That should stand on all software boxes. If they bundle whatever with windows, it is their business, and the whole EU suing is a ridicule.
Am I a MS fanboy? Not. I do not use Windows (I have one machine with it that I turn on once a month or less for testing software).
Up to2 weeks ago, the only MS product I used was an xbox 360, which naturally died, and was my last ever MS product I purchased. (I love my new PS3 though, so thanks MS to open my eyes).
Yes, for servers it is Linux and BSD, and MAC on desktop.
So No. I do not like, or protect MS, but they should price their product as they like, and they should bundle it with whatever they want.
How comes no one says : hey you have MSN messenger in xbox, and so you are damaging google and AOL( AIM), and ICQ.......
Everyone should have the right to say to a customer : "I hate you, and now your price is 100, even though your neighbour's price is 40."
It is like I sue BMW for having an mp3 player bundled with my car, which is built in, and is a bit problematic to remove.
Stupid world, stupid people. Then again, if you do not like it, just buy something else.
Oh... yes I switched to MAC after Vista came out. One week of usage, and I saw that this was the end of me and MS.
just my 2c.... you can of course go out, buy it (even if you know it sucks) then complain and sue....
I obviously did not know, because at the time I lived in eastern Europe, where gaming was strictly pirating a game on PCs, and consoles were science fiction.
It in fact took me 4 years to convince myself to buy a console and start buying games after moving into the "americas" part of the world. Probably switching to a programming job also made me respect intellectual property a bit more.. well at least programs, I do not particularly feel sorry for the recording industry, or feel their pain under the burden of piracy.
Agreed. However, I am not saying they should remove iTunes. It has its nice features.
I just do not want this stupidity what I have with my iPhone.
Let me explain. I own 3 apple computers at home (2 minis and a macbook), I have a G5 at work. Now I own this beautiful $500 16G Iphone, which I love.
Why did I get the 16 gig? So I have it all the time with me, and so I sync it here and there, I have my appointments, calendar, and MUSIC at both places.
THIS IPHONE CAN BE ONLY SYNCED TO ONE LIBRARY.
OK, so do I want to sync the music? Would be nice, but hey.... Still it is a bit extreme, that I cannot connect it to any apple (all which I paid $$$ for) and play my music from my ipod/iphone.
Then again, as you see, I like apple, I love their products, but itunes always make me feel limited.
It syncs my contacts, my bookmarks and so, so let me play my music from it.
If apple gave a little innovation into a gaming system and an audio system, that was half as innovative as an iPhone, half as quiet as a Mac mini, half as sexy as as any other Apple product, I bet they would.
Now the bad : apple has no history of creating amplifiers, TVs , or game systems. Still, looking at the success of the iPhone and their laptops, I would not be surprised if they just came out with a Sony/Nintendo/MS Xbox killer multi function device.
Hey APPLE, please do not make it dependent on damn ITUNES.
Am I an apple zealot? Oh well.... I was a nokia user for the last 10+ years, and I was using Linux (on the desktop too) since it literally came out (94).
Now I replaced all my home computers with Apple computers, and after kicking myself for buying a $500 dollar nokia, I just got an iphone to get rid of that piece of shit E65 after promising everyone, that it was my last ever nokia.
Yep, maybe I am becoming an Apple zealot, but every buck I earn I make on apple computers and phones, and I am doing it with a lot less porblems then what I had with linux or Windows....
If I can get a gaming/video experience like this: bring it on. No crappy online environment, no kiddie only games and no red ring of death.
With every comment I am reading I just keep wondering why people do not seem to remember the old ATM interfaces. The blue and white IBM screen with the numeric keypad and the options to withdraw/etc.....
People are talking about how it needs super fast processing, and that it does not work in character mode.
Well, take the $80 sony programmable remote, take the ipod (yes, the original ipod is touch technology... how you scroll)....
And finally the so much hated but so much used trackpad, the one sitting on everyone's laptop. That is not technology either with just recently got popular.
Ohh... also catering systems, hotel systems and many others use touch technology for a long time...
OK, that might vary... but looking at the money guys I am working for sometimes, I better stay the "IT guy".
Then again, there is IT guy cleaning your old desktop computer's inside, the one that answers the call to explain how to right click for the 1000th time and then there is the IT guy who is the lead developer, the solution engineer, and the one who wrote that piece software, and now he is flying around on his jet from tropical island to tropical island.....
