access that is denied is...to the legitimate profits that the author is entitled to but denied because of piracy
If you create something and sell X copies, and in the meantime I "steal" a copy, that doesn't mean you have now sold X-1 copies. I didn't plan to purchase the copy in the first place, so there's really no lost profit.
You are making a copy of that software with the intent to deprive the producer of the software of the revenue your use of a copy of this product would otherwise generate for him.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with that entirely. If you pirate software, then true you're not paying the producer for it. However, if you never would have purchased the software in the first place, then the owner can't claim lost revenue because that revenue would never have happened. Pirating software doesn't deprive the producer of revenue unless you would normally purchase it (in lieu of pirating).
Would you claim that stealing someones pet rock wasn't really stealing?
Well of course that would be stealing, taking something that doesn't belong to you. Normally when you steal something, the original owner is no longer in posession of it. Now if it were possible to replicate something (think Star Trek replicators) would it then be stealing if you scanned that pet rock and made your own replica of it?
hmmm... we have a rather uninteresting picture of where Google's mapping trucks are parked and then some "unrelated" Berkley research information. Seems this is more about Berkley and 3D mapping in general than it is about Google's 3D mapping efforts.
I guess it's the beanpole look that I don't like. I haven't gone out searching for pics of her, but seeing her on that simple life show, she's not that great.... even putting aside her (possibly fake) dumber than a brick personality.
If you enable Program Launch Monitoring then Norton will tell you about absolutely every little thing that accesses the internet. This is a good thing, but from what I can see, they've taken out the damn option to "Don't show me this bullshit again, of course Firefox is going online!" and it keeps happening.
I've heard different people say that they will always install programs like zone alarm or norton internet security on "any" system they are called to fix. However, I don't think these programs are that good for an average user. True, those popups tell you that "something" is trying to access the Internet, but if the user doesn't know what "something" is, and wants his activity to "just work" he'll click "allow" because "yes of course I want to buy that book off Amazon." I've told some users of these programs to just block everything that they don't know what it is, and if it "breaks" something, we'll easily fix it later. But they'd rather allow every single thing than to break some type of connectivity so they can't do what they were trying to do.
Those software firewall programs are really only good for more advanced users who know what they are doing. But the more advanced user isn't going to do dumb things the average user would (like installing the latest "smiley" set called "breakmycomputer.exe".:)
Ah, but I can't start into the distro because the bootloader is screwed!
Well if the bootloader is not configured in ANY operating system, you won't be able to boot into said operating system. I've installed several different distros of Linux and the only one I remember installing that didn't automatically configure the bootloader was Gentoo. The rest of them did it automatically and rebooted. The case with Gentoo isn't a problem though because when you get to the "configure bootloader" section of the install, you're inside the liveCD OS so you can still get into the config on your hard drive.
If a linux bootloader got screwed up, you can use a LiveCD to boot, mount the hard drive, and fix it. Similarly, if a Windows bootloader got fried, boot with the recovery console, or a boot disk (aka livecd) and "fdisk/mbr". I'm not sure about Mac OS X but I'm sure it's similar. So I'm not sure what the problem is.
How do you configure a network connection on linux. Explain in one paragraph.
I think it's a bit unfair to compare configuring a network in Mac OSX to the same in Linux because each Linux distro has different utilities. I'd imagine linux network config would be similar across distros on the commandline (use ifconfig...) but if you're talking GUI tools, there are so many different tools (and different GUI's) so keeping them all the same would be difficult, and defeat the purpose of different GUI's.
I always thought a president could only run for two CONSECUTIVE terms maximum. Does the law actually say that a president, once elected twice, can NEVER be elected again? Or just can't be elected a third time in a row?
in cmd.exe, the '/' character can be used to separate folders in a path, but it doesn't work with tab completion.
Say I have a folder called Folder1 that contains Folder2. If I type 'cd Folder1/Fold[TAB]' the CLI does nothing, just beeps at me. Even though I typed the path delimiter, tab completion is still looking in Folder1's parent folder to complete the command. If I used '\' instead, tab completion would look inside Folder1 and be able to complete the path as Folder1\Folder2.
So yeah you can use '/' but it doesn't work too well.
actually she pays all our bills from the comfort of our house using the mail-in forms. One of us just drops it in the mail (usually me). Easier if I just have her do it, that way I save the 3 minutes of online banking:)
Actually I'd be willing to give it a try. However, my wife does not. Whenever I bring it up, she gets annoyed so I just leave her do it the old fashioned way.
I'm an adult, married, have a decent job, and own my own home, and I rarely use online banking. I only really use it on occasion to check my balances, and that's usually over the phone or MAC anyway. I have yet to pay a bill through online banking.
well I've never actually been to budweiser's website so I wasn't aware of the birthdate question. I agree though that the.xxx TLD would not be a good place for them.
Here's a thought. Why is it generally unacceptible to show topless women on non-pay channels, but perfectly acceptible for channels like the Discovery Channel have shows about African tribes where all the women run around topless? Those shows are just as accessible to Junior as any other show. I'm sure more people would be interested in a sitcom on ABC where all the women are topless than the Discovery Channel shows, but still...
why would Budweiser redirect to an 18+ TLD anyway, even if it was, say,.adult? I'm sure not everything on the Budweiser.com website is only meant for people over 18. If they did that, and new anti-porn filters worked correctly, the audience for their website would be greatly lowered (even legitimate adults who happen to be checking out Budweiser's latest beer from work.)
Besides, the "over 18" rule doesn't apply all across the world. I don't care how much legislation they come up with, webmasters in other parts of the world will still host their material on other TLDs anyway. Additionally, people will still find a way to get to these sites, bypassing filters with maybe the HOSTS file.
