The comparision should be between systems that are *both* pre-installed. After all, if it were shown that Linux was easier to use or favored, companies *would* pre-install it.
I also never go the manufacturer; I'm not big enough for them to care in most cases, and its really the retailer's responsibility to slap Sony or MS around for these types of things.
"Look, we've got dozens of these defective XBox 360's, we're returning them for full refund. If you don't refund us, we're not carrying this crap anymore.
There's a difference between writing about one's self ("Michael is a genius") and editing out others' comments about one's self ("Michael is an ass^H^H^H").
In any case, Wikipedia allows the viewing of historical changes; so people can be held accountable for such edits anyway.
We're talking about the companies that have successfully marketed HDMI as a good thing.
People want less wires, so we combine digital audio (one cable) and digital video (DVI - one cable) to make HDMI... plus a copy protection component.
I'd rather have my coax digital audio and my DVI connectors without the copy protection, but I've actually heard people complain that a given DVD player or TV "only" has DVI/SPDIF and they want HDMI because its "better".
Consumers are sheep.
Capitalism might work if people cared.
Mind you, if people cared, they'd vote too. Like that happens.
Maybe Microsoft, Sony et al will actually come to the rescue on this one.
No, no, I'm not being funny -- there are companies out there working on digital convergence devices that are much more valuable to consumers without these provisions. As such, they stand to lose sales and marketability with restrictions that can't be bypassed legally even in non-infringing cases.
Microsoft doesn't want tech support calls about why their XBox365 (note version change) can't play the TV show they just recorded on their Tivo.
As such, I'd expect these people to be the ones to stand up to the entertainment groups (in some cases, other divisions of their own companies).
Agreed. If my hardware wants to enforce the law (and I'd like to point out that car governors don't limit cars to the speed limit almost anywhere), then it better enforce it accurately.
More importantly, there should be provision for rights requests to be honored remotely. That is to say, if I actually do call up Disney and get rights to make a copy of a movie that will be on TV tonight, how are they going to be able to "allow" me to do so?
Sophisticated keying systems with authority placed in neutral bodies would be necessary before any such 'law enforcement' electronics should become legal.
The only thing I'd really like 3D for on my desktop is icons. If we could have more distinct icons because they were fully 3D (and animated? think PS2 save game icons), then we'd be able to more quickly recognize the functions of various widgets on the desktop / in software.
This is a problem I have with users already... "no, the one with the little scisors, yes, that one, yes, those are scisors... "
The Hypertext Who Biography of members, discography, album reviews, and concert photos going back to 1969. www.thewho.net/ - 30k - Cached - Similar pages
Assuming a proper framework, one could simply block all unsigned messages and avoid the issue of spam, etc. entirely. The resulting signed messages would only be accepted from pre-approved senders, and the rest either entirely discarded or made available for later scrutiny when one is bored.
I must admit that most of this would be somewhat difficult for the average person, as of yet.
SNMP is a protocol that allows the communication of various statuses or other arbitrary informations about one machine or network to another.
SNMP data is organized in a tree-like hierarchy with numbers assigned by company, type, and sub-types as necessary.
Examples:...
Well, that's a good chunk of what you need to know. Examples would deal with the rest practically. PS, like a previous poster said, the excessively detailed stuff belongs to the RFCs.
I'm not sure what friend would feel you were obligated to read the 700 pages and report back. I'd be personally quite happy that you enjoyed the book, however much or little of it that you read.
This is why I buy people books -- I buy them sometimes challenging, sometimes light books, but its an interesting effort to try and match a book with a person properly. There are people I know who would be insulted by a book of less than 500 pages. Others would be insulted by a book with more than 20.
More interestingly, it portends to restrict anyone from "outside" the private community from seeing who's on the inside.
For example, a law enforcement official would presumably have to register to see the IP addresses of those pirating a movie, instead of just turning on Azureus.
More importantly, sugar is unnaturally expensive in the USA because of import regulations on foreign (cheaper) sugars. Thus a lot of american candy companies relocating to Canada.
Also, most people do in fact prefer the syrup-sweetened taste to that of granulated sugar. Its been studied a lot.
... treating an ex-IT employee that has given notice (not being laid off or fired) like that is moronic. They probably know more ways into the network than those who are locking them out do.
In fact, I'm the one who deleted my own passcode at one ex-employer because I was the one who programmed the alarm systems.
Treat the person with respect if they bothered giving notice -- if they wanted to steal customer data, etc., they would have done it before giving notice. Duh.
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That's a flawed argument.
The comparision should be between systems that are *both* pre-installed. After all, if it were shown that Linux was easier to use or favored, companies *would* pre-install it.
I saw the same thing ... "woah, ugly!" when I looked at the pictures.
I wouldn't want that on my desk, or under it for that matter.
If you want pretty, check out Zalman's stuff, like the fan I use in my PC.
I'm trying to figure out why this wouldn't be a comments and ratings system for websites, like Google was initially intended to be.
I don't mean [****o] ratings like Alexa and such offer, but actual trust-based user feedback like the Slashdot friends system.
If people I trust liked a site, I'd like to know about it, basically.
Note to Sony: make sure your PS3 drives have good locking mechanisms to hold the disc level w.r.t. the box so as to not cause disc scratches.
;-)
Not that the PS2 ever had this problem
I also never go the manufacturer; I'm not big enough for them to care in most cases, and its really the retailer's responsibility to slap Sony or MS around for these types of things.
"Look, we've got dozens of these defective XBox 360's, we're returning them for full refund. If you don't refund us, we're not carrying this crap anymore.
-- Walmarket"
... that's just asinine.
The fact that you could go next door and strangle your neighbour with your bare hands doesn't mean you will, does it?