I do not want me kids to be the 1st too for 2 long (good experience though) and I want them to be the 2nd two. Of course if the want it too..
While IT can be rough at times, especially if you are in the support area (night calls, etc), IT is one of the few jobs that always allows you to have your own time, and if you are wise enough you use that to develop yourself.
Unless you are at a multi, you end up doing all kinds of jobs, no matter if you are BS, Masters, or self-taught IT guy. From that, you move where you can, and where you want to.
Your mileage might vary, but I started at system admin/support while at college, moved to product manager/support, then to office manager/system admin, to system admin (unix/network), to admin/programmer, to self employed programmer/affiliate marketer, and currently I am full time developer, part time freelancer.
Oh, did I tell you, that I started to study tourism after high school (hotels mostly) , but hated the hotel/catering business so much I quit, and went back to IT after one year to learn programming.
Took more than 10 years to migrate into a full programmer position (OK, I still admin our ZEUS and Asterisk more or less and help out with our UNIX servers from time to time).
Guess what: I am doing my final touches on my tourism related site/software to start my own tour-operator business in Costa Rica:)
I mean: if you are in IT you have so much space to learn, change and select, and to learn new stuff is a REQUIREMENT. If you are an other engineer, you can pretty much do the same stuff for 30 years, and if you are a car mechanic, even for 50.
But then again, it all depends on your attitude and the job you take. At a multi you can be support for 10 years, then become manager where you answer mails all day, and end up not knowing how to set your access point up (a secretary with manager title), like my ex bosses at HP... har-har:)
In Costa Rica you see these 2-3m+ size dishes at the end of gardens. They are mostly for TV, but the point is the location. People do not put them on the roof, where winds and maintenance both can become a problem. They just put them on a pole at the end of the garden, so they do not really bother the house in any way.
Just an idea..... I assume a cottage has some land next to it, so it might actually work....
On the text based email: mutt is OK Pine is king !
Hmm... well while that is interesting (or not) for the masses, I am very excited about that. As a diver (recreational) I am really curious if this will cover only deep oceans or maybe even close to shore locations. While there are enough dive places in Costa Rica (where I live) to dive every weekend on a different place, you quickly realize that a certain dive shop is usually limited to 10-12 sites tops. That makes you think of hiring the fisherman, getting on the friend's boat with a GPS and starting to do beach dives. Anyway even with a bunch of GPS coordinates in my old Garmin you might just hit empty sand pads, endless depths and other surprises. Besides that, beach dives without a coast guard are a nightmare here. Most beaches are surfing only (meaning DO NOT SWIM THERE OR YOU DIE).
Anyway... that is why I am really stoked about this and wonder what resolution and what regions will be available.
I do not find it ethical and would not do it. If he wanted to tell he would have. On the contrary maybe it sheds some light on possible criminal activity or connection to someone who suggested taking one's life. Hmm... maybe do it....
This is a bad concept, and if you use an Apple computer you know why you do it, and why you would pay the extra for the Apple hardware.
If you are from the Windows world (or use it occasionally), you know how many "compatible" stuff you can buy, that makes your system unreliable, crashing, acting strangely.
I am relatively new to Apple , and switched after many years of Linux and many years of Windows.
I happily pay the extra now for an OS that runs on a hardware it was exactly written for. All the components have in-house drivers, that adds to the stability of the whole.
Yes, I ran BSD servers, and they are rock solid as well, but ran Linux, and suffered from bad X drivers and almost working hardware all the time. I do not think Windows is different any way either.
So I think the idea of providing a PC that runs OSX does not equal to an Apple system. Maybe if it is the exact copy of a specific Apple product.
But then I guess if this is any good for you, you are already wearing a fake rolex, and have a Nokia N95 from China without the GPS and Quad band, so who am I trying to explain it to at the first place.....
I got dragged into the shiny thing, and I have to say, that I am unhappy with the reflective screen. My Macbook (which I am happy with) is sporting this screen, and while it is visually impressive if you are a bystander, it has crappy performance all the way.... There is virtually no angle that the monitor can be viewed without seeing any artifact from the wrong angle.
We have a new Compaq in the family (no I do not buy HP or Compaq, or use them even if they were free), and I can see the same thing.
