But only after rebates. Ok, ok, I am sure there is some tax and postage in there somewhere, but of the hundreds of CD-R's I've gone thru, I am sure my cost has been FAR less than $0.50 each.
Does anyone else not have the same experience? Most recently was 200 discs from Office Max for, um I forget, but it was CHEAP, (after rebates).
And (reading between the lines) much to the chagrin of many/.ers, they have been used %100 for non-infringing use.
Most get used for system backups then get tossed after a while. (Tin snips handle security, I'm too cheap to buy a shredder that handles CDs).
I also suspect there aren't many laws against whacking golf balls around or smacking rocks with a tennis racket. Both of which are activities I participated in as a kid.
Coincidentally, as a kid (14-ish) I walked around residential neighborhoods with a.22 rifle to and from the local "open space" (before it was a "park", where you can't even pick the flowers now) and never did anything stupid with real guns. This was mid 70's California.
We were once stopped by cops and they just said unload the guns and go home. heh. Those were the days.
Obviously, the general consensus is, that is this an old idea.
I remember an old SF story with the same plot line - An Asimov or a Saberhagen (Berzerker) tale having to do with a fake entry on a "galactic chart" that leads the bad guys astray...
My question is; Is there a real word for this practice? How bought industry jargon, at least?
Hey you cryptographers/encyclopedea'istes (gah) out there - what's the term?
And yet, one can't help but notice that none of those formats are present in this directory... http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~rachna/papers/
I don't care, I use Win2K and Adobe Products, but I just thought I'd tweak the usual crowd here a bit.
In 100 years, it won't matter what OS you used or what computer language you authored software in... hell in my career none of those have mattered more than 4 years!
Ok. I did RTFA and this quote; "Subsequent research proved, however, that all of the quotations have already made an appearance somewhere in Dick's fiction, letters, or essays" allows that maybe the author is not a pompus ass. However, it looks like this guy is taking himself seriously, so GAH!
It is not far enough out of context to be funny or slanderous, but not in context enough to be worth the paper is is written on... oh. Never mind.
And why can't I mod down the whole artical, isn't this a heirachical database?:-)
Having worked for some large companies (directly or contractually) I have seen plenty of IT disasters in private industry.
The common thread is typically not an engineering failure, but rather, egos, politics, and ill defined requirements.
Like many things in life, there is usually no big conspiracy to screw things up, they just get that way "one good idea" at a time (e.g. The road to hell is paved with good intentions).
One cost of distributed computing is picking the wrong donation...
E.g. If you own a computer, you are most likely a person. People get old and die. You should do medical distributed computing projects since you might benefit from the findings. Looking for aliens is cool and all, but not much in the way of practical application (unless they are beaming encoded drawings of really cool devices).
On the third hand, if you are a stranded "traveler" (not the Irish kind)... Maybe puting out a "beam me up" signal will be of use.
FYI - Real Microsoft office 2000 SR-1 Premium 150MB (word, excel, powerpoint and who knows whatelse...) (acording to add/remove programs.) I have ALL the other Offices (I have MSDN subscription, $800 on eBay, thank you very much).
I have no idea how big "just" Excel is. Everything is so intertwined now...
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Thank you. I prefer the term "smarts", however. It is wonderfully ambiguous. A stinging pain and above average intelligence, all at once.:-)
And I calculate that if I had bought Microsoft stock instead of that $2200 4.77Mhz pc (dual floppy, no HDD), I'd be a millionaire...
P.S. At least I sold CPM (for $50, as I recall) and kept DOS.
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I listen to all kinds of music, since I have a teenager and have to keep up. I even like some Good Charlotte and Linkin Park songs (but Pink Floyd is the Best!)
But why is it the Rap stations only have commecials for used car lots, and bail bondsmen?
a) - autos and shoes are both transportation.
b) - both made of metal (generally).
c) - a perfectly good analogy, hence it was selected.
d) rum - err, sorry, that is the current influence. usually it is gin!
I read the article. I saw no mention of any crime being commited. The article mentions that bookstores are going to put up posters urging magazine readers to "refrain from recording information with camera-mounted cellphones and other devices".
Aside from someone (the newspaper? the publishers?) calling this "digital shoplifting", thus implying a crime, I see nothing worse than rudeness.
I was wondering, if instead of a phone camera, what if you just walked in with a real, good camera and started clicking away? And on the subject, what if you had a digital camera that encrypted the photos on the fly, so that there would be no evidence of what you may or may not have in there. Is there "self incrimination" protection that permits you to withhold encryption keys?
