And it's a wonder that the iPhone is such a hot item. I personally wouldn't buy one. Too much hype scares me away from purchases, because I end up thinking to myself "what is wrong with the device that we are all overlooking?" Well, DRM and Big Brother Apple are certainly a couple major things wrong with the iPhone.
Maybe I've just been too exposed to the Apple Zealots over the recent years... It's more than likely that a lot of iPhone users are not zealotous about it. It just bothers me when there are probably other just as viable options that are more open not become a more accepted alternative to products like the iPod and iPhone.
People with a spinal cord injury might have more than enough strength in the parts of their bodies that still work. And I remember seeing documentaries when I was a child about how cars could be refit so that a paraplegic could effectively drive one while only using the two functioning limbs. So no, this is obviously not what I was talking about.
I completely agree about the need for additional mass transit, especially the type that can cater to the elderly.
I remember one time when I was at my bank that I saw an old woman unable to walk around her big old Lincoln without holding onto the side of the car and moving ever so slowly. I'm sorry, but if you do not have the strength to stand by yourself, what business do you have driving a few thousand pounds of steel around?
With maildirs, migrating a user's mailbox is as simple as using rsync... done it many times. I trust it more than the "one button check-out" to move it. I've had that fail before on MS Exchange...
I have to agree with parent about Exchange choking. The one thing that really irritates me about Exchange is the whole "Let's toss everything and the kitchen sink into two single files" and "you'll have to shell out for special backup add-ons so that you can actually make meaningful backups of the users' mailboxes" ideologies. I prefer to use Maildirs with reiser4 (don't bother with the jokes about Hans, I've heard them before and they're not funny) - easy to backup and to use. But alas, NTFS would totally barf on even just one of my maildir folders...
Call me a skeptic, but although there is some level in truth that you might be able to detect a person's emotions through fleeting facial expressions and how they relate to spin, you probably will have about the same level of accuracy as a polygraph test to prove somebody's guilt/innocence...
I can't tell you how many times I've been accused of purposefully hindering workers' productivity because I don't give anybody but those whose (extremely poorly written) software requires administrative rights on their windows boxes.
I don't get it. It's like doing surgery - I'm no surgeon so I don't try to take out my own appendix. Why do people who know nothing about computers other than how to move a mouse and hit keys on a keyboard need to be able to install every program they feel they need + every virus/spyware/malware on their workstations?
I've even been told by upper management at some of my clients that they feel they need to have administrative rights on their machines because they are upper management. Last time I got that request I told them I'd have to prepare a rider for their contract that states that I provide no guarantee for any work performed on their machine, as they can just as easily re-infect themselves or in some other way screw up their machine that can result in a lot of time to decipher and fix. I haven't received any further reminders about the rider I haven't prepared for them yet.
And thus we can forget about it supporting anything other than microsoft or apple. But then again, I doubt there are many pro-DRM linux or bsd users out there...
I personally wouldn't by any nanny-device like this. I bought the file; I want to play it on whatever the fsck I want to without having to ask permission like a little child in school having go to the bathroom.
I'm not discussing his methods or his motivation, or whether he was a white hat or a black hat... but so what if he signed the terms of the network? Just because something is written doesn't mean it's enforceable in a court of law.
The thing that many people in western nations don't understand about the communist and former communist countries is that bribery is far more common than it is even in Chicago (hired trucks anybody?). For a little money, you can get whatever birthdate you want on your official documents. It is common practice for a variety of reasons, for example due to the concept of luck and how it corresponds to East Asian astrology.
I always love the folks that assume that the "market" is a sentient being looking out for the best interests of all. Wrong. Just as the parent stated with the Prisoners' Dilemna, everybody does it or nobody does it. The problem then gets pushed up higher to the application developers who have to find elaborate work-arounds for their protocols and applications. Many VoIP professionals are very familiar with things like STUN and TURN... ugly hacks that could be done away with if we all switched to ipv6...
It also likely does not help adoption that we have a few very large ISP's in the USA. Has Ma Bell *ever* moved fast to adopt a new technology? Remember the old Saturday Night Live skit where "we've just lost Peoria. We don't care, we don't have to. We're the Phone Company."
It appears that there are options for rsync encrypting files on the far end. rsyncrypto might be just one of these. I have not used them but I remember them coming across my 'radar screen' in the past.
If you didn't follow through on the injuction, would the judge not find you in contempt and still prevent you from participating in the presentation? I may be wrong, but it sounds like what usually happens when one defies a judge's order.
I would say that the issues are not mutually exclusive. I usually look first at having a fairly decent demo that gives a good feel for the game play. Provided that the game developers haven't skimped on the gameplay and storyline for the greater glory of eyecandy and fancy graphics, I will next look at the price. The price has to be commensurate with the enjoyment I expect to get out of the game. Next I take into account (if at all possible) what type of invasive DRM is involved. I have purchased several of ID's games over the past years and was always happy with the level of copy protection. Even Q4 had some DRM that required the disc at first, but after a short period of time they removed this requirement. But I was extremely disappointed when I purchased Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones from Ubisoft. Weak sector checking and thus requiring the original subverts my rights to a personal backup copy to play off of.
