Then again, you're not paying $5 a month for unlimited music at your local bricks-and-mortar store. These services are available - you can purchase music online from companies like Emusic, Apple, Real, etc - and pay per tune/"CD", however by subscribing to an unlimited file download service, expect some restrictions.
Of course, because Gaim is so heavily marketed and promoted it has such a good chance of becoming the standard instant messenging service with the majority of internet users.
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I use Gaim when using a Linux-based computer - with over 512mb RAM on my Windows machine, I have no problems in running MSN, Aol Messenger, and IRC with no noticable performance drop - and therefore Gaim (the Windows version) would be a poor alternative in my eyes.
For the record, I have no problems in using a Jabber-based IM, or one which supports all protocols - but the implementation must be better and accessible to the entire internet population than Gaim currently is.
IMHO, no other single product or technology has been more responsible for launching the greed, crime and corruption on the Internet than Microsoft Internet Explorer. IE is a front-end for bloated, epileptic-seizure-inducing advertisements and a back-end for viruses, hackers and outright thieves.
So you're saying that "alternative" browsers before Mozilla, such as Mosaic, Netscape, etc - had popup and advert blocking? And that SPAM was as a result of Internet Explorer?
As another poster has stated, how would this work with the following clause of the GPL?
"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, OR (at your option) ANY LATER VERSION"
If another later version of the GPL was published and used, which was more in-line with the BSD license, would the desired effect not be possible?
It actually does - I have my Gmail open in a tab constantly and the title of the page actually changes from "Gmail - Inbox" to "Gmail - Inbox (1)" , if for example you have one new message.
As a side note, the actual Gmail tab auto-refreshes itself (at least in Firefox).
I like POP3/IMAP mail through Outlook/Thunderbird/ as much as the next guy, but given that I can't access my normal e-mail boxes through my work computer (and for obvious reasons don't want to be using work email for personal business), and add to the fact that Gmail acts more like an actual application than any other webmail I've used previously - you'll see why so many people like it.
They have the mentality of "I plugged it in and it just works! Whoopee!"
Isn't that the way it should be though?
Last time I bought a new TV, I switched it on, pressed a few buttons as indicated by the quick-start guide and it auto-tuned all the channels - same with my VCR. If I want to do something advanced such as mess about changing picture settings etc then I'll read the relevant section of the manual.
If I buy a hifi system and plug in the revelant speaker cables, popping a CD into the drive and pressing play generally results in music. Similarly, should I want to (for example) record every 2nd track on a CD to casette then I'll read the relevant section of the manual.
That's how computer technology should be - I don't need to read a manual to work my other home entertainment devices and I don't see why computer technology should be any different.
Not that I've ever needed to use this, or test it out - but Star Trek: Elite Force's manual had a specific address where you could send old media to and they would send by return replacement media for a small fee.
In which case, using Firefox, she would be presented with the option to save the file to a specified directory on the hard drive - no warning messages, nothing.
What do you think's best at warning someone - especially a seven year old - of a possible danger?
Didn't realise that myself either - but if you right-click on the menu bar and choose customize - voila, you can now move your Bookmarks as stated by the other poster.
I don't necessarily agree with that - as an IT professional, and hobbyist system builder, I regularly buy a UK computer magazine called MicroMart which by-and-large is simply just adverts, with sparse reviews etc. But, it's a very popular magazine with people like myself due to the sheer number of advertisements contained within it.
it is because of this that a millionaire, like Greg Dyke, or someone claiming Income Support on the poverty line, pay exactly the same amount of money
As an employed member of British society, why the hell should I pay more for receiving exactly the same service as a UK citizen claiming Incoming Support/JSA?
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If I understand you correctly, I don't see the problem with this scenario.
Audacity is distributed under the GPL - therefore anyone can take the code and distribute the application providing they make the code accessible - and of course, the GPL allows it to be sold for a fee.
Sounds like a perfectly legal, profitable, albeit arguably immoral, business model. Guess thats a potential drawback to using the GPL.
I'm 21 so I still remember my teenage years quite clearly.
By the age of around 14-15, if not *earlier* I knew murder was wrong and would get me put in prison. Similarly, activities such as theft would get me a shorter term in prison.
By the age of 18, I - as were the other people in I knew in my age range - was "worldly wise" and read the news, knew things that were happening. I'm wondering if you're trying to say that an 18 year old wouldn't realise releasing a (modified) virus into the wild would have severe consequences, especially since the original blaster worm caused so much damage.
So what you're basically saying is your workplace indulged in illegal software piracy, got away with it for a while, and when reminded about the risks ("hell to pay") they paid up and made their software legit - without being taken to court and suffering any adverse effects other than having to pay to legalise their software?
