When these get small enough to be implanted in my scrotum with the UI implaned in my penis, no thanks.
observer: 'Dude! Are you playing with yourself?' me: 'Nah, just...dialing...long...UrghhhAahhhh...distance! Oops, sorry about the 'pinkeye surprise', should of blinked!'
This is just business as usual in Corporate America, and has been for decades. Glad you finally showed up at the party. Have a cocktail and a hooker...it's all tax deductible...a business expense!
Wow! I mean, wow! I was ready to jump in this thread to deposit my 'two cents' worth as a Buddhist, but this caught my attention first.
But in the end, is it really important, I always saw such things as things which distract people from the core of the message which over all this mumbo jumbo seems to be forgotten, and the message is one of peace, forgiveness, trying to help others and no violence!
Very well done! If I wore a hat, it would be 'tipped' in your direction. Thank you for an 'intelligent' and rational comment in the favor of religion. Not easily done on/., but appreciated when pulled off.
That was an effective 'stroke to the heart' of many religious fundamentalist's main arguments defending their agenda while abandoning the core 'cause'. Again, wow! And thanks for the lesson!(really-no sarcasm filter needed) That was timely for me.
Forgetting that fact**, or letting it get 'lost in the shuffle' is the one thing we seem to excel at as a species, unfortunately. Hopefully we will overcome that trait someday.
Yeah well, history has always been written by the victors.
Having said that, this news is 'news' indeed. And, you have a valid point that your imagination could be achieved:
Imagine what fantastic times may have existed that history has just forgotten.
Don't ever let anyone take that from you, kiddo!
That's how many of these questions get answered...by people like you. "Imagine what/if..." is a very powerful 'spell' to cast, and has brought us a long way!
No, this shows how asinine Libertarian fucktards are.[...]You're an idiot. Try working on that reading comprehension thing:
Heh!Heh! I seem to have struck a nerve. What do your so called 'Libertarian fucktards' have to do with the common sense you are lacking?
I, and many others want our coffee served HOT! If you and your nanny-state proles want hand-held through life, that is your choice...not mine.
Look, buckwheat..my 'reading comprehension thing' is beyond what you can achieve in your limited lifetime apparently.
As far as I am concerned...you, the white mule you rode in on, and your nanny state can all be shoved up your own ass. When I purchase a cup of coffee, I expect it to be hot. If it is not, I will complain. Period. And I will not be alone.
McDonalds is still in the right as far as I am concerned, and anyone too stupid to handle hot coffee gets no sympathy from me.
Think of it as an impromptu 'Darwin Award' for you, and your 'Libertarian fucktards', whatever that is supposed to mean.
You can be as insulting as you can achieve, but you will not change my mind about 'common sense' playing an important role in our lives.
I'll bet that she does not place her hot coffee between her legs and try to open it when she's driving since then. That's a plus for the rest of us having to share the roads with her.
I won't deny what you say, but to paint them with such a broad brush is as farcical as painting 'Americans' as supporting GWB currently. As of 1979-1980, I can attest that the 'German' populace has a significant influence on their gov't. and policy. See: Berlin Wall.
While I see your point, there are several things I would like to address.
I know at least two people with military training who also play. I can, and routinely do, tag them both.
I commend your skills. But...I have trained with both MILES gear, and paintballs while in active service, and have 'played' paintball' as a civilian.[getting banned is not fun]
Playing 'paintball' is in the same 'mental category' as playing 'Battlefield 1942' on a public server. You can respawn, or just collect your gear and go home. 'Real life' combat is much more harsher than that. I do not mean to dismiss/diminish your 'skills', as attitude is as as important in 'real life' combat as training/skills are. You, with your 'paintball play', have exhibited this 'attitude', and have developed some technical proficiency. That I will not deny, or demean...it does mean a lot in 'real life' combat!
However... We 'know' that we will 'respawn', or 'collect our gear' and go home, so it does affect our 'gameplay' and tactics. I have been kicked out/off several paintball courses and game servers for taking advantage of my 'real life' combat skills/experience for 'cheating'. I now have to travel quite a distance to 'play paintball' due to being 'banned' locally. I hate that, because it is 'good training'!...keeps me from getting 'rusty'.[again, I am not denying your 'experience'!)
