Hmm, I don't think that's the point -- the point (apart from helping out those kids) is to influence the media. I tend to agree that games are badly portrayed in mainstream media, and it would be nice to change that, even if just a little...
And as far as mainstream media is concerned, if you buy a sick kid a nice present you can't possibly go out and shoot people.
Hmm, one out of two... Opera's toolbars are fully customizable, and of course Opera itself is skinnable.
But the free version does still have ads. Think of it as an opportunity to see if it's worth the $30 or whatever they charge these days... you might be surprised. (Or not).
Actually I only really use the ones for 'refresh page', 'duplicate page', 'back' and 'forward'... these being things that you frequenly want to do while browsing, and mouse gestures are noticably quicker than reaching for the keyboard or manipulating a menu...
"All combinations among merchants to raise the price of merchandise to the injury of the public, is also said to be a monopoly."
Perhaps the best is from legal-definitions.com, a few results down:
"monopoly definition: a monopoly is characterized by the power to fix prices or exclude competition, coupled with policies designed to use or preserve that power.
True -- but you can't use these on a normal chip. The potential pitfalls are huge... you need to be able to get enough of them into a small space, you need to be able to dissipate the power, the manufacturing process needs to be cheap enough to be economically viable... and so on.
A single transistor isn't all that impressive by itself:-)
(Actually, does anyone know how fast the transistors on desktop processor are? Each clock cycle has to wait several transistor delays, after all.)
Er. Maybe I wasn't clear... I expect a message to be spam because it's in the 'junk' folder. It's in the junk folder because it isn't whitelisted and it fails the other tests...
I already use whitelisting... and it works wonderfully, with a couple of tweaks:
It traps for keywords that indicate probably-valid emails, and passes them
It traps for keywords that indicate likely spam, and rejects if not fully whitelisted
I have my uni's domain whitelisted, and a few others
All spam goes in the 'junk' folder and is checked when I can be bothered
What I've found is that I don't mind spam when I'm expecting it... what's annoying about spam is when you think 'hey, I've got mail!' and it turns out to be advertising...
(Incidentally, the above is very easy to implement using any mail client which will pipe through scripts -- I use Evolution and a bit of perl).
I've been amazed to learn how much students have to spend on books over there... I had come to the conclusion there's some severe institutionalised ripping-off going on.
The simple fact is you shouldn't need to buy $1500 worth of books when you get to university. I'm most of the way through a Computer Science degree in the UK, and thus far we've been required to read one book and strongly advised to gain access to a few others.
Where does the material come from? Lecturers either print their own handouts, or you take notes yourself.
Seems to me to make a lot more sense.
(Before uni, we did work from books -- the college had enough copies for everyone, we each borrowed a copy for the duration of the course).
As I understand it, those are the legitimate sites being sneakily used to host illegitimate material. I don't think the article actually gives any of the 'masking' urls.
I agree... it's a useful tool for any newcomer to Linux. I switched to Linux about a year and a half ago, and it saved me a lot of hassle...
Even if you're an enthusiastic programmer type, like I was, you still need to get results at some point. Webmin helped me get things working when I wanted them to just work... figuring out config files and command line interfaces might be educational, but new users shouldn't have to do it all at once...
These days I'm learning how to do without, because when it comes down to it you can get more done if you understand things. But that stage should always be optional...
...then I remembered where we get Computer Science lectures at Cambridge University: the William Gates Building. We also get free copies of Windows XP, amongst others. So it would be a bit hypocritical to object:-)
These things can go either way... we still have Linux on all the lab PCs and we get taught as much Linux-specific stuff as Windows-specific stuff, if not more. So, wait and see before you judge, is my advice...
Hmm. Well, I don't use windows, so I guess I'm going on hearsay. But I'm sure it's been bundled with MSN at some point, or that some vendors bundle it with MSN, or something... I admit I could be entirely wrong on that one:-)
Your analogy is miles off, though. The facts are:
Microsoft has a monopoly on desktop PC OSes
It's illegal to leverage a monopoly in one market to break into another
How is that in any way like a TV network showing ads for their own shows?
Free isn't the point... the point is that when you buy a new PC it's there already. As we all know, people will use what's put in front of them if it works... so the competitors don't even get a look-in.
So, they're abusing their monopoly to take over the IM market, then charging alternative providers or blocking them to make sure they really have the IM market. Alright, so they still have competitors, but they're giving themselves a massive advantage...
I didn't say you'd design the circuits using boolean algebra... you'd have to come up with something new, and it probably wouldn't work very well. Hence the need for computerised tools:-)
True, true... it would be fun to play with a computer that had such things implemented quickly. Maybe come up with a version where you can run normal programs using fuzzy logic and see what happens;-)
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Hmm, I don't think that's the point -- the point (apart from helping out those kids) is to influence the media. I tend to agree that games are badly portrayed in mainstream media, and it would be nice to change that, even if just a little...
And as far as mainstream media is concerned, if you buy a sick kid a nice present you can't possibly go out and shoot people.
Hmm, one out of two... Opera's toolbars are fully customizable, and of course Opera itself is skinnable.
But the free version does still have ads. Think of it as an opportunity to see if it's worth the $30 or whatever they charge these days... you might be surprised. (Or not).
