"The first person who gets kidnapped because their financial data was copied by Google and then accidentally leaked by the secret service will not be happy."
I submit to you that the second and third people this happens to will also be unhappy. The fourth, however will be thrilled to death, (as a result of his kids not paying the bounty).
Never mind that there will be plenty of people with the default pass knock of: tip tat tat tat tip tat tat Hell I'd be willing to bet that at least 5% of the install base will have that one. -nB
To both bullshit callers: It is an: Intel PCIe MB w/ P4 3.4Ghz ATI All in wonder pro 600 video card WD SATA Hdds Memorex DVD+-R/W Pioneer DVD-Rom Digital camera External Firewire drives
While the video card required installation of the application software, that would be expected on any platform. The point is that the XP CD found all the MB components, Video card, and drives witout any special driver disks. Functionality of some components is enhanced with the addition of specific drivers (sound and video specifically), but the system could easily be considered functional without the tuning of the drivers. -nB
You are correct on all points. Obsticles of Linux are: Drivers Drivers Full WINE functionality (so Mr Sixpack can install whatever and it will work) and Drivers.
If this is not a home desktop then you can omit number 3 above. -nB
No it can not. Also you can not (c) and idea AFAIK, nor should you be able to. We already have issues with Patents on Ideas. With that, I'm off to patent copyrighting patentable ideas to sue the real patent holder with over infringement of something or other. -nB
I'm sorry, but that statement is not true. There are several loopholes that exist making it legal. It may be against the spirit of the law but the letter permits it (at least in the US). The RIAA has even grudgingly admitted it (indirectally). -nB
It's not so much that they want to, but rather that they have no choice because of the host country's laws. Follow that up with importation regulations and you'll find a loophole that at least for the moment makes it legal. Like I've stated elsewhere, I have no issue paying more, except that the wrong people get the money. Also, to deal with a later post saying I should just use P2P because that at least is tracked: So is allofmp3. In addition, by using a pay service I accomplish two things: 1) at least a marginal form of legal indemity(sp?), and 2) I make a statement that while music _is_ worth paying for DRM is not, further I am stating my preference for a price point.
I do attempt to not break the law. Every copy of windows I have installed is properly licenced, all the other machines use linux. That said I see little reason to not enjoy everying up to the very limit allowable. -nB
Specifically allofmp3 pays an ammount compariable to what a radio station pays when they play a song. The artist gets just as much (I think this is in the sub 1% range though). I would happily pay a buck a song over the 14c a song I pay with allofmp3, if I had any thought that the artist would see the difference (artist being the song writer and performer, split equitably). They [artists] don't see any more, so why should I fund the conglomerate? -nB
allofmp3.com uses a third party for charge cards. If you're really parinoid buy a Visa gift card and put funds on that (costs you $2.00) then charge against it for the service. That's what I do. My view is fairly simple on the whole piracy thing. Why pirate when it's cheap enough to be legal (at least technically so).
If the ??AA would get it through their skulls that they can have their profits and no piracy by lowering the barrier to entry (i.e. low prices and minimal if any DRM, or damn near free with draconian DRM) they would be rather wealthy and the piracy "problem" would likely vanish. -nB
Now there is a name I haven't heard in a while. I still remember the 700MB ESDI tank that was my second server's drive. (First one had 3 160 MB WrenIII ESDIs). ESDI, now that was performance. -nB
That server from spare parts is fine for a home system and/or a departmental server (that is _not_ for mission crit data). For example I support a development lab and we have a set of SPAs that have some wierd requirements for data transport (it's that or floppy) so they sit on an isolated network with an IBM workstation (running SOLinux and SAMBA). Technically this is acting as a server, though I stress that all files are deleted in 24 hours (they are really just moved to a folder, and aged out slowly, but don't tell my users that). In a datacenter or even as a primary server for a small/medium business that is on-line centric there is no substitute for a real server. -nB
It'd be nice to have that mandate everywhere. In my state (California) there is no such requirement that I know of. Getting into a UC is as competitive as a private school. -nB
For the most part I agree with you. There are two catchs on the education argument: 1) availablilty: schools are crowded, not all that apply are accepted. 2) accountability: many of the same people that say "woe is me, I'm disadvantaged" do not accept accountability for their actions. Our schools have a very bad tendancy to pass the problem on, rather than holding students back.
The economic devide does, in fact exist. It's roots can be traced back to a decrease in quality of education. The solutoion is to spend more money on education, and not be afraid to hold students back. By doing that I can almost guarentee that you will subsequently (~16 years) start seeing a reduction in your social welfare spending. The whole problem is that 16 years is too long a timeline to wait for benifit with the way our political system works. -nB
"Assuming they could catch a jet aircraft, which they couldn't."
I think that the A10-A may be able to fly slow enough that if the Biplane was at it's maximum altitude and used that to get to maximum mechanical tolerance velocity (don't know the proper term for the spped just shy of when the wings shear off), he may just possibly catch up to the A10. Not that his guns would do much of anything.
Sorry, I know it's off on an un-needed tanget but it was fun to think about. -nB
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"The first person who gets kidnapped because their financial data was copied by Google and then accidentally leaked by the secret service will not be happy."
I submit to you that the second and third people this happens to will also be unhappy.
The fourth, however will be thrilled to death, (as a result of his kids not paying the bounty).
-nB
Thank you. That was it, couldn't remember where I read it ;)
-nB
Never mind that there will be plenty of people with the default pass knock of:
tip tat tat tat tip tat tat
Hell I'd be willing to bet that at least 5% of the install base will have that one.
