Fox is more interested in MONEY. Firefly (I never watched it myself which means that most of the general population did not either) wouldn't make them money like reality-TV does.
As far as Fox only being interested in reality-TV. I highly doubt that. That 70s Show, The Simpsons, 24, sports, etc, are all just as big as their reality shows.
But, I will tell you this... Women don't care about much other than reality-TV. I have to curtail my football watching so that my gf can tune into Temptation Island and Paradise Hotel. The women at work ONLY care about Paradise Hotel and the like.
This has nothing to do w/IBM. IBM doesn't write many applications. This has to do with coders writing applications. Coders (and their companies) want to protect their programs. This will enable them to do so.
So, even if there is an alternative BIOS, it won't matter. Applications will be written to depend on DRM BIOSs, OSs, etc.
ok and what will that stop? Companies are going to WANT DRM enabled BIOS's, OS's, computers, etc. They like the fact that the computer is going to handle the tracking, protection, etc, of their code.
Linux or not, the software writers are going to code programs under an architecture, BIOS, and OS that protect them!
There's a good chance that there wouldn't be a single pay-for program out there that would run on non-DRM'd systems.
People don't care if it's tracking them (after a while), they just care that it works. The/. community can never see through that. We all have a clue. 90%+ of the population does not.
The OS is going to also be DRM enabled and will detect the BIOS type. If the BIOS is not DRM enabled as well the OS might not even start. Worse, the programs might detect the OS and the BIOS and see there is no DRM and will not start either.
While you Linux zealots out there might ignore this and say "so? we have OpenOffice" please remember that the possibility that interoperability will die (DMCA provisions can and most likely will change) and you will NOT be able to plod along with sending resumes at PDF and text (most companies already ignore your repeated transfers in those formats).
I am being VERY paranoid here and obviously this may never happen. There is a good chance that it will. Anything to stop terrorism and the spread of movies and music!
An OEM will also have to decide whether or not to allow an end user to turn the DRM feature off, Eades said.
This option is most likely be available for a while. You will have the option to turn off the default enabled DRM system in your computer. As more and more people become comfortable (and ignorant) of the fact that DRM is enabled (and more and more companies start enforcing restrictions via the DRM'd BIOS) we will have less and less choice but to have it enabled.
This *IS* scary. DRM in Word is *NOT*. Just to clear that up.
I have mentioned the fact that companies using Linux and not contributing back to the community is not all that great for Linux and I was flamed to death.
The "community" believes that the press is great. I don't see how it matters.
People using PVRs aren't going to give a hoot if Linux runs on it. They just know it works and that's all they will ever care about.
I think that while Linux is great, it was created from the community. Now these companies are taking everything about Linux that is great and not contributing back to the community.
I know you are trolling, but I doubt that would matter in this case. The families of the victims would receive the compensation (as they would still have to assume the debt due to the high cost of medical bills, funeral arrangements, etc)
Well, I hate to say it, but Groupwise (while being awful at a lot of things) I can organize my emails rather quickly and rather well.
The Link-To feature allows me to store it in multiple folders at once.
I especially appreciate the Shared-Folder. It makes it easier for me to make emails, documents, etc, available to those that haven't a clue. The IT department is busy working on too many other things and the Novell iFolder is unacceptable for my use (my other option).
I wish I could make subfolders under Search Folders but that's for another version maybe.
First of all, DRM wouldn't be a requirement for all documents, it would most likely be a "feature".
Second, what the hell does Linux have to do w/Anti-DRM and people switching? Linus has specifically stated that he has no opinion either way. If you want it, woo, if not, woo. People aren't sick and tired of DRM and it's not BS (no matter what "we" think)
Linux is taking a foothold because other software companies have expensive software.
You think that an alternative to Office is going to help? There have been alternatives (Corel, etc) did it matter? Do you think because they are creating a new version of Office it will render the other files incompatible? That would be really really dumb for MS to do (no ability to bring in your old stuff? retype? what?)
The only reason for a switch is PRICE. Honestly, no matter what bullshit people spread on here about how good OO, SO, etc, are, they aren't what MSO offers. Not even close.
