This is not as uncommon as one might think. Nor is it generally american.
However it is fun to notice how people keep saying stuff they don't mean. Or rather to say stuff when they mean something else and then giving other people sh*t for not being able to read their minds.
Another such "feature" of language that has become more and more popular is to make a statement and then pretending that it's a question. The most common one I hear is "You haven't got the latest newspaper yet(?)". My favorite response to that is "That is correct" which is very, very often followed by the correct question "Have you got the latest newspaper yet?" on which I gladly answer "No, as you have already stated I haven't got the latest newspaper yet."
Usually makes people smile but some go into a real fit and say "Don't be teaching me my language!" on which I've always wanted to reply (but never do) "If I don't do it and since you don't know it then who will teach you?". Instead I just stand there smiling like a good morron.
How do you know that you are reading the original dead sea scrolls? It could be that "the church" used that time to fabricate scrolls that looked the same but with a sencoured contents, couldn't it?
Stable software isn't trivial, is it? I for one will gladly pay the vendor that provides me with the best end-user experience as long as that vendor behaves with what I define as good manners.
That is why Microsoft is pissing so many people "in the know" off. They have got such a big market share that they can mostly do how ever they please. But being able or even allowed to do something doesn't mean that it's a good idea to do it.
For instance take the fuzz created by the Muslims for 12 cartoons of their prophet Muhammed. I for one agree that they have every right to be offended, but I do not agree that they can silence the artist with threats of violence. I support the magazines right to publish such cartoons but I have got empathy for people that find that so revolting that they deem it neccessary to resort to violence to prevent it from happening again. Just because it's allowed to do something doesn't mean that it's smart.
Opera has yet to piss me off in any way. Sure there are some oddities with the rendering of some pages, but that is also true for Firefox. In the end the reason that I prefer to use Opera is because I find the defaults sensible. Mozilla may be as much more configurable as it likes. I don't intend to read manuals to get it to behave the same way as Opera does when I can simply just use Opera. Why is it so hard to get FF to open a new tab with CTRL+N instead of a new window. With tabbed browsing why would anyone want more than one window anyways.
In the end it all boils down to preferences and what you like.
This is the stuff that various sci-fi movies has used for years, isn't it? From the top of my head I can remember various Star trek episodes featuring unmanned drones that flew around on their own. They didn't really have much of wings either. Also they had those nifty teleports that could move troops much more easily than blimps that you can set down in hay fields. Just build a lab where you want the troops to be. Couldn't be that hard now, could it?
Paying per month is certainly an option that we might see more of. Systems like Valves Steam might be turning towards a subscription plan for updates, but that might drop off lots of customers as they feel that they are paying for a game over and over. Unlike ORPGs that has got obvious expenses with server maitenence people will be hard to convince that they need to pay more than once for a single player game.
I think FunCom has struck a piece of genious in the way they allow people to play the original Anarchy-Online for free, wilst giving the option to buy the Shadowlands and Alien invasion expansions to gain access to the rest of the games. This type of "feature" will probably only be feasible for such ORPGs as other types of games aren't really that geared towards upgrading your player character. The accounting system of Battlefield2 however might be elligeble if you were able to get a free or cheaper version that is not elligeble to play on ranked servers. If you choose to upgrade you will be able to accumulate points and upgrade weapons on ranked servers. Just a thought.
However lowering prices on games would probably entice people to buy the game instead of pirating it. Still this chicken and egg situation has been debated for ages and will probably continue to be debated for ages to come.
In the end it will probably be a combination of online accounting systems that allow for upgrades and good "teasers" that will allow people to play a big part of the game for free but still leave a significant feature out that will make it harder for them to advance that will make gamers play.
"And any good system should be able to work around its issues."
"Working around" an issue instead of solving it could be dangerous. If that is indeed the norm for resolving issues that could be a bad and dangerous[wikipedia.org] situation.