So in short, I go by the following:
1. First, did I try the game and did it have good gameplay and storyline?
2. Is the price commensurate?
3. What invasive DRM is involved? (Yes, I consider Steam to be invasive DRM.)
My choice whether to purchase a game can be broken at any of these 3 steps.
The law would apply to him upon his re-entry I suspect, or upon the renewal of his Israeli passport. As long as you are residing outside of Israel, you can use your Israeli passport as a form of ID within the state of Israel. But if you are there for longer than (possibly) a year, you would need to get an ID card or renew it.
I am just sad that I am not back at my other home to fight this law myself. This law will directly affect me as well.
I completely agree with the parent. Whatever happened to the idea of USING YOUR OWN TWO FEET? The number 11 bus line is *always* running as long as you have the use of your legs, so use them. When I used to live in the Mid East, I used to walk 7-10 km just because the weather was nice and exercise is good for the body. I still walk a lot, but in Chicago that can be limited by the weather very easily.
I have the distinct feeling that movie Wall-E was a social commentary on many levels...
Whats the difference between communism and the US government? One political party... Suddenly makes you feel like those McCarthy years were an EVEN bigger waste than they had been thought to be?
In some ways I prefer a more parliamentary system that allows for more political parties, and thus more likelihood to have one's opinions actually represented in some way...
My main question is this - since 9/11, there have been no actual attacks on American soil that are at all worth mentioning. How long are we going to run around like chicken with our heads cut off boc boc'ing about the sky falling from terrorists? I've lived in areas of the world that ARE plagued by REAL terrorist attacks, and I always felt freer in those regions that I had lived in than in the USA. Ironic isn't it?
There always was copyright infringement. The only difference between before and now is that you couldn't track the number of people that copied Axel F from one tape to another. Nowadays you can simply open up a p2p application and somewhat quantify the amount. Before, ignorance was bliss. Now all the bloodthirsty can think about is squeezing out every last drop of blood from people.
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And it's a wonder that the iPhone is such a hot item. I personally wouldn't buy one. Too much hype scares me away from purchases, because I end up thinking to myself "what is wrong with the device that we are all overlooking?" Well, DRM and Big Brother Apple are certainly a couple major things wrong with the iPhone.
Maybe I've just been too exposed to the Apple Zealots over the recent years... It's more than likely that a lot of iPhone users are not zealotous about it. It just bothers me when there are probably other just as viable options that are more open not become a more accepted alternative to products like the iPod and iPhone.
People with a spinal cord injury might have more than enough strength in the parts of their bodies that still work. And I remember seeing documentaries when I was a child about how cars could be refit so that a paraplegic could effectively drive one while only using the two functioning limbs. So no, this is obviously not what I was talking about.
I completely agree about the need for additional mass transit, especially the type that can cater to the elderly.
I remember one time when I was at my bank that I saw an old woman unable to walk around her big old Lincoln without holding onto the side of the car and moving ever so slowly. I'm sorry, but if you do not have the strength to stand by yourself, what business do you have driving a few thousand pounds of steel around?
With maildirs, migrating a user's mailbox is as simple as using rsync... done it many times. I trust it more than the "one button check-out" to move it. I've had that fail before on MS Exchange...
I have to agree with parent about Exchange choking. The one thing that really irritates me about Exchange is the whole "Let's toss everything and the kitchen sink into two single files" and "you'll have to shell out for special backup add-ons so that you can actually make meaningful backups of the users' mailboxes" ideologies. I prefer to use Maildirs with reiser4 (don't bother with the jokes about Hans, I've heard them before and they're not funny) - easy to backup and to use. But alas, NTFS would totally barf on even just one of my maildir folders...
Call me a skeptic, but although there is some level in truth that you might be able to detect a person's emotions through fleeting facial expressions and how they relate to spin, you probably will have about the same level of accuracy as a polygraph test to prove somebody's guilt/innocence...
I can't tell you how many times I've been accused of purposefully hindering workers' productivity because I don't give anybody but those whose (extremely poorly written) software requires administrative rights on their windows boxes.
I don't get it. It's like doing surgery - I'm no surgeon so I don't try to take out my own appendix. Why do people who know nothing about computers other than how to move a mouse and hit keys on a keyboard need to be able to install every program they feel they need + every virus/spyware/malware on their workstations?
I've even been told by upper management at some of my clients that they feel they need to have administrative rights on their machines because they are upper management. Last time I got that request I told them I'd have to prepare a rider for their contract that states that I provide no guarantee for any work performed on their machine, as they can just as easily re-infect themselves or in some other way screw up their machine that can result in a lot of time to decipher and fix. I haven't received any further reminders about the rider I haven't prepared for them yet.
