I wonder if they're planning to actually build a cellphone.
Not if they paid attention in high school economics class. There's almost no profit in manufacturing cell phones, and when that happens, firms are supposed to leave the market, not enter it.
Sure, it sounds like a good idea now, but you won't be too happy when poor yields force Motorola to "roll back" the phones to hold only seven songs, just like Apple's 500MHz G4 fiasco.
Woohoo! Now I can write UNIX code to run on Windows! Then in twenty years or whenever Longhorn is released, they can change the standard, and I'll get to choose between compatibility with my UNIX code and UNIX, or Windows! This is great!
[quote]I think Symantec should start lumping this crap in with viruses and trojans.[/quote]
Right on. What happens when the next Windows virus spreads through a hole in IE/Outlook/etc. and then copies itself to any burned CDs to auto-install when it is inserted? You can be completely caught up on your security patches and have your system go boom once you want to look at a CD of family pictures or something.
Hell, what happens when the RIAA has these copy-protection programs automatically copy themselves to burned CDs?
$52,000 for 92 million addresses is nearly 1800 addresses per dollar. At that price it would cost only $3.6 million to get the address of every man, woman, and child in the entire world.
And to think, spammers used to hang out in AOL public chat rooms to collect screennames. Ahh, economic efficiency.
Shortly after deciding to leave the antivirus market to focus more on their core competencies, Microsoft realized that they didn't actually have any competencies. So they changed their mind and returned to writing antivirus software.
What I don't understand about that quote is this: Suppose a brand of refrigerator, bicycle, wristwatch, or telephone had DVD cloning functionality. Would these products be legal simply because they have purposes besides copy-protection circumvention?
If that's the case, then DVD cloning cannot be illegal on its own (although any copyright infringements still would be, of course). And if that's the case, then DVD-cloner products are legal without any attached refrigerators.
If it's not the case, then any product which could possibly be used to break the law must inherently be deemed illegal. Then guns are illegal. Cars are illegal. Computers are illegal.
You're surprised that some members of the tech-savvy programming crowd don't understand the value of making backups. Whatever. Personally, I was more shocked to learn that some members of that crowd have girlfriends.
How soon before pr0n is sold on HD-DVDs?... and how soon before someone rips it and puts it on gnutella?
Subject: LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE INTERNET
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From: "Eric Head"
Subject: LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE INTERNET
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT.
Dear,
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We all have! BUT NO MORE!
"The Dangers of the Internet", the incredible new book by Eric Head, former Director of DirectConsumer Marketing Affairs for a Fortune 500 company*, will show YOU how to keep from getting scammed in the future! Best of all, the book is absolutely FRIE, with your purchase of this inexpensive herbal v1@gra alternative! Only three payments of $39.99 each, WOW!!
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I wonder if they're planning to actually build a cellphone.
Not if they paid attention in high school economics class. There's almost no profit in manufacturing cell phones, and when that happens, firms are supposed to leave the market, not enter it.
Okay, buddy, but when's the last time an iPod shit on your car?
Sure, it sounds like a good idea now, but you won't be too happy when poor yields force Motorola to "roll back" the phones to hold only seven songs, just like Apple's 500MHz G4 fiasco.
The best part is, Parent was modded 30% redundant. "Of course Star Wars rots. We've known that for years!"
That's a couple of things that SCO can't say right about now.
Don't be so sure, I never expected Microsoft to say that either.
You can't divide by 0.
With an "I can't" attitude like that, you'll never succeed at this sport!
Let X = Y. Then:
X*(X) = X*(Y)
X^2 - Y^2 = XY - Y^2
(X+Y)*(X-Y) = X*(X-Y)
(X+Y) = X
X + X = X
2*X = 1*X
2 = 1
2-1 = 1-1
1 = 0.
QED.
And you should hear Elmo go when you piss him off!
That's nothing compared to when you piss on him.
Woohoo! Now I can write UNIX code to run on Windows! Then in twenty years or whenever Longhorn is released, they can change the standard, and I'll get to choose between compatibility with my UNIX code and UNIX, or Windows! This is great!
[quote]I think Symantec should start lumping this crap in with viruses and trojans.[/quote] Right on. What happens when the next Windows virus spreads through a hole in IE/Outlook/etc. and then copies itself to any burned CDs to auto-install when it is inserted? You can be completely caught up on your security patches and have your system go boom once you want to look at a CD of family pictures or something. Hell, what happens when the RIAA has these copy-protection programs automatically copy themselves to burned CDs?
"I put two dollars in the machine, pressed the button, pulled forward... and the roof collapsed on top of my car."
Nothing like a high-profile store in the back of a car wash to raise awareness for Free Software.
$52,000 for 92 million addresses is nearly 1800 addresses per dollar. At that price it would cost only $3.6 million to get the address of every man, woman, and child in the entire world. And to think, spammers used to hang out in AOL public chat rooms to collect screennames. Ahh, economic efficiency.
Simple.
Shortly after deciding to leave the antivirus market to focus more on their core competencies, Microsoft realized that they didn't actually have any competencies. So they changed their mind and returned to writing antivirus software.
What I don't understand about that quote is this: Suppose a brand of refrigerator, bicycle, wristwatch, or telephone had DVD cloning functionality. Would these products be legal simply because they have purposes besides copy-protection circumvention?
If that's the case, then DVD cloning cannot be illegal on its own (although any copyright infringements still would be, of course). And if that's the case, then DVD-cloner products are legal without any attached refrigerators.
If it's not the case, then any product which could possibly be used to break the law must inherently be deemed illegal. Then guns are illegal. Cars are illegal. Computers are illegal.
You're surprised that some members of the tech-savvy programming crowd don't understand the value of making backups. Whatever. Personally, I was more shocked to learn that some members of that crowd have girlfriends.
But how many frames per second will you get playing Duke Nukem Forever on it?
How soon before pr0n is sold on HD-DVDs? ... and how soon before someone rips it and puts it on gnutella?
From: "Eric Head"
Subject: LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE INTERNET
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT.
Dear,
Are you sick of getting scammed? Have you been burned by offers to consol1date your m0rtg.age, add 1nches to your man hood, or win a fre-ee is1and get@way?
We all have! BUT NO MORE!
"The Dangers of the Internet", the incredible new book by Eric Head, former Director of DirectConsumer Marketing Affairs for a Fortune 500 company*, will show YOU how to keep from getting scammed in the future! Best of all, the book is absolutely FRIE, with your purchase of this inexpensive herbal v1@gra alternative! Only three payments of $39.99 each, WOW!!
*in China.
I better start stocking up on those penis pills before they become scarce!
Damn! The one time I actually want to RTFA!