When I was at school, I couldn't get Firefox to work correctly by installing it myself, partly because we were all Limited Users, partly because of the bizarre way our home directories were named. If Firefox wasn't installed, I'd've had to use IE instead. Installed = better
Sure, it's better to have it already available for potential use, but you miss the point. The title says they're actually using it. When in reality, they're only saying it's installed.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer is still installed on every Mac, or at least it was last time I looked. That doesn't mean even 1 in 100 of those installs actually gets used.
If I own stock in a drug company, and that stock tanks because a rival drug company used Gnutella to build a distributed computer that found a competing drug formulation, then I've been financially harmed, right? Will Gnutella's developers sue the other drug company at that point for me?
"I know this one guy who asked me to cancel his account last week, and a couple days later his mom found out about his lesbian penguin grits fetish. Now, I'm not threatening you, or anything. I'm a reasonable guy. I'm just sayin', you might want to give that some more thought, Mr. cheating-on-wife-on-the-down-low..."
People briefed on the talks said a likely solution would involve Apple creating the digital tracks and Warner putting them on DVDs.
You can make unprotected AACs right now. And if they make protected AACs (Apple's exclusive), they're going to have to use a single set of keys, which will be pointless anyhow, because they'll have to give the keys out to anyone who buys the DVD. And if you have the key to one, you'll probably have the key to all of them. So why bother? Just use MP3s, which most consumers understand, now.
There are both POP3-ssl and SMTP-ssl protocols, though they aren't commonly used it's possible the PDA+ISP might be using them. Many ISP's also use webmail, which if served on an https page generally only uses IMAP as the backend (loopback port) and is fairly secure as far as https goes...
The path needs to be secure, end to end. If there are words like maybe or possibly used to describe segments, it's not certain, and you shouldn't trust it for sensitive info.
Hasn't your platform discovered TLS yet? I haven't accessed my servers via plaintext SMTP or IMAP in years.
So you're telling me that everyone who might try to send you a "secure" message is having their mailserver contact yours securely, also? And that they only connect to their mailservers securely?
For "secure" and/or "important" e-mails, they get stored locally or on my mobile device and possibly even printed out and locked away for later retrieval. "Important" e-mails will be archived on GMail but "secure" ones never are.
What do you mean by "secure"? Surely you wouldn't trust anything that is a security concern with SMTP and possibly also POP3, two protocols where everything is sent plaintext.
Not least of which because I check the dot several times a day, but I still miss some stories. Having an editorial summary of the discussion before is pretty cool, not to mention it's a better troll filter than anything else you've cooked up:)
When I trained at Juniper Networks' Denver office in December 2001, they had stacks of Olives in the training room, and that's what we used to test commands on. Loved them. But the trainer told us at the start not to ask for a tarball:)
Well, they changed the number of burns to CD. That is removing a function you could do (the 8th copy, or whatever).
Ah, I had to look that one up. That happened with 4.5, which was before I started using it, so I didn't know:)
Still, the number of burns to a CD was for the same exact playlist. Granted, they shouldn't remove what they promised you, but 8 CDs of the same playlist?
If Netflix is on top of their game, they had better move quickly and setup deals with the studios to offer movies for download, or else they will quickly see themselves cast to the wayside.
I can keep and watch a NetFlix DVD for days, even weeks if I choose. It takes up a slot of my subscription, but I incur no extra fees. Can I do that with a rented download?
Also, am I willing to spend all day tying up my DSL downloading 8GB of data for a DVD-quality movie? No. Will downloaded movies that are much smaller have degraded video quality, lack extras and other things that equivalent titles on DVD have? Probably.
Somehow, I don't think NetFlix is going to disappear quickly, even if they don't do downloads.
First they give you a fairly liberal DRM. Then they tighten that DRM slightly with iTunes 'security' updates.
Please state what functionality the updates took away. Making it harder to circumvent is not removing functionality, as circumvention was never promised.
Then they introduce DRM that enforces ppv / rentals / time limiting.
This is for the alleged new video rental product, not the current audio product. Please explain how this is feature creep, as it's not on an existing product.
Next? (remember that lucky ITMS buyers get whatever DRM Apple wants them to have!)
The usual arguments against OpenOffice don't work in a school. It isn't a business and doesn't have to work 100% with MS Office, because schools are usually self-contained. Documents are internal and they don't have a ton of "clients" and what not where they would have to import documents in or out all day.
And is the interface the same, so that when kids graduate and go to office jobs, they will know how to use the office suite which is most likely to be installed on their work machines? If not, then it's as if they used Wordperfect Office or some other proprietary package with minority share: good to learn general skills, perhaps, but they can't hit the ground running. Which means the business either has to train them at least a little, which costs money and time, or just hire the graduates who used their parents' copies.