I'm not familiar with pricing for UNIX licenses, but I always hear people complain about the excessively high prices of Microsoft licenses. If the dollar sales amounts for the 2 server platforms are equal, wouldn't UNIX still be ahead because of MS pricing?
yes, the WMD inspections will then commence... on a side note, I did notice some attempts from someone in Taiwan trying to get into my system the other day...
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I prefer the version of Solitaire that comes with Windows RG ;-)
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg.php
hmmm... we have a rather uninteresting picture of where Google's mapping trucks are parked and then some "unrelated" Berkley research information. Seems this is more about Berkley and 3D mapping in general than it is about Google's 3D mapping efforts.
I guess it's the beanpole look that I don't like. I haven't gone out searching for pics of her, but seeing her on that simple life show, she's not that great.... even putting aside her (possibly fake) dumber than a brick personality.
I've heard different people say that they will always install programs like zone alarm or norton internet security on "any" system they are called to fix. However, I don't think these programs are that good for an average user. True, those popups tell you that "something" is trying to access the Internet, but if the user doesn't know what "something" is, and wants his activity to "just work" he'll click "allow" because "yes of course I want to buy that book off Amazon." I've told some users of these programs to just block everything that they don't know what it is, and if it "breaks" something, we'll easily fix it later. But they'd rather allow every single thing than to break some type of connectivity so they can't do what they were trying to do.
Those software firewall programs are really only good for more advanced users who know what they are doing. But the more advanced user isn't going to do dumb things the average user would (like installing the latest "smiley" set called "breakmycomputer.exe". :)
Paris Hilton is HIGHLY overrated. I don't think she's really that great to look at.
Well if the bootloader is not configured in ANY operating system, you won't be able to boot into said operating system. I've installed several different distros of Linux and the only one I remember installing that didn't automatically configure the bootloader was Gentoo. The rest of them did it automatically and rebooted. The case with Gentoo isn't a problem though because when you get to the "configure bootloader" section of the install, you're inside the liveCD OS so you can still get into the config on your hard drive.
If a linux bootloader got screwed up, you can use a LiveCD to boot, mount the hard drive, and fix it. Similarly, if a Windows bootloader got fried, boot with the recovery console, or a boot disk (aka livecd) and "fdisk /mbr". I'm not sure about Mac OS X but I'm sure it's similar. So I'm not sure what the problem is.
I think it's a bit unfair to compare configuring a network in Mac OSX to the same in Linux because each Linux distro has different utilities. I'd imagine linux network config would be similar across distros on the commandline (use ifconfig...) but if you're talking GUI tools, there are so many different tools (and different GUI's) so keeping them all the same would be difficult, and defeat the purpose of different GUI's.
Well there's always that photo spread of Bill Gates back in (I think) the 80's for Teen Beat Magazine http://blog.monkeymethods.org/2005/01/bill-gates-s trikes-pose-for-teen-beat.html :-)
what about nano? Actually I prefer vi over nano (never used emacs) but nano is the default in Gentoo.
in cmd.exe, the '/' character can be used to separate folders in a path, but it doesn't work with tab completion.
Say I have a folder called Folder1 that contains Folder2. If I type 'cd Folder1/Fold[TAB]' the CLI does nothing, just beeps at me. Even though I typed the path delimiter, tab completion is still looking in Folder1's parent folder to complete the command. If I used '\' instead, tab completion would look inside Folder1 and be able to complete the path as Folder1\Folder2.
So yeah you can use '/' but it doesn't work too well.
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actually she pays all our bills from the comfort of our house using the mail-in forms. One of us just drops it in the mail (usually me). Easier if I just have her do it, that way I save the 3 minutes of online banking :)
Actually I'd be willing to give it a try. However, my wife does not. Whenever I bring it up, she gets annoyed so I just leave her do it the old fashioned way.
I'm an adult, married, have a decent job, and own my own home, and I rarely use online banking. I only really use it on occasion to check my balances, and that's usually over the phone or MAC anyway. I have yet to pay a bill through online banking.
well I've never actually been to budweiser's website so I wasn't aware of the birthdate question. I agree though that the .xxx TLD would not be a good place for them.
Here's a thought. Why is it generally unacceptible to show topless women on non-pay channels, but perfectly acceptible for channels like the Discovery Channel have shows about African tribes where all the women run around topless? Those shows are just as accessible to Junior as any other show. I'm sure more people would be interested in a sitcom on ABC where all the women are topless than the Discovery Channel shows, but still...
why would Budweiser redirect to an 18+ TLD anyway, even if it was, say, .adult? I'm sure not everything on the Budweiser.com website is only meant for people over 18. If they did that, and new anti-porn filters worked correctly, the audience for their website would be greatly lowered (even legitimate adults who happen to be checking out Budweiser's latest beer from work.)
Besides, the "over 18" rule doesn't apply all across the world. I don't care how much legislation they come up with, webmasters in other parts of the world will still host their material on other TLDs anyway. Additionally, people will still find a way to get to these sites, bypassing filters with maybe the HOSTS file.
and how long before slashdot.xxx gets hit with the slashdot effect?
What about '%systemroot%\system32\etc\HOSTS'?
(ducks)
I'm not familiar with pricing for UNIX licenses, but I always hear people complain about the excessively high prices of Microsoft licenses. If the dollar sales amounts for the 2 server platforms are equal, wouldn't UNIX still be ahead because of MS pricing?
yes, the WMD inspections will then commence... on a side note, I did notice some attempts from someone in Taiwan trying to get into my system the other day...