You missed one important point, which is that having the backup in a separate place increases your protection against incidents such as (say) the computer being crushed by a roadroller. RAID on its own will not help much there...
They even appeared to have some damage around the edges from the sunlight.
Remember that CDs play from the centre outwards, so the edge damage would only matter if the CD was near-full (or would it?...)
You can illustrate this yourself by looking at the underside of a blank CD-R (or RW), writing a small amount of information, then looking again- you'll notice the slightly darker written patch is at the centre.
Ironic that one episode had Rupert himself play himself, where his character was parodied to be equivalent to Homer in intelligence (but not wealth or influence, of course).
No big deal. No-one who matters is ever going to believe that Murdoch is really stupid. Amoral, cynical, destructive, yes. Stupid, no.
In short, it's a good way for Murdoch to appear as if he can take a bit of humorous criticism, but as the joke obviously has no grounds in reality, there's no actual damage done.
Search for the word 'Canada' to get to the falsification bit. Yes, this is a very old example, and no, it's not computer-related, but it still seems pretty relevant.
You buy a license to receive the BBC's signal, not to own a TV
I made a similar post some time back, but I'll say it again briefly. Legally, the license fee has no connection with the BBC. The government could choose to spend the money on anything they liked, they just happen to spend roughly the amount collected on the BBC.
All this is, of course, a legalistic convenience for the government. In reality, anyone who uses this argument to say that there is no connection between the fee and the BBC is probably just trying to be smart...
X10 going backrupt? That's just as depressing as the eventual announcement that Darl McBride has looted the SCO accounts and fled to the Carribean.
Think about it this way. It would be a real shame if all the people who've been investing in SCO recently (post-lawsuit) lost their money, wouldn't it?
Though if Microsoft were behind some of the investments as has been suggested, I doubt that returns and profit on that would have been the point anyway.
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what good is naming it after someone when the people you are going to sell it to just don't get it.
Does it matter? Bluetooth is an interesting name whether you know what it is, or not. If a marketroid had been asked to come up with a name, they'd have come up with some hideously vapid, "multi-cultural" (means nothing in *any* language), pseudo-latinish crap with two vowels at either end, one in the middle, and some inoffensive consonants to glue the whole bland mess together. The question is, is it better to have a meaningful name where no-one knows the meaning, or a meaningless name?
Ironically, I really liked (and, I guess, still do) the name 'Amiga', but if (a) It wasn't a real word, and (b) Came out today, I'd probably loath it.
We're lucky as many people figure out Nero Burning ROM as do. [snip] I suppose it could be worse, Volkswagen could name a car the Hitler and sell it in Israel
If it's religious and/or a horrific event in living memory, it's unacceptable. If it's history, then that's fine. Hey, maybe even funny- we didn't know the people who died, so that's okay.
BTW, 'Hitler' wouldn't get by as a car name because it's too harsh sounding, and probably sounds faintly like slang for 'small penis' in the Czech language (where I'd guess they want to sell cars- okay... I made that up, but it's got to be near the truth somewhere).
Yeah, but if you don't have a near-noiseless computer that runs 24 hours a day and doesn't need rebooted into Linux or whatever, then you're going to have to buy one. That's why I wouldn't even consider using my PC's current card as a PVR or even pseudo-VCR.
Of course, my Akai video seems to be acting pretty damn flakily these days, but at least when it fails to start up properly it makes a lot of noise and alerts me into action... and I don't have to worry about booting into Linux.
I hereby claim the patent on the Flaky-1996-Akai-video-alarm-clock.
A bunch of geeks sitting at Round Table pizza for a BBS party all trying to get the highest in base 2 decimals. 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, etc. all shouting to be heard. [ snip ] nowadays, you see women geeks much more often, thank God.
Bearing your pizza example in mind, is that supposed to be a good thing?
Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) to Dana Barrett: I was just exercising. I taped a 20-minute workout and played it back at high speed so it only took ten minutes. I got a great workout.
In Scotland, they've pretty much stopped adding it in most places.
My understanding is that it was declared illegal in Scotland after Strathclyde Regional Council were taken to court and defeated in the early 1980s. This doesn't apply to the rest of the UK (separate legal systems).
