I thought everything was developed by a third party? So why is MS getting all the credit? Not to mention this doesn't sound like a breakthrough since it is using some common, and old, techniques.
While I wouldn't mod you down, I wouldn't mod you insightful. Maybe a bit trollish. I see that MS has a lawsuit going and they are being cagey about it, but has Apple attacked Google about Android? Hm...
I love how all the fanbois are crawling out to insist that "ample" and "adequate" are synonyms.
From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ample ample/æmpl/ Show Spelled[am-puhl] Show IPA –adjective, -pler, -plest. 1. fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish. 2. of sufficient or abundant measure; liberal; copious: an ample reward. 3. of adequate or more than adequate extent, size, or amount; large; spacious; roomy: ample storage space.
I would have to say they have achieved their goal since our government is at their beck and call when it comes to destroying the foundation of America.
Imagine a CEO of a Fortune 100 company that knows everything about what every manager up and down the corporate ladder is doing. Is that feasible? Now multiply that by a few thousand and then tell me that any president knows exactly what is going on in every federal department. It would be madness.
On the other hand, you can turn some of this around and blame the idiotic/patriotic masses who demanded what would be done after 9/11. It seems like most Americans (not patriots because true patriots would not have forfeited their rights) bleated about wanting to be safe and were more than willing to turn a blind eye (assuming anything was public since most of Bush's tenure was held in secrecy).
Given the rabble rousing, both sides needed to take things to extremes to prove that they were on the side of safety, the children, etc. If they didn't then they got railroaded by the other side in an attempt to build more power. This is ugly politics not governing.
Something I have seen very recently as a good example of this idiocy is all the people who currently support Blizzard in their bid to destroy fair use because it is protecting them from cheaters. I would rather have someone cheating all day long than give up my rights to backup my games or do what I want with the property I purchased.
Only 80%? surely they could have found a 100% white neighborhood to canvass.
While I don't have a problem with those "300 illegals" being taken away (by the way, you have a citation for that?), why is it the owner isn't jailed for 300 counts of breaking the law? After all, they are just as guilty, if not moreso, of taking jobs away from Americans.
You logic is, to put it mildly, idiotic. The federal government doesn't have any interest in ensuring unemployment rates are high, so if this law worked, I am sure they would be willing to enforce it. But there is still the matter of how it violates the civil rights of Americans who are not white. I saw a funny quote from a crazy redneck in Southern California that he wasn't worried about the law because he, "looked American." I don't think that statement needs any further comment... Anyway, we would all expect to have to show our passports if we are abroad, but should we have to expect to show them in the country of our birth? This law is grouping non-whites and whites (because let's be honest, they won't be affected) and forcing one of those groups to live in fear of being jailed ("detained") if they aren't carrying approved proof of citizenship.
Wouldn't the contents of the MP3 tag elements change the hash? If I make sure to run some batch MP3 tag editor against my files to add a comment "Ripped by me from my own personal CD collection", wouldn't that do it?
A treaty is not a simple thing. I am sure you have heard the phrase about choosing your battles, i.e. fight battles you really want to win and lose the ones you don't care enough about because they will generally help you win those others. In that light, I am sure there is a lot of winning and losing in a treaty. So, no, treaties probably are not 100% enforced for a myriad of reasons.
While the poster's comments may be a bit off keel, I would say that Nintendo can fight its own battles. They are not a US company and they should not expect US tax dollars to fund their particular war on piracy.
Surely Microsoft must have some idea to include a music/media portal in Windows and/or media player so that users don't have to think about running something "scary" like iTunes or a browser in order to buy music.
How about XP fanboys? Or OSX fanboys? Or Windows Server 2008 fanboys? Or Windows for Workgroups fanboys? Or even, dare I say it, Windows ME fanboys?!
Honestly, I am most upset that I was forced to get Vista "for free" on my newest laptop and now I am stuck with it unless I want to pay even more M$ tax. Microsoft should do the world a favor and offer free upgrades to 7. Now *that* would shut a lot of people up.
You'd run your program and it was ready in a second, you'd exit and it left no trace. Crashes were virtually unheard of.
And all without managed memory, automatic garbage collection, etc., imagine that! Seriously, I see so many devs (and M$, who has a product to sell) insisting that all that junk is what will save us. What they're doing is attempting to create a Fisher Price dev environment where you don't have to think anymore because they've done it all for you. What's going to happen to this world when GenC# programmers replace the old guard and they don't have the least clue about what is going on inside the computer that makes the magic happen?
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I thought everything was developed by a third party? So why is MS getting all the credit? Not to mention this doesn't sound like a breakthrough since it is using some common, and old, techniques.
While I wouldn't mod you down, I wouldn't mod you insightful. Maybe a bit trollish. I see that MS has a lawsuit going and they are being cagey about it, but has Apple attacked Google about Android? Hm...
Keep in mind, LINAL (Linus is not a lawyer...)
I love how all the fanbois are crawling out to insist that "ample" and "adequate" are synonyms.
From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ample /æmpl/ Show Spelled[am-puhl] Show IPA
ample
–adjective, -pler, -plest.
1.
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
2.
of sufficient or abundant measure; liberal; copious: an ample reward.
