Seriously annoying. Is it that difficult to have (name your distribution here) Linux do an automatic sync every couple seconds when a USB drive is connected.
Waiting 2 minutes to unmount without any progress meter is just broken UI design.
IANAAIAAC (I am not an anesthesiologist, I am a cardiologist), and I agree.
There are things that you really need a great deal of training to understand, that expert witnesses cannot really stress to a jury. When I get sued for malpractice, I would much rather have a jury of my peers and a physician-judge than 12 guys that were picked up off the street, with jury selection involving a prosecuting attorney that wants to get all the educated individuals eliminated from the jury pool.
Not to mention the pricing of diamonds due to hoarding and artificially low supply. I bought my (now) wife a diamond engagement ring. She knows that's the last diamond she'll ever get from me. Now it's all gold, pearls, and other stones (which suits her fine:-) ).
At some point someone is going to flood the market with artificial diamonds that cannot be distinguished from real ones and the market will collapse. Here's hoping.
That's what I'm wondering. A move of a directory tree on the same disk should be changing a couple links and that's it. Regardless of the underlying filesystem.
What would be interesting is if they implemented a faster "copy directory on same disk" that involved hard links and copy-on-demand when files change. (Something like what Sun's ZFS)
Especially when the sentence says that a link to the video is provided.
I'm certainly not following any other links from their site. I'd probably end up on goatse.cx or something.
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RTF is definitely a microsoft product. In fact, a new version of the RTF format is created with every release of Microsoft Word. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format
(Unfortunately) More people should get burnt by these DRM schemes so that people will ask twice before signing up for them. As knowledgeable as we (the/. community) is, we have to get the word out to friends and family when they ask for our recommendations. It doesn't take much. When they ask about bluray or HD-DVD, just mention off the cuff the dueling standards. If they talk about downloadable content, ask them what happens when you change computers or if the service closes down. Mention that the Walmart service (backed by a company bigger than Microsoft) is closing down and the mess it leaves the customers.
We are the people with the (purchasing) power. We have the power to get rid of DRM. We just have to use it wisely.
Can you even do HTML markup in anything other than English?
Not that I think that a single language is good for the world in general. (Reminds me of how the Babel fish removed the barriers to communication and became the cause of more wars as people began to understand one another.)
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Up front disclaimer: This article has a tangible odor of troll, so don't blame me and the other posters for responding in kind (flamebait, troll, offtopic, etc.)
I wouldn't call it completely a troll. It's more like calling a spade a spade.
Open standards should be things that are discussed in open before they are finalized.
OOXML and RTF are documentation of the habits of an office suite. And habits can be broken.
About the only things you can give credit to the iMac for are re-animating Apple and popularizing USB. Don't forget getting rid of the 3.5" floppy drive. Those things were not going away in the PC world, even though they were good for nothing.
I just with the iMacs popularized firewire instead of USB. USB for anything more than mice and keyboards (looking over at those external hard drives in the corener of the store...) is not nearly as efficient as firewire.
A lot of individuals have pointed to MSOffice as a standard, stating that future versions will always be able to read the older formats. Now there is absolute proof that it isn't true.
Another reason for an open format that is actively supported by multiple vendors.
A hanging (ie: corporate death penalty) may not be totally out of the question. If I recall correctly, LANCOR has to pay court fees if it turns out to be a waste of court time.
The specs are free, and the hardware is quite impressive (battery life and durability wise). Sell a laptop for $200 that can do internet access and you will likely sell-out to the Walmart crowd.
Libraries are the ultimate loophole in copyright infringement. A well-stocked library is more useful than any brick-and-mortar book store and can rival any online bookstore.
I'm somewhat surprised that local libraries haven't cashed in on the direct mail to home market. Imagine paying a monthly fee to the local library to have them mail books & other media to you (a-la netflix) with a mail back pouch. With inter-library loans, it should be possible to get any media you want for the price of local mail within a month.
I agree that there is no point in buying fiction books, since you will inevitably run out of space, no matter how large a library you have.
Tat being said, there is something nice about looking at an entire room filled with shelves of books and know that you've read everything there. And just picking something out when you have a few unexpected free minutes to browse through.
And, yes, I have a (paper & digital) personal library, and wouldn't trade it away.:-)
Agree. I've had a few discs already broken by my kids. After that I copied every DVD in my library that they would be interested in.
Now I'm planning on having a computer system hooked up to my 1080p TV. Why should I bother hooking in another video player? Especially since I'm trying to phase out the TIVO, VCR and DVD at this point.
My friends are also wondering why I haven't jumped on the Hi-def bandwagon. They're waiting to see which way I jump, since they will likely follow my lead. (I was a early adopter in DVDs and got burnt on the Sony Minidisc format.) I told them I'm waiting for one format to win the war. Why buy hundreds of dollars in media that may not have an available player in ten years?
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Or, in other words:
Evolution is survival of the fittest when observed over many generations.
I'm curious. How much does paid technical support for Internet Explorer actually cost? And what do you get with that level of support?
Aren't developer keys easy to get?
Seriously annoying. Is it that difficult to have (name your distribution here) Linux do an automatic sync every couple seconds when a USB drive is connected.
Waiting 2 minutes to unmount without any progress meter is just broken UI design.
