Ironic that the same is happening in Iraq. Now all they need is the french to come help them and you'll have an Iraqi Declaration of Independance. Bush will prolly call it something like 'Decl-aire-ation of Ter-or-ism' of somesuch.
The only reason US aint gonna get beat down is that weapons cost a whole hell of a lot more nowadays.
This is so right. Everyone bitches about the cost of the new mail server but if the old one failed and it took a week to get email back this whole place would be a shitstorm.
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OOPS! Forgot to change Formatting Type on the last one For the record I can attest to this. I went to the University of Waterloo (not CompSci, Arts but transferred out after first year to another school). And a lot of my Dorm mates were in computer science. I started at the very height of the boom 1999-2000. Incidentally I've always liked computers. That's why I transferred to another school to take compsci. Anyway, back to my point. There were a lot of people in compsci at waterloo seeing as it's known (in Canada at least) for its computer science courses. But here's the kicker: Many of the people I spoke with didn't like computer science. In fact some outright hated it. But they had the grades in highschool (92% and up) to get into compsci at waterloo. They would say that they went into compsci because there were lots of good jobs and people got paid really well. It was quite discerning to be fixing peoples computers who knew jack crap about them. (Like someone who's printer didn't work, it didn't have a USB or parallel cable, she just figured plug it into the wall, install drivers, print!). I always thought you went to university to do something you liked. But here I was on a floor of people (not all, some actually loved computers and Linux and warez etc etc and others were in different programs) who were in one of the top schools for computer science, leading the way for computational studies and they couldn't get on the internet because the network cable wouldn't fit into their modem. It was just a means to an end for some of them. Just a training course for their job. That's not why I left. I left because I wasn't good enough in math to take computer science there but knew that that's what I wanted to do. I like programming and all that jazz(!) so I liked taking the courses. But still to this day it makes me so angry that there are people who decided one day to take computer science because the money was good.
There's another IT archetype I hate. The "I'm no longer going to drive this bus, I'll get my MCSE and make real money" IT Professional. Those to me are the people who make up the bulk of IT these days. Sure they know things. They know how to solve IT problems, so long as its in the book. They know how to setup an SQL server so long as it's MSSQL. Do they know the fundamentals? Maybe, but do they care? Do they know what it means? Do they try and think up new solutions to their current problems? These are the ranks of IT. These are the people who were hired like MAD during the boom and populate every IT workshop. These are the people who know enough to help out and have enough work experience to land another job. They may have 5 years experience at company XYZ. Does that translate into a good IT worker? To HR and management it sure does. The MCSE's don't really care past what they did to get their job. Learn asp? Work better pay for the training and certificate. Learn Linux? Work better pay for that as well. Maybe I'm abnormal. Maybe I thought I'd see IT as a place where everyone would like computers and be interested in shaping them to mould the rest of the business. Maybe I thought IT would be filled with people who are interested in new and emerging technologies to better help the rest of the company. I don't know what I thought. But I sure as hell didn't expect to get out off school to see IT shops full of sheep. IT Shops full of people just trying to make a buck and squeeze the last drop out of the company before they leave. IT offices with people who could care less about simple IT principles and more about making sure they get their 1 hour scheduled lunch break. I can't even begin to explain the level of fear some of the people have here with regards to Linux. Why? Not because it's worse than the MS counterpart. Not because it's slower, more CPU intense, has a higher (if you believe the advertising) TCO. But because it might mean loosing out on watching American Idol for one night to learn ipconfig == ifconfig or that ls == dir. I actually fear for the IT shops all over the Americas. Yes th
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For the record I can attest to this. I went to the University of Waterloo (not CompSci, Arts but transferred out after first year to another school). And a lot of my Dorm mates were in computer science. I started at the very height of the boom 1999-2000. Incidentally I've always liked computers. That's why I transferred to another school to take compsci.
Anyway, back to my point. There were a lot of people in compsci at waterloo seeing as it's known (in Canada at least) for its computer science courses. But here's the kicker: Many of the people I spoke with didn't like computer science. In fact some outright hated it. But they had the grades in highschool (92% and up) to get into compsci at waterloo. They would say that they went into compsci because there were lots of good jobs and people got paid really well. It was quite discerning to be fixing peoples computers who knew jack crap about them. (Like someone who's printer didn't work, it didn't have a USB or parallel cable, she just figured plug it into the wall, install drivers, print!). I always thought you went to university to do something you liked. But here I was on a floor of people (not all, some actually loved computers and Linux and warez etc etc and others were in different programs) who were in one of the top schools for computer science, leading the way for computational studies and they couldn't get on the internet because the network cable wouldn't fit into their modem. It was just a means to an end for some of them. Just a training course for their job. That's not why I left. I left because I wasn't good enough in math to take computer science there but knew that that's what I wanted to do. I like programming and all that jazz(!) so I liked taking the courses. But still to this day it makes me so angry that there are people who decided one day to take computer science because the money was good.
