Parts of this planet we live on don't even have access to a broadband Internet connection, and now they want to plug Mars on the network? Talk about priorities...
You're giving them too much credit. This is a case of plain old stupidity.
Plus, their apology and recommendations aren't any less stupid. From TFA : Microsoft recommends customers follow our Protect your PC guidance at www.microsoft.com/protect.
Step 1. Keep your firewall turned on
A firewall is useless in this situation. The user manually downloaded and executed a piece of software.
Step 2. Keep your operating system up-to-date
See step 1.
Step 3. Use updated antivirus software
That's exactly what the user is trying to do. The message lets the user believe he needs to use this software as a protection against viruses, spyware and whatnot. Plus, it's on a Microsoft.com page. You gotta trust Microsoft.
Step 4. Use updated antispyware technology
See step 3.
does anyone else think it odd that an antenna must be put back in place so it can burn up in the atmosphere?
My guess here is that they have a planned trajectory for the thing to burn up in space, but having an antenna stick out would change the wind resistance pattern, possibly making the ship go off course, with a slight risk that it would then crash in somebody's backyard instead.
They're going to use a Hammer and a Chisel... I thought these pieces of equipment were highly delicate...
From what I understood of TFA, they're simply trying to get the antenna back into place before they can destroy the whole cargo ship by letting it burn in the atmosphere. Therefore, I guess they don't really care whether they break anything in the process.
Makes me wonder how much cheaper it really is to constantly build single-use cargo ships than to try and have them land intact and reuse the same ship more than once.
If you are very attached to Windows apps that don't work with Wine, then unfortunetly Linux is not for you. We should continue to complain to software developers to make Linux ports and make our own equivalant programs, but that's a seperate issue from the best ways for users to install the software that is for Linux.
So, while you complain to software developers that they should make a Linux port, you also want the same software developer to :
Support RPM for Fedora, SuSE and Mandriva
Support DEB for Debian, Ubuntu, et al.
Support god-knows-what for every other obscure distro
Because God forbid we try and work towards a unified packaging system. Did it ever occur to you that one reason why independent software vendors don't port their application on Linux is because it's simply too much work to get it working with every single distro there is. Unified packaging is the way to go for vendors.
That's exactly how Microsoft tried to solve it and why their distributed software is huge. It also has led to problems of competing dlls which are often incompatible. If you think you have dependency problems now, just wait until you implement your idea!
I do believe Firefox is being distributed that way, and it seems to work for them. From their site, you download one.tar.gz file, extract it anywhere on your system, and bingo. The package includes all the binary libraries that it requires, and I've never seen dependency problems arising from it. Sure it makes the download bigger, but there's a price to pay for simplicity.
b) value my time off c) don't see how paying money and spending time
I don't know how things are where you live, but over here, cars with automatic transmission typically sell at $1000 more than the exact same model with manual transmission. I learned to drive with stick in less than a day, and it saved me $1000 on my car. I bet you have a wonderfully paying job to value your time off at more than $1000 a day.
I don't see how paying a lot of money to get a car that doesn't require a single day of training is such a good investment.
Not sure how much success the Recording Industry Association of America would have with civil suits in or against Canadians.
Haven't the **AA gone against AllOfMp3 and The Pirate Bay, both of which are not located in America? As mentionned earlier, being dead doesn't stop the **AA from suing you, international borders won't stop them either.
And starting from the moment when they begin to hate you, you better never set foot in the US, even unwillingly.
Yeah... I know what you mean. I'm still using Ubuntu Warty Warthog (4.10) because I never know when to upgrade! Every time they make a release they talk about how there will be another one in 6 months!
Main difference here is, even if you would have upgraded to the new Ubuntu every 6 months, you wouldn't have shelled out hundreds of dollars every time.
Why not get an extra memory card and make backup copies of your important saves to that card? Or even 2 cards?
Because, for some strange reason, F-Zero GX save files cannot be copied (not the traditional way at least). I guess there's a way for developers to "lock" the save files to prevent duplication, and the guys at F-Zero used it. I even tried with my Wii, hoping they might have lifted the restriction for Gamecube memory cards, but I still get a "This data cannot be copied" message.
You want to enlighten me how in a discussion about development systems being patented and alternative development platforms is off topic? Or am I feeding a Troll here?
We were talking about Integrated Development Environments, and out of nowhere you mention how you hope people will change the Operating System they use. If you had stuck to RealBasic and Eclipse, then you would have been on topic.
EULA policy does not equal the law.
Sure thay have every right to ban someone for an activity that they don't like, but that doesn't make that activity illegal.
A EULA to which you explicitely agree everytime you log on (unlike a shrink wrap EULA) is a contract. Breaking a contract is illegal.
Ebay's core mission is to be *the* auction site, for whatever "it" is that you're looking for.
