The iMac G4 'sunflower' model? I really liked that design. Not so much the G5 and onwards iMacs (although the latest black and aluminium ones don't look quite so bad.
That's an argument some politicians in the UK either cannot or refuse to understand. I listened to an interview ages ago on BBC Radio 4, can't remember who was being interviewed, but one person was putting forward the idea that we should try to understand why people feel the need to become suicide bombers (post 9/11 btw).
The other person (a Tory politician I think), argued against this by saying that these people were completely irrational, that they could not be understood because their activities were just so abhorrent (or something along those lines).
So obviously he was throwing the 'know your enemy' mantra right out the window, in an effort to avoid appearing to be justifying their actions. He failed to see the distinction between 'understanding' and 'justifying'.
If BSD used the GPL, then Apple still wouldn't be providing a fix, because they wouldn't be using OSS at all. Neither licence is better than the other in this regard.
I don't agree with the trolling from either camp. The licence you release your code under is a matter of personal choice.
Even just a single murder is unlikely to get you the death sentence - you have to kill, rape, and/or mutilate multiple people to even be considered for that particular "award".
Kenny Richey was convicted of arson that led to the death of a child, and was sentenced to death for it. Despite weak, circumstantial evidence the Ohio public prosecutor still hounded him for his life after his retrial was ordered. Ironically, he secured his release not by fighting back but by plea bargaining - his sentence was reduced to jail time that he had already served on the understanding that he plead 'No Contest'.
That's what I thought. This probably isn't a case of "Middle East Loses Internet", more a case of "Millions in Middle East Now Using One Fibre Connection Instead Of Two".
Like when a major motorway gets closed due to an accident, and every road within a hundred mile radius is choked for the rest of the day.
You mean the Master System? It was pretty successful in Europe I think. I remember all the shops that stocked games having Master System games on their shelves, alongside Mega Drive games.
In noisy environments, or when someone is hard of hearing, SMS is far superior to a voice call. Email could be as good, but just isn't as ubiquitous (usage-wise) on mobile phones.
I've always found voicemail systems frustrating, slow and costly. Many mobile packages charge you for receiving voicemail, whereas (outside the US at least) receiving an SMS is free, so it's a little impolite to leave a voice message as opposed to an SMS. The 'while driving' argument is also out if you live anywhere that bans mobile phone use while driving, because even if you're using a bluetooth headset, the ban includes pressing buttons on the device.
Also note that this has nothing to do with DRM the way it is used, and the topic of this article.
The 'article' is about someone who wants to share his data with certain people, but wants to prevent those people from sharing it any further (reading between the lines a bit here, but bear with me). The music industry wants to share its music with its customers, but wants to prevent those people from sharing it any further. In my Amazon example, I want to share those details with Amazon, but I want to prevent Amazon from sharing them any further. These scenarios are almost identical.
That's why there are still laws and regulations in place that forbid Amazon to share your credit card details with anyone else. Laws that are there to protect our privacy.
There are also copyright laws to prevent sharing music on P2P networks. They are largely ineffective, hence the need for DRM.
The whole DRM-idea is about "sharing" data (documents, music, video,...), but with the sharer imposing usage restrictions on the shared data. That's where "information wants to be free".
So when you share your name, address and credit card number (commonly considered 'personal data') with Amazon, under the 'information wants to be free' principle they can share it with whoever they want?
The vast majority of your personal data will be shared with some person, company or organisation at some point. That's the whole point of having personal data in the first place. It then stands to reason that the definition of 'privacy' is that it is not then shared any further.
reliance of configuration files, with the express purpose of "making it easier so you don't have to code...just change the configuration". What do we wind up with? Logic that is spread far and wide and removed from the actual computer program
My biggest objection to EJBs (using JBoss) was this; with plain old Java, if you'd done something wrong then the compiler (or your IDE) would pick it up and give you a stack trace, giving you a good idea of what you'd done wrong. If you'd done something wrong in one of the many, confusing and illogical XML configuration files, then good luck finding out what went wrong and how to fix it.
I actually quite liked the principle of EJBs, but they took so long for me to get working properly that I decided it just wasn't worth it.
Sorry to break it to you but this seems to be a standard way of doing things in Java. It's encouraged. The idea is that a long name that makes sense when you read it is worth the extra trouble. Plus because we have IDEs it tends to make writing them trivial. Done right it can be painless and helpful.
Plus, if you're concerned about performance or JAR size, you can use an obfuscator to automatically trim down the names of all your elements to be as short as possible.
I'm curious about this. UK plugs always have an earth pin, although whether it's wired up or not is a different matter.