What I am really trying to say is this: Keep the faith, bro! Having the 'mindset', and the ability to apply it is more than 'half the battle', I would take you in on my team, just from/by your attitude. The 'mental levels' require an 'active, alert, analytic' frame of mind. 'Playing paintball' provides that. What could be bad with that?
Just don't get yourself convinced you are in 'my league'(and others like me) because you 'survived' on a paintball course...but you do provide a valid/important data point....and may still 'tag' my ass! Damn Kids! Get off my lawn!(out of paintball range!) And 'turn that crap down!' It was a crazy world back then...;-):-);-):-)
Ah! What I would class as a 'mix tape', or some such. Okay, thanks for the info. The 'whole mashup' thing is similar to my expectations, sort of. The concept is similar, but the times/name change thing is 'in effect', and makes sense now. Thanks for the modern definition.:-)
Not trying to be 'obtuse' here, but sometimes a 'generational thing' does not span the generations as is expected. I now 'get it', and thank you for that. Really!(basically it's the same thing we did with 'best of' cassette tapes in my youth that we made to pass around...legality not considered at that time/age, just 'the facts')
Yes: "However, this makes mashups cumbersome, because each content source has to be played and recorded."
I was exploring the 'analog hole' as a general concept, not a specific 'business model'.
The battleground isn't DRM, per se. It's fair use, and ensuring that technical DRM measures do not hinder fair use.
I think we have been 'lured off course' here.
I personally have no 'real' clue what a 'mashup' is. Is it some sort of 'playlist?' I would assume it is some file that encompasses several elements of a 'users/mashup owner's' profile? Really, I have no clue what a 'mashup' is except some nebulous 'Web 2.0' cloud is the future, marketdroid B.S. crap I can find on 'facebook/myspace', if I am that disparate/hard-up to 'go there'. Mashup==MTV? Why bother!!!
Thank you, and I am sometimes ashamed that I do not live up to that accolade. I truly wish I did...:-)
When will they learn the battle is impossible and adopt lock free business models?
Your answer is correct, IMHO.
I know I sound like a 'broken record' here in regards to "IP", but IP is the root cause for this kind of shite. IP law/regulation needs severe reform, but that is hindered presently by the same outfits that caused this whole 'can of worms' to be an issue in the first place.
For the 'camps' that support the whole concept of 'IP'(Intellectual/Imaginary Property), you can consider me a 'foe' until drastic reforms are made in IP law to conserve the 'spirit' of the original IP laws.
Patent law was beneficial until we started the whole 'software/business methods' patents. Copyright worked until it grew past 14 years, with option to renew another 14 years.
Giving 'software patents' the 'benefit of the doubt', how can they truly be justified after/longer than 7-10 years, looking at the way tech advances/evolves, and still adhere to the 'intent', and 'spirit' of the whole patent process???
Why should 'copyright' extend past what was defined originally, except to line corporate coffers?
We can get bogged down in the whole 'P2P, BT, etc...' extravaganza', or we can deal with the 'modern' problem of the artificial limits that have subverted copyright and patent law for the common citizens the IP laws were designed to protect. Anything less is just corporate-minded shillery.
BTW, my 'only acceptable definition of 'IP' is Internet Protocal.' Just as my definition of 'PC' is 'Personal Computer', and has nothing to do with the dis-abused assumption of 'Politically Correct', which is a 'Oxymoron" in any view of the term.
...Tiffany and Thad arranged the moon rocks on a bed--and had sex amongst them.
We can abolish this statement as heresy, in accordance with/. traditions. The Moon Rocks were safe, as there was no 'actual' sex involved...fantasies do not count.
I was thinking of electronic analog interfaces. Remove those and analog recording becomes more difficult -- impossible if recording devices become restricted.
I think I see where you are coming from, so excuse me if my reply comes across as harsh or abrupt...not my intent! There are just so many ways to discuss this and still get the 'main point across'.
I was thinking of electronic analog interfaces. Remove those and analog recording becomes more difficult -- impossible if recording devices become restricted.
I dispute this. Let me explain...Your 'electronic analog interfaces' cannot get around the 'analog hole' until 'we' accept implants/technology that by-passes the whole outer ear/inner ear->aural nerves->brain sequence. The 'sound/song' will have to interact directly with the 'aural nerve/brain' path for your 'fears' to be realised.