Personally, I think Michael Robertson needs his head looked at, and fast, because regardless of what you think of fluoridation (I think it sucks), it's a controversial issue and a good way to (pointlessly) alienate a large proportion of your audience.
One of the reasons I despise rock music it is lacks precision and order
Can you clarify what you mean by precision and order?- and do you include pop and soft-rock in that? A lot of modern music is so damn slick it defies belief (actually, I think the slickness thing reached a peak in the mid-late 80s as technology improved)- and things like Kraftwerk are very ordered and precise- too much for me in some cases.
They did not- the early Beatles albums contain a high proportion of covers of various rock n'roll songs.
their creative skills were much larger than any modern rock band.
Which, ironically, includes the copyists who love the Beatles' work and innovation so much that they attempt to mimic everything they did. I'm thinking of Oasis here...
i'm not saying you have to enjoy their music, but you have to respect that they basically created modern rock/pop music.
They made a large contribution, but claiming they 'basically created' it is going too far. Production-wise, Phil Spector can also claim a large chunk of influence on modern pop.
you might even throw brian wilson and the beach boys in there.. [snip].. paul claims brian wilson as one of his major influences
So you pretty much disprove your point about them inventing modern music.
so the moral of the story is... although you may not like the music of the beatles, it exists in probably everythign you listen to
Probably true, but that applies to a lot of artists from Bach onwards.
let me know and I will arrange to have some 5 foot by 5 foot penis enlargement copy posted on your front door.
Wow! A 5 foot by 5 foot penis enlargement? Even the most audacious spammers don't usually claim that much...
Seriously, how does that work? Is it really a 5 foot square penis? I'm not really sure I want that, personally...
What about the other dimension? Is that normal thickness (giving you a massive flat, square dick), or is it 5 cubic feet? Yeah, girls love guys with 5 cubic feet of solid penis hanging from their groin. Sheesh.
Hi Saige... surprised this discussion hasn't been archived yet, but I know this one anyway.
The system was the "XE games system"; basically, a 65XE computer without a keyboard (the 65XE was a 400/800-compatible machine with 64KB).
Of course, the 5200 was based on a slightly improved 400/800 design, but I guess they weren't 100% compatible (??!).
I remember reading that circa early '87 they were going to sell the 7800 in the UK, but the UK operation wanted something that utilised the existing 800/XL/XE base. Or something. They sold the 7800 in the UK later anyway.
Looking back, it seems that from Atari's crash in 1983 to their final extinction (well, Atari Corp's) circa the mid-90s they didn't know what the heck they were doing and as a result did many different things, none of them properly.
Maybe some bright boy in the RIAA (diariaa?) figured out that if you take the life savings from all your customers and throw them in prison for using your product, they won't have a lot of money to buy your product.
Uh... if I had a totally amoral attitude towards this, I'd go for getting the life savings of each of my 'customers' (every CD buyer) over selling them a few CDs each year.
Yeah, I know that's bad news from a long-term/large-scale perspective, but since when did lawyers etc think that way?
Really, you should never underestimate the bandwidth of a CD or whatever sent through the USPS or a 1976 Pinto. The 1976 Pinto makes broadband look like a joke.
Any reason for choosing Ford's infamous deathtrap over another car, or is there some kind of sick joke about CD-burners in there?
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the magic ingredient in the disc is, such as "phenylalanine" (I think)
Phenylalanine? They're putting artificial sweeteners in CD-Rs now?!
You missed one important point, which is that having the backup in a separate place increases your protection against incidents such as (say) the computer being crushed by a roadroller. RAID on its own will not help much there...
They even appeared to have some damage around the edges from the sunlight.
Remember that CDs play from the centre outwards, so the edge damage would only matter if the CD was near-full (or would it?...)
You can illustrate this yourself by looking at the underside of a blank CD-R (or RW), writing a small amount of information, then looking again- you'll notice the slightly darker written patch is at the centre.
Ironic that one episode had Rupert himself play himself, where his character was parodied to be equivalent to Homer in intelligence (but not wealth or influence, of course).
