My first (and last) Microsoft/Dell computer I bought had a full version of Windows 98 on CD. I've seen Compaq computers without the CD but with a hidden partition full of Windows packages (maybe a Windows with some drivers...) and some testing/repair tools. These tools suck and are too generic to be usable. Of course if you erase this partition you're SOL.
But that's good if you have a more powerful CPU. We even tried to watch a DivX movie from someone's house to a university dumb-terminal (through SSH); even if it was skipping frames a lot, it's a funny thing to try once in your life;)
Wireless is great but it would give free TV for everyone in the bus or the subway car and I guess phone companies don't like that. Maybe some DRM solution would be involved but I don't think this kind of device would be powerful enough and a crack would be available very fast.
Maybe I'm too naive but a lot of books have more than a thousand pages and don't cost the price of a kidney. For example the "Dragon book" has almost 800 pages. OTOH you're right for the price: the average programmer won't buy it if it's over-specialized and the price will sky-rocket, but it is not a matter of how many pages it contains, it's about what kind of info you can find inside.
Public domain? Not really, most $1 DVDs I've seen are very-very-cheap horror movies or action movies with "fake" movie stars (for example some guy who looks like Stallone even if you know he's not the real one). Most of these movies have just failed to be shown in the theaters due to a story 10 times more boring than the usual "Arnold".
The funny thing is that today, in those discount bins, I've found the movie 1984! I was looking forward to seeing if the adaptation from the book was good:)
Is there really such a thing as "improving your charisma"? From my (rather short) experience in life, I discovered that once you've mastered a subject, your work of communicating this knowledge is almost done: just speak about what you know but do it clearly (in good english or whatever you use instead) To me "charisma" is more like "technical skills + vocabulary" and I'm neither Steve Jobs nor Brad Pitt but I can talk to other people about what I do once I use carefully chosen words.
If you want to bypass any restrictions, find out if the teachers mind. Many times they won't.
And they won't mind either if they don't understand what you want to do. The problem comes when they understand what you told them and it's too late. You'll be the only one who "touched the computer", you're the only one who "knows how it works": you're responsible. I suggest that you ask for some kind of paper signed by a teacher before doing anything. I know I'm too much paranoid but it's always safe when you have a physical proof to show when something bad happens.
You also have a link to the full version in one file (brickjournal1.pdf). The problem is that it seems a good text to read and I doubt it will handle a/.ing. Why did no one thought of creating a torrent for this?
German scientists already knew that the bumps on your head could demonstrate (with a very high accuracy;) how smart you are. What we need now is something more "scientific" like: how our neurons act with one another or how wired the different parts of the brain can be...
You're buying for it if you're still buying copy-protected CDs. I never bought any copy-protected thing in my life and I never will. You still have the choice as a customer.
as if your average 'schoolboy/girl' can't rip tracks to MP3
I don't think it's really true anymore. I've seen a 10 years old kid who knew how to rip/burn protected CDs because "he wanted it" and "his friends shown him how to do it." (monkey see, monkey do) It's so easy to do it now that I don't know why there is still this kind of protection.
I don't understand this "look and feel" thing. The only difference is that Win98 had a brighter grey color than Win95/NT and Win2k had a brighter grey color than Win98. But I don't remember there was bigger differences.
You're not a child anymore when you are 17 years old. You're just a child for the law of your country but your body doesn't change magically when you reach 18 or 21.
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You don't need laws for this as:
- this story smells like a hoax: basic drawings without an explaination and "no one can order due to overwhelming demand"
- any women could sue the ass of her husband if someone was stupid enough to try it, no need for new laws.
pretty much all Open Source licenses only "restrict" you in one way when you distribute your creation
What is a "creation" to you? Is it the modified source code or the output of the program? I don't know how it works in the USA but french laws say that you own the output of every program you use (Word document, Photoshop picture, source code compiled with gcc or Lex/Yacc output...)
Someone up at MS is having a huge laugh over this.
I'm laughing so hard my stomach hurts. This joke is SO BAD I can't believe someone at Microsoft had the balls to do such a stupid thing. Instead of focusing on writing better software and OS, they waste their time with "education" which has never been their purpose.
I'd like to know why Microsoft is targeting the kids like this instead of speaking directly to the parents. I would be pissed off as a parent if my child was brainwashed by such Nazi propaganda. Yes, I said Nazi and I meant it, it reminds me of the good ol' "Tell us where your Jews are and we'll give you free Microsoft Windows XP copies!"
Anyway, I hope the parents understand what this thing really is...
I remember I had the first anti-virus of this page: http://www.tspa.org/win123-33.html and I guess it was bundled with Windows 3.1 but I never tried the command line version.
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My first (and last) Microsoft/Dell computer I bought had a full version of Windows 98 on CD. I've seen Compaq computers without the CD but with a hidden partition full of Windows packages (maybe a Windows with some drivers...) and some testing/repair tools. These tools suck and are too generic to be usable. Of course if you erase this partition you're SOL.
The technology is available right now for your own enjoyment! Why wait tomorrow?