My 5 year old Samsung flatscreen has a nicer image, and a bigger tolerance for angle viewing than all these fancy shiny piece of craps.
Well, I should have bought the pro with matte screen I guess.
I am using an old 24' Cinema display at work, true 1080p, and this far that is the nicest monitor I have ever used. At home my AOC 22' and 19 AOC are OK. Cheap brand, and still better than my expensive macbook reflective....
Well, When you allow larger flexibility of doing things, you open doors.
PHP allows you to do ANYthing, including remote includes and relative and absolute includes (../whatever.php or/etc/passwd), while ASP is a pain in the back with these things ( include($variable) in ASP?? )
What I am trying to say, is that I am 90 percent sure, most of the defacements came from badly written code, such as index.php?news=page.php, and the include($_GET[page] kind of ignorant coding. Did I do that unthinkingly? OH yes. Everyone does, but then you learn.
Same with linux. Many people I know have servers with ssh and FTP enabled with super safe passes:
My favourite : Company name: Heartless Buthcers LTD Login: Heartless pass: Butchers
Also I write a script in 5 minutes that logs into remote systems that do this and that with scripting, but I am in trouble doing anything on a remote access login to a gui, which is hardly scriptable (OK maybe that is my lack of knowledge of Wintel systems.
Just my 2 cents: with flexibility you open doors, and I think that is where it all boils down in this case.
If this fee is forced on you, then you are entitled to download the crap out of your connection from P2P.
Why ? Because you are charged for the music.
Even though I never burnt a song onto CD back 10 years ago in Europe, I had to pay extra for each writable CD to cover the piracy fees of the poor music industry. Well, that system was also an introduction into warez and music downloads. Even though I exclusively used CDs for backups, learning about this stupidity quickly made me discover how much stuff is available to download, and how easy it is to rip a cd or copy it.
Now the crap starts with the net then, and when it gets here I will be forced to pirate stuff to justify it.
Agreed. In a non-IT related company IT is a basic utility. But you know what happens if your toiled clogs up, or when 500 employees cannot use phone, or brush their teeth/wash their hands after their lunch break. I work for companies who have almost no in-house IT, and from time to time I am charging more for a few hours of work then what a full-time person would take there as a salary. I do not mean pc service, because that is handled by the local guy who knows windows and pc, but basic setups, web maintenance and things that would cost them very little with a full-time IT guy.
Contrary to what you said, many gambling sites (if not most of all) are registered in the US. I know that where I live it is illegal to register or host Porn (Costa Rica), but gambling is 100 legal (casinos or betting). No one registers casino domains here though.....
BTW a good safe registrar outside the us is Joker.com (not affiliated, just using them as they are rock solid and only cost 2-3$ extra over the us).
0. I know that it takes a lawyer written text to take anyone's site down from mayor providers. A client of mine got his site shut down over a lawyer's mail. "XY website name is similar to my client's registered trademark, shut it down or we sue your ass".
My client lost a whole database, because when they shut the site down they deleted everything. All this over a name. No trial, no court.
I pretty much imagine, that some competitor wrote them a mail saying that you are serving people who send people to Cuba, and that was enough.
Here is the thing: there are a lot of registrars who allow ANYTHING. SPAM, PRON, GAMBLING, PHARMACY. Just go with those and you are safe.
Enom are the people who took over registerfly's expired domains (expired because you had no means renewing them), and then tried to get a $200 extortion fee for your domain to give it back to you.
So what do you expect from companies like that? I would personally open an international lawsuit against them, and there is absolutely no way Enom can win that.
If you brought up bluetooth, let me throw my 2c in about the price.
When bloototh WAS about to be coming, they mentioned 10-20cent chips. Then the dongles came out and they were $60-80+. Any device sporing bluetooth, was WAY more expensive than others (mostly cellphones).
Now when they tell me $10, I wonder 1. how much a dongle will be, 2. how much an ipod/other player, cellphone or wireless storage is going to really cost.
Well, if an NSLU2 (linksys file sharing device which is capable of running Linux), is going to cost $90 instead of $80, and I will be able to buy a dongle for other devices to access shared drives, I might be in.
Actually looking at the 1000mb dell switch that has a painful noise next to my Macs, I probably will be in.
But a quick question: could someone please give me a 5Gigabit WIRED solution on a cheap 40-50 HUB and $10-15 dongles. With all the anti wireless advisories from Europe I am double thinking frying my brain with just-another-safe low power wireless gadget.