There's another IT archetype I hate. The "I'm no longer going to drive this bus, I'll get my MCSE and make real money" IT Professional. Those to me are the people who make up the bulk of IT these days. Sure they know things. They know how to solve IT problems, so long as its in the book. They know how to setup an SQL server so long as it's MSSQL. Do they know the fundamentals? Maybe, but do they care? Do they know what it means? Do they try and think up new solutions to their current problems? These are the ranks of IT. These are the people who were hired like MAD during the boom and populate every IT workshop. These are the people who know enough to help out and have enough work experience to land another job. They may have 5 years experience at company XYZ. Does that translate into a good IT worker? To HR and management it sure does. The MCSE's don't really care past what they did to get their job. Learn asp? Work better pay for the training and certificate. Learn Linux? Work better pay for that as well. Maybe I'm abnormal. Maybe I thought I'd see IT as a place where everyone would like computers and be interested in shaping them to mould the rest of the business. Maybe I thought IT would be filled with people who are interested in new and emerging technologies to better help the rest of the company. I don't know what I thought. But I sure as hell didn't expect to get out off school to see IT shops full of sheep. IT Shops full of people just trying to make a buck and squeeze the last drop out of the company before they leave. IT offices with people who could care less about simple IT principles and more about making sure they get their 1 hour scheduled lunch break. I can't even begin to explain the level of fear some of the people have here with regards to Linux. Why? Not because it's worse than the MS counterpart. Not because it's slower, more CPU intense, has a higher (if you believe the advertising) TCO. But because it might mean loosing out on watching American Idol for one night to learn ipconfig == ifconfig or that ls == dir. I actually fear for the IT shops all over the Americas. Yes they're run by Management who took a 5 day 'course' on how to be a goo
O/T i know but the homes moore went to had PEOPLE in them at the time. Most people i know dont lock their doors when they're at home. But do when they leave. However Moore was trying to point out ( i guess, he really never prooved it ) was the People get home and lock the door behind them in the states. Maybe cause they live in a nation of fear.
However in this day and age some people are doing the work of three employees. Working extra long hours and not complaining cause they dont want to be 'let go'. So i dont really think its fair to assume that 1000 workers being let go means there was no work for them. Just that the company needed to compete with its competitors on a fair price, even though the other company was lying. ( Im talking about AT&T vs MCI here ).
Yea, we have some of these in canada on our highways. They're nice but not nearly as good as the ones that are in places like California. They dont work nearly as well and aren't as visible further down the road. If they were lit maybe that would change things.
you and i have those, but most people dont even know what those are. Those are the people who will get pissed when they keep having to take their PC to Johnnies-PC Shoppe every weekend to get more ram cause it runs so slow. Something tells me Joe-Q-Soccer mom doesnt have the first clue about worms or firewalls ( or even AV for that matter).
i think he meant that the rep MS will get would be bad because people who cant patch their machines will start having machines that are as flaky as winME. One of the biggest turning points for MS was Win2k/XP without the ominous BSOD/crashing every day. Without all the crashes people biggest complaint ( it crashes all the time ) was nullified. But If no one can patch then every other day your system gets infected with this that or the other thing. Almost making it ABSOLUTELY impossible to run without patching. Badda-bing!
The simple answer is that kiddies amass these huge botnets to use against corporations or other people. They dont want to destroy their hosts they want a symbiotic relationship.
With that said one day there's going to be a kill switch in the bot and the kiddie will get bored and just destroy his hosts.
Problem with loser pays ( like here in canada ) is that you can never win a court battle against a large corporation. ( Well that and the fact that our lawyers cant get a certain % of your winnings and they have to be paid pretty much up front. ) But if you go to sue Bell Canada ( aka Verizon North ) and you loose, guess whos in debt because Bell threw 10-15 lawyers at the problem. Looser pays is a good idea but it can have its drawbacks.
news flash: US corporations dont give a rats ass whether or not you can buy their crap. They only care about their profits. If you cant afford it somewhere else will. Its the race to the bottom in the US with places like Wallmart leading the pack.
