Good point, that would be circumventing the "copyprotection"... although they can already persecute for that before DMCA. It's called either vandalism or theft.
P.S. I feel sorry for the court, you can't expect a judge, who already has enough trouble memorizing laws and such dealing with all kinds of stuff, to have any idea on technology. And don't say they should have common sense, you will lose what common sense you have after you enforce some ridiculous law (what's this with rapists getting 5 years and a drug users, not sellers, getting 50?)
democracy is dead... republic is dead... dictatorship is proven beyong a reasonable doubt dead... oligarchy is so dead... theocracy is very dead... maybe you should bring back monarchy. I could remember in history there were several emperors in china who actually care for the peasants (stick it to the rich people in another word). But mostly, monarchy is dead... so what's left?
Let's try anarchy for a while, no one has tried it seriously.
Oh and as for you sig. The 0% juice thing is required by law. They have to tell you that their fruit juice doesn't contain fruit juice... but wait... what's in those things then??
Hm... odd, leasing a hardware implies that you have to return it once you're done with it... but that never seems to be the case with most hardware "purchases". No, the problem is that while you OWN the hardware, the software you leased with it are essential and proprietory to the point that no one else can use it.
Okay, so what other government system works well? From what I can see, every other government system would do much worse, perhaps other then democracy (but that never works on large countries... how do you get several million+ people to vote on every issue a nation need to decide while protecting minority rights?)
They could have a sort of oil filter system that's computer controlled that you need to turn-off to change the oil... oops, you can't because it will violate the DMCA.
As with software upgrades with major improvement, expect major bugs.
Give it time, they'll get it fixed. I have faith.
P.S. I hope when they get it fixed it's in one BIG RELEASE (fix just about everything) kind of fix. Not the Windows kind where a fix comes once every week (%$#^*(@#%).
Tried FireFox (stripped down version of Mozilla)? They are on par speed wise with Opera. But the point aside, who cares if it's Opera or Mozilla FireFox or Mozilla Suite? As long as it works and less security hole.
P.S. I doubt anyone will mod you down, you do have a good point.
I believe you're not using an XPI plugin then. The idea behind FireFox is not to be bloated. And will become bloated only when user choose to be. Hence, lots of plugin to add-on to a skimpy software (skimpy is good, runs fast).
The idea behind IBM is not having to haul around a computer (no matter how stripped it is). And I doubt an iPod-size device would be enough for the modern people to store their OS/Apps/Files on it.
It's not anal, it's a good question. I believe the other thing IBM is trying to solve is security. But if it ever comes out, a general rule of thumb... DON'T DO ANYTHING IMPORTANT ON IT! As with any system, people can hack it, no matter how hard you try to secure it.
Go ahead and patent it, but remember to lease/license/sell/develope the patent or else the court could take it away from you for just sitting your behind on it. Although I'm not too hot on the wireless part, why not a physical plug? More reliable for the amount of data you need to transfer.
Not just settings and profiles, but the entire session! It record the software state and allows system to know exactly what you were doing (what app's are opened, where are they, what background software you're running, what's the history of the software if it needs one like a web browser, what's the personal files you store on it and etc). In another word, instead of having to carry a physical computer, you can electronically transfer a virtual computer to any other machine around the world (provided they're design to operate like that).
The idea for this system in the world is to spread the use of computer, and reduce somesort of personal attachment to a certain area because the computer with your stuff on it is there. Of course, this could be a problem for office workers.
BOSS (on phone): Hey Jim, I need you to look at this. Jim: But I'm on vacation! BOSS: This is urgent, get yourself to a terminal and look this over. Jim: %&@(...
Well, the problem is that Big Brother mentality will always be there, how ever much the privacy advocates want. People always feel safer when they know more (hey, we want to know every tid-bit the President do, don't we?). I would be comfortable doing my school projects and other work on a public computer. Heck, I'll check-in on Slashdot every once in a while using those computer and keep the browser session open if I want to.
That you won't have to worry, the idea of the system is that you CAN choose to suspend it and continue somewere else (like saving a file, hit SAVE to backup current session and LOAD in a different location). If a user don't want his account content compromised, either... 1. Don't do anything important on it (also good security practice, don't do anything sensitive on a public computer). OR 2. Don't save the session. OR 3. Do both 1 and 2.
One major problem I would have with DVD-RW is that there's a limit on how many times you can write before it break (same with CD-RW). Although that number is quite high, repeated use will sooner or later cause it to fail. Plus DVD seems like a relatively fragile medium, a few scratches will do it in. I would opt for a Flash Mem drive (they can get one that's small but have a REALLY BIG STORAGE SPACE!). I like the Linux thingy, but I believe more people would use Windows (just the fact of life, many people use Windows... a lot actually).
It's different then that, what IBM is aiming for isn't a terminal, but the ability to record the computer state you're in when you last use and restore it. Example, you're using FireFox on Linux to browse website, while in the background listening to music and working on a project. And your FireFox got like ten tabs open pointing to a different website. What IBM is aiming for is to record the system state so you can log-off and log back on somewhere else and the identical screen/setup/app/etc will show up, allowing you to continue working as if you only hit the pause button.
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Good point, that would be circumventing the "copyprotection"... although they can already persecute for that before DMCA. It's called either vandalism or theft.
P.S. I feel sorry for the court, you can't expect a judge, who already has enough trouble memorizing laws and such dealing with all kinds of stuff, to have any idea on technology. And don't say they should have common sense, you will lose what common sense you have after you enforce some ridiculous law (what's this with rapists getting 5 years and a drug users, not sellers, getting 50?)
