There are studies that claim your point is false. It doesn't matter when you eat it, if you don't use it it gets stored as fat. The previous reply makes the main point: excess energy not used normally and by way of exercise is stored as fat. Simple as that.
Two scenarios: 1: If I wanted to fix it it might take me some time. I might do it to learn new things, or to learn how to handle specific problems. 2: If I just wanted to work and I had crap all over the main hard drive (spyware, trojans, worms, etc). It would take me something like 3-6 minutes to recover it from an image of the drive. By the time I come back from making tea, I'd be set to do my thing again.
Now in actuality scenarios 1 and 2 never come up. I haven't had a box with a problem in over 4 years. I owe it all to proper backup techniques and safe computer use protocols. And as long as only adults use my home systems I expect perfect compliance with my protocols. During parties and such, the computers are off limits to one and all. I keep one box open sometimes just to provide access to my music server. Really, this isn't that hard.
Sometimes I think that Slashdotters like to pretend that things are harder than they really are. Being prepared is cool and one does not want to underestimate security issues. But let's be reasonable in terms of what is actually involved: 1. Firewall (available for free) 2. Anti-virus and anti-spyware programs (available for free) 3. Backup imaging (for 99%-100% solid you pay)
So seriously, how hard is that to implement when you first set up a system? That's maybe 4-5 extra pieces of software that you need to save your ass when a problem arises. You implement these things or you pay the price later on. I would actually expect the average Slashdot reader to have done these things - I'm not saying the average computer user, I am saying the average user of this site. And it seems to me that those 3 basic steps are worth taking regardless of what platform you happen to be on. The one that's a "maybe" is the anti-virus software, but then again why not do it anyway even if your platform is not the number one targeted platform? The absence of a firewall or proper backup routine is the way only an idiot would administrate a machine.
Now I play with Windows and occasionally with Linux - are Mac users running their boxes with the idiot method? No firewall and no backup?
You seem to be knowledgeable about how to get rid of the various troublesome pests, but unable to prevent them from infesting your own machine at home. Are there more users of that machine than just yourself? Do they refuse to obey your simple rules in terms of safe computer usage?
I almost never have any problems. And when people follow my computer use recommendations they don't have any problems either.
Not in my case. They reneged. Iomega will NEVER see another penny from me.
From where I sit you are talking out your ass. What ever happened to companies not making enormous errors of this type in the first place?
I am currently wrapping up a similar problem with OCZ RAM. Sure, in this case they are making good on swapping bad for good RAM sticks, but do you know how much time I have lost testing their crap RAM? Corsair from now on I guess...
Second, many "entertainment" technologies are almost entirely predicated on making copies - iPod, vcr, dvd writer, high speed DSL, etc.
And seriously, how many non-graphic artists do you know that own a legit version of Photoshop? People just do duplicate software. It's not a lost sale becuase that person would never buy the product for $500+ anyway. But get it for free from a friend, no problem.
And what about mere loaner copies? I have lent people books so that they didn't have to get their own copies. I have done the same with CDs and DVDs and whatever else over time. There's lots of ways to avoid putting money into the system while still making use of the thing that the money was supposed to get you.
That's just the way things are. Everyone knows this. I just weep for your fragile grasp of economic realities
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Uh...yeah...
Listen, I only have time to make this simple statement to you: "free trade" is a myth. Please show me one place on earth engaged in 100% unencumbered free trade. The answer is you can't. What that means is your economic ideal doesn't exist and never did.
I think you raise an interesting point. The hope is that legislation is written correctly the first time. In reality, and very much like code, laws require ongoing tweaking and maintenance. At least the heart of this law is in the right place. The implementation is probably all wrong and subject to being rewritten later on.
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The parent makes an excellent point and should be modded up. This same point has been made ad nauseam by traditonally conservative sources like The Economist.
You have a real problem when even The Economist thinks those at the top are being too greedy - The Economist is practically the propaganda arm of capitalist elite "free trader" psychopaths.