Yes, one can use a camcorder (again, assuming they do not become restricted or effectively crippled when viewing restricted content, which strikes me as reasonable). But, that makes the production of mashups all the more difficult because of the technical hurdles introduced, and would likely discourage many would-be mashup artists.
Also, if 'the analog hole' between speaker-ear exists as the only viable way of recording,then analog recording technology will progress/improve. It has been a 'feature' of the Human Race for a 'really long time'.
P.S. I see that your focus seems to be video, and not sound, but the basic principles still apply. (substitute 'ears' for 'eyes', and 'sound' for 'vision')
'The observation is that if an hour were shorter, by a small amount, we would be more focused, and accomplish the same amount of work, but in less real time, thereby increasing productivity.'"
[my emphasis]
This could have only come from some PHB/MBA marketdroid.
My bad! Maybe they are asking to be thrown into the event horizon of a black hole???
We have sacrificed many things to achieve IP(Imaginary Property) as a viable 'business model', but trying to redefine physics to artificially 'manipulate' time is just too much for anyone with more than a shoe-size IQ!
Or has Physical Sciences/Quantum Physics been redefined and subverted to become part of the MBA curriculum for PHB's? Solutions? In the time honored/. tradition, I propose:
We need to exhume all of our deceased scientists, wrap them in wire, and re-bury them inside of a magnetic coil==end of 'free energy' problem. Damn, wrong format...correction: revised 1. exhume and 'wire-wrap' all scientists, and re-bury inside of magnetic coil. 2. connect 'wired scientists' to MBA curriclum 3. ???? 4. Profit!!! with unlimited 'free energy!!!'
This has to be the saddest thing I have seen in quite some time...for it to be entertainable enough to actually make it to the 'front page' of anywhere, including/., to link to it!
If it's hardware, it can/will be hacked. If it's software, it can/will be hacked, or coded around eventually[hacked].
P.S. Apply 'old school' definition of 'hacker' and 'hacked'.
BTW, I do however share your view, and my reply only addresses a 'small' subset of PC users that will not 'take this lying down, with our ankles behind our ears'. Outliers, not 'mainstream'. 'Overall', and 'in general', I agree with you completely.
My only intent was to 'point out' that there will be 'resistance movements' forming under any 'fascist/draconian/pervasive_and_over-controlling system'.
My pedantry was not intended to discredit your comment in any way.:-)
No, that's not FUD. This very thing happened to me, and MS' response after talking to many people over an hour and a half was:'you need to buy another XP Pro license at around $130 USD', IIRC. I even offered to send them the cd and case with the hologram and my receipt(original, not the copy I was going to keep for myself) to no avail.
I was told my only option was to purchase the new license. I replied that 'no, that is not my only option, as I have this Linux install cd in my hand as we are speaking, and am dropping all MS product use.' And so I have ran some GNU/Linux distro since then.
Check my posting history on this subject...at the time I ranted probably a little/lot too much about this. I was not doing anything 'shady/dodgey' at the time to bring this on myself. MS admitted it 'could' be due to all of the 'keygen' stuff out there, but my copy became non-legit through no action/inaction/fault of my own. I bought those cd's from a 'reputable', nationwide retailer-with intact packaging, etc..- in good faith with cash money, and that was not 'good enough' for MS.
Not FUD. Period.
Now I have access via my job to two copies of XP Pro*, and two copies of both Vista Enterprise and Office 2007, all of which will suffer bit rot before I think about using them. They have 'lost userbase/marketshare' of three PC's here on my home network, as I wiped Windows off and installed Linux.(all three were legit, 100% compliant with MS Windows terms)
I repeat, that was not FUD!
*to be pedantic, it's actually six copies total of XP. I get two each copies of: XP Pro(no Service packs), XP Pro SP2, and XP Pro SP2 Upgrade Version. And when Fallout 3 came out, I did set up an XP partition with one license for XP Pro SP2, but it only lasted about three months until I got tired of 'the MS Way', wiped it, and installed Linux Mint in it's place.
Linux has me too spoiled by now to go back to Windows, even just to play games.
Yes, but I fear the days of analog interfaces are numbered.
You mean like, your ears?