And there was me thinking one of the places education was meant to take place was in the classroom.
Perhaps you can explain what is so wrong about schoolkids learning about the law - after all, they're educated about drugs, and other aspects of society relating to laws.
Straying onto the subject of copyrights - piracy is rampant, that's the blunt truth. If one person downloads an album from Kazaa illegally, why shouldn't all music fans? And therein lies the problem. Whether piracy increases sales or not - it's still just as illegal as supplying/possessing drugs (yes, schools teach about drug laws too) and from what it seems, those attending school will now be learning about the legal/illegalities of copyright.
Unfortunately I don't see the section on your linked download page which gives anyone the right to redistribute Microsoft's copyrighted application. Under copyright law, IIRC you can make a copy for fair use, but really - how different in terms of breaking copyright laws is it than putting a DVD you bought on a torrent site?
The article itsself states: Last year, the group won an Innovation Excellence Award from Microsoft Research to continue their previous work in designing an autopilot system for a large scale model aircraft. Schools around the globe received awards from the Microsoft Research University Relations program to enable them to conduct research in emerging technologies.
So they are up front about it - I personally think this is interesting - doesn't matter that they used XP-Embedded over another operating system - whatever gets the job done.
I had this problem too. Actually, I panicked when Google returned the following error:
Server Error
The service you requested is not available at this time.
Service error -27.
I was racking my brains for which search engine to use to find a particular site, considered using Dogpile, Altavista, but ended up using Yahoo. As it happened, I wasn't able to locate the site I was after despite using various boolean terms, but I'm positive I would have hunted it down via Google.
Today's "outage" I think just shows how reliant much of the internet population is on the top search engines such as Google.
This is one of the most common scenarios I come across during my work in Customer Services for a large ISP. Regularly callers will be querying about how to remove popups, or stop adult/inappropriate content via popups and I'll direct them to Mozilla.org and to the Firefox download link.
Rather than just send them to the link and away they go, I also take the time to explain the security concerns with Internet Explorer to them (while reinforcing that no software will ever be 100% secure) and explain how to use tabbed browsing to their benefit.
A lot of the time they will be genuinely surprised that Firefox is in fact free, doesn't have a trial period, etc etc and rather than spending time explaining to them the different between "The Internet" and a web browser, frequently I have to assure the caller that getting Firefox free is in fact legal and there are no costs involved.
I think you've just proved what the grandparent was saying. The article itsself is about Linux being a good desktop for the average computer user - your final statement regarding use of the command line, which the average computer user should never need use, simply proves this.
Are you suggesting that all computer users should spend extra money to use Crossover Office to use on Linux what they can already use on their Windows system, or should spend the equivalent cost of a new base unit on buying VMWare?
Regarding Wine, I consider myself relatively tech-savvy - I've installed and configured Gentoo, compiled and installed many an application on Linux - yet Wine doesn't run 100% perfectly. I use Dreamweaver, Nokia Syncronisation tools, Napster (paid for version) yet in each "switch" I've made to Linux, I always end up switching back to Windows because it supports the applications I use without any problems/configuration and I don't need to purchase a specific application just to use my applications on another Operating System.
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Then again, you're not paying $5 a month for unlimited music at your local bricks-and-mortar store. These services are available - you can purchase music online from companies like Emusic, Apple, Real, etc - and pay per tune/"CD", however by subscribing to an unlimited file download service, expect some restrictions.
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I use Gaim when using a Linux-based computer - with over 512mb RAM on my Windows machine, I have no problems in running MSN, Aol Messenger, and IRC with no noticable performance drop - and therefore Gaim (the Windows version) would be a poor alternative in my eyes.
For the record, I have no problems in using a Jabber-based IM, or one which supports all protocols - but the implementation must be better and accessible to the entire internet population than Gaim currently is.
So you're saying that "alternative" browsers before Mozilla, such as Mosaic, Netscape, etc - had popup and advert blocking? And that SPAM was as a result of Internet Explorer?
Sure.
"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, OR (at your option) ANY LATER VERSION"
If another later version of the GPL was published and used, which was more in-line with the BSD license, would the desired effect not be possible?
As a side note, the actual Gmail tab auto-refreshes itself (at least in Firefox).
I like POP3/IMAP mail through Outlook/Thunderbird/ as much as the next guy, but given that I can't access my normal e-mail boxes through my work computer (and for obvious reasons don't want to be using work email for personal business), and add to the fact that Gmail acts more like an actual application than any other webmail I've used previously - you'll see why so many people like it.
Isn't that the way it should be though?
Last time I bought a new TV, I switched it on, pressed a few buttons as indicated by the quick-start guide and it auto-tuned all the channels - same with my VCR. If I want to do something advanced such as mess about changing picture settings etc then I'll read the relevant section of the manual.