Corporations should have no rights, they exist because we allow them to exist as long as they are a public good. By contrast, individuals have rights. All laws flow from the rights of individuals - even the ones that create corporations.
Corporations have the responsibility to maintain open records and to regularly undergo public scrutiny. Individuals have rights to privacy that include the freedom to communicate in ways that go unscrutinized by govt. officials, but most particularly from the prying eyes of corporations and other persons.
You can regulate an ISP as a corporation all you like, but when you seek my IP address you violate my individual rights to privacy.
My only question to you is: did you really need to be told this?
I think the part that Cringely wanted to get at was the part where the proposed XBOX does most of the things most people would want from a computer. The problem will most likely be security, the more the XBOX behaves like a PC the more it will have to be protected as one as well - and that's where the fact that it doesn't run general purpose apps bites everyone in the ass.
I still think a proper desktop PC is better than any possible "appliance" type PC, or even a laptop for that matter.
I have a pivoting monitor and I can assure you that the computer screen was meant to be vertical, not horizontal. I assume you were going that way with your comment...
So yeah, a screen that is even more horizontal is of little use. The problem is the presumed convergence of all things electronic. Now maybe convergence is actually happening, but most computer software and movie DVDs have vastly different demands on screen size.
I love reading websites as if they were a vertical page of newsprint. Other stuff looks great that way too: digital comic books, MS Reader texts, PDFs, etc.
Composing documents with a full page view is really nice too. If I were still doing legal research and writing, I'd probably find it indispensable - as it is it's really nice anyway. Horizontal never made any sense, it just meant lots of scrolling or pages too small to view in their entirety.
And the problem will remain with us: movies look good in a wide landscape frame, reading is easier if the lines are narrower. No compromise except via pivoting screens.
Right. And let's not forget the probable rewriting of Lucas' drivel into something tasty as accomplished by Leigh Brackett. You might have heard of her, she's quite famous really - certainly in her time.
Lucas is going to be remembered most for what he brought to the areas of special effects and theater sound installations (his THX thingy).
A great director he is not. A great screen writer he is not. Get it straight.
VBR Alt Preset Standard LAME encoded is indistinguishable from its source for something like 9 out of 10 people. Fine, so you're the 10% maybe - or maybe you have just been hearing poorly made MP3s. I have tried telling the difference between the original CD and a LAME encoded MP3 myself using some midrange Grado headphones - and I do not hear a difference.
I find LAME encoded MP3s a satisfactory compromise between HD space and efficiency. Pipe it through a good stereo system or through some better than average speakers and it's pretty damned good sounding. Best jukebox-like solution I have ever found. If I ever have the jones to hear my actual CDs, I still have them all boxed up in storage.
You know, deer meat is pretty tasty. My co-workers used to hunt and prepare venison burritos for all of us back at the job. Excellent food. No waste.
I feel perfectly ethical about it. The amorality in the act of killing animals is in the waste factor. It is not a matter of sport unless you hunt with your bare hands, beast vs. beast.
Why buy to collect? Why buy to speculate? You're as bad as a chump putting his first foot down in Las Vegas with plans to make $$$ rather than see the shows and hit the buffets.
You buy comics to enjoy them - just like you enjoy music, movies, live performance, TV, sporting events, books, and magazines. If you don't enjoy it, don't spend your money on it.
If you thought there was money to be made in it, that's just big business separating a sucker from his wallet. You lost.
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There are studies that claim your point is false. It doesn't matter when you eat it, if you don't use it it gets stored as fat. The previous reply makes the main point: excess energy not used normally and by way of exercise is stored as fat. Simple as that.
Use it or store it.
Two scenarios:
1: If I wanted to fix it it might take me some time. I might do it to learn new things, or to learn how to handle specific problems.
2: If I just wanted to work and I had crap all over the main hard drive (spyware, trojans, worms, etc). It would take me something like 3-6 minutes to recover it from an image of the drive. By the time I come back from making tea, I'd be set to do my thing again.
