating Cheetos was by only conversing in French with you after that, and refusing to parlez Anglais with you. Or the one kid everyone starts to depend on for bringing the soccerball to school decides it's not a soccerball anymore, and won't let y'all play soccer with it (but he and a couple of his toadies play...futbol (yes, the spanish spelling of it)...off in the corner of the schoolyard), and somehow manages to get everyone else to want to play futbol instead of soccer, but he only lets certain people play, and has some sort of power over the kids who've stopped playing with you, even though they don't play futbol much.
Trent would walk through the wall...
No, I'd say you should have bought a Mercedes Benz G500 (Gelandenwagen) instead...
...should always be prefaced with "as we know it". No one would have predicted thermophilic bacteria dependent on hydrogen sulfide-based metabolism, bacteria that live off of oil and other toxic chemicals, etc., algae that live in icepacks We tend to think in too-narrow of terms. Granted, it is all we know, but it's just another form of "flat earth" thinking.
Is it really the AMD CPU, or the motherboard, bios, RAM or some other factor?
When AMD can make an announcement on a vaporware chip the way Intel can, and hold up or slow down development by OEMs or procurement of equipment by bulk buyers (corporations coming into a new vendor-preferred contract) the way that Intel does, then Intel is no longer a monopoly.
Jet is the database engine that Access uses. It may not store its data in an MDB file, because the file extension is not MDB, but you can open it with Access if you change that file's extension to MDB...
we always broke it down with time. While the distance decreased by half, so did the time to cross that distance. No paradox there at all.
since senators and HR reps get paid such measily amounts, they need to keep up a good lifestyle, so they depend on their spouses to do it for them.
...especially since the Industry (MPAA, RIAA) seems to, in at least a couple of cases, also have corporate relatives that produce the means to sidestep the laws that they wish to be enforced, and that WANT people to buy these technical means, perhaps for other non-illegal means. Do the MPAA and RIAA have specific antitrust protection in the US?
...so you want to do that when some app you want to install installs a "new" version of msvcrt.dll, msvb60.dll, etc., too?
...so how come so many Taiwanese companies are setting up shops in China?