This has already happened. The other day, a vendor tried to sell me a motherboard with no FDD controller, no serial/parallel ports, and no PS/2 ports. Needless to say, I went elsewhere.
Yes, these features are old technology. But they're also mature technology - they work fine, now leave them alone!
I think the EULA for those resource/service/option packs would probably state that you're only allowed to use it with a legal copy of Windows.
Or perhaps not - maybe this is the one thing they forgot to add in there:-)
It's far, far too vague. Here's a scenario for you.
Company X announce that they have created a new way of 'securely' storing your credit card number on the internet. You look at the method they're using, and discover that it's incredibly insecure - eg. they're just adding a 'X' onto the end of the number.
If you were to tell anyone what you discovered, in order to warn them against Company X, you would be prosecutable under the DMCA.
Before you diss this newbie-tailored distro, remember that it really was Mandrake, and not Red Hat, Solaris, or Slackware that brought Linux to the masses.
What on earth are you talking about? If 5 people live in the same amount of space, it doesn't cost the landlady any more money than if there was one sole inhabitant. How does having guests over constitute extra 'service'?
Not necessarily. I'd say that he has an appropriate level of paranoia for the job if he's logging in whilst on holiday - to spy on lusers^W^W^Wcheck up on things.
Arthur C Clarke's Space Oddysey series, without a shadow of a doubt. Not just a classic movie (and so-so sequel), but four incredibly compelling books which explore far more than any other sci-fi series I've ever come across.
Deliberately non-specific so as to be non-spoily for people who haven't read the books (try them, you might like them!).
Slashdot Mirror
Browse the google cached pages from here :-)
wget -c
ITYF it's "My wife and I"...
This has already happened. The other day, a vendor tried to sell me a motherboard with no FDD controller, no serial/parallel ports, and no PS/2 ports. Needless to say, I went elsewhere.
Yes, these features are old technology. But they're also mature technology - they work fine, now leave them alone!
I think the EULA for those resource/service/option packs would probably state that you're only allowed to use it with a legal copy of Windows. Or perhaps not - maybe this is the one thing they forgot to add in there :-)
If they were 'free', where would the IIS license come from?
What's the root password for slashdot.org?
Given that Windows Media Player and Winamp are primarily windows programs, I'd be surprised if they were talking about anything else.
It's far, far too vague. Here's a scenario for you.
Company X announce that they have created a new way of 'securely' storing your credit card number on the internet. You look at the method they're using, and discover that it's incredibly insecure - eg. they're just adding a 'X' onto the end of the number.
If you were to tell anyone what you discovered, in order to warn them against Company X, you would be prosecutable under the DMCA.
Heh, good point :)
But is it strictly fair?
I'd go for #3 without a doubt.
What on earth are you talking about? If 5 people live in the same amount of space, it doesn't cost the landlady any more money than if there was one sole inhabitant. How does having guests over constitute extra 'service'?
Not necessarily. I'd say that he has an appropriate level of paranoia for the job if he's logging in whilst on holiday - to spy on lusers^W^W^Wcheck up on things.
Presumably they're referring to web browsers' ability to connect to ftp sites via ftp:// urls...
It's not the interview. I hit 'stop' before it started loading the .jpg, but I think I can guess what it was.
Arthur C Clarke's Space Oddysey series, without a shadow of a doubt. Not just a classic movie (and so-so sequel), but four incredibly compelling books which explore far more than any other sci-fi series I've ever come across.
Deliberately non-specific so as to be non-spoily for people who haven't read the books (try them, you might like them!).