There's no real way to tell if someone is violating the GPL unless you violate the DCMA, right? For example, you'd have to reverse engineer a Windows library in order to prove that they are (hypothetically) putting GPL code into their commercial product but doing that would be a violation of the DMCA.
Try building a master document with MS Word. You'll need support to keep it from jacking up your subdocuments or becoming corrupt. Oh yeah, I also love the background save feature which says it has saved (even though the network might have gone down in the middle of the save) and when you reload your document there's nothing but garbage.
Funny... I noticed something similar this morning with ASP web pages. No matter how many ways I try to tell Windows that I have a different browser, outlook always spawns IE when I click on a URL that ends in.asp
Yes, but it is assumed that the music is what you pay a monthly fee for. So, you have access to the music. Add to that free burning with no extra fees and you get a misleading concept. No? I consider paying 99 cents a track (or whatever) in order to burn a "burning fee".
On the contrary, Buffy is a very nerdy subject. If you haven't noticed the intellectual side, you might check out The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies. I mean they've got PHDs writing papers about the show, for crying out loud.
Imagine devices like these replacing password verification. Tie that in with Palladium and you've extended the secure hardware model past the computer.
So everyone get implanted and, oh yeah, sign up for Microsoft Passport. And then you can buy and sell everything securely with a little chip under your skin....
I can't even find an ATM when I need one sometimes. The last thing I need is a big block of nothing in my pocket looking for someone else's hardware to use. BTW, do you know where that keyboard has been? Ewwww!
> Mandrake has absolutely NO control over the actions of the government
I agree. Just start referring to it as Freedom Linux and keep consuming. Why pour out your bottles of wine and fdisk your OS away when they're still perfectly good? Mmmm.. must have freedom fries....
It's interesting to note that the OSNews article does not mention the major technical change in Redhat 9 (which merits the new major revision number imho). Redhat 9 includes NPTL, a new threading system which will improve some server and desktop tasks. The article on CNET has more info.
Here's my nightmare vision of the future of money:
People access their e-money via Microsoft Passport. Passport may only be accessed via Palladium compliant hardware and WINDOWS. Passport will also require a Palladium compliant user identification device such as a subdermal chip. Those password things are just too insecure and fingerprint scanners are foiled with jello.
I know, I know... Someone get me my glass of warm milk and I'll go back to bed.
In order for Palladium to work, they're eventually going to have to secure the most insecure end of the system: the password.
Wouldn't it be cool if these little GPS watch gizmos could automatically log you into the Palladium version of Windows or let you access your other sensitive information at a kiosk by automatically identifying your Microsoft Passport account?
Next generation user authentication would then be a subdermal chip like Verichip. Thanks, but no thanks.
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that's not flame-bait, people... it's just dry humor... get it? dry? arizona?
NASA will also launch a satellite to search for liquid water and signs of life over Arizona sometime late next year.
There's no real way to tell if someone is violating the GPL unless you violate the DCMA, right? For example, you'd have to reverse engineer a Windows library in order to prove that they are (hypothetically) putting GPL code into their commercial product but doing that would be a violation of the DMCA.
Try building a master document with MS Word. You'll need support to keep it from jacking up your subdocuments or becoming corrupt. Oh yeah, I also love the background save feature which says it has saved (even though the network might have gone down in the middle of the save) and when you reload your document there's nothing but garbage.
Apparently this tagline belongs to Napoleon Bonaparte. If you see him, tell him I said hi.
while(1) {
fork();
}
Yeah, maybe at Mach 1 Trillion. *bang*
Ut oh. Brown screen of death?
Funny... I noticed something similar this morning with ASP web pages. No matter how many ways I try to tell Windows that I have a different browser, outlook always spawns IE when I click on a URL that ends in .asp
Yes, but it is assumed that the music is what you pay a monthly fee for. So, you have access to the music. Add to that free burning with no extra fees and you get a misleading concept. No? I consider paying 99 cents a track (or whatever) in order to burn a "burning fee".
The web page says:
Free burning and encoding - Burn unlimited audio CDs and encode music from CDs in pristine AAC or MP3 -- with no extra fees.
Isn't that just a tad bit misleading? Wow all the free music I could ever want and I can burn it to cd without paying a cent! Awesome!
The only way to "switch them off" is with a pair of scissors on your power cable.
On the contrary, Buffy is a very nerdy subject. If you haven't noticed the intellectual side, you might check out The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies. I mean they've got PHDs writing papers about the show, for crying out loud.
Imagine devices like these replacing password verification. Tie that in with Palladium and you've extended the secure hardware model past the computer.
So everyone get implanted and, oh yeah, sign up for Microsoft Passport. And then you can buy and sell everything securely with a little chip under your skin....
Oh... wait...
They can't fire me if they can't find me.
Did I mention there's a Starbucks in my lobby? Now if only they'd hurry up with that wifi I could take my laptop down and get some real work done.
Hmm.. do they have Starbucks in India?
I can't even find an ATM when I need one sometimes. The last thing I need is a big block of nothing in my pocket looking for someone else's hardware to use. BTW, do you know where that keyboard has been? Ewwww!
The UPC will be gone eventually, replaced by the EPC.
I wondered at this very thing when Slashdot recently posted about the Grub search engine. Grub was a boot loader last time I checked. Hmmmm...
Yeah, I'll be getting a computer with Palladium WinHEC freezes over!
> Mandrake has absolutely NO control over the actions of the government
I agree. Just start referring to it as Freedom Linux and keep consuming. Why pour out your bottles of wine and fdisk your OS away when they're still perfectly good? Mmmm.. must have freedom fries....
It's interesting to note that the OSNews article does not mention the major technical change in Redhat 9 (which merits the new major revision number imho). Redhat 9 includes NPTL, a new threading system which will improve some server and desktop tasks. The article on CNET has more info.
... because I'd like the opportunity to prepare spiritually for my death.
Here's my nightmare vision of the future of money:
People access their e-money via Microsoft Passport. Passport may only be accessed via Palladium compliant hardware and WINDOWS. Passport will also require a Palladium compliant user identification device such as a subdermal chip. Those password things are just too insecure and fingerprint scanners are foiled with jello.
I know, I know... Someone get me my glass of warm milk and I'll go back to bed.
In order for Palladium to work, they're eventually going to have to secure the most insecure end of the system: the password.
Wouldn't it be cool if these little GPS watch gizmos could automatically log you into the Palladium version of Windows or let you access your other sensitive information at a kiosk by automatically identifying your Microsoft Passport account?
Next generation user authentication would then be a subdermal chip like Verichip. Thanks, but no thanks.
It's like rain on your wedding day...
It's like 10,000 channels when all you need is a good show...
Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?