If I buy a hifi system and plug in the revelant speaker cables, popping a CD into the drive and pressing play generally results in music. Similarly, should I want to (for example) record every 2nd track on a CD to casette then I'll read the relevant section of the manual.
That's how computer technology should be - I don't need to read a manual to work my other home entertainment devices and I don't see why computer technology should be any different.
IIRC the publisher for that game is Activision.
Funny, the built-in firewall in XP is the only way of stopping Blaster shutting down my PC before the patches are downloaded and installed.
What do you think's best at warning someone - especially a seven year old - of a possible danger?
Didn't realise that myself either - but if you right-click on the menu bar and choose customize - voila, you can now move your Bookmarks as stated by the other poster.
I don't necessarily agree with that - as an IT professional, and hobbyist system builder, I regularly buy a UK computer magazine called MicroMart which by-and-large is simply just adverts, with sparse reviews etc. But, it's a very popular magazine with people like myself due to the sheer number of advertisements contained within it.
As an employed member of British society, why the hell should I pay more for receiving exactly the same service as a UK citizen claiming Incoming Support/JSA?
Audacity is distributed under the GPL - therefore anyone can take the code and distribute the application providing they make the code accessible - and of course, the GPL allows it to be sold for a fee.
Sounds like a perfectly legal, profitable, albeit arguably immoral, business model. Guess thats a potential drawback to using the GPL.
By the age of around 14-15, if not *earlier* I knew murder was wrong and would get me put in prison. Similarly, activities such as theft would get me a shorter term in prison.
By the age of 18, I - as were the other people in I knew in my age range - was "worldly wise" and read the news, knew things that were happening. I'm wondering if you're trying to say that an 18 year old wouldn't realise releasing a (modified) virus into the wild would have severe consequences, especially since the original blaster worm caused so much damage.
Sounds like a fairly good deal to me.
Perhaps you can explain what is so wrong about schoolkids learning about the law - after all, they're educated about drugs, and other aspects of society relating to laws.
Straying onto the subject of copyrights - piracy is rampant, that's the blunt truth. If one person downloads an album from Kazaa illegally, why shouldn't all music fans? And therein lies the problem. Whether piracy increases sales or not - it's still just as illegal as supplying/possessing drugs (yes, schools teach about drug laws too) and from what it seems, those attending school will now be learning about the legal/illegalities of copyright.
Unfortunately I don't see the section on your linked download page which gives anyone the right to redistribute Microsoft's copyrighted application. Under copyright law, IIRC you can make a copy for fair use, but really - how different in terms of breaking copyright laws is it than putting a DVD you bought on a torrent site?
Sounds like a bad Soviet Russia joke...
Award of academic grant.
The article itsself states: Last year, the group won an Innovation Excellence Award from Microsoft Research to continue their previous work in designing an autopilot system for a large scale model aircraft. Schools around the globe received awards from the Microsoft Research University Relations program to enable them to conduct research in emerging technologies.
So they are up front about it - I personally think this is interesting - doesn't matter that they used XP-Embedded over another operating system - whatever gets the job done.
Because in my experience as a user, MS Office offers more useful features, is faster, and is less buggy than Open Office.
Server Error
The service you requested is not available at this time.
Service error -27.
I was racking my brains for which search engine to use to find a particular site, considered using Dogpile, Altavista, but ended up using Yahoo. As it happened, I wasn't able to locate the site I was after despite using various boolean terms, but I'm positive I would have hunted it down via Google.
Today's "outage" I think just shows how reliant much of the internet population is on the top search engines such as Google.
Rather than just send them to the link and away they go, I also take the time to explain the security concerns with Internet Explorer to them (while reinforcing that no software will ever be 100% secure) and explain how to use tabbed browsing to their benefit.
A lot of the time they will be genuinely surprised that Firefox is in fact free, doesn't have a trial period, etc etc and rather than spending time explaining to them the different between "The Internet" and a web browser, frequently I have to assure the caller that getting Firefox free is in fact legal and there are no costs involved.
I think you've just proved what the grandparent was saying. The article itsself is about Linux being a good desktop for the average computer user - your final statement regarding use of the command line, which the average computer user should never need use, simply proves this.
Regarding Wine, I consider myself relatively tech-savvy - I've installed and configured Gentoo, compiled and installed many an application on Linux - yet Wine doesn't run 100% perfectly. I use Dreamweaver, Nokia Syncronisation tools, Napster (paid for version) yet in each "switch" I've made to Linux, I always end up switching back to Windows because it supports the applications I use without any problems/configuration and I don't need to purchase a specific application just to use my applications on another Operating System.