What's even more scary is that they didn't think to get rid of the out-dated "save file" metaphor. Why can't I just type stuff in and have it persist automatically? If I type over something, the computer should just remember what was there before and allow me to go back.
Maybe it's just me, but I always had multiple assignments in school. I'd rather not try to keep typing notes at the bottom of my paper on my country's history.
Not the AC, but I'll answer that. The biggest correction would have been to actually make some effort at making sense. All you did was change many word to their antonyms with no regard for how they would actually read, giving us nonsense such as:
Allowing such videos on youtube, and electronic devices as whole from schools, is a broad handed tyrannical gesture and an affront to teacher's rights and free speech.
Not only does this not make grammatical sense in several spots, it's not even a sensible argument in the first place.
If you were going for pure absurdity, congratulations. If you thought you were making an intelligent and thought-provoking comment on the parent post, I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
Because they can't prosecute server/site owners who are outside of Canada. Sure, they could notify the legal authorities in that country, and might... but if nothing's done, what's their recourse?
I disagree with the entire concept of a national firewall, but I see their reasoning: block access to sites outside of Canada that have material illegal within Canada.
Actually, there's a transcript of the recording out there. The kid did take the teacher to task, and only went to the principal after that made no headway whatsoever.
The basic argument is that with $100 you could almost feed a village for a year, so why waste that sum on a laptop? What are they thinking?
Folks are thinking that so far, efforts to simply pay for food fail. Often the money (or supplies) are simply grabbed by the government/military/rebels/whathaveyou before they can get to the villiages that need them. World hunger and poverty won't be cured through direct donation (though donation can help alleviate the symptoms for a while).
What the $100 laptop program aims to do is provide these countries an opportunity to more easily educate their children so, as those generations grow up, they can be employed in better paying jobs or even develop new companies within their country. By helping these people build their education & employment situations from the ground up, they can eventually bring their entire nation out of third-world status.
This certainly isn't a silver bullet. There's bound to be incidents of theft and vandalism of the laptops by those opposed to letting the average citizen work up out of poverty, and those just looking for a quick buck. But, it's at least an opportunity for these nations to start rebuilding their economies.
Just to cut off some of the "OMG ST4LK3RZ" hype: this is an opt-in service. Customers have to actually sign up for it and (starting next year) pay for it. They can then invite people to join their buddy list and share their data. Other people can request to join, and you can always turn off the feature for everyone or just for specific people on your list.
Also, this is for Sprint/Nextel's Boost Mobile pay-as-you-go division, not Sprint/Nextel contract phones.
(Disclaimer: I work for Boost's tech support division. My comments are not intended to reflect the opinions of my employers, and all that jazz.)
Just to play devil's advocate, why should I have to waste my time searching through all of these different websites to see if they have my content on them?
It's called "protecting your IP." Failure to do so means that IP can be ruled as belonging to someone else or opened.
The difference is, it's everywhere and in the hands of the current government. A challenger to that government could find themselves in a very awkward position if said government used those surveillance records against them, regardless of context. It's different from having one person photographed by a random reporter or citizen on the street, versus having cameras virtually everywhere you go automatically recording your actions.
AAC is NOT an Apple-only format. The Fairplay DRM that Apple uses on their songs purchased through iTunes is Apple-only, but non-DRM AAC is available on any music player that wants it.
Not surprising. I saw this site on Friday, and he was already requesting donations due to the rise in bandwidth as this made its way across the 'net. I'd say his bank account just melted.
They don't. Then again, giving copies of the song to your friend is not fair use. Letting them listen to your copies on your CD/MP3 player/8-track/etc. would be fair use. Giving/selling them the physical CD/MP3 player*/8-track/etc. would be fair. Just letting them "borrow" a copy off your player is not.
* Provided you didn't keep a copy on your hard drive, naturally.
Seconded. I work for another cell company, and we are only allowed to hang up on a customer if:
1) the customer becomes abusive (swearing, insults, threats, etc.) 2) there is a connection problem (dead air, the customer can't hear us, too much static to make out the conversation, etc.) 3) the call becomes 'unproductive' ("No sir, we do not give refunds for ringtones." "I want a refund." "No sir, we do not give refunds for ringdones." "I want my refund now!" etc.)
On the flip side: this is an easy way for people to communicate with others they may never have met before. It allows them to share ideas, debate and generally interact with social groups they otherwise might never have found in their local communities.
It provides a creative outlet for those who want to build something, but might not have formal training in art or computer programming. For those that do, it gives them a virtually global showcase of their talents, which can translate into some real-world notoriety.
Finally, it's just plain fun to walk around in a virtual world as a giant pumpkin, if one wants.
I think you've lost it. Fanboy? When did I say I was a fanboy of anything? I've tried every web browser available for my OS. I even like Opera, but the way its UI works was just too frustrating after a while.
No, it does not load in the background when you Ctrl-Shift-click by default. (Laptops don't have "middle" buttons.)
Yes, I've delved into the View menu. Which did jack for tweaking the things I wanted. Sorry, you're being dismissive and rather silly. I've not no reason to lie about my experience, while you seem to be trying to win a childhood popularity contest.
Copyright violations do not require that the copyright holder has lost profit from the infringement. That's one of the oldest misunderstandings of copyright law there is.
It certainly helps their infringement case to show loss, but it is not a requirement.
No, I'm not. By default Opera does not open tabs in the background without the Ctrl-Shift-Click, and I still haven't found a way to make it default to that behavior on a middle click. Whereas, in every other browser, there's a simple checkbox in the preferences to activate that.
By default, Opera puts your bookmarks into Alphabetical sorting. Took me hours of searching through the preferences and forums to figure out how to turn that off.
And yes, you can drag and drop bookmarks onto the Personal bar... provided you go in and turn it on. Then turn off its alphabetical sorting, so it actually displays the way I want.