Why am I still slated to LOUD gigabit switches while they promise 5gigabit wireless??? Whyyyy ?
Well, I thought so, and used IBM M-type (the old clicking type), than switched to multiple ergonomic ones, and could not understand why they are so soft and why they switch well known key placements...
Then the new Apple "keyboard" arrived. Same feeling as a laptop keyboard. Not much feedback, but very sleek feel.
I just wish someone put out a new keyboard which is as sexy as the apple, same feeling as a laptop, but... but split. Just split the damn thing and make it connected via a ball joint, so you can turn it into any direction, or even separate them.
Hmm, I guess for now I live with the apple, and maybe someone comes up with something like that.
Now on the Optimus : great idea for gamers and maybe video editors to highlight stuff. For the typist/programmer/technical-technician: useless. I do not look at the keyboard too much, so for me that is really overkill.
Well, in Hungary we had some prehistoric system at the time, and many telephone people convinced me that it was just science fiction. Not sure if that was for my protection, their lack of knowledge, or if it was true.:) Anyway, I had success tap dialing on public systems (until they changed them to DTMF), so I could feel very 31331 making a local call for free:).
After they arrested some friends with "special phone cards", and some who were splicing into phone booths (one friend was literally on top of the booth with a handset and a cable with 2 needles to "tap in") I kinda stayed away from telephony and the whole subject, and ran my BBS quietly obeying the law as much as it was possible.
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That should stand on all software boxes.
.... you can of course go out, buy it (even if you know it sucks) then complain and sue ....
If they bundle whatever with windows, it is their business, and the whole EU suing is a ridicule.
Am I a MS fanboy? Not. I do not use Windows (I have one machine with it that I turn on once a month or less for testing software).
Up to2 weeks ago, the only MS product I used was an xbox 360, which naturally died, and was my last ever MS product I purchased. (I love my new PS3 though, so thanks MS to open my eyes).
Yes, for servers it is Linux and BSD, and MAC on desktop.
So No. I do not like, or protect MS, but they should price their product as they like, and they should bundle it with whatever they want.
How comes no one says : hey you have MSN messenger in xbox, and so you are damaging google and AOL( AIM), and ICQ.......
Everyone should have the right to say to a customer : "I hate you, and now your price is 100, even though your neighbour's price is 40."
It is like I sue BMW for having an mp3 player bundled with my car, which is built in, and is a bit problematic to remove.
Stupid world, stupid people. Then again, if you do not like it, just buy something else.
Oh... yes I switched to MAC after Vista came out. One week of usage, and I saw that this was the end of me and MS.
just my 2c
At least it did not turn it into a meltdown, so at least the safety features worked in the software.
That is definitely a glass half full, as opposed to empty.
Wow. Interesting.
I obviously did not know, because at the time I lived in eastern Europe, where gaming was strictly pirating a game on PCs, and consoles were science fiction.
It in fact took me 4 years to convince myself to buy a console and start buying games after moving into the "americas" part of the world.
Probably switching to a programming job also made me respect intellectual property a bit more.. well at least programs, I do not particularly feel sorry for the recording industry, or feel their pain under the burden of piracy.
Agreed. However, I am not saying they should remove iTunes. It has its nice features.
I just do not want this stupidity what I have with my iPhone.
Let me explain. I own 3 apple computers at home (2 minis and a macbook), I have a G5 at work.
Now I own this beautiful $500 16G Iphone, which I love.
Why did I get the 16 gig? So I have it all the time with me, and so I sync it here and there, I have my appointments, calendar, and MUSIC at both places.
THIS IPHONE CAN BE ONLY SYNCED TO ONE LIBRARY.
OK, so do I want to sync the music? Would be nice, but hey.... Still it is a bit extreme, that I cannot connect it to any apple (all which I paid $$$ for) and play my music from my ipod/iphone.
Then again, as you see, I like apple, I love their products, but itunes always make me feel limited.
It syncs my contacts, my bookmarks and so, so let me play my music from it.
We agree. However on the TVs I might have a different opinion.
At work I am using an APPLE Cinema 24 inch monitor, which happens to be really OLD, and which happens to be full 1080p.
Even though I can see some burn-in (not permanent, but temporary), this monitor is still one of the best I have ever used.
