What's the harm in a game that has Taiwan listed as a country?
Because most of China's leaders keep legitimacy by maintaining that Taiwan is part of the China still. To lose Taiwan would almost certainly lead to a Communist over-throw in China.
Also, if Taiwan declares Independence the by-product would be war. Right now, China has an awful lot of weapons pointed at Taiwan and they have yearly drills on how to invade Taiwan.
So, the best thing for China and Taiwan is to maintain the status quo. Taiwan continues to operate as it is right now, China talks of the future when the two entities are one. Any suggestions that Taiwan is independent is pretty harmful to both countries at this time. It is also the reason that the United States and many other world leading countries refuse to recognize Taiwan as a country.
Please... I would fault the IT Staff to a limit. No Operating System should kernel fault and entirely lock the system up. It is just poor design.
Similar things happen on Red Hat... You get a power outage, remote machine comes back up, gets an error doing an fsck and prompts the user at the terminal for the next action. Seriously, You have no idea how much it bothers me having to drive down to the warehouse because a Red Hat machine won't boot up to a remote accessible level(and power outages can happen in any environment)
Back to Microsoft, A non-working Operating System is useless, but I expect a machine to have problems, it is the options that the OS leaves you in the event of failure, that makes it good. Leaving me having to visit each machine individual is unacceptable.
This will be available via BitTorrent for anyone who doesn't care about their data and the ADC membership or doesn't have the money. In fact... Tiger has been available for sometime(earlier release?). Not trying to Troll, its just a fact.
You use different ore for different coinage. Hence, Silver Dollars. Gold can be used as well. This isn't a new idea, older pennies are 100% copper because it use to be super cheap, today they are mostly nickel with a copper coating so people don't freak out.
Credit cards link to money, dimwit.
Credit cards link to money that is contained in some sort of secure location(ie a bank). Today, an American citizen can get by without ever touching real money.
The Article really makes me want find a way around this technology. I don't want to produce fake money, but more to the point of computer road-blocks are just not cool.
Some ideas that don't leave me with a less-usable computer:
Why not have a bar-code on every dollar bill that can validate each bill. If a serial comes up in the same place more than once, then it is fake and disabled. This would be a global database, but not unrealistic.
Why not continue the push for less paper money. Paper is nice, but it is expensive due to the short length of usage. Usually, the coined money is easily worth its value so producing a fake penny/quarter is not very worth while.
Stop using money altogether. Credit cards!
It just bothers me that the government is solving problems by disabling technology instead of leveraging it.
Sybase ASE: same original codebase as MSSQL Server
Oracle: most well-known database engine in the world MySql: Most popular Open-Source database in the world PostGres: Not my cup of tea, but its an option DB2: IBM's DB2... SuSE and RedHat only
I always shudder at the thought of running a database engine on Windows...
Fellow Mac user to Mac user(powerbook even), don't hold your breath. ATI doesn't make its Mac branded cards(Apple does) so I don't think they have a lot invested in making Mac compatible hardware and drivers.
Just my thoughts, nothing more nothing less.
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1 billion possible only if... They can re-create the Windows 95 effect. Scary that a lot of/. may not remember it(I am getting old). I just remember that when it came out, everyone wanted, everyone needed, and if you didn't have Windows95 on your computer, you were stuck in some sort of time warp.
I personally got over Windows a long time ago. I support Linux as my day job and use OSX at home. Life couldn't get better.
I can deploy an IE patch to 5000 systems in an hour.
Check out Remote Desktop for Apple. I am sure their are plenty of Open Source alternatives. Hell, I could even write a Windows AT job that checks a directory and runs any executables inside it. All you have to do is write a self-installing executable(most have -silent installs).
These browsers are good bets from a security point now, but why would they be safe in 6 months
Stupid Questions. Administrators have to be ready to update software and I consider it their job to know what exploits are in the wild. Yes, this means you have to do a job and be aware.
I think my point is this, switch browsers because it's a better product for *you*, don't switch because of security.
Not really a lot of questions here, but you switch because of security in the business world especially if the other product is a liability. Due to IE, Windows is becoming a liability. The switch makes sense if you don't want to jump to a more secure OS like Linux or OSX. And yes, these OS's are more secure whether you want to believe it is the minor footprint, obscurity or whatever. The point is, they are not a liability at this current time.