Until the OO, SO, etc, get some strong following and somehow create something better than Office, no one is going to care unless it is money related and even then, I doubt a few hundred dollars is going to matter...
First of all, they want us here in the US to abide by their bullshit (DMCA and the two sons of Satan (Patriot I and II)) yet we are in another country blasting radio stations and FUNDING (at an undisclosed amount) a free proxy to *circumvent* another countries security. We should put the government in jail for violating the DMCA.
Second, we shouldn't be funding shit (not Iraq, not free proxies for Iran, nothing), we should be funding the fucking Americans without jobs (I don't know if/. has heard about the ever increasing length of the food lines in more rural areas of Ohio, etc).
Third, I wasn't aware that we were back in the 1950s and 1960s where we feel the need to stop the possibility of the spread of communism, I mean the threat of terrorism. I get those ism's confused.
Let's fucking work on freeing our own country first TYVM. I would PREFER that our own people are fed, clothed, covered, and paid, rather than worrying about 10s of billions of dollars being sent overseas to countries that (for the most part) don't want us there.
eh, I don't know about that. We have already found uses for 1000s of devices that now run some OS (that people left for dead). Why wouldn't we want to know how it worked so that it could be improved?
the big problem (and the reason that the companies are using it) is that they can exploit Linux for their own financial gain without giving us anything back.
While it's nice to say that Linux runs these devices, I would also like to see that fucking code get into the kernel somehow.
The reason Linux is as good as it is is because of the community. Linux programmers made the kernel the way it is OPENLY.
These companies are going to use what has already been developed and then they aren't going to continue adding those features to the kernel to be worked on by others.
Again, I am glad to see Linux is running these things, but I would prefer that Linux be made better openly by these companies embracing it.
Now, they figure no one reads the EULAs anyway, so why bother even providing a copy?
Duh!
First off, I have worked in customer service/tech support and have heard exactly "who reads those things anyway?" "you just click ok." Right.
Second, you are surprised that CSRs don't have ALL the information they need to do their jobs? Policy changes daily and even though the CSRs are the "front line" they are never told until it's too late.
Third, I just dealt with someone today (not computer related). They clicked through a document they should have read. It explained the policy they were trying to excuse themselves from. The exact quote was, "I saw the thing I clicked through, I never read those, no one does. You can't expect me to now agree to that." Sadly, this is commonplace. It's not advantageous to read them or ignore them. If you do read them, you have to go through a lengthy process to return what you disagree with (no company expects that more than a handfull of people will ever decline), if you do agree what good does it do you? You either a) didn't read and comprehend the rights you were signing away or b) you did know, you knew it probably wouldn't matter, and when it did matter, you already sold your soul.
not only that, but with the current ecnonomic situation affecting higher education (especially here in the State of MN) if someone wants to give the institutions money SO BE IT.
That's less money the students have to pay, that's less they have to pay back later, and that's more excellent programs and hardware they have to work with.
well, a lot of people have been saying this, and I chose to respond to yours.
The Grateful Dead are a perfect example of why it doesn't matter one single bit if someone is a) out of tune b) forgets the words c) starts humming hoping the rest of the band picks up for it, etc.
Donna sang like crap (miked wrong, horrible singer, tone deaf, whatever) yet she brought a different dimension to the group.
Jerry would FREQUENTLY forget words and just trail off into no where during songs he had sung 100s of times.
Bobby (even now, Joliet, IL even) can't remember ALL the words to ALL their songs. Hell, the newer members of the band probably know the songs better than Jerry or Bobby ever did.
They were/are a successful band because they PERFOM for REAL.
They don't perform just for the money. They don't get dressed up like belly dancers, and they don't have plastic surgery.
They do it for the fans and for the music. Who the fuck cares if the songs are slightly out of tune (do you think that everyone in the crowd singing along is in tune? I know I'm not).
Enjoy the bands that perform live, write their own music, and do it for the fans.
Fuck the cookie cutter musicians that are extorting money from their naive teenage fans.
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I suppose your side is true, but next to pointless compared to what the experts believe the virus is trying to do.