Would I buy an apple TV? Probably not, because I do not watch TV at all (OK, I have an eyetv, and sometimes I watch some discovery channel).
Would I buy an apple projector, if it was NOT shaped like an ugly box, and if it wasn't as LOUD as my Epson projector or my MS Xbox? Maybe...
If apple gave a little innovation into a gaming system and an audio system, that was half as innovative as an iPhone, half as quiet as a Mac mini, half as sexy as as any other Apple product, I bet they would.
.... I was a nokia user for the last 10+ years, and I was using Linux (on the desktop too) since it literally came out (94).
....
....
.... just my 3 cents ...
Now the bad : apple has no history of creating amplifiers, TVs , or game systems. Still, looking at the success of the iPhone and their laptops, I would not be surprised if they just came out with a Sony/Nintendo/MS Xbox killer multi function device.
Hey APPLE, please do not make it dependent on damn ITUNES.
Am I an apple zealot?
Oh well
Now I replaced all my home computers with Apple computers, and after kicking myself for buying a $500 dollar nokia, I just got an iphone to get rid of that piece of shit E65 after promising everyone, that it was my last ever nokia.
Yep, maybe I am becoming an Apple zealot, but every buck I earn I make on apple computers and phones, and I am doing it with a lot less porblems then what I had with linux or Windows
If I can get a gaming/video experience like this: bring it on. No crappy online environment, no kiddie only games and no red ring of death.
JUST NO ITUNES PLEASE.....
Anyway
With every comment I am reading I just keep wondering why people do not seem to remember the old ATM interfaces. The blue and white IBM screen with the numeric keypad and the options to withdraw/etc .....
... how you scroll)....
...
People are talking about how it needs super fast processing, and that it does not work in character mode.
Well, take the $80 sony programmable remote, take the ipod (yes, the original ipod is touch technology
And finally the so much hated but so much used trackpad, the one sitting on everyone's laptop. That is not technology either with just recently got popular.
Ohh... also catering systems, hotel systems and many others use touch technology for a long time
Just my 2c
OK, that might vary ... but looking at the money guys I am working for sometimes, I better stay the "IT guy".
.....
Then again, there is IT guy cleaning your old desktop computer's inside, the one that answers the call to explain how to right click for the 1000th time and then there is the IT guy who is the lead developer, the solution engineer, and the one who wrote that piece software, and now he is flying around on his jet from tropical island to tropical island
I do not want me kids to be the 1st too for 2 long (good experience though) and I want them to be the 2nd two. Of course if the want it too..
While IT can be rough at times, especially if you are in the support area (night calls, etc), IT is one of the few jobs that always allows you to have your own time, and if you are wise enough you use that to develop yourself.
:)
... har-har :)
Unless you are at a multi, you end up doing all kinds of jobs, no matter if you are BS, Masters, or self-taught IT guy. From that, you move where you can, and where you want to.
Your mileage might vary, but I started at system admin/support while at college, moved to product manager/support, then to office manager/system admin, to system admin (unix/network), to admin/programmer, to self employed programmer/affiliate marketer, and currently I am full time developer, part time freelancer.
Oh, did I tell you, that I started to study tourism after high school (hotels mostly) , but hated the hotel/catering business so much I quit, and went back to IT after one year to learn programming.
Took more than 10 years to migrate into a full programmer position (OK, I still admin our ZEUS and Asterisk more or less and help out with our UNIX servers from time to time).
Guess what: I am doing my final touches on my tourism related site/software to start my own tour-operator business in Costa Rica
I mean: if you are in IT you have so much space to learn, change and select, and to learn new stuff is a REQUIREMENT. If you are an other engineer, you can pretty much do the same stuff for 30 years, and if you are a car mechanic, even for 50.
But then again, it all depends on your attitude and the job you take. At a multi you can be support for 10 years, then become manager where you answer mails all day, and end up not knowing how to set your access point up (a secretary with manager title), like my ex bosses at HP
just my 2cents
In Costa Rica you see these 2-3m+ size dishes at the end of gardens. They are mostly for TV, but the point is the location. People do not put them on the roof, where winds and maintenance both can become a problem. They just put them on a pole at the end of the garden, so they do not really bother the house in any way.
....
Just an idea..... I assume a cottage has some land next to it, so it might actually work
On the text based email: mutt is OK Pine is king !