No big deal. No-one who matters is ever going to believe that Murdoch is really stupid. Amoral, cynical, destructive, yes. Stupid, no.
In short, it's a good way for Murdoch to appear as if he can take a bit of humorous criticism, but as the joke obviously has no grounds in reality, there's no actual damage done.
Surprised that 'Claris' hasn't been mentioned yet.
Don't Apple own this trademark? If so, aren't they going to sue Claria's asses into oblivion?
Has anyone heard of other stories of manufacturers being deceptive so that they could get better reviews?"
Well, how about this?
Search for the word 'Canada' to get to the falsification bit. Yes, this is a very old example, and no, it's not computer-related, but it still seems pretty relevant.
one should not reasonably expect to make a living selling a product who's purpose is to replicate itself
I was thinking about dabbling in the slave trade, but you've persuaded me otherwise...
You buy a license to receive the BBC's signal, not to own a TV
I made a similar post some time back, but I'll say it again briefly. Legally, the license fee has no connection with the BBC. The government could choose to spend the money on anything they liked, they just happen to spend roughly the amount collected on the BBC.
All this is, of course, a legalistic convenience for the government. In reality, anyone who uses this argument to say that there is no connection between the fee and the BBC is probably just trying to be smart...
X10 going backrupt? That's just as depressing as the eventual announcement that Darl McBride has looted the SCO accounts and fled to the Carribean.
Think about it this way. It would be a real shame if all the people who've been investing in SCO recently (post-lawsuit) lost their money, wouldn't it?
Though if Microsoft were behind some of the investments as has been suggested, I doubt that returns and profit on that would have been the point anyway.
what good is naming it after someone when the people you are going to sell it to just don't get it.
Does it matter? Bluetooth is an interesting name whether you know what it is, or not. If a marketroid had been asked to come up with a name, they'd have come up with some hideously vapid, "multi-cultural" (means nothing in *any* language), pseudo-latinish crap with two vowels at either end, one in the middle, and some inoffensive consonants to glue the whole bland mess together. The question is, is it better to have a meaningful name where no-one knows the meaning, or a meaningless name?
Ironically, I really liked (and, I guess, still do) the name 'Amiga', but if (a) It wasn't a real word, and (b) Came out today, I'd probably loath it.
We're lucky as many people figure out Nero Burning ROM as do. [snip] I suppose it could be worse, Volkswagen could name a car the Hitler and sell it in Israel
If it's religious and/or a horrific event in living memory, it's unacceptable. If it's history, then that's fine. Hey, maybe even funny- we didn't know the people who died, so that's okay.
BTW, 'Hitler' wouldn't get by as a car name because it's too harsh sounding, and probably sounds faintly like slang for 'small penis' in the Czech language (where I'd guess they want to sell cars- okay... I made that up, but it's got to be near the truth somewhere).
Yeah, but if you don't have a near-noiseless computer that runs 24 hours a day and doesn't need rebooted into Linux or whatever, then you're going to have to buy one. That's why I wouldn't even consider using my PC's current card as a PVR or even pseudo-VCR.
Of course, my Akai video seems to be acting pretty damn flakily these days, but at least when it fails to start up properly it makes a lot of noise and alerts me into action... and I don't have to worry about booting into Linux.
I hereby claim the patent on the Flaky-1996-Akai-video-alarm-clock.
My first virus was on a 286 with no modem. Form virus, on a 3.5" floppy.
Was that the one where the letters fell off the screen? (I never had a PC at that time- don't even think I had my Atari ST then- but I remember it)
Can the author of that virus sue the makers of The Matrix for IP theft (or whatever it's classed as) for the 'falling' letters effect?
I keep a CD of free Windows software for people (helpful when I build them a new PC.)
Hmm... for a moment there I might have thought you were suggesting "Microsoft Windows XP (h4x0r3d 3di7i0n)"
A bunch of geeks sitting at Round Table pizza for a BBS party all trying to get the highest in base 2 decimals. 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, etc. all shouting to be heard. [ snip ] nowadays, you see women geeks much more often, thank God.
Bearing your pizza example in mind, is that supposed to be a good thing?
Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) to Dana Barrett: I was just exercising. I taped a 20-minute workout and played it back at high speed so it only took ten minutes. I got a great workout.
nah, the other 5,999,999,162 only know how to spell well enough to type "eminem"
That's only because they misspelled it "enema" the first time and wanted to be damn sure they didn't make that mistake twice.
Why the hell would anyone outside of the US even consider giving themselves in to the RIAA?
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In Scotland, they've pretty much stopped adding it in most places.
My understanding is that it was declared illegal in Scotland after Strathclyde Regional Council were taken to court and defeated in the early 1980s. This doesn't apply to the rest of the UK (separate legal systems).
Personally, I think Michael Robertson needs his head looked at, and fast, because regardless of what you think of fluoridation (I think it sucks), it's a controversial issue and a good way to (pointlessly) alienate a large proportion of your audience.
One of the reasons I despise rock music it is lacks precision and order
Can you clarify what you mean by precision and order?- and do you include pop and soft-rock in that? A lot of modern music is so damn slick it defies belief (actually, I think the slickness thing reached a peak in the mid-late 80s as technology improved)- and things like Kraftwerk are very ordered and precise- too much for me in some cases.
the beatles wrote all their own lyrics and music.
They did not- the early Beatles albums contain a high proportion of covers of various rock n'roll songs.
their creative skills were much larger than any modern rock band.
Which, ironically, includes the copyists who love the Beatles' work and innovation so much that they attempt to mimic everything they did. I'm thinking of Oasis here...
i'm not saying you have to enjoy their music, but you have to respect that they basically created modern rock/pop music.
They made a large contribution, but claiming they 'basically created' it is going too far. Production-wise, Phil Spector can also claim a large chunk of influence on modern pop.
you might even throw brian wilson and the beach boys in there.. [snip].. paul claims brian wilson as one of his major influences
So you pretty much disprove your point about them inventing modern music.
so the moral of the story is... although you may not like the music of the beatles, it exists in probably everythign you listen to
Probably true, but that applies to a lot of artists from Bach onwards.
few years ago loads of people were suing Manchester council for ... tripping over the pavement and 'breaking' their ankles
With the quotes being very appropriate- check out this story on the now defunct Accident Group, as well as this Google search.
let me know and I will arrange to have some 5 foot by 5 foot penis enlargement copy posted on your front door.
Wow! A 5 foot by 5 foot penis enlargement? Even the most audacious spammers don't usually claim that much...
Seriously, how does that work? Is it really a 5 foot square penis? I'm not really sure I want that, personally...
What about the other dimension? Is that normal thickness (giving you a massive flat, square dick), or is it 5 cubic feet? Yeah, girls love guys with 5 cubic feet of solid penis hanging from their groin. Sheesh.
There must be a market for it though.
Hi Saige... surprised this discussion hasn't been archived yet, but I know this one anyway.
The system was the "XE games system"; basically, a 65XE computer without a keyboard (the 65XE was a 400/800-compatible machine with 64KB).
Of course, the 5200 was based on a slightly improved 400/800 design, but I guess they weren't 100% compatible (??!).
I remember reading that circa early '87 they were going to sell the 7800 in the UK, but the UK operation wanted something that utilised the existing 800/XL/XE base. Or something. They sold the 7800 in the UK later anyway.
Looking back, it seems that from Atari's crash in 1983 to their final extinction (well, Atari Corp's) circa the mid-90s they didn't know what the heck they were doing and as a result did many different things, none of them properly.
Maybe some bright boy in the RIAA (diariaa?) figured out that if you take the life savings from all your customers and throw them in prison for using your product, they won't have a lot of money to buy your product.
Uh... if I had a totally amoral attitude towards this, I'd go for getting the life savings of each of my 'customers' (every CD buyer) over selling them a few CDs each year.
Yeah, I know that's bad news from a long-term/large-scale perspective, but since when did lawyers etc think that way?
Really, you should never underestimate the bandwidth of a CD or whatever sent through the USPS or a 1976 Pinto. The 1976 Pinto makes broadband look like a joke.
Any reason for choosing Ford's infamous deathtrap over another car, or is there some kind of sick joke about CD-burners in there?