Ironically they: GIVE away prizes such as DVDs and things. Doesn't that equate to stealing?
Offer downloads of videos on the Junior Achievement website. Technically if you watch those you've "stolen" them as well.
What a croc of crap. Theres a special place in hell for the people who thought this up. And in all honesty it is going to backfire. Instead of just a few kids knowing about p2p and downloading. EVERYONE is going to know about it. Kids that didnt know are going to go home and go 'god damned, I _CAN_ download movies for free. This is awesome.'
About time! Im tired of being allowed to download music legally.
On another note, when you attack make sure you hit the CRTC headquarters. To canadians that would be like the berlin wall coming down. OK, over the top i know but PLEASE bomb that building first.
The Two of you must be very happy.
Sorry but i seriously doubt the fact that you have ZERO IT related problems if you were a decently size company. Since you're a small company switching benefits you even more. Ill save the reasons as an exercise for the reader ( aka im to lazy:) ) If you are a large company and have NO IT problems except replacing toners then you either have the most competent users on the planet or your users dont report problems. I thought i smelled bullshit.
Seriously i dont understnad linux zealots sometimes. He uses linux instead of windows but because he doesnt use mplayer-mozilla plugin he's a dumbass? What if he liked Opera or Dillo instead? And keep in mind streaming media also includes audio and having mplayer eat my ram/cpu to listen to a stream that xmms could handle no problems doesnt make much sense. But someone with half a ass for a brain already knows that.
Ok, what the hell is wrong with this picture:
I patent an idea. Let the whole world use it as a standard for webpages/compressed images. Let my patent be used in technologies like digital cameras and the like without one single word of infringement or anything. I let this transpire for almost 18 years then BAM! i sue everyone who is using my patent with only a few months left on my patent.
It's bullshit if you ask me. Why didnt the damn company sue for patent infringement before it got so out of control? Why is a company allowed to do this. In all honesty you should either do your best to enforce your patent or all you get is a product the no one else can patent.
God damned this world is outta control
When you buy cheap no name crap hardware i find that i have a tough time getting it to work in linux. Is that RedHats fault? NO! Just cause he's got some soap box doesnt mean this guy is any different from all the rants over at linuxnewbie.org except on linuxnewbie.org you can get some help. Posting as an editor means you get jack for help. And if this guy bought RedHat/Suse/Mandrake didnt he get support with the purchase?
and what are you going to use to pay for:
Food for the solders
Parts to repair tanks
Medical equipment
Electronics for your weapons
Last time i checked those things cost something called MONEY and except for maybe the food most of those things have parts manufactured outside the US. I dont think the rest of the world ( save mexico, maybe brittain/canada ) would donate parts to the US.
I think thats the scariest part though. I've always liked the 'If OSS is outlawed then only the outlaws will have linux' or somesuch. But to be honest i dont want to find myself getting arrested at your borders for having linux on my laptop. I think the future wont be innovation in MS's court but rather legislation in MS' favour. I mean HOW much more can they add to Office? Office Longhorn: The buttons are green now! C'mon. No one needs Office 2003 but if MS put even the MOST trivial copyprotection in the format ( ROT15 say ) and you circumvented it. BAM! DMCA violation, say hello to your new 'Pound-you-in-the-ass' bunk mate Spike.
The future may be bright for OSS but there ain't no 'GNU Government'. Unfortunately.
I totally agree with the parent. Had i been able to buy Xbox Media Center id be all over it but since i cant guess what, im gonna mod the xbox so i can get the features I want. Yes i know i can use a PC for the same functionality but in all honesty i have a perfectly good pc sitting in my home theatre as it is. My XBOX. Its so good infact im thinking of buying another one used just so i can mod that one and install Xbox Media Center/Player. Microsoft really missed the ball with the xbox. It could have had the killer apps like media player and dvd player built in. But instead i gotta buy an adapter for 50 bucks to "enable" dvd playback. What a croc.
I dont pirate games. My net connection isnt fast enough and my Xbox HD isnt big enough. But heres my question: If i buy the PS2 version of GTA3 and GTA:VC do i have to go out and buy them again for the xbox? Or does 'making a personal backup of a friends' constitute stealing, even though ive already paid RockStar for the game?
