By "lifetime", they meant "lifetime of the product", not "lifetime of the purchaser". The product has been reached the end of its lifetime, hence the upgrades stop.
You can tell the product has reached the end of its lifetime, as defined by stopping the upgrades for it!
I am new to linux. First time getting my video card drivers to work was a hassle, but eventually worked. Now I have upgraded my card, I am running into other problems. It is not easy. I am having to learn a whole new set of things than the first time. For me, this is OK - I WANT to learn. But not every one does want to be an OS-engineer, like most people who drive carsdo not want to be mechanics.
>Windows, when installed, comes with... Windows, WMP, and IE.
Wordpad, CD-Player, Sound Recorder, firewall, CD-Writing software, email client, instant messenger , selection of games, Paint... or are all these "core OS functions" ?
>... if you want free email from google, google will have the option of setting some terms...dont like em, dont use it.
Because, of course, all the terms will be published in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format that users will ponder over before deciding whether to use.
Just like all EULAs.
"casual users... don;t install software"
What utter nonsense. My parents, both non-techie, non-power-user, have both needed to install Adobe Acrobat reader on their windows boxes to read certain documents, have wanted a new graphics package to handle digital photographs and the camera to go with it.
Yes, I _could_ have traveled the 10 miles to spend 5 minutes installing it for them (download, double-click, next, next, finish, reboot). But a casual user is perfectly capable of this. The only thing they need from me is "Sure, that peice of software is safe"/"NO DON'T INSTALL THAT".
You are, of course, quite right. What is the sense in a community finding a "flaw" in the way a game plays and trying to come up with its own solution? The NWN server I play on will penalise people for setting traps in the safe-haven of Town, even though the engine allows it... how pathetic! I want to do what i want! whats all this community deciding whats fair? PAH!
I presume you are not working with the usual "innocent until proven guilty" concept. The RIAA has issued supeanas, therefore the person is gyilty. remind me not to vote for you at the next election.
You say "open source n00b" like its a bad thing. Informing people of the features of an application is one thing. Taking the piss because they didn;t know is another. Grow up.
>If you create anything, and fucking SELL IT, you
>lose the right to say what can and cant be done
> with it in any nation in the world.
Doese this apply to software?
From the Article:
"Take special note that:
* The license on the "anything" containing substantially similar
capabilities to BitKeeper *does not matter*. In other words, if you
or employer develops, produces, sells, or resells anything containing,
say Subversion or CVS, you have no gratis license to use BitKeeper."
This EXPLICITLY states that CVS is included in the products that will deny you a free BitKeeper liscence. It is not about how buggy CVS is, or how close YOU feel it is.
RTFA
"I have been exposed to nearly every kind of video gaming experience one can have. I've played Mortal Kombat and all the GTAs and so on, so I know what's really involved there. Based on the reactions of people that claim that video game violence causes violent behaviour, I should be a hoodlum."
My Grandfather smoked 40 cigarettes a day, from age 11. By these crazy scientists reckoning, her should have died of lung cancer aged 45. Actually, he livec to be 80.
ANYONE can use ONE example to try to disprove a point (Espescially oner saying "I am not affected by these things)>
Have you heard of 'trends', 'tendencies', 'increased chances' etc??
If you ASK your child to click for you, you are just as liable as is you ASK your child to go into a shop anbd steal. I beleive the legal term is "agent".
IANAL, but i can tell a scam when i see one.
Are we trying to find ways of Sneaking Around EULAs, or are we looking for a solution to the problem of EULAs? AFAIK - If i ask a child to steal some sweets from a shop for me, I am still liable. If I ask them to throw an egg at Bill Gates I am Liable. Surely if I ask them to install software for me, I am still liable?
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Windows Update is availabel in START -> All Programs -> top item: Windows Update.
By "lifetime", they meant "lifetime of the product", not "lifetime of the purchaser". The product has been reached the end of its lifetime, hence the upgrades stop. You can tell the product has reached the end of its lifetime, as defined by stopping the upgrades for it!