Until they can force you to be implanted with some DAC+'speaker' device, you will always have an analog interface. Somehow that 'digital signal' has to be converted to an analog signal like 'sound' for you to hear it. If you can 'hear' it, you can record it.(known as 'the analog hole' in these type of discussions)
So, the parent you were replying to is 100% correct. He was pointing directly at 'the analog hole'.
No, it just shows how 'nanny state' mentality comes about, and that there are at least 700 people too incompetent to handle coffee in that area and time period.
From your link:
McDonalds also argued that consumers know coffee is hot and that its customers want it that way.
And they are correct. Having worked in several restaurants, I can assure you that coffee served at 130-140 deg. F. will get you far more complaints about the coffee being 'too cold' than complaints about it being too hot at 180-195 deg. F.
All of you whining about McD's 'hot coffee' sound like Jack Thompson wannabe gits.
Your brewer should maintain a water temperature between 195 - 205 degrees Fahrenheit for optimal extraction. Colder water will result in flat, underextracted coffee while water that is too hot will also cause a loss of quality in the taste of the coffee. If you are brewing the coffee manually, let the water come to a full boil, but do not overboil. Turn off the heat source and allow the water to rest a minute before pouring it over the grounds.[...]
Brewed coffee should be enjoyed immediately!
Pour it into a warmed mug or coffee cup so that it will maintain its temperature as long as possible. Brewed coffee begins to lose its optimal taste moments after brewing so only brew as much coffee as will be consumed immediately. If it will be a few minutes before it will be served, the temperature should be maintained at 180 - 185 degrees Fahrenheit. It should never be left on an electric burner for longer than 15 minutes because it will begin to develop a burned taste. If the coffee is not to be served immediately after brewing, it should be poured into a warmed, insulated thermos and used within the next 45 minutes
[my emphasis]
So, as far as I am concerned, you can use your lukewarm, insipid liquid for a colonic...as in you know where you can put it!
Slashdot Mirror
Trivially easy if you can run beside your car at 85mph, Steve Austin.
Be careful opening the hood/bonnet at those speeds though...
Yes...earplugs.
When these get small enough to be implanted in my scrotum with the UI implaned in my penis, no thanks.
observer: 'Dude! Are you playing with yourself?'
me: 'Nah, just...dialing...long...UrghhhAahhhh...distance! Oops, sorry about the 'pinkeye surprise', should of blinked!'
This is news?
Stuff that matters?
How and how? Why and Why?
This is just business as usual in Corporate America, and has been for decades.
Glad you finally showed up at the party.
Have a cocktail and a hooker...it's all tax deductible...a business expense!
Wow!
I mean, wow!
I was ready to jump in this thread to deposit my 'two cents' worth as a Buddhist, but this caught my attention first.
But in the end, is it really important, I always saw such things as things which distract people from the core of the message which over all this mumbo jumbo seems to be forgotten, and the message is one of peace, forgiveness, trying to help others and no violence!
Very well done! If I wore a hat, it would be 'tipped' in your direction. /., but appreciated when pulled off.
Thank you for an 'intelligent' and rational comment in the favor of religion. Not easily done on
That was an effective 'stroke to the heart' of many religious fundamentalist's main arguments defending their agenda while abandoning the core 'cause'.
Again, wow!
And thanks for the lesson!(really-no sarcasm filter needed) That was timely for me.
Forgetting that fact**, or letting it get 'lost in the shuffle' is the one thing we seem to excel at as a species, unfortunately.
Hopefully we will overcome that trait someday.
*doffs 'virtual hat' in MemoryDragon's direction*
**the 'quote' from your post
Yeah well, history has always been written by the victors.
Having said that, this news is 'news' indeed.
And, you have a valid point that your imagination could be achieved:
Imagine what fantastic times may have existed that history has just forgotten.
Don't ever let anyone take that from you, kiddo!
That's how many of these questions get answered...by people like you.
"Imagine what/if..." is a very powerful 'spell' to cast, and has brought us a long way!
You Pirates!!!
The Author's Guild will be in touch as soon as they are done with Google!
All joking aside, I'll bet it is exciting times, and I wish you all well.
*said with envy*
No, this shows how asinine Libertarian fucktards are.[...]You're an idiot. Try working on that reading comprehension thing:
Heh!Heh!
I seem to have struck a nerve.
