My mistake. Ihad just had a back and forth with Elegato about why none of their Mac DTT products (apart from a really expensive obsolescent one) supported firewire, but only USB 2. Their answer, and I quote:
"All DTT products that support EyeTV use USB 2.0 only. That means your Mac has to have built-in USB 2.0 ports... USB 2.0 products are what manufacturers currenly make, so that's what we support."
You've just said most eloquently, exactly what I came here to say.
I'd also add
4: Portability. I quite often print something out to read on the train, or the toilet, or wherever. I can fold it up and tuck it in a pocket, scribble stuff on it and flick back and forth between pages.
Depends how you interpret the figures. I have a stable, well configured Mac. Last week, I had a dodgy 3rd party app that crashed 3 times. Each time the Apple crash reporter asked me to send a report to Apple.
If I had been running a beta version of the operating system I would have gone ahead and sent, on the grounds that it might have been a bad interaction between app and OS. In the event I said no.
You need to know more about what is triggering the crash reporter.
Wait until you become a parent (assuming you aren't already) - that's when you appreciate it even more. Watching my wife nearly, but not quite dying following a placental abruption, and been saved, despite half her blood bodies landing at my feet when they opened her, having the infant whisked off to ICU two weeks and having it, and my wife come out just fine. The NHS is a fine institution. Some of the patients take it for granted.
Of course, the savvy OSS officiando will explain to management that this is exactly what they are striving for: "WE only write new code where strictly necessary... most of this project is utilizing reusable components generated by the open source community..." etc.
It's worth it. I'm not a great game player, my machine isn't up to playing SL really and I don;t have enough time to get sucked into an immersive game. However I found downloading the free client, reading the scripting guide and trolling about in the world for a few hours to be interesting and worthwhile.
The developer was at least partially correct in his attitude. I suspect he had been ground down by the organisation and was now watching his back. He was right not to change the spec unilaterally. He was wrong not to point out to the spec-meisters as soon as he spotted it that the spec was probably wrong, and that it should be amended. He should also have pointed out in writing that if the spec was not amended and approved within a day there would be a developmental delay.
I work for an ISP, and the spam problem is so bad that if you have to block a non-trivial amount of legitimate mail in order to block a HUGE amount of spam, then that's a more than fair trade-off.
I am absolutely sure that a large proportion of your customers would vehemently disagree with you. Recieving junk mail is an annoyance. Not receiving non-trivial amounts of potential important legitimate mail is a show-stopper.
I take it you give your customers the ability to opt in and out of your shonky anti-spam system?
Moreover, it is not actually a law yet, no matter what the article summary said. The government has said it intends to introduce a bill before parliament.
To answer your question. I don't "honestly believe that you have to comply with the law of every country with Internet access in the world if you post something online". You see, I'm not a great fan of slippery slope arguments. I'm in favour of judging individual cases on their merits based on my judgement of what seems reasonable, taking into account regional or cultural sensibilities. To paraphrase the IETF, be conservative in what you publish, be liberal in what you accept.
So, the NYT decision seems reasonable - it is a good faith decision that helps a non-controversial aspect of the judicial process in a democratic country.
By contrast, your example regarding China would fail my personal test.
Really? You honestly believe that local laws have no relevance and should have no relevance to the publishers of Internet-based material?
I'm sure the Brits from Bet on Sports currently languishing in a U.S jail for running a gambling Web site accessible in the U.S would agree with you. It seems to me that the NYT is making a good will effort to avoid breaking a law against prejudicing trials in the UK which has widespread support in the UK.
I don't think the NYT needs geography lessons, I think someone else needs lesson in politics.
Now lets see - what "might be applicable to healthcare products" - how about any kind of software?
"but it's a real time operating system designed to run an oil drilling rig"..." yes, and it may well be applicable to our dentistry products. It is ours. Thank you".
"It's an e-mail client"... "yes, our healthcare clients use electronic messaging. Thank you".
It can be tenable to strike through any particularly malignant clauses and then sign however. As long as you do this judiciously, this can result in the hiring process continuing while the document goes back to legal. Sometimes the hiring manager doesn't even bother to tell legal that the document was amended. Sometimes legal look at the amendment and decide to ignore it.
Great series, but clearly showing its age and suffering from 'we need to keep inventing more überenemies' syndrome. I shall look forward to seeing how they bow out. Personally, I think it is about time that they found an enemy capable of destroying the earth which actually does it. Might not please some fans, but would make great television.
Except the guys aren't doing that: They aren't inviting as many credible scientific experts as possible to test it - they are asking people to apply, from which they will select 12. What a layman should do (other than attempt to publish in a peer-reviewed journal) is supply the information needed for anyone to try to duplicate the machine and its results.
Personally, I think this is more likely to be viral marketing for a game or something daft like that.
Both plasma and LCD accept the same media. The entire world can opt for LCD, the manufacturers can stop selling plasma and your plasma TV will continue to work just fine. Betamax owners on the other hand were lumbered with an arguably technologically superior machine which became progressively less useful as the studios and media manufacturers removed support.
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My mistake. Ihad just had a back and forth with Elegato about why none of their Mac DTT products (apart from a really expensive obsolescent one) supported firewire, but only USB 2. Their answer, and I quote:
"All DTT products that support EyeTV use USB 2.0 only. That means your Mac has to have built-in USB 2.0 ports...
