Understanding how Microsoft Zune's DRM works helps to answer a lot of questions: why it hasn't been replaced with an open, interoperable DRM that anyone can use, why Microsoft isn't broadly licensing Zune's DRM, and why the company hasn't jumped to add DRM-free content from indie artists to Zune's store.
"it has gotten to the point that I don't even bother talking with them as all I'll hear is how the didn't get a certain grant or how they have to figure out a way to keep one for the next year or three."
Have you considered that this may reflect increased competition caused by ever-shrinking budgets?
"let the market produce what the market has a demand for, not for pie-in-the-sky results"
Government funds science that has no obvious application precisely because the free market would not. The government understands that expanding human knowledge is in the public interest, whereas you do not. Well, it used to, anyway... thanks to people like you, pure research is increasingly seen as less worthy of funding than, say, attacking sovereign nations without cause. Thanks.
All regulation is bad. All government is bad. All laws are bad. Therefore, we should let the Indians in; all of them. The market will sort it out. If that means 10 indians per square foot living in America - that's OK with me. It's just how the market sorted it out and the market is never wrong.
So we make fun of Homeland Security for their meaningless color-coded threat levels, but take the colored borders of confirmation dialogs on Vista as gospel I believe that the Homeland Security system is mainly employed to incite fear in the voting public. That is why it's disparaged and believed to be useless - those of us who dislike it see it as a propoganda reinforcement apparatus.
UAC can also be seen through a cynical lense: it alerts the user to even the most trivial harmless request so that when anything of any sort goes wrong, Microsoft can plausibly say that the user permitted it.
Nonetheless, UAC using the color green to incorrectly indicate that there is not a threat is a problem just as the Homeland Security alert falsely indicating no threat is a problem.
"hxnwix reports that slashdot is not racing to head off a reader backlash over its news Web site slashdot and will soon not offer antidupe technologies to help all editors thwart egregious article duping. But slashdot has also said that the process of identifying duped material is not cheap and will require the donations of ONE MILLION DOLLARS to implement."
Take away the incentive, solve the problem. Indeed: once our economy and infrastructure reaches parity with Mexico's, workers wont want to illegally immigrate.
Perhaps that's because they aren't involved with the pilot?
Oh, and nobody said P&G would be dropping excel. Yes, there is a strong business case to be made for keeping excel. Clearly. Look, I'll make you an excel sheet with a pivot table illustrating the various synergistic advantages...
I wonder if this will include OS X Intel, which Microsoft claims they simply just absolutely cannot port VB to under any circumstamces ever. That would be pretty funny.
I don't know about you, but I for one don't drink lightbulbs. Nor do I find them addictive. Lightbulb fetishes are also rather danergous - sure, I've heard about people getting the bulb up there without any trouble, but how do you get it back out? What if you sit down?
Look, I understand what you are saying, but seriously. One way or the other, you need help.
Also, what's up with the blinking 12:00 on VCR's? Are they trying to give us all epilepsy!? God forbid anyone contract epilepsy, it's obviously a debilitating affliction for hateful executives in black suits to inflict upon us as they infect us with autism, too.
Additionally, why hasn't the intentional demolition of the World Trade Center by Halliburton been investigated? Halliburton had everything to gain and nothing to lose - and gain they have! Clearly the WTC was demolished, not attacked. Look! Wingnuts have found evidence!
Furthermore, I'd like to see some attention directed towards the moon landings. Obviously, they were staged so that the many billions dolled out to NASA could be siphoned into CIA plots against the persecuted majority. Look! Wingnuts have found evidence!!!!!!!
Remember the judge who ruled that when one puts his trash on the curb, he throws away his expectation that his trash will remain private? Remember what the judge did to the people who then went and picked through his trash? I wish I could find the article... as I recall, the judge tried to throw the book at the dumpster divers and realized that he'd already thrown it away.
"But there are also glaciers nearby that are advancing instead of receding. That isn't being reported." : "There are good things happening in Iraq; they just aren't being reported.":: bullshit : bullshit
Viacom had their lawyers prepped & paid & retained, tassled loafers purchased, affidavids signed, slush funds sloshing and CxOs slinging dirt and for what? So that youtube could turn around and help them? Now it's going to looks really bad when the legal hit squad rolls with the pain. GOD DAMN YOU, YOUTUBE! WE'RE STILL GOING TO FUCK YOU UP ANYWAY THIS CHANGES NOTHING!
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It looks like somebody forgot to change the gigantic SQL batteries embedded in the side of the NYSE building...
Understanding how Microsoft Zune's DRM works helps to answer a lot of questions: why it hasn't been replaced with an open, interoperable DRM that anyone can use, why Microsoft isn't broadly licensing Zune's DRM, and why the company hasn't jumped to add DRM-free content from indie artists to Zune's store.