Why read when you can listen. Seriously, my friend is writing a book and the way I chose to read it was to do a text-to-voice and then listened to it on my iPOD. 100 times more convenient. This is the age of multitask. What can you really do while reading a book?
as a Mac OSX user I have to defend my lil OS that could.
This poll does not take into affect the time to resolution, effect of exploit, and how hard it was to actually perform the exploit. Honestly, all software has bugs, all software has exploits it is the result of those exploits that I am more concerned with. Quite often Apple finds and fixes exploits before their are programs in the wild to exploit them. The same goes for Open-Source software which I am sure that some of the OSX advisories were a result of given Apples embrace of OSS.
Ask an Apple user how many Viruses, pop-ups, and unexplained daemons they have had on their system. The number will almost always be 0.
I must come to the poor guys rescue. Ever been shocked by a capacitor? I shredded a perfectly good 56k modem because I accidentally discharged a capacitor on it. Not a happy feeling
On a side note, I would later find myself taking apart disposable cameras to induce the capacitor shock to myself and my friends. Strange... maybe:-)
Note the and in my statement. Breaking someone's business model by breaking the law/license is a bad thing. Especially in the United States, business are well represented in the law since we are based on capitalism. While, I agree a business model is not a right, but protection from illegal actions is.
Interesting?!? Even Sourceforge kicked these guys away. Open Source does not give you the freedom to break the law, liceneses and other people's business models.
Cupertino has started their photocopy machines once again
I will bite...
Explain to me what Apple has copied... especially from Microsoft.
You would have to be stuck in a box to not realize that the Apple Desktop is years ahead of the current Microsoft offerings.
Evidence:
1. Longhorn is super delayed
2. Features in Longhorn are already present in OSX(like the filesystem, Graphically accelerated(through openGL), a default Browser with pop-up blocking)
3. Apple is releasing yearly updates because their OS is being enhanced. Microsoft is having to rebuild from the ground-up for these features.
4. Apple is leveraging Open-Software where it can. hence I have Perl, Python, Java, Bash installed by default. Not to mention vi and emacs.
I had never seen the document justifying the need for KDE and its purpose. Very nice read.
And when did it become off-topic to challenge the article including its use of acronyms. Misuse of a product's name often shows experience of using it and just how authoritative their view is.
another reason for people not to leave their PC. That blood clot disease, DVT, scares the crap out of me. While I think services like this may add value in some ways, I cringe at the thought of having another reason to spend time in front of the computer.
Right now, work, personal chatting/websurfing, coding and now movies. The point of sitting in front of a computer 20 hours a day(justified) is slowly becoming a reality.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit. These works -- intellectual property -- are expanding the bounds of science and technology and enriching the world of the arts. Through its work, WIPO plays an important role in enhancing the quality and enjoyment of life, as well as creating real wealth for nations.
With headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, WIPO is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations. It administers 23 international treaties dealing with different aspects of intellectual property protection. The Organization counts 180 nations as member states.
Just how out of touch the United Nations and its subcommittee's are. Although this is no different from politicians anywhere, this could possibly have an effect greater than what is desired.
The worst thing about these, is that they often will be passed and left in place for years with nobody actually banning computers or televisions. It may sit there until it becomes a convenience to make reference to it. This years computer makers could possibly be next years War Crime defendants(war on terror? accessory to espionage?).
We have several of these type of laws in the United States that ban all sorts of random activities that people do(sorry... no handy informative link).
It depends. This type of cooling may end up being superior to air cooling. Hardware may stay cooler and have less failures. This enables a G5 laptop as well, without Apple having to make it 3" thick. This may very well be the future direction of Apple computers. Water cooling is not overly complicated if it is designed well and their is no reason to think that Apple sold it out.
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What's the harm in a game that has Taiwan listed as a country?
Because most of China's leaders keep legitimacy by maintaining that Taiwan is part of the China still. To lose Taiwan would almost certainly lead to a Communist over-throw in China.
Also, if Taiwan declares Independence the by-product would be war. Right now, China has an awful lot of weapons pointed at Taiwan and they have yearly drills on how to invade Taiwan.