Note: US != Democracy
Note 2: US == Republic
Note 3: If US == Democracy then
this_whole_fuking_mess = false;
That EULA can be circumvented by screaming to your local software dealer.
BestBuy, CompUSA are both nice enough to give me in store credit when the software I bought is inherently defective.
democracy is dead... republic is dead... dictatorship is proven beyong a reasonable doubt dead... oligarchy is so dead... theocracy is very dead... maybe you should bring back monarchy. I could remember in history there were several emperors in china who actually care for the peasants (stick it to the rich people in another word). But mostly, monarchy is dead... so what's left?
Let's try anarchy for a while, no one has tried it seriously.
Oh and as for you sig. The 0% juice thing is required by law. They have to tell you that their fruit juice doesn't contain fruit juice... but wait... what's in those things then??
Hm... odd, leasing a hardware implies that you have to return it once you're done with it... but that never seems to be the case with most hardware "purchases". No, the problem is that while you OWN the hardware, the software you leased with it are essential and proprietory to the point that no one else can use it.
Okay, so what other government system works well? From what I can see, every other government system would do much worse, perhaps other then democracy (but that never works on large countries... how do you get several million+ people to vote on every issue a nation need to decide while protecting minority rights?)
They could have a sort of oil filter system that's computer controlled that you need to turn-off to change the oil... oops, you can't because it will violate the DMCA.
On the last part, reverse engineering for profit, thou not illegal (well, it is now in US), is unethical.
stripped down means it has what browsers needed and nothing more... wait, that's just about every other browser too...
You got a point there... never thought of that...
Homer (horny version): "Mm... porn..."
Hm... never thought of that... IE IS bare... they even strip it down to no security feature and no tabbed browsing...
As with all software, expect bugs.
As with software upgrades with major improvement, expect major bugs.
Give it time, they'll get it fixed. I have faith.
P.S. I hope when they get it fixed it's in one BIG RELEASE (fix just about everything) kind of fix. Not the Windows kind where a fix comes once every week (%$#^*(@#%).
Tried FireFox (stripped down version of Mozilla)? They are on par speed wise with Opera. But the point aside, who cares if it's Opera or Mozilla FireFox or Mozilla Suite? As long as it works and less security hole.
P.S. I doubt anyone will mod you down, you do have a good point.
I believe you're not using an XPI plugin then. The idea behind FireFox is not to be bloated. And will become bloated only when user choose to be. Hence, lots of plugin to add-on to a skimpy software (skimpy is good, runs fast).
The idea behind IBM is not having to haul around a computer (no matter how stripped it is). And I doubt an iPod-size device would be enough for the modern people to store their OS/Apps/Files on it.
It's not anal, it's a good question. I believe the other thing IBM is trying to solve is security. But if it ever comes out, a general rule of thumb...
DON'T DO ANYTHING IMPORTANT ON IT!
As with any system, people can hack it, no matter how hard you try to secure it.
Go ahead and patent it, but remember to lease/license/sell/develope the patent or else the court could take it away from you for just sitting your behind on it. Although I'm not too hot on the wireless part, why not a physical plug? More reliable for the amount of data you need to transfer.
Not just settings and profiles, but the entire session! It record the software state and allows system to know exactly what you were doing (what app's are opened, where are they, what background software you're running, what's the history of the software if it needs one like a web browser, what's the personal files you store on it and etc). In another word, instead of having to carry a physical computer, you can electronically transfer a virtual computer to any other machine around the world (provided they're design to operate like that).
The idea for this system in the world is to spread the use of computer, and reduce somesort of personal attachment to a certain area because the computer with your stuff on it is there. Of course, this could be a problem for office workers.
BOSS (on phone): Hey Jim, I need you to look at this.
Jim: But I'm on vacation!
BOSS: This is urgent, get yourself to a terminal and look this over.
Jim: %&@(...
Well, the problem is that Big Brother mentality will always be there, how ever much the privacy advocates want. People always feel safer when they know more (hey, we want to know every tid-bit the President do, don't we?). I would be comfortable doing my school projects and other work on a public computer. Heck, I'll check-in on Slashdot every once in a while using those computer and keep the browser session open if I want to.
That you won't have to worry, the idea of the system is that you CAN choose to suspend it and continue somewere else (like saving a file, hit SAVE to backup current session and LOAD in a different location). If a user don't want his account content compromised, either...
1. Don't do anything important on it (also good security practice, don't do anything sensitive on a public computer).
OR
2. Don't save the session.
OR
3. Do both 1 and 2.
One major problem I would have with DVD-RW is that there's a limit on how many times you can write before it break (same with CD-RW). Although that number is quite high, repeated use will sooner or later cause it to fail. Plus DVD seems like a relatively fragile medium, a few scratches will do it in. I would opt for a Flash Mem drive (they can get one that's small but have a REALLY BIG STORAGE SPACE!). I like the Linux thingy, but I believe more people would use Windows (just the fact of life, many people use Windows... a lot actually).
It's different then that, what IBM is aiming for isn't a terminal, but the ability to record the computer state you're in when you last use and restore it. Example, you're using FireFox on Linux to browse website, while in the background listening to music and working on a project. And your FireFox got like ten tabs open pointing to a different website. What IBM is aiming for is to record the system state so you can log-off and log back on somewhere else and the identical screen/setup/app/etc will show up, allowing you to continue working as if you only hit the pause button.
Prediction - China & Taiwan won't care.
Trust me, I know, no matter how hard the government try (seizing illegal copies and literally steamrolled them), they just keep on coming.