With more and more open relays closing, spammers are having to rely more and more on their own servers, out of the country servers, loopholes in free email service's interfaces, etc, in order to get their mail out.
With a shitload of computers at their disposal to send their spam out, they won't have to worry about hiding where it comes from, how they did it, paying for their own bandwith, or people blocking their hosts...
They can easily send out billions of spam without needing to worry about anything.
it's not like you have a choice of how to read your email with AOL. They force you to use their email reader (which sucks).
I don't believe them and their "initiative to stop SPAM". They are full of shit. My gf opens her email and still gets "GET VIAGRA ONLINE NOW". How the fuck can't they stop that specific email as SPAM and have an "initiative against SPAM" I will never know.
It's better that they do it for you (hell, AOL does everything else for its users) why not decide what is and is not SPAM?
but how are they going to say that it was disclosed via an NDA or licesense agreement when it wasn't?
The encryption was broken because of the stupidity of a particular company. One key was found because of the stupidity and the rest were figured out because of the low-strength of the keys. (40 bit?)
it's available on Thinkgeek, the box is Debian based, there is now a server (back-end) available for Linux (which has oddly enough only been tested on RedHat and SuSE when the box runs Debian?), and it's similar to what you can get w/the XBox for only $100 more (and not quite as much effort or "illegal" behavior).
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Fox is more interested in MONEY. Firefly (I never watched it myself which means that most of the general population did not either) wouldn't make them money like reality-TV does.
As far as Fox only being interested in reality-TV. I highly doubt that. That 70s Show, The Simpsons, 24, sports, etc, are all just as big as their reality shows.
But, I will tell you this... Women don't care about much other than reality-TV. I have to curtail my football watching so that my gf can tune into Temptation Island and Paradise Hotel. The women at work ONLY care about Paradise Hotel and the like.
MONEY > *, please don't be confused.
READ WHAT I SAID NOT WHAT YOU THINK I SAID.
This has nothing to do w/IBM. IBM doesn't write many applications. This has to do with coders writing applications. Coders (and their companies) want to protect their programs. This will enable them to do so.
So, even if there is an alternative BIOS, it won't matter. Applications will be written to depend on DRM BIOSs, OSs, etc.
ok and what will that stop? Companies are going to WANT DRM enabled BIOS's, OS's, computers, etc. They like the fact that the computer is going to handle the tracking, protection, etc, of their code.
/. community can never see through that. We all have a clue. 90%+ of the population does not.
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Linux or not, the software writers are going to code programs under an architecture, BIOS, and OS that protect them!
There's a good chance that there wouldn't be a single pay-for program out there that would run on non-DRM'd systems.
People don't care if it's tracking them (after a while), they just care that it works. The
Just my worthless
Yeah, but see, there's a tiny problem there...
The OS is going to also be DRM enabled and will detect the BIOS type. If the BIOS is not DRM enabled as well the OS might not even start. Worse, the programs might detect the OS and the BIOS and see there is no DRM and will not start either.
While you Linux zealots out there might ignore this and say "so? we have OpenOffice" please remember that the possibility that interoperability will die (DMCA provisions can and most likely will change) and you will NOT be able to plod along with sending resumes at PDF and text (most companies already ignore your repeated transfers in those formats).
I am being VERY paranoid here and obviously this may never happen. There is a good chance that it will. Anything to stop terrorism and the spread of movies and music!
An OEM will also have to decide whether or not to allow an end user to turn the DRM feature off, Eades said.
This option is most likely be available for a while. You will have the option to turn off the default enabled DRM system in your computer. As more and more people become comfortable (and ignorant) of the fact that DRM is enabled (and more and more companies start enforcing restrictions via the DRM'd BIOS) we will have less and less choice but to have it enabled.
This *IS* scary. DRM in Word is *NOT*. Just to clear that up.
I have mentioned the fact that companies using Linux and not contributing back to the community is not all that great for Linux and I was flamed to death.
The "community" believes that the press is great. I don't see how it matters.
People using PVRs aren't going to give a hoot if Linux runs on it. They just know it works and that's all they will ever care about.
