Bill Gates got where his is by targeting "the average user", who didn't care about the difference between logical and physical partitions, root and user accounts, and command-line interfaces.
Bill Gates got where he is by convincing IBM that they weren't losing anything by allowing Microsoft to own all the rights to the operating system that came pre-installed on their computers, thus opening the door for the massive launch of IBM-clone companies, saturating the market. He was in the right time at the right place, and made the right decision.
The only way our government is going to stop screwing everybody in order to help out big business is if the one's who are responsible for this crap get voted out of office. Don't forget that in November.
I suspect that the RIAA members are just re-living the tempest in a teapot we had in the software businesses: we used to ship programs with all sorts of expensive copy protection devices.
You're obviously not a musician. A large percentage of professional music programs still require the use of a USB dongle. If you're lucky, it actually works...if you're unlucky (like me), you have to unplug/re-plug the dongle every time you restart your computer...then you complain to Steinberg, but it has absolutely no effect.
Actually, didn't something like that happen a while back?
They sent a letter to Penn State astronomy department. They have a Professor Usher, who happened to have an mp3 of him and fellow astronomers singing or something. "Usher" and "mp3" were enough to trigger a warning message, but it didn't go all the way to a lawsuit, and the RIAA eventually apologized.
Better make sure you're not connected to the greater internet then. The **AAs would sue the pants off you - after all, a central server is easier to find than a distributed P2P network.
You do know that many people have video cameras, right? The **AAs aren't going to sue anybody for posting their own pictures and videos.
dang it, sorry for the messed up link (well, the link works, but I had just intended to link the words "local newspaper"...I have to remember to hit "preview" every now and again...
generally, the cheapest system is cheap for a reason.
That may be true, but it's also worth mentioning that there's never been a particularly successful console that cost anywhere near $600. Not to say that Sony can't pull it off, but Neo Geo and 3DO certainly weren't able to.
I developed an RSI after about one month of working at a job that required me to be at a computer for about 80 hours a week. Most doctors that I've seen tell me it's impossible, but realistically it was likely the straw that broke the camel's back, after a lifetime of gaming, computer use, and being a musician (piano and saxophone). Anyway, after years of struggling with it, I've all but cured my problems by adjusting my posture and exercising regularly. There's really no better solution.
They aren't going to make the iPod disappear by making cheap, crappy knockoffs.
Actually, I just recently purchased a SanDisk Sansa e250. It's quite nice, about the size of a Nano, and has more capacity and features for the price. The radio is built right in, so I didn't have to spend an extra $50 for a little radio thing, it will record radio or voice, and displays pictures and videos. My only complaint is that the scroll wheel, while obviously modeled after an iPod, is not quite as nice as the iPod's touch-sensitive thing, and makes it somewhat harder to push the buttons on the outside of the wheel.
but please tell any decent designer, sound fx creator or graphics drawer to give away their time just "for fun" and you wont get really a lot.
Actually, it's not at all uncommon for these folks to work on indie games for free, especially when they're just starting out...the game industry is generally pretty difficult to get into without having at least a few games under your belt, and one of the most popular ways to do that is to do work for free. Many of the people doing this are, in fact, quite talented, but have yet to really prove themselves.
It's not uncommon for Linux users (even developers) to use user accounts, because it's very easy to su any administrator tasks. So, maybe Vista will fit this model better, and having developers using user accounts won't be all that ridiculous...
I don't think w3c is a lame duck but I certainly agree that customers (generally) don't know what it is so slavish adherence is a bad idea, it's better looked at as a guideline.
The only time I ever made a site 100% XHTML compliant was when it was demanded by the customer...although I doubt they ever validated it, or really even understood what it was they were requiring. I think they just heard it somewhere, and thought it sounded snappy. Overall, I think the W3C compliancy requirements are fairly stupid. I see no reason why something like <br/> is somehow better than <br> for any practical reason.