What do your so called 'Libertarian fucktards' have to do with the common sense you are lacking?
I, and many others want our coffee served HOT!
If you and your nanny-state proles want hand-held through life, that is your choice...not mine.
Look, buckwheat..my 'reading comprehension thing' is beyond what you can achieve in your limited lifetime apparently.
As far as I am concerned...you, the white mule you rode in on, and your nanny state can all be shoved up your own ass.
When I purchase a cup of coffee, I expect it to be hot. If it is not, I will complain. Period. And I will not be alone.
McDonalds is still in the right as far as I am concerned, and anyone too stupid to handle hot coffee gets no sympathy from me.
Think of it as an impromptu 'Darwin Award' for you, and your 'Libertarian fucktards', whatever that is supposed to mean.
You can be as insulting as you can achieve, but you will not change my mind about 'common sense' playing an important role in our lives.
I'll bet that she does not place her hot coffee between her legs and try to open it when she's driving since then.
That's a plus for the rest of us having to share the roads with her.
I won't deny what you say, but to paint them with such a broad brush is as farcical as painting 'Americans' as supporting GWB currently.
As of 1979-1980, I can attest that the 'German' populace has a significant influence on their gov't. and policy. See: Berlin Wall.
Are we *that much* different here in the USA?
While I see your point, there are several things I would like to address.
I know at least two people with military training who also play. I can, and routinely do, tag them both.
I commend your skills.
But...I have trained with both MILES gear, and paintballs while in active service, and have 'played' paintball' as a civilian.[getting banned is not fun]
Playing 'paintball' is in the same 'mental category' as playing 'Battlefield 1942' on a public server. You can respawn, or just collect your gear and go home.
'Real life' combat is much more harsher than that.
I do not mean to dismiss/diminish your 'skills', as attitude is as as important in 'real life' combat as training/skills are. You, with your 'paintball play', have exhibited this 'attitude', and have developed some technical proficiency. That I will not deny, or demean...it does mean a lot in 'real life' combat!
However...
We 'know' that we will 'respawn', or 'collect our gear' and go home, so it does affect our 'gameplay' and tactics. I have been kicked out/off several paintball courses and game servers for taking advantage of my 'real life' combat skills/experience for 'cheating'.
I now have to travel quite a distance to 'play paintball' due to being 'banned' locally. I hate that, because it is 'good training'!...keeps me from getting 'rusty'.[again, I am not denying your 'experience'!)
What I am really trying to say is this:
Keep the faith, bro!
Having the 'mindset', and the ability to apply it is more than 'half the battle',
I would take you in on my team, just from/by your attitude.
The 'mental levels' require an 'active, alert, analytic' frame of mind. 'Playing paintball' provides that. What could be bad with that?
Just don't get yourself convinced you are in 'my league'(and others like me) because you 'survived' on a paintball course...but you do provide a valid/important data point....and may still 'tag' my ass! ;-) :-) ;-) :-)
Damn Kids! Get off my lawn!(out of paintball range!)
And 'turn that crap down!'
It was a crazy world back then...
It seems you answered your own question here, or am I confused?
Look at 'stock options' with the settlement, but mostly hire an attorney! And listen to him/her!
Sorry, this just seems too 'stupid/simple' to be more than basement-dweller ego/dick stroking...or I am missing something obvious here?
Ah! :-)
What I would class as a 'mix tape', or some such.
Okay, thanks for the info. The 'whole mashup' thing is similar to my expectations, sort of.
The concept is similar, but the times/name change thing is 'in effect', and makes sense now.
Thanks for the modern definition.
Not trying to be 'obtuse' here, but sometimes a 'generational thing' does not span the generations as is expected.
I now 'get it', and thank you for that.
Really!(basically it's the same thing we did with 'best of' cassette tapes in my youth that we made to pass around...legality not considered at that time/age, just 'the facts')
I dare/challenge them to actually 'pull this off'....while laughing!!!
You're missing my point.
Yes:
"However, this makes mashups cumbersome, because each content source has to be played and recorded."
I was exploring the 'analog hole' as a general concept, not a specific 'business model'.
The battleground isn't DRM, per se. It's fair use, and ensuring that technical DRM measures do not hinder fair use.
I think we have been 'lured off course' here.
I personally have no 'real' clue what a 'mashup' is.