Ofcourse this doesn't neccessarily apply to college, but work around enough issues and something will explode in college.
This is not your average troll post, so I think it would more likely be a discussion of the benefits of using either boots or sneekers while baking bread.
On a completely different (and also off-topic) note. Boycotting lables that impose copy protection that doesn't allow me to play CDs I have bought a legal copy of is the only real means the consupers have got to "punish" those lables. Fortunately these protections doesn't prevent me from copying that music to another format (an un-protected audio cd, ogg or other format) to use on relevant devices (my car stereo) as I live in a country with sensible legislation....there's got to be a reason we're found to be the best country to live in by the UN for a significant number of years. [first and best link I found on google was bbc.co.uk]
As everyone knows free beer will make you drink more and get drunk. When you get drunk you will speak more freely. So it will be free speach by free beer. How does this help anyone?
Except that it helps us get drunk, and that's not a bad thing, is it?;D
The real question is wether or not this agreement will make nVidia (graphics) more DirectX orientated or not. Microsoft and Intel has had a long history of aliances, and now that nVidia (company) couples with Intel there is a real possibillity that it will make them more DirectX-orientated. This is ofcourse a BAD thing for us linux users.
As for AMD it will see their partner nVidias chipset get a bigger userbase. This ought to lead to a drop in overall cost of the chipset wich will make both Intel and AMD mobos cheaper. (Intel mobo-chipsets will drop in price simply due to more competition).
Intel might see a takeup of their mobos and processors becaues many people I know, myself included, have had trouble with both Intel and VIA mobos for the intel processor before. If they can get a decent (rad: nForce:)) mobo for a fair price (and if Intel could/would cut abit in the price for their processor) they might see a big gain in sales of both chipsets and processors.
So who is the big (long term) looser here? It all depends on how it plays out really. If nVidia gets the bigger edge with gains in sales, it might strengthen the support for OpenGL (since nVidia has got a strong OpenGL focus) and more games will probably be made with that library as it is the best supported from a big gfx company and it will make it easier to port games to linux. This means that Microsoft (DirectX stands to loose ground and with more games running on linux many gamers migth start using linux (Then again most gamers I know pirate windows, so it wouldn't influence the bottom line in windows sales)) and ATi (better with DirectX, porer on OpenGL) will loose ground. This is good news for linux users since DirectX is poorly (understatement?) supported in linux due to you-know-who.
How ever if nVidia gets influenced by the Wintel-alliance and starts focusing more in DirectX and less on OpenGL then Microsoft will win because their library will have supperiour support from both major GFX players and OpenGL might dwindle into a the murky shades of history.
As for more mobo-spesific components. I have yet to experience any unfixable problems with my NF7-S (nForce2) mobo on linux. The biggest problem was finding the right ethernet (100MB) driver in the list. As for the 4kb stack, it was well documented on the web when I hit it. Then again I don't recompile the kernel just because a new version has been released. I recompile if I need new features or to fix any security issues.
So it looks as only time will tell what this means for the end user.
Finally I will put up a few words about releasing specs vs releasing binary modules. I can see why nVidia might want to keep their property to them selves. This is all well and good since their driver architecture is as good as it is. Since I use Gentoo I am comfortable with compiling that little stub that needs to compile to get the drivers working. For people not familiar with the consept (those asking "How do I execute a.bin file?" all the time) it might be more of a hassle. Atleast I get to use the latest xorg with my nVidia graphics card.
Wow, are you still reading this post?? I am honored.:)
One point missed is that no furniturecompany has got anything like what Microsoft has got when it comes to having their furniture already put in when you buy the house. If one did other furnituremakers would strive, because even if furniture is slightly uncomfortable it's a hassle to exchange it. Especialy when you can't use some furniture with the furniture already in your house. (Unless you install something that makes it compatible).