USB 2.0 products are what manufacturers currenly make, so that's what we support."
Ah well, one lost sale for them.
Do all Macs have Firewire? I thought the newer ones had gone USB 2
You've just said most eloquently, exactly what I came here to say.
I'd also add
4: Portability. I quite often print something out to read on the train, or the toilet, or wherever. I can fold it up and tuck it in a pocket, scribble stuff on it and flick back and forth between pages.
I will have to put this new prediction with the old one...
because....?
Depends how you interpret the figures. I have a stable, well configured Mac. Last week, I had a dodgy 3rd party app that crashed 3 times. Each time the Apple crash reporter asked me to send a report to Apple.
If I had been running a beta version of the operating system I would have gone ahead and sent, on the grounds that it might have been a bad interaction between app and OS. In the event I said no.
You need to know more about what is triggering the crash reporter.
Curious. The movie was OK, but not a patch on the show, IMHO. I liked the leisurely character development in the latter.
Wait until you become a parent (assuming you aren't already) - that's when you appreciate it even more. Watching my wife nearly, but not quite dying following a placental abruption, and been saved, despite half her blood bodies landing at my feet when they opened her, having the infant whisked off to ICU two weeks and having it, and my wife come out just fine. The NHS is a fine institution. Some of the patients take it for granted.
Why am I reminded of Microsoft Passport?
Of course, the savvy OSS officiando will explain to management that this is exactly what they are striving for: "WE only write new code where strictly necessary ... most of this project is utilizing reusable components generated by the open source community..." etc.
It's worth it. I'm not a great game player, my machine isn't up to playing SL really and I don;t have enough time to get sucked into an immersive game. However I found downloading the free client, reading the scripting guide and trolling about in the world for a few hours to be interesting and worthwhile.
The developer was at least partially correct in his attitude. I suspect he had been ground down by the organisation and was now watching his back. He was right not to change the spec unilaterally. He was wrong not to point out to the spec-meisters as soon as he spotted it that the spec was probably wrong, and that it should be amended. He should also have pointed out in writing that if the spec was not amended and approved within a day there would be a developmental delay.
I am absolutely sure that a large proportion of your customers would vehemently disagree with you. Recieving junk mail is an annoyance. Not receiving non-trivial amounts of potential important legitimate mail is a show-stopper.
I take it you give your customers the ability to opt in and out of your shonky anti-spam system?
Moreover, it is not actually a law yet, no matter what the article summary said. The government has said it intends to introduce a bill before parliament.
Thanks for that. I don't seem to be able to find them in the UK yet, but I will have another look.
Are you aware of the ironic disconnect between the content of your posting (If you need to ask, you don't need to know) and the content of your .sig?
I've replaced most of the bulbs in my house with CFLs, but not all. You missed:
-they don't work with standard dimmer switches.
To answer your question. I don't "honestly believe that you have to comply with the law of every country with Internet access in the world if you post something online". You see, I'm not a great fan of slippery slope arguments. I'm in favour of judging individual cases on their merits based on my judgement of what seems reasonable, taking into account regional or cultural sensibilities. To paraphrase the IETF, be conservative in what you publish, be liberal in what you accept.
So, the NYT decision seems reasonable - it is a good faith decision that helps a non-controversial aspect of the judicial process in a democratic country.
By contrast, your example regarding China would fail my personal test.
Really? You honestly believe that local laws have no relevance and should have no relevance to the publishers of Internet-based material?
I'm sure the Brits from Bet on Sports currently languishing in a U.S jail for running a gambling Web site accessible in the U.S would agree with you. It seems to me that the NYT is making a good will effort to avoid breaking a law against prejudicing trials in the UK which has widespread support in the UK.
I don't think the NYT needs geography lessons, I think someone else needs lesson in politics.
Really bumpy foreheads for TOS klingons, perhaps.
Now lets see - what "might be applicable to healthcare products" - how about any kind of software?
..." yes, and it may well be applicable to our dentistry products. It is ours. Thank you".
... "yes, our healthcare clients use electronic messaging. Thank you".
"but it's a real time operating system designed to run an oil drilling rig"
"It's an e-mail client"
It can be tenable to strike through any particularly malignant clauses and then sign however. As long as you do this judiciously, this can result in the hiring process continuing while the document goes back to legal. Sometimes the hiring manager doesn't even bother to tell legal that the document was amended. Sometimes legal look at the amendment and decide to ignore it.
More importantly, can you be prosecuted when a piece of malware 'clicks' the button?
Great series, but clearly showing its age and suffering from 'we need to keep inventing more überenemies' syndrome. I shall look forward to seeing how they bow out. Personally, I think it is about time that they found an enemy capable of destroying the earth which actually does it. Might not please some fans, but would make great television.
Except the guys aren't doing that: They aren't inviting as many credible scientific experts as possible to test it - they are asking people to apply, from which they will select 12. What a layman should do (other than attempt to publish in a peer-reviewed journal) is supply the information needed for anyone to try to duplicate the machine and its results.
Personally, I think this is more likely to be viral marketing for a game or something daft like that.
Both plasma and LCD accept the same media. The entire world can opt for LCD, the manufacturers can stop selling plasma and your plasma TV will continue to work just fine. Betamax owners on the other hand were lumbered with an arguably technologically superior machine which became progressively less useful as the studios and media manufacturers removed support.