Is it some sort of 'playlist?'
I would assume it is some file that encompasses several elements of a 'users/mashup owner's' profile?
Really, I have no clue what a 'mashup' is except some nebulous 'Web 2.0' cloud is the future, marketdroid B.S. crap I can find on 'facebook/myspace', if I am that disparate/hard-up to 'go there'.
Mashup==MTV?
Why bother!!!
Where is the Earth shattering KaBoom????
Wow what a polite slashdotter...
Thank you, and I am sometimes ashamed that I do not live up to that accolade. I truly wish I did...:-)
When will they learn the battle is impossible and adopt lock free business models?
Your answer is correct, IMHO.
I know I sound like a 'broken record' here in regards to "IP", but IP is the root cause for this kind of shite.
IP law/regulation needs severe reform, but that is hindered presently by the same outfits that caused this whole 'can of worms' to be an issue in the first place.
For the 'camps' that support the whole concept of 'IP'(Intellectual/Imaginary Property), you can consider me a 'foe' until drastic reforms are made in IP law to conserve the 'spirit' of the original IP laws.
Patent law was beneficial until we started the whole 'software/business methods' patents.
Copyright worked until it grew past 14 years, with option to renew another 14 years.
Giving 'software patents' the 'benefit of the doubt', how can they truly be justified after/longer than 7-10 years, looking at the way tech advances/evolves, and still adhere to the 'intent', and 'spirit' of the whole patent process???
Why should 'copyright' extend past what was defined originally, except to line corporate coffers?
We can get bogged down in the whole 'P2P, BT, etc...' extravaganza', or we can deal with the 'modern' problem of the artificial limits that have subverted copyright and patent law for the common citizens the IP laws were designed to protect.
Anything less is just corporate-minded shillery.
BTW, my 'only acceptable definition of 'IP' is Internet Protocal.' Just as my definition of 'PC' is 'Personal Computer', and has nothing to do with the dis-abused assumption of 'Politically Correct', which is a 'Oxymoron" in any view of the term.
...Tiffany and Thad arranged the moon rocks on a bed--and had sex amongst them.
We can abolish this statement as heresy, in accordance with /. traditions.
The Moon Rocks were safe, as there was no 'actual' sex involved...fantasies do not count.
What?? /.!
This is
I was thinking of electronic analog interfaces. Remove those and analog recording becomes more difficult -- impossible if recording devices become restricted.
I think I see where you are coming from, so excuse me if my reply comes across as harsh or abrupt...not my intent! There are just so many ways to discuss this and still get the 'main point across'.
I dispute this.
Let me explain...Your 'electronic analog interfaces' cannot get around the 'analog hole' until 'we' accept implants/technology that by-passes the whole outer ear/inner ear->aural nerves->brain sequence. The 'sound/song' will have to interact directly with the 'aural nerve/brain' path for your 'fears' to be realised.
Yes, one can use a camcorder (again, assuming they do not become restricted or effectively crippled when viewing restricted content, which strikes me as reasonable). But, that makes the production of mashups all the more difficult because of the technical hurdles introduced, and would likely discourage many would-be mashup artists.
Also, if 'the analog hole' between speaker-ear exists as the only viable way of recording,then analog recording technology will progress/improve. It has been a 'feature' of the Human Race for a 'really long time'.
P.S. I see that your focus seems to be video, and not sound, but the basic principles still apply. (substitute 'ears' for 'eyes', and 'sound' for 'vision')
'The observation is that if an hour were shorter, by a small amount, we would be more focused, and accomplish the same amount of work, but in less real time, thereby increasing productivity.'"
[my emphasis]
This could have only come from some PHB/MBA marketdroid.
My bad! Maybe they are asking to be thrown into the event horizon of a black hole???
We have sacrificed many things to achieve IP(Imaginary Property) as a viable 'business model', but trying to redefine physics to artificially 'manipulate' time is just too much for anyone with more than a shoe-size IQ!
Or has Physical Sciences/Quantum Physics been redefined and subverted to become part of the MBA curriculum for PHB's? /. tradition, I propose:
Solutions?
In the time honored
We need to exhume all of our deceased scientists, wrap them in wire, and re-bury them inside of a magnetic coil==end of 'free energy' problem.