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Ironic that the same is happening in Iraq. Now all they need is the french to come help them and you'll have an Iraqi Declaration of Independance. Bush will prolly call it something like 'Decl-aire-ation of Ter-or-ism' of somesuch. The only reason US aint gonna get beat down is that weapons cost a whole hell of a lot more nowadays.
This is so right. Everyone bitches about the cost of the new mail server but if the old one failed and it took a week to get email back this whole place would be a shitstorm.
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For the record I can attest to this. I went to the University of Waterloo (not CompSci, Arts but transferred out after first year to another school). And a lot of my Dorm mates were in computer science. I started at the very height of the boom 1999-2000. Incidentally I've always liked computers. That's why I transferred to another school to take compsci.
Anyway, back to my point. There were a lot of people in compsci at waterloo seeing as it's known (in Canada at least) for its computer science courses. But here's the kicker: Many of the people I spoke with didn't like computer science. In fact some outright hated it. But they had the grades in highschool (92% and up) to get into compsci at waterloo. They would say that they went into compsci because there were lots of good jobs and people got paid really well. It was quite discerning to be fixing peoples computers who knew jack crap about them. (Like someone who's printer didn't work, it didn't have a USB or parallel cable, she just figured plug it into the wall, install drivers, print!). I always thought you went to university to do something you liked. But here I was on a floor of people (not all, some actually loved computers and Linux and warez etc etc and others were in different programs) who were in one of the top schools for computer science, leading the way for computational studies and they couldn't get on the internet because the network cable wouldn't fit into their modem. It was just a means to an end for some of them. Just a training course for their job. That's not why I left. I left because I wasn't good enough in math to take computer science there but knew that that's what I wanted to do. I like programming and all that jazz(!) so I liked taking the courses. But still to this day it makes me so angry that there are people who decided one day to take computer science because the money was good.
There's another IT archetype I hate. The "I'm no longer going to drive this bus, I'll get my MCSE and make real money" IT Professional. Those to me are the people who make up the bulk of IT these days. Sure they know things. They know how to solve IT problems, so long as its in the book. They know how to setup an SQL server so long as it's MSSQL. Do they know the fundamentals? Maybe, but do they care? Do they know what it means? Do they try and think up new solutions to their current problems? These are the ranks of IT. These are the people who were hired like MAD during the boom and populate every IT workshop. These are the people who know enough to help out and have enough work experience to land another job. They may have 5 years experience at company XYZ. Does that translate into a good IT worker? To HR and management it sure does. The MCSE's don't really care past what they did to get their job. Learn asp? Work better pay for the training and certificate. Learn Linux? Work better pay for that as well. Maybe I'm abnormal. Maybe I thought I'd see IT as a place where everyone would like computers and be interested in shaping them to mould the rest of the business. Maybe I thought IT would be filled with people who are interested in new and emerging technologies to better help the rest of the company. I don't know what I thought. But I sure as hell didn't expect to get out off school to see IT shops full of sheep. IT Shops full of people just trying to make a buck and squeeze the last drop out of the company before they leave. IT offices with people who could care less about simple IT principles and more about making sure they get their 1 hour scheduled lunch break. I can't even begin to explain the level of fear some of the people have here with regards to Linux. Why? Not because it's worse than the MS counterpart. Not because it's slower, more CPU intense, has a higher (if you believe the advertising) TCO. But because it might mean loosing out on watching American Idol for one night to learn ipconfig == ifconfig or that ls == dir. I actually fear for the IT shops all over the Americas. Yes th
For the record I can attest to this. I went to the University of Waterloo (not CompSci, Arts but transferred out after first year to another school). And a lot of my Dorm mates were in computer science. I started at the very height of the boom 1999-2000. Incidentally I've always liked computers. That's why I transferred to another school to take compsci. Anyway, back to my point. There were a lot of people in compsci at waterloo seeing as it's known (in Canada at least) for its computer science courses. But here's the kicker: Many of the people I spoke with didn't like computer science. In fact some outright hated it. But they had the grades in highschool (92% and up) to get into compsci at waterloo. They would say that they went into compsci because there were lots of good jobs and people got paid really well. It was quite discerning to be fixing peoples computers who knew jack crap about them. (Like someone who's printer didn't work, it didn't have a USB or parallel cable, she just figured plug it into the wall, install drivers, print!). I always thought you went to university to do something you liked. But here I was on a floor of people (not all, some actually loved computers and Linux and warez etc etc and others were in different programs) who were in one of the top schools for