Erm, no, and the fact that I'm black has nothing to do with it. Spout your racial idiology (yes, spelled correctly) wheresoever you want; I just don't see this guy playing the role of Ford Prefect. So long, and keep all the fish...
Yes, people do already say "Microsoft it", but the synonym used in place of MS is a four-letter word that's not acceptable in polite company. Oh, f--- it, you knew this anyway.
How much useful information can we expect to get from the page when the posts are being moderated before they are posted? I mean, I understand the potential for screaming, flaming fireballs calling MS everything but the Anti-Christ, but come on, I'd like to see the posts that don't approve of the changes as well. That would probably include mine.
Plus, they could get the satisfaction of firing Darl McBride.
Fire him? No, no, no, no, far too easy. Perhaps a demotion to the job of cleaning dust from the insides of old servers in the warehouse, or maybe even offering mints and cologne to upper management in the corporate washrooms. He's already familiar with the bottoms of toilets, since that seems to be where his ideas are coming from.
Just a bit of divergence, here. This is posted as though EVERY professor takes part in some nefarious scheme to make life miserable for students and pad our pockets. However, speaking as a professor and department chair, I must disagree with this statement.Believe if you will or not, but here follows the explanation.
It would make no difference to me if the same text had been used for the past three years in my Intro to Computers classes. My lectures touch on the same topics, but the goal is to provide more than what you can read. However, the textbook publisher (Thomson, by the way) automatically send the newest edition of the text to our bookstore when it comes out. We could order the older version, but by the next class rotation it will no longer be available. Could I use the previous version? Certainly. However, there would be students who want to purchase the book new and who would not be able to find it. I don't like changing my material any more than you like paying for new books.
And as for kickbacks? I wish! The only benefit I've seen in several years of teaching college is the occasional freebie textbook thrown my way. So before making these broad accusations, it might pay to check the facts a bit more closely. Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean the world IS actually out to get you.
Rather than trying to pound through all of those issues on a daily basis, we've been content to say, "We're going to work our issues through the courtroom, and when everything is resolved there, we'll be good to go
Good to go where, exactly? The unemployment line? A beach in Tahiti? In search of more infringing code in other programs? C'mon, Darl, give us a hint! It's not like you'll be doing a booming business in selling your SCOmware after this is all over.
So does this mean that Will Ferrell might be next on the list of "to-be-sued"? Of course, in hindsight, maybe that one should progress, given the movie that was the result.
Legitimate uses mainly focus on authentication devices for access to computer systems. I currently teach Network Administration, and have several smart card "devices" that are used in class demonstrations concerning security issues. The use of these devices for DirecTV piracy involves flashing chips in order to load the software necessary to interact with DirecTV's systems. Since I bought these devices, I have been waiting for a letter from them, but nothing yet.
However, as one who does read quite a bit about smart cards and such, I find it somewhat amusing that DirecTV agreed to this AFTER they performed a huge card swap and shut down the data stream for their P3 cards, the most popular hacked card they had. There are no programs out there that can hack the newer cards... yet. Oh, and BTW, I am a subscriber and have been for years, so I have little reason to hack DirecTV, just in case their lawyers stumble across/.
If I copy the track(s) to my hard drive, and then burn from the stored track, does this mean that the data will degrade on the drive?
I've had this argument before with music people. Any 14-year-old with a soldering iron can figure out ways around hardware restrictions, and software is just code that can be rewritten. Unless there is some way to persuade people that burning is not as good an option (without trying to sue them, thank you, RIAA!), then ways to circumvent the technology will be found.
But what do I know? I still own vinyl LPs and turntables...
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Erm, no, and the fact that I'm black has nothing to do with it. Spout your racial idiology (yes, spelled correctly) wheresoever you want; I just don't see this guy playing the role of Ford Prefect. So long, and keep all the fish...
Mos Def?? MOS DEF?? Who is this guy, and what did he do with Ford Prefect??? Where's a Vogon when you need them?
Yes, people do already say "Microsoft it", but the synonym used in place of MS is a four-letter word that's not acceptable in polite company. Oh, f--- it, you knew this anyway.
How much useful information can we expect to get from the page when the posts are being moderated before they are posted? I mean, I understand the potential for screaming, flaming fireballs calling MS everything but the Anti-Christ, but come on, I'd like to see the posts that don't approve of the changes as well. That would probably include mine.
Plus, they could get the satisfaction of firing Darl McBride.
Fire him? No, no, no, no, far too easy. Perhaps a demotion to the job of cleaning dust from the insides of old servers in the warehouse, or maybe even offering mints and cologne to upper management in the corporate washrooms. He's already familiar with the bottoms of toilets, since that seems to be where his ideas are coming from.
Just a bit of divergence, here. This is posted as though EVERY professor takes part in some nefarious scheme to make life miserable for students and pad our pockets. However, speaking as a professor and department chair, I must disagree with this statement.Believe if you will or not, but here follows the explanation.
It would make no difference to me if the same text had been used for the past three years in my Intro to Computers classes. My lectures touch on the same topics, but the goal is to provide more than what you can read. However, the textbook publisher (Thomson, by the way) automatically send the newest edition of the text to our bookstore when it comes out. We could order the older version, but by the next class rotation it will no longer be available. Could I use the previous version? Certainly. However, there would be students who want to purchase the book new and who would not be able to find it. I don't like changing my material any more than you like paying for new books.
And as for kickbacks? I wish! The only benefit I've seen in several years of teaching college is the occasional freebie textbook thrown my way. So before making these broad accusations, it might pay to check the facts a bit more closely. Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean the world IS actually out to get you.
Hey, dumb people have feelings too! Of course, they're too stupid to know it, but still...
Anyway, wouldn't at least some exaggeration in his life make Al a bit more interesting? Just a little? Hmmm?
Rather than trying to pound through all of those issues on a daily basis, we've been content to say, "We're going to work our issues through the courtroom, and when everything is resolved there, we'll be good to go
Good to go where, exactly? The unemployment line? A beach in Tahiti? In search of more infringing code in other programs? C'mon, Darl, give us a hint! It's not like you'll be doing a booming business in selling your SCOmware after this is all over.
So does this mean that Will Ferrell might be next on the list of "to-be-sued"? Of course, in hindsight, maybe that one should progress, given the movie that was the result.
"Not only do we have a road map, but we're delivering on the road map."
Um, has anyone else noticed that all of the roads on this particular map are dead ends?
Legitimate uses mainly focus on authentication devices for access to computer systems. I currently teach Network Administration, and have several smart card "devices" that are used in class demonstrations concerning security issues. The use of these devices for DirecTV piracy involves flashing chips in order to load the software necessary to interact with DirecTV's systems. Since I bought these devices, I have been waiting for a letter from them, but nothing yet.
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However, as one who does read quite a bit about smart cards and such, I find it somewhat amusing that DirecTV agreed to this AFTER they performed a huge card swap and shut down the data stream for their P3 cards, the most popular hacked card they had. There are no programs out there that can hack the newer cards... yet. Oh, and BTW, I am a subscriber and have been for years, so I have little reason to hack DirecTV, just in case their lawyers stumble across
If I copy the track(s) to my hard drive, and then burn from the stored track, does this mean that the data will degrade on the drive?
I've had this argument before with music people. Any 14-year-old with a soldering iron can figure out ways around hardware restrictions, and software is just code that can be rewritten. Unless there is some way to persuade people that burning is not as good an option (without trying to sue them, thank you, RIAA!), then ways to circumvent the technology will be found.
But what do I know? I still own vinyl LPs and turntables...