What if what I'm looking for, what if "it", is cocaine and child porn, should eBay try and be *the* auction site for that? Selling and buying cocaine is not allowed based on your implicit agreement of the law. Selling and buying stuff for which you don't own the intellectual property is not allowed based on your explicit agreement of the EULA. eBay shouldn't stand for either.
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We already have this one page about cube stuff. We don't need a single more, you dog brain student.
You lack imagination...
Parts of this planet we live on don't even have access to a broadband Internet connection, and now they want to plug Mars on the network? Talk about priorities...
Plus, their apology and recommendations aren't any less stupid. From TFA : Microsoft recommends customers follow our Protect your PC guidance at www.microsoft.com/protect.
Let's have a look at their guidance: Protect your computer in 4 steps :
Step 1. Keep your firewall turned on
A firewall is useless in this situation. The user manually downloaded and executed a piece of software.
Step 2. Keep your operating system up-to-date
See step 1.
Step 3. Use updated antivirus software
That's exactly what the user is trying to do. The message lets the user believe he needs to use this software as a protection against viruses, spyware and whatnot. Plus, it's on a Microsoft.com page. You gotta trust Microsoft.
Step 4. Use updated antispyware technology
See step 3.
My guess here is that they have a planned trajectory for the thing to burn up in space, but having an antenna stick out would change the wind resistance pattern, possibly making the ship go off course, with a slight risk that it would then crash in somebody's backyard instead.
*ducks*
From what I understood of TFA, they're simply trying to get the antenna back into place before they can destroy the whole cargo ship by letting it burn in the atmosphere. Therefore, I guess they don't really care whether they break anything in the process.
Makes me wonder how much cheaper it really is to constantly build single-use cargo ships than to try and have them land intact and reuse the same ship more than once.
What about Wilson?
So, while you complain to software developers that they should make a Linux port, you also want the same software developer to :
- Support RPM for Fedora, SuSE and Mandriva
- Support DEB for Debian, Ubuntu, et al.
- Support god-knows-what for every other obscure distro
Because God forbid we try and work towards a unified packaging system. Did it ever occur to you that one reason why independent software vendors don't port their application on Linux is because it's simply too much work to get it working with every single distro there is. Unified packaging is the way to go for vendors.I do believe Firefox is being distributed that way, and it seems to work for them. From their site, you download one .tar.gz file, extract it anywhere on your system, and bingo. The package includes all the binary libraries that it requires, and I've never seen dependency problems arising from it. Sure it makes the download bigger, but there's a price to pay for simplicity.
I don't always play games to test my abilities. I play games to *gasp* have fun.
I don't know how things are where you live, but over here, cars with automatic transmission typically sell at $1000 more than the exact same model with manual transmission. I learned to drive with stick in less than a day, and it saved me $1000 on my car. I bet you have a wonderfully paying job to value your time off at more than $1000 a day.
I don't see how paying a lot of money to get a car that doesn't require a single day of training is such a good investment.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny ..."
It applies quite well here.
Virtual Boy had the "different way to play them" part, but not the "fun games".
My parents created my by "writing" my DNA sequence: A-G-T-T-G-A-C-C-T-A-G-G-A ...
Anything you write is implicitly copyrighted, right?
But isn't a clone pure copyright infringement of my DNA sequence?
I don't think the CRIA controls the distribution of Sandisk's SD memory cards.
Haven't the **AA gone against AllOfMp3 and The Pirate Bay, both of which are not located in America? As mentionned earlier, being dead doesn't stop the **AA from suing you, international borders won't stop them either.
And starting from the moment when they begin to hate you, you better never set foot in the US, even unwillingly.
Main difference here is, even if you would have upgraded to the new Ubuntu every 6 months, you wouldn't have shelled out hundreds of dollars every time.
Because, for some strange reason, F-Zero GX save files cannot be copied (not the traditional way at least). I guess there's a way for developers to "lock" the save files to prevent duplication, and the guys at F-Zero used it. I even tried with my Wii, hoping they might have lifted the restriction for Gamecube memory cards, but I still get a "This data cannot be copied" message.
Over here on /. we call them "copyright infringers", not "criminals". They're civil offensers.
We were talking about Integrated Development Environments, and out of nowhere you mention how you hope people will change the Operating System they use. If you had stuck to RealBasic and Eclipse, then you would have been on topic.
I react very positively to that. "This nightmare is over" is usually my thought.
A EULA to which you explicitely agree everytime you log on (unlike a shrink wrap EULA) is a contract. Breaking a contract is illegal.
What if what I'm looking for, what if "it", is cocaine and child porn, should eBay try and be *the* auction site for that? Selling and buying cocaine is not allowed based on your implicit agreement of the law. Selling and buying stuff for which you don't own the intellectual property is not allowed based on your explicit agreement of the EULA. eBay shouldn't stand for either.