When it comes to one of Microsofts fastest advancing competitors they've got the strong side of offering several different models of their furniture. Where Microsoft only got one chairdesign (with different upholstery) "the competitor" provide several different designs. all with defferent looks and feels.
And what when you don't like something or something is unsafe?
Microsoft sais: What? You don't like that wobly shelf? Well that's too bad, because it supports that cupboard, and if you take the shelf out the cupboard has to go aswell. And that cupboard is needed to store those cups because you really need them when you want to set the table, and you can't use other cups, and there's nowhere else to store them. And if you remove the table we don't see any point in having that sofa and those chairs there so we insist on taking those with us. And that open space really don't need that rug so well take that aswell. But now you can only sit in the kitchen. Too bad that we don't serve dinner in the kitchen so if you want your dinner you need to install the rug, table, sofa, chairs, cups, cupboard and that wobly shelf and just pray that it doesn't fall over and hurt you.
"The competitor" sais What? You don't like that wobly shelf? Well we can take it out and the rest of your furniture can be exactly as it is. You just need to A) not use that shelf or B) find something else to take it's place.
As has been said, google.com isn't supplying kazaa lite and is therefore not liable according to the DMCA. The paragraph used in the complait is intended to be used against the sites that actually supply the infringing file(s).
The fact that the lawyers at google.com doesn't see that proves that they don't do their job.
The fact that google.com bends over to such (unsubstantiated) threats proves that they are spineless and I recomend that everyone finds a [url=http://metasearch.dk]better[/url] searchengine to use.
It's a fact that Europe is that continent that holds the most nations. The fact that more coutries are split up than unified (former Yugoslavia and former Tsjekoslovakia) is showing that the nations need to feel soverignety is stron. Thus I wouldn't be suprised to se the EU crumble and fall.
It whould remain secret when the time your name was ticked off on the pad isn't recorded and noone sees the votes before the tally is made.
Still I don't see the need to record the time the vote is made anyway. Shurely that is unneccessary data in the tally and for the results.
As far as security goes, why not create a random key and store in the database and print that on the ballot aswell. The randomness of the key will make it even harder to tamper with it.
Last but not least, if anyone is hell-bent on tampering with the votes or the total, there's always a way to do it. Even if it means getting the job as the tech that sets up the booth-system and hacking up some code that alters the votingprogram so that the fraud is harder to detect. Ie. if the paperballots have got a barcode and only that is used when "manually" counting the ballots they can print another candidates barcode and the face/name of the person you voted for so that when looking on the ballot it looks like you've voted for candidate X while when the barcode is read it's registered as a vote for candidate Y. The only way to nullify that issue is to have an ocr-like technology to "manually" count the ballots.
There is still noone that can stop you from brewing your espresso two, three or four times to get a ridiculous amount of caffine in you blood at the shortest amount of time.
I've heard of ppl bringing a primus and 8 kilos of espresso coffee and an espresso boiler, and actually consuming all of it.
I must admit that I do not listen much to music. My cd-collection can be counted on two hands actually and the mp3s that I've got totals to less than an hour of playing-time.
Yes I've d/l-ed music off kazaa, but this was to sample stuff. To see how good it was.
I might be at fault for not paying for the things that I am curious about, but I do not see why I should give up my hard-earned cash for a product that I don't like and won't listen to. It's kind of like shareware where you are given the opportunity to try before you buy...and I rarely buy stuff that's on the radio or the telly because these are mostly one-hit-wonders or music that might be cool for 14-year-olds.
In short: I (and I believe many with me) prefer to know what I buy befor I buy it.
This also applies to computer software. I pay for the games I play but I refuse to pay for things I try because people tell me it's geat. If I like it I naturally pay for it.
It is my belief that this is what made Doom the biggest game ever. It distributed a taste as shareware but you needed to pay to complete it. After playing throught the shareware version I instantly went to get the remaining episodes.
What it all boils down to is how unethical it is to d/l something to try it before you go out and buy it... or decide not to.