But that's good if you have a more powerful CPU. We even tried to watch a DivX movie from someone's house to a university dumb-terminal (through SSH); even if it was skipping frames a lot, it's a funny thing to try once in your life ;)
Don't forget the games you could write for this with a good SDK...
Wireless is great but it would give free TV for everyone in the bus or the subway car and I guess phone companies don't like that. Maybe some DRM solution would be involved but I don't think this kind of device would be powerful enough and a crack would be available very fast.
Maybe I'm too naive but a lot of books have more than a thousand pages and don't cost the price of a kidney. For example the "Dragon book" has almost 800 pages. OTOH you're right for the price: the average programmer won't buy it if it's over-specialized and the price will sky-rocket, but it is not a matter of how many pages it contains, it's about what kind of info you can find inside.
Public domain? Not really, most $1 DVDs I've seen are very-very-cheap horror movies or action movies with "fake" movie stars (for example some guy who looks like Stallone even if you know he's not the real one). Most of these movies have just failed to be shown in the theaters due to a story 10 times more boring than the usual "Arnold".
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The funny thing is that today, in those discount bins, I've found the movie 1984! I was looking forward to seeing if the adaptation from the book was good
Every software patent is tied to some kind of mathematical algorithm. Just read this from Knuth and tell us why mathematics should be patented.
Don't forget the university who cracked the SHA0 algorithm ;)
Work on your charisma, everything will follow.
Is there really such a thing as "improving your charisma"? From my (rather short) experience in life, I discovered that once you've mastered a subject, your work of communicating this knowledge is almost done: just speak about what you know but do it clearly (in good english or whatever you use instead) To me "charisma" is more like "technical skills + vocabulary" and I'm neither Steve Jobs nor Brad Pitt but I can talk to other people about what I do once I use carefully chosen words.
If you want to bypass any restrictions, find out if the teachers mind. Many times they won't.
And they won't mind either if they don't understand what you want to do. The problem comes when they understand what you told them and it's too late. You'll be the only one who "touched the computer", you're the only one who "knows how it works": you're responsible. I suggest that you ask for some kind of paper signed by a teacher before doing anything. I know I'm too much paranoid but it's always safe when you have a physical proof to show when something bad happens.
You also have a link to the full version in one file (brickjournal1.pdf). The problem is that it seems a good text to read and I doubt it will handle a /.ing. Why did no one thought of creating a torrent for this?
German scientists already knew that the bumps on your head could demonstrate (with a very high accuracy ;) how smart you are. What we need now is something more "scientific" like: how our neurons act with one another or how wired the different parts of the brain can be...
You're buying for it if you're still buying copy-protected CDs. I never bought any copy-protected thing in my life and I never will. You still have the choice as a customer.
as if your average 'schoolboy/girl' can't rip tracks to MP3
I don't think it's really true anymore. I've seen a 10 years old kid who knew how to rip/burn protected CDs because "he wanted it" and "his friends shown him how to do it." (monkey see, monkey do) It's so easy to do it now that I don't know why there is still this kind of protection.
A road trip begins as the Simpsons search for their missing TV.
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You almost got me with this one until I read everything. You described "Beavis & Butthead do America"
I don't understand this "look and feel" thing. The only difference is that Win98 had a brighter grey color than Win95/NT and Win2k had a brighter grey color than Win98. But I don't remember there was bigger differences.
their 17yo child
You're not a child anymore when you are 17 years old. You're just a child for the law of your country but your body doesn't change magically when you reach 18 or 21.
You don't need laws for this as:
- this story smells like a hoax: basic drawings without an explaination and "no one can order due to overwhelming demand"
- any women could sue the ass of her husband if someone was stupid enough to try it, no need for new laws.
/dev/null is not a program, it's a device ;) (or a "file" in the *nix jargon)
these former russian nations actually think they're sending something good. I for one think it's crap
Don't you like the Numa Numa Dance?
pretty much all Open Source licenses only "restrict" you in one way when you distribute your creation
What is a "creation" to you? Is it the modified source code or the output of the program? I don't know how it works in the USA but french laws say that you own the output of every program you use (Word document, Photoshop picture, source code compiled with gcc or Lex/Yacc output...)
It would be a membrane thin and flexible enough that it wouldn't interfere with your typing
Thin, flexible, does not interfere with se... I mean typing, and throwable: condoms! lots of it...
Someone up at MS is having a huge laugh over this.
I'm laughing so hard my stomach hurts. This joke is SO BAD I can't believe someone at Microsoft had the balls to do such a stupid thing. Instead of focusing on writing better software and OS, they waste their time with "education" which has never been their purpose.
I'd like to know why Microsoft is targeting the kids like this instead of speaking directly to the parents. I would be pissed off as a parent if my child was brainwashed by such Nazi propaganda. Yes, I said Nazi and I meant it, it reminds me of the good ol' "Tell us where your Jews are and we'll give you free Microsoft Windows XP copies!"
Anyway, I hope the parents understand what this thing really is...
I remember I had the first anti-virus of this page: http://www.tspa.org/win123-33.html and I guess it was bundled with Windows 3.1 but I never tried the command line version.