Now in actuality scenarios 1 and 2 never come up. I haven't had a box with a problem in over 4 years. I owe it all to proper backup techniques and safe computer use protocols. And as long as only adults use my home systems I expect perfect compliance with my protocols. During parties and such, the computers are off limits to one and all. I keep one box open sometimes just to provide access to my music server. Really, this isn't that hard.
Sometimes I think that Slashdotters like to pretend that things are harder than they really are. Being prepared is cool and one does not want to underestimate security issues. But let's be reasonable in terms of what is actually involved:
1. Firewall (available for free)
2. Anti-virus and anti-spyware programs (available for free)
3. Backup imaging (for 99%-100% solid you pay)
So seriously, how hard is that to implement when you first set up a system? That's maybe 4-5 extra pieces of software that you need to save your ass when a problem arises. You implement these things or you pay the price later on. I would actually expect the average Slashdot reader to have done these things - I'm not saying the average computer user, I am saying the average user of this site. And it seems to me that those 3 basic steps are worth taking regardless of what platform you happen to be on. The one that's a "maybe" is the anti-virus software, but then again why not do it anyway even if your platform is not the number one targeted platform? The absence of a firewall or proper backup routine is the way only an idiot would administrate a machine.
Now I play with Windows and occasionally with Linux - are Mac users running their boxes with the idiot method? No firewall and no backup?
Without offense, the part where you state that you reinstall windows every six months tells me you do not know what you are doing.
I don't understand.
You seem to be knowledgeable about how to get rid of the various troublesome pests, but unable to prevent them from infesting your own machine at home. Are there more users of that machine than just yourself? Do they refuse to obey your simple rules in terms of safe computer usage?
I almost never have any problems. And when people follow my computer use recommendations they don't have any problems either.
Tiered pricing solves these issues. But Adobe would probably just prefer to lose money and get the BSA to do their dirty work for them.
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I am saying they specifically did not replace my drive. They reneged on their warranty. As in their warranty was worth ZERO to me.
Actually, I can't even believe the company survives. But then I can't believe you are attempting to cheerlead for these whackjobs either.
Yeah, thanks for that. Backup is all about multiple copies (including a few off site in case of real disasters).
Not in my case. They reneged. Iomega will NEVER see another penny from me.
From where I sit you are talking out your ass. What ever happened to companies not making enormous errors of this type in the first place?
I am currently wrapping up a similar problem with OCZ RAM. Sure, in this case they are making good on swapping bad for good RAM sticks, but do you know how much time I have lost testing their crap RAM? Corsair from now on I guess...
First, you have to read what was written better.
Second, many "entertainment" technologies are almost entirely predicated on making copies - iPod, vcr, dvd writer, high speed DSL, etc.
And seriously, how many non-graphic artists do you know that own a legit version of Photoshop? People just do duplicate software. It's not a lost sale becuase that person would never buy the product for $500+ anyway. But get it for free from a friend, no problem.
And what about mere loaner copies? I have lent people books so that they didn't have to get their own copies. I have done the same with CDs and DVDs and whatever else over time. There's lots of ways to avoid putting money into the system while still making use of the thing that the money was supposed to get you.
That's just the way things are. Everyone knows this. I just weep for your fragile grasp of economic realities
Oh, it's just too easy...
Uh...yeah...
Listen, I only have time to make this simple statement to you: "free trade" is a myth. Please show me one place on earth engaged in 100% unencumbered free trade. The answer is you can't. What that means is your economic ideal doesn't exist and never did.
Welcome to Reality 101.
I think you raise an interesting point. The hope is that legislation is written correctly the first time. In reality, and very much like code, laws require ongoing tweaking and maintenance. At least the heart of this law is in the right place. The implementation is probably all wrong and subject to being rewritten later on.
The parent makes an excellent point and should be modded up. This same point has been made ad nauseam by traditonally conservative sources like The Economist.
You have a real problem when even The Economist thinks those at the top are being too greedy - The Economist is practically the propaganda arm of capitalist elite "free trader" psychopaths.