It's not as much about what they can do in my TOS. It's more about what I can't do. Things like * Setting up a server (www, ftp and so on) * Connecting more than 1 machine * Selling or leasing * Sharing shells
Is this a common restriction or just something they do here?
I actually got booted from 1 ISP because I asked sygate to portscan my box. They found this to be "undesireable behaviour". After telling them what the laws and practice is on the subject and my intentions they compensated me with their best line for the price of the basic package.:)
One of the immediate problem is discussed as we speak on another thread. The fact that the planets are not in the same possition now as they were when voiager was launched creates the problem of how much fuel it will take to follow voiager.
This might seem like a joke, but in the very end it is a point. It's like the atmosphere or the oceans. Since there's a lot of it it doesn't matter if we dumt this and that into it.
Hopefully we'll find other ways to explore the space before we slow down so much that we crash into the sun.:)
Do you meen like a Windows Activation scheme for AV updates? It would be possible to implement, but that would make managing a large corporate network difficult at best.
If you implement such a scheme that meens that every computer on your network need to contact the AV registration server with their specific key. This would need to not only be unique also need to be checked against hardware. When not all computers are connected to the net due to the security concernes of (un-knowing) adminitrators and corporate leaders who thing that if they only let a few computers have access through the firewall/router or what ever they will be safe.
When you got 200-600-1000 or more computers in a net you get to see the daunting tasks. And even then it would not be fool proof, because you could easily code an app to fake responses from your hardware. A kind of virtual machine that ran the update.
And at the AV developers side you need a large database of registration codes, wich is quite a large task to undertake. And still it's only a matter of hours before some hacker figures out your scheme and posts a work-around to the web.
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... the way they bought The All-Seeing Eye (Yes, I am that old) and then put it to the sword. I never even got the refund for my life time license.
Douglas Who?? ^^
This is not as uncommon as one might think. Nor is it generally american.
However it is fun to notice how people keep saying stuff they don't mean. Or rather to say stuff when they mean something else and then giving other people sh*t for not being able to read their minds.
Another such "feature" of language that has become more and more popular is to make a statement and then pretending that it's a question. The most common one I hear is "You haven't got the latest newspaper yet(?)". My favorite response to that is "That is correct" which is very, very often followed by the correct question "Have you got the latest newspaper yet?" on which I gladly answer "No, as you have already stated I haven't got the latest newspaper yet."
Usually makes people smile but some go into a real fit and say "Don't be teaching me my language!" on which I've always wanted to reply (but never do) "If I don't do it and since you don't know it then who will teach you?". Instead I just stand there smiling like a good morron.
How do you know that you are reading the original dead sea scrolls? It could be that "the church" used that time to fabricate scrolls that looked the same but with a sencoured contents, couldn't it?
The church be powerful and all that...
Stable software isn't trivial, is it? I for one will gladly pay the vendor that provides me with the best end-user experience as long as that vendor behaves with what I define as good manners.
That is why Microsoft is pissing so many people "in the know" off. They have got such a big market share that they can mostly do how ever they please. But being able or even allowed to do something doesn't mean that it's a good idea to do it.
For instance take the fuzz created by the Muslims for 12 cartoons of their prophet Muhammed. I for one agree that they have every right to be offended, but I do not agree that they can silence the artist with threats of violence. I support the magazines right to publish such cartoons but I have got empathy for people that find that so revolting that they deem it neccessary to resort to violence to prevent it from happening again. Just because it's allowed to do something doesn't mean that it's smart.
Opera has yet to piss me off in any way. Sure there are some oddities with the rendering of some pages, but that is also true for Firefox. In the end the reason that I prefer to use Opera is because I find the defaults sensible. Mozilla may be as much more configurable as it likes. I don't intend to read manuals to get it to behave the same way as Opera does when I can simply just use Opera. Why is it so hard to get FF to open a new tab with CTRL+N instead of a new window. With tabbed browsing why would anyone want more than one window anyways.