"it has gotten to the point that I don't even bother talking with them as all I'll hear is how the didn't get a certain grant or how they have to figure out a way to keep one for the next year or three."
Have you considered that this may reflect increased competition caused by ever-shrinking budgets?
"let the market produce what the market has a demand for, not for pie-in-the-sky results"
Government funds science that has no obvious application precisely because the free market would not. The government understands that expanding human knowledge is in the public interest, whereas you do not. Well, it used to, anyway... thanks to people like you, pure research is increasingly seen as less worthy of funding than, say, attacking sovereign nations without cause. Thanks.
I feel qualified to offer my opinion on this.
All regulation is bad. All government is bad. All laws are bad. Therefore, we should let the Indians in; all of them. The market will sort it out. If that means 10 indians per square foot living in America - that's OK with me. It's just how the market sorted it out and the market is never wrong.
UAC can also be seen through a cynical lense: it alerts the user to even the most trivial harmless request so that when anything of any sort goes wrong, Microsoft can plausibly say that the user permitted it.
Nonetheless, UAC using the color green to incorrectly indicate that there is not a threat is a problem just as the Homeland Security alert falsely indicating no threat is a problem.
Do you understand why?
"hxnwix reports that slashdot is not racing to head off a reader backlash over its news Web site slashdot and will soon not offer antidupe technologies to help all editors thwart egregious article duping. But slashdot has also said that the process of identifying duped material is not cheap and will require the donations of ONE MILLION DOLLARS to implement."
In addition to the ablative, some tumescent material might help retard ablation of your tumescent parts ;-)
It's also their webserver...
My political opinion here is that you should then vote Democratic...
Take away the incentive, solve the problem. Indeed: once our economy and infrastructure reaches parity with Mexico's, workers wont want to illegally immigrate.
Perhaps that's because they aren't involved with the pilot?
Oh, and nobody said P&G would be dropping excel. Yes, there is a strong business case to be made for keeping excel. Clearly. Look, I'll make you an excel sheet with a pivot table illustrating the various synergistic advantages...
It's all that money flowing back out from Microsoft's Orifice.
Do you realize that you are saying that this kid killed someone in order to rebel against his step mother?
Obviously not someone comprehends the utility of opening access to a switched network built upon a ubiquitous public resource.
I wonder if this will include OS X Intel, which Microsoft claims they simply just absolutely cannot port VB to under any circumstamces ever. That would be pretty funny.
I don't know about you, but I for one don't drink lightbulbs. Nor do I find them addictive. Lightbulb fetishes are also rather danergous - sure, I've heard about people getting the bulb up there without any trouble, but how do you get it back out? What if you sit down?
Look, I understand what you are saying, but seriously. One way or the other, you need help.
Also, what's up with the blinking 12:00 on VCR's? Are they trying to give us all epilepsy!? God forbid anyone contract epilepsy, it's obviously a debilitating affliction for hateful executives in black suits to inflict upon us as they infect us with autism, too.
Additionally, why hasn't the intentional demolition of the World Trade Center by Halliburton been investigated? Halliburton had everything to gain and nothing to lose - and gain they have! Clearly the WTC was demolished, not attacked. Look! Wingnuts have found evidence!
Furthermore, I'd like to see some attention directed towards the moon landings. Obviously, they were staged so that the many billions dolled out to NASA could be siphoned into CIA plots against the persecuted majority. Look! Wingnuts have found evidence!!!!!!!
Remember the judge who ruled that when one puts his trash on the curb, he throws away his expectation that his trash will remain private? Remember what the judge did to the people who then went and picked through his trash? I wish I could find the article... as I recall, the judge tried to throw the book at the dumpster divers and realized that he'd already thrown it away.
Sure, there are good things happening in Iraq. Not all the US soldiers are dead, and likewise, less than 20% of Iraqis have been tortured and shot (so far). Some that were tortured and shot and survived are recovering, even. Nonetheless, the big story remains the unchecked slaughter civilians by roving sectarian death squads.
Likewise, some glaciers are getting bigger during certain seasons such as winter. The big story remains the unchecked destruction of the planet.
No worries, your kids will have beach front property! And the displaced residents of New Jersey to share it with!
Indeed, and there's also nuclear war and pandemics to worry about. What was your point?
"But there are also glaciers nearby that are advancing instead of receding. That isn't being reported." : "There are good things happening in Iraq; they just aren't being reported." :: bullshit : bullshit
Viacom had their lawyers prepped & paid & retained, tassled loafers purchased, affidavids signed, slush funds sloshing and CxOs slinging dirt and for what? So that youtube could turn around and help them? Now it's going to looks really bad when the legal hit squad rolls with the pain. GOD DAMN YOU, YOUTUBE! WE'RE STILL GOING TO FUCK YOU UP ANYWAY THIS CHANGES NOTHING!
Why would I want to live in a world where it's ok to make a mistake and have someone else to pay for it?