DRM *support* doesn't prevent you from running non-DRM files
...Of course not. Like you said, it was a joke. The ultimate goal of DRM is to keep you from being able to play files that you're not supposed to be able to play. Hence, the ultimate DRM scheme would keep you from playing anything. It would be 100% effective.
But "leaking" a yawn-inducing product two days before the official release?
Yawn inducing? You can't tell me you're not excited about all the great new DRM options...I hear it can actually keep you from playing anything on it at all!
One phone numbers belong to the phone company, not the customer. Two most people as part of getting phone service usually sign something that allows them to turn customer info over to the government. e.g. my ISP has that as part of it's TOS.
If it's all legal, how do you explain the $5 billion lawsuit filed against Verizon on Friday that uses the 1986 telecommunications act that gives consumers the right to sue for $1000 for each violation of their confidential records? It might be legal, and then again it might not, but it's certainly not as cut-and-dry as you seem to be suggesting.
Three, were were you when the FBI was tapping phone lines?
When, during the Cold War? I was in Junior High, I guess. What did you want me to do about it then? Or maybe you're talking about when Lydon Johnson used the FBI to get Spiro Agnew's phone records? I wasn't born yet, not much I can do about that, either. Or maybe you're talking about when the government spied on Martin Luther King Jr., making public his extramarital affairs? I was also not born yet.
Bitching NOW about government intrusions when there was plenty of it in the past is hypocritical.
Only if I had a chance to bitch then, and chose not too.
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Bill Gates got where his is by targeting "the average user", who didn't care about the difference between logical and physical partitions, root and user accounts, and command-line interfaces.
Bill Gates got where he is by convincing IBM that they weren't losing anything by allowing Microsoft to own all the rights to the operating system that came pre-installed on their computers, thus opening the door for the massive launch of IBM-clone companies, saturating the market. He was in the right time at the right place, and made the right decision.
My guess is that the GP is mixing up the 360 and the projected price point of the PS3
I prefer the Homstar Projector.
Who cares? Look up what your congressperson / senators voted for, and then vote accordingly in November.
The only way our government is going to stop screwing everybody in order to help out big business is if the one's who are responsible for this crap get voted out of office. Don't forget that in November.
I suspect that the RIAA members are just re-living the tempest in a teapot we had in the software businesses: we used to ship programs with all sorts of expensive copy protection devices.
You're obviously not a musician. A large percentage of professional music programs still require the use of a USB dongle. If you're lucky, it actually works...if you're unlucky (like me), you have to unplug/re-plug the dongle every time you restart your computer...then you complain to Steinberg, but it has absolutely no effect.
Actually, didn't something like that happen a while back?
They sent a letter to Penn State astronomy department. They have a Professor Usher, who happened to have an mp3 of him and fellow astronomers singing or something. "Usher" and "mp3" were enough to trigger a warning message, but it didn't go all the way to a lawsuit, and the RIAA eventually apologized.
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1001095.html
Better make sure you're not connected to the greater internet then. The **AAs would sue the pants off you - after all, a central server is easier to find than a distributed P2P network.
You do know that many people have video cameras, right? The **AAs aren't going to sue anybody for posting their own pictures and videos.
dang it, sorry for the messed up link (well, the link works, but I had just intended to link the words "local newspaper"...I have to remember to hit "preview" every now and again...
not thousands, MILLIONS
i -0606070180jun07,1,2047673.story?coll=chi-news-hed &ctrack=1&cset=truelocal newspaper, and apparently it's a full 80% of the active-duty military that had their personal info stolen.
I was going to mention that too...I was just reading this story in my http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ch
generally, the cheapest system is cheap for a reason.
That may be true, but it's also worth mentioning that there's never been a particularly successful console that cost anywhere near $600. Not to say that Sony can't pull it off, but Neo Geo and 3DO certainly weren't able to.