The fact that you could download every video game known to man doesn't mean you will, does it?
The volition to break the law is completely different from the ability.
If you want good games to come out, buy the ones you like so those companies make money.
There's a difference between writing about one's self ("Michael is a genius") and editing out others' comments about one's self ("Michael is an ass^H^H^H").
In any case, Wikipedia allows the viewing of historical changes; so people can be held accountable for such edits anyway.
We're talking about the companies that have successfully marketed HDMI as a good thing.
... plus a copy protection component.
People want less wires, so we combine digital audio (one cable) and digital video (DVI - one cable) to make HDMI
I'd rather have my coax digital audio and my DVI connectors without the copy protection, but I've actually heard people complain that a given DVD player or TV "only" has DVI/SPDIF and they want HDMI because its "better".
Consumers are sheep.
Capitalism might work if people cared.
Mind you, if people cared, they'd vote too. Like that happens.
Maybe Microsoft, Sony et al will actually come to the rescue on this one.
No, no, I'm not being funny -- there are companies out there working on digital convergence devices that are much more valuable to consumers without these provisions. As such, they stand to lose sales and marketability with restrictions that can't be bypassed legally even in non-infringing cases.
Microsoft doesn't want tech support calls about why their XBox365 (note version change) can't play the TV show they just recorded on their Tivo.
As such, I'd expect these people to be the ones to stand up to the entertainment groups (in some cases, other divisions of their own companies).
Agreed. If my hardware wants to enforce the law (and I'd like to point out that car governors don't limit cars to the speed limit almost anywhere), then it better enforce it accurately.
More importantly, there should be provision for rights requests to be honored remotely. That is to say, if I actually do call up Disney and get rights to make a copy of a movie that will be on TV tonight, how are they going to be able to "allow" me to do so?
Sophisticated keying systems with authority placed in neutral bodies would be necessary before any such 'law enforcement' electronics should become legal.
The only thing I'd really like 3D for on my desktop is icons. If we could have more distinct icons because they were fully 3D (and animated? think PS2 save game icons), then we'd be able to more quickly recognize the functions of various widgets on the desktop / in software.
... "no, the one with the little scisors, yes, that one, yes, those are scisors ... "
This is a problem I have with users already
Actually, I only use visual IDEs for the live syntax checking and automatic help pop-ups.
Otherwise, I'm happier with vim 90% of the time.
Funny but untrue of course; first result:
The Hypertext Who
Biography of members, discography, album reviews, and concert photos going back to 1969.
www.thewho.net/ - 30k - Cached - Similar pages
You encrypt your message to me.
You then add the 'to mike' header.
You then encrypt it to the second remailer.
You then add the 'to second remailer' header.
You then encrypt it to the first remailer.
You then send it to the first remailer.
The first remailer decrypts it, holds it for a random amount of time, then sends it along to the second remailer.
The second remailer decrypts it, holds it for a random amount of time, then sends it along to me.
I decrypt it and nobody is the wiser.
Assuming a proper framework, one could simply block all unsigned messages and avoid the issue of spam, etc. entirely. The resulting signed messages would only be accepted from pre-approved senders, and the rest either entirely discarded or made available for later scrutiny when one is bored.
I must admit that most of this would be somewhat difficult for the average person, as of yet.
You do know what an anonymous remailer is, right?
SNMP is a protocol that allows the communication of various statuses or other arbitrary informations about one machine or network to another.
...
SNMP data is organized in a tree-like hierarchy with numbers assigned by company, type, and sub-types as necessary.
Examples:
Well, that's a good chunk of what you need to know. Examples would deal with the rest practically. PS, like a previous poster said, the excessively detailed stuff belongs to the RFCs.
It seems nobody has said the obvious yet ...
Encrypt your private communications.
Use anonymous remailers.
If you actually get charged, they'll require you to give up your keys, but they won't be snooping at your E-mails behind your back.
pgp.com
gnupg.org
Last I checked, my DVD rips (yes, of movies I own ... see previous comments of mine) are between 300 and 2000 MB depending on quality / length.
At 1MB/s uplink, sure, I'd need half an hour to upload the high quality stuff, but only 5 minutes to upload the lower quality rips.
And before you ask, yes, I routinely get around 900KB/s uplink on my cable service.
EBay makes all its money from its top sellers.
They pay the commissions to use the service afterall.
This is actually a good argument for using directories like dmoz or class-specific search engines that are weeded regularly.
I'm not sure what friend would feel you were obligated to read the 700 pages and report back. I'd be personally quite happy that you enjoyed the book, however much or little of it that you read.
This is why I buy people books -- I buy them sometimes challenging, sometimes light books, but its an interesting effort to try and match a book with a person properly. There are people I know who would be insulted by a book of less than 500 pages. Others would be insulted by a book with more than 20.
More interestingly, it portends to restrict anyone from "outside" the private community from seeing who's on the inside.
For example, a law enforcement official would presumably have to register to see the IP addresses of those pirating a movie, instead of just turning on Azureus.
More importantly, sugar is unnaturally expensive in the USA because of import regulations on foreign (cheaper) sugars. Thus a lot of american candy companies relocating to Canada.
Also, most people do in fact prefer the syrup-sweetened taste to that of granulated sugar. Its been studied a lot.
... treating an ex-IT employee that has given notice (not being laid off or fired) like that is moronic. They probably know more ways into the network than those who are locking them out do.
In fact, I'm the one who deleted my own passcode at one ex-employer because I was the one who programmed the alarm systems.
Treat the person with respect if they bothered giving notice -- if they wanted to steal customer data, etc., they would have done it before giving notice. Duh.