This is something that has come up in the last two weeks as part of the Software Engineering course im doing at Uni. This sort of practise differs depending on the country and what is considered most important according to lecturer.
In the states, it is apparently considered that being first to market is most important rather then software quality since bugs can be fixed later on and customers are apathetic to switching even if the product is bad.
In the UK it is considered that quality of software is paramount, and that fixing it later is an undesirable option. You may be first to market but if you do a really sloppy job of it, then word will spread and you can forget about getting big contracts in the future. Also there aint no way you would get a BCS accreditation ( british computer society ).
Wonder if they considered that this means all CCTV camera operators are breaking the law should violence be picked up on them unless they become journalists...
finding it with tagging only works so long as users accurately tag the content. The moment they stop doing that, it becomes a whoooole lot harder to find things.
So, it doesn't even work, does it? it works against the novice, clueless users who dont realise it can be removed yes, but not the more technically inclined who can crack it, download a crack for it, or work around it using emulation software. Its why i put 'successful' in quotes:)
Gee, that EXE file must work wonderfully with non-Windows systems. Indeed, so well infact that it wont even let it *start* the game:D
Apple is one of the top software producers in the world. Macrovision is a bunch of hacks, a one-trick pony who has made a living from a stupid analog video hack. I doubt they are even competent to write software ever heard of safedisc?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SafeDisc
Macrovision make that, and its fairly 'successful' in terms of publishers using it
Although the BBC is british, international requests do not go to their servers in london.
According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4606719.stm , international requests go to their server farm in new york.
I originally cancelled my subscription on the basis i didnt have enough money:) ( hey im a student ) Having read about this, I think its safe to say that i dont intend to go back even if my financial situation improves. If you cant trust the gamekeepers to play fair, who can you trust?
Someone in southampton, UK not too long ago stole a urinal from a pub; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/62344 45.stm
Bottom line is , people will steal anything. Expecting them to do it in style is a bit much to hope for.
If its really rfid, the pattern of the dots wouldnt matter since it would have its own chip etc to send a unique id back. Optical patterns are irrelevent with it.
If its a pattern, and using a propriatory ( presumably optical ) reader, this is not radio based tech and thus not rfid. surely?
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letting the market decide only works when the market is not apathetic to change.
...except that the videos this article is on about, are those for which viacom does not hold the copyright.
Not the ones that it does
This is something that has come up in the last two weeks as part of the Software Engineering course im doing at Uni.
This sort of practise differs depending on the country and what is considered most important according to lecturer.
In the states, it is apparently considered that being first to market is most important rather then software quality since bugs can be fixed later on and customers are apathetic to switching even if the product is bad.
In the UK it is considered that quality of software is paramount, and that fixing it later is an undesirable option. You may be first to market but if you do a really sloppy job of it, then word will spread and you can forget about getting big contracts in the future. Also there aint no way you would get a BCS accreditation ( british computer society ).
Wonder if they considered that this means all CCTV camera operators are breaking the law should violence be picked up on them unless they become journalists...
or the flying chair...
finding it with tagging only works so long as users accurately tag the content.
The moment they stop doing that, it becomes a whoooole lot harder to find things.
Irony : Media companies complaining about mafia-like tactics.
Or is it hipocracy?
Its why i put 'successful' in quotes
Although the BBC is british, international requests do not go to their servers in london.
According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4606719.stm , international requests go to their server farm in new york.
Already have, sort of.
:) ( hey im a student )
I originally cancelled my subscription on the basis i didnt have enough money
Having read about this, I think its safe to say that i dont intend to go back even if my financial situation improves.
If you cant trust the gamekeepers to play fair, who can you trust?
Finding out that bubba has been taking you up on those cheap v1agr4 pills: priceless
But, gut feeling tells me that no they dont have a basis for suing you if you followed all the rules about giving them sufficient notice and all that.
yes, simply put. We get ripped off on just about everything :(
They're £0.79 in the uk, which with the current exchange rate is $USD 1.55
Someone in southampton, UK not too long ago stole a urinal from a pub; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/62344 45.stm
Bottom line is , people will steal anything. Expecting them to do it in style is a bit much to hope for.
If its really rfid, the pattern of the dots wouldnt matter since it would have its own chip etc to send a unique id back. Optical patterns are irrelevent with it.
If its a pattern, and using a propriatory ( presumably optical ) reader, this is not radio based tech and thus not rfid.
surely?
Raw coffee beans
Seriously though, i dont have a breakfast most of the time. I sometimes grab a coffee on the way to Uni but not regularly.
Dont newline cinema have a finite period of time in which they can do the hobbit before they lose the rights to it?
Not married, but thankyou for trolling^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcaring
why mention it? Why raise the 'boogeyman' of terrorism for something unrelated to it, other then to reinforce the culture of fear created.
thankyou :)
No, but it will make it safer (if only a little) then leaving it there.
Ive set its kill bit in the mean time though
Checked mine, its present :(
Anyone know if its safe to make that file and its registry entry 'disappear' ?
Skin of evil is the episode you are after i recon, Its the one it kills tasha yar in.