There are bad movies, and then there are bad movies made today. Imagine being forced to watch some of the crap that comes out today, probably multiple times. Gigli, Independence Day, I could go on for quite a while.
Really? I regularly leave Firefox open for days, with about 20 to 30 tabs open at a time. It is up to about 180megs at the moment (after 3 days), and I constantly open and close tabs - 100s a day. I have found that I need to close ie down quite a lot. I do have no-script enabled, so maybe that makes a big different. Everytime I use ie it seems so slow.
I guess you don't use a laptop, or an expensive mobile phone. Clearly any of these can be dropped in the toilet with disastrous consequences. Strange philosophy to live by, but there you go.
In much the same way Monster cables have that, "I have plenty of money and have no problems parting with it" sort of way. Which is a very strong attractor for certain kinds of chicks.
Which is kind of ironic, since those chick will have no idea what a Monster cable or an Alienware laptop looks like. They generally go by how shiney your cars is.
Gets a bit boring driving around town after a while. Unless there are some cyclists to knock down. It seems sensible to have a game of crazy taxi while you are driving around, to keep you more alert, so you are less likely to get into an accident.
Yes, damn then and there taxes, it doesn't cost that much to build a road, rail, telecommunication system. It is all just a joke.
If you ever happen to use the roads, or catch a train, or use a phone, or watch tv, why don't you think about how much it would cost you alone to build any one of those things. Even is you collected all the taxes you will pay in your lifetime, you wouldn't be able to afford a road to the next village. People like you are a joke. Fuck of then, and live in the forest, where you don't have or need to pay taxes.
Interesting story, but nothing about that situation is Ironic. Ironic does not mean coincidental, or strange or something weird. If SCO sold boxes to stop this sort of thing, then maybe this would be ironic, but they don't.
We are actually talking about people being improsined, not assetts being seized. Assetts being taken happens all the time. But actually seeing members of the board, you know the people who made the decision to do something illegal, being carted of to prison is very rare.
It is really not that simple. Block everything. If something is not working, start logging the firewall, and find out what ports it needs. Then decide whether you really need that application to access the internet, and open them up if you do. Very easy to do in Linux.
True that people with no training or experience are asked to do this task, but i mean, honestly it is not such a great problem. Most things are working ok.
Well, have you ever heard of passive smoking? Hanging around people who smoke can be just as dangerous as smoking yourself. Which is why I always kick my gf outside.
Yes, good point. Since this will not stop every single weird situation that some guy can think of, then it is useless. Because unless it can stop Max Maxs vehicle, then there is no point.
I think the double standard arises because it is ok to copy something, but to do it for profit is wrong. That seems a more reasonable standard than the one that you propose.
In chess, if you know you're going to win (which is often the case, sometimes several moves before it happens), it's customary to offer a draw out of courtesy, rather than to drag out the inevitable.
What a load of drivel. If this was true, then nobody would ever win a game of chess...yes, that would be exciting, wouldn't it.
This is a foolish statement. It has nothing to do with greed, everything to do with profits. (How can a company be greedy anyway, they are supposed to make as much money as they legally can) How can something like this be modded up. Why do people persist in calling companies greedy, when it makes as much sense as calling your car greedy for oil, or your hat greedy. The fact that you got modded up to 5 only proves that there are a lot of fools that make the same mistake.
Now what? Are you going to try to win by unlawful or dishonest tactics? Not sure why you wouldn't try to win on the merits, unless you know that your product isn't as good...
This is very simplistic thinking. The fact is that Toshiba paid Paramount a lot of money to drop Blu-Ray support. Toshiba could pay everyone else to drop Blu-Ray support as well. So maybe you could explain how sticking to being "honest", and relying on the merits of the format would help win here? What an idiotic thing to say.
It is clear how this is heading, just as Sony and Microsoft fight over exclusives for their consoles, Sony and Toshiba are going to fight over exclusives for their HD formats. Sony may have a superior format in some ways, size of data on the disc, but that wont win them the war.
My bad analogy aside, I can still the reason that manufacturers of games get upset about this sort of thing. The fact is that they may, in the future, produce this game again. The fact that copies of the old version of the game are still around decrease the value of there product. So it costs them money.
Well since you won't sell me your car, I will just go and steal it and take it for a drive. Since you aren't selling it, you aren't going to lose any money. And there is not other way for me to get your car, I pretty much have to steal it.
And I will only steal it at night, when you are asleep, so you won't be missing out. Sure, I will bring it back.
It is an important distinction if you actually have to work on a cluster or a Supercomputer. There are some things that Supercomputers can do, that clusters can't.
If you application needs to communicate to other versions of itself alot, then you don't want a cluster.
To be fair, I could upload pictures of you onto a website, and link them with your name. Next time someone searches for you in Google, these will come up. This is a far worse situation for you than being linked to on facebook.
And one can just imagine what sort of photos someone called Zombie Womble would have.
Yes you are correct. To support Linux, they should completely change the way they do business...I mean they can't have a logical reason for doing these complex negotiations, i mean it gets in the way of Linux, it must be stupid.
These are complex issues that we face, and pretending that they are simple to get rid off is not going to solve anything.
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There are bad movies, and then there are bad movies made today. Imagine being forced to watch some of the crap that comes out today, probably multiple times. Gigli, Independence Day, I could go on for quite a while.