I think that while Linux is great, it was created from the community. Now these companies are taking everything about Linux that is great and not contributing back to the community.
This is not great.
I know you are trolling, but I doubt that would matter in this case. The families of the victims would receive the compensation (as they would still have to assume the debt due to the high cost of medical bills, funeral arrangements, etc)
Well, I hate to say it, but Groupwise (while being awful at a lot of things) I can organize my emails rather quickly and rather well.
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The Link-To feature allows me to store it in multiple folders at once.
I especially appreciate the Shared-Folder. It makes it easier for me to make emails, documents, etc, available to those that haven't a clue. The IT department is busy working on too many other things and the Novell iFolder is unacceptable for my use (my other option).
I wish I could make subfolders under Search Folders but that's for another version maybe.
Just my worthless
the Gimp doesn't do anything that I use Photoshop for.
I *hate* SO, OO, etc. MS Office products kick the crap out of what those two packages have to offer.
I am an OpenSource advocate but not in the Office suite area.
First of all, DRM wouldn't be a requirement for all documents, it would most likely be a "feature".
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Second, what the hell does Linux have to do w/Anti-DRM and people switching? Linus has specifically stated that he has no opinion either way. If you want it, woo, if not, woo. People aren't sick and tired of DRM and it's not BS (no matter what "we" think)
Linux is taking a foothold because other software companies have expensive software.
You think that an alternative to Office is going to help? There have been alternatives (Corel, etc) did it matter? Do you think because they are creating a new version of Office it will render the other files incompatible? That would be really really dumb for MS to do (no ability to bring in your old stuff? retype? what?)
The only reason for a switch is PRICE. Honestly, no matter what bullshit people spread on here about how good OO, SO, etc, are, they aren't what MSO offers. Not even close.
Until the OO, SO, etc, get some strong following and somehow create something better than Office, no one is going to care unless it is money related and even then, I doubt a few hundred dollars is going to matter...
Just my worthless
eh.
/. has heard about the ever increasing length of the food lines in more rural areas of Ohio, etc).
First of all, they want us here in the US to abide by their bullshit (DMCA and the two sons of Satan (Patriot I and II)) yet we are in another country blasting radio stations and FUNDING (at an undisclosed amount) a free proxy to *circumvent* another countries security. We should put the government in jail for violating the DMCA.
Second, we shouldn't be funding shit (not Iraq, not free proxies for Iran, nothing), we should be funding the fucking Americans without jobs (I don't know if
Third, I wasn't aware that we were back in the 1950s and 1960s where we feel the need to stop the possibility of the spread of communism, I mean the threat of terrorism. I get those ism's confused.
Let's fucking work on freeing our own country first TYVM. I would PREFER that our own people are fed, clothed, covered, and paid, rather than worrying about 10s of billions of dollars being sent overseas to countries that (for the most part) don't want us there.
Remember who is funding this funding.
eh. a few examples...
Nikon Coolpix 775 upgraded from 1.3 to 1.4 via firmware.bin available on nikonusa.com
Garmin e-Trex Vista upgraded (frequently) from www.garminusa.com
Compaq iPaq 3635 OS upgraded in 2002 to the latest available at the time...
Looks like it is already being done. Why would it change?
eh, I don't know about that. We have already found uses for 1000s of devices that now run some OS (that people left for dead). Why wouldn't we want to know how it worked so that it could be improved?
the big problem (and the reason that the companies are using it) is that they can exploit Linux for their own financial gain without giving us anything back.
While it's nice to say that Linux runs these devices, I would also like to see that fucking code get into the kernel somehow.
The reason Linux is as good as it is is because of the community. Linux programmers made the kernel the way it is OPENLY.
These companies are going to use what has already been developed and then they aren't going to continue adding those features to the kernel to be worked on by others.
Again, I am glad to see Linux is running these things, but I would prefer that Linux be made better openly by these companies embracing it.
Now, they figure no one reads the EULAs anyway, so why bother even providing a copy?
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Duh!
First off, I have worked in customer service/tech support and have heard exactly "who reads those things anyway?" "you just click ok." Right.