So, the best thing for China and Taiwan is to maintain the status quo. Taiwan continues to operate as it is right now, China talks of the future when the two entities are one. Any suggestions that Taiwan is independent is pretty harmful to both countries at this time. It is also the reason that the United States and many other world leading countries refuse to recognize Taiwan as a country.
Please... I would fault the IT Staff to a limit. No Operating System should kernel fault and entirely lock the system up. It is just poor design.
Similar things happen on Red Hat... You get a power outage, remote machine comes back up, gets an error doing an fsck and prompts the user at the terminal for the next action. Seriously, You have no idea how much it bothers me having to drive down to the warehouse because a Red Hat machine won't boot up to a remote accessible level(and power outages can happen in any environment)
Back to Microsoft, A non-working Operating System is useless, but I expect a machine to have problems, it is the options that the OS leaves you in the event of failure, that makes it good. Leaving me having to visit each machine individual is unacceptable.
This will be available via BitTorrent for anyone who doesn't care about their data and the ADC membership or doesn't have the money. In fact... Tiger has been available for sometime(earlier release?). Not trying to Troll, its just a fact.
if you live in Florida... don't make a Florida Fake-ID. Same principle for making fake money?
Why not make Thai Currency and then just do a currency exchange on it? Problem solved and I end up with super read, super secure American money.
I don't have a 2 foot, $50 coin!
You use different ore for different coinage. Hence, Silver Dollars. Gold can be used as well. This isn't a new idea, older pennies are 100% copper because it use to be super cheap, today they are mostly nickel with a copper coating so people don't freak out.
Credit cards link to money, dimwit.
Credit cards link to money that is contained in some sort of secure location(ie a bank). Today, an American citizen can get by without ever touching real money.
Oh, and before calling me a dimwit:
Credit cards aren't linked to money, sounds like you were thinking of a Debit card
Precisely how the technology works is a mystery.
The Article really makes me want find a way around this technology. I don't want to produce fake money, but more to the point of computer road-blocks are just not cool.
Some ideas that don't leave me with a less-usable computer:
Why not have a bar-code on every dollar bill that can validate each bill. If a serial comes up in the same place more than once, then it is fake and disabled. This would be a global database, but not unrealistic.
Why not continue the push for less paper money. Paper is nice, but it is expensive due to the short length of usage. Usually, the coined money is easily worth its value so producing a fake penny/quarter is not very worth while.
Stop using money altogether. Credit cards!
It just bothers me that the government is solving problems by disabling technology instead of leveraging it.
Sybase ASE: same original codebase as MSSQL Server
Oracle: most well-known database engine in the world
MySql: Most popular Open-Source database in the world
PostGres: Not my cup of tea, but its an option
DB2: IBM's DB2... SuSE and RedHat only
I always shudder at the thought of running a database engine on Windows...
Fellow Mac user to Mac user(powerbook even), don't hold your breath. ATI doesn't make its Mac branded cards(Apple does) so I don't think they have a lot invested in making Mac compatible hardware and drivers.
Just my thoughts, nothing more nothing less.
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1 billion possible only if... They can re-create the Windows 95 effect. Scary that a lot of /. may not remember it(I am getting old). I just remember that when it came out, everyone wanted, everyone needed, and if you didn't have Windows95 on your computer, you were stuck in some sort of time warp.
I personally got over Windows a long time ago. I support Linux as my day job and use OSX at home. Life couldn't get better.
I was gonna reply to myself to clarify the implementation. I would do this pretty much the way you described:-)
I can deploy an IE patch to 5000 systems in an hour.
Check out Remote Desktop for Apple. I am sure their are plenty of Open Source alternatives. Hell, I could even write a Windows AT job that checks a directory and runs any executables inside it. All you have to do is write a self-installing executable(most have -silent installs).
These browsers are good bets from a security point now, but why would they be safe in 6 months
Stupid Questions. Administrators have to be ready to update software and I consider it their job to know what exploits are in the wild. Yes, this means you have to do a job and be aware.
I think my point is this, switch browsers because it's a better product for *you*, don't switch because of security.
Not really a lot of questions here, but you switch because of security in the business world especially if the other product is a liability. Due to IE, Windows is becoming a liability. The switch makes sense if you don't want to jump to a more secure OS like Linux or OSX. And yes, these OS's are more secure whether you want to believe it is the minor footprint, obscurity or whatever. The point is, they are not a liability at this current time.