-nB
To both bullshit callers:
It is an:
Intel PCIe MB w/ P4 3.4Ghz
ATI All in wonder pro 600 video card
WD SATA Hdds
Memorex DVD+-R/W
Pioneer DVD-Rom
Digital camera
External Firewire drives
While the video card required installation of the application software, that would be expected on any platform. The point is that the XP CD found all the MB components, Video card, and drives witout any special driver disks. Functionality of some components is enhanced with the addition of specific drivers (sound and video specifically), but the system could easily be considered functional without the tuning of the drivers.
-nB
Like the guy who got "unknown" or some such for his licence plate. Got several thousand tickets in the mail each year.
-nB
That's only because the nuts are the really vocal ones ;-)
-nB
When was the last time you did that? I did XPproSP2 on a home built machine and everything worked without a hitch.
-nB
You are correct on all points.
Obsticles of Linux are:
Drivers
Drivers
Full WINE functionality (so Mr Sixpack can install whatever and it will work)
and Drivers.
If this is not a home desktop then you can omit number 3 above.
-nB
No it can not.
Also you can not (c) and idea AFAIK, nor should you be able to. We already have issues with Patents on Ideas.
With that, I'm off to patent copyrighting patentable ideas to sue the real patent holder with over infringement of something or other.
-nB
" illegal as a bonus! (at least outside russia)"
I'm sorry, but that statement is not true.
There are several loopholes that exist making it legal. It may be against the spirit of the law but the letter permits it (at least in the US). The RIAA has even grudgingly admitted it (indirectally).
-nB
one burnt CD can then be ripped endlessly.
-nB
This is captian obvious speaking: ;) ;)
you only need to be able to burn one CD
-nB
It's not so much that they want to, but rather that they have no choice because of the host country's laws. Follow that up with importation regulations and you'll find a loophole that at least for the moment makes it legal.
Like I've stated elsewhere, I have no issue paying more, except that the wrong people get the money. Also, to deal with a later post saying I should just use P2P because that at least is tracked:
So is allofmp3. In addition, by using a pay service I accomplish two things: 1) at least a marginal form of legal indemity(sp?), and 2) I make a statement that while music _is_ worth paying for DRM is not, further I am stating my preference for a price point.
I do attempt to not break the law. Every copy of windows I have installed is properly licenced, all the other machines use linux. That said I see little reason to not enjoy everying up to the very limit allowable.
-nB
Specifically allofmp3 pays an ammount compariable to what a radio station pays when they play a song. The artist gets just as much (I think this is in the sub 1% range though). I would happily pay a buck a song over the 14c a song I pay with allofmp3, if I had any thought that the artist would see the difference (artist being the song writer and performer, split equitably). They [artists] don't see any more, so why should I fund the conglomerate?
-nB
allofmp3.com uses a third party for charge cards. If you're really parinoid buy a Visa gift card and put funds on that (costs you $2.00) then charge against it for the service. That's what I do. My view is fairly simple on the whole piracy thing. Why pirate when it's cheap enough to be legal (at least technically so).
If the ??AA would get it through their skulls that they can have their profits and no piracy by lowering the barrier to entry (i.e. low prices and minimal if any DRM, or damn near free with draconian DRM) they would be rather wealthy and the piracy "problem" would likely vanish.
-nB
Micropolis
Now there is a name I haven't heard in a while. I still remember the 700MB ESDI tank that was my second server's drive. (First one had 3 160 MB WrenIII ESDIs).
ESDI, now that was performance.
-nB
That server from spare parts is fine for a home system and/or a departmental server (that is _not_ for mission crit data). For example I support a development lab and we have a set of SPAs that have some wierd requirements for data transport (it's that or floppy) so they sit on an isolated network with an IBM workstation (running SOLinux and SAMBA). Technically this is acting as a server, though I stress that all files are deleted in 24 hours (they are really just moved to a folder, and aged out slowly, but don't tell my users that).
In a datacenter or even as a primary server for a small/medium business that is on-line centric there is no substitute for a real server.
-nB
WTF?
seriously, that is wrong. Goatse is dimented, tubgirl is gross. That is
it's been half a minuite and I can't complete the above sentance.
-nB
funny, because a fairly simple regex would have made this a far simpler problem. instead they did along the lines of if($name=~/allah/){ban;}
-nB
It'd be nice to have that mandate everywhere. In my state (California) there is no such requirement that I know of. Getting into a UC is as competitive as a private school.
-nB
yeah whatever, pathetic trolling though. /.
Spell Checking is not a requirement to posting a comment on
For the most part I agree with you.
There are two catchs on the education argument:
1) availablilty: schools are crowded, not all that apply are accepted.
2) accountability: many of the same people that say "woe is me, I'm disadvantaged" do not accept accountability for their actions. Our schools have a very bad tendancy to pass the problem on, rather than holding students back.
The economic devide does, in fact exist. It's roots can be traced back to a decrease in quality of education.
The solutoion is to spend more money on education, and not be afraid to hold students back. By doing that I can almost guarentee that you will subsequently (~16 years) start seeing a reduction in your social welfare spending. The whole problem is that 16 years is too long a timeline to wait for benifit with the way our political system works.
-nB
"Assuming they could catch a jet aircraft, which they couldn't."
I think that the A10-A may be able to fly slow enough that if the Biplane was at it's maximum altitude and used that to get to maximum mechanical tolerance velocity (don't know the proper term for the spped just shy of when the wings shear off), he may just possibly catch up to the A10. Not that his guns would do much of anything.
Sorry, I know it's off on an un-needed tanget but it was fun to think about.
-nB
Nah,
Validation Department. Now there's an unfortunate abbreviation.
We changed our name to Design Validation Lab shortly after.
-nB
While I agree with you, I don't think that you'll ever make that argument work on /.
sorry.
-nB