I'm not lying, I'm telling you that Opera's UI behavior is very different from practically every other browser out there.
The hell it does. I like the way Opera renders pages, but I have to fight with the UI to get it to do things the way I want. Like, not rearrange my bookmarks alphabetically; open tabs in the background; add bookmarks to the Favorites bar; etc.
Yeah, the basics are the same (forward-back, address line, and such), but the way it handles anything else is very different from other browsers.
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Maybe it's just me, but I always had multiple assignments in school. I'd rather not try to keep typing notes at the bottom of my paper on my country's history.
Allowing such videos on youtube, and electronic devices as whole from schools, is a broad handed tyrannical gesture and an affront to teacher's rights and free speech.
Not only does this not make grammatical sense in several spots, it's not even a sensible argument in the first place.
If you were going for pure absurdity, congratulations. If you thought you were making an intelligent and thought-provoking comment on the parent post, I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
Because they can't prosecute server/site owners who are outside of Canada. Sure, they could notify the legal authorities in that country, and might... but if nothing's done, what's their recourse?
I disagree with the entire concept of a national firewall, but I see their reasoning: block access to sites outside of Canada that have material illegal within Canada.
In an attic a state away, yeah. Dunno if they still work after all these years.
On second thought, it's WP 6.0 not 5.1, but close enough I'm sure. ;)
Actually, there's a transcript of the recording out there. The kid did take the teacher to task, and only went to the principal after that made no headway whatsoever.
Folks are thinking that so far, efforts to simply pay for food fail. Often the money (or supplies) are simply grabbed by the government/military/rebels/whathaveyou before they can get to the villiages that need them. World hunger and poverty won't be cured through direct donation (though donation can help alleviate the symptoms for a while).
What the $100 laptop program aims to do is provide these countries an opportunity to more easily educate their children so, as those generations grow up, they can be employed in better paying jobs or even develop new companies within their country. By helping these people build their education & employment situations from the ground up, they can eventually bring their entire nation out of third-world status.
This certainly isn't a silver bullet. There's bound to be incidents of theft and vandalism of the laptops by those opposed to letting the average citizen work up out of poverty, and those just looking for a quick buck. But, it's at least an opportunity for these nations to start rebuilding their economies.
The Chinese have a navy. It's just very quiet.
Also, this is for Sprint/Nextel's Boost Mobile pay-as-you-go division, not Sprint/Nextel contract phones.
(Disclaimer: I work for Boost's tech support division. My comments are not intended to reflect the opinions of my employers, and all that jazz.)
It's called "protecting your IP." Failure to do so means that IP can be ruled as belonging to someone else or opened.
The thing is, it's STILL just a rumor. This article doesn't prove anything yet. Until we get a press release from Apple, it's just a rumor.
The difference is, it's everywhere and in the hands of the current government. A challenger to that government could find themselves in a very awkward position if said government used those surveillance records against them, regardless of context. It's different from having one person photographed by a random reporter or citizen on the street, versus having cameras virtually everywhere you go automatically recording your actions.
As someone mentioned upthread, accessibility for the disabled is a lot easier when you can parse XML for content.
Then how is it I can regularly back up my iTunes purchased music, hmm? And even transfer it to another machine, if I like!
DRM does not instantly mean all Fair Use has been stripped from the product.
If you want to be taken seriously, use the correct terminology. Don't say one thing and mean another, regardless of context.
AAC is NOT an Apple-only format. The Fairplay DRM that Apple uses on their songs purchased through iTunes is Apple-only, but non-DRM AAC is available on any music player that wants it.
Not surprising. I saw this site on Friday, and he was already requesting donations due to the rise in bandwidth as this made its way across the 'net. I'd say his bank account just melted.
Slashdot: where websites go to die.
* Provided you didn't keep a copy on your hard drive, naturally.
Seconded. I work for another cell company, and we are only allowed to hang up on a customer if:
1) the customer becomes abusive (swearing, insults, threats, etc.)
2) there is a connection problem (dead air, the customer can't hear us, too much static to make out the conversation, etc.)
3) the call becomes 'unproductive' ("No sir, we do not give refunds for ringtones." "I want a refund." "No sir, we do not give refunds for ringdones." "I want my refund now!" etc.)
I would guess T-Mobile has a similar policy.
On the flip side: this is an easy way for people to communicate with others they may never have met before. It allows them to share ideas, debate and generally interact with social groups they otherwise might never have found in their local communities.
It provides a creative outlet for those who want to build something, but might not have formal training in art or computer programming. For those that do, it gives them a virtually global showcase of their talents, which can translate into some real-world notoriety.
Finally, it's just plain fun to walk around in a virtual world as a giant pumpkin, if one wants.
No, it does not load in the background when you Ctrl-Shift-click by default. (Laptops don't have "middle" buttons.)
Yes, I've delved into the View menu. Which did jack for tweaking the things I wanted. Sorry, you're being dismissive and rather silly. I've not no reason to lie about my experience, while you seem to be trying to win a childhood popularity contest.
It certainly helps their infringement case to show loss, but it is not a requirement.
By default, Opera puts your bookmarks into Alphabetical sorting. Took me hours of searching through the preferences and forums to figure out how to turn that off.
And yes, you can drag and drop bookmarks onto the Personal bar... provided you go in and turn it on. Then turn off its alphabetical sorting, so it actually displays the way I want.
I'm not lying, I'm telling you that Opera's UI behavior is very different from practically every other browser out there.
Sounds like it's "Linux for the rest of us," actually.
'bout damn time, I say.
Yeah, the basics are the same (forward-back, address line, and such), but the way it handles anything else is very different from other browsers.
... I can't believe I just referenced Johnny Mnemonic.