And thus we can forget about it supporting anything other than microsoft or apple. But then again, I doubt there are many pro-DRM linux or bsd users out there...
I personally wouldn't by any nanny-device like this. I bought the file; I want to play it on whatever the fsck I want to without having to ask permission like a little child in school having go to the bathroom.
I'm not discussing his methods or his motivation, or whether he was a white hat or a black hat... but so what if he signed the terms of the network? Just because something is written doesn't mean it's enforceable in a court of law.
Illinois, the land of the waving palm (and I don't mean the trees... "donation" please...)
At least with the I-Pass system the guys can't be skimming off the top in the counting rooms anymore...
The thing that many people in western nations don't understand about the communist and former communist countries is that bribery is far more common than it is even in Chicago (hired trucks anybody?). For a little money, you can get whatever birthdate you want on your official documents. It is common practice for a variety of reasons, for example due to the concept of luck and how it corresponds to East Asian astrology.
I always love the folks that assume that the "market" is a sentient being looking out for the best interests of all. Wrong. Just as the parent stated with the Prisoners' Dilemna, everybody does it or nobody does it. The problem then gets pushed up higher to the application developers who have to find elaborate work-arounds for their protocols and applications. Many VoIP professionals are very familiar with things like STUN and TURN... ugly hacks that could be done away with if we all switched to ipv6...
It also likely does not help adoption that we have a few very large ISP's in the USA. Has Ma Bell *ever* moved fast to adopt a new technology? Remember the old Saturday Night Live skit where "we've just lost Peoria. We don't care, we don't have to. We're the Phone Company."
It appears that there are options for rsync encrypting files on the far end. rsyncrypto might be just one of these. I have not used them but I remember them coming across my 'radar screen' in the past.
s/villians/criminals. There, i fixed that for you. If you embarrass somebody re a computer or computer program, they try to get you put in jail...
If you didn't follow through on the injuction, would the judge not find you in contempt and still prevent you from participating in the presentation? I may be wrong, but it sounds like what usually happens when one defies a judge's order.
I would say that the issues are not mutually exclusive. I usually look first at having a fairly decent demo that gives a good feel for the game play. Provided that the game developers haven't skimped on the gameplay and storyline for the greater glory of eyecandy and fancy graphics, I will next look at the price. The price has to be commensurate with the enjoyment I expect to get out of the game. Next I take into account (if at all possible) what type of invasive DRM is involved. I have purchased several of ID's games over the past years and was always happy with the level of copy protection. Even Q4 had some DRM that required the disc at first, but after a short period of time they removed this requirement. But I was extremely disappointed when I purchased Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones from Ubisoft. Weak sector checking and thus requiring the original subverts my rights to a personal backup copy to play off of.
So in short, I go by the following:
1. First, did I try the game and did it have good gameplay and storyline?
2. Is the price commensurate?
3. What invasive DRM is involved? (Yes, I consider Steam to be invasive DRM.)
My choice whether to purchase a game can be broken at any of these 3 steps.
The law would apply to him upon his re-entry I suspect, or upon the renewal of his Israeli passport. As long as you are residing outside of Israel, you can use your Israeli passport as a form of ID within the state of Israel. But if you are there for longer than (possibly) a year, you would need to get an ID card or renew it.
I am just sad that I am not back at my other home to fight this law myself. This law will directly affect me as well.
Not to mention a rather high price tag for said golfcart cut in half with a gyroscope and scooter handlebars...
I completely agree with the parent. Whatever happened to the idea of USING YOUR OWN TWO FEET? The number 11 bus line is *always* running as long as you have the use of your legs, so use them. When I used to live in the Mid East, I used to walk 7-10 km just because the weather was nice and exercise is good for the body. I still walk a lot, but in Chicago that can be limited by the weather very easily.
I have the distinct feeling that movie Wall-E was a social commentary on many levels...
Does it really matter anyway? Zoidberg is the only one to be deemed good by Santa!
Oh Scopes Monkey, where are you now?
Whats the difference between communism and the US government? One political party... Suddenly makes you feel like those McCarthy years were an EVEN bigger waste than they had been thought to be?
In some ways I prefer a more parliamentary system that allows for more political parties, and thus more likelihood to have one's opinions actually represented in some way...
I personally was thinking something more along the lines of The 5th Element...
My main question is this - since 9/11, there have been no actual attacks on American soil that are at all worth mentioning. How long are we going to run around like chicken with our heads cut off boc boc'ing about the sky falling from terrorists? I've lived in areas of the world that ARE plagued by REAL terrorist attacks, and I always felt freer in those regions that I had lived in than in the USA. Ironic isn't it?
There always was copyright infringement. The only difference between before and now is that you couldn't track the number of people that copied Axel F from one tape to another. Nowadays you can simply open up a p2p application and somewhat quantify the amount. Before, ignorance was bliss. Now all the bloodthirsty can think about is squeezing out every last drop of blood from people.