Damn, wrong format...correction:
revised
1. exhume and 'wire-wrap' all scientists, and re-bury inside of magnetic coil.
2. connect 'wired scientists' to MBA curriclum
3. ????
4. Profit!!! with unlimited 'free energy!!!'
This has to be the saddest thing I have seen in quite some time...for it to be entertainable enough to actually make it to the 'front page' of anywhere, including /., to link to it!
One day trusted computing will be ubiquitous...
Only for the non-hackers.
If it's hardware, it can/will be hacked.
If it's software, it can/will be hacked, or coded around eventually[hacked].
P.S.
Apply 'old school' definition of 'hacker' and 'hacked'.
BTW, I do however share your view, and my reply only addresses a 'small' subset of PC users that will not 'take this lying down, with our ankles behind our ears'. Outliers, not 'mainstream'.
'Overall', and 'in general', I agree with you completely.
My only intent was to 'point out' that there will be 'resistance movements' forming under any 'fascist/draconian/pervasive_and_over-controlling system'.
My pedantry was not intended to discredit your comment in any way. :-)
If you make the process difficult enough, people will give up!
Hear! Hear!
It worked on me, and I had a legit copy that MS declared was 'pirated'.
signed,
ecstatic Kubuntu user since WGA.
No, that's not FUD.
This very thing happened to me, and MS' response after talking to many people over an hour and a half was:'you need to buy another XP Pro license at around $130 USD', IIRC. I even offered to send them the cd and case with the hologram and my receipt(original, not the copy I was going to keep for myself) to no avail.
I was told my only option was to purchase the new license. I replied that 'no, that is not my only option, as I have this Linux install cd in my hand as we are speaking, and am dropping all MS product use.' And so I have ran some GNU/Linux distro since then.
Check my posting history on this subject...at the time I ranted probably a little/lot too much about this. I was not doing anything 'shady/dodgey' at the time to bring this on myself.
MS admitted it 'could' be due to all of the 'keygen' stuff out there, but my copy became non-legit through no action/inaction/fault of my own. I bought those cd's from a 'reputable', nationwide retailer-with intact packaging, etc..- in good faith with cash money, and that was not 'good enough' for MS.
Not FUD. Period.
Now I have access via my job to two copies of XP Pro*, and two copies of both Vista Enterprise and Office 2007, all of which will suffer bit rot before I think about using them.
They have 'lost userbase/marketshare' of three PC's here on my home network, as I wiped Windows off and installed Linux.(all three were legit, 100% compliant with MS Windows terms)
I repeat, that was not FUD!
*to be pedantic, it's actually six copies total of XP. I get two each copies of: XP Pro(no Service packs), XP Pro SP2, and XP Pro SP2 Upgrade Version.
And when Fallout 3 came out, I did set up an XP partition with one license for XP Pro SP2, but it only lasted about three months until I got tired of 'the MS Way', wiped it, and installed Linux Mint in it's place.
Linux has me too spoiled by now to go back to Windows, even just to play games.
Yes, but I fear the days of analog interfaces are numbered.
You mean like, your ears?
Until they can force you to be implanted with some DAC+'speaker' device, you will always have an analog interface. Somehow that 'digital signal' has to be converted to an analog signal like 'sound' for you to hear it.
If you can 'hear' it, you can record it.(known as 'the analog hole' in these type of discussions)
So, the parent you were replying to is 100% correct. He was pointing directly at 'the analog hole'.
This showed negligence on their part.
No, it just shows how 'nanny state' mentality comes about, and that there are at least 700 people too incompetent to handle coffee in that area and time period.
From your link:
McDonalds also argued that consumers know coffee is hot and that its
customers want it that way.
And they are correct.
Having worked in several restaurants, I can assure you that coffee served at 130-140 deg. F. will get you far more complaints about the coffee being 'too cold' than complaints about it being too hot at 180-195 deg. F.
All of you whining about McD's 'hot coffee' sound like Jack Thompson wannabe gits.
...warned McDonalds not to serve coffee above 130 degrees.
I would raise hell about being served lukewarm coffee due to some idiot's inability to handle a cup of coffee that was at 'fresh-brewed' temperature.
Also, see the National Coffee Association's website:
[my emphasis]
So, as far as I am concerned, you can use your lukewarm, insipid liquid for a colonic...as in you know where you can put it!