I developed an RSI after about one month of working at a job that required me to be at a computer for about 80 hours a week. Most doctors that I've seen tell me it's impossible, but realistically it was likely the straw that broke the camel's back, after a lifetime of gaming, computer use, and being a musician (piano and saxophone). Anyway, after years of struggling with it, I've all but cured my problems by adjusting my posture and exercising regularly. There's really no better solution.
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especially since some of the folks from Creative have been taking notes from SCO's legal department!
Ha! SCO could learn a few things form Creative...they sued Aureal out of business years ago, even though they lost the suit...
They aren't going to make the iPod disappear by making cheap, crappy knockoffs.
Actually, I just recently purchased a SanDisk Sansa e250. It's quite nice, about the size of a Nano, and has more capacity and features for the price. The radio is built right in, so I didn't have to spend an extra $50 for a little radio thing, it will record radio or voice, and displays pictures and videos. My only complaint is that the scroll wheel, while obviously modeled after an iPod, is not quite as nice as the iPod's touch-sensitive thing, and makes it somewhat harder to push the buttons on the outside of the wheel.
but please tell any decent designer, sound fx creator or graphics drawer to give away their time just "for fun" and you wont get really a lot.
Actually, it's not at all uncommon for these folks to work on indie games for free, especially when they're just starting out...the game industry is generally pretty difficult to get into without having at least a few games under your belt, and one of the most popular ways to do that is to do work for free. Many of the people doing this are, in fact, quite talented, but have yet to really prove themselves.
Yep, the difference is that with Linux, it actually works as expected...
It's not uncommon for Linux users (even developers) to use user accounts, because it's very easy to su any administrator tasks. So, maybe Vista will fit this model better, and having developers using user accounts won't be all that ridiculous...
because its easier for the browser to parse if its valid xml, as opposed to tag soup
do you have any statistics to prove that there are any browsers that will render xhtml pages better than their well-formed html counterparts?
I don't think w3c is a lame duck but I certainly agree that customers (generally) don't know what it is so slavish adherence is a bad idea, it's better looked at as a guideline.
/> is somehow better than <br> for any practical reason.
The only time I ever made a site 100% XHTML compliant was when it was demanded by the customer...although I doubt they ever validated it, or really even understood what it was they were requiring. I think they just heard it somewhere, and thought it sounded snappy. Overall, I think the W3C compliancy requirements are fairly stupid. I see no reason why something like <br
DRM *support* doesn't prevent you from running non-DRM files
...Of course not. Like you said, it was a joke. The ultimate goal of DRM is to keep you from being able to play files that you're not supposed to be able to play. Hence, the ultimate DRM scheme would keep you from playing anything. It would be 100% effective.
It loses a bit in explanation...
But "leaking" a yawn-inducing product two days before the official release?
Yawn inducing? You can't tell me you're not excited about all the great new DRM options...I hear it can actually keep you from playing anything on it at all!
One phone numbers belong to the phone company, not the customer. Two most people as part of getting phone service usually sign something that allows them to turn customer info over to the government. e.g. my ISP has that as part of it's TOS.
If it's all legal, how do you explain the $5 billion lawsuit filed against Verizon on Friday that uses the 1986 telecommunications act that gives consumers the right to sue for $1000 for each violation of their confidential records? It might be legal, and then again it might not, but it's certainly not as cut-and-dry as you seem to be suggesting.
Three, were were you when the FBI was tapping phone lines?
When, during the Cold War? I was in Junior High, I guess. What did you want me to do about it then? Or maybe you're talking about when Lydon Johnson used the FBI to get Spiro Agnew's phone records? I wasn't born yet, not much I can do about that, either. Or maybe you're talking about when the government spied on Martin Luther King Jr., making public his extramarital affairs? I was also not born yet.
Bitching NOW about government intrusions when there was plenty of it in the past is hypocritical.
Only if I had a chance to bitch then, and chose not too.
What if those doing the infiltrating are NSA agents?