In the end it all boils down to preferences and what you like.
This is the stuff that various sci-fi movies has used for years, isn't it? From the top of my head I can remember various Star trek episodes featuring unmanned drones that flew around on their own. They didn't really have much of wings either. Also they had those nifty teleports that could move troops much more easily than blimps that you can set down in hay fields. Just build a lab where you want the troops to be. Couldn't be that hard now, could it?
Paying per month is certainly an option that we might see more of. Systems like Valves Steam might be turning towards a subscription plan for updates, but that might drop off lots of customers as they feel that they are paying for a game over and over. Unlike ORPGs that has got obvious expenses with server maitenence people will be hard to convince that they need to pay more than once for a single player game.
;D
I think FunCom has struck a piece of genious in the way they allow people to play the original Anarchy-Online for free, wilst giving the option to buy the Shadowlands and Alien invasion expansions to gain access to the rest of the games. This type of "feature" will probably only be feasible for such ORPGs as other types of games aren't really that geared towards upgrading your player character. The accounting system of Battlefield2 however might be elligeble if you were able to get a free or cheaper version that is not elligeble to play on ranked servers. If you choose to upgrade you will be able to accumulate points and upgrade weapons on ranked servers. Just a thought.
However lowering prices on games would probably entice people to buy the game instead of pirating it. Still this chicken and egg situation has been debated for ages and will probably continue to be debated for ages to come.
In the end it will probably be a combination of online accounting systems that allow for upgrades and good "teasers" that will allow people to play a big part of the game for free but still leave a significant feature out that will make it harder for them to advance that will make gamers play.
Just my thoughts right out of bed.
"And any good system should be able to work around its issues."
"Working around" an issue instead of solving it could be dangerous. If that is indeed the norm for resolving issues that could be a bad and dangerous [wikipedia.org] situation.
Ofcourse this doesn't neccessarily apply to college, but work around enough issues and something will explode in college.
This is not your average troll post, so I think it would more likely be a discussion of the benefits of using either boots or sneekers while baking bread.
...there's got to be a reason we're found to be the best country to live in by the UN for a significant number of years. [first and best link I found on google was bbc.co.uk]
On a completely different (and also off-topic) note. Boycotting lables that impose copy protection that doesn't allow me to play CDs I have bought a legal copy of is the only real means the consupers have got to "punish" those lables. Fortunately these protections doesn't prevent me from copying that music to another format (an un-protected audio cd, ogg or other format) to use on relevant devices (my car stereo) as I live in a country with sensible legislation.
As everyone knows free beer will make you drink more and get drunk. When you get drunk you will speak more freely. So it will be free speach by free beer. How does this help anyone?
;D
Except that it helps us get drunk, and that's not a bad thing, is it?
The real question is wether or not this agreement will make nVidia (graphics) more DirectX orientated or not. Microsoft and Intel has had a long history of aliances, and now that nVidia (company) couples with Intel there is a real possibillity that it will make them more DirectX-orientated. This is ofcourse a BAD thing for us linux users.
:)) mobo for a fair price (and if Intel could/would cut abit in the price for their processor) they might see a big gain in sales of both chipsets and processors.
.bin file?" all the time) it might be more of a hassle. Atleast I get to use the latest xorg with my nVidia graphics card.
:)
As for AMD it will see their partner nVidias chipset get a bigger userbase. This ought to lead to a drop in overall cost of the chipset wich will make both Intel and AMD mobos cheaper. (Intel mobo-chipsets will drop in price simply due to more competition).