Why read when you can listen. Seriously, my friend is writing a book and the way I chose to read it was to do a text-to-voice and then listened to it on my iPOD. 100 times more convenient. This is the age of multitask. What can you really do while reading a book?
Clippy is supposed to be intelligent. Everyone hates it.
I don't hate Clippy! Hah! Then again, I haven't seen him around lately.
as a Mac OSX user I have to defend my lil OS that could.
This poll does not take into affect the time to resolution, effect of exploit, and how hard it was to actually perform the exploit. Honestly, all software has bugs, all software has exploits it is the result of those exploits that I am more concerned with. Quite often Apple finds and fixes exploits before their are programs in the wild to exploit them. The same goes for Open-Source software which I am sure that some of the OSX advisories were a result of given Apples embrace of OSS.
Ask an Apple user how many Viruses, pop-ups, and unexplained daemons they have had on their system. The number will almost always be 0.
I must come to the poor guys rescue. Ever been shocked by a capacitor? I shredded a perfectly good 56k modem because I accidentally discharged a capacitor on it. Not a happy feeling
On a side note, I would later find myself taking apart disposable cameras to induce the capacitor shock to myself and my friends. Strange... maybe:-)
Note the and in my statement. Breaking someone's business model by breaking the law/license is a bad thing. Especially in the United States, business are well represented in the law since we are based on capitalism. While, I agree a business model is not a right, but protection from illegal actions is.
Interesting?!? Even Sourceforge kicked these guys away. Open Source does not give you the freedom to break the law, liceneses and other people's business models.
Cupertino has started their photocopy machines once again
I will bite...
Explain to me what Apple has copied... especially from Microsoft.
You would have to be stuck in a box to not realize that the Apple Desktop is years ahead of the current Microsoft offerings.
Evidence:
1. Longhorn is super delayed
2. Features in Longhorn are already present in OSX(like the filesystem, Graphically accelerated(through openGL), a default Browser with pop-up blocking)
3. Apple is releasing yearly updates because their OS is being enhanced. Microsoft is having to rebuild from the ground-up for these features.
4. Apple is leveraging Open-Software where it can. hence I have Perl, Python, Java, Bash installed by default. Not to mention vi and emacs.
I had never seen the document justifying the need for KDE and its purpose. Very nice read.
And when did it become off-topic to challenge the article including its use of acronyms. Misuse of a product's name often shows experience of using it and just how authoritative their view is.
another reason for people not to leave their PC. That blood clot disease, DVT, scares the crap out of me. While I think services like this may add value in some ways, I cringe at the thought of having another reason to spend time in front of the computer.
Right now, work, personal chatting/websurfing, coding and now movies. The point of sitting in front of a computer 20 hours a day(justified) is slowly becoming a reality.
Music is mobile. Movies are sedentary. lose
like I am going to believe a company that was found guilty of being a monopoly.
It is much easier to trust a cute lil furry penguin.
from their homepage:
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit. These works -- intellectual property -- are expanding the bounds of science and technology and enriching the world of the arts. Through its work, WIPO plays an important role in enhancing the quality and enjoyment of life, as well as creating real wealth for nations.
With headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, WIPO is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations. It administers 23 international treaties dealing with different aspects of intellectual property protection. The Organization counts 180 nations as member states.
see here for more details
Just how out of touch the United Nations and its subcommittee's are. Although this is no different from politicians anywhere, this could possibly have an effect greater than what is desired.
The worst thing about these, is that they often will be passed and left in place for years with nobody actually banning computers or televisions. It may sit there until it becomes a convenience to make reference to it. This years computer makers could possibly be next years War Crime defendants(war on terror? accessory to espionage?).
We have several of these type of laws in the United States that ban all sorts of random activities that people do(sorry... no handy informative link).
It depends. This type of cooling may end up being superior to air cooling. Hardware may stay cooler and have less failures. This enables a G5 laptop as well, without Apple having to make it 3" thick. This may very well be the future direction of Apple computers. Water cooling is not overly complicated if it is designed well and their is no reason to think that Apple sold it out.