computer science, leading the way for computational studies and they couldn't get on the internet because the network cable wouldn't fit into their modem. It was just a means to an end for some of them. Just a training course for their job. That's not why I left. I left because I wasn't good enough in math to take computer science there but knew that that's what I wanted to do. I like programming and all that jazz(!) so I liked taking the courses. But still to this day it makes me so angry that there are people who decided one day to take computer science because the money was good. There's another IT archetype I hate. The "I'm no longer going to drive this bus, I'll get my MCSE and make real money" IT Professional. Those to me are the people who make up the bulk of IT these days. Sure they know things. They know how to solve IT problems, so long as its in the book. They know how to setup an SQL server so long as it's MSSQL. Do they know the fundamentals? Maybe, but do they care? Do they know what it means? Do they try and think up new solutions to their current problems? These are the ranks of IT. These are the people who were hired like MAD during the boom and populate every IT workshop. These are the people who know enough to help out and have enough work experience to land another job. They may have 5 years experience at company XYZ. Does that translate into a good IT worker? To HR and management it sure does. The MCSE's don't really care past what they did to get their job. Learn asp? Work better pay for the training and certificate. Learn Linux? Work better pay for that as well. Maybe I'm abnormal. Maybe I thought I'd see IT as a place where everyone would like computers and be interested in shaping them to mould the rest of the business. Maybe I thought IT would be filled with people who are interested in new and emerging technologies to better help the rest of the company. I don't know what I thought. But I sure as hell didn't expect to get out off school to see IT shops full of sheep. IT Shops full of people just trying to make a buck and squeeze the last drop out of the company before they leave. IT offices with people who could care less about simple IT principles and more about making sure they get their 1 hour scheduled lunch break. I can't even begin to explain the level of fear some of the people have here with regards to Linux. Why? Not because it's worse than the MS counterpart. Not because it's slower, more CPU intense, has a higher (if you believe the advertising) TCO. But because it might mean loosing out on watching American Idol for one night to learn ipconfig == ifconfig or that ls == dir. I actually fear for the IT shops all over the Americas. Yes they're run by Management who took a 5 day 'course' on how to be a goo
O/T i know but the homes moore went to had PEOPLE in them at the time. Most people i know dont lock their doors when they're at home. But do when they leave. However Moore was trying to point out ( i guess, he really never prooved it ) was the People get home and lock the door behind them in the states. Maybe cause they live in a nation of fear.
However in this day and age some people are doing the work of three employees. Working extra long hours and not complaining cause they dont want to be 'let go'. So i dont really think its fair to assume that 1000 workers being let go means there was no work for them. Just that the company needed to compete with its competitors on a fair price, even though the other company was lying. ( Im talking about AT&T vs MCI here ).
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It was a twelve pack but up here in the Great White north thats as good as gold! ( It was Keiths and it was great! )
Yea, we have some of these in canada on our highways. They're nice but not nearly as good as the ones that are in places like California. They dont work nearly as well and aren't as visible further down the road. If they were lit maybe that would change things.
you and i have those, but most people dont even know what those are. Those are the people who will get pissed when they keep having to take their PC to Johnnies-PC Shoppe every weekend to get more ram cause it runs so slow. Something tells me Joe-Q-Soccer mom doesnt have the first clue about worms or firewalls ( or even AV for that matter).
i think he meant that the rep MS will get would be bad because people who cant patch their machines will start having machines that are as flaky as winME. One of the biggest turning points for MS was Win2k/XP without the ominous BSOD/crashing every day. Without all the crashes people biggest complaint ( it crashes all the time ) was nullified. But If no one can patch then every other day your system gets infected with this that or the other thing. Almost making it ABSOLUTELY impossible to run without patching. Badda-bing!
The simple answer is that kiddies amass these huge botnets to use against corporations or other people. They dont want to destroy their hosts they want a symbiotic relationship.
With that said one day there's going to be a kill switch in the bot and the kiddie will get bored and just destroy his hosts.
DEY TOOK YERH JAHWBS
Problem with loser pays ( like here in canada ) is that you can never win a court battle against a large corporation. ( Well that and the fact that our lawyers cant get a certain % of your winnings and they have to be paid pretty much up front. ) But if you go to sue Bell Canada ( aka Verizon North ) and you loose, guess whos in debt because Bell threw 10-15 lawyers at the problem. Looser pays is a good idea but it can have its drawbacks.
news flash: US corporations dont give a rats ass whether or not you can buy their crap. They only care about their profits. If you cant afford it somewhere else will. Its the race to the bottom in the US with places like Wallmart leading the pack.
with more than enough time to post to slashdot. Well played.