Really? I regularly leave Firefox open for days, with about 20 to 30 tabs open at a time. It is up to about 180megs at the moment (after 3 days), and I constantly open and close tabs - 100s a day. I have found that I need to close ie down quite a lot. I do have no-script enabled, so maybe that makes a big different. Everytime I use ie it seems so slow.
WOw, i don't know why people waste time doing studies, when all we really need to do is ask some jackass about his own experiences.
I guess you don't use a laptop, or an expensive mobile phone. Clearly any of these can be dropped in the toilet with disastrous consequences. Strange philosophy to live by, but there you go.
Which is kind of ironic, since those chick will have no idea what a Monster cable or an Alienware laptop looks like. They generally go by how shiney your cars is.
Gets a bit boring driving around town after a while. Unless there are some cyclists to knock down. It seems sensible to have a game of crazy taxi while you are driving around, to keep you more alert, so you are less likely to get into an accident.
Yes, damn then and there taxes, it doesn't cost that much to build a road, rail, telecommunication system. It is all just a joke.
If you ever happen to use the roads, or catch a train, or use a phone, or watch tv, why don't you think about how much it would cost you alone to build any one of those things. Even is you collected all the taxes you will pay in your lifetime, you wouldn't be able to afford a road to the next village. People like you are a joke. Fuck of then, and live in the forest, where you don't have or need to pay taxes.
Interesting story, but nothing about that situation is Ironic. Ironic does not mean coincidental, or strange or something weird. If SCO sold boxes to stop this sort of thing, then maybe this would be ironic, but they don't.
We are actually talking about people being improsined, not assetts being seized. Assetts being taken happens all the time. But actually seeing members of the board, you know the people who made the decision to do something illegal, being carted of to prison is very rare.
It is really not that simple. Block everything. If something is not working, start logging the firewall, and find out what ports it needs. Then decide whether you really need that application to access the internet, and open them up if you do. Very easy to do in Linux.
True that people with no training or experience are asked to do this task, but i mean, honestly it is not such a great problem. Most things are working ok.
Well, have you ever heard of passive smoking? Hanging around people who smoke can be just as dangerous as smoking yourself. Which is why I always kick my gf outside.
Yes, good point. Since this will not stop every single weird situation that some guy can think of, then it is useless. Because unless it can stop Max Maxs vehicle, then there is no point.
I think the double standard arises because it is ok to copy something, but to do it for profit is wrong. That seems a more reasonable standard than the one that you propose.
They can tell by the big smile on your face, and the glint of hope in your eye. These sort of signs really stand out on Microsoft Campus.
So you have never heard of Chess Boxing then?
Just drive or catch the bus the few 100km. Or wait a few weeks, and the exchange rate will mean you can pick one up for a $100CDN instead.
Wow, didn't really think this was even in question, I thought everybody new this.
http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/high-definition/news/toshiba-welcomes-paramount-hd-dvd-deal?articleid=734466306
First link that came up in google for "toshiba paramount deal"
This is just the cost of doing business.
What a load of drivel. If this was true, then nobody would ever win a game of chess...yes, that would be exciting, wouldn't it.
This comes down to greed, pure and simple.
This is a foolish statement. It has nothing to do with greed, everything to do with profits. (How can a company be greedy anyway, they are supposed to make as much money as they legally can) How can something like this be modded up. Why do people persist in calling companies greedy, when it makes as much sense as calling your car greedy for oil, or your hat greedy. The fact that you got modded up to 5 only proves that there are a lot of fools that make the same mistake.
This is very simplistic thinking. The fact is that Toshiba paid Paramount a lot of money to drop Blu-Ray support. Toshiba could pay everyone else to drop Blu-Ray support as well. So maybe you could explain how sticking to being "honest", and relying on the merits of the format would help win here? What an idiotic thing to say.
It is clear how this is heading, just as Sony and Microsoft fight over exclusives for their consoles, Sony and Toshiba are going to fight over exclusives for their HD formats. Sony may have a superior format in some ways, size of data on the disc, but that wont win them the war.
My bad analogy aside, I can still the reason that manufacturers of games get upset about this sort of thing. The fact is that they may, in the future, produce this game again. The fact that copies of the old version of the game are still around decrease the value of there product. So it costs them money.
Well since you won't sell me your car, I will just go and steal it and take it for a drive. Since you aren't selling it, you aren't going to lose any money. And there is not other way for me to get your car, I pretty much have to steal it.
And I will only steal it at night, when you are asleep, so you won't be missing out. Sure, I will bring it back.
It is an important distinction if you actually have to work on a cluster or a Supercomputer. There are some things that Supercomputers can do, that clusters can't.
If you application needs to communicate to other versions of itself alot, then you don't want a cluster.
If your program doesn't then a cluster is fine.
To be fair, I could upload pictures of you onto a website, and link them with your name. Next time someone searches for you in Google, these will come up. This is a far worse situation for you than being linked to on facebook.
And one can just imagine what sort of photos someone called Zombie Womble would have.
Yes you are correct. To support Linux, they should completely change the way they do business...I mean they can't have a logical reason for doing these complex negotiations, i mean it gets in the way of Linux, it must be stupid.
These are complex issues that we face, and pretending that they are simple to get rid off is not going to solve anything.