It is like calculating how much toilet paper would cost if I flew each roll from Asia to Central America, one by one using first class.
I mean a nerdy argument, but does not really lead anywhere.
Hmm... well while that is interesting (or not) for the masses, I am very excited about that.
... that is why I am really stoked about this and wonder what resolution and what regions will be available.
As a diver (recreational) I am really curious if this will cover only deep oceans or maybe even close to shore locations. While there are enough dive places in Costa Rica (where I live) to dive every weekend on a different place, you quickly realize that a certain dive shop is usually limited to 10-12 sites tops. That makes you think of hiring the fisherman, getting on the friend's boat with a GPS and starting to do beach dives. Anyway even with a bunch of GPS coordinates in my old Garmin you might just hit empty sand pads, endless depths and other surprises. Besides that, beach dives without a coast guard are a nightmare here. Most beaches are surfing only (meaning DO NOT SWIM THERE OR YOU DIE).
Anyway
Any divers with any thoughts on that?
I do not find it ethical and would not do it. If he wanted to tell he would have. On the contrary maybe it sheds some light on possible criminal activity or connection to someone who suggested taking one's life. Hmm... maybe do it ....
This is a bad concept, and if you use an Apple computer you know why you do it, and why you would pay the extra for the Apple hardware.
.....
If you are from the Windows world (or use it occasionally), you know how many "compatible" stuff you can buy, that makes your system unreliable, crashing, acting strangely.
I am relatively new to Apple , and switched after many years of Linux and many years of Windows.
I happily pay the extra now for an OS that runs on a hardware it was exactly written for. All the components have in-house drivers, that adds to the stability of the whole.
Yes, I ran BSD servers, and they are rock solid as well, but ran Linux, and suffered from bad X drivers and almost working hardware all the time. I do not think Windows is different any way either.
So I think the idea of providing a PC that runs OSX does not equal to an Apple system. Maybe if it is the exact copy of a specific Apple product.
But then I guess if this is any good for you, you are already wearing a fake rolex, and have a Nokia N95 from China without the GPS and Quad band, so who am I trying to explain it to at the first place
I got dragged into the shiny thing, and I have to say, that I am unhappy with the reflective screen. My Macbook (which I am happy with) is sporting this screen, and while it is visually impressive if you are a bystander, it has crappy performance all the way .... There is virtually no angle that the monitor can be viewed without seeing any artifact from the wrong angle.
We have a new Compaq in the family (no I do not buy HP or Compaq, or use them even if they were free), and I can see the same thing.
My 5 year old Samsung flatscreen has a nicer image, and a bigger tolerance for angle viewing than all these fancy shiny piece of craps.
Well, I should have bought the pro with matte screen I guess.
I am using an old 24' Cinema display at work, true 1080p, and this far that is the nicest monitor I have ever used. At home my AOC 22' and 19 AOC are OK. Cheap brand, and still better than my expensive macbook reflective....
Well just my 2c.
Well,
/etc/passwd), while ASP is a pain in the back with these things ( include($variable) in ASP?? )
When you allow larger flexibility of doing things, you open doors.
PHP allows you to do ANYthing, including remote includes and relative and absolute includes (../whatever.php or
What I am trying to say, is that I am 90 percent sure, most of the defacements came from badly written code, such as index.php?news=page.php, and the include($_GET[page] kind of ignorant coding. Did I do that unthinkingly? OH yes. Everyone does, but then you learn.
Same with linux. Many people I know have servers with ssh and FTP enabled with super safe passes:
My favourite :
Company name: Heartless Buthcers LTD
Login: Heartless
pass: Butchers
Also I write a script in 5 minutes that logs into remote systems that do this and that with scripting, but I am in trouble doing anything on a remote access login to a gui, which is hardly scriptable (OK maybe that is my lack of knowledge of Wintel systems.
Just my 2 cents: with flexibility you open doors, and I think that is where it all boils down in this case.
If this fee is forced on you, then you are entitled to download the crap out of your connection from P2P.
Why ? Because you are charged for the music.
Even though I never burnt a song onto CD back 10 years ago in Europe, I had to pay extra for each writable CD to cover the piracy fees of the poor music industry. Well, that system was also an introduction into warez and music downloads. Even though I exclusively used CDs for backups, learning about this stupidity quickly made me discover how much stuff is available to download, and how easy it is to rip a cd or copy it.
