Okay... so if i rejig kazaa to stream the mp3 to 1,000 people instead of transferring it, the RIAA can only sue for the loss of revenue of a penny instead of £20,000 or so? Streaming really is the future! Where are my coding trousers and hat?
Jiminy Jillickers ! They finally fixed it? Well ghast my very flabber! Score one for Microsoft and I shall recalibrate my Vista-auto-slanderer accordingly.:-) Thank you, AC.
Does windows still abandon file-copying operations when one single file out of a huge directory structure one is trying to copy from one volume to another fails?
This always annoyed me. I would fantasise about paying for my microsoft products thusly "£200? No problem. Here's the first penny, here's the second penny, here's the third penny, Ooops! I dropped the third penny! Well, that is the transaction completed, goodbye."
No way should this tech be used by anybody. It will only take a few more decades before the RIAA legally own all data everywhere, then you will be worrying how to keep your data files hidden for millions of years so that they don't sue your ass.
Ooooh! I am going into a visionary trance again. OMG! Oh, it is teh futures! Everyone (except cops, the ruling class, other important people) has speed enforcement devices fitted to their vehicles. Oooh! I see cops giving out tickets and fines and lecturing shame-faced motorists! I see tax-funded television safety campaigns. I see huge taxpayer-funded inquiries! The new crime is inappropriate positioning on the road! Crazy madmen are varying the distance their vehicle is from the curb while travelling! Will no-one think of the children? The cops are calling for funding to combat this menace. Roadside billboards say 'Don't kill a bunch of children, keep 0.9 metres from the kerb!'. Oh, the vision is fading now. Fading.
I don't need the results of rigorous testing, I need the test procedures and the data.
A bit like when you are doing your taxes. The Government won't take "well, I have gone over my figures really rigorously, and I only owe 3 bucks tax", they want receipts, bank details and all kinds of data.
Before these things came into service, who approved them and what was their test procedure? Did they just look at the brochure? 'Oooh, this magical box is super accurate, lasts 18 hours on a single set of batteries and is available in a variety of exciting colours! Let's buy a thousand, hell it is taxpayer's money, let's buy a hundred thousand!'
How about a 'defer ads' option that would store all these ads that I ignore whilst resenting the advertising company? They could then be shown at a time more convenient for me to ignore and resent the advertising company.
court is so flawed and tainted that any lawyer in the world should be embarassed to even read about it. Everyone involved in the prosecution whored themselves out shamelessly.
Hewge lolz @ the idea of any lawyers capable of feeling embarrassment or shame.
You are too narrow-minded, I am quite willing to pay for DRM content. I do stipulate restrictions on how my money (and it is *my money*, i designed it myself) is used: it cannot be transferred to another country, nor transferred electronically, it is forbidden to reproduce likenesses of it, I offer no guarantee that it will continue to function, I reserve the right to cancel it at any time without notice, etc. Astoundingly, despite their claims to support DRM, no music or video company will let me purchase their products.
Hehe, your list made me smile. I still use win2000 and would not give houseroom or runtime to iTunes, Quicktime, Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Windows Live Essentials such as messenger, Silverlight, Windows Defender, Office 2007 and many other craptacular offerings such as realplayer and acrobat. Maybe i am fossilising?
Odd, according to the news, 'OMG teh economy are collapsing!!'. Since thousands of multination corporations are going bankrupt every day, why can't their address space be recycled?
Slashdot Mirror
Wait, what? It has gone from 'kewl' back to 'cool' again? Damn, I can never keep up.
Okay... so if i rejig kazaa to stream the mp3 to 1,000 people instead of transferring it, the RIAA can only sue for the loss of revenue of a penny instead of £20,000 or so?
Streaming really is the future! Where are my coding trousers and hat?
I think trains *do* have to stop for red lights/stop signs, judging by the amount of uproar in the media, grieving relatives etc, when they don't.
6809 FTW! 8 bit multiply, bitches!!
Jiminy Jillickers ! They finally fixed it? Well ghast my very flabber! Score one for Microsoft and I shall recalibrate my Vista-auto-slanderer accordingly. :-)
Thank you, AC.
Does windows still abandon file-copying operations when one single file out of a huge directory structure one is trying to copy from one volume to another fails?
This always annoyed me. I would fantasise about paying for my microsoft products thusly "£200? No problem. Here's the first penny, here's the second penny, here's the third penny, Ooops! I dropped the third penny! Well, that is the transaction completed, goodbye."
No way should this tech be used by anybody. It will only take a few more decades before the RIAA legally own all data everywhere, then you will be worrying how to keep your data files hidden for millions of years so that they don't sue your ass.
Do you have to join an existing axis, or shall we form our own?
If you think that these devices are any defence against speeding tickets, you must be living in a much nicer police state than the rest of us.
Ooooh! I am going into a visionary trance again. OMG! Oh, it is teh futures! Everyone (except cops, the ruling class, other important people) has speed enforcement devices fitted to their vehicles. Oooh! I see cops giving out tickets and fines and lecturing shame-faced motorists! I see tax-funded television safety campaigns. I see huge taxpayer-funded inquiries! The new crime is inappropriate positioning on the road! Crazy madmen are varying the distance their vehicle is from the curb while travelling! Will no-one think of the children? The cops are calling for funding to combat this menace. Roadside billboards say 'Don't kill a bunch of children, keep 0.9 metres from the kerb!'. Oh, the vision is fading now. Fading.
I don't need the results of rigorous testing, I need the test procedures and the data.
A bit like when you are doing your taxes. The Government won't take "well, I have gone over my figures really rigorously, and I only owe 3 bucks tax", they want receipts, bank details and all kinds of data.
Well, I actually said 'Did they just look at the brochure?
'Oooh, this magical box is super accurate...'
Before these things came into service, who approved them and what was their test procedure? Did they just look at the brochure?
'Oooh, this magical box is super accurate, lasts 18 hours on a single set of batteries and is available in a variety of exciting colours! Let's buy a thousand, hell it is taxpayer's money, let's buy a hundred thousand!'
Maybe just me. When i see the sony label on something, I instantly think 'Evil! Eeeevilll!'.
No. Because celery is pretty neutral. Tax breaks will be available for products that actively help make you thinner, such as crystal meth etc
How about a 'defer ads' option that would store all these ads that I ignore whilst resenting the advertising company? They could then be shown at a time more convenient for me to ignore and resent the advertising company.
Hewge lolz @ the idea of any lawyers capable of feeling embarrassment or shame.
You are too narrow-minded, I am quite willing to pay for DRM content. I do stipulate restrictions on how my money (and it is *my money*, i designed it myself) is used: it cannot be transferred to another country, nor transferred electronically, it is forbidden to reproduce likenesses of it, I offer no guarantee that it will continue to function, I reserve the right to cancel it at any time without notice, etc.
Astoundingly, despite their claims to support DRM, no music or video company will let me purchase their products.
Good point, they are no better than that law-defying Anne Frank bitch.
Some would say the twitters are the legion of dumb.
Hehe, your list made me smile. I still use win2000 and would not give houseroom or runtime to iTunes, Quicktime, Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Windows Live Essentials such as messenger, Silverlight, Windows Defender, Office 2007 and many other craptacular offerings such as realplayer and acrobat.
Maybe i am fossilising?
I often think of the bacon. Mmmmmm, bacon.
OMG this will threaten stability and availability of teh bacons!
Not even breath mints?
Odd, according to the news, 'OMG teh economy are collapsing!!'. Since thousands of multination corporations are going bankrupt every day, why can't their address space be recycled?