Perhaps when the successor comes out, the cost of the GameCube will drop to a point where people may actually want to buy one just for Linux rather than use the one they spent $200 for.
I was watching a show about clubs in Las Vegas and they showed the unisex bathrooms they had there with glass doors made of this stuff which would go opaque when occupied.
My dad just finished working on a office building for a local company. The main board room was nicely glassed in so the entire floor could get the outdoor light, but when they needed their privacy, they could flip a switch and turn all the glass walls opaque. Cool, but needlessly expensive when blinds would do just as well.
I guess I just don't follow the progression of "if they do this, then what's stopping them from doing this? Then this?" What's stopping them is if they put too many restrictions on their own software, people will stop buying it. Then the restrictions will go away.
As far as Palladium goes, I agree that I do not want those restrictions placed on me. Therefore I will not buy into it. If enough other people feel the same way, it will fail. Kind of like Circuit City's DIVX.
If you really need a picture of money from somewhere, a quick search on Google is all you need.
What other method would you suggest for getting music from your PC to your car?
Your options are two: Burn a CD or transfer them to a device like an iPod. If you're that concerned about wasting CDs, make sure your car player can handle CD-RWs and use those instead.
My hopes were running high, then they were crushed into the ground.
There is no proxy support built into iTunes, so I have no access to the iTMS at work and I cannot get at my purchased music. I thought the iTMS was all web-based. Why wouldn't they think to include web-proxy support?
I'm getting an Unknown Error (407).
Sigh. I've been waiting for this all day and now I'm disappointed...
Honestly, if they wanted us to buy a shirt, why didn't we get a vote on them instead of the editors? I guess that just falls into the 'slashdot persona'
Because then the winning shirt would read: "I wear the same size as CowboyNeal!"
The question is how long do those batteries last. If I have to replace them once every five years that they aren't rechargeable doesn't matter. If I have to replace them every 48 hours its more of a problem.
I've been using a Microsoft wireless mouse for about two months on the same set of AAs, so I imagine it would be comparable. If I don't use the mouse or keyboard for a couple of minutes, they go into some sort of sleep mode to save the batteries. YMMV.
Well, perhaps as part of PC Satisfaction, MS would actually have to test their patches sufficiently enough to make sure they work the first time, or at least make sure that your system can be rolled back if problems still pop up.
So you make the software update so that you agree to a EULA the first time you run it. As long as there are no changes, the patched get installed automatically. Any patch that brings a change to the EULA will not install. It would be downloaded, but a message would pop up saying that there is an update, and make you agree to the new EULA before it is installed.
At any rate, I think the EULA changes come with things like new versions of the Media Player and the like. Those shouldn't be done automatically anyway. Only security patches should be automatic.
As long as there is a way to disable it, I don't see why this would be a problem. The users who don't care about this are exactly the people that need it anyway.
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Chalk another one up here, anyway...
Perhaps when the successor comes out, the cost of the GameCube will drop to a point where people may actually want to buy one just for Linux rather than use the one they spent $200 for.
I was watching a show about clubs in Las Vegas and they showed the unisex bathrooms they had there with glass doors made of this stuff which would go opaque when occupied.
My dad just finished working on a office building for a local company. The main board room was nicely glassed in so the entire floor could get the outdoor light, but when they needed their privacy, they could flip a switch and turn all the glass walls opaque. Cool, but needlessly expensive when blinds would do just as well.
Kind of like the priest from my hometown that found an interesting thing to do with duck poop...
Talk about your well-timed product announcements...
I guess I just don't follow the progression of "if they do this, then what's stopping them from doing this? Then this?" What's stopping them is if they put too many restrictions on their own software, people will stop buying it. Then the restrictions will go away.
As far as Palladium goes, I agree that I do not want those restrictions placed on me. Therefore I will not buy into it. If enough other people feel the same way, it will fail. Kind of like Circuit City's DIVX.
If you really need a picture of money from somewhere, a quick search on Google is all you need.
I've never had the urge to scan pictures of currency, so I guess they'll have at least one left.
From the discussions here, it sounds like I'm the only one whose life isn't going to end because of this...
And what sort of immoral place do you work at and why hasn't HR gotten involved?
The latest version of MacOS X Mail attempts to do threading to keep back-and-forth discussions together.
Well, that's not entirely true...
Seems the right to get the service you pay for trumps the 'right' of the FBI to spy on you, using your own vehicle's systems!"
According to your article, it apparantly doesn't.
Gone With the Wind has this as well.
I guess I should clarify... it's an authenticating proxy server, so I would need to enter a login and password somewhere.
What other method would you suggest for getting music from your PC to your car?
Your options are two: Burn a CD or transfer them to a device like an iPod. If you're that concerned about wasting CDs, make sure your car player can handle CD-RWs and use those instead.
Yep, but still nothing. I guess I'll just have to wait 'till I get home. (And DL the Mac version...)
You can burn your purchased songs onto a CD to play wherever you want. What's the problem?
My hopes were running high, then they were crushed into the ground.
There is no proxy support built into iTunes, so I have no access to the iTMS at work and I cannot get at my purchased music. I thought the iTMS was all web-based. Why wouldn't they think to include web-proxy support?
I'm getting an Unknown Error (407).
Sigh. I've been waiting for this all day and now I'm disappointed...
Panther is only $69 if you qualify!
Honestly, if they wanted us to buy a shirt, why didn't we get a vote on them instead of the editors? I guess that just falls into the 'slashdot persona'
Because then the winning shirt would read: "I wear the same size as CowboyNeal!"
The question is how long do those batteries last. If I have to replace them once every five years that they aren't rechargeable doesn't matter. If I have to replace them every 48 hours its more of a problem.
I've been using a Microsoft wireless mouse for about two months on the same set of AAs, so I imagine it would be comparable. If I don't use the mouse or keyboard for a couple of minutes, they go into some sort of sleep mode to save the batteries. YMMV.
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Well, perhaps as part of PC Satisfaction, MS would actually have to test their patches sufficiently enough to make sure they work the first time, or at least make sure that your system can be rolled back if problems still pop up.
So you make the software update so that you agree to a EULA the first time you run it. As long as there are no changes, the patched get installed automatically. Any patch that brings a change to the EULA will not install. It would be downloaded, but a message would pop up saying that there is an update, and make you agree to the new EULA before it is installed.
At any rate, I think the EULA changes come with things like new versions of the Media Player and the like. Those shouldn't be done automatically anyway. Only security patches should be automatic.
As long as there is a way to disable it, I don't see why this would be a problem. The users who don't care about this are exactly the people that need it anyway.
CNN is reporting on TV that the FBI is looking into the probably unlikely possibility that msblast could have caused this.