My PowerBook came with two plugs - one that slots directly into the power brick, and one as part of an extension cable. The former isn't earthed, it's just moulded plastic. The latter, however, appears to have a metal connector that connects with the circular metal bit of the power brick. The cable is also relatively thick, so could conceivably carry an earth cable.
Even if it is all connected up though, that only earths the power brick, not the laptop itself. I think. IANA electrician.
Minidisc wasn't a failure. Superseded by newer technologies, sure, but not a failure. If anything Sony didn't push it hard enough - it would have been excellent if there had been more MD car stereos made.
This article really annoyed me, because the author simultaneously criticises Sony's TransferJet for being
too short-range (3cm), and
completely insecure.
As other users have mentioned, this would be great for transfers between stuff like digital cameras and MP3 players. I'd be quite happy to get rid of my box of cables in favour of this. And the lack of security is a key feature - Bluetooth isn't as easy to use as it could be due to the (necessary) security precautions.
The Germans (notably Karl Benz) have a greater claim to the invention of the motor car than either the British or the Americans, although both could legitimately claim to have invented the internal combustion engine.
Packet switching was invented first by the British, but the research never really went anywhere. The internet as we know it today is directly descended from independent research done by the Americans, so it's legitimate to say that it is an American invention.
Can't be bothered looking for sources, so take with a pinch of salt;)
Portable Apps is great for this purpose (I assume that's what you're using). Part of the problem with getting people to use open source software is the fact that it will generally replace, not complement, their existing software. In my experience people don't mind being told, "There's this great piece of software, you should try it." What they take exception to is being told to stop using software that they're quite happy with.
Portable Apps is great because it doesn't replace their existing workflow. They only need to use it when they're out and about. And they can decide at a later date if they want to alter their regular workflow.
I can refute both your points by referring to the episode where Clarkson declared the Peel P50 to be the best car in the world. A bit of an extreme case, I'll admit, but they also have good things to say about a lot of regular cars (for example, the modern Fiat Panda), as long as they can turn it into an entertaining segment. They refer to the Ford Mondeo as a very good car, but it's rarely mentioned because it's just not entertaining.
2. Basestation/routers need a simple-to-configure mode where they will let others into a separate
subnet that goes straight out to the Internet but does not see my home computers directly.
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3. (Brain software/mindset change.) Americans need to stop reflexively calling sharing 'stealing'.
You've been trained into this terminology by those who have already stolen everything and don't
want you to get it back.
Sharing WiFi is fundamentally different from sharing copyrighted material. I don't get why people have an issue with it. If you clearly mark your SSID with something like 'FreeWiFi' there's not even a legal or ethical problem in using it.
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The iMac G4 'sunflower' model? I really liked that design. Not so much the G5 and onwards iMacs (although the latest black and aluminium ones don't look quite so bad.
That's an argument some politicians in the UK either cannot or refuse to understand. I listened to an interview ages ago on BBC Radio 4, can't remember who was being interviewed, but one person was putting forward the idea that we should try to understand why people feel the need to become suicide bombers (post 9/11 btw).
The other person (a Tory politician I think), argued against this by saying that these people were completely irrational, that they could not be understood because their activities were just so abhorrent (or something along those lines).
So obviously he was throwing the 'know your enemy' mantra right out the window, in an effort to avoid appearing to be justifying their actions. He failed to see the distinction between 'understanding' and 'justifying'.
If BSD used the GPL, then Apple still wouldn't be providing a fix, because they wouldn't be using OSS at all. Neither licence is better than the other in this regard.
I don't agree with the trolling from either camp. The licence you release your code under is a matter of personal choice.
Belgium has compulsory national ID cards, but no death penalty in conformance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
I hope that refutes whatever it was you were trying to prove.
You always have the option to not put any DRM-encumbered media on it.
Kenny Richey was convicted of arson that led to the death of a child, and was sentenced to death for it. Despite weak, circumstantial evidence the Ohio public prosecutor still hounded him for his life after his retrial was ordered. Ironically, he secured his release not by fighting back but by plea bargaining - his sentence was reduced to jail time that he had already served on the understanding that he plead 'No Contest'.
As does Bush. And Blair too I think, but I can't find a source.
But what if human cloning is all part of his plan? Did they ever consider that? (God is meant to be almighty after all, not just some-mighty.)
Personally the whole 'affront to human dignity' thing seems a bit narcissistic to me. And the whole 'created in God's image' thing, I mean, come on!
I wonder if I'll lose any karma for posting this, given that Catholics don't believe in karma...
That's what I thought. This probably isn't a case of "Middle East Loses Internet", more a case of "Millions in Middle East Now Using One Fibre Connection Instead Of Two".
Like when a major motorway gets closed due to an accident, and every road within a hundred mile radius is choked for the rest of the day.