Second, you are surprised that CSRs don't have ALL the information they need to do their jobs? Policy changes daily and even though the CSRs are the "front line" they are never told until it's too late.
Third, I just dealt with someone today (not computer related). They clicked through a document they should have read. It explained the policy they were trying to excuse themselves from. The exact quote was, "I saw the thing I clicked through, I never read those, no one does. You can't expect me to now agree to that." Sadly, this is commonplace. It's not advantageous to read them or ignore them. If you do read them, you have to go through a lengthy process to return what you disagree with (no company expects that more than a handfull of people will ever decline), if you do agree what good does it do you? You either a) didn't read and comprehend the rights you were signing away or b) you did know, you knew it probably wouldn't matter, and when it did matter, you already sold your soul.
That's why these things should be illegal.
That's my worthless
Linux might not be but companies embracing Linux just might have that in mind.
oh get real. MS has nothing to do with Shockwave, various fools deciding what is needed to view their site, etc.
They gave us a pretty damn good browser. It was the rest of the world that flocked to supporting it.
who cares?
;)
How about those interested in clustering and not interested in paying for expensive solutions (that now exist because of high latency in ethernet)?
How about those that are interested in having a network other than their home network where 100 or 1000Mb is just not enough?
The home market isn't the ONLY market available for networking you know. Especially with FL thinking about taxing it
not only that, but with the current ecnonomic situation affecting higher education (especially here in the State of MN) if someone wants to give the institutions money SO BE IT.
That's less money the students have to pay, that's less they have to pay back later, and that's more excellent programs and hardware they have to work with.
well, a lot of people have been saying this, and I chose to respond to yours.
The Grateful Dead are a perfect example of why it doesn't matter one single bit if someone is a) out of tune b) forgets the words c) starts humming hoping the rest of the band picks up for it, etc.
Donna sang like crap (miked wrong, horrible singer, tone deaf, whatever) yet she brought a different dimension to the group.
Jerry would FREQUENTLY forget words and just trail off into no where during songs he had sung 100s of times.
Bobby (even now, Joliet, IL even) can't remember ALL the words to ALL their songs. Hell, the newer members of the band probably know the songs better than Jerry or Bobby ever did.
They were/are a successful band because they PERFOM for REAL.
They don't perform just for the money. They don't get dressed up like belly dancers, and they don't have plastic surgery.
They do it for the fans and for the music. Who the fuck cares if the songs are slightly out of tune (do you think that everyone in the crowd singing along is in tune? I know I'm not).
Enjoy the bands that perform live, write their own music, and do it for the fans.
Fuck the cookie cutter musicians that are extorting money from their naive teenage fans.
I suppose your side is true, but next to pointless compared to what the experts believe the virus is trying to do.
With more and more open relays closing, spammers are having to rely more and more on their own servers, out of the country servers, loopholes in free email service's interfaces, etc, in order to get their mail out.
With a shitload of computers at their disposal to send their spam out, they won't have to worry about hiding where it comes from, how they did it, paying for their own bandwith, or people blocking their hosts...
They can easily send out billions of spam without needing to worry about anything.
yes, it is all part of Microsoft's security initiative!
it's not like you have a choice of how to read your email with AOL. They force you to use their email reader (which sucks).
I don't believe them and their "initiative to stop SPAM". They are full of shit. My gf opens her email and still gets "GET VIAGRA ONLINE NOW". How the fuck can't they stop that specific email as SPAM and have an "initiative against SPAM" I will never know.
It's better that they do it for you (hell, AOL does everything else for its users) why not decide what is and is not SPAM?
but how are they going to say that it was disclosed via an NDA or licesense agreement when it wasn't?
The encryption was broken because of the stupidity of a particular company. One key was found because of the stupidity and the rest were figured out because of the low-strength of the keys. (40 bit?)
it's available on Thinkgeek, the box is Debian based, there is now a server (back-end) available for Linux (which has oddly enough only been tested on RedHat and SuSE when the box runs Debian?), and it's similar to what you can get w/the XBox for only $100 more (and not quite as much effort or "illegal" behavior).
Does that about answer it?