"Until computers can smoke joints and get a buzz, drink beer and get a buzz, and have orgasms, I won't consider it "living"."
Well, Bender drinks beer, smokes cigars, and chases fembots - you connect the dots!
And I care about you why? Another AC waste of flesh...
Dear Jackass:
I am replying to the parent above my comment. Why the fuck would I need to quote the statement directly above mine? Can you not read it for yourself?
Corporations should have no rights, they exist because we allow them to exist as long as they are a public good. By contrast, individuals have rights. All laws flow from the rights of individuals - even the ones that create corporations.
Corporations have the responsibility to maintain open records and to regularly undergo public scrutiny. Individuals have rights to privacy that include the freedom to communicate in ways that go unscrutinized by govt. officials, but most particularly from the prying eyes of corporations and other persons.
You can regulate an ISP as a corporation all you like, but when you seek my IP address you violate my individual rights to privacy.
My only question to you is: did you really need to be told this?
I think the part that Cringely wanted to get at was the part where the proposed XBOX does most of the things most people would want from a computer. The problem will most likely be security, the more the XBOX behaves like a PC the more it will have to be protected as one as well - and that's where the fact that it doesn't run general purpose apps bites everyone in the ass.
I still think a proper desktop PC is better than any possible "appliance" type PC, or even a laptop for that matter.
No, I use Firefox and Opera.
I have a pivoting monitor and I can assure you that the computer screen was meant to be vertical, not horizontal. I assume you were going that way with your comment...
So yeah, a screen that is even more horizontal is of little use. The problem is the presumed convergence of all things electronic. Now maybe convergence is actually happening, but most computer software and movie DVDs have vastly different demands on screen size.
I love reading websites as if they were a vertical page of newsprint. Other stuff looks great that way too: digital comic books, MS Reader texts, PDFs, etc.
Composing documents with a full page view is really nice too. If I were still doing legal research and writing, I'd probably find it indispensable - as it is it's really nice anyway. Horizontal never made any sense, it just meant lots of scrolling or pages too small to view in their entirety.
And the problem will remain with us: movies look good in a wide landscape frame, reading is easier if the lines are narrower. No compromise except via pivoting screens.
Right. And let's not forget the probable rewriting of Lucas' drivel into something tasty as accomplished by Leigh Brackett. You might have heard of her, she's quite famous really - certainly in her time.
Lucas is going to be remembered most for what he brought to the areas of special effects and theater sound installations (his THX thingy).
A great director he is not. A great screen writer he is not. Get it straight.
VBR Alt Preset Standard LAME encoded is indistinguishable from its source for something like 9 out of 10 people. Fine, so you're the 10% maybe - or maybe you have just been hearing poorly made MP3s. I have tried telling the difference between the original CD and a LAME encoded MP3 myself using some midrange Grado headphones - and I do not hear a difference.
I find LAME encoded MP3s a satisfactory compromise between HD space and efficiency. Pipe it through a good stereo system or through some better than average speakers and it's pretty damned good sounding. Best jukebox-like solution I have ever found. If I ever have the jones to hear my actual CDs, I still have them all boxed up in storage.
You know, deer meat is pretty tasty. My co-workers used to hunt and prepare venison burritos for all of us back at the job. Excellent food. No waste.
I feel perfectly ethical about it. The amorality in the act of killing animals is in the waste factor. It is not a matter of sport unless you hunt with your bare hands, beast vs. beast.
How the hell am I supposed to know your age? Why should I care? What I wrote still applies, child or not.
Tulip madness.
Why buy to collect? Why buy to speculate? You're as bad as a chump putting his first foot down in Las Vegas with plans to make $$$ rather than see the shows and hit the buffets.
You buy comics to enjoy them - just like you enjoy music, movies, live performance, TV, sporting events, books, and magazines. If you don't enjoy it, don't spend your money on it.
If you thought there was money to be made in it, that's just big business separating a sucker from his wallet. You lost.