You mean the Master System? It was pretty successful in Europe I think. I remember all the shops that stocked games having Master System games on their shelves, alongside Mega Drive games.
In noisy environments, or when someone is hard of hearing, SMS is far superior to a voice call. Email could be as good, but just isn't as ubiquitous (usage-wise) on mobile phones.
I've always found voicemail systems frustrating, slow and costly. Many mobile packages charge you for receiving voicemail, whereas (outside the US at least) receiving an SMS is free, so it's a little impolite to leave a voice message as opposed to an SMS. The 'while driving' argument is also out if you live anywhere that bans mobile phone use while driving, because even if you're using a bluetooth headset, the ban includes pressing buttons on the device.
They do.
The 'article' is about someone who wants to share his data with certain people, but wants to prevent those people from sharing it any further (reading between the lines a bit here, but bear with me). The music industry wants to share its music with its customers, but wants to prevent those people from sharing it any further. In my Amazon example, I want to share those details with Amazon, but I want to prevent Amazon from sharing them any further. These scenarios are almost identical.
There are also copyright laws to prevent sharing music on P2P networks. They are largely ineffective, hence the need for DRM.
So when you share your name, address and credit card number (commonly considered 'personal data') with Amazon, under the 'information wants to be free' principle they can share it with whoever they want?
When you share your passport, National Insurance and driver's licence numbers, family details and NHS numbers with the MoD when you apply to join the armed forces, it's not such a big issue if they then (inadvertently) share it with the public?
The vast majority of your personal data will be shared with some person, company or organisation at some point. That's the whole point of having personal data in the first place. It then stands to reason that the definition of 'privacy' is that it is not then shared any further.
My biggest objection to EJBs (using JBoss) was this; with plain old Java, if you'd done something wrong then the compiler (or your IDE) would pick it up and give you a stack trace, giving you a good idea of what you'd done wrong. If you'd done something wrong in one of the many, confusing and illogical XML configuration files, then good luck finding out what went wrong and how to fix it.
I actually quite liked the principle of EJBs, but they took so long for me to get working properly that I decided it just wasn't worth it.
Plus, if you're concerned about performance or JAR size, you can use an obfuscator to automatically trim down the names of all your elements to be as short as possible.
I got half way through your first sentence and automatically assumed that you automatically assumed that it was Commodore related.
I'm curious about this. UK plugs always have an earth pin, although whether it's wired up or not is a different matter.
My PowerBook came with two plugs - one that slots directly into the power brick, and one as part of an extension cable. The former isn't earthed, it's just moulded plastic. The latter, however, appears to have a metal connector that connects with the circular metal bit of the power brick. The cable is also relatively thick, so could conceivably carry an earth cable.
Even if it is all connected up though, that only earths the power brick, not the laptop itself. I think. IANA electrician.
Minidisc wasn't a failure. Superseded by newer technologies, sure, but not a failure. If anything Sony didn't push it hard enough - it would have been excellent if there had been more MD car stereos made.
This article really annoyed me, because the author simultaneously criticises Sony's TransferJet for being
As other users have mentioned, this would be great for transfers between stuff like digital cameras and MP3 players. I'd be quite happy to get rid of my box of cables in favour of this. And the lack of security is a key feature - Bluetooth isn't as easy to use as it could be due to the (necessary) security precautions.
The Germans (notably Karl Benz) have a greater claim to the invention of the motor car than either the British or the Americans, although both could legitimately claim to have invented the internal combustion engine.
Packet switching was invented first by the British, but the research never really went anywhere. The internet as we know it today is directly descended from independent research done by the Americans, so it's legitimate to say that it is an American invention.
Can't be bothered looking for sources, so take with a pinch of salt ;)
Portable Apps is great for this purpose (I assume that's what you're using). Part of the problem with getting people to use open source software is the fact that it will generally replace, not complement, their existing software. In my experience people don't mind being told, "There's this great piece of software, you should try it." What they take exception to is being told to stop using software that they're quite happy with.
Portable Apps is great because it doesn't replace their existing workflow. They only need to use it when they're out and about. And they can decide at a later date if they want to alter their regular workflow.
Yeah, and Google Docs is a service. So you would pay for Google Docs but not OpenOffice?
I can refute both your points by referring to the episode where Clarkson declared the Peel P50 to be the best car in the world. A bit of an extreme case, I'll admit, but they also have good things to say about a lot of regular cars (for example, the modern Fiat Panda), as long as they can turn it into an entertaining segment. They refer to the Ford Mondeo as a very good car, but it's rarely mentioned because it's just not entertaining.
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Sharing WiFi is fundamentally different from sharing copyrighted material. I don't get why people have an issue with it. If you clearly mark your SSID with something like 'FreeWiFi' there's not even a legal or ethical problem in using it.