Intel might see a takeup of their mobos and processors becaues many people I know, myself included, have had trouble with both Intel and VIA mobos for the intel processor before. If they can get a decent (rad: nForce
So who is the big (long term) looser here? It all depends on how it plays out really. If nVidia gets the bigger edge with gains in sales, it might strengthen the support for OpenGL (since nVidia has got a strong OpenGL focus) and more games will probably be made with that library as it is the best supported from a big gfx company and it will make it easier to port games to linux. This means that Microsoft (DirectX stands to loose ground and with more games running on linux many gamers migth start using linux (Then again most gamers I know pirate windows, so it wouldn't influence the bottom line in windows sales)) and ATi (better with DirectX, porer on OpenGL) will loose ground. This is good news for linux users since DirectX is poorly (understatement?) supported in linux due to you-know-who.
How ever if nVidia gets influenced by the Wintel-alliance and starts focusing more in DirectX and less on OpenGL then Microsoft will win because their library will have supperiour support from both major GFX players and OpenGL might dwindle into a the murky shades of history.
As for more mobo-spesific components. I have yet to experience any unfixable problems with my NF7-S (nForce2) mobo on linux. The biggest problem was finding the right ethernet (100MB) driver in the list. As for the 4kb stack, it was well documented on the web when I hit it. Then again I don't recompile the kernel just because a new version has been released. I recompile if I need new features or to fix any security issues.
So it looks as only time will tell what this means for the end user.
Finally I will put up a few words about releasing specs vs releasing binary modules. I can see why nVidia might want to keep their property to them selves. This is all well and good since their driver architecture is as good as it is. Since I use Gentoo I am comfortable with compiling that little stub that needs to compile to get the drivers working. For people not familiar with the consept (those asking "How do I execute a
Wow, are you still reading this post?? I am honored.
Actually running IE in wine leaves all your documents at risk if you get infected by a worm.
One point missed is that no furniturecompany has got anything like what Microsoft has got when it comes to having their furniture already put in when you buy the house. If one did other furnituremakers would strive, because even if furniture is slightly uncomfortable it's a hassle to exchange it. Especialy when you can't use some furniture with the furniture already in your house. (Unless you install something that makes it compatible).
When it comes to one of Microsofts fastest advancing competitors they've got the strong side of offering several different models of their furniture. Where Microsoft only got one chairdesign (with different upholstery) "the competitor" provide several different designs. all with defferent looks and feels.
And what when you don't like something or something is unsafe?
Microsoft sais:
What? You don't like that wobly shelf? Well that's too bad, because it supports that cupboard, and if you take the shelf out the cupboard has to go aswell. And that cupboard is needed to store those cups because you really need them when you want to set the table, and you can't use other cups, and there's nowhere else to store them. And if you remove the table we don't see any point in having that sofa and those chairs there so we insist on taking those with us. And that open space really don't need that rug so well take that aswell. But now you can only sit in the kitchen. Too bad that we don't serve dinner in the kitchen so if you want your dinner you need to install the rug, table, sofa, chairs, cups, cupboard and that wobly shelf and just pray that it doesn't fall over and hurt you.
"The competitor" sais
What? You don't like that wobly shelf? Well we can take it out and the rest of your furniture can be exactly as it is. You just need to A) not use that shelf or B) find something else to take it's place.
As has been said, google.com isn't supplying kazaa lite and is therefore not liable according to the DMCA. The paragraph used in the complait is intended to be used against the sites that actually supply the infringing file(s).
The fact that the lawyers at google.com doesn't see that proves that they don't do their job.
The fact that google.com bends over to such (unsubstantiated) threats proves that they are spineless and I recomend that everyone finds a [url=http://metasearch.dk]better[/url] searchengine to use.
No, it was the ignorant VP of the company (read: gouvernment) that walked in with his sigar checking how the fueling was going.
It's a fact that Europe is that continent that holds the most nations. The fact that more coutries are split up than unified (former Yugoslavia and former Tsjekoslovakia) is showing that the nations need to feel soverignety is stron. Thus I wouldn't be suprised to se the EU crumble and fall.
Did you also note that he had more detail in his summary? How is it a summary if it contains more detail?
It whould remain secret when the time your name was ticked off on the pad isn't recorded and noone sees the votes before the tally is made.