IANAAIAAC (I am not an anesthesiologist, I am a cardiologist), and I agree.
There are things that you really need a great deal of training to understand, that expert witnesses cannot really stress to a jury. When I get sued for malpractice, I would much rather have a jury of my peers and a physician-judge than 12 guys that were picked up off the street, with jury selection involving a prosecuting attorney that wants to get all the educated individuals eliminated from the jury pool.
I think a real hit would be a cell phone that emits microwaves.
For those of us that want to reheat the morning coffee on the way to work.
Nine hundred pixels high seems a bit low. You probably can't do anything with this monitor except play games or watch cinamascope movies.
Not to mention the pricing of diamonds due to hoarding and artificially low supply. I bought my (now) wife a diamond engagement ring. She knows that's the last diamond she'll ever get from me. Now it's all gold, pearls, and other stones (which suits her fine :-) ).
At some point someone is going to flood the market with artificial diamonds that cannot be distinguished from real ones and the market will collapse. Here's hoping.
That's what I'm wondering. A move of a directory tree on the same disk should be changing a couple links and that's it. Regardless of the underlying filesystem.
What would be interesting is if they implemented a faster "copy directory on same disk" that involved hard links and copy-on-demand when files change. (Something like what Sun's ZFS)
It would be interesting then if Amazon then decided to outsource their music store to Apple, wouldn't it? :-)
I'mm believe it when I see the jail break or privilege escalation in "reality".
Especially when the sentence says that a link to the video is provided.
I'm certainly not following any other links from their site. I'd probably end up on goatse.cx or something.
RTF is definitely a microsoft product. In fact, a new version of the RTF format is created with every release of Microsoft Word. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format
Agree.
/. community) is, we have to get the word out to friends and family when they ask for our recommendations. It doesn't take much. When they ask about bluray or HD-DVD, just mention off the cuff the dueling standards. If they talk about downloadable content, ask them what happens when you change computers or if the service closes down. Mention that the Walmart service (backed by a company bigger than Microsoft) is closing down and the mess it leaves the customers.
(Unfortunately) More people should get burnt by these DRM schemes so that people will ask twice before signing up for them. As knowledgeable as we (the
We are the people with the (purchasing) power. We have the power to get rid of DRM. We just have to use it wisely.
Can you even do HTML markup in anything other than English?
Not that I think that a single language is good for the world in general. (Reminds me of how the Babel fish removed the barriers to communication and became the cause of more wars as people began to understand one another.)
Up front disclaimer: This article has a tangible odor of troll, so don't blame me and
I wouldn't call it completely a troll. It's more like calling a spade a spade.the other posters for responding in kind (flamebait, troll, offtopic,
etc.)
Open standards should be things that are discussed in open before they are finalized.
OOXML and RTF are documentation of the habits of an office suite. And habits can be broken.
I just with the iMacs popularized firewire instead of USB. USB for anything more than mice and keyboards (looking over at those external hard drives in the corener of the store...) is not nearly as efficient as firewire.
Are you saying that Microsoft doesn't have internal documentation on the Office95 formats?
Agree, but there is another point:
A lot of individuals have pointed to MSOffice as a standard, stating that future versions will always be able to read the older formats. Now there is absolute proof that it isn't true.
Another reason for an open format that is actively supported by multiple vendors.
This is taking place in a Nigerian court.
A hanging (ie: corporate death penalty) may not be totally out of the question. If I recall correctly, LANCOR has to pay court fees if it turns out to be a waste of court time.
Frankly, I'm surprised someone hasn't commercialized the OLPC hardware/software combination yet.
The specs are free, and the hardware is quite impressive (battery life and durability wise). Sell a laptop for $200 that can do internet access and you will likely sell-out to the Walmart crowd.
Who cares if they hate libraries.
Libraries are the ultimate loophole in copyright infringement. A well-stocked library is more useful than any brick-and-mortar book store and can rival any online bookstore.
I'm somewhat surprised that local libraries haven't cashed in on the direct mail to home market. Imagine paying a monthly fee to the local library to have them mail books & other media to you (a-la netflix) with a mail back pouch. With inter-library loans, it should be possible to get any media you want for the price of local mail within a month.
I agree that there is no point in buying fiction books, since you will inevitably run out of space, no matter how large a library you have.
:-)
Tat being said, there is something nice about looking at an entire room filled with shelves of books and know that you've read everything there. And just picking something out when you have a few unexpected free minutes to browse through.
And, yes, I have a (paper & digital) personal library, and wouldn't trade it away.
It's got an excellent DVD and CD library.
Use your library. Donate digital media. Your entire community will thank you.
Agree. I've had a few discs already broken by my kids. After that I copied every DVD in my library that they would be interested in.
Now I'm planning on having a computer system hooked up to my 1080p TV. Why should I bother hooking in another video player? Especially since I'm trying to phase out the TIVO, VCR and DVD at this point.
My friends are also wondering why I haven't jumped on the Hi-def bandwagon. They're waiting to see which way I jump, since they will likely follow my lead. (I was a early adopter in DVDs and got burnt on the Sony Minidisc format.) I told them I'm waiting for one format to win the war. Why buy hundreds of dollars in media that may not have an available player in ten years?