It looks as if Apple is trying its hardest to sell some.Mac memberships. My guess is that these types of benefits will extend themselves to future Apple software releases and OS updates. I wonder if Apple will eventually start charging non-.Mac users for future software releases along the lines of iPhoto and iCal. I am not a.Mac member but am considering purchasing a membership.
Ever heard the expression, "No Buck Rodgers, no bucks."? Well, that is the case here. Yes, lots of these experiments could be done without human deployment, but the problems is, NASA needs public support, and do you think unmanned space missions or daring, human space missions are going to excite the general public more. I would better the latter. Bottom line: NASA needs to maintain public interest, and if that means being less pragmatic, so be it.
The record labels should take whatever they can get. Basically, they have two options:
(1) Get some money when people legally download songs.
-or -
(2) Get no money when people download songs illegally with p2p clients.
The record companies are getting greedy; they should take what they can get and be happy!
Well, with an open source project, users have direct access to the code and debugging is going to be faster because, essentially, your community of users is going to become part of the debugging process. With a closed source project, a team of developers is responsible for debugging the program, but with an open source project, the community is able to get involved.
I can't believe this story. Isn't it legal to download copyrighted songs if you are doing so for backup purposes? This system assumes that everyone downloading music is in breech of copyright law, and while that may be true in most cases, it is not true in all cases. If a single innocent person has his or her system obliterated, the remote-destroy program is a complete failure. A computer need not be allowed to act as judge, jury, and executioner. I'm sure that Orrin Hatch will take a lot of heat for this proposal.
Holy shit, they have fifteen foot powerbooks now?
I know. I caught that mistake after I posted the message and had a feeling someone would comment on it. The shift key is a doozy. My apologizes.
I was going to purchase a 15' powerbook, but now I'm thinking that I'll hold off for MacWorld. The problem is that I need a powerbook before June 30th. What do you think I should do? If the powerbook upgrade is released, what are the real odds that it will be available quickly?
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It looks as if Apple is trying its hardest to sell some .Mac memberships. My guess is that these types of benefits will extend themselves to future Apple software releases and OS updates. I wonder if Apple will eventually start charging non-.Mac users for future software releases along the lines of iPhoto and iCal. I am not a .Mac member but am considering purchasing a membership.
Ever heard the expression, "No Buck Rodgers, no bucks."? Well, that is the case here. Yes, lots of these experiments could be done without human deployment, but the problems is, NASA needs public support, and do you think unmanned space missions or daring, human space missions are going to excite the general public more. I would better the latter. Bottom line: NASA needs to maintain public interest, and if that means being less pragmatic, so be it.
The record labels should take whatever they can get. Basically, they have two options: (1) Get some money when people legally download songs. -or - (2) Get no money when people download songs illegally with p2p clients. The record companies are getting greedy; they should take what they can get and be happy!
Well, with an open source project, users have direct access to the code and debugging is going to be faster because, essentially, your community of users is going to become part of the debugging process. With a closed source project, a team of developers is responsible for debugging the program, but with an open source project, the community is able to get involved.
I can't believe this story. Isn't it legal to download copyrighted songs if you are doing so for backup purposes? This system assumes that everyone downloading music is in breech of copyright law, and while that may be true in most cases, it is not true in all cases. If a single innocent person has his or her system obliterated, the remote-destroy program is a complete failure. A computer need not be allowed to act as judge, jury, and executioner. I'm sure that Orrin Hatch will take a lot of heat for this proposal.
Holy shit, they have fifteen foot powerbooks now? I know. I caught that mistake after I posted the message and had a feeling someone would comment on it. The shift key is a doozy. My apologizes.
I was going to purchase a 15' powerbook, but now I'm thinking that I'll hold off for MacWorld. The problem is that I need a powerbook before June 30th. What do you think I should do? If the powerbook upgrade is released, what are the real odds that it will be available quickly?