So what again are the names of those Atheist charities?
United Way, The Smith Family, Medecin Sans Frontieres, Oxfam, Starlight foundation, etc etc. If you weren't just trolling, have a look here http://www.secularhumanism.org/ for an insight into compassion in secular society.
Are you sure those are actually atheist, espousing a belief that there is no god, and not just non-religious?
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Sure, it's better to have it already available for potential use, but you miss the point. The title says they're actually using it. When in reality, they're only saying it's installed.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer is still installed on every Mac, or at least it was last time I looked. That doesn't mean even 1 in 100 of those installs actually gets used.
If I own stock in a drug company, and that stock tanks because a rival drug company used Gnutella to build a distributed computer that found a competing drug formulation, then I've been financially harmed, right? Will Gnutella's developers sue the other drug company at that point for me?
That's not the point. The title is misleading if the program is not actually actively used.
"I know this one guy who asked me to cancel his account last week, and a couple days later his mom found out about his lesbian penguin grits fetish. Now, I'm not threatening you, or anything. I'm a reasonable guy. I'm just sayin', you might want to give that some more thought, Mr. cheating-on-wife-on-the-down-low..."
You can make unprotected AACs right now. And if they make protected AACs (Apple's exclusive), they're going to have to use a single set of keys, which will be pointless anyhow, because they'll have to give the keys out to anyone who buys the DVD. And if you have the key to one, you'll probably have the key to all of them. So why bother? Just use MP3s, which most consumers understand, now.
The path needs to be secure, end to end. If there are words like maybe or possibly used to describe segments, it's not certain, and you shouldn't trust it for sensitive info.
So you're telling me that everyone who might try to send you a "secure" message is having their mailserver contact yours securely, also?
And that they only connect to their mailservers securely?
Awesome.
Actually, I was hoping he was going to say that his mobile device held his private key ring, so I could ask more questions
Just making sure
What do you mean by "secure"? Surely you wouldn't trust anything that is a security concern with SMTP and possibly also POP3, two protocols where everything is sent plaintext.
Keylogging like that is illegal. Did you call the police? Did you demand they fingerprint the dongle?
Don't most of those dongles now have serials that the manufacturers will look up, and tell you who bought them, anyway?
Not least of which because I check the dot several times a day, but I still miss some stories. :)
Having an editorial summary of the discussion before is pretty cool, not to mention it's a better troll filter than anything else you've cooked up
Thanks.
When I trained at Juniper Networks' Denver office in December 2001, they had stacks of Olives in the training room, and that's what we used to test commands on. :)
Loved them. But the trainer told us at the start not to ask for a tarball
Here in Texas, where I suspect temperatures exceed battery design, I think this idea will bomb spectacularly.
Seriously, though, Li-ion? I shudder to think of how those will get disposed of, eventually.
Yah, thanks, I looked that part up when someone else mentioned it. I have only ever used iTunes 5.x :)
Oh, now you're attacking me personally? How very grown up.
Ah, I had to look that one up. That happened with 4.5, which was before I started using it, so I didn't know
Still, the number of burns to a CD was for the same exact playlist. Granted, they shouldn't remove what they promised you, but 8 CDs of the same playlist?
I can keep and watch a NetFlix DVD for days, even weeks if I choose. It takes up a slot of my subscription, but I incur no extra fees.
Can I do that with a rented download?
Also, am I willing to spend all day tying up my DSL downloading 8GB of data for a DVD-quality movie? No.
Will downloaded movies that are much smaller have degraded video quality, lack extras and other things that equivalent titles on DVD have? Probably.
Somehow, I don't think NetFlix is going to disappear quickly, even if they don't do downloads.
Please state what functionality the updates took away. Making it harder to circumvent is not removing functionality, as circumvention was never promised.
This is for the alleged new video rental product, not the current audio product. Please explain how this is feature creep, as it's not on an existing product.
If you don't like it, don't buy it.
Yes, we all put more effort into IMDB at that point. Did we learn anything? NO!
The problem is just that they still need to be edited, because the higher fidelity versions clearly show "Capricorn One" on the patches.
(Mars, Moon, what's the diff?)
"Troll Tuesday" is tomorrow.
And then you tout Theora to solve the problem. Are there even 500,000 people in the world who use Theora?
Let's try something like, oh, I don't know, MPEG-2 maybe?
And is the interface the same, so that when kids graduate and go to office jobs, they will know how to use the office suite which is most likely to be installed on their work machines? If not, then it's as if they used Wordperfect Office or some other proprietary package with minority share: good to learn general skills, perhaps, but they can't hit the ground running. Which means the business either has to train them at least a little, which costs money and time, or just hire the graduates who used their parents' copies.
Are you sure those are actually atheist, espousing a belief that there is no god, and not just non-religious?