Still I don't see the need to record the time the vote is made anyway. Shurely that is unneccessary data in the tally and for the results.
As far as security goes, why not create a random key and store in the database and print that on the ballot aswell. The randomness of the key will make it even harder to tamper with it.
Last but not least, if anyone is hell-bent on tampering with the votes or the total, there's always a way to do it. Even if it means getting the job as the tech that sets up the booth-system and hacking up some code that alters the votingprogram so that the fraud is harder to detect. Ie. if the paperballots have got a barcode and only that is used when "manually" counting the ballots they can print another candidates barcode and the face/name of the person you voted for so that when looking on the ballot it looks like you've voted for candidate X while when the barcode is read it's registered as a vote for candidate Y. The only way to nullify that issue is to have an ocr-like technology to "manually" count the ballots.
There is still noone that can stop you from brewing your espresso two, three or four times to get a ridiculous amount of caffine in you blood at the shortest amount of time.
I've heard of ppl bringing a primus and 8 kilos of espresso coffee and an espresso boiler, and actually consuming all of it.
I get the jitters just by thinking of it.
I must admit that I do not listen much to music. My cd-collection can be counted on two hands actually and the mp3s that I've got totals to less than an hour of playing-time.
..and I rarely buy stuff that's on the radio or the telly because these are mostly one-hit-wonders or music that might be cool for 14-year-olds.
Yes I've d/l-ed music off kazaa, but this was to sample stuff. To see how good it was.
I might be at fault for not paying for the things that I am curious about, but I do not see why I should give up my hard-earned cash for a product that I don't like and won't listen to. It's kind of like shareware where you are given the opportunity to try before you buy.
In short: I (and I believe many with me) prefer to know what I buy befor I buy it.
This also applies to computer software. I pay for the games I play but I refuse to pay for things I try because people tell me it's geat. If I like it I naturally pay for it.
It is my belief that this is what made Doom the biggest game ever. It distributed a taste as shareware but you needed to pay to complete it. After playing throught the shareware version I instantly went to get the remaining episodes.
What it all boils down to is how unethical it is to d/l something to try it before you go out and buy it... or decide not to.
It's not as much about what they can do in my TOS. It's more about what I can't do. Things like
:)
* Setting up a server (www, ftp and so on)
* Connecting more than 1 machine
* Selling or leasing
* Sharing shells
Is this a common restriction or just something they do here?
I actually got booted from 1 ISP because I asked sygate to portscan my box. They found this to be "undesireable behaviour". After telling them what the laws and practice is on the subject and my intentions they compensated me with their best line for the price of the basic package.
Hasn't this been posted already?
One of the immediate problem is discussed as we speak on another thread. The fact that the planets are not in the same possition now as they were when voiager was launched creates the problem of how much fuel it will take to follow voiager.
This might seem like a joke, but in the very end it is a point. It's like the atmosphere or the oceans. Since there's a lot of it it doesn't matter if we dumt this and that into it.
:)
Hopefully we'll find other ways to explore the space before we slow down so much that we crash into the sun.
Do you meen like a Windows Activation scheme for AV updates? It would be possible to implement, but that would make managing a large corporate network difficult at best.
If you implement such a scheme that meens that every computer on your network need to contact the AV registration server with their specific key. This would need to not only be unique also need to be checked against hardware. When not all computers are connected to the net due to the security concernes of (un-knowing) adminitrators and corporate leaders who thing that if they only let a few computers have access through the firewall/router or what ever they will be safe.
When you got 200-600-1000 or more computers in a net you get to see the daunting tasks. And even then it would not be fool proof, because you could easily code an app to fake responses from your hardware. A kind of virtual machine that ran the update.
And at the AV developers side you need a large database of registration codes, wich is quite a large task to undertake. And still it's only a matter of hours before some hacker figures out your scheme and posts a work-around to the web.