Ironically they:
GIVE away prizes such as DVDs and things. Doesn't that equate to stealing?
Offer downloads of videos on the Junior Achievement website. Technically if you watch those you've "stolen" them as well.
What a croc of crap. Theres a special place in hell for the people who thought this up. And in all honesty it is going to backfire. Instead of just a few kids knowing about p2p and downloading. EVERYONE is going to know about it. Kids that didnt know are going to go home and go 'god damned, I _CAN_ download movies for free. This is awesome.'
About time! Im tired of being allowed to download music legally.
On another note, when you attack make sure you hit the CRTC headquarters. To canadians that would be like the berlin wall coming down. OK, over the top i know but PLEASE bomb that building first.
The Two of you must be very happy. Sorry but i seriously doubt the fact that you have ZERO IT related problems if you were a decently size company. Since you're a small company switching benefits you even more. Ill save the reasons as an exercise for the reader ( aka im to lazy :) ) If you are a large company and have NO IT problems except replacing toners then you either have the most competent users on the planet or your users dont report problems. I thought i smelled bullshit.
Seriously i dont understnad linux zealots sometimes. He uses linux instead of windows but because he doesnt use mplayer-mozilla plugin he's a dumbass? What if he liked Opera or Dillo instead? And keep in mind streaming media also includes audio and having mplayer eat my ram/cpu to listen to a stream that xmms could handle no problems doesnt make much sense. But someone with half a ass for a brain already knows that.
Ok, what the hell is wrong with this picture: I patent an idea. Let the whole world use it as a standard for webpages/compressed images. Let my patent be used in technologies like digital cameras and the like without one single word of infringement or anything. I let this transpire for almost 18 years then BAM! i sue everyone who is using my patent with only a few months left on my patent. It's bullshit if you ask me. Why didnt the damn company sue for patent infringement before it got so out of control? Why is a company allowed to do this. In all honesty you should either do your best to enforce your patent or all you get is a product the no one else can patent. God damned this world is outta control
When you buy cheap no name crap hardware i find that i have a tough time getting it to work in linux. Is that RedHats fault? NO! Just cause he's got some soap box doesnt mean this guy is any different from all the rants over at linuxnewbie.org except on linuxnewbie.org you can get some help. Posting as an editor means you get jack for help. And if this guy bought RedHat/Suse/Mandrake didnt he get support with the purchase?
and what are you going to use to pay for: Food for the solders Parts to repair tanks Medical equipment Electronics for your weapons Last time i checked those things cost something called MONEY and except for maybe the food most of those things have parts manufactured outside the US. I dont think the rest of the world ( save mexico, maybe brittain/canada ) would donate parts to the US.
I think thats the scariest part though. I've always liked the 'If OSS is outlawed then only the outlaws will have linux' or somesuch. But to be honest i dont want to find myself getting arrested at your borders for having linux on my laptop. I think the future wont be innovation in MS's court but rather legislation in MS' favour. I mean HOW much more can they add to Office? Office Longhorn: The buttons are green now! C'mon. No one needs Office 2003 but if MS put even the MOST trivial copyprotection in the format ( ROT15 say ) and you circumvented it. BAM! DMCA violation, say hello to your new 'Pound-you-in-the-ass' bunk mate Spike. The future may be bright for OSS but there ain't no 'GNU Government'. Unfortunately.
I totally agree with the parent. Had i been able to buy Xbox Media Center id be all over it but since i cant guess what, im gonna mod the xbox so i can get the features I want. Yes i know i can use a PC for the same functionality but in all honesty i have a perfectly good pc sitting in my home theatre as it is. My XBOX. Its so good infact im thinking of buying another one used just so i can mod that one and install Xbox Media Center/Player. Microsoft really missed the ball with the xbox. It could have had the killer apps like media player and dvd player built in. But instead i gotta buy an adapter for 50 bucks to "enable" dvd playback. What a croc.
I dont pirate games. My net connection isnt fast enough and my Xbox HD isnt big enough. But heres my question: If i buy the PS2 version of GTA3 and GTA:VC do i have to go out and buy them again for the xbox? Or does 'making a personal backup of a friends' constitute stealing, even though ive already paid RockStar for the game?
My wish list: Mike Tysons Punch Out Crystalis Doctor Mario. Almost makes me want to by a flashcart for my GBA. But the price aint right.