Hmm. So what do you do for refresh?
;-)
Actually, I can see more mouse buttons being useful... but to be really useful you'd need them to be consistently used across applications.
(Although I feel guilty enough that I have a Microsoft keyboard, heh, I'm glad my mouse is logitech).
I use them in Opera...
Actually I only really use the ones for 'refresh page', 'duplicate page', 'back' and 'forward'... these being things that you frequenly want to do while browsing, and mouse gestures are noticably quicker than reaching for the keyboard or manipulating a menu...
Try this:
Google for 'legal definition of monopoly'
The very top link includes the phrase:
"All combinations among merchants to raise the price of merchandise to the injury of the public, is also said to be a monopoly."
Perhaps the best is from legal-definitions.com, a few results down:
"monopoly definition: a monopoly is characterized by the power to fix prices or exclude competition, coupled with policies designed to use or preserve that power.
True -- but you can't use these on a normal chip. The potential pitfalls are huge... you need to be able to get enough of them into a small space, you need to be able to dissipate the power, the manufacturing process needs to be cheap enough to be economically viable... and so on.
A single transistor isn't all that impressive by itself :-)
(Actually, does anyone know how fast the transistors on desktop processor are? Each clock cycle has to wait several transistor delays, after all.)
www.metacritic.com/film/titles/matrixrevolutions
Become a member -- the more people on their lists, the more respect they demand...
(Oh, and give them some money at the same time, obviously).
Er. Maybe I wasn't clear... I expect a message to be spam because it's in the 'junk' folder. It's in the junk folder because it isn't whitelisted and it fails the other tests...
I already use whitelisting... and it works wonderfully, with a couple of tweaks:
What I've found is that I don't mind spam when I'm expecting it... what's annoying about spam is when you think 'hey, I've got mail!' and it turns out to be advertising...
(Incidentally, the above is very easy to implement using any mail client which will pipe through scripts -- I use Evolution and a bit of perl).
I've been amazed to learn how much students have to spend on books over there... I had come to the conclusion there's some severe institutionalised ripping-off going on.
The simple fact is you shouldn't need to buy $1500 worth of books when you get to university. I'm most of the way through a Computer Science degree in the UK, and thus far we've been required to read one book and strongly advised to gain access to a few others.
Where does the material come from? Lecturers either print their own handouts, or you take notes yourself.
Seems to me to make a lot more sense.
(Before uni, we did work from books -- the college had enough copies for everyone, we each borrowed a copy for the duration of the course).
I came across this story yesterday because it was linked from the front page of news.bbc.co.uk... that's pretty mainstream press coverage...
Anyway, given that I live in the UK, I'm certainly hope this works out like Munich...
As I understand it, those are the legitimate sites being sneakily used to host illegitimate material. I don't think the article actually gives any of the 'masking' urls.
I could be entirely wrong...
The difference is that EMusic doesn't carry mainstream stuff; it's good music, but it simply isn't worth as much money.
Hmm. Time to change my sig...
I agree... it's a useful tool for any newcomer to Linux. I switched to Linux about a year and a half ago, and it saved me a lot of hassle...
Even if you're an enthusiastic programmer type, like I was, you still need to get results at some point. Webmin helped me get things working when I wanted them to just work... figuring out config files and command line interfaces might be educational, but new users shouldn't have to do it all at once...
These days I'm learning how to do without, because when it comes down to it you can get more done if you understand things. But that stage should always be optional...
If you don't like the buggy proprietary download managers (and they'll try and insist you use one)... simply use a perl script instead... much easier.
...then I remembered where we get Computer Science lectures at Cambridge University: the William Gates Building. We also get free copies of Windows XP, amongst others. So it would be a bit hypocritical to object :-)
These things can go either way... we still have Linux on all the lab PCs and we get taught as much Linux-specific stuff as Windows-specific stuff, if not more. So, wait and see before you judge, is my advice...
Hmm. Well, I don't use windows, so I guess I'm going on hearsay. But I'm sure it's been bundled with MSN at some point, or that some vendors bundle it with MSN, or something... I admit I could be entirely wrong on that one :-)
Your analogy is miles off, though. The facts are:
How is that in any way like a TV network showing ads for their own shows?
Free isn't the point... the point is that when you buy a new PC it's there already. As we all know, people will use what's put in front of them if it works... so the competitors don't even get a look-in.
...MSN messenger comes with Windows.
So, they're abusing their monopoly to take over the IM market, then charging alternative providers or blocking them to make sure they really have the IM market. Alright, so they still have competitors, but they're giving themselves a massive advantage...
Nope, a computer science undergrad...
I didn't say you'd design the circuits using boolean algebra... you'd have to come up with something new, and it probably wouldn't work very well. Hence the need for computerised tools :-)
Heh. Hadn't thought of that.
Eh, not as if anyone takes any notice anyway :-)... maybe it's time I came up with something witty though. Hmm...
Are you forgetting the fact that they've been making a killing on the stock market?
True, true... it would be fun to play with a computer that had such things implemented quickly. Maybe come up with a version where you can run normal programs using fuzzy logic and see what happens ;-)
Er. That's q for quantum, not q for quaternary.
I hope that was a joke :-P