I am new to linux. First time getting my video card drivers to work was a hassle, but eventually worked. Now I have upgraded my card, I am running into other problems. It is not easy. I am having to learn a whole new set of things than the first time. For me, this is OK - I WANT to learn. But not every one does want to be an OS-engineer, like most people who drive carsdo not want to be mechanics.
Is SpamCop not a business?
>Windows, when installed, comes with... Windows, WMP, and IE. Wordpad, CD-Player, Sound Recorder, firewall, CD-Writing software, email client, instant messenger , selection of games, Paint ... or are all these "core OS functions" ?
"the site offers files in any format and encoding you choose". (Presumably, 'any' covers Ogg?)
> ... if you want free email from google, google will have the option of setting some terms...dont like em, dont use it.
Because, of course, all the terms will be published in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format that users will ponder over before deciding whether to use.
Just like all EULAs.
"casual users ... don;t install software"
What utter nonsense. My parents, both non-techie, non-power-user, have both needed to install Adobe Acrobat reader on their windows boxes to read certain documents, have wanted a new graphics package to handle digital photographs and the camera to go with it.
Yes, I _could_ have traveled the 10 miles to spend 5 minutes installing it for them (download, double-click, next, next, finish, reboot). But a casual user is perfectly capable of this. The only thing they need from me is "Sure, that peice of software is safe"/"NO DON'T INSTALL THAT".
You are, of course, quite right. What is the sense in a community finding a "flaw" in the way a game plays and trying to come up with its own solution? The NWN server I play on will penalise people for setting traps in the safe-haven of Town, even though the engine allows it ... how pathetic! I want to do what i want! whats all this community deciding whats fair? PAH!
Except that the origianl post was inquiring about HARDWARE problems. No amount of re-installing will cuse a faulty peice of hardware.
I get many pop-ups on my Windows PC offerering this service, or a peice of software that will stop pop-up s for me. Did you send them?
I presume you are not working with the usual "innocent until proven guilty" concept. The RIAA has issued supeanas, therefore the person is gyilty. remind me not to vote for you at the next election.
... And all those "free" Operating systems, and "open source" Programs! i don't beleive people still fall for that old scam!!
You say "open source n00b" like its a bad thing. Informing people of the features of an application is one thing. Taking the piss because they didn;t know is another. Grow up.
>If you create anything, and fucking SELL IT, you >lose the right to say what can and cant be done > with it in any nation in the world. Doese this apply to software?
From the Article: "Take special note that: * The license on the "anything" containing substantially similar capabilities to BitKeeper *does not matter*. In other words, if you or employer develops, produces, sells, or resells anything containing, say Subversion or CVS, you have no gratis license to use BitKeeper." This EXPLICITLY states that CVS is included in the products that will deny you a free BitKeeper liscence. It is not about how buggy CVS is, or how close YOU feel it is. RTFA
Unless you type the names. Voice-Over-IP is still in its infancy.
Typing Llantrisant, Aberystwyth, Clarach are all much simpler than coding PERL!
"I have been exposed to nearly every kind of video gaming experience one can have. I've played Mortal Kombat and all the GTAs and so on, so I know what's really involved there. Based on the reactions of people that claim that video game violence causes violent behaviour, I should be a hoodlum." My Grandfather smoked 40 cigarettes a day, from age 11. By these crazy scientists reckoning, her should have died of lung cancer aged 45. Actually, he livec to be 80. ANYONE can use ONE example to try to disprove a point (Espescially oner saying "I am not affected by these things)> Have you heard of 'trends', 'tendencies', 'increased chances' etc??
Is that like asking someone else to kick someones door in, so that you can steal their TV?
If you ASK your child to click for you, you are just as liable as is you ASK your child to go into a shop anbd steal. I beleive the legal term is "agent". IANAL, but i can tell a scam when i see one.
You choose the Open Bed, that anyone may lay on, and everyone has the right to put clean sheets on! 8o)
Are we trying to find ways of Sneaking Around EULAs, or are we looking for a solution to the problem of EULAs? AFAIK - If i ask a child to steal some sweets from a shop for me, I am still liable. If I ask them to throw an egg at Bill Gates I am Liable. Surely if I ask them to install software for me, I am still liable?