I recently bought a CD labelled as copy protected. When I inserted it into a Windows PC it installed its own little player. Fine I thought, and just ripped it to mp3 (no point making the CD-ROM spin all day). Then as an experiment I copied the CD. I also played it fine in my hi-fi. I fail to see quite how it was "copy-protected".
It is called a "submarine patent" I believe. Corporations patent something, keep quiet until they would recieve maximum fees back from infringing companies (i.e. when the technology has become popular), and then start enforcing it. Someone on/. a while back suggested a scheme that unless patent-holding companies enforced their patent from the outset, they could not enforce it later on, or some similar idea.
I have used Visual Studio 6 before, and while when I first went to use simply nano for linux dev (a pico-clone with syntax highlighting) I found it a little constricting, I now find that I don't miss those features any more, and am no less productive. I know that many people find IDEs very useful but I think they are not for everyone. Some people will be better off with vi etc than VS, some vice versa.
You are indeed correct. I think at the time we were looking at iMac prices rather than eMac. Though quite how the lowest iMac can cost 450 quid more for a flat screen than the eMac I'm not sure, since the other specs seem to be roughly equivalent - am I missing something there?
During a recent-ish slashdot discussion I had an argument with an American over Apple's being too expensive. As it turned out that we both agreed that in the UK they were too expensive, but in the US they were much more affordable. Apple are really aiming for the premium market in the UK it seems, with pricing to match. It's noticeably cheaper to build up or buy an Intel-based PC so the only people I know with Macs are big Mac fans.
Actually just youd cite a source that showed that prisoners had been tortured. Nowhere did I find a mention that the torturers were Christian. I'm not saying they weren't, but don't rant about "FACT"s when you aren't providing conclusive evidence for your own.
In this case it is up to BT what to censor, so the slope is as slippery as they want to make it. Incidentally one of the fallacious arguments that link lists (about marijuana) makes perfect sense to me which makes it a bad argument or me doubly wrong.
In the UK, BT owns all the (non-cable) phone lines and hence owns the ADSL infrastructure (traceroute shows that my first hop is a *.bt.net address). But it allows ISPs to offer ADSL services effectively on top of BT's infrastructure.
Assuming they are blocking it as an ISP not as an underlying ADSL infrastructure provider, there are a whole host of (better) options available. If you want to completely avoid BT, then Cable is available in some areas.
Actually I believe this particular example might well be optimised out by the compiler to the code you mention. But your point is probably valid for trickier problems.
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I recently bought a CD labelled as copy protected. When I inserted it into a Windows PC it installed its own little player. Fine I thought, and just ripped it to mp3 (no point making the CD-ROM spin all day). Then as an experiment I copied the CD. I also played it fine in my hi-fi. I fail to see quite how it was "copy-protected".
It is called a "submarine patent" I believe. Corporations patent something, keep quiet until they would recieve maximum fees back from infringing companies (i.e. when the technology has become popular), and then start enforcing it. Someone on /. a while back suggested a scheme that unless patent-holding companies enforced their patent from the outset, they could not enforce it later on, or some similar idea.
Nice to see someone else thinking that occam got missed. Incidentally it is still alive and well, one implementation is KRoC.
Good to see the scriptwriters for the next series of 24 posting their ideas on slashdot!
I have used Visual Studio 6 before, and while when I first went to use simply nano for linux dev (a pico-clone with syntax highlighting) I found it a little constricting, I now find that I don't miss those features any more, and am no less productive. I know that many people find IDEs very useful but I think they are not for everyone. Some people will be better off with vi etc than VS, some vice versa.
Chicks like an experienced, mature man - switch back to 2.4 or even better 2.2 or 2.0.
You are indeed correct. I think at the time we were looking at iMac prices rather than eMac. Though quite how the lowest iMac can cost 450 quid more for a flat screen than the eMac I'm not sure, since the other specs seem to be roughly equivalent - am I missing something there?
During a recent-ish slashdot discussion I had an argument with an American over Apple's being too expensive. As it turned out that we both agreed that in the UK they were too expensive, but in the US they were much more affordable. Apple are really aiming for the premium market in the UK it seems, with pricing to match. It's noticeably cheaper to build up or buy an Intel-based PC so the only people I know with Macs are big Mac fans.
I also read a post saying that the grandparent poster continually does such things, copying comments to earn karma.
Actually just youd cite a source that showed that prisoners had been tortured. Nowhere did I find a mention that the torturers were Christian. I'm not saying they weren't, but don't rant about "FACT"s when you aren't providing conclusive evidence for your own.
Actually I believe that tapes are so rare nowadays they probably are more expensive than CDs.
Submitting a paper to a conference and then talking about it at that conference normally involves peer reviewing AFAIK.
In this case it is up to BT what to censor, so the slope is as slippery as they want to make it. Incidentally one of the fallacious arguments that link lists (about marijuana) makes perfect sense to me which makes it a bad argument or me doubly wrong.
In the UK, BT owns all the (non-cable) phone lines and hence owns the ADSL infrastructure (traceroute shows that my first hop is a *.bt.net address). But it allows ISPs to offer ADSL services effectively on top of BT's infrastructure.
Assuming they are blocking it as an ISP not as an underlying ADSL infrastructure provider, there are a whole host of (better) options available. If you want to completely avoid BT, then Cable is available in some areas.
It's not the child porn, it's more that this is potentially the first step on a slippery slope.
You're a few months out of date! Since Gmail google can do a lot of evil here on slashdot.
I thought RoShamBo was when you kicked each other in the nuts as hard as you could...
Says the article... I'm sure a few round here would disagree.
No, they haven't perfected the technology yet to prevent the outside collapsing onto the hollow inside ;)
Tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking? And your last line is what is causing a lot of these anti-monopolistic lawsuits against MS.
Hmmm a slashdot oddity occurred it seems, this story really was showing no posts..
No posts yet? This story sure shut everyone up!
Even ADSL uses PPPoA which would seem to my simple brain to be a form of PPP.
Actually I believe this particular example might well be optimised out by the compiler to the code you mention. But your point is probably valid for trickier problems.