It's easy to have positive Karma. It's more difficult to think before you post.
It's kind of a fun game to try to predict what the highest-modded posts will be for Slashdot articles before looking at the comments. It's an interesting bit of groupthink that goes on here... once you're acclimatized to the Slashdot mindset, you almost don't even have to read it to know what's being said.
Someone getting (+5, Insightful) for saying that "Apple does it too"? All too predictable.
Actually, I was downloading it last night at some pretty nice speeds, pretty much maxing my bandwidth. Maybe their server is in Soviet Russia... where the server Slashdots you!
Obviously it is, when you can't even view your e-mail without being afraid of being infected by a viral attachment. That kind of shit shouldn't happen in the first place.
Just being Microsoft has a patch available doesn't take them off the hook. A patch doesn't change the fact that the hole was there.
Ah, I don't really believe in any special 'formula' for learning. You either understand it, compartmentalize it, and use that understanding when you deem it appropriate... or you're missing something. Sure, a certain order can make this process easier, but in the end it shouldn't make a big difference. You're aware of your knowledge and your habits, and that's the first step. The next is adjusting them!
Using this 'habits' reason just seems to me like an excuse. If it really is worth it, embrace it! Why keep yourself in old ruts just for the sake of comfort?
I personally find functional programming to be quite deliciously elegant. I've dabbled in Scheme and yum, it's good stuff. You're right... it should be used more.
I'm sure that a "favourites" system is implemented, where Picard wouldn't get newly-recruited Ensign Rikor ever time he tried to contact his first office. The computer just wouldn't deem it likely that he would try to contact this ensign without the captain explicitly specifying 'ensign.'
But yes, it would make for an interesting episode of Bizarro Trek.
Yeah, I know that 2600 like to use that argument a lot, but they LOST with it. Here's why:
You obviously can't stop bit-for-bit copying, but encrypting the DVD prevents people from RE-ENCODING the movie for distribution in a form other than a DVD. That means that, if CSS were still secure, people wouldn't be able to make DVD rips and distribute them online. You can copy a CSS-encrypted DVD and make as many physical backups as you want, but you can't make a DivX copy. This would have made a big difference in Internet piracy.
There are other ways of copying a DVD, sure, but that's a whole other issue that Macrovision is supposed to take care of. Speaking strictly about CSS, it was supposed to prevent Internet piracy, not bit-for-bit copying. However, this is now defeated and DVD rips of movies are everywhere. Tough luck for the MPAA.
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It's easy to have positive Karma. It's more difficult to think before you post.
It's kind of a fun game to try to predict what the highest-modded posts will be for Slashdot articles before looking at the comments. It's an interesting bit of groupthink that goes on here... once you're acclimatized to the Slashdot mindset, you almost don't even have to read it to know what's being said.
Someone getting (+5, Insightful) for saying that "Apple does it too"? All too predictable.
Actually, I was downloading it last night at some pretty nice speeds, pretty much maxing my bandwidth. Maybe their server is in Soviet Russia... where the server Slashdots you!
How can people be responsible for themselves when they use a closed-source program?
Obviously it is, when you can't even view your e-mail without being afraid of being infected by a viral attachment. That kind of shit shouldn't happen in the first place.
Just being Microsoft has a patch available doesn't take them off the hook. A patch doesn't change the fact that the hole was there.
...but I can't really see an adult saying "I'll buy this one because it's for mature people!"
Oh really? Maybe you should look harder.
I'll bet that the game's content rating can be a rather important factor when purchasing a game... and I don't just mean as a deterrent.
The distinction between 'adult' and 'kid' is quite blurry. And age will only approximate that... poorly.
How is an open letter 'cracking down'? Talk about biased reporting...
And this problem has been solved by USB. The days of finnicky parallel-port printers are long gone.
Either some moderators were sleeping, or else they agree with the assertion.
It's probably a bit of both, if you ask me.
Ah, I don't really believe in any special 'formula' for learning. You either understand it, compartmentalize it, and use that understanding when you deem it appropriate... or you're missing something. Sure, a certain order can make this process easier, but in the end it shouldn't make a big difference. You're aware of your knowledge and your habits, and that's the first step. The next is adjusting them!
Using this 'habits' reason just seems to me like an excuse. If it really is worth it, embrace it! Why keep yourself in old ruts just for the sake of comfort?
I personally find functional programming to be quite deliciously elegant. I've dabbled in Scheme and yum, it's good stuff. You're right... it should be used more.
What I want to know is who would consider an MBA graduate an intellectual?!
Business has nothing to do with Science.
Might I suggest light mode?
Mostly harmless.
...unless it turned yellow from a SMOKER
Oh my GOD! You're kidding! You know, you really should report this.... Keyboards are NOT supposed to smoke.
And don't forget... NEVER touch your face.
Where does one get an external fanless power supply? Did you adapt it from another system or can you buy them individually?
This would be a very welcome idea in computer design, I think. I know Apple's done this before, but it would work wonders in helping quiet my PCs.
The logical next step, then, is to evolve quieter blood!
I'm sure that a "favourites" system is implemented, where Picard wouldn't get newly-recruited Ensign Rikor ever time he tried to contact his first office. The computer just wouldn't deem it likely that he would try to contact this ensign without the captain explicitly specifying 'ensign.'
But yes, it would make for an interesting episode of Bizarro Trek.
Yeah, I know that 2600 like to use that argument a lot, but they LOST with it. Here's why:
You obviously can't stop bit-for-bit copying, but encrypting the DVD prevents people from RE-ENCODING the movie for distribution in a form other than a DVD. That means that, if CSS were still secure, people wouldn't be able to make DVD rips and distribute them online. You can copy a CSS-encrypted DVD and make as many physical backups as you want, but you can't make a DivX copy. This would have made a big difference in Internet piracy.
There are other ways of copying a DVD, sure, but that's a whole other issue that Macrovision is supposed to take care of. Speaking strictly about CSS, it was supposed to prevent Internet piracy, not bit-for-bit copying. However, this is now defeated and DVD rips of movies are everywhere. Tough luck for the MPAA.
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Two words:
ADVENTURE GAMES.
How many people can honestly say they have played most of the FPSs in existence...
My brother can. He never leaves his goddamn room!
Perhaps during a trip to Soviet Russia...?
Just as an FYI, you should expect to be modded into oblivion or making a joke at Apple's expense.
You should never cross Slashdot's resident hive of Mac zealots and expect to emerge unscathed.
But I think you already knew that.
Yeah. Even MTV2 has sold out.
Big surprise there.