3.
of adequate or more than adequate extent, size, or amount; large; spacious; roomy: ample storage space.
Sucks to be as dumb as you.
The sausage king of Chicago?
Right, we need more stupid people around because that will pull us ahead. 0_o
So that means anyone can compile and install his or her own fixes? So this sounds like a non-issue to me.
Fine. How about "borrow and spend"? Because that's what he's doing.
So you are saying he's a Republican?
I would have to say they have achieved their goal since our government is at their beck and call when it comes to destroying the foundation of America.
Imagine a CEO of a Fortune 100 company that knows everything about what every manager up and down the corporate ladder is doing. Is that feasible? Now multiply that by a few thousand and then tell me that any president knows exactly what is going on in every federal department. It would be madness.
On the other hand, you can turn some of this around and blame the idiotic/patriotic masses who demanded what would be done after 9/11. It seems like most Americans (not patriots because true patriots would not have forfeited their rights) bleated about wanting to be safe and were more than willing to turn a blind eye (assuming anything was public since most of Bush's tenure was held in secrecy).
Given the rabble rousing, both sides needed to take things to extremes to prove that they were on the side of safety, the children, etc. If they didn't then they got railroaded by the other side in an attempt to build more power. This is ugly politics not governing.
Something I have seen very recently as a good example of this idiocy is all the people who currently support Blizzard in their bid to destroy fair use because it is protecting them from cheaters. I would rather have someone cheating all day long than give up my rights to backup my games or do what I want with the property I purchased.
Only 80%? surely they could have found a 100% white neighborhood to canvass.
While I don't have a problem with those "300 illegals" being taken away (by the way, you have a citation for that?), why is it the owner isn't jailed for 300 counts of breaking the law? After all, they are just as guilty, if not moreso, of taking jobs away from Americans.
You logic is, to put it mildly, idiotic. The federal government doesn't have any interest in ensuring unemployment rates are high, so if this law worked, I am sure they would be willing to enforce it. But there is still the matter of how it violates the civil rights of Americans who are not white. I saw a funny quote from a crazy redneck in Southern California that he wasn't worried about the law because he, "looked American." I don't think that statement needs any further comment... Anyway, we would all expect to have to show our passports if we are abroad, but should we have to expect to show them in the country of our birth? This law is grouping non-whites and whites (because let's be honest, they won't be affected) and forcing one of those groups to live in fear of being jailed ("detained") if they aren't carrying approved proof of citizenship.
Do I have any rights to sue Activision for ruining my potential profits? Can I do anything to have Kotick and crew ousted?
Bill? It's nice to see you posting on /. once in a while! Keep in touch man.
Couldn't you also say, "And that's all they do...for 30 minutes, after which they go back to playing World of Warcraft"?
#2 sounds a little more like this to me:
2. I bought a stereo for my car, when the car died I took the stereo with me.
The conclusion being that, the way things currently work, I would not be allowed to take my stereo with me.
That's a tax the company will use to write off, and then turn around and pass the cost off onto us.
You are a god!
Wouldn't the contents of the MP3 tag elements change the hash? If I make sure to run some batch MP3 tag editor against my files to add a comment "Ripped by me from my own personal CD collection", wouldn't that do it?
But you are missing on on the tried and true recycle... cycle.
It seems that a good 25% of any system's catalog consists of updated oldies.
Nintendo seems worse but I suspect that is because their catalog dates back much farther than Sony's or MS's.
From a different perspective...
A treaty is not a simple thing. I am sure you have heard the phrase about choosing your battles, i.e. fight battles you really want to win and lose the ones you don't care enough about because they will generally help you win those others. In that light, I am sure there is a lot of winning and losing in a treaty. So, no, treaties probably are not 100% enforced for a myriad of reasons.
While the poster's comments may be a bit off keel, I would say that Nintendo can fight its own battles. They are not a US company and they should not expect US tax dollars to fund their particular war on piracy.
I am an AT&T shareholder. There, I said it.
Do I have any rights to complain as a shareholder that I think this is bad for the shareholders?
Surely Microsoft must have some idea to include a music/media portal in Windows and/or media player so that users don't have to think about running something "scary" like iTunes or a browser in order to buy music.
How about XP fanboys? Or OSX fanboys? Or Windows Server 2008 fanboys? Or Windows for Workgroups fanboys? Or even, dare I say it, Windows ME fanboys?!
Honestly, I am most upset that I was forced to get Vista "for free" on my newest laptop and now I am stuck with it unless I want to pay even more M$ tax. Microsoft should do the world a favor and offer free upgrades to 7. Now *that* would shut a lot of people up.
You'd run your program and it was ready in a second, you'd exit and it left no trace. Crashes were virtually unheard of.
And all without managed memory, automatic garbage collection, etc., imagine that! Seriously, I see so many devs (and M$, who has a product to sell) insisting that all that junk is what will save us. What they're doing is attempting to create a Fisher Price dev environment where you don't have to think anymore because they've done it all for you. What's going to happen to this world when GenC# programmers replace the old guard and they don't have the least clue about what is going on inside the computer that makes the magic happen?
Or spent on companies that are good old USA companies, with tax shelters in Ireland and 99% outsourcing? But hey, they're American companies!