This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. You want to introduce users to Mozilla by clandestinely downloading it? What kind of customer loyalty do you hope to gain? One of the things that makes Mozilla different than IE is the constant care and attention that they give to their users. Your "clandestine" means do not do that, resorting to means only used by script kiddies and spammers.
Assume that you rarely use your fridge to store food for long periods of time. Most of the time, you stick something in, and then take it out a few seconds later.
Then, someone comes along and asks to use the excess capacity. So, instead of your fridge being at or near empty, it is always full. Also assume that replacing a fridge is something you do not want to have to do until you need more fridge capacity, in order to store better and bigger amounts of food.
Now, if the Seti@Fridge food caused your fridge to use significantly more electricity (or in my case, caused weird problems which made you have to reboot your fridge), you would be annoyed, right?
The members get ISOs. Mandrake does not care, however, if you are willing to take the time to download the entire tree from their mirrors. None of those mirrors on the page you linked include ISOs.
He could have meant his personal team, but used the royal we. Alternatively, he could have meant the team of politicians-with-a-modicum-of-common-sense, which I would like to think everyone would subscribe to...
This game is so unfinished, it's not even funny. The only enemy *not* to be represented by a smiley face is the "Baron's Guards", who appear in one screen. Add more unfinished graphics (i.e. Fremen also using wonderful smiley face, Princess Chani represented by a square - along with guns, ornithopters, and various other inanimate objects), a thoroughly ugly interface and screen, and you could have a good concept of any unfinished game, whether it be from 1984 or 2003.
Heck, if they did not explicitly tell you the game was based on Dune, I wouldn't have known.
Article IV
States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.
The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.
Article VII
Each State Party to the Treaty that launches or procures the launching of an object into outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, and each State Party from whose territory or facility an object is launched, is internationally liable for damage to another State Party to the Treaty or to its natural or juridical persons by such object or its component parts on the Earth, in air or in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies.
...or it could be just another way to convince people using the free version of Trillian to upgrade to the paid version. There are certain features in Trillian Pro that are not included in the free version of Trillian; it seems that Yahoo! support has been added to that list.
Couldn't you just buy an old computer, install a 120 GB hard drive and a network card? Unless you really need the point-and-click "convenience" of Mirra, I think you could build a comparable system for a comparable price.
But what if the graphics drivers then use the memory space of the process to see if it is a benchmarking program running? You get into an "arms race" of sorts, like that between malicious code writers and antivirus companies, or crackers (as in people who crack programs) and shareware programmers.
The original poster claimed it was fine if the manufacturer updated the machine automatically in order to fix flaws. There are several problems with this, most notably that the manufacturer has more power over the computer than you have. If I want a machine where someone else administrates, then I can login to a variety of networks where I am not the administrator. However, on my own machine(s), I like (no, need) the feeling of power. I can choose to patch or modify my system in whatever way I wish, and nobody can stop me. Quite simply, nobody should buy anything, hardware or software, that has an auto-update feature that cannot be turned off and still claim that they are competent enough to use a computer without supervision.
The researchers behind the project hope that a similar system in the cockpit of fighter planes could allow pilots to track some controls using their hearing, freeing up their eyes for other tasks."
Perhaps the space aspirations of countries like China, India, and Brazil will motivate us. In fact, from where I am sitting, I can see a Chinese propaganda poster showing a Chinese rocket heading into the "stars" (which have the same design as the Chinese flag). I assume that our (or at least, my) Congressional leaders are ahead of these foreign goals, and that this resolution is an early step in countering them by revitalizing the American space program.
Throughout history, the general trend has not been exploring for its own sake, but external motivations like fame or wealth. There is always glamour (if not material benefit) in "getting there first." It is sometimes just unrealized.
Why can't I submit a complaint here about another problem I have with Microsoft?
This website is intended only to address complaints related to enforcement of the California Group Final Judgment and New York Group Final Judgment. Any other complaints outside the scope of these documents cannot be addressed here. Instead, you should directly contact the state or government agency you believe has jurisdiction over your complaint. You may also contact more than one government agency.
I thought about this. But they still know his cell phone number. What happens if they sell his personal information to other companies? Then he could get *more* calls from companies looking for "David Yaw," or whatever made-up name he gave them.
If you have read the Windows Update EULA, you would realize that if you have an illegal copy, you have no rights. Examples here and here.
That said, I do not think that most people that do install upgrades do so because they have illegal copies. They are simply blissfully ignorant of the possible consequences, seeing viruses, trojan horses, and worms as simply bad luck. When so afflicted, they simply say, "I hate computers," not realizing that it was all avoidable.
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This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. You want to introduce users to Mozilla by clandestinely downloading it? What kind of customer loyalty do you hope to gain? One of the things that makes Mozilla different than IE is the constant care and attention that they give to their users. Your "clandestine" means do not do that, resorting to means only used by script kiddies and spammers.
Assume that you rarely use your fridge to store food for long periods of time. Most of the time, you stick something in, and then take it out a few seconds later.
Then, someone comes along and asks to use the excess capacity. So, instead of your fridge being at or near empty, it is always full. Also assume that replacing a fridge is something you do not want to have to do until you need more fridge capacity, in order to store better and bigger amounts of food.
Now, if the Seti@Fridge food caused your fridge to use significantly more electricity (or in my case, caused weird problems which made you have to reboot your fridge), you would be annoyed, right?