Now the crap starts with the net then, and when it gets here I will be forced to pirate stuff to justify it.
Agreed. In a non-IT related company IT is a basic utility. But you know what happens if your toiled clogs up, or when 500 employees cannot use phone, or brush their teeth/wash their hands after their lunch break.
I work for companies who have almost no in-house IT, and from time to time I am charging more for a few hours of work then what a full-time person would take there as a salary. I do not mean pc service, because that is handled by the local guy who knows windows and pc, but basic setups, web maintenance and things that would cost them very little with a full-time IT guy.
Contrary to what you said, many gambling sites (if not most of all) are registered in the US. I know that where I live it is illegal to register or host Porn (Costa Rica), but gambling is 100 legal (casinos or betting). No one registers casino domains here though .....
BTW a good safe registrar outside the us is Joker.com (not affiliated, just using them as they are rock solid and only cost 2-3$ extra over the us).
Tack?
0. I know that it takes a lawyer written text to take anyone's site down from mayor providers. A client of mine got his site shut down over a lawyer's mail. "XY website name is similar to my client's registered trademark, shut it down or we sue your ass".
My client lost a whole database, because when they shut the site down they deleted everything. All this over a name. No trial, no court.
I pretty much imagine, that some competitor wrote them a mail saying that you are serving people who send people to Cuba, and that was enough.
Here is the thing: there are a lot of registrars who allow ANYTHING. SPAM, PRON, GAMBLING, PHARMACY. Just go with those and you are safe.
Enom are the people who took over registerfly's expired domains (expired because you had no means renewing them), and then tried to get a $200 extortion fee for your domain to give it back to you.
So what do you expect from companies like that? I would personally open an international lawsuit against them, and there is absolutely no way Enom can win that.
hmm... well my apples cost $70a piece - $140 .... ...
And believe me or not, I was inspecting them if I could cut them in half or not !
If you brought up bluetooth, let me throw my 2c in about the price.
When bloototh WAS about to be coming, they mentioned 10-20cent chips. Then the dongles came out and they were $60-80+. Any device sporing bluetooth, was WAY more expensive than others (mostly cellphones).
Now when they tell me $10, I wonder 1. how much a dongle will be, 2. how much an ipod/other player, cellphone or wireless storage is going to really cost.
Well, if an NSLU2 (linksys file sharing device which is capable of running Linux), is going to cost $90 instead of $80, and I will be able to buy a dongle for other devices to access shared drives, I might be in.
Actually looking at the 1000mb dell switch that has a painful noise next to my Macs, I probably will be in.
But a quick question: could someone please give me a 5Gigabit WIRED solution on a cheap 40-50 HUB and $10-15 dongles. With all the anti wireless advisories from Europe I am double thinking frying my brain with just-another-safe low power wireless gadget.
Why am I still slated to LOUD gigabit switches while they promise 5gigabit wireless??? Whyyyy ?
On resistance keyboards:
... but split. Just split the damn thing and make it connected via a ball joint, so you can turn it into any direction, or even separate them.
Well, I thought so, and used IBM M-type (the old clicking type), than switched to multiple ergonomic ones, and could not understand why they are so soft and why they switch well known key placements...
Then the new Apple "keyboard" arrived. Same feeling as a laptop keyboard. Not much feedback, but very sleek feel.
I just wish someone put out a new keyboard which is as sexy as the apple, same feeling as a laptop, but
Hmm, I guess for now I live with the apple, and maybe someone comes up with something like that.
Now on the Optimus : great idea for gamers and maybe video editors to highlight stuff. For the typist/programmer/technical-technician: useless. I do not look at the keyboard too much, so for me that is really overkill.
just my 2c
Well, in Hungary we had some prehistoric system at the time, and many telephone people convinced me that it was just science fiction. Not sure if that was for my protection, their lack of knowledge, or if it was true. :) Anyway, I had success tap dialing on public systems (until they changed them to DTMF), so I could feel very 31331 making a local call for free :).
After they arrested some friends with "special phone cards", and some who were splicing into phone booths (one friend was literally on top of the booth with a handset and a cable with 2 needles to "tap in") I kinda stayed away from telephony and the whole subject, and ran my BBS quietly obeying the law as much as it was possible.