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Does anyone else not have the same experience? Most recently was 200 discs from Office Max for, um I forget, but it was CHEAP, (after rebates).
And (reading between the lines) much to the chagrin of many /.ers, they have been used %100 for non-infringing use.
Most get used for system backups then get tossed after a while. (Tin snips handle security, I'm too cheap to buy a shredder that handles CDs).
I also suspect there aren't many laws against whacking golf balls around or smacking rocks with a tennis racket. Both of which are activities I participated in as a kid.
Coincidentally, as a kid (14-ish) I walked around residential neighborhoods with a .22 rifle to and from the local "open space" (before it was a "park", where you can't even pick the flowers now) and never did anything stupid with real guns. This was mid 70's California.
We were once stopped by cops and they just said unload the guns and go home. heh. Those were the days.
I remember an old SF story with the same plot line - An Asimov or a Saberhagen (Berzerker) tale having to do with a fake entry on a "galactic chart" that leads the bad guys astray...
My question is; Is there a real word for this practice? How bought industry jargon, at least?
Hey you cryptographers/encyclopedea'istes (gah) out there - what's the term?
These don't cut it: "map trap", "copyright thingy", "honey token", etc...
I don't know what I am looking for, but I'll know it when I see it (and verify it with a dictionary, or at least lots of google hits :-)
I really like the idea of Sealand, but, for crying out loud, if your entire country has a PO Box to get its mail, you are just begging for trouble.
(And if/when Sealand rusts out an sinks, is it still a sovereign country? Why can't I just declare chunks of open ocean sovereign.)
P.S. Don't think I didn't have to use a dictionary to spell "sovereign". Is that a French word or what?
Ok, I call dibs on 00:00:00:00:00:01
I don't care, I use Win2K and Adobe Products, but I just thought I'd tweak the usual crowd here a bit.
In 100 years, it won't matter what OS you used or what computer language you authored software in... hell in my career none of those have mattered more than 4 years!
OMG, they killed Google. You bastards!
It is not far enough out of context to be funny or slanderous, but not in context enough to be worth the paper is is written on... oh. Never mind.
And why can't I mod down the whole artical, isn't this a heirachical database? :-)
Don't forget, some of those trucks might get dropped or even duplicated!
A word-of-mouth "buzz" or "pan" is far more powerful than a government proclaimation.
Mod him funny.
I mean, what good is a laptop motherboard if it won't fit in some random "obsolete" laptop case?
Seems like there are plenty of small "real" motherboards if you want something standard, that works.
Not a troll, really curious.
The common thread is typically not an engineering failure, but rather, egos, politics, and ill defined requirements.
Like many things in life, there is usually no big conspiracy to screw things up, they just get that way "one good idea" at a time (e.g. The road to hell is paved with good intentions).
E.g. If you own a computer, you are most likely a person. People get old and die. You should do medical distributed computing projects since you might benefit from the findings. Looking for aliens is cool and all, but not much in the way of practical application (unless they are beaming encoded drawings of really cool devices).
On the third hand, if you are a stranded "traveler" (not the Irish kind)... Maybe puting out a "beam me up" signal will be of use.
I guarantee God will not smite you for it.
Based on http://biz.yahoo.com/p/m/msft.html 10.7B shares outstanding.
I have no idea how big "just" Excel is. Everything is so intertwined now...
Thank you. I prefer the term "smarts", however. It is wonderfully ambiguous. A stinging pain and above average intelligence, all at once. :-)
P.S. At least I sold CPM (for $50, as I recall) and kept DOS.
But why is it the Rap stations only have commecials for used car lots, and bail bondsmen?
Off topic. Nevermind.
c) I do know that. I know everything :-)
a) - autos and shoes are both transportation.
b) - both made of metal (generally).
c) - a perfectly good analogy, hence it was selected.
d) rum - err, sorry, that is the current influence. usually it is gin!
Champagne is to printer ink as:
a) Automobiles are to shoes.
b) Doorknobs are to bedpans.
c) Beach sand is to integrated circuits.
The answer is c because integrated circuits are computer related and this is slashdot...
Aside from someone (the newspaper? the publishers?) calling this "digital shoplifting", thus implying a crime, I see nothing worse than rudeness.
I was wondering, if instead of a phone camera, what if you just walked in with a real, good camera and started clicking away? And on the subject, what if you had a digital camera that encrypted the photos on the fly, so that there would be no evidence of what you may or may not have in there. Is there "self incrimination" protection that permits you to withhold encryption keys?