The members get ISOs. Mandrake does not care, however, if you are willing to take the time to download the entire tree from their mirrors. None of those mirrors on the page you linked include ISOs.
My existing computer doesn't have a case, you insensitive clod!
Object not found /cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html does not exist on this server.
The object
You can just even use the other articles he has written for Internet Week:
PREVIOUSLY BY ROB ENDERLE:
- Microsoft: Hated Because It's Misunderstood
- Reasons To Shun Open Source-ry
- Linux Is Not Ready For the Enterprise
Those are all "Opinion" columns, btw.
He could have meant his personal team, but used the royal we. Alternatively, he could have meant the team of politicians-with-a-modicum-of-common-sense, which I would like to think everyone would subscribe to...
This game is so unfinished, it's not even funny. The only enemy *not* to be represented by a smiley face is the "Baron's Guards", who appear in one screen. Add more unfinished graphics (i.e. Fremen also using wonderful smiley face, Princess Chani represented by a square - along with guns, ornithopters, and various other inanimate objects), a thoroughly ugly interface and screen, and you could have a good concept of any unfinished game, whether it be from 1984 or 2003.
Heck, if they did not explicitly tell you the game was based on Dune, I wouldn't have known.
So Chuck Norris, Lorenzo Lamas, and Dr. Dre are what is important in this world?
Besides, how many spammers have you stopped lately, eh?
An interesting read is the 1967 "Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies:"
Article IV
States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner.
The moon and other celestial bodies shall be used by all States Parties to the Treaty exclusively for peaceful purposes. The establishment of military bases, installations and fortifications, the testing of any type of weapons and the conduct of military manoeuvres on celestial bodies shall be forbidden. The use of military personnel for scientific research or for any other peaceful purposes shall not be prohibited. The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.
Article VII
Each State Party to the Treaty that launches or procures the launching of an object into outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, and each State Party from whose territory or facility an object is launched, is internationally liable for damage to another State Party to the Treaty or to its natural or juridical persons by such object or its component parts on the Earth, in air or in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies.
Yes, China has ratified it.
...or it could be just another way to convince people using the free version of Trillian to upgrade to the paid version. There are certain features in Trillian Pro that are not included in the free version of Trillian; it seems that Yahoo! support has been added to that list.
BitTorrent. You could have always googled for ".torrent" or "torrent." It's the second link.
If you read the information on their home page about patents (or at least skimmed for links), you would realize you could get to this page.
Couldn't you just buy an old computer, install a 120 GB hard drive and a network card? Unless you really need the point-and-click "convenience" of Mirra, I think you could build a comparable system for a comparable price.
But what if the graphics drivers then use the memory space of the process to see if it is a benchmarking program running? You get into an "arms race" of sorts, like that between malicious code writers and antivirus companies, or crackers (as in people who crack programs) and shareware programmers.
The original poster claimed it was fine if the manufacturer updated the machine automatically in order to fix flaws. There are several problems with this, most notably that the manufacturer has more power over the computer than you have. If I want a machine where someone else administrates, then I can login to a variety of networks where I am not the administrator. However, on my own machine(s), I like (no, need) the feeling of power. I can choose to patch or modify my system in whatever way I wish, and nobody can stop me. Quite simply, nobody should buy anything, hardware or software, that has an auto-update feature that cannot be turned off and still claim that they are competent enough to use a computer without supervision.
What about the implications of using P2P systems to distribute large uncopyrighted files, like Bittorrent does for Linux ISOs and game demos?
from the original post
The researchers behind the project hope that a similar system in the cockpit of fighter planes could allow pilots to track some controls using their hearing, freeing up their eyes for other tasks."
See, you didn't even have to read the article!
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for carrying out this Act--
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
and
(2) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
Perhaps the space aspirations of countries like China, India, and Brazil will motivate us. In fact, from where I am sitting, I can see a Chinese propaganda poster showing a Chinese rocket heading into the "stars" (which have the same design as the Chinese flag). I assume that our (or at least, my) Congressional leaders are ahead of these foreign goals, and that this resolution is an early step in countering them by revitalizing the American space program.
Throughout history, the general trend has not been exploring for its own sake, but external motivations like fame or wealth. There is always glamour (if not material benefit) in "getting there first." It is sometimes just unrealized.
As is clearly stated in the FAQ:
Why can't I submit a complaint here about another problem I have with Microsoft?
This website is intended only to address complaints related to enforcement of the California Group Final Judgment and New York Group Final Judgment. Any other complaints outside the scope of these documents cannot be addressed here. Instead, you should directly contact the state or government agency you believe has jurisdiction over your complaint. You may also contact more than one government agency.
That could be the case if this is the "NCO" that is calling you.
I thought about this. But they still know his cell phone number. What happens if they sell his personal information to other companies? Then he could get *more* calls from companies looking for "David Yaw," or whatever made-up name he gave them.
If you have read the Windows Update EULA, you would realize that if you have an illegal copy, you have no rights. Examples here and here.
That said, I do not think that most people that do install upgrades do so because they have illegal copies. They are simply blissfully ignorant of the possible consequences, seeing viruses, trojan horses, and worms as simply bad luck. When so afflicted, they simply say, "I hate computers," not realizing that it was all avoidable.
Check the department. It's funny. Laugh.